Mediation Talks Pause as Mexican Crisis Deepens
Reports from Niagara Falls indicate mediation between Mexican constitutionalists and Huerta representatives will recess while leaders confer. Carranza seeks time, while Britain warns Britons to flee Mexico City amid rising violence and Huerta pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Huerta
Carden
Mexico
Niagara Falls
Ambassador da Gama
Brazil
Naon
Suarez
Washington, D. C
Luis Cabrera
Guadalupe
Adventurous Young Husband Takes Unexpected Leave of Wife
Mrs Eva Olmstead describes her heartbreak as her husband Toy Olmstead vanished from Waterloo after planning a getaway. The butcher's shop cash register also shows a missing sum of 400 to 600 dollars. Olmstead bought a trunk, stored belongings, and checked a trunk to Michigan, hinting a planned escape possibly to Rocky Mountain states. The wife and father differ in views as the husband’s adventurer persona collided with family life.
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Mra
Eva-Olmstead
Toy Olmstead
Olmstead
W. M. Olmstead
Third Avenue West
Glmagtead
Third Avenue
Waterloo
Jefferson Street
Nuk
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Trix
Mr. Olmstead
Bing
Zapata Declares War on Carranza in Mexico
In Mexico City reports say Emiliano Zapata, southern revolutionary, issued a decree denouncing Venustiano Carranza and rejecting the plan of Ayala. Zapata vows to extend operations along the western coast toward Sonora and to fight Carranza indefinitely as messengers from towns loyal to Zapata arrive from Morelos.
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Huerta
Angel Garcia Pena
Madero
Republic
Zapata
Carr
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapate
Venustis No
Funeral Rites for Dr Rojas in Washington DC
Funeral services for Dr Pedro Ezequies Rojas Venezuelan minister who died in Atlantic City were held in Washington with President Wilson and cabinet members in attendance. The cabinet meeting was canceled as troops escorted the body from the legation to the church and then to Hampton Roads for transfer to Venezuela.
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Washington, D. C
Pedro Ezequies Rojas
Atlantic City
Wilson
Supreme Court
Paul Stillman Named Temporary Chairman of Republican Convention
Des Moines June 320 Special Paul Stillman of Jefferson former speaker of the house will be temporary chairman of the Republican state convention The temporary secretary will be W S Cooper of Winterset a lawyer and active Republican Cooper and Stillman bring long service in state politics Stillman presided during the deadlock session that elected Senator Kenyon The state committee will likely delay naming other officers until the convention day
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Des Moines
Paul Stillman
Jefferson
Tews House
W. S. Cooper
Winterset
Cooper
Stillman
Kenyon
Republican State Committee
Cherokee Nation to be dissolved and funds divided
Washington D C Fane 31 The Cherokee nation the largest of the civilized tribes will be dissolved at midnight. Cribes funds totaling 600000 will be distributed among about 2000 members. Commissioner Cato Bells of the Indian office called for resignation of Cherokee officials as part of the policy.
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Washington, D. C
Civilized Tribes
Cribes
Cato Bells
Idian
Indian Office
Six Wounded by Hunter's Salute on Burlington Train
Kansas City reported six people were wounded when Fred Scudiero fired a shotgun salute at an eastbound Burlington train near Liberty Missouri. Scudiero said the blast was meant as a military style salute for women on the platform. he was arrested along with two companions while others fled. Police planned to move him to Liberty for investigation.
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Zacatecas
Guadalupe Road
el Grillo
Kansas City
Burlington
Liberty
Fred Scudiera
Scudiero
Scudiera
Preparations Underway for Hydro Aeroplane America Flight
St Johns Newfoundland June 24 preparations were made to assemble the hydro aeroplane America in which John Cyril Porte hopes to crass the Atlantic early in July Henry Gillis arrived last night to arrange a starting place and inspect the ground over the past ten days
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St. Johns
Newfoundland
America
John Cyril Porte
Atlantic
Henry Gillis
Robbers In West Point Jewelry Store Robbed
Robbers entered the Philip Kleber Jewelry Store at West Point near Ft Madison last night and stole watches rings and other jewelry valued at 1000. Police report says the incident was reported today. A bank run at North Avenue State Bank in Chicago ended this morning with 80 people waiting to replace deposits after payouts of 309000.
