Mediators close to end as Mexican talks fail
American delegates Jus t A. Lehman and Frederick W. Lehman met with Huerta and Carranza envoys in Niagara Falls and Buffalo as constitutionalists refused armistice and insisted on a prominent party leader as provisional president. The talks produced little progress and observers warned the mediation likely nears collapse.
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Niagart
Falls
Ont
Just A
Frederick W. Lehman
Buffalo
Hifael Zubaran
Lewis Cabrera
Carranza
Washington
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Naon
Argentina
Priday
Huerta
Villa
Juliez
Zubaran
Cabrera
Vill
United States
Huerta Delegates. General Huerta
General Huerta
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Lehman
Justice Lamar
Meeting with constitutionalists prompts Buffalo venue
Delegation seeking talks with constitutionalists cannot reach Niagara Falls and, with Washington's approval, moves to Buffalo. They meet Rafael Zubaran and Luis Cabrera, authentic representatives of Gen. Car.
Judge Dayton Files Answer to Charges
Washington reports Judge Dayton filed his answer to impeachment charges with the house judiciary committee. The response denies all charges and includes affidavits and letters. The senate investigation was not acted on and may wait for Congress to hear Neely before resuming. Speaker Champ Clark departs for Charleston to address the Democratic convention.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Senate
Chilton
Overman
Judge Dayton
House Committee On Judiciary
Arthur Dayton
Congresman Neely
Champ Clark
Charleston
Brown
Massacre Report From Phokia Shocks Greek Refugees
Greek refugees from Asia Minor recount a massacre in Phokia near Smyrna where armed assailants looted burned buildings and killed Greeks including priests and children. Turkish police are alleged to have aided the attackers as refugees flee with wounds and hunger.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Phokia
Smyrna
Saoniki
West Virginia Guard to Join U S Troops at Camp Dawson
Charleston West Virginia June 16 special The West Virginia national guard will take part in joint maneuvers with a battalion of United States troops at Camp Dawson Preston county August 15 to 24. The two West Virginia regiments will conduct rifle practice at Camp Dawson for three days after the maneuvers under Col Wilbur E Wilder United States cavalry command.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia National Guard
United States
Camp Dawson
Preston County
West Virginia
Wilbur E. Wilder
United States Cavalry
Probe Opens Into Empress of Ireland Disaster
Quebec June 16. Lord Mersey presides a court of inquiry into the Empress of Ireland sinking on the St Lawrence where 1014 are reported dead and 162 saved. Edmund I Newcombe outlines the disaster and urges a thorough inquiry for lessons in shipbuilding and navigation.
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Quebec
Court of Inquiry
Lord Mersey
St. Lawrence
Ireland
Edmund I. Newcombe
Canadian Pacific Company
Class Day at Harvard Ends with Traditions at Cambridge
Harvard Class Day on June 16 featured a 9 am service in Appleton Chapel followed by exercises in Sanders Theatre and festive activities at the Stadium. The university grounds were crowded with dainty gowned graduates and attendees from across the country observing long standing customs.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Appleton Chapel
Sanders Theatre
Villa supporters seize Juarez telegraph offices in border clash
Juarez telegraph information bureau controlled by Carranza forces was seized by soldiers under Col. Tomas Ornelas, a Villa ally. An American reporter witnessed the takeover as reports from Zacatecas conflicted over General Natera’s attack and Villa’s movements toward Torreon and Zacatecas.
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el Paso
Texas
Bureau of Information
Juarez
Carranza
Tomas Ornelas
Villa
Perez Abreu
Natera
Ornelas
Zacatecas
Torreon
Angeles
Zacaecas
Rafael Zubaran
Washington
Culiacan
Forteon
Col Ornela
Mexico City
Information Bureau
Laredo
Tex
Chihuahua
Videl Avila
Felic Angeles
Constitutionalists
Vill
Carrangas
Vera Cruz Food Supply Situation in Mexico
General Funston reported Vera Cruz food supplies not in great danger though prices rise. He advised against sending civilian food supplies from the United States, except for troops. Refugees are affected by high prices. laboring classes show no distress. Rail traffic from the United States to northern Mexico has been restored.
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Vera Cruz
Washington
Funston
United States
Mexico
Daughter of Toronto Bishop Wed at St Alban's Cathedral
In Toronto on June 16 a notable wedding united Miss Kathleen Chipman Sweeney, daughter of the Lord Bishop of Toronto and Mrs. Sweeney, with Cecil Lidrich of Montreal. The ceremony was at St. Alban's Cathedral in the midst of a large fashionable gathering.
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Toronto
Ont
Katheen Chipman Sweeney
Sweeney
Cecil Lidrich
Montreal
St. Alban’s Cathedral
Senate in Session Reviews Bills and Hearings
The Senate met at 11 am with Senator Smith proposing a resolution accusing the State Department of aiding American tankers in Nicaragua. Interstate commerce and other committees pursued railroad and rural credit items while several appropriation bills advanced or were debated. The naval appropriation conference report moved after a lengthy session and a three hour quorum wait. adjournment occurred at 10 pm until noon Wednesday.
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Smith
Michigan
State Department
Nicaraugua
Interstate Commerce Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
Senate Leaders Prepare 10 Rush Anti Trust Bills
Senate leaders move to push through anti trust legislation with limited opposition as Democrats and Republicans show tentative cooperation on the measures. With six weeks left in June the chamber aims to finish appropriations and trust bills, suspending normal adjournment debates and extending noon meetings to speed work.
