Villa plans follow U S ideas on Spaniards in Mexico
General Villa says he will follow United States suggestions on foreigners rights and form a committee to inventory expelled Spaniards property while declaring he will indict any Spaniard not active. Carranza and Huerta tensions rise as Spaniards face forced expulsion amid the revolt in Mexico City and Morelos activity. Zapata is reportedly near capture after skirmishes south of the federal district with reports of Carranza funding for renewed rebel efforts. An El Imparcial note mentions Brazilians volunteering to enlist if the United States invades.
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Jihuaban City
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
Une
Mesieu City
Felis
Huerta O
Betikg Huerta
Tapata
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapate
Loaer
Federal District
Zapata
Morelos
Zapata Fe
Caumpaiga
el 9B
Cas
Brazil
German Officer Is Sent to Jail for Assault in Alsace
Strassburg. Lt Baron von Forstner of the ninety-ninth infantry was sentenced to 45 days imprisonment by court martial for striking a lame shoemaker in Zabern Alsace. The case sparked riots and a government crisis leading to the transfer of troops. Forstner loses no commission. he appealed.
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Strassburg
Germany
Baron von Forstner
Ninety-Ninth Infantry
Zabern
Alsace
Forstner
Regord
Alsatian
New York's Vice Plan At Chicago Debated
New York police chief Gleasep outlines a control plan for vice in Chicago. The proposal would strictly record arrests of women related to prostitution and sentence them to the house of correction without fines.”
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New York
VICE
Chicago
Gleasep
House of Correction
Women Worried By Court Ruling On Drainage Act
Springfield notes a Supreme Court ruling in Brooks vs Hatch that the 1905 drainage act and later amendments are unconstitutional as they effectively mix old and new provisions. The decision contrasts with a prior Rock Island high school ruling and delays on the Scown vs Czarnecki suffrage test case heighten suffrage leaders' concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Supreme Court
County Court
Pike County
Rock Island
Funeral for Cardinal Rampolla in St Peter's Rome
Rome, Dec 19 funeral service for Cardinal Rampolla at St Peter's drew members of the sacred college, diplomatic corps, papal court, and Roman aristocracy. Requiem by Monsignor Joho Viva, absolution by Cardinal Vannutelli, body buried at St Cerula church which Rampolla supported and restored. Cardinal Sebastian Martinello, former papal delegate to the United States, is seriously ill. Also noted: private bank J L Evarts in Plainfield closed for unknown reasons. London reports cabinet rejection of official British representation at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
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Rome
Italy
Cardinal Rampolla
St. Peter's
Sacred College
Diplomatic Corps
Papal Court
Knights of Malta
Joho Viva
St Peters
Vannutelli
St Cerula
Rampollia
Sebastian Martinello
United States
Weather Forecast For Rock Island Area
Unsettled weather tonight and Saturday with occasional rain or snow flurries. Warmer tonight, much colder Saturday with a low near freezing and a high around 28. Moderate to brisk winds becoming northwesterly Saturday. Jupiter Saturn Mars Mercury Venus Capella noted for evening and morning sky.
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J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Capella
Auriga
Parliament End Backed by Yuan in China
Peking December 19 The petition from Vice President Li and signed by military and civil governors requests dissolution of parliament. Yuan’s 71 member administrative council now convenes at the palace and argues the council is more useful than the old parliament.
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Peking
China
Yuan
Administrative Council
Robig
George Washington
Slayer of Edgar Howe Not Known Claims Found
Chicago December 19 Edgar A C Howe former race track man died a month ago from a gunshot by an unknown person initial coroner jury had suspected death by his own hand. New York December 14 federal appeals court ruled Weltham Watch Co could not restrain Charles A Keene from cutting watch prices.
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Chicago
Edgar AC. Howe
Howe
Waltham Company
New York
Federal Court of Appeals
Uader
Weltham Watch Company
Watham
Mass
Charles A Keene
Mackay Opposes Burleson Plan on Government Takeover
Clarence H. Mackay denounces Postmaster General Burlesons telegraph and telephone takeover proposal. He warns of $2 billion cost, government inefficiency, and unlikely solvency. He cites British telegraph losses and rail contract complications, urging opposition to nationalization. Washington reports note Christmas spike in parcel post and strained mail capacity.
