Carranza massing troops to take Mexico City in days
Washington reports consular officers that Carranza is amassing a large force and expects to seize Mexico City within two to three days. Officials note efforts to protect noncombatants and property as diplomats, led by the Brazilian minister, prepare for potential evacuations. Conditions in Los Mochis and Tampico are described as quiet.
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Washington
Mexico City
State Department
Vera Cruz
Department
Mexico
Carranza
T ‘He
Los Mochis
Mayo
Tamison
Navy
Los Machis
U.S
Colorado
New Orleans
Topolobampo
Los’ Mochis
Johnson
United Sugar Company
Tampico
Treviano
Pablo Gonzalez
Angeles General Denies Huerta Ties in Washington Visit
General Felipe Angeles, ally of Gen oa Villa, arrived in Washington to deny ties to Huerta and seek officials' views on the Mexican question. He advocated peace, hoped to meet President Wilson, and said neither he nor Villa have a candidate for provisional presidency. He urged unity among factions toward a peaceful government and liberal principles.
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Washington
Felipe Angeles
Genoa Villa
Victoriano Huerta
Huerta
Sonora
Villa
Department * of Justice
Orozes
el Paso
Mexico
Angeles
Wilson
United States
General Villa
Carranza
Hugh Scott
United States Army
Enrique C. Llorente
War Department
Iter
Mexican gun attack on Mexico City suspended by rains
Reports from Vera Cruz say General Gonzalez halted the assault on Mexico City due to torrential rains. Arnold V. Shanklin, American consul general, and Red Cross official Charles J. O'Connor left Vera Cruz for Mexico by special Carranza train to assist authorities.
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Washington
Carranza Agency
Vera Cruz
Gonzalez
Mexico City
Arnold V. Shanklin
Charles J. O'Connor
Red Cross
Mexico
Carranza
European Disturbance Impacts Major Bond Sale
NEW YORK June 29 Unusual interest accompanied today's sale by the city of 710000000 of 4 1/2 percent bonds the largest in its history yet bids were muted by European disturbances. Analysts predicted bids around 103 for the 20 year issue and 102 for the serials yet few bids reached these targets as foreign tensions and the new British war loan dulling demand limited local participation.
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New York
Financial
Europe
London
Longtime Adams County resident D A Curry dead at 90
Clayton Illinois June 29 Special D A Curry oldest resident of Clayton and one of Adams County’s best known citizens died at home this evening aged 90 after seventy eight years in the county. He was born in Louisville Kentucky May 8 1825 and came to Clayton township in 1837. Survived by brothers Richard Christ Mrs Sarah Bradley Mrs Richard Seaton and many descendants across three marriages and thirteen children.
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Clayton, Ill
D. A. Curry
Clayton
Adams ‘County
Louisville
Finois
Clayton Township
Richard
Camp. Point
Tip
Kirk&Sville
Christ
Sarah Bradley
Richard Seaton
Mary. A. Majors
Marie Wilson
C. E. Cain
Nellie Potter
Chicago
Curry
Lucy _J. Hoskins
Edgar JT
P.S
Beatrice
Neb
S.P) Andrews
Kansas City
L.M. Benton
Slaton Defends Georgia Clemency for Frank Case
Former Georgia governor John M. Slaton told reporters in New York that “the good people of Georgia” approved commuting Leo M. Frank’s sentence to life in prison. He blamed only the mob for disturbances and said time would reveal right from wrong. Slaton, with his wife, plans a Adirondacks visit then San Francisco and return to Atlanta by September.
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New York
John M. Slaton
Georgia
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Slaton
Adirondacks
San Francisco
Atlanta
Board of Military Supplies Formed
London reports a Petrograd dispatch noting the formation of a special board of military supplies to relieve Russia’s army. Presided by the minister of war, it includes the Duma president, imperial council members, and four industry representatives named by the emperor, with responsibility to the sovereign.
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London
A. M.j
Petrograd
Daily Telegraph
Duma
Imperial Council
Industry and Commerce
Forty-Ninth General Assembly winds up with a short session
Springfield June 29 Almost all bills passed by the Forty-ninth general assembly will be signed or allowed to become law without the governor's signature after a brief adjournment. Several measures remain in balance including the omnibus appropriation, normal schools funding, park consolidation, state censorship of moving pictures, and rules for the state utilities commission. House bills include pension fund provisions, civil service pension eligibility, mutual insurance incorporation, penalties for misleading advertising, appropriations for injuries and deaths in state service, and various tax, election, and regulatory reforms. The pending measures reflect a fast closing session with limited time and a likely veto list.
