Resignation of U S Ambassador to Mexico Accepted
The resignation of Henry Lane Wilson as ambassador to Mexico is accepted to take effect October 14. John Lind, ex Minnesota governor, heads to Mexico City as adviser to Nelson O Shaughnessy. Debates loom over Huerta's control and potential U S intervention amid French and British protests and rising American losses. De la Barra arrives to push for formal recognition of Huerta as peace broker. Senatorial interest grows in questioning John Bassett Moore on policy toward the Wiltean crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Mexico
de la Barra
Huerta
del Valle
John Bassett Moore
Henry Lane Wilson
Wilson
Bryan
John Lind
Minnesota
Congress
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
United States
Lind
Francisco L. de la Barra
Washington
R F del Valle
State Department
Moore
Ambassador Wilson
Iu Ha ‘Aub
Americans in Mexico Seek Germany's Protection
Special to The Washington Post from City of Mexico reporting a circulated petition by Americans asking German emperor to protect them after claims of 60 million dollars in property losses and 1140 American deaths. Ambassador Wilson tore up the petition and urged reliance on the U.S. government. A confidential State Department note prompted quiet handling. French losses in Mexico total 500,000 pesos in two months with appeals for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Great Britain
United States
Mexico
State Department
Ambassador Page
London
Spring Rice
Washington
Panama Canal
de la Barra
Washington Post
City of Mexico
Wilson
Hostage Crisis and Rebel Attacks Across Mexican Front
American power plant engineer C H Cooper is held by Maximo Castillo's gang in Chihuahua demanding 200 in ransom after a raid on Pearson mills. Rebels retreat toward Villa Alameda while Ortega's command moves, and American girls are attacked in Tampico. Reports from Guaymas indicate heavy fighting and naval activity near the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Dntire
Madera Company
Pearson
Chihuahua
Maximo Castillo
Pearson Syndicate
C. H. Cooper
Cooper
Corporation
Duthe
Ortega
Guadalupe
Villa Alameda
Juarez
Mexico City
Matthew Gould
Tampico
Washington
Tampco
Armies clash as Empalme occupation stalls advances
Dispatches report gunfire at Empalme as state troops encounter opposing forces. The attempted occupation would leave both sides in positions similar to those before the state withdrew from Guaymas suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teries
Empalme
Guaymas
Mother Goose Ball Provokes Antisuffrage Protest in Los Angeles
Special to The Washington Post from Los Angeles notes Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish of Newport staged a Mother Goose ball as a protest against suffrage. Mrs Mor Albee and social problem student Wald condemn the move as absurd parasitic ignorance. Mrs E K Foster likens Mrs Fish to a parasite and fears the professional class will be obliterated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Fish
Lds Angeles
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Stuyvesant Fish
Newport
Surfeey
Mrs Fish
E. K Fosters
MOTHER AND GIRL MURDERED IN KIRKSVILLE MO
Mrs Ivy Chevelier aged 40 and her daughter Ella 15 were found murdered in their home in Kirksville on August 4. They had been choked and beaten after an attack. Sheriff Willis ordered bloodhounds from Springfield to aid the search for a man said to have threatened Mrs Chevelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirksville
Ivy Chevelier
Ella
Chevelier
Willis
Springfield
Migs Chevelier
Decree Seized Cuban Ports Company Under Fire
President Menocal signed a decree suspending tonnage dues at Bays and placing Cuban Works and justice actions under state control. It targets the Ports Improvement Company of Cuba, an American capital firm, claiming unmet legal provisions and threatening to annul its concession and recover overpayments. Opponents call it patronage driven. the company vows legal action for damages and rights restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habana
Menocal
Ports Improvement Company of
Cuba
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Public Works
Secretary of Justice
Owaeaals
Pnexs
Call Her Poisoner Faints At Murder Charge In Utica Case
Emma Krill a nurse, arrested in Cornwall on the Hudson for the murder of Dr Stanley E Tron. She admits giving morphine and atropine at his directions after he threatened to marry her. Trial details include stomach analysis, autopsy, and her sobering testimony in court.
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Utica
Emma Krill
Cornwall on-the-Hudson
Stanley E Tron
New York
Tron
Harvard
Italy
Miss Krill
Hudson
F J Douglas
Dodd
Dr Hamilton
Auurn
Krill
Dr. Tron
Emma
Dr Tron
Judge Colegrove
Miss Kall
Colegrove
Waitress and Bookmaker Convicted in New York
Margaret Wright, 33, was convicted of bookmaking on horse races. She received probation with a warning that repetition would bring a penitentiary sentence. Reported as the first instance of a woman written for bookmaking in New York. Wright, a waitress, tearfully pleaded for leniency saying most of her earnings were lost in betting on races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Wright
Taday
Misa Wright
Pleads for Modest Dress by Mrs Gould in Chicago
Mrs Edwin Gould traveling with her husband and friends in Chicago urged modest dress for women on streets and beaches. She opposed extreme skirts and favored a return to wider, conservative styles, predicting a national revulsion against immodest fashions. Women’s clubs in St Paul plan to appeal to designers and manufacturers for modified styles.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Edwin Gould
New York
Gould
St Paul
Trial Hearings on Frank Case Devolve into Conley Cross Examination
Atlanta witnesses describe James Conley as a key figure in the Mary Phagan murder case. Conley testifies Frank allegedly sought to silence him, describing notes written at Frank’s dictation and a plan to burn the body with chips in the basement furnace.
