Roosevelt Tells of Strange River Discovery in Brazil
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt addressed the National Geographic Society in Washington claiming to have discovered a 1000 mile river in Brazil called the Davida or River of Doubt. He challenged cartographers to disprove his find and described guiding explorers who traversed a river unseen on existing maps.
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Washington
South America
Theodore Roosevelt
National Geographic Society
Brazil
Davida
Tapajos
Madeira
Mediation Progress Reported in Mexico Peace Talks
Niagara Falls Ontario delegates from the United States and Mexico report substantial agreement on core points in the mediation conference. Officials say discussions cover terms for pacification and that an early accord is likely. Justice Lae mar states that actual terms and details are being discussed while avoiding public specifics. The agrarian question will not disrupt proceedings and a path to common accord is seen to reach a prompt conclusion.
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Niagara Falls
Justice Laemar
United States
Mexico
Washington
Niagara Park
White House
State Department
Zapata Agent Seeks Recognition in Mexican Settlement
An agent for General Emiliano Zapata told President Wilson and the state department that Zapata should be a leading element in any Mexican solution. He claimed Zapata commands about 21,000 troops, controls Morelos and Guerrero and parts of Puebla Guanajuato Mexico City and the federal district, and that Carranza and Zapata share common goals though not united. President Wilson is urged to treat the Zapatistas as part of the revolution. Meanwhile at Agnes Scott College Vice President Marshall told 27 graduates that women cannot be equal to men and that women possess superior intuition.
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Washington
Emiliano Zapata
Bryan
Wilson
State Department
Zapatistas
Mexico
Morelos
Guerrero
Puebla
Guanajuto
Federal District
Carranza
Atlanta
Thomas R. Marshall
Agnes Scott College
New Orleans
C. H. Tebault
Georgia
Doctor Tebault
United Confederate Veterans
Eastman
George D. Bennett
Woodmen of the World
Daniels
Darien
G. E. Atwood
McIntosh County
Valona
Atwood
Live Oak Lodge
Waycross
Rome
Cherokee
Colquitt
Miller County Chamber of Commerce
Department of Farm Development
P. E. Wilkins
D .M. Jordan
M. Watkins
Ways and
Bremen
Southern Railroad
Muscadine
Ala
Birmingham
Thomneville
Vashti Home
Pasteur Institute
Atlantic
Bishop
Columbus
West Georgia
Drouth
Pine Mountain Fruit Belt
Warm Springs
Woodbury
Macon
The
Georgia Bankers’ Association
T. R. Turner
Haddocks
Cepa
Riis Dies in Barre Summer Home
Jacob A Riis author and social worker died at his summer home in Barre Massachusetts. Riis, known for aiding New York City’s poor, was praised by Theodore Roosevelt as a powerful and useful citizen who dedicated his life to the slums after arriving as an immigrant and learning first hand of their hardships.
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Jacob A. Riis
Barre
Mass
Jacob August Riis
New York
Metoropolis
Theodore Roosevelt
SILLIMAN SAFE IN MEXICO FROM DETAINMENT
Leaders of the Constitutionalist movement remain divided over participation in mediation at Niagara Falls. Vice Consul John J. Silliman has arrived in Mexico City with British vice consul MacMillan, easing a major mediation threat though other dangers persist with his arrest. Carranza reports Constitutionalist forces entering Saltillo after federal forces evacuated.
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Silliman
State Department
John J. Silliman
Saltillo
Mexico City
MacMillan
Carranza
Becker Found Guilty in Rosenthal Murder Case
Twelve jurors convict Charles Becker of murder in the first degree for the Rosenthal killing that shocked New York and spurred police reform efforts. The court will decide whether Becker faces the electric chair while the four gunmen already tied to the crime await judgment as Becker's agents.
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Becker
New York
Charles Becker
Rosenthal
Court of Appeals
Herman Rosenthal
Fruit Crop Promising Across Washington and New York Will
Washington reports a potential large fruit yield across apples pears plums grapes oranges lemons and strawberries with peaches unlikely. In New York Maj. Gen. Daniel B Sickles’ will named three grandchildren as heirs and left 5000 to Gen. Horatio King along with smaller legacies to servants.
