Real reign of terror in Mexico under Huerta rule
United Press dispatch reports a terror sweeping Mexico with General Huerta seizing property and conscripting people. Peon women are terrorized, thousands of men trapped for army service, prominent citizens vanish, and press censorship blocks news. Reports of machine gun slaughter in Morelos aim to intimidate indigenous communities.
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United Press Special
Mexico City
United Press Dispatch
Key West
Fla
Mexico
Mexico Ciy
Huerta
Fuerta
Morelos
Wilson Considers Antitrust Policy, Seeks Congressional Talks
President Wilson today gave serious consideration to the administration antitrust policy and plans talks with all party leaders in Congress through Saturday. A message on the subject will be sent after January 1. He conferred with Henry B. Clayton, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who will supervise hearings.
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United Press Special
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Henry B. Clayton
House Judiciary Committee
Great Monopoly Uncovered by Chicago Board Report
A Master of Chancery report filed in Federal court alleges a Chicago Butter and Eggs Board driven monopoly sets wholesale prices in the central western states. It claims a Elgin Butter and Egg Board within the Chicago group fixes prices and that both boards align at meetings to push wholesale prices down during peak production.
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United Press
Chicago
Virgin and Chicago Boards
Brakeman James Dillon Wins $12,990 Judgment
The Supreme Court awarded James E. Dillon of Van Wert Ohio a final judgment of $12,990 against the Cincinnati Northern railroad for permanent injuries from an 1911 accident at Cement City Michigan.
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United Press
Columbus
The
Supreme Court Today
James E. Dillon, van Wert
Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Cement City
Michigan
Burglars Strike Rochelle Park Home. Wife Knocked Unconscious
In Rochelle Park New Jersey two armed burglars broke into the Ward residence soon after Mr Ward left to visit his brother. Mrs Ward refused to reveal valuables and was knocked unconscious. They looted two gold watches jewelry and money before fleeing. Sheriff Heath and a local posse pursued a skulking figure with shots fired.
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New York
Charles Ward
Rochelle Park
N. J
Mr. Ward
New York Woolen Company
Robert N. Heath
Maywood
Fifty Years Ago Today War Costs and Commissions
Fifty years ago today December 9 war expenses of France in China and armed intervention in Mexico created a deficit of fifty million dollars necessitating a foreign loan. Twenty five years ago today Chicago’s entire police force of 1500 were on duty to prevent anarchist outbreak.
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France
China
Mexico
Chicago
Attorney General outlines trust busting plan
Washington, D. C., Dec. 9. Attorney General McReynolds announced a plan for dissolutions that strips the same men from control of all parts of a dissolved trust. He cited the Union and Southern Pacific cases as models and pledged vigorous enforcement of the Sherman act with district attorneys to assist in investigations and prosecutions.
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Washington, D. C
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Union
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific Co
Wilson's Charges Are Sustained in Lobby Probe
Washington December 9 President Wilson's charges against insidious lobbying were sustained by a final report of the House special lobby investigating committee. Democrats and Republicans denounced lobbying and named the National Association of Manufacturers as improperly defying legislation. The committee exonerated the American Federation of Labor from corrupt lobbying and found Rep J A Mc Dermott of Illinois guilty of grave impropriety though not corrupt in votes.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
House
Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
American Federation of Labor
J. A. McDermott
Ilinois
Over Million Drug Users Warned By U S Officials
Washington officials announce more than a million people in the United States use drugs with rapid growth, signaling a potential use of a dormant pure food law provision to curb the traffic. The rule forbids importing a drug harmful to public health.
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United Press Special
Washington, D. C
Dec
United States
Department of Agriculture
Trachoma Seen as National Menace in Eastern Kentucky
Dr John McMullen of the Public Health Service warns that about one in seven people in the Kentucky mountains suffer trachoma. He says the disease, highly infectious, endangers nationwide health and is treated in new government hospitals with plans for dozens more.
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United Press Special
Washington
Kentucky
John McMullen
Public Health Service
Uncle Sam
Ellis Island
United States
Appalachian Mountain Range
Lished Hospitals
Huerta Promises to Make History in Mexico
Mexico City dispatch reports General Huerta declaring he will do something to go down in history for 100 years. Amid desperation he vacillates, revokes a prior order, substitutes General Tellez with General Navarrete, and recalls him to the capital.
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Huerta
United Press
Mexico City
General Huerta
Tellez
Navarette
Mysterious Woman Sought in Ripley Attorney Death
In Parkersburg police probe the death of M J Ash from a rooming house. A mysterious woman who telephoned the proprietor asking if Ash was seriously ill initiated the inquiry. An autopsy is planned as coroner W B Robinson conducts a rigid investigation.
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United Press Special
Parkersburg
W. Va
W. B. Robinson
M. J. Ash
Ripley
Jackson County
Ash
Two Girls Injured as Train Cars Jump Track
Two trucks of a car on the Cincinnati and Northern train derailed near Greenville Ohio. Passengers were shaken. two girls, May Gordon and Blanche Buchman of Ansonia Ohio, were injured.
