Reports of Sniping and Mediation in Mexican Crisis
Washington dispatches report persistent sniping by Mexican federals on U S outposts at Vera Cruz and rumors of constitutionalist advances toward Mexico City. Breceda and Carranza representatives prepare to confer in Washington as mediation prospects brighten amid disputed Zacatecas rumors.
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Washington, D. C
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
War Department
Funston
Huerta
Alfredo Breceda
Carranza
Washington
Breceda
Niagara Falls
Huarta
Zacatecas
Tampico
Natera
San Luis Potosi
New Orleans
al Dfredo Broccada
Huerta Representatilves
Mexico
Fernando Iglesias Calderon
San New Orleans
Liberal Party
Fernando Calderon
U. S
Fernando I. Calderon
Calderon
Carraonza
Pistol Slaying Cleaves Little Sicily Nests of Crime
The 125th murder in Chicago’s Little Sicily for three and a half years claims Frank De Maria, a police stool pigeon, as he is gunned down near Death Corner. Despite arrests, convictions are rare as vendetta codes drive the violence. The victim aided investigations into the Levin murder. threats like “Squealers always die” echo through the neighborhood. Authorities blame the Mafia as a centuries-old vendetta code rather than a formal society.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sicily
Frank de Maria
de Maria
Isaac ‘Levin
Heighta
Death Corner
de Marla
Fire devastates Varich building in Manchester blaze
A morning fire destroyed the five story Varich building and a three story annex with spread to a cigar factory annex in Manchester New Hampshire. Five firemen were burned when an explosion of powder and chemicals hurled them through a ground floor window as flames reached the sporting goods department on the third floor. The estimated damage reached eight hundred thousand dollars as the blaze raged for hours before containment.
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Associated. Press
Manchester
N. H
John B. Varich Company
R. G. Sullivan
Sporting Goods Department
Physical Tests of Everybody Yearly
Atlantic City June 24. The Medical Association’s 2500 members meet in sectional sessions to discuss public health. Proposals include higher entrance standards for medical schools, better practitioner layman cooperation, continued fight on nostrums, and a radical idea for compulsory annual physicals for all citizens. Dr. E Chapin reports poor results from infant incubators and urges the delegates to oppose further use.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Medical Association
E. Chapin
New York
House of Delegates
Saloonkeepers on Indian lands granted stay
Saloonkeepers in Minnesota counties formed from Indian lands were denied a re hearing on the Supreme Court decision upholding federal power to forbid sales there. The decision effectively blocks saloon operations and acts as a stay of execution for existing licenses.
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Associated Press Leason Wire
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Debate on Indian appropriation bill continues in Senate
In Congress the Senate continued debate on the Indian appropriation bill. Virginian tobacco growers urged a joint congressional commission to find ways to relieve them from low prices. Senator Works proposed a bill to abolish tipping on interstate carriers and to create a dry district of the national capital. In the House, debate focused on the corrupt campaign practices act.
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Senate
Askef Joint Congressional Commission
Works
Panhandle Dividends Cut and Passed on Stocks
Associated Press reports that the Panhandle system, a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary, declined common stock dividends to half a per cent for the quarter and reduced preferred stock to half a per cent. The Pennsylvania company kept its usual 1.44 per cent quarterly dividend. Stock prices dropped in anticipation of the move.
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Associated Press Geased ‘Wire
Philadelphia
Plittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Panhandle System
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburgh
Recognize Work of Church in Schools
Chicago June 24. Marion Lawrance, secretary of the International Sunday School Association, says cooperation by Protestant Catholic and Jew in Bible reading in public schools signals brotherly spirit and tol erant toward Bible study. He notes growing recognition of church and Sunday school in day schools and credits for Bible study in churches open new possibilities.
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Chicago
Ill
Marion Lawrance
International Sunday School Association
Lawrance
Third juror chosen for Petras murder trial
Geneva Illinois June 24 efforts to seat a jury in the Tony Petras murder case continued as a third juror was selected. The defendant's wife said she did not fear the state's knife evidence tied to a weapon found in a graveyard in Aurora where Theresa Hollander was killed.
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Associated Proxs
Geneva
Iil
Tony Petras
Theresa Hollander
Petras
Aurora
Ill
Miss Hollander
Tony
Paris Postal Strike Ends After Government Promise
Paris June 24 The letter carriers strike, which threatened violence and disrupted business, ended as Gaston Thomson, minister of commerce, posts and telegraphs, pledged a thorough probe of the grievances if workers returned to duty immediately. The men resumed work at once.
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Associated
Press
Paris
Gaston Thomson
Seven Dead After Nightstorm Lashes North Central U S
Widespread wind and rain storm kills seven and injures many across Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin Iowa and Michigan. Watertown and Minneapolis report multiple deaths and extensive property loss as communication reels. dam ace could rise with restored lines.
