Carranza Sees War Likely as U S Tensions Rise
Washington reports from Mexico City say Carranza and his advisers will back Trevino’s attack on US troops in Mexico except toward the border and see no way to avoid a rupture with the United States. A faction urges a demand for immediate US troop withdrawal and a formal statement of intentions in reply to the American request.
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Carranza
U.S
Trevino
Border
United States
Washington
Mexico City
Mexico
State Department
Rodgers
International News Service
Mex
Galveston
Texas
Department of Foreign Relations
Department of State
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Probable fair to night and Saturday with moderate temperatures for Harrisburg. Eastern Pennsylvania sees little temperature change with light northeast winds and a near stationary main river, stage around 5.3 feet for Harrisburg Saturday morning. High pressure over the Great Lakes and Susquehanna Valley contrasts with a large western low. scattered showers reported from the Middle Atlantic to the Gulf States. cooler in the Rockies and Southern Plateau while other regions run near normal. Highest 82, lowest 64, mean 73. Normal 72. New moon today at 8:43 am.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Susquehanna Valley
Mississippi River
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Tennessee
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Verdun Drive and Mexican Note Dominate War Updates
In Mexico City the Constitutionalist government disputes U S remarks on Carranza, defending withdrawal timing. Across U S camps at Mt Brumbaugh Pa the Eighth Regiment expects late moves as training continues ahead of a possible midweek shift. In Europe German and Teuton actions press along the Meuse near Verdun with heavy fighting reported at hill 304 and surrounding positions.
U S Troops to Face Guerrilla Warfare in Mexico
Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy warned that arms sold or smuggled into Mexico to oust Huerta will be aimed at U S troops. She said embargo foes oppose lifting it and predicted brutal guerrilla fighting and disease, voiced at a Woman's Supply Committee meeting at the Coterie Club.
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New York
Mexico
Huerta
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Mexico City
United States
Woman's Supply Committee
American Defense Society
Coterie Club
Double header for tomorrow on Island Grounds in Harrisburg
Harrisburg fans will see two major league games tomorrow afternoon at Island Grounds. The Motive Power Club faces the New York Motive Power team in the Pennsylvania Railroad League, followed by George Cockill’s New York State Leaguers against Bill Coughlin’s Scranton club. Both games share one admission. Separate bids for a new South Second Street freight station were opened July 15 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company with many firms submitting proposals.
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Harrisburg
Island
Harrisburg Motive Power
New York Motive Power
Pennsylvania Railroad
George Cockill
New York State
Bill Coughlin
Scranton
Motive Power
New York
Trenton
Railroad Boys
Cochill
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
South Second Street
Mulberry
William l. Cookman
Philadelphia
Warren, Moore and Company
Hughes, Foulkrod Company
L. H. Smith
Alexander Chambley
Fidelity Construction Company
Brown- King Construction Company
Jacob Meyers and Sons Company
Cramp and Company
Metzger and Fisher, Bailey- Lush Company
Irwin and Leighton
Charles McCaul Company
Turner Concrete Steel Company
UK Trade Grows Despite War Exports Rise to 110.7 Million
Associated Press reports the United Kingdom trade expanded in the three months to June 26 with exports totaling 110,691,000 pounds sterling, up 26,090,000 from the same period last year. In Yukon, workers celebrate passage of a prohibition referendum bill by the territorial legislature to be held by September 1 next.
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Associated Press
London
United Kingdom
Board of Trade
Yukon
Dawson
Y. T
Prohibition
Yukon Territorial
Yukon Territory
Murderer of Four Men Dies in Electric Chair
Crest ta Shillitani was executed at Sing Sing for the 3 year old murder of two New York policemen who tried to arrest him for a prior killing over a disputed girl. He showed clear insanity at trial and became terrified in the death house before execution. He briefly escaped after seizing a revolver from a keeper, wounding another, but was recaptured.
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Sing Sing
Cresta Shillitani
New York
Shillitani
Crisis in U S Demand Deepens After German Talks
Berlin reports that on June 30 Foreign Minister von Jagow and Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg met with Marine Minister von Capelle to discuss the American note to Austria. Officials indicate the discussions focused on the note and its implications.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Amsterdam
Marine von Capelle
von Capelle
von Jagow
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Austria
Will of Earl Kitchener Reveals £171,420 Estate Bequests
London June 20 The will of Earl Kitchener secretary of war who died in the Hampshire sinking shows an estate of 171 420 pounds sterling about 850 000 dollars. The largest gifts go to nephew Henry Hamilton Kitchener and to Commander Henry Franklin Cheval, with other smaller bequests to relatives and staff officers. A former judge in Tunkhannock Pa. Killings report follows.
