Peace Conference Makes Progress On Mexican Problem
Mediators and delegates from the United States and Mexico report smooth progress as talks cover internal and international aspects of the Mexican question. The mediators act as counsellors and will not propose provisional leadership or government forms. Mexican and American sides must originate proposals especially on agrarian reform and the Tampico incident.
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Niagara Falls
United States
Mexico
Tampico
Washington
Wilson
Ontario
Vera Cruz
Justice Lamar
Supreme Court of the United States
Frederick W. Lehmann
H. Perceval Dodge
Huerta
Zapata
Carranza
Mexico City
Irish Home Rule Becomes Law Into Effect
The House of Commons voted 351 to 274 in favor of Irish home rule, signaling practical passage of the measure. John E Redmond urged Ulster leaders to seek conciliatory talks on safeguards while Washington reports a Federal Reserve Board shift with E C Simmons of St Louis discussed for a seat and W P G Harding backed for governor.
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House of Commons
London
Ireland
John E. Redmond
Commons
Reserve Board
Washington
E. C. Simmons
St. Louis
Federal Reserve Board
Harry A. Wheeler
Simmons
W. P. G. Harding
Birmingham
Ala
George EE
SILLIMAN SAFE IN MEXICO CITY AND CARRANZA MOVES
The Niagara Falls mediation talks face division within the Constitutionalist camp over participation with some wanting a spokesman and others opposing. Vice Consul Silliman, arrested at Saltillo, has arrived in Mexico City safe though fears persist over alleged espionage and loss of archives. Carranza reports Constitutionalist forces have entered Saltillo after evacuating federal troops.
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Niagara Falls
Carranza
Silliman
United States
Mellen Defends Morgan at Interstate Commerce Hearing
Charles Mellen former New Haven president testified before the interstate commerce commission in a dramatic climax He claimed J Pierpont Morgan was aware of Grand Trunk negotiations and implied he would bear criminal indictments for Sherman Act violations He testified Morgan would have been harmed by indictment and described efforts to shield the elder financier from charges
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Mellen
Morgan
Washington
Charles 8. Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. Pierpont Morgan
Grand Trunk
Mr. Mellen
Becker Guilty in Rosenthal Murder Case
Becker and four gunmen were found guilty in the Rosenthal murder case. The jury held Becker as the arch-conspirator and a former police lieutenant faces potential execution by electric chair for murder in the first degree.
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Becker
New York
Charles Becker
Rosenthal
Court of Appeals
Herman Rosenthal
Beckers
Fruit Crop Promising in Washington This Year
The United States chamber of commerce committee reports a large fruit yield across varieties including apples pears plums and strawberries as of May 2. Only peaches may underperform, with only 1912 matching the current prospects in decades.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Committee On
Mellen testifies on Morgan control of New Haven
Charles S. Mellen, former New Haven president, testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission detailing J. P. Morgan’s dominance over the railroad, costly acquisitions, and speeches with Roosevelt and Byrnes figures cited as part of a broader inquiry into exploitation and fortunes lost.
Roosevelt Returns Home From South American Voyage
Theodore Roosevelt arrives at Quarantine harbor aboard the Booth liner Aidan after months in South America. He is accompanied by naturalists George K. Cherry and Leo E. Miller as he reaffirms the river of doubt, denies 1916 presidential run, and says he will not seek New York governorship.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
South America
George K. Cherry
Leo E. Miller
Pata
Booth
Aidan
Oyster Bay
Cotton Seed Rules Changed at New Orleans Convention
The Cotton Seed Crashers Association adopted new rules during its annual convention in New Orleans. Delegates discussed the cold pressed flake product designed as cotton flake versus decorti cated cake made by hydraulic process, marking changes in cotton seed products.
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New Orleans
Cotton Seed Crashers’ ’Association
Roosevelt Homeward Bound from Brazil to Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt ends a strenuous journey returning from Brazil to Saga more Hill Oyster Bay Long Island aboard the Booth liner Dunton. Captain Andrew Alexander describes the voyage from South American exploration as a near full recovery after illness caused by hazards and privations.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Prési Ent
Andrew Alexander
Booth
Dun&ton
Mexican Peace Talks and Executions Reported
Niagara Falls reports a peace conference optimism as Huerta signals possible resignation through delegates. Federal officers and generals were killed or executed after the Paredon Zertuche battles, with Villa delaying advance until the railway link is repaired.
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Mexico City
Ca Huerta
Niagara Falls
Minieter
Esteva Ruiz
Ontario
Huerta
Mexico
Associated Press
United States
Juarez
Miguel Alvarez
Ignacio Munoz
Paredon
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Ignacio Munog
Ozorno
Zertuche
Villata
Estancion
Amargos
New Haven Probe Details New Haven Railroad Purchases
Former New Haven president Charles S. Mellen testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission on acquisitions of Connecticut and Rhode Island trolley lines. He concedes some prices were high but argues lines were worth more to the New Haven at the time. Mellen cites sharp competition and boost in price as reasons for cost. He appears tired during proceedings.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles S. Mellen
The
Great New England
Mr. Mellen
Mr. Morgan
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Boston and Maine
E. H. Harriman
Thomas F. Byrnes
New York
Westchester
Tammany Hall
J. Pierpont Mogan
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Meflen
Mellen
Methodist Conference in Oklahoma City Debates Episcopacy
At the Oklahoma City gathering of the Methodist Conference the pending question on episcopacy was reviewed. The report from the committee on episcopacy was under consideration when the conference adjourned. The text mentions limitations on the tenure of presiding elders and notes Baltimore’s senior bishop involvement.
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Methodist Conference
Oklahoma City
Okla
Methodist Epischarch
South
Baltimore
Hearings Set on Coal Rates Intervening by NC Officials
North Carolina Corporation Commission chairman F L Travis and rate expert Womble arrive in Raleigh to discuss with the North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association and others a July 8 hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission Special Examiner Eddy. The case, No 6324, locks eight actions involving railways and mills over coal rates to Charlotte aimed at eliminating discrimination and readjusting freight terms amid rising transport costs.
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Charlotte
F&. L. Traiis
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Womble
Grffin
Raleigh
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturery Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eddy
Ing
Interstate Commer Commission
North Carolina Manufacturer Association
The
Corporation Commission
Messrs
Wimbish & Ellis
Atlanta
Manufacturers’ Association
Oud
Wimbish
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association of South Carolina
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway
South Carolina
Benton Mills Ale
Norfolk & Western Company
Columbia Laundry Company
Southern Railway Company
Tomlinson Chair
Virginia & Southwestern Railway
Lynchburg Cotton Mill Company
Norfolk & Western Railway
City of Spartanbureg
Black Mountain C
Louisville & Nashville, Railway Company
Coal Creek
Tenessee
Carolina Mountains
Virginia
Rain Deprives Linville Falls Mountains of Needed Water
The Linville Falls region faces a critically dry season with virtually no rain since spring. Forest fires, likely incendiary or caused along the CC and O Railway near Linville Falls station, threaten hundreds to thousands of acres of hardwoods as hay and pastures suffer.
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Linville Falls
Tinville Falls
Cea
Weat Linyille Falla
Rae
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