Vermont Battleship Disabled At Sea On Med Cruise
The battleship Vermont, 1200 miles out, had starboard main shaft broken and compartments flooded. It proceeds on one engine toward Hampton Roads escorted by the Delaware and two colliers Orion and Jason. Navy experts think stern tube shaft broke and bulkhead damaged. no loss of shaft or propeller.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Mediterranean
Delaware
Orion
Jason
Navy Department
Charles E. Badger
Atlantic Fleet
Vermont
Badger
Wyoming
Arkansas
Florida
Utah
New York
Connecticut
Kansas
Ohio
Guantanamo
Mexican
White Slave Crusade Inaugurated By Government
Washington reports a nationwide crusade against white slave traffic spurred by the poisoned needle incidents in New York and missing girls. Chief Bielaski of the bureau of investigation notes increased workload while Senator Jones seeks DOJ activity details on trafficking in women.
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Washington
United States
New York
Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Jones
Department of Justice
Department
Fire Devastates Businesses in Manly Iowa
Fire swept through Manly Iowa on December 13 threatening the business district. Fire equipment from Mason City arrived with several hose trucks. Mitchell dry goods store Mc Murty millinery Clemmer bakery and Carter restaurant were destroyed.
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Manly
Mason City
Mitchell Dry Goods
McMurty's
Clemmer’s
Carter's
Lake storms toll and wireless upgrades for lake ships
The report from Secretary Redfield cites 244 deaths from the Great Lakes storm of November 8 to 11. It notes no ships with wireless gear were lost, but 19 unprotected vessels went down. Since the storm, 50 owners have applied to equip their ships with wireless. In a separate item, L. J. Moore and Mrs. Harry Pierce died in a Delaware auto crash near Newark, attributed to a tire blowout.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Wilmington
Del
L. J Moore
Salisbury
Harry Pierce
Newark
Mona Lisa Recovered In Florence After Long Theft
Mona Luisa Leonardo da Vinci’s famed painting stolen from the Louvre in Paris over two years ago has been found in Florence Italy. The discovery ends a long international search and confirms the work’s return to its owners.
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Mona Lisa
Florence
Italy
Mona Luisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Paris
McDermott Guilty Finding Sparks Expulsion Debate
Washington reports a House committee finding McDermott of Illinois guilty of grave impropriety and opening questions on expulsion. It also says the National Association of Manufacturers acted beyond decency in lobbying, while the AFL keeps within lawful bounds. A pair of resolutions requests House action and potential contempt charges against NAM officials.
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Washington
Lobby
House
Macdonald
Michigan
Progressive
McDermott
National Association of Manufacturers
Wilson
House Lobby Investigation Committee
Martin M. Mulhall
Bartholdt
Missouri
Calder
New York
Sherley
Kentucky
Webb
North Carolina
Fairchild
American Federation of Labor
Mulhall
James A. Emery
James D. McDermott
Illinois
President opposes urging Congress on suffrage committee
President tells NAWSA delegation he supports a standing woman’s suffrage committee in the House but refuses to send a special message urging Congress to act. The stance follows recent pressure from suffrage advocates.
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Washington
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
House of Representatives
Congress
Harvard senior elects Negro orator for 1914
Cambridge Massachusetts December 12 Harvard University seniors chose Alexander L Jackson of Engelwood New Jersey as their orator for close day 1914 Omaha Nebraska December 12 fear of a run at City National Bank of Omaha has subsided. London December 11 Emmeline Pankhurst militant leader went to Paris to serve the remainder of a seven day leave with her daughter in an ambulance. Tokio December 10 Japan’s new naval program calls for three more powerful battle cruisers. Concord New Hampshire December 11 Judge Edgar Aldrich ruled Thaw’s mental condition must be determined in federal courts and a review by the Supreme Court would be sought. Little Falls New York December 13 Mrs Cynthia Puffam accused of killing her husband and one child with arsenic was arrested at Salamanca and brought here.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Alexander L. Jackson
Engelwood
N. J
Omaha
Neb
City National Bank of Omaha
London
Mra
Emmeline Pankhurst
Paris
Pankhurst
Tokio
Marine
Concord
N. H
Dee
Edgar Aldrich
Hary K. Thaw
Supreme Court of the United States
Thaw
Little Vancy
Cynthia Puffam
Salamanca
French Defeated by Moors At Ain Galaka
In Morocco interior at Ain Galaka on November 27 the French army suffered three officers and 12 men killed and three officers and 49 men wounded in fighting with Moor forces.
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Taris
France
Dee
Ain Galaka
Morocco
Prohibition Bill Backed by National Women Leaders in Congress
One thousand delegates from the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League marched on Congress demanding a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition. Senator Shepherd of Texas announced introducing the measure in both houses, urging action to protect homes and children.
