Mexico City Falls Looms as Looters Roil Capital
Reports from Brasilian diplomat in Mexico City describe severe violence and looting as Zapata commanders defy convention. State Department notes peril to foreigners and warns of imminent fall of the capital while Huerta and Oresco face a postponed neutrality hearing in El Paso.
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Maxien City
Vera _ Crus
State Department
Mexico City
Messens
Tm A
Alex
Offritam
Mellee City
Villa
New York
Interne Monal
Gener! Villa
Aguascatinates
Mes
Obregen
Obrogne
Chet
Vistoriaon Werte
Huerta
Sed
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Wihewmendor
Witkan Gueller
Whedon
Whieen
Mtts
Acroee
Paso
Tex
Victoriane Huerta
Pesenal Oresco
Wreck in Canyon Kills Soldiers and Family in Transport Crash
Reports from Varedo Texas and nearby routes say a military train wreck near Monte Morelos between Temple and Monterey killed three times red Carrents soldiers and their wives and children. Widespread injuries followed as the disaster unfolded amid bad weather and rough conditions. Fire and rescue teams battled wreckage, while rumors of further losses circulated among survivors and nearby towns.
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Varedo
Tex
Tim
Red Carrents
Monte Morelos
Templee
Monterey
Armenian Torpedoed Off Cornwall Killing 19 Americans
British owned Dominion Line steamship Armenian was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-38 twenty miles west of Trevose head Cornwall. At least 19 Americans died and ten were injured though full casualty lists were released later. The Armenian carried horses to England for the British army. survivors were picked up by a Belgian trawler and destroyers.
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Dominion Line
Trevono Beach
Cornwell
Jugland
Inez
Ofcial State Department
Birmingham
Hogland
Dominion Tno
Newport News
Aerth
Trevose Head
Cornwall
Marcon Horne
F. Williamson
J. M. Monroe
New Orleans
B. M. Gramberry
Washington Street
Montgomery
Ala
Sutton
Cartershire
Harry Stone
New York City
Carpenter Brown
Harrisburg
Porto Rico
RE. Brooks
Or West
London
Jesus
Jenry
William
Virginia
J. Smith
Portsmouth
Wail
Foley
Little
Leroy
Jackson
John Speed
Richmond
King
Small
Rickert
Oakes
Norfold
Doctor Wiso
Stevens
Bristol
Avontouth
England
Armstrong
Corntah
NLHS
Germany
Ambasesdor
Hrntiah Navy
Steelsharing
Carman War Roes
New York
W. W. Jeffrien
Dontning Hine Bn
Armeniac
Huntiel
Armonian
Belfast
Harland & Wolf
John
Trickey
Abandon Big Tie Up Plan In Chicago Strike
Chicago workers planned material deliveries for a large building project but the plan was abandoned after conservative guidance from the Lumbermen's Association. Officials say an alternate approach will target striking carpenters while avoiding public harm.
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Shenae
Chicago
Gigante T
Lumbermen’s Association
M. Durious
Resta Wins Big Race at Chicago Derby
Carla Resta, Italian motor racer, dominates Chicago's first auto derby at Speedway Park. He drives a Peugeot to victory over twenty rivals, shattering world records and earning $23,000 in prizes.
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Resta
Sunbeam
Maxwell
Rickenbacker
Grant
Stutz
E. Cooper
Anderson Duesenberg
Ally Delage
Chevrolet
Burman Sebring
Cooper
Speedway Park
Chicago
Carla Resta
Hiaway
Chicago Speedway
Indianapolis Speedway
Ralph de Palma
Telegraphic Notes from Rochester and Elsewhere
Four physicians confer at Chief of Police Quigley home where his brother Rt Rev James Quigley of Chicago is reported critically ill. Archbishop Quigley’s condition deemed safe after narrotic breakdown. Mrs Edwin Swift, widow of a Swift & Co. leader, remains peaceful at Swiftmoore with specialists consulted. Governor Dunne vetoes $2,275,006 in general appropriation bills, striking out 14 items and trimming $425,000. Franz Boehm, ex German culture minister, dies in Karlsruhe.
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Rochester
Joseph M. Quigley
James Bi. Quigley
Chicago
Quigley
Mass
Edwin (. Swift
Swiftmoore
Swift
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
Springfield
Dunne
General Assembly
Hille
Karlsruhe
Germany
Franz Boehm
Livestock ban is lifted recalls local order
Washington reports the June 29 action, viewed by Secretary Houston, frees the Bell Railroad stockyards at Todianapello. Indiana declares the area a free zone with the current rate abolished. Other notices include the large American flag spectacle in New York and wartime prisoner exchanges.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Indiana
Bell Railroad
Todianapello
U.S
New York
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Thaw Remains Unreconciled as Nesbit Talks of Prosecution
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, in New York, remains unreconciled to husband Harry Thaw and contemplates testifying against him as the state seeks subpoenas. She warns that freeing him would betray decency, saying he is as mad as the night of the murder.
