Secretary Houston's 1913 Agriculture Report Summarized
David F Houston releases a 1913 annual report stressing interdepartmental cooperation and better farmer information. It calls for increased appropriations for animal disease work, plant breeding, soil surveys, and farm product marketing, plus Weather Bureau reforms and credit for long term farm investments. The report notes 1918 crop production dipped below long-term averages, with corn output under 2.5 billion bushels, the lowest since 1908.
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National Forests
Louisiana
Gale Blights Spring Blossoms in Springfield
A December gale in Springfield Illinois ruined budding trees and flowers as temperatures dropped about 30 degrees. Snow fell on and off and strong winds persisted through the day.
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Springfield
Ill
Fiancee to marry brother of executed bandit in Chicago
Mamie Dunn, widow to be, hangs on to love after Harvey Van Dine’s 1904 execution. She plans to wed Frank Van Dine in January, remaining loyal since Harvey’s arrest and conviction for eight murders with the carbarn gang.
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Chicago
Mamie Dunn
Harvey van Dine
Frank van Dine
Miss Dunn
Gray haired women found guilty in mob assault case
Five elderly women from Volo Illinois were convicted by a jury of assaulting Mrs. John Richardson by riding her on a rail in July. Kate Wagner was freed for lack of evidence. The five convicted face fines up to 200 dollars and six months in jail. Richardson has a $100,000 civil suit pending.
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Wagakegan
Volo
John Richardson
Wach
Emma Stadfield
Levina Raymond
Alma Watson
Mary Sabel
John Stadfield
Kate Wagner
Richardson
Hmits
Wagner
Sabel
Denver Storm Ends After Deep Snow Drops 45.5 Inches
Denver and central Colorado finished a severe snow spell that halted business and rail traffic. Official totals show 45.5 inches of snow and 2.52 inches of precipitation. Widespread coal shortages persisted despite rotary plows making limited progress within 100 miles of Denver.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Pushes Labeling Restrictions on Headache Cures
Solicitor General Davis urged the Supreme Court to interpret pure food laws to require labels on headache cures that disclose derivatives of habit forming drugs along with the drugs themselves.
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Washington
Davis
Supreme Court
Reception by Mrs La Follette for suffrage delegates
Mrs. Robert M. La Follette hosted a formal reception for delegates to the National American Woman Suffrage convention in Washington. The event showcased support for women's voting rights as delegates gathered in the capital.
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Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Panama Engineer Dies After Seven Years of Canal toil
Lieutenant Colonel David Du Bose Gaillard who directed engineering in the Culebra Cut division of the Panama Canal died at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. He had been ill since August 17 with a brain growth due to tropical climate work. A congressional bill last month sought to promote him to colonel for his distinguished service.
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Panama
Baltimore
David du Bose’Gaillard
Culebra
Panama Canal
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Gaillard
Canal Zone
Congress
Coronel
Villa Still After Fleeing Federals in Mexican War
In Juarez on December 8 General Francisco Villa with 7,000 rebels camped along the railroad north of the city and raced to Villa Ahumada to pursue federals retreating toward Ojinaga. Rebels hold Ojinaga fort. Villa plans to seize arms and funds while protecting non combatants.
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Villa
Terrazas
Presidio
Texas
Ojinaga
Chihuahua
Columbus
N. M
Jose Salazar
Pascual Orosco
United States
Carranza
Villa Ahumada
Constitutionalist Party
Sonora
Mexico City
Chao
Washington
State Department
Youthful Embezzler Is Sentenced in New York
John C Schildnecht a bookkeeper at Washburn Crosby Flour Mills pleaded guilty to stealing over 50000 dollars from his employers. He was sentenced to Sing Sing prison for two and a half to four years eight months. He admitted that most of the stolen funds financed a young woman to whom he gave an automobile and jewelry valued at about 16000 dollars.
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New York
John C. Schildrecht
Washburn- Crosby Flour Mills Company
Sing Sing
Schildnecht
Cost of Food Distribution in New York City
New York city reports 39 cents buys a dollar of food at the consumer. A 61 cent portion covers arrival at terminals and the rest pays wholesalers and retailers. Bailey B. Barrett says the dollar buys less food and producers get little, urging a profit free reform of distribution through neutral efficiency experiments.
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New York
Bureau of Food Supply
The
New York Association For
Bailey B. Barrett
Indictments Hit Democratic Officials In New York
Arthur A. McLean treasurer of the Democratic state committee is indicted on two counts for receiving corporate campaign contributions. Everett P. Fowler of Kingston, linked to Tammany graft, is indicted again for soliciting corporate contributions. The moves stem from DA probes into Hennesy graft allegations in the highway department.
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New York
Arthur A. McLean
Democratic State Committee
Everett P. Fowler
Kingston
Tammany
Bagman
McLean
John A. Hennesy
State Highway Department
Baseball Causes Methodists Trouble in Georgia
Macon Georgia December 6 Baseball meets with little favor among Methodists after Bishop Warren A Chandler issued new assignments following complaints from parishioners. Two well known South Georgia Methodist ministers were known to attend games regularly drawing disapproval. Parishioners decided this was improper.
