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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1913
Page
1
President Wilson moves toward a decisive action amid rising tensions with Huerta after a defiant stance toward Washington. Embassy unease grows as senators convene at a Sunday White House conference seeking guidance on arming rebels and the uncertain outcome looms over U.S. policy.
In Mexico City General Huerta denies acceptance even if Congress declares him elected president and warns that disrupted voting may nullify the presidential elections. He pledges to push pacification and guarantee freedom and efficacy of the new polls.
Mexico City dispatch reports strained relations with the United States nearing potential intervention. Huerta’s defiant note comforts some, while Washington debates next steps. Lind seeks guidance from Wilson and Bryan as diplomats anticipate a decisive move tomorrow.
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson leaning toward drastic steps in Mexico after Huerta rejects demands. Possible moves include US military and naval pressure, including seizure of Mexican custom houses to cut Huerta’s finances and push his government toward bankruptcy. European diplomats note the United States favors intervention as the alternative to Huerta’s defiance.
Boston November 9 former New Haven president Charles Mellen in a Boston Post interview lays bare alleged ten year inside workings. He says Morgan and Boston financiers dominate the system, stockholders’ committees are puppets, government ownership of railroads is coming, and he fears for his life amid pressure from bankers. He laments his reduced wealth and asserts his innocence while detailing graft and mismanagement.
Special cable from Vienna reports King Ferdinand may not return to Sofia after Bulgarians blame him for the disastrous war with Greece and Serbia. Threats to his life are said to accompany his possible exile. The king currently stays with his brother Prince Philip of Joburg in Vienna.
Missouri Senator Nelson warns the President’s push for currency reform may trigger a fight, as Republican members demand public hearings. Administration leaders push to pause action until after a Wednesday caucus, drafting a report with minor changes to present to the party. Glass accuses Reed of misrepresenting the bill, saying it is not an administration measure and denying Wall Street influence.
Senator Reed announced that future Senate currency bill sessions should be open to the press. He also aims to admit newspaper reporters to the Democratic conference to show the public the committee deliberations and officials’ positions.
Straws point to Gov Glynn’s likely stance as he prepares to fill key posts when the legislature meets. Appointments may include two public service commissioners, a State wealth commissioner, and perhaps a prisons superintendent and a supreme court justice.
Special Detective Dave Edwards from Bingham, Utah, was shot on a lonely Ogden road while trying to trap blackmailers who had demanded 1500 from Halph E Bristol and Leroy Eccles. Edwards wore Leroy Eccles's clothing, returned fire, but the bandits escaped. Edwards is hospitalized in serious condition.
Pierre Daucourt reached San Stefano near Constantinople after leaving Paris October 21 in the Paris to Cairo air race. He rode weather to land at Podima near Midia before continuing to Constantinople with French officials on hand. His 530 mile Valenciennes to Biarritz flight in 1912 is noted as the longest single-day cross country.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt spent a quiet Sunday in Buenos Aires as crowds cheered him at two public appearances. He attended the agricultural exposition inauguration and, with acting president Dr. de la Plaza, visited the hippodrome.
West Haven Vermont November 9 a wealthy farmer William Ixoch Jr fatally shot Charles Gordon a hunter on his farm after Gordon set traps in a game preserve Koch said the shooting was accidental Gordon died before reaching hospital three physicians were summoned by special train from White Hall and a yacht was hired to rush Gordon across Lake Champlain Koch detained at the house of correction Kochs father a wealthy landowner owns large farm holdings along Lake Champlain
Duchess de Talley Rand formerly Anna Gould of New York protests a Rome tribunal ruling that her marriage to Count Boni de Castellane was null and void. She contends she anticipated possible divorce when wed and plans to travel to Rome next week to appear before the Rota. dispute concerns custody of their sons.
Gen Felix Diaz indicted for discharging firearms in a public place and wounding Guerrero Mendez after a quarrel between the Diaz faction and Carranza followers in the Malec on Friday evening. Diez released on 00 bail as an accessory. Ocon indicted as accessory and freed on own recognizance. Dr Malda acquitted.
A midnight blaze at the Melton four story brick apartments on Fourth Street and New York Avenue NW forced 28 families to flee in night clothing. Two men sustained glass cuts, a woman was hospitalised after a hand wound, and at least a dozen residents escaped via fire escapes. Two boys Edward Craig and William Foster helped operate the elevator to save tenants. Fire loss estimated at 4000 with insurance for 5000. Fire started by a discarded match in trash. Nearby residents sought shelter in a local church as authorities tended the injured.
Attorney General McReynolds ruled the five percent discount on goods imported in American vessels cannot stand without the treaty proviso. Secretary McAdoo announced collectors will ignore the section and proceed to liquidation of held entries, with importers free to appeal to the court of customs appeals.
Elizabeth Stratton, pursued by police across western Pennsylvania, was found in New Bethlehem in male clothing pushing a wheelbarrow at a brick plant. She told reporters she sought a boy's freedom, wore out her hands, but enjoyed the experience before being taken home in her brother’s car.
Vincent Astor and his fiancee Minas Helen Dinsmore Huntington reportedly enjoyed a car ride between neighboring estates. The couple plans a wedding to be solemnized at a later date, according to Special to The Washington Port.
Disjointed notes describe Japan and allied positions amid global conflict. Mentions Sha and Sited State with focal points on Sino-Japanese dynamics and potential shifts in alliance posture.
Paris reports that N K Riggs of the Washington banking family plans to send his $6 000 000 armor collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with Robert W DeForest confirming a forthcoming exhibition. The set includes over 200 complete suits from the 14th to 17th centuries. Riggs, 77, was persuaded by J P Morgan to favor New York, not Boston or Washington, as the beneficiary.
Rio de Janeiro reports a $20,000,000 loan from London and rumors of a military conspiracy. The government may arrest numerous noncommissioned officers as part of the crackdown.
Anthony Comstock narrowly escaped a fatal shooting when a robber entered a Minneapolis confectionery, demanded the clerk throw up her hands, and fired at a window. Comstock, en route to a Purity address, called police by telephone after witnessing the attack and proclaimed the incident a test of law and order.
A brutal autumn snowstorm shuts down trains and telegraph lines from Chicago to the Adirondacks, cutting off Pittsburgh and western Maryland towns. Winds along the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes cause drifts up to fifteen feet, with Cumberland and Zanesville reporting heavy snowfall. Three deaths occur in Utica as weather disrupts routes, while Baltimore and Ohio regions report significant outages and frozen infrastructure.
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