Villa Attacks Zacatecas as Rebels Press Advance
Gen Villa with about 40,000 troops began a second assault on Zacatecas as central division forces suffered heavy losses. A rebel column defeated 5,000 federals near Calera while Villa’s artillery and machine guns threaten the capital. Concurrently Gonzales advances on San Luis Potosi and Obregon prepares to strike at Constitutionalist lines.
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Baliilio
Mexico
Villa
Zacatecas
Natera
Torreon
Calera
Gonzales
San Luis Potosi
Obregon
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Carranza
Nicolas Flores
Hidalgo
Orizatlan
Villas Man Is Deposed in Mexican Armistice Break
In Saltillo Mexico a breach between Carranza and Villa may derail an armistice. Negotiators press for a ceasefire as Huerta forces refuse the pause, following Carranza’s note to Niagara mediators. Mediators demand a constitutionalist armistice despite Carranza’s willingness to send representatives.
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Carranza
Villa
Saltillo
Mexico
Huerta
Niagara
Carransa
Argentine Diplomat Pursues Last Peace Talks Plan
An Argentine diplomat reports efforts to secure a final conference with Premier Noon and ministers in a bid for peace. Details of any new proposal remain unconfirmed, following discussions with Shankar Gur and other officials.
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Noon
Wileen
Melther
Shankar Gur
Villa to take front of El Paso operations under Carranza
General Villa moves from Torreon toward the front above Zacatecas to lead his forces with Gen. Carranza creating a peculiar arrangement that grants Villa full command of the sector he dominates.
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el Paso
Texas
Villa
Torreon
Zacateces
Carranza
Mexican factions to meet in informal U S mediated talks
Representatives of the Constitutionalist and Huerta governments prepare for an informal conference in the United States facilitated by South American mediators and the United States to halt bloodshed and protect property in Mexico. Delegations, venue, and aims to be announced as talks progress.
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Huerta
Rebela
United States
Niagara Falla
Ontario
Mexico
Villa
Carranes
Principala
Huer
Alcarez Turns Up Safe After Mexican Spy Arrest
Filipinog servant of Captain Rush Alcares appeared in Mexico City and said he was released from a Santiago military prison on June 9. He claimed to have left Vera Cruz May 6 to buy fruit for Captain Rush and was arrested as a spy while passing Mexican lines. He was moved to Paso del Machado then Cordoba and did not reveal U.S. Navy ties.
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Captain Rush
Mexico City
Alcares
Santiago
Tizapan
Vera Cruz
Rush
United States
Navg
Paso del Macho
Cordoba
Rebel Generals Join Villa in Renouncing Carranza
Fifteen rebel generals leading about 30 000 troops renounce Carranza as first chief of the constitutionalist movement in a note to Villa’s headquarters. Villa did not sign. Details suppressed by censorship surfaced with travelers from Saltillo and Monterrey at the border.
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Carranza
Villa
Laredo
Texas
Baltillo
Saltillo
Monterey
Carrena
South Africa to Seek $28 Million Loan at 3 Percent
Reports say South Africa plans to arrange a loan totaling 28 million dollars at a 3 percent rate with an estimated 1 percent issue cost. Details indicate a union agreement and early arranging of the funds.
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Union of South Africa
Bayan Defends the Colombian Treaty Amid Senate Debate
Secretary Bryan issued a formal defense of the treaty with Colombia to settle Panama related differences. He noted the use of the term honest regret in the Taft era and urged a favorable committee report despite Senate opposition. Archives may show discussions of arbitration risking a possible 40 million dollar judgment against the United States.
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Washington
United States
Colombia
Panama
Bryan
Taft
Senate
State Department
Oil lands go to railroad
The article explains that right to attack railroads’ land grants for fraud or error expired long ago. Since 1866 patents to railroads reserved minerals, preventing transfer of mineral lands. Burke challenged a California patent to Southern Pacific, arguing the land remained mineral and did not pass to the railroad.
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Went
Hias
Southern Pacific
California
Burke
Collision testimony on Empress of Ireland hull position
Dominion commission hearings heard that Captain Kendall of the Empress of Ireland and AlfredTuftenes first officer of the Morstad could not locate the stern hull spot. Kendall placed the collision about a mile and a quarter north of the hull. Tuftenes gave a spot southeast of that position.
