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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
2
The rebel forces plan to widen authority in two weeks and move toward Guadalajara and Mexico City. General Carranza joins interior operations as 14 500 federal troops face 20 200 Constitutionalista forces in the north.
Four thousand additional rebel troops are sent from Juarez toward the Federal army as General Villa presses the campaign. A further thousand arrive from Sonora to reinforce assaults, while reports say a Federal train collision near Rancheria leaves many dead. Senor Escudero arrives in Juarez to manage customs and secure funds to pay rebel troops in Sonora and Sinaloa.
In Villefranche France the battleships Wyoming Utah and Delaware left port with the Wyoming band playing the Marseillaise to cheering spectators. The fleet will join off Gibraltar then head to the Azores with the Connecticut Ohio and Kansas bound for Guantanamo for coal before sailing toward Mexican waters.
Special to The American Vera Cruz November 30 Modeno Minister of Foreign Affairs left for Mexico City on a special train at 10 oclock tonight. Aboard were friends including the treasury sub secretary and the then president of the Supreme Court. Modeno denied plans to confer with John Lind the American envoy. Lind is expected to arrive here tomorrow.
General Porfirio Diaz, former Mexican president, reportedly placed on the list of available generals and may be called for service by Huerta. He expressed intense annoyance at the reports and declined to answer questions about his intentions.
Five thousand one hundred eighty deer were killed in Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts this fall resulting in thirteen fatalities and injuries to seventy two people.
Coroner Foertmeyer will continue the investigation into the death of Clarence Arbogast aged 10 of 615 Richmond Street who died at home Saturday after eating a portion of a red Christmas candle believed to contain poison.
A Montana group from Glacier Park presented opera star Mary Garden with beaded moccasins at Chicago Union Station. The gift, crafted by ten squaws over six months using 200000 beads, was blessed by medicine men as good medicine and honored by Chiefs Lazy Boy Medicine Owl Bird Rattle Wolf Plume Fish Fall Robe and Eagle Calf.
Special to The American from San Francisco reports Herman Stelzner, using a patent diving device, located what is believed to be the wreck of the City of Rio Janeiro in 128 feet of water near Mile Rock between the Golden Gate entrance. The ship sank February 22, 1901 with 122 lives lost and bullion valued at 2 million dollars.
In Chipley Florida on November 26 A Ham, once of Mobile and noted in insurgent circles, was shot and killed in a public street by Moses Melvin his business partner. Melvin claims self defense saying Ham advanced on him with an open knife.
Spartanburg Nov 30 A heated campaign speech by Governor Blease attacks President Wilson as unworthy of support and portrays African Americans as bosses in federal government positions. Anderson County farmers cheered Blease’s rhetoric as he linked Wilson to the alleged state of affairs in Washington.
Chicago readers heard Henry Hotchner describe a conversation with his dead child. He quoted direct passages from the spirit conversation detailing the afterlife as he recalls the exchange from New York.
The New York Globe quotes Mugsey the yegg planning a downtown safe blow once time allows while Skinny the dip questions his chances of pulling it off during incarceration.
Cleveland officials expose beggar scams as professional mendicants travel with false injuries pensions and wallets. A famed “cripple” feigns wounds to reach hospitals while others forge war records or claim pensions. Several cases show large bank deposits and cash found when examined.
Toledo hosts the Ohio State Dental Society as delegates gather for a three day session to discuss schoolchildren dental inspections. The Board of Health will meet concurrently with proponents including Governor Cox and Dr. Weston Price among others.
The sun cult leader Prince Hanish returns from hiding and is to face Federal Court tomorrow for sentencing on a conviction for sending improper books by express. At the Lake Avenue Temple followers perform a ritual with foreign prayers and shoe removal before entry.
In Cleveland on November 30 John D. Rockefeller argued perpetual, equally distributed sunlight would render churches unnecessary. He said if scientists could solve even sunlight equality it would raise moral standards and reduce unhappiness, as dull days breed discontent.
Six people were injured when the ceiling of a dancing academy collapsed during a performance in St Louis. Police and emergency crews responded as the orchestra played a somber tune titled Last Night Was the End of the World.
Trapping of wild animals for zoos has grown into a large business. Hagenback employed over 20 European hunters and set up depots worldwide. He runs five depots in Asia, three in Africa, several in Europe and America, with two in Canada and one in Iberia. He predicts the trade will continue as zoological gardens rise globally.
In Albany Georgia a man, unhappy with home life, spent his days wandering the countryside with his fiddle, choosing travel over domestic quiet. His wife and family reside in Albany as he drifted across the region.
A child tells a grocer that her mother says she does not want these fresh eggs but wants fresh eggs. The brief exchange captures a domestic shopping moment noted in a New item.
Washington, Nov. 24 Miss Agnes Wilson, daughter of the Labor Secretary, is described as the most Democratic woman in the cabinet circle. She travels by streetcar, attends public meetings, shops, enjoys shows and dances, watches debates in Congress, and loves football, baseball, and horseback riding. She is in her early twenties and shares a cheerful, optimistic outlook.
Social sensation in Paris as Mme Valentine d Saint Point, former cabinet minister's wife and Lamartine descendant, presented undraped plastic poses in her large Champs de Mara studio. About three hundred invitations went to literary and artistic leaders, none refused.
Special to The American. Prof. Cecil Lavelle, history teacher at Ohio State University, last seen in Hamilton Ontario. He is believed in New York. Searchers drag Lake Ontario shores near Hamilton for his body after a rowboat disappearance and a note claiming he would be dead when found.
New York on November 30 1920s era report says a search continues for three robbers who held up Pelham parkway. They took money and jewelry valued at 2000 from Cornelius Doremus president of Germania Life Insurance Company a young woman and the chauffeur.
City leaders urge a modern freight and interurban depot above flood level to protect Cincinnati commerce. The Business Men's Club backs an urgent union depot, sparking debate over Bleekman and White franchises and railroad involvement.
Monte Carlo despatch reports an Italian waiter named Guiambeill went insane aboard a train from Nice and fatally stabbed Mme Devence, then wounded 20 other passengers. Railroad staff aided by American milers captured the attacker upon arrival. seven victims were removed to hospital for treatment.
Efforts by Linton Hotel management to locate a 700 diamond earring lost by Miss Theresa Lassing of Union Kentucky have proved futile. Miss Lassing, a two month guest at the hotel, reported the loss Saturday.
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