Trinidad Strikers urged to surrender arms in mass meeting
Maj. W Holbrook urged 200 immigrant miners at Camp San Rafael to disarm and hand weapons to authorities. Union leader William Diamond said surrender would not be by referendum but left to individual strikers. Holbrook warned officers and sheriffs would be disarmed and a stricter order enforced if needed.
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Trinidad
Colo
Maj. W. Holbrook
Fifth United States Cavalry
Camp San Rafael
United States
Maj. Holbrook
William Diamond
Diamond
Police Force Strikes In Burlington Night Shift
Burlington police go on strike after Jacob Rupp is replaced by Charles Bohn. Seven of eight regular officers refuse to take their beats after roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Ja
Burlington
Jacob Rupp
Charles Bohn
Tug Potomac Rejoined After Ice Rescue in St Lawrence
The U S naval tug Potomac, abandoned in Gulf of St Lawrence ice floes during winter, was re manned by its engineer, the United States consular agent, and a party of New Foundlanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curling
N. F
Potomac
Gulf of St. Lawrence
United States
No Jokes This Time Lecture Opines on American Democracy
London readers are told an Evening Bra’s item announces a lecture by United States Ambassador Page titled TM game Aspects of American Democracy. The piece frames the event as a serious scholarly address with no humor in delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Page
Rescue at Sea News From Island Voyage
A dispatch reports that crew members of the Columbian steamer Manhattan were saved from burning at sea near Island, Nova Scotia. Contingent details reference a new charter and ongoing maritime updates regarding the ship and its crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
N.S
McDonald
Manhattan
Mediation Talks and Military Moves Shape Mexican Crisis
Washington reports show diplomatic mediators from South America expanding talks as military plans unfold. Major General Wood to lead a campaign toward Mexico City with Funston directing Veracruz operations, while 15,000 federal troops prepare defenses. Envoys to Canada for May 18 talks at Niagara Falls, as Villa questions surface in U.S. Senate.
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Washington
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Maj
En. Wood
Gen. Funston
Charles Batley
Coast Artillery
Funston
Mans
Canada
Congress
Senate
Lippitt
Rhode Island
Wilson
Gen. Villa
Lodge
London
Villa
Bryan
Niapara Falls
Roads Lose Tax Fight in Mississippi Ruling
Jackson Mississippi district court upholds railroad commission assessment increases for 1913. Illinois Central gains higher levy by 3 6 million dollars and Yazoo Mississippi Valley by 1 8 million dollars.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Illinois Central Railroad
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Mississippi
United States District Court
Judge J F Dillon dead at 83 in New York home
John Forrest Dillon former Iowa supreme court judge and later general counsel for Missouri Pacific railway and Western Union Telegraph company died at his New York home after a long illness. He was 83.
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J. F. Dillon le
New York
John Forrest Dillon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Missouri Pacific Railway
Western Union Telegraph Company
Continental Limited Wrecked Near Decatur Wisconsin
The Continental Limited of the Wabash overturned while entering Decatur injuring thirty passengers and trainmen and crushing two laborers to death in the sleeping and dining cars.
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Continental Limited
Decatur
Pssengers
Wabash
Walcott considers bid for saloon license at council meeting
Davenport Jan-Hans Hoelmer bid 7500 dollars for the exclusive saloon license in Walcott Iowa a town of 600 inhabitants. The council took the bid under consideration at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Jan-Hans Hoelmer
Liense
Walcott
Doormat Cut Into Souvenirs at Opera Tenor’s Place
A doormat stolen from the hallway of a popular opera tenor’s apartment was found cut up and distributed as souvenirs among his young women admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Civil War Veteran Dead in Milan Resident
Havana Til-Lorenzo Hitchcock a Milan Michigan resident and Civil War veteran has died here aged 0 Internment will be at Milan Delaware?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Til
Lorenzo Hitchcock
Milan
Mich
Eleanor Wilson Weds William Gibbs McAdoo at White House
Eleanor Randolph Wilson, daughter of the president, married Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo at the White House in a 6 o’clock ceremony led by Rev. Sylvester Beach. The bride wore a satin gown with old point lace and orange blossoms, while guests included cabinet members, the Supreme Court justices, and the diplomatic corps sent flowers and best wishes.
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Washington
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
William Gibbs McAdoo
Treasury
White House
Sylvester Beach
Princeton
N. J
Blue Room
Sallie McAdoo
Sayre
Margaret Wilson
Nancy Lane
Cary Travers Grayson
McAdoo
Dr. Grayson
Sylvester W. Beach
Red Room
Marine Band
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Mrs. Sayre
Miss Wilson
Mediation Excludes Carranza in Mexican Crisis Talks
South American mediators announce they will not meet with Gen. Carranza over the Tampico incident and other offenses. Carranza’s insistence on addressing only the specific incidents, not the broader pacification of Mexico, leads the envoys to withdraw his invitation and insist on discussing the general Mexican problem only with other parties.
