European War News Bounces Through Global Fronts
Reports from London list sinkings of three British steamers near the Scilly Islands and a Turkish transport. battleships Wittelsbach and a Kaiser class dreadnought return to Kiel after Baltic clashes. German advances claim Krasnik and Zamosc regions. Lerchenfeld prisoner list includes Rothschild element. Submarine actions, air raids on Alsace, and Allied moves at Gallipoli.
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Inglemoor
Sardozne
Scilly Islands
South Ireland
London
Wittelsbach
Baltic
Kiel
Gothland Island
Sea of Marmora
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Death of Mexican Leader Porfirio Diaz in Paris
Former Mexican president Porfirio Diaz dies in Paris at an advanced age. His son Colonel Diaz Jr says the death resulted from a complication of diseases after 35 years as president and a resignation in 1911. Notes about Van derbilt family whisper autumn plans and possible estate rearrangements if a posthumous child is born.
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Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Paris
Diaz, Jr
Diaz
Oaxaca
Alfred Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Revolt and barricades engulf Mexico City in June dispatches
Dispatches from Vera Cruz describe 15 days of fighting as Zapata forces resist the Carranza army in suburbs and looting spreads through the capital. Gen Raphael Pacheco is reported killed amid desperate, barricaded conditions.
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Mexico City
Zapata
Carranza
Raphael Pacheco
United States
Washington
Vera Cruz
Assailant Seeks End to War By Morgan Home Shooting
J P Morgan was shot twice at his Glencove New York country home as Frank Holt tried to coerce an embargo on arms exports to end World War I. Holt admitted intent to frighten Morgan and stop munitions shipments, while Morgan and staff restrained him until authorities arrived.
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Nieuwe Amsterdam
New York
Rotterdam
Downs
Assailant
Glencove
N. Y
J. P. Morgan
Frank Holt
Morgan
Holt
Cornell University
Washington
Senate
Mr. Morgan
United States
Europe
J. P. Morgan & Co
America
Mrs. Morgan
Cecil Spring-Rice
Lady Spring-Rice
Long Island Sound
Morgan Estate
Butler
Miss.McCabe
Mr.Morgan
W. H. Zabriskie
Morgan Place
Justice of the Peace
William E. Layster
Frank E. McCahill
Morgan Residence
Justice Layster
Dallas
Texas
Ithaca
Escaped General Orozco Sighting Amid Huerta Arrest in Texas
Gen Victoria no Huerta is re arrested on a new federal warrant in El Paso after bond set at 15 000. He faces possible transfer from the border. Five others tied to the alleged Mexican plot are jailed. A tele gram to the Supreme Court is sent as officials search for Gen Pascual Orozco who vanished from his Wyoming Street home. Salvator Rosa, once a major in Orozco s army, is executed in Juarez for sedition.
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el Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
San Antonio
Huerta
Pascual Orozco
Orozco
Valentine
Mexico
War Department
Funston
Fort Bliss
Oliver
R. EB. Crawford
United States District Attorney
United States Supreme Court
Judicial Department
Federal
Wyoming Street
Salvator Rosa
Juarez
Rosa
White Retains Lightweight Crown In Ten Round Brighton Brawl
Charlie White defeats Freddie Welsh in a ten round bout at Brighton Beach New York though failing to score a knockout. White wins on points after a hard fought battle before about five thousand as fans sought a title transfer but Welsh keeps the crown off the bell.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Charlie White
Freddie Welsh
White
German Casualty Figures Reported in London July Entry
A brief London dispatch cites German official casualty figures issued in July. The item notes a total casualty count of 2,190,000 with a mention of 7,300 pages in the document.
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London
Age Now
Gas City voters face dry wet battle in election
In Gas City a drys tent campaign and wets movie show duel as Indiana vote day approaches. Supporters argue dry petition majorities while wets push liquor economy and biblical references. Election Tuesday follows a Fourth of July Sunday observance.
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Marion
Gas City
State pardons board urges parole for eleven prisoners
The Indiana board recommends parole for eleven inmates and commutation for one life sentence. Seventeen petitioners including Oliver Skinner in Henry county jail for operating a blind tiger were denied clemency. Action awaits Governor Ralston's return after a western trip. The board also suggests reducing Georg Wilsons sentence for a dance hall killing to two to twenty one years, making him eligible for parole.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Pardons
Oliver Skinner
Henry County
Ralston
Georg Wilson
Evansville
Wilson
Charles Pagel
Dearborn
Elvis Jones
Marion County
Carl Macholtz
Arthur Lauffer
Noble County
James R. Bowman
Dekalb County
John Radford
Frank Pennick
Charles Beeson
Madison County
Julius Spitzer
Vanderburg
Stanley Morrison
Clinton County
John Friend
Lewis Fuller
Guardsman Found Guilty in Summary Court Martial
Terre Haute July 5 Amos McKenzie of Company B Indiana National Guard was tried by Lieut Paul Talbott for disobedience of orders in missing drills and found guilty. He received seven days in jail but the sentence was suspended after he promised to attend drills regularly unless sick. The officer will hold sessions each Thursday night to ensure attendance for a company now with sixty seven members.
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Terre Haute
Amos McKenzie
Company B
Indiana National Guard
Paul Talbott
Boy Shot by Firework Accidental Gun Incident
In Laporte on July 5 Ralph Kiff fourteen suffered a bullet to the brain when Charles Alm displayed fireworks and aimed a revolver at him the gun misfired the bullet entered Kiffs right eye and lodged in the brain it cannot be removed The incident marks the first of the insane Fourth injuries reported.
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Laporte
Ralph Kiff
Charles Alm
Kiff
Murder Attempt Charge In Warsaw Ciruit Court
Ezekiel Evans faces a 5B A murder attempt charge after allegedly shooting Capt. A. G. Wood on June 21. Wood, 84, noted attorney and citizen, was overpowered as a second shot was attempted. Evans has remained jailed with a $1 500 bond. Wood is recovering rapidly.
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Warsaw
Ezekiel Evans
A.G. Wood
Evans
Mr. Wood
Colored Man Held at Anderson in Murder Case
Arthur McMurray, a 30 year old colored man from Indianapolis, is held at Anderson awaiting charges. Police allege involvement in a colored man’s murder, with details extending to his home on German Street.
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Anderson
Arthur McMurray
Indianapolis
Lis
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