Mediation Opens Door for Carranza Envoys to Peace Talks
At Niagara Falls negotiators press for Carranza to send constitutionalist envoys. The mediators urge conciliation while Washington weighs withdrawing support if no participation occurs. Confidants from El Baro and Pesqueria call for fair play and mediation to avert armed conflict between nations.
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Niagara Walls
Ont
Gieneral Carranza
Mexico City
United States
Washington
Carranza
Carrinza
Raffael Zubaran
el Baro
Texas
Niagara Falls
Roberto
Pesqueria
Mexico
Madero
Huerta
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Latin America
Arms and Ammunition Reach Mexico City
The arrival of arms and munitions from the Ypiranga and avaria steamers in Mexico City boosts Huerta loyalists amid reports of a west coast consignment. Refugees flee U S lines as Huerta expresses confidence in repelling constitutionalist advances.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Ypiranga
Avaria
National Palace
Huerta
Puerto
Washington to Dedicate Confederate Monument at Arlington
Hundreds of Confederate and Union veterans gathered in Washington to dedicate the Confederate monument honoring Southern women at Arlington Cemetery. Notables present include Bennett H. Young and Washington Gardner, with sculptor Sir Moses Ezekiel, and President Wilson expected to speak at the unveiling led by Mrs. Davie. Pleasant weather anticipated for ceremonies tomorrow.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Bennett H. Young
Louisville
Washington Gardner
Albion
Mich
Moses Ezekiel
Hallowed
Arlington
Wilson
United States
Davie. McLauren Stevens
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Ohio miners and operators fail to agree on wage scale
In Columbus the Ohio coal miners and operators did not reach a satisfactory wage scale agreement in joint or committee conferences. The joint committees plan to resume tomorrow and expect several days of sessions before reporting to the convention. Lee Hall notes the meetings proceed with ongoing deliberations. John P. White and Frank Hays represented the miners on the joint committee.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lee Hall
John P. White
Frank Hays
United Mine Workers of America
Many Shots Fired Into Houses at Colliers
Governor Hatfield ordered Brooke County officials to Colliers to suppress rioting after citizens reported many shots fired into residences. He warned he would take further action if local efforts failed to restore order.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hatfield
Circuit Court
Brooke County
Colliers
Peace Parleys Hover Over Mexican Crisis At Niagara Falls
Reports say the mediators may admit Mexican constitutionalists to talks, with a limited armistice and provisional government role under a future general election. Carranza's Washington agents communicate amid secrecy as U.S. customs tighten arms shipments to Mexican ports.
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Washington
Mexico
Niagara Falls
Carranza
Rafael Zubaran
Zubaran
Vaneconcelos
Ortege
Constitutionalist Agency
General Carranza
Durango
Administration
Bryan
Constitutionalist
East
New York
Antilla
Senate actions and proposed bills in a day
The Senate met at 11 am with the foreign relations panel adopting the Sutherland resolution to refer the Panama exemption dispute to arbitration. The interstate commerce committee heard railroad leaders on security controls and a presidential invitation to a national Star Spangled Banner celebration in Baltimore. Owen drafted a corrupt practices act and a presidential primary bill to be introduced soon. McDonald of Michigan introduced a bill creating a national employment bureau and converting every post office into a labor exchange. Adjournment planned for 11 am Thursday.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Sutherland
Interstate Commerce Committee
Baltimore
Owen
McDonald
Michigan
National Employment Bureau
Mersey named to head Empress of Ireland disaster inquiry
Lord Mersey, who presided over the Titanic inquiry, will head the royal commission examining the Empress of Ireland disaster. The inquiry will be broad in scope with government counsel. 1,024 lives lost, 452 saved, and total aboard now listed as 1,476. Captain Walsh of Canadian Pacific pledges full effort to recover bodies and support families, with possible raising of the Empress and expert consultations to guide decisions.
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Montreal
Lord Mersey
Ireland
Storstad
Walsh
Canadian Pacific
Seinge
Degree for Daniels
Secretary Redfield of the Department of Commerce delivered the commencement address at the University of South Carolina ending the 119th annual session. He urged long and local thinking in foreign policy and warned against forcing American will by arms. The university awarded a Doctor of Laws to Josephus Daniels and William R. Allen.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Redfield
Department of Commerce
University of South Carolina
America
Josephus Daniels
William R. Allen
North Carolina Supreme Court
McDonald Convicted in Bootlegging Extortion Case
John McDonald, a former deputy U S marshal, was found guilty in Charleston W V federal court of extorting money from prisoner Ss Benson in 1911. He allegedly arrested Benson at White Sulphur Springs on a bootlegging charge and released him after a fifty dollar payoff that McDonald did not account for.
