Villa forces move to halt bandits near Torreón
Reports from Chihuahua City say Villa's troops are advancing west toward the Guerrero district and then toward Torreón Coahuila as General Morguie takes charge of the northeastern zone. Looting and deaths are reported in Chihuahua City with several business and mining targets hit by bandits.
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Mexico
Villa
San Andres
Chihuahua City
Frances Margie Ary
Guerrero
Torreon
Coahuila
Verguia
Cera
Morguie
Mary
Chis
Eolved
Suceoeral Trevine
Arnatfo Gorgpaies
Eivil
Murgate
Suiwrin
Ersrancisqo Gonzales
Todas
Villa En
Dannie
Carlos Zaloaga
Zarco
Dewas
Chihua
Jesus Mo Garcia
Lauriano Hol Selano Enrriquez
Cihuahua City
Ila
Molnar
Luis Terrazas
Garcia
Rnco Holguin
Chihuahua
Ovio
Sovio
Neadorf
Parral Falls to Carranza Forces Amid Foreigners Safe Report
Reports from Parral state Carranza’s control was reestablished as Villa’s men withdrew. Foreign mining companies’ officials say most foreigners in the Parral district are safe, with one German subject named Thom Hermann Hoe Muller reportedly killed with his family. Four Americans fled Parral, pursued for over 50 miles before the pursuit ended.
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Apes Ierolning
Liter Te Im
Patra Dishet
Parral
Carranza
Varral
Villa
Amore
Watesakee
Magistrel
Foeign
Theodore Hoemalier
Ren Villa
Cullacan
Sinaloa
Hoemuller
Powder Man Testifies in Dynamite Case at San Francisco Trial
A. J. Willson, clerk at Hercules Powder Company California plant, testifies as the government begins its actual case against Franz Kopp and consulate officers. He sets the stage for Lovin J. Smith, said to be promised immunity as a co defendant for exposing alleged complicities to halt shipments of munitions. John Preston, U. S. district attorney, had 26 witnesses ready for day three.
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San Francisco
Cal
Franz Kopp
A. J. Willson
California
Hercules Powder Company
Lovin J. Smith
Bopp
Ee. H. von Schack
George Willhelm von Bricken
Canada
United States
Willson
Smith
Hercules Company
John Preston
Liquor Store Robbery Targets West Side Shipment
A robbery on East Congress Street near Sixth Avenue at 6:20 AM saw multiple liquor shipments stolen from a temporary warehouse. Authorities, including the sheriff and police, pursue leads as consignors face potential rejections amid dry law enforcement and Governor proclamations.
Keene Unconscious After Hartford Hunt Club Injury
Foxhall P. Keene a famed New York sportsman remained unconscious after a fall at the Hartford Hunt Club meeting near Farmington Maryland. Doctors diagnosed concussion after his horse fell at a fence and struck his head. He briefly rallied for food before fading again.
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Haltimore
Foxhall P. Keene
New York
Hartford Hunt Club
Farmington
Democrats File Campaign Costs in City Elections
Democrats filed affidavits showing campaign expenses for mayor Bascom F Morris city recorder L O Cowan marshal James Cullen assessor J E Woods treasurer Byrd Brooks councilman first ward Charles A Wheeler councilman at large J E By and councilman second ward L B Knight with amounts ranging from 9 75 to 1753 and Republicans expected to report later.
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City Recorder
Cowan
Bascom F. Morris
L. O. Cowan
James Cullen
J. KE. Woods
Byrd Brooks
Charles A. Wheeler
L. B. Knight
Two Children in Home Offered as Christmas Gifts
Two American children, a dark haired eight year old girl and a bushy blonde ten year old boy, at the Arizona Children Home seek adoption this Christmas. Ebert, superintendent, notes the youngsters are bright and eager to find a home and invite potential adopters to visit at North 6th Ave. and meet the children.
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Arizona
Paddy
John Lambert sunk off Isle of Wight by German submarine
The American steamship John Lambert, praised as an American vessel, was shelled and sunk without warning by a German submarine 25 miles off the Isle of Wight on November 22. Crewmembers say 16 sailors survived, arriving in France aboard the trpagine from Borteart after a 12 hour ordeal.
