Villa Leads His Forces Into Mexican Capital
General Villa enters Mexico City at the head of about 23 000 troops arriving after delegations and foreign consuls. He defers full entry until Provisional President Gutierrez arrives. Wilson warns the public against false reports. Foreign diplomats reported order to be preserved and protection for foreigners.
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Mexico City
el Paso
Tex
Villa
Gutierrez
Mexico
Gutierres
Pa- Shuca
Genral Raoul ‘Madero
Carranza
Shington
Emilio Zan
Silman
Wilson
Washington
United States
Hill
Angeles
Zapata
Puebla
Silliman
Carothers
Tula
Gald
Gonzales
Mr. Sillman
Bryan
Siliman
Mine disaster in Hokkaido kills 437 miners
London dispatch from Tokyo reports a major mine disaster in Hokkaido, Japan. Early figures list 437 miners dead with others injured or trapped as rescue efforts begin.
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Japan
London
Tokio
Reuter’s Telegram Company
Hokkaido
Cummings Awaits Carters Word On Garland Charges
Frank Mfengi charged with embezzlement. Mrs Mary Luquer involved in estate trouble seen at county courthouse. Rumor of charges being nailed circulated after appearance. State's Attorney Cummings says Carter in charge and has not made a report. Judge Banks and Attorney Fitzgerald attended a lengthy morning conference.
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Frank Mf.engi
Mary Luquer
Hanneh Cross
Cummings
Garland
Carter
Fimore
Banks
Geana
David Fitzgerald
New Haven
Central New Jersey Railroad Indicted By Federal Jury
Trenton December 1 The United States District Attorney announced a federal grand jury has indicted the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey for alleged irregularities in handling anthracite coal shipments. The indictment charges trebling to inform officials and company executives are named in the action.
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Trenton
United States
Davis
The
Central Railroad Company of
New Jersey
Rise in Brass Brings Joy to Manufacturers
Rise in brass prices signals renewed demand and prosperity for Connecticut industry. Bridgeport factories report higher brass prices as an omen for a revival in production, with 90 percent of U S brass work in the Narragansett Valley Bridgeport area. Leading brass men predict a tidal wave of business and a new peak in output as machinery resumes full swing.
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Connecticut
America
Naughtuck Valley
Bridgeport
Railroad Men Plan Protest At Monster Freights
A New Haven protest gathering is set for Sunday at 2 PM. The Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers Trainmen and Firemen call on December 6 for employees to condemn Safety First education and the practice of long freight trains on the Bridgeport to Harlem River divisions. They warn long trains threaten jobs and safety, urging retention of experienced workers over strict spelling writing and arithmetic standards.
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New Haven
New Haven Railroad
Bridgeport
Harlem River
Brotherhoods of
New England
Suit Over Dispossession Heard In City Court Over Break House
In Glover New York and Short Hills, N. J. testifying before Judge L Wilder, a dispossession suit against George W. Beets centers on the so called Bleak House or Millionaire's Folly at Harbor View. Beets is described as a caretaker, while Glover alleges an agreement in 1912 granting Beets living rights on the property. Evidence suggests the mansion was built without the owner ever viewing it, a cost near 40000 dollars, and Beets' role disputed amid pending briefs before decision.
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G. Horton Glover, Jr
New York
Short Hills
N. J
Yester
L. Wilder
George W. Beets
Millonaire’s Folly
Harbor View
George E. Hinl
Glover
Beets
Frederick EB. Morgan
a@reed
Harbor
Pi i
Illness May Halt Angle Trial Again
Mrs. Helen M Angle remains in poor health delaying her man slaughter trial set for next Tuesday in the criminal superior court. State's Attorney Homer Cings says proceedings may proceed if counsel agrees. Doctors from Stamford and Staub will examine. judge Shumway will decide on further postponement based on their report. Ballou was found dead in the Stamford building where Angle lived.
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Mirs
Helen M. Angle
Criminal Superior Court
Homer & Cings
Odse
Cummings
Frederick Schavoir
Stamford
Staub
Shumway
Borden Harriman Dead at Capital
Announcement from Washington reports the death of J. Borden Harriman aged 2. He had been connected with a prominent banking house in New York and had been ill for about two years. The body is expected to be brought to New York tomorrow as funeral arrangements were not yet completed.
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St. Vincents Hospital
Oon Tozie Brothers
Henry Atwater
E. W. Harrall
Main
Coperes
Work Ag
New York
Washington
J. Borden Harriman
U S District Court Opens in Hartford
Hartford December term of the United States district court opened with Prisoner John Garvin presenting under his own name Claude Averill on the post office break in Eastford. Criminal cases include Salvatore DeLucia Nicola DeLucia and Adimes DeAdilio with shoes from freight cars in New Haven. Judge Edwin S. Thomas presided as several civil actions were set for trial December 19.
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Hartford
United States District Court
John Garvin
Claude Averill
Eastford
Salvatore DeLucia
Nicola DeLucia
Adimes DeAdilio
New Haven
Ior
Edwin S. Thomas
DEYS Lose Recount as High Court Dismisses Request
Columbus Ohio December 1 The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the Anti Saloon League petition for writs of mandamus to force a recount of votes cast on November 3 in Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Toledo Detective Sergeant Peter H Hall returned to duty after being confined to his room with a fractured rib and a threatened attack of pleurisy
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Columbus, O
Ohio Supreme Court
theAnti-Saloon League
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Peter H. Hall
Housekeeper Wins Judgment Against Atlas Hotel
Judge Burpee in Superior Court orders Prof James Atlas to pay Ella Williams 1170 for wage losses and expenses after a dispute over 172 weeks at 10 dollars weekly. The suit claimed 3500, asserting a 10 a week agreement starting December 1908, with deductions for advances and doctor bills.
