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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
4
The Nova Schooner John Parker from Barbados arrived with its flag at half mast for captain Ames Richards of Laflave who was swept overboard by a high wave and crowned during the passage. He leaves a wife and 14 children.
Dr. Mayer Berlin of Berlin Germany, hailed as a leading Jewish thinker, addresses 1500 at Adath Jeshurun in Roxbury and receives about 600 new Mizrachi members. He urges Zionist action to restore a Jewish nation in Palestine and preserve Judaism, stressing a land of their own. He also serves as Mizrachi Zionist Association president and editor of Hasbre.
Nathan Diamond's relatives clashed with undertakers and police at 3 Calvert Place after his fatal fall from the second landing caused a fractured skull. Two patrolmen lost badges and helmets, and a coat button was torn as authorities sought to remove the body for an autopsy by Assistant Medical Examiner Timothy Leary. Diamond, 60, was felled in the hallway. his son Isaac Diamond alerted police.
Despatches from Tokio say Japan plans a Boston terminus for a new Panama Canal steamship service with calls at New Orleans and New York. Boston port directors are split. some back the plan, others doubt it due to cargo and business, noting prior talks and three Japanese lines seeking berths in Boston.
A fragment reflects mixed emotions about labor and family roles, contrasting joy and sorrow with the idea that industry and a husband or wife impact family outcomes.
Reports from Mexico City say rebel forces crowd Tampico as a formal assault may occur soon. Officials acknowledge initial attack reports were muddled by a nearby minor engagement, while the war office strengthens Tampico's garrison and remains confident in its defense.
Forces under General Panfilo Natera advance on Zacatecas while rebels surge between Saltillo and San Luis Potosi along the National railway. Two minor engagements near Tampico and Atamira end in Federals' victory. General Inez Salazar defeats rebels between Conejos and Bermejillo in Coahuila. Government and bankers clash over a solution.
A committee of bankers and the sub secretaries of finance met again but rejected the idea of placing the currency guarantee fund in the national treasury, insisting on the national bank. The Bank of London and Mexico says it has enough currency to cover deposits if withdrawals continue. Officials praise the European loan negotiations though conservatives doubt it will aid President Huerta for long as the loan funds only interest payments on bonds.
The Rev. John W. Butler urged at People's Temple services that the United States would not go to war with Mexico unless press wrangling forced it. He criticized articles urging intervention and said Huerta’s deeds were overstated, praising Diaz as Mexico’s greatest ruler.
General Francisco Villa issues hard line orders reinforcing discipline and confiscations while promising amnesty to federal soldiers who surrender. Rebels execute six captured raiders, stores seized from Spaniards are closed, and a large cache of ammunition is recovered. Telegraph and rail links reach Minaoa to Bermujillo as Villa plans civil government aid from Raoul Madero. Reports deny an imminent battle south of the area.
In Ermosillo Sonora on December 21 reports say the tenth battalion of the federal garrison at Guaymas was executed at sunrise after being disarmed days earlier by General Ojeda for plotting to desert to the insurgents.
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