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Washington General
United States Chamber of Commerce
Committee On
New York
Daniel B. Sickles
Sickles
Daniel E. Sickles
Stanton Sickles
Christopher Crackenthorpe
Ida Blanche Crackenthorpe
Sickles Crackenthorpe
Horatio King
Mexicans Press Land Question in Peace Talks
Observers report U S delegates demand the land question be included in the peace settlement or parties risk exclusion from mediation. Requena and Cecilio Ocon arrive from New York amid talks while officials press for a swift halt to fighting and a defined mediation scope. The mediators seek to resolve internal and international Mexican issues, including U S reparation for Tampico arrests.
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Jane Requena
Felix Diaz
Mexico
New York
Cecilio Ocon
Requena
Senor Elguero
Senor Requina
Funeral of Japan's Empress Dowager Haruko
A million torches and lanterns lit Tokyo as the Empress Dowager Haruko rode in a ceremonial car drawn by white oxen. The grand procession, unmatched since the emperor Matsuhito’s funeral earlier, drew nearly the entire American colony viewing from vantage points below. Japanese subjects are not allowed to gaze down on royalty from elevated spots.
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Japan
Tokio
Haruko
Matsuhito
Quiet Prevails in Albania Crisis Shifts in Durazzo
In Durazzo Prince William of Albania former Wied is guarded in the palace by Italian marines. Outside the city supporters of Egsad Pasha, ex minister of war, were deported after a brief uprising threatening the new regime. William has taken refuge aboard the Italian cruiser Misurata while insurgents push for talks.
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Albania
Durazzo
Prince William of
Wied
Egsad Pasha
Pene
William
Misurata
Municipal Courts Questioned by Georgia Supreme Court
The Georgia Supreme Court will decide the legality of the Atlanta and Macon municipal courts created by a constitutional amendment. The case comes from the Court of Appeals after a writ of error from Atlanta's municipal court. possible ruling on whether a single amendment can modify multiple constitution clauses. Savannah hosts 1915 Grand Lodge session of Knights of Pythias amid charter grants to new lodges.
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Atlanta
State Supreme Court
Macon
Peace
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Municipal Court of
Grand Loage
Georgia
Knights of Pythias
Savannah
Rome
D. M. Stanley
Dublin
John P. Cheney
Marietta
Troy Beatty
Athens
William H. Leopold
H.C. Norman
Washington
George C. Schaulefe
Augusta
Joseph D. Smith
Barnerville
Bam J. Hell
Jefferson
Fred Terrell
Leopold
Douglasville
Decatur
Acworth
Odum
Grand Lodge
Rebels Start for Capitol as Mediation Talks Go Quiet
Mediators report progress toward a broad settlement on the Mexican problem at Niagara Falls Ontario. Delegates from the United States and Mexico discuss internal and international issues while mediators serve as counselors and refrain from proposing provisional leadership or government forms. Officials in Washington express cautious optimism for averting international conflict.
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Niagara Falls
Otaro
Canada
Constitutionalist Advance From Vera Cruz Line Up
Albert Carrillo, constitutionalist consul, reports a three pronged assault forming from Vera Cruz with 3000 troops led by Gen Candido Aguilar, moving toward Tejar to clash with Gen Garcia Pena’s 2400 federals while Villa and Zapata advance from other directions. Aguilar’s force sails from Ponte del Gado aboard a chartered steamship.
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Mexico City
San Antonio
Texas
Vera Cruz
Albert Carillo
Candido Aguilar
Pablo Congalea
Tampico
Carrillo
Aguilar
Ponte del Gado
Vicente Segura
Constitutionalist
Morse Declines to Testify in New Haven Probe
The interstate commerce commission plans indicate Charles W. Morse is unlikely to testify in the New Haven railroad financial inquiry. Morse had asked for an opportunity to appear, but the commission believes he cannot illuminate the investigation. His name arose through Charles B. Mellen's testimony about an unconsummated steamship deal.
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Morse
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles W. Morse
New Haven Railroad
Charles 8. Mellen
Morgan Denies Testimony Before Interstate Commission
J P Morgan Jr terms Charles S Mellen’s testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission as false. Morgan says he concealed no facts from Mr Mellen about the New Haven Railroad and offers to present records of J P Morgan & Co and his own personal files at any proper tribunal.
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