Rasmussen in Arctic Plans Dog Sled Return From Ice
Danish explorer Rasmussen navigates toward Thule aboard the Kap York and aims to reach Crocker Land with a dog sled route if delays occur. He intends to rendezvous with MacMillan and Hovey’s relief efforts, traveling across Greenland ice and Arctic routes in hopes of rejoining the parties by late summer.
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Thule
Rasmussen
Crocker
Donald & MacMillan Ward
Dr. Hovey
Mac Milan
Rasmuasen
Kap York
Peary Lane
Tone
Hos
Uguer
Tree Sheat
York
Trey
Thole Iris
MacMillan
Hovey Pirtiee
Mexicans Gather On Border Near Progreso
A group of Mexicans of unknown affiliation assembled on the Mexican side of its Rootrande opposite Progreso, about four miles from here, according to a report received tonight. The U S border patrol detachment at Progreso took no precautions against a possible attack.
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Progreso
United States Border Patrol
Villa Poster Calls Mexicans to Arms
A circulated Mexican propaganda poster urges nationwide uprising against American intervention. Signed by Cruz Dominguez, Antonio Angel, and Julio Acosta, the May 11 expeditionary column pledges loyalty to Mexico and mobilizes citizens to resist foreign forces amid the Pu punitive expedition context.
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VILLA
Cruz Dominguez
Antonio Angel
Julio Acosta
Obregon Pleased With Border Parleys Progress
Gen Obregon and Gov Enriquez of Chihuahua said the border conference results were satisfactory and that Washington and Queretaro should soon reach a working agreement. They credited Wilson’s policy of letting constitutionalist forces prove their ability to defeat the Villistas. They warned trouble would stem from political foes along the frontier and noted troops are being moved north to finish the Villista forces quickly.
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Torreon
Mexico
Obregon
Enriquez
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Washington
Queretaro
Wilson
Jewish Soldier Buried With Military Honors in New York
William Cohen of Troop A Fourteenth U S cavalry killed by Mexican bandits on the Texas border was buried in New York with military honors. Representative Isaac Siegel praised Jewish loyalty to the United States as pallbearers from the Hebrew Spanish War Veterans Association carried the casket. Governors Island sent a military escort from church to cemetery.
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New York
William Cohen
Fourteenth
United States Cavalry
Texas
Isaac Siegel
Hebrew Spanish War Veterans’ Association
Governors Island
Poisoned deaths linked to Amy Gilligan case in Windsor
Hartford May 14. Authorities say Amy Archer Gilligan head of elderly home in Windsor obtained three pounds of arsenic over eight years. Police link arsenic purchases to deaths, including Franklin Andrews. Autopsy found arsenic in Andrews. Court case notes 48 deaths at the home in five years and other poison purchases.
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Windsor, Conn
Andrews
Imternational News Service
Hartford
Conn
Amy Archer Gilligan
Michael W. Gilligan
Windsor
Hugh M
Franklin R. Andrews
Guigan
Carranza Reported Earnest In Efforts To Catch Bandits
Reports say Carranza is earnest about curbing brigandage as U S forces shift. Cavalry and militia mobilization continues with Fort Sam Houston receiving units while El Paso discussions with Obregon yield friendly exchanges and no formal agreement. Secretary Lansing plans talks with Gen Scott to clarify expeditionary force status and possible reactions from Carranza.
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Carranza
Scott
el Paso
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Baker
State Department
Boquillad
Pershing
San Antonio
Lansing
Woman routs burglars in Ohio home invasion
In Fostoria Ohio on May 14 Mrs Roscoe Davis wife of a tenant repelled a burglary at Peter Manecke’s home firing shots that wounded her husband and their 3 year old child while two burglars were driven off with no loot. The incident ended without any valuables being taken.
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Barnett
George Washington
Claude
Mary Elizabeth Barnett
Nea
Lea
Margaret E Barnett
Wood Cemetery
Barnes
Delaware
Navanur Woodmont
Orenah
Benjamin HE Barnen
Puneru
Burnington
Eldoa Poward
Gedney
Hots
Atlantic City
Whelsam Salisbury Knox Nash Ton Sunilas
Wren
Harry DP Nash
L Ruabaut
Effin Nashi
Sotto
Lucy Taylor
Popira
Rss Northwest
Ys Vondas Mas
Tento Oat
Glenwood Cemetery
Fostoria
Ohio
Peter Manecke
Roscoe Davis
Carranza seeks aid in Berlin and Tokyo
A Tampico dispatch says Venustiano Carranza is shaping a plan to appeal to Japan and Germany as potential allies against the United States. He delays American troop withdrawal talks while sending Col. Manuel Perez Romero to Japan and Rafael Zubaran Capmany to Germany as envoy extraordinary to each nation.
