U S Signals Readiness to Aid Mexican Government
Washington informed the de facto Mexican government through ambassador designate Eliseo Arredondo that the United States favors direct diplomatic negotiation with General Carranza to resolve differences. Secretary Lansing and President Wilson discussed the offer, hinting that American financial aid could back Carranza’s efforts to restore order if security guarantees for foreign interests are provided. Protracted talks will shape guarantees and potential bank-backed aid.
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Washington
Mexico
Eliseo Arredondo
United States
Carranza
Arredondo
Lansing
Wilson
State Department
Mexico City
Reserves To Be Called Out For New Army Units
Washington reports the war department will recall 4 000 to 5 000 regular army reserves within days. The order targets enlisted men furloughed into the reserve since November 1 1915 after three years in active service to hasten units under the army reorganization act.
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Washington
War Department
New York Health Service to Help Fight Infantile Paralysis
After talks with Treasury Secretary McAdoo Mayor Mitchel and Health Commissioner Emerson the U S public health service will cooperate with New York authorities in efforts to stamp out the infantile paralysis epidemic which has claimed more than 160 child lives.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
Judge Landis dissolves Associated Hillposters and Distributors
Chicago judge Landis issues a formal decree dissolving the Associated Hillposters and Distributors of the United States and Canada. The ruling follows his prior two month old decision that ordered the group to disband, cease doing business, and liquidate its trust.
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Chicago
Landis
Associated Hillposters and Distributors
United States
Canada
Hillposters’ Association
Hibbing Man Charged With Murder in Biwabik Killings
John Westenan of Hibbing, once a Wu leader, was arrested and charged with murder over the double slaying in Biwabik, Minnesota, last week.
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Hibbing
Minn
John Westenan
Industrial Workers of the World
Biwablis
Miners Buried in Sicilian Sulphur Mines
More than 100 miners are reported buried in three sulphur mines near Cultanissetta Sicily. Officials attribute the disaster to a telluric cause and are investigating the collapse.
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Rowe
Cultanissetta
Sicily
Shark attack claims life of New Jersey boy
Charles Bruder, a bellboy at a major Spring Lake hotel, was attacked by a shark while on the beach. He lost both legs before help arrived and died ten minutes after reaching shore.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Charles Bruder
Dublin arrests in Sinn Fein uprising reduce held to 6,800
London reports that 8,000 people were arrested in Dublin during the Sinn Fein uprising. Of these, 1,200 are released while the remaining detainees have been placed in an internment camp. The announcement was made on Thursday.
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London
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Commons
Allied Forces Claim German Losses In Somme Battle
British and French forces push on along the Somme as German losses reach about 60 000 in the fighting around La Boiselle Thiepval and the Ancre. Germans pull back heavy artillery and reinforce warned fronts while Russians report a railroad cut at Lemberg Delatyn threatening Austro German lines.
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London
la Boisselle
Thiepval
Ancre
Somme
The
Peronne
Verdun
Lens
Meuse
Lemberg
Galicia
Delatyn
Central Powers
Hetty Green Dies at 80 World Wealthiest Woman
New York reports the death of Hetty Green at 80 on July 3 after three strokes in two months. Once Wall Street’s famed financier, her fortune is estimated between 20 and 100 million dollars. Born November 21, 1835, in New Bedford Massachusetts, she lived frugally in modest rooms despite vast wealth.
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New York
Hetty Green
Wall Street
Green
Chemical National Bank
Mrs Hetty Green Dies At Home Of Humble Living
Heiress Hetty Green, famed as the world’s richest woman, died on July 3 after a life of immense wealth kept in modest quarters. Her fortune was estimated at 100 million dollars.
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Hetty Green
Refugees Arrive in San Diego from Guaymas and Mahatlan
Buffalo brings 539 refugees to San Diego on July 4 including forty British subjects and a small number of other nationalities.
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San Diego
Cal
Guaymas
Mahatlan
Mexico
Marines Fight With Revolutionists Near Santiago
Two clashes near Santiago and Santo Domingo on July 1 pitted American marines against revolutionist bands. One marine was killed and another seriously wounded in the engagements.
