Rebel Zapata Seizes Demand To Surrender Mexico City
Reports from Mexico City state General Emiliano Zapata demanded the surrender of the capital after hosting rebels at the gates. Huerta's government faced dwindling ammunition and entrenched rebel positions as Diaz leads a new revolt with Orozco and other generals urged to join. In El Paso, Diaz supporters planned moves to back the rebellion and pressure federal commanders.
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Mexico City
Emmiaino Zapata
Blanquet
Zapata
Ajusta Mountain
War Department
Huerta
Zapatista
Federal District
Garrisan
Diaz
Pascual Orozco
Yans Salazar
Ojinaga
Itnerta
Zirue Gomez
Felipe Ca+es
Soylvestro -Queveda
Momez
Weostungen
Thomas H. Barry
Manila
Franklin Bell
Bell
Texas City
Tex
William H. Carter
Konolulu
Hawaii
Frederick Funston
Funston
Galveston
Tuarez
Mex
William Devey
Chihuahua
Maximo Castilo
Castillo
Casas Grandes
Castilhaa
War Fund
Aged Railroad Man Dead in Detroit Home
David 8 a retired railroad worker who had been honored by the Michigan Central last year as general agent with full pay but no duties died suddenly at his Detroit home on December 19. The obituary notes his longstanding service and the unusual appointment.
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Detroit
Mich
Dee
David
Michigan Central Railroad
Noted Bishop Is Dead
New York December 19 The Right Rev Ifeary Douglas Robinson Episcopal Bishop of Nevada died late yesterday at St Luke's hospital from a combination of diseases.
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New York
Ifeary Douglas Robinson
Nevada
St. Luke's Hospital
Railroad Man Hush Found Dead Near Inglenook Resort
Dec. 19. John BE. Hush, a veteran railroad man, was found dead in his bungalow near Inglenook, a summer resort sixteen miles from here. A passerby reported discovering a body with a bullet hole in his back after a paving automobile led to the scene.
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Jierrisburg
38 Miners Die in Explosive Mine Disaster at Vulcan Mine
In New Castle Colorado a black damp explosion at Rocky Mountain Fuel’s Vulcan mine entombed 38 miners. only two men W J Finley and John Dawson survived. Rescue work began as families gathered, and identification proved nearly impossible amid heavy mangling. Most victims were American.
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New Castle
Colo
Vulcan
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Here
L. L. Crawford
L. Walker
W. J. Finley
John Dawson
Telegraphic Notes from Council Bluffs Collision Injury
In fog two cars collided injuring motorman E L Wyant perhaps fatally and passenger Grover Smith seriously. four others hurt. In Washington, proposed postal service expenditures were stripped from the post office bill. the rural carrier pay increase and broader $300 million package were affected. In Glasgow, unionist W Watson won the South Lanarkshire by election after Sir Walter Menzies death.
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Council Bluffs
E. L. Wyant
Grover Smith
Washington
Post Office
House Committee
Glasgow
W. Watson
South Lanarkshire
Walter Menzies
Mona Lisa Found in Florence After 1911 Theft
The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's famed painting, stolen from the Louvre in August 1911, has been located in Florence. A suspect, an Italian, has been arrested in connection with the long mystery ending the art world’s concern.
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Conardo da Vinci
Florence
Man Thief
Italy
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Iie
Wisconsin Bars McFarland From Boxing Ring
Packey Mc Farland, a Chicago boxer, is suspended for one year by the boxing commission for failing to provide a satisfactory bout with Jack Britton, preventing him from taking part in any boxing contest during the period in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
McFarland
Milwaukee
Dee
Packey McFarland
Chicago
The
Boxing Commission
Jack Britton
Bank Officials Convicted in Spiro Bank Failure
Stigler Oklahoma December 18 E L Fannin and E W Hickman officials of the Choctaw Commercial bank that failed at Spiro pleaded guilty to taking deposits while insolvent. They were each fined 1000.
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Bank Officiala
Stigler
Okla
E. L. Fannin
E. W. Hickman
Choctaw Commercial Bank
Spiro
Villa Crisis Echoes Across Mexico Bank Closings Reach El Paso
Reported from Juarez and Mexico City on December 18 19 describe Villa’s seizure of Creel and Terrazas properties the confiscation of vast lands and banks a bank run at Banco Central in Mexico City and mass refugee movements to the United States including Mrs Marion Letcher wife of the Chihuahua consul totals remain in flux as battles at Tampico yield heavy losses for federal and constitutionalist forces.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Washington
General Carranza
New York
Acta
Carranza
Huerta
Juarez, Mex
Luis Terrazas
Enrique Creel
Juan Creel
Francisco Villa
Tuis Terrazas
Chihuahua
Luis Terrazas, Jr
Villa
Creel
Enrique
Terranzas
City of Mexico
Banco Central
el Paso
Tex
Marion Letcher
Tampico
Miller Successor Named for Indiana U. S. Attorney
Washington Dec 19 Senators Kern and Shively recommended F C Dailey of Bluffton for U S district attorney in Indiana saying District Attorney Miller wished to resign. In a separate dispatch two killed in a family dispute at Hay City Michigan Romney Courtney and his wife were shot dead and a man named Damos wounded in Crawford county near Frederic on Tuesday.
