British Oil Protection Drive May Force U S Action
Secretary Bryan asked the Navy to advise Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz to shield foreign and American oil interests on Mexico east coast. London reports Lord Cowdray seeks continued U S naval protection of Pearson interests near Tampico and Puerto Mexico, denying any aid to Huerta.
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United States
Lord Cowdray
Vera Cruz
Bryan
Navy Department
Admiral Fletcher
Mexico
Tuxpam
Tampico
State Department
London
Americana
Fletcher
Aguilar
Page
Washington
Huerta
DANGER IN MEXICAN CRISIS FEARED BY BARRETT
WorcesterMass November speech before Pan American Conference at Clark University. John Barrett director general of the Pan American Union warns Americans against flippant attitudes toward Mexico or war with Mexico. He says U S relations with twenty Latin American nations may hinge on this crisis and warns the press to go slow. The SpanishAmerican War crisis involved Spain and Cuba. the current issue involves twenty countries with 70,000,000 people and 8 billion dollars in foreign trade.
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Clark University
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Mexico
United States
Latin America
Spain
Cuba
Warned by Huerta and Mexican crisis discussed by Wilson
The article reports on Washington's reading of Huerta's strained hold on Mexican territories and the US stance. It notes diplomatic pressure weakening Huerta's control, a White House denial of secret moves, and President Wilson's view that Huerta will eventually yield. It also covers Juarez executions inquiries, consular reports, and Villa's claim of only seven lawful executions.
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Mexico
Wilson
Huerta
State Department
White House
O'Shaughnessy
United States
Juarez
Tor- Teon
el Taso
Pasquelra
Bryan
Department of State
Gen. Villa
Huertas
Conigreas
Congress
Solemn Moment for Huerta Sparks Mexican Congress
Mexico City history records Huerta declaring the moment solemn and decisive for the nation’s welfare. He condemns the old congress as a rebel center and defends dissolving chambers to avert bloodshed, urging a new election to allow the people to speak.
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Mexico
Huerta
NEW Congress
Notable World Happenings Across Cities
Reports from Chicago to Vancouver recount tragic murders in Chicago where Albert Zinkie, four, killed his mother and himself, and other cities noting crimes and political shifts. The Interstate Commerce Commission’s coal roads inquiry paused due to Commissioner Marble’s illness. Osborn estate bequeaths over 100000 and life interest to widow. Deitz shoots wife and mother-in-law then himself in Braddock. Dr William Leavell departs for Guatemala. Premier Asquith faces cabinet dissension over home rule. Lord Pirrie denies retirement rumor. Port authority in Boston acquires land for steamship terminal. Rockhill departs Constantinople as ambassador. Danish expedition to study deep sea, zoology, and microbiology embarks, visiting multiple regions over two and a half years.
Motorcycles Bid In Warle Harlan Building Event
A brief item notes motorcycles or a sale at the Warle Harlan building, with reference to a sixth floor location and a post bid opportunity.
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Warle Harlan Gt
Bigain
Hold Up at Ninth and G Streets Stirs City Police
A draftsman, Benjamin Ober, living at 916 Eleventh Street Southeast, was robbed at Ninth and G Streets Southeast by two Black men. One showed a pistol while the other searched his clothing, taking 3 cents. Ober notified police who issued a description to officers citywide. One suspect was light-skinned, about 22, wearing a torn brown sweater, checked pants, and a dented black derby. The second suspect was tall, Black, in dark clothing with a slouch hat.
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City
Ninth
G Street
Benjamin
Ober
Eleventh Street
Telis
Fifth Precinct
Aldape Sails for Paris to Promote Mexican Credit Abroad
Manuel Garza Aldape former interior minister in Huerta’s cabinet sailed from Habana to Paris on the Espagne. He said his mission is to raise Mexican credit abroad and disagreed that Huerta would resign despite U S pressure. Also aboard was Ramon Prida, slated to go to New York to file a complaint against Capt Knight over his arrest on the Morro Castle.
