President orders Sherman lawsuit to dissolve New Haven
Washington July 21 President Wilton directed the institution of a Sherman suit to dissolve the New Haven railroad and ordered criminal aspects laid before a federal grand jury. T. W. Gregory will lead the civil action with F. M. LawWacker assisting as the grand jury weighs indictments against officers and directors under the Mellen regime.
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Morning Journal
Washington
New Haven
Tome
Wilton
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Jeane
United States
New York
Mellen
T. W. Gregory
F. M. LawWacker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charkese
Mine Operators and Miners Back Check Off Dues Plan
Fort Worth July 21 mine operators and miners of district 11 United Mine Workers of America met in conference and practically agreed on the check off system for paying union dues and the eight hour day for Texas miners.
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Morning Journal
Fort Worth
Tex
United Mine Workers of America
Texas
Railroad Securities Bill Faces Setback in Senate Panel
The interstate commerce committee split over the railroad securities bill after experts Brandeis Rublee and officials warned the measure would effectively guarantee securities. Some Republicans and a few Democrats favored delay as Brandeis and Rublee opposed key provisions. The panel adjourned with action postponed until tomorrow or later.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Louis DD
Brandeis
George Rublee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Newlands
Knights of Pythias Parade Dazzles In Terre Haute
Four thousand Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias marched in Terre Haute Indiana, in one of the order’s finest parades with representation from nearly every state. The forty five minute procession passed the reviewing stand where Supreme Chancellor Thomas J. Carling and staff watched amid heat. Ambulances stood by as scouts handed water. seven men dropped from the line due to exhaustion.
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Morning Journal
Spec Tal
Wime
Officials Discuss Intervention in Haiti
Washington on July 21 officials discussed possible US intervention in Haiti after dispatches warned of great losses from revolution. No active steps were taken yet but pressure from European powers raised the prospect of sending marines mobilized at Guantanamo into Haiti or perhaps the Dominican Republic.
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Morning Journal
Washington
United States
Haiti
Guanatanamo
Dominican Republic
Villa plans coinage to fund territory control
El Paso reports General Francisco Villa moving to coin silver pesos for use in the territory he controls. Lasaro De La Garza named financial agent to supervise mining and minting in Chihuahua City. Caranza not consulted. plan echoes prior rival currency efforts by General Carrasco.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Lasaro de la Garza
Villa
Chihuahua
Huerta
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Juan Carrasco
Sinaloa
Mediation Board Quiet on Western Rail Strike Talks
Chicago July 21 workers on ninety eight western railroads seek a wage increase. The federal board of mediation and conciliation held two sessions with railroad managers and employees. Martin Knapp said no details would be released until conferences end.
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Morting Journal
Chicago
Federal Board of Mediation
Martin Knapp
Rail Line Reopens Between Vera Cruz and Mexico City
Through traffic between Vera Cruz and Mexico City will be practicable tomorrow as only a few rails remain to close the gap beyond the American lines. The missing sections will be laid by tomorrow morning enabling full service.
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Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz Diny
Mexico City
Irish Home Rule Talks At Luckingham Palace
London July 21 Irish leaders including John Redmond and John Dillon met with the king at Luckingham Palace to discuss home rule. Observers say any agreement by principals may be vetoed in Commons with Ulster and Labour forces opposed.
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Ny Morning Journal
London
Luckingham Palace
John Redmond
John Dillon
Ireland
Edward Carson
James Craig
Asquith
Redmond
Dillon
Labor Party
House of Commons
Ulster
England
Parachute Test Fatality in Brussels High Drop
Mme Cayat De Castella was killed when a parachute test failed during a biplane flight in Brussels. The experiment ended after she plunged from about 1,000 feet while spectators, including her husband, watched. She had made prior successful drops with an automatic detachable parachute.
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Brussels
Mme, Cayat de Castella
Champet
Wisconsin National Guard Overcome by Heat at Camp Douglas
Fifteen members of the Wisconsin National Guard fainted during maneuvers at Camp Douglas amid 100 degree heat. The march covered seven miles of sandy road as troops toiled under heavy equipment in Milwaukee and surrounding areas.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin National Guard
Camp Douglas
Jones Refutes Senate Report On Federal Reserve Nomination
Thomas D. Jones of Chicago submits a letter to Senator Hitchcock defending his fitness for the federal reserve board after the banking and currency committee reported unfavorably. He calls the committee’s actions unfair toward his connection with the New Jersey Zinc Co and defends International Harvester as lawful. Early reports say Senator O Gorman met with Warburg in White Sulphur Springs but no committee agreement exists.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Hitchcock
Jones
Banking Committee
New Jersey Zinc
International Harvester Company
Missouri
Harvester Company
The
Senate of the United States
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Senator O'Gorman
New York
Paul M. Warburg
Warburg
Abandoned Reorganization Plan for Rock Island Railroad
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific plan to reorganize the Rock Island system has been abandoned and the underwriting syndicate dissolved. The Interstate Commerce Commission rules hinder the accounting and stockholders allegedly failed to fulfill duties. Bondholders may take control, likely leaving stockholders with little value.
