Rise and Fall of Victoriano Huerta
Timeline detailing Huerta's provisional presidency and the subsequent Mexican conflict. Key events include Madero and Suarez deaths, Villa arming against Huerta, Carranza named provisional president, Civilist advances, U S actions in Veracruz, battles at Tampico and Torreon, and Huerta’s resignation on July 15 with ongoing mediation efforts.
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Huerta
Madero
Suarez
Villa
Carranza
Constitutionalists
Matamoros
Ambassador Wilson
Washington
John Lind
Wilson
Congress
Torreon
Felix Diaz
Lind
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Charge O'Shaughnessy
Fifth Army
Galveston
U. S
Tampico
Niagara Falls
Wheeler says wets would get petitions in Canton decoy
Local official Fred Bale reported a Stark County scheme to steal dry petitions for statewide prohibition. A decoy letter urged petition circulators to submit filled papers to a Canton hotel. Wheeler and state headquarters were alerted to the effort.
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Wheeler
Columbus
Wayne B. Wheeler
Stark County
Canton Hotel
Fred Bale
Anti-Saloon League
W. H. Hoover
New Berlin
McKinley Hotel
Hoover
Bale
State Headquarters
Stark County Allied Liquor Dealers’ Association
Packers Control of Argentine Beef Sends Prices Soaring
Washington July 16. A flood of protests to the Agriculture Department over soaring beef prices will hasten the department s probe of the high cost of beef and yield a report by the probing committee soon. Secretaries say cause of the rise remains unclear until the committee s findings are in. The probe team includes B T Galloway H J Waters C F Curtis M W Mumford A B Melville and T N Carver.
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United Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
H. J. Waters
Kansas State Agricultural College
C. F. Curtis
Iowa State College
M. W. Mumford
University of Illinois
A. B. Melville
Bureau of Animal Industry
T. N. Carver
Auto Collision Injures Five Near Akron
A head on crash on the New Berlin road left five people injured including Mrs. F C Sparks who sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized at Mercy. Also hurt were Attorney A M McCarty Judge Robert S Shields Attorney C H Clark Attorney Clarence Herbruck Gilbert Canterbury and driver John T Geisey en route to the Starkee Bar association outing at Congress Lake.
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A. M. McCarty
Canton
F. C. Sparks
Akron
Berlard
Clarence Herbruck
Robert S. Shields
J. J. Clark
Florida
BAR Ass'n
Starkee Bar Association
Congress Lake
McCarty
C. H. Clark
Gilbert Canterbury
John T. Geisey
Canton Party
Rumor of Railways Merging Seeks Through Route to Ohio River
Officials from Northern Ohio Traction Stark Electric and Youngstown & Ohio Railway toured east for a possible consolidation that would yield a Cleveland to Ohio river electric interurban line. What connects to Pittsburgh within a year remains under study as traction engineers finalize the plan. Directors and stockholders overlap among the three firms.
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Northern Ohio Traction Co
Stark Electric Railway Co
Youngstown & Ohio Railway Co
Cleveland
Ohio River
Traction Company
Ohio Valley Railways
Pittsburgh
Stark Electric Co
Whitacre Campaign Launch Attacks Cox and Warnes
Rep Whitacre opened his Tuscarawas campaign speech criticizing Gov Cox as a czar and extravagance while targeting the Warnes tax law. Rep Warnes sat behind an elm tree as Whitacre pressed charges, with Warnes having no reply. The setting included cannons and a stone figure of a boy as a dramatic backdrop.
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Our City
Philadelphia Public Square
Rep
Whitacre
Tuscarawasca
Gov. Cox
Cox
Warnes
M. A. Warnes
Millersburg
Currie Sees No Franchise Yet for Terminal Plan
The article reports city officials anxious over a terminal station franchise for the project behind the T. K. Harris building. Attorney John C. Welty says Currie has not reviewed the franchise and has not commented, with Currie’s Akron office understudies noting he is very busy.
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T. K. Harris
Currie
John C. Welty
Welty
Akron
Delay in Widening and Paving Tusc-st Actions
City notes another setback in Tuscara Street improvement as a sidewalk lowering clause may delay project start. Engineer Sarver says a resolution of necessity cannot pass without sidewalk lowering estimates included in construction costs. The matter is continued on page two.
