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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1913
Page
1
Officials here discuss a looming collapse of the Mexican regime as mystery thickens. No administration member is present. Bryan will hurry here for a conference with Ambassador Wilson. Communications with the interior of the southern republic have been cut off since Sunday.
The White House issued a statement denying two rumors in afternoon papers. Secretary Tumulty said there is no basis to claim the President refused to recognize Huerta or would establish a protectorate over Central American nations to guard the Panama Canal. The denial asserts no opinion was given on Huerta’s government or its recognition.
Reports from official circles indicate rising tension between the Huerta regime and revolutionary forces as the crisis nears a conclusion. President Wilson awaits Ambassador Wilson’s report, while Secretary Bryan speeds to Washington to join conferences.
Reports from Mexico describe widespread disruption with transportation demobilized and bridges destroyed between Monterey and Torreon. Rebels advance west of Tuxpam, consulates seek calm, and US officials fear famine as American plantations near Vera Cruz face attacks while President Huerta suspends two Vera Cruz newspapers. US battleship Louisiana heads to Tuxpam to protect interests.
Mexico City reports Tuxpam seized by rebels led by Vegas after a fierce fight. The U S Louisiana battleship and Rear Admiral Fletcher head for Tuxpam to protect Americans. the embassy asks for troops for Americans in Madera Chihuahua. Federals move north toward Juarez with reinforcements and a train repair effort. Ambassador Wilson lands at Habana but will proceed to Washington. Atlantic Fleet sails from Newport for a week.
Utah Senator Smoot denounces the tariff as ruinous to the South and a foreign lobby drives Democrats toward laboring benefits for refiners. He warns of mill shutdowns and unemployment as sugar duties shift. Chamberlain signals map-based critique and possible defection, prompting party leaders to alter the record.
Panic broke out aboard the Tremper as the steamer scraped a rock, tearing a hole in the hull and letting water rise toward the furnaces. Captain Van Wagoner steered toward shore near Staatsburg, all passengers rescued without injury as the vessel settled upright in mud.
A liquid filled box, possibly a nitroglycerin bomb, was delivered by parcel post to the Carnegie corporation offices in New York. Carnegie is abroad. police expert Inspector Began will examine the device. Box measures four by ten inches with openings soldered at ends. An employee, D H Clark, alerted authorities after noting only the address. The Carnegie corporation oversees about 5 million dollars in steel bonds funding education. Senator Elihu Reed sits on the counciling committee. In the Netherlands, Troelstra and other Dutch leaders reject joining Kierk Bos cabinet.
Fire discovered under the main stairway of a cottage at the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, the third blaze on the property in twenty days. Authorities suspect incendiaries linked to labor disputes and dismissals. The Siebern family cottage was saved by village firefighters. A prior blaze damaged a stable weeks earlier, with losses rumored near 150 000 dollars.
July 2 Pittsburgh police and firemen spent an hour digging eight workers from a collapsed department store basement as interne from Mercy and Homeopathic hospitals fought to save a dying man. The building under remodel gave way trapping people on the roof and fifth floor. Six workers were seriously injured and four were reported missing.
Special to The Washington Post reports Alphonse Trinqual, an elderly inventor in San Francisco, predicts a global flood and is constructing an ark. The craft measures 20 feet in length, built over ten years during intervals of labor. He asserts the land will be submerged as in Noah's era.
Pittsburgh dispatch July 21 reports Braden and Oms fighting a beetle sized as a pigeon aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train in Pitcatrn yards. The insect bit Braden on the arm and side. Oms is severely swollen and in agony. Doctors are puzzled. he may die.
Federal mediators press to end 8000 trainmen wage dispute with Hasterp railroads. No change in stance as talks split over arbitration under Newlands act. Erie officials urged to rejoin sessions or accept potential awards, with strike threat still looming.
Hamburg July 21 news reports the German sailing ship with twenty men aboard has been given up as lost by owners. She sailed May 11 from Talcahuano to Mejilones and is believed to have foundered near the Chilean coast. Vessel measured 1,571 tons and was built at Glasgow in 1885.
Senators Nelson and Clapp testified before the lobby inquiry denying Mulhall’s charges about discussions with them on the Sherman antitrust amendment. Nelson described Roosevelt’s push for the measure, the Civic Federation’s role, and his own subcommittee report opposing the amendment. The exchange touched on past 1909 correspondence and alleged meetings, with both senators declining recollection of Mulhall.
Today’s issue index lists dramatic items including a mutiny on an ocean liner, limits on Huerta crisis coverage, tariff questions, a British warning to clergy, federal clerks’ demands, and a new juvenile court judge. Also noted are strikes at Erie, pardons from Wilson, and district heads at the Capitol.
Local police, detectives, and special officers chase three 12 year old boys accused of robbing the Real Estate Trust Company during rush hour. The youths seized a woman's check and a bundle of checks, then fled as officers closed in. an attempted bakery cashing of stolen papers ended with the trio escaping, leaving the checks behind.
Bridgewater Mas July 1 a noted Boston publisher and financier Cardin F King dies at the state farm as hopeful clemency by telephonic council action is blocked by the attorney general. King, once publisher of the Boston Daily Tribune and investor promoter, faced a 10 to 14 year sentence for defrauding investors of 22 000. His death ends a dramatic career marked by rapid rise, alleged schemes, and a final plea for pardon by telephoned council votes.
John D Rockefeller's son in law Mick McCormick had a narrow escape when a Northwestern train struck the front of his automobile as he crossed railroad tracks returning from Onwentsla Tub in Lake Forest. The car stalled and the chauffeur started to move only as the train hit. Both occupants remained unhurt.
Mutiny by 26 Chinese on the steamship Comus from New York led to a passenger panic near New Orleans. One mutineer likely fatally shot, three wounded, First Officer M. L. Proctor injured. stewardess Mrs. Florence Shaw credited with saving his life by shielding him from being hurled overboard. The six Celestials who attacked Proctor were forced below and later arrested.
In Good Ground on Long Island, Edgar Lynn a wealthy summer resident, escaped with minor injuries after his hydroplane Wolfshead II struck the 40-foot powerboat Black Arrow. The craft collided, leaped over the other boat, and both boats’ occupants were thrown into Shin Neckock Bay. Lynn and his boatman suffered severe cuts from the propeller.
Grand Junction Colorado July 21 The sudden death of J B Maxwell followed news that his daughters Bessie and Goldie Maxwell wed quickly in Salt Lake City after a 12 hour courtship with Midgley Riter and Midgley in Salt Lake City The telegram announcing the marriages reached him causing heart attack and unconsciousness From there the sisters traveled to California with their mother En route they met the theatrical pair and married them The news of their parents death came by telegram after the weddings
A woman on a bicycle caught fire after two others narrowly escaped. Fire Chief Piegebaum responded with a chemical tank, rescuing her as her lower garments burned. Her condition remains doubtful.
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