Dominican Crisis Near Abdication as Reds Yield to Pressure
Reports from Washington indicate Dominican President Bordas faces pressure as southern insurgents near San Domingo City. American Charge White seeks terms for a temporary ceasefire with warships nearby. U.S. plans include sending Marines from Hancock if the situation worsens and potential protectorate steps after talks with Wilson and Bryan.
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Tribur
Washington
Bordas
Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
State Department
White
Eberle
United States
Hancock
Guantanamo
Vera Cruz
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Sullivan
Wilson
Bryan
Leader Urges G. O. P. At Big Feast
Mrs. Brownie Rathbone Weaverson leads prompts urging GOP leaders at a large banquet as anticipation builds for political strategy and party unity amid a crowded public event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Brownie Rathbone Weaverson
Villa Scheming for Presidency
Juarez Mexico July 18 Carranza for President General Felipe Angeles for Minister of War General Francisco Villa for Commander in Chief of the army outlines the Constitutionalist plan to fuse Villa and Carranza factions Villa seeks to fix record and win foreign trust while maintaining military power and influence ahead of a possible presidency.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Juarez
Mexico
Carranza
Francisco Villa
Caillaux Murder Trial Foreseen in Paris
Mme Caillaux wife of the former French premier will be moved to a courtroom cell ahead of a five day trial for killing Gaston Calmette editor of The Figaro. Prosecution seeks premeditated murder while defense argues an unintended act to teach a lesson.
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Madame Callaux
M. Calmette
Pes Fitaro
M. Fernand Labori
Srance
E Uding
Dreyfus
the Commercial Tribune
Paris
Mme. Caillaux
Finance
St. Lazare
Palace of Justice
Gaston Calmette
Madame Cailaux
Madame Caillaux
The
Figaro
Calmette
Raymond Poincare
Jules Herbaux
Foot Caught in Frog After Train Tragedy Near Canton
Caesar Seiler suffers both legs amputated and fingers lost after his foot caught in a track frog near Canton Colorado. He was dragged by a freight train before hospital rescue and remained conscious after the accident. Doctors deem recovery chances slight and Leiber sacrificed his legs to save him.
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Canton, CO
Leiber
Washington Rumor: McReynolds Likely Supreme Bench Move
A Washington dispatch claims President Wilson will move Attorney General McReynolds to the Supreme Court. Secretary of War Garrison would replace McReynolds as head of the Justice Department, with McReynolds allegedly a disruptive cabinet force to be removed for smoother reforms.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wilson
McReynolds
United States Supreme Bench
Garrison
Department of Justice
Supreme Bench
Little Girl Victim of Bubonic Plague in New Orleans
New Orleans reports the sixth bubonic plague case as 10 year old Helen Spell is diagnosed with plague and moved to isolation hospital. Dr W C Rucker of the Federal Health Service confirms the illness began last Thursday and her condition remains serious.
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the Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Helen
Health Service
Condi
Republican caucus to vote on Cox primary law changes
In Columbus a Republican caucus of House and Senate members is scheduled for 8 oclock Monday to decide on amending the primary law so that voters who backed the Progressive ticket two years ago may vote in Republican primaries. They will also consider actions on Governor Cox tax measures and a bill to abolish the state tax levy.
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John KR. King
Columbia
United States
Plans to Glean Up Vast Vice District
Chicago probes begin into conditions in the old segregated South Side vice area after a detective was killed and two policemen and two citizens wounded during a Thursday confrontation. State's Attorney Maclay says police version is untrue and that facts were suppressed while Civil Service Commission opens its inquiry at Chief Gleason's request. Captain Michael Ryan conducts raids and vows district cleanup despite personal illness and stated transfers requests.
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Sredal Pishaten
The
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
State's Attorney
Civil Service Commission
Maclay
Civil’ Service Commission
Gleason
Michael Ryan
Railway Official Shot by Agitator in St Louis Office
Felix E. Anderson, assistant to the president of the St Louis Terminal Railroad Association, was seriously shot in the lung and near the spinal column when an intruder demanded to see President McChesney. Police raided Industrial Workers of the World headquarters and arrested six men who denied involvement.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Felix E. Anderson
St. Louis’ Terminal Railroad Association
McChesney
Anderson
Industrial Workers of the World
H. E. Denning Chosen County Superintendent
H E Denning of Manchester was chosen county superintendent of Adams County schools for a three year term at an annual salary of 1500 dollars.
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Commercial Tribune
West Union
H. E. Denning
Manchester
Adams County
First Bird Census Shows Robin Leading In U S Population
Washington reports the first government bird census findings by the Department of Agriculture. About 2.026 billion native field birds inhabit the U S east of the Great Plains, with robins numbering an estimated 160 million east of the Mississippi. Chevy Chase Maryland records the highest life density with seven robin pairs per acre.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Great Plains States
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Chevy Chase
Washing
Montana
Southwest
Arizona
New Mexico
Ice Breaker Kit Fails to Reach Wrangell Island Refugees
Nome Alaska July 13 The ice breaking steamer Kit arrived after a fourteen day effort to reach Wrangell Island and rescue Stefansson expedition marooned since the Karluk wreck. The Kit could not approach within 120 miles and abandoned the attempt with Arctic ice described as worse than ever. The revenue cutter Bear delays departure to Wrangell Island until conditions improve.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Nome
Alaska
Kit
Arctic
Wrangell Island
Stefansson
Karluk
Tragic shooting at Brooksburg church social claims Porter life
Madison Ind July 18 Glenn Sherman 18 shot and killed Bert Porter 26 during a church social in Brooksburg six miles east of town. Sherman and Porter argued and Sherman fired without warning Porter leaves a widow and one child. Sherman is under arrest.
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the Commercial Tribune
Madison
Ind
Glenn Sherman
Bert Porter
Brooksburg
Here
Sherman
Porter
Catapulted to Death at Canton Electric Plant
Leroy Sutton aged 26 died at the Canton Electric Company plant after slipping past guards while oiling a flywheel. He was caught by the wheel and hurled forty feet against a wall as the disk turned 115 revolutions per minute, breaking almost all his bones.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Canton, CO
Leroy Sutton
Canton Electric Company
Birthdaysuit Runner Sparks Beach Alarm at Chelsea Beach
A crazed woman identified as Blanche Tensine, 28, wearing only her birthday suit, dashed through bathers at Chelsea beach Atlantic City provoking a chase. She vanished into the breakers, attempted to drown herself, was pulled from the water, treated at Chelsea Hospital, then placed in custody for observation.
Republican rally in Cleveland foreshadows 1916 party unity
In Cleveland a large Republican gathering showcased candidates for Ohio governorship and U S Senate with Warren G. Harding and Joseph B. Foraker among notable speakers. Foraker and Willis criticized the Wilson administration while urging unity to defeat Cox in November.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
League of Republican Clubs
David Tod
Youngstown
Frank B. Willis
Ada
Tod
Willis
Ashtabula
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Joseph B. Foraker
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
United States
Harding
Foraker
Cole
Edward
Mathias
van Wert
Supreme Bench
Frank A. Taggartee
Supreme Court
Thomas H. Jones
Jackson
Charles Stinebaugh
Bowling. Green
Republican Party
Wilson
Cox
Ohio
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Frederick Weaverson
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Angeles
General Felipe Angeles
Army
General Villa
General Angeles
War Ministry
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England
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Madero
M. Caillaux
Fernand Labori
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M’reynolds
W. C Rucker
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Whitacre
Columbus
House
Senate
John J. Whitacre
Felix Anderson
King
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