Mediation Talks Open as Canada Conference Planned
Mediators announce first formal conference with representatives of the involved parties will convene at Niagara Falls Ontario on May 18 to seek a complete settlement of Mexico's crisis. The U S aims for a constitutional government and to recognize it, while US troops remain in Mexico until a full solution is found.
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Mexico City
U. S
Mexico
Ryan
Vera Cruz
Niagara Pells
Ontario
Canada
Bryan
Niagara ‘Alls
Carranza
Ina
State Department
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Negotiafona
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Huerta
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New York
Boston
Navy Department
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House
Senate
Mediation meeting at Niagara Falls amid Mexican crisis
A. B. CG mediatory commission will meet May 18 at Niagara Falls Ontario to receive U S and Huerta representatives and urge Carranza to send a envoy. Reports on Huerta waver between collapse and hard grip as Villa massing 30 000 leads forces toward Tampico and Saltillo. Belgians seek German aid while Mexicans and Americans flee toward Vera Cruz amid city unrest.
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A. B. CG. Mediatory Commission
Niagara Falls
Ontario
United States
Mexican woman defies provost in Vera Cruz gun case
Amanda Alvarado faced Lieut. Col. Kane in Vera Cruz provost court admitting she tried to snipe American marines from her Calle Emparan home. She blamed Americans for her brother Felipe’s death and said she would forever regret seeking revenge. Six months imprisonment was given, likely to be reduced. Santo Domingo backs mediation plan in Mexico peace efforts.
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Provost Cent
Nobert H. Murray
Sta
New York World
Washington Post
Preas Publishing Company
Vera Cruz
Mex
Amanda Alvaredo
John P. Kane
Calle Emparan
Col. Kane
Felipe
Sengrite Alvaredos
Wedding Gift Sparks Senate Jewelry Display
The Senate committee favored a gold bracelet set with garnets as the wedding gift for Miss Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the President. Invitations were extended to the Vice President and cabinet members for tomorrow's White House ceremony.
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Eleanor Wilson
United States Senate
Tittle
Gamonds
Thomas R. Marshall
Washington
Cabinet
White House
Marshall
Mr. McAdoo
Jessia Wilson
Mr. Sayre
Mig Leanor Wilson
White “House
Trousseau
Martins
Overman
Saulsbury
Townsend
Smoot
Senate
Capitol
Colombia Speed Treaty Passes First Reading in Senate
The Colombia United States treaty to settle the long standing dispute over Panama passed its first reading in the Colombian senate today. The convention provides Colombia free passage through the Panama Canal for its troops and warships and calls for the payment of 25,000,000 dollars to Colombia six months after ratifications.
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U. S
Colombia
United States
Panama
Colombian ‘State Department
T. A. Thomson
Bogota
Senate
Washington
Panama Canal
Bulldog Bites Five in School in Akron
A maddened bulldog attacked Perkins School in Akron Ohio injuring several children. Eight year old Alexander Walder may have fatal injuries after the animal entered a room of pupils and bit others as it ran through the yard. Victims include Helen Barr 6 Harding Christ 10 Wendell Loomis 9 and Ralph Aser 8 with injuries to hands arms and legs.
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Spaghet
Washington Post
Akron
Ohio
Perkins School
Alexander Walder
Helen! Barr
Harding Christ
Beth
Wendell Loomis
Ralph Aser
Explosion at Panama government magazine kills eight
A May 5 blast at the Panama government dynamite magazine caused eight deaths and nineteen serious injuries. The fire started by a brush blaze reached the interior, obliterating the magazine and damaging nearby areas. Six dead and most wounded were firemen. two bystanders were torn apart.
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Panama
Government Magazine
Government of Panama
Carranza May Quit and Threaten Revolt Split in Constitutionalists
Refugees report Gen Venustiano Carranza threatens to resign as first chief after Gen Pancho Villa deposes Gov Manuel Chao of Chihuahua and clashes over seizures. Chao reportedly jailed with death sentence. Trinidad Rodriguez named military governor, replacing Silvestre Terrazas. Carranza’s stance risks a rival revolution as Villa’s dispute with Herrera widens amid ongoing SaLako campaign and tensions in Chihuahua.
