United States Proposes Peace Plan on Mexico Mediation
United States and Mexico discuss mediation at Niagara Falls with Secretary Bryan signaling no indemnity demand. The plan aims to transfer executive power to a provisional government in Mexico City and grants constitutionalists broad participation while rejecting a general armistice.
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Washington
D. C
Bryan
Wilson
Niagara Falls
United States
Redfield
Galveston
Carranza
Tampico
New York
Oot
Mexico
Huerta
Wwson
Vera Cruz
Fae
Mexico City
Congress
Ita
Constitutionalista
United Sates
Bist
Carranzi
Rafael Tharan
Zubaran
Guadeloupe
Weather outlook for Rock Island area till tomorrow
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday with local thunder showers possible and cooler temperatures. 7 am temperature 79, yesterday's high 94, last night's low 76. Wind 10 mph, no precipitation, humidity 46 at 7 pm and 63 at 7 am, water stage 6.5 with a 0.8 drop in 24 hours. Astronomical notes list evening stars Mercury Venus Saturn Mars and Jupiter as morning star, Capella near the northwest horizon around 9 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Capella
Constellation
Auriga
Dr Craig Fails To Show At City Council
Dr G G Craig city health commissioner did not appear as instructed to explain illegal health department bills paid by the council. Commissioner Rudgren prepared a resolution to require Craig to attend next week and name all other funds paid illegally while Hart assured Craig’s presence. The censured doctor had alleged prior improper charges and the matter was not read.
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G. G. Craig
Health Department
Martin Rudgren
Dr. Craig
Archie Hart
Craig
President orders four hour Saturday work for federal staff
Washington D C June 9 The President signed a rider directing that all federal employees work only four hours on Saturdays from June 15 to September 15 of the current year The directive applies to staff wherever stationed and marks a summer labor adjustment across federal agencies.
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Washington, D. C
Divorce Granted to Singer Mrs Schumann Heink in Chicago
Chicago June 9 Mrs Schumann Heink the famed contralto was granted a divorce from William Rapp Jr after a jury verdict supported by Judge Sullivan who found no evidence of unchastity. The trial touched on letters of devotion attributed to Rapp and defense sought to cast private life in a negative light.
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Chicago
Schumann Heink
Willam Rapp, Jr
Catherine Dean
New York
Rapp
Sullivan
Singer
George Baldwin
McNamara
Baldwin
Has His Former Tenant Nabbed
Ed Herbert accuses Gustaf Karned, former tenant, of malicious mischief at 2504 Fifth avenue. Karned denies the charge and plans witnesses. Bond set at 500 dollars. case scheduled for Saturday morning in Po- Hee Magistrate Smith’s court.
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Po- Hee
Smith
Ed Herbert
Gustaf Karned
Karned
Mr. Herbert
Fifth Avenue
Kinney
Herbert
Insurgents to Depart Saturday for Modern Woodmen Meet
Seventy five insurgents from Rock Island county will leave in a special car early Saturday bound for Toledo Ohio to attend the head camp meeting of the Modern Woodmen of America opening June 16. They will pass Monmouth where another delegation will join. Banners on the car read We are from Illinois Help us clean up and badges will bear the same wording with a broom image. Independence camp drill team and head officers travel with regulars of the city on special cars to the Obie metropolis.
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Rock Island County
Toledo
Ohio
Woodmen of America
Monmouth
Ilinois
Independence Camp
Obie
Tarrytown Not Oil Man's Town Free Speech Clash
At a Tarrytown meeting on June 9 free speech advocates led by Upton Sinclair and Theodore Schroeder argued for rights while trustees and President Pierson opposed public street speaking. Pierson denied Rockefeller ownership of village property and trustees explained they cannot grant street speaking permits. Schroeder said he could use a hall or empty lot with owner permission to express free speech.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Upton Sinclair
Theodore Schroeder
Ad Age
Pierson
Sinclair
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Schroeder
Roe
Iron Workers Appeal Cleared by McReynolds Favoring Denial
Washington June 9 Attorney General McReynolds presented his clemency recommendation to the cabinet in the dynamite conspiracy case involving former President Ryan of the Structural Iron Workers and 29 others. No official statement was issued but sources indicate the recommendations are unfavorable to the appeal. He argued the men received a thorough trial.
