Appeal to Mexico to Be Sent Today Continues
Mexican leaders promise to back a peaceful transition if the old Cientifico group is not recognized and a constitutional government is restored. Diplomatic exchanges involve Argentina and the United States over Mexican peace proposals as border tensions rise and troops remain on alert along the Rio Grande.
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Carranza
General Villa
Diam Lombardo
Chihuahua
Cientifico
Romulo S. Naon
Washington
Lansing
State Department
Border Fears Roil Texas Border Patrol Actions
Reported border unrest near Brownsville as a 30 man Mexican raiding band is pursued in Mesquite brush 50 miles north of Brownsville. U S cavalry and infantry, Texas Rangers, and local peace officers conducted swift patrols and chased fugitives tied to recent raids. The group includes men who allegedly proclaimed a territorial claim over Texas.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Mesquite Brush
United States
Laredo
Texas Rangers
Norias Ranch
Texas
Texans fear border raids prompt governor appeal
A San Antonio committee led by Rep John H Garner reports to Governor Ferguson and General Funston on Mexican border conditions. They warn that raid bands from northern Mexico could push into Texas if U S troops land at Vera Cruz, risking life and property while awaiting reinforcements.
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Lansing
Mexico
Wilson
Breckenridge
War Department
Ferguson
Texas
Funston
San Antonio
Tex
John H. Garner
Frederick Funston
Southern Department
Garner
Vera Cruz
San Diego
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Middlesex Hunt Captures Fox After Rainy Chase
Five Middlesex Hunt members pursued Sir Reynard through Lincoln and Concord despite heavy rain. Led by master Alexander F. Higginson, they covered about eight miles, driving the fox from Sandy Pond to Lake Walden before killing it near Higginson’s South Lincoln track.
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Middlesex Hunt
Reynard
Lincoln
Concord
Alexander F. Higginson
Sandy Pond
Lake Walden
Higginson
South
Orders for Wheat Not Cancelled
Chicago Aug 13 The Chicago Board of Trade reacted to reports of wheat order cancellations with excitement before big Eastern firms clarified the situation. J P Morgan & Co said it knew nothing of 2,000,000 bushels of wheat being cancelled by allies and that all Morgan orders for wheat and other war supplies were being carried through, reassuring the market.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
France
Board of Trade
Morris & Co
Clay Robinson & Company
Cudahy & Company
United States
Italy
War-time Wheat and Beef Orders Stir Markets
Allied agents report no cancellations of wheat contracts as foreigners resell for August and September shipments via the gulf. France seeks 80,000 cattle with packers routing orders covertly to prevent price surges while large horse purchases continue at stockyards, notably by Italy.
Rumor of Halted Wheat and Horse Shipments Shaken Off
Reports that allies would halt shipments from this port stirred grain and shipping circles yesterday. Two steamers later sailed with no horses though they were to carry about 1000 each, while a Devonian shipment carried large grain cargo. No reason given for canceled horse cargo. authorities see little basis for ongoing stoppage.
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Montreal
Devonian
Mana
International Mercantile Marine
Leyland
John H. Thomas
Liverpool
Chicago
Wood Asks Wilson to See His Camp
President of the Huntington Avenue Business Men's Association speaks with J. W. Pickering about the Plattsburg camp where over a thousand business men receive military training. Mr. Gulesian is pictured on the left with Pickering on the right.
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Wood
Wilson
Huntington Avenue
J. W. Pickering
Plattsburg Camp
Mr. Gulesian
Mr. Pickering
Boston
Plattsburg
G. W. Hubble
Motor Corps
Mr. Farley
Hubble
Military routine spreads through town business community
In Plattsburg August 13 the local economy shows widespread adoption of military discipline. Businessmen report extensive teaching and learning on warfare prep across branches from infantry to cavalry, engineering, sanitation, topography and commissariat, with many specialists aligning for rapid advancement in the field.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Aeroplane Arrival Prompts Advanced Training Detachments
After forenoon drills, cadets disperse for advanced work. The Boston contingent's class in advanced engineering was taken to the woods for live demonstration of core principles. Tom Lavelle, former assistant district attorney, joked during the session as a detachment mapped with a compass on electric car tracks.
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Boston
Tom Lavelle
Encampment Day Adds Routine and Visitor Invite
A thunder shower prevented General Wood from delivering a planned lecture while a long instruction session continued. Visitors and locals awaited, with popular lake and shower baths drawing crowds. An aeroplane arrival spurred new features as funds were raised to build a lake dive pier. General Wood invited President Wilson and other dignitaries to attend late in the encampment.
