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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
7
Mexico City reports officials weigh possible actions as Kent Wilson’s pending message raises questions. Huerta aims to block arms and seek funds abroad in France for military needs. Censorship may spread to messages leaving Mexico while taxes and loans are discussed to boost government funds.
Numerous death notices list dates in late November 1913. Names include CAVANAUGH, FAGAN, GRISWOLD, HENNING, HOOVER, KOLLY, JOSTAH QUINCY, BELLA C., GERTRUDE WARREN, AMORY K. TINGLE, BENJAMIN BURTON, JAMES DAVIS. Funeral details mention residences in NW and SE Washington and churches such as Sacred Heart and First Methodist Protestant with December 1 to December 3 service dates.
Funeral directors and embalming services listed with multiple firms at various addresses. Includes modern chapel facilities, livery, commodious chapel and model crematorium, modest prices, and telephone contact numbers. Embalming arrangements offered, with several names and locations across streets and avenues.
The article notes limited military gains and ongoing censorship with telegraph lines active. Officials in Washington monitor Mexican events as President Wilson awaits William Bayard Hale's return to gauge Carranza and the constitutionalists. Aldape travels Europe seeking a loan for Huerta’s military needs, with six children and wife accompanying him.
Porfirio Diaz aged eighty four and living in a Paris apartment declined to answer questions about possible reactivation by President Huerta. Reports from Mexico City say Diaz has been listed as an available general, but his entourage insists he seeks peace and tranquillity in exile rather than a return to service.
Vessels arriving at Cherbourg include Amerika from New York. Departures include Caronia from Queenstown to New York and Lapland from Dover to New York. Prinz Frederick Wilhelm sails from Southampton to New York. Friedrich der Grosse from Bremen bound for New York due Wednesday. New York bound ships include New York from Southampton due 8:30 am Thursday, and Chicago from New York to Havre. Browhead passages note Grosser Kurturst and Minnetonka from New York toward Browhead via London.
Carranza forces plan a final campaign moving south from Juarez toward Gody evil on the cway. 3,500 troops with sixteen equipment trails left Juarez for a 60 mile push south as Francisco Esiudaro and Gen Villa discuss the future capital relocation to Juarez following the revolution.
In Paris a swirling dispute involves Mme and a titled figure linked to a Granada-based circle. The unsettled matter centers on marriages and alleged family rifts within a Freabinet milieu.
The piece notes efforts to obtain federal aid for vocational schools and agricultural extension work as part of a broader reform agenda. Democrats aim for extended Senate sessions and brisk House activity before Christmas to wrap up annual appropriation bills, limiting disruption to other business.
London reports that Germany and Britain hesitate to lead talks for a joint Panama Pacific Exposition display in San Francisco. The Times notes official reluctance by both governments to ask the other to reconsider participation as discussions stall.
report from Constantinople says Turkey and Russia clash over the reported suicide of Mustapha, a murder suspect and vizier in the Constantinople prison. The incident follows a court martial and heightened tensions between the two nations in this period.
A robbery at the Duke of Connaught’s residence in London resulted in the loss of valuable jewelry including items associated with the Order of the Garter. Police investigations are underway as authorities seek to recover the missing pieces and identify suspects.
A fragmentary report notes an appeal to the highest court with references to Justice Hughes and a federal question. The text mentions Foreclosure and a conspiracy to do finance sale, describing a curious case and legal maneuvering amid attempts to send papers to the Supreme Court.
A government official resigns from a key justice department post effective January 1 amid a broad trust busting reform wave. The move sparks speculation about ongoing investigations involving major industry groups, with references to the Pacific coast, plumbers unions, and prominent legal figures connected to the era of Wickersham and McReynolds.
Sheriffs from seven counties rally with local authorities to seal off the Utah Apex mine by bulkheads and gas to trap Ralph Lopez and his ally Mike Cranovich. Deputies ready to shoot as Lopez, Cranovich occupy tunnels. two deputies slain, bodies found. Posse-led searches restricted to authorities. mayor elect leads.
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