Carranza opposes proposed two by two by mediators plan
Carranza faction rejects a South American proposal for a mixed provisional government in Mexico with two administrators named by the federalists and two by the constitutionalists plus a mediators choice. They insist on eliminating Huerta and his party as a condition for any settlement. Carranza envoys in El Paso say the constitutionalists will accept nothing short of Huerta's elimination. The next Niagara Falls meeting with envoys awaits clarification from the mediators and the U S on whether Huerta is omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Mexico
Carranza
Huerta
United States
Niagara Falls
Canada
Bryan
el Paso
State Land Office Closed Springfield Summary
Springfield Mo John H Duncan long serving Missouri land office receiver retires after telegram from Washington states the office was abolished by act of congress confirming the closure of the Springfield unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Springfield
John H. Duncan
Missouri Land Office
General Land Commissioner
Washington
Congress
Solons Exposed to Measles in Senate
Washington lawmakers face exposure as Senator Simmons, leader of the drive to repeal the Panama canal act exemption, contracts measles. All senators who have not had the disease are considered at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solons
Washington, D. C
Senate
Simmons
Paroled Youth Refuses Plea to Tell Father of Fine
Jefferson City reports Gov. Mayor paroles Leslie Cletus Lasswell of Campbell Missouri after he chose a two year sentence rather than inform his wealthy father of his misfortune and seek $100 to pay the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Leslie Cletus Lasswell
Campbell
Laswell
Fights Sheriff Then Kills Himself in Anamosa Duel
Henry Nordman a grain buyer fired a bullet into his brain after a street duel with Sheriff Hogan to avoid arrest on a forgery charge. Nordman died instantly in Anamosa Iowa leaving the scene and the sheriff unharmed.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Henry Nordman
Hogan
Earthquake Shakes Ogden Utah Business District
An earthquake lasting over a second startled Ogden Utah causing excitement in tall buildings and breaking large windows in the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
Boy Electrocuted On Dare In Bloomington
A boy named Pearl Enos was electrocuted while climbing electric light wires with playmates in Bloomington Illinois. The body lay for an hour before the rescue squad arrived, prompting a cautionary incident report on safety around live lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Pearl Enos
Fragmentary local news note from New York dispatch
Incomplete OCR fragment notes a hospital, a wounded man, and movements toward New York involving a colonel and a person named Cora, with stray mentions of a Mexican context and a restart of a mission. The text is garbled and obscures clear facts or events.
Mediators Plan Faces Mexican Constitutionalist Rejection
In El Paso Texas constitutionalist officers say the South American mediators plan to pacify Mexico would eliminate Huerta and set up a provisional government but they demand the complete elimination of Huerta and his entire party before agreeing to any settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Huerta
American Vice Consul Silliman Sent to Mexico City
Acting Foreign Minister Ruiz telegraphed mediators in Washington that Vice Consul Silliman, held at Saltillo on rebel aid charges, has been ordered sent to Mexico City under guard to be delivered to the Brazilian minister for return to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ruiz
Washington
Silliman
Saltillo
United States
City
Mexico
Lobos
Tempico
Mediation Plan Aims At Huerta Elimination In Mexico
Three South American mediators draft a plan to end Huerta rule by creating a temporary government with five members. Two named by Huerta, two by the constitutionalists, and one by the mediators. Niagara Falls talks anticipated but constitutionalists not invited. Plan aims to satisfy Mexican factions and the United States.
Americans Targeted Doorway Marked in Paris Embassy
The stone doorstep of the United States embassy offices in Paris bore the large Spanish inscription passing to Americans. Authorities posted three policemen on permanent duty in the neighborhood to guard the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Kansas City II to Represent Aero Club in Elimination Race
Kansas City II will represent the Kansas City Aero club in the national elimination balloon race starting from St. Louis on July 7. The announcement came from the local aero club detailing the entry and date for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas City Aero Club
St. Louis
Aero Club
Explosion kills seven men aboard Old Dominion ship
Seven men died in an engine room explosion on the ship Jeffer son near Cape Henry. The vessel returned to Norfolk with the dead aboard and then resumed its voyage.
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Norfolk
Old Dominion
Jefferson
Cape Henry
Ghd
Tampico Fallen as Federals Flee Toward San Luis Potosi
Washington reports the federal garrison completed evacuation of Tampico after a five day battle with 7,000 constitutionalists who entered the city as the federals abandoned it. Rebels advance toward Saltillo and San Luis Potosi while marines monitor Lobos Island and oil operations.
