Armistice likely for Central America amid Guatemala dispute
Washington reports an armistice likely to begin July 18 in Central America as Guatemala Salvador and Honduras seek halt to fighting. Dispatches from Mexico City Guatemala City and San Salvador indicate all powers are ready to agree, though time for start is hampered by scattered troops and limited communications. Commander Mulligan on the Marblehead reports arrival at Acujula near the Guatemalan Salvadoran border.
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Washington
Central America
Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
State Department
Mexico
Guatemala City
San Salvador
Navy Department
Mulligan
Acutjula
la Liberdad
Armistice Reached Amid Guatemalan Allegations of Explosive Bullets
San Salvador reports that on Monday July 16 belligerents agreed upon an armistice. The Guatemalans are accused of using explosive bullets during recent fighting, despite Guatemala having signed the Geneva convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Three in a coalition linked to Guatemala tensions
A Mexico City dispatch reports a three republic coalition of Salvadoran Honduras and Nicaragua against Guatemala. It cites alleged plans to declare war on infringement of territorial rights and claims U S consul general John Jenkins travels to Roosevelt with a circula r. It adds claims of plots against Cabrera and guards at his residence amid poisoned-food fears.
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New Orleans
Guatemala
Mexico City
Barilla
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
John Jenkins
Omaha
Neb
United States
San Salvador
Roosevelt
Dr. Fortin
Guatemala City
Cabrera
Department of Foreign Affairs
Gen Regalado assassination rumors roil Central America
A Salvadoran rumor claims General Regalado was nearly assassinated by two escort guards, alleged Guatemalan agents. Dispatches say Col. Pindos’ forces entered Guatemala and moved toward mountains south of Tabasco as fighting rages in Central America with Salvadoran losses around 700 killed and 1100 wounded against Guatemala’s 2800 killed.
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Mexico City
Salvador
Regalado
Pindos
Guatemala
Tabasco
Central America
Salvador Tooshout
Gutemala
Filthy meat house near Wellington ordered cleaned or burned
Kansas public health officials cite a slaughtering house near Wellington as so filthy that five days are given to clean if possible, with arrests for noncompliance. Dr Craumpine says burning may be necessary to eradicate disease germs. order may extend to other major plants on the Kansas side.
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Topeka
Kan
Wellington
State Board of Health
J. S. Crumbine
Kansas City
Kansas
Shortage Found in Late Disbursing Officer Accounts
Washington reports a Treasury inquiry found Major George A. Bartlett, disbursing officer, with a $33,000 shortage. About $14,000 came from fraudulent vouchers by James W. Boyd, a Marine Hospital Service clerk, arrested in September and jailed. Bartlett’s shortage may be capped at $19,000. bond coverage and changes in refund procedures are noted.
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Washington
Treasury Department
George A. Bartlett
James W. Boyd
Marine Hospital Service
Shaw
Boyd
Bartlett
Treasury
Treasury Seeks Depositories for Panama Bond Deals
The secretary of the treasury says many banks seek designation as public money depositories. He offers to leave one third of Panama bond proceeds with each bank, taking par value purchase bonds as security, and caps deposits at five million dollars per bank. The irregular bid reserve to curb bidder combinations remains to prevent prejudice to those bidding above 103 percent.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama
Remembered Fishing Friends Between Jefferson and Cleveland
Chicago July 17 The will of actor Joseph Jefferson dated October 27 1899 filed yesterday in the recorder's office includes a codicil of five years later noting the strong friendship with Grover Cleveland. The document reveals Jefferson wished the former president would recall their fishing trips in future excursions of this nature.
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Chicago
Joseph Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
United States
Jefferson
Recorder’s
Russians Police Strike Disrupts City Duties
In St Petersburg police in two districts refuse duty and a station crew abandons posts amid a police strike over pay and savings. Authorities call agitators responsible as revolutionary outrages surge across Poland, Natshatkino, Lublin, Nizhni Novgorod and other regions while the army report links disaffection to seven regiments.
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St. Petersburg
Natshatkino
Simbirsk
Poland
Warsaw
Lublin
Russian Poland
Nizhni Novgorod
Vasniky
Sosnitza
Tiflis
Russ
General Staff
Attempt To Kill Grand Duke In Collision Near Schweich
Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, returning to Paris via Treves and Coblentz, avoided an attack by traveling on an ordinary train. His route hit a pile of ties and fish plates near Schweich but caused little damage as a track walker warned the express in time to stop.
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Treves
Prussia
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Russia
Hamburg
Paris
Russian Parliament approves famine relief bill amid ministerial clash
The emperor sanctioned a lower house bill passed by the upper house appropriating 7.9 million dollars for famine relief, signaling parliament's stand against the ministers. The agrarian committee drafted an appeal to the country urging calm while awaiting final constitutional action.
