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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
13
A South American envoy warns of resignation if the rebel chief is admitted, as negotiations falter under pressure from Bryan. Progress stalls, with mediators near collapse and no clear path forward amid mounting diplomatic tension.
A mediation conference nears collapse as mediators face a crisis over participation in the Niagara Falls talks. Senor Cabrera, Carranza’s emissary, says the United States decides outcomes, while the three South American diplomats refuse to concede. They insist the mediators have no say in selection. The dispute follows three rounds of talks with U S delegates.
The dispute over Carranza’s participation in the mediation conference stalls progress as the three South American mediators and American delegates refuse to alter their positions. Justice Lamar reports ongoing discussions but no clear path, while Washington pressures a broader consensus before any settlement.
Coffins containing infant victims are taken from the Lady Grey after a wreck. Sailors and rescuers recover remains as investigators examine the tragedy and identify the children believed to be among those lost at sea.
Grief struck relatives crowd the Louise Basin morgue as identifications of Empress of Ireland victims shift, with some bodies claimed by multiple relatives and babies misidentified. Officials tighten proof requirements, leaving many bodies still unclaimed or recataloged, including a disputed case of Mrs Wynne Price and Mrs Pike.
Washington reports William Sims, an American, was executed by Mexican federals at Salina Cruz on May 16. The State Department has lodged representations with the Mexican government as the Brazilian minister urgently investigates, hindered by telegraph communication with Salina Cruz and with Gutierrez where I guith is imprisoned.
In Woodbury New Jersey June 2 Charles Miller twenty two employed on the Pedrick farm married Sarah Pedrick after eloping. A half brother of the bride confronted the groom calling her too young. Miller kissed his wife then went to the barn and shot himself, dying at the farmhouse doorway.
In Quebec on June 2 Maggard, exhausted and disoriented, believed to be a survivor of the Empress disaster. A Norwegian survivor drifted on wreckage for two days and nights before being found by two French Canadian fishermen near Father Point. Winter imagery and Longfellow verse frame the scene as reports describe the grim aftermath.
A bar masque scene features four groups of girls asking a magician how to stay young and beautiful. He coolly replies that to achieve it one must obtain a million and stay single. A quip about a daughter predicted to become a great singer pivots on management of a quarrelsome mother.
A local advertisement highlights Hilkin's Bargain Store offering house furnishings hardware domes and tools with a promise to save customers money on china ware and related items. The copy emphasizes a broad inventory and budget friendly pricing.
A collage of science and anecdote notes. It discusses how piano strings tighten in cold rooms raising pitch, Cyrus the Great’s canal scheme to control the Gyndes, a mining prospector’s boast and later doubt, and the unrealized heat exchange between planets, wrapped with quips about dress and humor.
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