Former Campeche Governor Brito Arrested in New Orleans
Emmanuel Castillo Brito former Campeche governor was arrested in New Orleans on murder and robbery charges linked to Huerta era events. Two DOJ agents and a Mexican official were detained over alleged blackmail payments to Brito as he resisted arrest in Mexico.
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Campeche
New Orleans
Petention
Emmanuel Brito
Department of Justice
Emmanuel Castillo Brito
Campéche
Brito
Huerta
United States Department of Justice
Carranza Ranch
New Oiieans
BR. G. Matthews
J. L. Mott
Ernesto Fernandez
Cerranga
United States
Mexico
Brite
Exrom McReynois
McReynolds
Matthews
Fernandez
Federal District Attorney
Guion
Férheards
Honduras
Madero
Campechi
Heerta
State Department
Mexigh
Uefa
Department of Justles
Washington
Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Motorcycle paymaster shot by bandits on Bedford Village road
Samuel Howell of New York, a paymaster for a local contractor, was ambushed by four armed men who opened fire as he rode a motorcycle toward Mount Kisco. He reached Flower Hospital in New York after a fast train ride and surgery, with sheriff’s posse searching for the attackers.
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White Plains
N. Y
Samuel Howell
New York
Bedford Village
Howell
Mount Kisco
Flower Hospital
Girl Held as a Mutineer on North American Steamer
Lillian Clarkson, a Chicago stenographer turned waitress, faced U S Commissioner Mark A Foote for mutiny after refusing another girl’s duties aboard the steamer North American. Captain Johnston testified she read a novel during work, but she claimed she did not know mutiny. She was bound over on a federal charge with bonds set at 200 dollars. punishment ranges to death or imprisonment for twenty years.
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Chicago
High Seas
Lillian Clarkson
United States
Mark A. Foote
Sevral
A. E. Johnston
Margaret Leon
Chinese Tries Hold-Up In New York Court
Chu Hem, a Chinese resident at 12 Pell Street, was brought to the Tombs police court on an extortion charge after allegedly threatening Chu Yung Yue for 3000 to travel to California. Police found two pistols in his room and expect Sullivan law charges. Detective Chinn intervened when a midnight dispute drew in the building’s Celestials. Chu Hem had a prior shooting-fray arrest two years ago but was not held then.
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New York
Chu Hem
Tombs
Pell Street
Chinn
Washington Couple Secretly Wed in Norfolk Trip
Robert Monroe Grace and Miss Mary Agatha Tennant, both youths from Washington, traveled to Norfolk for a pleasure trip and reportedly married there on Saturday. Tennant, 18, works in the House of Representatives and lives at 606 North Carolina Avenue SE. Grace, 21, a Potomac Electric bookkeeper, stays with his father at 731 Virginia Avenue SE. The ceremony was conducted by Rev J A Thomas of Cumberland Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Norfolk
Robert Monroe Grace
Mary Agatha Tennent
Washington
Miss Tennant
Annie V. Tennant
Alexander Tennant
North Carolina Avenue Southeast
Grace
Potomac Electric Company
Charles H. Grace
Virginia Avenue Southeast
Nertole
J. A. Thomas
Cumberland Methodist Eipiscopal Church
Official Papers Not Lost Says Mexico Ambassador
New York August 2 United States Ambassador to Mexico Henry Lane Wilson denied pickpockets took official papers or a large sum. He told a reporter he only lost a purse and visiting cards after a telephone call from the Waldorf Astoria. He estimated his loss at about $100 and dismissed police aid as exaggerated.
