Mexican Proposal for Settlement Points to Peace Talks
Mexico outlines in a public note to the United States a plan for peaceful settlement. Three commissioners from each side would meet at a neutral site to discuss troop withdrawals and reciprocal frontier crossings, plus investigate border raids to assign responsibility. Niagara Falls is mentioned as a likely conference site and civilian Mexican delegates will lead the talks, with Garcіa’s cabinet member as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Washington
Foreign Office
Niagara Falla
Carranza
Newark Locksmith Stockman Shoots Four in Street Fire Kills Suspect
Salvatore Castronova, 53, an inventor, went insane and opened fire from his shop opposite a locksmith. He fired four revolvers and a shotgun at passersby, wounding four seriously before officers returned fire. He then set fire to his clothes and died in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Salvatore Castronova
Castronova
Mexican slayer Valenzuela killed after fleeing into Mexico
Jose Valenzuela, a Mexican husband of the alleged killer, was tracked by an American civilian posse into Mexico and killed in Cajon Bonita a no man’s land between Sonora and Chihuahua after the Parker killings at the Double Adobe ranch near Hachita New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas, Ariz
Jose Valenzuela
William Parker
Double Adobe Ranch
Hachita
N. M
Mexico
Cajon Bonita
No Man's Land
Sonora
Chihuahua
Baseball trade shock shakes majors in New York sale
Cincinnati President Herrmann announced a deal with President Hempstead and Manager McGraw to swap Reds manager Charles K. Herzog and outfielder Wade Killifer to the Giants for Christy Mathewson, outfielder Yousch, and Inie der McKechnie, in a move stirring baseball circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Herrmann
Harry Hempstead
McGraw
New York Nationals
Charles K. Herzog
Reds
Wade Killifer
Giants
Christy Mathewson
Yousch
Inie der McKechnie
Inquiry Promised Into Death of Irish Editor Skeffington
In the House of Commons Premier Asquith pledged that a judicial inquiry would be held into the death of F Sheehy Skeffington editor of the Irish Citizen who was killed by a British officer during the Irish rebellion amid questions about military knowledge and approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Asquith
F. Sheehy Skeffington
Dublin
Irish Citizen
Embargo on Children Hits Toledo From New York
Toledo authorities impose an embargo on children from New York to prevent infantile paralysis. Police and officers at Union depot and other stations enforce the measure to keep the city free from the disease.
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Toledo
O. Toledo
New York
Union Depot
Canadian flyer Whitther killed in loop over Thanet
London reports Sub lieutenant Dougas Whitther a Canadian died during a looping stunt at high altitude over Thanet island in Kurt county. The Royal Navy tragedy follows a midair accident during a training flight.
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London
Filet
Dougas Whitther
Island of
Thanet
County
Kurt
Canada to Deploy Ten Thousand Soldiers Overseas
Canada plans to send ten thousand troops abroad soon, as announced by the military department on Thursday. Preparations and arrangements have been completed to mobilize the force for overseas service.
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Canada
Ottawa
Militay Department
Ouial Ab Ps
Mediation Sought in Ongoing Clothing Strike
A twelve week clash between Gloekmakera workers and employers in New York City nears a federal mediation effort. The Federal Bureau of Economic and Industrial Affairs is expected to announce a formal mediation plan.
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Gloekmakera
New York City
Federal Bureau of
Ecu Tue
Train attacked by Villa bandits near Santa Ysabel
Bandits said to be under Martin Lopez attacked a Northwestern railway train near Santa Ysabel sixty miles west of Chihuahua City. Eight captured were brought for court martial. the group claimed hunger and disarray after the Jiminez fight, fleeing toward Texas Big Bend with horses left behind. Casualties not reported.