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Tampico
Mexico
Washington
Carranza
Huerta
United States
Federal Reserve Board Named Washington
President Wilson selects five men to join secretary of the treasury W G McAdoo and comptroller John Skelton Williams on the federal reserve board. Named are Richard Olney of Boston Paul Warburg of New York Harry A Wheeler of Chicago W Fr G Harding of Birmingham and Adolph Caspar Miller of San Francisco.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
W. G. McAdoo
Currency
John Skelton Williams
Richard Olney
Boston
Mass
Paul Moritz Warburg
New York
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Girl Killed on Bridge Near Fort Scott Kansas
While fishing from a railway bridge near Fort Scott Kansas Misa Mary Slickhammer aged 1 was instantly killed and her mother mortally injured by an engine. The father and Michael Taylor were on the bridge but could not rescue them.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Misa Mary Slickhammer
Michael Taylor
Idiot Defense Foiled in Death Penalty Case
In Little Falls New York 17-year-old Jean Gianini stands accused of murdering Miss Lida Beecher a Poland New York schoolteacher. A plea claiming Gianini has been idiotic from birth was offered as a defense to save him from the electric chair.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Jean Gianini
Gianini
Lida Beecher
Poland
Suffragette Strikes Painting at Royal Academy Gallery
In London a militant suffragette damaged a valuable painting in the Royal Academy galleries. She approached casually and stashed repeated blows from a concealed hatchet hidden in her clothing, causing damage to the artwork.
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London
Royal Academy
Long Auto Tour Opens From Colorado Springs
A score of automobilists entered the 500 mile tour through Colorado Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas. The event began in Colorado Springs and is planned to take three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Slaye Boy Shot Miss Ethel at Aurora Missouri
Clayos Branstette, 22, shot and killed his sweetheart Miss Ethel in Aurora. Griffy, 18, wounded his mother Mrs W B Griffy near Marionville, one mile from town. Victims unnamed in report. The article notes likely fatal wounds to the mother. Police and coroner details not provided.
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Aurora
Clayos - Branstette
Ethel
Artist Hutt's Wife Robbed in New York
Jewelry valued at 10000 dollars stolen from the apartments of Mrs Henry Hutt, wife of artist Henry Hutt, in New York. Police asked to recover the jewels.
Mexican steamer sinks after mine off Pacific coast
A dispatch from Manzanillo reports the Mexican steamer Letilla, owned by the Pacific Railway Co, sunk in the harbor by a mine planted for the United States. No lives are listed. Joaquin D. Casasus, former Mexican ambassador to the U.S., rushed to Washington from Carlsbad, mission not disclosed. Bishop Manuel Rivera of Queretaro dies suddenly during an anti American parade. Also in Mexico City, warnings urged Americans to evacuate as Gen Huerta reassured safety for remaining nationals. A special train for refugees is arranged from Coatzacoalcos. Huerta’s health rumors are denied as he is seen abroad.
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City of Mexico
Manzarinllo
Pacific Coast
Letilla
United States
Raleigh
Pacific Railway Company
Joaquin D. Casasus
Washington
Carlsbad
Bishop
Manuel Rivera
Queretaro
William W. Canada
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Department of Foreign, Relations
Amer+ ders
Coatzacoalcos
Chapultepec
Embargo on Arms Ordered in Colorado
Maj. W. A. Hob Brook, commander of federal troops in Colorado, issued an embargo on importing arms or ammunition into the state. The order, issued under the secretary of war, states that arms shipped in violation will be confiscated.
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Trinidad
Colo
W. A. Hobbrook
Colorado
Secretary of War
Floods Carry Away Bridges Across Texas and New Mexico
A 28 foot rise on the South Canadian river swept away railroad and wagon bridges. At Logan NM the Rock Island bridge was moved bodily to save it from the torrent. At Tascosa Fort Worth and Denver line lost 1000 feet of bridge.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Logan N. M
Rock Island
Tascosa
Fort Worth & Denver
Iowa Wins Oratorical Contest at Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls hosts an interstate oratorical contest with five state normal schools. W. W. Paddy of Cedar Falls wins first, Miss B. Staker of Normal Illinois second, Dark H. Skinner of Emporia Kansas third.
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Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa’ State Teachers’ College
Kansas Wheat Crop Gets Rain Boost Across Plains
Rain fell across central and western Kansas extending into Colorado Oklahoma Texas Panhandle and New Mexico delaying traffic and washing out railroad tracks and bridges in parts of the wheat belt. The big crop is again seen as assured despite weather setbacks.
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Kansas
Hutchingon
Kay
Kansas Wheat Belt
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Wilson to Work In Tent Near White House
Washington expects President Wilson to spend much of the summer in a large tent set up in the flower garden south of the White House. It will provide cool shade for handling his duties during hot days as he transacts much business from this temporary office.
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Wilson
Washington
White House
Canal: UAE in Ten Days Plans Face Spat Over Go Spatage
In a fragmented excerpt the article hints at plans involving the United Arab Emirates within ten days, mentioning Panama and disputed matters around space or governance. The readable portions name no clear dates, people, or organizations beyond these fleeting references.
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Canal
Uae
Panama
Andes
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Maj, Holbrook
Trinidad, Colo
Ibus
Mexico City
Gen. Wood
U. S
Niagara Falla
Eleanor Wilson
Mrs
Madoo
Philadelphia
Nell
William G. McAdoo
Aranza Barr
Manzanillo
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