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Habana
Manuel Garza Aldape
Huerta
Paris
Espagne
Senor Aldape
France
Mexico
Washington
Ramon Prida
Morro Castle
Vera Cruz
Prida
New York
Knight
Japanese Cruiser Sails for Mexico from Yokosuka
The Japanese cruiser Imumo sailed for Mexico this morning amid a popular departure demonstration. Despite a raging storm an excursion steamer escorted her to the bay mouth with a band playing. On board were naval officers led by Admiral Baron Minoru Sako, minister of marine, and Capt Keiza buro Moriyama, a highly regarded commander and diplomat fluent in English and French. The voyage will route via Honolulu to Mazatlan.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Imumo
Mexico
Baron Minoru Sako
Keizaburo Moriyama
Honolulu
Manazanillo
Rebels Arrest American Consul Investigating Charges
Two American travelers arriving from Empalme report W. H. Feliz, an American railroad employee at Empalme, has been arrested by constitutionalists. Feliz is jailed with Consul Louis Hostetter of Hermosillo taking up the case. Motorists say Gen. Obregon’s forces at Guaymas are improving their lines amid tensions.
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W. H. Feliz
Nogales
Ariz
Empalme
Guaymas
Mex
W. H. Pellx
Felix
Conaul Louis Hostetter
Hermosilio
Ojeda
Rain May Quell Indians At Beautiful Mountain Stand
Farmington New Mexico November 20 steady rain troubled the Navajo encamped on Beautiful Mountain cooling sympathizers and encouraging Shiprock agency officials seeking a bloodless settlement. A captured Navajo and one surrenderer at Shiprock signaled possible progress as Gen Hugh L Scott heads to Gallup for peace parleys with tribesmen awaiting overland guidance to Beautiful Mountain and cavalry reinforcements.
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Farmington
N. Mex
Indiana
Beautl Mountain
Shiprock Agency
United States Court
New Mexico
W. T. Shelton
Shiprock
Albuquerque
Hugh L. Scott
Gallup
Beautiful Mountain
Twelfth Cavalry
Dead Youth Mystery Seeks Identity in Baltimore Connection
A tall unidentified young man collapsed at Eighth and street NW Wednesday night and died shortly after in an emergency hospital ambulance. He wore a medium quality dark suit, a dark slouch hat with a blue velvet band, and carried little money. Coroner Nevitt ruled heart failure and the District morgue holds the body while police seek identification and possible links to Baltimore residents.
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Eighth and & Streets
Nevitt
Raithmore
Sued as Love Thief Damages Asked in Washington Scandal
Miss Lola May the Washington actress known as May Purman faces a $60,000 damages suit from Mrs. Marie Crandall of New York alleging the actress alienated Crandall's husband Derby Crandall, a Van Schaick & Co. broker whose firm failed in 1912. Crandall's wife claims repeated affection and costly gifts, including a hat bill sent to May in Washington.
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Lola May
Derby Crandall
Bill
Miss May
Washington
Wasthington Post
New York
Misa Lola May
Washington, D. C
Marie Crandall
Crandall
Stock Exchange
van Schaick & Co
May Purman
West Thirty-ninth Street
Supreme Court
Derby, Jr
Riverside Drive
Fifth Avenue
Washington, D.C
Trade disputes settled by AFL reach brewery workers and bindery cases
Seattle November 24 The American Federation of Labor closed major jurisdictional fights. Brewery workers win full control of brewery teamsters and teamsters join brewery workers with delivery men under teamsters. Also settled were lithographers versus Pressmen’s Union and Bookbinders versus Typographical Union, with orders to dissolve the dual bindery and Women’s Auxiliary as part of the agreement.
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Seattle
Wash
American Federation of Labor
Committee On Adjustment
Brewery Teamsters
Pressmen's Union
Rogersville
Tenn
Washington, D.C
New York City
Mailers’ Union
Leopard Manages To Manicure Leopardess At Zoo
New York Nov 4 Bill Snyder head keeper of the Central Park zoo was bitten by a leopardess while trimming claws. He bound the wound with carbolic acid and returned with deputies to secure the bag over Kittys head and finish the claw work.
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Bill Snyder
Central Park Zoo
Black Kitty
New York
Billi
Leopard House
Bin
Kitty
Bill
Debates over Pinchot and water power reform
Delegates from various states clash over monopoly charges in water power. Supporters insist conservation advances require capital. critics argue government limits would halt financing. They note only 38 of Congress authorized plants have been funded, claiming stricter controls would stop all future financing.
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Pinchotard
Canada
Europe
Pinchot
Congress
Resolutions Committee Action Approved by Congress
The resolutions committee unanimously approved the action and the congress subsequently endorsed the committee's decisions, marking final approval of the proposed measures.
