Mexico's Diaz to resign as De la Barra Madero form joint Regency
Diaz and Corral will resign by June 1 as De la Barra becomes interim president with Madero as chief adviser. A joint governance plan calls for cabinet reshuffle, six month elections, and political amnesty. The move aims to end the rebellion with a unity cabinet, while Diaz's illness and age are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Diaz
Corral
de la Barra
Francisco
Madero, Jr
Foreign Office
Madero
Chamber of Deputies
Iviaz
Sesson
Dias Thy
Armistice Signed in Juarez Ends Five Day Truce
In Juarez May 1 a general five day armistice was agreed between revolutionists and the federal government at 6 pm and signed after authorization from Mexico City. Provisional President Madero and Judge Carbajal believed the armistice would lead to a definite peace and restored tranquillity in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbajal
Madero
Republic of Mexico
Gat Juarez
de la Barra Tle
Bernardo Reyes
Geneves
Mexico
Reses
Holt
Juarez
Mexico City
Plays Tanma Di Negro Amuck Wounds E's Be
Fragmentary notes show a theater listing with plays Tanma Di Negro and Amuck. Phrases mention wounds and persons connected to the program. Limited readable items reference performers and potential productions in a local listing.
Royalty at Theater in Money Revival at Drury Lane
London reports a gala Drury Lane performance of Bulwer Lytton’s Money revived for the German emperor with King George Queen Mary and Kaiser’s party attending. A fairy-bower set, royal box, and a dramatic drop scene impressed the sovereigns while actors and understudies filled London stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulwer Lytton
Drury Lane Theater
George
London
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Kaiser
Mary
King George
John Seymour Lucas
Royal Academacan
Grant to command Texas maneouver division chiefs
Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant will succeed Maj. Gen. Carter as commander of the army maneuver division in Texas. Secretary of War-designate Dickson selects Grant, but the change awaits Henry L. Stimson becoming secretary, with approval likely after the transition. The War Department aims to give high ranking generals division command during maneuvers likely to last into next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Texas
Frederick D. Grant
Army
Dickinson
Gen
Ant
Henry J. Stimson
War Department
Potash Dispute Settled at German American Conference
The Hamburg potash talks reached full agreement on prices and a super tax adjustment. Delegates from American and German potash interests draft the accord, with preliminary signals of a price rise for Americans. Contracts with German independent firms discussed. lenders linked to real estate loans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Tullay
Peter Bradley
William Bradley
James J.girard
New Birth Rate Record Reported for 1911 First Quarter
Washington Post special from New York notes the first quarter of 1911 shows a record birth rate of 28.11 per 1,000, with 34,506 births, up from 32,605 in early 1910. Marriages rise to 11,495 from 10,082, while the death rate dips to 17 per 1,000 from 17.45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Lederle
In Love With Canned Voice Man Plans Whitinsville Wedding
Frank Kurok ski of Chicopee sought the singer of a graphophone record that impressed him. The woman, Miss Jennie Cezuski of Whitinsville, obtained a marriage license with Kurok ski today. They will be married Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicopee
Mass
Frank Kurokski
Jennie Cezuski
Whitinsville
Kurokski
Cezuski
Club Officers Resign After Taft Speech on Blackballing
Metropolitan Club officers Brig Gen Clarence Edwards Lieut Col Charles McCawley and Capt T M Potts resign from the boards amid Taft remarks about small minded men who block prominent figures. The move follows prior clampdowns on Loeb Littleton and other prominent exclusions stirring Washington’s social and official circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Col
Mc. Cawley
Potts
Board of Governors
Metropolitan Club
Tati
Washington
America
Clibk
Chuba
Loeb
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Taft
Charles L. McCantey
U. 5S
M. G
White House
T. M. Potts
Capt. Potts
Col. McCawley
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Hughes
Supreme Court
Metropolium Club
News York
Justice Hughes
Pact With France Japan Expected To Join
Arbitral prospect widens as Knox and Taft push a tentative arbitration treaty expanding scope to include all differences justiciable. A commission of inquiry may offer settlement, with arbitration as last resort and Senate consent required. France and Britain already invited to negotiate this general treaty.
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Commission of Inquiry
Hague Tribunal
Hague
Senate
Arbitration Pact Moves Toward Negotiations with Great Britain
The commission explains its action will not be an arbitral award and may delay findings for one year at a diplomatic settlement window. Drafts have been submitted to Britain and France, opening negotiations, with the State Department ready to negotiate with any nations seeking to join. Japan has been rumored to wish participation, though no formal talks have occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Senate
Congress
State Department
Japan
Tighten trust law after oil ruling seen in Senate
Senate leaders from both parties urge immediate action on Sherman antitrust reforms after the Standard Oil decision. Bills by Jones Culberson and Reed seek to declare restraints of trade illegal and restore vigor to enforcement, while others propose broader definitions of combinations and monopolies. The judiciary panel will review, but leaders expect no big action during the special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Partie
Congress
Jones
Washington
Culberson
Texas
Reed
Democrit
Missouri
Read
Judiciary Committee
White
Justice Harlan
Clayton
House Committee On Judiciary
Standard Oui
Importers to Face Court in Philadelphia Customs Frauds
Special to The War netenen Post Philadelphia May 17. Criminal prosecution to be brought by the United States against importers in the customs district accused of defrauding the government of millions through undervaluation and fraudulent drawback claims. Judge Holland ordered a special panel of jurors to investigate violations of customs laws. Many prominent importers said to be involved.