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Senate
Washington
No Agreement Reached in Kanawha Coal Field Talks
Washington June 16 federal conciliators and Kanawha coal field operators and miners held renewed talks to end the West Virginia strike. No agreement was reached and the conference adjourned until tomorrow.
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Washington
Kanawha
West Virginia
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast
West Virginia remains fair Wednesday and Thursday with slowly rising temperatures. Virginia also stays fair with warmer conditions Wednesday and Thursday, especially in central portions.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Constitutionalists Confer With Americans on Mexico Mediation
Washington reports show constitutionalist leaders Rafael Zuluran and Lewis Cabrera meeting American delegates at Niagara Falls to discuss provisional president candidates for Mexico. Secretary of State Bryan affirms mediation progress remains satisfactory despite Carranza talks, while U S envoy Towne ends his mission to influence the process.
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Washington
Carranza
Rafael Zuluran
Lewis Cabrera
United States
Buffalo
Justice Lamar
Mr. Lehman
Niagara Malls
Naon
Mexico
Carrange
New York
Boffalo
Niagara Falls
Huerta
Bryin
Cerranza
Lamar
Towne
Mexico City
Resolution Reaches Committee on Senate Stationery Inquiry
Washington June 16 resolution for an investigation of use of senate stationery to boost a North Carolina gold mine reached the committee on contingent expenses. It likely will not be discussed until Friday when the committee holds its regular weekly meeting. Senators will urge a report in the coming week.
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Washington
Senate
North Carolina
Federal Commission Probes Paterson Free Speech Charges
The Federal Commission on Industrial Relations came to Paterson New Jersey on June 16 to investigate charges that the rights of free speech were violated amid industrial unrest. The delegation sought to identify causes and propose remedial measures as part of its mandate to study labor tensions.
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Paterson
N. J
Federal Commission On Industrial
Congress O
Silk mill strikes prompt hearings on city officials
Hearings will be held for several days by the commission. Testimony will include the heads of the police department, various municipal officials, silk mill owners and superintendents, and leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World who conducted the strikes.
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Silk Milla
Commission
Police Department
Silk
Indusrtial Workers of the World
Seven Burn to Death at Armenian Lodging House Fire
In Milford Massachusetts on June 16 a blaze trapped eighty occupants in a four and a half story wooden lodging house. Seven men died and twenty were severely burned or injured while thirty sustained minor injuries. Most victims were laborers with no families. The fire started in the ground floor dining hall and the interior burned out. Escape through two narrow stairways failed, leaving jumping as the only option.
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Milford
Mass
Thaw Denies Plan to Flee Country for Extradition
Harry Thaw issued a signed statement denying reports he would flee the United States if New York’s extradition plea failed. He said he would travel to Pittsburgh at once upon permission to attend to business interests.
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Thaw
Gorliim
Harry Thaw
New York
Pittsburg
Justices of Peace Jurisdiction in Pistol Law upheld
Charleston W Va June 16 The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling in Bradberry v Buffington Sheriff of Label county that justices of the peace have jurisdiction to enforce the 1909 pistol law against first offenders. A first offense is a misdemeanor with six months in jail and a $50 fine. a second offense is a felony. Bradberry had received the minimum from a justice and sought habeas corpus, contending lack of jurisdiction.
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Charleston
W. Vu
Justices of the Peace
Johnson
Supreme Court of Appeals
Jradverry
Buffington
Label
Bradberry
Woman Walks Free After No Indictment in Hatchet Killing
Charleston June 16 Mrs. Dollie McSurley who lately confessed to killing her husband and hiding the body in the cellar walked from the county jail a free woman as the Kanawha county grand jury refused to return a verdict. She said she struck him with a hatchet after he tried to kill her.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dollie McSurley
Kanawha County Grand Jury
Troops Not Needed In Butte as Miner Factions Seek Peace
Butte Montana June 16 Mayor Leading Duncan says talks with union factions show a likely compromise. He hopes provisional officials will govern until an election and that no troops are needed as authorities can handle the situation. He sent a telegram to President Wilson and Montana delegates underscoring the absence of immediate danger.
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Butte
Mont
Leading Duncan
Miners’ Union
Miyor
Wilson
Montana
Congress
Daughters of the Revolution Open 23rd Annual Convention
In Minneapolis Mississippi the Daughters of the Revolution began the twenty third annual convention after preliminaries. Mrs C M Woodham Minnesota state regent gave the welcome and Mrs Clarance L Bleakley of New York delivered the president-general address. Reports from officers and committees followed as routine business. The group will elect its general officers.
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Daughters of the Revolution
Minneapolis
Miss
General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
C. M. Woodham
Minnesota
Clarance L. Bleakley
New York
City to Increase License Taxes to Offset Saloon Losses
Bluefield officials moved to a broad license tax ordinance affecting nearly every business. The measure, now on second reading, sets fees for hotels, druggists, bowling alleys, billiard tables, real estate brokers, and money brokers, with penalties for noncompliance. The ordinance takes effect from the date of enactment and aims to balance a revenue shortfall from saloon licenses.
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Board of Affairs
Thelng
City of
Bluefield
Electric Light and Power Company
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