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N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
Biaiberty Ly
New York City
Wubpena
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Truce Rumors Surface in Mexican Conflict
Reports from El Paso indicate Villa and Carranza may seek a peace accord to avert a new revolution. Chihuahua whispers of a temporary armistice near Encarnacion south of Aguascalientes amid reports of heavy fighting.
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Tex
Villa
Car Tangs
Chihuahua
Encarnacion
Aguascalientes
German envoy says US and Germany misread each other
Berlin reports Dr Anton Meyer-Gerhard special envoy to Kaiser argues Americans and Germans misunderstand one another and should be friends. He notes sympathy for Germany among German-Americans, discusses ammunition orders and the need for cautious business relations. State Dept cites plans to minimize risk to American life in the war zone and to track ships bearing the American flag.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Anton Meyer
Gerhard
Count Bernstoff
der Tag
United States
Lusiania
Germany
Gerhard Adde
Tr. Meyer-Gerhard
Meyererhard
Weekington
State Department
Foreign Office
Department
America
Gerard
Wilson Won't See Angeles in Cornish Conference Move
Reports from Cornish New Hampshire state Colonel Jesus Aguilar and Major L A Gareia arrived to arrange a potential meeting between President Wilson and General Angeles. Wilson defers, on vacation, while Mexicans push for Vasquezuele as provisional president with Villa and Angeles favoring the choice.
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N. H
Jesus Aguilar
L A. Gareia
Wilson
General Angeles
Carey T. Grayson
Vasquezuele
Mexico
General Villa
Washington
Safe crash nets $3000 in Chicago store heist
Robbers cracked a safe at Robert H. Hardig furniture store 3008 Lincoln Ave Chicago and escaped with money and jewelry valued over $3,000. In Berlin Potsdam crowds cheered Queen Victoria of Sweden en route to Stockholm after a tilt with her mother.
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Chicago
Robert H. Hardig
Lincoln Avenue
Berlin
Potsdam
Queen Victoria
Sweden
Stockholm
Action Soon Taken as Obstacle Cleared by Conservancy Court
The conservancy court reports that the final obstacle has been removed and action will be taken soon. Officials anticipate completion of planned measures pending any remaining formal steps and public notices.
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Conservancy Court
Reservoir plan opposed in Miami valley district creation
A Conservancy court under the Vonderheide law created the Miami District to build dry reservoirs costing about 17 to 18 million dollars. Edward A. Deeds, Gordon Rentschler, and Henry M. Allen were appointed as directors. Opposition arose from upstream residents who warned up to 100000 acres of farmland could flood. critics also feared loss of water power for Dayton. The court affirmed flood protection need. work could begin next February after Morgan Engineering's investigations.
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Union News Service
Dayton
Great
Miami Valley
Hamilton
Conservancy Court
Conservancy
Morgan Engineering Company
Memphis
Dominon Pleas Court
Murphy
Butler County
Cosgrave
Risinger
Prewle
Wright
Warren
Jones
Miami
Kyle
Green
Mathers
Shelby
Geiger
Clark
Carroll Sprieg
Sprig
Wrigit
Cleveland Doctors Claim Hay Fever Vaccine Discovery
Cleveland physicians report a potential hay fever vaccine said to prevent annual attacks. The serum is collected from common grasses weeds and flowering plants and requires ten to fifteen injections over four to six weeks before the hay fever season.
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Ceviland
Vietnam
Cleveland
Sale of Breweries Set in Columbus by Court Decree
A court decree orders the sale of Associated Breweries by July 31 with special masters to conduct the bid. Upset price set at 1,350,000 while mortgaged property must fetch no less than 490,000 and unmortgaged at least 450,000. Virginia and West Virginia assets excluded and ancillary receivers to handle those properties. Outstanding bonds total 5,076,863.46 with Citizens Savings and Trust as trustee.
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Hoster-Columbus Associated Breweries Company
J. E
C. Christan Horn
Carl J. Hoster
Sater
Citizens’ Savings and Trust Company of
Cleveland
Virginia
West Virginia
Messie
Born
Hester
Citizens Savings and Trust Company
County to Brick Pave Cincinnati Pike for Dixie Highway
Dayton County plans a brick paving project on the Cincinnati pike as part of the Dixie Highway corridor. The county issues bonds totaling 72900 dollars with the state contributing 3000 dollars. The improvement will be 17 feet wide, wider than the county’s other paved roads.
