Villa Rumors and Border Tensions Persist in War Reports
War Department officials warn the border is vast and hard to guard as Villa reportedly leads revolts near Cantera and Parral. Ambassadors seek negotiations while United States and Mexican forces prepare for possible joint patrols and continued mobilization on the frontier.
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Mexico
War Department
Boston
Chicago
United States
United Sates
Lansing
Carranzas
Villa
Columbus
Frank Tompkins
Tompkins
Coumbus
Parral
Washington
Vermont
Carranza
United States Army
State
War Departments
Can the
Rio Florida
Paris
Arredondo
Cachi
Fide
Polk
General Scott
General Obregon
el Paso
Juarez
Army Medical Service
Cuba
Charles 8S. Braddock Jr
United States Navy
Royal Siamese
Raids and battles along the Texas Mexico border report
In the last 24 hours raids near Boquillas El Paso and fighting between Carrancistas in southern Sonora. Yaqui Indians were said to have killed about two hundred Carranza forces in Sonora. Bandits crossed the Rio Grande near Boquillas and attacked a mine operation, injuring American workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Sonora
Rio Grande
Boquillas
Leads Work to Save Babies Campaign by British Leaders
The Duchess of Sutherland spearheads a national effort to protect babies as Britain shifts to bottled milk. With the Countess of Clonmell Viscountess Helmsley and others, charity events support the National Society of Day Nurseries and National Milk Hotels, including a Vandyk galleries bridge tournament. wartime industry employment tops 300,000 women, many mothers, who have neglected their babies.
Villa forces clash in Mexican uprising amid raids and evacuations
Reports from Chihuahua and Sonora describe ongoing fighting between Villa loyalists and Carranza troops under Domingo Arrieta. A Yaqui Valley guard detail and a 200 strong Carranza column were reportedly massacred by Indians, while a Boquilla del Carmen mine incident involves Mexican soldiers in Carranza uniforms attacking American truck drivers. Civilians歯including women and children歯face displacement and hardship as consular evacuations proceed. conditions note limited clothing, wireless communication, and scarce funds.
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Ces
Andres Garcia
Francisco Gonzales
Villa
Carranza
Domingo Arrieta
Yaqui
Estrada
Glen Springs
John Denny
Bookleeper
International Mines Company
Marathon
el Paso
Boquilla del Carmen
Arrieta
Trevino
Chihuahua City
Jiminez
Parral
Funston
San Antonio
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Mexico
Carranza Praised in Mexican Diplomacy Reports
Southern Mexican newspapers hail Venustiano Carranza for freeing Carrizal prisoners and pressuring the United States to back down from intervention. They praise his diplomatic handling of Washington and Wilson administrations though some note the situation escaped Carranza and is now in the hands of Mexican patriots.
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Columbus
N M
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Carrizal
United States
Washington
Wilson
Carranza
Mexican refugees on Sumner urge release from quarantine
At Fort De Soto Florida on July 8 the 650 Mexican refugees aboard the transport Sumner protested six days of quarantine by sending a wireless appeal to Carranza for their release. Six American physicians telegrammed Surgeon General Blue and President Wilson asking revocation of the order citing nearly 200 women and 100 children aboard.
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Fort DE Soto
Florida
Tampa
Mexico
Sumner
Carranza
United States
Rupert Blue
Wilson
Wisconsin Troops Begin Move to Texas Reserve Camp
Wisconsin infantry regiments depart Saturday morning heading to Fort Sam Houston San Antonio to join a brigade forming the militia reserve camp. The move brings about 12 000 men with artillery and cavalry joining the three Wisconsin regiments. Other states report shipments through Sap for Mercedes and Eagle Pass with Idaho militia bound for Nogales.
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Wisconsin
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
South Carolina
Virginia
Border Service
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana Field Artillery
Mercedes
Fifth Maryland Infantry
Eagle Pass
Idaho
Nogales
Hyde Park Reformers press to revoke Edelweiss licenses
Hyde Park reformers demand mayor revoke Edelweiss Gardens saloon license while also withholding restaurant and amusement licenses. Decision delayed until Monday as Mayor Thompson and Corporation Counsel Ettelson return from Las Vegas. Hearing conducted by Assistant Corporation Counsel Chester E. Cleveland.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Edelweiss Gardens
Midway
Thompson
Ettelson
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Chester E. Cleveland
Harvard undergraduates begin Curtiss Flying School training
Ten Harvard seniors depart Cambridge for the Curtiss Flying School in Buffalo New York for a six to eight week course funded by the Undergraduate Aero Training fund. The program, aiming to prepare a squad of twenty four for potential military service, selected safe applicants from forty volunteers, including H. H. Metcalf captain of the Harvard flying corps Hamilton Coolidge Donald D. Harris and Joseph R. Torrey.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Curtiss Flying School
Buffalo
N. Y
Aero Training Fund
H. H. Metcalf
Harvard Flying Corps
Hamilton Coolidge
Brooklyn
Donald D. Harris
Minneapolis
Joseph R. Torrey
Worchester
Senate kills action on Casement appeal amid treaties
Washington July 8 Senate foreign relations committee declines to act on Senator Martine resolution seeking presidential intervention for Sir Roger Casement. Panel leaves the measure die in committee and discusses the Russo Japanese alliance while abandoning Colombian treaty ratification. London July 8 Casement appeal to five judges set for a week hence with potential royal clemency if decided against him.