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Rvurglars
West Voent
Ft. Madison
Titstars
Philip Kleber
West Point
Chicago
North Avenue State Bank
Wife of Speaker Clark and party escape disaster
Mrs. Champ Clark wife of the speaker of the house and a party of four people escaped a deadly storm near Washington. Marooned in a freight house on a wharf they took refuge as a ship neared and later returned to Washington aboard a tender. The party included Miss Clark Miss McCumber Miss Baker and Representative McKellar all uninjured but drenched by the deluge.
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Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Bort Washington
Washingtony
United States
Wilhelming
Mart Washington
Ceuciner C Clark
McCumber
Senator McCuimber
North Makatas
Baker
Representive Baker
New Jersey
Representative McKellar
Tennessee
Iowa corn crop prospects above normal say bulletin
Prospects for Iowa's corn crop are very favorable this season according to a bulletin from the Iowa department of agriculture. The dry spring allowed large corn and small grain plantings with ample moisture since, pushing corn growth two weeks ahead of normal in some areas. Small grain is generally good, though hay lags, and potatoes show good prospects with strong fruit crops in the southwest.
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Dex Moines
Iowia
Hulletin
Iowa Department of Agricoul
Baulletin
Iowa
Wilson Signs Naval Appropriation Bill Including Dreadnoughts
President Wilson signs the naval appropriation bill authorizing two new dreadnoughts and permitting the sale of the battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece. Negotiations are under way for the sale.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mississippi
Idaho
Greece
Kansas Crop Expert Quits Public Service
Topeka June 30 F Doco burn a longtime secretary of the state board of agriculture and widely known crop authority retired from public service today after two years in the post.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Board of Agriculture
Huerta Preparing for Fight Says Private Dispatches
Private dispatches from Mexico City report President Huerta sending his son and daughter toward Puerto Mexico and making readiness for his own departure on short notice. Message conveyed to the state department.
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Washington, I
Nera
Mexico City
Huerta
Puerto Mexico
State Department
June Rainfall Record Breaker Exceeds Across Town
The article notes a June rainfall of 7.70 inches, an all time high, affecting brides and graduates while corn prospers. It recounts prior years’ totals, mentions observers like Ralph Stippy, and highlights cold spells on May 19 and a peak high of 89 degrees on June 8, with impacts on crops and local life.
Wilson Denies National Scope for Woman Suffrage
President Wilson told a deputation of over 600 suffragists that voting rights for women are a state issue, not a national one, and he would not back a constitutional amendment this session. The marchers pressed for a clear White House position as they delivered a suffrage resolution from the federation of women’s clubs.
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DO. C
Wilkin
Congress
Wilson
Harvey W. Wiley
Rhein Childe Dorr
Wilitsma Kent
Aliré Paul
Congressional Union For
Mrs Wilson to Begin Summer Vacation in New England
Washington report says Mrs Wilson wife of the president and Miss Tialen Woodrow Bones will likely travel to Cornish New Hampshire early next week to start a summer vacation. Margaret Wilson will not accompany her mother much due to editorial duties in Madison Wisconsin. The president has not announced vacation plans.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Tialen Woodrow Bones
Cornish
N. H
Margaret Wilson
Madison
Wis
Bodies Recovered From Sunken Steamship Empresa
Rimoneki Quebec June 31 Divers have recovered two more bodies from the Empresa of Ireland sunken hull. One is a man about 20 and the other a blue girl about 7. Both will be buried here. Canadian Pacific Railway buys land near Father Point as a cemetery for unidentified dead that may be recovered.
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Rimoneki
Quebec
Empresa
Ireland
Nan
Canadian Pacific Railr
Father Point
Constabulary Controls Pittsburgh Strike Amid Plant Standoff
In nearby Pittalurgh a three week strike at the Wealinghouse electric and machine factories ends with police and armed guards restricting activity. Pickets operate at entrances while workers face conditions as troops patrol key streets and arrest one man who overstepped bounds.
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Pittalurgh
Vikahaite Caonstalmiary Faronnie
Etelke Distriet
Wealinghouse Electric and Machine Factories
Veo
Gant
Adama
New Hotel Nears Opening At Lamson Site
The Russell Lamson hotel, mainly finished except for the first floor, employs 34 decorators and 75 workmen. The lobby will feature a glass dome, Tiffany-like interior and gray flower decor. Owners Mr and Mrs Lamson expect completion by mid July with $100,000 in furnishings ready to install by El Torar.
