Deserters Shot to Death Upheld by Court in Tampico Blockade
Report recounts firing squad executions of deserters from rebel forces in Chihuahua after Torreon dispersal. Details say 26 shot last Wednesday near Santa Rosa, with seven from the Constitutionalists and seven from Huerta allies identified by officials.
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Chihuatia
Daarters
Veda
Madero
Huerta
Torreon
Chihuahua
Santa Rona
Constittuionalist Army
von Hare
Mexico Delays Tampico Blockade Move Amid Mediation Talks
From Mexico City on June 8 the Mexican government announced it would suspend the blockade of Tampico. Officials said mediation at Niagara Falls prompted the pause to assess actions over the steamer Antilia alleged to carry arms for the Constitutionalistas. The decision in no way affects commercial ships or trade.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Niagara Falls
Antilia
Turmoil Eases as Huerta Withdraws Tampico Blockade
June 8 dispatches report General Huerta has withdrawn plans to blockade Tampico, removing the risk of rupture in mediation talks. Delegates to the mediation conference are advised of the change, allowing ships carrying comfort and supplies to land.
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Niagara Falls
General Huerta
Tampico
Owen Ony New Harmony Centennial Rappire Observance
In June Owen Nav crowds New Harmony for the centennial of its founding with visitors and participants. Former President Taft and Charles W. Fairbanks toured from Evansville, delivering remarks on Robert Owen and the socialist experiment.
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New Harmony
Owen Nav
Robert Owen
Wiliam H. Taft
Taft
Mrs Atkinson and Judge Atkinson Plan West Virginia Summer Visit
Mrs George W Atkinson of Washington DC arrived Monday and will spend the summer in West Virginia with Judge Atkinson of the Court of Claims. He proceeded to Delaware Ohio for Ohio Wesleyan College commencement where he is a trustee. Afterward they will travel to Rockingham for the annual commencement at West Virginia Wesleyan College where he is also a trustee.
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George W. Atkinson
Washington, D. C
Judge Atkinson
Court of Claims
West Virginia
American Officer Kills Drunk Mexican in Veracruz Incident
Second Lieutenant BH Houston of the Twenty-eighth Infantry near Vera Cruz shot and killed a drunken Mexican during an arrest attempt. A companion tried to intervene as a brick-throwing man attacked, leading to the fatal confrontation.
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Peprenter
Washington
Houston
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Vera
Cruz
Jesse
Trial testimony tracks suspect path from Clarksville to Little California
Waynesburg Pa June 8 Witnesses at Walter Thomas murder trial testified about the suspect s movements from Clarksville to Marianus and Little California the morning after the killing of Mrs Josephine Price. Undertaker Edward Kerr who prepared the body for burial testified about the clothing she wore.
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Ny Synodaren Enezet
Waynesburg
Walter Thomas
Josephine Prica
Clarksville
Marianus
Little California
Edward Kerr
June Term County Court Opens With Several Decisions
The June term of the county court began with all members present. E. F. Moore was exonerated from taxes due to an incorrect personal property valuation of 200 for 191%. Harvey L. Fleming was removed as administrator of John A. Fleming’s estate for physical disability. The court approved spending 2,000 to build a permanent road from A. D. Dasel’s barn to Lost Creek and toward a ford near Orion Sheers’s home.
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E. F. Moore
Harvey L. Fleming
John A. Fleming
A. D. Dasel
Chautauqua Schedule Planned for July Week at Central School
The Tin Coln Chautauqua group plans annual meetings the week starting July 2 on Central school grounds. Teams are selling tickets and hosting gatherings with a strong response. A good program with prominent speakers will be announced later. Robert J. Kraus visited Weston on business Monday.
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Tincoln Chautauqua
Johnson N Camden to Succeed Bradley Johnson N Camden to Succeed Bradley
A Washington dispatch reports Johnson N. Camden will be appointed to fill the late Senator Bradley's unexpired term. Camden, from Kentucky and with West Virginia roots, is praised by Democrats from Kentucky to West Virginia for his modest, steady leadership and business ties.