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Springfield
Forty -Ninth General Assembly
Normal Schools
State ‘Utilities Commission
Gardner
Young
Scanlan
Mulcahy
Tompkins
Lewis E. Taylor
Joliet Penitentiary
Schuberth
William Voris
I. and M. Canal
Sol
Merritt
Gormatt
Teachers Pension Fund
FL J. Ryan
Chicago
G.H. Wilson
Cook County
W. H. Brown
State Board of Optometry
Scholes
Hicks
Appropriations Committee
Ito
Devereux
Vickers
Agriculture Committee
Boards of Education
Wrong ideals blamed for vice in women by mothers
Chicago June 29 Dr Albert A Ogle of Indianapolis told the bureau of sanitary science at the American State of Momoeopathy convention that mothers influence young women more than commercialized immorality. He urged recasting causes of immorality and warned attitudes toward motherhood endanger marriages from the first year. Mothers across social classes openly discuss domestic duties and prefer matches improving finances and status, with daughters expected to avoid motherhood.
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Chicago
Albert A. Ogle
Indianapolis
Bureau. of Sanitary
Science
Dr. Ogle
Official on Prison Visit
Attorney General Gregory returned to Washington after visiting Atlanta's prison. He inspected facilities from roof to cells, spoke to inmates, and observed recreation, work, meals, and rest. He proposed channeling some inmate labor to support families without releasing prisoner products to the open market.
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Washington
Gregory
Atlanta
Recruiting for the British Navy in London
In London, Parliament debated naval needs after the House of Commons voted to add 50,000 men to the navy. Financial secretary Thomas J. McNamara stated that the Admiralty already has enough men for today, but the measure seeks to plan well ahead as demand to join the navy has exceeded current estimates.
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London
German Drive Against Russians Worsens War Front
London report June 29 says Russian forces retreat north of Lem bert to cross the Gniła Lip a river as Austro German units push along a 250 mile front from Arras to the Vosges. Von Linsingen’s army girds toward Lemberg Tarnopol and Odessa corridor while western fronts show limited gains and warnings of a wider German offense if Warsaw falls. The British press fears Russia’s defeat hinges on railway control and a counter blow is hoped but uncertain. French attacks near Arras continue with little strategic change.
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London
Lemberg
Gni Ja Lipa
Galicia
Arras
Vosges
Berlin
Teuton
Sele
Gaile Spa
The
Dniester
Halicz
von Linsengen
Stanislau
Odessa
Tarnopol
Germany
Warsaw
Russia
French cabinet members address Senate on defense bill
Premier Viviani and eight cabinet members spoke to the chamber on the July third quarter appropriations bill worth 1 120 000 000 francs for government expenses. Millerand defended national defense amid praise for war effort and medical services. the Senate passed the appropriation unanimously.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Viviani
Migaibart
Sabinet
M. Vivinani
Senate
Alexandre Millerand
France
Poincare Visits Front Lines and Honors Regiments
Paris reports President Poincare spent Sunday and Monday with officers and troops on the front. He observed batteries in action and inspected field hospitals behind the lines. He pinned the military cross on six regiments cited for valiant conduct in the order of the day.
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Paris
Poincare
Bulgarian officers depart Geneva as students ordered home
Four Bulgarian army officers left Geneva for home yesterday after telegram recalls. All Bulgarian students in Switzerland of military age have been notified to prepare to leave immediately.
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Geneva
Paris
Switzerland
Race war threat erupts after lynching in Johnston City
In Duquoin Illinois on June 29 race tensions flare as a feud erupts between foreign and American miners near Johnston City Iowa following the lynching of Joe Franzo a foreigner. The incident targets Dr H M Henriksen an American physician and Jack Corso a foreigner with Henriksen ordered to leave and Corso’s home reportedly attacked by his countrymen.
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City
Corso
Farmer a Friend of Peace Bryan's Topic in Lincoln
In Lincoln Bryan spoke from a hotel balcony on "The Farmer, a Friend of Peace," praising farmers and lamenting eastern newspapers' influence. He thanked locals for their reception, urged virtue of rural life, and reflected on the sinking of the Lusitania amid war sentiments.
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Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
East
New York
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Galician
Chamber
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