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Quebec
Kendall
Alfred Tuftenes
Morstad
Dominion Commission
Invest
Gag
Tuftenes
Steel Expert James M. Swanok Dies at 83 in Philadelphia
James M. Swanok 83 former vice president and general manager of the American Iron and Steel Association died at his home in Philadelphia He was widely known as an authority on iron and steel
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Philadelphia
James M. Swanok
The
American Iron and Steel Association
Iron and Steel
Womack
Brewer
N. C. Womack
Jackson
State Board of Health
G. 8. Bryan
Amory
New York
Hoe
Warren County
Jefferson Medical College
Bryan
Health Board
Pearls Recovered From Santa Fe Wreck Debris
A workman in San Bernardino pulls from wreckage of the Santa Fe Limited near Bagdad pearls believed to be part of a lost string from the crash that occurred over a week ago.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Bagdad
Honor Girl Doris Lippman Saved Gas Victim
Miss Doris Lippman of Savannah Georgia, a girl scout, is awarded a fifty dollar prize by the National Red Cross Society for heroic conduct saving a man overcome by gas while digging a well.
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Here
Washington
Doris Lippman
Savannah
National Red Cross Society
Diver Crowns Rescue Efforts Off Sunken Liner
A diver named Cossoboom and a team attempt to recover bodies from the sunken Empreas of Ireland near Rimouski Quebec. The operation involves multiple divers in a coordinated descent to reach the vessel and retrieve remains.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Empreas
Ireland
Cossoboom
Forty year feud ends in brother’s fatal shot in North Reading
In North Reading Massachusetts Charles Samuel Harris aged 54 a farmer was killed by a bullet fired from a revolver held by his brother James Harris aged 8 yes 8 years old The long running timber land dispute ended in the line of fire between siblings leaving authorities to investigate the fatal family tragedy.
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North Reading
Mass
Charlies Samuel Harris
James
Bilbo Brings Bid To Disqualify Judge Teat In Indictment Case
In an Edwards hotel conference Bilbo and allies plan motions to quash the indictment and to disqualify Judge Teat from presiding. They cite affidavits alleging bias from the Hobbs trial and seek to gather defense witnesses while the state remains silent until trial.
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Jackson
Betwen Theo
Bilbo
Delta County
Patrick Henry
Vicksburg
James W. Cassidy
Brookhaven
Edwards Hotel
Hobbe
Warren County
B. M. Brady
James A. Teat
Teat
Kosciusko
al Mdavite
Down Vinegar Bend
Talesmen
Middleton
Defense
Hattiesburg Man Pleads Self-Defense in Miller Killing
In Hattiesburg a trial for Joseph Staiger in the May 27 Miller office shooting features eight witnesses, including Miller’s widow and mother. The defense argues Staiger acted in self-defense after a prior altercation left Miller with a broken hand and Staiger with bruises, while the state contends Staiger came armed to force a withdrawal of a statement about Staiger’s wife. The absence of eye witness C. H. Armbrecht fuels speculation as courtroom fills.
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Hattiesburg
Joseph Staiger
A. P. Miller
C. H. Armbrecht
Staiger
Armbrecht
Miller
Oil Mill to Resume Operations in Gulfport Plant
Gulfport Oil and Fertilizer Company to reopen after idleness. New corporation forms with Min ter City Oil of Minter City Mississippi as principal stockholders. Mosers Tolbert Sturtevent and Jones Bros visit Gulfport to set rates and arrange product handling. Plant to operate year round with capacity 100 tons cake daily.
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Gulfport Oil and Fertilizer Company
Gulfport
Minter City Oil Company
Minter City
Miss. Mosers
Tolbert, Sturtevent
Jones Bros
Lareest
Mississippi
Seed yield record at Parchman convict farm for 1913-14
Jackson reports a record cotton seed total of 3 563 925 pounds at Parchman for the 1913 14 season with 325 000 pounds burned in a fire. Fewer than 8 000 bales were produced, yet seed per bale reached over 1 000 pounds, marking a contrast with prior years when yields fell and governor led probes.
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Gov. Brewer
Penitentiary Department
Meridian Clerk Rescued After Mercury Compound Ingestion
A Meridian hotel clerk named Warren Welch accidentally took a dichloride of mercury tablet. A quick stomach pump by Dr. Grady, after Welch reported the error, likely saved him. The tablet remained in the stomach about twenty minutes and no absorption is believed to have occurred. How the tablet was taken remains unclear.
