Mexican Peace Treaty Signed by Warring Factions in Juarez
At the Juarez customs house a peace agreement was signed by official representatives of the Mexican government and the revolutionists ending six months of hostilities. Diaz and Corral will resign, De La Barra to lead interim government, with new cabinet to be formed after elections. The pact calls for ceasefire, proportional disbanding of troops, and reconstruction of telegraph and rail lines.
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Diaz
Corral
de la Barra
Madero
Mexico City
Juarez
Mexico
Customs House
Taft
President Diaz
Dge Carbajal
Vasquez Gomez
Francisco I. Madero
Senor Pino Suarez
la Paz
Customs ‘House
Francisco S. Carbajal
Porfirio Diaz
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Jose Maria Pino Suarez
Ramon Corral
Francisco Leon de la Barra
General Diaz
Francisco Vasquez Gomes
Francisco Madero
Francisco S. Madero, Jr
Senor de la Barra
Senor Madero
Chihuahua
Torreon
Peace City
la Barra
Lynching of Six Negroes Shocks Lake City
Six Black men held for safekeeping after a murder charge were seized by a mob posing as officers at Lake City jail. A bogus telegram from Leon County officials led the group to move the men and shoot them about a mile outside the city, in a half hour of gunfire.
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Lake City
Fla
B. B. Smith
Wadesborough
Leon County
Tallahassee
City
Columbia County
Live Oak
Newspaper reporter commits suicide in Middlesboro
John Jack Williams, former reporter for The News Record in Middlesboro Kentucky, died last night by drinking carbolic acid in his room. A note found on the table addressed to Miss Pannie read I love you Good-by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
John
Jack’) Williams
News Record
Resignation of Rev Henry M Curtis Cited Ill Health
The Rev Dr Henry Melville Curtis longtime Mount Auburn Presbyterian pastor reads his resignation after twenty years in Cincinnati health failing per physician advice. He plans to relocate to near Columbus on farm duties for his son and notes the church’s growth and civic work under his leadership. His service extended beyond the church with roles in Associated Charities Legal Aid Society Western Tract Society Citizens Mortgage and Loan and University of Cincinnati board involvement.
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Henry Melville Curtis
Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church
Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church
Curtis
Cincinnati
Columbus
Mount Auburn
Clifford Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Associated Charities
Legal Aid Society
Western Tract Society
Citizens’ Mortgage and Loan Company
University of Cincinnati
Explosions Rock Cairo as Tanks Explode South of City
Three blasts shook Cairo Illinois at noon when two petroleum tanks and one gasoline line tank exploded a quarter mile south of the city. No injuries reported. Cause of blasts not learned.
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Cairo
Ill
Trains Crash Kills Hebron Family in Newark Line Accident
An Ohio Electric interurban car on the Newark division struck the Dodson buggy near Hebron killing D W Dodson 30 Mrs Dodson 30 and their two daughters ages 7 and 4. The horse bolted when startled by the car and the motorman Bell and conductor E L Heller were not blamed.
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Newark, CO
D. W. Dodson
Hebron
Newark
Ohio Electric Railway
Dodson
Dodsons
Bell
Noted Harvard Woman Astronomer Dies in Boston
May 21 Boston Dr. Williamina Paton Fleming curator of astronomical records at Harvard and one of the world’s leading astronomers died in a Boston hospital after a brief illness. She was 90. Fleming helped classify stellar spectra and built Harvard’s leading astronomical archive.
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Boston
Williamina Paton Fleming
Harvard
Billy Sunday Receives Large Payment for Work in Toledo
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Toledo Ohio May 21 Billy Sunday the evangelist received 198423.58 dollars today for his work in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Ohio
Billy Sunday
Resignation of Cox Splits Hamilton County Republicans
George B. Cox withdraws from party leadership causing shock among Republicans in Hamilton County. Key figures such as August Herrmann Julius Fleischmann Hynicka and Charles P Taft are abroad or uncertain about continuing roles as party reorganization rumors mount. Democrats led by John Weld Peck note Cox’s exit shifts campaign dynamics toward issue based contest.
