Huerta and Orozco Arrested for Conspiracy
United States officials say Gen. Victoriano Huerta and Gen. Pascual Orozco were arrested near Newman New Mexico on June 27 for conspiring to incite a revolution in the Republic below the Rio Grande. Huerta released on 15000 bond, Orozco on 7500. Detained at Fort Bliss awaiting Washington's advice, hearings set for July 1.
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United States
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Newman, N.M
Pascual Orozco
Huerta
Orozco
Newman, N. M
Fort Bliss
Washington
Paccual Orozco
Luis Fuentes
Fuentes
United States District Attorney
San Antonio
George Oliver
Isaac
Frank Alderete
Max Moye
Rudolfo Cruz
R. E. Thomason
Luis Fu Grozco
Teuton Advance Check Along Dniester Front
London reports heavy fighting along the Dniester sector between Zurawna and Halicz in Galicia. Russia claims to have repelled Austro German forces with reinforcements, while Berlin acknowledges a reverse and Austrian sources say Teutonic progress. Further north Austro German advances push in Poland as western action remains decisive.
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London
Dniester
Galicia
Zurawna
Halicz
Berlin
Poland
Sam
West
Germany
Austria
Des Moines Listens by Phone to Iowa Day Address
Gov George W Clarke of Iowa spoke in San Francisco for Iowa day at the Panama Pacific exposition. About 600 Des Moines citizens were reported listening by telephone at the Iowa capital.
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San Francisco
George W. Clarke
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Capital
Massive California quake rocks Imperial Valley towns
A June 23 earthquake centered on El Centro shuddered Imperial Valley injuring Calipatria Niland and Mexicali while damaging irrigation intakes and prompting martial law across Mexicali Five people were killed and property losses reached about 1 million dollars The quake extended to Yuma Arizona and tracing along the San Andreas fault caused widespread panic and scattered gold from gambling tables across the debris filled streets.
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el Centro
Cal
Imperial Valley
Colorado River
Yuma
Sharps
Mexicali
San
Ariz
Teutons Capture Lemberg in Galicia
London reports that the Russians lost Lemberg after occupying the Galician capital since September until a June 22 retreat by combined Austro German forces. Vienna and Berlin describe a disciplined Russian retreat with few prisoners. The fall may cut Russian forces south of Lemberg from the northern army, impacting German divisions shifting to the west.
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London
Lemberg
Galicia
Poland
Baltic
Vienna
Berlin
Teutons
Lwow
Indictments in Fort Smith Liquor Fraud Case Reach 12
A U S grand jury indicted 12 Knox Booth and others in a Fort Smith Arkansas case alleging moonshine whisky fraud. J B Brown Newton C Spradling among arraigned defendants pled not guilty with several charged for conspiracy to defraud the government by selling untaxed moonshine. Caspar Hartman Booth bribery charges follow, October 18 trial date tentatively set.
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Knox Booth
Nashville Revenue
Fort Smith
Ark
United States Grand Jury
J. B. Brown
Harrison, Ark
Newton C. Spradling
Aurora
Kansas City
J. C. Brubaker
Brown and Spadling
John L. Casper
Guy L. Hartman
Internal Revenue
Casper
Hartman
Booth
United States
Slaton Retires Amid Fiot Scene At Capitol
Atlanta police report an oathbound Knights of Mary Phagan organization with Georgia reach formed to remove Slaton and Frank. The group allegedly began at a Mary Phagan grave midnight meeting in Marietta, pledging never to be dissolved while the former governor and Leon Frank live. The capitol inauguration sparked tense moments as banners and hisses met Slaton. Citizens clashed with police. saloons closed and militia held crowds back.
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Atlanta
Leon Frank
Nea
Capitol
Georgia
Slaton
Frank
Mary Phagan
Marietta
Knights of
Six Die In Train Crash West Of Thurmont Maryland
Six persons were killed and about a dozen injured when the Blue Mountain express and the Western Maryland fast mail crashed on a bridge 100 feet high near Thurmont. Victims include Mrs W Edwin Chip Chase of Baltimore and her son Walter N Chip Chase along with engineer Cole man Cook and firemen C R Fritz J R Hayes and baggageman Luther Hall. A schedule change caused a mix up in conductors orders, sending the two trains together at high speed on the bridge over a ravine.
