Demerit system a bone of contention in railroad hearings
Engineers and firemen testified before a railroad wage board about pay, demerit penalties, and safety rules. Witnesses described daily workloads and wages, while advocates argued for a square deal and safety first. The record included cases from Southern Pacific and Santa Fe regarding discipline, and a Texas grade experiment showing overtime savings.
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Warren & Stone
J. C. Conklin
Tucson
Aris
Conklin
Stone
Southern Pacific
California
Kates
Cole
Nevada
Asa
Martin
Clovis
Xaw
Sante Fe
Nichola
Veecos
Texas
John Hanly
Chicago
Ile
W. L. Park
Iaineis Central
Board of Arbitration
Park
Harriman “Safety First
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
Hie
Game Warden Shot by Alleged Poacher in Oregon
Medford Ore December 17 A Hubbard 20 year old game warden from Ashland was shot and killed near Trail while searching Lorris Martin s cabin for poaching evidence. Martin a professional deer hunter is held at Trail awaiting officers from Medford.
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Fey Morning Journal
Creciakw
Medford
Ore
Cgame
A. Hubbard
Ashland
Lorris Martin
Trail
Martin
Senate meets at noon with eulogies for Senator Bacon
The Senate convened at noon to honor the late Georgia Senator Bacon with eulogies. Hearings continued on the water power site land leasing bill and on charges of coal rate discrimination against South Atlantic ports.
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Senate
Senator Bacon
Georgia
South Atlantic
Naval committee hearings on agriculture census funds report
Rear Admiral Fiske testified before the naval committee on eliminating the agricultural census appropriation from the legislative executive and judicial bill. Rivers and harbors panel completed its annual rivers and harbors appropriation. Adjourned at 5.40 pm.
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Fiske
Naval Committee
Census of Agriculture Defeated in House Vote
The House defeated a 2,860,000 appropriation for a free event cone of agriculture in the United States. An amendment eliminating the appropriation and repealing the supporting law was adopted 72 to 69 and awaits a main vote when the bill is formally voted. Chairman Fitzgerald and Republican Leader Manafort led the opposition, arguing existing Agriculture Department statistics sufficed.
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Coro Rey Wrehiogten
United States
Privtien Hill
House
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Mana Ted
Department of Eericulture
Census Bureau
Prominent Mason Kellner Dies in California
E F Kellner Arizona pioneer aged 67 died during a surgical operation in Venice California. He will be laid to rest in a marble sarcophagus he erected in his back yard. Kellner bequeathed 1000 to Globe Arizona Masonic lodge to cover funeral expenses and his will reportedly totals about 1 006 000.
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Los Angeles
E. F. Kellner
Arizona
Venice
Calif
Kellner
Masonic Lodge
Globe
California
Lions Free in Theater Trigger Panic in Large Crowd
New York theater chaos erupts when lions break loose from containment causing widespread panic among the audience. Police struggle to regain control after a shot fired by a fellow officer endangers several witnesses and raises the threat to life.
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New York
Enraged Beasts Run Wild Through Crowds
A bizarre incident left several people hospitalized after wild animals charged through a crowd. Eyewitnesses described a chaotic scene as guards struggled to contain the beasts and medical crews tended to injured attendees.
Bandit 15 Shot Dead After Bank Robberies in Cincinnati
Frank Hohl, known bandit, dies after a three hour crime spree that included robbing two Cincinnati banks, stealing a car, and a pistol duel with police. He wounded one officer fatally and escaped with about $13,100 before dying from four wounds in a hospital. Police link him to prior escapes and other crimes.
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Morning Journal
Specio
Leageu
Cincinnati
Dee
Frank
Hohl
Cinceinnat
Altoona
Pittsburgh
Hollidaysburg
Kansas City
Tlowe
Berlin hails Poland victory and war updates
Berlin reports a major Polish victory claiming Russian defeat in Silesia and Posen with a German pursuit. Petrograd bulletins say Russian cav alry chase, while Warsaw-sent dispatches describe a great battle westward. Western fronts see slow allied offensives amid rising casualties and coastal bombardments.
Masked bandits raid St Louis jewelry store in shootout
Two masked men robbed a downtown St Louis jewelry store, taking $4600 in diamonds and jewelry after a pistol duel with the proprietor. The store’s salesman George Garver was used as a shield while the bandits exchanged shots with owner Henry W. Gerhardt, who sought cover behind a glass door. Two dogs attacked the bandits but fled after a shot was fired.
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St. Louis
George Garver
Henry VW. Gerhardt
Lion Attacks in Ten-Minute Stairway Battle Ends Deadly
In a brutal encounter a captive lion mauls and fights through a stairwell while police, including Alfred Winter, confront it. Gunfire wounds several, with Glennan shot in the back and Edward Keaveny and James Crais also attacked. Keaveny rushed to a hospital as the beast is killed by a fatal fall.
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Glennan
Hitchcock Bill Backed by Wilson
Washington reports assurances to the British government that Senator Witchcock’s bill to bar all exports of war materiel is not an administration initiative. Secretary Piryan declined comment and no official discussed the merits. Germany’s envoy Von Bernatorff disputed mushroom bullets were being shipped to allies.
