Mexico City Is Cut Off Amid Foreigner Danger Zapatista Advance
Reports from Mexico City describe deteriorating telegraph service and a dangerous situation as Zapatista forces threaten the capital. Foreigners are urged to evacuate or stay indoors while U S authorities monitor troop movements and attempt to maintain neutrality. Military actions and shortages in the capital compound the crisis.
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Meade City
Zagat
Geezeles
Cepital
Metin City
Chesteuston
Wesies
Compton Refuses Legislative Expense Increase Letter Returns Warrant
Representative Compton of Macomb refuses a state expense boost citing his oath and the law. He notes receiving 2900 dollars salary plus 350 for stationery and ten cents per mile, and states compensation cannot be increased during his term. He returns the warrant and declines the appropriation as improper.
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Seoater W
Comptes
Macomb
Tert- Gretel Capemers” Fund
Betee Benater Compton
Senate
General Assembly
Bryan to Speak at Home Tonight
Neb June 29 William J Bryan and Mrs Bryan are greeted by friends on return They will be guests of the brother the mayor Bryce Mr Beyen to speak on The Farmer and the theme of peace tonight at an open air meeting He leaves tomorrow for San Praneleco where he will give two addresses A public reception has been arranged for this evening.
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William J. Bryan
Severe Battle Near Monterey Reported in Mexico War
Reports from Lateto Tessas describe a three day clash between Villa and Currants troops near Ville Garcia between Monterey and Parades. Estimates place forces from 5000 to 15000 with heavy casualties. Villa troops allegedly attacked to hinder Carrara campaign toward Torreon. An official claim of Villa advancing on Saltillo was denied by Monterey passengers. A Red Cross inquiry found limited Mexico relief shipments and a beans aid shipment via Eagle Pass Texas distributed to Mexico.
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Lateto
Tessas
Ville
Ville Garcia
Monterey
Paredes
Mosterer
Carrara
Torreon
Villa
Saltillo
Mezito
American Red Cross
Mexico
Eaghe+ Pace
Texas
The
Red Cross
Italy and Turkey On Point of War Announced
Announcement to the Italian press reports a rupture between Italy and Turkey with early Italian navy and army intervention with the allies in the Dardanelles. The note invites mock satisfaction though Rome has not issued an official plan. Races Bank Decision Delayed discusses Justice McCoy and fiscal moves affecting government bonds and a bank’s claimed pressure on officials.
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Italy
Terrey
Dardanelles
Rome
Rices Bank
Washington
Justice McCoy
District Supreme Court
Cattl
Riggs Neticeal Bank
McAdoo
Willems
Treasury
Gee
Teutons Drive Russians From Lemberg Front in Latest Advance
Berlin reports Austro German forces crossed the Gaila Lipa river and reached Russian territory north of Lemberg. Von Linsingen’s troops claim success along the front from Halicz to Firjelow, with Russian retreat across the San and Bug rivers as they pull back.
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Berlin
London
Star
Lemberg
von Linsingen
Gaila Lipa
Dniester
Halle
Halicz
Firjelow
Tomaszow
Poland
Tanee
San
Gnila
Arras
Sea
Austria
Trivet
Triest
Vienna
Gallpoli
Italian Socialists Reconsider War Policy After German Appeal
Milan reports that German socialists' peace appeal signals a shift in public opinion since the war’s early days. Italian intransigents are being approached to gauge willingness to push for government concessions. In Annapolis, a hazing probe opens at the Naval Academy as 290 plus new fourth-class entrants are reviewed.
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Milan
Italy
Paris
Note on Frye Unsatisfactory in German Reparation Request
Washington June 29 The American note to Germany asks for a prompt indemnity over the destruction of the William P Frye and its wheat cargo by the Pring Ettel Friedrich. The note, sent via Ambassador Gerard, urges reconsideration of Germanys refusal to settle the claim and states the United States will not accept Germanys right to destroy contraband laden ships.
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Washington, D. C
Rote
Germany
Wiliam P. Frye
Pring Ettel Friedrich
Gerard
Foreign Office
United States
Villa men hold two for ransom
A Nogales dispatch reports five Mexican soldiers of Alberto Garcia’s Villa Inguam group seized the Archiv ing camp south of Nogales and forced R. H. Sims of El Paso and Ralph A. Myer, a mining engineer, to pay 600 dollars to spare their lives. A plaza meeting followed led by Alberto Duarte, with July 9 set as the date for mass murder of foreigners in Governor Maytorena’s Sonoran territory.
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Jose Maytorena
Villa
Sonora
Archbishop Quigley Sinking in Ill Health in Chicago
Rochester reports Arch bishop James E. Quigley of Chicago is critically ill with apoplexy and sinking, unconscious since early today. He is at his brother Chief of Police Joseph M. Quigley’s home after arriving from Atlantic City. doctors warn of a poor outlook.
