Rebels Reject Provisional Mexico President and Plan New Government
Rebels led by Carranza and Villa reject recognizing a provisional president and push to enter Mexico City to establish their own government. Huerta expected to resign in favor of Carbajal soon while arrangements are made to fly him to the coast. Observers report U.S. stance to not recognize Carbajal and to avoid direct talks until a constitutional transfer is effected.
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City of
Mexico
Huerta
Carbajal
United States
State Department
Francisco Carbajal
Suarez
Chile
Fluerta
Washington
Calderon
Earhar
Fernando Igieslag Calderon
Beral Party
Gen
Carranza
Mr. Calderon
Mr Suarez
Mexico City
Iew
Ies
John B. Siliman
Saltido
Gen. Huerta
Silliman Aharon
Cartarda
Carcarnza
Grample
Oficars
Amarias
Diotuchante
Heil
Plins
Miramon
Benico Juarez
Miramen
Ayunta
Arbalal
Fernando Iglesias Calderon
Fluerta Ay Carbujal
Telephoto Invention Transmits Light by Wire
Paris reports Prof. Gabriel Lippmann described to the French Academy a new telephoto device designed by George Rignieux that transmits sight via selenium cell discs and a rotary cylinder, reproducing images at the distant end through mirrors. The Paris scientist, Nobel laureate for physics, presented the concept.
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Washington Post
Paris
French Academy of Science
Gabriel Lippmann
George Rigneux
Prof. Lippmann
University of Paris
Senator Jones Files Candidacy for Reelection
Senator Wesley J. Jones filed with the secretary of state his declaration of candidacy to succeed himself in the United States Senate. The action took place in Olympia Washington on July 13 marking his campaign for reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Statesman
Olympia
Wash
Wesley J. Jones
United States Senate
Huerta Denies Resignation Amid Mexico City Turmoil
Special to The Washington Post report from Vera Cruz states President Huerta denies any resignation and plans 4 P M to 2 A M office hours at Cafe Colon. He faces bank threats and hostile foreign businessmen, while an attempted assassination near Mexico City is noted. Archbishop Jesus Echevarria seeks aid from Carranza to save priests, criticizing Villa's cruelty.
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Cafe Colon
Carranza
Washington Post
New York
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Mexico City
Senate
Pergona
Propopotla
Jesus Echevarria
Saltillo
House of Bishops
Villa
Zacatecas
Buck Deer Pranks Two Men at Mount Desert
Jean H. E. Saint Cyr of New York and Edward B. Pendleton of Philadelphia pursued by a buck near Mount Desert. They abandoned their car to view scenery and were forced to seek refuge in trees until the deer tired and wandered off. Saint Cyr’s trousers were torn by a horn during the encounter.
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Mount Desert
Washington Post
Bar Harbor
Jean H. E. Saint Cyr
New York
Edward B. Pendleton
Philadelphia
Jobs of 1,000 Men Gone in Wilmington Plants
The Washington Post reports the Wilmington industrial sector faces a sharp downturn. Harlan & Hollingsworth discharges about a thousand workers over recent weeks while Pennsylvania Railroad shops and American Car and Foundry place employees on reduced wages. Pullman Car Company repair shops also cut labor.
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Wilmington
del Spectal
Washington Post
Del
Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Car and Foundry Company
Pullmai Car Company
New York Mystery Woman Seeks Grand Jury Testimony
Florence Carman to testify about her actions in placing a dictograph in her husband’s office and movements on the night of Mrs. Louis Bailey’s death. Aimed to show the shot was meant for Mrs. Bailey, with key witnesses like Celia Coleman and others to be questioned as part of a broader probe on the Carman household and the revolver’s disappearance. The investigation tracks a possible Joe Anderson link and seeks to map the office interior to place defendants at the scene.
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Bailey
Washington
Freeport
Long Island
Laurie Bailey
Florence Carman
Mineola
George M. Levy
Lewis J. Smith
Mrs. Carman
Grand Jury
Carman
Smith
Celia Coleman
Dr. Carman
Mrs. Garman
Elwood T. Bartles
Anderson
Joe Anderson
Meyer Newman
Francisca Larazello
Westbury
Larazello
Stephano Olving
Fred
GARTER BURST NIGHT SHOOTING TURNS TO GRAND JURY
Mrs Bailey prepared to leave the Garter Burst after a $14,000 loss of ice to reach a car leaving Fresport at 8 80 oclock when a shot rang out. Police delayed three quarters of an hour before being notified. Dr Carman was away upon arrival, Theodore Bedell the blacksmith assisted, and Ida Powell admitted officers. District Attorney Smith seeks answers on the interval before police arrived. When the family faces the grand jury they must account for every moment.
