Break in 48 Hours Possible as Wilson Seeks War Sanction
President Wilson faces possible demand for congressional sanction within 48 hours as House leaders draft a resolution declaring a state of war with Mexico. The move follows mediation failures and a Carranza reply seen as a direct challenge to the United States, with Latin American efforts failing to avert conflict.
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John Edwin Nevin
U. S
Washington
Wilson
Mexico
House
United States
Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Raw
Pou
House Rules Committee
Taylor
Winslow Scott
Mexico City
Latin America
Carranza
Don Ignacio Calderon
MURDER OCCURS ON CENTRE STREET
News report details Troop F and hospital corps orders to recruit to full war strength with 109 and 24 men respectively. Captain A M Graham and Corporal McMullen sent to New Castle for recruitment. hospital corps seeks a cook. Major Cunningham plans to stay with the unit as it expands from 79 men and three officers.
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C. Hugh Blair
Camp Brumbaugh
MT. Greetna
Hospital Corps
A. Martin Graham
Corporal McMullen
New Castle
Joseph Rigby
Coldbrook
A. M. Graham
Graham
Major Cunningham
Colonel Wood
Maj Cunningham
Villa Alive and Well as He Bickers with Carranza
Washington June 27 Pancho Villa is alive and at Escalon near Parral ready to join forces against the United States. He allegedly offered Carranza an army of several hundred if allowed to command and return to the field.
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Washington
Pancho Villa
Columbus
N. M
Carranza
United States
State Department
Villa
Escalon
Parral
Secretary Carhart Returns From Pontiac Visit
Secretary of Boys' Work George Carhart has returned from Pontiac Michigan where he and his family had been visiting for two weeks at Mr Carhart's home.
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Y. M. C. A. Secretary of Boys’ Work
George Carhart
Pontiac
Mich
Mr. Carhart
Body found in Shenango River near Lawrence Junction
Police identify the drowned man as a potential Beaver Falls resident, Frank Hill, after a body found in the Shenango River near the Pennsylvania tower. Clues include gold rim spectacles with an address and an Odd Fellows pin. investigators seek missing-person matches and await relative confirmation.
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Shenango River
Frank Hill
Beaver Falls
Mahoning River
Pennsylvania Tower
Lawrence Junction
Kelley
Oak Park
Charles A. Curl
Reeves Building
New Castle News Delivers Real Troop F Updates From Mt Gretna
The New Castle News announces it will provide genuine, home sourced coverage of Troop F at Mt Gretna. Reporter C H Blair is stationed with the troop to bring back authentic news and photos for Lawrence County readers.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
C. H. Blair
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania Guard Mobilizes for El Paso Move
At Camp Brumbaugh Mt Gretna Pennsylvania the First Brigade units engineers field hospital ambulance signal battalion and others prepare to entrain for El Paso by midnight The full Pennsylvania Guard is set to be moved Brig Gen William Price Jr to command the ren
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el Paso
International News Service
Camp Brumbaugh
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania
War Spirit Sweeps Border From Gulf to Pacific
El Paso dispatches report heightened war readiness along the U S Mexican border with armed crossings near Progreso and San Benito results of a border patrol engagement. Carranza forces threaten towns on the Arizona line while American troops move to reinforce the front.
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EL Paso
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Progresso
Brownsville
Rio Grande
San Benito
Troops Await Word as Camps Turn Brisk on Cotton Hill
Ahumada reports a large Carranza force. Officers and men cheerfully await the final command to enter actual war. The big four point seven on Cotton Hill settle into position with new briskness in all camps.
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Ahumada
Carranza
Cotton Hill
Pershing Repositions Base in Mexican Campaign
Gen. Pershing relocates headquarters to Colonia Dublan after evacuating Namiquipa and Cruces. Major General Funston reports readiness for any eventuality as no U.S. troops remain near Carrizal or Villa Ahumada.
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International News Service
San Antonio
Texas
Namiquipa
John J. Pershing
U. S
Cruces
Gen. Pershing
Colonia Dublan
Funston
Carrizal
Villa Ahumada
Carranzista
Johnson backs Hughes as Progressive rally strengthens
Sacramento report states California Governor Hiram Johnson now supports Charles E. Hughes. Johnson declares Hughes deserves the backing of all Progressives and campaigns alongside the former Roosevelt ticket in a public endorsement.
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International News Service
Sacramento
Cal
Hiram Johnson
California
Col. Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Johnson
Work Begins On Highland School Rebuilding
Construction on Highland school has started with Wishart and Sons as general contractor and a large crew expected to start quickly. FE M Withers handles plumbing Barnes and Clark heating and G A Webster handles electrical work from Youngstown. The building must be completed by December 30 though crews aim to finish earlier if possible.
