Huerta Plans Resignation Amid Imperial State Proceeding
Mexican dictator Huerta signs an order authorizing a state of mind that he is willing to resign, signaling a potential exit from power as political crisis deepens.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
7
Mexico Peace Moves Signal Huerta Resignation
Gen Huerta prepares to resign and says he will withdraw once Mexico is politically pacified and a successor government gains public support. Mexican delegates say interior questions are tied to international issues and assure mediators his personality will not block a peaceful settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Gen Huerta
Rafael Zubaran
General Carranza
Washington
Juan F. Urquidi
Gen- Carranza
Mr. Zubaran
Huerta
Bandits Loot Mahomet Bank in Electric Car Raid
Five robbers in an electric automobile, believed stolen, attacked Busey's bank in Mahomet Alabama. They held citizens at bay while four guarded the door and another opened the safe taking 2500 dollars. Deputies chased the thieves toward Monticello but lost the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kampaign
Mahomet
Busey
Monticello
Hoyt Murder Case Goes to Jury After Six Months Memory Loss
Hoyt testified he cannot recall events after being in Detective Tillotson’s room until waking in a state hospital six months later. The testimony concluded the trial’s evidence phase as the Hoyt murder case heads to the jury in Chillicothe Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Hoyt
Lee Hoyt
Tillotson
State
St. Joseph
Meeting in Blackwater No 2: rural school consolidation discussed
Blackwater Township No 2 branch of the Pettis County Bureau of Agriculture will hold its regular monthly meeting at Stokley at 7:20 PM Wednesday night June 3. County School Superintendent T R Luckett will explain the legal phases and merits of consolidating rural schools. A special committee will report on road dragging. Army worm ravages may be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwater No. 2
Blackwater Township No. 2
Pettis County Bureau of Agriculture
Stokley
T. R. Luckett
Western Kansas Endures Heavy Rainfall Overnight
Telegraphic report notes heavy rain across Western Kansas with two inches in Dodge City and Wichita. Missouri remains cloudy and cool with light showers statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Kansas
Dodge City
Wichita
Missouri
Illness Feigned Suspect Fires at Assistant Attorney General
J K Codding former Lansing warden and assistant attorney general in charge of illegal liquor cases was shot by Jake Weisman an alleged joint owner during a road raid aftermath near Leavenworth Kansas. Weisman fled but was later arrested. Codding survived though seriously wounded. Codding led prison reform efforts and campaigned to enforce Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth, Kas
J. K. Codding
Lansing
Kas
Jake Weisman
Weisman
Coddinege
Colding
Leavenworth
Government clerk used plants dynamite to win promotion
A Washington government clerk allegedly used a planted explosive device to manipulate promotions. Investigators say the act was intended to influence supervisors and secure a higher position, triggering a formal probe and security tightenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Watchman Confesses Planting Dynamite at Agriculture Dept
Daniel Jauch, 42, a watchman at the U S Department of Agriculture, confessed to placing four six inch sticks of dynamite in the basement near the secretary of agriculture’s office and lighting the fuse. He said the stunt aimed at promotion and cited his mother’s illness in Springfield Ohio. Police held him on charges of attempting to blow up a public building. Secretary Houston was away in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Jauch
Houston
Missouri
Columbia
Missouri University
Jauch
R. M. Reese
Springfield
Philippines
Travel log of a two day journey from Indianapolis to St Louis and back
The account describes a two day trip starting Sunday from Indianapolis at 6 30 am reaching St Louis Sunday at 7 10 pm. They departed St Louis Monday at 9 10 am and returned home at 7 20 pm with all roads traveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Hickman Case Reversed by Kansas City Court of Appeals
The Kansas City court of appeals on Monday reversed a Pettis county verdict awarding $2000 to Harry Hickman a Sedalia Black policeman against the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway. The injury occurred at Mokane on a station platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hickman
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Sas City Court of Appeals
Four Women Injured In Twin Cities Auto Crash
