Open Port Tampico status eyes U S stance amid mediation
Reports say the United States may insist Tampico be recognized as an open port if Huerta blocks it. The Sunshine carried ammunition to the Constitutionalists at Tampico with no U S interference, prompting cautious official comment as diplomats weigh neutrality and mediation prospects.
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United States
Tampico
Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Sunshine
Galveston
Huerta
State
Navy Department
Badger
Peace Conference Deliberations Continue In Niagara Falls
The conference at Niagara Falls Ontario proceeds with mediators and delegates refining the general peace plan. American delegates study Washington data on individuals to participate in the proposed provisional government while awaiting Carranza’s reply on Constitutionalist representation.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Carranza
Washington
Huerta Optimistic on Mediation Talks With U S
In Mexico City on June 5 Associated Press reports President Huerta expresses optimism about mediation negotiations. He believes the end of the dispute is near and that diplomatic relations with the United States will soon be resumed.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Settlement Reached In Sonora Crises Election Call Planned
Douglas Ariz June 65 It is reported Gov Jose Maytorena has agreed to issue a call for an election in a few days to restore new state deputies replacing the legislature dissolved a year ago, resolving a clash with the Pasqueira faction.
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Associated Press
Douglas
Ariz
Jose Maytorena
Pasqueira
Sonora
Summer Course on Eugenics at University of California
Berkeley June 5 Eugenies the science of human perfection in which Cupid is relegated to the shelf will be included in the UC summer school. The course to be offered has drawn interest and is expected to attract many defectors in this debated science. Two lecturers will lead the courses William Fr. Snow secretary of the American Hygiene Association and Vernon N Kelleg of Stanford University.
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Berkley
Cal
University of California
William Fr. Snow
American Hygiene Association
Vernon N. Kelleg
Stanford University
Army Depot Closed in Fort Worth Amid War Cloud
The Depot Quartermaster office in Fort Worth under Maj. A. M. Davis is ordered temporarily closed by Washington. Davis will return to Kansas City leaving the post ready to reopen on twenty four hours notice. Fort Worth is recommended as a mobilization center in case of war.
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Rort Worth
Tex
United States Army
A. M. Davis
Washington
Davis
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Donot
Administration trust bills pass lower house
Three measures acted upon quickly by the lower house move to the senate. The bills involve administration trust matters and prompt action signals likely debate in the upper chamber.
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Senate
Anti-trust bills pass House in swift votes
The House approved three administration anti-trust measures late today. The Covington Inter-State trade commission bill passed without a recorded vote. The Clayton omnibus anti-trust bill went 275 for to 54 against. Rayburn railroad capitalization bill stood 325 to 12. Trade Committee action ends with adjournment looming. Senate program undecided.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Tody
Senate
Trade Committee
Murdock
Inter- State Commerce Committee
Senate clears path for Panama Canal tolls repeal vote
Washington June 5 Senate cleared checks for a vote on the tolls exemption repeal bill. Leaders are hopeful for passage. General debate will close tomorrow and amendments will be disposed of early next week.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Delegation backs post office employment agencies bill
A group of sociological workers urged the House labor committee to pass the Murdock bill. The measure would establish employment agencies at post offices nationwide to address unemployment.
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Washington, D. G
House Labor Committee
Illinois Qualifies Three For Quarter Mile Run
Illinois today qualified three men for the quarter mile at the conference meet the favorites despite Goelitz being barred. Colorado's quartet are seen as the best relay hope if the ruling stands.
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Illinois
Hy Associated Press
Chicago
Illnois
Goelitz
Colorado
Reunion of Harvard Men Opens Large Western Convention
Special to The News Chicago June 5 Harvard alumni begin the eighteenth annual convention bringing together over 1,000 delegates from across the country. The gathering at the Blackstone Hotel opens with plans for a closing banquet tomorrow night featuring addresses by President Lowell and a distinguished Harvard graduate.
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Harvard
Chicago
West
Blackstone Hotel
Lowell
Harvara
Lord Mount Stephen Celebrated on 85th Birthday in England
Montreal dispatch notes congratulatory messages sent to Lord Mount Stephen on his eighty fifth birthday. Born in Scotland, he built his Canadian fortune, led a Montreal wholesale business, became Hawks of Montreal president, and later served as first president of the Canadian Pacific railroad.