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Meridian
Grady
Warren Welch
Welch
O D Hall Drops Dead in Holly Springs
O D Hall, a prominent citizen in Holly Springs, collapsed after several days of illness from heat exhaustion. A separate incident in Crystal Springs reports brakeman Mr Insley killed when he fell from a south bound local train at Gallman. eight cars passed over him.
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O. D. Hall
Holly Springe
Crystal Springs
Insley
Gallman
Female gun toter convicted of concealed weapon
A woman was convicted for carrying a concealed weapon after authorities tied her to unlawful possession. The verdict marks a post conviction outcome in the case.
Masonic Symbolism Topic Draws Large Mississippian Audience
Clarkedale letters note Hon R HI Grant head of the Scottish Rite in Mississippi spoke at the 10dal lodge on Masonic Symbolism. His address was delivered to a large crowd.
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Clarkedale
R. HI. Grant
Mississippl
10Dal
Walter Hillhouse Shoots Self in Vickburg
Walter Hillhouse, 25, son of Rev J A Hillhouse pastor of the First Presbyterian church, attempted suicide by firing a pistol just below the heart in the street near the Church of the Holy Trinity. He was taken to a sanitarium and reportedly acted despondent though no clear cause appeared. He had been preparing for the Episcopal ministry and was organist at Christ Church.
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Walter Hillhouse
Vickeburg
Min
First Presbyterian Church
Hillhouse
Christ Church
Firebugs Caught. Byhalia Barn Burners Named
Bloodhounds from Senatobia tracked two Black suspects, Jim Wolfe and Elmore Wolfe, after a Byhalia barn burned valued at 2000 dollars. Sheriff Rt. D. Williams led the pursuit. one suspect confessed. It is the second successful dog catch in DeSoto County that week.
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Negroea
H. H. Haye
Byhalia
Senatobia
Rt. D. Williams
H. MH. Hayes
Jim
Elmore Wolfe
Hayes
DeSoto County
Wess Miles
WANT CAR LINE EXTENDED TO WOMAN'S COLLEGE
Special committees from the commercial club and Baptist churches press the traction company to extend the car line 1500 feet to reach the city’s Woman's College. The commercial club cites the college's $50,000 administration building project to boost attendance.
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Baptist
Traction Company
Woman’s College
Commercial Club
H. L. Wheeler
Prisoners’ Hatchet Fight Ends With Wound in City Jail
Meridian-Two blows nearly killed Joe Hale a Black city prisoner after a hatchet hit by Frank Brown another Black inmate. Both men were confined in the city jail where the clash occurred Hale suffered a scalp wound the skull not fractured and he was moved to Matty Hersee Hospital.
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Meridian
Joe Hale
Frank Brown
Hale
M. J. L. Hoyle
Matty Hersee
Bigamy Charge Leads to Arrest in Lonoke
James Owens, indicted at the February circuit court term in Booneville on bigamy, was arrested in Lonoke Arkansas and returned to Booneville jail by Sheriff Googe.
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Boonesville
James Owens
This County
Lonoke
Ark
Booneville
Googe
McComb Tomato Shipments Reach Northern Markets
McComb City reports daily carloads of tomatoes leaving for northern markets. Some shipments originate on the Liberty-White railroad while most are loaded locally.
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McComb
McComb City
Liberty-White
First Cotton Bloom Brought To Clarksdale By Dr. Lacy
Dr. W. J. Lacy delivered the season's first cotton bloom to Clarksdale. The bloom originated from Mullens and Lacy's Deer Park plantation.
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Clarksdale
W. J. Lacy
Mullens & Lacy
Deer Park
Negro Drowns While Swimming in Sunflower River
Clarksdale reports the drowning of Gansey Davis, a Black man, while swimming in the Sunflower river. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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Clarksdale
Gansey Davis
Sunflower River
The Hooker Memorial to Charles B. Hooker in Vicksburg Park
Friends and comrades of the late Col. Charles B. Hooker, a distinguished Mississippi figure, plan an impressive lasting memorial in the Vicksburg National Park to honor his memory.
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Hooker
Vicksburg
Col. Chas. BE. Hooker
Vicksburg National Park
Meridian Crops Suffer Dry Weather Slash Track
In Meridian crops across the area suffer from ongoing dry weather with track already reduced by 25 percent according to farmer estimates.