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United Press
Greenville
Cincinnati & Northern
May Gordon
Blanche Buchman
Ansonia
Ohio
Carroll Goes Wet In Fairfield County Vote
Carroll in Fairfield county approved wet status by eight votes after a contest over a saloon license under the new law. The license commissioners found none of the three applicants qualified, prompting yesterday’s election. George Andrews left for New York to meet his father in Cambridge later.
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United Press Special
Lancaster
Carroll
Fairfield County
George Andrews
New York City
Cambridge
KB Harrick
Cleveland
President Wilson Refuses to Lobby for Suffrage Legislation
President Wilson tells 55 American Woman's Suffrage delegates he cannot advocate to Congress for a federal equal suffrage amendment. He will not bind public utterances to private views and backs Baltimore platform subjects for the next three years. Dr. Anna Shaw notes support for a standing House committee on suffrage.
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Washington
Wilson
American Woman's Suffrage Association
Congress
Baltimore
Anna H. Shaw
House of Representatives
Annia Howard Shaw
House
Judge Frees Dr. Wm. B. Craig in Knabe Murder Trial
Shelbyville Indiana December 9 Dr William B Craig was acquitted of murdering Dr Helene Knabe in her Indianapolis apartment Oct 23 1911 The judge granted defense motion to take the case from the jury saying the state failed to prove the charge The trial lasted from Nov 28 with only the state's case presented Witnesses noting a peeper could not be identified as Craig and there was no evidence of a marriage contract or romantic relation between Craig and Knabe.
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United Press Special
Shelbyville
Ind
Wm. B. Craig
Helene Knabe
Indianapolis
Blair
Craig
Dr. Knabe
Peeper
Dr. Craig
Property Owners Mulcted in Fire Insurance Profits
Ohio fire insurance investigation finds property owners mulcted by carriers. Report says many states ran losses to fund profits in profitable states, including Ohio, with excessive charges in fire insurance practices cited by the committee.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Ohio
George H. Wood Leads National Guard Meeting
Adjutant General George H. Wood takes a leading role at a National Guard assembly, directing discussions and outlining priorities for unit readiness and training. Participants include key state and federal liaison officers discussing drills, funding, and contingency plans.
All Round Church Opens In Cleveland
Reverend C E Doane of Miles Avenue Congregational Church announces an all round program to keep the church open continually. Plans include winter basketball and sports, summer tennis and baseball, men’s political meetings, nurseries for babies, plus music and sewing classes, creating a living community hub in Cleveland Ohio.
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United Press Special
Cleveland
C. E. Doane
Miles Avenue Congregational Church
Bryan Jr. Won't Seek Public Office, He Says
William Jennings Bryan Jr has just been admitted to the bar and stated he may enter politics but will never run for or hold office.
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United Press
Specia
Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Weather Forecast Indications for Ohio Tomorrow
Weather observations from the United States Weather Bureau taken at 7 p.m. Monday. Indications for tomorrow show Ohio fair with moderate west winds.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Ohio
Ohio National Guard officers clash over Hay bill at Cleveland meeting
At the National Guard association session in Cleveland officers debated the Hay volunteer bill now before the senate. A special committee from W V McMacken Adjutant General Wood Vollrath Catrow and Critchfield was formed to report. They planned telegrams to Senators Burton and Ponery and a formal position statement opposing the bill in its current form.
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Cleveland
Ohio National Guard
Hay
House of Representatives
United States Senate
National Guard Association
W. V. McMacken
Toledo
Wood
Columbus
Edward Vollrath
Bucyrus
H. G. Catrow
Gas explosion stops wedding in Worthington Ohio
Mrs. L B Hart 75 is dead and granddaughters Barbara and Rachel Hart of Caruthersville Missouri are critically injured after a gas explosion in the Hart home at Worthington near Columbus. Neighbors found the wreckage at 10 30 this morning as Rachel Hart had come to marry a young physician attending her ceremony.
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Columbus
L. B. Hart
Barbara
Rachel Hart
Caruthersville
Grant Hospital
Worthington
Thompson case: Woman charged with attempted infanticide
United Press reports final arguments in the Thompson case. Mrs Goldie Springer Thompson, 23, is accused of discarding her newborn in an empty shed at the fair grounds shortly after birth, the infant saved in time.
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United Press Special
Lancaster
Goldie Springer Thompson
Fair Grounds
Pankhurst Leaves London for Paris With Followers
Emmeline Pankhurst escorted by militants departed London for Paris on a stretcher to visit her daughter Christabel. She faced no restraint as Scotland Yard detectives watched closely. Also on the train were King Alphonso of Spain and Queen Victoria Ena returning from a royal visit to King George and Queen Mary.
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United Press
London
Scotland Yard
Emmeline Pankhurst
Paris
Christabel
King Alphonso
Spain
Victoria Ena
George
Mary
Stefansson confirms feared mishap befalling expedition
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, says in a letter from Point Barrow dated Oct 30 that he is separated from the Karluk which drifted away while he and a small party hunted in September. He notes 26 expedition members aboard with ample provisions but has yet to locate the ship amid August sightings and Arctic gales.
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Ottawa
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Karluk
Point Barrow
Alaska
George Desbarate
Arctic Circle
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