Mexican policy shifts on arms embargo and Huerta
Washington reports indicate the United States may limit recognition of Huerta and consider arms embargo changes as Mexico's congress faces legitimacy questions. Secretary Bryan discussed the crisis with Mexican diplomats and European counterparts while observers note Diaz urged Huerta to resign via two separate telegrams.
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Washington
New
Mexican Congress
Wilson
Bryan
Senor Algara
United States
Congress
Huerta
Mexico
State Department
Huérta
Mexico City
White House
Arizona
William Bayard Hale
Hale
Patriotism Over Huerta Guidance in Mexican Crisis
A historical note argues that the issue in Mexico was patriotism, not Huerta’s fitness or the revolutionists’ rightness, with counsel given to Huerta to renounce any personal prerogative. The focus remains on national duty amid revolutionary turmoil.
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United States
Huerta
Gen. Huerta
British Premier Discusses Mexico Policy at Banquet
London, Nov 10. Prime Minister H B Asquith stated Britain has no interventionist duty in Mexican affairs. He defended protection for British subjects and property, denied plans to thwart the United States, and said recognition of Huerta was a practical move since Britain cannot intervene.
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London
Asquith
Mexico
Central
United States
America
Huerta
Dismissal Move In Thaw Habeas Corpus Suit
A motion to dismiss the habeas corpus proceedings for Harry K. Thaw was heard in the U S district court in Concord New Hampshire. Bernard Jacobs of New York legal team presented the motion with no stated reason and a preliminary hearing is expected early next week to decide on the extradition matter and Thaw petition amendments.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Toda
Bernard Jacobs
New York
Willo
Thaw
New Stampshire
Felker
Colorado Soldiers Ambushed While Investigating Pipeline Blast
A detachment of militiamen under Captain Householder was fired on near Segunda while pursuing the pipeline explosion between Segunda and Primero. Troopers chased the attackers as search for weapons continued in Segunda and Auillar. District Judge A W McIlendrie ordered a grand jury to report December 1 to probe several recent killings.
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Trinidad
Colo
Householder
Segunda
Primero
Auillar
A. W. McIlendrie
J. S. Grisham
Prominent Kentucky Woman Kills Son Then Self
Richmond Kentucky November 10 Mrs Benjamin L Banks a leading Kentucky woman shot and killed her twelve year old son at her home and then took her own life after receiving news of her husband's sudden death from pneumonia at Adair County He formerly served as secretary of the state federation of women's clubs
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Richmond
Benjamin L. Banks
Kentucky
Adair County
Banks
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Miss Veile Emerson Seriously Ill After Bow Baths Riot
American suffragette Miss Veile Emerson of Jackson Michigan is gravely ill from concussion of the brain following an injury in a riot at Bow Baths in London’s east end.
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London
Veile Emerson
Jackson, Mich
Bow Baths
East End
Russian Jew Acquitted in Murder Blood Ritual Case
Kiev jury frees Mandel Beillis a Russian Jew accused of murdering Andrew Yushinsky in a blood ritual. The sensational trial began October 8 and stirred wide Russian public emotion.
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Kiev
Mandel Beillis
Andrew Yushinsky
Beillis
Deadlocked Senate Banking Committee Struggles Over Currency Bill
Washington nov 10 the administrations move to send the pending currency bill to a senate democratic conference triggered a do nothing session on the banking committee two attempts to convene failed as republicans await democrats decision while promising a party non binding caucus and a possible direct senate bill based on the administration text with adopted amendments from the committee
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Hitchcock
Nebraska
United States
Reed
Missouri
Owen
Pomerene
New York
Kern
Anti-Saloon League Convention Opens in Columbus
An army of prohibition foes travels from across the United States to Columbus for the Anti Saloon League of America biennial convention. The three day sessions lead to a Friday joint conference with nearly all prohibition and temperance groups planning a major nationwide campaign.
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Anti-Saloon League
Columbus
Anti- Saloon League of America
Seventy Mile Gale Strikes Buffalo Harbor
A blizzard from the midwest swirled into Buffalo on November 10, bringing a seventy mile gale. Snow and sleet blanketed the city. trains from the storm center ran three to seven hours late due to ice. No ships were seen on Lake Erie and wireless contact with steamers was lost for 24 hours as shipping sought safe anchorage.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Middle West
Here
Lake Erie
Louisiana to Raise Funds via State Bond Issue
Baton Rouge November 10 Louisiana constitutional conventions opened to authorize borrowing 411 million to issue short term notes at best rate. The plan aims to cover maturing state bonds by January 1 and faces little opposition in convention.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Freighter Overturned in Lake Huron Near Port Huron
A large steel freighter overturned and was found floating in Lake Huron about eight miles northeast of Port Huron. Capt. Reid, a wreck crew member, arrived and said the vessel’s fate remained unclear as he left the scene after locating it amid a violent gale.
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Port Huron
Mich
Lake Huron
Reid
Day in Congress Advances Tariff Investigation
The day in Congress began at noon with a vote to investigate whether the new tariff law fully excludes convict made goods. Senator Hitchcock attacked plans to move the currency bill into the Democratic caucus. Adjournment followed around 2 98 p m until noon.
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Hitchcock
More
Sarouse
Severe Cleveland Storm Cuts Telegraph Lines and Kills Man
A brutal early winter storm battered Cleveland and nearby areas, causing thousands of dollars in damage. Telecommunication and rail links were down for about thirty hours as winds near seventy mph toppled telephone poles, blocked streets, and shattered windows. One man died after being blown from a box car, and most outlying districts remained dark for days as power plants failed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Prisoner in West Virginia Murder Trial Claims Self-Defense
John H. Rush, a Black man, was tried in Williamson for the October 24 killing of Carl Gardner found in a hay-filled box car. Rush testified he rode a train with Gardner and another man, claimed no quarrel, and described a knife threat in a tunnel before Gardner was shot. Adkins testified to the events. A jury returned a verdict of second degree murder.
