Rebels Split as Huerta Heads for Flight in Mexico
Washington reports Car ranza dismisses General Angeles amid tensions with Villa. Villa sends word that differences are easing, while Huerta reportedly plans to flee to a foreign country with an estimated 3,000,000 in Paris bank funds. Mutiny near Vera Cruz confirmed as Villa heads toward Saltillo. Emperor William sails from Kiel on a Norwegian coast cruise.
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Washington
D. C
Carranza
Felipe Angeles
Villa
Charles Douglas
Angeles
Torreon
Biocet
Juan Urquidi
Constitutionalist Agency
Mexico
State Department
Huerta
Mexico City
United States
Washington Administration
General Blanquet
Washington, D. C
Ton
Vera Cruz
Funstoo
Funston
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Davenport Moline Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions tonight. Temperatures show 7 am reading of 74, highest 95 yesterday, lowest 72 last night. Light winds around 2 mph. Humidity 53 at 7 pm and 66 at 7 am. Water stage 5.4 with a .2 rise in 24 hours. Astronomical events include Mercury Venus and Mars evening stars and Saturn Jupiter in the morning sky. Andromeda rises northeast ~9 pm Aquarius to the south east.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Andromeda
Aquarius
Welsh Lightweight Title Fight Heads to London Arena
Fred Welsh, English lightweight champion, is a 5 to 4 favorite to beat world lightweight holder Willie Ritchie tonight at Olympia London. The bout features Eugene Corrie as referee with Rev Boudler as MC and Rev Boucher at St Michael’s Anglican Islington, as the bishop of Stepney objects to Digby officiating.
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Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Battleground
London
Rock Island
Ritchie
Welsh
Eugene Corri
Eng
Fred Welsh
England
Olympia
John Boudler
Stepney
Edward Digby
Eugene Corrie
Boucher
St. Michael’s Angelican
Islington
Defense plan to dot British coasts with coastal towers
London July 7. The government will erect a complete ring of coastal towers around naval stations and other vulnerable points to defend against air attacks. Each tower will be armed with two quick firing guns of special design forming a continuous protective circle along the coasts.
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London
England
British Isles
Bank executive ends life after bank suspension
Jerome Howe, a prominent Bloomington resident, shot himself at Wenona after his private bank there suspended with liabilities of 200000 dollars on April 1. Howe had been a leading figure in the defunct institution's affairs.
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Wenona
Bloomington
Jerome Howe
Plumbers Enter Not Guilty Plea in Sherman Law Case
In Des Moines Iowa July 7 a not guilty plea was entered in federal court for all 36 officials and members of the National Association of Master Plumbers indicted for Sherman act violations. None of the defendants appeared in court.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Association of Master Plumbers
Threat Made by Woman to Slay Carman
Philadelphia reports an unidentified woman in a motor boat trip threatened to kill Dr. Carman after an outing on Long Island. Detectives pursue a possible female suspect as the case in Freeport deepens with the inquest and DA’s questions.
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Carman
Philadelphia
John Howe
David Kennedy
Freeport
Howe
Dr. Carman
Great South Bay
Long Island
Petras Denies Murder Claim as Defense Closes Case
In Geneva on July 7 Anthony Petras testified last for the defense in the Theresa Hollander murder case in Aurora. He denied asking Theresa to marry him and contradicted witnesses about his movements and the knife found near the victim. His testimony followed by the state’s rebuttal. Also noted, Major B H Ray in Chicago received orders to report to the Philippines in October after three years stationed there.
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Geneva
Anthony Petras
Theresa Hollander
Aurora
Petras
Theresa
Walter Hickman
St. Nicholas Cemetery
Sinclair upheld in rebuke case at New York court
The court of general sessions confirmed a sentence of three days in jail or a five dollar fine for Upton Sinclair on a disorderly conduct charge from April when he publicly rebuked John D Rockefeller over his Colorado strike. Judge Crain ruled free speech does not permit ridicule. Sinclair chose imprisonment and began a hunger strike, serving two days before his wife paid the rest.
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New York
Upton Sinclair
John D. Rockefeller
Colorado
Court of General Sessions
Crain
Sinclair
Aviator Georges Le Gagneux Dies In Loire River Crash
French aviator Georges Le Gagneux was killed after his aircraft broke during a double loop near Saumur. The machine plunged into the Loire, and rescue workers recovered the body twenty five minutes later. He had set multiple altitude records, including 20 295 feet at St Raphael last year.
