Rebels Silenced by Gunboat Cannonade at Tampico
Reports from Mexico City and Vera Cruz say federal cannon fire silenced rebel forces near Tampico. About 1,000 rebels were killed or wounded as they withdrew toward Victoria and Tamaulipas, with the water supply cut off by the constitutionalists.
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Mexico City
Tampico
War Office
Victoria
Tula
Tamaulipas
Vera Cruz
Frank F. Fletcher
Gulf of Mexico
Lawyer Devers Hall Dies After Ten Story Fall at Hotel
New York report states Devers Hall a Detroit attorney, about 60, leaped or fell ten stories to death from a room in the Hotel Marie Antoinette. Servants found his body in a courtyard. Separate line notes Devere Hull as a Bay City attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senate Rejects First Amendment To Currency Reform
In Washington on December 15 the Senate voted 40 to 35 against the Hitchcock amendment to the administration currency bill. The proposal would have set four regional banks and made them public ownership institutions, sending the measure back to the table.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Late December Calm Weather Sets Record Warmth
A rare warm spell extends into mid December with daily highs above fifty and nights near freezing. The region sees widespread outdoor activity including boating and motoring, as children play on greens and cattle graze. Farmers plow as the unusually mild conditions persist.
Quinaga Now Impregnable in Mexican Campaign
Ojinaga Mexico December 65 Rebels close in on Juarez frontier federal garrison of 4000 under Gen Mercado. Military experts rate Ojinaga impregnable with plateau fortifications river and surrounding hills. Attacks may come along river bank or siege possible. federal victory could allow recapture of Juarez and force Mercado forces to surrender or flee to the U.S.
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Ojinage
Mex
Mexico
Mercado
Bara
Ojinada
Juares
el Paso
Tex
United States
Detained detective George Moore freed for lack of evidence
Detective George Moore, arraigned on charges of assault with intent to murder Lawrence McClinton, was released after a judge ruled the prosecution evidence insufficient to convict. He cannot leave Offingham, NJ, until Thursday and remains subpoenaed for Charlies Heskett’s bootlegging hearing before Justice Dempster on Wednesday.
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George Moore
Harry
Tullar
Lawrence McClinton
Moore
Offingham
Charlies Heskett
Dempster
Wealthy New Yorker on Trial for Murder
In Rutland Vermont on November 15, the murder trial of Wm Koch opened with the defense arguing self defense. Koch says Gordon, a persistent poacher, raised a club as Koch remonstrated, and Koch discharged his revolver while warding off the blow. Koch then helped Gordon to a boat and took him toward Whitehall New York where he died before reaching the shore. Koch, son of a wealthy New Yorker, is a New York game warden.
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Rutland
Wm. Koch
Charles Gordon
Koch
Gordon
Hin Efater
White Halll
N. Y
White Hall
New York
Crowds Strain to View Mona Lisa in Florence Gallery
Florence reports immense crowds as visitors press to see Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. To prevent damage authorities removed busts and statues from the Uffizi. Reactions mount over Italy returning the painting to France amid the controversy. Cotton consumption rises in November with gains in bales in mills and warehouses nationwide. A meeting is set by George Holcomb, promoter of the district fair, in Galesburg for noon tomorrow.
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Florence
Italy
da Vinci
Uffici
France
George Holcomb
Galesburg
Republicans Split on Calling a National Convention in 1909
Washington reports a near split among Republican national committee members on holding an extraordinary convention to reshape southern representation and party rules. Cities like Philadelphia Indianapolis Cincinnati St Louis and Denver back conventions with large cash pledges while Senator Cummins holds no new stance beyond changes in delegates and rules.
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Washington, D. C
Republican National Committee
Hiller
Ormedy McHarg
National Committee
Congressional Committee
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Denver
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Law Committee
Capitol
Cummins
Nelson
Root
Warren
Market Thursday closes mixed on grain and wheat
Chicago trading ended with corn edges up by fractions as demand from large buyers steadied prices. Wheat rose modestly aided by a drop in visible supply, with overall session closing firm and higher by up to one quarter cent.
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Chicago
Missouri fights International Harvester in Supreme Court
Missouri pursues ouster of the International Harvester Co from the state over alleged anti trust violations. Attorney General Barker asks the Missouri case be dismissed for lack of a federal question. Oral arguments expected, possibly Friday.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
International Harvester Company of America
Supreme Court
Barker
Missouri Court
Carabao Order Vexes Wilson After Banquet Satire
President Wilson ordered a war and navy inquiry into satirical sketches at the Order of Carabao banquet mocking Philippine policy. Secretaries Daniels and Garrison sought explanations from Rear Admiral Howard and Quartermaster Gen. Aleshire and urged the admiral to resign the presidency of the order. The satire included models of battleships and a three year pursuit film, sparking cabinet displeasure over perceived lack of discipline.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
War and Navy Departments
Army
Navy
Garrison
Daniels
Howard
Aleshire
Bryan
U. 5
Temperature December 15 readings and past comparisons
The report shows overnight temperature notes with a midnight marking from Buchanan Optical Co. It records a low around 35 and a high near 47 earlier, and compares to a year ago when maxima reached 22 and minima 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Optical Co
Clements Named to Reappointment on Interstate Commerce Panel
Washington December 15 President Wilson plans to reappoint Judson C. Clements of Georgia to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He will soon announce successors for the late John H Marble and Charles A Prouty.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Judson C. Clements
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
John H. Marble
Charles A. Prouty
Waterloo reader thanks Courier since 1871
A Waterloo Evening Courier reader signs a note dated November 25 1913 praising the paper for decades and expressing a wish to have it at home when away. The missive appears as a reader's roll of honor item with an advertisement for Havana cigars.
