United States faces peril in Mexico crisis and Huerta policy
The article argues Washington bungled by accepting mediation as Huerta clings to power and Villa advances on Mexico City. It warns that US actions risk humiliation, entanglement with Villa, and a heavy reckoning before world opinion if troops move or stay passive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mexico
Huerta
Mensico
Vera Cruz
Uncle Sam
Congress
Agaiinst
Villa
Benton
Carranza
Villaga
Vila
Vera Crus
Ciy
Mexico City
Being good to a cow and the cow’s rare praise
A humor filled piece praises gentle treatment of cows as a path to rewards but treats the animal with anthropomorphic reverence. It contrasts Kind words with a playful dig at over the idealization, referencing Artemus Ward and Mother Goose while recalling simpler pasture days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia State
New Jersey
Mother Goose
Artemus Ward
Bosky
The Cow in an Evening Milking Tale
A rustic vignette portrays a family cow hiding among pawpaw bushes and Jack oak, then revealed and milked amid humorous chaos. The cow’s playful panic and the narrator’s fond reflections touch on rural life, milking routines, and the humorous humanity of farm animals.
Tolls Not a Party Issue in Canal Debate
The New York Times supports exact equality in canal tolls, noting both Britain and the United States should be treated alike. The President seeks repeal to ease foreign relations, while Democrats fear sole party blame in taxing American shipping through the Panama Canal and face a harsh public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Mit
Times
Democratic Party
Panama Canal
German Involvement in Haiti Reported to Lease Ports
Alleged negotiations claim Haiti will receive 2 million dollars from German financiers in exchange for German control over ports and customs in Mole St Nicholas and a coal station. The report cites the German Haitian Trading Company and urges U S inquiry and a diplomatic protest if true, citing 1942 Lodge resolution on foreign control near U S communications. Mole St Nicholas narrator warns it as a strategic Caribbean point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepyl
Germany
Mole St Nicholas
United States
Berlin
United States Senate
Lodge
Spain
Cuba
Fish
St. Nicholas
Caribbean
Germany seeks Mole St Nicholas coaling station threat to Monroe doctrine
The article warns that Germany may seek control of Mole St Nicholas as a German coaling station. Negotiations would infringe the Monroe doctrine and provoke strong U S protests. It asserts U S duty to defend its Caribbean interests amid Mexican relations strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Canal
Germany
Mole
St. Nicholas
United States
Caribbean
Planning a New Revolt in China Beyond Yuan Shikai
Dr Sun Yat Sen, exile in Japan, argues Yuan Shikai must yield power within a year as a second revolutionary propaganda effort launches. The Sun faction blames Yuan for dismantling the republic and points to foreign bankers and five power loans as key to his downfall. Debate rages over Sun’s influence, Western learning, and China’s future, with warnings of renewed uprisings and political reversals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Yat Sen
Young China
Yuan Shai Kai
Japan
Dr. Sun
China
Yuan
White Wolf
Republc
Drsun
Sun Junta
Old Guard
Mandari Ns
Huerta
United States
Europe
Royal Duke's U S Visit Sparks Exterritorial Privilege Debate
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin visits San Francisco and seeks to work in the United States with the Faria automobile firm. The prince enjoys extraterritorial immunity, complicating potential legal action or duties. His tumultuous past includes an unrecognized German marriage and annulment, with possible publicity and legal tangles as he stays in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Barwin
Mecklenburg- Bechwerth
United States
San Francisco
Lkely
Washington
Paul
Medenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duke
Meckdenburg-Lehwerin
Faria Automobile Concern
Europe
Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Germany
Bavaria
Lta
Austria-Hungary
Imperial House of Hapsburg
Wurtemberg
Stuttgart
Oscar
Sweden
Stockhol
Prussia
Katser Ig
Berlin
Mre
Gasquet James
New Orleans
New York
Dover
England
Amedea Gugquet-James
Elizabeth ‘Ibbetts Pratt
Albany
Mecklenburg-Sehwerin
Mra Gasquet-James
Mecklenburg- Schwenn
Austria
