Villa followers routed in Chihuahua region battle
Gen Francisco Murguia reported routing 2500 Villa followers 12 miles toward Chihuahua City and continuing his advance. Carranza officers said 3500 Villa men fought, with heavy losses and several officers wounded. Four-hour pursuit yielded three machine guns rifles and horses, with many prisoners executed."}
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Queretaro
Mexico
Francisco Murguia
Carranza
Villa
Chihuahua City
Obregon
E. Paso
Texas
Col Garza
Candelario Garza
Santa Visabel
Candelaria Garcia
Vila
Washington
Join Commission
Atlantic City
War Departments
Joint Commission
Pershing
City
Murguin
Chihuahua
Department
Trevine
Felix Diaz
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Manuel Palaez
Tampico
San Luisa Potosi
Cedillo Brothers
State Department
Trevino
Boycott on Butter and Eggs In Louisville Conference
A two week boycott on the use of butter and eggs was decided at a conference called by the Louisville Women’s Suffrage Association in Louisville Kentucky. The action aims to press for suffrage efforts and mobilize community participation.
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Louisville
Touvisville
Dee
Louisville Women's Suffrage Association
Bartholdi Statue Lights Up for U S Welcome to World
President Wilson illuminated the Statue of Liberty at 6 pm marking its new nightly lighting. The display featured Ruth Law circling Manhattan with a Liberty-Outlined airplane and a grand procession from Battery Park to Fifth Avenue. Officials and guests watched a city aglow as the Mayflower carried dignitaries and a naval contingent. Electric floodlighting uses fifteen projector batteries and submarine cables to Bedloe's Island.
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York
Wilson
Bartholdis
United States
France
Bedloe’s Island
New York
New Jersey
Ruth Law
Manhattan Island
Battery Park
Manhattan
Battery
Haven
U. S. S. San Francisco
Sccretary of the Navy
Daniels
U.S. S. Yankton
Mitchel
Lower Broadway
City Hall Park
City Hall
Washington
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Liberty
Bedloe's Island
Woman defendant testifies in murder trial at Thompson Falls
Edith Colby a newspaper reporter testifies she shot politician A C Thomas after he allegedly advanced with a doubled fist. She says he called her a red light woman and recalls a prior incident of kissing a doctor. Alienist Dr Kimball cites emotional psychosis as her insanity.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Edith Colby
A.C. Thomas
Thomas
Spokane
Oklahoma City Dairy Slashes Milk Price to Ten Cents
One of Oklahoma City’s largest dairy companies reduced milk price from 12 1 2 cents to 10 cents per quart. Officials denied fuel or price agitation, attributing the cut to higher production.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Fronts Roar as Forces Clash Across Europe and Athens
Military actions surge on multiple fronts as Constantine agrees to surrender artillery to French commander. In Athens 200 killed in street fighting between Greek troops and French marines as Allied forces press to seize Greek guns. Teutons push near Bucharest and Romania reports losses while Russians battle in the Carpathians and Moldavia. Thousands flee as Greek defense collapses and entente forces withdraw after the king's surrender deal.
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Ing Constantine
Entente
du Fournet
Athens
Teuton
Bucharest
Pitechti
Berlin
Carpathians
Bukowina
Moldavian
Kirlibaba
Zappeion
Attics
California town under quarantine in smallpox outbreak
El Centro Cal Dec 3 The town of Glamis northeast of here was isolated Saturday night when Imperial county health officers with three automobile loads of deputies enforced a quarantine with shotguns. One man was dead and four dying in the Mexican quarter. White residents were vaccinated. Trainees were not permitted to discharge or receive passengers.
Greek Armament Crisis Shifts to Allied Agreement
Athens reports the entente will accept six batteries of mountain artillery instead of ten, with Greece delivering all batteries immediately. A note to the U S denounces the allied demand as a sovereign right infringement, saying Greece rejects the surrender and will maintain neutrality amid mounting international pressure.
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Athens
London
Crown Council
du Fournet
Entente
Reuter
Venizelos
Permier
Parliament
Washington
Saloniki
United States
State Department
A. Vourous
Legation
Greece
President Wilson Eyes Action on High Cost of Living
After his opening address to Congress, President Wilson may deliver a brief speech on high food prices. Thousands of petitions urge relief, some calling for an embargo on exports to Europe. He favors extending present laws to curb suspected food cornering and price fixing, with cabinet consultations planned after return from New York.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Europe
New York
Department of Justice
Three Workers Die In Falling Cornice Stone
In Rochester Minnesota a 53 foot fall of a crushed cornice stone from a burning under construction killed three workmen and left a fourth mortally wounded as onlookers watched.
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Rochester
Minn
Miners Receive Increase
Duluth Minnesota December 3 At least 2000 miners employed by independent cement in the iron fields of Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan will receive a ten percent raise in their rail pay.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
War Cabinet of Five in England
Rumors swirl that a five member war cabinet advised by Robertson and Jellicoe may take control of war measures with Asquith likely to resign or be replaced by Lloyd George or Bonar Law The article notes prior cabinet failure and broad press criticism while arguing over decision making speed and wartime governance.
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London
Hour
Wiliam R. Robertson
Imperial Staff
John R. Jellicoe
Asquith
David Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Bonar Law
New War Council
David Lioyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Arthur J. Balfour
Edward Carson
Stil Stantly
Northcliffe Press
Morning Post
Large Crowd Visits the Live Stock Show in Chicago
A massive turnout greeted the opening of Chicago’s 10 million dollar international live stock exposition at the international amphitheater. Foot and mouth scare lifted state embargoes on live stock shipments, bringing a record influx of pedigreed horses and cattle. The horse show opened Friday night, the first large event in Chicago in years, with mostly Chicago owners exhibiting thoroughbreds. Fourteen teams from various agricultural colleges began with a stock judging contest.