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SY Morning Journal
Washington
State Department
Witchcock
Piryan
Count von Bernatorff
Steel Magnates Meet Opens in New York
In New York on December 17 the presidents of United States Steel subsidiary firms began a two day session attended by Elbert H. Gary and other top officials. No public details released though unofficial reports say trade prospects look more encouraging.
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New York
Alice
Glennen
Rose Range
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Bombardments Across Coast as British Ships Press German Positions
London reports Scarborough Hartlepool and Whitby bombarded by German cruisers. Inquests open for 94 dead in Hartlepool and Scarborough. British and Russian naval actions noted along Flanders coast and in the Black Sea. Austria's training ship Beethoven rumored lost with cadets aboard.
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Leseed
London
Scarborough
Hartlepools
Whitby
England
Thomas J. McNamara
Admiraltygun
Flanders
Gulf of
Saros
Austria
Beethoven
German Attache Justifies Shelling of Hartlepool Scarborough Whitby
Captain Franz von Papen asserts in Washington that Hartlepool is fortified while Scarborough and Whitby are defended. cites Hague 1907 rule forbidding bombardment of undefended places and claims Belgian coast targets were defended, not undefended.
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New York
Hartlepool
Scarborough
Whitby
Franz von Papen
Washington
Ostend
Nieuport
Zeebrugge
Inquest Opens Over Hartlepool Bombardment Victims
An inquest in Hartlepool, opened by the coroner via London, probes the bodies of victims from the German shelling of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool. The coroner notes the unique, historic circumstances and compares the event to Belgian and French suffering. Evidence is largely formal.
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Hartlepool
London
West Hartlepool
Hartlepools
Belgium
France
Bombardment Fatalities Report Civilian Deaths Long Week
A coroner's jury finds towns struck by an enemy bombardment under dense fog caused multiple civilian deaths. Victims include elderly residents, a mother and daughter, and others who perished at home or in streets amid shell fire. The report notes shells and gunfire from British ships blamed for the tragedy.
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Seroas
Dritith
Proeties
British Vessels Hit by German Shell Fire
British light cruiser Petrol and destroyer Doon attacked German cruisers after a raid on the northeast coast. Both ships took shell fire and suffered five killed and fifteen wounded among their crews.
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London
Petrol
Doon
England
German Plaet Likely to Astonish World
Prince Von Ruelow arrive in Rome and learns of the German coast bombardment. He says the action was planned before leaving Berlin and that it is a prelude to further German fleet moves that may astonish the world.
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Rome
Prince von Ruelow
Italy
Berlin
Abscounding Cashier Arrested in El Paso
E H Christensen the defaulting cashier of the Rorneo State Bank of Romeo Colorado was arrested in El Paso Texas He was selling fruit from a street stand and had assumed the name Ernest Iversen He admitted his identity but would not discuss the Colorado charges awaiting Colorado officers arrival
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Morning Journal
Lesseo Wice
el Paso
Texas
E. H. Christensen
Rorneo State Bank
Romeo
Colo
Colorado
Christensen
Ernest Iversen
Offensive Movement of Allies Advances on Multiple Fronts
Reports from Vienna note steady Allied gains in France Belgium and Alsace under Joffre amid Russian retreats along Galicia and Poland front. Dispatches discuss potential pivots by Russia and possible large battles near Warsaw or along the German frontier as Austro German forces press the Carpathians to the Prussian border.
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Berlin
Poland
Silesia
Posen
Petrorad
Milawa
Warsaw
Belgium
France
Hartlepools
Scarborough
Austria
Galicia
Russia
Praemysl
Heypt
Arthur McMahon
India
East
von der Goltz
Constantinople
Ministry of Marine
Prince van Buelow
Italy
Maelish
Alsace
Joffre
London
Vienna
Petrograd
Carpathians
Germany
War Office Reports Belgian Gains North of Ypres to Dixschoote
Paris reports from the war office that Belgian troops reached north of the Ypres Manin road and south and southeast of Dixschoote. They debouched northeast of Arras and entered St Loreant Blaney, with progress at Ovillers la Boisselle Mametz and Maricourt near Bapaume and Peronne. From Somme to Vosges nothing new.
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France
Paris
War Office
Belgium
Ypres
Manin
Dixschoote
Arras
St. Loreant Blaney
Ovillers-la-Boiseller
Mammetz
Maricourt
Egypt Declared British Protectorate Amid War Turmoil
London reports Egypt is placed under British protection as war erupts from Turkish actions. Turkey's suzerainty over Egypt ends and Sir Arthur Henry McMahon is appointed high commissioner to oversee protection of inhabitants and interests.
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London
Egypt
Turkey
Arthur Henry McMahon
Russian main force crushed in eastern front drive
An official communication from Vienna reports the Russian army routed after defeats in the southern wing at Limanovo and near Lodz. It says Russians are retreating toward the Carpathians as Austro allied forces pursue from Grodno to Zaklican and beyond.
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Limanovo
Lodz
Bzura
Carpathians
Grodno-Zaklican
Srone
Russian General Staff says chases Germans across front
Petrograd reports that in Milana direction Russian cavalry and vanguard pursue beaten German forces with several corps crossing the frontier. Prisoners guns and war materiel are said to be captured. No major fighting on the Vistula left bank or in eastern Galicia on December 16.
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Petrograd
Milana
Vistula
Galicia
Garrot Praemvyst
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