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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1916
Page
7
A long schedule notes the week’s theater offerings with Paramount and Vitagraph titles. Pendleton hosts the annual Pendleton roundup drawing 100,160 attendees, featuring cowboys and Indians, with motion pictures of the event and Indian dances.
Washington June 14 The state department asked the Carranza de facto government to explain the involvement of its officers in raids on American soil after a clash near Laredo in which Lieut Col Villareal was killed. A preliminary draft note responding to May 20 withdrawal demand is completed but not sent, with no fixed sending date. President Wilson will reject withdrawal and rebuke Carranza over remarks on U S policy and arms shipments.
In New York on June 14 Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived from Oyster Bay and held a long meeting with George W Perkins Gov Harriman Johnson Chester H Rowell and Oscar Sirens among other Progressive leaders. A statement issued after the conference by Perkins, with implied consent from Roosevelt and others, reflected a circular to Progressive Nations members.
Three Carranza soldiers were reported killed Sunday night in a clash with U S cavalry between Colonia Punban and Casas Grandes. Thirteen American troopers were captured but later released. Capt Otto W Rether’s detachment of the Fighting Thirteenth cavalry, marching from General Field HQ, cornered a Villista band near a canyon 20 miles northeast of Santa Clara, inflicting casualties on the Mexican side with no American losses. Bandits fled after a brief firefight, leaving horses, rifles, and ammunition in Rether’s vicinity.
London June 14 The late Earl Kitchener Great Britain's premier soldier died when the Hampshire was mined near the Orkney Islands A tribute never equalled in England was paid in St Pauls Cathedral The king and queen attended with peers soldiers and statesmen Inside the cathedral jammed with people outside stood in the rain heads bared to honor the departed hero
Washington authorities issued saloon licenses early this morning after the wet election results. Ten saloons opened for business while Joseph I. Gordon’s remained shut pending board action in a special session.
About 700 miners at Freeman mines Nos 7 and Bian go on strike after the company demands day shifts and a boiler failure at No 2 causes a blast. Workers refuse to operate with a single boiler, citing unsafe running conditions and defective equipment. Local officials report disruption at the mining site in Bicknell.
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