Rebel Army Advances on Chihuahua After Fed Forces Flees
United Press report from Mexico City says Chihuahua city has fallen to rebel forces as federal troops retreat toward Ojinaga and Juarez. Pancho Villa confirms the retreat. Frederico Moye is placed in temporary charge of the city.
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Chihuahua
United Press Special
Mexico
City
Christopher Craddock
Mexican
General Huerta
National Palace
Manuel Madero
President Madero
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Villa
Rebe
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Ojinaga
Texas
Pancho Villa
Juarez
Francisco Recuadero
Carranza Provisional Cabinet
Frederico Moye
Army of Investment
Huerta
General Zapata
General Blanquet
Zapatatistas
President Wilson Addresses Joint Congress
President Wilson spoke to a joint session in the Hoar chamber delivering his annual message. He arrived from the White House in his automobile and stayed only to present the policy outline for the administration to lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Rate
Onas Svechington
D. Oil
Wilson
Congress
White House
Fifty Years Ago Today Dec 2 1913 Bragg Removed
Report shows 50 000 draftees and 10 million dollars in commutation fees paid into the treasury. General Braxton Bragg, commander of the Confederate Army of the Tennessee since 1862, is removed from command. In Paris 30 000 radical Republicans demonstrate against General Boulanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braxton Bragg
Army of the Tennessee
Paris
General Boulanger
Mine Workers Officials Named
Federal grand jury at Pueblo Colorado returns 25 true bills charging President Frank Hayes and others with conspiring to restrain interstate commerce under the Sherman anti trust law. Senator Green voices surprise, noting parallel actions against miners elsewhere and disclaims involvement in Colorado organizing.
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Frank Hayes
Federal Grand Jury
Pueblo
Colorado
Green
Coshocton
William Green
West Virginia
Presidents Message to Congress on Mexican Crisis and Reforms
The chief executive addresses Congress outlining the Mexican crisis currency bill Sherman Law and the nomination of president by direct vote at primaries among other matters of importance.
Wilson urges immediate currency reform and direct primary voting
President Wilson delivers the State of the Union at a joint session, pressing urgent currency legislation and changes to the Sherman act for clarity, while advocating presidential nominees by direct popular primaries. He outlines the constitutional duty to inform Congress and addresses Mexican crisis considerations.
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Washington, D. C
Houses of Congress
Congress
Wilson
Primary nominations for the presidency urged nationwide
A historical proposal advocates nationwide primary elections for presidential nominees without nominating conventions. It suggests retaining conventions only to declare primaries' verdicts and draft party platforms, with delegates replaced by current nominees and national leaders to ensure accountability to the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
United States
President Wilson Urges Currency Reform to Help Farmers
President Wilson in his annual message calls for immediate currency legislation to aid farmers by improving credit and preventing the need for government deposits in southern and western states. He says current conditions hinder farmer financing and urges provisions to safeguard the farmer and encourage investment.
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Wilson
United Shoe Machinery Case Challenges Sherman Act
Boston December 2 United Shoe Machinery Company opens its defense in a dissolution suit arguing that the Sherman act is unconstitutional because it creates interstate restraint of trade as misdemeanors and delegates offenses to others than Congress. The government previously filed the suit last spring and the trial paused.
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United Press Special
Boston
Congress
United States
United Shoe Machinery Company
United States District Court
Ed Campbell Crawls Mile After Gun Accident
Parsippany New Jersey December 2 Edward Campbell crawled under a fence during a rabbit hunt when both gun barrels exploded shattering his wooden leg. He labored a mile through the woods to a farmhouse cut off the leg with a pen knife then drove home in his carriage.
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Parsippany, N. J
Edward Campbell
Bandit Believed Dead After Gas-Filled Apex Mine
United Press from Salt Lake City reports Rafael Lopez, Mexican murderer of six, is believed dead after 24 hours of poisonous gas poured into the Apex mine. Guards watched 11 entrances as smoke filled the mine. Lopez supposedly barricaded himself and vanished during the night.
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United Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rafael Lopez
Apex
Lopez
Labor leaders seek mediator in Indianapolis strike
Indianapolis delegates wired Washington asking the Labor Department to send a mediator. They seek arbitration of 3000 union teamsters demands and hope a federal agent can help reach a settlement.
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United Press Special
Indianapolis
Ind
Labor Department
Washington
Teamsters
Angry Bees Send Mule 10 Up Tree in New Jersey
Jenny Coleman of Sheepside New Jersey searched for his pet donkey Exile yesterday and found the animal perched atop a cedar tree. Bees attacked Exile as Coleman and farm hands moved a top wagon beneath the tree and rescued the mule. The men recalled Exile climbing from a bluff when stung and taking shelter in the tree top.
