Demands Made by Admiral Mayo Over Tampico Incident
Washington reports public release of Admiral Mayo’s demand to General Varagoza in Tampico. He requires a written apology, severe punishment for the officer, and a public hoist and twenty one gun salute to the United States flag, with the salute to be fired within 24 hours.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Fletcher
Admiral Mayo
Varagoza
Tampico
United States Navy
Dolphin
United States
Rebel Captain Reprimanded at Agua Prieta Border Incident
In Douglas Arizona on April 20 a border incident ended with a severe reprimand from Colonel A M Guerrero the constitutionalist commander. The captain of the squad that disarmed Arizona militia officers received punishment and the swords were returned after Governor Hunt of Arizona and McDonald of New Mexico crossed the border. Border guards had taken side arms when crossing the line as part of customs.
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Douglas, Ariz
A. M. Guerrero
Sonora
Arizona
Hunt
McDonald
New Mexico
Agua Prieta
Perjurer Tells His Name in Rosenthal Case
Karl Dresne named a man he says was paid to be an eleventh hour witness for the four gunmen in the Herman Rosenthal murder inquiry. Detectives sought the man, jailed in the Tombs as a self confessed perjurer after giving testimony to secure a new trial. Dresner said the payoff was 100 dollars according to statements to District Attorney Whitman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Karl Dresne
Whitman
Eambler
Herman Rosenthal
Supreme Justice
Goff
Dresner
Justice Golf
Canal Could Be Utilized to Admit Largest Atlantic Fleet Ships
Washington April 20 government officials in charge of the canal construction say the Panama canal is now ready to admit and pass through from the Atlantic to the Pacific the largest ships of the Atlantic fleet en route to Tampico.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Tampico
Navy League Names Ten New Directors in New York Assembly
At the Navy League of the United States annual assembly ten new board members were elected including John Lind Minneapolis Colonel E M House Austin David Ives Bushnell St Louis Frank M Symmes San Francisco Frank A Scott Cleveland and John Galan O Laughlin Washington The election of Lind as director followed his renewed navy interest, per the league announcement.
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New York
Navy League of the United States
John Lind
Minneapolis
E. M. House
Austin
Tex
David Ives Bushnell
St. Louis
Frank M. Symmes
San Francisco
Frank A. Scott
Cleveland
John Galan
O’laughlin
Washington
League
Navy
Youth Accused as Slayer Malcolm Gifford Jr in Jail
Albany April 20 Malcolm Gifford Jr 19 son of a Hudson manufacturer is jailed in connection with the murder of Frank J Clute a chauffeur. Clute was shot in the back on April 1 1913 near Troy after driving an unidentified man and his body was dumped in a ditch. Gifford wore a gray overcoat and light fedora at the time and pleaded not guilty refusing to talk.
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Albany
N. Y
Malcolm Gifford, Jr
Hudson
Frank J. Clute
Clute
Troy
Gifford
Derrick Boardman
Fear Tug Is Lost Near Alaska With Tow In Tow
Grave fear is expressed for the safety of the tug Tatoosh and the barge America, overdue seven days from Seattle. They were sighted April 10 off Cape St. Elias and possibly caught in heavy seas near the Copper River delta. Forty carpenters were aboard the barge, which carried 2,600 tons of mining machinery and supplies.
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Valdez
Alaska
America
Seattle
Cape St. Elias
Copepr River
Scrambled OCR Leads to Confusing Game Card Fragments
The fragmentary OCR text lists teams and cities such as St Louis Indianapolis Buffalo Baltimore in a jumbled line with odd symbols, suggesting a historical sports schedule card with unreadable scores and unclear event details.
Grain and Live Stock Prices at Minneapolis and South St Paul
Minneapolis markets report wheat and rye futures with May contracts and dairy notes. Cattle prices show steers at 725 to 750, cows near 84 to 507, hogs around 8958, while sheep and lambs trade around 35 to 254 with 7.95 in the mix.
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South Wi. Paul
South Spo Paw Nath
Chicago Livestock Market and St Paul Grain Board Quietly Report
Chicago livestock receipts show strong prices with cattle and calves steady to higher and sheep receipts around 500 with steady native and western categories. In St Paul the Way and Grain Board of Trade lists Saturday quotations for timothy hay clover mixed prairie midland and various straw and alfalfa prices with two car receipts of hay.
