Rebels Capture Cullacan and Mazatlan Amid Mass Mexican Fall
San Diego reports a two day rebel siege ending May 31 to June 3 with 1000 dead as Cullacan is captured and Mazatlan falls. General Fandera leads insurrectos, Tourbide arrives to assault from three fronts, federals suffer many losses including 400 retreating toward Altalata. Sacre Heart church area sees heavy casualties before surrender.
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San Diego
Cullacan
Mazatlan
Mexico
Miranda
Cullan
Cullean
Fandera
Tourbide
Redo
Altalata
Sacre Heart
Cooke Trial Begins in Chicago Today
The trial of Edgar Cooke of Chicago, a principal in the Big Four railroad embezzlement scandal, opens in Chicago today. Cooke, once chief clerk to Charles Warriner, faces charges tied to about 20,000 embezzled dollars amid a larger 643,000 scandal. Warriner, already jailed for embezzlement, alleges Cooke and Mrs. Jeanette Ford blackmailed him for the funds.
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Cincinnatic
Edgar Cooke
Chicago
Big Four Railroad
Cooke
Charles Warriner
Big Four
Warriner
Jeanette Ford
Michigan Bankers in Session Detroit Convention Opens
The Michigan Bankers' Association opened its annual convention in Detroit with headquarters at the Hotel Pontchartrain. Topics include the impact of postwar banks and their effect on the banking business.
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Michigan Bankers In
Detroit
Michigan Bankers’ Association
Hotel Pontchartrain
Postoc Banks
Madero Leaves On Speech Making Tour
Mexico City June 12. Madero leaves the city on a speech making tour by special train. He has reviewed General Figureo's troops at Cuernavaca. With only a small body guard tomorrow he will abandon the train for a three days trip by automobile.
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Mexico City
Madero
Figureo
Cuernavaca
Dream of Love Shattered as Immigrant Refuses Land
Annie Zerboth, an Italian immigrant in Philadelphia, chooses to accompany her intended husband Pietro Neggre who is debarred for an incurable eye disease. The couple, who arrived on May 18 aboard the Ancona from Genoa and Naples, plan to return to Italy rather than land.
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Gilet
Philadelphia
Annie Zerboth
Ancona
Genoa
Naples
Miss Zerboth
Pietro Neggre
Neagre
Pietro
Italy
National Travelers Protective Association convenes in Philadelphia
Hundreds of delegates from across the country gather in Philadelphia for the Travelers Protective Association national convention. The session opens amid multiple presidential hopefuls from various regions, each backed strongly by supporters and wives.
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Philadephia
PLA
Philadelphia
Lotter
Associiion
Direct Election of Senators Debate Stirs in Senate
In Washington a Senate debate over direct election of senators features McCumber opposing the amendment as corruptible, Borah defending the plan and stressing that the people must vote. Thirty two states have called for direct election, and Borah says denying the amendment would repudiate free government principles.
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Washington
McCumber
Senate Today
Borah
Senate
Wallowa Reserve Split Into Minam National Forest
Wallowa Oregon June 1 By redrawing the Wallowa national forest into two units 600000 acres Minam and about 1000000 acres Wallowa the changes shift acting supervision to Sherman A Brown and keep headquarters in Wallowa The dividing line follows Minam river Imnaha river and Snake river with no extra rangers.
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Wallowa
Ore
Wallowa National Forest
Minam National Forest
Sherman A. Brown
Department of Agriculture
New Forest
Minam
Imnaha River
Coverdale Station
Snake River
Minam Forest
Union
Baker
Wallows County
Dog shows kindness to coyote cubs after killing mother
Moss, a rancher from Husum Wavel-A, shot a coyote that had stolen his pigs. His missing shepherd dog returned with two-month-old coyote cubs. The dog nursed the cubs and led Moss to the den, prompting him to spare the cubs and relent on killing the pups.
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Husum
Wavel
Moss
Ille
Ornamental street lighting expands in progressive cities
Ornamental street lighting systems are being installed across many progressive cities, signaling modernization in public infrastructure and nighttime safety, with municipalities prioritizing decorative elegance alongside functional illumination.
New York Poll Shows Defeat Likely for Root Amendment
A June 12 World poll indicates the creel print and pulp paper restriction amendment would be defeated and the composite property bill advanced. The tally shows 3 against the amendment, 20 for the amendment, 20 noncommittal, and 18 present or absent. The World notes two noncommittals and predicts absentees will oppose the amendment.