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James Atlas
Fairfield
Ella Williams
Burpee
Prof. Atlas
Peter O'Hara
Norwalk
John F
Mayor Receives Welcome Home At City Hall
Mayor Clifford B Wilson returns from honeymoon to a levee at Bridgeport City Hall. Officials present a mahogany clock a dozen Dresden china cups and a floral horse shoe bouquet. He plans to reside at Laurel Beach until January then live with his mother on Poplar Street.
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Laurel Beach
Clifford B
Dresden
Robinsom
Schultz
Wilson
Clifford B. Wilson
City Hall
Bridgeport
Mabel McGrath
Katherine Dwyer
Cora Freyler
Sarah Wilson
Carrie Mullins
Mary Walsh
Clara Weber
Charlotte Brown
Madeline Sterling
Poplar Street
Weather Update: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions persist into tonight and Wednesday with a rise in temperatures. The forecast calls for warmer conditions tonight and across tomorrow, with skies remaining mostly clear.
Germans In New Attack Around Ypres
London dispatch reports a violent fight along the Yser canal as German forces press a new assault on Allied positions near Ypres. Heavy artillery roars echo from Sluis to the front, with residents within an hour’s march evacuated as the battle rages today.
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Ypres
London
Yser Canal
Reuter
Sluis
Yser
War News Briefs From Amsterdam and Abroad
Last Minute News Of The War reports British subjects in Brussels interned in a military concentration camp. Antwerp residents face a 10 ounce per day bread ration. A Berlin despatch notes German front at Dixmude beginning a general retirement. Official Gazette in Budapest extends the moratorium to January 31 with changes. Gustave Ador seeks prisoner exchanges for wounded. Moltke regains health and heads back to the front. Emperor Nicholas leaves Petrograd for war theatre. William arrives at Insterburg and proceeds toward the front by motor car.
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Amsterdam
London
Brussels
Amsterdam Handelsblad
Antwerp
Official War Report From Berlin On Eastern Front
Berlin reports no western front news. In East Prussia and southern Poland conditions were quiet. In northern Poland south of the Vistula German advances increased the war booty with about 9,500 additional prisoners, 19 more cannons, 26 machine guns, and many ammunition carts captured.
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Berlin
London
East
Prussia
Poland
Vistula
French Land Front Highlights Activity Near Arras
Paris reports enemy activity near Arras with artillery exchanges in Belgium and along the Aisne front. The Argonne fighting continues with no change, and there is nothing new to report from the Woëvre district and the Vosges.
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Paris
Arras
Belgium
Aisne
Argonne
Woevre
Vosges
Doctor Induced Birmingham Sign Note and Mortgage Suit
John Birmingham and others sue Dr. B. D. Sheedy claiming he induced Birmingham to sign a $3,500 note in 1901 while was ill, with city property pledged as security. Birmingham seeks mortgage reform to $2,400. Sheedy counters for foreclosure. Birmingham says he was in a Stamford sanatorium. doctor paid only one week.
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John Birmingham
B. D. Sheedy
New York
Burpee
Superior Court
Birmingham
Dr. Sheedy
Sheedy
Parcel Post Service To Germany And Dual Monarchy
Postmaster General Burleson directs postmasters to resume acceptance of oil packages to Germany and Austria Hungary under the international parcel post rules. The line had been suspended due to wartime transportation shortages.
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Germany
Washington
Burleson
Austria-Hungary
International Parcel Post Service
United States
man from Springfield charged with diamond theft in New Haven
Frank E. Wells of Springfield Massachusetts, a member of a magazine canvassing crew, was arrested at the Atlantic hotel this afternoon by Detective Sergeant Fox for stealing a diamond ring from a New Haven woman. He was taken back to New Haven.
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New Haven
Frank E. Wells
Springfield
Mass
Atlantic Hotel
Fox
University Club War Night to Feature Naval Expert
The University Club plans a war night on December 7, 1914, with a banquet and two eminent speakers. Lieut. Com. R. H. Robinson of the U.S. Navy, naval constructor and supervising builder of the battleship Connecticut, and Vance Thompson, a prominent magazine writer, are billed to speak on war topics.
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University Club
R. H. Robinson
Tattleship
Connecticut
Vance Thompson
iBook
Lea
Stolen Car Sought by New Haven Police
A New Haven request to search for a runabout license C 16679 registered to B N Blatchly of El City comes after a similar auto theft. In Barnstable Mass William Sears of West Dennis died in a collision with a passenger train near the NYNH&H station today. driver Winnie Ellis escaped with minor injuries.
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New Haven
B. N. Blatchly
el City
Barnstable
Mass
William Sears
West Dennis
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Winnie Ellis
FIGHTING IN EAST CONTINUES DESPITE UNVARYING REPORTS
German official despatches express confidence in victory amid Russian claims of gains. Unofficial reports speak of renewed attacks near Ypres and heavy fighting around Arras and the Vistula front. Allied and neutral sources note conflicting pictures as Prussia, Austria, and Russia push on in Poland, Belgium, and the Caucasus.
Tramps Blamed for Large Barn Fire Near Danbury
Danbury residents report a fire at Edward H. Ryder farm on the outskirts of the city early today. The blaze destroyed a large barn and forty tons of hay, with an estimated loss of $6,000.
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Danbury
Edward H. Ryder
Rush for Tax Stamps Strains Chicago Police
In Chicago on December 1 a rush for war tax stamps required twenty policemen to maintain order. Two women clashed with the press at the revenue collector office door as the scene grew unruly.
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Chicago
Rteng
Ronghts
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