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St. Petersburg
Peterhof
M. Shipoff
Zemstvo Council
Agrarian Committee
House Committee
State Agency Company Seeks Receiver in Indiana Suit
Indianapolis July 17 holders of 4206 shares of State Agency company filed suit to appoint a receiver to wind up its affairs and distribute assets among creditors and stockholders. Court issued a temporary restraining order to halt $150,000 due on State Life contract and $12,900 in commissions to John W Hogan.
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Indianapolis
State Agency Company
State Life Company
John W. Hogan
G. A. R. Staff Appointments in Indiana
Indianapolis July 17. E R Brown department commander announces staff appointments for Indiana with names and towns for inspector judge advocate mustering officer color bearer senior aide de camp chief trumpeter and patriot instructor. Three committees named to visit Lafayette Lafayette Knights Knightstown and other homes to review notables and badge matter for Post Commander O M Wilson.
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Indianapolis
E. R. Brown
Department of Indiana
Joseph M. Storey
Franklin
William Cummings
Kentland
Joseph B. Loughry
Monticello
William P. McKinzey
Plainfield
Joseph D. Galleher
Williamsport
Albert A. Jones
Battle
Columbia City
George A. Bettcher
North Liberty
E. H. Wolfe
Rushville
J. D. Homan
Danville
Byron R. Russsell
Crawfordsville
W. H. Hostetter
Lebanon
N. J. Bozarth
Valparaiso
Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Knightstown
Garrett H. Shover
John Ross
Connersville
O. M. Wilson
M. C. Rankin
Terre Haute
W. H. Armstrong
Robert S. Robertson
Fort Wayne
Truce Declared in Linton Mine Strike Downtime
A temporary truce in the Linton district coal dispute was set to hold until after Thursday night. About 800 of 1,200 striking miners were ordered back to work as six United Fourth Vetn mines planned reopening, four more to resume tomorrow, while Black Creek remained closed due to slate handling issues.
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Linton
Ind
United Fourth Vetn Company
Black Creek
Indiana will go it alone in insurance probe
Auditor Warren Bigler of Indiana will conduct its inquiry into the State Life Insurance Co and the State Agency Co separately from Illinois and Ohio officials after receiving a request to cooperate. He notified State Life executives of Indiana’s independent investigation approach.
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Indianapolis
Warren Bigler
State
W. §. Winn
State Life Insurance Company
Insurance Commissioners of
Finois and
Ohios
Bigler
Indiana Department
Lawyer John W. Clampitt Dies in Indianapolis at 88
John W. Clampitt, who with Reverdy Johnson defended Mrs. Surratt after Lincoln's assassination, died early today in Indianapolis City Hospital. Born in the District of Columbia in 1888, he spent many years with the post office department in the West.
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Indianapolis
John W. Clampitt
Reverdy Johnson
Surratt
Abraham Lincoln
City ‘Hospital
Verdict lets Hargis and Callahan go in Marcum murder case
The Kentucky jury found James Hargis and Ed Callahan not guilty after a 22 minute deliberation in Beattyville. The case, tied to the 1908 shooting of Marcus attorney James G. Marcum, follows prior confessions and trials of Curt Jett and Tom White. Mrs. Marcum had earlier won $8,000 damages from Hargis.
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Beattyville
Hargis-Callahan
Kentucky
J. B. Marcum
Marcum
James Hargis
Ed Callahan
Jackson Court House
Curt Jett
Tom White
Callahan
Hargis
Jett
Clark County
Lexington
James Cockrell
Wellman Arctic Expedition Reaches Danes Island Bay
The Frithjof arrived at Danes Island Spitzbergen July ninth with 24 expedition members aboard the Wellman Chicago Record Herald party. Virgo bay shows machine shops and balloon house material, framing a new western town. Wireless link to Hammerfest hoped by month end.
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Digermalen
Lofoden Isles
Norway
Frithjof
Wellman
Chicago Record- Herald
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
Virgo Bay
Hammerfest
Chicago broker seeks court stenographer for jail transfer
Louis A. Gourdain, a Chicago broker and lottery offender, asks the U S Supreme Court clerk to arrange a Washington stenographer to meet him at his hotel at 6 o clock this evening. He plans to apply to the Supreme Court to order incarceration at Joliet penitentiary.
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Washington
Louis A. Gourdain
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Gourdain
Supreme Court
Joliet
Attorney General to Force Lucas County Firms to Pay Tax
Columbus Ohio July 17 Attorney General Ellis will compel fifty Lucas county corporations to pay the corporation tax under the Willis law. Assistant William Medaris will go to Toledo to settle with delinquent firms. if they fail to pay, suit will be filed immediately.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ellis
Lucas Counity
William Medaris
Toledo
Robberies Strike New York Visitor From Waco
William Breustedt of Waco Texas was robbed on a trolley platform in New York of 175 dollars and a 500 dollar Waco bank draft. This is his second robbery while visiting New York. he previously lost 400 dollars.