A car traveling from Northfield to St Paul overturned near Farmington after a rear tire blew. Two men were killed. four women and one man were injured, with Mrs Jenson and Mrs Nelson severely shocked. Names include N E Nelson Duluth A A Cornell Northfield Nellie Pholstruth Agnes Peterson and Thomas Jenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Minn
Northfield
St. Paul
N. E. Nelson
Duluth
A. A. Cornell
Dr. Shotb
Jenson
Will Hold Examinations For Seda lia High School Scholarships
The annual competitive exam for Seda lia High School scholarships will be held Friday at the high school under County Superintendent T. R. Luckett. The highest average earns the four year scholarship, then three year, and so on, with list of eligible examinees from Camp Branch Manila Olive Branch Kendrick and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
T. R. Luckett
Lois Harris
Blanche Longan
Brown
Lowell Ellis
Lamine
Newton Allison
High Point
Cleo Hainline
Stokley
Lulu Long
Henry Bishop
Ruth Renfrow
Florence Youse
Lilliam Hughes
Violet Crecelian
Camp Branch
Ivyl Swope
Postal
Richard Mather
Manila
Seltzer Monsees
Nellie Bradbury
Nellie Brownfield
Olive Branch
Alyce Powell
Kendrick School
Sedalia natives Quigley and Crouch tied to damag e suit
Jefferson City dispatch reports Della Crouch of Douglas county seeks $24,000 against William B. Quigley of Ava and Douglas counties for breaking engagements after February 1906. Quigley offered $2,000 in three notes and $100 to the attorney, but Commissioner Brown says the claim remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will B. Quigley
John B. Quigley
Sedalia
Ava
Della Crouch
Co. A. Guenther
Jefferson City
Douglas County
William B. Quigley
Quigley
Trousseau
Army worm damage halts traffic in Johnson county fields
Reports from Warrensburg and surrounding areas in Johnson county describe army worm outbreaks harming meadows pastures and crops. A rural mail carrier said a solid worm mass stretched over 100 yards across a road while an automobile skidded and stalled upon hitting the crushed worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Johnson County
Sedalia Autoists Return From Indianapolis 500 Trip
Wilber H. Highleyman and Paul McAninch, Sedalia's avid auto enthusiasts, came home Monday night from Indianapolis where they watched the 500 mile race on the speedway. The event, run over 200 laps of a two and a half mile course, was a thriller from start to finish and included two spills with injuries to drivers. Their overland trip to and from Indianapolis was delayed by trouble en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber H. Highleyman
Paul McAninch
Sedalia
Indianapolis
Ind
Messrs. Highleyman
McAninch
Patmont Case Clew Ties Kidnapping to Beer Bottles
Four empty beer bottles found in a pasture near Clingan crossing on the Big Four line south of Westville are tied to the Patmont kidnapping case. A farmer boy saw a handcar near the tracks prompting detectives to search the field where the bottles were discovered. The bottles are Chicago-made and linked to a Vermillion county dealer in Westville. Detectives theorize kidnappers parked their auto in the pasture while men retrieved Patmont and then discarded the bottles after drinking. Interest in the case is renewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Clingan
Westville
Patmont
Chicago
Vermillion County
West ‘Ville
Patment
Doctor Change in County Hog Cholera Work
Dr. B. W. Murphy, who led hog cholera suppression in Pettis county, moves to Mourey county Tennessee. He is succeeded here by his first assistant Dr. Ralph Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Murphy
B. W. Murphy
Pettis County
Mourey County
Tenn
Ralph Graham
Crosses of Honor to be Bestowed by Emmet MacDonald Chapter
The Emmet MacDonald Chapter of the U D C announces the presentation of Crosses of Honor. The ceremony honors local veterans with a formal award event to recognize service. Details on date and location are to follow in upcoming notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet MacDonald
Be awarded Crosses of Honor at Southern Methodist church
Emmett MacDonald chapter U D C hosts a June 4 ceremony at the Southern Methodist church to present Crosses of Honor to ex Confederates and descendants. Dr C H Briggs will give the address with musical numbers, presided by Mrs Walter Warren. Public invited with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Methodist Church
Messrs
William Sellers
Sedalia
J. H. Spitler
George A. Clapton
Hughesville
William Horman
Longwood
George Terebaugh
Houstonia
W. S. Baker
W. C. Ladd
Memphis
Br. S. C. Mitchell
Muskogee
Okla
National Society
C. H. Briggs
Methodist Episcopal Entircd
South
Briggs
G. A. R. Post
Grant
Lee
Sherman
Johnston
Sheridan
Forrest
Melvine Morris
F. R. Morley
F. S. Leach
W. E. Matins
W. A. Beckemeyer
R. A. Higdon
Frances Longan
R. T. Shaeffer
Couple United in Marriage at Local Parsonage