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Tuscara
St W
Sarver
New Judge Silent on Appointments in Cleveland
Federal judge nominee John J. Clarke declined to discuss his stance on A. M. McCarty's referee in bankruptcy role and other Killits nominations. The Republican appointees Killits and McCarty influence eastern district referees. Clarke offered no comment in a long distance call to the Daily News.
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Atty
John J. Clarke
Pres. Wilson
Cleveland
The
Daily News
A. M. McCarty
Stark Ce
Killits
Toledo
McCarty
School board awards to second lowest bidder in Canton project
The board of education awarded the school building contract to George H. White & Son of Canton at 52026 instead of the Dawson Construction Co. of Pittsburgh whose bid was about 1400 lower. Dawson threatened legal action claiming a square deal and legality questions.
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George H. White & Son
Canton
Board of Education
Whike & Son
L. V. Dawson
Dawson Construction Co
Pittsburgh
H. B. Webber
White and Son
Leh
Dawson Company
Con
Stark County ex Canton real estate values rise by 2.14 million
Real estate values outside Canton show a net increase of 2,136,783 according to the Stark County tax board announcement on Thursday. The rise includes Massillon and Alliance returns.
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Stark Co
Canton
Massillon
Alliance
Dewey Says He Wants to Learn Tango
Admiral Dewey, famed hero of Manila Bay, announced in New York on July 16 that he wishes to learn the tango after watching a young girl perform the dance steps.
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Dewey
United Press
New York
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Huerta’s Rule Ended Amid Drinking Outburst and Threats
Vera Cruz reports Huerta, pressured by Carbojal and Gen Blanquet, yields to President Wilson’s will and is forced from office as Mexico moves past his leadership amid upheaval and a violent endgame.
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Huerta
U. S
Carranza
Wm. G. Shepherd
United Press
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Francisco I. Madera
End of Huerta Rule Sealed After Army Pressure
A dramatic sequence in Mexico City ends with Victoriano Huerta agreeing to resign after Gen. Blanquet threatens to arrest him and take the army away. Carbajal had pressed for abdication while Huerta clung to power, finally stepping down as forces aligned against him.
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Chapultepec
el Globo
Secret Service
Huerta
Twenty-Ninth Infantry
Carbajal
Cafe
Blanquet
Niagara
Pllanquet
Gen. Maure
Victoriano Huerta
Tribe Of Ben Hur Annual Picnic at Meyers Lake
Canton Court invites all members and friends to its annual picnic at Meyers Lake on Saturday July 18. The committee provides buns wieners ice cream lemonade coffee and cream. Join for a good time.
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Tribe of
Ben Hur
Canton Court
Meyer's Lake
Advt
Huerta Family Reaches Puerto Mexico After Flight
Families of Gen. Huerta and Gen. Blanquet arrived in Puerto Mexico on the refugee train from Mexico City guarded by 1,400 soldiers. No word yet on Huerta and Blanquet's whereabouts as another train carried them last night. The German cruiser Dresden and British warship Bristol arrived at Puerto Mexico from Vera Cruz.
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United Press
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Blanquet
Puerto- Mexico
Dresden
Bristol
Puerto Mexico
Gen Blanquet
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Mies Ar al
Juarez
Mazatlan
Chihuahua
Pass Christian
Dolphin
Mexican
Drys
U.S
John Edwin Nevin
Mexico City
White House
State Department
Silliman
Senor Carbajal
Zapata
Douglass
Garrison
Riano
Dept. of Agriculture
Commission
Col. L
New Berliard
Revive Report N. O. T., Stark Electric and Y
Liverpool
Raps ‘Cox
New Phila
Cantonian
Flags
Engineer Laws Committee
Clarke
Gibbs
Carbojal
Bulldog
Francisco Carbajal
Cafe Colon
Moose
Canton Lodge
W. E. Dorn
San Francisco
Cal
Staudt Bros
Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Co
Ren«kert
Parisian Co
Puerto, Mexico
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