Essentials of Peace Plan for Mexico Mediation Conference
The Niagara Falls mediation conference outlines a peace plan for Mexico. It calls for a provisional president and four neutral cabinet ministers to run elections for president vice president and congress. The plan requires prompt U S recognition and sets guidelines for withdrawal of troops and legitimacy of financial transactions.
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Niagara “Falls
United States
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Mediation Talks Move Toward Protocol on Mexican Peace
Cincinnati desk reports mediation efforts over the Mexican problem near a protocol within a week. Main issues settled in principle, minor points to be defined, with Carranza’s stance and Huerta’s fate yet to be clarified as mediators seek a provisional government plan.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Toronto
Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
Search for Andree Balloon Remains Boosted by Telegram
Remains believed to be from Prof Salomon Andree's balloon expedition of 1897 were found in a Siberian forest near Yakutz. Sweden orders a full investigation after the Dane Island departure and subsequent disappearance of Andree and two scientists.
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Andree
Labrador
Mystery in Inspector death shocks Pittsburg Kansas
J W Scott an inspector for an American mine in Mexico left two months ago fearing danger. He was later found dead in a hotel room with three bullet wounds. police cannot tell if it was suicide or murder though a revolver lay nearby.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
J W. Scott
Mexico
Scott
Arms Shipments to Huerta Held at Vera Cruz
German steamer Bavaria arrived without manifest carrying 1,800,000 rounds of ammunition and 3,000 rolls of barbed wire, landed for Vera Cruz but diverted to Puerto Mexico. Captain liable for Mexican fines. Bavaria held until fines settled.
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Vera Cruz
Bavaria
Funston
Puerta
Mexico
Germany
Havana
Progreso
Herman O. Stickney
Puerto Mexico
Ypiranga
Vera. Cruz
Huert
Washington
Fuerta
Prto
United States
Niagara Falls
Three Burns Men Are Fined
Atlanta detectives W. W. Rogers C. C. Tedder and J. C. Whitfield acting for William J. Burns were fined 100 dollars each in city court for working on the Leo M. Prank case without approval by the local police board.
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Burns
Atlanta
W. W. Rogers
C. C. Tedder
J. C. Whitfield
William J. Burns
Leo M. Prank
Federal Reserve Banks to elect directors and ballots sent
Reserve Banks Incorporated reports that organization certificates for the twelve federal reserve banks have been received at the treasury department. Elections for directors in classes A and B will begin immediately and ballot forms will be distributed to all 7 550 member banks at once.
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Reserve Banks Incorporated
Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Churchill Becomes An Aviator in Tests for Pilot Certificate
Salisbury England May 29 The first lord of the British admiralty Winston Spencer Churchill completed the initial tests needed to secure an air pilot's certificate as he undertakes the flight qualification process.
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Churchill
Salisbury
Eng
British Admiralty
Winston Spencer Churchill
Heat Wave Grips East with Record Temperatures Forecast Relief After Friday
A mid-summer heat wave and high humidity sweep the Atlantic states and Ohio and Mississippi valleys, driving temperatures toward record highs and causing citywide distress. The weather service predicts only gradual relief, with cooler air and possible showers not until after Friday as a northwest disturbance approaches.
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Washington
Atlantic States
Ohio
Middle
Mississippi
East
Obsession in Flame as a Widow Confronts a Hidden Deceit
Dorothy Marshall sits by a driftwood fire with papers in hand reflecting on Tom and Thurston. A discovered photo of Helen Grantley shatters her trust and fuels anger at a life split between memory and a new promise, with a note drafted to scorn a plan to marry and move to Japan.
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Dorothy Marshall
Dorothy
Thurston
Tom
Japan
Grantleys
Helen Grantley
Ehe
Tom—Thurston
Daily Story Pub. Co
Murder Trials in Holland Compared to French Legal System
A learned jurist argues Dutch practice offers fairer justice than the French method. In Holland juries are absent and witnesses are questioned through the judge, reducing browbeating and confusing testimony. The process emphasizes doubt for the accused and weighs evidence before verdicts.
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Holland
Trying to Stay Good Ends in Anger at Bad Eggs
Nellie vents anger at finding a second bad egg and accuses Jim Fletcher of hoarding them. Her husband calms her with a quip about eggs trying to be good, revealing a light domestic moment from Lippincott's Magazine.
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Jim Fletcher
Nellie
Lippincott’s Magazine
New York Celebrates Three Hundred Year Milestone
The Holland Society of New York plans tercentenary events marking 300 years since white settlers built huts on Manhattan Island. The first houses stood where the Hamburg America Line Building at 45 Broadway now stands and the first shipyard was nearby. The initial vessel built on the continent was the Onrust or Restless, measuring 44 feet 6 inches.
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New York
Manhattan Island
Holland Society of
New -York
Hamburg American Line
Broadway
Onrust
Henry Couse Learns a Lottery Lesson in Love and Loss
Henry Couse, a thrifty clerk, saves fifty to fifty five dollars and falls for a stock tip from A. Augustus Atkinson. The scheme crashes when Uca Mick plunges, yet a windfall check leaves him wiser. He plans marriage, but Sally Mannering toys with him.
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Henry Couse
Sally Mannering
Couse
Henry
Miss Mannering
St Hopkins
Miss Sally
Sally
A. Agustus Atkinson
Atkinson
Diana
Madison Square
Mr. Atkinson
A. Augustus Atkinson
Young Couse
Henry ‘Couse
Mr. Couse
Plains
Wall Street
Uca Mick
Prolific Birth Rates Reported in Mar dic Colony
German writer Dr. A Grotjahns notes Mar dic near Dunkirk, a Louis XIV founded colony with land in usufruct where families receive 22 acres and shore for net fishing. Men marry at 24 after navy service and births reach 43 per 1000, higher than most civilized peoples, with prosperity and minimal private property concerns.
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A. Grotjahs
France
Mardic
Dunkirk
Louis XIV
Doctor Grotjahn
Macdic
Pronunciation Debate Sparks Midwest Pride in Iowa
A Britisher challenges an American, who boasts Iowa as the finest state, then jokes about Americans mispronouncing words. The cartoonish exchange highlights pride in Iowa while noting a mispronounced Ohio by another American.
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Iowa
Union
Beecham
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