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Washington
Martine
Wilson
Roger Casement
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Japan
Russia
Orient
London
Sir Roger Casement
Darlin
Casement
King George
Red Cross Camp To Open For Women In Wisconsin
Navy League will run a two week Red Cross service school for Chicago and Midwest women at Lake Geneva Wisconsin starting August 15 with a second session September 1. This third national service school follows Chevy Chase and San Francisco. The aim is field nursing life training in actual service.
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Chicago
Red Cross
Chevy Chase
Navy League
Lake Geneva
Wis
Middle West
Washington
San Francisco
Russians Sweep Toward Kovel Hill Claim Denied by Berlin
Russians press toward Kovel claiming hill possession while Berlin denies the seizure. Report notes continued fighting on the ground and shifting front lines as authorities issue terse statements.
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Berlin
Austro-Hungarian assaults repulsed in Italian front
The Italian official statement reports Austro-Hungarian attacks dispersed in the Terragnola valley and a successful aeroplane raid south of Calliano in the Adige valley. Artillery bombardments continued and trenches gained from the Austrians were consolidated. Severe infantry attacks between Cimadici and Monte Zebio were repulsed after close combat.
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Rome
Terragnola
Calliano
Adige Valley
Cimadici
Monte Zebio
Lugana
Woman lecturer breaks ground at College of France
Mile. Toteyko, a Polish scholar and head of Brussels University’s psycho-physiological lab for fifteen years, lectures on fatigue and motor function. Her work, linked with Ivan Bloch’s pacifist studies, foreshadows wartime fatigue research and training methods for disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
College of France
Mile. Toteyko
Pole
Brussels University
Ivan Bloch
Miloloteyko
Institute of
Hawthorne meet draws 400 horses for July races
Chicago July 8 track conditions marked a strong turnout as over 400 horses were nominated for Hawthorne’s July 15 to 29 meeting. The American Derby purse of 10000 will be renewed after a twelve year gap with most Saturday boxes sold or reserved. Camp Campbell speaks in Austin about his US Senate bid.
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Chicago
Hawthorne
Illinois Jockey Club
Ilinois
Campnbell
Austin
Texas
Thomas M. Campbell
United States
Wooldridge Park
Colonel Campbell
Temple
I W W mob threatens Wakeeny Kansas raid
About 1200 I W W members gather in Wakeeny around fields and railroad lines a day after arriving 110 miles west of Salina. Citizens arm themselves while farmers rush to town. Gov Capper and state guards are sought for aid as the mob prepares to attack within 24 hours. A village posse forms to defend possessions.
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Salina
Ken
Wakeeny
Kansas
Capper
Topeka
Tllis
Tf. W. W
Marvels of a Watch by Seattle Jeweler Greenfield
R H Greenfield, a Seattle jeweler, extols watches as marvels of time keeping. He notes a watch runs continually for years yet owners feel aggrieved when it stops and argues that many watches require no daily rest and can last a century with care. He points to the intricate inner workings of a timepiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Greenfield
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Greenfield
Flea Power and Hair Springs in a Watchmaker's Riddle
A jeweler and a customer spar over watch anatomy and horsepower as the craftsman explains hairspring wire, mainspring wire, and the astounding vibrations of a watch. The dialogue blends numbers with curious comparisons and ends as the customer departs in disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springs
Will Orpet Cyanide Sale Ties Case to Murder Trial
Prosecutors in Waukegan Illinois presented evidence that Will Orpet purchased two cans of cyanide in 1915 at a Lake Forest drug store, weeks before Marian Lambert's death. Drugstore owner Carl L. Kraft identified the cans, one unopened and one opened by Orpet’s father after the girl’s passing.
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Waukegan
Ils
Will Orpet
Marian Lambert
Orpet
Lake Forest
Donnelly
Carl L. Kraft
Kraft
Argentina to Celebrate Buenos Aires Independence Centenary
Argentina marked by July 9 festivities will begin a grand celebration of the centenary of independence from Spain. An industrial exhibit will showcase American-made goods. Several Buenos Aires newspapers will print special North American editions.
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Buenos Ayres
Republic of Argentina
Spain
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Mise Jones
Philadelphia Record
Kovel
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Jockey Club
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P. Skinner
Geo. B. Taliaferro
Jos. Rosenfield
Jack W. Neal
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Mrs. Jot Gunter
Z. D. Bonner
Chas. Baumberger
Will
Argentina
the State National Bank
R. R. Russell
W. W. Collier
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N. H. Browne
Thos. E. Mathis
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