Siege Fails as Carranza Troops Hold Mexico City
Repeated attempts by General Pablo Gonzales and Zapata forces to capture Mexico City have failed. Government archives and treasury funds moved to Cuernavaca as provisional president Lago Zarco and others seek safety. Outposts hold at Barrientos and Xochimilco. 400 prisoners liberated briefly, then recaptured. Banks shuttered, stores looted, mobs urge support for convention troops. Euphemio Zapata arrives with 12,000 reinforcements though poorly armed. Diplomatic corps seek protection guarantees. food is scarce with milk at a dollar a quart and meat prices prohibitive. Hunger may push mobs to violence.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Pablo Gonzales
Zapata
Gonzales Garcia
Carranza
Cuernavaca
Francisco Lagoz
Chazaro
National Palace
Tacuba
Euphemio Zapata
Ger
Emiliano Zapata
Cuatla
International Relief Committee
Food distress in interior Mexico signals deep hunger
Report from Puebla dated June 30 describes widespread deprivation across interior regions outside Mexico City. Villages and some towns lack supplies, thousands endure famine rations, and bandit impacts push Indigenous tribes toward settled areas. Poor women and children face starvation with many families subsisting on a pound of corn or beans every three days.
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Puebla
Mexico
New Orleans
Mexico City
Italian consuls begin leaving Turkey in July
Constantinople reports Italian consuls are leaving Turkey with the Italian ambassador expected to depart soon. Morgen thau will oversee Italian interests in Turkey, except in Palestine. Spain has been asked to protect Italian monasteries and churches in Palestine, as the Spanish ambassador is Catholic.
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Constantinople
Berlin
Turkey
Morgenthau
Palestinne
Spain
Palestine
Thaw Case Looms as Nesbit May Face Contempt Charge
New York July 6 Evelyn Nesbit could be arrested for contempt if she does not appear in court this afternoon for the sanity trial of her husband, Harry K. Thaw. The pending appearance would address her potential testimony in the high profile case.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Warfronts and Rumors Shake Europe Amid Shifting Fronts
The latest dispatches report limited Austrian gains northeast of Krasnik and along the Vieprz near Tarnogora while Russian resistance stiffens along their northeast line. British reports cheer the eastern situation amid German gas shell bombardments on the western front. Rumors of a new German offensive in the west persist as Allied forces face difficult trench warfare at the Dardanelles.
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London
Vistula
Krasnik
Vieprz
Tarnogora
Flanders
Trenc ‘Hes
Ypres
French
Ruimors
Calais
Zurich
Brussels
Paris
Amsterdam
Ater Dali
Mason
Dardanelles
Liberty Bell Arrives in Rain Amid Patriotism Chicago
In Chicago, a patriotic crowd braved heavy rain to witness the Liberty Bell. Scheduled for 5:80 but arriving near seven, thousands of school children lined blocks for hours. Illinois National Guard fired a lakefront salute signaling the bell’s arrival and drawing more crowds downtown.
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Chicago
Liberty Bell
Tlinois National Guard
Federal plan to finance workers taking up farmland
An interdepartmental committee led by the Interior and Labor Secretaries is drafting a rural credits program to enable workers from congested cities to acquire government or public lands via easy loan terms. The plan would expand the federal employment bureau and require amendments to reclamation and land laws to facilitate government backed farming on reclamation projects and public lands.
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Washington
Lane
Wilson
Congress
General Land Office
Reclamation Service
Department of Labor
Federal Employment Bureau
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
Inter-department
Resumption of Chicago strike relief lifts mood
In Chicago on July 6, 4500 structural iron workers returned to work after a six week strike. City bridges and skyscraper skeletons echoed with sledge blows as employers grew hopeful and talks with carpenters continued. An employers committee planned a meeting this afternoon to set a date for talks with the carpenters.
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Carpenters’ Committee
Chicago
City
Employers’ ‘Committee
President Wilson pursues submarine notes with Germany
President Wilson reviews dispatches from Secretary Lansing and draft replies to Ambassador Gerard as informal talks with Berlin continue. He plans to stay informed from Washington and returns to the capital once Germany’s formal note arrives, hoping for a solution to the submarine dispute.