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Wood
Boston
Wilson
Lindley M. Garrison
Breckenbridge
Hugh L. Scott
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
Henry L. Higginson
George H. Cole
Lowell
Harvard
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Essex Stopped by Three Holdups in One Day
A police and citizen posse searched the Essex woods after three daring hold ups late yesterday and last night. Fear ran high as residents and visitors awaited further robberies today. Police described the suspects as two or three men based on collected descriptions.
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Essex
Three Holdups Plague Town Before Nightfall
A masked gunman robbed J. J. Ellis’s grocery on Southern avenue from a 10 year old girl, then another attempted robbery on a cyclist near the Ipswich line, and a final holdup on Conomo Point road near Malden where Miss Georgia Ramsdell turned over about $4. Police and volunteers launched a search as night fell.
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J. J. Ellis
Southern Avenue
Ellis
Mary
Ralph B. Low
Ipswich
Low
Georgia Ramsdell
Malden
Conomo’ Point
Ellen A. Jackson
Typographical Union Delegates Reject Plan for Future Conventions
Social Side Los Angeles Aug 12 Delegates to the International Typographical Union convention overruled James M Lynch plan to hold all conventions after 1916 in Indianapolis or Colorado Springs The laws committee said the plan unwise citing entertainment distractions and quick handling of 165 propositions The committee also rejected salary increases for key officers from 3500 to 5000 calling the timing inopportune The report was adopted
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Los Angeles
Cal
International Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
Indianapolis
International
Colorado Springs
Committee On Laws
Lynch
Thomas Co. Parsons
Bandit Fires Twice Near Vanderbilts Lenox Estate
In Lenox near Shadow Brook estate of Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt superintendent Robert Rose and Lenox police hunted an armed bandit after he fired twice at Timothy Conklin who had just been robbed of his money. Conklin escaped on horseback and no suspect was found.
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Pittsfield
Robert Rose
Shadow Brook
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Lenox
Timothy Conklin
West Stockbridge
Buckingham
Conklin
Rose
Vanderbilt
Timothy B. Dunn
Harvard Museum Painting Stolen in Daring Heist
Police pursue a vandals after a thief cut a Jonathan Moki Pueblo canvas from its frame at the Peabody Museum of Harvard College. The 1883 painting valued around $300 was presented in 1894 and is not well known, with Harvard halting public display.
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Peabody Museum
Harvard College
Julius Scott
Moki Pueblo
Harvard
Dolly Taken Back to Parents after Hartford Girl Found
Elvira Dolly Guidone a 16 year old Hartford girl who had been sought by police in several cities was found at South station yesterday and returned home with Captain R L Taylor. She said little about her exploit beyond calling it a girlish prank and appeared joyous upon learning she would return to her parents.
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Elvira
Dolly” Guidone
Hartford
South Station
R. L. Taylor
Hartford Police
Dolly
Girl Reappears After Eluding Father And Hartford Train
Captain Taylor rushed to South station to aid the return of Dolly Guidone who vanished after a Hartford bound trip with her father. The girl told police she left Hartford for New York relatives, wandered to Norwich, Boston, and then stayed at a Y W C A in Berkeley Street enjoying moving pictures. No Elvira registered at the Y W C A but a secretary recalled a girl matching the description leaving yesterday.
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Taylor
South Station
Dolly
Hartford
Richard Fitzgerald
New York
Wingate
LaGrange Street
Boston
Norwich
Walergan
Golfer Thomas Anderson dies in Montclair auto crash
Thomas Anderson aged 22 percent, a Montclair Golf Club professional and former Pennsylvania open champion, was killed when his new car ran off an embankment near Montclair. Two demonstrators were injured. Born in Glasgow, he was brother to the late William Anderson, once US golf champion.
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Oranghe
N. J
Thomas Anderson
Montclair
Anderson
Montclair Golf Club
Pennsylvania
Glasgow
Scotland
William Anderson
United States
Weather predicts continuing heat through Sunday with humidity relief
The weather bureau says yesterday's oppressive heat will persist today and Sunday with possible relief after. humidity reached 91 degrees yesterday, 20 above normal, making conditions uncomfortable.
Heat and humidity fool Boston readers as heat tied to deaths
Weather reports warned of heat despite lower thermometer readings. A 35 year old woman, Mrs Anna Dudley of Savoy Street, died with heat worsened by illness. Dennis Connolly of Grove Street collapsed near Harrison Avenue and Gloucester Place and remains hospitalized in serious condition. Hartford was named the hottest center in New England yesterday.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
Anna G. Dudley
Savoy Street
Dennis Connolly
Grove Street
Harrison Avenue
Gloucester Place
Hartford
New England
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