Consuls urge action for peace in Mexico
U S consular officers in northern Mexico urge decisive action to restore law and order as Carranza forces near Mexico City and Zapata troops hold farther suburbs. Reports warn of famine, food shortages, and foreigners needing protection while women seize corn and beans amid rising unrest.
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Mexico
Carranza
Mexico City
Zapata
U. S
State Department
United States
Republic
Cta
Hrazhtan
Red Cross
Wealthy New York Men Arm Themselves Against Cranks
In Nassau county, after the J P Morgan attack by Frank Holt, affluent residents protect estates with revolvers and guards. Clarence H Mackay received a permit from Judge Dodge in Mineola to carry a revolver, citing fear for his life and need for protection.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Frank Holt
Nassau County
Clarence H. Mackay
Juntics Dodge
Mineola
Ford for Vice President in Illinois Republican Rally
Henry Ford of Detroit will be invited to Aurora August 7 for a Republican rally in northeastern Illinois six-county area. The event aims to launch a Ford boom for the Republican vice presidential nomination with pledges that Ford car owners could push a large plurality at the polls.
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Washington Post
Elgin
Henry Ford
Detroit
Ilinoia
Aurora
United States
Ilinois
Former Envoy Exiled Over Nicaragua Revolt
Dr. Salvador Castrillo, former Nicaraguan minister to the United States, has been exiled for taking part in the recent revolt. Advices from Bluefields say he will be sent to Guatemala.
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Castrillo
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Salvador Castrillo
United States
Bluefields
Guatemala
Italy closes Adriatic convoys for trading ships
Italian blockade decree bans merchant ships from entering the Adriatic north of the Otranto Strait except when in convoy to Montenegrin or Italian ports. Safe convoys, entry and exit permits, and Bari or Gallipoli gates govern departures and arrests. Violators face capture and confiscation.
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Italian Ministry of War
Thomas Nelson Page
Rome
State Department
Italy
Otranto
Page
Ministry of War
Porta
Adriatic Sea
Montenegro
Gallipoli
Bari
Otronte-Aspr Ruga
Strado Biancho
Italan
Nineteen Race Horses Die In Pennsylvania Train Wreck
A Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near Terrace Park Cincinnati last night doomed nineteen top race horses from Latonia, including Little Father Fitzgerald Blood Test Brick and Mortar Margaret D Brig s Sister and White Col Blind Baggage. Prince Hermig also reported missing. The large EB R Bradley stable owned many of the horses.
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Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad
Latonia
Histern
Terrace Park
EB. R. Bradley
Fitzgerald
Brick and
Margaret D. Brig
Prince Hermig
Navy Takes Over Sayville Wireless Plant in Neutrality Move
American naval officers seized the Atlantic Communications Sayville wireless station to prevent breaches of neutrality as Germany and Britain clash over direct cable links. Captain William Bullard assumes control to manage tolls and staffing while Redfield blocks a license citing the German ownership and wartime policy.
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William Bullard
Navy
Tuckerton
Atlantic Communication Company
Sayville
L. L
United States
Germany
WN. J
Navy Department
Willam Bullard
Naval Radio Service
Daniels
Zenflick
German Marine Service
Austrians Retreat and French Regain Ground in World War Fronts
London dispatch reports Austrians withdrawing to hills north of Krasnik as Russians reinforce in southern Poland. French regain ground south of St Mihiel and push toward a village. no new German armies yet. Berlin reports British stores at Arras destroyed, handicapping British forces. Montenegrins resume fighting. Russian reserves arrive but no success, with heavy losses and dum-dum ammunition noted.
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Souchez
Arras
London
Weat
Woevre
Epee
Belgium
Berlin
France
Sineceases
Sayville
Poland
Krasnik
Bessarabia
Germany to send new note at once on Lusitania issue
Berlin reports Germany will deliver a new note to Washington on submarine warfare by July 10 or sooner. The draft rejects direct negotiations, states no liability for the Lusitania sinking, and argues keeping cargo details confidential would be unneutral. Ambassador Gerard will not comment beyond awaiting a formal reply.