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Chigago Livestock
Chicago
Texas
Western
St. Traut
St. Paul
St. Paul Way
Grain Board of Trade
Suaturdas
Midland
Two Nurses Attacked by Delirious Patient in Grand Forks
Two Deaconess hospital student nurses narrowly escaped serious injury when William Watson, a delirious patient, attacked them. His wild cries drew nearby barn employees who alerted staff and aided in rescuing the nurses through a hospital window.
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Grand Forks
Deaconess
William Watson
Watson
Treaty Texts End Canal Dispute With Colombia
Paris reports publish the full text of the US Colombia treaty on Panama affairs signed April 7 in Bogota. It grants Colombia free passage for troops and ships, provides a $25 million payment after ratifications, and promises commercial and railway advantages if canal service is interrupted.
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Paris
United States
Colombia
Panama
Temps
Bogota
Thaddeus A. Thomson
Francisco Jose Urrutia
Republic of
Panama Canal
Canal Privilleges
Canal Zone
Pacific Ocean
Cocalito
Ardita
Children Die After Eating Water Parsnip Poison
In Deerfield eight miles from Owatonna Minnesota Lulla Manke age eight is dead and Fred age eight and Lilly nine remain in serious condition in a hospital after eating water or wild parsnip spotted along a roadside while returning from school.
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Owatonna
Minn
Lulla
Fred Manke
Deerfield
Fred
Lilly
Outlaws Shoot Third Man Near Escanaba
Escanaba naval reserves guarded roads into a swamp 16 miles from Escanaba. Edward Reagan, the third man shot in the bandit chase, arrived limp with a bullet wound in the leg. Bandits Clyde Smith and Joe Parent visited Reynolds lumber camp for breakfast and ammunition before departing.
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Escanaba
Mich
Edward Reagan
Soc Junction
Clyde Smith
Joe Parent
Reynolds
New York Businessmen Push Panama Canal Tolls Repeal
The Senate canals committee heard New York Chamber of Commerce leaders urge repeal of the tolls exemption clause. Edward E Page and Senator Bristow clashed over loyalty and contracts while witnesses argued whether exemption amounts to a subsidy and its impact on national honor and future canal use.
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Washington
Senate Canals Committee
New York Chamber of Commerce
Bristow
Edward E. Page
Chamber
New York Merchants’ Association
Page
United States
Eugene H. Outerbridge
Welding Ring
New York Chamber
O’gorman
Merchant's Association
Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Massachusetts
Simmons
Henry White
London
M. White
Great Britain
Rebel Victories Reported In Campaign Against Monterey
At Tama tamoras base the constitutionalists announce three rebel victories in the Monterey campaign. General Teodoro Elizondo reports Cadereyta engagement where 2000 federals were routed with 100 killed and 400 wounded and dispersed. Cost to constitutionalists cited as 5 officers and 30 soldiers.
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Brownsville
Tex
Monterey
Constitutionalists
Matamoras
Cadereyta
Teodoro Elizondo
Constitutionalist
Wage Settlement Favored in District 15 UMWA Vote
Returns from 69 of 86 locals in District 15 show the policy committee plan to end the wage dispute by adopting the old scale winning by about 2,500 votes.
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Albia
Iowa
United Mine Workers of America
Vote Down Amalgamation Plan
Kansas City April 20 A referendum on amalgamating railroad workers into one national organization was rejected after a heated AFL session. International officers of existing unions led the opposition arguing the plan would undermine current ranks and voices.
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Kansas City
Department
American Federation of Labor
First factory begun to can Eastern Montana crop
Work on the first canning factory in Eastern Montana has begun and will be completed in time for this season. With a capacity of 100000 cans, it will sit on the Montana Land and Farm Products company ranch near Heéper northeast of Billings.
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Billings
Montana
Montana Land and Farm Products Company
Heéper
W. B. George
Minneapolis
Chicago
Gold Rush Across Line Near Aladdin Wyoming
A gold rush is under way near Aladdin Wyoming as assays show $150 per ton from a shaft 105 feet deep. Mine owners expect richer ore deeper, while many prospectors flood the district. In the Big Horn Mountains low-grade ore interest revives with a new amalgamator claimed to save over 90 percent. Companies near Buffalo and Sheridan order machines and push development.
