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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
1
The American delegation to the mediation conference releases a statement denying claims by the Mexican delegation that the U S aims to influence Mexico's electoral process. They insist it is improper to remove constitutionalists from power and urge a neutral stance while mediation proceeds.
The United States maintains a firm position in the mediation talks over Mexico, warning that altering the plan risks war and death. Officials stress that the American representatives seek peace without hidden agendas, urging Mexican counterparts to accept a provisional presidency and the mediator’s proposal to avert further bloodshed. Continued on next page.
Special to The Washington Post reports Gen Pancho Villa plans to rule his army and push civil government toward Mexico City while a split with Carranza deepens. Angeles is cited as architect of the coup and potential first chief, with two rival regional authorities forming in the north. News from Juarez and El Paso notes arrests and reorganizations as Villa seizes offices and moves toward Saltillo and Zacatecas.
Sylvia Pankhurst is carried from Westminster after hunger strike pressure leads Prime Minister Asquith to concede to a deputation of East End workers. Police raid three suffragette leaders' homes as militants' protests continue, with attendees and peer support shaping the dramatic outcome in London.
Philadelphia report notes Thomas Dolan estate valued between 20 and 35 million dollars will be divided among his widow and three sons. Widow receives Rhode Island summer home, Philadelphia town house, and a country residence. Remainder left in trust to widow and three sons. No charitable bequests.
Gottlieb von Jagow German foreign minister married Countess Luitgarde Ernestine zu Solms Laubach today at Arnsburg castle near Frankfurt. Jagow aged 51, the bride 41, the ceremony marking a high level royal society union in the German state.
Several hundred women of the Religious League for Woman's Suffrage marched to Hyde Park with banners flying and hymns. Clergy led the procession as sections from Catholic, Hebrew, Church of England, Free Church, and Scottish Church held platform meetings without police interference.
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon aged 78 dancing the Boston dip on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing roof to a phonograph. He led a sequence of steps including the kitchen sink Galway glide and lame duck for several hundred young women observers and even pulled Director Ralph into the dance before the tune Too Much Mustard ended.
On June 18 in Putnam Valley James Butterworth of Hill Plain near Brewster was attacked by a highwayman who forced a revolver on him and ripped from his mouth a set of gold trimmed false teeth. The thief took Butterworth’s watch and a gear pin and declared he wore gold teeth as well.
Chicago society is abuzz as heiress Helen Morton daughter of Mark Morton elopes with Stoger Bayly of Virginia. The couple were married quietly at Col George Fabyan’s Geneva Falls estate with family consent after securing Father Morton’s blessing. The event was kept secret with a brief reception and rapid departure for a honeymoon later announced by Joy Morton.
The Santa Clara, a private vessel of the Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company, became the first privately owned ship to pass through the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks. It carried diplomats and other prominent figures, mooring at Pedro Miguel Wharf as it awaits return to Balboa on the following day.
Mexico City June 18 The standing committee of congress passed the executive bill calling for an extraordinary session. Both houses will meet Saturday for officer elections and congress will convene Monday. It is understood that questions on the Niagara Falls peace negotiations will be considered.
London June 18 Ascot showcased a dazzling scene with rainbow frocks hats by mailliners and a large social turnout led by King George Queen Mary and foreign royals. DeSt.Alary's Broteur failed to place top three in the Gold Cup while Aleppo won decisively over Willyrook and Junior in a 2½ mile race for a purse totaling $17,500 plus $2,800 gold cup value and a $100 sweep.
A thunderstorm caused a passenger train to derail through a culvert at Carr Bridge near Inverness Scotland. Three women were drowned and it is feared about twelve more may have perished as carriages fell into a torrent.
At the American Orthopedic Association meeting in Philadelphia on June 18, Dr C Nathan described muscle shifting to substitute paralyzed groups and new bone grafting techniques. Dr W Gallie reported dog bone grafts accelerating toward resemble the donor bone. other surgeons discussed spinal bone grafts and related procedures.
Senate foreign relations committee plans a broad inquiry into Nicaragua's finances and American bank influence, aiming to precede any report on Nicaragua or Colombia treaties. The probe would look at Brown Bros. Co and Seligmans, Nicaraguan National Railroad and National Bank ownership, and possible State Department roles, with secrecy surrounding committee deliberations.
Page 2 item list notes events across politics and society. Highlights include Villa assuming full command of the army, Premier yielding to suffragists, the ongoing treaty debates, and varied updates from baseball to hospital closures and legal actions.
Col Roosevelt, en route to New York aboard the Imperator, suffered a chill but dismissed laryngeal disease concerns. Officials said weakness rather than illness would keep him from speaking in exposed places, though he aims to be in Pittsburgh on June 30. He plans rest at Sagamore Hill and hopes for a campaign return.
Peking reports the Chinese government says 34,000 Singapore Chinese intend to invade China arriving in three chartered steamships. The ships will call at Hong Kong and Macao and land forces at Swatow where 4,000 picked rebels await them.
St Petersburg June 18 Sikorsky the aviator who built the largest aeroplane in the world carried ten passengers to an altitude of about 2000 meters 6000 feet today a claimed record for that number of people carried aloft in one flight
Margaret McCready, a prominent Ypsilanti society figure, was arraigned in Detroit before Federal Judge Tutte on an indictment charging mailing obscene letters over several years. Handwriting expert Albert Osterne testified, linking the letters to McCready, as bail was set at 1000 dollars after pleading not guilty. Parents and businessmen received denigrating missives detailing supposed improprieties, with letters sent to spouses if husbands ignored the alarm.
London reports an unconfirmed rumor that submarine 112 with fifteen crew members was lost on a voyage from Portsmouth to Torland. The admiralty has no knowledge of such an accident, possibly a fog disaster rumor. Meanwhile, the Gustave Zede caught fire during full speed trials and was towed to Cherbourg. fire origin remains unknown.
A Paris cable reports Miss Laura Macianari Stallo and Prince Francesco Rospiglier Pallavincini will delay their wedding from next Saturday to June 30 due to concerns about the Church of St Philip Duroule. Church foundations are being inspected after Monday's severe storm.
Mysterious vessels delivered large quantities of rifles and ammunition to Connemara on Ireland’s west coast for national volunteers. The caches, said to be of the latest American pattern, were landed at night after coastal vessels cruised nearby. Torpedo boats were ordered to patrol the coast to stop further gun running. Week end excursion tickets go on sale from Washington and Alexandria to several towns, with Saturday/Sunday departures and return on the following Tuesday.
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