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Washington
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Lieutenant Saves Men From Ambush Near Guerro
A 20 man American scouting patrol of the Seventh Cavalry under Lieutenant Horace M. Hickam escaped a 300 strong Carranzista force north of Guerro after a tactical retreat into a rock wall mood. Hickam maneuvered his men into cover and then led them to safety, avoiding a trap and a potential massacre.
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Columbus
N. M
Guerrero
Trevino
Pershing
Seventh Cavalry
Horace M. Hickam
Hickam
National Guard Units to Guard Mexican Front Lines
Military headquarters in Columbus New Mexico announced that segments of the Massachusetts and New Mexico national guard units mobilized there will depart for Mexico in a few days to guard General Perah ing s line of communication.
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Columbus
N. M
Massachusetts and
New Mexico National Guard
Mexico
Perahing
Stromboli Eruption Forces Evacuations and Lava Flow
The Stromboli eruption intensifies as lava advances toward the coast, burning houses and forcing residents to flee. People seek refuge at sea aboard relief ships and evacuation boats.
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Rome
American Vessel Bank Jacob Luckenbach Sunk Off Dover
The American steamship Jacob Luckenbach was sunk in a collision with the British steamer Eddystone in the Downes off Dover. Her crew of thirty-one was rescued.
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Dover
England
Jacob Luckenbach
Eddystone
Tropical Storm Hits Gulf Coast From Alabama to Louisiana
A tropical storm swept the east gulf coast and inland, killing at least seventeen near Beloit Alabama. Mobile, Pensacola saw major or limited damage, while Laurel Mississippi and surrounding areas reported significant crop and building losses. New Orleans escaped major damage as the storm moved inland.
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New Orleans
East Gulf Coast
Beloit
Ala
Mobile
Pensacola
Laurel
Miss
Jackson
Meridiafi
Gulfport
Biloxi
Pass Christian
Bay St. Louis
Tallahassee
Alabama
Louisiana
Grand Island
Barataria
President Opens 21300 Acres in Jackson Hole National Forest
A proclamation opens 21 300 acres in Lincoln County Wyoming to public entry from Teton National Forest lands. The Jackson Hole region is affected as the lands are released from forest protection.
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Jackson Hole
Washington
Teton National Forest
Wyoming
Lincoln County
Salvadoran Minister Seeks U S Mediation With Mexico
Dr. Rafael Zaldivar, Salvadoran minister, asks the United States to accept mediation to resolve differences with Mexico. The request signals regional diplomacy aims amid ongoing disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafael Zaldivar
United States
Mexico
Utah Battery Reaches Nogales Border Post
Battery A of Utah field artillery, the first national guard unit to respond to the secretary of war’s call, arrived at Nogales, Arizona, at 7 30 this Friday morning to reinforce border defenses.
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Utah
Nogales
Ariz
Utah Field Artillery
National Guard
Triple Murderer Executed in State Prison
Sing Bing, N. Orcesta Shillitant, was executed for the 3 murders in New York. He killed two policemen who confronted him during an arrest for a separate killing over a quarrel about a girl.
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Sing Bing
Orcesta Shillitant
New York
Carrizal Survivor Confirms Stories of Escape and Capture
El Paso reports Corporal F. X. Cooke of AK Troop Tenth Cavalry, a Carrizal battle survivor, was located in Juarez after being brought from Villa Ahumada and jailed. He recounted wandering four days with a broken arm and lacking food, aided by Mexican ranchers before reaching the American base and being captured at a water hole. He also corroborated that Mexican fire started the engagement and cited Captain Boyd’s orders for a northward advance toward Villa Ahumada.
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el Paso
Texas
Carrizal
F. X. Cooke
Tenth Cavalry
Juarez
Villa Ahumada
Francisco Gonzales
Geeeral Jacinto Trevino
Chihuahua
Cooke
Corporal Cooke
Gomez
Captain Boyd
Boyd
Vila Ahumada
U S Urges Turkey to Permit Aid to Syrian Christians
The Washington state department directs American Charge Miller at Constantinople to again press the Turkish government to allow neutrals to feed the starving Christian population of Syria. Continued inaction risks straining U S Turkish relations.
