Camp Ordway Brings Washington City Sweethearts to Militia Camp
Camp Ordway at Harper's Ferry hosts hundreds of visitors from Washington and countryside. The Second regiment stages a grand brigade parade while Maj Romulus Foster receives a two year service medal. Chaplain Stevenson warns of a possible war with Mexico and urges readiness with moral resolve.
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Dalla A. Heinz
Howe's Travel Festival Opens at Columbia Theater
Lyman H. Howe opened a season of Sunday travel festivals at the Columbia Theater with a program of remarkable motion pictures. The show features daredevil photography atop skyscrapers, exotic India sequences, a Spanish castle tour, color fountains, Paris fashion humor, and a mix of animal life, stunts, and adventurous scenes.
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Spain
Paris
Perseids Meteors Fails To Shine In Washington Sky
A Washington reader reports a cloudy eastern sky last night hiding the Perseids. Lightning forks lit the darkness while Jupiter Pluvius kept clouds thick, leaving observers hopeful for clearer skies tonight to glimpse shooting stars.
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Suicide Note Found From Gas Attempt At Ninth Street Fountain
Alexander T Speck, 17, a soda fountain worker, left a note to his mother in Chester, Pa, saying he could not face disgrace. A housekeeper found him with a gas tube in his mouth near a chandelier. Dr Carr arrived with a pulmotor and saved his life. He spoke later but would not explain the note.
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Ninth Street
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G Street
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Koy
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Carr
Soldier Falls From Hotel Window To Death
Private Cornelius Driscoll aged 30 unmarried Troop D Fifteenth Cavalry Fort Myer now encamped at Winchester fell 30 feet from a third story window at the City Hotel Hagerstown and died at Washington County Hospital The inquest found he sat there to cool off and cigarettes were found on the sill His home was Worcester Massachusetts parents listed as living in Boston
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Philpores
Worcester
Mass
Boston
Alleged Defy of Court Sparks Border Prisoner Removals
El Paso reports two hundred thirty Mexican prisoners held by U S authorities at Fort Bliss were moved out of Texas to Arizona and then to San Diego under a writ of habeas corpus, amid charges of improper extraditions tied to Madero era operatives Felix Sommerfeld and Enrique Llorente. The piece details alleged U S DOJ involvement on the border, repeated detentions, and political influence over Mexican detainees.
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United States
Fort Bliss
United States Court For
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H. R Gamble
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Cal
Taft
Mexico
Madero
Felix Sommerfeld
Enrique C. Liorenta
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Pascual Orozco
Gen
Felipe Lopez
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Herrera
Lopes
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Lopez
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Lurente
Sommerfeld
Department of Justice
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Washington
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Bureau of Investigation
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Sammerfeld
Mexico City
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Ross
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Policy Clashes Over Mexico Crisis Deepens Senate Backing
President Wilson faces a pivotal moment as Senator Bacon states the White House seeks peaceful resolution with Huerta while Lind's mission aims to gather nonaligned information for future action. Senate Republicans and Democrats unite in support, pledging cooperation and readiness for possible intervention, with military and naval mobilization plans outlined.
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Mexican bandits mark eight citizens for death and insults
Testimonies to a Senate committee recount brutal Mexican rebel actions against Americans. Details include the Brooks killing near Madera, cave’s 250-strong band attack at Tepic, and tortures for money. witness accounts describe looting, exile of Mormon colonies, and widespread pillaging with limited federal relief.
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Morton
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Open Sessions Debate as Tariff and Currency Bills Clash
U S congressional action centers on a Democratic House caucus today to advance President Wilson currency reform amid opposition within his party. The tariff revision continues with Senate battles over sugar and wool, while Progressive Republicans seek substitutes and open caucus battles loom over agricultural currency and bank director rules.
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Catholic Hosts Meet at Milwaukee Federation Convention
Cardinal Gibbons formally opened the twelfth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Milwaukee with pontifical high Mass at St Johns Cathedral. About 3000 delegates attended as a parade of 1500 people preceded a packed Milwaukee auditorium service. Archbishop Keane delivered the sermon and the apostolic blessing was conferred on delegates.
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Knights Templars Attend Denver Conclave Service
Grand Prelate of Colorado Commandery officiated as Bishop John M. Walden preached at the Knights Templars thirty second triennial conclave in Denver. Thousands gathered at the municipal auditorium after a parade from the Masonic Temple while grand encampment officers rode in review. Walden’s sermon urged unselfishness and the golden rule.
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Order of Knights Templars
Municipal Auditorium
Masonic Temple
John M. Walden
John Wallin Ohl
K. T. Colorado
Walden
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Lind's Trip Meddlesome Says London Graphic
An editorial in the Daily Graphec argues John Lind's mission to Mexico is meddlesome with no real leverage behind it. It asserts Huerta faces no threat and prudent men should be thankful if the effort merely fails decently.
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Graphec
John Lind
Mexico
Huerta
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Arrived in New York are the Rochambeau from Haifa Minne haha from Landon Southampton Xaberin Auguste Victoria from New York and Carmanmia from New York. Departures include the President Grant sailing for New York and Queenstown Mauretanisa bound for New Yor.
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