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Chicago
Stock Yards
Dillon Declares War on Produce Exchanges in New York
New York at Dec 3 John J Dillon state foods commissioner declares war on the butter and egg and mercantile exchanges to cut food costs. He says fewer than 12 men set prices for the nation and seeks to close exchanges by opening them to the public canceling charters or creating terminal markets. Retailers cut cold storage eggs to 39 cents a dozen, down 2 to 3 cents.
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New York
John J. Dillon
Turkish Soldiers Dying In Syria From Typhus Fever
Dispatch from Syria via Port Said to New York reports the Turkish army dying from typhus fever at about 1000 men per day, released by the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief.
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New York
Syria
Port Said
American Committee For
Steal Auto And Child In St Louis
Louis Pittis automobile stolen Saturday night while he left the car briefly. His four year old daughter slept on the back seat and was also taken with the vehicle.
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ST. Louis
Louis Pittis
Petti
Bombs Hit Vicenza Church as War Office Reports
Rome via London reports enemy aircraft dropped bombs on Vicenza with no casualties but some damage to the church of St. Carona. The official war office statement confirms the strike and notes limited impact.
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Vicenza
Rome
London
Dev
War Office
St. Carona
Prominent Prelate Dies in Iowa
Lemars Iowa December 3 Monsignor F X Feurstein pastor of St Josephs church and dean of the Sioux City Catholic See died Saturday of apoplexy at his home after a long illness, church officials said.
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Lemars
Towa
F. X. Feurstein
St. Joseph's Church
Sioux City
Reichstag backs compulsory civilian service in Poland debate
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Reichstag adopting the compulsory civilian service bill after the third reading by 235 to 19 with several abstentions. Socialist deputies Haase and Dittmann fault the policy and deportations of Belgian workers, while Helfferich defends the action and cites national law and wartime rights.
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Amsterdam
London
Reichstag
Sayn
Berlin
Hugo Hause
Haase
Dittman
Holland
Belgium
von Bissing
Germany
Helfferich
Intervions
Thirty Plumbers Must Pay Fines In Des Moines
Thirty master plumbers from Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Indiana and Missouri were fined a total of 2525 with costs 1475 after conviction for price fixing under the Sherman act. Judge John C Pollock emphasized leniency stating no hardship fines and urged honest payment. One defendant John F Gearen Sioux City had died since proceedings began.
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Des Moines
Federal District Court
John C. Pollock
Kansas City
Iowa
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
J. A. Walace
R. E. Knauer
C. G. Bosch
Burlington
F. Rubias
Cedar Rapids
A. Clayton
Davenport
Richard Mullen
Dubuque
E. F. Hawk
Marshalltown
J. F. Garvey
Mason City
Sin. Kuiper
Pella
W. J. Hagen
Sioux City
R. A. Elis
Waterloo
J. R. King
Keokuk
W. C. Haviland
Springfield
F. P. Patterson
East St. Louuis
Louis Sontag
Pontiac
Connell
Iowa City
W. C. Feeton
W. J. Haviland
Somy
John F. Gearen
Fifteen Injured in New York Tenement Fire
Fifteen persons injured in East Houston Street blaze as occupants leap from windows of a six story tenement. Firemen and volunteers rescue seven trapped families. No fatalities reported. fire under control by early afternoon. Several victims burned from jumps to the street.
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New York
East Houston Street
Speedboat? No, speedway tragedy at Uniontown race
Uniontown Pa Dec 3 two men Gaston Weigel and Hughey Hughes were killed and Frank Galvin fatally injured near the end of the Universal trophy race at Uniontown speedway. Hughes crashed into the guard rail on lap 62, Galvin struck the press box, Louis Chevrolet won the feature in 1 14 12. Dave Lewis second Ralph De Palma third. 12 spectators injured. Hughes was English, home in Los Angeles with Mrs Hughes.
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Uniontown
Gaston Weigel
Hughey Hughes
Frank Galvin
Uniontown Speedway
Herbert Smith
Pittsburgh
Montgomery McCormick
Tlughes
Galvin
Galevin
Hughes
Weigel
Smith
Speedway
H. H. van Loan
New York
Zed Springer
Chevrolet
Louis Chevrolet
Geneva
Switzerland
Dave Lewis
Ralph de Palma
Barney Newgard
Milt McBride
L. I. Fetterman
Los Angeles
Calif
Union Town Speedway
United States
Newsboys Strike Over Paper Price Hike in Pittsburgh
Thousands of residents missed their Sunday morning papers after a newsboys strike in Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Newsboys refused the new rate of 88 cents per hundred, while papers had charged 3 dollars per hundred.
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Pittsburgh
Dee S
Price of Flour Drops in Toledo After Boycott
Toledo Ohio December 3 The price of flour fell 23 cents a barrel with 2 barrel prices at 10.75 and 11.25 following a boycott by the Toledo Housewives league. The action targeted butter and eggs but members vow to bake their own bread until prices drop.
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Toledo
Toledo Housewives’ League
Training Contract in Tampa Costs Club Expenses
President Weeghman of the Chicago Nationals asks to release a player from a two year Tampa training contract. Club officers say the request is denied due to costs and the club will not pay the hefty expenses.
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Tampa
Fila
Nationals
Weeghman
Butter Price Cut Pressures Salt Lake Market
Salt Lake City reports wives of the city organized a boycott of butter, with commission men announcing a wholesale price drop from 41 cents to 39 cents per pound. Trade has fallen heavily as a result.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Commission
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Murguia Routs
Bartholdi
U.S
California
Vourous
Conselor Polk
Droppers
Zalacostas
England
DR. Heleferich
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