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Carman Qinges
Louis Bailey
Nassau County
Carman Houshold
William H. Rundls
Theodore Bedell
Carman
Ida Powell
Platt Conklin
Grand
Police Seek 5000 Bricks In Curious Theft Report
A sensational report notes 5000 red bricks stolen or missing, prompting police dissemination across stations from the northwest. Clerks joked of Irish confetti and watching ships to Ireland, as patrols were instructed to identify any bricks aboard departing steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
Ireland
Indictments Charge Pennsylvanian Railroads in Coal Trade
Indictments filed in Rochester accuse the Pennsylvania Railroad and partners, the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal Company, and others of discrimination in anthracite coal shipments to Buffalo. The cases allege Commodities Clause violations and favors to related shippers, with potential fines over $1,000,000.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware and Lackawanna
Northern Central
Rocheater—Coal Company
Buffalo
United States District Court At
Rochester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Central Railway
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company
Victiiand
Pensylvania Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Act
Itjie
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Excavates Indian Graves in New Jersey Dig Site
George Meye vice president of the University of Pennsylvania museum surrendered to answer grave desecration charges at an Indian burying ground in Sandyston township Newton New Jersey. Three of his workers were jailed on bail. The charge was dismissed. He says excavations will continue and he funded the digs. Skeletons and relics were sent to the museum.
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Pennsylvania Museum
Washington Post
Newton
N. J
George Meye
Museum of the
University of Pennsylvania
Burton “Hell
Sandyston
Heye
Justice of the Peace
John E. Whitney
Museu
Suffrage Bill in Uruguay to grant equal rights
Montevideo July 18 Din reports a bill will be presented to the chamber of deputies granting Uruguayan women the same political rights as men, contingent on constitutional eligibility. Atlantic City trip offered by Pennsylvania Railroad with a $300 excursion by special train leaving Union Station at 8 am and returning from Atlantic City with sea bathing included.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Din
Chamber of Deputies
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Sta
Mrs Williams Loses Oil Bond Stash on Cape May Trip
Mrs Carl Williams of Germantown wife of a former University of Pennsylvania athletic coach reported losing about $14 000 worth of North American Oil Company bonds from her stocking on a trip home from Cape May Her garters burst causing the bonds to slip from her stocking as she traveled by train and trolley to Philadelphia She notified police but could not identify the exact location of the loss.
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Carl Williams
Cape May
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Germantown
University of Pennsylvania
North American Oil Company
Willams
Italian Peasant Kills Seven Then Flees to Mountains
Bergamo Italy July 1 The peasant Simone Planetta from Came rata Cornello killed seven people in a rampage firing on a village physician Father Paleni the parish priest and parishioner Serge Guldice and his daughter Valeria before fleeing to the mountains as carabineers pursue him. He also killed two men on a highway and a laborer in a field.
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Bergamo
Italy
Simone Planetta
Camerata Cornello
Planetta
San Giovanni Bianco
Morali
Paleni
Pianetta
Signor Guldice
Guldice
Valeria
Austrians Flee Belgrade Threat of Serb Attack Averted
Panic hit Austrian residents in Belgrade as reports circulated of a planned vengeance against Austrians over Bosnian policy. Premier Pachlich organized defense with police and army, preventing any outbreak. Many Austrians fled to Semiin on the frontier after the threat.
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Vienna
Austria
Belgrade
Servia
Bosnia
Pachlich
Semiin
Lightning Kills Five In Orange County Farm Family
Fredericksburg Virginia July 13 Lightning struck a Locust Grove area berry picking family of five and buried them under a tree. Lois Moore the farmer his wife and their three children were killed and later interred at Parkers Methodist Cemetery after neighbors reported them missing.
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Farmer
Fredericksburg
Orange County
Lois Moore
Parkers
Moores
Locust Grove
55000 Rail Workers Vote to Strike if Demands Denied
Chicago July 12 A vote by locomotive engineers and firemen on 98 railroads west of Chicago will be disclosed tomorrow at a meeting between the general managers committee and workers representatives. Rail workers reportedly vote to sustain a strike if needed to push wage increases. Negotiations were suspended June 1 after lengthy talks, with payrolls rising over 33 million annually if demands are granted. The current annual wage bill is about 67.76 million dollars.
