President Wilson urges direct primaries plan debate
Washington December 4 The president favors national candidates chosen by direct primaries and a platform framed by party conferences. Senators react with mixed views while suffrage advocates led by Dr Anna Howard Shaw demand a standing House committee on woman suffrage with speakers including Helen Gardner Jane Addams Desha Breckenridge Mary Beard and Carrie Chapman Catt urging action as anti suffrage groups await hearings.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Root
Mittee
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Senate
Helen Gardner
Jane Addams
Desha Breckenridge
Mary Beard
Carrie Chapman Catt
Panama spends her money on New York mortgage case
Supreme Court Justice Ford appointed Arthur D. Truax as referee to compute the amount due on a $700,000 mortgage held by the Republic of Panama on an apartment house at 50 Central Park West. The interest for the half year ending July 1 amounting to $17,500 has not been paid. Panama has invested large sums in New York real estate.
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New York
Dec
Supreme Court
Ford
Republic of Panama
Central Park West
Panama
Arthur D. Truax
Liquor Drinking Decreases in Western Missouri
Kansas City reports show 61 western Missouri counties consuming less whisky and beer than in prior years. Internal Revenue notes a drop in liquor tax receipts since July, with November down by 38,000 dollars and only August showing an increase, attributed to rising public sentiment and local option adoption.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Internal Revenue Collector
Burton
Fire in Boston Arcadia hotel kills twenty five lodgers
Boston on December 4 saw a fatal blaze sweep the Arcadia hotel lodging house in the South End. Twenty-five men died in upper floors as stairways burned, with many missing and others leaping from windows or roofs to escape. Firemen saved several, including naked men led to stations, while some improvised escapes involved shaky planks. Night clerk William Walsh says there were 178 lodgers in the building when discovered.
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Boston
Arcadia
South End
William Walsh
Weather and crime link in Chicago statement
John D Rockefeller’s remark on sunshine is echoed by John J Gardner clerk of the court of domestic relations. He notes that since the gloomy weather set in a week 115 warrants have been sworn out by women, twice the usual number.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
John J. Gardner
Court of Domestic Relations
Villa Struggle Forces Thousands to Flee Northern Mexico
Dec 4 Juarez Mexico peace commission led by Don Hernandez secures concessions from Villa and urges refugees toward the American border. Federal commander Mercado signals surrender. thousands flee Chihuahua as Villa’s troops press toward the border, including many of northern Mexico’s wealthiest families.
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Chihuahua
Juarez
Mexico
Peace Commission
Senor
Don Odillon Hernandez
Huerta
Jose Villa
Peon
Senor Hernandez
Villa
Hernandes
Mercado
Chihwatina
United States
Gen. Villa
Mile
Revolver-Borrowed Outlaw Led North Rebels Two Months Ago
A former bandit who joined the revolution two months ago with a borrowed revolver has eluded capture. Diaz long sought this outlaw as a key figure in sustained uprisings.
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Tary
North
Baldit
Diaz
World flying attempt comes to Belgrade with danger
Belgrade, UK where Jules Vedrinee arrives amid claims he was targeted by Austrian fortress guns at Varading on the Danube. He says the machine rose about 4000 feet, was not damaged, but the air concussion was tremendous and nearly capsized the monoplane while he climbed to 9000 feet and mocked the power.
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Belgrade
Jules Vedrinee
Varading
Danube
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Seywor Townsend
Michigan
Westington
Dee
Newsboy
Prescott
Bank OF Prescott Capital
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