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New York
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Mexico
Wilson
Waldorf-Astoria
Tie
Titanic wreck doubt fades under hydrographic view
Federal hydrographers reject Titanic as the possible wreck near latitude 39 40 long 48 19. Assistant Landenberger notes hull breakup long ago and a masthead sighting misinterpreted as a hull. The report places the feature 200 miles southeast of the sinking site and contradicts current patterns.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Remnant
Bordeaux
United States Hydrographic Office
Landenberger
Mitter
Divorce Burlesque Sparks Supreme Court Protest
New York Aug 2 A protest in supreme court by Harry Child chief stage manager for Henry W Savage alleges his former wife Elizabeth Toner Child and her second husband exploit the divorce by staging a burlesque sketch titled Trick earning about 600 a week. He cites a son’s education alimony and seeks support adjustments while detailing alimony history and a move to Baltimore.
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New York
Supreme Court
Harry Child
Henry W. Savage
Harry Child, Jr
Berste Toner
Chesley
Child
Spain
Interior Dept Seeks 20000 For Damaged Patent Office Skylight
The Interior Department requests a $20,000 appropriation to replace a skylight over the area where patent drawings are stored. The storm damage left the skylight in poor condition, and a new skylight is deemed necessary to protect the drawings that establish patent ownership.
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Interior Department
Patent Office
Greeks Claim Victory Over Bulgars In Balkans War
A Greek government dispatch from August 3, 1913, asserts Greek forces defeated Bulgarian units along the upper Bregalnitza River, Pechovo plain, and Mesta valley. It describes a rout of King Ferdinand’s armies after counter-attacks failed, with Greek reinforcements turning the tide and crushing the enemy before hostilities paused.
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Bulgaria
Bregalnitea
Pechovo
Mesta
Ferdinand
Pachovo
Mahomia
Dre C. Vouro
Greace
Washington
Robert T. Lincoln Celebrates 70th Birthday in Manchester
Robert T. Lincoln son of President Lincoln and former Secretary of War is a septuagenarian. He marked his seventieth birthday with a dinner party in Manchester, joining Horace G. Young and George H. Thatcher of Albany and Robert MM. Janney of Philadelphia in the Lincoln "foursome." Lincoln remains hale and hearty and plays golf each pleasant afternoon.
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Manchester
Aig
Robert T. Lincoln
President Lincoln
Horace G. Young
George H. Thatcher
Albany
Robert MM. Janney
Philadelphia
Lincoln
Licensed to Marry Names and Ages in Varying Pairs
A list of proposed marriages with multiple couples and ages from different locales. Entries include John J. Ligh and Katherine A. Baldwin. Carl A. W. Grosschel and Annie H. Davis. Ernest Dennatadt and Rachel A. Robbins. Ellwood C. Adolph and Bessie P. Mourning. William M. Exgard and Dora P. Gill. Karchem and Mary Foxwell. Lucius R. Huden and Pearl Hitt. Greece A. Ginclair and Mary V. Shreve, with reverends noted in several lines.
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John J.’ Ligh
Katherine A. Baldwin
Outa Randall
Carl A. W. Grosschel
Annapolis
Annie H. Davis
Onancock
AL Schrosner
Ernest Dennatadt
Rachel A. Robbins
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Aged Widow Seeks Back Pension for Civil War Vet
Rosa Hoffmen, 64, now at the Crittenden Home, came from Cincinnati to Arlington to visit her husband Frederick Hoffmen’s grave and to inquire about a widow’s pension of 12 dollars a month. She lost part of her savings on the way, wandered the Government Hospital grounds, was placed in detention, then turned over to the Board of Charities. Officials will pursue her back pension claim, hoping it will support her in her remaining years.
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Cincinnati
Veetran
Ohio City
Crittenden Home
Rosa Hoffmen
Ohio
Government Hospital
Frederick Hoffman
Washington
Arlington
Anscostia
House of Détention
Sha
Bis
Board of Charities
Sha Wald
Cirtinaet
Wrashington
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Hempstead
Plains
Weymann
America
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Grand Jury
Demanda
sPurse
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Muse
Henry Savage
Xander
Tennessee
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Uatrus
Asheville
Southern Railway
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Naver
Byron S. Adams
Siz 11Th St
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Waltham, Elgin
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Mikebibbtan
Russia
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Riggs Turkish Baths
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