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John Henderson
Williamson
W. Va
John H. Rush
Carl. Gardner
Rush
Tunis Nundemaker
F. K. Gardner
Asheville
N. C
Carl
Davidson
Harry Hannah
William Lycans
William Fannin
First 84
W. C. Adkins
Adkins
Kenovi
Wayne
Watts
Gardner
Dingess
Ajax
Naugatuck
Lewis Maynard
Rush Adkins
Catlettsburg
Freeburn
Wallace Chaffin
John B. Maynard
Wyndale
Payette County
Thacker
Kenova
Gompers Defends Free Speech At AFL Opening
Seattle, November 10. Samuel Gompers pledged an open forum at the American Federation of Labor opening session. He warned against judgely interference with free assemblage, speech, and press, citing constitutional rights and historical sacrifice. Secretary Wilson attended beside him.
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Seattle
Wash
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Humphries
Jeffries
Congress
Wilson
Gompers
Duncan
Supreme Court Denies Virginia Debt Request
The Supreme Court declined to grant Virginia an immediate order for West Virginia to pay its share of the debt. It set the case for a hearing in April if the states fail to agree on interest before then, to reach a final determination within the term ending next June.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
West Virginia
White
Three Killed in Wreck Near Wanstead Ont
Three men from Sarnia die in a Grand Trunk freight wreck near Wanstead Ontario during a blinding snow storm. At least one person is reported injured as the incident disrupts rail traffic.
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Sarnia
Ont
Grand Trunk Railroad
Wanstead
London Installs New Lord Mayor
The time-honored lord mayor's show concluded with the installation of Sir Thomas Van Sitier Bowater as the new lord mayor of London, succeeding Sir David Burnett.
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London
Thomas van Sitier Bowater
David Burnett
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
West Virginia sees a cold Tuesday with snow in the mountains and a warmer Wednesday. Virginia expects fair, continued cold Tuesday and Wednesday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Train assault described near tunnel by frightened passenger
A passenger recalls a knife at his neck during a train attack. He was forced to stay silent as the assailant edged away after the train emerged from a tunnel, later seen squatting about six to eight feet away.
Murder Attacks Judge During First Day of Trial
Henry Spencer, a confessed murderer of Mrs. Mildred Allison Rextro, disrupted the Chicago courtroom on the first day of his trial. He challenged the judge Slusser with taunts and demanded hanging as jurors were being sworn. Four jurors had been accepted when the court adjourned.
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Chicago
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison Rextro
Slusser
Spencer
Vnniremen
Malone Named for New York Port Collector
The White House announced that Dudley Field Malone, third assistant secretary of state, was nominated to be collector at the port of New York to succeed J. P. Mitchell, mayor elect of New York City, with the nomination sent to the Senate.
Sentence suspended in Byrd Henry case in Gettysburg
In Gettysburg Adams county court William Byrd Henry of Philadelphia had his sentence temporarily suspended after pleading guilty to stabbing nine people during Gettysburg fiftieth anniversary events. Henry settled civil suits, and letters from Virginia and West Virginia officials testified to his good character and support clemency.
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Gettysburg
Adams County
William Byrd Henry
Philadelphia
Henry
R. R. Henry
Tazewell
Mann
Virginia
Hatfield
West Virginia
Tyler
Montague
Stuart
Dawson
Williams
Federal Aid for Good Roads Urged at Convention
Governor Major of Missouri and Senator Bankhead of Alabama urged federal aid for good roads at the opening session of the U S good roads convention in St Louis. Bankhead, president of the association, spoke after Major welcomed the delegation. Major said thirteen hundred miles of good roads could be built at the cost of one battleship.
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St. Louis
Major
Missouri
Bankhead
Alabama
Association
Congress
Lawmakers push probes into city strike and coal actions
Washington reports Representative Mass of West Virginia proposed a resolution for the house labor committee to investigate the Indianapolis street car strike. Objection by Representative Johnson of Kentucky blocked action as House adjourned. Keating of Colorado and McDonald of Michigan sought probes into Colorado coal mining and Calumet strikes but adjournment halted moves.
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Washington
Mass
West Virginia
House Labor Committee
Indianapolis
Johnson
Kentucky
Keating
Colorado
McDonald
Michigan
Calumet
Trainmen Gain Seven Percent Pay Increase
New York reports a six million dollar annual raise for about one hundred thousand trainmen from October 1, covering east and western lines after a long pay dispute. The increase averages seven percent and lasts one year. In St. Louis the United States Good Roads Association convened with Senator Bankhead presiding.
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New York
Ri Ways of the East
Road construction to solve the unemployed problem
Seattle report of the American Federation of Labor executive council urges road projects to employ the jobless. It condemns the National Association of Manufacturers and details lobby investigations. The document notes plans for immigration limits and a safety bureau, with a brief note on contempt sentences against labor leaders.
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Seattle
Wash
American Federation of Labor
Congressional Lobby
M. M. Mulhal
National Association of Manufacturers
Executive Council
United States
Insular
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Senate
House
Halle
Congress
National Association
Pell
Nation
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Safety
Museum of
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
District Court of Appeals
Organization of Labor
Federation
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Paris
Victoriano Huerta
Diaz
Miavanid
England
Harry Thaw
Velie Emerson
Hitchbock
John Rush
Carl Gardner
MR. Gompers
Weather Forecast
Byrd Henry
United States Good Roads Association
Senator Bankhead
Federation of Labor
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