Warning to Carranza Threatens Radical Change in Policy
State Department issues a warning to Mexico's Carranza over murder of American citizens and rights violations. Note dispatched July 22 from Mexico City via George Summertlin warns of possible intervention if protections for Americans are not improved. Mexican reply echoes evasion and accuses U.S. profit motives, signaling potential for further tensions.
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Washington Peat Co
Carranza
United States
Mexico
George T. Summertlin
Mexico City
Congress
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Washington
Peter Catron
San Luis Potost
Valles
San Luis Potosi
Ypiranga
Secret Service
Vera Cruz Andibor
Taft Blames Treaty Delay for Higher Living Costs
Taft says the delay in signing the treaty worsens the cost of living and criticizes extravagance. He praises the president’s message as clearer than usual but argues income and profit taxes should be considered to ease burdensome prices.
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Taft
Taft Sees Tax, Inflation Link in High Cost Living
President Taft argues inflation stems from money circulation and credit expansion after the war. He urges public self restraint, local dealer scrutiny, and selective prosecutions to curb profiteering while debating federal oversight of interstate corporations. The piece notes the proposed income and excess profits tax and potential amortization of war debt to ease costs.
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Three Die in Boiler Explosion at Caulbourne Mill
An explosion at Caulbourne Brothers' mill near Suffolk Virginia at noon today killed three men and seriously injured seven others. The deceased are Claude Hampton of Reduce North Carolina Carlton Parker of Byrne North Carolina and Rufus Johnson a colored man from Savannah Georgia.
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Caulbourne Brothers
Here
Claude Hampton
N. C
Carlton Parker
Byrne
Rufus Johnson
Savannah
Baker rides in engine cab to inspect nitrate plants
Secretary of War Newton D Baker traveled by rail to Chattanooga and Sheffield to inspect nitrate plants and other government work on the Tennessee River. He was joined by Rep MW G Almon and engineers. The group planned a Saturday return to inspect Fort Oylethorpe and Chickamauga Park. Baker rode in the train cab due to a friendship with the locomotive engineer whose son serves in France.
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Tenn
Newton
Baker
Sheffield
Tennessee River
MW. G. Almon
Ala
Fort Oylethorpe
Chickamauga Park
Stevenson
France
President Wilson Accepts Open Hearing With Senate Panel
The foreign relations committee voted to meet President Wilson at the White House next Tuesday at 10 am to discuss the peace treaty and the league of nations. The panel also decided to summon five witnesses including Versailles advisers and to continue hearings, with open information to the public and no confidential handling.
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Bliss
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Calif
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Versailles
Shantung
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Ohio
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North Dakota
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League of Nations Commission
Tragic Aero Crash Kills Three Children at Patterson Park
An airplane from the Eighty sixth Aero squadron at Langley Field Virginia crashed into a fence at Patterson Park Baltimore killing three children and injuring seven spectators. The crash occurred as crowds gathered to watch the event.
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Patterson Park
Eighty-sixth Aero Squadron
Langley Field
Wilson Rooster Sells For 55000 At Tombigbee Auction
A Demopolis auction raised 55000 for a rooster bearing Woodrow Wilson's name donated by Alabama citizens. The sale also included birds named Clemenceau Orlando and Lloyd George, raising total proceeds near 100000 for a Tombigbee River bridge project.
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Alabama
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Clemenceau
Orlando
Lloyd ‘George
Tombigbes River
Palmer Seeks Expanded Power to Curb Food Hoarding
Attorney General Palmer urged the Senate agriculture committee to empower the government to prosecute profiteers and extend the food control act to clothing. Seizures of large quantities of butter coffee and sugar in Chicago St Louis and Birmingham were cited as proof of hoarding. Debate showed division over constitutionality and scope, with observers pressing to act this week and Mayors from New Jersey backing hearings.
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Producte Review
New York
Mendeli
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Mendell
Washington
Agriculture Committee
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Clark
Department Fof Justice
McNary
Johnson
South Dakota
Senator Page
Kolchak Forces See Retreat Deepens in Ural Campaign
London reports say Admiral Kolchak's forces retreat in the Urals continues with Bolsheviks driving Cossacks south of Uralsk, while Kolchak groups fight on both sides of the Transiberian Railway. Archangel note: British and Russian troops capture 1508 prisoners southeast of Tulgas on August 10 as Soviet troops are driven from Kauas area.
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Ural Mountains
Admiral Kolchak
Uralsk
Urals
Kolchak
Cheliabinsk
Shadrinsk
Tiumen
America
Siberia
Archangel
Dvina
Tulgas
Kauas
Pittsburgh Carmen Strike Shuts Down Rail Lines
Pittsburgh motor men and conductors of the Pittsburgh Railways Company vote almost unanimously to strike at midnight after a day of sessions in Pittsburgh. The action threatens disruption across the city as trains halt operations starting tonight.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Eleven Dead After Street Car Collides With Engine
Parkersburg West Virginia August 14 The death toll from the crash between a street car crowded with women and children en route to a picnic and a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad switch engine near Parmenco rose to eleven as hospitals received more fatalities. Over twenty injured. The wooden street car of the Monongahela Valley Traction Company was struck by the steam engine sending steam and hot water onto passengers. A coroner's inquest will open tomorrow.
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Parkersburg
W Va
Parmenco
Here
Wea
Monongahela Valley Traction Company
Reno
Ohio
Ford Wins Six-Cent Verdict in Anarchist Libel Suit
A ten hour jury verdict here awards Henry Ford 6 cents damages against the Chicago Tribune for calling him an anarchist. Foreman Orry Hulett says the panel initially favored 8 to 4 then shifted to the penny award, with the Solomon News Company cleared. Ford’s counsel deems the case vindicated. Tribune counsel calls it a victory for their position. The trial, three months old, ended swiftly with the crowd and lawyers awaiting the verdict in Mount Clemens Michigan.
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Chicago Tribune
Orry Hulett
Leonard Measel
Ford
Hulett
Alfred J. Murphy
Weymouth Kirktang
the Tribune
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Kelley
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Nulett
Solomon News Company
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Tribune
Tribune Company
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