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Philadelphia
Wark Neten
United States
Henry N Arnold
Holland
Unite States District Court
President Quaz and the nation on a new rule
The issue lists President Quaz proposing a guiding rule for governance alongside other front page items. Kaiser appears at a gala, and France seeks a place pact while various political and labor topics surface across the page.
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Quaz
Kaiser
France
New York Street
Finley
Clover Run
Taft
Michigan
House
Tarif! Board
Osborn
Wade
Hearst Urges Income Tax and Direct Primary Law
William R Hearst spoke at the Albany New Jersey capitol urging passage of a federal income tax resolution and a direct primary law. He cited John D Rockefeller as calling income tax confiscation and argued that all taxation is confiscation and the rich owe fair taxation to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. J
William R
Hearst
Dead After Gypsy Career: Boy Dies After Sept Years With Nomads
Leonard Allen, 16, son of Mrs. Mary Allen, died at Middletown after a two year ordeal with a gypsy tribe. He had left home with nomads as a child and was found in Fail Hiver, Mass, after being ill treated and nearly starved. Authorities recovered him but he never recovered.
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J. Hood Wright Hospital
Kane
Richard Bell
Bijou
Broadway
Bell
104Th Street
George Hickey
Hickey
Washington Post
Middletown
Leonard Allen
Mary Allen
Allen
Fail Hiver
Mass
Death in Automoblie Crash Near Chester New Jersey
In Dover New Jersey on May 1, broker Middlekauff of Plainfield and companion Miss Walpole of Scotch Plains died after their car overturned near Chester. The burning vehicle exploded as gasoline ignited. Miss Walpole was unconscious while Middlekauff cried out before perishing as onlookers and a lifting crew tried to free them.
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Washington Post
Dover
N. J
Chester
D. Middlekauff
Plainfield
Missie Walpole
Scotch Plains
Middlekauff
Miss Walpole
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Chester Cragsroads
Middiekauff
EB. C. Searles
Mr. Searles
Bishop Pleads for War at Episcopal Conference
Portland Maine May 17 A sermon by Bishop Codman drew sharp reaction as he argued war builds nobility in soldiers statesmen and women while warning against overemphasis on disarmament He said war fosters courage discipline patriotism and unity despite abhorrence of its evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Codman
Washington Post
Portland
Maine
Episcopal Conference
40000 Left Homeless After Aerial Simulated Conflict
Forty thousand persons in Kirm become homeless due to a recent conflagration. The article notes extensive property losses and financial figures, with scattered references to trains, stations, and routes such as Baltimore and Union.
Statues Hidequs Taft Attacks Washington Art
Taft, sculptor in Laredo, decries rapid art development at the American Federation of Fine Arts annual session at the New Willard. He urges rectifying mistakes and elevating standards, arguing the society must suppress poor art to meet growing expenses and support the organization.
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Laredo Taft
Art of Washington
American Federation of Fine Arts
New Willard
Washington
Lorado Taft
Chicago
Vesterday
American Federation of Arts
New Willard Hotel
Taft
Washington Art Convention Urges Public Sculpture Reform
Delegates at the American Federation of Arts meeting in Washington heard Lorado Taft urge removing or relocating hideous statues. James Bryce and John Barrett spoke. James W. Alexander praised American art progress and noted wealth fuels art education. A society to curb ugly art was proposed. continuation announced for second page.
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Saint Gauden
Rock Creek Cemetery
Taft
Washington
Mr. Taft
Joan W. Alexander
National Academy of Design
C. Grant la Farge
Architectural League of New York
United States
George Pierce Baker
Arvard
Huger Elliott
Mr. Alexander
America
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de la Barra and
Form
Salaz
Jose Gonzales Salaz
Pffce
Vorfirio Dias
Senor Limantour
Treasury
Klesniton Faso
Tanma
Ersons
Winifred Emery
Alexandra Carlisle
Irene van Brugh
Sir Charles Wyndham
Si John Hare
Herbert Heerbohm
Hancroft
Bancroft
Charles Wyndham
John Hare
James Fernandez
Alfred Bishop
Edward Terry
J. Beveridge
Beerbohm Ree
John Hall
105Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Salon Surell
Louis Grisbull
Walter
John A. Cunningham
August Lindblum
John Carlson
Chauncey de Graff
John Lewles
Mary Donohue
Ninth Avenue
Vane
103Th
105Th
15Th Street
Carlson
Mary Donmnur
Keane
the Han
Gen. Grant
Orar
Hachiye
U. S
Tafi
William Loeb, Jr
Union League Club of
Martin W. Littleton
Highth Street Temple
Knox
England
Bryce
Jusserand
Commission of
United States Senate
Companion
Harbin
Narbin
Marchunma
Kirm
Harpers
Martinsboro
Derketes Springs
Urberland and
Recsrm
Baltimore & Union
Union Station
Hidequs
A. M
Irving K. Pond
American Institute of Architects
Lloyd Warren
A. D. F. Hamlin
William Laurel Harris
Walter Giiman Page
Raymond Unwin
Edwin H. Blashfield
Pan American Building
James Bryce
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Baker
Chie
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