Nine Cars of Wounded Arrive at Vera Cruz
Washington dispatches report nine cars of wounded and four dead officers arriving at Vera Cruz after a crushing defeat of the constitutionalists at Apizaco and Puebla. More details follow on the Mexican unrest and related executions near Piedras Negras and Chihuahua.
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Vera Cruz
Washington
State Department
Apizaco
Puebla
Blas Opinal
Piedras Negras
Coahuila
Texas
Opinal
Opimaks
Chinculo
Methodist Minister Killed on Railroad
Rev Leslie F Howard pastor of Duke Memorial church in Durham North Carolina was killed in a Kingston North Carolina railroad accident. He had been treated for a mental disorder at a Kingston sanitarium. He was a native of Alabama. A special dispatch notes his death today with few details.
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Durham
N. C
Leslie F. Howard
Duke Memorial
North Carolina
Kingston
Howard
Alabama
Wife of U S Attorney General Mrs Thomas W Gregory
Mrs. Thomas W. Gregory, wife of the new U S Attorney General, has drawn Washington society interest and admiration. A mother of four, she balances home life with a polished social presence, coming from Texas where her husband was a prominent Austin lawyer.
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Thomas Irs
Thomas W. Gregory
United States
Washington
Gregory
W. Gregory
Texas
Austin
Sheriff Reveals Name in Public Lynching Inquiry
In Shreveport on December 21, Sheriff 7. P Flournoy of Caddo parish named C. D. Corb as an alleged accomplice in the lynching and burning of Watkins Lewis. The inquiry, led by Attorney General Pleasants and authorized by the district court, aims to fix responsibility for recent lynchings. jailer Tillman Gamblin provided the name but refused to identify others amid threats of jail. No arrests had been made by nightfall.
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P Flournoy
Caddo Parish
C. D . Corb
Shia
Watkins Lewis
Hegio
Lewis
Ghames Aml Hicks
Merecha
Pleasants
Flournoy
Gaia
Tillman Gamblin
Gamblin
Olympia to sail for Panama via canal to San Francisco expo
Orders issued at the navy yard require the cruiser Olympia to be ready to sail for the Pacific via the Panama Canal by February to attend the San Francisco exposition. She will enter dry dock for necessary attention. Olympia has been stationed here since 1912. The Panther tender and twelve torpedo boat destroyers also ordered to be ready to sail by February 16.
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Charleston
Navy Yard
Olympia
Dewey
Pacific
Panama Canal
Deficiency Measure Passed by House Urgently
Washington December 21 The house passed an urgent deficiency bill carrying 4 750 000 including 654 871 for army expenses in Vera Cruz occupation Debated amid Republican Leader Mann attack on administration Mexican policy He said the bill pays troops costs for a salute of twenty one guns not yet given.
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Washington
House
Vera Cruz
Mann
Unemployed in Britain Fall in December Readings
London December 11 AP report shows insured unemployment at 2.61 percent on December 4, down from 3.51 a month earlier and 4.18 a year ago. Uninsured trades also show a decrease in unemployed numbers.
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London
Associated Press
United Kingdom
Commandery Holds Annual Instruction in Home Georgia
In Home Georgia on December 21 the Rome commandery conducted its annual instruction under M A Wail grand commandery instructor. A large audience attended as the order of knighthood was conferred on several candidates.
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Home
Rome Commandery
M. A. Wail
Grand Commandery
Ship for Belgians sails January twenty fifth
A ship carrying about 6,000 tons of food and clothing donated by South Carolina will sail from Charleston on January 25 to aid Belgian sufferers. The announcement was made today.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Action Postponed on Judgeship Bill in Senate
Washington December 21 the senate judiciary committee postponed action on the south Georgia judgeship measure. A five member subcommittee will hear any statement Judge Emory Speer wishes to make. The bill was not reached until before adjournment and may be taken up again at the next meeting.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
South Georgia
Emory Speer
Hoke Smith
Chilton
Overman
Dillingham
T. 5
Howes
Bain- Dringe
W. S. West
Valdosta
Judge Speer
West
Landge Speers
Smith
Wth
President Wilson to Spend Christmas at White House
Washington December 21 President Wilson will spend Christmas day quietly with his family in the White House. Attendants have begun arriving from across the country. Herbert Cook of Oklahoma sent a turkey bearing a tag declaring the bird a means to declare war without fear.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Herbert Cook
Oklahoma
Cohen Brothers Held in Baff Murder Case
New York December 21 Joseph and Jacob Cohen brothers pleaded not guilty to indictments arising from the grand jury probe into the murder of Barnet Bef a poultry dealer The Cohans who held poultry unloading contracts in New Jersey yards are charged with assault on Allen T Pearson a Baff business associate Their arraignment coincided with renewed grand jury activity under District Attorney Whitman More than twenty witnesses were subpoenaed to testify The brothers are held on twenty five thousand dollars bail each
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New York
Joseph and
Jacob Cohen
Barnet
Bef
Thie Cohana
New Jersey
Allen T. Pearson
Whitman
Cohen Brothers
Excitement at Fire Hastens Man's Death
Albert Akridge, a prosperous farmer from Mitchell county near Pelham, died after a four week bout with typhoid fever worsened by a barn fire that destroyed two large barns and contents, causing about $4000 in damage. He leaves a wife and three children.
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Pelham
Albert Akridge
Mitchell County
Akridge
Court will not stop merger of railroads
In Cleveland Ohio the General Investment Company of Maine failed to obtain an injunction to halt the planned merger of the Lake Shore Railroad company Judges Stevens of common pleas court refused the relief The merger meeting is set for tomorrow The firm alleged that officials of the two firms sought to deplete their treasuries and charged criminal violations of the Sherman antitrust laws
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Cleveland
Ohio
General Investment Company
Maine
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Stevens
Common Pleas Court
England to Permit Use of Cotton Code in Telegraphs
Ambassador Page reported the British government plans to allow Meyers Atlantic cotton ace 89th edition in foreign telegrams and issue a public notification once the admission date is settled. It was said the change would not be practicable to allow broader use at this time.
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Washington
Ambassador Page Today
Meyer
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