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Waterloo
Emmons Johnson
Weather outlook for Washington and nation this week
The weekly forecast from Pregent at the weather bureau expects temperatures near or above the normal average with generally light precipitation across most of the country. Frequent rains in the Pacific states, a disturbance moving from the far west to the St Lawrence valley bringing rain and snow in the north, and a western plateau disturbance followed by colder weather in the northwest are anticipated by week’s end.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Pacific States
St. Lawrence Valley
Middle West
Man Dies by Own Action After Prolonged Ill Health
A 67 year old man Beener of Waterloo committed suicide by hanging at his son in law’s home 440 Conger street last evening at 9:30. He had suffered ill health and brooding over ailments, an act seemingly premeditated with a nail and noose used to end his life. Coroner deemed no inquest necessary and the body was sent to Hileman and Gindt undertakers. Beener, born in Hamburg, came to Waterloo thirty-one years ago and previously worked in Illinois Central shops. Surviving children listed include Bloss Martin Frank and several daughters.
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Washington,d. C
Gen.Bliss
Border Patrol
War Department
Villa
Bliss
Carranza
Felix Somerfield
Chihuahua City
Letcher
Chihuahua
Edwards
Juarez
Auto
Beener
W. B. Worcester
Conger Street
Vie
Foun
Worcester
Stark
Ed. F. Kistner
Hileman & Gindt
Mr. Beener
Hamburg
Germany
Waterloo
Europe
Illinois Central
Bloss
Martin
Frank
Caroline Baumgartner
Rosa Worcester
Clara Kotz
Schaller
Anna Dubradt
Storm Lake
Suffragists in London Use No Sleep Hunger Strike Tactics
Militants continue arson and disruption as Miss Sylvia Pankhurst escalates protests in London. She and her mother remain jailed as police plan to hold them until the Women’s Social and Political Union meeting. An arson squad burned a derelict mansion near Bristow while another group shattered windows at Richmond police station. Miss Zeke Emerson, an American suffragist, was arraigned for disturbin g the peace in Bow Street district. The court remanded her on bail for a week with peace pledges.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Women's Social and Political Union
Bristow
Richmond Pollee
Miss Emerson
Zeke Emerson
Bow Street
East End
Young Girl Dies of Typhoid in Waterloo
Miss Minnis A. Rice aged 23 died at Presbyterian hospital at 8:30 after a three week typhoid illness. She lived with her uncle Myron Whitney in Waterloo four years and was a First Presbyterian Church member. Parents Mr and Mrs Bi Rice from Dunkerton survive with four brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Minnis A. Rice
Presbyterian Hospital
Ming Rice
Myron Whitney
Mra
Bi. K. Rice
Dunkerton
Mes
First Presbyterian Church of
Waterloo
Ada Worthan
Ella
Lucile
Frank
Arden
Kenneth
Elwyn
C. A. Smith
Keokuk Woman Turns On Gas and Dies in Crisis
Keokuk Iowa Mrs D Streeter once driven by duty to help young women and with her nervous system strained by a year’s work, became mentally unbalanced yesterday evening and turned on all gas jets in the room. She died within an hour.
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Keokuk
Dee
D. Streeter
Belgian couple wed in quiet city ceremony
Joseph Symoens and Edilvera Neetesonne, both from Ghent Belgium, were married this morning with an interpreter present as neither spoke English. The ceremony was conducted by Justice Knapp.
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America
Joseph Symoens
Edilvera Neetesonne
Justice Knapp
Ghent
Belgium
Earthquake Traps Train In German Tunnel Four Dead
Four killed and 34 seriously injured when a passenger train collapsed a tunnel eight miles from Chemnitz during a slight earthquake. Locomotive and six cars buried beneath rocks. relief teams and medical aid rushed to the wreck despite hurricane and snow hindering rescue work.
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Thirtyfour
Harth
Chemnitz
Germany
Aj Toned
Rosevein
Cagmmus
Harras
Frigore
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Fletcher
Chihuahuas
Wars Department
Tacoma
Hermione
Cradoe
Admiral Fletcher
Ward
Morro Castle
Geo, C
Carothers
Torreon
State Department
el Page
Detroit
Mich
Quinaga
Census Bureau
Washington
Gorn
International Harvester
Policy
Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
Tovar Havana Cigar &c
Hero Beener
Amos B. Magon
Cedar Falls
Mary A. Clark
Clarence Tanner
Lilly Schiefelbein
Charles A. Heskett
J. B. Dempster
J. P. McGreevy
Effie Scorey
Rockford
Ill
St. Francis Hospital
A. M. Hogan
Cagendéenayenue
Albert Len, Minn
Mr. Hogan
Slumber Yard
Devonport
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