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Washington
Tampico
Navy Department
Mayo
Bravo
Zaragosa
Panuco River
Torreon
Gonzales
Caballeros
San Luis Potosi
Pachuca
Mexico City
Monterey
Saltillo
San. Luis Potosi
U S Mediators Meet South American Envoys in Mediation Push
Washington reports formal mediation steps in the Mexican problem as Justice Lamar Frederick Lehmann and H Perceval Dodge call on three South American envoys. They arrive via White House car and set stage for Niagara Falls talks ahead of the first meeting. Mexican Huerta envoy reportedly left Havanna for Niagara Falls, amid pressure to involve constitutionalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Lamar
Frederick W. Lehmann
H. Perceval Dodge
United States
Robert Lansing
Mr. Bryan
White House
Niagara Falls
Mexico City
Huerta
Havang
Key West
Lobos Island
Tampico
Quiz Into Fate Of Orderly Washington
Secretary Gargon directs Gen Funston at Vera Cruz to seek fate of orderly Washington officials. Ambiguous excerpt reports military linkage and potential inquiry led by secretary with Gen Funston. No clear names beyond those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Gargon
Funston
Vere Cruz
Ee Iy
U S Ships Seize Mexican Island In Tampico Battle
Foreign Minister Ruiz reports U S torpedo boats a transport and tender appeared off Lobos Island landing a party and taking Americans aboard as fighting rages at Tampico. Blazing oil tanks light the town as constitutionalists press a heavy assault against federal lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Juarez
Mex
Tampico
Ofwell
Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza
Pablo Gonzales
Balket Coach's Suffrage Song in Kirksville
In Kirksville Missouri two hundred fifty male students at the Normal school and about a dozen male faculty members refused to help or hear a suffrage song during the chapel exercise, staying away from the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balket
Kirksville
Kirksville Normal School
Politician at Death's Door in New York
John C. Calhoun Mayo Democratic national committeeman from Kentucky lies near death at the Waldorf Astoria from pneumonia Bright's disease and peritonitis. Attending physicians warned the end could come at any moment.
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Death's Door
New York
John C. Calhoun Mayo
Kentucky
Bright
Waldorf- Astoria
Three Girls Die in Fire at Alpine Apartments Newark
A blaze at the Alpine apartment house in Newark Newark New Jersey left three girls dead and a man gravely injured. The victims were Margaret Healy and two unnamed black girls identified only as Lillie and Susie.
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Newark
N. J
Alpine
Margaret Healy
Lillie
Susie
Sheriff Acquitted in Brown County Murder Trial
Hiawatha Kansas drama as former Brown County sheriff H T Moore is acquitted of murder in the death of Ernest Wallace a prisoner who was shot while attempting to flee jail on January 27. The acquittal ends a case that drew regional attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Kan
H. T. Moore
Brown County
Ernest Wallace
Man Is Mysteriously Shot In Highland Park Suburb
Sewall Truaz, 37, mining engineer and invalid for over a year, is dying after a mysterious shooting at the home of his father-in-law, W. C. Egan, in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sewall Truaz
W.C. Egan
Highland Park
Strikery Resort to Foul Measures Roils Chicago Dining
Chicago restaurant workers at several loop establishments go on strike as hundreds of diners are forced to leave. Waitresses report missed meals and unsafe conditions, prompting nearby diners to seek air outside after blocking doors during the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Aviator Percival Van Ness Killed as Plane Flips
N. Ulles reports that Percival Van Ness of this city was almost instantly killed when his crew biplane turned turtle near here. His mother witnessed the tragedy.
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Ulles
Percival van Ness
Populist Party Founder Bead Highlighted in Texan Note
A fragment from Jas Tex record references Milton, a park, and a Bead founder associated with the Populist Party, noting activity in the Milton area and Col. context in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bead
Jas
Tex
Col
Milton, Park One
Huerta Accuses U S of Violating Armistice Over Lobos Island
Washington reports two crisis knots in Niagara Falls mediation. Huerta accuses the United States of violating the armistice by occupying Lobos Island near Tampico, while US consulate aide John R. Silliman remains detained at Saltillo. Officials warn of possible hostilities if Huerta does not yield.
New Democracy Burning Speech in Chicago Declares Birth of Democracy
In Chicago Jas A McDonald declared that cries for vengeance from Colorado and other strife scenes are not the death knell of the republic but the birth pangs of a new democracy. He framed the cries as a catalyst for democratic renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Democracy
Chicago
Colorado
Republic
Jas. A. McDonald
Train Robbery at Southern Pacific Coast Line Stop Foiled
A man attempted a robbery aboard an incoming Southern Pacific Coast Line train five miles south of San Francisco California. He was struck by a crew member and rendered unconscious, halting the incident. The robber was captured and authorities likely to pursue charges.
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San
Youth charged with killing three youths in Georgia town
In Ocilla Georgia 16 year old Preston Williams was jailed on charges of killing three youths with a shotgun The victims Elbert and Robert Gay brothers and Jesse Sumner are members of prominent families in the area The incident drew regional attention and prompted police investigation in the Georgia community
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Bey
Killa
Ocilla
Preston
Williame
Wera
Elbert
Robert Gay
Jesse
Sumner
Gemberg
Public Perception Shapes Punishment Debate
A fragment notes offenders fear disgrace from the public and argues punishment should rely more on social stigma than physical penalties. The terse reflection suggests Shame as a deterrent and questions the efficacy of harsh corporal measures.
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N. YY
Mextat
New, York
Cora. Strayof
Starti Resimaen
Gen. Huerta
State Department
Mississippi
Misssissippi
W. G. Roper
Pensacola
Mexican
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Wilson
Garrison
Vera Cruz
Maas
Parks
Pats
Gen. Funston
U. S
Mexican Island
Ruiz Cables
Consil
U.S
War Department
Island
Dixie
Senor Cardosa
City of
Zapata
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