Huerta Family Leaves Capital on Special Train for Vera Cruz
Mexico City July 14 report that President Huerta his family and close aides departed the capital at 10 pm aboard a special three sleeper train with 800 troops ahead and 400 more behind as Blanquet’s family also left. Officials expect Huerta and Blanquet to leave tomorrow. a 1,500-strong force is staged at the interoceanic station for use. Carranza loyalists say they can reach Mexico City within hours if the govt falls, to prevent disorder before the constitutionalist government is established. The State Department has not secured promises from Carranza for talks on transfer terms.
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Candido Aguilar
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Corpore
Cincinnati Votes No Charter Rejected By 7000 Margin
Cincinnati voters rejected a proposed new city charter in a July 14 special election. The charter would have reduced council size and expanded mayoral power. With some precincts outstanding, experts estimate about a 7000 vote deficit for the charter.
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Icebergs Still a Menace to Transatlantic Steamers
Icebergs still endanger transatlantic lanes as two more steamers are reported nearby. The Holland American liner Soestdik sighted eight large bergs and several growlers about 200 miles off St Johns Newfoundland, while the Allan Naer Numidian reported passing three great bergs last Friday.
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St. Johns
Newfoundland
Five Die on Veneiger Glacier in Alpine Tragedy
Five Austrian mountaineers including three men and two girls are found dead in a Tyrol glacier shelter after a violent snowstorm. A clerk Kratochwill and two girls with Melounis, the unnamed young man, suffered wounds from an ice ax and a revolver. A commission is appointed to investigate the tragedy.
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Woman Regains Sight After Lightning Strike
Mrs Luefila F Haines aged 84 years who had been blind for ten years recovered full sight after a lightning flash struck her window during an electrical storm in Camden New Jersey Her nephew Frank Alcott found her unconscious and doctors revived her by morning she could see.
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Albanian ruler William of Wied appeals for aid
London July 14 Prince William of Wied the Albanian ruler summoned representatives of the foreign powers to the palace and protested that the powers who placed him on the throne have done little to sustain him. He urged immediate help and asked them to appeal to their governments for military and financial aid.
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Times
Will of Frederick Townsend Martin Reveals Annuity to Valet
London reports the will of Frederick Townsend Martin who died in March. His English estate valued at $14.00 million provides $3,000 to Elizabeth Taylor former governess to his niece the Countess of Craven and $10,000 for an annuity to his faithful valet Frederick Smith.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Countess of Craven
Frederick Smith
Wernher Estate Seen Rising to 57.5 Million
Special Cable from London reports Sir Juns Wernher's estate, provisionally estimated at 25 million dollars, is expected to exceed 57.5 million dollars. The sum would set a regional record for a South African magnate.
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London
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Cash for District Millions Soon Available in Final Compromise
Conferees approve a modified Borland street paving provision and remove the obnoxious section 8.1. The District appropriation bill advances to the White House for President signature with roughly 12 million dollars to be available for this fiscal year. The agreement also eliminates a Keller claim and strikes a Senate payment, while detailing proportional assessments to fund paving with shared costs between abutting property owners, the District, and the federal government.
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First Big Supply Bill Bounces Through Congress in 1918
The District appropriation bill, reported December 16, 1918, opened the session as the first major supply measure. It sailed through the House January 12 and the Senate March 13, then lingered in conference until yesterday amid a tough legislative sea.
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German aviator breaks altitude record in biplane
Heinrich Oeterich of Germany soared to 7,500 meters about 24,606 feet near Lespate July 1 establishing a new world altitude record for an aeroplane. The previous record of 6,600 meters or about 21,650 feet stood since July at Johannisthal by Otto Linnekogel, another German aviator.
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Whitman in the Race Issues Defi to Roosevelt
Whitman declares a challenge to Roosevelt and demands 3000 signatures to back his petition. He vows not to allow Barnes to manage his campaign if nominated by the Republicans. Barnes responds, prompting a public exchange on strategy and leadership.
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Roosevelt's Challenge and Whitman's Defi
Whitman declares he will seek the GOP nomination for governor and may enter Progressive primaries if 3,000 Roosevelt supporters petition. denies Barnes influence and any subservience. notes no ties to the Whitman Nonpartisan League. Atlantic City excursion details follow.
