Prohibition Efforts Face Senate and House Hurdles
Washington reports advocate teams plan a federal constitutional amendment to ban liquor with a push for a vote this session. Senate resolution author Sheppard will push every opportunity, while House action relies on a rules move to set a vote. Expectation is for growing majorities but not a two thirds passage this season.
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Danes approve U S purchase of Danish West Indies
Denmark's parliament approves the treaty for the United States to acquire the Danish West Indies, enabling rapid exchange of ratifications and the start of steps toward a territorial government on the islands with a $25 million purchase price. Also reports Lloyd's lists ships sunk including the steamer Liverpool and the steamer Bayhall with three small vessels noted as sunk or possibly sunk.
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London
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Anaconda News and National Affairs Stir Wall Street Reports
A scrambled note outlines chaos in markets and politics with references to Wall Street events, Prohibition pressure, and British reactions. It mentions Anaconda news, dynamite on a train, Yorath funeral, the McIntyre case, and various local items including a refinery, a burned poor woman's home, and Christmas plans from Butte.
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Canada
War report from Dobrudja and Mesopotamia fronts
Associated Press dispatch describes Russian Romanian forces clashing with Teutonic allies in Dobrudja near Balabantea and Dadhkot with shifting fronts. Teutonic advances occur along Pirlita-Stankutca while Carpathian fighting sees heights changed. In Mesopotamia British forces report successful bombardments of Turkish craft and land positions near Kut al Amara.
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Rumania
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Dadhkot
Pirlita-Stankutca
Mesopotamia
Kut-ol-Amara
Ford Plant 10 to Close for One Week to Ease Rail Congestion
Detroit December 21 Ford Motor company will close its plant for seven days to relieve railroad congestion so carloads of food and fuel can be handled. Frank L Klingensmith vice president announced the suspension will cause about 2800 cars a day of production loss and 42000 workers idle with an estimated wage loss of 1.4 million dollars for the week.
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Ford Motor Company
Frank L. Klingensmith
Proven and Starved Suspect Surrenders to Sheriff
Steele North Dakota December 21 Leon Nt charged with shooting and killing Clarence Hicks at Hicks cabin 14 miles northwest of Robinson last Thursday night was in critical condition from ice and starvation after four days in hiding He surrendered to county officials and was brought here from a shelter north of Robinson The neighbor who killed Hicks greeted his wife of six weeks from Oregon as authorities prepare to decide on further action Meanwhile in Aberdeen South Dakota a man E H Vogel near White Rock committed suicide after family woes and poor crops leaving eight children seven supported by him survive, the death noted by a local coroner’s report.
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Rtock
War Inflation Drives Stock Market to Historic Plunge
New York stock market plunges after President Wilson notes to belligerents are issued and Secretary Lansing explains intent. Trading turns frenzied with losses of 5, 10 and 15 points, one stock down 33, total shares 3,176,000 as brokers face heavy selling and confusion on the exchange floor.
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Lansing
Germany
Exohana
Explosion at oil plant in Wyoming leaves two dead
Two men were killed and three others seriously injured in an oil plant blast of the Midwest Oil company near Casper Wyoming. Reports reaching Cheyenne list Patrick Pryor as among the injured.
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Midwest Ol Company
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Patrick Pryor
Universal Military Training Plan to be Presented to Congress
Washington reports a definite universal military training bill will be laid before Congress next month with cost estimates against the volunteer system. General Hugh L. Scott told the House Military Committee the plan is in progress and will take about a month to complete. The discussion touched on mobilization lessons from the National Guard and doubts about relying on volunteers.
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National Guard For Border Service
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France
Littlepage
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Saloniki
No Change Made in Position of the American Government
President Wilson’s note on peace was officially interpreted as not threatening U S entry into the war despite belligerent actions. Secretary Lansing clarified the note does not change U S neutrality, while White House officials sought to avoid misinterpretation of its purpose.
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Britain Aroused By Wilson Note Shock
London observers report absolute and startling surprise at President Wilsons note. The government MPs and press are puzzled but expect a joint reply to German peace proposals before Christmas.
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Wilson
America
Alli
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Two and a Half Million for Jewish War Sufferers Relief Drive
A mass meeting at Carnegie Hall raised nearly 2.59 million dollars for Jewish war relief in Europe. Jacob H. Schiff and Julius S. Rosenwald each gave 100,000 dollars, with 456,875 raised by 40 donors. The event launches a drive by the American Jewish Central Committee and the People’s Relief Committee to reach 10 million dollars in 1917.
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New York
Europe
Carnegie Hall
Jacob H. Schiff
Julius S. Rosenwald
Chicago
American Jewish Central Committee
People's Relief Committee
Tarnowski May Proceed Ambassador Granted Passage
Austria Hungary appoints Count Tarnowski as ambassador to the United States and instructs naval commanders to allow unhindered passage through blockade lines to reach him. The report notes Britain and allied status in the region.
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Wee Sie
Great Britain
Count Tarnowski
United States
Austria-Hungary
Bank resources rise as top 100 banks grow
A federal reserve statement shows the 100 largest banks each hold more than $20 million in resources, totaling over $2.6 billion, with only five posting declines. The biggest increase exceeds 33 percent in one bank, and major gains occur in Dallas New Orleans Buffalo Kansas City Philadelphia San Francisco Cleveland Pittsburgh and Boston.
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Itams
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Kansas City
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San Francisco
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Boston
Grounds for Suspicion That Price Is Artificial
New York December 21 George W Anderson Boston federal district attorney in charge of the national food and fuel inquiry said there are grounds for suspecting that the recent price increase for coal is the result of an artificial illegal combination. He noted movement of coal checked on railroads and at terminals as evidence of artificial action to cause extortionate profits through a speculative market.
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New York
George W. Anderson
Boston
Anderson
Wilson Family Christmas at White House Gathers
President Wilson plans a home Christmas at the White House with a family tree for the children. Grandniece Josephine Cothran arrives from Philadelphia with her mother Mrs Anne Cothran, and Ellen McAdoo, Wilson's granddaughter, join Secretary and Mrs McAdoo, Miss Margaret Wilson, and other relatives.
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Wilson
White Nouve
Josephine Cothran
White House
Anne Cothran
Philadelphia
Ellen McAdoo
McAdoo
Margaret Wilson
Great Railway System to Be Sold at Auction
St Louis will host the court ordered sale to reorganize the Missouri Pacific system. Judge Hook set minimum prices totaling 49 450 000 for the Missouri Pacific lines and Iron Mountain assets. Special masters will oversee sales in St Louis and Topeka to satisfy bondholders and creditors.
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Missouri Pacific
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Kansas & Colorado Pacific
Topeka
Dobyns
Our Pacific
Lee Hagerman
T Louis
Iron Mountain
Omar B. Robinson
Kansas City
Uaranty ‘Trust Company
Trust Company
New York
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