Atlantic Fleet Ships Sail For Tampico In Mexico Crisis
The four U S Navy dreadnoughts Arkansas New Jersey Vermont and New Hampshire left Hampton Roads for Mexico City and Tampico to enforce President Wilsons demand for respect to the American flag. The crisis widens as Huerta resists and Carranza weighs terms while Congress and White House coordinate action.
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Norfolk
Arkansas
New Jersey
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hampton Roads
Mexico
Mexico City
Hulerta
Tampico
Wilson
Mayo
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Republic
Chihuahua
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutionalists
Wmlletta
United States
Carranza
Huerta
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Pacific
Mexican
Atlantic
White House
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congress
Louisiana
Senator Works
California
Texas
Brooklyn
Noted naval officer Mayo and Mexican crisis in 1914
A biographical sketch of Rear Admiral Mayo born in Vermont in 1856, detailing his rise from naval academy to command roles and his influence in the Tampico crisis. The article also covers fleet movements from Hampton Roads, reactions in Washington, and related Mexico actions including Villa's battles and the Vera Cruz spy case.
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Mayo
Huerta
Tampico
Vermont
Naval Academy
Maryland
Pacific
Mare Island Navy Yard
Daniels
Bond Issue for Street Improvements Voted This Year
Governor signs bill allowing Cumberland to submit bonds for street improvements to voters. City Council expected to schedule a special election between now and 1916 municipal election. Mayor Koon supports this year’s election to begin street work before winter. If approved, bonds can be issued immediately for the projects.
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Cumberland
Koon
City Considers $150000 Bond Issue for Street Paving
Mayor Koon describes a plan to issue bonds up to 150000 for paving and improving unpaved streets with 5 percent interest and 10 year redemption. Proceeds fund perpetual street improvement use, with repayments aided by existing 15000 annual paving appropriation and a small tax increase. Voters approval expected to drive rapid Cumberland street paving progress.
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Koon
Cumberland
Light on the Bellevue Death House Disappearances
District Attorney Jackson expects new details on the disappearance of score or more women and girls linked to the Bellevue House of Mystery. Royal Nichols, former driver of the dead wagon, arrives in custody as detectives probe death certificates and the unmarked graves of victims, including Myrtle Allison.
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Pittsburgh
Bellevue “House of Mystery
Jackson
Royal Nichols
Washington
Nichols
Bellevue Maternity Home
O. J. Goer
Myrtle Allison
House of Mystery
Daisey Davis
Four Die When Auto Struck by Train Near Georgetown
Four men were killed and two seriously injured when a Houston and Texas Central passenger train crashed into an automobile near Georgetown Texas. The chauffeur attempted to cross the tracks just as the locomotive approached.
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Georgetown
Tex
Houston and
Texas Central
Attempt to settle big strike threatens rail workers
Rome reports final overtures by government to avert a general strike by 115,000 state railway employees. Promises of relief were offered to railway federation leaders as soon as wartime obligations tied to Tripoli are met.
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Rome
Railway Men’s Federation
Tripoli
Snow Remains Ten Feet Deep in West Virginia Hills
In Greenbrier County high Allegheny peaks reach ten feet of snow as Davis Frame reports to the State Department of Agriculture. He identifies Job Knob at 4338 feet as a possible fire lookout site and notes snow pockets deep and packed hard enough to bear weight. Existing lookouts include Pickens on Briery Knob and Potato Hill on Point Mountain in Webster County.
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Allegheny
Greenbrier County
W. Va
Davis Frame
Gassaway
Frame
Picken’s
Elkins
Briery Knob
Potato Hill
Point Mountain
Webster County
Thaw Case Decisive Action Sparks Mother's Joy in Pittsburg
Mrs. William Thaw greets Judge Aldrich's ruling as justice prevailing and expects Harry Thaw to return to Pennsylvania soon. Governor Stone, Thaw's chief counsel, heads to Harrisburg. The court orders Thaw declared sane by the sanity commission and allows potential release pending U S Supreme Court review.
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William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
International News Service
Aldrich
Harry
Pennsylvania
Littleton
N. H
Codings of Sanity Commission
Western Maryland set for coal deals near Rockwood
Western Maryland Railway stands to profit from two coal deals nearing completion in Somerset. Promoters Hitchman Bros of Mount Pleasant expect options on a 600 acre tract west of Rockwood with a Connellsville extension tie. A Pittsburgh syndicate plans deeds on a 10,000 acre Milford district field, prompting possible Western Maryland spur construction.
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Western Maryland Railway
Somerset
Rockwood
Cumberland
Hitchman Bros
Mount Pleasant
Connellsville
Maryland
Pitsburg Coal
Milford
Vincent Astor Improves After Illness Reports
Vincent Astor, heir to the mill fortune, shows improvement in his condition from a right lung issue. He rested at the Huntington residence of Mr and Mrs Robert P Huntington, parents of his fiancée, with a night spent and temperature near normal.
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Poughkeepsie, N
Vincent Astor
Robert P. Huntingt
Huntington
Astor
Search Epidemic Reported Across Thomas West Virginia
Encouraging reports from Thomas West Virginia indicate the search epidemic is ongoing. Fourteen cases are noted with eleven deaths and eight released from quarantine. four remain under observation or quarantine.
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Thomas
W. Va
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