Mutiny Threat Looms Amid Mexican Federal Troops Desertion Fears
In Presidio Texas General Salvador Mercado’s northern division faces bankruptcy and pay demands as federals threaten to desert across the border. Rebels near Ojinaga swell to thousands, while Villa’s detachment fails to halt refugees and confiscate wealth including Luis Terrazzas. U.S. border troops brace for possible crossings.
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Presidio
Tex
Salvador Mercado
Mexican Federal Army
Ojinaga
Mexico
United States
Luis Terrazzas
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Flood Crest Passes Rich mond as Brazos Flood Recedes
The Brazos river crest is passing Richmond Texas a town of 1200 people while a further rise could overtop the bluff protecting the city. Surrounding lowlands fifty miles from the Gulf are inundated with more life loss reported reaching 165 most victims are negroes.
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Houston
Tex
Richmond
Gulf of Mexico
Suffragists Criticized By Dr Mary Walker In Albany
Albanay New York suffragists who urged President Wilson were sharply attacked by Dr Mary Walker who accused them of funding fine clothes and public displays. She argued Congress cannot grant suffrage as the Constitution already grants the vote. state laws must be changed.
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Albanay
N. Y
Wilson
Mary Walker
Congress
Road builders oppose federal aid at annual convention
At the tenth annual American Road Builders association meeting in Philadelphia speakers argued against federal highway aid. They said many pending congressional bills aim to open pork barrels rather than create lasting, quality highways.
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Philadelphia
United States
American Road Builders’ Association
Congress
Sale of Influence Alleged in New York Graft Case
Charles E. Gaffney brother in law of Charles F. Murphy and Joseph D. Carroll former Tammany treasurer split 11000 in commissions with an agent of a paying company under an oral agreement they would use political influence to obtain state highway department contracts according to testimony from the Whitman inquiry.
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New York
Charles E. Gaffney
Charles F. Murphy
Joseph D. Carroll
Tammany Hall
State Highway Department
Whitman
John Doe
Racing Pilot Killed In Forest Accident Near Brussels
Brussels report states Camille Jena Thy, a Belgian car racing pilot, was accidentally killed in a forest near the city by the editor of a Brussels newspaper. The incident occurred as the editor allegedly drove through a wooded area, causing the fatal outcome.
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Brussels
Belgium
Camille Jenathy
Here
Italian Deputies Fight Duel in Rome Assembly
Rome action arose from a chamber quarrel when liberal Gambarotta was wounded in the forearm by socialist Deputy Giuseppe De Felice-Ginffeyda after a heated dispute in the chamber.
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Rome
Gambarotta
Giuseppe de Felice-Ginffeyda
Chamber of Deputies
Increase Shown in the Copper Stocks November
New York dispatch reports the Copper Producers association indicates a stock on hand rise of 16,363,047 pounds for November versus October, signaling stronger copper holdings and potential market impact.
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New York
Copper Producers Association
Bullion Train Is Safe From Huerta Forces Sequel Killing
United States dispatches report the rout of Huerta's northern Mexican forces with civilians and soldiers fleeing to the border. A large bullion train carrying two million ounces of silver reached Ojinaga and crossed into relief safety. A separate account details a brutal artillery execution by federals near San Luis Potosi, including a rebel dynamite attack on a troop train and a summary court martial that executed a captured suspect.
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Presidio
Tex
Huerta
Mexico
Ojinaga
Chihuahua City
Hegira
Parral
Mexico City
San Luis Potosi
Carneros
Ricardo Cordero
de la Pena
Cordero
TWO SLAIN IN MINE STRIKE AT Painesdale CALumet
In Painesdale six suspects are held after a gun attack on a nonunion boarding house killed two copper miners Arthur James twenty one and Harry James twenty four from Toronto and wounded Thomas Dailey forty one and Mary Nicholson fourteen. The victims slept at the time of the Saturday assault.
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Calumet
Mich
Painesdale
Arthur James
Toronto
Ont
Harry James
Thomas Dailey
Mary Nicholson
Mrs Pankhurst Released After Hunger Strike Plea
London report states Mrs Pankhurst was released after three days of hunger and thirst in Exeter jails and taken to a hospital. A medical certificate cites pleurisy. In Denver Roy Montgomery, mayor of Gillette Wyoming, was sentenced in federal court to two years and six months for Mann Act violation.
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London
Exeter
Denver
Colo
Roy Montgomery
Gillette
Wyo
Kahn Collapses at Banquet in Chicago
Otto H. Kahn head of Kahn Loeb company and chairman of a grand opera committee fainted after finishing an address at a Chicago banquet on December 9.
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Kahn
Banquet
Chicago
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Dynamiter Davis Reveals Ironworkers Plot Details
George B E Davis, accused dynamiter, tells how he was hired to blow bridges and other structures by non union labor. He dates outrages, names indicted colleagues, and describes carrying dynamite in suitcases across cities and trains, aided by Ironworkers officials. Davis says he was urged by union figures and sought relief after perceived mistreatment.
