Yuan Shih Kai under fire as China teeters toward monarchy
Imperial Treasury is shrinking while rebels amass money as Yuan Shih Kai struggles to form a cohesive cabinet. Reports from Hankow describe renewed fighting and rumours of Admiral Sah Cheng Ping defecting or being captured. Provincial loyalties waver and native papers doubt Yuan can govern beyond Chi Li.
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Pekin
Yuan Shih Kai
Yuan
China
Prince Ching
Chi-Li
Yangtse
Hankow
Henan
Sah Cheng Ping
Ku Kiang
Sah
Ice Closes Lake Navigation as Harbors Freeze Early
Superior Wis Nov 18 Ferries laid up for winter as ice reaches six inches on the Superior Duluth harbor the earliest shutdown in seventeen years. Snow blocks trains across Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota delaying arrivals while crews clear lines. Hunters hope for snow in the north woods.
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Superior, Wis
Superior-Duluth
Lakes
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
North Woods
American Shuster Takes Power in Persia, Teheran Voids
Novoe Vremya reports American treasurer general W Gorgan Shuster seizes supreme authority in Persia with gendarmes aid. No true Persian government remains and the Persian cabinet has resigned. The Moskva expedition aims at Shuster, whom the paper calls more powerful than the Persian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
W. Gorgan Shuster
Persia
Teheran
Shuster
Moscow
Commissioner Neill Opens High Cost of Living Probe
United States labor commissioner Charles P. Neill began an inquiry in St. Louis into the high cost of living. He said the study would examine staple food prices, with butter and eggs of special interest, and include a trip to Kansas to investigate wheat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis, Mo
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Neill
Kansas
Weather forecast for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin today
Indiana and Illinois fair today and tomorrow with brisk northwest winds diminishing. Wisconsin clear today and tomorrow with brisk high northwest winds.
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Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Henry Sienkiewicz Shot by Friend on Hunting Trip
Noted author Henry Sienkiewicz was shot during a hunting trip by a companion. The incident raises questions about safety and the circumstances surrounding the injury as investigators review the event and its aftermath.
Snow Covers Central U S in Wide Snowfall
Snow covers the country from the Kansas line to the Canadian border and Missouri to the Great Salt Lake. Depth ranges from one inch to two feet with more expected in the west and north. Eastern Nebraska sees lighter snow while rail traffic remains open.
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Omaha
Missouri River
Great Salt Lake
Kansas Line
Nebraska
Sleighing Returns After Sleet Storm in Winona
In Winona Minnesota on November 18 after sleet and snow the rural mail carriers resumed service with runners. A rare thunder storm occurred despite below freezing temperatures shaping a wintry atmospheric anomaly.
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Winona
Minn
Rains Flood Tripoli Hinders Italian Turkish Forces
Reports from Tripoli describe semitropical rains causing floods that wash away Boumeliana wells and flood water works, hampering Italian and Turkish forces. Cannon sniping dominates fighting as censorship tightens under Yousaff Bey. In Newport, the Army and Navy YMCA building dedication honors Sheldon and Albert Emery.
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London
Tripoli
Boumeliana
Yousaff Bey
Sanassis
Army and Navy
Newport
R. L
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A
Thomas J. Emery
Cincinnati
Sheldon
Albert
Attorney outlines defense plan in Vermilya case
Chicago dispatch reports attorney Joseph R. Burres arguing no motive for Policeman Bissonette’s death and asserting Mrs. Louise Vermilya is innocent. He details alleged lack of motive for arsenic poisonings and cites accompanying facts about Richard T. Smith and Frank Brinkamp, plus Vermilya’s role as mother and caregiver.
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Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Bissonette
Joseph R. Burres
Burres
Vermilya
Hot Springs
Ark
Frank Brinkamp
Roosevelt a candidate in GOP nomination race
Norman F. Mack, Buffalo, chairman of the Democratic national committee, said in Detroit that Roosevelt is now an avowed candidate for the Republican nomination and the race is neck and neck with Taft.
