Zapata Seizes U S Mail After Flag Tear by Troops
Special to The Washington Post reports the Zapata forces seized diplomatic mail near San Martin and tore an American flag from Mallory’s car. Mallory said the envoy’s package was opened, the flag shredded, and the mail not returned despite his status carrying official U S correspondence. Zapata demanded to drive him to Huejotzingo before allowing departure.
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Mexico
Zapata
U.S
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Alan Mallory
San Martin
Puebla
Malleroy
Mallory
Jenkins
Zapatistas
Zapats
United States
Huejotzingo
Shot by ex senator's son shocks Louisville board meeting
Louisvile Aug 4 Frank Cockrell son of former United States Senator Francis M Cockrell of Missouri, arrested on charge of shooting WOC Brohm, general manager of a Louisville manufacturing firm. Brohm was hit in the mid chest and expected to survive. The shooting occurred during a directors meeting of a promotions company where Cockrell is president and Brohm an officer. Cockrell was released on bond.
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Louisvile
Frank Cockrell
United States
Francis Mo Cockrell
Missouri
Woc Brohm
Louisy Ie
Brohm
Brohms
Cockrell
Brahm
Indicted hotel proprietor seeks high court review
Mert Mo Warks, operator of Marks Hotel at Tenth and H Streets NW, faces indictment for running a disorderly house. Counsel seeks a writ of prohibition to block the police court and a certiorari to have the District Supreme Court rule on the liquor license issued by the board of examiners. The case could affect fourteen similar prosecutions. The charge alleges sale of liquor in a hotel with fewer than 30 rooms for guests in violation of the Jones Works axcisa law.
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Mert
Marks Hintel Carrer
Maj Pullman
Pullman
United States
Laskey
Imgwa
Mr Lawn
First Precinct
Sergt Catts
Howes
WI Tawa
James 4 . Shea
Police Court
District Supreme Court
Une Ionan
Seelee Board
Lcenses
Exer
Mo Marks
Jones Works
Guor
Villa's Wife Arrival Sparks Talk He May Quit Fight
Special to The Washington Post from El Paso reveals Senora Juana Torres de Villa, wife of Gen Francisco Villa, has closed the border port to immigration and is awaiting his return. Local belief holds this signals an abandonment of the Mexican struggle, prompting prop confiscations in Chihuahua and Juarez and protests from foreign merchants fearing asset seizures. Villa is expected at the border for a final conference with chiefs, including Gen Fellon Angeles, Gen Fierro, and Gen Maximo Garcia, to decide the revolution's fate.
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Washington Post
el Paso
Texas
Juana Torres de Villa
Francisco Villa
Villa
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Jose Marcia
Maez
Vila
Washington
Villa 19
Fellon Angeles
George C Carothers
Fierro
Maximo Garcia
Inyat
Death List and Mexican Raid at Nogales
Reported Carranza and Villa forces clash near Nogales Sonora with American troops on the border. Maytorena's Villa men retreat behind the town as US soldiers posture to fire if cross-border fire resumes. Casualty and property loss tallies are incomplete amid heavy fighting and subsequent evacuations.
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Vulla
Nogales
Sonora
Funaton
Terrtory
Villa
Ang
Carranza
Hilas Calles
Donora
Guy Maytorena
Maytorena
United States Infantry
Mascarrag Ranch
Maytorenaa Troopa
Dulles
Calles
Hotchkles
Arizona Aidle
Juan Splares
Man Found Dead in Hotel Room Amid Unsolved Motive
A foreign man registered at the New Varnum Hotel on New Jersey Avenue and C Street Southeast was found dead with a bullet wound. Police deem it self-inflicted. a note in a foreign language to Mrs Mary Turner was found. The victim, likely Italian, had been well dressed and remained silent during his brief stay. Coroner Nevitt, the morgue, and a bank book among his possessions are noted. a separate case reports Mendel Simons found dead in a stable with carbolic acid nearby.
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New Varnum
New Jersey Avenue
C Street
Nea F Tysner
New York City
Aome
Mary Turner
Valley Street
South Orange
Nevitt
Mendel Simons
Good Hope Road
Anacostia
Oldest Inhabitants Meet Glimpses Of California Scheda
H K Willard vice president of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants spoke on California public scheda at a meeting last night at the group’s headquarters in the old engine house. He compared California school systems with others and hosted a buffet luncheon for his fifty ninth birthday. The association admitted Thomas Ellis, Ben H Stinemets, and W H Smith to membership. an application from J George Naylor Jr was referred to the committee.