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Montreal
Lord Mount Stephen
England
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Scotland
Hawks of Montreal
Railroad Accident Bulletin Shows Big Decreases
Washington announces a quarterly Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin reporting 75 fewer deaths and 547 fewer injuries across all railroad accident classes for the quarter ending December 31, 1913, compared with 1912. Train accidents drop 686, with 1450 collisions and 2207 derailments and property damage of 3,000,280 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Bridges Bond Breaks Record With $121 850 Contracts
The San Antonio Commissioners Court let contracts totaling $121 850 for multiple bridges this week. It is the largest single investment in Texas bridge building known to date.
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San Antonio
Tex
Commissioners Court
Texas
Inquiry into New Haven Railroad May End Next Week
The Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad could wrap up next week. Attorney Walter D. Hines led several railroad officials to the stand and Lewis Cass Ladyard finished his testimony saying the directors were not dummies and had clashes with J Pierpont Morgan in meetings.
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Sty Associated Press
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walter D. Hines
Lewis Cass Ladyard
J. Pierpont Morgan
Saloon Closures Ordered in Northern Colorado Strike Zone
Denver, June 5. Governor Ammons signed a proclamation closing all saloons in and adjacent to the strike district, following Major Symmonds request, as federal troops operate in the area.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Symmonds
Colorado
Ammons
Danish Independence Day Observed by Danish Americans
Danish Americans in the upper peninsula celebrate Grundlovs Day marking Denmark’s constitution grant by King Frederick VII. The observance honors the nation’s independence and Danish heritage in CALUMET Midh.
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Calumet
Midh
Upper Peninsula
Denmark
Frederick VII
Post City Chamber Reelects Warren and Pinkston for Year
At a meeting in the club room Rob Warren was re elected as chairman and J T Pinkston as secretary for another year. The gathering was well attended with enthusiasm and several new members added. A productive year is anticipated.
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Post, Tex
Post City Chamber of Commerce
Rob Warren
J. T. Pinkston
Candidates at Memphis Texas On Campaign Swing
Hon Tom Wall governor candidate Hon J J Faulk Athens candidate for Civil Appeals Justice Hon R H H Cocke Wellington candidate for the Senate and Hon John W Baker Lubbock candidate for state treasurer arrived in Memphis to day. A band and large delegation greeted them as townsfolk hailed a holiday mood. The visitors spoke to locals with encouraging outlooks on political fate in the region.
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Memphis
Texas
Tom Wall
J. J. Faulk
Athens
Court of Civil Appeals
R. HH. Cocke
Wellington
Senate
John W Baker
Lubbock
Depositions Detail Late Visits in Rapp Divorce Case
In Chicago today several depositions described William Rapp visiting Mrs. Katherine Dean at all hours, with detectives tracing the pair to New York apartments. The hotel staff and landlady testified they saw them enter the building. the shadowing by a detective began in 1912. The court barred earlier messages of the singer from the trial.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Rapp
Katherine Dean
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Rapp
New York
Rapps
Messanger
Reed Denounces Calamity Howlers in Democratic Defense Speech
In Washington on June 6 Senator Reed of Missouri criticized Calamity Howlers who blame the Democratic party for business downturns. He defended the party's legislative policy since gaining control of the national administration, denouncing opponents who portray the mood as gloomy.
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Associated Crews
Washington, D. C
Democratic Party
Reed
Missourie Senate
Stevenson Suffers Relapse After Wife’s Death
Adlai Stevenson, former vice president candidate, viewed in Cleveland, suffers a nervous breakdown after his wife’s death months ago. The condition is serious and reported today.
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Associated Pret
Chicago
June Fie Adlair Stevenson
Cleveluni
Naval Academy Holds June Week Graduation at Annapolis
Wilson presided over the close of June Week at the Naval Academy and awarded diplomas to the graduating class. The grounds and chapel were packed with visitors as graduates prepare to receive commissions and report for duty aboard assigned ships after a month’s leave.
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Wilson
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Local Weather Forecast with Patchy Data
A brief local weather note shows generally fair conditions for today. Historical figures appear garbled but indicate a high around 82 and a low near 69 with fragments of previous day data.
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Yeaterday
Washington Forecast Sees Warm Weekend With Showers
The June forecast from Washington, D C highlights Western Texas trends for Saturday and Sunday with mainly sunny to warm conditions and a chance of showers. Cooler air moves into the Panhandle on Sunday raising temperatures in that area.
