Mediation Split Over Carranza Plan Deepens Crisis
Niagara Falls May 31 American mediators debate whether to engage Mexican constitutionalists in mediation talks. Washington backs a two party US Huerta accord, with a provisional government and no immediate constitutionalist seating. US delegates press for constitutionalist representation while warning that delay could worsen Huerta’s position as mediation continues.
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Washington Post
Juarez
Durango
Venistieno
Mexico
Salvillo
Bexton
Vila
American proprietor threatened by Villa ally at El Paso restaurant
A reward of 500 dollars was offered for the Torreon restaurant owner Edward Lewis after Gen Gervin Servin, Villa's artillery chief, entered the El Paso eatery in a drunken mood. He threatened to shoot, overturned furniture, and demanded the proprietor be brought to his tent to be killed. Refugees report Benton killed earlier. Servin fled as patrons escaped through the back.
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el Paso
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Torreon
Martin
Servin
Villa
William Benton
Gervin
Edward Lewis
Carranza Considers Cabinet as Provisional Mexican Leader
Advices from Durango report Venustiano Carranza acting as provisional president, naming Luis Cahersa for foreign relations and Rafael Zubarán Capmany to Washington, with Fernando Iglesias Calderón in line for a cabinet post. Generals move to Saltillo to safeguard the capital as Villa's forces press south.
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Carranza
Carrenza
Durango
Villa
Torreon
Sal- Hilo
Salttita
Luis Cahersra
Washington
Saltillo
Rafael Zubaran Capmany
Fernando Iglesias Caldéron
Lberal
Mexico
Peréfollo
Satie
Pablo Gonzalea
Monterey
Saltilla
Saltille-Zacatecas
Mexico City
Roosevelt Enjoying Morning on Olympic Deck
On the Olympic off Sable Island Nova Scotia May 3 Col Theodore Roosevelt spent a calm morning on deck strolling in fine weather. He joined Capt Haddock at table for lunch and later relaxed in his state room. In the evening Roosevelt appeared in the restaurant where many friends chatted with him.
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New York Herald
Washington
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Theodore Roosevelt
Mocheon
H Jy Haddock
State Room
Robsavalt
Empress of Ireland Disaster Details and Inquiries
The Storstad captain denies fault in the Empress of Ireland sinking after a collision in the St Lawrence. Testimony says fog signals were exchanged and the Storstad reversed but could not avert disaster. About 180 to 900 lives were lost, with 350 saved aboard the Empress or later rescued, and a $2 million claim filed by Canadian Pacific against Storstad’s owners. The Canadian government steamer Lady Gray recovered 146 bodies and conveyed them ashore for funeral rites.
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Canun Pacific Railway
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St. Lawrence
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B. G. Kendall
Rimouski
Simals
Thomas Andereen
Blorstad
Dominion Coal Company
Fox
Storsted
Mer
Irda
Canadian Pacffic Railway
Port Quebec
Lady Gray
Rimousk
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Treakwater
Lady Grey
H. M
Coffins Fill Three Tables For Tragic Pier Sinking Victims
The scene on the pier shows three ten foot tables stretched with coffins of every type as survivors and relatives gather for the dead. Child remains in small white caskets sit beside adult coffins amid hastily prepared boxes. Mothers and children lie in final embrace, victims of the Father Polni disaster.
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Rimouski
Ateamship
Father Polni
Weight of the soul claims by Haverhill physician
Dr Duncan McDougal of Haverhill, quoted by The Washington Post, reports testing a dying tuberculosis patient on a delicately balanced beam scale to measure weight loss. The observed drop of three quarters of an ounce occurred at death, prompting his claim of a weight of the soul and a theory of an ether world accompanying the Earth.
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Hayarhil
Washington Post
Boston
Duncan McDoeugall
Haverhill
Waa
Grooks Get 40 Million in Extravagant Home Life
A National Surety Company head puts defalcations at forty million dollars nationwide with over four million publicly reported thefts and more. Careful checking of accounts is cited as lacking by employers and officials. A bank cashier’s method of skimming exchange described as undetected for ten years is cited as an example of system flaws. Extravagant living prompted wrong doing and misappropriations across various cases.
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Appaial
Washington Post
New York
National Surety Company
United States
Lnrry
Woman Falls From Second Floor Skylight Hole
Mrs Fred Henry of 180 Wellh street weighs 900 pounds and lives on the third floor. She toppled from a back porch through a heavy plate glass skylight two stories below, wrecked burglar alarm wires, and landed head and shoulders on a rug at street level. She suffered minor injuries but remained conscious throughout the event.