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Norman E. Mack
Taft
Detroit
Mich
Norman F. Mack
Buffalo
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Packer Case Attorneys Claim Government Delays Speedy Ruling
Levy Mayer for the habeas corpus petitioners denounces the government as delaying the packers' cases. He warns against wielding a club of Hercules and urges quick adjudication by the Supreme Court on the constitutional issue of the Sherman law. Attorneys Miller and Sheean contest custody and bail return as they argue the government stance.
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Chicago
Levy Mayer
Kohlsaat
Federal
Club of Hercules
Mayer
Supreme Court
Miller
United States Court
Diet and Biliousness Link to Albumin Intake
The diet question is crucial for bilious individuals. Excess bile indicates too much dietary albumen, so reducing albumen lowers bile production. The liver secretes bile when dietary albumin is excessive.
Aldrigh Plan Not Endorsed by Senator Opposition
One of Chicago Packers faces court action in Chicago linked to Senator Aldrigh's plan which was not endorsed. The article notes legal proceedings arising from the plan and identifies the involved party in Illinois's judicial setting.
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Aldrigh
Chicago Packers
Women shun tar trial at Lincoln Center Kansas
Miss Mary Chamberlain, a Shady Bend school teacher, was tarred in Lincoln Center Kansas. Twelve jurors sat for Sherrill Clark and two other defendants charged with assault and battery. The crowd included many men while three men applied the tar and others restrained Miss Chamberlain.
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Lincotr
Kan
Sherrill Clark
Everett G. Clark
A. M. Simms
John Schmitt
Mary Chamberlain
Shady Bend
Grover
Lincoln Center
Miss Chamberlain
Misa Chamberlain
Strange Case of Aphasia Reveals Artist Franz Cholback
In August a demented man found in Hendricks county was jailed, unnamed, and later sent to the hospital for the insane. Mrs. KB Baker of Chicago identified him as Franz Cholback after recognizing a newspaper photo and recalling paintings he did years earlier of her and her children.
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Indianapolis
Hendricks County
KB. F. Baker
Chicago
Franz Cholback
Cholback
Detective Burns Visits After Wreck Near Irvington
Indianapolis reports W K Burns of Burns Detective agency arrived to probe the wreck of a fast mail train on the Pennsylvania railroad near Irvington Engineer MecCrew was killed and several injured. Officials say a train wrecker caused the wreck motive revenge. Panama committee arrives to study Panama Canal work, will spend a week on investigations.
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Indianapolis
W. K. Burns
Burns Detective Agency
Pennsylvania Railroad
Irvington
MecCrew
Appropriations
Panama
House Committee On Appropriations
United States
Panama Canal
Resolutions Urge Five Hundred Million Bond Plan for Waterways
Kansas City November 18 After a long session the resolutions committee of the trans Mississipp i commercial congress urged 500 000 000 in bonds for river and harbor improvement. It supported reclamation drainage and roads, opposed suffrage, and backed a national health department and a continental highway.
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Kansas City
Resolutions Committee
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Aldrich
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Department of Health
Galveston
National Congress
Pines
Martincom
Manila
Egan
Philippines
Orient
United States
Bryce 70 Coit Post Canada's Failure to Ratify Reciprocity Act
Montreal reports James Bryce British ambassador in Washington faces criticism from British figures for prioritizing politics over imperial duties amid Taft and reciprocity talks. London dispatch notes charges that Bryce acted as a politician, jeopardizing British and Canadian interests. Berlin announces Germany will spend 1.1 million for military aeroplanes in 1912 with district air squadrons. Washington requests inspection of potential neutrality violations along the Mexican border by General Duncan.
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Montreal
Quebec
James Bryce
Washington
Himoett
Lord Ampthill
Bombay
India
E. Smith
London
Mo Star
Bryce
Taft
Champ Clark
Aeroplane Corps
Germany
Berlin
Jose W. Duncan
Department of Texas
War Department
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Yangsze
Cabinet
St. Louis
Henry Sienkiewicz
Vettor Pisant
American Press Association
Tunis
Egypt
Vettor Pisani
Duke of the
Walden Fawcett
Packers
A J. Allen
Lincolin Center
Pennsylvania
Commercial Congress Committee
Coit
Canada
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