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New York
Benite
Senate
Word
Whisky smell on train exposes prohibition pull
Assistant Secretary of State Tom Botkin recounted a Kansas City to Topeka train incident where a bottle of whisky leaked under a seat. He tied the event to Governor Stubbs and Attorney General Dawson's prohibition efforts, noting the odor caused passengers to search their grips.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kon
Tom Botkin Hay
Stubbs
Dawson
Kansina
Kansas City
Botkin
Dogma Leads to Jail Over Baptism Dispute in Centertown
E P Fair, a Centertown Arkansas resident described as a nonbanker, was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $500 for drawing a pistol on his brother-in-law James H Stroud during a quarrel over infant baptism. Fair, a Methodist who adheres to dogma, wanted baptism for a baby recently born at the Stroud home. Stroud, a dissenter, objected triggering the confrontation.
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Baptisti
Toft
Centertown
Ark
E. P. Fair
James H. Stroud
Stroud
Fair
Hottest Day of Year Reached Yesterday in Pendleton
Heat wave grips Pendleton as thermometer hits 100 degrees at the Weather Observer Averill reports. The day was the hottest so far this year, five degrees hotter than Saturday. By noon today readings showed 22 in the shade, with projections up to 111 before decline. The heat drives residents indoors and shifts thoughts to seaside and mountain escapes.
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Eaxtern
Pendleton
Averill
Small Investors to Secure Canal Bonds
Washington June 12 The small investors will probably secure nearly all of the 50 million Panama canal bonds bids for which are to be received up to Saturday afternoon Treasury department officials said today that over 100 sealed proposals have already been received The new securities are exempt from taxation and are expected to have a high investment value.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Havemeyer sugar trust admitted to eliminate competition
Edward Atkins acting president of the American Refining company testified before the House committee that the original Havemeyer combination in the sugar business aimed to crush competition, raise prices, and cut production costs. He said the trust formed a pool of stock held by trustees and issued certificates at inflated valuations.
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Washington
Havemeyer
Edward Atkins
American Refining Company
House
Atkins
Board of Trustees
Millers Gather in Kansas City for National Convention
Members of the Southwestern Millers federation gather in Kansas City to travel together to the National Federation of Millers convention at Niagara Falls this week. Delegates come from Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Texas to attend the event.
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Millers
Kansas City
Southwestern Millers Fatigue
Missouri
Gnsas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
National Federation of Millers
Niagara Falls
Undertakers Gather In Peoria For State Association Meet
Undertakers from across the state converge in Peoria for the annual association meeting. Officials announce a series of prizes to multiple local associations to boost interest and attendance.
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Peoria
Associaon
Governor Deenen Vetoes Church News Publication Bill
Springfield at midnight Governor Deenen vetoed a church bill that would prevent publishing criminal news. The measure was so sweeping that even reporting crimes like assassination of a present would have been illegal.
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Springfield
Deenen
Midnleht
Uncle Joe Won’t Enter Vaudeville at $2000 Weekly
Washington reports Uncle Joe Cannon declines vaudeville, rejecting the $2000 weekly rumor. He calls the act harmless and says others should confine themselves to harmless things, keeping public life calm and untroubled.
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Washington
Jove Cannon
Tin
Storm Claims Two In Pennsylvania Fatalities
Two people died in severe storms that hit the Wilkes Barre area with a lightning strike near Mineral Hill. A young boy named James Hansen was killed near Plains.
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Pennsylvania
Willkesbarre
Sweition
Andrey Glenah
James Hansen
Professional guide arrested for wife murder in Farmington
Farmington Me June 12 Following the discovery of the mutilated body of Mrs Etta Tylor in a shallow grave in her own yard her husband Marshall Tylor a professional guide was arrested today together with Edna Searles comely girl who has been his housekeeper since the woman's disappearance When shown the body Tyler showed no emotion.
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Farmington
Etta Tylor
Marshall Tylor
Edna Searles
Tyler
Pendleton to Host First Aeroplane Flight
Pendleton residents will witness an aeroplane flight for the first time as a Curtis Farnum biplane circles the city after a morning street parade on Tuesday June 27. The show, part of Kit Carson's Buffalo Ranch Wild West, contrasts with advertising, depicting an era when airships existed only in dreams. A meeting with Round-up authorities seeks park space for the exhibitions, and the company brings a special train of twenty double-length cars.
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Pendleton
Kit Carson
Curtis- Farnum
Alrahipe
J. M. Richards
Seymour's Police Crisis Rebukes Hit City Hall
Seymour's tension rises as San Francisco police captains clash with Chief White over governance. The meeting centers on charter provisions and the selection of a new police commissioner amid internal dissent and calls for accountability.
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Fan Tridiolees
White
San Francisco
Chiet Séymoiur
Seymour Euddeny
Imei
Thortty
Ehilef
Water Rights Adjudication Begins in Umatilla County
The state board of control in Water Division No 2 opens proceedings to adjudicate over 300 water claims in Umatilla County. Judge Cochran presides with United States Attorney John McCourt and Deputy Oliver Morton representing the government. Most cases likely settle out of court to prevent waste, though battles with irrigation firms may be intense, as attorneys challenge any reduction in claimed water rights.
