Arms Unload Debate Over Vera Cruz S Upsurge
Reports from Vera Cruz say Uphrange at Puerto Mexico tried to unload arms violating armistice terms. Captain Buckney may levy a fine but none has been set. Rumors claim German liners carried arms, Huerta seeks war supplies, and a faction commission may govern Mexico. Admiral Badger cabled details.
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Vera Cruz
United States
Puerto Mexico
Bavaria
Funston
Captan Buckney
Gulf Hs
Huerta
Republic
Hilerta
Washington
Badger
Navy
Heat Pervades East as Temperatures Soar
The eastern United States endures an abnormal early heat wave with cities like New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Charleston recording 85 to 91 degrees. High humidity and fog over the Atlantic worsen conditions while Canton Ohio reports five heat deaths and other cities see prostrations.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charleston
Cleveland
Canton
Ohio
Steel Milla
Weather Bureau
United States
Moore backs Bryan peace plan at Mohonk conference
John Bassett Moore, presiding at the Mohonk conference on international arbitration, urged advancing beyond current treaties. He suggested returning to older practice and praised the Bryan peace treaties while defending prior U.S. positions in Washington.
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Mohonk Lab
N. Y
John Bassett Moore
Wal Lake Mohonk
U. and
Great Britain
Moore
State Department
Washington
Bryan
Appeal Granted Delays Hanging in Mrs Shidler Attack
Kansas City May 27 Vick Gueringer sentenced to be hanged for the March 9 attack on Mrs Gertrude Shidler has won a Supreme Court appeal. The ruling automatically stays the scheduled Friday execution.
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Kansas City
General Liggett remembered as War College alumnus
F A B recalls General Liggett a dashing Pennsylvanian brigadier who rose by sheer ability and commands a brigade in Mexico and later the regular troops massed at Gettysburg to honor Civil War dead. He led the Fourth Brigade at Vera Cruz after serving as president of the Army War College.
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Liggett
United States
Army War College
Great Military Institution
Hudson's Bluffs
Weat Point
Texas
Vera Crus
Drops 40000 Suit To Attend Baseball Game
In San Francisco on May 27 a $40,000 damage suit against the Southern Pacific Railroad faced progress as Judge John Hunt studied a point in the case. Plaintiff John Moller agreed to a $750 compromise and invited the jury and witnesses to a baseball game, prompting a light exchange in court.
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San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
John Hunt
Law Library
John Moller
Jola Wat
Dam Break Causes Wide Flood Damage Across Salt Lake Area
May 27. A state irrigation dam at Hatchtown broke, releasing a flood that reached Piute reservoir 50 miles away. Farmhouses were swept away, three bridges washed out, and livestock losses top 16,000 head. Crops and goerea destroyed. total losses exceed $200,000. Circleville submerged. residents sought shelter on Knolls. Officials say Piute dam should hold. no further danger expected unless it fails, threatening Marysvale.
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Salt Lake City
Circleville
Hatchtown
Piute
Marysvale
Dent Sheep Company Figure Drowns Self in Big Horn River
A. C. Dent of the Dent Sheep company in Owl Creek, Wyoming, drowned himself in the Big Horn river near Greybull after buying drinks at a saloon. The high water hid him from sight as he waded out and disappeared. Dent was a longtime Basin resident, leaving a widow in Thermopolis.
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Dent
Thermopolis
Spit Curls and Slurp Skirts Go Jobless
A Chicago discussion by employment heads from large department stores and mall order firms concludes that young women with good dispositions and wit but without slit skirts low cut necks or flat curls on their cheeks lack employment. Civic leaders attended the session.
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Chicago
Aed
Wyoming Thunderstorm Forecast Brings Cooler Friday
Local weather bulletin predicts a strong thunderstorm system Thursday followed by cooler conditions on Friday. Rain potential concentrates across northern and eastern counties with breezy winds and possible hail in stronger cells. Officials urge motorists to exercise caution.
Rear Admiral Boush Heads Atlantic Fleet Division Off Mexico
Rear Admiral Clifford Joseph Boush, aged 60, commands a division of the Atlantic Fleet off the Mexican coast. A Virginian with Chesterfield manners, he served on the naval examining and retiring board and prides himself on not yet being retired. He is known as a steady sea officer with 21 years of active service.
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Clifford Joseph Boush
Atlantic
Mexico
Boush
Old Dominion
Huerta
Naval Examining and Retiring Board
Santiago
Beavers Build and Destroy Along Mill Creek
A fishing party near Pole Mountain counted over 100 beaver dams along Mill Creek ensuring many spans were high enough to wade dry. They also observed over 100 felled trees, many lying on the ground for over a year, with several dams showing recent activity. The report suggests a productive field for Wappere in the coming winter.
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Mill Creek
Pole Mountain
Cheyenne Club Hears Rev Edgin Urge Civic Uplift
Rev W B Edgin spoke to the Greater club urging city progress in material and moral affairs. He praised the clergy's role in education and community uplift and urged Cheyenne to seek the 1915 National Prison congress in St Paul, noting San Francisco exposition traffic.
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Edgn
Greater Cheyenne
W. EB. Edgin
National Prison Congress
St. Paul
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Congress
Edgin
Paul of
Tarsus
England Scenes Shown Tonight at Parfeh House
Dr Vosburgh hosts a personal tour via London and Rural England showing still and motion pictures. Images cover historic London landmarks, Oxford and Cambridge, eastern cathedral cities, Shakespeare’s country, Warwick, Stratford on Avon, Wordsworth and Ruskin homes, Windermere and Derbyshire dales.
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Vosburgh
Parfeh House
London
England
Woeburgh
Oxford
Cambridge
Old Canterbury
Durham
Scottish
British Isles
Warwick
Kennilworth
Startford
Avon
Wordsworth, Ruskin
Fife
Derbyshire Dales
Hadden Hall
Lake Windimere
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Leake Michigan
John B. Moore
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Leader-Vosburgh
Weriah House
Clifton Hotel
Niagara Falls
Canada
Wyoming
Vosburgh Travelogues
Lendon and
Sands’ Drug Store
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