Widespread Alerts and Political Turbulence Across Nation
A roundup of events from state to federal levels includes a Denver flood with city hall submersion, a major train wreck in Chicago area, and political shifts as Senate ousts Lorimer. Prohibition bids rise with Chafin nomination and nationwide calls for progressive delegates. Diplomatic standoff grows over Panama canal shipping rules between U S and Britain.
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progressive party
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Enid
George L. Thompson
Atlantic City
Colorado
Eugene W. Chafin
Arizona
United States
national Prohibition party
Chafin
Illinois
Andrew Jackson Houston
Texas
Sam Houston
F. W. Emerson
San Francisco
Chicago
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Panama canal
Hague tribunal
Mitchell Innes
senate
London
Dam failure at Springer lake floods canyon and irrigation at risk
The Springer lake dam in New Mexico broke last week creating a 200 foot breach in the cement earth embankment and releasing water to flood canyons. The incident caused about 5000 dollars in losses but no broad water shortages due to full upstream reservoirs and diversions. Separate accident notes Mrs. S H Shears of Stanley Lena suffered arm amputation after a shotgun discharge in a wagon.
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Springer lake
N. M
Springer
Springer ditch
Ci‘marron
S. H. Shears
Stanley
War Minister Resigns as Plague Strikes Havana
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha resigns as Turkish war minister amid a Havana bubonic outbreak. Plague quarantines tighten at American ports while authorities report control. A European rapprochement rumor ties Kaiser and Tsar to a possible marriage alliance, and Italy signals willingness to end the Turco Italian war with compensation. In Lisbon royalists plot but falter as republican forces push back.
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Havana
Tripoli
Italy
Aegean sea
Lisbon
ledgue
Couciero
Rebels detain Americans in Juarez amid Mexican unrest
Twenty five Americans including Consul Thomas D Edwards were held for nearly two hours by rebel guards in the Mexico Northwestern rail road office at Juarez over a disputed five thousand dollar check tied to an ore shipment. Reports say Chihuahua's control swung between federal and rebel forces as bands led by Campa and Rojas moved into the region and tensions rose.
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Thomas D. Edwards
Mexico Northwestern railroad
Juarez
Mexican Northwestern
American Smelting and Refining Company
Chihuahua
El Paso
Chihuahua city
dagt
Pg Hbah Oewna
Chi‘huahua
J. M. Brown
Georgia
Edwards
J. Wiley Smith
National Bank
Atlanta
Smith
H. L. Wilson
Mexico City
Red Flag
Argumedo
Parral
Blanquet
Red Flag army
Emilio Campa
Antonio
Rojas
Péarson
continental divide
Madera
Mexican Northwestern railroad
Rojead
Orozco
Campa
Salazar
Red Flaggers
Sonora
Sinaloa
Pacific
Central America
United States
Bavispe
Minaca Junction
Kansas City, Mexico & Oriant
Boccagna
Reyon
Casas Grandes
Inez Salazar
Evilio
Campa sed
Antonio Rojas
Mexico
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Harrison's park
San Luis valley
Lorimer
Lackawanna
Richard Harding Davis
Elizabeth Genevieve McAvoy
Bessie McCoy
Greenwich
Conn
Cheyenne
Percy V. Pennybacker
Austin
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Philip Carpenter
New York
Harvey W. Wiley
bureau of chemistry
department of agriculture
Memphis
Tenn
Col. Green
war department
Panama
Panama city
Taft
Creighton M. Foraker
New Mexico
J. B. Foraker
Foraker
Montreal
Milwaukee
shede
Arlee
Springs
Overland
La Follette
Rudolph Spreckels
Spreckels
California
Michigan Anti-Saloon League
Traverse City
Michigan
Grand Rapids
STATE NEWS
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Tsar
Prince Adalbert
Kaiser
Olga
Giaroni
Sid
Regdaline
Zene
Mark Smith
Campas
Laguna
Huerta
Dominguez
San Andres
Ciudad Juarez
Orotcns
B. M. Donaldson
curis
Fr. Mauer
advantag
De SAM. W. Teteph
AMERICAN BLOCK COAL
ing Lumber Co
ATKINS
The
Deming National Bank
U. S
A. J. CLARK
GL. BAKER
W. Pollard
H. H. KELLY
G. W. RUTHERFORD
A. W. Pollard
G. W. Rutherford Thop, Marshall
C. L. Baker
J. P. McGrorty
Bank of Deming
Deming, New Mexico
Deming Machine Works
Fairbanks-Morse
Eclipse
Fairbanks- Morse
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