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Chihuahua City
Santa Ysabel
Here
Jacinto Trevino
Martin Lopez
Villa
Jiminez
Big Bend
Texas
Providence Valley
Prohibition Party Opens National Convention with Poling Speech
In St Paul on July 19 Temporary Chairman Daniel A Poling of Boston delivered the keynote. He attacked militarism and preparedness programs of the Democratic and Republican parties as delegates rose to cheer throughout the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Prohibition Party
Daniel A. Poling
Boston
Germany Plans Submarine Postal Service to America
Geneva based Neuste Nachrichen reports Berlin indicating German postal authorities are drafting regulations and a scale of charges for a submarine postal service between Germany and the United States. Government correspondence will take precedence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Neuste Nachrichen
Munich
Berlin
Germany
America
Connecticut Congressman Joins National Guard at Mexican Border
Lieut. Col. John Tileen of Connecticut announces he leaves his seat in the House to join his regiment at the Mexican border, directing Connecticut National Guard forces to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tileen
Connecticut
Connecticut National Guard
Lawsuit Seeks 2 Million Dollars in St Louis Case
Salt for 2600 dollars against John T. Milliken, a St Louis oilman, and several Oklahoma oil firms was filed in the circuit court by M. B. Isherwood and E. K. Mathews, Kansas City brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louie
John T. Milliken
Oklahoma Oil Corporations
M. 8. Isherwood
KE. C. Mathews
Kanene City
Guardsman Drowned in Rio Grande at Boquilas Texas
Reports say Private Thomas Haag of M Company Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry drowned while swimming with comrades in the Rio Grande at Boquilas Texas during a guard duty outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
Texas
Thomas Haag
M Company
Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry
Rio Grande
Boquilas
Villa Lieutenant Killed in Battle
J Beltran a Villa lieutenant linked to the Santa Ysabel massacre was killed at Cerro Blanco on July 12. Villista prisoners said Villa was not present, leadership passed to Calexito Contreras, and Beltran left toward Hacienda Salases after Jiminez withdrawal. Dispatches report pursuing forces surrounding the outlaws near Rosario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
J. Beltran
Villa
Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua
Cerro Blanco
Jacinto Trevino
Villista
Sombreretillo
Beltran
Calexito Contreras
Jiminez
Hacienda Salasses
Véllistas
Trevino
Matais Ramos
Rosario
Doctors Figure in Tragedy
Boston report says two hours after his sweetheart Dr Celia Adams of Brookline died from a drug overdose, Dr Eldridge D Atwood of Woburn shot Dr Wilfred B Harris president of the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy at the Hotel Westminster Back Bay. Police say Atwood confessed the shooting followed Adams telling him their marriage could not take place because Harris had wronged her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Celia Adams
Brookline
Eldridge D. Atwood
Woburn
Wilfred B. Harris
Massachusetts College of Osteopathy
Hotel Westminster
Back Bay District
Dr. Harris
Miss Adams
Castro to Release Casts Doubt on Admission Ruling
Former Venezuelan President Ciprino Castro is released from Ellis Island after Secretary Wilson overruled a board decision denying him US admission. He says the ruling aligns with his expectations and marks the end of his detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ciprino Castro
Venezuela
Ellis Island
Wilson
Special Board
United States
General dam bill passes house after senate amendment
Washington reports the general dam bill regulating water power development in navigable streams was passed by the House on Friday by a vote of 11 to 17 after an amendment from the Senate version.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Twenty-Three Drowned in Mexican Floods
Torrential rains in the Guanajuato district caused floods that drowned twenty three people and destroyed about thirty houses in the area. Local officials reported the casualties and damage as relief efforts began.
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Mexico City
Guanajuato
Submarine War May Be Resumed
Berlin reports a July article by Eugene Zimmerman of Lokal Anzeiger arguing that Britain could force smaller neutral states toward hostility or frontier closures against the Central Powers, potentially undermining German restraint on submarine warfare and altering past American demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Eugene Zimmerman
Lokal Anzeiger
Great Britain
London
Herr Zim- Merman
Germany
Herr Zimmerman
Allied Drive On Somme Described As Gigantic Operation
Paris reports a vast Allied offensive along the Somme, detailing four months of preparations. French observers note daily aerial surveys, intensive artillery coordination, and selective infantry action, with 85 guns, 100 machine guns, and 235 officers among captured assets after fifteen days of fighting.
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Paris
Somme
Adopt Naval Program Aims At Four Battle Cruisers
Washington reports the enlarged naval building program, approved by the senate after conferences with President Wilson and Secretary Daniels, calls for four battle cruisers and four dreadnoughts in 1915 and a total of 157 war vessels of all classes over three years. The house had approved only five capital ships for next year with no long term policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Committee
Wilson
Daniels
Senate
Cavalry Major and Mrs Spannell Shot. Husband Surrenders
In Alpine Texas Major M C Buller of the Sixth United States Cavalry and Mrs H J Spannell riding with him were shot and killed by Spannell, her husband. He surrendered to the jail shortly after the shooting.