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New York
William Breistedt
Waco
Texs
Breustedt
Weather-Related Damage Report From Belmont County
Rain swept across Ohio with cloudburst intensity in Belmont County for eight hours causing damage. Reports indicate property impact and numerous weather-related issues across the region.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Belmont
Portuguese Soldiers Mutiny Reported in Lisbon
Reports from Lisbon describe a mutiny among Portuguese troops with unrest at the capital. The incident signals tensions within the garrison and provokes official inquiries as authorities seek control and stability.
Forty Thousand Elks Gather for Denver Reunion
About 25 000 Elks and guests registered at Denver headquarters for the twentieth annual reunion. The event features receptions, park gatherings, and the start of band contests. The grand lodge opened a business session with a reform agenda including a new constitution creating executive judicial and legislative branches. A new ritual is anticipated and a Denver resolution targets denial of the Elks badge to a separate Negro Elks group with a proposed blemish emblem.
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Denver
Order
Elks
Park and
St. Anthony's Hospital
Grand Lodge
Board of Governors
Henry J. Darwood
Philadelphia
Fraternal, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of America
Cruiser Milwaukee Completes First Bay Trial
In San Francisco on July 17 the USS Milwaukee built at Union Ironworks near Milwaukee completed a partial sea trial in the bay before the official builders test. She will sail July 23 for Santa Barbara channel for ocean testing under Captain George Harvey with 550 crew and a price tag of 3 million dollars. Commander Stevenson and Lt. Cmdr Morgan observed, with Captain Gove slated to command after navy approval.
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San Francisco
Milwaukee
Union Ironworks
Bay
Santa Barbara Channel
Navy Department
Santa Barbara
George Harvey
Pacific Mail Service
Gove
Navy
Stevenson
Morgan
Jessup
Finish of Lake Yacht Race at Mackinac Island
The third annual Mackinac Island yacht race finished with Lloyd R. Sterres' yawl Vanadis winning on time allowance by five minutes. Vanadis led Hawthorne and Juanita. Naiad, crossing last, earned second place after a large allowance, within four and a half minutes of the winner.
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Mackinac Island
Lloyd R. Sterres
Yawl Vanadis
Vanadis
Hawthorne
Juanita
Tae Naiad
Naiad
Food Makers in Session in Chicago Meeting
Chicago food manufacturers from across the United States convened in an informal gathering to discuss food laws and the recently passed pure food bill. No specific action is anticipated at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Congress
Two Killed in Oil Train Collision Near Plantersville
In Houston area on July 17 two oil trains on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad collided two miles south of Plantersville. Engineer Charles Sechrist and Fireman Griffins died. Three others were seriously injured.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf,Colorado and Santa Fe
Plantersville
Charles Sechrist
Griffins
Grand jury ends hearings in Standard Oil case in Cleveland
In Cleveland July 17 the grand jury adjourned early after excusing all witnesses in the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad and Standard Oil inquiry. U S Attorney Sullivan said the panel may reconvene. focus shifts to pursuing Standard Oil while no new indictments against Lake Shore officials are planned. Captain G J Grammer testified with documents in hand.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company
Standard Oil Company
G. J. Grammer
Lake Shore Road
W. E. Wall
Fred G. Clark Company
C. F. Slausson
Lake Shore
Chicago
Sullivan
United States
United States District
New York
Moody
Roosevelt
New York Central Lines
Captain Grammer
Grammer
Grand Jury
Ice firms sued for price restraints in Missouri
Circuit Attorney Sager filed suits in St Louis Circuit Court against Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Co and Merchants Ice and Coal Co. He seeks $71,400 in fines for 714 days of alleged price fixing and to void their business charters under three sections of Missouri law.
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St. Louis
Circuit
Sager
Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Company
Merchants’ Ice and Coal Company
State of
Missouri
Ice plentiful and prices rise in Kansas City probe
Kansas City investigates ice deliveries by I. B. Kimbrell with two large plants over supplying the People's Ice Storage and Fuel Co. The probe shows about 4,000 tons more ice than contracts called for and shipments to other places at $2 a ton while retail prices rise toward $5.000 tons were sold to the People’s company and 8,653 tons produced by Heim Brewing Co. with 5,401 sold to the People’s.
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Kansas City
I. B. Kimbrell
People's Ice Storage and Fuel Company
People’s Company
Frank Leeper
Heim Brewing .Company
Heim
People’s. Company
The
Helm
People’s’ Companies
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