Villa Leads 5500 Troops Toward Chihuahua Capital
General Villa reportedly advances on Chihuahua at the head of 5,500 troops to seize the state capital while Venustiano Carranza delays arrival. A major border gambling house has become a hospital for wounded Mexicans as Cross relief supports evacuees.
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el Paso
Juarez
Villa
Chihuahua
Venustiano Carranza
Hermosillo
Tarranza
Pearson
Red Cross
Marta
Texas
Presidio
Omaga
Mexico
United States
Mercado
Ojinaga
Ojingga
Surviving Mexican Execution Details from Torreon Defense
Special dispatch from Mexico City recounts Col. Exiquio Barbosa bowing to a firing squad at Torreon. He was left for dead with a chest wound, regained consciousness, and escaped as rebels celebrated. He is the only known survivor among the defenders.
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Mexico City
Torreon
Francisco Villa
Exiquio Barbosa
Barbosa
Prison Plot to Free Deputies Uncovered in Mexico City
A plot to release imprisoned deputies was found at the penitentiary. Guards were involved and were replaced by Twenty-ninth Infantry soldiers. Several outsider arrests followed, names withheld, all kept in strict communicado. Delivery timed for tonight amid high secrecy.
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Mexico City
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Weyler to Morocco Sent to Morocco as Resident Governor
Madrid December 4 General Valeriano Weyler former Cuba governor is named Spanish resident in Morocco to succeed General Marina The move signals to the public that the Moroccan situation is more serious than the government acknowledges Weyler is regarded as Spain s ablest soldier and is to take up the post in Rabat
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Madrid
Valeriano Weyer
Cuba
Morocco
Marina
Weyler
Spain
American divorce case cites infidelity and cruelty
Marie Celeste Beach named as co respondent in the divorce of Captain Hugh Ronald French and Marie Celeste Beach, daughter of Robert J. Wynne, of Washington. The British Army captain allegedly beat and dragged his wife for refusing to entertain his guests at 4 AM. Mrs French had traveled to the United States last year.
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London
Eireida OM French
Robert J. Wynne
Washington
Hugh Ronald French
Mre French
Marie Celeste Beach
French
United States
C.M. de Lyon Nicholls
Society of Colonial Cavaliers
Brungtte
Huerta Support Gains Force as Wilson Criticized
Mexico City dispatch quotes Noticioso denouncing President Wilson for meddling in Mexico. It claims Huerta enjoys popular backing and a disciplined army, asserting peace would follow if the United States is ignored and arms to rebels end.
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Mexico City
Noticioso
Huerta
Sys
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Quake Shakes Peru Near Chalhuanca
A strong earthquake struck near Chalhuanca in the Tima region of Southern Peru today. Reports are not yet available on damage or casualties.
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Tima
Peru
Chalhuanca
Rural guards arrest thirty-one voodoos in Havana area
Rural guards arrest thirty one voodoos on charges of practicing voodoo rites in Havana area. Among those detained are twenty two women from Matanza Province.
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Havana
Matanza Province
Denver Snowbound as Fare Forecast Large Blizzard
Denver reports heavy snowfall with 26 to 24 inches on the ground by 7 PM. Weather Bureau forecasts a temporary cessation of snow for about ten hours.
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Denver
United States Weather Bureau
Scraps of screams at Knabe murder trial in Indiana
In Shelbyville Indiana shrill cries described at the trial of Dr W B Craig for the death of Dr Helene Knabe in her Indianapolis flat. Testimony from three witnesses spoke of hearing cries from the Knabe apartments as the prosecution seeks to link Craig to the crime.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Helene Knabe
Indianapolis
W. B. Craig
Weather forecast for Cincinnati and region
Fair Friday with no change in temperature for Cincinnati and vicinity. Ohio and West Virginia expect generally fair conditions in the north and unsettled weather in the south on Friday. Kentucky anticipates unsettled conditions with possible light rain Friday.
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Cincinnati
Vicinity
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Two Homes Offered To Artists' Model Who Tried To Die
Special to the Americas New York December 4 The mystery Hazel Dean has been so vivid and with its spluttering may come happiness to this slip of a girl sixteen who tried to end her life in Central Park last October. She came to New York last summer determined to earn a living as an artists model and, apart from an aunt, knew no one. She posed in studios but improper advances were made by men who paid her or promised work. She refused and was dropped from their lists. She then attempted suicide but survived after weeks in hospital. She refused to reveal her identity and magistrate Levy did what he could to learn who she was. The story reached papers and artist Pontyn Ataniawe and his assistant were mentioned.
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Delaware Flats
Alonzo Blair
Dr. Knabe
M. Ragedale
Dr. Craig
Blate
Craig
Katherine Fleming
Avon
Ind
Stephen B. Fleming
Ft. Wayne
Harry W. Haskett
Hamilton County
Indiana
Jett Hayes
Mary E. Howell
J. W. Smith
Wagner
Spaan
Americas
New York
Hazel Dean
Central Park
Levy
Girl
Ponthyn Ataniawe
Depot committee plans push to revoke White Bleekman franchise
Cincinnati business leaders form the New Depot Committee led by James Orr to press for revocation of the White Bleekman depot franchise. A noon luncheon precedes a public hearing in City Hall to decide the fate of the grant and map campaign efforts.
