Next Move in Peace Hinges on Carranza
Mediation efforts in Niagara Falls and Washington focus on Carranza as the next step toward pacifying Mexico. Rafael Zubarán, Carranza envoy, will relay mediator proposals. constitutionalists face new entry options, while Huerta signals withdrawal only if Mexico is politically pacified and a compliant successor government is in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Carranza
Mexico
Rafael Zubaran
Washington
Washington, D. C
Niagara
Zubaran
Weston Burwell
Tampico
State Department
Burwell
Tamaulipas
Huerta
United States of America
Hueron
Neithe
Weather roundup for Rock Island area
Unsettled tonight and Thursday with showers or thunderstorms, warmer tonight. 7 am temperature 69, high yesterday 80, low 66. Wind 13 mph, humidity 34 percent at 7 pm and 40 percent at 7 am. No precipitation. J M Sherier local forecaster. Astronomical events list evening stars Mercury Venus Saturn Mars and morning star Jupiter. Arcturus visible near 9:30 pm in Bootes in meridian. Maas bottled up near Saltillo by Constitutionalists General Gutierrez. federal forces under General Joachim Maas retreat toward Saltillo. News from Mexico City shows Huerta discontent and federal disarray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Arcturus
Constellation
Bootes
Maas
Durango
Texas
Saltillo
Vane Bas
Ines
Gutierrez
Joachim Maas
Mexico City
Huerta
Fakes Hero Act To Get Increase
Daniel V. Jauch confessed replacing four sticks of dynamite in the department of agriculture to gain heroism recognition and pay, held to grand jury. Five sticks of dynamite with burning fuses were found under Secretary Houston’s office causing panic. Jauch admitted placing them hoping to alarm and be hailed a savior. He claimed money needed to support his aged mother in Springfield Ohio and that he burned part of the fuse in his room. Three thousand clerks fled the building. several women fainted amid the scare. Jauch, a former army private, had recent nervous treatment at National Soldiers' Home Hospital. Assistant Secretary Galloway was nearby. Houston was in Missouri for a university commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Daniel V. Jauch
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Daniel Vinton Jauch
Jauch
Springfield
O. Jauch
Janeh
National Soldiers’ Home Hospital
B. T. Galloway
Missouri
University of Missouri
Embezzlement Charge Likely Saved Man From Death
Gus Pannila of Negaunse Mich was booked on the Empress of Ireland voyage and was initially reported dead but found in a county jail. The case was settled last night and he planned to take a later steamer for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee, Mich
Gus Pannila
Negaunse
Mich
Europe
Suffragists attack London jail officer and gallery vandalism
London reports two suffragists assault Dr Forward at Holloway jail as protest against forcible feeding. A stylish militant with a hatchet damaged two paintings in the Dore Gallery and injured attendant Bourlet. Belfast militants assault editors Stuart and Anderson at the Telegraph and News Letter offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Francis Forward
Holloway
Belfast
Dore
Bourlet
Bartolozazi
Man Buys Own Coffin and Dies in Santa Barbara
Joseph F. Kuehne of Jacksonville Illinois, a wealthy retired merchant, went to a local undertaking parlor in Santa Barbara on Monday. He selected a casket filled out his own death certificate and handed a railroad ticket to the undertaker to ship his remains to Illinois. He stated he was dying among strangers and did not want others to have to arrange things. He died during the night and his body was sent east yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Joseph F. Kuehne
Jacksonville
Illinois
Kuehne
Morgan Also Had J Elton s Goat
New Haven director James Elton testified before the commerce commission that acquiring the Westchester and trolley properties aimed to improve New York City terminal facilities and expand system transportation. He did not approve certain “extravagances” in subsidiaries purchases and said the board largely followed the executive committee led by Morgan Rockefeller and Brush, noting his timidity in opposing Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Washington, D. C
James Elton
New Haven Railroad
The
Commerce Commission
Westchester
New York City
Elton
Pierpont Morgan
William Rockefeller
Brush
Morgan
Navy scandal hits two officers on Mayflower voyage