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Charleston
W. Va
John McDonald
United States District Court
McDonald
Ss. H. Benson
White Sulphur Springs
MccDonald
Fletcher Nominated by Wide Margin in Florida Primary
Jacksonville reports Senator Fletcher won the nomination by six thousand votes. All present congressmen except Claude Lengle were also nominated in yesterday’s Florida primary.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fletcher
Claude Lengle
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast
West Virginia expects fair skies and warmer temperatures on Thursday with unsettled conditions and possible showers on Friday. Virginia remains partly cloudy and settled with warmer conditions through the period.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Senate weighs arbitration over Panama tolls vote
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported a resolution to submit the Panama canal tolls dispute with Great Britain to an impartial international tribunal. Senator Vardaman of Mississippi attacked President Wilson’s policy and Senator Root during an impassioned floor speech as a potential delay to the tolls repeal vote. The plan seeks diplomatic steps toward a special tribunal under the Hay Pauncefote terms, but strong opposition and the president’s stance may bar ratification.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
J International Tribunal
Senate
Vardaman
Mississippi
Root
Sutherland
United States
Panama Canal
The
Hague
International Tribunal of Arbitration
House
Wilson
Baltimore
Bishop Fallows To Head G A R In Mattoon
Illinois departmental encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opens in Mattoon with large delegate attendance from across the state. Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago expected to be named next department commander. he served as chaplain to a Wisconsin regiment and became a brigadier general by war’s end.
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Bishop Fallows
G. A. R. Mattoon
Ill
Ilinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Samuel Fallows
Chicago
Wisconsin
Miners Open to Arbitration in Kanawha Strike
United States Senators from West Virginia wired Washington officials requesting additional data on the Kanawha valley strike. Mine operators urged federal action to avert violence. miners’ unions offered to seek resolution before President Wilson or Governor Hatfield. Conditions remained quiet as meetings were set for Sunday.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
William EK
Chilton
Nathan Goff
West Virginia
Washington
Kanawha Valley
Senaors
Wilson
McReynolds
Congress
Kanawha Field
United Mine Workers of America
Hatfield
Suffragette Attack At London Gallery Destruction Of Art
A young suffragette smashed paintings at the Dore Gallery in London striking an attendant with a hatchet while others restrained her. She left a letter vowing militant action, declaring past efforts too lady like and asserting readiness to die for the cause. One destroyed work was Bartolozzi’s Love Wounded.
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London
Dore
Bartolozzi
Honor Memory of Jeff Davis in Virginia Closings
The state department and public schools of Virginia were closed today in honor of the birthday of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.
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Jeff Davis
Richmond
State Department
Jefferson Davis
Secretary McAdoo and Bride Return From Honeymoon
Secretary McAdoo and his bride Eleanor Wilson returned to Washington after a New Hampshire honeymoon. They visited the White House briefly before returning to their ornate fashionable home. McAdoo declined to discuss federal reserve board appointments but said he would be at his desk early tomorrow to catch up. He will meet the president about two vacancies on the board and full nominations are expected to be sent to the Senate soon.
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Washington
McAdoo
Eleanor Wilson
New Hampshire
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Engine Disaster Claims Two Lives Near Columbus
News from Bluefield reports a Norfolk and Western freight engine in a double header exploded a few miles from Columbus on Tuesday night. Engineer Weir died instantly while Fireman Harmon later succumbed to severe scalds at 10 o clock yesterday morning. Both victims resided in Columbus. An official investigation is underway to determine the cause.
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Bluefielder
Norfolk and Western
Columbus
Weir
Harmon
Saloons revenue drive prompts city tax hike
The board of affairs considered raising licenses as saloons leave business, with taxes from hotels, taverns, drug stores and other lines increasing. Aimed at offsetting lost revenue, this includes lifts in dog licenses, pawnbrokers, tobacco, motorcycles, auto trucks, and more. Building inspector duties for concrete work were discussed along with several building permits and an otherwise refused shed permit.
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Board of Affairs
Fred One
Uhle
Allen Street
Hast River Avenue
Adams
Jefferson Street
Pollock
Kely
McCarthy
R. M. Garrett
Alex Mahood
Oakhurst Avenue
R. M. Mee- Reynolds
Frederick Street
T. C. Odell
Park Avenue
W. E. Gilkeson
A. C. Davidson
Powell Street
Senate panel backs arbitration over Panama tolls dispute
Washington June 3 The senate foreign relations committee favored reporting the Sutherland resolution directing President Wilson to open negotiations with Great Britain for a special arbitration of the Panama canal tolls dispute The measure goes to the senate Senator O Gorman who opposed removing coastwise exemption said the resolution would not affect the Coastwise appeal fight and Great Britain objects
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sutherland
Wilson
Great Britain
Senate
O’gorman
Confederate Memorial Day Observed Across Southern States
Davis Day in the South reports June 3 observances honoring Jefferson Davis born June 3 1808 in Kentucky. The birthday anniversary is a legal holiday in Georgia South Carolina Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Texas. Louisiana calls it Confederate Memorial Day.
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Atlanta
South
Jefferson Davis
Christian County
Kentucky
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
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Saltillo
Frank
Confederacy
Columbus Today
A. B.C
Daniels
North Carolina
Secretary of Navy
M’donald
Gulf Wire
M’adoo
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