Senators Take Up Crisis in Mexico
Congress moves to decide intervention or continue neutral policy as mediation fails. Senate foreign relations committee will open an inquiry today to gauge foreign pressure and support drastic measures against Huerta and Carranza factions amid Mexican anarchy and killings of foreigners.
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Wilson
Congress
Huerta
Mexico City
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Carranza
Spronents
Ambassador Wilson Recalled to Capital Amid Talks
Washington dispatch says Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson is ordered to return to Washington at once. He left Bath Beach for the Pennsylvania Station after reading telegrams at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria. Wilson plans to meet President Wilson, amid reports he will retire from the diplomatic service. Nelson O Shaughnessy will head the embassy in Mexico City until a new envoy is appointed.
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Pennsylvania
Goung
Wilson
Washington
Whsar
Asserts Wilson
Mexico City
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Lost Boy Everitt Sherry Found Dead Near Anacostia River
Everitt Sherry, missing since Friday from near the Anacostia Bridge, was found dead in the Anacostia River near New Jersey Avenue and Second Street SE. Two youths towed the body to the sewage pumping station, notified staff, and police took the body to the morgue. death cause undetermined, with family hopeful until confirmation.
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Anacostia River
New Jersey Avenue
Second Street
Ballard Mall
S.treet
Noah Gross
District Sewage
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Barr
Harbor Police
William Sherry
Eleventh Street
Sherry
Expedition Opens as Army Aims at Rebel States
Caracas reports a mobilized expedition leaving the capital to invade rebel-held states in Tachira and surrounding areas. Gen Neto defeats Gen Figueroa at Arena Col, and Gen Bello defeats Gen Pena at Caballo as political turmoil deepens in Venezuela. Des Moines sails to La Guaira with Henry Tennant to assume charge of the American legation.
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la Guaira
Caracas
Legation
Tennant
United States
Des Moines
Tachira
Arena
Col
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Figueroa
Caballo
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Pena
Thomas W. Voetter
Bryan
Cyrus N. Clark
la Guatra
Andrew T. Long
Brunswick
Henry F. Tennant
Mexico City
Wilcott Northcott
Pell and chauffeur killed in Long Beach collision with train
S Osgood Pell a millionaire real estate broker of New York City and his chauffeur were killed at Long Beach crossing when struck by an electric train. William Laimbeer and his wife of Hempstead were seriously injured and may not recover, officials said.
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N. J
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Mionaire
New York City
Long Beach Crossing
Wiliam Laimbeer
Hempstead
Laimbeer
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Bank Plot Inquiry as House Demands McAdoo Evidence
House members push to compel Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo to disclose the facts behind his charge that New York City national banks conspired to depress government bond prices. Two resolutions seek to force substantiation, one by Neeley directing a hearing and access to facts, another by Mondell demanding proofs.
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McAdoo
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Congress
New York City
Neeley
Kansas
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Pujo Money Investigating Committee
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Wyoming
Ducks hit by lightning kill eight in Delaware pond
Special to The Washington Post from Wilmington Delaware reports a bizarre accident as lightning struck a pond where eight ducks swam. The water was highly charged and paralyzed the birds. six died instantly, two survived until today, while six others on the bank escaped injury.
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Washington Post
Wilington
Del
Wilmington
Rockefeller and Roberts, Both 105, Meet in Cleveland
In Cleveland on Aug 3 at Budd Avenue Baptist Church John D Rockefeller, 105, and Ebenezer Roberts, 105, greeted each other and noted their long health. Roberts joked he was once a boy, now an old man, while Rockefeller replied he is still a boy. Roberts attends Euclid Avenue Baptist Church and had not met Rockefeller before this summer.
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Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Ebenezer Roberts
Budd Avenue Baptist Church
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
Riot at Wheatland Hop Field Ends in Fatalities
In Wheatland California a hop pickers riot at Durst ranch field left four killed including District Attorney Manwell and deputy sheriff, two women wounded. Gov. Johnson moved militia as clashes escalated with rioters surrounding the Durst home. striking workers demanded higher wages and violence spread to nearby precincts.