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Washington
Porecast
PD. C
Texas
Panhandle
Westinghouse Strike Paralyzes Pittsburg Plants
Ten thousand Westinghouse workers in Pittsburg struck for unity and better conditions. Delegates from sixty departments met to discuss extending the action to about fifteen thousand more workers. They demand union recognition and elimination of the bonus and pieces system.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Suffragette Campaign Continues With Arson Attacks
London June 5 militants continued a campaign of arson and attempts to destroy property. Breadsall Church near Derby was destroyed and a bomb found at Old Hope Castle near Pundee, the fuse extinguished by wind.
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Associated Press
London
Breadsall Church
Derby
Old Hope Castle
Pundee
Fire destroys six frame buildings and a five story apartment
A blaze in San Francisco tonight destroyed six frame houses and a five story apartment building after starting in a paint shop. Loss is put at about 150000 dollars. One observer fears her invalid mother may have escaped.
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San Francisco
Calif
Candidates Must File By Saturday Before Third Monday in June
The Attorney General rules that county level office candidates must file by the Saturday night before the third Monday in June. State or multi county district candidates must file by the first Monday in June. This includes Legislature seats in multi county districts.
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Duneda
Austin
Tex
Attorney General
Mitchell County Grand Jury Adjourns After Short Term
The June term of the Mitchell county grand jury adjourned after three days. No bill was returned and no criminal cases were on the docket. The jail is empty.
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Olorado Jaik
Rimpty Colorado
Texas
Mitchell County Grand Jury
Swooping cy clone injures family in town incident
A cy clone attacked the home of James Allen in Hoppers Town injuring Mrs. Neth Hoogsterp and three children. A farm hand named Sorrensen is missing and a passenger train was halted by wreckage at the scene.
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Hospers
James Allen
Neth Hoogsterp
Sorrensen
Sternm
Expenditures of Texas for Three Months Ended May 3 1914
Texas disbursements for the quarter ending May 3 1914 totaled 5 489 777. General revenue fund accounted for 1 082 265 and the available school fund for 5 171 044. Permanent school funds 868 054 available university fund 14 509 Confederate pension 252 423 and prison commission 68 588.
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Austin
Tex
State of
Texas
General Revenue
Confederate Pension Fund
Prison Commission
Ohio coal operators and strikers fail to reach wage agreement
In Columbus on June 5 the coal operators and striking workers of Ohio again failed to settle a wage scale as the mines remained closed since April 1. The conference adjourned without an agreement.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Commercial Travelers of America hold Brandon meeting
Tales of the road and talks of credits profits and losses were on the agenda at the annual graud council meeting of the United Commercial Travelers of America in Brandon Manitoba. About 300 delegates and visitors from Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan attended a two day session with an elaborate programme of amusements and entertainments prepared for the visitors.
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Brandon
Man
Graud Council
United Commercial Travelers of America
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Million Dollar Suit Filed Over Squatter Land Rights
Mrs. Drusilla Carr sues the state of Illinois congressman Robert R Thitt and others in Laporte circuit court challenging squatter rights to Lake Michigan land at Miller Beach. Carr and her late husband occupied the land in the seventies, were dispossessed after defendants claimed it, and she seeks recovery.
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Michigan City
Ind
Drusilla Carr
Robert R Thitt
Illinois
Laporte
Lake Michigan
Change of Name Approved for Texas Railway Co
The Attorney General's Department approved an amendment to the charter of the Southern Kansas Railway Co. of Texas changing its name to the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Co. The road will become part of the Santa Fe system.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Southern Kansas Railway Co. of Texas
The
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Co
Santa Fe
Ohio Senate Race Heats Up as Harding Joins Foraker and Cole
In Ohio the senatorial contest tightens as Warren G. Harding enters the Republican field alongside Foraker and Cole. Democrats Hogan Clarke Lentz and Zimmerman compete, with debates and campaign headquarters spreading across Columbus as primaries loom in August.
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Columbus
Ohio
Theodore K. Burton
Warren G. Harding
Burton Togo
Buckeye
Timothy S. Hogan
John H. Clarke
Cleveland
John J. Lentz
John L. Zimmerman
Springfield
Harding
Foraker
Tankani
Senate
Burton
Cole
Hogan
Clarke
Lisbon
Youngstown
United States
Lentz
Zimmerman
Harris County Fruit Growers Association Seeks Charter
Harris County Fruit Growers' Association has applied for a charter with $200000 capital. The plan aims to operate at least 10 canneries for the 1914 crop and begin canning services for farmers this year in Houston.
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Harris Helps
Houston
Tex
Harris County Fruit Growers’ Association
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