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Miller
Washington
Kern
Shively
F. C. Dailey
Bluffton
U.S
Indiana
Hay City
Mich
Romney Courney
Damos
Frederic
Crawford County
Two Negroes Lynched in Blanchard Mob
Shreveport reports Ernest and Frank Williams, brothers, were hanged by a mob at Blanchard for the murder of planter Calvin Hallard. Both suspects confessed to the crime.
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Shreveport
Ernest and
Frank Williams
Blanchard
Calvin Hallard
Wilson orders investigation over Carabao banquet satire
President Wilson directed a war and navy department inquiry into satirical acts at the annual Carabao banquet. Rear Admiral Howard and Quartermaster General Aleshire were asked for explanations after depictions mocking administration policy and three six foot battleship models carried by boys. Secretaries Daniels Redfield Postmaster Burleson and Justices Vandeventer and McKenna attended.
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Washington
Wilson
War and Navy Departments
Order of Carabao
Army
Bryan
UU. S. S. Fellowship
U. S. S. Friendship
I. S.S. S. Piffle
Daniels
Redfield
Burleson
Vandeventer and McKenna
United States Supreme Court
Death calls noted prelate Rampolla dies in Rome
Rome reports Cardinal Rampolla former papal secretary of state and noted as Leo XIII potential successor died on Tuesday at age. He aided diplomacy between the United States and Spain over Cuba urging autonomy for Cuba and recall of Weyler. The prominent Italian nobleman also held the title Marquis del Tindaro.
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Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Leo XIII
Marquis del Tindaro
United States
Spain
Cuba
Weyler
Cardinal
North Dakota Man Lynched in Williston Mob Scene
Cleve Culbertson, convicted of murdering three members of the Dillon family, was taken from Williston jail by a mob and hanged from a wagon bridge on Tuesday. The incident marks a violent extrajudicial act amid ongoing tensions in the region.
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North Dakota
Williston
N. D
Cleve Culbertson
Dillon
Mahoney Charges Michigan Courts Bias in Copper Strike
C E Mahoney of Denver vice president of the Western Federation of Miners testified before a House Rules Committee in Washington alleging Michigan supreme court judges are stockholders or biased in the copper strike. He claimed witnesses faced prejudiced juries and peonage, that Chicago and New York agencies recruited strikebreakers, and that armed guards controlled workers in camps. Deputies seized arms in Calumet while miners faced a Christmas aid pledge from a mining figure’s charity.
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Washington
C. E. Mahoney
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
House Committee On Rules
Supreme Court of Michigan
Ife
Congress
McDonald
Mahoney
Calumet
Michigan
Chicago
New York
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Lansing
Mich
Ahmeek
Calumet, Mich
Graft Charges Repudiated in Government Supply Purchases
Washington officials said a McAdoo appointed investigating committee found no wholesale graft in government supply procurement. The report notes several minor errors by a purchasing committee, with few mistakes given the vast business volume and indicates bidders’ broad allegations were unfounded.
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McAdoo Finda
Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Republicans reject special national convention plan
Washington reports the Republican National Committee voted 35 to 14 against holding a special convention to reorganize the party. States voting for the convention included Indiana Kansas Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Missouri New Mexico New York North and South Dakota Oklahoma Pennsylvania Washington West Virginia. Mrs Pankhurst freed from Holloway jail after hunger strike ends in collapse.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
Mascebet
Michigan
Missouri
New Mexico
New York
North
Takota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mrs. Mary Rinehart Quarantined with Diphtheria in Pittsburgh
Mary Rinehart novelist playwright and former nurse is quarantined with diphtheria at her Pittsburgh home. Doctor Rinehart is overseeing the case as of December 19.
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Mary R. Rhinehart Selil
Pittsburgh
Mary Robert Rinehart
Booths Little Mother Helps Convicts’ Children Find Hope
The article describes Mrs Maude Ballington Booth known as Little Mother creating a home for convict families in Gwynedd valley near Philadelphia. Aimed at shielding children from street life, the project includes 75 children and space for 50 mothers, with a clubhouse for mothers to sew and share relief.
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New York
America
Maude Ballington Booth
Booth
Gwynedd Valley
Philadelphia
WILLS HIS BODY TO SCIENCE
Paris reports Prof Elie Metchnikoff director of the Pasteur Institute wills his body to scientists upon death with permission to use it as they wish but insists it be interred at Montparnasse cemetery near his home only a short distance from the institute.
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Paris
el! Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Metchnikoff
Montparnasse
United States
England
Germany
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Orozco
U. S
St. Louis
St. Toots
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Ludwig
Munich
Otto
Colorado
Letcher
Long
Army and Navy
Odinner
Daniela
Garrison
Cincinnati
J. L. Sprake
Salvation Army
Courhh
Gotham
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