Lind Is Back In Vera Cruz After Break
A compressed report notes Lind’s return to Vera Cruz after a break amid Mexican crisis coverage. It cites international tension and evolving U.S. stance on Huerta and constitutionalists, with talks hinted to shape a potential parley and policy guidance from Washington and Secretary Bryan.
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Lind
Vera Cruz
Nogales
Sonora
William Bayard Hale
Carranca
Mexico City
Bryan
Huerta
Texpam
When Will Blair Lee Begin His Senate Term
Blair Lee, the newly elected U. S. senator from Maryland, will begin work after the direct election law changes. His seating is tied to the term of the late Senator Raynor and the unexpired term filled by William P. Jackson, causing a complex legal situation to resolve.
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Blair Lee
U. S
Maryland
William P. Jackson
Jackson
Raynor
United States
Lee
Norrow
Senate
Old Banking House Fails in New York
New York November 13 The suspension of H B Hollins and Co banking and brokerage firm was announced on the stock exchange. The 20 year old firm known in the financial district had strong Mexican interests and counted J P Morgan and William K Vanderbilt among its social and business intimates. An involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by three creditors seeks relief after liabilities are listed at 5 million against assets of 50 thousand with withdrawals blamed for the collapse. A Leo Evithg was appointed receiver.
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New York
H. B. Hollins & Co
Stock Exchange
Mexico
Harry B. Hollins
J. P. Morgan
William K. Vanderbilt
United States District Court
A. Leo Evitthg
Mackay Returns Home Guarded for Children
Clarence H. Mackay and his children John W. and Ellin arrived in New York aboard the Olympic. Four private detectives and a lawyer greeted them at the pier. He declined to comment on the $1,000,000 alienation of affections suit against Mrs. Mackay while one detective was assigned to guard the children.
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MacKay
New York
Clarence H. Mackay
John W
Ellin
Olympic
Joseph A. Blake
Larkin Freed in Dublin Amid Labour Row
Dublin reports James Larkin, leader of the Transport Workers Union, freed from a seven month sedition sentence. He told a Liberty Hall crowd he would go to England to help trigger a general strike, intensifying unrest across the British Isles. A separate item notes a seven year old girl hit by a Wabash train near Raymond, Illinois. Uniform contracts for baseball players were voted down by the National Association.
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Dublin
Ireland
James Larkin
Transport Workers’ Union
England
Larkin
Liberty Hall
Great Britain
Adoin
British Isles
United Kingdom
Columbus
Ohio
National Association of Baseball Clubs Today
Nurse Blackens Marshall's Case at Hearing
In Pontiac on November 15 at the James Marshall hearing, Daniel Kilcoumas the nurse for 14 months testified that Marshall favored beating prisoners and recounted the Hamlin case where a guard beat Hamlin to death after Marshall refused treatment for Hamlin whose back was broken.
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Pontiac. Hl
James Marshall
Ilinois State Reformatory
Daniel Kilcoumas
Marshall
Hamlin
City manager viewed as permanent expert run city reform
Toronto report from the National Municipal league cites the city manager system as a Galveston evolution enabling permanent professional administration. Public utilities require carefully supervised control for community rights, with bond sales as citizen-backed municipal investment. Municipal home rule and nonpartisan rule demand direct election of federal senators, advancing democratic local governance.
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Toronto
Ont
Clinton Rodgers Woodruff
Philadelphia
National Municpal League
Woodruff
Galveston
Senate banking panel debates currency bill report
In Washington on November 13 six administration Democrats from the Senate Banking Committee met to craft the currency bill to be reported to the Senate. Senator Hitchcock an insurgent Democrat met with five Republicans to shape a dissenting report.
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Washington
Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Hitchcock
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Quad Cities
Fair and colder tonight and Friday with a low around 25 degrees. Light to moderate northwest winds. 7 am temperature 24. Highest yesterday 69, lowest last night 24. Precipitation none, humidity 71 at 7 pm. Astronomical events note evening stars Mercury and Jupiter, morning stars Saturn Mars Venus. Shooting stars visible all night as Earth passes through a debris belt.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Copper Combine Warned Over Property Titles
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson attacked Michigan copper mining practices and warned that a new conception of titles to property was forming. He vowed to publish mine wages, hours, conditions, and owners profits, and urged a federal labor information bureau to guide workers to jobs and explain union status and strikes. He called on society to reexamine property titles and warned against strikebreakers.
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Seattle
Wash
William B. Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Michigan
Department of Labor
Wilson
Federal Bureau of Labor Information
Bureau of Information
Weather Bureau of Information
United States
SAILORS AND SHIPS LOST IN LAKE HURON STORM
The Great Lakes storm left 173 sailors and 11 ships missing with 21 vessels destroyed. Bodies washed ashore in Canada include crew from Regina Price McGean Carruthers and Wexford, with few identifications. Reports say six ships and over a hundred sailors may lie at the bottom near Goderich and Point Edward.