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Washington
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Baker
Shepherd
Texas
Hobson
Patterson
Tennessee
Mra. L. M. N. Stevena
Portland
Ella Boole
New York W. C. T. U
May Unify Express Rates Conference in Chicago
A national conference in Chicago discusses unification of express rates with participants from the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Association of Railway Commissioners, and various express companies. The meeting has no official action power, serving as an information gathering session. Separate report notes women storming Judge Foster's court in New York during Hana Schmidt trial amid a near riot.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Commissioners of the
United States
Women Seek Slayer Entry Into Utah Apex Mine
Sheriff South refused a request by three women to enter the Utah Apex mine to confront Ralph Lopez accused as the so called Slayer of all men. Lopez is sought in connection with a series of killings, and authorities report ongoing efforts to locate him.
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Bingham
Utah
South
Utah-Apex
Ilalph Lopez
Vaccination is Hit at International Vivisection Congress
Washington reports the international vivisection and animal protection congress in session cites vaccination as key to smallpox control in America. Belgium is favored as the next meeting site, with officers and future location to be chosen in February in Philadelphia. Prof Moore argues for humane limits on vivisection and notes dogs’ grief parallels human emotion.
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Washington
Belgium
Congress
Porter R. Gope
Philadelphia
America
J. Howard Moore
Crane Technical High School
Chicago
Moore
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Named for 1912 and 1913
The 1912 prize goes to Senator Elihu Root of New York and the 1913 prize to Senator Henri La Fontaine of Brussels. The report cites Root’s work in pacifying the Philippines and Cuba and managing the American Japanese dispute, praising his statesmanship and effort to advance international peace.
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Christiania
Norway
Elihu Root
New York
Henri la Fontaine
Brussels
Belgium
Permanent International Peace Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Root
Philippines
Cuba
William Deering Dies at 88 Head of Harvesters Trust
William Deering, head of the harvester trust, died at his Cocoanut Grove country home near Miami of paralysis. He was eighty eight, had been ill for months with recovery no longer hoped for. Born April 26 1826 in South Paris Missouri he married Abby Barbour in 1849. their son was Charles Deering.
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Miami
Fla
William Deering
Harvester Trust
Cocoanut Grove
Mr. Deering
South Paris
Abby Barbour
Charles Deering
75000 Christmas Trees Arrive in Pittsburgh in 60 Cars
Seventy five thousand Christmas trees arrived in Pittsburgh in 60 freight cars and the remaining 81,000 trees of a 156,000 tree shipment are expected. A 40 foot municipal Christmas tree is en route from Vermont.
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Pittsburgh
Vermont
Motor Police Arrest 13,000 In One Year
New York reports the motor cycle corps of the New York police department with 22 members has arrested over 13 000 autoists in the past year, resulting in fines exceeding 117 600 dollars. Also from Freeport Illinois a 104 year old woman, Mrs Marie Simpson Chugman, celebrated her birthday at Cedarville, possibly the oldest Illinois resident.
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New York
Motorcycle Corps
New York Police Department
Freeport
Marie Simpson Chugman
Cedarvile
Ilinois
Rebels seize Tampico as Huerta gains special powers
Rebels capture Tampico from federal forces as Mexico City grants President Huerta power over interior and finance. In Juarez, Americans report Villa rebels seize Luis Terrazas Jr. in Chihuahua, detaining him after a street procession and pressuring his wealthy family. Foreign ministers protest asylum rights. Admiral Fletcher shields foreigners in Tampico with a neutral zone under US guns. Luis Terrazas Sr. arrives at Ojinaga amid federal turmoil.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Federals
Chamber of Deputies
Huerta
Interior
Finance
Juarez
Chihuahua
Luis Terrazas, Jr
Mexico
Terrazas
Scobell
Francisco Villa
Washington
United States
Marion Letcher
Terranzas
Luis Terrazas
Ojinaga
Fletcher
Navy Department
Tacoma
Chester
Logician
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Tacubaya
Velasco
Torre
Rebl
Presidio
Tex
The
Republic
Marfa
Oklahoma City
Okla
Radiography Pioneer Dr Henri Simon Dies in Geneva
Geneva December 12 Dr Henri Simon chief of radiographic service at Canota! hospital died in Geneva. He was a leading specialist in X rays and among the first to adopt the technology, described as a martyr to the X ray.
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Geneva
Henri Simon
Canota! Hospital
Wage Rise for Cigar Makers Reported by Labor Bureau
A Washington report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a general upward trend in cigar workers' pay with an average increase of 3.6 percent per hour.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lobby Report to Judiciary Review of Minthall Lobby Charges
Washington December 12 all questions on the investigation and the Minthall lobby charges were referred to the judiciary committee enabling parliamentary debate in the source report.
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Judiciary
Washington
Minthall Lobby
Ita Judiciary Committee
Last Dyckman farmhouse to become Isham Park museum
The Dyckman homestead, built in 1784, will be transferred to New York City and set as a museum in Isham Park. Commissioner Stover will accept for the park department, preserving a link to early Dutch Harlem as development encroaches.
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Quaint
Gotham
Isham Park
New York
Manhattan Island
Stover
Park Department
Hudson River
Dyckman
Dyckman Meadows
Two Hundred and Seventh Street
Broadway
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Jan Dyckman
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