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Associated Press
Wirest
Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
Watertown
D. C
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Carl Backlund
Baby
Marie EB. Clove
Esther Munson
Louis Grams
Margaret Kelly
Lake Harriett
Loretta Grams
Jordan
Clear Lake
S. D
Manning
Christianson
Wansau
Wis
Tune
Michael Kurtzweill
Fimmett
Marathon County
Kurtsweill
Rock Island
Johnson to weigh 210 for Moran bout in Paris
Jack Johnson, reigning heavyweight champion, will weigh about 210 pounds for Saturdays fight with Frank Moran of Pittsburgh in Paris. He will be about ten pounds heavier than the Reno July 4, 1910 bout with Jeffries. Johnson has shed 25 to 30 pounds during training and will push hard training through Friday as odds favored him at varying levels.
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Associated Press
Paris
Jack Johnson
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Jeffries
Reno
Johnson
Aerial Honor Guard for Balloon Victims
Vienna reports a nine officer and men funeral with an aerial guard of 0 aeroplanes and mourning flags. Aviators from several nations formed the escort as archdukes cabinet members and foreign attaches attended the funeral for the victims of last Saturday's air catastrophe.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Attendance High at Eagles Convention in Keokuk
The ninth annual convention of the Town State Aeria of Eagles is in session in Keokuk with delegates from every area in the state and a large crowd of visitors. The event closes tomorrow with the election of officers.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Aeria of Eagles
Aetia
King Peter I Abdicates in Favor of Crown Prince Alexander
Belgrade reports King Peter I of Servia has abdicated to name Crown Prince Alexander as regent during illness. The king left Belgrade for Vranja as the official note cites illness and limits government to the heir. Some fear the abdication may be preliminary to a full resignation.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Servia
Peter I
Prince Alexander
Vranja
Alexander
Peter
Boats in New York Harbor Collide in the Fog
Fog-bound vessels in New York Harbor led to collisions on the bay and in the Hudson. The schooner Samuel P. Bowers struck the steamer Point Comfort, injuring no one among 300 passengers. The Taurus of the Iron Steamboat Co collided with a crowded Central Railroad ferry, damaging the ferry and bending Taurus plates.
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T Associated Press
New York
N. Y
New York Harbor
Bay
Samuel P. Bowers
Point Comfort
Keansburg
N. J
Battery
Taurus
Iron Steamboat Company
Hudson
Central Railroad of New Jersey
President Wilson commutes some dynamite case sentences
President Wilson commuted the sentences of four defendants in the dynamite conspiracy, while twenty others begin serving their terms at Leavenworth. Clemency was withheld for John Barry and Paul Morrin, with options to file petitions. New trials are pending for six others.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Michael Hannon
Scranton
Frank H. Painter
Omaha
Neb
Fred J. Mooney
Duluth
Paul J. Morrin
St. Louis
Hannon
Painter
Mooney
Shupe
Barry
Morrin
Frank M. Ryan
Iron Workers
Chicago
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Isix
Mishael J. Young
Boston
Frank C. Webb
New York
Philip A. Cooley
New Orleans
John T. Butler
Buffalo
XNIY
Charles T . Berm
Minneapolis
Ernest G. W. Basey
Indianapolis
Ind
J. E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Peter J. Smith
Cleveland
Murray L. Pennell
Springfield
Bert Brown
Kansas City
Edward Smythe
Peoria
Ill
A George Anderson
Frank J. Higgins
Michael J. Cunnane
Philadelphia
Riddin
Milwaukee
McReynolds
Jiren
Los Angeles Times
McNamara ‘Brothers
Olaf A. Treitmoe
William J. McCann
James FE. Ray
Richard H. Houlihan
Fred Sherman
Wm, Bernhardt
Cincinat
Grand Jurors Review Harkin Report On Bank Case
The grand jury investigating the LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank focused on studying the Daniel V. Harkin report after receiving it via subpoena. Witnesses were not called as investigators review collateral status and national bank examiner reports from the bank’s transition from national to state status.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grand
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Daniel V. Harkin
State Bank
Brentano
Criminal Court
W. C. Niblack
National Bank Examiners
LaSalle Street Bank
United States District Attorney
Weather report notes fair tonight and Thursday
The weather roundup states generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with possible showers or thunderstorms in the east portion this afternoon or tonight. Illinois areas show partly cloudy skies with likely showers or thunderstorms in the north portion, and cooler temperatures tonight. Muscatine records 74 degrees at 7 am.
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Towa
East Portion
Ilinois
North Portion
Muscatine
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