Zapata Returns as Vil Forces Advance and US Border Tensions Rise
Reporting from Bishee Arizona on July 20 describes Carrani troops seizing a town, desecrating an American flag near the border, and looting liquor stores as Villa forces evacuate Cananea. American miners report $50,000 in damages and five killed. saloon furniture moved toward the border amid cross border turmoil. In New York, Becker clemency bid surges with prison statement and new grounds for a retrial. Becker claims police interference and Sullivan’s role in pressuring Rosenthal to leave town before the shooting at the Metropole.
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Bishee
Ariz
Carrani
Naco
Sonora
Villa
Cananea
Calles
Puerto Citas
R. L. Hawes
New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Sing Sing
Whitman
Albany
Martin‘.rounsel
Supreme Court
Anand
Rosenthal
Bourke Cockran
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
Timothy D. Sullivan
Beng
Sullivan
Leutenant
Hotel Metropole
Rose
P Hecker
Bisate Tenaya
Zapata Forces Reoccupy Mexican Capital After Evacuation
Washington dispatches report Zapata troops retook Mexico City after the Car ranza army withdrew under General Gonzales. Gonzales departed north to meet Villa’s forces as Zapata officials resumed control, though officials note intent to maintain order and President Mena? Chazaro and the conventionist government have not returned.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico City
Zapate
Carranza
Gonzales
Zapata
Vera Cruz
Villa
Chazaro
Salazar recaptured on the American boundary
Reports say Salazar escaped from a jail near Albuquerque and was recaptured by U.S. border inspectors west of Palomas. Justice Department agents see this as a key move to thwart a Mexican revolutionary effort tied to Gen. Victoriano Huerta. Toronto's acting premier urged more European recruits, with about 100 enlisting after a July speech.
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Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Fort Biles Thurgea
Rio Grande
Toronto
Umtario
George Poster
Canada
Ndvice
Europe
Warsaw Tightening Amid Packer Request for Governor Respite
A scrambled note sets The Standard’s day with regional items: Warsaw policy pressure, a Packer appeal to the governor for clemency, and assorted brief items from coal strikes in Ghent to Bridgeport machinists quitting. Reports touch on sport, industry, funeral prices, peris cases, and a range of state and local happenings.
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Warsaw
Packer
Ghent
Bridgeport
Butte
Anaconda News
Germany
Chicago
Goldberg
England Worried Over Supplies Reaching Enemy
London July 21 The British press debates if blockaded cotton and foodstuffs still reach Germany The Times notes limited success by Asquith and the Daily Chronicle highlights rising exports of raw cotton linseed oil and foodstuffs to Holland and Scandinavia The article flags linseed oil as a cattle feed and explosive ingredient and urges the board of trade to scrutinize exports to prevent aiding the enemy.
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London
Germany
Times
Asquith
Daily Chronicle
Holland
Scandinavia
Board of Trade Returns
Board of Trade
Strike at Remington Plant Not Complete
Bridgeport Conn July 20 The strike call at Remington Arms and four sub contractors drew about 1% striking workers according to labor leaders Yet reports claim no Remington main plant workers quit at noon and night shift may abstain Pickets were active and a New York conference aimed at settlement was reported Labor leaders assert about 7 night workers quit and around 100 from sub contractor shops joined the walkout with conflicting accounts of offers and acceptance by management
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Bridsport
Remington
Thomas J. Savage
Interna
Tional Association of
Maj. W. G. Penfield
Remington Company
No Grounds Disclosed for Government 10 Act
Washington reports detail an investigation led by Detroit’s District Attorney Webster into a German sympathizer plot near the Canadian border. Officials say no criminal grounds have been disclosed yet as no applicable U.S. conspiracy statute exists for acts formed in the United States to be carried out in Canada. Names of alleged connections were not released.
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Washington
Webster
Detroit
Mich
Department of Justice
United States
Canada
Canton Flood Fatalities Reach 100000 Amid Chinese Disaster
A cablegram to the state department from Peking reports 90000 to 100000 lives lost in floods near Canton China. Consul General notes the navy department will assist as needed.
