Wilson's Plan Is Rejected By Senators On Mediation Issue
Debate centers on President Wilson's envoy John Lind and a U S mediation offer. Huerta loyalists oppose resignations or compromises with the Constitutionalists, urging non interference and asserting recognition of Huerta as the practical path to peace. El Paso reports Ortega's advance signals broader planned movements ahead of further action.
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Chihuahua City
Alberto Terrazas
el Paso
Ortega
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Praised by Brooklyn Woman
Mrs. Mary Carmody reports a year of illness with heavy cold and shoulder blade pain. After using a tablespoonful of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey with egg and milk before meals, she regained appetite and weight. She endorses the tonic for run down people and notes purchase from druggists at $1.00 per large bottle with a sealed cork. The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. offers free doctor's advice and recipes by mail from Rochester, N Y.
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Mary Carmody
Duffy
Brooklyn
New York
Elliott Ave
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
Americans held by federal authorities in Chihuahua City
Five American officers of the Madera Company are believed detained by Mexican federal authorities in Chihuahua City. An arrest order was issued days earlier over alleged sympathy with the Constitutionalists. Federals claim Ortega’s forces suffered heavy losses in a two hour battle near Rancheria, while Mancilla reports a federal victory and drives the enemy from the line.
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EL Paso
Tex
Madera Company, Ltd
F. C. Herr
F. J. Clark
Roy Heard
W. J. Farragut
Admiral Farragut
H. P. Gallagher
Chihuahua City
Madera Company
Chihuahua
Madera
Constitutional Party
Lunder
Villa
Mancilla
Constitutionalists
Toribio Ortega
Yesterdy
Rancheria
Mexican National Railway
Ortega
Francisco Castro
Juarez
Rancheria Station
Lake Guzman
Maneilla
Pulido
American horseman held amid Huerta assassination plot claims
M Blum an American horseman is detained at Mexico City police headquarters on suspicions of involvement in planning to assassinate Provisional President Huerta. Police say a $200,000 fund was to subsidize the plot with Blum as a subscriber. Two Mexicans were arrested on similar charges, Blum denies the allegations.
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Mexico City
M. Blum
Huerta
Blum
Foreign Office
Closing on Monclova Special to the Light
The report from Major Ildefonso Vasquez details movements near Monclova as Constitutionalist forces push reconnoitering from Espana and Higueras. He notes a simulated attack on Espana fort, mine explosions killing four federals, and a successful mission into Monclova with partial enemy information forthcoming. Three columns now operate above Monclova under Carranza, Gonzales, and Villarreal.
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Espana
Higueras
San Jose
el Oro
el Ojo de Agua
Murgwia
Monclova
Goria
Ildefonso Vasquez
Antonio T. Villarreal
Spain
Madero
Jesus Carranza
Pablo Gonzales
Villarreal
Active role in the Madero revolt and Chihuahua campaign
The subject played an active part in the Madero revolution against Diaz and served throughout the Chihuahua campaign, highlighting a sustained engagement in the early stages of the Mexican revolutionary movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Chihuahua
Monterey Labor Flight and Mexican Crisis Rumors
An English visitor reports 55 American Smelting employees in Monterey were ordered to leave for the U S within ten days. Monterey smelters closed as tensions rise with Constitutionalists and Carranza forces. Trains along the border are manipulated to move federal troops, bandit attacks occur, and public opinion split over intervention. Senator Warren urges decisive action and a presidential envoy to Mexico.
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American Smelting, and Refining Company
Monterey
Mexico
Laredo
San Antonio
Bexar
Carranza
United States
Lind Says He Won't Accept Mexico Ambassadorship
John Lind, President Wilson's personal representative, arrived in New Orleans and said he would not accept any time, permanent post as ambassador to Mexico. He heads to Galveston tonight to board the New Hampshire, and declined to discuss Huerta's recent statements.
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Night
United States
John Lind
Wilson
New Orleans
Mexico
Lind
Galveston
New Hampshire
Huerta
Americans Held in Mexico Released After Detention
Otto R. Winters and Dario H. Sanchez two Americans were freed after being held on suspicion of close ties with the Mexican Constitutionalists. They were initially detained at Monterrey and later moved to Nuevo Laredo before release.