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Buffalo
Sheridan
Wyo
Fergus Farmers Organize Equity Branch in Fergus County
Hundreds of Fergus county farmers met in Lewistown to organize a local branch of the American Society of Equity and back the Equity Co operative Exchange. They pledged grain shipments to the St Paul exchange and heard speeches by Magnus Johnson George Loftus J M Anderson and W M Sharp who accused Minneapolis mills of boycotting farmers by refusing to buy from the exchange.
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Lewistown
Fergus County
American Society of Equity
Equity Co-operative Exchange
Exchange
St. Paul
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
George Loftus
Minneapolis
J. M. Anderson
Fargo
N. D
W. M. Sharp
Equity
Receiver Sought for Forestvale Cemetery in Helena Suit
I W Williams sues in district court seeking a receiver for Forestvale cemetery and an accounting from Henry Winters secretary treasurer and manager of the Helena Cemetery association. The complaint asserts the corporation mismanaged since 1910 and that Winters has run affairs through a board of directors, letting assets deteriorate.
Government funds fight spotted fever in Montana
The federal government allocates 10 000 for experiments at Billings and Victor Montana to combat the sheep tick spreading spotted fever. Several Montana cases were reported last year and more this spring. The disease is usually fatal.
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Billings
Victor, Mont
Montana
Cattle Thieves to Be Hunted in Montana Border
Cattle thefts across southeastern Montana have stockmen alarmed and threaten to revive old lynching methods if convictions fail. Prosecutions have begun in several counties, but none have led to meaningful results. Reported thefts involve slaughtered cattle sold to butchers in nearby towns.
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Billings
Montana
Legalized boxing death prompts referendum threat
Coroner's jury in Indianapolis returned a verdict that Charles Fortney died from injuries in a ten round bout with Roy Caguill. Fortney died five hours after being knocked down. Caguill was acquitted. Officials testified the bout complied with state boxing law. The death spurs Montana to reconsider the Riley boxing law via referendum at fall elections.
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Billings
Charles Kid
Fort, Ney
Indianapolis
Roy Caguill
Cody
Wyo
Fortney
Sh Caguill
Charles Irby
Carl Riloff
Trenary
Montana
Shriners Plan Montana Train to Atlanta Council
Helena Montana Dr O M Lanstrum head of Algeria Temple convention committee says arrangements are nearly complete for a special train to Atlanta Ga for the annual Council in May but 12 more Shriners are needed to secure the Montana train If unavailable the group will join Calgary or Minneapolis delegations for a St Paul to Atlanta run An escort by Glacier Park Indians in native dress will ride a special car loaned by the Great Northern Railway under Charles Griffin of St Paul.
Democrats Begin Activities in Helena Montana
The 1914 Democratic campaign is under way with gatherings across Montana to prepare for the legislative race. A supreme judge and railroad commissioner will be elected this fall. The state central committee met in Helena to pass resolutions and discuss the campaign under the new primary law. A large statewide meeting and banquet may be held within a month with broad invitations.
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Helena
Democratic’ State Central Committee
Two youths imitate Mexican executions. shot injures boy
Willie Johns aged 1? and his companion George Tillett aged 16 armed with a revolver and a .22 rifle. They stood apart and mimicked executions. Johns’ pistol failed to fire while Tillett’s rifle misfired until the sixth trigger pull when Johns was shot in the right lung.
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Anaconda
Willie Johns
George Tillett
Johns
Tillett
Fire destroys Atchison livery barn on Bridge street
Fire wrecked the Atchison livery barn on Bridge street burning fifteen horses and causing property loss estimated between eight and ten thousand dollars. Nine standard bred stallions belonging to an eastern importing firm were saved with difficulty from a neighboring barn. the fire originated from defective wiring and the loss is only partly insured.
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Miles City
Atchison
Bridge Street
Man Dies in Hot Springs Plunge in Dillon
William Nevilly Jackson of Dillon Montana died after entering Hot Springs with owners permission. He did not reappear and was found early today. Authorities believe heart weakness caused drowning and scalding in the water.
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Dillon
Mont
William Nevilly Jackson
Democrats Rally At Kalispell Opera House
Flathead county Democrats filled the Kalispell opera house for a Jeffersonian rally with prominent state party members in attendance. Speakers included Bruce Kremer national committee man E B Craighead of the University of Montana and local politicians. The Glacier Park band and an orchestra performed and lunch followed.
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Kalispell
Flathead County
Bruce Kremer
E. B. Craighead
University of Montana
Glacier Park Band
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