Crisis in Mexico Shows British Policy But Ends Promptly
Washington reports spark in Congress over American troops entering Mexico to clash with Villista factions. Rep Gould notes aim to shield Americans near the border, questions constitutional implications and criticizes perceived government failures to protect lives since 1910 through 1916 amid shifting U.S. policy toward Mexico.
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Washington
Congress
Mexico
Villista
Rio Grande
Rep. Gould
New York
Mr. Gould
M. Gould
State Department
Statement on Mexican violence and U S casualties in 1914–16
The source notes that 1916 saw a de facto recognition of Carranza and a spike in murders of U S citizens, with 1915 the second-highest toll and 1914 including 17 American sailors and Marines killed at Vera Cruz. It also states that after 1916, information was suppressed by the State Department under military censorship.
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Carranza
Vera Cruz
Department of State
Mexico
Fortify Mexican Frontier Marks First Real Fortified Boundary
Washington June 30. The war department completes forts and housing along the Mexican border to fortify the frontier. Already over twenty army posts line the boundary with many outposts. Three years of patrols led to permanent housing with minimal new lumber. Gen Cabell ordered to supervise abandoned camps and reclaim usable material for reassembly. Official maps name the army posts.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
United States
A. Rosey C. Cabell
Southern Department
Bordering Settlements Listed Across States
California and Arizona towns are named including San Ysidro Palm City Campo Tecate Calexico Yuma Ajo Arivaco Fort Nogales Lochiel and Fort Douglas with Texas sites El Paso Fort Hancock Marfa Camelario Evett s Ranch Del Rio Eagle Pass Laredo Mission Fort Ringgold and Brownsville among others. The list appears as a ledger of border locales or military posts across the regions.
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California
San Ysidro
Palm City
Campo
Tecate
Calexico
Arizona
Yuma
Ajo
Arivaco
Fort Nogales
Lochiel
Fort Douglas
Texas
el Paso
Fort Hancock
Hester’s Ranch
Marfa
Camelario
Evett’s Ranch
Ruisdosa
Terlingua
Glenn Springs
del Rio
Fort Clark
Eagle Pass
Indio Ranch
Delores Mine
Laredo
Delorez
Zepata
Roma
Mission
Shoe Prices Forecast to Rise on Leather Shortage
Indianapolis June 30 The Indiana Shoe Travelers' association heard Charles S. Strayer predict a material shoe price increase due to international leather shortages. He cited higher labor costs foreign competition and growing demand at home and abroad with specific leather price hikes and noted fashion-driven demand for multiple pairs and varied styles.
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Indianapolis
Charles S. Strayer
St. Louis
Indiana Shoe Travelers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Strayer
Signing of the German Peace Treaty at Versailles
President Wilson and the American delegation completed signing the peace treaty in the Hall of Mirrors at 3 14 pm Paris time. Germans led by Johannes Bell and Dr Hermann Moeller signed near 3 18 and 3 44 cannon marked the ceremony. Clemenceau and other envoys signed in treaty order with Smuts registering protest over indemnities.
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Versailles
Wilson
Paris
Hermann Mueller
Johannes Bell
Lansing
Henry White
Colonel House
General Bliss
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Hall of Mirrors
William Martin
Foreign Office
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
General Smuts
Europe
Hermann
Chateau
Ten Die in Dunkirk Train Collision Near Western York Central Trains
Ten dead and more than twenty injured after a rear end collision between New York Central trains No. 7 the Westerner and the second section of No. 41 in Dunkirk New York. Many passengers received care at Brooks Memorial Hospital and at a temporary dressing station with additional relief trains bringing others for treatment.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
New York Central
Westerner
Brooks Memorial Hospital
Seven Brothers Sentenced for Major Wholesale Fraud
Seven brothers Abraham Charles Davis Elias George John and Joseph Solomon were sentenced by Judge Knox to two years in the Atlanta penitentiary after pleading guilty to conspiring to swindle merchants out of goods valued at more than 500000. The brothers ran a wholesale wearing apparel business with 27 stores in Chicago Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Trenton Newark and other cities.
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New York
Abraham
Charles
Davis
Elias
George
John
Joseph Solomon
United States
Knox
Atlanta
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Trenton
Newark
American transport George Washington sails with Wilson aboard
Brest June 30 The American transport George Washington with President Wilson aboard pulled out into the roadsteads at 2 20 Sunday afternoon The battleship Oklahoma led the formation with destroyers Woolsey Farbell on either side Wikes and Yarnell bringing up the rear
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Brest
George Washington
President Wilson
Oklahoma
Woolsey
Farbell
Wikes and Yarnell
Former Wife of Artist to Wed
Mrs Maehelle Thompson Christy former wife of Howard Chandler Christy the artist is to marry Leslie Canfield Ferguson a lawyer in New York on June 28 announced by the Times.
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New York
Maehelle Thompson Christy
Howard Chandler Christy
Leslie Canfield Ferguson
Miss Mary Cunningham Ulster Woman at War Endures German Occupation
Miss Mary Cunningham aunt of President Woodrow Wilson proved a remarkable figure during the war. She sheltered in her humble lodgings through the German occupation with windows shot out and furniture burned for firewood. She endured a brutal winter near starvation until liberation by British forces. Nearly eighty, she remains an Ulster woman.
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Mary Cunningham
Woodrow Wilson
Courtral
Miss Cunningham
Senate boosts aviation budget in naval act vote
Washington June 27 without debate the senate approved a committee amendment to the naval appropriation bill raising the aviation fund from 15 million to 35 million. The bill totals about 782 million versus 485 million in the house version.
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Washington
Senate
House
Enlistment Deadline Sets July 5 for AEF Service
Washington announces no more enlistments for service in the A E F after midnight July 5. The War Department said recruits will not be accepted after that date as the period closes.
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Washington
Way Department
France Honors Stettinius Commander of the Legion of Honor
Paris reports Edward J. Stettinius former assistant secretary of war has been named a commander of the legion of honor. In Chicago Earl Dear, known as the automobile bandit and killer of chauffeur Rudolph Wolfe, was hanged, the sixty sixth official hanging in the city.
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France
Stettinius
Paris
Edward J. Stettinius
Legion of Honor
Chicago
Earl Dear
Rudolph Wolfe
Philip Doane
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Lloyd George
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