United States Aids Mexican Peace Bid From Saltillo to Torreon
John R. Auliman prepares to represent the United States in Saltillo as President Wilson seeks early peace through a provisional government. Villa meets Carranza aides at Torreon while the junta urges talks with Niagara delegates and warns Carranza to accept US terms or risk intervention. At Cananea a copper strike prompts a request to notify the president as authorities quell tensions and workers return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Auliman
United States
Carranza
Saltillo
Wilson
Huerista
Niagara
Villa
Junta
Desperado Hugh Whitrey Killed in Oregon Train Raid
Pendleton Ore July 2 Deputy Sheriff George McGuffey fought hand to hand with train robbers on a westbound Oregon train. He killed one and wounded another. McGuffey was wounded but survived. The dead robber identified by watch inscription as Hugh Whitney a noted outlaw from Montana Idaho and Wyoming. Robbers took 700 diamond and $200 in cash plus a few passenger sums. A posse pursues the fugitives.
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Pendelton
Ore
George McGuffey
Heppner County
Here
Oregon, Washington
Railroad and Navigation
Hugh Whitney
Montana, Idaho and Wyoming
MacDuffey
Kilbane Beats Mars In Ten Round No Decision
Johnny Kilbane champion featherweight fought ten rounds to a newspaper verdict no decision with Knockout Mars of Cincinnati in Cincinnati. Kilbane led most rounds, starting cautious then becoming aggressive while Mars pressed main offense.
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Cincinnati
Johnny Kilbane
Mars
Kilbane
Mara
26 Children Killed in Gotham Streets
The National Highways Protective Society reports 26 children killed in New York City streets in June, part of a total 52 fatalities. Automobiles and motor cycles lead the causes of death in the June tally.
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Gotham Streets
New York
National Highways Protective Society
New York City
Autors, Fire, Lightning and Water Bring Grief to Many
Burlington reports Clifford Johnson 25 died in a bridge accident when his arm was torn from its socket after standing up in a moving car. Manchester records three dead in lodging house fire. Proximity lightning kills Walter Davin Jr and Fred Davin on a farm. Tacoma driver Brock crashes into a pedestrian, car overturns but he and mechanic survive. Baltimore workers near-drowning after tunnel cofferdam failure. St Louis wagon drivers clash with strike breakers in a union dispute. Berlin attempts to derail New York bound express with track obstructions stopped in time.
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Burlington
Town
Clifford Johnson
Johnson
Prabody
Fan
Walter K. Davin, Jr
Fred
Heir to Austro Throne Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Murder
The article recounts the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Countess Sophie Chotek in Sarajevo, triggering a royal tragedy sequence. It notes earlier royal killings, Ferdinand’s romance, and resistance within Vienna to his marriage. The piece mentions the empress Elisabeth's death and the traditional Habsburg marriage constraints.
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Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Joseph
Sophie Chotek
Sarajevo
Archduke Ferdinand
Meyerling
Empress Elizabeth
Switzerland
Francis Ferdinand
Ferdinand
Saxony
Sophie
Crown Pricess Stephanie
Vienna
Europe
Francis Joseph
Hapsburg
Hohenborg
Legislative candidates begin filing petitions for primary
Activity rises as August 18 primaries approach for the new legislature. On the Democratic side J H Behroeder J T Snow I N Hughes and Nathan G Bagley are named for Cheyenne Goshen Platte counties. On the Republican side J F Milligan W K Jones Ed MacKay D J Dickert and Stephen H Sibley are circulating petitions.
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J. H. Behroeder
Cheyenne
J. T. Snow
Torrington
I. N. Ilughes
Hagle Precinct
Goshen County
Nathan G. Bagley
Bordeaux
Platte County
J. F. Milligan
W. K. Jones
Ed MacKay
D. 3. Dickert
Stephen H. Sibley
Burns
Time to file petitions for state offices July 18
The article notes petitions must be filed with the secretary of state by July 18. It emphasizes candidates must secure enough signatures before the deadline to make a credible showing beyond legal requirements.