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Carranza
Berlin
Tokyo
Washington Post
New York
Tampico
Mexico
New York Herald
Venustians Carranza
United States
Don Venuetiano
Japan
Germany
America
Don Venustianos
Col
Manuel Perez Romero
Maj J L Moore Dead in Texas Hospital
Maj James L Moore of the Sixteenth Infantry died at a base hospital in El Paso Texas likely from peritonitis after a rough motor truck ride from Namiquipa He leaves a Washington widow A Spanish American War veteran wounded in the Bacolod Mindanao battle he fought Villa campaigns until two weeks ago Born in Connecticut he was 49 and appointed to West Point from Michigan
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Washington Post
el Paso
Tex
James L. Moors
Sixteenth Infantry
Jak
Namiquipa
Washington
Bacolod
Mindanao
P. L
Villa
Maj. Moore
Connecticut
Weat Point
Michigan
Central America Bitter Over Mexican Situation
Special to The Washington Post from Panama on May 14 reports a bitter anti American mood across Central American republics. Natives discuss a combined offensive against the United States if Washington intervenes militarily in Mexico.
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Washington Post
Panama
Raleigh
Corinto
Central America
United States
Mexico
Two Hundred Mexicans Ready to Fight for U. S.
In Brownsville Texas on May 14 a mass meeting of 350 Mexicans from San Benito decided that about two hundred Mexicans who wish to form a battalion to fight for the United States in case of trouble with Mexico will not join the Texas National Guard but will stay ready to answer a federal call. Col. R Bullard Maj L F Kilbourne of the Twentieth United States infantry spoke, as did Antonio Ramirez, 90, a Confederacy veteran and former Texas Ranger, who outlined the movement's origins.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Benito
United States
Mexico
Texas National Guard
R. Bullard
L. F. Kilbourne
Twentieth
United States Infantry
Antonio Ramiez
Texas Rangers
Pershing Denies Mexico Lines Threatened Says No Danger
General John J. Pershing denied reports that U S expeditionary forces in Mexico faced threats from Carraghistan and Villista bandits. He stated American troops were well placed for defense with no sign of danger or retreat and noted Villista fear after the Ojos Azules engagement.
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Columbus
N.mex
John J. Pershing
United States
Word From Sibley Sends No More Bread Message
Marathon Texas May 14 first direct word from the second punitive expedition in four days reaches the army buzzer wire. Send no more bread was the message aligned by Col. F W Sibley. It implies the expeditionary leader will rely on hard crackers rather than fresh bread. Location of American forces not given. Courier from somewhere in Mexico brought message to 22 miles north of Boquillas where the army wire operates.
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Washington Post
Marathon
Tex
F. W. Sibley
Sibley
Mexico
Boquillas
Seven New Bishops Voted For Union Of Methodist Branches
Saratoga Springs May 14 The committee on episcopacy will recommend seven new bishops to the general conference six of whom will serve in the United States and one in Seoul Korea Two missionary bishops will be recommended for Africa to succeed Bishops Scott and Hartzell One bishop may be African descent If approved balloting will begin tomorrow to obtain two thirds of votes The committee also endorses uniting the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church
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Saratoga Springs
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Committee On Episcopacy
United States
Seoul
Korea
Africa
Isaiah B. Scott
Joseph C. Hartzell
Detroit
Oklahoma
Pittaburgh
Kansas City
Kas
Wichita
Methodist
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Knud Rasmus- Re
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American Museum of Nature
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American Geographical Society
Uoniversity of
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Pele MacMillan
Mat Fpald Smith
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WM. H. Sardo & CO
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Ically
Amy A. Gilligan
Arthur J. Wolff
Chicago
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Justice Hughes
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Taft
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Dickering
Stephen
Wise
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James B. Reynolds
National Committee
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Hilles
Georgia
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Florida
Mississippi
Missouri
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Virginia
District of Columbia
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Bell
Fdrea
Funston
Coast Artillery
Fort Sam
Husco Arredondo
R. Harris & CO
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Oura
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Fokalon Co., Inc
F St. N. W
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
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J. H. Small & Sons
Cornar 15Th
H Streets
Waldorf-Astoria
Madison
U. S
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J. L. Moore
Methodist Committee On
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Victor
Victrola
Victor Fee
Ange
Episcopal Church South
Committee On State of the Church
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Syracuse
Samuel Cance
Plantz
Lawrence University
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