Miss Hull A Bride Today In Simple Washington Ceremony
Miss Tacia A Hull daughter of Mr and Mrs George Huntington Hull of Tuxedo Park will marry Harrie T Lindeberg tomorrow at 5 30 pm in the Church of the Heavenly Rest Washington The couple plan a simple ceremony attended by family Only Unattended bride and architect Lindeberg with few guests are noted In same church Dorothy Layman daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles A Layman Indianapolis Ind will wed P A Surg Robert Cathcart Ransdell U S N attached to Mayflower at 4 pm in a late season ceremony Also son of Col Daniel M Ransdell was senate sergeant at arms
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George Huntington Hull
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Church of the Heavenly Rest
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Alabama
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Charles A. Layman
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United States Senate
Bear mothers lost boy near Patch briars bears kept child
Field Wisconsin July 4 a two year old farmer's son wandered from home and was found coddled by a black bear and her two cubs in their briar den after a two day search. The boy appeared starved but not exposed and rested close to the cubs who warmed him. A cloth fragment from the romper was found near the den.
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Pifield
Marital Union for Mrs Lewisohn and Martin Vogel
Mrs. Lillie Lewisohn of New York will wed Martin Vogel Assistant Treasurer of the United States tomorrow at Covent Garden register office London. The ceremony follows long acquaintance and will be followed by a breakfast hosted by Sir Charles and Lady Henry with notable guests including the American Ambassador Harold Fowler Lord Reading and Chancellor Lloyd George among others.
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David Leventritt
T. R. Breaks Rest Cure Celebration Planned for Kermit Bride
Oyster Bay reports Theodore Roosevelt interrupted his rest cure to arrange a celebration for the arrival of his son Kermit and his bride at Sagamore Hill. They are expected soon as old Roosevelt friends in Oyster Bay plan to greet the bride. Roosevelt will visit Progressive headquarters in New York and confer with state leaders about the governor candidacy.
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British Navy Mobilizes Massive Test Fleet
Special Cable reports the British admiralty opens a ten day training mobilization starting tomorrow with 433 warships crewed by efficient ratings. The event marks an unprecedented fleet size at sea, replacing the usual maneuvers, highlighting a peak in naval readiness.
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Near tragic scene Mrs Carman not upstairs, maid tells grand jury
A Mineola grand jury heard nine witnesses in the Louise Bailey murder case as Celia Coleman, a Carman maid, revised her account claiming Mrs Carman hurried to the kitchen and upstairs after the shooting. District Attorney Smith noted potential new witnesses and kept Mrs Carman under watch at the Mineola jail while awaiting Thursday testimony.
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Index to Today's Issue and Headlines
Page 1 Huerta family in flight mystery in deaths in Glacter District money bill passed Whitman in race for governor Freeport murder inquiry Lords revise home rule act Blame Tarif for hard times. Page 2 Future of New Haven case New bridge near the old Workers bar arbitration. Page 3 McHeynolds or Lane for Beach ready to rule Halt Indian women bring suit Rush for Newport horse. Snow beats cat mothers two pupplee May be bride of prince of Wales Aster gives up hope for title Kidnappers in a trust Senate may defeat Jones Jones testimomy before committee defends river and harbors bill House passes appropriation BU. Page 6 Editorial comment T Society. Page 9 Sporting events. Page 10 Financial news of Alexandria. Page 14 Plea hotel for men only Playgrounds open part time.
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Lords Pass Third Reading In Ulster Home Rule Clash
London July 14 The House of Lords passed the third reading of the Irish home rule bill and sent it to the Commons. Marquis Crewe urged patience and a peaceful solution while Lord Lansdowne warned unionists demand full Ulster exclusion. A new clause allowing the king to suspend the act by order in council was adopted without division amid concerns over destabilizing the empire.
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State Department denies protest over Ulster funds
Officials say they have received no representations from the British embassy protesting activities of people in the United States gathering money to send arms to Ulster volunteers. The Ulster trouble is described as an internal U.S. concern with no official action expected unless raised by Britain.
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Blame the Tariff Hitters Pivot as Miners Lose Jobs
Republicans will blame tariff policy for high living costs and idled workers amid factory closures. The scene centers on 40,000 Illinois miners out of work as plants shut down, with a congressional GGP committee preparing to open Chicago headquarters, Vrooman quitting the Illinois Senate race, Progressive desertions in Michigan, and former Senator Beveridge set to campaign in Illinois.
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Political Battle in the Middle West Plays Out in Illinois
Republican congressional campaign committees plan to open Chicago headquarters and highlight tariff effects to claim higher living costs and idle workers. Illinois miners idled by factory closures. Chicago Democrats to kick off primary with Roger Sullivan bid. Vrooman drops Senate bid. Beveridge to tour for Progressive candidates amid desertions. Michigan and Iowa Progressives pivot to prohibition.
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Roger C. Sullivan
Republican campaign in Chicago opens offices next week
Chicago July 14 the Republican congressional campaign opens headquarters in Chicago next week to present facts accusing the Democratic administration of failure to cut living costs and to argue the Progressive party is dying. The committee will operate from hotels, dispatch speakers nationwide, and cite coal mine layoffs and high tariffs as proof.
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