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Great Lakes
John A. McGean
Cleveland
Charles S. Price
James S. Carruthers
Toronto
Regina
Wexford
Leifield
Sault Ste Marie
Plymouth
Menominee
Halstead
Chicago
M. F. Butters
Milwaukee
William Nottingham
Port Huron
Mich
Lake Huron
Point Edward
Goderich
Wextford
James Carruthers
Price
McGean
Carruthers
Northern King
Buffalo
Manola
M. Scott
Argus
Hydrus
Wegean
Ohio
C. R. Nye
Hutchinson Steamship Company
Goldrich
Thomas Stone
John Owen
Thomas L. Smith
Indianapolis and Colorado labor disputes cited by official
The secretary spoke of the Indianapolis street car strike and the Colorado coal mine dispute, noting efforts to preempt strikes with company offices and a representative in Indianapolis, the strike later being resolved there, while Colorado remained unsettled. Also reported: a Bloomington man shoots a woman and kills himself, and Marquette inmate George Huard visits Delta, while Governor Ferris issues the annual clemency order.
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Indianapolis
Colorado
Manufacturers’ Association
Marquette
Mich
George Huard
Wick
Marquette Prison
Delta County
Ferris
From Pulpit to Diplomatic Corps
Rev Dr W H Leavell of Carrolton Mass named new American minister to Guatemala. He leaves this country soon for the post succeeding Reynolds Hitt. A Presbyterian clergyman from the South for years, Leavell was Williams candidate and is son in law of former Senator James George of Mississippi.
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W. H. Leavell
Carrollton
Mass
Guatemala
South
Reynolds Hitt
John Sharp Williams
Leavell
James George
Mississippi
Lewis Explains Letter Over Discharged Employee Forgery
Senator Lewis issued a statement on the letter to Henry M. Pindell of Peoria Illinois denying authorship and blaming a former Washington office employee who forged his name to checks. He said the letters were created by collusion with enemies of Mr Pindell and published as coming from him though the content was not from his writings.
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Washington
D. C
Mexico City
Nogales
Mexico
Carranza
Lewis
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Illinois
Pindell
Pindeill
Lady Strathcona Dies in London at 89
London report states Lady Strathcona wife of Canada’s high commissioner died after a week of bronchitis. At 89 she was known for vigor including a swift summer trip to Canada with her husband. In Lexington, Ky, the Burley Tobacco Association elected Lebus and aides to lead a 40,000 member group.
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London
Lady Strathcona
Canada
Spencer Appears as Own Attorney in Rexroat Murder Trial
In Wheaton Illinois November 123 Henry Spencer insisted on defending himself at the murder trial of Mrs Rexroat. The court called him to order. Miss Andersen testified Rexroat planned to teach dancing in Chicago per Spencer’s arrangements. Wade Huston identified a rattan suitcase near the body as Rexroat’s.
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Wheaton
Henry Spencer
Rexroat
Miss Andersen
Chicago
Spencer
Wayne
Beardstown
Wade Huston
Train Wreck Fatalities Drain County Fair Crowd
Ten are dead and about one hundred injured as a Central Georgia passenger train plunges through a trestle near Clayton Alabama while bound for the Eufala fair. The engine and two coaches cleared the trestle. three cars went into the ditch. One badly wounded relative of Congressman Clayton is near death.
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Central of Georgia
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Central Georgia
Clayton
Jeff Clayton
Joliet
Santa Fe
Copper strike arrests climb to 150 at Superior mine
Calumet Mich Nov 13 troops arrested 150 strikers and sympathizers at the Superior mine and Isle Royale after days of noisy protests. The arrests include men and women as authorities move to quell unrest in the copper region.
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Calumet, Mich
Superior
Isle Royale
Children win a $5 000 verdict against saloonkeepers
In Lake County Illinois a jury awarded six Hogstrum children five thousand dollars after accusing Peter Wember and Steve Cretan of selling liquor to their father, leaving the mother hospitalized and the children sent to Lake Bluff orphanage. Other items note a separate fine for lifeboats in Washington and political investigations in New York.
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Waukegan
Ill
Lake County
Carl Hogstrum
Peter Wember
Steve Cretan
Hogstrum
Lake Bluff
Mitchell sails for Caribbean rest after campaign
New York mayor elect John Purroy Mitchell sails for a three week rest in the West Indies and the Panama Canal. Mrs Mitchell accompanies him as he leaves the rigors of the campaign behind.
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New York
John Purroy Mitchell
West Indies
Panama Canal
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O'Shaughnessy
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OLD Banking House
Decatur, Lll
Marjorie Harris
Raymond
Blackens
Pontiac
Municipal League
Copper Combine
Lake
Huron
Bloomington
Mary Cray
Depue
John McAllister
LaSalle
Frank
Susan McAllister
Department of Commerce
Montevideo
San Juan
Porto Rico
McGuire Stills
Tammany
McGuire
Alton Hospital
Springfield
State Board of Administration
Alton
State Hospital
Chauffeurs’ Union
Irish Department of Agriculture
T. P. Gill
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