Mexican Crisis Deepens as Carranza Faces Mediation
Washington reports President Wilson presses Carranza to enter Niagara Falls mediation while Huerta confronts rebels near Vera Cruz. Aviators Bellinger and Stoltz survive Mexican fire amid reinforcements. Silliman ventures from Saltillo to Saltillo. Saund ers arrives Galveston after a decade in Mexican confinement.
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Wilson
Carranza
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Bellinger
Stoltz
Vergara
Huerta
United States
Riano
Mexico City
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
J. de Gener
San Luis Potosi
Galveston
Silliman
Herbert F. Saunders
Huérta
Ont
Niagara
Falls
Becker Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Charles Becker former police lieutenant was found guilty of the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The verdict declares death in the electric chair with sentence to be imposed May 29. Becker showed no emotion as his wife cried. jurors stood in agreement.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Justice Seabury
Becker
Sylvia Pankhurst chained as suffragists clash in London parade
Sylvia Pankhurst led a Sunday march with 15 women supporters chained and cuffed. Police contained violent crowds in Victoria Park after militants clashed at gates, with further chaos at Hampstead Heath where suffrage speakers were shouted down by angry mobs.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Hast
Pankhurst
Cannington
Victoria Park
George
Park
Sylvia
Miss Pankhurst
Hampstead Heath
Four Dead Four Hurt In Illinois Auto Train Crash
A south bound freight train in Herrin Illinois struck an automobile carrying six. One man D T Hart Marion state's attorney died. Four others injured include Lydia Aikman and Frances Freeman and Kline and child perished.
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Herrin
Ill
D.-T.-Hart
Marion
John Kline
Kline
Lydia Aikman
Frances Freeman
Hartwell
Streator
C. G. Savers
Bert Savers
Ancora
Kansas City
Mdil
Theft of dynamite at Gatun warehouse jeopardizes Gatun locks
Panama May 25. Thieves stole a ton of dynamite from a government warehouse at Gatun. Officials fear an planned explosion at the Gatun locks. Three prisoners, two Colombians and a Negro, arrested Friday, face charges of the dynamite theft. Police traced the explosive to the Negro’s house. Colonel Goethals acknowledged defects in the steel locks. The episode raises security concerns over the canal facilities.
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Panama
Gatun
Goethals
Jacksonville
Kidnapping Case Tied to Prohibition Campaign Leader
Rev. Louis R. Patmont, a dry campaign figure from Westville, Illinois, was found in an abandoned house near Columbia after being kidnapped. He was gagged, transported by car to St Louis for identification, then taken to Danville to testify to the grand jury about his abduction.
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St. Louis
R. Patmont
Columbia
Tll
Westville
Til
Carter
Patmont
Weatville
Mellen Testimony Reveals Morgan Influence at New Haven
Charles Mellen former president of the New Haven railroad testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission detailing J P Morgan’s control over New Haven officials and property. He recounts Morgan’s alleged concern for his father's health to avoid indictment and alleges Nelson W Aldrich aided the Rhode Island trolley sale to New Haven at about 19 to 20 million dollars.
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Charles
Mellen
New York
New Haven
É Hartford Railway
Interstate: Commerce ‘Commission
C.C. McChord
Washington
Charles 58. Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. Pierpont Morgan
Grand Trunk
Morgan
The
Mr. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Charles 3. Mellen
Nelson W. Aldrich
United States Senate
Rhode Island Trolley
Aldrich
Fires blast injures crowd and firemen at Madison Street building
At 1342 West Madison Street a four story structure exploded on Friday. Spectators and firemen were injured as the building burned. Dozens were hurt by flying debris and shattered windows as two firefighters were carried from the scene, with reports of possible fatalities among the crew.
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Chicago
Madison Street
Medieon
Home Rule Bill Passes Commons Amid Ulster Tension
London May 27 The home rule for Ireland bill passed the House of Commons on the third and final reading by 274 to 251. Premier Asquith claims royal assent will make it law. Ulster faces possible civil war as leaders threaten action and Belfast authorities brace for disorder with extra police and troops.
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London
Ireland
House of Commons
George
House of ‘Lords
Commons
Herbert H. Asquith
Liberal Party
Asquith
William O’brien
Ulster Province
Ulster
Edward ‘Carson
John Craig
North of Ireland
Belfast
Ulster Volunteers
Supreme Court narrows Titanic liability for loss claims
The U S Supreme Court ruled that Oceanic Steam Navigation Company’s liability for $13 million in claims from Titanic losses is limited by the 1851 American limited liability law to the value of salvage recovered and freight and passage money from the voyage. The decision implies little recovery for relatives or baggage in the disaster.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Recall Proposal Targets Judge Lindsey in Denver
A recall petition drives action against Judge Lindsey alleging misconduct. The initiative includes forms to address the Chicago incident and references to President Wilson. The plan aims to remove Lindsey from the bench amid legal controversy and political pressure.
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Denver
Célo
Law
Chicago
Wilson
Ruined Appomattox Hamlet Remembers Grant Lee Surrender
An elderly observer recalls the surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia where General Grant and General Lee met. The burned courthouse and ruined landscape mark a ruined hamlet once standing as the war’s final scene.
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BBC
William McLean
Grant
Lee
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