Anarchy Threatens Mexico as Foreigners Urged to Flee
Foreigners are urged to leave Mexico as reports describe growing disorder across rebel and federal areas. At Niagara Falls talks between mediators and Mexican representatives, withdrawal of troops and Vera Cruz debates surface as the U S contemplates next steps.
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Niagara Falls
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Mexico City
Mexico
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Niagra Falls
Navy MPN Retired to Make Room for Younger Officers
Washington July 1 Fifteen naval officers will be retired by the navy selection board to clear space for younger officers. Six voluntary resignations have been filed, but their acceptance is not yet known.
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Washington
Navy Plucking Board
Salem landlords hit by graft charges prompt public shaming threat
Graft charges against certain Salem landlords provoke public indignation as officials consider exposing offenders by printing their names. Reported miserliness includes former rents of six dollars now rising to twelve dollars or more for substandard tenement housing in Salem, Massachusetts.
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Salem
Mass
Lange Indorses Roosevelts Expedition Return
New York July 1 A Lange leader of an exploring expedition returned after a year and a half in the Amazon. He upheld Colonel Roosevelt and announced discovery of a new river with several more in Brazil. He was accompanied by his wife.
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New York
A. Lange
Brazil
Amazon
Mass meeting calls for recall of city board
In Pensacola Florida a large mass meeting adopted resolutions calling for the recall of the current city commissioners. Only one dissenting vote was recorded as speakers criticized the board before the resolutions were presented.
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Pensacola
Fla
Board of City Commissioners
Liquors Banished From Navy Today
Washington July 1 The famous order issued by Secretary Daniels bans intoxicating liquors from the United States navy to take effect today. The policy abolishes officers wine mess and forbids the use or introduction of alcoholic liquors on board naval vessels. The army prohibition differs by restricting sale or dealing in intoxicants.
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Washington
Daniels Ris
United States Navy
Congress
Navy
Daniels
Army
Ardent Butler Jailed by Millionaire Widow
Bridgeport, July 1. Mrs. Frank J. Mulcahy widow of a Chicago valve manufacturer caused the arrest of her dis...
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Bridgeport
Conn
Frank J. Mulcahy
Chicago
Famous Case of Ervin Pope Faces End at Gallows
The Alabama case ends with Pope awaiting execution on August 21 for the 1909 murder of J. B. McClurkin near Oxford. Despite years of appeals and reversals, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court verdict amid full circumstantial evidence and dramatic testimony from key witnesses including John Body.
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Ervin Pope
Alabama
Supreme Court
Pope
J. B. McClurkin
Oxford
Haseen
McClurkin
Aad
Anad
Pop
Shooting of Woman in Dark at Freeport Office
Police investigate the Hempstead woman Mrs. Louis Bailey killed in Dr. Edwin Carman’s Freeport office during a night consultation. A hand fired through the window. Bailey died from a lung wound. Dr. Carman suspects the shooter aimed at him, guiding the investigation.
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New York
Louis Bailey
Hempstead
Edwin Carman
Freeport
Governor O Neal orders impeachment of Sheriff Lane
Governor O Neal directs Attorney General Robert C. Bricknell to initiate impeachment against Chambers county Sheriff John Lane on charges of corruption in office. Lane allegedly arrested people without warrants and released them upon payments that did not reach the county treasurer.
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Montgomery
O'Neal
Robert C. Bricknell
John Lane
Chambers County
Lane
Attentive Korean Butler Tensions End in Break-In Threats
Mrs Mulcahy’s persistent bearer in Europe spurred a two week vigil on a New York steamship pier. He allegedly followed her home, forced entry into Mrs L Blumenthal’s residence, and menaced to kill.
Mount Lassen Eruption Sends Smoke 4000 Feet High
Red Bluff California July 1 Mount Lassen again erupts shooting a four thousand foot smoke column. Rangers exploring before yesterday’s blast are missing and feared dead. The crater has doubled in size since last week and Manzanita Lake level dropped three feet.
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Red Bluff
Cal
Lassen
Forest Rangers
Manzanila Lake
Mayor Wikle Seeks Re Election and Ward Five Candidates Promoted
Dr J L Wikle announced his bid for re election citing past four years as mayor as his record. Ward Five meeting endorsed candidates Harry Powell and F C Knighton though neither has declared yet. Councilman Jack Burgess of Ward Three is expected to announce. Wikle aims to improve streets with concrete bridges an incinerator for garbage and a stronger city finances.
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J. L. Wikle
Harry Powell
F. C. Knighton
Jack Burgess
Wikle
Memphis Mayor Offers Five Cents Per Rat For Extermination
Memphis July 1 Mayor Crump announced a city effort to exterminate rats offering five cents for every dead rat brought to his office. The move aims to curb rats after bubonic plague was found in New Orleans and St. Louis prompting wider campaigns.
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Memphis
Crump
New Orleana
St. Louis
Plague Control Measures After New Orleans Cases
The board of health acts as a preventive measure along the Mississippi after bubonic plague is found in New Orleans. Reports from New Orleans on July 1 say two cases exist with no new cases in three days, and other river cities follow similar actions.
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St. Louis
Board of Health
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Cotton acreage in United States crops declines this year
Washington on July 1 reports the crop reporting board of the department of agriculture estimates 36,960,000 acres of cotton in cultivation this year, down from 37,478,000 last year, a decrease of 498,000 acres or one and three tenths percent.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture Today
United States
Power reform victory solidifies mayoral control in St Louis
St Louis reformers celebrate yesterday's win authorizing a one chamber city council of twenty eight with initiative referendum and recall. The measure passed by about 2 500 votes, centralizing power in the mayor's hands.
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St. Louis
Kidnapped Boy Rescues Self After ransom ordeal
A 7 year old boy Frank Longo escaped his abductors on May 13 after torture claims and returned to his father on Blower Street. Police captured several detainees tied to the kidnapping and all are held on kidnapping charges after the ransom was paid but the boy was kept alive to threaten further harm.
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New York
Frank Longo
Blower Street
Ifhd
Ot Ath Beach
Alabama marble chosen for Mobile post office
Information from Washington says Mobile will build its new post office with Alabama marble. The note dated July 1 mentions the selection as a state source confirms the material choice for the federal building.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Roosevelt claims larger role in American politics
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrived in New York after a fiery Pittsburg speech and a Gotham reception. He dismissed talk that he seeks autocratic power, insisting the claim is untrue while detailing visits to the magazine offices and consultation with physicians.
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New York
Thore Roosevelt
William Turbes
Roosevelt
Foel
Roosevelt Criticized by Senators in Pitts Speech
Washington July 1 senators from both wings of the party radical and conservative waited to day in denouncing Colonel Theodora Roosevelt in hin, speech in which he charged the with breaking gromines. The remark about Senator Bacarratata from an enlarged spleen must have been correct.
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Washington
Theodora Roosevelt
Pitts
Bacarratata
Roosevelt Speech Attacks Wilsonites and Defends Progressives
Theodore Roosevelt in Pittsburg returns from Brigal and delivers a three part address attacking the Wilson administration and tariff laws. He labels antitrust efforts absurd and foreign policy wretched while blaming Democrats for high living costs and foreign competition. He endorses a nonpartisan tariff commission and ridicules Taft supporters as they push the party split.
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Pittsburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Taft
Chicago
Senate Divorces Bill Faces House Challenge
Atlanta July 1 The Legislature debates a rigid divorce bill requiring witnesses for adultery and mental incapacity, advancing conditions for fault grounds and limiting unfounded verdicts. The measure adds witness proof for key claims and strengthens court oversight, with further Senate action anticipated.
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Atlanta
Senate
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