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H K Willard
Association of
Scheda of
California
Oli
Nineteenth
H Atreats
M. Willard
Mr Willard
Association
Thomas Ellis
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Ben H Stinemets
P Street Northwest
W H Smith
J George Naylor, Jr
Garment Strike Averted After New Talks
In New York on August 4 a settlement was reached between manufacturers and the Ladies' Garment Workers Union after a conference. Mayor Mitchel's conciliation council sponsored the talks, preventing a strike by about 6,000 workers and marking the first chance to avert industrial action.
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New York
Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Mitchels
Bank System Earning Shows Richmont District Profit Rise
The first report on operations of twelve Federal reserve banks covers November 16, 1914 to June 20 last. It shows total earnings of 918 588 with expenses 804 127. Richmond led with 7% earnings on capital. St Louis worst with 5.4% over expenses. No bank planned dividends this period.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Richmond
Atlanta
Dallas
New York
Chicago
Richmond Bank
St. Louis
Five Thousand Bequeathed For Dog Care In Chicago Will
Chicago August 4 David Russell Greene wholesale druggist killed in an automobile crash left 5000 for the care of his dog Neila The will filed today leaves 5000 to the Illinois Humane Society and Elks Lodge No 4 cancels I O U s under 200 due him Fifteen thousand goes to the Episcopal Church of Oswego N Y for chimes The bachelor’s estate about 120000 goes to relatives living in Oswego and elsewhere
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Chicago
David Russell Greene
Neila
Marines Reach Haiti Peace Proposals in Vain
The U S Navy reinforcements reached Port au Prince as 600 marines were landed aboard the battleship Connecticut. President Wilson monitors the crisis while peace talks fail as Gen Blot resigns and Gen Bobo factions reject disarmament proposals.
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Connecticut
Port Au Prince Haiti
Admiral Caperton
Palladelphia
Wilson
Island Republic
White House
Roosevelt Misled Says Progressive Chairman Critiques Perkins
Utica August 4 The Wesbington Post reports Douglas Robinson Progressive party state chairman accuses Col Roosevelt of being guided by George W Perkins advising enrollment trends. He argues Roosevelt’s West return statement reflects Perkins influence and urges voters to resist one sided urging toward Republican enrollment next year.
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Wesbington
Utica
Roosevelt
George W. Parking
Douglas Robinson
Progressive Party
Col Roosevelt
Auea
Perkins
Galilean Fishermen Meet at Galilean Temple Assembly
Second day of the Supreme Tabernacle of Galilean Fisherman convened at Galilean Temple, 320 F Street Southwest. Mrs Julia Manon Layton spoke on The Advantages of Secret Organization. Rev J W Grayson led prayer. Rev A C Garner preached. Columbus Gordon reviewed the order’s history and aims. Edith M Welch read Fifty Years. Miss Nellie Davis read on emancipation progress. solos by Ada Nickens and others. gatherings continue with morning and afternoon sessions including juvenile exercises and a brief business meeting.
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Supreme Tabernacle
Galilean
Galilean Temple
F Street
Aouthwest
Julia Manon Layton
J W Grayson
A C Garner
Columbus Gordon
Edith M Welch
Nellie Davis
Ada Nickens
George W Paterson
Charles E. Goodloe
Thomas Walker
M Lorraine Hall
Miss Nickens
Girl Sues C C Iselin Jr in Auto Injury Suit
Miss Inez Hall of Cambridge sues Oliver Iselin Jr of New York for 20000 alleging a June 19 automobile accident left her painfully injured. Iselin allegedly stopped, told police his version, then was released as an ambulance transported Hall to Cambridge Relief Hospital.
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Apedal
Boston
Mass
Oliver Iselin, Jr
New York
Harvard
Inez Hall
Cambridge
Plaintif
Iselin
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Fears Flood Pestilence In Cumberland After Cloudburst
Unprecedented cloudburst floods Cumberland Maryland causing thousands of cellars to flood and citywide inundation. Free disinfectants distributed as stores theaters suffer heavy losses and residents flee from second story windows. Horaga drowned in the heart of the city.
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Cumberland
Protests Over Secret Police Inquiry and Grand Jury Talk
A United States attorney oversees ten charges raised by Mrs. Margaret Stout against Metropolitan police members amid hearings and bond changes. Details show Maj Pullman and District Attorney Laskey coordinating, with Stout under surveillance while a hotel stay prompts questions about grand jury action and potential police discipline.
