Mona Lisa Viewed by Great Throng in Florence
Florence crowds pack the Uffizi gallery amid guard cordons as the Mona Lisa draws 30,000 visitors in four hours. In Paris detective work links Vincenzo Perugia to the theft, with notebooks listing millionaires and art dealers. A romance with a woman named Mathilde emerges, possibly implicating accomplices.
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Florence
Vincenzo Perugia
Perugia
Italy
Uffizi Gallery
Mona Liza
Paris
Nicausse
Louvre
J. Pierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Rome
Naples
Hamburg
Berlin
Frankfort
Mathilde
Taft Proposes Labor Disputes Tribunal Plan
Former President Taft spoke in New Haven arguing against compulsory arbitration and urging a tribunal whose decisions would be submitted to public opinion to settle strikes. He noted a railroad delay in enacting a workmen's compensation act while introducing John Wesley Hill of the International Peace Forum on industrial peace.
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New Haven
Conn
lFormer
Taft
John Wesley Hill
International Peace Forum
Astoria Hotel Fire Forces Guests to Flee in Night Attire
A blaze at the Astoria hotel in Chaiffe Missouri on December 16 destroyed the building and caused over $125000 in damage. One hundred guests escaped death as the fire was first discovered when the lower floor was already in flames. Guests fled in their night clothes.
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Chaiffe
Astoria Hotel
Japanese Launch Battle Cruiser Haruna in Kobe
The Haruna, sister ship of the Kongo built in England, was launched in Kobe on December 16. Japan plans three super dreadnoughts in 1914 in home yards. Though listed as a battle cruiser, Haruna rivals the Texas in size and power and should exceed it in speed and range. Haruna measures 764 feet long and 92 feet wide with a 27 foot five inch draft.
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Kobe
Japan
England
United States
Texas
Resignations of Five School Board Members in Chicago
Five officials on Chicago's school board resigned after they voted against re electing Mrs Ella Flagg Young as superintendent. Mayor Harrison accepted the resignations and warned he would remove other Young opponents, reshaping the board as teachers and supporters react. Mrs Young, now educational editor of a Chicago newspaper, said a successor was legally elected and she could not be reinstated.
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Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Harrison
John C. Harding
Charles O. Sethness
Harry A. Lipsky
James B. Dibelka
Henry W. Huttman
LaFollette Plans Bold Coup for Wisconsin Suffrage Plank
Milwaukee dispatch reports Senator Robert M. LaFollette intends to force a dramatic shift in Wisconsin politics by announcing a strong open advocacy for woman suffrage. The plan is to make suffrage a cardinal plank in his upcoming Wisconsin campaign at a Madison conference.
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Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Madison
LaFollette
Spaniards Lose Property in Chihuahua Confiscation Notice
Formal protests were sent to Spanish ministers in Washington and Mexico City after reports that General Francisco Villa seized all property of Spaniards in Chihuahua and ordered them to leave within ten days. Spaniards owning about 4 million dollars in Chihuahua property appealed to British vice consul Harry Scobel.
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el Paso
Texas
Washington
Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Harry Scobel
Meriden man sentenced for manslaughter in trolley crash
Arthur T. Bradley, a Meriden railroad man, received a three month jail term after being found guilty of manslaughter in the Westfield trolley collision with a New Haven passenger train on Oct 10. Blydenburgh, editor of the Middletown Penny Press, was killed and several others injured.
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Middletown
Con
Arthur T. Bradley
Meriden
Bradley
Westfield
New Haven Railroad Company
Blydenburgh
Middletown Penny Press
Americans evacuated as Tampico crisis worsens
After four days of fighting the Tampico garrison is pushed back as gunboats bring troops and supplies. Rear Admiral Fletcher reports about 500 Americans moved to allied ships while foreigners are evacuated. The situation grows worse with ongoing skirmishes and reports of executions. Marines and blue jackets may be landed to safeguard foreigners.
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Washington
Tampico
United States
Tacoma
Chester
Bravo
Fletcher
Navy Department
Admiral Fletcher
New Jersey
Tuxpam
Germany Accepts U S Invitation to Panama Naval Step
Berlin reports Germany's foreign office officially notifying Ambassador Gerard of acceptance to send a squadron of U S invited warships for the Panama cabal opening. Ship count undetermined. seen as move to ease Germany's stance on Panama Pacific exposition participation.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Gerard
Germany
United States
Panama
Government probes cold storage amid egg price claims
Washington reports officials see little basis for a nation wide cold storage trust as the justice department widens inquiries. While some city combines exist they note no single plant controls prices nationwide and interstate links are being examined to apply the Sherman act.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Radium Deposits Rapidly Depleted By Exports
Washington reports radium bearing minerals in the United States are being exhausted by wasteful exploitation mainly for foreign markets. Colorado and Utah supplied Europe in 1912 with carnotite ores worth 792000 dollars, enabling foreign medicine and science to access radium at high prices.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Minerals
Colorado
Utah
Europe
Trains Collide Near Oshawa Killing One Injuring Three
A westbound Grand Trunk passenger train rear ended a freight train near Oshawa Ontario. An unidentified man was killed and three others injured as twenty freight cars were hurled into a tangled mass along the tracks.
