Popular Election Amendment Faces Senate Vote Today
Washington activity centers on the senate where the constitutional amendment for the popular election of U S senators is expected to pass with two thirds support. The House Democratic leadership seeks defeat of the Root amendment to the reciprocity bill, with adjournment speculation and tariff revisions forming the broader legislative agenda.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
42 Moeet
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Representatives
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United States
Auto slides from bluff near Muir Woods may claim coroner
Dr. William J. Walsh coroner of San Francisco County was seriously injured when an automobile he drove plunged 4400 feet down a bluff near Muir Woods. Walsh, a long-serving official active in politics and fraternal circles, was reported fatally injured.
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San Francisco
Willan J. Walsh
Muir Woods
Walsh
Collision and Fire Kill One in Virginia Car Crash
Washington June 11 Harry W Mitchell of Gillenearlyn Virginia died when his car overturned after a collision with a Dominion Electric car at Hossiyn across the Potomac. Fred Kitchen a private in the Fifteenth Cavalry at Fort Myer Virginia was seriously injured and three others seriously injured in the crash as the overturned vehicle caught fire.
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Ly Morning Journal
Washington
Harry W Mitchell
Gillenearlyn
Fred Kitchen
Pifteenth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Virginia
Mitchell
Hossiyn
Potomac River
Great Naval Review at Spithead honors King George
London dispatch reports a grand naval review at Spithead on June 24 led by King George. Ten Dreadnought battleships from Britain plus foreign Dreadnoughts including Germany’s Von der Tann will assemble, with the Delaware representing the United States. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert will lead salutes as vessels line the expansive review grounds.
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Spithead
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France
Canton
Japan
Austria
Radetzky
Italy
Russia
Rossi
Spain
Argentine
Chile
Chacabuco
Sweden
Fulgia
Turkey
Hamidiah
China
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Vietoerta
Albert
Alexandera
Santa Fe Roundhouse Destroyed By Fire At Selighman
Dispatches report the Santa Fe roundhouse at Selighman destroyed by fire with losses over 150000 dollars. The blaze began from a pit beneath a locomotive and nine locomotives were burned.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Bellsman
Aris
Santa Fe
Twenty Hurt in Ohio Trolley Collision
Twenty persons were injured, none fatally, when a traction car on the Cincinnati Georgetown and Ports mouth line struck a cow and went into a ditch six miles east of Mineinmati. The wreck occurred at night with the car traveling over forty miles an hour. All injured were from Cincinnati and vicinity.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Georgetown
Portsmouth
Mineinmati
Small Investors Seek Panama Canal Bonds
Washington June 11 The government 50 million dollar Panama Canal bond issue is expected to attract major bids from wealthy investors. Treasury officials say the new bonds are tax free and offer high investment value. Bids close at 4 pm on June 17 with more than seven sealed proposals already received.
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Washington
Treasury
Indero and Reyes unite in Mexico amid peaceful prospects
Mexico City June 11 Special says General Reyes and President de La Barra would join Madero in the cabinets of foreign relations and war if he wins. Reyes plans a five day southern tour to review troops and speak in Guerrero and Morelos as talks of a Reyes de La Barra Madero collaboration clarify the political scene.
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Morning Journal
Mexico City
General Reyes
President de la Barra
Francisco I. Madero
Ambrosio Figueroa
Guerrero
Morelos
Republic
Reyes
de la Barra
Madero
Senor Madero
Zocalo
Gonzales
Sonora
Manuel Bonilla
Mexican Ambassador Zamcona to Return to London Post
Washington reports Ambassador Zamcona, recently named financial representative of Mexico in London, will depart for his post this week. Senor Perryra, the first secretary, will manage the embassy in his absence until Senor Crespo, still serving as Mexican ambassador at Vienna, arrives.
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London
Washington
Senor Zamcona
Mexico
Central American plot linked to exiled Nicaragua leader
In New Orleans on June 11 reports say agents from Central American governments coordinate a wholesale revolution across the region excluding Costa Rica. Details claim 5000 rifles 300000 rounds of ammo and ships Winslow Siren and four other vessels moved to Pacific waters. General Lee Christmas is expected to lead fighting from Honduras.