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Sacramento
Cal
Manwell
Yubo ‘County
Durst
Johnson
Tt. W. Weingh
Tts
Wheatland Township
Anderson
George H. Voss
Vose
Voss
Reardon
Nels Nelson
Connstable Anderson
Durst Brothers
Justice Gerard Considers Berlin Ambassadorship
Justice James W. Gerard, newly named envoy to Germany, reports Berlin housing is cramped and is drafting a bill for Congress. The plan would tax Americans abroad to fund embassy quarters and require compulsory registration with citizenship loss penalties.
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Germany
Kaiser's
Berlin
Gerard
American Congress
Treasury Department
Fear Mutiny in Canton as Foreign Guards Tighten Control
Canton faces a tense standoff as lights fail at midnight and mutiny fears rise. Gen Lung Chi Kuang advances with government forces toward the city while foreign troops guard the Shameen district. Refugees flood trains and ships. hundreds of missionaries head to Hongkong. thirty-some soldiers shot. a 360,000 reward offered for a Cantonese traitor. International fleets from multiple nations augment local protections amid a scramble of ships, troops, and refugees.
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Kwangsi
Guy, Chan
Cancon
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Wusung
Admiral Tseng
Suchonfu
Hwai River
Pukow
British Guns Near Ahead of Panama Canal Trade Route
State Department reports Britain eyeing a Bermuda naval base to protect Panama Canal routes. Caribbean and Atlantic theaters seen as potential flashpoints as Britain, Germany, and other powers eye Danish St Thomas and Curacao, with implications for the Monroe Doctrine and Pacific tensions.
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State Department
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Isthmus
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Pacific
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Strait of Juan de ¥Uca
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Sirius
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Hamilton
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Sleepwalking Death in Baltimore Family
Richard Brooks aged 59 died when he walked in his sleep and fell down a flight of steps breaking his neck. The incident follows a prior fatality at the Ostend street house eighteen months earlier, when his uncle Warren Plerman fell and died a week later from injuries.
President Arriaga gravely ill in Lisbon condition weak
Special cable reports President Manuel de Arriaga of Portugal has been ill for days with kidney stones and a failing heart. Authorities say his condition is grave and his weakness is life threatening.
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Washington Post
Manuel de Arriaga
New York State Faces Anarchy in Crisis Coverage
In today’s issue an array of chaotic headlines dominate the page. Reported events touch on political unrest, military disturbances, and international affairs with a focus on leadership, diplomacy, and civil order.
One Dead and Twenty Injured in Cleveland Apartment Fire
A fire at the Granger apartment house 205 Prospect avenue late tonight killed J. W. Andersen and injured about twenty people through jumping and flying glass. Two firemen were hurt. property loss is estimated at 10,000 dollars. The Granger housed Billy Whitla, the Sharon kidnapping case subject, found after a wide police search.
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Ohio
Frag Wiadow
Granger
Prospect Avenue
J. W. Andersen
Billy Whitla
Sharon
Crowded Cars Crash Causes Panic In Darkness
A rear end collision on the Glen Echo line between Rock Springs and the District line injured over twenty riders as two westbound cars collided after one stalled at a curve. Motorman Shattroff and Conductor Miller aided the injured and continued the run while a police check and hospital trips followed. Four were hospitalized at Georgetown Hospital including Miss Emily Hickey and Mrs. J. S. Joseph. The crash prompted a rush to escape and a local panic amid extensive minor injuries.
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Rock Springs
Miller
Beasley
Roebey
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Hyattsville
J. S. Joseph
Ralph Campbell
Maryland Avenue
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Massachusetts Avenue
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Hireex
Wiener
Ana
Siottroff
Shetirel
Waa
War Game Prep Assures 1300 Officers Entrain for Bolivar Heights
The District of Columbia National Guard's First and Second regiments plus medical corps head to Camp Ordway Bolivar Heights W. Va. for a full encampment and war game. Brig. Gen. Harrien arrives to command. signal corps march from Washington begins. program includes officer instruction and daily camp life drills.
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Signal Corps
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Washington
Camp Ordway
W. Va
District of Columbia National Guard
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Leesburg
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Thomas R. Clark
Medical Corps
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M. F. Schwab
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L. J. Rose
E. F. Hutchins
Louie Benner
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District of Columbia
Charles C. Herman
Third Infantry
G. A. Lynch
Infantry
Walton Goodwin, Jr
Fifth Infantry
William E. Morrison
Seventh Infantry
Willam M. Fassett
Aignal Corps
National Guard of
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F. B. Wheaton
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