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Thurmont
Blue Mountain Express
Western Maryland Railway
Here
W. Edwin Chipchase
Baltimore
Walter N. Chipchase
Coleman Cook
C. R Fritz
Hagerstown
J. R. Hayes
Luther Hall
Bandits Torture Woman For Gold In Los Angeles Heist
Police captured five of seven Mexican bandits who broke into the home of Mrs. Louis Martinez in Los Angeles. They bound her to a bed and burned her feet to extract $120 in gold, which was later recovered. The robbers began dividing the gold but quarrels over equal shares led to two accomplices fleeing. authorities hunt the remaining two.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Martinez
Carranza Rejects Negotiations and Plans Amnesty
Washington reports indicate Carranza informed the United States of not negotiating with Villa and of continuing the revolution's aims. He said amnesty would be offered only to non-criminals, while Villa and allies must leave Mexico or face trial by military court. A relief train was said to ease settlers’ fears near Esperanza if state troops arrive.
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Washington
Navy Department
Adpal Howard
Yaqui
Esperanza
Venustiano Carranza
United States
Nm. Villa
Wilson
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Caranza
Villa
Artillery Duel in Mexico City Ignites Diplomatic Worries
Washington reports rising anxiety as telegraph links to Mexico City fail for days. Vera Cruz dispatches claim Carranza officials clash with Zapata forces while Villa residents resist, with Gonzales cutting lines to isolate Mexico City. Famine worsens and a new army could deepen foreign suffering.
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Washington
Mexico City
State Department
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Zapatistas
Gonzales
Zapata
Thaw to Stand Trial for Sanity Judgment Date Set
New York, June 22 set for judgment in Harry K Thaw fourth bid for freedom before Supreme Court Justice Peter B Hendrick. A jury of business men to assist Hendrick on whether Thaw, who killed Stanford White, is sane or insane. Jury a advisory body. judge to decide, with trial expected to last at least two weeks.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Peter B. Hendrick
Thaw
Justice Hendrick
Stanford White
Pursue Russians Closely After Retreat From Lemberg
The Russians retreat in the east as Teutonic forces press forward through Galicia toward Lemberg. French gains surface in the west while fires from retreating Russians burn behind them. Austro German pivot holds Lemberg with ongoing actions south of the Dniester.
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Teutonic Army
Galisia
Lemberg
London
the Dniester
Mississippi briefs report a string of local incidents and events
A Masonic picnic near Oxford hosted by Attorney Hutchins featured speeches. University of Oregon lecturer F Hodge spoke to Oxford business leaders on eradicating the house fly. A Pontotoc shooting left Robert Bell dead. Arthur Scott was arrested. A Corinth building fire destroyed three nearby mills worth about 12,000 dollars with no insurance. Charbon cases spread near Natchez as veterinarians and officials race to vaccinate stock. A Greenwood salesman died in a Leland auto crash. Will Cook survived. Severe storms near Courtland caused major damage and two Black men were killed. A Natchez area typhoid fight continues led by Dr M E Alderman. A two year old died in Ocean Springs from accidental fire started by a four year old.
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Robert Bell
Pontotoc
Arthur Scott
Bell
Scott
Corinth Steam Laundry
Gay- Ola Bottling Works
Corinth Ice Cream Company
J. Ss. Leehman
Arrested After Years Absence in Jackson Murder Case
Lawrence Morson, a 35 year old white man, was arrested June 25 at Jackson union depot on a murder charge related to the March 1910 fatal attack on Jessie Clark, a Black woman. He had been away from Jackson for over five years, living in Texas, and was recognized by station master Charles Van Buren before police seized him.
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Jackson
Lawrence Morson
Union Depot
Morson
Jessie Clark
Charles van Buren
van Buren
Texas
J.D. Duvall
Chicago
Ben Watkins
Parchman Plantation
Watkins
Memphis
Hattiesburg
Ask John D. to Speak at Jackson Event
John D Rockefeller may visit Jackson in autumn to address thrift and success to the young and citizens. The Young Men's Business Club of Jackson sent an invitation through president J Lively Rhodes. Also news of state and county election finance data and fugitive rounds up by J Duvall. The fourth annual summer training school for Presbyterian church workers opened June 22 at Belhaven Collegiate Institute with large attendance and a vesper service led by Dr Boyd.
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John D. Rockefeller
Jackson
Mississippi
Young Men’s Business Club of
J. Lively Rhodes
Presbyterian Church
Belhaven Collegiate Institute
Boyd
Alabama
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Oxford
Hutchins
F. Hodge
University of Oregon
University of Mississippi
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Giles
Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Pittsburgh Coal Company
E. M. Rauch
Starkville
Rauck
C. E. Quekemeyer
Weaver Grocery Company
Greenwood
Miss
Leland
Will Cook
Indianola
Quekemeyer
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Greenville
Cook
Adams County
M. E. Alderman
Charlton
Courtland
A. M. Usher
Ocean Springs
Simpson County Hospital
Katie Bennett
New Orleans
Tom Richardson
Harrisville
John Bellew
Walter Nixon
Clemmie Tillis
Teasley
John D
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