Fears Rise Over Foreigners in Mexico City
Mexico City dispatch reports heightened danger to foreigners amid an alleged anti American campaign by officials and rumors of Zapata rebels striking the Interoceanic railway near Cuernavaca. Supplying Tampico and Vera Cruz, reinforcements move as U S envoy Lind liaises with Rear Admiral Fletcher.
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Mexico City
United States
Zappastu
Cuernavaca
Morelos
Emilio Zapata
Romulo Figueroa
Iguala
Guerrero
Zapata
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Progresso
Wnvoy Lind
Michigan
Fletcher
Washington
Envoy Lind
Ministry of War
Blanquet
Tuxpam
Maas
English playwright Stanley Haughton Dies in Manchester
Stanley Haughton, renowned English playwright and author of The Younger Generation, died at his Manchester home today. The news comes as a loss to London’s current comedy scene where his work was a season highlight. Meanwhile boxing notes report Tommy Bresnahan winning by decision in rugged ringside action last night.
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Manchester
Eng
Stanley Haughten
London
Han
Vis
Tommy
Savage Boxing TeCuge
New Haven Stock Drops to New Low After Dividend Move
New York trading opens with New Haven and Hartford stock slipping to a new low as directors pass the quarterly dividend. Early activity shows 5,000 shares dumped and prices ranging 68 to 69 1/2 before slight recoveries and renewed selling. Amalgamated Copper and other rail names move mixedly with United States Steel and Canadian Pacific showing fluctuations. London markets report optimism for some U.S. issues while New Haven stock remains under pressure.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Amalgamated Copper
United States Steel
New York Central
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Reading
Rock Island
Canadian Pacific
London
Hartford Railroad
Black Hand Bomb Explodes In New York Tenants Panic
A Black Hand bomb exploded in the vestibule of the department house at 144th Street and West One Hundred Forty Third early today. About one hundred residents fled to the street in panic as police searched for the culprit but could not find any trace of the attacker.
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New York
Wast
Indiana Football Receipts Record Deficit Gap
Indiana at Bloomington shows football receipts around 14000 for the season while baseball track and basketball ran a deficit of about 2 dollars. The fragment cites university athletic finances and highlights a narrow financial shortfall across programs.
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Indiana
Bloomington
Ind
Dee
Temped in the Tombs Coat Theft Case
New York James Rice arrested for stealing an overcoat said it was cold in the Tombs and asked permission to wear the garment. Magistrate Lavy held the coat as evidence and provided his own coat to Rice. In Chicago Judge Newcember fined milkman Roman Michalski $10 for diluting milk with water after denying the plea about weather. Imma Lord sues saloonkeeper Peter Hell over a note tied to an advertisement dispute. A large fish captured in Miami by Charles H. Thompson blocked doorway as its tail stayed in the street. crews moved a street car route to bring it indoors.
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New York
James Rice
Pemission
Lavy
Rice
Teachers’ College
Chicago
Newcember
Roman Michalski
Imma Lord
Peter Hell
Hell
Bat's Dream Is Over in Portland Divorce Bid
Portland reports that son of a famed ex lightweight champion seeks divorce from Way King Nelson, daughter of athletic trainer Jark King. Mrs Nelson arrived and declared the marriage over for good and always. She plans to return to Denver to resume cartooning work.
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Portland
Ore
Dee
Way King Nelson
Jark King
Nelson
Wisconsin Students Take Up Boxing Classes
University of Wisconsin students enroll in boxing under John Budderham, with 40 members already signed up and trained after returning from Illinois.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
John Rudderham
University Off
Illinois
Williams Hotel in Mingon Burned. Fatalities Reported
Fire at the Williams hotel in Mingon, Georgia caused an estimated $110,000 loss. Reports indicate several guests died, with at least one man confirmed dead. Sixty seven guests were present. records were buried in the blaze. A honeymoon couple from Macon were rescued after being found near suffocation. Diamonds and jewelry worth about $4,000 were lost from the couple. The blaze began around 4:45 AM, likely from defective wiring. A drunken man assigned to room 57 was accused but did not leave his room.
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Mingon
Dee
Williams Hotel
Marly
Negister
R. Stiller
Afiss Alice Miller
Atlanta
Brady Knight
Matanton
Mr. Lorig
Macon
Martha Cohn
Albany
Lippitt Optimistic on New Haven Rail Hope
Hartford Dec 11 Bank Commissioner Norris Lippitt of Norwich praised the New Haven and Hartford railroad directors for not declaring a dividend. He said the action shows wisdom and will not affect bank holdings. He trusts the road is in strong hands and will recover in a few years.
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Boston
New England
New Hlaven
George von L. Meyer
Tthe Road
William B. Lawrence
Medford
New Haven
Trafic
Nartford
Norris
Lippitt
Norwich
New York, Newaver and Hartford Railroad Company
Associated Press
Warning Against Federal Control Of Railroads
New York December 11. Seth Law president of the National Civic Federation warns against government ownership of railways. He cites European higher freight but lower passenger rates and argues government control could raise wages and limit changes in labor conditions. McMillin urges state regulation with a single commission and indeterminate franchise options for municipalities.