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Wallington
Chicago
May St
Fred Henry
Wellh Street
Cat quits ill fated liver on Empress of Ireland voyage
The Washington Post reports the Empress of Ireland left harbor on a doomed voyage with a ship’s cat refusing to return onboard. The two year old yellow feline roamed the wharves and evaded crew attempts to recapture as survivors arrived.
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Apeddal
Wmcbington Post
Quebec
Embtrets
Winthrop Ames Prize Winner Revealed
Miss Alice Brown, 57, of Newburyport Massachusetts, wins the Winthrop Ames ten thousand dollar prize for the best play. She expresses delight, citing that details will come from Mr. Ames and noting the play was written last summer. Her hobbies include flowers, theater, and gardening.
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Winthrop Ames
Washington
Newburyport
Maes
Altes Brown
Shala
Burglars Loot Long Island Country Home of Scott Family
Special to The Washington Post reports Winfield Scotts mansion at Far Rockaway Long Island was used as a summer residence by burglars who looted about 1000 worth of property and damaged the house. The Scotts, prominent in Union Club Rockaway Hunting Club and Daughters of the American Revolution, found wines cigars and fine linens missing or destroyed after months of occupancy by thieves who slept in the best beds and left the place in disorder.
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Long Island
Thievey
Washington Post
New York
Winfield Scotts
Far Hackaway
Sirs. Scott
Fannie Remaan
Daughters of the American Revolution
Holland Dames
Frank
Um Avenue
Rockaway
Scott
Attacks Alfonso's Aunt in Spain After Church Escape
A woman, later found insane, attempted to dash acid at Infanta Maria de la Paz aunt of King Alfonso as she left a Bilhon church in May. Police intervened preventing injury. The attacker claimed to be a princess seeking revenge for usurped status.
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Spain
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Alfonso
Tally on Senators Will Vote On Canal Rights
The Senate faces seven amendments to repeal tolls and preserve U S canal rights with a recorded vote on each. Debate continues as Democrats align with the President to tune the treaty to British interpretation. Key speakers include Catron Vardaman and Simmons as arbitration and coastwise exemptions loom.
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United States
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Catron
New Mexico
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Migsaissippi
William Alden Smith
Carranza Presidency Denial Echoes Through Mexico Crisis
Page 1 highlights a muddled mix of Mexican politics with Carranza’s presidency denied by Sturstad’s captain and battles over legitimacy. Other items reference Bandala, Ofivera, and Premier roles in a tangle, plus a grim note on a girl tortured to death and antisuffragist tensions. The page also teases topics in society and sport, including school cadets competing and veterans’ fair play appeals.
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Bandala
Ramira
Fletcher Fleet
Wive
Ofivera
Admiral Badger
Holland
Alexandria Hospital
Sandals and jet earrings headline Paris style parade
Atlantic City and Paris fashion notes from May 31 describe strapped sandals with broad toe, black patent straps rising to the ankle, all women wearing jet earrings, Roman striped tunics with skirts reaching the ankle or tunic alone, and emerald and bronze green color tones. Silk puttees for women appear in Paris, with transparent hose and diamond studded pins.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
Sesson
Ehnatowde
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Cleveland Teachers Pressured to Unionize Public School Staff
Samuel Gompers urged Cleveland public school teachers to defy the board of education after a ruling to expel unionized staff. About 5000 people at an open air mass in Wade Park adopted a resolution to wage a statewide union drive with Ohio Federation of Labor emissaries planning to organize teachers. Civil suits were filed to overturn the ruling. Gompers urged voters to remove resistive school officials if needed. Brazil extends state of siege as chamber approves indefinite emergency powers to cope with unrest.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel Gomperg
American Wederesion~of Labor
Board of Education
Wada Park
Ohio Federation of Labor
Gompers
Fair Play for Vets Staris Criticism Anew
A California representative Julius Kahn spoke at a Grant memorial exercise in the Capitol rotunda condemning government ingratitude to Grand Army of the Republic veterans. He urged undoing a policy of discharging aged men from federal service and warned the savings may be wasted on lesser causes. He hailed Grant and contrasted living veterans with the dead, calling for swift corrective action and a mass protest meeting planned for the Willard Hotel.
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J. K. Gleeson
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