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Francis B. Gessner
Washington
Johnson N. Camden
Bradley
Kentucky
Camden
McCreary
West Virginia
Camden Iis
West
Louis Bannett
West Virgiiia
Congress Opens in Paris Amid Global Chamber Delegates
The international Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial Associations opened today in the Birbonne amphitheater. French minister of Commerce Raon Terrett presided as about 1,000 delegates gathered to witness the opening ceremony.
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Paris
Julie
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial
Birbonne
Raon Terrett
Thaw Bail Application Filed in Supreme Court
Application for bail by Harry Thaw was filed today in the Supreme Court by counsel Unity. The petition seeks Thaw's removal to Pittsburgh for hearing in Allegheny County and requests untrammeled custody during extradition proceedings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tr Unity
Rial
New
Pirie Derg
Alleghany
Holman
Watson
Mid year meeting of railway group held in New York
Baltimore based officials led by F. P. Patena, president and signs engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, returned from the mid year meeting in New York. Reports from committees covered signals and technical systems across American railroads. The association lists about 2000 members and 16 delegates attended from Baltimore and Ohio. Charleston reports mention a separate event with clergy and locals discussing a Friday assembly related to local civic matters.
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Tarncint
Baltimore
F. P. Patena
Railway Glabul Association
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Blaven
Federal Override in Interstate Railroad Control Declared
The Supreme Court upheld the Interstate Commerce Commission orders in the Shreveport rate case, placing interstate railroads under federal rather than state control. Justice Hughes announced the decision, stressing Congress's power to prevent conflicting state rules and preserve interstate commerce, with Minnesota case implications reserved. The ruling notes rates set to curb discrimination and the Texas Railway Commission’s role, allowing railroads to adjust shipping rates to remain competitive.
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Washington
Congress
Minnesota
Hughes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas State Railway Commission
Federal Commission
Texas Commission
Amendment on Panama tolls repeal sparks U S veto
President Wilson in Washington, June, signals acceptance of a banate annexment to the tolls repeal but insists the United States may not waive its right to favor its own shipping. He says the Senate should not grant assent with amendments that alter treaty rights. He favors passage without limitation if possible.
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Wilson
Panama
United States
Tts
Senate
No decision awaited from Virginia debt case at noon recess
Washington June 1 the Supreme Court had not handed down an opinion in the Virginia debt case by the noon recess today though an opinion was expected possibly late in the day If not reached today another opinion could come next Monday during the term
Supreme Court Upholds ICC Ruling on Rail Car Charges
The Interstate Commerce Commission order prohibiting railroads from discriminating against Los Angeles by charging for delivery of cars on industrial tracks was upheld by the Supreme Court. The decision also covered San Francisco, with San Diego noted as another city where similar charges existed, and referenced adjustments to the lower court ruling.
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Washington, ID
Interstate Commerce Commisson
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Dave Kindler Frog
Fcr
Commerce Court
San Diego
Five men jailed for stealing railway rides on county roads
Whnanta K McClure P J Cafferty G F Brown and Benjamin Monroe receive ten day terms each for stealing train rides in the local railroad yards. Arrested and prosecuted by railroad detectives, the sentences were imposed by Justice T G Ninewarner. An ensuing event occurred at a Third Street shoe shop when a man, drunk, faced a separate suit involving G H Geordon.
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Whnanta K
McClure
P. J. Cafferty
G. F. Brown
Benjamin Monroe
Tocal
T G Ninewarner
Thomas Hobey
Third Sirent
Soul
G. H Geordon
Starving women appeal to Mazatlan governor aboard US ship
On the U S California Mazatlan rowed toward San Diego June starving women trailed a procession behind the military governor’s carriage begging him to surrender Mazatlan to the Constitutionalist army. The federal garrison shows little food and aid. Three days of fighting at Santiago Lower California between federal and rebel forces reported indecisive with casualties. American property owners in AU San Anton complain of looting by federal soldiers as the cruiser Raleigh and the American craft Guererro head toward the Gulf of California.
