Huerta Evacuates Mexico Amid Battles Over Seaport
Troops escort Huerta toward Jamaica as revolver bands threaten the coast. At Acapulco fierce fighting between constitutionalists federals and Zapatistas endangers foreign interests. Guaymas evacuation completes and a provisional government stabilizes the port. Silliman urges Carranza for peaceful transfer and amnesty while mediators push for recognition depending on amnesty terms.
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Puerto Mexico
Huerta
Tierra Blanca
Vera Cruz
Sol
Senora Blan
Blanquet
Bristol
Jamaica
Havana
California
la Paz
San Diego
Acapulco
Howard
Cleveland
Guaymas
Obregon
Marder
United States
Raleigh
Siliman
Carranza
Washington, D.C
Carbajal
Mexico City
Jobs R. Silliman
Wilson
Mexico
Jose Castellot
Bryan
New Head Foreign Trade Council Chairman Named
James A. Farrell of United States Steel was elected chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council, a group of 30 prominent businessmen chosen by delegates at the Washington convention in May. The organization aims to boost prosperity through expanding foreign trade and to study overseas commerce for practical policies benefiting American business in world markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
National Foreign Trade Council
Washington
Troop Movements Reported Toward Mexico City
The official statement sought to reassure on northern stay while plans to move forces from Chihuahua toward Mexico City were expected in the coming days. The dispatch notes a strategic shift with troops redeploying to central action and hints at broader regional implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Breach of promise verdict set aside in Illinois case
Chicago July 17 Judge Honore set aside the 20000 awarded to Miss Georgia Jey in a breach of promise suit against Homer Rhodeheaver a choirster for Billy Sunday The judge called the decision out of proportion to the parties financial situation and reversed the verdict
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Chicago
Ill
Honore
Georgia Jey
Homer Rhodeheaver
Billy Sunday
Bank Clerk Admits $15000 Shortage At Danville Bank
Danville Illinois July 17 President Charles L English of the First National Bank says a $15000 shortage found in bank funds was caused by Teller Harry K Shutts. English notes the loss occurred over three years and that Shutts’ family has made good the amount. He adds the bank will not seek prosecution. The affair follows the death of Shutts’ young son in a sand bank cave in Morocco Indiana. The piece also reports Wisconsin workers to receive about a million dollars in compensation in 1914 per state industrial commission chair Crownhart.
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Danville
Charles L. English
First National Bank
Harry K. Shutts
Shutts
English
Morocco
Ind
Schutts
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
Crownhart
State, Industrial Commission
Woman slashes Carlyle portrait in National Gallery
London July 17. Anne Hunt a suffragist slashed the Millais portrait of Thomas Carlyle hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. She was arrested after a struggle. The canvas shows a slit from Carlyle’s head to the chin.
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London
England
Anne Hunt
Thomas Carlyle
Millais
National Portrait Gallery
Carlyle
Eight Years for Misuse of Mails
Nine men convicted of using the mails to defraud the government in connection with the Barr and Widen Mercantile agency were sentenced. Abram Pree man and Frederick Wendler received eight years and $4,000 fines. five others drew three to four years with $2,500 to $5,000 fines. two got nine months.
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Chicago
Barr & Widen Mercantile Agency
Abram Preeman
Frederick Wendler
Mediation Offer Refused by Men in Western Rail Strike
Engineers and firemen of 95 western railroads reject federal arbitration in wage dispute. Letter from W. S. Stone and W. S. Carter to A. W. Trenholm cites Newlands Act arbitration refusal. Strike appears likely within two days, affecting 148,000 miles of lines west of Lake Michigan and most of Illinois Central. About 55,000 engineers and firemen and over 100,000 hostlers and oilers implicated.
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Chicago
Til
Western
Committee of
W. S. Carter
W. 8. Stone
Brotherhoods
A. W. Trenholm
Conference Committee of Managers
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
United States Board of Mediation
W. S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Washington
Federal Board
Brotherhoods of Engineers
Lake Michigan
Illinois Central
Fort William
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific
Plan merit law hearing probes ruling on Fort Massac custodian
Members of the Civil Service Board will hear arguments Tuesday to determine if Secretary of State Harry Woods acted with due regard to civil service law in discharging W. D. Thompson from his post as custodian of Fort Massac State Park at Metropolis. The Springfield notice dated July 17 announces the review by the state service commission.
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Civil Service Board
Wood
Springfield
Harry Woods
Civil Service
W. D. Thompson
Fort Massac State Park
Metropolia
IF Service Commission
Delain Taken For Shooting Of His Cousin Suitor For Her Hand
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 17 George Delain arrested in a hotel in connection with the killing of Mrs John Allen near Hopkinson He allegedly confessed The couple was returning from Hopkinson after buying furniture when a man stopped them and fired five shots Mrs Allen died after being moved to a farmhouse She reportedly recognized the voice as Delains before losing consciousness
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
George Delain
John Allen
Hopkinson
Allen
Eva
Negro Is Guilty Leepson Murder In Illinois Fields
Isaac Bond, a Black man, was found guilty of fatally murdering Miss Ida Leegson, an art student and sculptress, who was slain last October in a remote field near Argo after responding to an advertisement for a purse. The jury sentenced Bond to life imprisonment.
