Edison Company Seeks Franchise to Power City Water System
Edison Company and subsidiaries promise to reserve and maintain exclusive generating and distribution rights within the city. They would fund pumping of three Catskill aqueduct pressure tunnels and supply control equipment, with costs rising to 2109,000 initially and declining as the aqueduct becomes operational. Westchester entrants also appear, challenging the scope of the franchise.
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Instadl
Board of Water Supply
Catokill
Mitchel
McAneny
Mathewson
Echeme
Maison Comperee
New York
Old Croton
New Croton
Bronx
the Tribune
Catskis
Westchester Electric Power Companies
Pew
Northern Westchester Lighting Company
Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company
Westchester Lighting Company
Harry F. Nichole
Inet
Bureau of Water Supply
Gmmp
Edison Company
Nichols
Rune
England Returns to Benton Case in Mexico Crisis
London dispatch reports Britain warned President Wilson that if Mexico’s leader changes, Britain will demand satisfaction for Benton’s murder. The Express notes Britain’s firmer stance could affect U S policy toward Huerta and Villa, raising questions on Monroe Doctrine implications.
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the Tribune
London
Great Britain
the Express
Friwart Grey
Wilson
Wilin
Mexico
Nnion
Express
Britain
United States
Bryan
Benton
Huerta
Madero
Villa
United
Villa Goes Today to Meet Carranza
General Villa plans to travel from Chihuahua City to Torreon to confer with General Carranza as mediators at Niagara reportedly relay Carranza’s approach. Pablo Gonzales heads east to Saltillo to join Carranza. Torreon meeting may decide Villa’s northern command and Carranza’s central zone plans.
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Villa
Carranza
Fa Pano
Balido
Niagara
Chichuahua City
Torreon
Bureau of Information
Juares
Pablo Gonzales
Saltillo
Natera
Sunshine brings million rounds of arms to rebels via Tampico
A tramp schooner named the Sunshine delivered a million rounds of ammunition to Tampico, loaded from Galveston and moved to barges, then by train toward Monterey for the Constitutionalists. The action violates mediation terms and raises tensions with Cuba and Latin American mediators. Antilla’s voyage also violates earlier assurances, with officials cautious about blocking Cuban ships while protecting American interests.
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Washington
Jime
Sunshine
Tampico
Galveston
Monterey
Havana
ABC
United States
Mexico
Quaint Military Court Tries Vera Cruz Natives
An old man in Vera Cruz sits in a plain chair as he is judged by a military commission for murder. The case unfolds with English questions, Spanish translations, and a restrained courtroom atmosphere. The article contrasts civilian law with wartime military justice and notes future cases and related diplomatic tensions over shipping and arms shipments.
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Vera Cruz
Arthur Ruhl
Vera Crom
Military Commission
Ismael Quevedo
Luis Garcia Robles
Tredwell Moore
7Th Infantry
Joseph D. Leitch
24Th Infantry
Truman. Murphy
1Th Infantry
United States Supreme Court
Jurge
Constant Cordier
4Th Infantry
Acta
Morrison
Filiberto Balin
Leaders Fight by Wire In Mexican Conflict
Vera Cruz June 5 Muerta and Villa exchange vituperative complaints by telegraph after a refugee report. Villa paid respects to Huerta and offered that similar messages be delivered to his foe, concluding with a counter reply.
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Vera Cruz
Americans Safe in Mexico City Now Ready to Leave
Word from Consul in Vera Cruz says the crisis eased and Americans should only be funded to depart if destitute and with relatives in the United States able to assist. Few Americans are left in Mexico City and those remaining are prospering despite weaker business.
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Mexico City
Caneada
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Nephew’s overdraft ends in tragedy and misused power
Mrs. Alice Cothren, eighty two, of Broad Street, alleges her nephew Frank H. Cothren exploited a power of attorney to drain her funds, totaling about 204 dollars, before his death from morphine overdose in Brooklyn. She says he seized her deposit books and hid her money after gaining control of the estate.
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En Bank
J. Sune
Alice Cothren
Broadst
Frank H. Cothren
South Oxford
Brooklyn
Cothren
SILLIMAN FACED DEATH IN MEXICO ACCUSED AS SPY
From The Tri Washington June S, consular representative John R Silliman recounts twenty one days in a Mexican jail near Saltillo after Federal forces accused him of spying for the Constitutionalists The theft of the consular code book from the American Consulate in Saltillo is noted and fears of publication of a new code are raised Silliman praises British Consul D B McMillan and wife for sheltering Americans and British during the unrest He doubts the Constitutionalists are near Mexico City and warns rail disruption could halt advances indicating desert crossings and rails heated and twisted to break lines.