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New York
Bee
John Lambert
Meritime Register
Isle of Wight
Borteart
Wight
Flartison
Congress Busy Planning To Enact Wilsons Measures
Washington Dec 6 Congress, after hearing President Wilson, plans to move ahead in the short session with railroad legislation. Adamson of the House Commerce Committee prepared a bill based on the president’s railroad recommendations for quick submission once Attorney General Griggs clears its constitutionality. Newlands of the Senate Commerce Committee arranged to consider the measure at Friday’s committee meeting. Henry of the House Rules Committee will confer with the president to expedite railroad and related bills through the chamber.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Adamson
Commerce Committee
Grercofs Peases
Newlands
Henry
House Rules Committee
Sinking of Pio IX Claims 100 Lives at Sea
Madrid dispatch reports the Spanish steamer Pio IX en route from New Orleans to Barcelona sank in a storm 200 miles off the Canary Islands. One hundred crew members drowned, twenty-two saved. The vessel carried cotton and had no passengers. Nearby Buenos Aires offered only limited aid due to high seas.
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Madrid
Spain
Paris
New Orleans
Barcelona
Canary Islands
Buenos Aires
Bandits Range Desert After Buckeye Bank Robbery
Sheriff leads 50 deputies in a desert search near Buckeye for five Mexican bandits suspected in a Buckeye Valley Bank hold up. $2000 stolen. 46 citizens frightened. Charles Miner killed during the incident as the robbers fled toward the border amid a wide pursuit.
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Buckeye
Packers Agents Hear Attacks on Big U S Concerns
Chicago December reports packers and their agents attend a conference on marketing and farm credit. Arthur Meeker, general manager of Armour & Co., and other packers defend their rising influence on the food supply. They cite cheese buying by packers and speculators at about 22 cents a pound and warn against disruption.
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U. S
Chicago
Conference On
Arthur Meeker
Oneral
aArmour & Co
Vr Meeker
Krumrey
Edith Colby Convicted of Murder in Thompson Falls
Edith Colby, a 44 year old Thompson Falls reporter, was found guilty of murder in the second degree for shooting A C Thomas on September 25. The defense claimed hereditary insanity, citing insults from Thomas. Publisher A S Ainsworth awaits trial while editor John C Manier was acquitted.
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Thompson Falls
John C. Manier
A. S. Ainsworth
Ita
Thomas
Manier
Ainsworth
Pendi We
Colby
Dene F. Coolridge
Worcester
Mass
Senate delays election probe amid party promises
Promises by Republican senators to aid in passing a corrupt practices bill lead Senator Owen of Oklahoma to withhold his resolution of inquiry. The move comes as they seek to curb lavish expenditures in national elections.
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Washington
Owen
Oklahoma
Bucharest Falls to Teutonic Forces After Weeks of Assault
Berlin reports Bucharest, Romania capital, captured by Teutonic armies after weeks of siege. Ploiești, 36 miles northwest, also taken. strategists note evacuation or defense decisions amid the southern campaign’s rapid success. The Serbian thrust toward Monastir region and Bulgarian retreat are also noted. London dispatches mention cabinet instability and Lloyd-George’s possible role.
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Berlin
Sayville
Bucharest
Romania
Piredhu
Hisedi Seth
Plorechti
Ploiecti
Grunishte
Ost Monastir
London
David Lloyd-George
Armies of Central Powers siege Bucharest as Russian lines falter
German forces led by von Mackensen and Falkenhayn, aided by Austro Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey, push through western Romania toward Bucharest. They crush Romanian resistance at key points and drive Russo Romanian troops behind the capital, rumors of encirclement and breached natural defenses along the Argechu river.
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Austro-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Bucharest
Romania
Harmanstadt
Associated Press
Sayville
von Mackensen
Falkenhayn
Ramania
Rumania
Transivanian
Danube
Alt
Argechu
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