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Laredo
Tex
Otto R. Winters
Dario H. Sanchez
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
Constitutionalist chief urges lifting arms embargo in Mexico
Colonel Eduardo Hay, chief of staff for the Constitutionalist forces in Sonora, told the Senate foreign relations committee that the movement controls at least two thirds of Mexico and that U.S. intervention would worsen matters. He proposed lifting the arms embargo to enable a stronger campaign and predicted the troubles could be settled along Juarez if the embargo ended.
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Washington, D. C
Eduardo Hay
Sonora
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
Hay
United States
Huerta
Juarez
Mexican soldiers and family begin move to Fort Rosecrans
In Nogales Arizona two hundred ten Mexican federal soldiers and as many women and children, stationed since March 12, departed yesterday for Fort Rosecrans California under War Department orders. The escort train was led by Captain W M Connell of the Fifth United States Cavalry.
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Nogales
Ariz
Federsll
Fort Rosecrans
Cal
War Department
W. M. Connell
Fifth
United States Cavalry
Give us guns says Hay urges US action in Mexico
Colonel Eduardo Hay former president of the Mexican Congress and chief of staff to the governor of Sonora told the Senate foreign relations committee that if given arms the Huerta government would be overthrown and peace restored in 90 days. He described conditions in Mexico as continuing the Madero revolution and presented his dramatic view of the current situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Huerta
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eduardo Hay
Mexican Congress
Sonora
Hay
Mexico
Government Forces Win Key Chinese Rebel Victories
Government troops captured Tehan on Po Yang Lake the main rebel base in Kiang Si on August four and defeated rebels at Shayang on the Hai Kiang in Hu Peh Ya. Hong Kong reports a Canton battle as two government divisions attacked the city’s east gate today.
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Hankow
China
Tehan
Po Yang Lake
Kiang Si
Hu Peh Ya
Shayang
Hai Kiang
Hong Kong
Canton
Senate Seesaw: Contest Between Oliver and Wheeler Referred
In Austin the Senate deadlocked 12 to 12 and referred the Oliver Wheeler contest from the First district to the elections committee. Oliver held a 24 vote lead and received his election certificate, but was not seated as Wheeler’s contest proceeds. The morning was consumed by this action, delaying seating for both candidates.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Brelsford
Committee On
A. C. Oliver
C. A. Wheeler
Oliver
Wheeler
Farmers Divided On A President Convention Fragments
Fragmentary report shows divisions among farmers on a presidential issue with details on fruit marketing rural credits and reports of officers. Prominent attendees include national committeemen O F Dorlazer and T J Douglas and Louisiana committee member J H Craig.
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Parker County
O. F. Dorlazer
Cleburne
Texas
T. J. Douglas
Missouri
J. H. Craig
Louisiana
Farmers' Union President Urges Marketing and Cooperation
Peter Radford, president of the Farmers' Union, in his annual address to the convention, emphasizes marketing as the key to prosperity, advocates united cooperation, and warns against illusory schemes. He outlines plans with Wells Fargo to connect farmers to buyers, stresses scientific farming, and highlights dire rural credit terms and high mortgage costs reducing farmer earnings.
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Peter Radford
Farmers’ Union
Radford
Wells Fargo Express Company
Texas
Gresford
Obituary: James H. O'Brien 36 Dies at Home in San Antonio
James H. O'Brien age 36 died yesterday afternoon at his home 424 Rigsby Avenue in San Antonio after a year residence here. He was born in Birmingham Alabama. The body was prepared by the San Antonio Undertaking Company and sent to Birmingham at noon today for burial accompanied by his sister Miss Mary O'Brien.
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O’brien
James H. O’brien
Rigsby Avenue
Birmingham
San Antonio
San Antonio Undertaking Company
Mary O'Brien
Heat wave eases slowly across Kansas City region
August 6 reports show faint relief from a week of extreme heat across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma with Clinton posting a record 114. Vegetation in several counties is drying out as temperatures remain high and demand relief persists.
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Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Clinton
Improbable Williams Bill Blocked In Texas House
In Austin August 6 the House adopted a motion to postpone the Blue Sky legislation until tomorrow afternoon by 68 to 48 votes. Williams the author said the measure is dead as penitentiary bills will take up the session's remaining time. England probes jury fairness with a bishop remark about London juries condemning Abel.
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Austin
Tex
Williams
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