Villa Rebels March South Toward Chihuahua
Pancho Villa says the movement southward against Chihuahua marks the real begining of the march to Mexico City. He claims 2,500 soldiers with 16 rapid fire guns already moved, with 5,000 allied rebels nearby and 4,600 Federals at Chihuahua. Manuel Escudero met Villa in El Paso for talks while Villa expects to leap overland to Chihuahua, fearing railroad mines. Generals Rasgado and Garcia prepare a land assault on Mazatlan supporting the port’s rebel control.
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Villa Ahumada
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Villa
Chihuahua
Manuel Escudero
Carranza
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Torreon
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Laredo
Chao
Contreras
Garranzans
Antenavia
Mazatlan
Rasgado
Garcia
Consular
Mazathin
Federal Gunboats Bombard Altata City in Sinaloa
Mexico City dispatch reports federal gunboats Tampico and Guerrero bombarded Altata in Sinaloa state, destroying the port city with every building left standing. Rebels had held the town through heavy pre bombardment.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Guerrero
Altata
Sinaloa
Credit Destroyed As Huerta Regime Weakens
Washington reports officials say Huerta credit is collapsing as Constitutionalist victories mount. Manuel Madero arrives in Vera Cruz and is jailed at San Juan de Ulua fortress after his arrest as kin of the late president. Foreign Minister Modeno accompanies him on the slow train arrival.
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Washington
Huerta
Ad Koeson
Manuel Madero
Vera Cruz
San Juan de Olan
Modeno
Villa leads 10000 men toward Chihuahua visions of capital siege
Photos show rebels destroying railroad property and trains as General Villa prepares to attack Chihuahua from Juarez. He claims an open line to move troops, while millions in American and English stockholders' capital have been lost to depredations by both federal and rebel sides.
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Duarez
Villa
Chihuahua
Serge
Juarez
Negroes in Africa Sought by Chief Sam
Guthrie Oklahoma December 1. Nexroen of Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri prepare to welcome Chief Albert Sam Akim Ashantee West Africa to Boley Oklahoma a negro town in Creek country with an invitation from Astante chiefs for American negroes to relocate to Africa to cultivate farms and build a new life there.
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Sam
Guthrie
Oklo
Nexroen
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Albert Sam
Ashantee
West Africa
Boley
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Astantye
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Attacked Policeman in Cleveland Faces Likely Death
Dec 1 report from Cleveland says Officer Albert Miller, off duty, was attacked by a crowd while returning home to stop a porch ice cream theft. He lies in a hospital with a fractured skull as his wife aids him at the doorway.
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Cleveland
Albert Miller
Miller
Suffragists Gather for National Convention in Washington
Washington December 1 more than 1000 suffragists from across the United States gather for the National Woman Suffrage Association convention. Delegates anticipate votes for women and a potential mention of suffrage in the president's message to Congress. Captain C G Cushine, navigator of Dewey's flagship Olympia, is recovering from a critical illness in San Francisco.
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Washington
United States
National Woman Suffrage Association
Senate
Congress
Calkins
San Francisco
C. G. Cushine
Dewey
Olympia
Mantabay
Eight Hurt In Crash Near Toledo Fitch Stop
Six passengers, a motorman and a conductor were injured when an inbound Toledo & Western Traction car crashed into the rear of a freight train at Fitch Stop five miles west of Toledo. Skidding trucks on wet rails were blamed for the accident.
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Toledo & Western Traction Company
Fitch Stop
Tax list halted after duplicate errors prompt review
Errors in duplicate led county officials to suspend December tax collection while Former County Auditor Walter J. Dean’s misprints are checked. The treasurer will rewrite tax bills from corrected duplicates once the books are verified.
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Xeule, O
Lee
Walter J. Dean
Corn boys leave today for Washington trip
Ohio’s 1600 champion corn-raising boys and girls depart Columbus for a week in Washington as a prize trip. They will be hosted by the Pittsburg chamber of commerce and welcomed by Governor Tener at Harrisburg. In Washington they will meet President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Tener
Harrisburg
Wilson
Bryan
Akron Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself
Akron December 1 John Helisch 42 a rubber worker shot his wife three times when dinner was late. Believing her dead he fired into his mouth. The bullet lodged in the back of his neck. Both are in hospital and expected to die.
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Akron
John Helisch
Saloon keepers seek Mineral City dry vote under Beal law
Canal Dover December report says Saloon keepers in Mineral City plan to unite with dry forces to push a Beal law referendum. Petitions have enough signatures to trigger an election in Mineral City and nearby Sandy township where the village lies.
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Canal Dover
Mineral City
Sandy Township
Mineral City i
Indianapolis Strike Ties Up Traffic as Teamsters Walk Out
Union teamsters in Indianapolis vote to strike over wages and conditions, with 1500 to 2000 workers involved. Two hundred special policemen sworn in as the National Vehicle Owners association abandons attempts to move wagons. Milk wagon drivers exempt. arrangements to deliver to hospitals planned. About 250 specials already sworn in as police prepare to handle the situation.
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Indianapolie
Inf
Teameters
Steblemen
Helpers of
America
Farrell
Teamsters
National Vehicle Owners’ Protective Association
George W. Cofin
Lingerie and Litanies Divides A Men’s Bible Class
Pittsboro reports Rev. Dr. John McNaugher president of the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary warned that lingerie and litanies have no place in a men’s Bible class. He urged keeping male sessions clear to discuss Scripture without distraction.
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Pittsboro
John McNaugher
United Presbyterian Theotorical Seminary
Ingerle
Hibbona
Perfume
McNaugher
Rockefeller Sees Sunlight as Moral Panacea
In Cleveland on December 1 John D Rockefeller urged that a method to evenly distribute sunlight would lift morals. He attended Euclid Baptist services delaying his car ride to enjoy sunlit moments. He argued sunny days temper dullness and increase church attendance and civic virtue.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Baptist Church
High School Lunches Should Be Supplied On Campus
In eight American cities high school pupils spend 1.5 million dollars yearly for lunches. The American Home Economics association estimates that outside meals yield about 81 million calories, while on campus under supervision they provide about 178 million calories.
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American Home Economics Assadiation
Democrats face cautious push on new Congress agenda
Washington notes that Democratic leaders in the Sixty third Congress open a session focused on enforcing party policy ahead of the 1914 elections. They weigh tariff, banking, currency, and corporate questions as factions clash over tax and conservation measures. President Wilson is set to address Congress in a joint session tomorrow.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Ingurgente
Senate
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Pluchot
Fatal Fight In Grand Theater Sparks Knife Attack
In Cleveland at the Grand theater two youths clashed in the gallery during a moving picture show. Antonio Blandy, 16, an employee, was stabbed in the left arm and chest and lies in a hospital in a dying condition. Police seek the assailant.
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Grand Theater
Antonio Blandy
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Blandy
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