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Mit
Secretary of State
Holiday Notice For Sunday Publications
There is an unwritten law among newspaper men that the day after the Fourth is a holiday for morning papers. The Leader will issue no paper Sunday morning and it will be a favor to readers if any special notices for Sunday are handed in today. Advertisers should place Sunday ads now to appear Saturday morning.
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Leader
Weather forecast for Wyoming in July weekend
The forecast for Wyoming calls for fair conditions on Friday and Saturday. No rainfall is expected and temperatures should remain mild across the hills and plains.
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Washington
Wyoming
Kaiser Will Not Attend Archduke Funeral in Vienna
Berlin caption reports Kaiser Wilhelm will skip Archduke Franz Ferdinand's funeral in Vienna due to lumbago and fears for his safety amid rumored anarchist plots. Officials say his age and political strain also influenced the decision though no final reasons were given.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Franz Ferdinand
Vienna
Kaliser
Austria
Plague situation handed to federal authorities in New Orleans
Surgeon General Rupert Blue arrived and announced plague experts and possibly expert rat catchers from San Francisco will assist. Vessels leaving the port will be fumigated and cleared of rats while Alabama Louisiana and Texas health officers agree to aid. No quarantine as conditions remain favorable and no new cases were reported.
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New Orleans
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Alabama
Louishina
Texas
Dlights Successful at Mammon d Sport Flight Day
A July event in Mammondport reports a flying boat named America lifting 2,100 pounds gross weight in several flights.
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Mammondsport
Wanamaker
America
Two Arrests of Miners at Butte
Hutte July 2 Red Foley was arrested last night charged with larceny of $1,000 from the safe of the miners' union when it was dynamited June 13. John Tomileh was arrested early today charged with compelling the engineer of the Stewart mine to lower dynamite into the wine. Efforts to arrest others continue.
President Wilson Meets J P Morgan In High Level Talks
President Wilson held a nearly hour long conference with J P Morgan as part of a planned series with leading industrial figures. Officials say the talks aimed to reassure business on tariffs currency and anti trust reforms while stressing lawful enterprise under the administration. Henry Ford is slated for the next meeting with a Chicago Association of Commerce delegation and six large nationwide corporations.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan
Wilson
Industry
Mante
Henry Ford
Chicago Association of Commerce
Businessen
Morgan
Archduke Ferdinand Bomb Plot Tied to Prinz o and Gabri hovics
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination plot unfolds with Nedetja Gabri hovics confessing as an accomplice of Prinz o. Bombs and revolvers sourced from Major Milan Pribitevihitch. During the funeral march in Vienna, students clash with police as reinforcements are sent to guard the Serbian legation.
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Vienna
Nedetja Gabrihovics
Archduke Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Prinz'o
Milan Pribitehevitch
Pan- Servian Union
Hofourg Chapel
Servian Legation
Never Saw Her Says Doctor's Wife at Bier
Mrs Edward Carman testifies at the murder scene of Mrs Leoniae Batley claiming she never encountered the victim. She describes an arrival from New York at 7 PM and says she did not go to the ground floor. A patient testifies Dr Carman opened the door and Mrs Carman assisted her husband in handling the body after the shooting.
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Bier
Freeport
Edward Carman
Leoniae Batley
Lv. Carman
New York
Helen Coombs
Mires
Curram
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AD Settlement
Torreon
Villareal, Coy
NACO
C. L. Montague
Cananea
Mexico
Cananea Consolidated Copper Company
George Kingdon
Kingdon
Hugh Whitrey
Manchester
N. H
John Reed
Frederic Caron
Albert Laurance
Tacoma
Yoah
F. Brock
The
Coma Speedway
R. C. C. Pollock
Brock
Baltimore
Jones’ Falle
Preston Street
Mount Royal Avenue
Louis
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Kaiser
RITES
Butte
Archduke
Gabrinovics
Prinzip
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