Federal forces attack Villa skirmishers in Mexican front
A major federal assault coordinated by Generals Salazar Rodias Caraveo and Landa drives Villa's lines near Bauche Tierra Blanca and along the Texas border as American troops in El Paso ready for action. Washington awaits Huerta retirement and Furthers talks while Admiral Fletcher heads to Tampico to assess peril to foreign interests.
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el Paso
Texas
Salazar
Rodias
Caraveo
Landa
Francis Villa
Bauche
Tierra Blanca
Oppositite Belen
Ysleta
Villa
Juarez
Tierra Bhanca
Rancho Flores
Rodiguez
Talamentes
Mexican Northwest Railroad
Panche
Beten
Belen
Fort Bliss
General Villa
Jiuwfez
Marines to Pensacola Advance Base Plan Revealed
Diplomatic reps discuss sending 750 marines to Pensacola as an advance base. Navy aims to use existing government buildings to avoid new barracks while enabling rapid protection of Mexican oil fields. Army has not changed its posture since last week.
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Washington
Mexico
O’shaughnessy
Mexico City
United States
Daniels
Fletcher
Tampico
Tuxpam
Vera Cruz
Rhode Island
Aguilar
Shaughnessy
Huerta
General Huerta
Pensacola
Navy Department
Cities to Carry Own Insurance in Wisconsin Plan
Oshkosh Wis Nov 24 plans to organize a mutual fire insurance association for protection of city property were discussed at a League of Wisconsin Municipalities committee meeting led by Mayor Fisher of Marinette.
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Osh
Tosh
Wis
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Fisher of
Marinette
Wedding Ceremonies Rehearsed at the White House
The day before Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis Bowes Sayre wed the couple’s ceremony was rehearsed in detail in the White House East Room. The event was followed by a dinner and dance aboard the Mayflower, the president’s yacht, with officers hosting on the anchored vessel at the navy yards.
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Washington
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Francis Bowes Sayre
White House
United States
Navy Yards
Railroads Seek Five Percent Freight Rate Increase
Representatives of eastern railroads urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise freight rates by five percent citing rising costs from operation taxes wages and new equipment. The filing included figures showing earnings lagging behind costs since 1910 with property investments totaling 600 million in three years and a 16 million drop in 1913 earnings. Proceedings adjourned to mid winter with hearings to resume in December or January.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Ohio and Potomac Rivers
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eastern
Delano
Fig Ures
Shriver
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Pennsylvania
M. Bunting
Pennsylvan
Rail rates hearing details on system investments and profits
Testimony from New York Central official W. Wishart shows the system added 159 million dollars of public-use property since June 30 1910 while net income dropped 3 28474 million in the year just closed despite a 49 million rise in operating revenue. Baltimore and Ohio figures summarized since 1910 beginning changes. Protests from Pittsburg Coal and New Pittsburg Coal Co and Columbus Ohio. Hearings continue tomorrow with a mid December adjournment and public comments to follow.
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Hia
19Io. Co
W. Wishart
New York Central
Shriver
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hugh L. Bond
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg Coal Company
New Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg
Columbus
Ohio
Marines Ordered to Pensacola Base Work
Secretary Daniels directed seven hundred marines from Philadelphia to Pensacola to be stationed on the reservation adjoining the navy yard. The force will depart this week aboard the transport Prairie after a favorable report by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt praised Pensacola for its suitability to advance base work by the marine corps.
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Washington
Daniels
Philadelphia
Pensacola
Navy Yard
Daniel
Roosevelt
Marine
Notable WV Figure Plays Key Role at Conservation Meet
Sam B Montgomery a Roosevelt ally from West Virginia rose from coal miner to political leader and active conservation congress participant. He recounted riding freight trains to hear Bryan in 1896 and joined Haggerty to aid Colorado miners.
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Washington
Sam
Montgomery
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Conservation Congress
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Tunnelton
Grafton
Bryan
Mr. Montgomery
Thomas Haggerty
United Mine Workes
New York
Colorado
Charleston
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Kanawha
Howard Sutherland
B. Avis
Weather Bureau
Cold Storage Investigation Opens As Navy Beef Prices Spark Probe
Washington reports a new federal inquiry into high living costs with Justice Department agents in major cities examining cold storage claims on eggs poultry and dairy as Rep Burton plans a congressional meat price probe sparked by navy purchases of Australian beef and corned beef undercutting U S prices.