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Mazatlan
Mex
San Diego
Santiago
Lower California
Doyle
Hecht
San Anton
Craig
Guerierro
Raleigh
Gulf of California
Firing at Hilltops in West Virginia prompts strike unrest
Fring any Ranoei Aren Prean, COLLIERS, W. Va., June 3. Firing from the Hilltops continued Saturday v and last night but there were no casualties. Employers of the West Virginia and Pittsburg Coal Company said today that's the adopting u com. Circuit court engaged in the imed they will form a cutting trial of the Clarksburg and Weston squad and put up to the practica election Railway Company's conden. Some mystery surrounds the shooting motion pub againet W. B. Maxwell in 8 it 18 said very few of the striker being held in the federal court root. I remain in the vicinity.
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West Vinginia
Pittsburg
Clarksburg
Weston
Ui Og
Practicalectron Railway Company
W. B. Maxwell
Federal Court
Ilcinity
Eggs packed in straw to reduce loss in transit
Experiments by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad seek to lessen damage claims in egg shipments. Eggs handled at major freight terminals are packed in straw for a portion of shipments and results are highly satisfactory. Arrangements are being made to pick egg crates in straw depending on shipment type.
Elks State Reunion to Be Largest Ever in West Virginia
Parkersburg prepares for the sixth annual Elks Reunion Association meeting from June 6 to 9. Lodges from Ohio and West Virginia plan large delegations with bands, special trains, and a steamboat shuttle. Parkersburg No. 198 decorates widely for a fairyland welcome, with a formal welcome by Mayor Murdoch and remarks by Dr. C W Burdett, as delegates gather for three days of entertainment and business to choose the next hosting site.
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Plana
Elks' Reunion Association of
West Virginia
Elks
Alang
Ohio
Mariette
Chiltlcothe
Portsmouth
Court of Honor
Fifth and
Market
Elke
J Wanastrogt
Avery Business
Elia Lodge
Tooms
Allen C. Murdoch
B. R. Mie
Parkersburg Lodge
C. W. Burdatt
Wheeling
Tate
Wheeling Lodge
Diver Reaches Wrecked Empress of Ireland Search
A diver from the Canadian government tender Druid explored accessible parts of the sunken Empress of Ireland. The wreck was found on its side in about 180 feet of water as recovery efforts for imprisoned bodies began.
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Jaramacaneren Fen
Rimouseir
Quebec
Fatalities in U S Mines Reach 2401 in April
United States mine fatalities for April total 2401, compared with 84 in April the bureau reports. A major disaster at Eccles West Virginia caused 180 deaths, accounting for the spike. For the first four months ending April, fatalities numbered 917, nearly the previous year’s 918.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Mine
Eccles
W. Va
Brown Is Winner In Second District Convention
Reports from Saturday conventions in counties show delegates instructed to vote for W. G. Brown at the June 17 renomination. Several counties have yet to select their delegates.
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Tarselau Vo
Washington, D. C
W. G. Brown
Exnerlnante in Socialism discussed at New Harmony centennial
Reviews of Exnerlnante in socialism in the United States of Americas at New Harmony reflect on the failed experiments of socialistic communities. The speaker notes the Owen and Rapp influences, the push for private property, and the limits of early socialist ideas in a factory economy. The discussion traces the movement from religious cooperation to planned communities and questions practical outcomes and human nature.
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United States of Americas
Gyapapeiayen Peta
NEW Harmony
Jad
Inny
William F
New Hixrm
Placer
Rolf Gweis
Otturs
Tim
Thio
George Rap
Aurora
Manufactire
Robert Omer
Partnera
Ube Lcum
Owen
Unitil
Italian Flag Sparks Near Riot on Pike Street
A crowd near the Italian Consulate on Pike Street reacted angrily to a stray Italian flag displayed without an American flag beside it. Police intervened to prevent violence as the consul protested the removal.
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Latatetter
Pike Street
Oscar Post
oMeer
Demonstration in London Over Suffrage Towers
A chaotic demonstration in London during June near the International horse show at Olympiane ends with near riot. Police intervene as a woman is carried away and mentions of King George and cake arise amid alleged forcible feeding of suffrage towers.
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London
Milieai
King George
Cake
Mary
Olympiane
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