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Resolutions Committee
Congress
Bolting Delegates Say Convention Was Packed
Western and Southern delegates who attended the conservation congress freely acknowledged Pinchot's supremacy. They said they were outvoted by forest service field staff and government employees in Washington, effectively disenfranchising Oregon and Arizona. Western and Southern groups announced they would withdraw, leaving Pinchot in undisputed control.
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Conservation Congress
Pinchot
Forest Service
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Congress
Gifford Pinchot
No More Delegates From Montana And Washington
Gov Samuel Stewart of Montana announced that no delegates would be appointed again to the National Conservation Congress. Dudley G Wooten of Seattle echoed the stance for Washington, saying the delegation would not enter the congress again.
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Montana
Washington
National Conservation Congress
Samuel ¥. Stewart
Dudley G. Wooten
Seattle
Washington State
Arkansas Delegates Denounce Conservation Congress
The Arkansas delegation issued a strong statement protesting federal control of forest reserves and waters, vowing to defend state rights. They faulted Congress for disorganized proceedings and claimed delegates were government workers or associates, denouncing Pinchotism and asserting the congress is dominated by self-appointed theorists and cabinet officers.
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State of
Congress
Boards of Trade
Conservation Congress
United States
San Francisco Mint Shortage Revealed in Silver Dollar Sacks
Officials examined 61 395 sacks believed to hold 1 000 silver dollars each and found a shortage of about 29 922 22 washers were found weighing the same as silver dollars. The loss dates to the 1880s before new seals, and the mint counted and resealed the contents over two months. Shanahan, the new superintendent, reported the finding to the Treasury.
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United States Mint
San Francisco
T. W H. Shanahan
Shanahan
Treasury Department
Treasury
Attempt to Condemn Hetch Hetchy Plan Fails
A motion to condemn the Hetch Hetchy bill was defeated in the lands committees and the resolutions committee. A New York delegate presented a resolution opposing use of national park resources for utilitarian purposes, prompting Chairman Wallace to note it openly opposed the Hetch Hetchy bill. The committee declined to adopt the motion amid the debate.
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San Francisco
Sierras
Lands Committees
Resolutions Committee
New York
Deligite
Chairan Wallace
Theta
Ana Apouslio
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arriving and Departing
A chaotic transit list shows multiple steamers arriving from New York and Liverpool, including Lapland Bremen and Sarapdas Fousjvana, with routes to New York and Rotterdam. Names like Ledrie, Taverpoe, Noordam, and Amreapolis appear amid uncertain spellings, indicating port activity and passenger or cargo movements on a busy day.
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Lapland
New York
Dacre Bremen
Bremen
Ledrie
Hambure
Curhampian
Rooke Day
Farmarnia
Naval Reserves visit. fifteen minutes of war recalled
Commissioners Newman Siddons and Lee toured the Naval Armory for the monthly battalion inspection. Newman recounted exactly fifteen minutes of warfare during the Spanish American War era while the Coxswain Miller won a competitive drill prize. James Ferguson and Felix Nolte followed in rankings as Ensign Sigourney and Captain Carmody escorted the officials. the Naval Battalion Band provided music.
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Spain
Naval Battalion
Newman
Riddens
Seventh Street
Naval Armory
Albany
New York
Siddons
Lee
Joseph A. Demps
T. B. Miller
James Ferguson
Felix Nolte
Frank Sigourney
John Doyle Carmody
Militia
Bests a Death Trail Hikes Back to the Pacific
Harry C. Walker, 21, says he is walking from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic and back on a $70,000 wager, spending a night at the Sixth precinct before resuming his journey. Walker, described as a fine physical specimen, traveled from Oakland March 1, 1911, with two companions who died in the Mojave desert. he now returns via Philadelphia and Baltimore, selling a book about his trek and claiming the wager is between Oakland and a New York sporting man.
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Sergi Scriven
Harry C. Walker
Pacific
Atlantic
Walker
Washington
Potleeman O'Dea
New Jersey Avenue
F Atreet
San Francisco
New York
O'Dean
Sergt. Scriven
Scriven
Oakland
Cal
Frank Tilo
Frank Dumis
Mojave Deset
Tie
Phi Delphia
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