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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
1
General Carranza said he would appoint representatives to the Niagara Falls conference. The specific names were not released, and the note promised Constitutionalists would participate without detailing conditions. The move was linked to ongoing campaigns against the Federals and a continued southward push.
Niagara Falls Ontario June 11 Justice Lamar announced the mediation plan to transfer authority in Mexico has been agreed. Mediators fear the essential step of choosing a provisional president remains unsettled while American delegates must seek Washington approval from Carranza loyalists, slowing negotiations and risking impasse.
Coruna plans sending delegates while Antilla nears Tampico. Troops near Vera Cruz raise concerns. A plot to blow up a Cunarder is alleged. Yachts race in clone event and court bail is demanded in Thaw case. Monorial alliance targets Kingsbury and city building suit advances. PMID mentions UK tube plan, Sing Sing head, and Porto Rican citizenship.
A planned extortion and bomb plot against a Cunard liner was foiled when Elmira convict Joseph Burton was captured near Bogota New Jersey after two days of surveillance by 18 detectives. Burton admitted writing letters demanding 10000 and threatening to blow up a Cunard ship if payout failed.
Resolute defeats the Vanitie by 1 minute 16 seconds corrected time on a 30 mile triangular course off Sandy Hook. Vanitie led early and showed strong reaching and windward work, but the Resolute won with a 3 minute 13 second handicap. Defiance did not start due to prior trouble. race open to Lipton challenger contenders.
Michael De Falco, labeled one of the citys most dangerous criminals, escaped from the Criminal Courts Building as he awaited indictment. Police, aided by Jacob Brodsky, launched a wide manhunt after a jewelry shop robbery at 86 Avenue A netted 985 dollars. Several accomplices including Max Platner Samuel Rosner and Irving Kahn were detained. Kahn briefly escaped but was recaptured.
Asheville North Carolina June 11 Overton W Price vice president of the National Conservation Association shot himself through the brain at Rugby Grange Henderson County fifteen miles from here Ill health given as the reason His ten year old son found the body His death follows his involvement in the Ballinger Pinchot controversy He left the forestry service after Pinchot was removed Halifax June 8 a government steamer Montmagny was missing and feared all on board had been lost
Former Governor William A. Stone, chief counsel for Harry K. Thaw, announced he will not agree to a plan to withdraw the bail application allowing Thaw to travel to Pittsburgh in federal custody to testify in a suit over his father Messie Thaw’s estate. Shurtleff and Jerome planned to meet Stone in Washington to discuss the matter before seeking a United States Supreme Court order.
The Senate voted 30 to 35 to repeal the Panama Canal tolls exemption clause, sending the measure back to the House. The Simmons Norris amendment clarified it is not a waiver of treaty rights, with leaders expecting swift presidential approval and an eventual signing.
Baltimore June 11 The death of stenographer Elia G Winter deepens the mystery after John Price the D Mere houseboat cook is arrested Police say Reese a houseboat owner may hold crucial clues while his mother presses for her son to marry Ella Winter Police note Reese saw her Thursday night but Price claims not to have seen her that evening The case centers on the Patapsco River death with growing questions over motive and last movements of Ella Winter and her associates.
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