Huertas Plight Deepens As Huerta Seeks Funds
Long telegram from Admiral Fletcher details quiet but tense oil fields in Mexico. Huerta’s government faces isolation from the north as Constitutionalist forces advance toward Chihuahua and Zapatista activity grows in the south. Senor Modeno may confer with John Lind in Vera Cruz to press reforms for US mediation.
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Admiral Fletcher
Washington
Chihuahua
Zapatistas
Huerta
Mexico City
Mexico
State Department
Ladero
Rio Grande
Montenaros
Saltillo
Senor Modeno
Liuerta
Vera Cruz
John Lind
Wilson
Lind
Cadiz
United States
Rhode Island
Anti Cold Storage Bill Introduced In House
Washington November 29 An elaborate anti high cost of living bill to curb cold storage of food and penalize storage pooling price division or restraint of trade was introduced by Representative McKeller Tennessee. The measure sets maximum storage periods for beef veal pork and other items and requires labeling with killed packed or manufactured dates and storage duration. The bill seeks government reporting and enforcement actions against cold storage operators amid Justice Department investigations.
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Washington
Representative McKeller
Tennessee
House
House Commerce Commission
McKeller
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Statement on Hand Goods and Shipping Receipts Violations
Daily statement of goods on hand and shipping receipts outlines penalties for violations. Fines range from 900 to 1000 dollars and imprisonment up to five years may be imposed.
Virginia socialite fined for Honolulu to San Francisco trip
H G Smart of Virginia paid a $200 fine in San Francisco after traveling from Honolulu on a Britten steamer in violation of the passenger ban between Honolulu and San Francisco. His father is ill in Charlottesville as he hurries home. the fine may be remitted.
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H. G. Smart
Virginia
Thelma Parker
Honolulu
Smart
Charlottesville
San Francisco
Becker to Appeal to Supreme Court
New York November 29 Twenty five reasons why former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker should not be executed for the murder of Herman Rosenthal the gambler will be presented next week to the state court of appeals Becker remains at Sing Sing under sentence of electrocution His attorney says the court will hear four days of arguments on the appeal The brief argues Becker is a victim of a vast conspiracy and denies a fair life hearing Sam Schepps the state witness is alleged to be an accomplice and the trial was rushed by public opinion
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
State Court of Appeals
Becker
Sing Sing
Sam Schepps
Rebels Kill Entire Troop Train in Central Mexico
Reports from Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi describe rebels concentrating near Victoria with 6,000 fighters. A troop train near San Luis Potosi was blown up, and an escort of fifty soldiers on another train were killed with 45 passengers wounded. Some unverifiable chatter claimed Tampico fell.
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Mexico City
San Luis Potosi
Monterey
Mexico
Staltillo
Tamaulipas
Victoria
Navarette
San Luis Potoso
Tampico
Suffragettes to Seek Wilson Endorsement at Convention
Hundreds of suffragists converge on Washington for the forty-fifth NAWSA convention to press for a federal amendment enfranchising women and to obtain an expression of the Democratic policy from President Wilson during their stay. Delegates fill hotel lobbies as sessions open Monday, with a Sunday mass meeting planned.
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Washington
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
Congress
Wilson
Democratic Party
Longest U S Congressional Extra Session Ends
The longest continuous extraordinary session of Congress nears its end as the regular session set to begin next Monday. Debates centered on tariff revision and currency reform with leaders urging swift passage, while other measures like labor mediation and anti trust exemptions shaped late actions.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Finis
House
Senate
Newlands
American Commerce and
United States Commerce Court
United States Marshals
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Five weddings at Our Lady of Lourdes this morning
In Waterbury five bridal parties stood at the altar rail of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and one ceremony completed the five marriages with grooms answering We do. Six couples were married at one ceremony at the same altar last night.
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Waterbury
Conn
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Park recommends Roddenberg widow for postmaster at Thomasville
Representative Park endorses Mrs. B. Anderson Roddenberg widow of the late Rep. Roddenberg for the postmaster position at Thomasville Georgia. The recommendation signals potential appointment amid Washington guidance for appointing postmasters.
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Washington
Representative Park
Anderson Roddenberg
Representative Roddenberg
Thomasville
Senate and House Agree on Joint Session to Hear Wilson
The Senate met at 2 p.m. with conferees refining the currency bill and confirming L. K B Pinkham as Hawaii governor. They left Henry Pindell’s Russia ambassadorship for a regular session. A joint session with the House to hear President Wilson is set for 1 p.m. Tuesday. adjournment times spaced between sessions.
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Senate
L. K B. Pinkham
Hawaii
Henry Pindell
Russia
Congress
House
Wilson
Four Virginian trainmen killed in head on wreck at Keever
Roanoke Virginia November 29 four train crews died instantly in a head on collision between two Virginian Railway freight trains at Keever sixty seven miles east of Roanoke. Victims named engineer James Linkous fireman R M Weatherford conductor Henry S Cooper brakeman D R McFarland. Only other crew member C J Damasculas survived injured likely to die. Initial reports blame east bound engineer for missing his meeting point at Alta Vista forcing the crash.
