Diamond imports hit record 1913 total
U S diamond and precious stone imports in 1913 are projected to reach about 57 million dollars, surpassing 1906 and 1912 highs. Uncut diamonds from South Africa dominate, with two thirds from the United Kingdom for rough stones and Belgium and the Netherlands for cut stones. The United States remains the largest global importer with about half of known diamonds owned domestically.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
South Africa
Netherlands
Belgium
France
United Kingdom
George F. Kunz
Encyclopedia Americana
Unionists in Dublin Spotlight Opposition to Separation
Andrew Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson visited Dublin to lecture on home rule in the Irish capital. Law reiterated Unionist opposition to UK separation and urged government sanction from the people before changing the union. Suffragettes tried to reach Law and bombarded him with pamphlets. Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington and Mrs. Connery were arrested for obstructing police.
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Dublin
Andrew Bonar Law
Edward Carson
Bonar Law
United Kingdom
Unionist Association
Law
Asquith
Leeds
John Redmond
Lord Iveagh
Colorado River Surges to 25 Feet At Austin Dam Site
The Colorado River has risen to over 25 feet above normal at Austin Texas, the highest this year aside from last month when cofferdams were washed away. Precautions are being taken to prevent further damage to work at the dam as river levels climb.
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Austin
Tex
Colorado
San Antonio Area Weather Forecast Update
For San Antonio and vicinity unsettled tonight and Saturday with probable showers. Colder Saturday follows with cooler temperatures and breezier conditions across the region.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists Observations At 8 A M
Weather at eight in multiple cities shows cool to mild temperatures with clouds and rain likely in St Louis Chicago New York Boston and Washington. Kansas City reports warmer conditions with rain, while Milwaukee and St Paul expect rain or snow and colder spells.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Suffragette Delegation to Visit President Wilson
A new suffragette delegation plans to visit the White House next week to seek a clear statement from President Wilson on woman suffrage. Led by Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs and Miss Florence King, with Senator Helen R. Robinson, the group aims to press the Democratic administration’s stance during the forty fifth annual convention week in Washington.
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Helen R. Robinson
Colorado
White House
Washington, D. C
Wilson
National Woman Suffrage Association
Jessie Hardy Stubbs
New Jersey
Congress
Florence King
Chicago
Washington
Western women start special train for suffrage convention
Delegations of women from Illinois and other Western states will depart Chicago by a special train this evening to attend the National Woman Suffrage Association annual convention in Washington. A parlor car will host legislative meetings en route.
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Chicago
Illinois
National Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
Daniels Advocates Two Battleships In Naval Plan
Navy estimates sent to the House appropriations committee seek 145 million dollars for next year. The plan calls for two battleships at 15 million each, eight torpedo boat destroyers and three submarines, with details aligned to last year’s bill.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
DaNiels
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Naval Establishment
Ang
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Council of National Defense
Naval Committee
Paigett
State
War and Navy
Army
National Guard
Stover Still Missing as Search Is Pushed
Friends of Park Commissioner Charles B. Stover, missing since October 15, wage a wide search as moving pictures of him are shown in theaters nationwide. Officials hope the 15 million viewers in over 10,000 venues will recognize him and yield clues to the case.
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New York
Charles B. Stover
Turkeys and Chickens Shipped by Parcel Post to Kansas City
About 200 turkeys and 500 chickens were delivered by parcel post in Kansas City to supply Thanksgiving tables. Sealed notes accompanied about one-tenth of the shipments elevating their postage value and adding costs up to $2.50 per package for a prize gobbler.
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Kansas City
Parcel Post
J. H. Harris
Currency bill debates regional banks location and districts
Senate Democrats consider district outlines for new regional banks amid Georgia opposition to a New Orleans bank. The administration proposal calls for eight banks, with talks of increasing to ten. House measure had twelve. Work may resume Sunday if not finished, and an amendment to make currency payable in gold silver or lawful money was proposed.
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Washington, D. C
Hoke Smith
Bacon
Georgia
Atlanta
New Orleans
House
Senate
Williams
Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Thomas
Colorado
Railroad Fatalities Rise in Quarter 1913
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for the quarter ending June 30 1913 a total rise of 140 in deaths and 8283 in injuries from railroading accidents nationwide. Train accidents increased by 124, with 69 percent due to defective roadway or equipment and 15.1 percent to broken rails. Total casualties reached 2585 killed and 49911 injured. passenger and train accident totals are included.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
National Feeders and Breeders Show Ends With All Star Matinee
Fort Worth Texas hosts the National Feeders and Breeders Show final events tonight. Winners will perform in an all star matinee at the Coliseum tomorrow. Mrs Chalmers Hutchison will award cups in the Star Telegram Southwestern Better Baby contest with over 400 babies entered. Also reported is the death of Harriet Radford, long time Abilene resident and mother of J M Radford.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Coliseum
Star-Telegram
Chalmers Hutchison
Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers Associations
Torres Remains in Jail After First Atascosa Death Verdict
Porfirio Torres remains jailed in Pleasanton awaiting a motion for a new trial on the first capital punishment verdict by a jury in Atascosa County. If denied, an appeal may follow over venue, with sentencing and execution date to be set by Judge F G Chambliss.
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F. G. Chambliss
Torres
Davis
Pleasanton
LaSalle County
McMullen County
T. P. Morris
Ike Hill
Chambliss
Unsettled Weather With Cooler Outlook Across Region
Weather predictions say unsettled conditions with possible rain and a cooler snap tomorrow or tomorrow night. Maj. Allen Buell notes a moving norther could arrive depending on storm formation, with a barometric depression over Kansas and highs east of the Mississippi and over the Pacific coast. The forecast cites cloudy skies and rain in several states and—while a cooling trend seems likely—extremely cold conditions are unlikely.