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Alpine
Texas
M. C. Buller
Sixth United States Cavalry
H. J. Spannell
Spannell
Brighton Officials Die in Lightning Strike
Brighten la Glimore Swaney superintendent of schools and Rev J W B Jefferson of the Presbyterian church at Brighton were instantly killed when struck by lightning as they were leaving the Brighton Chau auqua grounds.
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Brighton
Glimore Swaney
J. W. B. Jefferson
Presbyterian Church At
Brighton Chauauqua
Investigations Promised Into Dardanelles and Mesopotamian Campaigns
London reports the government has consented to investigations into the Dardanelles and Mesopotamian campaigns, following motions in both houses of Parliament.
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London
Spanish Submarine Isaac Peral Launched in Massachusetts
The Isaac Peral submarine, claimed as Spain’s first war craft built in the United States, was launched at Fore River Shipbuilding yards in Quincy Massachusetts on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Isaac Peral
Spain
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Longshoremen Strike Continues in San Francisco
Returns from Pacific coast shipping points indicate that striking longshoremen voted two to one against returning to work under open shop conditions, keeping the work stoppage in effect.
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San Francisco
Gotch Breaks Leg For Indefinite Break
Kenosha Wisconsin Frank Gotch world wrestling champion leaves active competition after fracturing his leg in an exhibition bout. He was wrestling Bob Monograph of Chicago when the injury occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wia
Frank Gotch
Bob Monograph
Chiago
Enlistment Totals by Region in Canada to July 16
Report shows Canada total enlistments at 350,667 with Ontario contributing 140,190. Quebec supplied 36,590 men, Maritime provinces 1,632 dollars per man noted, while Manitoba to coast adds 186,039 enlistments.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Manitoba
Lincoln Birthplace Log Cabin Becomes National Memorial
President Wilson signed a bill accepting on behalf of the federal government the log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born near Hodgenville Kentucky and a memorial hall enclosing the cabin.
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Washington
Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Rotary convention opens with brief session in Cincinnati
More than 6,000 Rotarians attended the seventh annual international convention in Cincinnati. They hurried through a short business session on Monday and moved into a lively entertainment program.
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Cincinnti
German Counter Drive 15 Pressed On Front
Allied observers report German counter blows weakened while British and Russian forces push the Piardy offensive. Paris fronts see Waterloo farm attempts repulsed as reinforcements flow to strengthen third lines. Italian gains in the upper Posina valley are announced with Austrian pressure repulsed.
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London
France
Longueval
Hale
Waterloo Farm
Teutons
Picardy
Berlin
Bapaume
Peronne
Vladimir-Volynski
Kovel
Lemberg
Stoyanoff
Sokal
Posina
Coragio del Coston
War Office
Pasablo
Orpet Acquitted by Jury in Lambert Murder Case
Waukegan Illinois William Orpet a university student charged with murdering Marion Lambert high school girl and his former sweetheart was found not guilty after five hours deliberation in Judge Donnellys court. He shook hands with the jurors and planned to rest at home with his mother before returning to the country to recover and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ill
William Orpet
Marion Lambert
Donnelly
Orpet
Peace Talks Advance Between U S and Mexican Envoys
Preliminary negotiations between Acting Secretary Polk and Eliseo Arredondo Mexican ambassador designate made such progress that officials predicted a formal announcement on next steps "very soon."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Polk
Eliseo Arredondo
Casement Treason Appeal Dismissed in London Court
The Court of Criminal Appeal in London on Tuesday dismissed Sir Roger Casement's appeal without hearing the Crown's counsel. Casement was found guilty of treason by a lower court and sentenced to death by Viscount Reading, the lord chief justice.
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Diemiss Casement
London
Cminal
Roger Casement
Viscount Reading
Judice
President to Aid Poland Urges Allied Food Aid
Washington reports President Wilson will dispatch personal messages to King George V and leaders of France Germany and Russia urging their consent to US food shipments to hungry Poles amid famine.
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Washington
Wilson
England
France
Germany
Russa
United States
Poland
Goulds join Missouri Pacific reorganization plan
George J. Gould representing the Gould estate agrees to participate in reorganizing the Missouri Pacific railway following earlier proposals by allied interests.
Chauffeur Dorix Found Murdered Near Laid Road
The body of 20 year old chauffeur Joseph Dorix was found along a lonely Bureau county road near Laid. Police report multiple bullet holes in the head and a shallow slash at the throat. Investigators pursue leads and await autopsy results.
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Ottawa
Joseph Dorix
Laid
Bureau County
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