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Cornish
Wilson
Lansing
Gerard
Berlin
Germany
United States
Washington
German draft on submarine crackdown sent to U S
Germany informally submitted a tentative draft of its reply to the June 9 note on American rights on the high seas. Washington officials doubt approval in present form without concessions. Berlin signals possible changes if U S views remain firm. Bryan’s resignation cited as affecting public opinion.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Gerard
Berlin
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Lansing
Foreign Office
William
Messards
Bryan
Montenegrin Officials Arrested for Neutrality Violations
United States officials announced arrests in Chicago and Bisbee for three Montenegrin officials charged with conspiring to violate U S neutrality laws by enlisting recruits for Montenegro. Capt Anton V Seferovich and Sava Gjourashkovich were seized in New York and Bisbee after a train detainment of 23 Montenegrins and Serbians. Seferovich may be named consul general of Montenegro.
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Chicago
United States
Secret Service
Anton V. Seferovich
American Red Cross
Montenegrin Red Cross
New York
B. Martinovich
Sava Gjourashkovich
Montenegrin Foreign Office
Bisbee
Ariz
Jourvo Martanovitch
Department of Justice
Seferovich
Montenegro
Bryan Rejects Peace-At-Any-Price View in Luncheon Talk
William J. Bryan, former secretary of state, argues at a National Exposition luncheon that he favors universal peace but rejects peace at any price. He says wars could often be prevented, supports firmness for peace, and believes soldiers must be ready for war without desiring it. He recalls resigning from the cabinet to avoid being part of ongoing war rhetoric.
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San Francisco
William J. Bryan
National Exposition Commission
Bryan
Wilson
Pretty Wedding at Tioga
Tioga Wisconsin July 6 Special A pretty wedding ceremony was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents when Niseanna Lading was united in marriage with Julius Barth of Milwaukee Wisconsin The ceremony was conducted by Rev Tiagen and about thirty persons relatives of the nuptial party were present The happy couple left Monday for a trip through Kansas After their honeymoon they will make their home in Milwaukee
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Tioga
Niseanna Lading
Julius, Barth
Milwaukee
Wis
Peoria Stars Beat Bushnell In Tough Contest
Bushnell fell 5 to 3 to the Peoria Stars in a well contested game. Six double plays were turned, three by each side, in the July 6 matchup at Bushnell.
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Peoria Stars
Bushnell
Two Americans Reported Killed Near Lyford
Two Americans were killed today near Lyford in an incident attributed to Mexican raiders, with the attack reported from Brownsville Texas on July 6.
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Brownsville
Texas
Lyford
Bryan urges signed editorials at Panama-Pacific congress
William Jennings Bryan addressed the International Press congress at the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco. He urged newspapers to sign editorials, require disclosure of financial interests, praise one-man edited weeklies, oppose independent papers, and promote bi-partisan editorials to improve accuracy and fairness.
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San Francisco
William Jennings Bryan
International Press Congress
Bryan
Independent
Cornell professor Frank Holt leaps to death from jail window
Frank Holt, the Cornell professor who shot J P Morgan at his home last Saturday, died after leaping from a jail window to the concrete yard floor. A letter to relatives was found, and officials described Holt’s movements as investigators tied Holt to a Capitol bomb claim.
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Frank Holt
Morgan
Glen Cove
Holt
O’ryan
Guy Cleghorn
Lewis
J. Smith
Cleghorn
Smith
Funk
P.S
Jeremiah O’ryan
Frank, Holt
J. P. Morgan
Here
Capitol
Washington
Mineola
New York
Lewis Ott
New York Public Library
Albany
Harrisburg
Hendrick
Synset
Lony
George W. Carnes
Iron New York
Battle near Villa Garcia pits Villa and Carranza forces
Reports from Laredo say six hundred Carranza troops were killed in a dawn to afternoon battle near Villa Garcia between Paredon and Monterey. About ten thousand Villa and eight thousand Carranza troops fought with heavy casualties, including women camp followers near the lines. Carranza claimed higher Villa losses and strategic retreat to await reinforcements.
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Laredo
Texas
Villa
Carranza
Villa Garcia
Paredon
Monterey
Carranz
Neuvo Laredo
Carrania
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