Archduke Francis Ferdinand Assassinated In Sarajevo
Martial law is proclaimed across Sarajevo after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie. Gavrilo Princip, a student, fires on the royal car, killing the heir to the Austro Hungarian throne and his wife as crowds attack Servian shops and looting ensues. Troops restore order amid anti Servian unrest and a bomb blast injures several.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia
Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of
Herzegovina
Joseph
Potiorek
Ernor
Royal Automobile
Hapsburgs
Gavrio Prinzip
Prinzip
Trebinje
Iabrinovics
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Princess of
Peere Palace
Archduke Ferdinand Assassination Shocks Europe
News from London and Sarajevo report the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a student in Sarajevo. Repercussions stir Servia Austria Hungary and Russia, with bombs found on the Sarajevo railway and talks of severe measures and a widening European crisis.
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London
Archduke Ferdinand
Belgrade
Servia
Bosnia
Austria
Russia
Sarayevo Railway
Troops Held For Time Being In Butte Fort Missoula Standby
Washington June 29 President Wilson will take no action for now in the Butte situation. No federal troops will be moved to Fort Missoula Montana at present pending further developments.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Butte
Fort Missoula
Mont
Kansas wheat ahead of game
Topeka Kansas June 29 The Kansas wheat crop stands at 154000000 bushels with winter wheat at 98 percent of full yield This level is 60000000 bushels above any prior crop and reflects record production according to the state board of agriculture secretary.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Colorado Democrats Convene to Pick Governor Candidates
Denver June 29 Leading Colorado Democrats gather in the capital for a state assembly that chooses names for the September primary ballot. The process requires a 10 percent vote to secure a nomination. Likely nominees include former U S Senator Thomas M Patterson and prison warden Thomas J Tynan.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
State Assembly
Assembly
United States
Thomas M. Patterson
Thomas J. Tynan
State Penitentiary
Maryland Teachers Convention in Ocean City Opens
Ocean City Maryland hosts the forty seventh annual State Teachers Association convention with a four day program. Educators of wide prominence will address the meeting, expected to be highly successful and profitable for the association.
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Ocean City
Maryland
Ottawa Golf Championship Opens At Royal Canadian event
The twentieth annual Royal Canadian Golf Association amateur championship began at the Ottawa Golf Club in Ottawa Ont and will run through the week. Top amateur players from Canada and the United States compete for the Dominion title.
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Ottawa
Ont
Royal Canadian Golf Association
Dominion
United States
Canada
Westinghouse Employees in Fighting Mood
Disorder erupted at Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburg as pickets barred entry to the plant. Police failed to calm crowds prompting sheriff to seek state aid amid rumors that state troops were en route.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric
Cloudburst Causes Severe Damage in Batavia Region
A cloudburst at Benkoelen Sumatra caused immense destruction with the business district ruined and multiple buildings collapsing. Reports from southern Sumatra note numerous European injuries following the quake events.
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Batavia
Java
Benkoelen
Sumatra
Run on bank over Lorimer failures hits foreigners in line
Chicago June 29 a run on the North Avenue State bank resumed as three hundred foreigners stood in line when it opened. Publicity surrounding the Lorimer bank failures is blamed for the panic.
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Chicago
North Avenue State Bank
Lorimer
Plague Campaign Ordered in New Orleans
Washington reports Surgeon General Blue of the public health service is sent to New Orleans to lead the campaign against bubonic plague that has appeared there. One death is already recorded.
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Washington
Blue
The
Public Health Service
New Orleans
Ty Cobb May Jump to Feds
Ty Cobb of the Detroit team and Federal league president Gilmore arrived in Buffalo for talks. Despite denials, reports say Cobb is considering an offer to switch to the Federal league.
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FEDS
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit American League
Gilmore
Federal League
Cobb
Federals
Breathitt County Feud Trial Moves Forward in Kentucky
Winchester Kentucky June 29 an additional breathitt county feud chapter unfolds in Clark circuit court with Thomas Davidson tried for complicity in the murder of former sheriff Edward Callahan. Davidson faces his second trial after a previous April trial ended in jury disagreement among nearly a score of Callahan murder defendants.
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Breathitt
Winchester
Thomas Davidson
Edward Callahan
Breathitt County
Clark
Davidson
Callahan
Engineers Meet at Regina for International Convention
Regina Sask June 29 Preparations near completion for the annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Steam and Operating Engineers to be held in Regina next month. The event is expected to draw thousands of delegates and visitors from across Canada and the United States.
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Regina
Sask
International Brotherhood of Steam and Operating Engineers
Canada
United States
Gathering of the Clans to Build State Platforms
A Boise state capital gathering outlines party platforms for the fall campaign. Delegates from Bannock County travel with Republican W H Cleare and others, Democrat George H Fisher, Progressive E G Houde, Socialist S W Gleim and more. Delegates will converge as all parties set state platforms.