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Venustiano Carranza
Villa
Manuel Chao
Chihuahua
Washington
Juarez
Pancho” Villa
Chao
Trinidad Rodriguez
Silvestre Terrazas
Augustin Labansact
Luiz Terrazas
Carranza
Vila
St Fll
Eforts
Chaota
Anid
Ship Waiting for Huerta in Vera Cruz Rumors
Unconfirmed reports from Vera Cruz say a foreign cruiser may carry a high Mexican official from the capital. Rumors floated that Gen. Huerta or Gen. Blanquet, or both, might arrive. Some observers believed Huerta planned to flee and sought safe exit for Americans if needed.
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Vera Cruz
Huerta
Mexico City
United States
Vera Cruz Bfars
Blanquet
Americana
Mexico
Passed Up to House Tainted Committee Acts
A debate over the big questions drew action as a tainted committee sent terms to the House without recommendations. The passage points to political friction, with lawmakers leaning on procedural stakes rather than detailed guidance.
Roosevelt in Brazil recounts peril and progress on trip
Former President Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit arrived in Para Brazil aboard the steamer Dunstan. They were greeted by local officials after a taxing river journey marked by near starvation and a leg injury Roosevelt sustained while saving companions. Roosevelt praised Brazil's progress and the Rondon expedition, noting 2100+ species collected and a newly mapped river long unused on maps. The party plans to depart for New York via Barbados, visiting major city sites before sailing.
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Para
Brazil
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Dunstan
Manaus
Peru
Ption
Roosevelt
Brazzl
Brazlian Commission
Col
Rondon
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Barbados
Davide
American Museum of Natural Eilatory
George E. Cherry
Leo C. Muller
Index to Today's Issue Page 1
Page 1 features items on Mediator meeting in Canada and a girl sought for ten lives. Senators inspect gems and Villa conflicts with Carranza. Roosevelt warns of trip perils. Suffrage pauses in house. Admirals, sea fire survivors, and political shifts noted. Includes marriages, divorces, sports, and financial items along with tragedies and public notices.
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Canada
Carranza
Villa
Roosevelt
Stone
Colombia
Kermit Roosevelt
Joe
Houston
Cruz
Brida
Bill Alds Fair
La*Follette
McReynolds
Duryea
T-Society
Ammons
Mystery of Columbian fire solved by Franconia report
Boston May 5 The mystery of the westbound transatlantic steamer lane fire was solved when wireless from the Cunard liner Franconia reported the burning of the freighter Columbian and thirteen crew rescued from a small boat. One chief steward died and nineteen men, including two officers, were missing with the boat. total crew 45 to 50. Survivors endured 40 hours in an open boat awaiting further word as the Franconia headed for Boston with 1,783 passengers.
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Boston
Sable Island
Cunard
Franconia
Matthews
Hose Ody
Leyland and Phoenix Ities
McDonald
Columbian
Miller
Manhattan
Haverford
Leyland Line
Phoenix Mine
Antwerp
New York
Cape Race
James Drohan
Antone Bias
Ivar Iverson
Anguse Prinze
Jena Jensen
A. Abednick
Gustgv Behriborm
Thomas Conner
Jurl Lei
Arthur Brantlk
Antony Cordones
Bennett Rother
Frank Wede- Kind
Barrie to wed London widow of Antarctic explorer
Special cable reports in London that Sir James Barrie plans marriage to Lady Scott widow of Captain Robert Scott who led a British Antarctic expedition. Scott perished in the Antarctic two years earlier leaving a son Peter. Lady Scott, formerly Miss Kathleen Bruce, is daughter of Canon Lloyd Bruce.
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London
Barrie
Explorer
Washington Post
James Barrie
Lady Scott
Robert ¥. Scott
Antarctic
South Pole
Mise Kathleen Bruce
Lloyd Bruce
Peter
Scott
Stone Sets Panama Toll Policy In Senate Debate
Missouri Senator Stone in the Senate argues the 1912 toll exemption for coastwise ships through the Panama Canal was a definitive American assertion of rights and declares no foreign power influences the repeal now. He notes the Baltimore platform aligns with the action but rejects subsidies to coastal vessels and asserts foreign governments have remained aloof since 1912.
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Senate
Panama
Congress
Baltimore
United States
Panama Canal
Stone
Missouri
Clark
House
America
Senator Stone
Great Britain
Foreign Relations Committee
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Tampico
Saltillo
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Pancho” Wames
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