Diaz Urges Huerta to Yield Power for Mexico
Paris reports ex president Porfirio Diaz advising General Victoriano Huerta to retire from the Mexican presidency. Two Diaz allies, acting with his authorization, sent telegrams urging renunciation of personal prestige to avert calamity, stressing patriotism and the need for harmony with the United States. Diaz declined direct action, preferring messages through mutual friends.
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Paris
Porfirio Diaz
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Diaz
Huerta
General Huerta
General Diaz
Madero
Heartas
United States
Letter in a bottle found in Spokane River
A medicine bottle floated in the Spokane River containing a note dated August 12 1913 signed R Clay Stone. The message says the writer is ill and lost in northern Idaho and asks to forward his belongings and money to the poor if found.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
R. Clay Stone
R. L. Robanatt
Havana
Cuba
Storm Toll Rises From Great Lakes Gale and Wrecks
Heavy loss of life and billions in damage fallout from a three day gale and snowstorm across Lake Superior to Lake Erie. Reports indicate scores drowned and many ships damaged or grounded. Rescue efforts continued as survivors arrived with harrowing tales of cold, hunger, and heroic saves.
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Chicago
Lake Superior
Huron
Erie
Midlake
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Huron
St. Joseph
Wexford
London
Buffalo
N. Y
Kettle Point
J. W. Duddleson
L. C. Waldo
Rail freight rate increase hearing scheduled for March 12 1914
The five per cent freight rate rise proposed by eastern railroads was suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission until March 12 1914 and November 24 1913. About 21 000 tariffs remain suspended by the order.
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Washington
Eastern Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Miss Ellen Gleditsch at Yale in radium research
Miss Ellen Gleditsch, famed for radium experiments with Mme Curie, is conducting investigations at Yale University. The international figure engages in studying radium and related phenomena alongside Yale researchers.
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Miss Gleditsch
Mme. Curie
Paris
Yale University
Reclamation Service Reorganized in Washington
Secretary Lane of the interior department places the reclamation service under five men, with three appointees. F. H. Newell remains as director.
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Washington
Lane
Interior Department
Reclamation Service
F. H. Newell
Sulzer Demands Full Salary From Final October Hour
Albany NY William Sulzer asserts he remains governor of New York in a letter to the state treasurer and comptroller, demanding his full salary for the last hour of October 1913.
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Albany
N. Y
William Sulzer
New York
War in China May End After Mongol Victory
Kalgan dispatch reports a severe Mongolian defeat of Chinese forces with 500 killed and hundreds wounded. Rumors say inner Mongolian troops ordered to cease fighting as a central administrative congress replaces the Chinese parliament.
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Pekin
Kalgan
Inner Mongolian
Central Administrative Congress
Portland appeals in Oregon land grant litigation
A bill of exceptions appealing from 7 000 cross complainants and interveners in the government versus Southern Pacific railway Oregon and California land grant case was filed in federal court Tuesday. This notice of appeal goes to the United States circuit court of appeals.
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Portland
Ore
Southern Pacific Railway
Oregon and California Land Grant
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Seattle man charged under Mann Act in slave trafficking case
Seattle, Wash Warry Toy, an Americanized Chinese man, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of violating the Mann Act for making a slave of Goldie Goddell, 18, daughter of Rev. T. C. Goddell, a Portland, Oregon clergyman.
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Seattle, Wash
Warry Toy
Goldie Goddell
T. C. Goddell
Portland, Ore
Thief Captures $638 From Stolen Mail Pouch
Chicago postal inspectors report a pouch of registered mail stolen Tuesday from a wagon containing $10,000. The recovered amount is $638.40 and the theft is being investigated by postal authorities.
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Chicago
United States
Postal i
Ephraim to Build Pea Factory for Next Year’s Crop
Plans finished in Ephraim Utah for a new pea factory to be erected and ready to process next year’s crop. The project is described as an assured fact and aims to boost local agriculture and industry.
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Ephraim
Utah
Railroads Represented at International Development Meet
Baltimore hosts the annual convention of the Railroad Development Association with leading lines from the United States Canada and Mexico represented. The event began on Tuesday drawing officials and executives to discuss expansion and policy.
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Baltimore
United States
Canada
Mexico
Railroad Development Association
Seventeen-Year-Old Relative of Illinois Governor Found
Chicago Emaline Thomas, granddaughter of Illinois governor William H. Bissell, who escaped from a convent in Springville Illinois on October 25, was located here on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Emaline Thomas
William H. Bissell
Illinois
Springville
Til
United States Tires Claim 139 Percent Sales Rise
The ad proclaims a 139 percent surge in United States Motorcycle Tires, praising durability on tough Western roads. It credits four factories behind the brand, extensive tire-building experience, and a strong backing network to assure reliability and value for riders and workers navigating harsh terrains.
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United States
West
Folkloric Preachers and Pithy Pleas Reach Readers
In a compact sampler of editorials and quips, local papers recall admonitions against kerosene misuse and sniping critics while weighing tariff talk and currency bills. Short blasts critique public manners and bragging about grand schemes, contrasting high rhetoric with everyday concerns.
Doctrine and glory bring Monroe era troubles
An editorial note from the Missoulian argues the Monroe doctrine gains prestige for the nation but also increases its difficulties and entanglements abroad. The piece weighs pride against the rising burdens of regional power.
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Missoulian
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