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Boise
Caucasses
Bannock County
W. H. Cleare
Theodore Turner
M. E. Hughes
T. W. Rickard
D. W. Church
C. W. Pomeroy
H. V. A. Ferguson
J. Frank Hunt
T. M. Edwards
W. F. Scott
Orson
Childs
W. H. Hildreth
George H. Fisher
D. Worth Clark
Fred W. Rothas
Finn J. Berg
Robert M. Terrell
H. W. Lockhart
N. M. Eldredge
William Laurenson
Ed Murphy
John Hyde
Chris Woodall
A. N. Fisher
E. G. Houde
J. M. Ingersoll
George FE. Hatch
Mr. Nance
Arthur Briggs
Fred M. Holt
Earl C. White
C. B. Scott
Charles C. Pierce
Two Unions Clash for Supremacy in Butte Miners
In Butte Montana both factions of miners enroll members as tensions rise after rioting and a series of unexplained explosions. The Western Federation and independent union claim large enrollments with meetings set for tomorrow night. The Trades and Labor council defers action until President Moyer’s conference reaction is known.
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Butte
Mont
Old Western Federation
Independent Union
Trades and Labor Council
Moyer
Western Federation
Foraker Seen as Likely Successor to Burton in Senate
A new photograph of Joseph B. Foraker, former United States senator from Ohio, appears with observers who believe he has an excellent chance to succeed Senator Burton when he retires next March.
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Joseph B. Foraker
United States
Ohio
Burton
Passengers Rescued After Califormia Liner Grounding
Londonderry July 29 The thousand passengers aboard the California liner, ashore at Tory Island in fog, were transferred today to another vessel with help from British torpedo boat destroyers. No lives were lost. The liner remains in a critical rock position but may be floated.
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Londonderry
California
Tory Island
Wilson Sets Conference to Harmonize Conservation Bills
Washington June 29. Conflicting claims of jurisdiction among house committees over conservation bill administration prompt President Wilson to arrange conferences this week. He expects to secure harmony.
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Washington, D. C
House
Wilson
Senate panel backs Chamberlain limit for war strength
Washington June 29 the chamberlain resolution authorizing the statutory limit alone was favorably reported today by the senate military committee confirming a cap on war strength.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
New Canadian Pacific Line Opens Between Toronto and Montreal
Toronto June 29 the Lake Shore line of the Canadian Pacific opened for passenger traffic offering a new route between Toronto and Montreal. The line took two years to build and cost about 12 million dollars.
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Ont
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Lake Shore
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Death sentence set for Edward Cook in Halifax
Halifax N C June 29 preparations are made for the execution of Edward Cook who is to be hanged in the jail here tomorrow for the murder of Charles Assaff a Syrian peddler at Sheet Harbor last December.
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Halifax
N. C
Edward Cook
Cook
Charles Assaff
Sheet Harbor
Miller Brothers Break Car Record to Salt Lake
Attorney B. H. Miller and his brother Frank postmaster of the city, with their families in two six cylinder Oldsmobiles, drove from here to Salt Lake City in 13 hours 45 minutes about 250 miles. They averaged over 25 mph, with stops for lunch in McCammon and garland, and for refreshments in Malad. They plan a San Francisco Pan American trip next year.
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Frank
Here
Salt Lake
Idaho Falls
Temple City
St. Anthony
Messrs. Miller
Lanch
McCammon
Malad
Garland
Ogden
B. H. Miller
Villa Deprived of Munitions Strains Officials
General Villa and his army return to Torreon without ammunition after Zacatecas victory. Carranza refuses Villa import rights through Tampico, widening rift within the constitutionalist movement. Washington monitoring mediation talks as Carranza agents weigh US goals and a provisional government. Louis Cabrera hints Carranza may yield after military consultations.
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Tex
Villa
Zacatecas
Torreon
Carranza
Tampico
Carranza Mayfield
Washington, D. C
Huerta
United States
Louis Cabrera
United
Prohibition Applies to West Virginia Statewide
West Virginia will join nine states with total prohibition next Tuesday at midnight. The move expands dry regions to 2,132,726 square miles with 46,029,750 people under the ban. West Virginia’s 92,000 majority exceeded any prior dry vote, aided by workers and large employers supporting the cause. The 1910 census lists the state population at 1,221,119.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Georgia
Kansas
Maine
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Pueblo Vote On Charter Change Set For Tomorrow
Pueblo Colorado residents will vote in a special election to decide whether to restore the mayor and eight commissioners form of government and abolish the civil service commission and the preferential voting system.
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Pueblo
Colo
Commission
Civil Service Commission
Washington DC Weather: Fair Tonight and Tuesday
The forecast for Washington DC calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with northerly winds. The outlook suggests light to moderate temperatures and calm travel conditions across the region.
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Washington, D. C
District Court Resumes Busy Civil Session With Docket
District court reopened this afternoon and a heavy civil docket is anticipated through mid July. Two criminal hearings are scheduled. Cases listed include Randall-Dodd Auto Co versus Carl Snodgrass. Utah Implement & Vehicle Co versus Croshaw. Morley versus Townsend July 1. Myler versus Wilson July 1. State versus Tomassi July 2. State versus Sullivan. Wilson versus Wilson July 3. Richards versus Portneuf Marsh Valley Irrigation Co. July 6. Nelson versus Portneuf Marsh Valley Co July 6. Orth versus Turner mid-month. Continuous delays could extend into July.
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Randall-Dodd Auto Co
Carl Snodgrass
Utah Implement & Vehicle Co
Croshaw
Morley
Townsend
Myler
Wilson
Tomassi
Sullivan
Richards
Portneuf-Marsh Valley Irrigation Co
Nelson
Portneuf-Marsh Valley Co
Orth
Turner
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