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New York
Jenny Coleman
Sheepside
N. J
Exile
Farmer Coleman
Coleman
Council Holds Busy Session with Hearing Clash
A council meeting featured a clash between President Rankin and Director J B Clark as Clark sought to address the body. The dispute arose during discussion of Highland avenue petition urging enforcement of contract terms, following engineer Cosgroves explanation. Clark was granted permission to speak after appealing the chairs decision.
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Rankin
J. B. Clark
Highland Avenue
Cosgrove
Stewart
Council
Sheehart
Clark
Highland
Highland avenue improvement faces injunction threat
Attorney T A Bonnell claimed his property was damaged by the Highland avenue project and council awarded him 200. Citizens plan to seek an injunction from Solicitor Carnes, arguing damage claims were not filed before contract and that such payments risk city finances.
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Highland Avenue
Clark
T. A. Bonnell
Council
Carnes
Aviator Killed in Royal Naval Flight Accident
Captain Wildman Lushington of the Royal Naval Flying Corps was instantly killed when his bi plane turned turtle and fell this afternoon in East Church England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Church
England
Wildman Lushington
Royal Naval Flying Corps
President Wilson Outlines Philippine Policy Seeks Future Independence
President Wilson states his policy toward the Philippine Islands. He urges development with eventual independence, notes recent improvements, and highlights more natives appointed to the Philippine commission as progress toward self government.
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Wilson
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Philippine Commission
W C Suitt Named as Delegate
Washington will be invaded on December 10 by one thousand advocates of nationwide prohibition appointed from all states to urge a constitutional amendment. Delegates will march to the White House and capitol. among them are W C Suitt of Cambridge and other named crusaders.
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United Press
Columbus
Washington
Wilson
Congress
America
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League of America
White House
Capitol
HE. F. Rideout
J. P. Breece
George Selby
Pearl Selby
W. Anderson
Portsmouth
W. D. Cherrington
Chillicothe
W. C. Suitt
Cambridge
Ohio corn boys and girls visit Pennsylvania cities
Weather notes from Washington indicate unsettled and colder conditions for tomorrow. Seven special trains from Ohio arrived in Pittsburgh with the group touring the city, visiting the Heinz pickle plant, and meeting Governor Tener in Harrisburg before continuing to Washington.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Fort Pitt
City
H. J. Heinz
Ohio Agricultural Commission
Harrisburg
Tener
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Board of Trade
Washington
Eleven Revenue Cutters Begin Regular Winter Patrol
Eleven revenue cutters set out from Washington to patrol Atlantic coastal waters from Maine to Florida until April 1. President Wilson ordered the winter patrol system and each ship Woodbury Androscoggin Gresham Acushnet Mohawk Onondaga Apache Pamlico Seminole Itasca Yamacrow sails with wireless gear and experienced crews to rescue ships in storms and protect lives and property worth thousands.
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United Press Special
Washington
Revenue
Maine
Florida
Wilson
Woodbury
Androscoggin
Gresham
Nor Nor-East
Cutter Service
Negro Killed by Strike Breakers in Indianapolis Riot
Claude Lewis, a black bystander, was killed and four others wounded as six armed strike-breakers opened fire while unloading ice from non-union wagons. The incident occurred during the first major riot of a 3000 teamsters strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Special
Indianapolis
Claude Lewis
Capital Avenues
Alexander Sedam
J. H. Mason
Franz Joseph Reaches Sixty-Fifth Year on Throne
Vienna reports Emperor Franz Joseph marks his sixty-fifth anniversary on the throne, becoming the oldest monarch and ruling longer than all but Louis XIV of France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Special
Vienna
Austria
Franz Joseph
Louis XIV
France
Lead Pencils blamed for diphtheria outbreak in Suffield
In Suffield Conn on December 2 1906 lead pencils distributed to Bridge Street grammar school lower grades are linked to a diphtheria outbreak. Doctor Caldwell ordered the pencils burned and prohibited the practice after discovering most children chewed the pencils spreading germs. fifteen of forty pupils in two rooms are infected with some cases considered dangerous.
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Suffield
Conn
Bridge Street Grammar School
W. EB. Caldwell
Caldwell
Dewey Impersonator Grand Jury In Columbus Case
A federal grand jury in Columbus convened to consider the case of vaudeville actor Harry W. Dewey charged with impersonating a United States Navy officer and claiming relation to Admiral Dewey. Dewey did not appear today. if indicted, trial would follow soon.
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Columbus
Federal Grand Jury
Harry W. Dewey
United States Navy
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Foundation relaid on Highland avenue after thickness fault
Directors, engineers and the contractor met to address a faulty Highland avenue concrete foundation. About 150 feet of the north and south sections must be dug up and rebuilt to the required four inch depth after tests showed the foundation under thickness at six locations.
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Clark
Cosgrove
Hobson
Cisler
Highland Avenue
Pat Hines
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