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Allen Buell
Kansas
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nebraska
Through Rates Wanted by Pacific Navigation Company
The Pacific Navigation Company began ICC proceedings against Southern Pacific and other railroads seeking through routes and passenger rates. It alleges discrimination denying it membership in the Trans Continental Passenger Association, blocking joint through routes and rates for its traffic.
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Washington, D. C
Pacific Navigation Company
Pacific
San Francisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Company
Trans- Continental Passenger Association
Ferdinand Leaves for Sofia
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria departed Vienna for Sofia this morning after a prolonged stay in Austria that spurred reports of abdication. The voyage reflects ongoing uncertainty about his reign and plans.
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Ferdinand
Sofia
Vienna
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Austria
Troops to Enforce Law in Strike Zone
In Denver Colorado the governor’s plan to resume talks in the southern coal strike collapsed as operators accepted while miners rejected his facts statement. Governor Ammons ordered Adjutant General Chase to enforce the law in the strike zone, and Secretary Wilson issued a counterproposal with a seven arbiter board to avoid union recognition.
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Denver
Colo
F. H. Ammons
Chase
Secretary of Labor
William B. Wilson
Ammons
Wilson
Carpenter Named Governor of Moro Province
Frank W. Carpenter the executive secretary of the Philippines was appointed governor of Moro Province. He succeeds Brigadier General John J. Pershing and becomes the first civilian to hold the post.
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John J. Pershing
U.S. A
Moro
Frank W. Carpenter
The
Philippines
Civilian
Pershing
Manila
Carpenter
Thanksgiving Day Aboard U S Battleships In Naples
Thanksgiving was celebrated aboard the Arkansas and Florida with Italian officers visiting American ships in the Bay of Naples. The Princess Irene brought a large American contingent and tea was served by ship officers while harbor lights illuminated the vessels. Monsignor O'Hern visited Captain Maxwell on the Florida during a round of the ship.
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Naples
Arkansas
Florida
Bay of Naples
Charles A. O'Hern
American College
Rome
W. J. Maxwell
Texas Employers Insurance Association to file rates
The Texas Employers Insurance Association plans to file new rates with the commissioner of insurance and banking within a day or so. Rates are about 50 percent lower than the current schedule filed by twelve companies under the employer's compensation act. The commissioner will allow ample time for protests before the rates take effect.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Employers’ Insurance Association
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Borden in Capital Visits White House in Washington
Premier Robert L. Borden of Canada stopped in Washington en route to Ottawa from Hot Springs Virginia and met President Wilson at the White House after dinner with Secretary Bryan. He said no tariff or reciprocity negotiations were planned during this visit.
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Washington
D. C
Robert L. Borden
Canada
Ottawa
Hot Springs
Bryan
United States
Borden
Wilson
White House
Cassius Clay Dies in Kentucky at 70
Cassius M. Clay 70, longtime Kentucky political figure and former governor candidate, died in Paris Kentucky today. He led the state constitutional convention of 1889 and was a Yale graduate of 1866.
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Cassius Clay
Kentucky
Paris
Cassius M. Clay
South
Yale
Trust Reform Planned by Wilson Administration
Commissioner Joseph F. Davies discussed anti trust legislation with President Wilson. Davies presented inquiry results as the administration prepares to confer with congressional leaders on framing bills. The currency bill's passage in the Senate may delay trust reform focus, though committee members could introduce bills before Christmas holidays.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph FE. Davies
Wilson
Davies
Senate
Germany to Open Inquiry into Tobacco Trust Ties
Berlin November 28 the interior under secretary said a commission of inquiry would be named to probe relations between the Anglo American tobacco trust and the German cigarette industry with members of Parliament to attend sittings.
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Germany
Berlin
Anglo- American Tobacco Trust
Interior Today
Victorial Victoria Day Executions Reported By Civil War
In Tamaulipas Victoria fell to Constitutionalist forces. Federal officials were executed after capture. A young cousin of Enrique Caballero, a Constitutionalista lieutenant, was shot after his mother pleaded for mercy. Navarette and Rabago’s fates remain unknown.
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Mexico City
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Enrique Caballero
Venustiano
Cer
Caball
Bro
Anton Rabago
Rubio Navarette
Navarette
Rabago
Tampico
Gonzales
Vessels Ordered to Mexico to Relieve Second Division
Secretary Daniels ordered Rear Admiral Badger to send the battleships Connecticut and Ohio from the Mediterranean to the east coast of Mexico. They will relieve the Louisiana Michigan and New Hampshire of the Second division. The Fourth division likely reaches Vera Cruz on December 21 or 23. The Louisiana New Hampshire and Michigan will depart for home ports after the relief arrival. The New Hampshire is due in Vera Cruz today from Tuxpam.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Badger
Connecticut
Ohio
Mediterranean
Mexico
Louisiana
Michigan
New Hampshire
Vera Cruz
Saxona
Irdince
Gulf Pene Meee
Secon
Navy Department
Tuxpam
Villa victory may shift Carranza southward movement
Francisco Villa's defeat of Huerta troops near Juarez could force General Carranza to abandon a west coast advance and move into Chihuahua. The shift would alter plans to push south through Sonora and Sinaloa, with a limited escort due to unsettled border conditions. The article notes no railway link between Douglas and El Paso, affecting transport and timing.
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Hermosillo
Mex
Francisco Villa
Huerta
Juarez
Carranga
Constitutionalist
Chihuahua
Sinaloa
Tepic
Huahua
Republic
Prieta
Douglas
Arizona
el Paso
Senora
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Associated Press
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Wees
M. Ween
M. Anne
Will
Stover
Abilene
Harriet Radford
J. M. Radford
Moros
President Wilson
Son
Villareal
la Cruce
Monterey
Carranza
Pan
Villa
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