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Board of Control
State Water Division No. 2
Court House
Umatilla County
Cochran
United States District
John McCourt
Oliver P. Morton
Bidditch
Furnish, Henrietta
WHI
Brean Crop Waptens Profits in Idaho
Tuliaetia Idaho June 12 Beans prove a paying branch of farming in the Potlatch section with the largest acreage in history. On the Big Potlatch ridge planting doubles previous records and on Fix ridge bean acreage rises markedly. Beans improve soil more than summer fallowing and help weed removal. Bean patches span 40 80 and 169 acres with remunerative prices likely. Corn and beans can be grown alongside wheat oats and barley, boosting land appeal.
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Tuliaetia
Idaho
Big Potlatch
Fix Ridge
American
Bear Ridge
Death sentences for three in Albany case
Three men convicted of murder are doomed to die at Ossining prison unless reprieved. Fred Genhart killed Anna Lauther near Bayshore in April 1909. Thomas Barnes murdered John P. Leonard in Brooklyn in February 1910. Joseph Nacea stabbed Antoinette Dadi with whom he lived in Niagara Falls in January 1910.
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Albany
Ossining
Fred Genhart
Anna Lauther
Bayshore
S. 1
Thomas Barnes
John P. Leonard
Brooklyn
Joseph Nacea
Antoinette Dadi
Niagara Falls
Pedestrian Lin O Leary Leads Heel and Toe Contest
Indianapolis June 2 Lin O Leary, famed pedestrian, competes in a heel and toe walking tournament opening today at the Coliseum under Indianapolis business interests. The main event is a 100 mile square heel and toe walk with a first prize of 540 dollars expected by O Leary.
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Indianapolis
Lin
O Leary
Business Ten of
Coliseum
O'Leary
Two men electrocuted in New York today
Ossining New York June 12 Frederik Gebbart who killed his wife Annie Luther and who married in Newark under the name Otto Mueller and Thomas Barnes who killed John Leonard were electrocuted today.
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Arie
New York
Ossining
N. J
Frederik Gebbart
Annie Luther
Newark
Otto Mueller
Thomas Barnes
John Leonard
Desperado Byrd Captured After Double Murder Spree
Spokane June 12. Bill Byrd the triple killer was captured at a farm house during breakfast after surrounding him at Midi Peak. He admitted killing C. H. Whipple and John Mansk and said he did not regret the killings though he regretted wounding Justice Meisner who died Saturday. The posse pursued Byrd as he fled to the hills.
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Spokane
Bill Byrd
Midi Peak
Byrd
G. H. Whipple
Dishman
Whipple
Mansk
Justice of the Peace
Melener
William Bartain
Jusce
Meisner
Gas boats tow barges on canal test at Bristol
Bristol Pa reports two tows of six empty canal barges moved by two new gas producing motor boats designed to replace mule towing. The boats use a cylindrical iron hopper filled with coal heated to generate gas, which is refined and sent into a burner. They expect to tow about five miles per hour versus two by mule power.
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Bristol
Easton
Iowa Postal Clerks Meeting Opens in Dubuque
The joint conference of Iowa state post office clerks and letter carriers begins in Dubuque after a postponement. Delegates plan to discuss difficulties in forming themselves into twinbor unions and the related organizational issues.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Iowna
Snow Flurries Mark Eastern Heat Wave Reversal
Bloomington June 12 Weather records for June were broken in a dramatic week as heat and cold alternated. An evening newsletter notes a joke about the hot spell giving way to cold rain and snow flurries, ending a string of record highs and lows.
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Bloomington
Als
Mitn
Felet
Four Girls Drowned in Wisconsin Picnic Tragedy
Four girls died and five others escaped as a squall capsized a small boat on Little Lake Butte des Mortes near Appleton Wisconsin. They were part of a picnic hosted by a dry goods store and witnesses watched from Stivebe's Island. Victims named Elizabeth Greenen Gertrude Kuschel Madge Brill Ruth Pollock. John and Christ Mullen helped rescue two girls.
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Appleton
Wis
Little Lake
Butte Des Mortis
Stivebe’s Island
Elizabeth Greenen
Kimberly
Gertrude Kuschel
Madge Brill
Buchanan
Ruth Pollock
Greenen
John and
Christ Mullen
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Mazatain
McUmber
Wallowa Reserve
Refining Company
Havenmeyer
Deenen Veenen
Uncle Joe
Seymour
Dan O'Leary
Dill Byrd
POSSE
Mica Peak
C. H. Whipple
John Manski
Dishammm
Wisconsin
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