U S Plans Strong Note as Mexico Crisis Deepens
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Wilson sails to Mexico City to deliver a State Department note in January. Aimed at halting rebel violence, the plan considers suspending neutral laws and border inspections to allow arms into Mexico, risking rapid Madero collapse if US support wavers.
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Washington
Harry Lane Wilson
New York
Mexico
State Department
Wilson
United States
Knox
Madero
Weather Noted for Wyoming as Snow and Wind Move In
December weather bulletin reports flurries in the northwest and a partly sunny, cold day across Wyoming with wind expected to pick up. Bay area forecasts show cold conditions advancing.
Madero Struggles With Mexico Debt Crisis and Naval Warning
The text notes Madero failing to restore order amid bankruptcy of the treasury. He inherited 52 million dollars from Diaz’s era, all gone, and a planned 5 million loan collapsed. Congress seeks 30 million more, with Lazurrain in New York seeking terms. A bank holding advances pauses for interest. Four battleships Minnesota Kansas South Carolina Michigan, under War-Admiral Fletcher, sailed to Vera Cruz on a warning.
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United States
Madero
Treasury
Diaz
Mexican Congress
Lazurrain
New York
Navy Department
State Department
Vera Cruz
Minnesota
Kansas
South Carolina
Michigan
Fletcher
Railway Safety Committee Meeting Highlights and Warnings
The safety committee met yesterday at Superintendent Jeffers office with about 40 suggestions to improve Union Pacific safety for workers and passengers. An editorial stresses vigilance after a Cleveland fireman, age 22, died from a loose car door striking him, urging inspections and careful handling to prevent accidents. The article lists committee members and positions across Cheyenne Rawlins Ogden and Laramie areas.
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Safety Committee
Jeffers
Union Pacific
Railway Record
Cleveland
Joses
M. Jeffers
Cheyenne
D. EB. Sullivan
D. C. Olomstead
A. W. McDuffie
Rawlins
Wyo
P. A. Beck
A. C. Kingsford
R. J. Vaughan
B. P. Parker
J. McClaire
F. H. Smith
Green River
J. A. Jones
Branston
A. B. Cady
Laramie
J. A. Otcvmen
L. B Butler
Campaign Push Seeks Lower Exac Co Prices
Women launch a drive to cut the price of exac Co products to six dollars. The effort targets consumer fees and urges advertisers to align with the new price point.
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Chicago
Revolution in North Mexico Spreads Fast
EL PASO reports rising revolutionary activity in northern Mexico with looting of mines and raids on towns in Durango and Sinaloa. Orozco troops still control large areas in Chihuahua as government secret service predicts a new plot to unfold in Sonora early next year. Cananea strike viewed as miners’ mobilization toward rebels.
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EL Paso
Mexico
Durango
Sinaloa
Orozecteb
Ela
Chihuahua
Secret Service
Sonora
Cananea
Defense says fund aid not proof of 40 defendants guilt
Indiana report notes defense attorneys argue that aiding a defense fund for the McNamara brothers should not imply guilty knowledge of the dynamite conspiracy by the 40 defendants. They cite the Los Angeles crime scale and other explosions to counter charges. United States Senator Kern to speak for the defense, with government closing arguments forthcoming.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
Iron Workers International Union
M. C. Tiffitt
United States
Kern
Anderson
Christmas Letter Drives Father to Poison Attempt
A Dayton Ohio letter from a 4 year old prompted Henry Bumesert in Los Angeles to attempt suicide with poison. He was homesick and unable to travel, and the note asked his father to bring a doll for Christmas. He is expected to recover.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dayton
Ohio
Henry Bumesert
Bum- Sert
Wisconsin regents probe instructor over gym class humiliation
At the University of Wisconsin regents begin an inquiry into a music instructor accused of forcing a female student to remove her coat and appear in gym clothes at the front of a class. The student, protested but compelled to lead the class toward a musical score, reportedly felt humiliated and left the university.
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Madibon
University of Wisconsin Regents
Mother's Letter Wins Freedom for Vagrant
Denver magistrate frees Morton Jones, 22, after a scrawled note from his mother reveals a plea to return home. The letter, found during arraignment on a vagrancy charge, moves the judge to urge the man to beat his way home or risk harsh punishment. Police records show Jones admitted spending the money on liquor.
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Denver
Morton Jones
Jones
Court House
Navy year book ranks nations by battleships and tonnage
The Navy year book shows the United States ranking third among great powers in ships built building and authorized. It lists battleships armored cruisers and tonnage with Britain Germany France Japan Russia Austria Italy and the United States in order.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Japan
Saeanee
Russia
Itly
Steeee
Austria
Morgan Prank to Close Testimony Before Money Trust Panel
J Pierpont Morgan defended buying rival railroads and rejected concentration danger while softly condemning short selling as he concluded testimony before the money trust committee. The hearing adjourned amid questions on market methods and competition.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Money Trust Committee
Conference moves slowly toward eastern autonomy deal
London reports six European powers discuss autonomy for AHuania and a guaranteed Adriatic port for Bervia. War cost estimates rise to 175 million dollars based on 1,090,000 soldiers at about one shilling daily.
