Carranza to Address Mediation Envoys and Send Delegates
The Tampico blockade was suspended as the Mexican government issued a formal notice. General Carranza will address ABC mediators and announce sending delegates to the mediation conference, while conditions bar acceptance of any armistice or internal affairs surrender.
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Carranza
Tampico
Niagara Falls
A.B.C
Wilson
Washington
Tam Pico
General Carranza
ARC
Mexico
Ont
Huerta
Mexico City
United States
Carranzas
Bryan
Senor Zubaran
Zubaran
Will Accept Tolls Plan Amid Senate Amendments
Washington June 9 President Wilson is expected to accept senate amendments to the Panama tolls exemption repeal while reserving the right to discriminate for U S shipping. He says the senate fails to grant ungrudging assent by attaching amendments and wishes passage without limitation. The senate judiciary committee plans immediate work on the Clayton omnibus trust bill approved by the house.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Panama
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Law proposes curbs on paid lectures by officials
Washington June 9 A bill introduced in the house by Representative Britten of Illinois would make it unlawful for any cabinet officer department head or clerk to lecture for pay during their tenure except for actual traveling expenses and would forbid members of Congress to lecture for pay while Congress is in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Britten
Illinois
Congress seeks five specialists to end Colorado coal strike
A joint resolution was introduced by Representative Keating and Senator Owen asking President Wilson to appoint a five member commission of specialists to settle the Colorado coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Colorado
Congress
Keating
Owen
Heat Kills Three as Chicago Faces Worsening Wave
Three people died and many were prostrated on Chicago’s second day of a heat wave. The Weather Bureau warned of a further rise as temperatures reached a high of 93 degrees.
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Chicago
Government Weather Bureau
Storm Kills Three in Sanborn and Drags North Indiana Losses Hit 100000
A northern Indiana storm devastated Sanborn and outlying areas with three deaths and six injuries. The cyclone destroyed telegraph service, razed ten residences, four businesses, two grain elevators, and a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul roundhouse, with autos carrying aid to Sanborn. In Laporte, barns and farmhouses burned after lightning strikes, while C M Hyde’s summer lake residence was destroyed. Insurance estimates place losses near 100000 across the region.
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Mason City
Sanborn
Milwaukee & St. Paul
B. L. Fisk
P. W. Yotuma
Patrick Doherty
J. B. Long
G. W. Bonner
Laporte
Ind
Indiana
Fine Lake
C. M. Hyde
Chicago
Two Men Die After Bloody Family Feud Duel
In Poplarville Mississippi on June 8 John Lee and Boyd Ladner killed each other after a ten minute fight. Ladner shot Lee five times with three hits. Lee staggered to Ladner and killed him with a throat cut after grabbing Ladner in a death grip. Both men died.
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Poplarville
Miss
John Lee
Boyd Ladner
Ladner
Lee
Shamrock IV Sets Sail for Trial Run off Spithead
Portsmouth report states Shamrock IV Sir Thomas Lipton's new America’s Cup challenger left for its first trial sail off Spithead on Thursday with Shamrock III in company.
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Portsmouth
England
Sir Thomas Lipton
Spithead
Indiana Police Chief Hurt in Auto Crash
Newcastle Indiana June 8 Chief of Police Williams is reported fatally injured and Sheriff Bouslog and Chester M De Witt are slightly injured when an automobile driven by Bouslog overturned on the highway near Newcastle.
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Indiana
Newcastle
Ind
Williams
Bouslog
Chester M. de Witt
Steamer Northland Crew Saves 75 From Shore Crash
Seventy five passengers including women and children were rescued from the steamer Northland after it ran ashore on Bartlett's reef near New London. The tug Tasco aided the evacuation and brought the survivors to safety.
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New London
Conn
Northland
Bartlett's Reef
Tasco
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Power Over State Rate Fights
The U S Supreme Court ruled the interstate commerce commission may override state railroad rates when validity of interstate rates is challenged. Shreveport shippers claimed Texas and Houston Dallas rates discriminated against them, and the ICC ordered equalized rates. Justice Hughes noted Congress can set rules where local and national interests clash.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
Shreveport
Texas Railroad Commission
Houston
Dallas
Tex
Supreme Court
Texas
Justice Hughes
Congress
Texas Railway Commission
Louisville Railroad Commission
Texas Commission
Texas Pacific Railway
Houston West & West Texas Railway
Feared Disease Drives Ill Woman to Suicide
Mrs. A. G. Purcell of Oak Park Illinois killed herself by drinking poison leaving a note saying she feared a disease that had caused her father's death in Los Angeles California on June 10.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. G. Purcell
Oak Park
Ill
Child Kidnapped by Men in Grand Rapids
Seven year old daughter of Mrs. H. S. Terry was abducted from her Grand Rapids home by three men using two autos to escape. Police search ongoing.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
H. S. Terry
Clayton Bill Wins As Anti Trust Edicts Pass House
The administration anti trust legislation cleared the House by broad majorities amid three reform measures for big business and securities issuance. The Clayton general trust bill was approved 275 to 54 with labor and farmers exemptions and limits on court injunctions. A stocks and bonds measure fared 325 to 12, and a federal trade commission bill passed unopposed. Only two Democrats White and Geary opposed the legislation, Geary later withdrawing his vote.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Clayton General Trust
Labor and Farmers’ Organizations
Federal Trade Commission
White
Ohio
Geary
Rhode Island
Chandler
New York
Ex Mayor Shot in Duquoin Over Unpaid Bill
Dr D Winton Dunn former mayor of Duquoin Ill was fatally shot by Jesse Joplin after an unpaid bill dispute Joplin claimed he acted over a sick child Dunn was wounded in six places and died after being transported to St Louis. Joplin jailed in Perry County Illinois.