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Dayton
Cincinnati
Court test may force corporate officers to answer tax questions
Columbus columns discuss district tax assessors rights to force disclosure of unit value and related data for corporations. The Ohio Manufacturers Association criticizes the AG opinion while the tax commission and attorney general agree optional answers on blanks still support verbal summons for officers to disclose information on value, goodwill, and other non taxable elements.
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Columbus
Ensors
Olio Manufacturers’ Association
State Commission
Turner
Bat
Tax Commissioner
Tate Tax Commission
Ohio Coal Mines to Close Amid West Virginia Competition
Columbus reports Sunday Creek Coal plans to shut all mines and close stores in Ohio as legislation cited for harming coal mining. No mining will occur in the state until relief is granted, the company states, blaming Ohio laws for the downturn and favoring West Virginia competition.
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Columbus, O
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Ohio
West Virginia
Wes Le yan Methodist Sunday School convention delegates
Delegates from West Virginia Indiana and Ohio attended the Wes leyan Methodist Sunday School convention at the Wesleyan Methodist church. Prominent visitors included Rev W F Jones of Parkersburg West Virginia presiding elder of the Southern Ohio conference Rev A P Mays of Columbus and Rev H C Pierce of Richmond Indiana.
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Dayton,o
Wesleyan Methodist Church
West Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
W. F. Jones
Parkersburg
West Va
A. P. Mays
Columbus
H. C. Pierce
Richmond
Ind
Ada graduate Thomas G Forney of Washington under arrest in Pittsburg
Ada Ohio native Thomas G Forney, a Washington attorney, was graduated from the law school of Ohio Northern University here in 1913. He is remembered by fellow students as prosperous in appearance and a leading fraternity man, and he had been a candidate for athletic manager of the school.
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Ada. O
Thomas G. Forney
Washington
Pittsburg
Franklin T. Schneider
Ohio Northern University
Stuents
Death ends year's sleep in Columbus veteran
Henry C. Mankey, a Civil War veteran aged 87, died in Columbus after sleeping almost continuously for a year. He retired one year ago and never left his bed, waking only briefly at times. He could not speak or recognize family during his illness.
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Columbus, O
Henry C. Mankey
Mankey
Man
Not Forceful Enough Proves Self Defeat in Marriage Ask
A father tells a suitor that a negative frame will ensure refusal, but flips the idea to show how the suitor’s mindset defeats his own aim. The exchange warns against coercive or indirect pressure and highlights self-sabotage in pursuit of a match.
Buckeye Briefs: Fires, Drowning, and Tragedy Across Ohio
A six year old boy died after being trampled by a city sprinkling wagon in Cleveland. In Mansfield Alexander Frank of Cincinnati was elected state commander of the United Spanish War Veterans. Duetler Till of Niles drowned in the Mahoning river near Leavittsburg when his canoe overturned by a motorboat wave. Engineer Louis Loveland and Fireman Bob Olsen were killed and injured in an Erie milk train wreck at Mahoning. The Sunday Creek Co ended operations at its nine mines in Nelsonville, leaving about 2,200 miners jobless. In Lima Harry Geisey was killed and William Rosier injured in a motorcycle race crash. In Bellaire John Rennie died after shooting. deputy sheriff’s son Charles Fogle Jr. involved. In Portsmouth Helen Lowe, superintendent of Hemstead hospital, suspended ten student nurses after a visit to Mayor Fricke. In Shawnee Daugherty, 28, was killed by a train near the Hocking Valley clubhouse.
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Warren
Louis Loveland
Cleveland
Bob Olsen
Erie
Mahoning
Portsmouth
Helen Lowe
Hemstead Hospital
Fricke
Mike Lowe
Toledo Public Health Criticized Over Diphtheria and Sewage Handling
A Federal Health Service report led by Dr. Carrol Fox harshly critiques Toledo's public health setup under the new charter. It condemns weak health department powers, insufficient disease control, and outdated sewage practices, urging a 400 bed isolation hospital and funding for sanitation and housing improvements. It lists 38 recommendations including dedicated health revenue and rapid tuberculosis containment measures.
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Union News
Bergion
Washington
D. C
United States Public Health Service
Toledo
Carrol Fox
Federal Health Service
Board of Health
Jedo
Fox
Health Department
Department of Service
Bitter Creek Tale of a 'Rape' and a Cowboy Legend
A fragment from a western tale recalls a tenderfoot asking if the outlaw Bill Busher lingered near Bitter Creek. A quick native replies he was last week, adding he even had hold of the rape, illustrating rugged frontier bravado and local lore.
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Bitter Creek
Bill Busher
Tenderfoot
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