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New York
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Rock Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baunkeas
Amity Hangs on as Villa Carranza Split Delays Peace
U S diplomatic efforts push Villa and Carranza toward unity as President Carbajal seeks amnesty. Secretary Bryan telegrams reps urging cohesion and warning against counter revolutions while France England and Spain press grievances. Calderon Liberal leader to be foreign minister under Carranza.
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Mr. Bryan
Washington
Carbajal
Mexico City
Carranza
Villa
Torreon
Chihuahua
Bryan
Wilson
Saltillo
Francisco Iglesias Calderon
Luis Cabrera
Jose Vasconcelos
Constitutionalist Commission
France
Great Britain
Spain
England
Benton
Zacatecas
Christian Brothers
George Clausse
Mexico
Carranza Says No Indiscriminate Vengeance On Federals
Laredo Texas July 21 reports say General Carranza told Wilson representatives that there will be neither universal amnesty nor universal condemnation of political acts. Officials Phillip Hanna John Silliman and T Ayers Robertson sought details on plans for post conflict policy.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Wilson
Phillip C. Hanna
John R. Silliman
T. Ayers Robertson
Mexico’s Carranza Bans Generals From Presidential Candidacy
In Nuevo Laredo an official said General Carranza issued an edict forbidding constitutionalist generals from running for president in future elections. The statement came as authorities pledged severe handling for those implicated in the deaths of President Madero and Vice President Suarez.
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Cal
Madero
Suarez
Nuevo Laredo
Carranza
Mexico
Carranza moves to seize lower California land
Adolfo Carillo, agent for the Mexican constitutionalists, says American, French and Japanese landholders in lower California will be ousted and lands handed to the Mexican government once Carranza's government takes control in Mexico City. Bonillas named chief engineer to study land conditions. pearl fisheries assets and Compañía Naviera Del Pacífico concessions to be reassessed for public benefit.
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Los Angeles
Lower
California
Huerta
Diaz
Carranza
Adolfo Carillo
Mexico City
Carillo
Ignacio Bonillas
Bonillas
Carnell University
Carille Said
Comania Naviera del Pacifico
Guaymas
Mazatlan
San Diego
Ammunition Shipments Reported for Tampico Door
The schooner Hatteras cleared from Galveston for Havana carrying 1,682 cases of ammunition, reportedly destined for Tampico. Some say the cargo may support Villa or his partisans, amid ongoing Carranza-Villa tensions and inquiries by Carranza supporters into the funds source.
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Galveston
Tex
Hatteras of the Gulf Fisheries Company
Havana
Tampico
Carranza
Villa
German government drafts cigarette monopoly to curb tobacco trust
In response to weak support for a petroleum monopoly bill the government drafts a cigarette monopoly measure. It aims to counter the British American tobacco trust expanding in retail trade and alarms the German cigarette industry.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Levee shooting probe shifts to clean up plan
Chicago investigators publish new developments in the levee district shooting case. Police Captain Max Nootbaar vows a thirty day purge after Detective Sergeant Stanley Birnes is buried. State's Attorney Hoyne identifies Rocco Venilla as the suspected first gunman and links him to prior Montana crimes and a vice ring.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Montana
Stanley J. Birnes
Max Nootbaar
Hoyne
Rocco Venilla
Gray
Venilla
W. C. Dannenberg
Levee
Hindus Accept Terms as Komagata Maru Crisis Ends
Vancouver July 21 Hindus aboard the Komagata Maru concede on all points, accepting terms. Ship to be provisioned for return voyage and medicines provided. Government officials concede nothing, leaving the tense standoff resolved for now.
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SPEC
Morning Journal
Vancouver
Army Worm Ravages Being Investigated In Pennsylvania
Federal field agents opened an inquiry into army worm damage across Pennsylvania. Reports indicate large worm populations in northeastern counties and the northern tier, with Erie reporting severe infestation. A new pest, the web worm, was noted in corn growing counties attacking the interior stalks and causing extensive destruction.
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Morning Journal Special
Wirth
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture Today
Erie
Constitutionalists Receive Ammunition Shipment at Tampico
The American schooner Emily P. Wright arrived at Tampico today carrying munitions of war for the constitutionalists, reached after sailing from Laredo Texas last night.
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Laredo
Tex
Emily P. Wright
Tampico
Caillaux Testifies In Defense In French Trial
Joseph Caillaux presented a dramatic two hour defense in the Calmette murder case as his wife Mme Caillaux sat in the dock. He claimed responsibility for his mistakes and defended her as tender, recounting their private life and the letters that sparked the crisis. The testimony opened a political phase with Caillaux seen as a key radical leader amid court room tensions.
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SY Morning Journal
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Gaston Calmette
M. Caillaux
Mme. Caillaux
France
Calmette
Caillaux
Mme. Raynouard
Doumergue
Pierre Mordier
Monaco
Mesagne-Estradere
Jean Barthou
Poincare
Senate
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