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Duquoin
Ill
D. Winton Dunn
Jesse Joplin
Joplin
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Doctor Dunn
St. Louis
U.S. Seeks No War Wilson Addresses Naval Academy Graduates
President Wilson told 154 Naval Academy graduates that the nation's mission is service to humanity, not conquest. He warned about Vera Cruz and expressed hope that the cadets will influence Mexicans while many depart for Mexican waters.
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Annapolis
Wilson
Naval Academy
United States
Vera Cruz
Robbery in Market Street Crowd Halts Bank Messenger
Philadelphia reports a Coventry bank messenger George Cros sin, age nineteen, from the Corn Exchange National Bank, robbed of over $5,000 in cash drafts and checks on Market Street. Also noted is Miss Mary Blomfield identified in a suffragette appeal to the king, and Empress of Ireland inquiry sessions set for Quebec June 16. Taraknath Dee of the University of California gains citizenship as the fourth Hindu American citizen.
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Philadelphia
George Crossin
Corn Exchange National Bank
Market Street
London
King George
Mary Blomfield
Lady Blomfield
Miss Blomfield
Montreal
Que
Quebec
San Francisco
Taraknath Dee
University of California
Three Children of Family Drown in Crandon Lake
Green Bay Wisconsin June 10 Three children of one family Jessie Hugh and Perry Smith were drowned in a Crandon lake Monday morning according to a message received here.
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Green Bay
Wis
Jessie
Hugh
Perry Smith
Crandon
Col Theodore Roosevelt Attends Son’s Madrid Wedding
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Madrid for his son Kermit Roosevelt's wedding to Miss Belle Willard. King Alfonso accompanies the former president to the capital as part of the visit.
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Madrid
Col
Theodore ‘Roosevelt
Kermit
Belle Willard
King Alfonso
Mexican Plan Not Liked by American Delegates
United States refuses to recognize a provisional Mexican president if Huerta names the foreign minister as proposed by Mexican delegates. mediators and American delegates clash for over two hours over the constitutional succession issue. Mexican insistence may drop if the US remains opposed to the proposed method.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
United States
Huerta
Washington Administration
Mexico
Raid on Women’s Social and Political Union Offices
London police conducted a raid on the militant group’s offices in Westminster after closing their Kingsway premises in May. Detectives seized books, documents and letters while occupants were searched and ejected. no arrests were reported.
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London
Polce
Women’s Social and Political Union
Kingsway
Westminster
Insurgent Faction Withdraws Writ Over Credentials
A petition for a writ of mandamus to force issuance of credentials to the insurgent faction of the Modern Woodsmen of America was withdrawn in Rock Island Illinois circuit court after Judge Olmsted refused to strike portions of officers’ answer. The fight spans Illinois Iowa and Nebraska with temporary credentials likely to be issued to both delegations until the head camp meeting in Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Woodsmen of America
Toledo
Olmsted
Immigrant Bill Draws Jewish Group's Protest in Atlantic City
At the closing session of the Independent Order of B'Rith Abraham convention in Atlantic City New Jersey officers urged opposition to restrictive immigration legislation. Delegates criticized the Burnett Dillingham bill then pending in Congress and the grand master urged President Wilson to veto, warning the measure would shut doors to Jewish immigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Independent Order of B’rith Abraham
Congress
Wilson
America
Silk Stocking Fellows Blamed by City Leader
Dr. Robert E. Minahan former mayor of Green Bay testifies before the Wisconsin vice commission that men who spend much time in automobiles known as silk stocking fellows ruin many girls in the city.
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Green Bay
Wis
Robert E. Minahan
Wisconsin Vice Commission
Denver Purchasing Frank Eddington From Columbus
Denver owner James McGill buys outfielder Frank Eddington from the Columbus club of the American Association. Eddington joins the Denver Western league squad under new ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Denver
Colo
Frank Eddington
Ben
Columbus
American Association
James McGill
Lenglen Wins World Tennis Title at Fifteen
Paris reports 15 year old Mlle Lenglen defeated Mme Golding 6 2 6 1 to win the women’s hard court world championship under the International Lawn Tennis Federation.
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Paris
Mlle. Lenglen
International Lawn Tennis Federation
Mme. Golding
Russian Cavalry Wins Edward Vase for Horsemanship
London reports the Russian cavalry wins the $2,500 gold vase founded by the late King Edward for military horsemanship, marking a third consecutive year of victory in the event.
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London
Edward
Ice Trust’s Proposed Excuses for Higher Ice Prices
A satirical list proposes six excuses the ice trust might use to justify rising ice prices after a cold winter. The items cite handling costs from thick ice, waste from large blocks, storage extraction difficulties, anticipated hot summer demand, and claims that price should reflect quality rather than production cost.
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Ice Trust
Quote on Women Contradiction Sparks Debate
A provocative remark argues that given time the average woman will contradict herself, prompting discussions on gender and communication. The statement traces backlash and invites analysis of logic and social norms.
A Crank Becomes Helpful by One Good Turn
A saying notes that a crank ceases to be a crank when he performs a kind act for someone. The remark underscores how small favors can transform perceptions and mend tensions.
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