Salvadoran rebels routed at Sonsonata amid raid on Acajutla
Washington reports say government troops under Rivas defeated revolutionists at Sonsonata, driving them toward Acajutla. Juen Moissant, an American, was captured. Banks and offices in Sonsonata and Acajutla were sacked. Yorktown gunboat expected to aid as Nicaragua tensions rise and peace treaty questions loom.
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Rivas
Sonsonata
Acajutia
Juen Moissant
Salvador
Acajutla
State Department
Yorktown
Mejia
Figeroa
Nicaragua
Amapala
Figueroa
Washington
Mexico
Navy Department
Mr. Merry
San Salvador
Cerrito
Acalutla
Managua
Nicaragua Denies War Report as Zelaya Backs Salvador Insurgency
Managua June 12. The government denied a report that Nicaragua declared war on Guatemala. President Zelaya said Alfaro, leader of the Salvador revolutionary movement, is an unconditional Nationalist backed by the whole country.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Zelaya
Prudencio Alfaro
Salvador
Filibusters in Flight In Salvador War Scene
Nicaraguan filibusters landed at Acajutla and moved to Sonsonata to plunder the custom house and steal $20,000 from the Bank of Salvador. Salvadoran troops defeated them, and the raiders escaped by vessels flying the Nicaraguan flag. The country backs the government. volunteers flock to defend Salvador, and President Figueroa is acclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Acajutla
Sonsonata
Bank of
Salvador
Figueroa
Invasion Threat Reported From Multiple Salvadoran Sides
June reports from Mexico City claim troops under Generals Toledo Alfaro and Corea prepare to invade Salvador from three approaches. An American, John Moisant, linked to the operation, is said detained at San Salvador’s artillery garrison. Moisant and his brothers hold significant Central American and San Francisco properties, with F Moisant as president of the National Bank of Salvador.
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Mexico City
Salvador
Toledo
Alfara
Corea
Amapala
Acajutla
John Moissant
San Francisco
San Salvador
Moissant
Central America
F. Moissant
National Bank of
Ferrer Acquitted at Madrid in 1908 King Assassination Case
Madrid June 12 The court acquitted Ferrer director of the Modern School of Barcelona and others charged with complicity in the attempt to assassinate King Alfonso and Queen Victoria on their wedding day May 31 1908 Mata Ilaria was sentenced to nine years in prison while Ferrer Nakens Mato Maria and others were acquitted
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Madrid
Sefior Ferrer
Modern School of
Barcelona
José Nakens
Motin
Mato Maria
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Mata Ilaria
Ferrer
Cabinet Crisis in Chile Widens as Montt Resigns
Santiago de Chill June 12 The cabinet crisis began April 11 with the ministry's resignation after President Montt proposed limiting Chilean legations to four including the legation to Peru. Montt yielded to opponents to preserve political harmony.
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Santiago de Chill
Walch
Montt
Ase
Deadlock in France halts municipal duties as resignations stand
Paris reports a government stand against accepting resignations of mayors and municipal officials. Without central appointment, towns suspend services. marriages and burials halted. treasuries risk bankruptcy. Wine growers' movement and local protests widen the stalemate.
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Paris
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Treasuries
Wine Growers’ Movement
Argeliers
Sapestang
Narbonne
Department of
Aude
Baillaud
International Congress of Wine Growers and
Leyte Pacified Ends Pulajane Campaign in Leyte
Faustino Ablen head chief of the Pulajanes on Leyte was wounded and captured with Aldarice Riota Tucia by eight infantrymen and Philippine scouts. The capture ends outlawry on the island after five months of operations and the wife and other Ablen family members were captured May 25. Otoy, head chief of the Pulajanes on Samar, died April 26 as reported by bandits captured by Santa Rita constabulary.
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Manila
Faustino Ablen
Leyte
Aldarice
Riota
Tucia
Ablen
Otoy
Samar
Santa Rita Constabulary
Russia denies plan for foreign loan with U S involvement
St Petersburg report from Paris claiming Russia contemplated a foreign loan with U S participation was officially denied. The Finance Ministry said no foreign loan was contemplated and no negotiations were pending, though Russian financial agents abroad monitor money markets. Associated press dispatches supported the denial.
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St. Petersburg
Paris
Russia
United States
Ministry of Finance
Kokoysoff
Associated Press
London
Berlin
Vartland Accuses Governor of Dishonesty in Famine Relief Funds
Stockholm reports the newspaper Vartland accuses the Norrbotten province governor of dishonesty in distributing 250000 dollars raised in America for 1902 famine relief. The governor denies the charges.