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Georges le Gagneux
Saumur
France
Loire
le Gagneux
St. Raphael
Lipton's Removed From Army Canteen Contractor List
London July 7 Baron Lucas announcing in the house of Lords that Lipton's Limited has been removed from the list of army canteen contractors. The action follows a recent bribery scandal linked to army canteen contracts.
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London
Baron Lucas
House of Lords
Lipton's Limited
Flames sweep Dana Illinois destroy two blocks including opera house
A fire in Dana Illinois yesterday afternoon caused by a gasoline stove explosion at Weston's meat market destroyed two main business blocks. Eight businesses were burned along with the opera house and the Farmers' grain elevator. The blaze also cut the telephone exchange, hampering alarm calls to nearby towns with fire apparatus.
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Opera House
Dana
Ill
Weston
Murder suspect found in Burlington farmhand disguise
Harold Schneider, wanted in Chicago for the murder of jeweler J. H. Logue in the McVicker's Theatre building on December 20, 1902, was arrested near Burlington, Iowa, while posing as a farm hand and working. his wife was with him.
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Harold Schneider
Chicago
Burlington
Iowa
J. H. Logue
McVicker’s Theatre
Igs
Bie
Servia Border Ready for Clash
Paris dispatch says Austro Hungarian action escalates with 40 carloads of artillery from Budapest and feverish activity along the Servian northern frontier as tensions rise.
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Servia
Budapest
Paris
France
Temps
Belgrade
Austria-Hungary
Indian Freed After 34 Years pardon by President Wilson
Spopee, a Blackfoot Indian, convicted 34 years ago at Fort Benton for murder and sentenced to death, has been pardoned by President Wilson. He will be released from the federal hospital to return to his Montana daughter. Interpreters identify him as a legendary tribal figure. officials cite self defense.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Spopee
Fort Benton
Mont
Federal
Montana
Washington
Indian Office
Fort Leavenworth
Federal Hospital
Pay of Teachers Is Held Too Low
St Paul Minn July 7 In an address before the National Education association today President Dabney of the University of Cincinnati urged higher salaries for professors calling them finders of new knowledge and makers of men He noted typical salaries of lawyers and physicians far exceed professors and argued the public neglects teachers as mere bookworms in a society consumed by money politics and entertainment
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St. Paul
Minn
National Education Association
Dabney
University of Cincinnati
Insurance men fight Potts in Illinois license case
In Springfield New Jersey July 7 injunctions were filed in federal court to stop Rufus M Potts state superintendent of insurance from revoking licenses of 47 fire insurance companies doing business in Illinois. Hartford Fire Insurance and 46 others allege Potts threats to act July 10 to force agencies to cease operations.
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Springfield
Rufus M. Potts
Illinois
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Potts
State Insurance Department
Lorimer Bank Showing Hope for Depositors
Chicago July 7 Receiver Niblack of La Salle Street Trust & Savings bank said notes are collecting and he expects to pay depositors at least 30 percent by October. He noted unexpected goodness in bank paper and a grand jury was ordered to investigate the collapse.
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Chicago
Niblack
la Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Chie Justice
Brentanto
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Rates on pig iron deemed unreasonable by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that current pig iron rates from the Birmingham district to Louisville St Louis Chicago and Boatey on rail and water were not reasonable.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Birmingham
Louisville
St. Loui
Chicago
Boatey
Williams Seeks Post Relief Over Albania Comments
Secretary of State Bryan announced the resignation of George Fred Williams as minister to Greece and Montenegro. Williams says he cannot comment on Albania from his post and does not want to embarrass President Wilson. Wilson is expected to accept the resignation. Williams had pressed for Albania powers and faced backlash from European powers. Williams, a former congressman from Massachusetts, is a Bryan ally.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
George Fred Williams
Greece
Montenegro
State Department
Wilson
Williams
Albania
Kingdom
Washington
Balkan
United States
Balkans
Athens
Congress
Massachusetts
Warburg Exits Race for Federal Reserve Board
Paul M Warburg of New York formally asked the president to withdraw his nomination to the federal reserve board Wilson will act today Warburg was invited to testify before the Senate committee next Thursday about Wall Street connections but was unwilling to undergo a smiling examination by the tes
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Washington, D. C
Paul M., Warburg
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Wilson
Warburg
Senate
Wall Street
Tes
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Kid’) Lavigne
Frank Erne
Joe Gans
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgast
Gotham Court
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Dana, Ill
Lorimer Bank
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