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New Orleans
Cientifico Party
Mexico
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Central America
Costa Rica
United States
Winslow
Siren
Pacific
Lee Christmas
Honduras
Cananeas Ex-General Leads 150 to Baja California Clash
Cananea Sonora June 11 reports Juan Cabral and 150 men marching via Nogales to Baja California to attack Magonist rebels, continuing efforts against insurrectionaries in the region.
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Cananea
Sonora
Mex
Nogales
Juan Cabral
Lower California
Mexlccali
Juana
Flilogies and Flowers to Confederate Dead
Washington June M The annual tribute of flowers and eulogy was paid today at Arlington National Cemetery to the soldiers dead of the south. The Confederate memory was honored with floral offerings including a wreath from President Taft.
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South
Arlington National
Robert BK. Lee
National Cemetery
Tal
Official Accused of Embezzling Fees in State Incorporations
August Unfug, chief clerk to Secretary of State James R. Pearce, was jailed on charges of juggling incorporation papers and embezzling filing fees. He confessed to tampering mainly with small company papers and said his $5,000 bond would cover any shortages. Pearce uncovered the scheme after a friend reported missing certificates.
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Denver
August W. Uning
James R. Pearce
Pearce
Unfug
le Junta
Secretary of State
Coima
Pueblo
Untug
Philadelphia car men may join Baldwin strike forces
Local members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes are reported to consider allying with Baldwin locomotive works strikers after a conference between street car leaders and Baldwin strike organizers. Labor leaders cite shared financial interests controlling both firms. The Carmen sought raise from 23 to 28 cents per hour.
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Morning Journal
Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin's
Carmen
Baldwin
Central Labor Enlon Endorses Baldwin Strike
Philadelphia June 11 central labor union endorsed the Baldwin locomotive works strike and pledged aid. The locomotive builders' council said the strike was forced by company layoffs of union members. Strength of the unions will be known tomorrow as operations resume at the plant, shut since Friday night.
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Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Locomotive Builders’ Council
Death of Bi-Colonel James Goodspeed in Athens
Bi-Colonel James Goodspeed, aged elder past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Ohio, died at his home in Athens today. The longtime Mason and community figure was honored by local brethren and remembered for his leadership and service.
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Athens
James Goodspeed
Grand Lodge of Masons of Loni
Tle
Insurrectos Call for Office Spoils Sharing in Mexico
A mass insurrectionist meeting denounces hiring federals in post offices customs houses and public posts while pledging a clean sweep once replacements arrive. Northern Mexico sees limited disbandment around Torreon with bonuses and horse returns. General Viljoen plans a force to subdue socialist insurgents in Baja California.
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Insurrectos
Mexico
Insurrecto
Jua
Torreon
B. J. Viljoen
California
Bloody fight precedes capture of Culiacan
San Diego June 11 Culiacan Sinaloa surrendered to the Maderistas May 31 after nearly two days of fighting in which hundreds were killed. Mazatlan also surrendered on June 2 as the city fell to about 3 000 Maderistas. The siege included heavy losses at the Sacred Heart chapel and a chaotic retreat by officials and guards.
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Culiacan
Bandera
Insurrectos
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Iturbide
Fede
Altaire
Bonilla
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Redo
Mexico City
Cullacan
Benito Juarez
Tierado
Madero
Cuartel
Mazatlan
Tampico
J. Ramirez
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Casillas
Santa Rosalia
Maderistas
Mazgatlan
Twe Vietors
Return to normalcy in Mazatlan after Benito Juarez departs
Residents were assured their homes and property would be safe and urged to resume ordinary vacations as Mazatlan returned to quiet following the departure of the Benito Juarez.
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Benito Juarez
Mazatlan
Exiled Mexican Officials Head to Los Angeles
Joaquin Redo reports from Tucson that Diego Redo former governor of Sinaloa and twenty-five exiled Diaz officials will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow. The group was released by Maderista officials at Nogales and traveled to Tucson with their leader.
