Bomb Disaster Marks Uptown Bottling Works Deaths
Reports from Mexico and New York recount bomb events and fighting near Tampico, Dona Cecilia, and a Madison Square Garden incident. A New York bottling plant blast killed a young woman and wounded two others, with investigators tracing a package addressed to the company. Authorities link the blast to a dispute over layoffs, while Rear Admiral Fletcher barred gunboat action to protect noncombatants.
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Mexico City
Tampico
War Office
Vera Cruz
Fletcher
Dona Cecilia
Industrial Workers Head to Kansas City for Aid Drive
One hundred members of the Industrial Workers of the World have left here for Kansas City Missouri in response to a call asking for aid in organizing there.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Democrats Map Time Needed To Pass Platform Promises
Washington reports that Senator Kern and Representative Underwood have cataloged enacted and proposed legislation to gauge how long Democrats might need to enact every promise in the 1912 platform. They expect a White House report for clarity on the pace, with adjournment likely around December 20 and a Christmas recess extended by a week. The second plank, a focus on the high cost of living, centers on tariff reform, income tax, popular election of senators, campaign contributions, railroad valuations, and banking legislation.
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Washington
Kern
Senate
Underwood
House
Wilson
White House
Congress
Democratic Party
Baltimore
Republican Party
Fields Twenty Years For Physician Murder In Sanity Disregarded
In Cairo Illinois December 13 Harvey R Fields was found guilty of murdering Dr Gordon on September 1 and the jury set the penalty at 20 years in the penitentiary The insanity plea was rejected and the verdict sparked a sensational courtroom scene as Fields sister challenged the jury while he grew hysterical
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Cairo
Harvey R Fields
Beek
Gordon
Fields
Gordon Tade
Pheney Sehamidt
Chicago
Slater
Hans Schmidt on Trial Seeks Insanity Defense From Alienists
In New York on December 13, the Hans Schmidt murder trial opened with an array of alienists prepared to argue sanity versus insanity. The defense and prosecution prepared to present expert witnesses as the case unfolds. Schmidt wept and kissed his father during a confidential meeting after the judge allowed district attorney Whitman to confer with the alienists. His sister Elizabeth, who traveled from Germany with their father, attended the session. Schmidt later refused comfort and remained in tears.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna An Mueller
Hudson River
Whitman
Schwidt
Elizabeth Schaddler
Schmidt
Germany
Ted
Looping the loop with passenger shown by Pegoud
Paris airfield demonstration by Adolphe Pegoud proves looping with a passenger aboard is as feasible as solo dives. Pegoud ascends with journalists on board three times, executing multiple loops each ascent. New York Christmas baskets promised for East Side families by George W. Taft to replace Big Tim Sullivan’s traditional dinner distribution.
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Paris
Adolphe Pegoud
Bue
New York
East Side
Big Tim’ Sullivan
George W. Taft
Big Tim
Congress
Big ™ Y
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Bureau of Combustibles
State Street
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Express Company
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Prescott
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Ritchie Grocer Co
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Marshal Hermes da Fonseca
Brazil
DR. Gordon
Ozan Mercantile Co
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