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Washington
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Burton
Ilinois
Navy
United States
Britton
Australia
Representative McKeller
Tennessee
Department of Labor
Congress Meets as Wilson Nominates Philippines Commissioners
The day in Congress opened at noon with President Wilson naming three American commissioners for the Philippines. Chairman Owen of the banking committee began debate on the administration currency bill. The session adjourned at 3 45 p m until noon Tuesday. the House was not in session and would meet Wednesday.
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Wilson
Phillippines
Owen
Banking Committee
Former Syracuse Mayor Indicted Over Campaign Contributions
James K. McGuire, ex mayor of Syracuse, New York, and his brother Geo H McGuire, bonded highway contractors, was indicted for soliciting corporate campaign contributions. Grand jury testimony from Geo McGuire and Filmore Condit of Union Oil Co supported the claim that he sought a $5,000 contribution.
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New York
McGuires
McGuire
John Due
Whitman
Condit
Democratic Party
Arthur B. Chamberlain
Asphalt Commission
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Charles F. Murphy, Jr
George H. McGuire
Chamberlain
Grand Jury
Dempatic Party
Albany
Watlbany
Democratic State Campaign
Everett P. Fowler
Tamiany “Lagtman
James K. McGuire
Syracuse
N. Y
Geo. H. McGuire
Filmore Condit
Union 0 Company
California
Union Company
Owen Reviews Details of New Currency Bill in Senate
Senator Owen opened debate on a Democratic banking bill proposing federal reserve banks to mobilize country reserves away from New York call loans and stock gambling. He described notes backed by commercial paper stockholders reserve banks and 33 1/3 percent gold reserve, urging swift Senate action.
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Washington
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Owen
Senate
Democrats
Banking Committee
Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Hitchcock
Senator to Back Draft Bill Support in Senate
The anti-administration wing of the committee will speak in support of the bill draft that he reported to the senate.
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Senate
Moravian massacre remembered at 158th anniversary observance
In Hethlehem Pennsylvania under Moravian Historical Society auspices, the 158th anniversary of the 1755 Cauden huettton Moravian missionary massacre was observed. The event is noted as the bloodiest in the Inhigh Valley and second only to the Wyoming massacre. Dublin reports Croker birthday felicities as he marks his seventieth at Wantage Estate.
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Hethlehem
Navy
Moravian Historical Society
Caudenhuetton
Leighton
Carbon County
Wyoming
Dublin
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Atlantic
Wantage
Glensairn
Marks Union of Personalities Bred With Same Ideals
Prospective groom Francis Bowes Sayre and Miss Josele Woodrow Wilson wed in Washington. Both 26 and 28, they share a life of social service and scholarship, planning a modest home in Williamstown after marriage. Sayre, from a prominent Pennsylvania family, has traveled widely and studied at Williams College, aiming for ongoing social reform work.
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Washington
White House
Josele Woodrow Wilson
Francis Bowes Sayre
Williamstown
Mass
Sayre
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Robert Heysham Sayre
Francis
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bethlehem Steel Works
Lehigh University
Martha Finley Nevin Sayre
Lancaster
New York
John Nevin Sayre
Princeton
China
Williams College
Rates proposed by Central Freight Association press case
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard Central Freight Association representatives led by Frederick A. Delano of the Wabash on a proposed five percent tariff rise. They argued current costs and upcoming grade-separation work strain lines from Pittsburg and Buffalo to St. Louis, with net revenues dropping despite rising gross totals. They urged a broader assessment and relief for the territory to maintain rail service and investment.
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Washington
Central Freight Association
Pittsburg
Buffalo
St. Louis
Frederick A. Delano
Chicago
Wabash Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wis
Mr. Delano
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Willard
Delano
United States
Federal Marshal Named for Kentucky Western District
President Wilson nominated Edgard H. James of Kentucky for United States marshal for the western district of that state in Washington. The nomination was announced today, detailing his eligibility and service background.
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Washington
Wilson
Edgardh. James
Kentucky
United States
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Sam Montgomery
Congress
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James H. McGuire
Keller
W. Va
George Jordan
Jordan
Ruth Steele
Commission
F. A. Delano
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