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Joaquin Redo
Tucson
Ariz
Diego Redo
Sinaloa
Mex
Redo
Maderista
Nogales
Sonora
Diaz
Chance to Acquire Battleship Puritan Sunk for Junk Sale
Washington June 11 Worthless except as old junk the monitor Puritan sunk in Hampton Roads by a high explosive test and raised will be sold to the highest bidder if the navy adopts an examining board report. The board says repair costs exceed value and set a minimum bid of 12000 dollars. Built twenty years ago she was a powerful coast defense vessel with limited service in the Spanish American War.
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Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Delaware
West Indian
Baptists From All Lands Gather in Philadelphia
Philadelphia hosts three major conventions this week as Baptists from Britain and the continent join in six days of meetings. The Northern Baptist Convention, with over a million Baptists, meets Tuesday. The General Convention of Baptists of North America convenes June 19 for a single session. The Baptist World Alliance runs June 15 to 26 with daily sessions, featuring prominent leaders and foreign delegations. English Baptists favor open communion while American Baptists largely practice close communion.
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Philadelphia
Northern Baptist Convention
General Convention of Baptists of North America
United States
Canada
Baptist World Alliance
Great Britain
Baptists
England
Husband Must Explain Tragic Death of Wife
Farmington Maine June 11 buried beneath spruce boughs stones and dirt near her home at Freeman the body of Mrs Etta Taylor was found head shattered by gunshot or crushed by an axe husband Marshal Taylor and housekeeper Mrs Gida Searles were arrested pending an inquest neighbors said Mrs Taylor had been missing three weeks a note allegedly left by her said she was sick of life and did not want to live anymore
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Farmington
Freeman
Etta Taylor
Marshal Taylor
Yarmer
Gida Searles
Taylor Farm
Denver Broker Turned Laborer Ends Life in Los Angeles Hospital
Autopsy and coroner's inquiry reveal G. Palmleas, once a wealthy Denver broker and dinner speaker, hanged himself in the Los Angeles county hospital. A progressive brain ailment forced him to seek work as a laborer after moving to the coast five years ago. He had been in the insane ward last week while a nurse was away.
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Los Angeles
G. Palmieas
Denver
Storm claims three lives and massive damage in New Jersey and Long Island
A day after a severe storm a Morning Journal Special Leased Wire report lists three deaths in Gravesend Bay and Jersey City from drowning and electrocution. Lightning and wind caused fires and over $100 000 in losses across New Jersey and New York, including 25 000 people at a society circus in Flushing and tents toppled in Coney Island.
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New York
Morning Journal
Gravesend Bay
Emilie Faulkner
George Lante
Jersey City
David Clark
Flushing
L. I
Coney Island
Patterson
N. J
Harriman System Shop Workers Form Federation in Utah
Delegates from Harriman system shops completed a federation for crafts. FE. L. Reguin of San Francisco elected president, J. K. Crouch vice president, John Scott secretary treasurer. Denver will host 1913 convention. Sub advisory boards will represent each craft. disputes to be settled by joint conference or federation advisory boards. Eight hour day six days weekly. oppose physical exams, personal records, piece work, and bonuses. Crafts include machinists, pipemen, boilermakers, carmen, and blacksmiths.
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Morning Journal
Salt Lake
Utah
FE. Ll. Reguin
San Francisco
J. KE. Crouch
John Scott
Denver
Federation
Venezuela Slights: U S and Britain Shunned Independence Centennial
Caracas reports that the United States and England have not appointed representatives to Venezuela's centennial independence celebration planned for the first week in July. Local observers note only these two nations failed to respond to the invitation, while Americans on the ground hope for ambassadorial presence and a battleship representation.
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Caracas
Venezuela
United States
England
Veneviola
Bible Society meeting at Wattieas City Kansas City
A large afternoon session at the Baracas Philathes national convention featured Bible societies speakers and church addresses in Kansas City. Dr J Wilbur Chapman addressed the gathering and church officers spoke to congregations in the area. Tomorrow plans call for the annual track meet as the convention highlight.
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Bible Societies
Wattieas City
Kansas City
J. Wilbur Chapman
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