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Roanoke
Virginian Railway
Keever
Here
James Linkous
Victoria
R. M. Weatherford
Henry 8
Cooper
D. R. McFarland
C. J. Damascus
Alta Vista
Suit to dissolve American Can Co filed in Baltimore
A U S district court suit filed November 29 seeks to dissolve the American Can Company, known as a tin can trust, with the government alleging restraint of trade and dominance in can tin packaging. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company is named a defendant for a preferential tin sale pact. The action notes practices in label printing, noncompetition pledges, exclusive buying contracts, and price fixing tied to a 1901 conspiracy. The government cites broad control of tin can plants, with the company allegedly holding about fifty percent of trade in recent years. The suit was filed by special assistant William Chatland and signed by assistant attorney general W C Todd.
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Baltimore
United States District Court
American Can Co
Tin Can Trust
Department of Justice
United States
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
American Can Company
William ‘F T. Chatland
W. C. Todd
New Jersey
Chicago
Robbers Blow Open Ellensboro Bank In N Y
Reports state robbers blew open the Bank of Ellensboro in New York early today and secured twenty nine hundred dollars before escaping.
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Veges
Charlotte
Ellensboro
N. Y
Clarksburg Post Office Fight May Be Renewed
E D Lewis plans to renew his bid for the Clarkburg postmaster job after J Carl Vance’s Senate nomination was not confirmed. Senator Goff opposed Vance, alleging Sherman Denham was being politically removed. Major Neely may nominate anew once the session ends.
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Washington
Senate
J. Carl Vance
Clarksburg
John W. Davis
United States
Wilson
Maj
M. M. Neely
Congress
Vance
Major Neely
Clarkburg
E. D. Lewis
Davis
Goff
Sherman C. Denham
Senate Committee On Post Offices
Chilton
Army Defeats Navy 22 to 9 In Exciting Polo Grounds Finish
New York November 2 1913 Army outplayed Navy in the second half to win 22 to 9 before 42000 spectators at the Polo Grounds. The cadets relied on a strong forward pass and the runs of the middies to overturn the opening period deficit and secure a decisive victory that ended Navy’s hopes of a fourth straight win.
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New York
Navy
Polo Grounds
West Point
Army
Vietor
Lopez Drives Back Posse of Deputies
Bingham Utah November 29 Ralph engages in a nighttime gunfight underground where only rifle flashes pierce the darkness. He repels a posse of deputies attempting pursuit after an earlier incident.
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Lopez
Bingham
Utah
Ralph
Lopez in Mine Hold Threatens More Bloodshed
Mexican desperado Lopez killed Bingham chief of police and two deputies on November 21. Deputies Hulsey and Mandrich, part of a 900 foot mine assault, were wounded or killed as López fired from his stronghold and blocked retreat. Attempts to recover bodies risk further gunfire.
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Lopez
Utah-Apex
Bingham
Douglas Hulsey
Tom Mandrich
Desperado
Hulsey
Mandrich
Greater diversification of crops in southern states
A Southern states agricultural association delegates leave for Chicago to push more livestock and leguminous crops like alfalfa and clover. They call for increased crop diversification and plan a spring conference in Atlanta. A separate note from Des Moines says William Co Brown, retiring president of the New York Central, is seen as a likely next Iowa governor amid a spreading movement.
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Louteville
Association of Commissioners of Agriculture of
Chicago
Atlanta
Brown
Des Moines
William Co. Brown
New York Central Lines
Iowa
Longest Special Congress Session Sets Record at 288 Days
Washington reports the current special session of Congress will end Monday after 288 days of work, the longest in U.S. history. It began April 7 to revise tariffs and draft banking and currency legislation, surpassing prior records from 1909 1897 and 1867 with recesses noted.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
McKinley
MoHeno to Return to Duties Soon
Mexico City reports Minister of Foreign Affairs MoHeno left for Vera Cruz on a special train. He is said to confer with John Lind and plan to return within a day or two. His father is due to arrive. E Manuel Madero left under guard. the minister faces no confirmed retirement.
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Mexico City
Emanuel Madero
Jaun de Ulua
Finances Top Topic at National Suffrage Convention
More than a thousand delegates attend the forty fifth annual convention in Washington as finances dominate the agenda. A proposed amendment would tax member organizations for national support, with debates about fairness and impact on large affiliated bodies like the Congressional Union and the Woman's Political Union. The potential move of national headquarters from New York to Washington also arises but takes a back seat to finance talks.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National College Woman Suffrage Association
Congressional Union
Associaciation
Anna Howard Shaw
National Association
Congressional Union of
Congress
Woman's Political Union of
New York
Washinton
National Board
Executve
Jane Adams
Chicago
Helen King Robinson
Denver
Colorado Senate
Nina E. Tilender
State Society of the
District of Columbia
Alice Paul
Congressional Committee of
The
Solon Jacobs
Alabama Suffrage Association
Dements
Evenin
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Uncle Sam
Senor Moheno
Supreme Court
Wildon
Democratic Currency Conference
Government
Gov
Sherman Denham
Moheno
Woman Suffrage Association
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