Surrender of Huerta Generals Signals North Mexico Break
Juarez report says seven Huerta generals including Salvador Mercado Pascual Orozco and Jose Inez Salazar signaled willingness to surrender as the northern federal strongholds evacuate. A peace commission led by Odilon Hernandez arrived with terms, citing bankrupt federal forces and lack of pay for troops. Foreign consuls appeal to Villa for protection of Chihuahua City civilians. Frederico Moye designated to ensure foreign protection as evacuation continues.
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Juarez
Mexico
Iiuerta
Odilon Hernandez
Thihuahua
Salvador Mercado
Huerta
General Mercado
Francisco Villa
Frederico Moye
Chihuahua
General Villa
Mercado
United States
Pascual Orozco
Jose Ynez Salazar
Marcello Caraveo
Jose Manzilla
Blaz Orphinal
Landa
Mexico City
Urrutia
Vienna
Berlin
William Black
Houston
Tex Tec
Henry Allen Tupper
Nogales Sonora
Carranza
Mex
Chihuahua City
Francisco V Illa
Villa
Ojinaga
U United States
Marfa
Tex
Banco of Minero
Max Weber
Francisco Castro
Frmer
Castro
Weber
Tamaieu
Guerrero
Allata
Sinaloa
Washington
Texas
I Bliss
Bliss
Suffragists Flay Wilson At National Convention
Washington report says Dr Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, created a sensation at the convention by accusing President Wilson of missing the greatest opportunity to support woman suffrage. She noted his annual message hinted social justice but failed to address political justice for women, drawing loud applause. Shaw compared Wilson unfavorably to Lincoln, who freed a race by words, while Wilson did not release the other half of humanity.
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Flay Wilson
Washington
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman Suffrage Association
Wilson
Congress
Bon Lincoln
Presenting Egg Boycott to Congress Plans Formed
Washington plans to present the egg boycott to Congress. Mrs. Ellis Logan, president of the Federation of Woman's Clubs, began the movement here and has asked housewives' leagues in New York Chicago Kansas City St Paul Detroit and other cities with boycotts to forward pledges to Washington for congressional committees as homemakers' attitude evidence.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Ellis Logan
The
Federation of Woman’s Clubs
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Paul
Detroit
Washington
Collett Recommended for San Domingo Public Works Post
A. J. Collett of Omaha was recommended to the San Domingo government for director general of public works at a $6,000 yearly salary. Secretary of State Bryan made the recommendation. White House officials say the United States did not influence the withdrawal of Pearson negotiations with Colombia.
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Collett
Washington, D. C
A. J. Collett
Omaha
San Domingo
Public Works
Bryan
U. S
Washington
White House
United States
Columbia
Zelaya Returns to Barcelona to End U S Standoff
Washington reports Zelaya, former Nicaragua president, agreed to return to Barcelona after arriving in New York a month ago, seemingly resolving the international dispute over his presence in the United States. In another item, Katharine Oka Simmon, 13, was convicted of killing her 9 year old playmate Julia Jenex in Saskatoon. the jury deliberated only one hour.
Hanish Found Guilty in Sun Cult Mail Violation Trial
Otto Zar Hanish founder of the Mazdaznan sun cult was found guilty in Chicago by a federal jury of violating interstate commerce laws by shipping his book Inner Studies. The defense seeks a new trial while a $10,000 bond remains in place and the judge fixes the penalty, up to $5,000 fine or five years in prison. The Mazdaznan group, long in the public eye, claims about 14,000 members in the United States.
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Chicago
Otto Zar Hanish
Mack
Express
Hanish
United States
Mayor S L Shank Resigns as Indianapolis Mayor
Samuel Lewis Shank resigned as mayor of Indianapolis after discussing an impending teamsters strike with union leaders. He had warned he would quit if the strike could not be averted and faced impeachment threats, linked to his stance during a street car strike that angered police leadership and public safety officials.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Lewis Shank
Shank
Teamsters
Martin J. Hyland
William E. Davis
Board of Public Safety
Big Mail Fund Is Asked for Postal Service Budget
Washington reports an appropriation of 2.806 billion dollars for the postal service next fiscal year, submitted to Congress by Postmaster General Burleson. If granted, it would be the largest single appropriation for the service. The estimates foresee a substantial expansion of parcel post, which helped generate a large part of the service surplus of 4.5 million dollars in the just closed fiscal year.
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Washington
Congress
Burleson
Parcel Post
Four Men Die At Sea From President Liner
Four men drowned off the Pacific coast liner President as it sailed from Seattle to San Francisco, about 50 miles off Coos Bay Oregon. One man was washed overboard and three crew members who went to his aid perished when their small rescue boat was swamped.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Coos Bay
Ore
Train Kills Two In Buggy In Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana a Lake Erie and Western train struck a closed buggy killing Mis Wilber Youngman twenty Cham paign Ill and fatally injuring her husband also twenty Edward Grishaw was killed Two freights were ditched in Grand Rapids as a crew forgot a new time card a man was killed In Wheaton Illinois Henry Spencer convicted of murder will be hanged December 19 unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
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Kokomo
Ind
Wilber Youngman
Champaign
Ill
Fairfield
Lake Erie & Western
Edward Grishaw
Grand Rapids
Mich
Saginaw
Pere Marquette
Spencer
Wheaton
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison-Rexroat
Supreme Court
Cousin of Bryan Dies in Florida Death
Springfield Illinois December 2 Governor Dunne received word of the death at Jacksonville Florida of Charles E Jennings of Salem Illinois a member of the state board of pardons and cousin of W J Bryan.