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Bowmanville
Ont
Grand Trunk Railway
Oshawa
Pittsburgh Abolishes Two Fire Dept Sinecures
In Pittsburgh on December 15 the nine city councilmen voted to renew no appropriations for an official designer and a hose man clerk, eliminating two time honored sinecures in the fire department.
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Pittsburgh
Dr Carl Von Klein Dies After Research Long Career
Dr Carl E H von Klein, famed for studying ancient medical lore, died in Chicago. His health failed last summer after his son Edmond E C von Klein, of Minneapolis, was arrested on a bigamy complaint from Miss Ethel Newcomb in Portland, Ore., who said he married her and left with her jewels valued at 3500 dollars.
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Chicago
Carl EH. von Klein
von Klein
Edmond E. C. von Klein
Minneapolis
Ethel Newcomb
Portland
Ore
Final Government Report On Crops Shows Price Rise Offsets Yields
The 1913 government estimates for fourteen leading crops place total farm wealth around 9 billion dollars with corn and wheat highlighted. Drought and heat reduced yields across Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and neighboring states, though 1912’s high output tempers the current year’s shortfall. Corn remains the most valuable farm product, while wheat production hits a record high.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
United States
David F. Houston
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
United States Foreign Trade Surges in 1913
The annual report by Secretary Redfield shows foreign commerce rose by over 421 million dollars from 1912. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, exports totaled 2.466 billion and imports 1.815 billion, yielding a favorable trade balance of 653 million.
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Washington
Redfield
United States
Suffragette Arson Destroyed Devonport Lumber Yard
London reports suffragette arson squad set fire to a Devonport lumber yard causing property losses over 400000 dollars. Investigators pursue leads as authorities vow crackdown.
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London
Devonport
Villa Said to Rule Chihuahua Dictatorially
Americans Germans and Spaniards report from Chihuahua that Francisco Villa has declared himself dictator and ignores foreign representatives. He allegedly seized $5,000,000 in foreign property and executed about twenty civilians including Sergeio Sanchez, a lawyer and former official, while ordering consuls to obey rebel commands.
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el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Sergeio Sanchez
Posses Seal Off Utah Apex Mine Hideout
A Utah sheriff seals off the portion of the Utah Apex mine where Ralph Lopez, suspected of killing six men, is believed to be hiding. Posses avoid searching the network of corridors to prevent escape. The plan is to starve Lopez out.
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Bingham
Utah
Utah-Apex
Ralph Lopez
Lopez
Blame or Credit for Dances and Fashion
In St Louis on December 16 Rev Luther B. Todd at Wagoner Memorial Methodist Church criticizes Darwin Huxley and Spencer as the causes of the tango and turkey trot. He also links their teachings to extreme women’s dress and claims people worship a god of the senses.
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St. Louis
Darwin
Huxley
Spencer
Luther BE. Todd
Wagoner Memorial -Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Discrimination Tensions Rise Over Indian Immigrants in Empire
London reports growing alarm over South Africa clashes as East Indians protest discriminatory laws. Strikes and riots claim lives while Viscount Hardinge and the India secretary urge investigations. Hindus and Muslims unite in calls for equal treatment amid Dominion white nationalist measures. The Anglo-Japanese alliance adds tension as white countries push to exclude Orientals.
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London
South Africa
Natal
Viscount Hardinge
India
Marquis of Crews
British Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Christmas Tree For Beasts At Cat Hospital
A Christmas tree will be delivered to Miss Eli nor McGrath's cat and dog hospital on the Chicago South Side. It will be decorated with foods and toys for convalescent animals next week including sardines liver and bones. The note says the beasts appreciate it more than some children.
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Chicago
Elinor McGrath
Cat and Dog
Battleship Texas described in length and breadth
The fragment notes the battleship Texas with specifications stating a length of 704 feet and a breadth of 92 feet, reflecting its massive scale and engineering. The text centers on measurements of the vessel, hinting at a detailed description of this state’s battleship.
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Mona Lis
MR. Taft
Huerta
Chihuahua State
Salvador Mercado
General Villa
Mrs. Young
Educator
Wilkes
Anerigans
Bulletin
City
Wheeling
Virginia
Rhode Island
U.S
Gold Storage Trust Probe
U. S
Carl von Klein
Department of Agriculture Bulletin
Jessie M’cann
Mias Jesele McCann
Brooklyn
WN. C
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