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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1914
Page
5
Governor Ammons reports $1,000,000 militia bond issue will fund state forces to restore control as federal troops stay only until sovereignty is reestablished. Coal districts have endured martial law with guard presence and riots following the Ludlow tent colony conflict.
Rebel General Villa maintains strict secrecy as his 25,000 strong force mobilizes from Torreon to attack Saltillo. The army includes 16,000 cavalry 7,500 infantry and 2,500 artillery with 47 field guns and 65 machine guns. In Washington Harry A Wheeler of Chicago is expected to decline a seat on the new federal reserve board proposed by President Wilson.
Captain Glennon, commander of the battleship Wyoming, leads the U S Navy. An aeroplane service ferries passengers from San Francisco to Owlvad with regular trips. Mayor James Mulph Jr and Count Stephen Tino appear in a garbled reporting of events and dignitaries.
Washington reports state department views Britain may recognize the constitutionalists after Sir Christopher Cradock’s call on Gonzales and suggests the United States might follow. Huerta’s position weakens as questions over consuls and press deaths raise pressure for departure, while talks of troop embarks and a looming congress address loom.
The threatened lockout affecting Bau Framoiien and ukland workers has been halted by arbitration. The dispute will be resolved through arbitration while workers continue to work. The article mentions election results in Gitlette with a mayoral vote of FT L to 89.
Washington demanded details from the Huerta government on Private Parks, an American infantryman who wandered into Mexican lines near Vera Cruz. If information is not provided, the act is described as unfriendly and hostile, with a strong note urging protection of whereabouts and indicating possible execution.
Captain A Cowan commands 14 expert airmen and six modern aeroplanes ready for service at San Diego as the United States Army aviation unit prepares for possible needs.
San Francisco reports that Pred Fox and Maw Rice Pettinger pleaded guilty in federal court after being arrested in Monterey last January while attempting to move contraband into the United States. A separate fire damaged the Morchants’ Compress plant warehouse, destroying a large bale stock and causing significant losses.
Mexican envoys at Niagara Falls remain confident of success in pacifying Mexico and securing guarantees against confiscation of property by the invading constitutionalists. They stress that even if Huerta falls, the crucial issue is creating a stable government recognized worldwide, with protection under any peaceful settlement.
After thirteen days adrift in the North Atlantic five survivors of the freight steamer Columbian were rescued by the US revenue cutter Seneca. Eleven others died after the Columbian sank near Sable Island on May 3, bringing the toll to fifteen. twenty seven crew members were saved by the Cunard liner Franconia and the steamer Manhattan following two days of exposure.
William Howard Taft spoke at the Free Synagogue Peace Sunday, expressing limited hope for the forthcoming mediatory conference but affirming mediation as a step toward settling international difficulties in the western hemisphere. He warned against popular pressure for a military policy and stressed the public would perform its holy duty even if war looms, yet presently has little will for war.
Debates on repealing the Panama Canal Act exemption continue as Senator Kerns assembles support in Washington with a possible May 38 adjournment. Federal control urged. Tulsa representative Inman pressing for relief of independent producers amid party splits. Royal visitors Queen Alexandra and King Christian arrive in Paris for a two day courtesy tour to the French government.
Tam pico falls after brutal fighting as rebels under Generals Pablo Gonzales and Luis Cabelleros push through Tampico. Federal defenders resist at the southern hotel and other strongpoints before many soldiers are driven into the Panuco River. Foreigners are evacuated, gunboat action ends as rebels force entry.
Ten workers, mostly chemists, were killed in an explosion in the mixing room of the Mexican Crude Rubber company in Detroit. Two others were seriously injured as the one story concrete building was wrecked and nearby structures damaged. Estimated loss rises to about 950000 as investigators question the secret process behind a large vat of molten rubber.
Eureka Utah reports Janae Jones of Lownan dead after a clutch failure caused a 75 foot cage drop in the Eagle and Em Bell mine. Leland Whitehead is seriously hurt, and ten others are injured as the cage plummeted to the 1600 level during a descent. Miners attempted to brace themselves as the accident occurred Friday morning.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Washington and Wilson with unclear spelling and era, referencing a historical topic and possible discussion of refraing 19 mecugpiae Huuria. The readable names Owen and Bow appear as misreadings, leaving the exact event or quote unspecified.
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