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New York
George BE. Davis
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
International Bridge and Structural Ironworkers’ Association
David
Harry Jones
Davis
Ironworkers’ Union
Ortie McManigal
Robert J. Foster
Louisville
National Erectors’ Association
Union
Frank C. Webb
Miss Phoebe Couzins Dies in St Louis at 73
Miss Phoebe Couzins the first woman lawyer in the United States and the only woman to serve as deputy United States marshal died in poverty after a long illness in a crowded St Louis room. She was seventy three and an early advocate of women’s rights, later turning against suffrage.
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St. Louis
Phoebe Couzins
United States
Woman Forty, Mother of 21 in Emporia Kansas
Emporia Kansas December 9. Mrs Alpheus P Moslander and husband welcome their twenty first child a son. Mrs Moslander is forty years old and the family resides in Emporia.
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Emporia
Kan
Alpheus P. Moslander
Navy Enlisted Strength Tops 50,000 for First Time Since Civil War
Washington dispatch reports that the United States Navy reached an enlisted strength of 50,138 on December 9, marking the first time since the Civil War that the force surpassed fifty thousand. The gain since July 1 totaled 2,068 sailors, reflecting a substantial expansion of naval manpower.
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Washington
Texas flood toll rises after Brazos and Trinity floods
Bryan Texas reports that fifty three persons are known dead with many more missing or feared dead following the Brazos and Trinity river floods sweeping central and south central Texas.
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Bryan, Tex
Brazos
Trinity Rivers
Texas
Ship Afire Aboard Rio Grande Rescue Sinks 197 Passengers
Norfolk Va Dec 9 One hundred ninety seven passengers were rescued from the burning steamer Rio Grande 205 miles northwest of Diamond Shoals by the Swanmore bound from Liverpool to Baltimore. Despite heavy seas and wind, life boats were loaded with passengers as the two ships battled the blaze and saved lives.
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Norfolk
Hritigh
Swanmore
Liverpool
Baltimore
Diamond Shoals
Rio Grande
Baker bill passes Senate on water rights for Hetch Hetchy
Washington reports the Baker bill granting San Francisco water supply and power rights in the Hetch Hetchy valley of the Tuolumne river Yosemite park passed the Senate 48 to 25. Paris notes Longwood house of Napoleon at St. Helena deteriorating due to funds shortages prompting deputies to seek a $4,000 uplift for upkeep. Brussels reports a Catholic priest wounded by a socialist gunman during a funeral protest with red flags.
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Washington
Baker
San Francisco
Hetch Hetchy
Toulumne
Yosemite National Park
Senate
Paris
France
Longwood House
St. Helena
Napoleon
Foreign Office
Brussels
Prohibit Arms to Ulster as Ireland Moves Toward Peace
London reports a royal proclamation banning arms and ammunition imports into Ireland. Prime Minister Asquith accepts terms from Sir Edward Carson ensuring Ulster’s pacification, signaling nearer realization of home rule for Ireland with Ulster included.
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Ireland
London
Ulster
Asquith
Edward Carson
Manchester
Riot arrest in Kansas City as IWW speakers defy police
Sixteen Industrial Workers of the World were arrested near city hall in Kansas City Missouri after defying police orders to stop street speeches. Two riot calls were sent to police headquarters as the incident unfolded.
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Kansas City
City Hall
100 Suffer In Ball Collision Near Costest
News from Bucharest reports a rail collision between passenger and freight trains near Costest last night. About 100 people suffered injuries and deaths occurred, with many more hospitalized as responders aided the scene.
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Bucharest
Costest
Wilson Sees Women Chief Executive on Suffrage Pact
President tells National American Woman Suffrage Association delegation he favors a standing House committee but will not urge Congress with a special message. He explains his rule to avoid private views, and stresses he speaks for an organic body, not himself. Dr Anna Shaw calls the interview satisfactory and encouraging.
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Washington
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
House of Representatives
Congress
Anna Howard Shaw
Association
House
New Jersey
Rules Committee
Senate
Doctor Shaw
Japan Adds Three Cruisers to Navy
Tokio reports the Japanese government outlines a new naval program, ordering three more powerful battle cruisers. Construction has begun on one vessel as the plan proceeds.
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Japan
Tokio
President Lost In Capitol Incident Reported
President Wilson became bewildered while seeking his room in the capitol building. He wandered from the senate wing to the house side before a messenger guided him to the correct path.
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Capitol
Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
McFarland Wins Narrow Shade Over Britton in Milwaukee
Packey McFarland earns a narrow edge over Jack Britton in Milwaukee on December 10 by exploiting a cautious fighting style. McFarland’s defense and timing allowed him to accumulate a dominant lead while Britton struggled to land clean blows. Both fighters exchange blows, but McFarland’s tactics kept Britton on the defensive.
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McFarland
Britton
Milwaukee
Packey McFarland
Jack Britton
Packey
Jack
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