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Washington
State Department
Miller
Constantinople
Syria
United States
Turkey
Amateur Boxer Dies in Ring in Los Angeles
Bert Coffey of San Francisco died in the Vernon ring after collapsing in the fourth round during a bout with Frank Dolan an amateur boxer. The coroner's jury attributed death to acute dilation of the heart caused by over exertion. Coffey was an Olympic club champion flyweight and died a few minutes after the collapse.
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Ringos Angeles
Frank Dolan
Bert Coffey
San Francisco
Vernon
Coffey
Dolan
Russians Break Key Rail Line at Delatyn West of Kolomea
Russian advance penetrates the Austro Hungarian front at Delatyn cutting a major Galicia Hungary railway. The line supplies Austrian forces at Stanislaw and Tarnopol, threatening troop movements and logistics across the sector.
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London
Delatyn
Kolomea
Galicia
Hungary
Stanislas
Tarnopol
Two Women Die In Fire in San Francisco
Police report an apartment house fire in San Francisco on Tuesday night killed two women whose identities were not confirmed and injured twelve others. Officials believe the blaze was incendiary.
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San Francisco
Wyoming Camp Quarantined After Contagious Disease Suspected
Cheyenne Wyoming camp J B Kendrick where the Wyoming guard is mobilized was placed under quarantine Monday for an indefinite period after a suspected case of contagious disease was found.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. B. Kendrick
Wyoming Guard
Bodies of Boyd and 9 Reach Border at Carrizal
The bodies of Captain Charles T. Boyd Lieutenant Henry Adair and seven troopers killed at Carrizal were transported to Juarez on a special train from Villa Ahumada arriving Wednesday.
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Boyd
Border
el Paso
Texas
Charles T. Boyd
Henry Adair
Carrizal
Juarez
Villa Ahumada
Hughes a Diplomat
Delegations of women suffragists and anti suffragists visited Charles E Hughes on Thursday and declared the conference entirely satisfactory.
Bandits Battle With Citizens at St Marys Bank
Four people were shot during a bank robbery at the St Marys State Bank in St Marys Kansas early Wednesday. Robbers fled with 2400 dollars. one person was probably fatally injured and the others were wounded. The incident prompted a manhunt for the suspects.
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St. Mary’s
Kan
St Mary's State Bank
Machinists in Philadelphia Hit With Eight Hour Strikes
The International Association of Machinists called a strike in Philadelphia on Saturday seeking an eight hour workday. No wage increase demand was included.
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Philadelphia
International Association of Machinists
Mexican Fire on Patrol Near Columbus N Me
An American cavalry patrol about three miles south of Columbus N Me exchanged fire with forces on the Mexican side of the border. No American were injured.
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Columbus
N. Me
Here
Carranza Sends Friendly Message to Withdraw Troops
The note from General Carranza via Eliseo Arredondo calls for peaceful settlement of the border tensions with the United States. It proposes mediation or direct negotiations to resolve the Carrizal incident and urges U S troop withdrawal while preserving the frontier security. The communication signals a shift to conciliatory diplomacy and mediation by Latin American states.
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Jts
Carrizal
Pacific
Ciudad Juarez
el Paso
United States
Retain Portion of Mexico If War Breaks Out
Senator James Hamilton Lewis told Lake Forest and north shore residents that in any war with Mexico the United States would keep a portion of the country as payment for war costs and as punishment for Mexican actions against America.
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Mexico
Chicago
United States
America
James Hamilton Lewis
Lake Forest
North Shore
Mexican Murderers Caught in New Mexico
Unofficial report from Hachita states that the murderers of William Parker and his wife Alice have been captured by brothers of Parker in Columbus New Mexico area.
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Columbus, N. M
Hachita Atatepal
William Parker
Alice
Parker
Five Hour Draw Ends Omaha Wrestling Match
The Joe Stecher and Ed Lewis match in Omaha lasted five hours and ended in a draw after Lewis was on the defensive for most of the bout.
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Omaha
Neb
Joe Stecher-Ed
Strangler
Lewis
Lincoln Gete Three Year Penalty for Forgery Spy
A sentence of three years penal servitude was imposed on Lincoln Gete Triblch Lincoln, reputed German spy, who recently contended to forgery at his preliminary hearing.
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Lincoln
London
Batius Triblch Lincoln
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