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New York
Clarence H. Mag ®Ay
Mackay Companies
Burleson
Supreme Court of the United States
Richmond
U. S
Postal
Western Union
Bell Telephone Companies
Postmaster General of
Great Britain
England
Telegraph
Telephone
Europe
Washington Currency Reform Moves Toward Passage
The new currency bill nears Senate action with conference looming and a target for president signature within days. McAdoo says millions will aid transition. reform aims to streamline finance and banking while the public works include Barbed wire fence plans and penalties for financial panic talk. The president returns to office after illness and signs the Hetch Hetchy water bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Pure Food Battles and Prisoner of War View by Wiley
Dr. Harvey Wiley, former chief chemist, decries weak enforcement of pure food laws as a prisoner of war. He cites opposition from religious groups and the League for Medical Freedom, recounts executive orders and taft era redefinitions of whisky, and recalls a tense exchange with Roosevelt over saccharin.
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New York
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
National Civic Federation
Bureau of Chemistry
Roosevelt
Taft
League For Medical Freedom
Congress
Wiley
John D. Rockefeller
Remsen
Dr. Wiley
Sunny Jim
Bonaparte
Supreme Court
White House
Chicken thieves quit Oxfordville farmer’s auto loot
An Oxfordville farmer found two thieves in his hen roost after hearing a noise. He fired over their heads, scattering the thieves who abandoned a spark-plugless car and fled toward Beloit. The owner plans to contact Beloit college students he suspects. In Brussels the Duke of Orleans broke his arm skating.
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Janesville
Wis
Oxfordville
Beloit
Beloit College
Brussels
Belgium
Duke of Orleans
Throne of
France
Mother of Becker Dies in Ignorance
New York December 19. Bedridden for one year and ignorant of her son’s fate, the mother of former Police Lieutenant Becker who is in Sing Sing awaiting execution for his role in the Rosenthal murder died today.
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New York
Becker
Sing Bing
Herman Rosenthal
Wood to Leave as Army's Staff Chief
Washington reports Major General Wood will leave the office of chief of staff next April to command the eastern department with headquarters at Governor's Island. He will succeed Major General Barry, who goes to the Philippines. Wood's successor is not announced. Convicts to Publish Monthly in Joliet. A prison monthly written and edited by convicts of the Illinois penitentiary will debut printed outside the prison since no convict printer exists among the 1,500 inmates.
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Washington
Wood
Eastern Department
Governor's Island
Barry
Philippines
Aucessor
Joliet
Mnols
Noted Chicago Lawyer Nowlan Ends Life After Fraud Alleges Forgery
Henry I Nowlan, a famed criminal attorney and chief counsel for Clyde Stratton, died by suicide near Galva after a whistle blew on forged notes to secure a 5250 loan from Dimes Saving & Trust. He faced forgery charges over Winn and other signatures and had defended Dynamite case figures in Stark and Rock Island counties.
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Peoria
Ill
Henry I. Nowelan
Burlington
Galva
Nowlan
Moran Winn
Toulon
Dimes Saving & Trust Company
Winn
Stratton
Clyde Stratton
Rock Island
Joliet
Lee Crowder
Silvis
Crowder
Union
Wife of Patrick Patrick’s widow dies in Tulsa
Mrs Albert T Patrick widow of the man imprisoned as the alleged murderer William Mareh Rice dies in Tulsa at her bedside with children present. She had married Patrick after his conviction and spent years and about 50000 dollars seeking to prove his innocence and win a pardon. In Chicago a new Employment offices association forms to move unemployed workers to areas with jobs.
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Tulsa
Okla
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Mareh Rice
Patrick
Mra
A. M. Francis
Spitters Seized by Club Women in Pittsburgh Drive
Two hundred women from the Women's Health league staged an anti-spitting campaign in Pittsburgh on the opening day of enforcement. Police arrested several for violations as the activists led the effort in the city streets.
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Pittsburgh
Women's Health League
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Awe
Inter Rampolla
Cardinal
Plainfield
J. L Evarts
London
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Moline
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MacKay
Pareel Post
Wilson
McAdoo
Federal Treasury
Cummins
Owen
Church
California
Ashurst
San Francisco
Wisconsin Farmer
ARMY
Henry I. Nowlan
Justice of the Peace
Frederick
Stark County
Recorder’s Office
Edward Smythe
James Rae
Association of American Employment Offices
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
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