U S Consuls Clash Across Mexico A Desperate Deterioration
A Washington Post special dispatch reports U S consular friction between Torreon and Chihuahua officials sparks arrests of Americans in Mexico City. Jealousy and political tensions risk broader diplomatic embarrassment as travelers describe hostile treatment and mayhem from Veracruz to Orizaba en route to Mexico City.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
Triath
State Department
George Carothers
Torreon
Constitutionallats
Marlon Uelcher
Chihuahua
Letcher
Carothers
Rebels Fire on Tampico Area as Artillery Persists
Admiral Mayo reported heavy artillery and rifle fire ongoing at Tampico with no light shed on the situation. A wireless message to the Navy from Rear Admiral Badger said bombardment by constitutionalist forces continued at 9 30 last night. German and Dutch cruisers that had been along the river withdrew earlier in the day.
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McCormick
Palmer
Alngle Fle
Latin America
St. Rita
Tampico
Mayo
Constitutionaltat
Navy
Badger
DIED BROWNING COLONA ARLETTA MARCELLUS AND OTHERS
Death notices and funeral plans list William Livingston Browning at 18 Newark Street Northwest. Colona and Colona mourn the loss of Fannie V. Colona of Locust Avenue Falls Church. Marcellus announces death of Robert F Marcellus, funeral at 232 Pennsylvania Avenue and Mary Parsons dies, with services in Portsmouth and burial at Marye’s Cemetery.
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Browning
Newark Street
William Livingston Browning
Colona
Locust Avenue
Flyattsvile
Fannid Vvnelovad
Ceorge V. Colona
William and
Martacer Kirkland
Georgetown
St. Jerome's Chatnelle Vouren
Oak Will Cemetery
Baltimore
J. Willan Lee
Ailiy
Nis
Burrell
Ape
Fr Marcellus
George G. Meade No. 4
Potumac Grand Army of the Republic
Robert Fr. Marcellus
Thia Ppatathla
East Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Isaey Cem
JL. HB
Trrson
John Wyo Rem
Moore
New York City
Mary B Moore
Teak Ayeek
Bparson
Sundaay
Wiarin Pon
Mary F
Sow
Daha Ph. Parson
Portsmouth
Peiwate
Rirnitzrt
Wilt V. F
Torthea Hibaltzk
William He Sarde & Co
Funeral Directors and Embalmers in Washington D C
A list of local funeral directors and embalmers appears, with multiple business names and addresses including R. Speare at 940 F Street N W and J WM Lee in connection with crematorium services. The fragment shows telephone contacts and indicates a cluster of providers operating in the area.
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R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Embalmar
Llhovy
Kapai
Modest Beles
J. Thos. M. Hindle
Taker
Embaluer
Hata Ow
Ptione M
Suttons Free New Order For His Release
A telegram from Sir Lionel Carden British Minister in Mexico City says A J Sutton Washington Post correspondent and photographer in Mexico was arrested at Cordoba by mistake for another person. He is believed freed and en route to Vera Cruz. Sutton, now in Baltimore, greeted news of his release orders.
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Richard Harding J Davis
Mexico City
Huerta
Sir Lionel Carden
Richard Harding Davis
Tom Post
Mexico
Spielel Cable
Washington Post
Mera Cruz
Wer
Mmn
Fieu
Simpsy
Father
McCormick
Leutenant
Moyer
Americana
Elva
Lionel Carden
O'Shaughnessy
Cecil Spring
Rice Geta
Washington
Cordoba
A. J. Sutton
Cécil Spring-Rica
Sutton
Medill McGormick
Walter Whiffen
Vera Cruz
Cérdobs
State Department
Canads
Carden
Baltimore
Cecil Spring-Rice
Sukton
Marine killed by accident at Vera Cruz
Brig Gen Waller reports to the Navy Department the accidental death of Private Andrew Saunders, a Marine at Vera Cruz. No details of the accident are provided. His mother Annie Saunders lives in Niagara Falls New York.