Velma B. Noland of Chilhowee and Mr. Drake wed at the parsonage of the South Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. C. H. Briggs performing the ceremony. The couple plan to establish a home and farm south of Lamonte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma B. Noland
Chilhowee
C. H. Briggs
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mrs J A Lamy Suffers Severe Foot Injury at Cemetery
Mrs J A Lamy sustained a painful fracture of the right foot after stepping into a hole while decorating a grave at the cemetery last Saturday. She was driven to town by buggy and treated by Dr E A Wood. recovery will take some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lamy
E. A. Wood
Williams pleads guilty to arson seeks two year term
In the circuit criminal division on Tuesday W C Williams pleaded guilty to attempted arson for trying to burn the Pullman hotel and received a two year sentence in the state penitentiary. W A Spurlock and J A Spurlock aided the docket with forgery pleas and bond recognizances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Williams
Pullman
State Penitentiary
Ed Carpenter
Hilario Esparza
Nhlle
D. M. Guthrie
W. C. Williams
Seaessant
W. A. Spurlock
J. A. Spurlock
Harry Davis
Will Meyer
Justice of the Peace
Double Burial Tuesday for Will Alexander and Grandmother
Chief Dispatcher Bert Knapp of the Missouri Pacific received a telegram Tuesday morning announcing the funeral of Will Alexander at Lafayette Alabama Tuesday afternoon. It also stated the interment of his grandmother Mrs. McNamee, who died early Monday, would be at the same time. Mrs. McNamee, who lived in Sedalia while her daughter Mrs. A J Alexander resided at the Hotel Terry, had since returned to her southern home before the Alexanders left for Pueblo Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Knapp
Missouri Pacific
Willi. Alexander
Lafayette
Ala
McNamee
IS NO DISGRACE IN DEFEAT Sedalia Cubs lose 2 1 to Windsor
Sedalia and Windsor played a tight amateur baseball game Sunday with Windsor winning 2 to 1 on a eighth inning homer by Cahill. Wilkerson and Wilkinson pitched for Sedalia while Henry and Huckstep worked for Windsor. A rematch is scheduled in Sedalia next Sunday with a special MKT train planned for Windsor supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Cubs
Windsor
Cahill
Sedalia
Wilkerson
Wilkinson
Henry
Huck
Ferguson Succeeds Smith as Sedalia Post Office Janitor
Fred Ferguson, a Black man, has succeeded Smith as janitor at the Sedalia post office in a local personnel change.
Two day PEO convention opens in Sedalia open sessionWednesday
Delegates from Missouri gather for the PEO Society two day convention at Sedalia. First Christian Church hosts the opening at 9 o clock with an all open session for the public. Mrs Addie B Manzer and Mrs Idress D Lydell arrive to lead the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Sedalia
Addie B. Manzer
Kansas City
Idress D. Lydell
Shelbina
Apollo E Club
Nettie Hoffman
Trenton
Nina Renton
Seco Ete
Knights and Ladies of Security Hold Melting Monday
Queen City Council No. 564 Knights and Ladies of Security held a well attended melting meeting to ballot three applications and initiate A. O. Otten H. P. Howser and Charlie Hill. The picnic committee reported and a unanimous vote decided a day and night affair with the committee to proceed. A violin concert courtesy of Mr. Adamson of Pield-Lippman Piano Co. closed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City Council
Knights and Ladies of Security
A. O. Otten
H. P. Howser
Charlie Hill
Vietrola
Adamson
Pield-Lippman Piano Co
Campbell Buys Seven Room House In Local Purchase
J. H. Campbell assistant ticket agent at the Missouri Pacific bought a seven room house at 1607 South Carr avenue from Samuel Settles for 1600 dollars. Campbell and his family moved in Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Campbell
The
Missouri Pacific
South Carr Avenue
Samuel Settles
Mr. Campbell
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Hickman
Kan
Pettis County Court
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W. H. Highleyman
Patmont Case
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Emmett MacDonald
Ter
U. D.C
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Nevin
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Warren
Harriet Ware
Johannes
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Mendelsshon
Ruby Ellison
Ruth Hatton
W. D. O'Bannon
Charles A. Shaeffer
Mayine
America
Carpenter
Circuit Court
Sion
Mrs. McNamee
Willi Alexander
Alabama
James Chester Drake
Lamonte
P.E.D
Grand Chapter OF
the Grand Chapter
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P. BE. O. Society
Wil
Victor Ettinger
S. L. Bradley
Hin
W. D. Steele
Efe Hoffman Rogers
Record
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Oskaloosa
Ladies’ Musical Club
Masonic Temple
K. of L. and
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