Viva Madero Shouts Stir Juarez Mutiny Amid Mexican Turmoil
Juarez scene yesteryear saw 2500 troops mobilized with mutinous talk and alcohol fueled clashes. Rebels led by Pascual Orozco prepared to move 1500 men toward Casas Grandes while others dispatched toward the northwest as Chihuahua celebrated federals arrival.
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Viva Madero
Huerta
Chimuarua
Mexico
Mexican Central
Sauz
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Luis Fernandez
Francisco del Toro
Casas Grandes
Rojas
Pascual Orozco
Huerta Enters Chihuahua City as Rebels Retreat
General Victoriano Huerta led federal forces into Chihuahua at 10 o clock, four months after rebels seized the city. His entry eased foreign tension, pledged to reopen rail links to Torreon, and promised continued campaigns to reclaim rebel-held areas across Chihuahua, Sonora, and beyond.
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Morning Journal
Huerta
Chihuahua
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Tellez
Rebago
Casas Grandes
Huertan
Generel Orozco
Viva Madero
Torreon
Juarez
Forteon
Conejos
Bellano
Bachimba
Orogoo
Sonora
American Arrested as Maderista Spy
Morris Buttner, an American immigration officer, was arrested in Juarez on July 7 accused of being a Maderista spy. He was released after consul Luther Edwards spoke with Colonel Pascual Qrozco Sr. in charge of the garrison. Colonel Crowe noted Buttner wore an American immigration badge when seized. Consul Edwards expressed surprise at the badge but assured resolution.
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Maderista
Juarez
Mexico
Morris Buttner
Luther Edwards
Pascual Qrozco
Crowe
Buttner
Consul Edwards
Colonels Orozco and Buttner tied to Juarez immigration effort
Colonel Orozco and Buttner were linked to facilitating Chinese immigration checks in Juarez, a matter involving U S border activities and immigration control.
Charges Plague Educator Irwin Shepard at NAO Board Meeting
Chicago reports charges of irregularities in National Education Association memberships and discourtesy in replies to complaints will be brought against Secretary Irwin Shepard at the board of directors meeting tomorrow. The move aims to oust Shepard, led by Chicago teachers and principals, alleging refusal to permit active school memberships at the Boston convention two years ago despite director approval.
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Chicago
National Education Association
Irwin Shepard
Board of
Shepard
Enrollment Bureau
Boston
Four Men Killed and Four Hurt in Grabow Timber Strike
In Grabow Louisiana a clash between union and non union timber workers and guards at a local mill leaves four dead and four seriously wounded. A two hundred strong union faction from Deridder led by A L Emerson arrives to meet a strike amid a fatal exchange of gunfire. The sheriff and coroner with Louisiana Guards move to the scene as tensions rise in the mill town.
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Jocreni
Jake Charles
Grabow
Here
Cates Hall
Roy Morton
Edward Brown
Hall
Morton
Brown
Deridder
A. L. Emerson
Nine Men Killed by Explosive Mine Disaster in Nevada
A Nevada Copper Company blast at Goldfield injures drill operator C Bay and kills nine men including Al H. Cook of Roanoke Virginia and seven Austrians plus one Greek. The explosion occurred in a drill hole on the second level 1260 feet deep. cause unknown. Cook was blown 1000 feet from the pit center. remains partly dismembered.
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Morning Journal
Reno
Nev
Goldfield
al H. Cook
Roanoke
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
B. Phay
Cook
Royalists Begin Row in Portugal
Reports say a long expected royalist movement started yesterday but was checked by officials. Disturbances were mainly in the north as royalist forces encamped near Mongalegre, while government troops along the frontier are declared ready to crush any fighting.
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Lisbon
Mongalegre
Steamship City of Panama Adrift Off California Coast
The City of Panama steamship drifts 250 miles south of San Francisco with Ross City en route from San Pedro to assist. The sea is calm and authorities report no danger to the vessel or its crew.
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San Francisco
Panama
Ross City
San Pedro
Alaskan City Shaken By Violent 40 Second Quake
Fairbanks experiences a severe temblor shaking the city for about 40 seconds. Officials report property damage and crews assess structural safety as residents survey after the quake.
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Alaskan
Fairbanks
Mine Foreman Killed in Alaska Earthquake Nightly Shocks Continue
A severe Alaska earthquake struck Fairbanks at 10 PM, with aftershocks through the night. Louis Anderson, foreman of a Dome Creek mine, was killed when a collapsed rock crushed him. The event follows a sequence of surface and subsurface tremors said to be beneficial by some observers.
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Morning Journal
Fairbanks
Alaska
Louis Anderson
Dome Creek
Eruption of Katmai Affects Ocean Floors and Climate
Seismographs at the University of Washington record violent underground tremors from midnight to 2 06 am with a peak at 2 06 to 12 15. Scientists explore Alaska coast climate shifts, new fishing banks, and possible Bering Strait changes linked to Mount Katmai’s eruption a month prior. Government scientists sail from Seattle to Seward and Kodiak to study submarine geography and cod fisheries impacts.
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Alaskan
Bering Straita
Mount Katmai
Bering Sea
Seattle
Seward
Kodiak
SHOCKS REGISTERED AS FAR AWAY AS KANSAS
Seismic shocks lasting seventy minutes were recorded at the University of Kansas seismograph in Lawrence. The center was about 2,800 miles distant with the heaviest marks 3.34 inches across the instrument. Two probable centers were suggested, one near Alaska and the other off the northwest coast of South America. In Ecuador, the report notes ongoing volcanic disturbances.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
H. P. Cady
Alaska
South America
Ecuador
Utah University records heavy quake shocks
Seismographs at the University of Utah logged two strong earthquakes this morning in Salt Lake City. The first occurred at 1 06, the second at 1 17 and lasted over an hour, with the final shock so forceful it dislodged the pendulum from the drum on the eastern and western recorder.