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George B. Cox
Hamilton County
Cox
Hynicka
New York
August Herrmann
California
Julius Fleischman
Fleischmann
Piace
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Republican Party
John Weld Peck
Policeman Kills Man in Border Town Quarrel
Emer son Olinger a policeman at Intermont Wise county Virginia shot and killed William Bush 40 after a quarrel at Whitesburg Kentucky Bush who had been drinking heavily drew a revolver and fired once Olinger fired fatally Bush had killed two men in Kentucky and was a refugee. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Commercial Tribune
Whitesburg
Emerson Olinger
Intermont
Wise County
William Bush
Bush
Olinger
Harlan
Canoe Upset Near Bridge Drowns Three
At 10 30 tonight a canoe capsized under the First bridge on the reservoir in Hamilton Ohio. Three occupants including two young women Maud Hagar 19 and Marie Coy 18 and a young man Tom Cameron 20 drowned. The girls bodies were recovered by midnight.
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Special Dispatch
Tao Commerceal Tribune
Hamilton
First’ Bridge
Maud Hagar
B Street
Marie Coy
John Street
Tom Cameron
Elevator Fire Destroys Mayflower Mills in Fort Wayne
A three hour blaze in Fort Wayne Indiana destroyed the Mayflower mills and elevator and damaged surrounding property. The fire caused an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. Two firefighters were overcome by smoke but revived. Spontaneous combustion is listed as the cause.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Mayflower
French War Minister Killed in Paris Air Crash
A monoplane crash at Issy les Molineux during a Paris to Madrid race killed Henri Berteaux the minister of war and seriously injured Prime Minister Antoine Monis and his son along with others. Aviator Train lost control in gusty wind. Berteaux died amid wreckage and Monis endured multiple injuries as crowds watched the spectacle.
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Paris
Madrid
France
Henri Maurice Berteaux
Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis
Antoine Monis
Issy Les Molineux
M. Train
M. Bounier
Berteaux
M. Deutsch
M. Monis
M. Lepine
Monis
Roland Garros
M. Beaumont
M. Gilbert
Pierre Vedrine
Train
M. Bonnier
M. Berteaux
Premier Monis
M. Hersand
Dupuy
Petit Parisien
Mmt
Edith Campbell Seeks At Large Board Seat In Cincinnati
Miss Edith Campbell announces candidacy for member at large of Cincinnati board of education amid talk of a historic bid by a woman. She holds UC degrees, former economics instructor, trustee of Schmidlapp fund, and member of the state board of women visitors.
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Edith Campbell
Board of Education
Cincinnati
Miss Campbell
Boards of Education
Women Teachers’ Association
College Equal Suffrage League
University of Cincinnati
Schmidlapp Fund
Board of
Women Visitors
Five Roach sisters burn to death in Utica fire
In Utica on May 21 five Roach daughters aged 7 to 16 perished when a lamp fueled by gasoline exploded after the mother accidentally lit it to climb stairs to a second floor room. The parents suffered serious burns while the father saved his youngest child, but the others did not escape as flames engulfed their bedrooms.
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Utica
Edn
Harvey Roach
Roach
Large Railway Merger Under Consideration
In New York on May 21 a proposed merger of the Virginia Railway and Power Company with the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company into a 32 million dollar corporation is described as likely after meetings in the city. Frank J. Gould is named as the dominant influence in the plan.
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New York
Virginia
Virginia Railway and Power Company
Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Company
Frank J. Gould
Taft Praises Y M C A Work by They in Washington
President Taft addressed over 1000 African Americans in Washington praising the movement to build a $100000 Y M C A home for the colored community. He lauded Julius Rosenwald for donating $25000 to the project and highlighted the Y M C A’s role in shaping young men during formative years and curbing temptations abroad and at home.
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Washington
Tafft
Colored Young Men's Christian Association
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Washington Negro Branch
Taft
Manila
Hongkong
America
England
Man shoots sweetheart after rejection in Kentucky
Hopkinsville Ky May 21 Bert Cobb 22 a tailor shot and killed his sweetheart Miss Ella Cravens 18 in the parlor of her father's residence near the city Saturday at midnight. Cobb attempted suicide by shooting himself in the side and was captured by a sheriff. He will recover. Miss Cravens daughter of a farmer had refused to marry Cobb.
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Hopkinsville
Herbert Cobb
Ella Cravens
Cobb
Cravens
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San Antonio
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J. W. Lim
Lim
Sternau Brothers
Jaral
Coahuila
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Jack” Williams
Henry
Melville Curtis
E. L. Heller
Herrmann
Hamilton Reservoir
Eiffel Tower
M Dupuy
The
Aero Club
Paul Doumer
Chamber of Deputies
M. Doumer
Mme. Berteaux
General Brun
M. Bertéaux
Mme. Monis
Arne
Fallieres
They. M. A
White Young Men's Christian Association
Colored Young Men's Christia Association
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