In Washington and New York reports detail misconduct aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower. Edward C. Little resigns as past assistant paymaster after bringing two women aboard, and Lieut Archibald H. Douglas fails to act on a deck report. Both officers were popular in Washington society and enjoyed White House access as Secretary Daniels and President Wilson sought to limit publicity while upholding discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Navy
Wilson
Daniels
Edward c. Little
Archibald H. Douglas
Mr. Little
Lieut
Douglas
Little
Washington
Helen Taft
White House
New York Censors Tighten Rules On Crime Films
Motion picture censors in New York announced stricter limits on vice and crime films. They condemn scenes promoting prejudice or weakening religious feeling, discourage drunkenness and underworld content, and curb excessive love scenes. Gunning and frontier violence are to be downplayed with a focus on sincere social evil portrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orrin G. Cocks
National Board
Senate okays arbitration move on canal tolls vote
Washington June 3 By an eight to seven vote the senate foreign relations committee adopted the Sutherland resolution directing President Wilson to open negotiations with Great Britain for special arbitration of the Panama tolls dispute The measure moves to the full senate with opposition from certain Democrats and Republicans and support from others It aims to open negotiations regardless of the repeal bill status Also Thaw extradition case goes to the Supreme Court with expected urge for release pending review
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sutherland
Wilson
Great Britain
Panama
Senate
Stone
O'Gorman
Pomerone
Swanson
Smith
Arizona
Michigan
Borak
Hitchcock
Williams
Salisbury
Tudge
Root
McCumber
Burton
Harry K. Thaw
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Thaw
Cure All Fake Out of Business by Postal Fraud Order
Professor H Samuels Remedy Company of Wichita Kansas was shut down by a post office fraud order prohibiting mail use. The so called new and peculiar eye remedy sold by mail yielded no real medicine, just a salt and sugar solution, yet generated 9776 dollars from July to December last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Professor H. Samuels
Bright
Post Office Department
Lord Mersey Named To Empress Inquiry
Montreal officials welcome Lord Mersey to the royal commission to probe the Empress of Ireland disaster. He presided over the Titanic inquiry, and is expected to bring the same leadership to this case. Canadian Pacific figures show 1,024 dead from 1,476 aboard, with 452 saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Commission
Montreal
Lord Mersey
Mersey
Canadian Pacific Railroad and Steamship Company
Court halts big Federal raid on ball players
Judge Foell in Cook County restrains Chief Johnson from pitching for any clubs within Illinois, halting a feared mass switch to the outlaw league. Kansas City Federal club declines to field Johnson outside Illinois. Stovall vows to pitch Johnson in every town except Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Foell
Superior Court
Cook County
Johnson
Cincinnati Nationals
Kansas City
Illinois
Stovall
Federals
Posse Captures Auto Bandit Trio in Joliet Chase
Three Chicago men, said to have confessed to a spree of burglaries linked to a Chicago stole car, were captured after a harmless exchange of shots near Joliet. The men reportedly confessed to seven burglaries in Morris the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Iil
Chicago
Joliet
Morris
Dismissal of murder conspiracy charges in Winters case
In Newcastle Indiana on June 3 prosecutors dropped charges of conspiracy to commit murder against Dr W A Winters Mrs Myrd Winters and Ross Cooper. Judge Jackson released the Winters couple from bonds and no further investigation is planned beyond ongoing search fund actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Pr. W. A. Winters
Myrd Winters
Ross Cooper
William R. Myers
Jackson
Circuit Court
Henry County
Dr. Winters
Catherine Winters
Winters
Cooper
Abel
Lowraine
Indianapolis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Mexi
Agriculture Bureau
King
Felton
Detroit
Tuttle
Paul King
Grand Rapids
Pere Marquette Railway
Samuel Felton
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Slash
Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
Stuart
News Letter
Anderson
J. Elton
the World? Employment Agency
vtarveRne
NAVY
Hall Caine
Eng
Lily Han! Caine
George D. Day
Scott
Marietta
la Romana
Santo Domingo
Sebo
Kansas Remedy Company
Empress
Chief Johnson
POSSE
Auto Bandit
San Francisco
Cal
George Luchsinger
Humboldt Savings Bank
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!