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Stockholm
Vartland
Norrbotten
America
Eight political prisoners executed at Central Prison
Riga report says eight political prisoners were executed today for taking part in disorders at the Central Prison. The event underscores ongoing political turmoil with authorities enforcing harsh penalties on detainees involved in disturbances.
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Riga
Accord at the Hague and British silence on armament talks
London reports Britain remains reticent on instructions to delegates at The Hague Peace Conference. Parliamentary efforts fail to elicit Grey’s stance amid divisions on armament limits and contraband at sea. Choate and Reid discuss accords with Britain as the Hague voyage approaches.
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London
Great Britain
Edward Grey
Ambassador Reid
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Choate
Grey
Hague
Delegates Arrive at Hague for Second Peace Conference
The Hague June 12 Delegates from numerous nations arrive for the second Hague Peace Conference to be opened June 15. Key figures include General Horace Porter John W Foster and delegates from France Japan Cuba and Central America. Debate centers on armament limits and publicity of sessions with Britain and Germany signaling positions.
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the Hague
Horace Porter
France
United States
South
Central America
Europe
America
Atlantic
Washington
Hague
Great Britain
M. Nelidoff
Germany
Doomed to Failure at the Hague
Washington reports it is certain the Japanese delegates cannot gain consideration for a proposal to recognize a belligerent’s right to retain occupied territory as a legal principle. Officials cite late notice, prohibition of political topics, and the ancient nature of the demand.
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Washington
Hague
Japan
Portsmouth
Manchuria
Corea
Sakhalien
Obain
Nemoe
American delegates leave Paris for The Hague
General Horace Porter and General J. W. Foster of the American delegation to the Peace Conference departed Paris this afternoon for The Hague on the same train as Ambassador Nelidoff and the Russian delegates and the French delegation led by former Premier M Bourgeois.
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Paris
Horace Porter
J. W. Foster
Hague
Nelidoff
M. Bourgeois
Eighty Ninth Meeting of New York Port Society Held
The eighty-ninth annual meeting of the Society for Promoting the Gospel Among Seamen in the Port of New York, known as the New York Port Society, convened yesterday at 118 Fulton Street. All officers and directors who served in 19 were re-elected with Theophilus A. Brouwer as president and vice-presidents William K. Hinman, T. G. Sellen, and James Vereance. Richard D. Dodge is the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For Promoting the Gospel
Port of
New York
New York Port
Violence Against Japanese Grows After Berkeley Attack
A Berkeley incident injures a Japanese grower’s greenhouse, sparking national outrage among Japanese communities. Tokyo papers publish photos of San Francisco restaurant attacks and urge decisive action, while Japanese groups in America dismiss the Berkeley event as trivial and defer to local authorities.
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Tokio
Asahi
Washington
Berkeley
Cal
San Francisco
Thomas G. Walker
Japanese Association of America
Japanese Progressives would seek to discredit ministry over war risk
London reports The Times correspondent in Tokio notes that educated Japanese deem war with the United States almost inconceivable. He says Progressives, if pushing defense of treaty rights, would attack the ministry for party political reasons and would oppose any real war danger.
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London
United States
Immigration Rules at Honolulu
Honolulu June 12 The Commissioner of Immigration Mr Sargent orders continued careful inspection of Japanese immigrants but discontinues photographing and urges diplomatic handling of all questions. Local officers report that members of the Japanese naval station here have received directives directly from their government not through the Japanese Consul.
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Honolulu
Sargent
Japanese Residents Plan Indemnity Demand in SF
San Francisco residents of Japanese ancestry intend to demand indemnity from the United States government for alleged attacks on the Horseshoe restaurant and other violence. They aim to pressure Washington to curb anti Japanese agitation in California, a goal linked to Count Noda and Viscount Aoki’s diplomacy.
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San Francisco
United States
Washington
California
Count Noda
Viscount Aoki
Immigration graft exposed in Japan made emigration deal
In Victoria on June 12 a graft uncovered by the Japanese government ties the Tokio Emigration Company to a Grand Trunk Railway contract for three thousand Japanese laborers. The agreement fixed wages at 15 dollars per day while records show 110 dollars paid, with the surplus pocketed by the company.
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Victoria
B. C
Tokio Emigration Company
Grand Trunk Railway
Viscount Acks Silent on San Francisco Incident
Washington confirms the Japanese Ambassador and aides favor strict reticence to avoid further friction with the United States over the San Francisco disturbance. A civil suit against the city to settle damages is seen as a possible path, with officials’ advice cited as influential in guiding the ambassador toward a legal settlement rather than diplomatic confrontation.
