Hope of Mediation Slender in Mexican Peace Talks
The week opened with little hope for mediation as the A B C delegates at Niagara Falls refused to accept Carranza nominees without a pledge to halt fighting. Carranza and Villa clash over leadership, while American mediators seek a way to resolve the deadlock amid evolving frontier tensions.
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Niagara Falls
Carranza
Washington
Rafel Z. Capmany
Luis Cabrera
United States
Lamar and
Lehmann
Republic
Huerta
Mexico City
Garranza
Villa
Edwards
Juarez
Zacatecas
Natera
Chihuahua
Torreon
el Paso
Asquith
Sylvia Pankhurst
Miss Pankhurst
United Kingdom
Ministry of Posts and Railways
Board of Trade
Ornelas
Italy
Ravenna
Mexico
Christiania
Norway
Great Britain
Russia
Sweden
Spitzbergen Islands
No Man's Land
Chief
William of Wied
Durazzo
Wied
John Bull
Meadowbrook
Greece
Athens
Chios
Mitylene
Bryan Urges Senate Action On Colombia Treaty
Senate Foreign Relations hearings feature Secretary Bryan advocating ratification to restore good feeling with Colombia and amity with Panama, and to regain U S prestige in South America. He notes need for expressed regret linked to Taft era. The panel moves to remove secrecy.
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Bryan
Senate
Colombia
United States
Republic of Panama
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Bry
Panama
South America
Taft
Dubois
State Department
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Overman
North Carolina
Chilton
West Virginia
Gold Hill Consolidated Company
Gold Hill
N. C
Light on Silk Strike and Other 1914 Labor Events
The U S Industrial Relations Commission opened its Paterson silk industry probe as strike leader Lessig cites three and four room systems as a key driver. Major silk maker Henry Doherty Jr and others deny police brutality. Ex mayor Mc Bride calls for federal standardization of pay and conditions. A worker warns the industry may become woman‑centered in twenty years. Lorimer era banks fail as La Salle Bank to cover 40 cents on the dollar. Butte riots erupt during miners’ day with 2000 protesters and a split union bid. West Virginia coal strike ends with union dues deducted from pay. Oregonian delivers first canal cargo of Hawaiian sugar to Franklin Refining through Panama Canal, cutting transit time.
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United States Industrial Relations Commission
Paterson
N. J
Lessig
Henry Doherty
McBride
la Salle Bank and Savings Trust of
Chicago
William Lorimer
Senate
Illinois
Lorimer Institutions
Lorimer
Butte
Mont
Miners’ Union
Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
West Virginia
Washington
Oregonian
Philadelphia
Panama Canal
Franklin Sugar Refining Company
New York Ballot Box Stuffer Case Rocks Constitutional Plan
Twenty two men in a Tammany district face sentencing after fraudulently deposited ballots amid a broader probe to identify orders from higher up. Six received six months in jail and the rest $100 fines, as investigators pursue higher officials and the convention’s fate hangs in the balance. Wisconsin Eugenics Law Upheld. The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules the blood test requirement for marriage licenses constitutional with a $2 doctor fee. Harry Thaw Bail Plea Denied by Supreme Court Chief Justice White.
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New York
New York States
New York City
Wisconsin
Miscellany of Front Page News Including Disappearance and Political Notes
The week reports the body of eight year old Warren McCarrick found in the Delaware River ending a nationwide search from Philadelphia. Mount Lassen eruptions claim one life among inspectors, with two new vents reported. President Wilson attends a Princeton alumni event as an ordinary attendee. Former Vice President Adeli Stevenson dies in Chicago at age 78. Noted jurist William H. Hornblower dies in Connecticut. Roosevelt hints at accepting Progressive nomination but not running for New York offices, criticizing Wilson over the Colombia treaty. General Federation of Women’s Clubs endorses woman suffrage after two decades of debate, despite threats of secession from anti suffrage members.
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McCarrick
Warren McCarrick
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Mount Lassen
California
Adeli E. Stevenson
United States
Cleveland
Chicago
William H. Hornblower
New York Court of Appeals
Litchfield
Conn
Roosevelt
Southampton
England
Col. Rosevelt
New York
Wilson
Colombia
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
President Warns of Conspiracy to Pack Congress
President Wilson warns of a coordinated effort by large corporate interests to force Congress to adjourn and block his administration’s trust control program. He releases two letters showing a campaign of psychological pressure and urges lawmakers to press on despite threats from the hardware trust led by E C Simmons and from Pictorial Review’s W P Jetter.
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Congress
White House
United States
Wilson
Simmons Hardware Company
St. Louis
The
Hardware Trust
E. C. Simmons
Federal Reserve Bank Board
W. P. Jetter
Ahnelt
Pictorial Review Company
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Christian
Uppe
Guerriero
Topolobampo
Mazatlan
Nicholas
Kishnev
Charles
Romania
London
Royal Geographical Society
Rene Viviani
Poincare
Viviani
Commons
House
Lords
Snitzbergen
San Domingan
San Domingo
Henry
Alexander
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Warren
O Security
Liberty Streets
Congressional
Neely
Alston G. Dayton
United States Court
Northern District
Trade Commission
Covington Interstate Trade Commission
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Legal and Criminal
Hampshire
Pittsburg
Princeton
Citizen’s National Bank
Penn’a Avenue West
H. B. Hyde
Optometrism
Arren
T. 3d
Foley
A. A. Davis & Co
Iver OS
Domtest
Munn & Co
Sciguitifie
Hmericatt
Ecientite
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