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Bryan
Springfield
Dunne
Jacksonville, Fla
Charles E. Jennings
Salem, Il
State Board of Pardons
W. J. Bryan
Rights of State Courts in New Constitution Case
Illinois child labor law restricting under sixteen to dangerous jobs upheld by Supreme Court. Justice Hughes notes state duty to verify ages. Indiana case cited on preventing government from pushing new constitution by legislature. Court also rules on federal tax collection from mining firms and upholds book price controls in a copyright dispute. New York can tax bank stock held by out-of-state banks. Kentucky credit unions tax is constitutional. Forfeiture power upheld for fraudulent import invoices. Panama hats case cited. Interstate commerce IC C approves compulsory railroad accounting.
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Washington
Illinois
Supreme Court
Hughes
Indiana
United States
New York
Kentucky
United States Customs
Panama
Maximo Castillo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fire Ruins Vanderveen Stonehouse Building Loss
Fire swept Vanderveen and Stonehouse building in Grand Rapids Michigan destroying several homes. No lives were lost and the property loss is estimated at 65000 dollars. Fire officials conducted a ruin search to determine the extent of the damage.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Vanderveen & Stonehouse
Pindell Ambassadorship Nomination Lapsed
Washington December 2 With the end of the first session of the Sixty third congress the nomination of Henry M Pindell of Peoria Illinois for ambassador to Russia lapsed for want of confirmation by the senate.
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Pindell
Washington
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Ill
Russia
Senate
Army Defeats Navy in Surprising 22-9 Gridiron Victory
In Brush Stadium New York Dec 2 42 000 patriots including the president and cabinet watched West Point defeat Annapolis 22 to 9. Cadets used the forward pass to outplay the midshipmen while the crowd gasped and cheered at the kaleidoscopic plays.
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New York
United States
Brush Stadium
West Point
Midshipmen
Annapolis
News From Far and Near Highlights of 5 Distinct Incidents
Epernay France reports a bi plane crash during landing with two occupants burned beyond identification. Memphis Tennessee notes the death of Charles L. Wortham who controlled the peanut privilege at the Chicago World's Fair and left an estate of 2,000,000 dollars. Rome records five killed and 15 injured at Ceccano station on Sunday when a Rome Naples freight train moved on the wrong track. Washington details a census bureau report showing a predominance of English among foreign born white residents in the United States, as director W. J. Norris prepares the study.
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Epernay
France
Memphis
Tenn
Charles L. Wortham
Chicago
Mississippi
Rome
Ceccano Station
Naples
Washington
United States
W. J. Norris
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Government denies U S war on Pearson
White House officials declared that the United States government neither directly nor indirectly influenced the effort for concessions in Colombia. In Bogota the Colombian congress ended its session without passing the new tariff law or approving oil and bank concessions recently granted by the government.
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Washington
White House
United States
Pearson
Colombia
Bogota
Tainted Meat Poisoning Hits Fuente Ovejuna Near Cordoba
In Fuente Ovejuna near Cordoba on Monday a meat poisoning outbreak sickened 105 people. Thirteen died and many others remain in critical condition as authorities investigate the source of the tainted meat.
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Madrid
Fuente Ovejuna
Cordoba
Lincoln's Guard Is Dead in Gettysburg Address Memory
Gettysburg Pa Dec 2 Isaac W Bucher who served as one of President Lincoln's bodyguards during the famous address in Gettysburg half a century ago has died at big time.
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Lincoln
Gettysburg
Isaac W. Bucher
President Lincoln
Federals Flee City and Rebels Near Mexico City
Reports from Huerta's capital say Urrutia will head the new gobierno cabinet as minister of gobernacion while rebels seek to reopen talks with the United States. Chihuahua City evacuates to avoid starvation as Villa advances, seizing supplies and declaring a northern corridor toward Zacatecas.
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Huerta
Urrutia
Gobernacion
U. S
Bandit Kills Rail Agent Near Los Angeles
A bandit halted the Sunset Express train no 9 west of Los Angeles on Monday. The tampering passenger agent of the Southern Pacific attempted to interfere and was shot dead. A sheriff’s posse is pursuing the bandit.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dee
Southern Pacific
Pomona
Montague
Two Union Miners Wounded in Hartman Incident
Hartman Ark December 1 Two union miners were wounded here in a bulletin from the mining district. A separate court note from Prince Albert Sagk December 3 reports Catherine Oka Simmon aged thirteen convicted of murdering her nine year old playmate Julia Jenex on June 21 last. The girl testified to her crime in court.
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Prince Albert, Sagk
Cathleen Oka Simmon
Julia Jenex
Strike Leaders Sent to Jalil in St. Louis Case
Judge Grimm in the circuit court ordered four members of the waiters union, on strike for several months, imprisoned for nonpayment of fines.
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Jalil
St. Louis
Grimm
Waiters’ Union
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Sunset Express
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