Mexico City in Rebel Strife as Zapata Forces Hold Suburbs
Fighting for the capital persists fifteen days as Zapata's army and armed civilians resist Carranza troops. Gen. Raphael Pacheco is dead, looting occurs, bread lines grow, and diplomats seek to protect foreigners. Washington debates potential forcible intervention to quell the anarchy. Huerta and Orozco arrested at Fort Bliss then released on bonds. Preliminary hearings set.
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Washington
Mexico City
Zapata
Carranza
Raphael Pacheco
U. S
Wilson
Mexico
Europe
State Department
United States
Vera Cruz
Huerta
FE Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Pascual Orozco
Fort Bliss
Orozco
United States District Attorney
San Antonio
Wilson Won’t See Angeles in Cornish Conference
Colombian officials Aguilar and Garcia arrived in Cornish New Hampshire to arrange a meeting between President Wilson and General Angeles. Wilson’s vacation stance means no visitors for now. Mexicans suggest Vesque Tagle as provisional Mexican president with Villa and Angeles backing. Wilson may meet Angeles in Washington after returning, but no plan confirmed.
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Cornish
N. H
Jesus Aguilar
J. A. Garcia
Wilson
General Angeles
Carey T. Grayson
Vesque Tagle
Mexico
General Villa
Washington
Killing Follows alleged insult in Chicago
Amos E. Roberts killed Stanley Hague after Hague allegedly hugged and kissed Mrs. Roberts. The shooting occurred in the Roberts family yard at 9115 South Union Avenue as Hague denied the charge. Roberts and his wife were arrested.
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Chicago
Stanley Hague
Amos E. Roberts
Hague
Roberts
South Union Avenue
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to Fight State Over Testimony
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will resist a state order to testify against her husband Harry K. Thaw in his insanity trial. She plans to plead illness and submit a doctor's certificate to Justice Hendrick, arguing that travel to New York would seriously endanger her health.
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Malone
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Hendrick
Turks suffer heavy losses as French find 6000 corpses
In Athens on July 1 reports say Turkish forces endured severe defeats over several days. French troops recovered a trench containing about 6,000 Turkish dead, signaling a major setback for the Turkish side.
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Athens
Teutons and Russians Engaged in Big Battle
Berlin reports a major clash east of Lemberg with Austro-Hungarian forces pressing toward the Bug and Vistula as Teutonic allies advance near Kamenna. June captures totaling 409 officers and 140,650 men accompany 80 cannon and 263 machine guns. Petrograd notes continued fighting in Poland near Tomaszow and a Russian turnover of the Dniester front near Halicz.
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Berlin
Germany
London
Lemberg
von Mackensen
Bug
Vistula
Kamenna
Teutonic
von Linsingen
von Woyrich
Petrograd
Poland
Tomaszow
Rusky
Auffenberg
Dankl
Wieprz
War Office
Gaila Lipa
Galicia
Dniester
Halicz
Fire destroys set at moving picture shoot injuring stars
At Coney Island a premature powder blast in a temporary studio injured twelve people including actress May Kearney who is in critical condition at the hospital. Fellow actresses Cath rine Fox and Mrs Cochran Willard suffered serious burns as the wagon ran over ground wires causing a short circuit and the blast.
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New York
May Kearney
Coney Island Hospital
Catherine Fox
Cochran Willard
Thaw Still Unreconciled Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Vows Silence
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw remains unreconciled to husband Harry Thaw amid insanity hearings in New York. She refuses to testify against him though subpoena servers seek her. She says the state may have freed him despite his alleged madness, calling it a betrayal of decency.
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Malone
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
New York City
New York
Harry K
Porfirio Diaz Near Death In Paris
A prominent Mexican reports former Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz is at the point of death in Paris. He cannot take nourishment and has received last rites from a church.
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Mexico
London
Porfirio Diaz
Paris
Dias
British steamer Armenian torpedoed off Cornwall
The British steamship Armenian of the Dominion line was sunk by German sub U 38 twenty miles west of Trevosehead Cornwall. Twenty nine people were lost and ten injured including Americans who were crossing with the ship. Embassy informed that Armenian carried no passengers and was on admiralty business. Officials awaited official facts as negotiations with Germany continued. Mules aboard are considered contraband of war.
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Washington
Dominion Line
Trevosehead
Cornwall
England
State Department
Admiralty
Ambassador Page
London
Germany
Page
Gerard
Berlin
Armstrong
Bristol
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Submarine duel ends with Armenian sinking after long chase
In a late 1915 maritime encounter off London, a U S vessel resisted a German submarine for about fifteen miles. The ship received heavy shellfire, steering and engine damage, and ultimately sank after surrender. Many crew and muleteers died. survivors were rescued by the submarine commander.
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London
Marconi House
Vanderbilt Heir Expected For Posthumous Child Case
New York reports that Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt may have a posthumous child this autumn at Lenox. If born the event could trigger a rearrangement of the Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt estate left after the Lusitania sinking.
