Villa's brutal record as Mexican revolutionary leader
A detailed account cites Francisco Villa's early crimes and long list of massacres and ransom killings from 1907 to 1913. It notes his prison origins, banditry, and rise to command, with specific incidents in Guanacevi Allende Casas Grandes San Andres Aviles and Montezuma, including torture and mass executions.
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United States
Chihuahua
Reza
Soto
Allende
Madero’s
Urbina
Casas’ Grandes
Carlos “Alatorre
Luis
Ortiz
Batopilas
Atate“O
Senora Maria de da ‘Luz
Gomez
Recety
Broken hydroplane found at sea off Scotland coast
A hydroplane fragment about 16 feet long was recovered by the trawler Lord Durham off the Faroe Islands while bound for fishing. No identification marks are observed. It was delivered to the Grimsby wreck receiver amid unresolved questions. Admiralty stations exist in Orkney and Cromarty but no public accident linked to a drifting hydroplane has been confirmed.
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Scotland
Durham
Faroe Islands
Grimsby
Admiralty
Orkney
Cromarty
JAIL FOR LABOR MEN PARDONS THEIR ONLY HOPE
Chicago may 19 Frank M Ryan pres of the International Association of Bridges and Structural Iron Workers and 19 others must report June 6 to Leavenworth for conspiracy to transport dynamite on trains. Appeals of three men may yield new trials and pardons are sought from President Wilson.
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Chicago
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridges and Structural Iron Workers
Leavenworth Penitentiary
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard H. Houlihan
William Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Olaf Treitmoe
San Francisco
William J. McCain
Kansas City
James
E. Ray
Peoria
Fred Sherman
Indianapolis
Los Angeles Times
United States
Wilson
Zoline
Ten Die as Rubber Plant Explosion Kills Many
In Detroit on Friday a massive blast at the Mexican Crude Rubber company plant killed ten workers, with one dying later and three more believed fatally injured. The cause remains unknown with initial reports naming gasoline then sulfuric acid as possibilities. The coroner will conduct a strict investigation. In Edwardsville, Illinois, three people died when a Clover Leaf train struck an automobile near Kaufmann. The victims were J F Stuckwisch, his wife, and Oscar Meier of Marine, Illinois, with bodies badly mutilated.
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Casas Grandes
Villa
Chihuahua
Castillo
San Andres
Federals
Carretas
Jose Dolores Moreno
Senor
Ignacio Irigoyen
Jose A. Yanez
Montezuma
Maderista
Miguel Baca Ronquillo
Passegers
Detroit
Mexican Crude Rubber Company
Edwardsville
Kaufmann
Here
J. F. Stuckwisch
Oscar Meier
Marine, Ill
Army Medical Supplies Supplemental Request Discussed
A May report notes a supplemental appropriation of 50000 dollars for army medical and hospital needs. The brief mentions emergency costs and possible likelihood of approval, highlighting questions about funding for medical support.
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Washington
Army
Wilson warns Colorado on mine strike peace
President Wilson warned Colorado must maintain peace in coal mine districts without federal aid. He said federal troops would stay only until the state has time and opportunity to resume complete sovereignty and control, as stated in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Wilson
Ammons
Colorado
Sitara
Refugees Forced to Land Amid Tampico Tension
Refugees within the American lines report Mexican cavalry approaching from the northeast as rebels in Tampico tense the area. Berlin’s consul Everbusch is insulted by a rebel officer while seeking departure for 140 refugees aboard the Ypiranga, then released after Caballero's intervention.
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Dresden
Four Faced Death Saved Halifax Sinking
A mid Atlantic disaster report states the steamship Columbian was destroyed by fire two weeks earlier. Of 15 lifeboat survivors, only four were alive when found by the Seneca cutter. The others perished from exposure and privations during the long ordeal.
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Halifax
Vismane
Notte
Huerta May Resign Under Conditions Official View
Washington reports doubt Huerta will resign despite unofficial suggestions. Urrutia, former interior minister, fled to Vera Cruz with family, saying staying near Huerta risked death. He arrived among refugees and plans to rely on American protection indefinitely.
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Mera
Cruz
Mex
Toriano
Huerta
Carranza
Republic
United : ‘States
Joan
United- ‘States
Magdalena‘bay
Washington
ASBC
Niagara’ Falls
United States
Aureliano ‘Urrutia
Eluerta
Fle
Urrutia
Hines and Trust
Vera, Cruz
Alfreds Town Wiped Out by Fire Escanaba Mich May
The village of Alfred, eight miles from Escanaba, was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Refugees arrived with first news of the catastrophe. Inhabitants fled into the Escanaba river and stood in water up to their necks to escape the flames. Heat was reported extremely intense. Timber holdings of Senator Isaac Houghton noted nearby.
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Escanaba
Mich
Alfred
Isaac “Houghton
Count É Ming
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Boston Transcript
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Ciudad
Guerrero
San’ ‘Andres
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Sta.Rosalia
Pueblecita
Visconti
Sarli
CIA Harinera
Sordo Y Blanco
Senor Montilla
House of
Cordo Y Bianco
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Court of First Instance
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Vera Cruz
Federal
Government
Leavenworth
Kan
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Tangle
Tampico
Cabaillero
Ypiranga
Niagara Falls
New York
Funston
Navarette
Constitutionalista
Samuel Parks
Twenty-eighth United States
Veras ‘Cruz
OF Parks
Saltillo
Mexico City
Lionel Carden
Galveston
Tex
Eduardo Ocaranza
Tuxpam
Vera Crus
Tamaulipas
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Cordoba
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Tongass National Forest
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