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Washington, D. C
McReynolds
Ryan
Structural Iron Workers
Ashes to Rest in Samoa for Mrs Stevenson
Ashes of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson will rest beside her husband in Samoa atop Mount Vaca. Daughter Mrs Isabel Strong announced the plan. A final stanza from Stevenson's poem will be placed at the tomb. No access to the tomb. Roosevelt guests with King Alfonso at Madrid summer home. Sioux City obituary notes death of Mia J L Kennedy, Iowa club woman.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Los Angeles
Mount Vaca
Samoa
Isabel Strong
Stevenson
Roosevelt
Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Sioux City
J. L. Kennedy
Iowa Club
Rome Strikers Secure Partial Victory In Civil Strife
Rome reports partial success for yesterday’s general strike protesting government repression of workers demos at Ancona where deaths occurred. In the capital crowds clashed with police, with stone throwing and window breaking. cavalry dispersed the mobs. Florence saw a striker killed and two wounded, and two policemen injured.
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Rome
Italy
Ancona
Florence
Council votes to reinstate football at Augustana
In Sycamore Ir on June 9 the synodical council voted 10 to 9 to recommend reinstating football, deferring pension proposals for seminary professors. The plan leaves reinstatement to the Augustana board of directors and is expected to pass the Augustana synod.
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Argus
Sycamore
Synodical Council
Augustana Synod
Julius Lincoln
Jamestown
N. Y
E. P. Olson
Kansas
Augustana
Augustana Board of Directors
Parole Officer Lynn Mathews Visits Rock Island
Parole Officer Lynn Mathews of Galesburg visited Rock Island today. He visits the city monthly to check on paroled convicts from Joliet, investigating whether they are employed and contacting police for details. He seeks reasons for unemployment and issues reprimands only rarely. Germany imports American cedar for pencil manufacture.
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Lynn Mathews
Galesburg
Joliet
Rock Island
Mathews
Eastern miners return to work after wage scale settlement
In the Pittsburg district about 40 000 miners resume work as the new wage scale takes effect. Machine men receive 69 cents and pick miners one dollar per ton, with electric safety lamps supplied by companies at a cost of 250 000 dollars. Bridget Kenny of the Congenial Industrial union rejects outside financial aid and rejects AFL domination.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Bridget Kenny
Congenial Industrial Union
Westinghouse Company
American Federation of Labor
Ore and water sources located by wireless signals
Goettingen reports the Society for Investigating the Internal Structure of the Earth says it has located subterranean springs and ore deposits by wireless telegraphy. Professor Deimbach previously used wireless messages for underground communication between Hartz mountain mines, sending signals about 1,500 feet below the surface.
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Goettingen
Germany
Society For
Professor Deimbach
Hartz Mountain
Banker Gets Six Years For Misappropriation
Orson Adams former president of the Mesa County National Bank of Grand Junction Colorado pleaded guilty to 50 counts of a grand jury indictment charging misappropriation of the bank funds in federal court. Judge Robert E Lewis sentenced him to six years in the federal penitentiary on each count to run concurrently. The district attorney said Adams gained no personal profit. The bank closed November 28 1913.
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National Bank
Colorado
Denver
Orson Adams
Mesa County National Bank
Grand Junction
Colo
Robert E. Lewis
Federal Penitentiary
Adams
Salvation Army Delegates Arrive and March to Embassy
London June 9 700 American Salvation Army delegates led by Eva Booth march to the American embassy greeted by Ambassador Page. Their bands played The Star Spangled Banner as they approached the embassy. The congress opens tomorrow.
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London
England
Congress of the Salvation Army
Eva Booth
Ambassador Page
Suffrage Voice at Clubs Meet Hints Endorsement
Chicago June 9 supporters of the equal suffrage element in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs claim a victory in a secret council session. The move would allow suffrage organizations representation on equal terms with non political clubs at the upcoming biennial convention.
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Chicago
Ill
General Federation of Women’s ‘Club
General Council of the Federation
Art Institute
General Federation
Paris
Grace Wilbur Trout
Ilinois Equal Suffrage Association
The
Mrs. Trout
Iowa bank shuts doors in Glidden amid run threat
Farmers Bank of Glidden a private institution with 50000 capital and 115000 deposits closed its doors for liquidation yesterday. President David Everts warned the loss will be heavy while cashier Joseph Poder denied ties to the run and said no faults existed. Competent authorities forced the bank to payment.
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Glidden
Iowa
Farmers’ Bank of
David Everts
Joseph Poder
Competit
Eight Storms Do Damage In South Dakota
A series of eight tornadoes struck about ten miles north and northwest of Wessington, wrecking farm buildings. Details are scarce. Storms near Sheffield and southeast Huron caused further damage. The town of Huron reports heavy rains flooding streets, with nine inches recorded.
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South Dakota
Huron
S. D
Wessington
Sheffield
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