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Washington
Canton
China
State Department
Peking
Navy Department
Leo Frank's Condition Improves After Prison Attack
In Filledgeville Georgia Attending physicians report improvement in Leo M Frank’s condition after a knife wound from fellow convict J William Creen at the state prison farm. The governor says a full inquiry will be held by the state prison commission to examine how the assault occurred. Separately in Seattle the government weather bureau records 88 degrees as the hottest day of the year with at least one prostration.
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Seattle
Government Weather Bureau
Wealthy Idaho man held for ransom by lone bandit
Idaho Falls July 20 officials search unsettled mountains for B A Empey a wealthy cattle and sheep man abducted at gunpoint from his ranch east of town His 10 year old son delivered a letter demanding 6000 in gold to Long valley payment promised release on Sunday if paid The letter warns against pursuit naming Hugh Whitney as the suspected abductor hiding in the Wyoming Idaho mountains
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Bonneville County
Wyoming States
B.A. Empey
Here
Empey
Long Valley
Hugh Whitney
Wyoming-Idaho
Parole violator Hooper arrested in Oregon crimes charged
John Austin Hooper, alleged parole violator from Folsom prison, was arrested in Dulles Oregon and charged by Wasco county sheriff with robberies from California to Oregon. Alleged acts include streetcar holdups near Portland and Grant's Pass, a Rogue River robbery, and an interurban holdup near Portland on June 3. Authorities suspect ties to Yellowstone panic robbery. Hooper was paroled to his mother last October while under life sentence for robbery.
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Dulles
Ore
John Austin Hooper
Folsom
California
Wasco County
Pacife
Caneman Park
Portland
Rogue River
Grant's Pass
Hornbrook
Cal
Hooper
Yellowstone
Ohio Flood Situation Remains Serious In Scioto Marsh
Reports to Governor Willis indicate flood conditions in Scioto marsh near Kenton remain severe with several hundred people marooned in schoolhouses and two story buildings. Food supplies are limited and crop loss plus property damage are estimated at one million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Willis
Scioto Marsh
Kenton
German Line Tightens Around Warsaw News Dispatch
Radom the capital of Radom province seventy miles south of Warsaw was captured by Austro German forces according to an official communique from Vienna via London. The German advance continues with multiple fortresses falling as the line draws nearer Warsaw amid reports of heavy artillery and battlefield activity across Galicia and the eastern front. The coal strike in South Wales nears settlement and Turkish supply ships in the Black Sea report to a separate action. The Serbian armies are being re equipped for resumed offensive operations.
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Vienna
London
Radom
Warsaw
Poland
Ivangorod
Caplen
Berlin
Waren
Bitice
Novo Georgievsk
Preemysi
Lemberg
Riga
Ostrolenka
England
Flanders
Wit
South Wales
David Lloyd Isorge
Cardiff
Wall Srom
Only a Miracle Can Save the Russian Stronghold
London reports July 20 detailing a dramatic outlook on the Gulf of Riga and the Southern Pola front as Russian defenses face critical pressure. The dispatch notes aggressive German advances and the shrinking stronghold amid shifting fronts and operational constraints.
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London
Gulf of Riga
Horth
Pola
Wireless summons aid to steamship on fire
London reports Durban dispatch that the Peninsula and Ort r Benalla with 390 for Australia are 800 miles east of Durban in the Indian Ocean. One hold on the steamer is burning. The Otaki, 150 miles off, picked up a wireless plea for aid, and Benalla is steaming to meet it.
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London
Ma Reaster
Durban
South Africa
Ortr Benalla
Australia
Indian Ocean
Otaki
World Optometry delegates condemn split patient fees
San Francisco July 20 delegates to the World Optometry Congress frowned upon the practice of splitting patient fees between lists and physicians. resolutions were passed naming secretary Albert Myer of Albert Lea and treasurer C. M. Jenkins of Indiana among others.
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San Francisco
S. Alexander
Salt Lake City
Albert. Myer
Albert Lea
C. M. Jenkins
Indiana
Great Coal Strike Appears Near End in Wales
Cardiff July 2019 delegates of miners and government representatives meet to ratify terms said to end a strike that has disrupted South Wales coal fields and risked navy fuel. Terms include substantial wage increases and concessions, with a vote tomorrow by 200000 miners to accept or reject the settlement amid war-time pressures and controversy over profits and arbitration.
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South Wales
Miners’ Federation
London
Cardiff
South Wales Miners
David Troyd George
Great Britain
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