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Metropolitan Police Force
Margaret Stout
United States
S McComan Hawken
Mra Stout
Hawken
G Oalock Ti Fu
Mrs Stout
Stout
New York
May Pullman
Prohibition Majority Seen in Virginia Legislature
Returns from Virginia primary elections show Pilcher leading Kelly and McIntyre in the Eleventh district, Watkins leading in the Sixteenth, Robertson over Paxton and Price in the Twenty-second, Lovin Wendenburg renominated with Cannon as running mate. The Prohibition party gains a safe working majority in both Senate and House ahead of the November 1 1916 enactment.
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Beth House
Senate
Washington Post
Richmond
T C Pilcher
A D Kelly
Robert A McIntyre
John B Watkins
A W Robertson
W T Paxton
S H Price
C W Hardwicke
Lovin Q Wendenburg
James & Cannon
House
William J Boardman Funeral Attended by Noted Figures
The philanthropist and retired lawyer William J Boardman died Monday and his funeral was held at his residence 1801 Patreet Northwest. Notables from across the country attended, including Red Cross officials, the French ambassador John Barrett and Mrs William Crozier. Pallbearers were Emergency Hospital directors. Red Cross offices closed in tribute.
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Wiliam J Boardman
Wro
Patreet North West
Edward Dunlap
St Johne Episcopal Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Arta
The
Red Cross
Misa Mabel Boardman
Abassador
John Barrett
Lane
William Crozier
Hamilton Bayly
WCTU
Tr A
R Shands
William F Gude
George W White
K Shute
Frank B Yoyes
G Brown Miller
G Wythe Cook
W B Turpin
Philadelphia man reelected supreme knight of Knights of Columbus
Jamez A Flaherty of Philadelphia was reelected supreme knight at the Seattle convention, starting his fourth term. The election was unanimous with the other supreme officers, including M H Carmody of Grand Rapids, William Jo McGinley of New York, Dr Callahan of Washington DC, Joseph C Pelletter of Boston, Dr E W Buckley of St Paul, Rev Po J McGivney of Bridgeport, and Thomas J McLaughlin as warden.
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Seattle
Wash
Jamez A Flaherty
Philadelphia
Knight of Columbus
Supreme Alicars
Carmody Grand Rapide Mich Supreme
William Jo McGinley
New York
Callahan
Washington DC
Joseph C Pelletter
Boston Supreme
E W Buckley
St Paul Supreme
Po J
Lodge and church notices seek old Washington friends and accident witnesses
A fragmentary notice requests contact for Dr Garcia de la Tone now at 46 New York Avenue to reconnect with Washington acquaintances. It mentions an accident at North Capitol and Hoste at midnight July 26 when Mr Knox was run over by a streetcar and asks witnesses to communicate with Chas 6 D ges Sulte 218 Colorado Blag 5 T.
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Wishen
Waskington
Garcia de la Tone
New York Avenue
Washington
North Capitol
Hoste
Knox
Chas
Colorado
Herbert Ofenstein
Sane Shensteine
Annette Hodge
Fisk Elgin Baa
Pyare
Phona Main
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Pata
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Hrerive
Wife
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Carranzistas
Erie
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List of the
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Thoman Langdon James Higgins
John Higgins
Cora Anderson Main
Emma Osborne
John Donovan
Sweeney Anderson
Tad Allen
Margaret Ruese
Anna Wifsraur
Emma Austin
Parade
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Peace Commission
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Bobo
Biot
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Moose
Mr Perkins
Sol
Col . Roosevelt
Mark Seasiona
Sues
C. C. Iselin, JR
V. S. Attorney
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Cal
Germany
National German American Alliance
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Maj Pullian
Occoqua
District Court of Appeals
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Newman
Brownlow
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Police Trial Board
Eleimdienst
Wampler
George H Williams
Kleindienst
Mambars
Witte Maid
Kreindienst
England
America
DBYS
Virginia
William J Boardman
Knights OF Columbus Elect
James A. Flaherty
Supreme Knight
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Deneir
Walt Cosmopolitan Rho
Phi
Leoward Acres
Wade Co
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YALE
Olympia Hat Co
Mayer CO
15Th St
Geople W Robinson
Freie
Capitol
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11Th St
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Berger
Carlisle
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Neus
Associated Drug Store Service
Wonderfu
National Hotel
Cty
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
G Kave Saappoudt
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Sertica Shop
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K'St Meney
Tharp
Berkeley
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Ahuhey
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