Rebels Capture Jalapa Capital of Vera Cruz in Battle
Mexican rebels seized Jalapa on Saturday after a day of bombardment. They took 200 prisoners including General Berlanga and provisional governor Angel Zaragoza, with reported executions and heavy losses on both sides.
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Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Berlanga
Mayer
Angel (Asarino
Garza
Obregon
Morales
Moreira
Cejuda
Nobel Prize for Literature Awarded to Yeats
The Nobel prize in literature goes to William Butler Yeats, a Dublin native with American ties, hailed as the world’s leading literary figure of the year. The piece notes past laureates, explains Nobel history, and praises Yeats while reflecting on Irish cultural revival and American connections.
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United States
Trishman
William Butler Yeats
Yeats
New York
Dublin University
Senate
New Free State
America
Douglas Hyde
Seumas McManus
Butte
Ireland
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Elihu Root
Axel Carrel
T. W. Richards
Kipling
Bjornson
Sienkiewicz
Pole
Maeterlinck
Tagore
Anatole France
Hauptmann
Marconi
Finstein
Roentgen
Bragg
Curles
Mme
Marie Curie
Ronald Ross
Charles
Will Mayo
Rochester
Nobel Foundation
Alfred &. Nobel
Stockholm
Two Army Aviators Die in Plane Collapse at Ellington Field
Houston Texas December 9 Lieut L J McLaughlin 26 and Capt F E Wagner 29 were killed when a training plane wing collapsed at Ellington Field causing the craft to plunge 600 feet to the ground at 3 30 p m The tragedy removes two Army aviators from duty and marks a fatal accident in a military training setting.
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Houston
Texas
Ll. J. McLaughlin
FE. T. Wagner
Ellington Field
Stubborn Resistance at Jalapa In Vera Cruz Crisis
Gen Frederico Berlanga with a cavalry unit and hundreds of agrarian civilians resisted rebel forces led by Gen Guadalupe Sanchez as Jalapa the Vera Cruz capital endured three major assaults. The War Department reported over 300 deaths on both sides in the clashes. Continuous coverage noted in the Mexican theatre.
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Preas
Mexico City
Laredo
Texas
Frederico Berlanga
Twenty-fifth Cavalry
de la Huerta
Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Guadalupe Sanchez
War Department
Department
Corre
Nine Die. Seven Injured in New York Central Wreck
Nine killed and seven injured when the third section of the Twentieth Century Limited tele scooped the first section near Forsythe New York. Officials blame engineer error and signal misreading. casualties include Otto Sweet and Robert Sturman among the deceased.
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New York Central
Associated Press
Erin
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central Railroad
Forsythe
N. Y
Here
Albany
Forsythe Crossing
New York
Otto Sweet
Windsor Boulevard
Los Angeles
Cal
Robert V. Sturman
Springfield
W. B. Donovan
New Haven Baseball Club
R. Panell
Pullman Porter
New York City
Richard Sullivan
Carl D. Kinsey
Chicago
Erie
Chicago Music College
George Weiss
New Haven
Conn
John Zansz
George E. van Hagen
Century Limited
Charles Patterson
Cleveland
Patterson
Negineer
Bitter Senate reorganization and House paralysis marked Congress
Washington December 9 Congress reconvenes amid a Senate reorganization fight and a House still unable to function due to unor ganized committees. Republicans select Lenroot Willis Pepper for foreign relations vacancies with President Harding’s world court proposal under review. Democrats name Owen Robinson Underwood Walsh to fill minority and leadership slots.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Republican Committee On Committees
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Willis
Ohio
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Three Men Die From Auto Exhaust in Yellowstone Blizzard
Ed Wright of Livingston Dave Soroka from Minneapolis and Dale Spears of Billings perished in Yellowstone park near Norris while working on park business. They camped with a tarpaulin over their two ton truck in a blizzard. exhaust fumes asphyxiated them and a later fire burned the bodies. The driver James Mc Deavitt alerted nearby as the blaze raged. authorities planned transport of the bodies. Wright was a nephew of L H Vandyck president of Northwestern National Bank of Livingston.
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Associated Press
Livingston
Mont
Ed Wright
Dave Soroka
Minneapolis
Dale Spears
Billings
Yellowstone Park
Norris
Blanding Hill
Park Transportation Company
James McDeavitt
Mammoth
Wright
L. H. Vandyck
Northwestern National Bank of
Notable Baseball Officials Placed in Twentieth Century Limited Wreck
Chicago report details the crash of the Twentieth Century Limited near Forsythe New York injuring or killing several officials including National League president John Heydler Philadelphia Nationals president William Baker and secretary Frank Gore. Observed damage to the observation car and mention of a signals error amid dense fog.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John A. Heydler
National League
William F. Baker
Philadelphia Nationals
Frank Gore
Heydler
Cullen Cain
Twentieth Century Limited
Forsythe
N. Y
Rochester
Freedom drive formed to seek Griffis pardon
A national committee to obtain a pardon for Lieut Corliss Hooven Griffis, jailed 19 months in Germany for the Bergdoll kidnapping attempt, was announced with Chicago as the headquarters. Dr James Whitney Hall of the Iroquois Club said the group includes representatives from every state and sent Griffis a cablegram of support.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Corliss Hooven Griffis
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
James Whitney Hall
Iroquois Club
Union
Hall
Griffis
Vast Unreserved Public Range To Be Regulated, Wallace Says
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace urges bringing vast unreserved public range under federal regulation. He proposes extending national forest rules to adjacent grazing land and grouping other ranges under federal oversight to stabilize the livestock industry and align pasture use with western economic needs.
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The
Standard
Washington
Oway
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Forest Service
Spry
Secretary of the Interior
National Forest
Colorado Blizzard Maroons Motorists Near Palmer Lake
A snowstorm stranded motorists along the Colorado Springs Denver highway. Four trips by a local locomotive and caboose rescued people between Palmer Lake and Greenland. Twenty cars stalled. a large closed car held 15 people to stay warm.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Palmer Lake
Greenland
Col
Here
Denver
Calhan
Throws Coolidge's Hat in Ring
Longtime Coolidge confidant Stearns, nicknamed the Colonel House of the current administration, yesterday formally announced the president’s candidacy.
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Coolidge
Long
Stearns
Colonel House
U P Leaders Plan 1924 Republican Convention Choice
Washington dispatch reports party chiefs gather for the national committee meeting to fix the 1924 convention site with Cleveland favored after Chicago withdrew its bid. Des Moines San Francisco and Los Angeles also press their claims as discussions continue ahead of Coolidge White House luncheon.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Fred W. Upham
National Committee
Des Moines
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Adams
Coolidge
White House
Coolidge Campaign Begun by Boston Friends in 1924 Nomination
Frank W. Stearns of Boston announces President Coolidge will seek the Republican nomination in 1924. William M. Butler will be the president’s personal representative in the campaign, with James B. Reynolds releasing the statement. The move follows Coolidge’s annual message and the Republican committee meeting.
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South
James B. Reynolds
Frank Stearns
Associated Press
Washington
President Coolidge
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Mr. Stearns
Republican Committee
Mr. Reynolds
Friends
Massaachusetts
National Committee
Mr. Coolidge
Stearns
Congress
Cleveland
Chicago
Butler
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