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Atlanta
Lee M. Frank
Mary Phagan
James Conley
Frank
Coursel
Conley
Franks
Hoth
Brooklyn
West Virginia lawmakers jailed for bribe votes in senatorial contest
Five legislators including delegates Rhodes Duff Asbury and Hill and Senator Smith were sentenced by Judge W S O Brien to six years, five years six months, and five years respectively for bribery in the February U S Senate election. They are disqualified for life from holding public office. A stay of execution for 90 days was granted to allow appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie Hill
Webster Springs
W Va
West Virginia
W. S O'Brien
Superior
United States
G Rhodes
Ruth Duff
H F Asbury
B. A Smith
Hfe
George S van Meter
T. J Smith
Charleston
Bonner Hill
Townsend
Porter in Court Ruling Wins $20,000 From Coupons
Huntington, August 4. Following a court decision the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad must accept all ticket coupons regardless of holder, porter William Jackson collects thousands of coupons left by passengers during the 2 cent fare dispute. Several other porters will gain substantial sums as the coupons are redeemed. The railroad sought to limit payouts to original purchasers, but the decree stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
William Jackson
Jackson
SAVES CHOKING LEOPARDESS IN CENTRAL PARK CAGE
James Crowley, keeper at Central Park menagerie, saved La Touche the leopardess from choking on a bone. He entered the cage, secured the animal, dislodged the bone with a forceful maneuver, and freed the tiger-like animal. William Snyder aided, but the leopardess coughed, licked Crowley, and survived. Also notes travel: $100 to Harpers Ferry and return by Baltimore and Ohio for Sunday travel.
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Washington Post
New York
James Cowley
Central Park
Menigere
Crowley
William Snyder
Crowle
Harpers Ferry
Baltimore and Ohio
Spa
Wire and World In Brief From Today’s Issue
Index lists items including Mexico prison case, murder charge against a doctor, Phagan trial notes, Bastar marriage, Waldlamen at Cano Ordway, Richards investments, Nicaragua treaty, banker meetings, theater attractions, rate cuts, pig iron tariff debate, Alexandria explosions, editorial and society pages, sports and financials.
Woman killed in male garb near Asheville railway
Asheville, Aug 4. Mrs Etta Patton, wife of Zeb Patton of this city, was found dead with a broken neck near the railway track. Dressed in rough shoes and overalls, she was identified late. Officials believe she was killed by a train while possibly en route to Knoxville where she had connections, though no reason for the disguise is suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Asheville
Etta Patton
Zeb . Patton
Pastor Marries Choir Lead, Sparks Hushed Wedding Rumors
The Rev George A. Miller and Miss Emma Ruth Roy married yesterday at the bride’s mother’s home and set off on a month’s honeymoon to the Thousand Islands Montreal and Lake George. Miller, a widower, is 58? years old and the bride is a leading soprano in the Ninth Street Christian Church choir. Congregants suspected the match due to Miller’s closeness with Miss Roy, the bride’s mother is Mrs Ema V Roy of 416 Tenth Street Northeast. The ceremony followed rumors after Miss Roy wore a large solitaire for about a month. The church had recent notable events including a burned mortgage and lightning damage earlier in July.
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George A. Miller
Ninth Street Christian Church
Emma Ruth Roy
Ema V Roy
Tenth Street
Thousand Islands
Montreal
Lake George
Ninth Street
Miss Roy
Yeading
Mr Miller
Chum
Guard drills begin as National Guard camps at Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry West Virginia August 4 The District National Guard established camp after 2 PM unfurled Old Glory and formed a brigade review. Gen Harries inspected crews while First regiment band performed nightly with plans to repeat. Camp duties included tent pitching, dust, and early reveille at 6:30 AM.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Thea District National Guard
Old Glory
Harries
Harpers Perry
Bhanandoah City
Signal Corps
Washington
Herbert
Representative Borland
Missouri
Bove
Ca Opy
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Bernard J MacDonald
Ray Herrell
Charles Biesel
Biesel
U. S
Germany
Guaymet
Eufemio Zapata
Port Arthur
Ten
Castello
Eufemio Papata
Guaymas Nogales
Creaoerado
Tomes
Stok
Zuassers
Empaime
San Jose
Kaimonadr
Iuaymas Harbor
American Company
Nurse
Hia
Phagan
Gil
Solme
Rhodes
Col. Edwards
Justice of the Peace
Grand Jury
B. U. G Rhodes
Seymour Edwards
United State
Aisr Sre
Rdes
R. BR. Porte
Emma Roy
G. A. Miller
Bat Us Et
Roy
Faill
Howe
Clare
Ebarl Welles
Mualisi
Denver
Molorado Springs
Puebo
Eee
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Encade
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