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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1914
Page
1
A growing list of casualties continues to be reported from the Arizona station as authorities confirm further injuries and fatalities linked to the incident. Police and medical teams cordon the site while investigators collect evidence and interview witnesses to determine causes and responsibility.
Five more people die in the Naco siege on the American side bringing total to forty one. General Chao Azuna Torres renounces Villa in telegraphic reports to Carranza's consul. Rail communications between Mexico City and Juarez are restored, providing the only access into the capital since the Vera Cruz line was cut by Villa forces.
A German dragoon officer wounded in both thighs was left lying between fighting lines as French trenches and German bombardment persisted. He watched the battle unfold for three days while shrapnel and shelling rained from both sides before he was finally picked up.
Washington D C Nov 30 Seth Low Patrick Gilday Charles W Mills form President Wilsons new commission on the Colorado Coal Strike situation and Fywel Davies and W R Fairley the conciliators previously named are planning a meeting shortly to seek a way of settling the strike Davies and Fairley are now considering another trip to Colorado to meet miners and operators involved in the strike but this has not been decided They are holding frequent consultations with Secretary Wilson of the Labor Department.
The Lakewood man Thomas Whitmore goes on trial in Toms River New Jersey for obtaining money under false pretences from editor Harry Hageman of the Lakewood Citizen. Whitmore denies the charge as the proceedings commence.
The arbitration board is urged to adjust wage disputes as enginemen press for increased pay. The talks aim to settle differences stemming from ongoing labor negotiations and staffing concerns.
Fifty five thousand enginemen and 98 western railroads start arbitration under the lands act. The workers press 16 demands including a fight hour day, ten hour yard and overtime pay. wage increases are sought. The panel includes Charles Nagel and Judge Peter Pritchard with four other neutral members. Hearings are closed and may last over three months with 45 days per side for evidence.
Reuters Vienna correspondent relay Austrian report describes a Sunday action in the southern war theatre. The assault stormed 81 water lines and after stubborn resistance captured fourteen machine guns twelve hundred phos furnishes and a quantity of arms and ammunition.
Sperte The News reports Kentucky women form the For Ward Kentucky movement with 1504 leading ladies backing literacy and rural welfare. A $20,000 fund is raised to improve access to education, while Miss Lena Hamm, Kentucky’s first policewoman, serves Somerset in charity and public service.
Cincinnati reports a unanimous vote by Otto Daught ere of the Itevolution banning military dress for women including braids and brass buttons. Miss Lucy Stone, a freshman at the State University of Ohio, takes a journaling course as Cincinnati hosts a women’s prose club. The organization sent greetings to the Poison Club celebrating its 29th anniversary.
The Kansas Teachers Association elected a woman for the first time in fifty two years. Lillian Scott, head of the education department at Baker University, becomes the new incumbent.
A historical caption describes Indian troops in France cooking chapatties. The commissary of the Indian troops in Great Britain sent to France arranged meals different from regular English Belgian and French troops, including their own cooking methods and chapatti style flat cakes.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders a suspension of new tariffs filed by western carriers. Hearings and public decision are set for March 41. The action covers rates on meats hay grain cotton and related goods between western trunk territory and southeastern points. The Pere Marquette railroad inquiry in Detroit aims to determine alleged financial mismanagement and favors to certain interests.
The St Louis Choral Society presents the first concert in its series in St Bactis Street Columbia district. A chorus of 640 voices performs under the society’s direction as part of a city music event.
The trial of David Lamar known as the Wall Street figure opens in New York on charges of conspiracy in connection with the steel investigation. He faces three indictments including impersonating a congressman to influence Edward Lauterbach and J P Morgan Co and United States Steel Corp. The case stems from an alleged effort to shield the steel industry from scrutiny. Lamar was arrested at the Waldorf and held in $20,000 bail. He and Lauterbach are linked to political influences and congressional ties as the defense argues the investigation was not valid.
Washington November reports detail a Naval Affairs committee briefing by Rear Admiral Blue on needed force levels. The Navy seeks two hundred forty officers and four thousand six hundred men to fully equip vessels of tactical value. The plan includes an army bill increase of over three million compared with the current year, despite some reductions in various services.
The Chicago group involved in settle and refine a works compensation plan met today with eleven members present. The organization has received over 2,900 contributions and members report the process is progressing beyond their initial expectations and is largely optimistic about the outcomes.
In Indianapolis a closed session of about 70 UMWA executive board members discussed potential topics including coal miners strikes in Southeastern Minnesota and Colorado and related labor actions. The event followed an adjourned meeting with details not fully disclosed.
In a disjointed late game report Peotholl Renalts at Fort Worth Teigity and Texas Christiana University both tied 7 7. Oklahoma University led 26 Kendal 7 in unclear context amid scattered score notes.
The damaged weather note lists forecasts for multiple cities including Austin San Antonio Fort Worth Dallas and others. It mentions mostly clear conditions with some clouds and cool to mild temperatures ranging from the mid forties to mid seventies.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a Tuesday and Wednesday timeline with torn place names and dates. Key entities are unclear but imply a regional report dated November 30 with uncertain location.
A National Geographer Society summary notes the foreign born and child populations in the United States exceed 19,000,000, with Germans and Irish groups larger than several European regions. The analysis compares U S demographics to Europe and highlights massive immigration trends through 1900 to 1910 increasing urban and national population size.
The first shipment of cotton to Germany since the war resumed from New Orleans aboard the steamers Caralyn and Berchnit with about 6,000 bales. Additional consignments from the Greenbriar route are planned within six weeks as German customers order Egyptian and American cotton amid renewed trade.
Amid intense front lines, reports describe widespread bloodshed as artillery exchanges intensify. Field units struggle to treat wounded while advancing troops push through contested zones, signaling a grim, ongoing conflict with mounting casualties.
London reports another day of fighting between Russians and Germanic allies with no decisive result. Thorn to Cracow engagements show local gains for both sides while Germans rush reinforcements to blunt Russian pressure. Western front quiet aside from attacks near Arras and a British naval bombardment off the Belgian coast. Luxemburg notes German compensation for damages from occupation.
Berlin reports herald optimistic mood as military critics say now is ripe for renewed action against Russia. Reinforcements in Northern Poland slowed prior advances while Austria cooperates well and Servian campaign nears end. Western fronts claim repulsed attacks and German submarines gain successes.
A Brussels message says the German governor of Brabant demanded Belgium pay 4 million monthly for troop maintenance and 75 million for neutrality law violations and losses Germany claims. The note notes Brus meeting with financiers and compliance under occupation.
The Norwegian steamer in tow by a British cruiser is being brought to Halifax as a war prize. The cargo was said to include cotton but authorities suspect contraband war goods were on board.
London dispatch says an official press bureau report that King George traveled to France to visit the headquarters of the British expeditionary forces. The announcement comes as Allied forces are engaged on the Western Front.
An official communication reports renewed fighting near Lowiex with German attempts to advance repulsed at heavy German losses. Along the Vistula left bank there was an artillery engagement on November 29. Russian forces after ten days seized Austrian positions on November 29. Austro-Hungarian troops and six hundred officers were involved. In the first half of November Russia says it captured fifty thousand and protected the Carpathian passes.
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