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Cincinnati
Council Chamber
Edwards
Club
City & Depot
Thoge
White-Bleekman
John Bleekman
Orr
New Depot Committee
Council
Kaiser Faces Crisis in Military Clash
Spectator dispatch from Berlin reports Count Charles von Wendel and Berthold von Deimling summoned by Emperor William II to Dongueschingen to explain the Zabern riot amid military civilian clashes in Alsace Lorraine. Parliament backed non-confidence resolutions 293 to 64. several absent.
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Kaiser
Spectal
Berlin
Charles von Wendel
Generat ‘Berthold von Deimling
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Vince
Alsace-Lorraine
Hae
Wiliiamy
Dongueschingen
Zabern
Weytenant
William
Zabern-Alsace
Alsace
Metz
B M C Plans Depot Campaign Kickoff Today
The committee to promote the depot project is named by the president and will host a public hearing in the council with Ed wards and members in attendance.
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Edwards
Convicts Enroll in University Mail Course
Lincoln December 4 A correspondence school course for ambitious convicts will be opened by the University of Nebraska limited to inmates at the State penitentiary. Thirty men have applied for enrollment and four of the applicants are lifers.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
State Penitentiary
Shank Plans 40 Week Vaudeville Run in Kansas City
Former Mayor Lew Shank starts a 40 week vaudeville engagement in Kansas City on Sunday. His act titled The High Cost of Living will feature moving pictures illustrating life now versus years past.
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Indianapolis
Lew Shank
Kansas City
Plumber Fined For Stealing Prince Sigismund Shirt
Berlin reports Karl Engelhardt a plumber was fined 50 marks for stealing a shirt belonging to Prince Sigismund at Hohengollern. Sigismund is Kaiser Wilhelm II's second cousin in the German court.
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Berlin
Karl Engelhardt
Prince Sigismund
Hohengollern
Texas flood losses grow as towns cut off
Special to The American from Dallas reports twenty people dead, 18,000 homeless, and property losses around $6 million after floods hit Texas counties. Railways crippled, towns inundated, and communications severed. Militia guard Waco for looting. Temple and Falls County see rapid flood expansion. rescue efforts underway for marooned residents and refugees.
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Texas
Waco
Hillsboro
Ladge
International
Great Northern
Marlin
Doats
Meen
Mystery surrounds $87,000 train mail theft
A Brussels cable report says a thief stole $87,000 in sai banca from a mail car on a railway between Brussels and Verviers. The car was divided by partitions and a thief reached in, slit the mail pouch, and escaped. the stolen sum was sent from Cologne.
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Brussels
Verviers
Oecine Cologne
Relief at Last Stirs Men in Theaters and Public
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a political scene with a mayor and finance reforms. Mentions relief for men, theater etiquette, and a desire for action on hats and decorum. Ambiguous names and places present but unclear details.
Woman Kills Man After Love Rejected in New York Office
In New York on December 4 Miss Rose Preen fatally shot Nathan Chasan at the Peter Pressman Silk Company offices after his refusal of her love. She then shot herself in the breast and was taken to the New York hospital in critical condition. The uncle, head of the firm, says the woman was infatuated with the man and planned death for both.
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Nathan
Chasan
Peter Pressman Silk Company
New York
Ralla
Peter Pressman
Apa
Politician Indicted in Campaign Contribution Probe
Three indictments from the extraordinary grand jury focus on campaign contributions and highway contract irregularities. Arthur Bey MacLean of Newburgh, treasurer of the Democratic state committee, is charged with illicit contributions from corporations. Ketert Fowler, a Killeston lawyer already charged, is accused of soliciting the donation paid by Dale company. The case shocks Tammany Hall.
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Speas
New York
Srand
Davis
Arthur Bey MacLean
Newburgh
Democratic State Committee
Keterett Fowler
Killeston
Dale Company
Murphy
McLeah
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt Arrives in Buenos Aires for Visit
Special cable reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arriving in Buenos Aires after visiting Bahia Blanca naval base and inspecting the Argentinian squadron. The minister of marine hosted a luncheon aboard the cruiser Buenos Ayres in honor of the visitor.
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Buenos Ayrea
Theodore Roosevelt
Buenos Ayres
Bahia Blanca
Minister of Marine
Currency Bill Expected to Clear Senate by Christmas
Washington reports indicate the currency bill will pass the Senate by December 21. Senator Smoot and other Republican leaders express optimism as no agreement was reached on a Kern resolution for extended sessions to push the measure forward amid political tensions.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Republian
Fall costs a woman’s life at home tragedy
Mrs Mre Messing, 76, widow, died at her home 4184 Chambers Street yesterday from a tractor accident at the hip. The incident was reported to Coroner Foertmeyer.
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Chambers Street
Yeaterday
Foertmeyer
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