Plan to Call Party Meet Sparks RepublicanSplit
Washington December 15 plan to call an extraordinary Republican convention faces opposition from standpatters who will not accept reduced southern representation. Key figures including Ormsby McHarg oppose hearings while others push for reapportionment and a new national committee. Contested points include state primary law recognition and replacing a holdover with a newly elected committee for the next campaign.
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Republican National Committee
Ormsby McHarg
National Committee
Congressional Committee
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Denver
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Law Committee
Capitol
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Nelson
Root
Cumming
Warren
Hadley
Missouri
Convention
President Dictates Letters From Home in Recovery
Washington reports the president is “doing very nicely” and has resumed work for the first time in days. He remained in his room but dictated several letters and read official papers, marking a notable step in his convalescence.
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Washington
Dut
Mona Lisa Thief Victim of That Mystic Smile
Vincenzo Perugia, the man who stole Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, said he was drawn by the painting’s mysterious smile and fell in love with the portrait. He told Florence police how theft and possession shaped his feelings, while authorities debate motive and described minor damage to the painting. Over 30,000 spectators crowded the Uffizi gallery as the work was displayed amid tight security.
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Rome
Vincenzo Perugia
da Vinci
Louvre
Theophile Gautier
Perugia
Florence
Italy
Sig
Corrado Ricci
Department of Fine Arts
Uma
Burnett Bill Advances with Literacy Test Included
Washington reports the Burnett immigration bill with the literacy test favored by a large house majority. An amendment targets deportation of aliens aiding property destruction or overthrow of government, while exclusion of Asiatics rests in general naturalization rules. An international conference to curb gambling in agro food exchanges is also proposed.
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Washington
Burnett
Taft
House Immigration Committee
United States
State Department
Harrison
Mississippi
Supreme Court Upheld Tax on Life Insurance Net Receipts
Washington reports the supreme court upheld a state's power to tax the net receipts of life insurance companies in each county. The Court also affirmed a city’s right to assess landowners for street improvement frontage costs. Henry Stapleton remains in very serious condition after a recent fall, with slight improvement but no hospital discharge soon.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Henry Stapleton
Unwritten Law Plea Clears Buck in Murder Trial
Everett Buck, 17, was found not guilty of the murder of Harley Dalton in Gilson on August 28. The jury accepted self defense under the unwritten law after Dalton rivaled Buck in love and circulated slander about Mrs Buck.
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Gaiesburg
Everett Buck
Harley Dalton
Buck
Gilson
Tfl
Dalton
No Sleep Strike A New Suff Stunt By Pankhurst
London reports Sylvia Pankhurst adding a no sleep strike to hunger and thirst tactics to push for release from jail as police plan to detain her and her mother until after a Women’s Social and Political Union meeting. Militants burn an empty mansion near Bristol and damage Richmond police station. An American suffragist Zelile Emerson testifies in police court over a scuffle as a banner pole injures a officer. she is remanded on bail. A Devonport lumber yard and nearby property burn in a suffragette arson tied to protests around Emmeline Pankhurst’s return. The union pledges to the king demanding mercy for Mrs. Pankhurst.
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London
England
Sylvia Pankhurst
Woman's Social and Political Union
Bristol
Richmond
Zelile Emerson
East End
Devonport
Governor Grants Spencer Four Week Stay of Execution
Chicago December 15 Governor Dunne granted Henry Spencer a four week stay of execution to allow time for a state supreme court appeal. He said if Spencer were rich he might not have been tried at all.
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Chicago
Dunne
Henry Spencer
Supreme Court of
Spencer
Grand Jury Calls Western Federation Leaders in Mine Strike Inquiry
Calumet Michigan December 15 President Mayer of the Western Federation of Miners was cited to appear this afternoon when a grand jury convened to investigate lawlessness arising from the copper miners strike. Federation executive board organizers and local union officials were also pelted.
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Calumet, Mich
Mayer
Western Federation of Miners
Rebels Lose 1000 In Infight For Tampico
In Tampico battle between federals and constitutionalists, about 1000 rebels were killed or missing. Federal success prompts a new campaign around Torreon and Durango retake efforts. Admiral Fletcher reports water cutoffs and refugees, while Ojinaga braces for possible cross-border moves.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Tampaulipas
War Office
War Department
Steel
Durango
Vera Cruz
Fletcher
Earth Tremble Wrecks a Train in Germany
A tunnel eight miles from Chemnitz collapsed during a slight earthquake. A locomotive and six passenger cars were buried, causing four deaths and 24 serious injuries. Rescue work was hindered by a hurricane with snow. four more corpses were recovered later.
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Chemnitz
Germany
Ships in Port for the Holidays
New York dispatch reports five U S battleships returning from a Mediterranean cruise bringing nearly 5 000 officers and men to spend Christmas ashore. The Wyoming flagship along with Arkansas Utah and Florida arrived to be welcomed by the North Dakota. They will stay in port likely until after New Year as paymasters distribute roughly 200 000 this week.
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Washington
Fletcher
Navy Department
Aor Mione
Craddock
Ward
Morro Castle
Tampico
New York
United States
Wyoming
Badger
Arkansas
Utah
Florida
North Dakota
Weather forecast for Peck Island Davenport Moline and Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Low near freezing tonight, 34 at 7 am, high yesterday 45. Winds SW to W eight mph, humidity 96 percent at 7 pm. Precipitation none in 24 hours. Planet Mars in conjunction with the moon at 9 57 p m.
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Peck Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Illinois to Have Giant Monument for Centennial
Springfield plans to build a $1 million centennial memorial in the capital to house the state library, historical library, natural history museum, historical society, memorial hall with battle flags, and public archives. The three story E shaped structure would include a grand rotunda with a tall dome and lighted galleries, dedicated around Illinois' 1918 centennial.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Library
State Historical Library
Natural History Museum
State Historical Society
State Memorial
Grand Army of the Republic
Statehouse
Education Building Commission
Waldo G. Leland
Washington
Memorial Hall
Capitol
Department of Public Instruction
Academy of Science
State Historical Museum
Satire at Army Navy Banquet Triggers White House Probe
President Wilson orders an investigation by the war and navy departments into satirical depictions of the Philippine policy at the Order of Carabao banquet. Three hundred officers attended as songs and a film mock the administration. Officials discuss possible reprimands for Howard and Ale sher with Cabinet members weighing court martial or reprimand.
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Washington
Wilson
War and Navy Departments
Order of Carabao
Army
Bryan
Navy
Howard
Daniels
Garrison
Defeat of first attempt to alter administration currency bill
Washington votes 40 to 35 to defeat the initial amendment to the currency bill draft. Hitchcock proposed setting four regional banks and public ownership. In New York, Hans Schmidt murder trial nears closing as prosecutors plan to show insanity through Allenlata testimony.
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Washington
Senate
Hitchcock
Michigan Lawyer Dies in 10 Story Fall in New York
Devere Hall, 60, a Bay City corporate attorney, fell ten stories from a New York hotel window while with his son Ray for nervous disorder treatment. Authorities believe dizziness or seizure caused the fall. Hall had suffered a nervous breakdown last August.
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New York
Devere Hall
Bay City
Mich
Ray
Hall
Wholesale Warehouse Fire Rages in Peoria
A general alarm sent Peoria fire units to the wholesale district where the Minois Warehouse at Liberty and Washington streets burned furiously. Within fifteen minutes after discovery the roof and a wall collapsed trapping or injuring several firefighters in a garret escape.
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Peoria
Minois Warehouse Company
Liberty
Washington Streets
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