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Chicago
Ill
Isaac Bond
Ida Leegson
Argo
Six Die and Nineteen Hurt as Train Crash Rocks Norfolk
Norfolk fire and ambulance crews reported six dead and nineteen injured after an electric excursion train struck a Virginia railway freight train at a grade crossing in Norfolk early today. All victims were residents of Norfolk including four women and two men. The collision occurred at the crossing, authorities said, and emergency response teams rushed to the scene.
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Norfolk
Virginia Railway
Towns Lost, Then Recovered in Haiti Rebel actions
Cape Halden Haiti July 17 General Duque with government troops recaptured Perea Due Midi and Milot from rebels and linked with the president’s column after clashing at Limonade. Fort Devonville seized, march on Quanam planned. Port au Prince saw panic and street shooting but government forces quickly restored order.
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Cape Halden
Haiti
Duque
Perea Due Midi
Milot
Limonade
Fort Devonville
Quanam
Port Au Prince
Weather summary for fair night and Saturday
Fair tonight and Saturday with a cooler air mass. Reported temperatures show 68 F at 7 am, 93 F high yesterday, 65 F low last night, and 0.28 inch precipitation. Wind at 7 am 7 mph. humidity 71 percent at 7 am and 80 percent at 7 pm. Relative water stage 10.4, down 1 inch in 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Venus, Mars as evening stars and Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury as morning stars with a bright second magnitude star near the east horizon at about 8:30 p.m. near the constellation Pegasus.
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J. M. Sherier
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Constellation
Pecusus
Bryan Supports Woman Suffrage in Nebraska Vote
Washington, July 17 William Jennings Bryan, secretary of State, declares support for a constitutional amendment extending suffrage to women. He argues the mother’s voice is vital in shaping the environment for children and that politics will not suffer from women's entry. The Nebraska vote next November will decide equal terms for women and men.
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Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Wilson Disobeys Doctor's Orders During Illness
In Washington on July 17 President Wilson left his room to attend to affairs in the executive offices despite orders from his physician. He said staying in bed wore on his nerves and he signed several papers without planning to receive visitors.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Reynolds Heads Chicago's Board
George M. Reynolds of Chicago was elected director of the Chicago district reserve board in class A group 1 by banks. Reynolds has about 90 percent of votes. races continue for groups 2 and 3 and class B. Other leaders include J. B. Forgan and E. L. Johnson in group 2, Fletcher ahead in class A, and Clarke or Joy contesting group 1 class B. Nineteen of 72 directors chosen so far. Richmond district fully elected. Fort Smith reports fighting in Mammoth Coal Vein mine. one tipple burned, dynamite used, wires down. strike ongoing.
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Washington, D. C
George M. Reynolds
Chicago
Chicago District Reserve Board
Reynolds
Treasury Department
J. B. Forgan
E. L. Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa
Mr. Forgan
Johnson
Stoughton A. Fletcher
Indianapolis
R. D. Clarke
Peoria Distiller
Henry B. Joy
Detroit
M. B. Hutchinson
Ottumwa
Robert Bracken
Frankfort
Ind
William Butterworth
Moline
Ill
Hutchinson
August
Fort Smith
Ark
Mammoth Coal Vein Company
Prairie Creek
Stockholders seek receiver for New Haven fund recovery
Minority stockholders in Boston file suit in the supreme court to appoint a receiver or official to prosecute claims totaling 306 million dollars against New Haven railroad defendant directors and their estates. The action aims to recover funds allegedly spent improperly to build up the system.
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Boston
Mass
New Haven Railroad
Supreme Court
New Haven
High School Men to Judge Levee Death Case
Six Chicago high school principals will sit on the coroner's jury investigating the death of Stanley Birns, a plain clothes detective killed during a clash in the levee district. Detected injuries included John Sloop shot in the thigh and Amert and Merrill wounded. Officers say a gang of levee characters fired during a raid by two detective squads.
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Chicago
Ill
Hoffman
Schubert
Carey
Twenty-second Street
Amert
Funkhouser
Levee
Birns
Sloop
Ryan
Not Guilty Plea by Mrs Carman in Manslaughter Charge
Mineola July 17 Mrs Florence Carman arraigned in the supreme court on an indictment charging manslaughter in the first degree for the death of Mrs Louise Bailey. She pleaded not guilty. Bail set at 20000 dollars.
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Mineola
L. L
Florence Carman
Supreme Court
Louise Bailey
Woman asks U S to guard cemetery fund
A Marshall county Illinois woman urges Postmaster General Burleson to use the postal savings system to create a permanent fund for cemetery upkeep. She warns trustees may be untrustworthy and seeks a safe depository for future maintenance, noting the postal savings plan could improve resting places. A disappointing reply followed.
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Illinois
Burleson
Washington
Marshall County
Linois
Sam
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