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Lusitania
New York
Alfred Vanderbilt
Lenox
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Whole Towns Turn Out To See Clark Wedding
Bowling Green Mo July 1 Three years to a day since their first meeting Miss Genevieve Champ Clark daughter of Speaker and Mrs Clark married James McIlhany Thomson owner and publisher of the New Orleans Item. The ceremony before 15000 at four o clock on the east lawn of the Clark estate featured a double ring service. Gifts valued at 15000 to 20000 poured in from across the country.
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Bowling Green
Baltimore
Genevieve Champ Clark
Clark
Missouri
Congress
Illinois
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Robert Sherman Boyd
Lee Memorial Presbyterian Church
Louisville
Episcopal Church
Miss Clark
Chicago
Thomson
Mr. Thomson
Agnes Hanick
St. Louis
British Destroyer Lightning Damaged Off English Coast
The admiralty said the destroyer Lightning struck a mine or was torpedoed off the east coast of England on Wednesday night. One crew member was killed and 14 are missing, with the ship managing to reach harbor. The Lightning is an older vessel dating from 1893 with 290 tons displacement and armed with one 12 pounder, five six pounders and two 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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London
Admiralty
England
Harborly
U. S. Submarine H-3 Rescued Off Point Sur
The U S submarine H 3 was pulled off rocks at Point Sur twenty miles from Monterey by the submarine tender Cheyenne and is now heading to port. All crew are safe and no serious damage is believed.
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Point Sur
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Monterey
Germans and Americans urged to become friends at war risk talks
Washington reports indicate plans form between the United States and Germany to reduce dangers in the German war zone. Berlin published a German view stating Americans and Germans misunderstand each other and should maintain friendship despite disagreements over Lusitania and war policies.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Germany
Foreign Office
Department
America
Gerard
U. S
Gerhard
Berlin
Anton Meyer- Gerhard
Count Bernstorff
der Tag
Lusitania
Meyer-Gerhard
Quigley in Grave Condition as Prelate Falls Ill
Four physicians conferred at Chief of Police Quigley's home where Rt. Rev. James B. Quigley of Chicago lies critically ill. The archbishop, suffering a nervous breakdown, is gravely serious. Relatives Raymond C. Quigley and Donatia of the Alexian Brothers are nearby.
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Rochester
N. Y
Joseph M. Quigley
James B. Quigley
Chicago
Quigley
Raymond C. Quigley
Corning
Donatia
Alexian Brothers
Holland Line Ship Rammed in Fog at the Downs
The Holland American line steamship Nieuwe Amsterdam with 1,500 aboard, en route from New York to Rotterdam, was rammed in fog by an unidentified steamer while anchored in the Downs. The port quarter was damaged but the ship remained safely at anchor. The Nieuwe Amsterdam left New York on June 15.
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Deal
Holland American Line
Nieuwe Amsterdam
New York
Rotterdam
Maer Nieuwe Amsterdam
Allies Take Krithia and Shell Turkish Camp
A Mitylene dispatch reports the allies occupy Krithia on Gallipoli. A French torpedo boat bombarded the Turkish encampment opposite Ohio and shelled Sigapziki. Missouri Supreme Court upholds Chicago and Alton Railroad demurrer in suit over $2,000,000 claimed excess fare during two cent rate case.
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Athens
Mitylene
Krithia
Gallipoli
Ohio
Sigapziki
Alton Railroad
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Prohibition Enforced Across Alabama on Wednesday Night
State wide prohibition went into effect. Every saloon and dispensary in the state was closed with no disorder. The closures followed the Merritt Denson bill enacted in January.
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Montgomery
Ala
Merritt Denson
Naval Battle Off Gothland Reports Heavy Losses
Western Newspaper Union News Service describes a clash off Gothland with German mine layer Albatross running aground after being pursued by four Russian cruisers. Twenty one crew killed and 27 wounded. Damaged German battleships Wittelbach and another Kaiser class vessel return to Kiel amid gunfire reports.
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Union News Service
London
Gothland
Wittelbach
Kiel
Ljugarn
Katthammersvik
Petrograd
Windau
Sea of Marmara
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Co
Porfirio Diaz Dead After Long Illness
Former Mexican president Porfirio Diaz died after a rapid decline in health at age advanced life. His wife Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz, son Porfirio Diaz Jr, and daughter in law were at his bedside as he passed this afternoon. Colonel Diaz announced the death and cited a complication of diseases due to old age.
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Paris
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
General Diaz
Senora Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
Diaz
Mrs Sophie Bohlen Dies Here Mother of Krupp Heir
Essen Germany Mrs Sophie Bohlen mother of Lieut Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach head of Krupp gun works died. She formerly was Miss Sophie Bohlen of Philadelphia.
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Essen
Germany
Bohlen Und Halbach
Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Sophie Bohlen
Philadelphia
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat Corn and Cattle
Wheat various red prices. Corn white yellow mixed values. Oats and hay notes. Eggs and poultry rates. Cattle and calf prices by grade. Hogs and sheep ranges. Lambs and miscellaneous market figures across Cincinnati markets.
United States Food Exports Rise During War
Washington reports a surge in U S food exports as war increases global demand. For the 11 months ending in June foodstuffs valued at 724 million dollars were sent abroad, up from 443 million the previous year, reflecting the war's impact on supply and trade.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
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