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London
Snail's Pice
Ahuania
Bervia
End of InterChange of Freight Traffic Foreseen
Denver railroad officials predict the end of interline freight interchange among major systems led by Harriman lines. They expect Burlington, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific, and Santa Fe to divert through business to routes via Denver and the Denver Rio Grande, with joint-rate cancellations and new feeder connections expanding western rail construction.
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Denver
Jington
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Santa Sea Pacific
Burlington
Roth Island
Santa Fe
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande
Pacific Northwest
Hillines
Harriman
Harriman Lines
Harriman Ines
Harriman Viney
Harriman Lnes
Rockefeller-Kutin-Loeb
Hill-Morcan-Boeyer
Weat
Leader-S Christmas Dinner Fund Grows in Cheyenne
The Leader reports daily contributions to the Christmas dinner fund for the poor, with $24.25 added yesterday and a total of $145.90 to date. Salvation Army seeks $75 more to fund a Christmas tree event December 26 at the Salvation Army hall. Donors include individuals, clubs, churches, and businesses in Cheyenne. clothing donations are also requested.
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Salvation Army
The
Merciful
Salvation Army Hall
Cheyenne
A. Cristol
M. Bruce
C. BE
Morton
John PD
Reardon
W. W. Reno
Hiram Sapp
J. W. Bruner
Gibson Clark
R. H. Nichols
Rev. Nelson
C. L. Draper
H. Robins
C. N. Potter
C. BE. Hoffman
Leader Publishing Company
J. G. Nash
Hillsdale
Morlement
Julia Richards
J. R. Carpenter
C. L. Wigging
Arthur Williama
Annie McFarland
Junction
Wyo
Cheyenne Creamery
Rufus Clark
Bartlett
Ingersoll
C. F. Matlin
John Mullin
Phillips
Dre, Conway & Henneberry
Edholm & Akin
John F. Carey
W. &, Whipple
W. E. Dinnean
Clyde Early
Meanea
Cole, Engineeing Company Mra
A. White
Jens Nelson
N. J. Applegate
Leon. Hilla
George van Winkle
Leader
Chesham
Xmas Exercises in Public Schools
Christmas programs were held across all public schools yesterday before the holiday vacation. Younger pupils performed songs and recitations while upper grades presented more difficult work. the high school showcased a notable program in the gymnasium. Superintendent Fee praised the schools’ efforts despite a mumps outbreak, and schools will reopen January 6 after a two week break.
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Fee
Government Sues Southern Pacific Over Mineral Land Titles
Federal complaint filed in the Southern District of California seeks to reclaim about 45 726 acres of California lands on the Southern Pacific main line as mineral lands under the 1866 act. The suit targets SP and related companies for fraud in patent issuance, alleging dummy firms and concealed transfers to harvest minerals including gold silver copper and petroleum.
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California
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Fresno County
United States District Court
Southern District of California
B. D. Townsend
Coalinga Offields
Wenn Trading & Ol Company
United States
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Kern Trading & Oo
Kern Trading & O L
Southern Pacific Railroad Company A All Times
Kern Trading & Oi
Thie Plaintt
Southern Pacific Land Company
Rodefendanta
New York
Lower
King
Interior Department
North Georgia Whites Drive Out Negroes in Riots
News from Atlanta reports a widespread movement in North Georgia counties to force African Americans from their homes after attacks on white women. Governor Brown is urged to deploy state troops to restore order as planter families’ wives and daughters are pressed into labor.
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Atlanta
North Georgia
Samming
Brown
North Georga
Diamond Merchant Logue Murdered in Chicago Shop District
J A Logue, a Chicago diamond merchant, was killed in his AleViker theater building office at noon. The body bore knife wounds and a brick was found wrapped around him, suggesting a revenge motive. Logue was known for sentencing diamond thieves to seven years in prison, police say the incident may be tied to a revenge theory.
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Chicago
J. A. Logue
AleViker Theater
Logue
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Homer S. King
St. Paul Consolidated Oil Company
Zier O Company
Coalinga Oi & Gas Company
Guthrey Ol Company
Confidence Oil Company
Associated Pipe Line Company
Section Seven Oil Company
C. F. Iredell
J. L. Briner
Julius Fried
J. J. Vincent
C. BE. Shore
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G. Myers
W. 8. Porter
O. Scribner
C. A. Murdoch, George W. ©. Baker, W. W. Machem
M. L. Way and
M. Madson
Diamond Merichant
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