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New York
Des
National Civic I Federation
Seth Law
Great American Traveling Publc
Law
United States
Low
Newlairds
Department On
Merson McMillin
McMillin
Giachetti Appeal Rejected in Slander Case
Rome December 11 The court of appeals rejected the appeal of Mme Ada Giachetti the prima donna who was sentenced to a year in prison for slandering Enrico Caruso. She is with a grand opera company in Buenos Aires and once pursued Caruso in New York to gain support for their children.
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Rome
Court of Appeals
Mme
Ada Giachetti
Enrico Caruso
Giachetti
Buenos Aires
Caruso
New York
Banco Hispano-Americano Fails to Open Doors
Madrid Dec 11 The Banco Hispano-Americano a 20 million institution suspended payments after a heavy run and investment depreciation tied to the Mexican civil war. Cambridge Mass Dec 11 Harvard’s offer of a 1914 football schedule to Chicago was refused by the Crimson athletic council amid a belief Chicago declined due to no counter offer.
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Banco Hispano-Americano
Madrid
Banco Hispano-Americana
Mexico
Argentine Republic
Srarvard
Cambridge
Mags
Chicago University
Athletic Council
Harvard
Chicago
Daly Outlines Policy as Yale Coach in Williams Town
Williamstown Mass December 11 Ved J Daly captain of the Yale football team in 1910 who recently became supervisor of athletics at policy He will confine his attention mostly to football baseball and track teams He will endeavor not to oppose team captains and will welcome suggestions from players
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Red Daly
Williamstown
Mass
J. Daly
Yale
Escape Tale of Needle Men Abduction in Indiana
Delta Graves, 19, recounts her escape after companions Rose Ryan was spirited away in an automobile 11 days earlier by two men who drugged her. Graves says they forced both into the car in Gary, rode us to Hammond, and later separate. she fled to a railway station, hiding, and took a train home. She has not seen Rose since.
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Hammond
Ind
Delta
Graves
Miss Graves
Rose Ryan
Rosa
Gary
Jlammond
Rose
Sir Lionel Phillips Shot in Johannesburg Attack
Sir Lionel Phillips a South African mining magnate was shot three times in Commissioner Street and gravely wounded with a bullet in the neck. The assailant Jem Taylor was arrested and claims revenge over a failed lawsuit linked to Phillips and the Jamieson raid. Phillips had ties to Wernher Bell and Company and to Cecil Rhodes.
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Sir Lionel Phillips
Commissioner Street
Sir Lionel
John Hays Hammond
New York
Jamieson
Lionel
Hilant
Jem Taylor
Taylor
Wernher, Bell and Company
London
Rand
South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Robbers Kill Watchman in Aucorn Pa Office
Robbers shot and killed watchman Stephen Lucas at the Pennsylvania company offices in Aucorn Pa. They rifled the safe and escaped after beating Lucas’s head. Talias tried to intervene but was also shot and knocked down at the scene.
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Aucorn
Stephen Lucas
Pennsylvania Taal Company
Talias
Mike Gibbons Dominates Ferns in New Orleans Bout
In New Orleans the St Paul boxer Mike Gibbons defeated Wild Cat Ferns of Kansas City in one round and one minute. Ferns was knocked down four times in the first round, proving Gibbons superior in his weight class before boxing fans.
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Mike Gibbons
New Orleans
Tun
St. Paul
Kansas City
Verns
Boston Woman Led Egg Boycott Aims Gas Price Cut
A boycott on cold storage eggs and a campaign to reduce gas costs to two cents began in Warnest, Boston, led by prominent women. Mrs. Marry, wife of the lieutenant governor-elect, started the movement which gained wide support. Mrs. Barry was chosen head of the Whiteside Women’s leagues to run the effort and the endless chain appeal was granted today.
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Warnest
Boston
Marry
Barry
Baseball Magnates Still Tinkering At Waldorf
New York December 11. Waistcoat Murphy arrives from Europe with style as league magnates press trade talks and seek to secure Josephus Tinker for the Cubs or Reds. Garry Herrmann resists sale at 20 000 rising to 25 000 and possibly 35 000, while others offer cash or players in negotiations at the Waldorf. The Kenney trade draft hangs, with Giants offering Merkle Hersog for Ed Konetchy as meetings continue.
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Frank G. Menke
New York
Murphy
Chicago Cubs
Waldorf-Astoria
John K. Tener
National League
Paris
C. Walstecat
Josephus Tinker
Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Garry Herrmann
Tinker
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Herrmann
Garry
Tis
Magbnate
Ebbets
Waldorf
New York-St. Louis Nationals
Ed’ Kenetchy
Giants
Merkle
Herszog
Koneteny
148 Women Missing In Kansas City Report
Kansas City police report to the board of public welfare says 148 women and girls have disappeared in the last six months. Many have returned home or been found, and about one third came from small towns and rural Missouri and Kangas.
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Kansas City
Governor appoints highway delegates to congress
Governor Simeon Md. Barthwin names three state highways commission members to attend the fourth American road Congress in Philadelphia December 9 to 12. Charles J. Bennett Elmer C. Weldon and George J. Hamlin will represent the state with other delegates from the US Canada and Europe.
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Hartford
Dec. Jr
Simeon Md. Barthwin
State Highways Commission
Philadelphia
Canada
Charles J. Bennett
Elmer C. Weldon
Willimantic
George J. Hamlin
William
Moody
Middletown
R. W. Stevens
Robert B. Donnelly
Bridgeport
A. GC. Innis
Ridgefield
Congress
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