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Chicago
General Managers’ Committee
Record cattle prices at Chicago stockyards top yearly highs
Cattle prices at the Union Stock Yards hit a record for July with choice beeves selling at 10 dollars, the highest July figure and top value of the year. Hogs reached 9 dollars, the highest level in months.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Clash and Fight Over Jones and Warburg Nominees in Senate
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee delayed the Jones Federal Reserve Board confirmation as Hitchcock plans an unfavourable majority report. Warburg’s nomination faces a murky path with debate on appearance, executive testimony, and possible open sessions. Supporters cite expertise, while opponents fuse antitrust and finance policy concerns.
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Banking and Currency Committee
Paul M. Warburg
Hitchcock
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Jones
Hollin
Senate
Tee
Commiites
New York
Rebeled Free to Enter Capital and Other Headlines
Today’s issue highlights action on free entry into the capital followed by reports of two failed shots at Huerta and a hunt near Freeport. Indictments against three coal roads, looming Senate clash, and Ulster disorders averted frame a broad political page.
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Huerta
Freeport
Senate
Haiti
High Court
Becker
Parrot
I. C
Savere
New Haven
Mellen
Cupid
Navy
Daniels
Justice Lurton
Plaza
Society
Fish
Newport
News of Alexandria
Ulster Clash Fears Prompt Restraint Across Ireland
In Ireland July 13, a massive but controlled Ulster and nationalist display followed two armed volunteer groups. Sir Edward Carson urged loyalty to Ulster against home rule while Orange and nationalist factions jeered at Glendermot. London also signaled August parliamentary wrap and Lords reform.
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London
Glendermot
Asquith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Ulster
Earl Must Take Wife Back Restore Rights In Court
In London a divorce court grants Countess Russell a decree of restitution of conjugal rights against Earl Russell. Lady Russell testified she married on October 4 1901 and lived in Grays Inn Gordon Square and Telegraph House Chichester. He left her on February 27 and confirmed via letter on March 1 1914 that he would not live with her again. The judge awarded the decree with costs returnable in fourteen days.
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Lady Russell
Washington Post
London
Countess Russell
Hark Russell
Grays Inn
Gordon Square
Telegraph House
Chichester
Molly
Aged man to cross Atlantic in self built boat
An aged man, crippled, began a solo Atlantic crossing from West Bay Bridport in a small sailing craft he built himself. He took 49 gallons of water and biscuits weighing about a half hundredweight, with other provisions. The journey drew much interest.
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Atlantic
Washington Post
London
Holborrow
West Bay
Bridport
Marines Ready for Haiti and Santo Domingo Intervention
State Department orders a vigilant policy in the Caribbean as seven hundred marines are assembled at Guantanamo, Cuba, ready for rapid deployment to Haiti and Santo Domingo to deter revolutions. Hancock lands marines at Guantanamo, with 400 more to follow from Hampton Roads, and Sacramento moves as a precautionary measure amid ongoing turmoil in the two republics.
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Guantenamo
Cuba
Haiti
San Domingo
Navy Department
Secretary of State
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Guantanamo
Vera Cruz
Secretary of the Navy
State Department
United States
Hancock
Mexican
New York
Texas
Hampton Roads
Sacramento
Puerto Mexico
Connecticut
South Carolina
Marietta
Castine
Machias
Santo Domingo
Black Republic
Bordas
Puerto Plata
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Saltule Mextey
Arranza
Huerta Aml
Miss Huerta
Colon
Admiral Cradock
Foreign Office
Lionel Carden
Bristol
Buck Trees Society
Hunt Death
Mrs. Bailey
Shamokin
Mineral Railroad and Mining Company
Withitus
Bolt
Family OF
Reserve Board
Warburg
Sherman
White House
Mr. Warburs
Reed
O'Gorman
McLean
Congress
Poindexter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Islami
Chicago and Alton
Finance
Treasury Department
Boyne
Belfast
Drumbeg
Carson
Earl
Braves Ocean
Hait
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Dominican
Haitian
Habana
Port Au Prince
Lo Haiti
Arthur Bailly Blanchard
France
Germany
Balti
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