Congress Condensed Tells Toll Repeal Debates and Bills
Senate debates toll repeal with Hoke Smith Borah Smoot Burton and Sutherland set to speak. migratory birds victory preserves 50 000 for enforcement. agriculture bill debated. Newlands trade commission hearing held. District tax reform defeated. park project proposed. $20 000 for electrical voting apparatus in House. popular election bill advances. prohibition regulation debated. motion picture censorship urged. adjourned until noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Committee
Newlands Interstate Trade Commission Bil
George
Lang
Wyoming Avenue
Kalorama Avenue
Columbia Road
Nineteenth Street
Walsh
New Jersey
House
United States
Waa
Dupre
Louisiana
Willam 93 Chase
Brooklyn
Education Committee
Expedition Senda Back Tales of Hardships From Amazon
Letters to the University Museum describe Dr William C Farabee leading an Amazon expedition to Georgetown British Guiana reaching April 29. The party, worn and fevered after jungle treks, reported discoveries of a dozen unknown tribes, vocabularies, numerous animal and plant specimens, and several rivers, with detailed measurements and photographs. They visited tribes including Warwal, Parikutu, Walme Chikena, Katiawan, Toneyan, Diow Kumayenas, and Urukwanas, many seen by whites for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Senda
Philadelphia
University Museum
William C Farabee
Georgetown
British Guiana
Wao
Warwal
Parikutu
Walme Chikena
Katiawan
Toneyan
Farahee
Thesa
Daring Engineer Rescues Child From Oncoming Train
Richard W Rawlins, an engineer for a Pennsylvania Railroad fast freight, leaped from his cab to shield four year old Mabel Brownson from an oncoming express near Farmington. He held the child on the tracks as the train passed, sustaining a gash from the air hose while the child escaped unharmed. Local residents and railroad workers hail him as a hero and expect a hero medal for his brave act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porth Amboy
Tribune Agrava
Richard W Rawlings
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mabel
Harry Brownson
Farmington
Fallon
Rawlins
Warmington
Rawins
Brownson
Dog mothers kittens in Georgetown dog steals from neighbor
Georgetown resident William Bailey reports his rat terrier Mike found mothering two stolen kittens. Mike carried the kittens to his home by the neck and nurtured them, angering the mother cat who could not be reconciled. Mike refused to eat after the kittens were returned. Also includes a footwear advertisement gag about button shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Del
Phila Inquirer
Mike
William Bailey
War as service not conquest, Wilson’s Mexico remarks
The piece surveys President Wilson’s tribute to Americans killed in Mexico, arguing his statements frame military action as service rather than aggression. It questions whether dying for such a mission is as noble if the war is declared by a flawed executive and probes the constitutional limits of presidential war powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New ‘York
Wilson
Vera Crugthers
Maxico
Army
Navy
United States
Mexico
Blondering
The River of Doubt Roars Uphill in Roosevelt’s Quest
James J Montague writes in the New York American about a river that defies gravity, surging upward through jungle and mountain ranges. The verse follows a river that climbs to the Andes, challenging natural law and thrilling readers with its audacious ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whith
Col Roosevelt
Englchmen
James J Montague
New York
Wildcat escapes hotel cage and is shot after hunt
A wildcat kept as a hotel attraction at the Arcade Hotel behind the courthouse escaped from its cage last night. After a lengthy search by armed men, the animal was cornered in a summer garden and killed by J C McClosky. A garden chase earlier involved children and workers, who first noticed the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamsport
Phila
Arcade
J C McClosky
McCloskey
Frank Boye
Ulpoegraft
Avecade
Boye
Town Captures Wild Man After Night of Terror
A naked man roamed the woods and rivers near Griswold, terrorizing residents through the night with frantic screaming. Alexander Kathi, a farmer, first spotted him and alerted authorities who organized a posse. The man was captured, torn by briars, rolled in a horse blanket, and taken to Jersey City jail for identification. He is described as about 25 years old, solidly built, brown hair, dark eyes, with several teeth missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold
Conn
New York Herald
Alexander Kathi
Selectman Road
Jersey City
Dogs Save Boy From Attack Near Home
In West Philadelphia last evening a ten year old boy George Winthrope of 38 North Fifty seventh street was knocked down by two large dogs. A pet water spaniel defended the child and held the attackers at bay until a man arrived. The boy suffered severe lacerations to the left leg and right arm and refused ambulance transport so his injured pet could accompany him to the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital where Dr. Eposito treated both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paladelphia Hoo
George Winthrope
North Fifty-seventh Street
Young Winthrope
West Philadelphia
Eposito Adresse
Doz
New York American reports on Panama tolls and Villa stance
Russian minister Timascheff denies Calls for repeal of the Panama tolls exemption as unfair to the United States, while Villa the Mexican rebel leader is described as patriotic and determined to back Carranza with a strong fighting force. California politics show Republican gains and support for the administration amid tariff and currency law praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Minister of Trade
Petersburs
New York
Senate
Europe
Panama
Timascheff
Rusha
Raleing
Panama Canal
Villa
Mexico
Republic
Harry McCarthy
Mr McCarthy
Willard
Carranza
Huerta
Villas
Mfe Madero
Huerta Zhase
Vila
States
Mesa Ang Oj Naga
Vlas
Maris Terazzas
Mesa
Teragzas
Amer Wan
Chihuahua
Juarez Carranza
G.O . Strong
California
New Progressive Party
Hiram Johnson
Theodore Bell
San Francisco
Progressive Party
Calfornians
Pacific Coast
Taft
Parrot as Hotel Bellboy Delights Waldorf Astoria Guests
A green parrot awakened a guest on the Waldorf Astoria’s second floor with a polite Bonjour before the bird was captured. The bird’s mate was later found in the hotel tower, bought in Paris for Donald Patterson, 10, of San Francisco, and the pair explored the hotel after flying in through an open window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldor
Astoria
Stewart
Donald Patterson
W D Patterson
San Francisco
Paris
Donald
New York
Chums Drowned Side by Side in Chicago Waters
William Radigan and William Cannell, longtime friends and former caretakers of the Lawrence Avenue crib, were found deceased side by side at Oak Street. Radigan drowned last November when their rowboat capsized by heavy seas, and Cannell perished in February when a shifting ice floe crushed their boat as they attempted to reach the crib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Willam Radigan
William Cannell
Lawrence Avenue
Oak Street
Orly
Hce
Cannelly
Weather and tide table and outlook from May 12
Sunshine and tides listed with morning and evening highs and lows. A weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau notes a Western disturbance moving east across the continent bringing cooler air to the Atlantic States and Midwest with expected generally fair weather by Thursday. Storm warnings are posted along the Atlantic coast from Boston to Delaware Breakwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
Atlantic Coset
New England
Middle Atante
Great Lakes
Ghio
Mtadia
Miceissippi
Gulf
Tates
Windson
Grea Lakes
Gelorado
Wyoming
Thurstar
Atlantic States
Yenia
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Okie Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
New England States
Atlantic
Boston Mass
Delaware
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Repenge
New York Times
Knox
Haiti
Theo Burton
Ohio Zapatistas
Charley Morse
Mount Etna
Mr. O'Shaughnessy
District of Columbia
Jim Mann
Sir William Wilcocks
Sliliman
Perdicaris
Rafsul
New Haven
Congress Condensed
The
Filadelphia Public Ledger
Air
Eney
TOWN
Wild Man
Dog
Boy
Stone
Cor Sirte
James Lennon
St Loula
Raleigh
Iriah
Liberal Party of England
Underwood
Williams
Thornton
Garman
Iself
Dave
Philadelph
Montana
Virginia
Crmser
Verac
Parrot
Chums
Lake
Rale Max
Atlanta
Atlante Ciy
Bismarck
Buffalo
Cincinnat
Chereans
Wye
Davenport
Denver Cole
Dex Moines
Iowa
Duluth
Minn
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Indianépolia
Ind
Kansas City
Los Angel
Calos
Marquette
Tenn
North Platte
Omaha
Nebr
Pullagerohip
Pittsburgh
Harpers Perry
W Va
Potomac River
Shenandoah
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