Federal trade commission examines meat packers control
Washington keystone report notes that hearings will later cover alleged packer control of grain fertilizers dairying butter substitutes leather hides poultry and canned vegetables. Evidence links Armour interests to Chicago stockyards transit firms and related railways, alleging price setting that favors producers and profits from storage and haulage.
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In Today's Standard Kidnaped Dynamics and War News
A compact digest from The Standard highlights wartime items including kidnaped dynamics, aviators and Italian forces, German spy activity near borders, Red Cross efforts by schoolgirls, and a war summary. It lists education and civic notes, court items, Christmas programs, and numerous department notices from Anaconda to Billings with ads and society briefs.
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Crozier
Hunt
Arizona
Butte
Germany Moves Toward Regular News Exchange With United States
Unclear text suggests Germany aiming to establish a regular news exchange system with the United States. No verifiable details on parties, dates, or scope are provided. The fragment lacks concrete entities or events to confirm.
Scandianvian Ship Letters Revealed In Invisible Ink Codes
Customs officials disclosed a two week find of letters on ships to and from Scandinavian ports using invisible ink or codes. About 20 percent showed suspicious content linked to German espionage via neutral ports, with potential arrests under the trading with the enemy act.
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Washington
Dec
United States
Germany
Austria
Olticials
Uni
Europe
Customs
War Trade Board
Kaiser Peace Proposals Said to Vary From Earlier Plans
Geneva reports from diplomatic circles say Kaiser Wilhelm II is preparing peace proposals for Christmas Eve. The terms are described as more conciliatory than prior positions, aiming to end the war and ease global tension. Rome reports Italy’s wheat supply at 28 million quintals with 37 million quintals needed, noting rising consumption due to wartime shortages.
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Rome
Spy Shot By Army Patrol In El Paso
El Paso Texas Dec 22 Charles H Feige shot and killed by United States army patrols when attempting to cross to Mexico. He carried drawings of Fort Bliss and troop camps and a notebook suggesting military information transmitted to Germany through Mexico. Rangers warned him away. a passport was required to cross. Feige hoped to photograph crossing for personal use. He had a bankbook with large sums deposited in eastern banks. The incident suggests espionage activity near the border.
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Texas
Charles H. Feige
Mexico
Feige
Fort. Bliss
Germany
Texas Rangers
Secret Service
Italians Drive off Attack at Asolone in Night Assault
Italian forces repelled a dawn attack on Mont Asolone with infantry Alpini and coastal forces, holding the position despite a prolonged daytime assault. Italians also repelled a later effort to cross the local approaches toward Venice, aided by fleet landings and sinking an enemy armed boat. A Berlin-Berne Lat Suisse dispatch notes Germany quadrupled submarine output to offset losses.
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San Lorengy
Bass
Mont Asolone
Asolone
Venice
Kiel
Berlin
Berne
Lat Suisse
Americans Commissioned in Lafayette Escadrille
Lieut. William B. Haviland of Butte and Walter Lovell among new American pilots commissioned with the Lafayette escadrille. The list includes first lieutenants Paul Fae Nam, Haviland, Granville Pollock, Rounds, Joseph C. Stepsin, George Tunnure Jr, Frank W. Wells, Wilcox, C. Johnson, Ames Donal Jr, and Henry Tones. Haviland’s exploits earned him a commission after joining the American aviation service.
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George Fe Tunnure Jr
Frank W. Wells
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Lafayette Escadrille
American Aviatervice
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Flynn retires as chief of the Secret Service
New York December 22 William J Flynn announced his resignation as chief of the United States Secret Service after twenty years of service and wartime strain. He said his physician warned of a breakdown without a long rest, and he declined to confirm future plans, including possible headship of New York police under Mayor Hyro.
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William J. Flynn
United States
Secret Service
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Hy Ro
Kidnapped infant killer confession links gang
Dee Claude G. Piersol, recently sentenced for Baby Lloyd Keet abduction, confesses to Webster County sheriff to a planned ransom kidnap ring. He implicates several associates, cites a death by poisoning, and says a county jail visitor disclosed the infant’s death. Twelve others are held at Marshfield on kidnapping charges.
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Lloyd Keet
Gang
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Springfield
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Minisourt
Ward Mackey
Webster County
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J. Holland Keet
E. J. Sanford
Holeland Banking Company
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Miley
Plersol
C. Ae Clement
Piersoe
Marshfield
Thirty Suspects Under Arrest In Sacramento Plot
Sacramento police detained thirty men after an explosion at the executive mansion. Authorities believe a dynamiting plot targeted the city’s power plant with alleged ties to the Industrial Workers of the World. Key suspects include William Hood, G F Voetter, and William Doherty, with Hood also known as Frank S Doherty and William Reilly.
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Sacramento
Power House
Cal
Podestra Conran
Cffic Gas and Electric Company
Conran
William Hood
Hood
G.F. Vostter
Industrial Workers of the World
Voetter
R Miner
LW. W
United States Navy
Polles
Frank S Doherty
William Reilly
Arthur Ryan
Tw.w
James Mulroney
Butte
British Coast Town Raid Challenge Report
London announces another German air raid attempt on the Kentish coast. One raider was forced down near the coast, another captured alive. A second attack at about 9 30 p m dropped a few bombs on Thanet. No inland penetration, no casualties or damage reported.
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Kentish
Thanet
Weather Forecast Update Brief
A concise weather notice notes likely precipitation and temperatures for the coming period. Forecasters indicate Monday's conditions may include overcast skies and possible light rain with temperatures near average for the season.
Great Krupp Plant Aflame Report From Amsterdam
A Dec 22 dispatch quotes Echo de Belge saying the Krupp plant in Essen is on fire with an explosion reported at the electric power station. Dutch sources note a possible slight impact, as frontier reports relay a power failure and damage amid the blaze.
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Exchange’ Telegraph Company
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Echo de Belge
Krupp
Essen
Xrupp
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Increase in Subscription Rates by The Standard
The Standard states rising paper costs force a small subscription price increase. Starting Jan 1, daily and Sunday per month rates rise, six months and annual totals in advance adjust accordingly. Sunday edition by mail only will cost 2.50 per year.
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