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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1914
Page
15
Denver reports Governor Ammons confident that once a $1,000,000 militia bond is available Colorado can restore order in coal mine regions after weeks under martial law with federal troops entering the district to support state sovereignty.
Rebel General Villa maintains strict secrecy on operations as 25 000 troops mobilize from Torreon to threaten Saltillo. The force includes 16 000 cavalry 7 500 infantry and 2 500 artillery with 47 field guns and 65 machine guns heading toward Las Bocas near Saltillo. Separately Harry A Wheeler of Chicago is expected to decline a seat on the new federal reserve board offered by President Wilson.
Captain Glennon of the U S Navy leads the battleship Wyoming while aviation developments report aeroplane passenger routes from San Francisco to Owllvad with regular trips. Mayor James Mulph Jr and Count Stephen Tino are mentioned in a scattered aviation context, alongside references to Budapest ringers and a Mercatiog im event.
Washington officials weigh the British admiral Cradock call on constitutionalist Gonzales as a belligerency recognition. A U.S. move toward recognizing the rebel government seems possible as Huerta’s position weakens, with Congress likely to hear a dispatch on the matter. Huerta’s exit strategy remains uncertain while Tampico and Tuxpam laws influence U.S. diplomacy.
A threatened lockout by Bau Framoiien and ukland buildings was averted as the parties agreed to arbitration. Work continues during the dispute settlement process. The article notes political references and a local mayoral election with a specific vote tally.
Washington demanded details from the Huerta government on Private Parks, who strayed into Mexican territory near Vera Cruz. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan issued a strong note after Brazil reported Parks was executed, warning that failure to locate him or his fate would be an unfriendly act and a violation of civilized military procedure.
Cap t A Cowan commands United States Army aviators in San Diego with 14 expert airmen and six modern aeroplanes ready for service.
San Francisco lawyers Pred Fox and Maw Rice Pettinger pleaded guilty in U S district court after their January Monterey arrest while attempting to smuggle Colnese from Masses into the United States. A separate fire at a Galveston warehouse of the Merchants Plantree Compress company destroyed the building and damaged 11 000 bales of cotton stored there, with estimated losses around a million dollars.
The three Mexican envoys at Niagara Falls aim to secure guarantees against confiscation of property by the invading constitutionalists and establish a stable government with world recognition. They acknowledge Huerta's likely fall but focus on post Huerta stability and the broader pacification of Mexico.
After thirteen days in an open boat twelve survivors were rescued in the north Atlantic by the US revenue cutter Seneca. Fifteen crew members died after the Columbian was buried near Sable Island on May 3. Twenty seven others were saved by Cunard liner Franconia and steamer Manhattan following two days of exposure.
William Howard Taft spoke at the Free Synagogue Peace Sunday address on Mexican tensions. He questioned immediate success of the mediation conference but called mediation an important step toward western hemisphere settlement. He warned against public pressure for a military policy and said the people would fulfill their duty even if war looms, though they currently have little stomach for war.
Debates on repealing the Panama canal exemption clause proceed with Senator Kerns optimistic debates may close by May 3. Federal control urged before the House Commerce Committee by Charles Inman of Tulsa Oklahoma advocating relief for independent producers. Prohibitionists at a convention in Fresno nominate ticket headed by Fred W. Hoverler of Los Angeles for U S senator and C P Moore of Oakland for governor. Royalty visit Paris with King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine arriving for a two day courtesy tour with the French government.
The Menigan rebels finally occupied Tampico after a brutal siege. Federal defenders were driven from key suburbs and city streets as rebels under Generals Pablo Gonzales and Luis Cabelleros advanced with heavy artillery. Thousands died or were drowned in the Panaco river as the city fell. Foreign nationals were evacuated to ships in the harbor.
Ten men, mostly chemists, were killed in an explosion of acid and chemicals in the mixing room of the Mexican Crude Rubber company in Detroit. Several others injured, a one story concrete plant wrecked, and losses near 95000 dollars. Cause unknown, a large vat of molten rubber was involved in a secret process.
In Eureka Utah Janae Jones of Lowan je dead and Leland Whitehead badly hurt as a cage drops seventy five feet on the Eagle and Em Bell mine shaft. Ten miners injured when clutch breaks as they descend to the 1600 level. News notes strikers fired first in Ludlow clash as authorities report actions by state troops. Colorado senate debates canal and rail issues, with references to American committee projects.
A garbled OCR entry mentions President Washington and a historical figure, with unclear references to a refraing and Owen. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, producing a vague outline of a political or military topic without coherent details.
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