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Washington
Japan
America
San Francisco
Judge halts Dovell bill tax on grain futures trades
Federal Judge Smith Mc Pherson issued an order restraining the State Auditor from enforcing the Dovell bill passed by the last Legislature. The measure would tax each grain futures transaction at four cents. The ruling blocks collection and delays enforcement pending further action.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
One Killed as Cement Platform Collapses on Broadway
A temporary platform piled with ten tons of cement on the Broadway Cortlandt Building collapsed late yesterday afternoon. One man, James Pringle, a timekeeper, was killed instantly. Three others Michael Healy George Vetter and Edward W Welkert were seriously injured. Foreman Thomas Winston of Hedden Company was arrested on homicide charges. Rescue efforts drew a large crowd as ambulances and police responded.
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Broadway-Cortlandt
Cortlandt and
Church Streets
Post & McCord
Hedden Construction Company
James Pringle
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Michael Healy
East 1Sth Street
Hudson Street Hospital
George Vetter
East 16Th Street
St. Gregory's Hospital
Edward W. Welkert
West 14Th Street
Thomas Winston
South 9Th Street
Newark
N. J
Hedden Company
Church Street
Cortlandt Street
Gilroy
Church and Cortlandt Streets
Healy
Vetter
Welkert
Pringle
Pennsylvania Railroad St Louis Limited Promises Elite Travel
The Pennsylvania Railroad bills its St Louis Limited as the Standard Railroad of America with luxury features including Pullman cars Dining car stock quotations a stenographer and a barber fashioning a clothes pressing outfit for the valet role. The train runs daily from New York leaving at 1 55 P M reaching St Louis 4 30 P M next day with other fast departures from New York at 7 55 10 55 A M 1 55 and 6 25 P M.
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America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard Railroad of America
St. Louis Limited
New York
St. Louis
Civil War Pension Rules Explained By Interior Dept
Washington June 12 The Interior Department issued an explanation clarifying pension eligibility under General Law McCumber and two later acts. All Civil War veterans honorably discharged who served ninety days and were disabled or aged qualify. those who did not serve ninety days or refused service do not receive pensions. The note cites the 36th Illinois Infantry fraud case and the broader principle that pension rights hinge on actual Civil War service and honorable discharge.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Department of the Interior
J. W. Wilson
36Th
Illinois Infantry
Mechanic Fusiliers
Illnois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Chicago
War Department
United States Volunteers
Illinois
Department
Taft speaks on trusts at Iowa State College
Secretary Taft spoke before about three thousand visitors including Iowa State College faculty and students. He joined the college procession, spoke at the alumni dinner, and addressed locals. He analyzed corporate issues focusing on railroads and trusts, urged public conscience guiding reform, and backed legalized pooling under ICC oversight to curb unfair rate cutting.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Taft
Iowa State College
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beveridge Names Presidential Possibilities for Republicans
From Minneapolis dispatch June 12 Senator Beveridge discusses his preferred Presidential possibilities within the Republican ranks. He weighs potential candidates and signals his stance on party leadership ahead of forthcoming decisions.
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The
Tribune
Minneapolis
Beveridge
Local Street Grid Mentions Warren and 13th Streets
A terse item lists 258 Warren Street and 842 13th Street along with 32nd Street, suggesting addresses or grid references in a city street note. No further context or events are provided.
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Warren St
13Th St
32Nd St
Fairbanks Picked for Top Honors and Tariff Reform Talk
Vice-President Fairbanks is named for the highest honors. Beveridge spoke at the Convention of Charities and Corrections about child labor reform and predicted the measure would be law in the next session. He urged tariff revision on a business basis and argued for flexible individual schedules without dismantling the tariff wall.
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Ent Field
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Coroner's Jury Censures Chauffeur in H. C. Johnson Death
Banbury England June 12 Inquest into the California resident H C Johnson death at Edge Hill June 1 found the car upset caused by loss of control and blamed the chauffeur severely The verdict urged authorities to warn about the dangerous corner and noted the chauffeur Kent showed carelessness during the crash claim with witnesses conflicting on speed and braking details
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Banbury
England
H. C. Johnson
California
Corones
Kent
Immigrants Accept Ruling On Citizenship Privileges
Los Angeles dated June 12 Japanese immigrants who threatened mandamus action to force the County Clerk to issue first papers for citizenship have abandoned the challenge. They announce they will accept the immigration bureau ruling that subjects of the Emperor of Japan cannot receive citizenship privileges.
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Los Angeles
United States
Immigration Bureau
The Doctor Laughed at Heart Disease From Coffee
A Columbus physician mocks a nervous patient who misattributes heart disease to coffee. The piece cites Postum as a solution, recounting a woman’s story of relief after quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. It praises the product and mentions The Road to Wellville.
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Columbus
Indy
Wellville
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