Senate May Bare Mexican Horrors Airs Diplomatic Clash
Senate debates Mexico policy after White House meeting reveals no clear plan. Disagreement between Wilson and Bryan over Huerta recognition, Lind's role and foreign notes prompt calls for Senate to force issue. Critics urge decisive action as diplomats describe pressure, with Germany France and England notes stirring tension.
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Foreign Relations Committee
John Lind
Mexico
White House
Embassy Note Drawn Up for Lind to Present
Mexico City August 11 The State Department message for President Huerta is prepared the document translated into Spanish today. Nélison O Shaughnessy delivered a note thanking Mexican officials for courtesy to Lind while noting firm Mexican opposition to U S interference. Lind and Dr Hale in close conference as Lind’s wife is ill. Lind’s plan to announce embassy moves was halted. Garaboa voiced faith in U S reasonableness and anticipated quick adjustment of tensions.
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Huerta
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Germany
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Mexico
Mexico City
Washington
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William Bayard
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Gamboa
Senor Gamboa
Mr. Lind
Federico Garaboa
Sulzer Impeachment Move Follows Frawley Report
The Frawley committee report accuses Gov Sulzer of diverting campaign funds to private use and falsifying records. A House vote to adopt the report and pursue impeachment occurred after a lengthy debate with pleas for delay and fair reading of evidence. In the Senate, discussions followed with mixed support for accepting the findings as lawmakers weighed action.
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Naturalized Mexican shot by Huerta troops near border
Special to The Washington Post reports Antony Bustamante, a naturalized Mexican American living near the Juarez garrison, was shot in the eye by Mexican federal soldiers while crossing the border with a horse and buggy. The incident echoes earlier chaos as Villa rebels and US cavalry confront near the international line.
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Juarez
Antony Bustamante
James Gillespie
Villa
United States
Gillespie
Chihuahua City
Minister Arraigns Split Skirts as Door to Torment
The Rev G L Morrill of the People's Church denounces split skirts as immoral opening to hell and hospitals. He says Amazonian women will be modester, cites Eve in figleaf, warns that diaphanous skirts reflect character and leads to demimonde charms. Morrill leaves tonight for a trip to South America with a traveling motion picture operator.
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South America
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Night light fashion blinds Broadway crowds
Special to The Washington Post describes twelve auto headlights mounted in front of a Broadway store that flood pedestrians with glare. Women stroll with skimpy gowns while some drop gloves and handkerchiefs in the radiance. An elderly man warns of risk at the roof garden as speculation grows over tomorrow night’s glow.
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Fortieth Street
Revolver Worn High At Knee In Uniontown Incident
Mattie Pearce was arrested after officers found a pearl-handled revolver strapped around her knee in a holster. She claimed fear of "bad men" in Uniontown and said she wore the weapon for protection. Pearce told officers she did not know how high her leg had been raised and later had a friend post her release for 25 cents.
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Savannah Recorder Fines Woman For Short Skirt
Savannah. Recorder John E B Schwarz fined Miss Bie Carter a dollar for appearing on Broughton Street in a short skirt and low-cut waist on a Saturday night. Her escort Henry Smoak was fined 25 cents. The woman claimed she did not know it was against the law.
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Lynching of Richard Puckett Shocks Laurens Crowd
A mob of about 2000 broke into Laurens jail at 1 30 am and hanged Richard Puckett from a railway trestle beam after shooting his body, despite his denial of guilt for an alleged attack on a young woman. Bloodhounds aided the search and sheriff deputies were overpowered. The incident follows a nearby pursuit and the victim failed to identify him. July 12 edition notes travel fares to Mountain Lake Park and return via Baltimore and Ohio.
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JIM FARLEY NEAR DEATH AT EMPIRE RACE TRACK
Yonkers New York August Farley a veteran horseman and longtime strikebreaker lay on a cot near his Empire track racing stable since last Thursday his condition described as serious physicians deemed it unsafe to move him from the open air Farley had been ill for weeks but insisted on attending the Greater New York fair where his horses were entered following a relapse he is reported to be near death
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Empire Track
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Panama slide kills 13 at Porto Bello quarry
An unexpected slide at the Porto Bello quarry in Colon buried a steam shovel and killed thirteen men. The victims include American Charles Nyland and twelve local workers. President Belisario Porras sent condolences to Nyland's widow.
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Hair found near murder scene heard to identify victim
Police tracking a brutal New York City murder suspect a young unidentified woman found on Cola Spring road near Spuyten Duyvil. Hair pins a blood stained shoemaker’s tool and footprints link to a male assailant while two Polish women name a possible victim Anna Lopeck and detectives seek the Harlem shopkeeper employer.
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Warning on Eugenics Movements and Marriage Laws
Prof Bateson warns against violent eugenic methods and warns that tampering with population structure is dangerous. Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Keane criticize Wisconsin’s new eugenic law as infringing personal liberty while urging marriage decisions remain private and unregulated by the state.
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Iowa
Gardner Enters Race for Governor Nomination
Hamilton Massachusetts August 11 Congressman A P B Gardner announced from his summer home that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. The primaries are set for next month. Col Everett C Benton of Belmont, last year’s Republican standard bearer, has announced he will seek renomination.
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Girl Slain as She Fought
A brief report notes a girl was slain as she resisted an attacker. The item is part of a multi column page index listing various political, social, and civic items across the issue. Further details are not provided in the accessible fragment.
Tax on Stephen Sanford estate in Amsterdam
Executors of Stephen Sanford's estate turned over 380000 to the county treasurer to cover the state transfer tax on property left by the pioneer carpet maker. Conservative estimates value the estate at about 40000000, with almost all going to his son John Sanford.
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Alabama Governor weighs appointing Clayton to Senate
Birmingham August 11 Alabama's political crisis deepened as Gov O Neal pressed to appoint Rep Henry D Clayton to fill the late Senator Johnston. Judiciary committee advice in Washington says no authority to appoint. The move risks a special election and possible Senate confrontation over seating.
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West New York mother and daughter die in gas tragedy
In West New York New Jersey Mrs Sophia Stitz killed her 15 year old daughter Charlotte and then herself with gas after opposing the girl’s marriage to Frederick Goldberg son of an architect from West Hoboken who is Jewish. The tragedy occurred at 158 Fifteenth street as the parents clashed over the couple’s faith and marriage plans.
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Frederick Goldberg
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Third Wife to Sue Earle Over Divorce
New York report says Dora Earle, third wife of Ferdinand Pinney Earle, has filed for absolute divorce in New York based on alleged continental misconduct since March. The notice notes the couple’s separation and Dora’s claim of evidence she obtained. Also includes a scrambled travel ad about Niagara Falls and cheap round trips with schedules and dates.
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Minet and Minneapolis-backed IWW face riot arrests
Crowds in Dakota city anxiously watched attempts by the Industrial Workers of the World to resume street speaking after last night’s rioting. Over 80 arrests were reported. by night two more arrests were made. Arthur Le Seur and Dewey Leerman, ex mayor and current city commissioner, charged with disorderly conduct, were to be tried tomorrow morning. separate trials denied.
Invaders in Flight as Marylanders Rout Virginia Troops
Camp Ordway Harpers Ferry W Va Aug 1 Virginia troops were routed by Marylanders in a swift campaign. Cavalry artillery and signal corps prepare for a quick march to Washington with Fassett's cavalry escorting baggage and artillery. Sergt John Costa injured by a cartridge explosion receives field hospital care. Soldiers bid farewell to sweethearts as the camp towns bustle with last-day activity before the march home.
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