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Waller
Vera Cruz
Navy Department
Andrew Saundara
Annie Saunders
Lves
Niagars Falls
New York
Naval message on Wildcats excites operator imagination
Navy telegraph operator reacts with imagination to a telegram to Rear Admiral Blue announcing the arrival of wildcats. The term refers to capstans used in winding cables, a surprising but non threatening interpretation amid naval routine.
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Navy Department
Blue
Huerta Vows to Fight for Mexico's Independence
Italian dispatch from Mexico City quotes President Huerta saying Mexico will resist American pressure to relinquish sovereignty. He predicts guerrilla warfare if the United States advances, claims U.S. arms and troops backed rebels, cites American dead, and asserts instructions to delegates at Niagara Falls to oppose concessions.
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London
Luigi Barzini
Daily Telegraph
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Mexico City
Buerta
Mexico
Huerta
Ito
United States
United States Army
Sen. Villa
Torreon
Gomez Palacio
Clerdo
Niagara Falls
Canada
Archbishops flee Mexico City amid fears of massacre and looting
Archbishop Jose Mora del Rio and Bishop Jesus Maria Eschavartia arrived in Vera Cruz with American refugees and prison escapees while seeking Pope Pius XI's guidance on Mexico. They fear Zapata forces entering the capital could trigger church looting and civil unrest. Funston officials assured courtesies as they planned to sail to Europe, urging Huerta to resign. The church faced protests over large financial contributions to Huerta, totaling tens of millions of pesos, though some aid was questioned.
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Very Cruz
Jose Mora del Rio
Mexico
Jesus Maria Eschavartia
Saltillo
Rome
Huerta
Villa
Silliman Held by Federals Faces Repatriation to U S
Mexico City telegraphs South American mediators that American Vice Consul Silliman, jailed at Saltillo for aiding rebels, is to be sent to Mexico City under guard for return to the United States. Report notes refugees in Saltillo say Silliman is confined in a good room facing the plaza while others, including Mrs. Silliman, are cared for by the British vice consul. Rebels were seven miles from Saltillo as refugees left on May 8.
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Exican
Mexico
Havere
Mass
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
New York
Toronto
Villa
Carranza
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Bull Moose National
London Times
Frederick Palmer
Adam Weimer
Mexican National Bank
Richardson
Thasthmus
Tembladoras
Tejeria
Ruiz
Washington
Silliman
Sduttile
United States
Saltillo
Cal
R. A. Esteva Ruiz
Saltilo
John RB. Silliman
Siltman
Monterey
San Luis Potos
Wilbert L. Bonney
Joaquin Maas
Evading Spy Claims Amid Mexican Detention
The narrative describes Americans detained in Mexico City without credentials who face humiliation while seeking return to Vera Cruz. A Brazilian minister and police officials debated who should act, Sutton reportedly promised relief but was arrested again. Communications with the French legation and Niagara Falls travelers are noted as critical in a tense mediation effort.
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Sylvians
Whitt[ Fen
Sutton
Vera Cruz
Jas
Mexico
Schuler
McCormick
Niagara Falls
Puerto Mexico
Zapata Held In Check In Mexican Capital Plan
El Paso May 12 Gen Emiliano Zapata will not enter Mexico City until Villa Carranza forces secure the capital. Roberto V Pesqueira says an understanding with Zapata exists and he pledges fealty to Carranza. North and northeast divisions converge. Zapata waits for Villa artillery to assault strong positions. Citizens oppose looting and disorder. educated Mexicans back the constitutionalist plan.
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Roberto Pesqueira
Zapata
el Paso
Tex
Emiliano Tapata
Mexico City
Villa
Carranza
Ball
Chaultepec
Roberto V. Pesqueira
Pesqueira
Anxziety
Perqueira
Refugees from Mexico City describe Huerta era danger
Mr and Mrs George W Cole refugees from Mexico City say anti American feeling and threats rose as Huerta governed. They recount a list of American homes to be dynamited and fear of assassination of Gringos. They fled on a refugee train with a British flag after Chargé O Shaughnessy departed.
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St. Louis
George W. Cole
Mexico City
South Bend
Ind
Huerta
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