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Highland School
Wishart and Sons of
Sharon
FE. M. Withers
Barnes and Clark
G.A. Webster
Youngstown
Orpet Again Takes Stand in Sorrowful Case
Will Orpet arrived at Lake County Court to repeat his testimony about Marion Lambert’s death in February. He insisted she drank the poison herself and he did not force the substance, as the state contends, while facing a crowded courtroom.
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Waukegan
Will Orpet
Lake County Court
Marion Lambert
German Sub Campaign Reported Near London
Lloyds reported another German submarine campaign underway with the sinking of the French steamship Fournel of 2007 tons, sailing from Havre, the tenth vessel torpedoed within thirty six hours.
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London
Fournel
Lloyds
Havre
Railway Agents Meet at Fort Pitt Hotel
George W. Johnson New Castle terminal superintendent and J H McIntyre of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh railway attended a bi monthly meeting of station agents at the Fort Pitt hotel Pittsburg yesterday afternoon. Prior to the conference an inspection of the Pittsburg terminals was held. At the meeting papers on technical topics of interest to the agents were read.
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George W. Johnson
New Castle
J. H. McIntyre
Buffalo, Rochester and
Death Records Notice for Local Residents
Serafino Di Angeles of 125 Center Street and Miss Mary R. Cowden aged 67 of New Wilmington are listed among recent deaths. Also named are Alfred Webber 55 of New Brighton and William Brown of Pittsburgh, plus an unknown man.
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Serafino di
Dennis Eagan Dies At Warren After Fatal Shooting
Dennis Eagan died in Warren Ohio at 2 30 PM after shooting Ruby Hurd then turning the gun on himself. He had blinded himself in the head and was moved from the county jail to the hospital as his condition worsened. The case is one of the citys most sensational murder episodes.
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Sy Sears
Warren
Dennis Eagan
Ruby Hurd
Fagan
T. R. May Take Stump For Hughes
Charles E Hughes, the Republican nominee, and Col Theodore Roosevelt will dine at the Hotel Astor tomorrow night. Roosevelt is expected to accept Hughes invitation for a conference and likely to stump for Hughes during the campaign.
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International News Service
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Hotel Astor
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Col. Roosevelt
White House
Rev D C Whitmarsh Receives A Call To Move
The Mahoningtown Presbyterian pastor Rev D C Whitmarsh has received a flattering call to lead a Presbyterian church in Barnesville Ohio. He has the call under consideration and has informed the local church session. acceptance seems likely.
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D. C. Whitmarsh
Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church
Barnesville
Italian Is Stabbed To Death In Beer Party Clash
Serefino De Angeles aged 36 of 125 Centre Street was murdered in an early morning row near his boarding house. Louis De Angeles, believed to be a cousin, was slashed in the leg. The body lay in a Centre Street yard near Luigi Deli’s home. Three or four arrests reported, no murder charges yet. Police were alerted at 12 50 this morning by Renae Alsbaugh of Carnegie Steel Mill police.
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Serefino de Angeles
Centre Street
Louis de Angeles
Luigi Deli
Renae Alsbaugh
Carnegie Steel Mill
Gilboy
Richards
Horner
Moore
Elder
Offi
Troops Move Toward Border From New York Units
The Seventh regiment 1300 troops led by William C. Fiske left for Brownsville Texas after delay for cars. Gov. Whitman reviewed them on Fifth Avenue. Next, the Seventy first regiment departed using New York Central lines Camp Whitney Framingham Massachusetts. Massachusetts eighth regiment also started for the border. The Fourteenth New York infantry began its border move from Poughkeepsie.
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New York
Brownsville
Tex
William C. Fiske
Charless. Whitman
Fifth Avenue
Seventy-first
New York Central
Camp Whitney
Framingham
Mass
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Fourteenth New York Infantry
We Are Ready For Them Says Funston
Major General Funston declares readiness for war, confident in American forces on border and en route. Reports of clashes with Trevino and Pershing’s forces reach Columbus with calm reaction. Pershing’s column in Mexico reportedly shortened and bandit hunt paused as engineers push road work ahead. Private Mexico City message says Mexican reply to ultimatum heads to Washington in defiance.
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International News Service
San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Trevino
Gen. Pershing
Villa Ahumada
Galveston
Mexico City
Washington
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U.S
Cunningham
Troop
Ray Davenport
Shenango Valley
Carhart
Arizona
Highland
Orpet
Dennis Kagan
T. R. May
Rev. D. C. Whitmarsh
Columbus, N. M
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