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Meridian
Duelist Ladner Succumbs to Wounds Near Poplarville
Poplarville reports that B Ladner, who killed John Lee in a duel nearby days earlier, dies from knife wounds suffered before Lee was shot dead by Ladner. The incident centers on a fatal duel and subsequent injuries.
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Poplarville
Illinois Central trims shop staff to nine hours daily
McComb City reports the Illinois Central has reduced all car repairers painters and carpenters to a nine hour workday after a year of reduced shifts. The move affects shop crews at the railroad’s facilities in the area.
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McComb City
Illinois Central
Oes Cooly Platt
Launch capsizes near Syracuse. twelve drowned
A motor launch carrying nineteen passengers struck a canal stump near Syracuse and capsized in the Onwemo canal. Twelve people, mostly women and children, drowned as lifebelts were unavailable. eight survivors reached shore. The craft carried 19 passengers from Liverpool to Onondaga.
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WN. V. Canal
Syracuse
N. Y
Onwemo Canal
George MM. Adams
Margaret
Lillian
John Moog
Marry Welsh
Katherine
Dainer
Howard Crane
Charlies Schultz
Mabel Tibbitts
Davier
Liverpool
Mupch
Indefinite plant closures hit Atlantic City area
Sixteen sheet iron and tin plate plants employing over 4000 workers will close for an indefinite period on July 1. The stoppage follows a breakdown in wage rate negotiations between the Amalgamated Iron Steel and Tin Plate Workers association and the plant owners at the just-concluded conference.
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Atlantic City
WN. J
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers’ Association
40,000 Battle in Mexico Zapatistas clash near Zacatecas
Saltillo Mexico report says the second battle of Zacatecas began as Gen Villa sent veterans against the federal stronghold. about 10,000 troops engaged, numbering more than any previous Mexican revolutionary clash, with heavy losses reported on both sides.
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Mexico
Saltillo
Mex
Zacatecas
Villa
Aerial Collision Claims Nine Lives in Midair Crash
Nine terribly burned and mutilated bodies lie amid wreckage from an airship and a plane after a midair collision. The scene shows splintered remains, charred debris, and the grim aftermath of a historic aviation disaster.
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Vienna
Lions Kill Famed Manager in Car With Trained Beast
Emerson Metrich of Chicago and Brooklyn, manager of a theatrical troupe of trained lions, was killed and partly devoured when he entered the car where the lions were kept. Lion keeper George McCord could not rescue him.
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Chicago
Emerson
Metrich
Brooklyn
George McCord
Airplane Hits Airship Near Vienna Killing Nine
An airplane rammed an airship for the first time in this city’s history. The dirigible caught fire and collapsed with seven occupants. the aeroplane crashed killing its pilot and observer. Both aircraft destroyed.
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Vienna
Butte Miners Form Independent Union After Peace Talks Rebuff
Butte, Montana, Western Federation of Miners members break from Moyer group to establish an independent miners union. They elect M. McDonald as temporary president amid ongoing labor tensions and wage disputes.
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Butte
Mon
Western Federation of Miners
Miners’ Union
Charles H. Moyer
M. McDonald
Milltanta Burn Railroad Station Fire Suspected Arson
Fire destroyed the railroad station at Coodpooth near Wrexham. Authorities attribute the blaze to suffragettes, with investigation ongoing into the motive and responsible group.
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Wrexham
Wales
Coodpooth
Here
River Steamer Majestic Sinks Near Chain of Rocks
One crew member is feared drowned after the excursion steamer Majestic struck a submerged concrete wall of a new intake tower and sank off Chain of Rocks near St. Louis. Rescue operations underway as authorities investigate the cause.
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Linke
St. Louis
Majestic
London banks merge to form Metropolitan Wales group
London city and Midland bank merges with Metropolitan bank of Wales in a move described as one of the era’s most important financial deals. The amalgamation creates a large financial group spanning major markets.
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London
London City and Midland Bank
Metropolitan Bank of Wales
France to Borrow 60 Million Dollars in New Loan
Paris reports the chamber of deputies approved the sale of a 1.8 billion franc loan worth 60 million dollars by a 459 to 108 vote. Finance minister M. Noulens led the request in the new cabinet.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Noulens
Bank in Little Rock Closes After Depositor Withdrawals
State National bank directors in Little Rock announce closure due to continued withdrawals of deposits. The bank did not open for business.
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Little Flock Bank
Little Rock
Ark
State National Bank
Benk
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