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Associated Press
London
Marshal Earl Kitchener
Hampshire
Orkneys
Henry Hamilton Kitchener
Broome Park
Kent County
Cabinet Officers Confer on Coordination of U S Resources
Washington June 30 six cabinet officers forming the council of executive information for coordination of industries and resources met at the War Department. They adopted tentative rules for President Wilson's approval and discussed selecting a civilian advisory commission. The body aims to coordinate military industrial and commercial resources for rapid national mobilization.
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Associated Press
Washington
Council of Executive Information
War Department
Wilson
Secretaries of War
Navy
Interior
Agriculture
Commerc
Labor
Telegraph Camp Pictures Attract Attention In Harrisburg
Telegraph screenings at Victoria Theater showcase 1200 feet of camp life footage from Mt Gretna. Norrisburg lads appear on screen as crowds boost the soldiers relief fund with ten percent of receipts. Telegraph contributes no money to the fund.
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Mt. Gretna Camp
Fund For the Relief of
Victoria Theater
Telegraph
Camp Brumbaugh
Camp Life
Norrisburg
J. A. Buchanan
Universal Company
Soldiers Relief Fund
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Telegraphs Picnic Pictures at Majestic
Hundreds of children and parents viewed moving pictures of the Telegraph school outing at Paxtang Park shown at the Majestic theater. The film features Governor Brumbaugh and Marjorie Sterrett the battleship girl along with many picnic scenes. The films will be on the program today and tomorrow.
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Paxtang Park
Majestic Theater
Governor Brumbaugh
Marjorie Sterrett
Plan to Meet Treasury Deficit Is Up in Air
Washington reports a conference between Representative Kitchin and Secretary McAdoo failed to yield a definite revenue plan. A dispute over issuing Panama Canal bonds to cover a projected deficit remains unresolved. McAdoo cited a surplus and an expected $150,000,000 balance after taxes for the current fiscal year.
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Washington, D. C
Ways and Means Committee
House
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Kitchin
Treasury
Demands of Revolutionists Met by Li Yuan Hung
Peking reports President Li Yuan Hung issues mandate restoring the Nanking provisional constitution and reuniting Parliament. Parliament is ordered to convene August 1 and to draft a permanent constitution. Tuan Chi Jui named premier as the revolutionists’ demands are largely satisfied. The note notes continued opposition to Tuga pp Julia.
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L Li Yuan Hung
Associated Press
Peking
Li Yuan Hung
Nanking
Yuan Shi Kai
Tuan Chi Jui
China
Tuga Pp
Julia
U Boat Courier Seen on Great Salt Lake
Bathers at Saltair Beach watched a submarine appear on the Great Salt Lake and raise its hatch before submerging. A burly crewman shouted a question to bystanders asking if it was New York, and locals noted the odd spectacle amid a broader dispute over the lake’s outlet.
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Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake
Utah
Saltair Beach
Lear
New York
Nix
Schedule Revisions Ordered for Marysville Line
Public Service Commission orders Valley Railways to clean and fumigate cars daily on the Marysville line and to revise the schedule placing 30 minute interims between 4:00 and 6:30 pm, with Sundays and holidays excluded. The decision follows John F. Shannon Jr.’s complaint filed weeks earlier.
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Marysville
Valley Railways Company
Public Service Commission
John F. Shannon, Jr
Harrisburg
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Mexican Foreign Department
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Hutchison
Brumbaugh
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Camrumbaugh
Teuton
Flanders
Kolomea
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
Paris
Island Diamond Construction
Britain
Germany
Earl Kitchener
Self Tunkhannock
E. Mortimer Phillips
Majestic
Marysville Line
Waukeegan
Ill
Helm’s Wood
Marion Lambert
Gale M. Brooks
Will H. Orpet
Miss Lambert
James B. Kemper
Regular Army
General Wood
Kemper
Simpson
Clement
Tails
General Clement
Fric
Finney
Eighth
Russ
Carrizal el Paso
Carrizal
Boyd
Adair
Ceme
Tery
Carrancista
Taft
Hughes
Bridgehampton
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
el Paso
Carranza Customs Service
Rio Grande
Ysleta
Gonzales
Juarez
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Virginia Pines, Marys
Elmer Toomey and
Jennie Ellen McGaulre, Elty
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