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Russell-Lamson
Vorten & Holden Verel Company
Tosee
Appropriation for Track and Roadbed Upgrading Across I C
The Illinois Central allocates 384000 for track and roadbed improvements on its Minnesota division, mainly between Freeport and Waterloo. About 4000 workers are or will be employed as the project progresses, with plans for double tracking and bridge strengthening to boost capacity and safety. Division Superintendent Downs notes recent record traffic and yearlong backlog in work.
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Uliine
Fibo
Minnesota
Freeport
Waterloo
Prem Austin
Cig Ternet
L. A. Downs
Dubuque
Reeves
Downs
Ty Aptte
Uta
Five Days Too Brief to Read Government Report
A Chicago report notes five days be too short to read a government document titled The Westward States. Danial Vangha in Washington reports a Chicago clerk and a New York traveler discussions over delaying publication by five days to allow proper reading and response. postal and travel arrangements are described amid confusion.
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Gov't Report
Chicago
Abine
Hubbard
Jodivita
Danial Vangha
Waehington
Cape
Vaughn
New York
Tadiang
Pha Port
Inuster
Hin
Auen
Iealicer
Yale
Car Turns Turtle. Two Escape Serious Injury Near Waashurn
B Kaseht and Martin C Airsch of Wragler Co escaped injury when their car turned turtle half a mile south of Waashurn after a high speed collision with a second vehicle. They were pinned under the wreck for ten minutes. one car was badly damaged. The horn blew continuously as the wheel horn button touched the ground. This followed a prior incident at the Wangler store where a clerk was killed and another injured by an explosion.
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B. Kaseht
Martin C. Airsch
Wragler Co
Lopermath
Typa AB
Waabhurn
Kasehtha
Wangler
Indicts Mellen in Railway Deal
Eighteen including Charles S. Mellen former president of the New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Maine railroads and Frederick Moseley of Boston brokers were indicted by the Middlesex county grand jury on charges connected with financing the Hampden railroad from Bondsville to Springfield. The late Ralph D. Gillett of Westfield and the savings banks investment committee were named in the case. The Hampden railroad, built to link the Central Massachusetts division with the Boston and Maine and the New York New Haven and Hartford lines, has never operated and lease approval by the legislature failed.
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Cambridge, Mass
Charles S. Mellen
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Boston and Maine
Frederick 3. Moseley
B.S. Moseley & Co
Boston
Ralph D. Gillett
Westfield
Middlsex County Grand Jury
Hampden
Bondsville
Springfield
Gillett
Hampden Railroad Corporation
Central Massachusetts
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Circus Exposition Near Prospect Park Waterloo
The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus will exhibit on Campbell Avenue near Fourth Street tomorrow near Prospect Park. Trains from Cedar Rapids arrive on the Rock Island line with unloading on Bluff Street near Third. Police urge citizens to cooperate to prevent robberies during the parade and to secure homes and businesses.
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Campbell Avenue
Fourth Street
Prospect Park
Sullivan Avenue
Prospect
Dreun
Waterloo
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Wil
Bluff Street
Third
Delivery complaint notice printed in error
A newspaper page notes delivery by 6 o'clock may be incorrect due to carrier or other cause. Readers are asked to phone 3820 for a replacement panel and to call the night lines 2900-Klue or 2 after 6 p.m. with any complaints.
Funeral of Archduke and Duchess in Blacked Sarajevo Train Arrival
News from Vienna reports the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg murdered in Sarajevo. High officials attribute the plot to Servian nationalist propaganda in Bosnia. Children were told of the tragedy as workers prepared a solemn funeral plan and the will was opened. The bodies traveled by train to Metkovitch and onward to Trieste aboard the Viribus Unitis amid flags, crepe, and ceremonial honors. Local towns draped in black as mourners gathered along the Narenta River.
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Vienna
Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of Hohenberg
Sarajevo
Servia
Bosnia
Archduke Francia Ferdinand
Hohenberg
T O’elock
Countess Chotek
Togeblatt
Larchduke
Archduke
Franiso Joseph
Itte Asid
Bohemia
Salzburg
Artstetten
Villa Tivoli
Florence
Metkovitch
Herzegovina
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of
Dalmat
Narenta
Halmat
Viribus Unitias
Triest
Viribus Unitis
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Jane
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Prumerous Electrical
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