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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1914
Page
1
The report states General Huerta pledges to quit the presidency without evasions and demands material pacification of Mexico. He does not expect the dispersal of bandits overrunning the country and frames his stance as a call against lawlessness.
Mexico City notes Tam pico port blockade by Huerta orders. U S government informed via the Spanish minister in Washington. Niagara Falls dispatches say Huerta vows to resign once politically pacified, with Mexican delegates clarifying interpretation of that pledge and peace by political means. American delegates met mediators about constitutionalist participation and possible alignment with Huerta if needed.
Reported sentiment among Americans traveling from Vera Cruz to Mexico City favors General Natera as head of the approaching constitutionalist army over Villa. The developing stance reflects Carranza era strategies and ongoing efforts to establish a provisional government.
In Chicago on June 6 a circuit court jury awarded Mrs. George Jay twenty thousand dollars against Homer Rodeheaver choir master for breach of promise to marry. Miss Jay testified of affectionate conduct and a promised marriage which Rodeheaver denied. Rodeheaver leads musical groups at Billy Sunday meetings and is said to be from a Pennsylvania town.
Mary Jones organizer for the United Mine Workers of America departed Seattle by steamer for Vancouver after Ottawa officials overruled Canadian immigration agents who had barred her. The British Columbia governor had originally ordered exclusion due to concerns she would stir up trouble among striking Vancouver Island coal miners.
Senate debates focus on anti trust measures with a plan to pass the federal trade commission bill and adjourn. The Interstate Commerce Committee sent three anti trust bills to committees for consideration, likely to sit for weeks. Senator Brandegee warns against expanding federal regulation amid business unease.
Washington reports say General Carranza may join Niagara Falls talks only if no armistice is sought and internal questions defer to issues from the Vera Cruz occupation. Officials anticipate a written reply from Saltillo and hope for a constitutionalist delegation to the conference.
Semi official statements from the constitutionalist headquarters indicate Carranza will accept talks to settle international tensions from the Vera Cruz incident but refuse to meet Huerta's delegates on Mexico's internal affairs. An armistice is also rejected per Carranza's agents.
The interstate commerce committee voted to report only the trade commission bill of the trust legislation program. Debate continued on repeal of the Panama tolls exemption. The day recessed at 5 35 p m and adjourned to 11 a m Monday.
Washington dispatch reports a labor department conciliation board will travel to the Kanawha coalfield to seek settlement, though without power to force an agreement. Members include Mills and Dilday of Pennsylvania and A Faulkner of labor. they begin work Tuesday. Charleston confirms telegram sending the board for June 9.
A northwest Iowa tornado last night killed seven people and injured about twelve others. The deceased include P. W. Yepuma of Sanborn, Patrick Dougherty of Sanborn, John McNutt a child of Archer, Mary Bisland a child of Archer, William Bills of Sanborn, Howard Bills of Samborn, and William McDannell of Marcus. Near Archer the Bisland child was ripped from its mother's arms and hurled to death against a farmhouse wall.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt served as guest of honor at a Paris luncheon hosted by former Foreign Affairs Minister Manoteau. He then met President Poincare and left for Madrid for his son Kermit’s wedding to Miss Belle Willard of Virginia, daughter of the American ambassador.
West Virginia should see showers Sunday afternoon or night and the pattern may continue into Monday. Virginia warm and partly cloudy Sunday with unsettled and warm conditions expected Monday.
Washington June 6 A compromise amendment to the tolls repeal bill drawn by Senator Simmons and Senator Norris will be offered when the bill comes to a vote in the Senate. The measure preserves U S rights under the 1902 treaty with Great Britain and the authority to exempt American vessels from tolls. Senators Hitchcock Thompson Works Cummins Simmons Poindexter Martine indicated planned speeches Monday.
In Hoeflany a man named Angist Tomekcs barricaded himself in a village church steeple after a violent incident that left a farmer, his wife, and daughter injured. Police attempts were repulsed by gunfire from a public safety weapon. Two officers were killed and fourteen others wounded. The suspect warned he would fatally harm himself with the last cartridge.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has purchased a ninety foot plot at Washington pike and Florida avenue in Mount Lebano district Pittsburgh as a residence site. A handsome house with gar age is to be erected and finished late in the fall. The property will be held in trust for her son and occupied by Mrs Thaw's parents once completed.
Rear Admiral Badger reported at 11:25 p m that the Mexican gunboats Zaracose and Bravo left port for Puerto Mexi co at 6 p m.
Citizens of Dorchester gather in Boston to commemorate the 284th anniversary of the Mary and John landing, marking a historic moment for the community and its early settlers. The event reflects local heritage and the lasting influence of early maritime arrivals.
The article notes Dorchester’s founding as a key New England settlement now part of Boston. It highlights Dorchester as the third oldest New England town, claiming it was first to use a town meeting and to establish a free school, with churches planning commemorative services tomorrow.
The Interstate Commerce Commission nears the end of its weeks long inquiry into the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad finances. Commissioner McChord announced the investigation would be discontinued for now with possible future public hearings or depositions. Witnesses already heard are believed to provide sufficient data to support a report to the Senate under Norris.
Washington reports that impeachment proceedings against Judge A. G. Dayton were not begun today as planned. Representative Keating was to present certified charges signed by A. M. Belcher and Samuel B. Montgomery of the United Mine Workers. Belcher says the former impeachment will proceed Monday.
United States senators governors and other prominent men gather in New Harmony Indiana for a week long centennial celebration of the towns founding as a socialist experiment. The Harmonist community began under George and Frederick Rapp in the 1780s before passing to Robert Owen and facing mixed success.
Delegates chosen at Princeton Democratic meeting for state and congressional conventions. D E French of this city is urged as congress candidate. Hal DePue not instructed. County committee sets July 11 county ticket convention at Princeton. Mercer yet holds forty four delegates to each convention with multiple district selections and alternates listed for state and senatorial events.
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