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Berlin
Gottlieb von Jarow
Associated Press
Herr von Jagow
Germany
United States
U. S
Gerard
Washington
Alfred Zimmerman
James W. Gerard
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Allies Likely to Win as British Force Becomes Untried
Alexander Powell reports from the French front that in three months the regular British army sent to France has ceased to exist and the fleet of troops now present is a new, untested force. He notes French troops are well supplied and confident, while the Allies anticipate another winter campaign in 1916.
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France
Alexander Powell
Washington Post
England
Allies
Presa Publishing Co
Plural Widows a Puzzle in Senegal Pension Question
French Deputies weigh extending compulsory military service to colonial municipalities with French citizens. The session raised new complications over how to apportion pensions for polygamist Senegalese who leave multiple widows, as deputy Biagna presented the bill.
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Chamber of Deputies
M. Biagna
Senegal
France
Adriatic Safe in Port After War Zone Passage
Word arrived at the White Star Line offices in New York that the Adriatic reached Liverpool safely tonight after passing through a German submarine war zone. The liner sailed June inward with 339 passengers and a large consignment of ammunition. eight Americans were aboard.
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New York
Liverpool
White Star Line
Germany to Send Note at Once in War News
Austrians in full retreat report the front lines. Mexico action urged by Conaing. Minnehaha torpedoed as U. S. asserts control of Sayville wireless. Britain withholds details from the United States while Italy tightens Adriatic stakes. Storm toll rises and Dry forces unite. Huerta to stay in U. S. as tensions increase. S-Italy reports heavy losses and new probes into U-boat activity. Editorial comment and social notes follow with sports, baggage law clash, and 1916 crop and power company news.
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Conaing
Mexico
Sayville
U. S
Italy
Adriatic
Huerta
United States
S—Italy
Britain
Sayéa
Moros
Quua
Power Company
Turkish ships sunk in Bosphorus bombardment
Special Cable reports Russian Black Sea fleet attacked Turkish galling vessels and four coal transports to Constantinople. They bombarded a submarine off the Bosphorus. coal vessels sank at Zunguldak. Destroyers fired heavy on the submarine, which fired a torpedo without effect. Its fate remains unknown.
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Washington Post
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Zunguldak
Indictments for Neutrality Violations in San Francisco
Federal grand jury in San Francisco returns more than twenty indictments charging neutrality violations linked to recruiting for the British army and supplying warships. The steamer Sacramento, from October 15, 1914, is central to the case, with a German naval officer aboard as a stowaway who directed at-sea transfers before the ship’s cargo was seized by German forces.
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San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
Sacramento
Valparaiso
Chile
Ralph K. Blair
San Frans
Thi
Washington
Hamburg-Ameriican Line
Falkland Islands
Naval
Doctors Exchanged Between France and Germany
France and Germany have agreed to exchange medical personnel from the sanitary services including doctors chaplains apothecaries nurses stretcher bearers and administrative officers who are prisoners of war. Exchanges will start with permanently disabled cases leaving Constance Baden on July 10 and Lyons France on July 11.
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France
Germany
Paris
Constance
Baden
Lyons
Minnehaha Fire Ties Holt Mystery to Halifax Run
A blaze aboard the Minnehaha, carrying 15,000 tons of munitions and inflammables, was declared under control as the ship sped to Halifax. Capt. Claret reported an explosion in a forward hold, with authorities examining Holt’s possible link to the Capitols bombing and J. P. Morgan case while no accomplices were found in Holts letters.
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New York
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Transport Line
Frank Holt
J. P. Morgan
Claret
Atlanta Transport Line
Minnehaha
Holt
London
Capt. Claret
Minnehdha
Capitol
Ithaca
Guy Scull
Caom
Missioner Woods
Hal
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