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Tri
Washington
John R. Sihmoan
United States
Baltillo
Secretary of State
Joaquin Maar
Silliman
Mexico
State Department
Bardahl
Vera Crux
D. B. McMillan
Salillo
Mexico City
Saltillo
Death in Bridal Meal Claims Ptomaine Poisoning
Charles J. Holman of 27 West 90th Street died in Hudson Street Hospital from ptomaine poisoning. He had lunch with bridegroom George W. Kyle and Mrs Kyle after attending their wedding as an usher. Holman, a Princeton graduate and member of the MacDowell Chorus, left a father, mother, and two sisters. Funeral at the Holman home today.
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Charles J. Holman
West 90Th St
Hudson Street
George W. Kyle
Kyle
Holman
Mr. Holman
William St
Princeton
Triangle Clurist College
MacDowell Chorus
Churchill foiled Panama fair plan final blow
Winston Churchill blamed for England's failure to secure broad representation at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. W A M Goode, secretary of the Bush committee, cited Churchill as chief cause, accusing officials of moral cowardice and fear of electors. He argued the government avoided admitting a mistake to preserve prestige, with Churchill pressing a counter view.
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Winston Churcnu
Admiralty
W. A. M. Goode
Bush Committee
England
San Francisco
Liverpool
Goode
Winton Churchill
Ghgye
Ger
Ben Franklin Quiz narrows. top fifteen race on
A long Ben Franklin Quiz run tightens with fifteen leaders from Haskin & Sells clerks still in front. Daily releases will publish five more answers. today’s five include Pictograph and Quotation No 10 with commemorated proverbs and hints to the remaining contestants.
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Haskin & Sells
Charles H. Montgomery
Hillburn
N. Y
George R. Perrine
Freehold
N. J
G. J. Lloyd
Brooklyn
Alfred Weber
the Bronx
New York City
Jacob B. Rothberg
John P. Clarke
Myrtle H. Miller
Mabel V. Servis
Elizabeth
Emma Blanchard
Newark
W. H. Brown
Frederick A. Schaffner
Albert H. Aubertin
Dwight F. Norton
Oscar Schwartz
Joseph J. Haas
Villa Cures Anger Rebels Here 10 For SaKe Of Cause
Telegraph report from Juarez dated June 5 details ongoing efforts by Villa and Carranza to avert a violent clash. Pressure from Villa’s friends delays his meeting with Carranza at Torreon, while Urquidi in New York pledges to ship arms to the Constitutionalists unless ordered otherwise. Carranza resists mediation terms and emphasizes no U.S. dictation, as both leaders navigate a fragile path amid arms shipments and eventual court martial handling of Federal officers.
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New York
Bryan
United States
South America
Latin America
Colombia-Panama
Tampico
Huerta
Badger
Bravo
Zaragoza
Puerto Mexico
Navy Department
Autilin
Bavaria
Ypiravga
Karl Buens
Hamburg-American Line
Secretary of War
Telbune - Juarez
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Venustiano Arranza
Villa
Carranza
Revoluton
Beye
Francisco Urquidl
Carranaa
Templar
Sefior Urquidi
United
York
Ungaldt
el Rio
Urquidi
Omeral Carranza
AFU
Colm Muerta
Hoa
Muerta
Candido Aguilar
Vera Crug
Carranss
Evalom
Aguilar
Federsl
Vera Crus
Mediation Praised by Esteva Ruiz in Mexico City
Esteva Ruiz, minister of foreign affairs, lauds mediation over Niagara Falls talks. He says negotiations are moving well with discounts on impatience, praising the three mediating powers and plenipotentiaries as spontaneous and noble. Partial conferences with Mexico and the United States precede plenary sessions for mutual proposals.
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Tripunet Mexica
Esteva Ruis
Niagara Falls
Brazil
Mexico
United States
United
Adlai E Stevenson in Hospital After Nervous Breakdown
Adlai E Stevenson Jr, former vice president under Cleveland, remains seriously ill in a Chicago hospital. He arrived from Bloomington three weeks ago after a nervous breakdown following his wife’s death six months prior.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Steven
United Ew
Cleveland
Stevenson
Bloomington
First Vera Cruz Pension Paid by Telegraph
The federal pension for Mrs Le Smith of 284 East Sergeants Philadelphia was sent by telegraph after her son Charles Allen Smith, a Philadelphia youth who died in Vera Cruz, was killed by a Mexican sniper. Representative J Hampton Moore supported the pension application for Mr Smith.
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Philadelphia
Mrale Smith
Charles Alien Smith
Vera
Washington
J. Hampton Moore
Mr Smith
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White Cross
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Mrs. Mackellar
C. D. Holman
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Panama
Ben Franklin Quiz
U. S
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