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Rochester
N. Y
James E. Quigley
Chicago
James E. Quisley
John R. Culkin
Quigley
Joseph M. Quigley
Atlantic City
Midshipman Nelson Investigated For Exam Irregularities
Witnesses testified at the Navy investigation in Annapolis on June 29 defending Midshipman R. M. Nelson an honor man from last year’s first class and one of seven defendants recommended for dismissal by Superintendent Fullam. All but one said they were asked to visit Nelson’s room when at risk of becoming unsatisfactory in their studies. Nelson is alleged to have coached backward students.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy Today
R. M. Nelson
Fullam
Nelson
Actors near death as house burns in powder explosion
In New York on June 29 a moving picture scene caused a fire and a premature powder explosion in a temporary structure. About 550 people were endangered. Miss May Kearny was in critical condition at Coney Island hospital, with Miss Catherine Fox and Mrs. Cochran Willard seriously burned. A wagon ran over electric wires, short circuiting the system and causing the blast.
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New York
May Kearny
Coney Island Hospital
Catherine Fox
Cochran Willard
Be g Speedy Repeal New Seamen's Law Beg Speedy Repeal
The Maritime association of the port of New York with eight hundred steam line representatives urged President Wilson to convene a special session of Congress to repeal the seamen's law. They argue enforcement would ruin shipping, and drastic provisions defeat its aims. They warn lines may withdraw if not repealed and sent copies to Atlantic commercial groups.
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New York
Maritime Association of
Port of
Wilson
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Canadian Pacific Shows Big Losses on Exchange
Canadian Pacific led today's stock exchange dealings with a fall to 143, a drop of three points, its lowest price since 1908. Investors doubt dividend maintenance as reports of persistent road weakness and a May net loss of 520000 wash over eleven months.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
Stock Exchange
Prize Court Sells Seaconnet Cargo
Washington June 29 The prize court by British authorities sells parts of the cargoes from the American steamers Seaconnet and Portland in a surprise move officials believed the ships had been released. The action adds to the maze of seizures the state department is trying to aid American shipping interests as complaints from importers reach the department in large numbers.
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Washington, D. C
Seaconnet
Portland Lro
State Department
Department
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Unsettled and slightly cooler tonight with a generally failed pattern for Wednesday. Temperatures show 67 at 7 am, 75 high yesterday and 64 low last night. Wind at 7 am is 7 mph, precipitation 0.07 inch, humidity 61 percent at 7 pm and 80 percent at 7 am. Water stage 6.7, rising 1 inch in last hour. J M Sherier local forecaster.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
German Losses in Galicia Heavy in War Review
London reports the Times correspondent from Russian headquarters notes German and Austrian losses in Galicia are heavy, estimated around 380,000 Germans and as many Austrians. Despite defeats, the Austro Germans show stubborn resistance, and Russia foresees retreats and advances continuing to weaken opponents and avert a Western front trench deadlock.
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London
Times
Ivanoff
Lemberg
Warsaw
War front reports shift as Russia, Allies trade gains
Reports from the eastern fighting front describe a Teutonic eastward sweep and Russian rear-guard resistance north of Lemberg. Dardanelles artillery exchanges, Austro Italian inactivity, and sporadic Western front attacks near Angres Ablain are noted, with some German claims of French gains in the Vosges and a contested ground recap.
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Dniester
Haliczev
Lemberg
Russian Poland
Dardanelles
Tanen
Lower San
Angres
Ablain
Vosges
German Leaders Expect Romania to Stay Neutral
Berlin reports from June 29 that Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg and Gottlieb von Jagow returned from Vienna where they conferred with Austrian-Hungarian statesmen. They both think Romania will remain neutral. In Haiti, rebel forces led by Dr. R. Bobo attacked Fort Pierre Michel but were repulsed as gunboat Pacifique shelled Petite Anse. In Missouri, zinc mines in Webb City and Carterville districts idle as about 2,000 miners strike for higher wages. saloons closed.
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Sayville
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Gottlieb von Jagow
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Rumania
Haiti
Cape Haitien
Dr. R. Bobo
Guillaume
Fort Pierre Michel
Pacifique
Petite Anse
Joplin
Webb City
Carterville
Doctors Say That Thaw Was Sane in Slaying of White
New Hampshire expert alienists testified that Harry K. Thaw acted from jealousy and was sane at the time of the Stanford White killing. Dr. Charles P. Bancroft and Dr. D. Percy Hickling described Thaw as rational, noting his expressed remorse and lack of delusional motive.
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Stanford White
New York
Charles P. Bancroft
New Hampshire State Hospital For
Federal Commission
Harry K. Thaw
New Hampshire
Thaw
Bancroft
White
Becker
D. Percy Hickling
Washington, D. C
American Society of Medical Jurisprudence
New Hampshire Commission
Matteawan Asylum
Hickling
Germany and America in Lusitania dispute says Meyer-Gerhard
Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhardy German colonial attaché, in a Der Tag article, argues both nations misunderstand each other. He notes American press bias yet says many Americans sympathize with Germany, cites Germany's neutrality issues and English tilt, and claims explosions of sentiment are caused by misperception and wartime deaths.
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Germany
Meyer-Gerhard
America
England
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