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Utah University
Salt Lake City
Utah
University of Utah
Heaviest Quake Shocks Recorded at Georgetown Observatory
Washington July 7 The strongest earthquake shocks since the 1906 San Francisco disaster were logged today on the Georgetown University Observatory seismograph. The quake, estimated 8,000 miles away, with uncertain direction, lasted from 3 07 to 6 a.m. The 3 41 a.m. shock pushed two needles off scale and reached 90 millimeters on the dial.
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Washington
San Francisco
Georgetown University Observatory
Suits to Lower Traffic Rates
Hearings on suits against western railroads begin in Denver as the traffic bureau of the Denver chamber of commerce seeks reduced close and commodity rates between Chicago Missouri River and Mississippi River points and Denver. Over twenty attorneys for the railroads attend hearings to be held all week. One case revisits the Vulcan Iron Worker decision lowering rates for structural iron into Denver and the class and commodity rate hearing covers Denver to Salt Lake City.
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Denver
Traffic Bureau
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vulcan Iron Worker
Salt Lake City
Fiendish murder of 12 year old girl in Bronx
Julia Connors was found murdered in a vacant Bronx toilet with thirty six wounds from a stilettto. She died before naming her killer a "man" and had visited Crotonia park prior to her disappearance. Police traced the attack to a second floor apartment beside the discovery site.
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Morning Journal
New York
Julia Connors
Bronx
Edward Connors
Crotonia Park
Wilson Will Not Visit Chicago At Meeting
Governor Wilson said he would probably not attend the July 15 meeting of the new democratic national committee in Chicago. If he stays away, NJ committeeman Hudspeth will voice his views and carry his choice for chairman to the committee. He hopes to meet with Mr. Underwood and Speaker Clark soon but has no set appointment.
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Morning Journal
Seagirt
N. J
Wilson
Chicago
New
Democratic National Committee
Robert 8. Hudspeth
New Jersey
National Committee
Representative Underwood
Congress
Mr. Underwood
Speaker Clark
Kern backs McCoombs for national chairmanship
Indiana Senator Kern visits Governor Wilson at Seagirt New Jersey and states he will not back any politician tied to the old machine He favors a candidate in Wilsons full confidence and would support McCoombs if chosen by the governor.
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Kern
Wilson
Seagirt
N. J
Indiana
National Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
William F. McCoombs
McCoombs
Mr. McCoombs
San Antonio Mayor Bryan Callaghan Dies After Illness
Bryan Callaghan fourteentime elected mayor of San Antonio died after a two week illness. He was serving as mayor at the time of his death in San Antonio Texas on July 7.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bryan Callaghan
Roosevelt Third Party Call Draws Prominent Support
Progressive Movement formed by a committee from forty states seeks to unify backers for a national candidate. Territories are excluded from nominating power due to lack of electoral votes. New Mexico representatives include Congressman Curry and former Governor Miguel A. Otero. Influential editors among backers also noted.
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Curry
Miguel A. Otero
New Mexico
Third Party Convention Call Brings Prominent Signers
A call for a third party convention issued by Senator Dixon on behalf of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt gathers a long list of editors publishers and political figures. Signers include Medill McCormick W R Nelson J M Parker Henry J Allen and George Curry among many governors ex governors and U S senators. Three democrats Judge Ben B Lindsey Julian Harris and John M Parker also sign.
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Dixon
Theodore Roosevelt
Medill McCormick
Chicago Tribune
W. R R. Nelson
Kansas City Star and Times
United States
National
House of Representatives
Alabama
Oscar W. Hindley
Arizona
Dwight B. Heard
California
Hiram W
Kentucky
Leslie Coombs
Louisiana
John M. Parker
Pearl Wight
Maryland
Charles J. Bonaparte
E. C. Carrington, Jr
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Tiverrett
Colby
George L. Record
J. Franklin Fort
New Mexico
George Curry
Miguel A. Otero
New York
W. A. Prendergast
Oscar 8. Straus
Woods Hutchinson
Timothy L. Woodruff
Chauncey J. Hamlin
Henry L. Stoddard
North Dakota
A. Y. Moore
Oregon
Henry W. Coe
L. W. McMahon
Washington
Miles Poindexter
West Virginia
W. M. Dawson
Wisconsin
H. F. Cochems
Wyoming
Joseph Carey
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Julian Harris
Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
New Orleans
National Progressive movement calls for delegates to Chicago
A call issued by U S Senator Joseph M Dixon and Roosevelt supporters urges United States voters to send delegates to a Chicago convention on August 5 1912 to form a national progressive party. The call lists aims and method of delegate selection and notes states likely to participate or abstain.
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Dixon
Maine
Delaware
North Carolina
Arkansas
Nevada
Mississippi
South Carolina
National Progressive
United States
Curry Goes to SeH Colonel Roosevelt
Oyster Bay July 7. With limited readable text the report notes Curry’s visit to Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay as part of a patrol or visit sequence. Further details are unavailable in the fragments.
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Curry Goers
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
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Zapate
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Explsio
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Portugal
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Georgetown
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