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Macon
Warren A. Chandler
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Sixty six arrests in Allouez copper strike
Militiamen in Allouez Calumet arrest sixty six striking copper miners and their wives for alleged violations of the injunction against picketing and violence. Defendants cited to circuit court for a hearing as over a thousand miners and sympathizers have been imprisoned in the past two months. The strike zone shows unease but no unusual violence.
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Calumet
Mich
Allouez
Indians Founded Cubist Art Says Lone Star Pair
Carlisle December 6. Lone Star art instructor with his wife Angel Decora claim American Indians originated cubist art. They cite years of studying and collecting Indian art to support that the Cubist school began about 200 years ago.
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Carlisle
Lone Star
United States Indian Service
Angel Decora
Pankhurst Freed from Exeter Jail in Seven Day License
Emiline Pankhurst, arrested December 4 on arrival from the United States, was released from Exeter jail in the care of a nurse and began a hunger strike. She plans to go to London, while suffragettes gathered at Earl's Court to protest. Protests included donations totaling 50 000 dollars and a chant at St Pauls cathedral.
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Emiline
London
Emiline Pankhurst
United States
Exeter
Snow Clears as 2000 Workers Free Denver Streets
Warm sun and 2,000 shovelsmen opened several streetcar lines in Denver allowing residents to return home for the first time since the snowstorm. Railroad traffic rose. however the fate of passengers aboard the Colorado Springs Cripple Creek and Florence train remains critical as rescue crews trek on snowshoes and skis to bring provisions.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Florence
Rocky Mountain
Needle suspect is isolated in Newark theater case
Armand Megaro, a South American, held on $20 000 bail for allegedly stabbing Mrs Marjorie Graff with a drugged needle in a theater last week. He is not allowed to see anyone except his defense attorney. No date set for the case.
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Newark
N.J
Armand Megaro
Marjorie Graff
Three Killed and One Injured in Calumet Apartment Shooting
In Calumet Michigan Arthur James Harry James and Thomas Dally were killed and Mary Nicholson seriously injured by rifle fire directed at their apartment. The James brothers recently arrived from Toronto and had taken jobs at Copper Range Consolidated where strikers are active. Nicholson's daughter occupied the neighboring flat.
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Calumet
Mich
Arthur
Harry James
Thomas Dally
Mary Nicholson
James Brothers
Toronto
Canada
Copper Range Consolidated
Miss Nicholson
William Nicholson
Winter Comes Early For Midwest Cities
Chicago and other Midwestern towns that enjoyed spring-like days on Saturday faced a sharp cold snap. Temperatures fell by 25 to 30 degrees in 24 hours across the lake region and snow accompanied the cold front. In Chicago the temperature dropped from about 50 degrees to 18 and forecasters expect further declines.
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Chicago
Middle West
Lake
Weather Bureau
Montgomery Ward Founder Dies at 70 in Highland Park
A. Montgomery Ward, self made pioneer of mail order retail, dies at 70 after a lifetime rise from day laborer to president. Born 1843 in Chatham New Jersey, he built a firm reaching about 40 million dollars in annual sales and valued estate at 15 million.
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Chicago
A. Montgomery Ward
Highland Park
Aaron Montgomery Ward
Chatham
N. J
Mr. Ward
End of the universe may be absolute frigidity says Princeton professor
In a Princeton lecture, Prof. N Russell of the astronomy department said stars were born hot but cool over time and the ultimate fate of the universe is absolute frigidity. He added that such an end is inconceivably far off and offered it as consolation.
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Princeton
N. J
Prof
N. Russell
Department of Astronomy
Russell
Auto deaths rise in New York State toll
During the first 11 months of the year 416 people were killed and 2,149 injured in New York by automobiles and other motor vehicles. Secretary of State Mitchell May called the figures alarming and faulted both the law and its enforcement for the high toll, noting it nearly doubled from the previous year.
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New York
Mitchell May
May
Scientists Leave U S G S for Higher Pay Elsewhere
United States Geological Survey Director George Otis says poor government pay draws many scientific experts away. He notes export of talent as researchers seek better employment opportunities outside the federal service.
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U. Ss
Washington
George Otis
United States Geological Survey
Winter Weather Drops Temps Across Regions
A cold snap pushes temperatures down from the mid twenties to around the high teens in several counties. Forecasters warn of frost and light wind chills overnight with gradual warming expected by weekend.
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Secretary OF Agriculture
David F Houston
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Bureau of Chemistry
Mexican Coast
Navy Yard
Charleston
Mass
Florida
Mexico
U. S
Bureau For Improvement of the Poor
MMO
Pankhurst
Mrs. Pankhurst
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Niles
Young Ward
St. Joseph, Mich
St. Louis
Middleman
George R. Thorne
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