Moonshine feud ends in officer slaying hunt
McDowell county authorities report Deputy Sheriff Collins killed while pursuing moonshiners in Jenkins Jones area. Detectives tied to Baldwin-Pelts agency arrested John Scarbury and Tom Quesenberry suspects. Mrs Collins ill with influenza. case heads to next county court term for decisive evidence.
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Daily Telegraph
Collins
Jenkin Jones
Coellina
John Scarbury
Welch
Bearbury
Theildwin-Felts Detective Agency
McLowell
Wereer County
Pocahontas
Tom Quesenberry
Hills
Bowman
Quesenberry
John Searbury
Sheriff's Office
McDowell County
City Health Board Delays Action Amid Flu Rumors
The board and Mayor Stahlman discuss the flu epidemic with Dr Thornhill urging action if subsidence does not occur by Monday. Dollard argues physicians must supply timely case data to guide decisions, while citizens press for guidance though health reports do not match circulating rumors.
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Thornhill
Dollard
Health Department
Stahliman
Lee
Stahlman
Will of Philip Tumulty Probated in Jersey City
The will of Philip Tumulty father of Joseph P Tumulty secretary to President Wilson was probated in Jersey City today. It provides that the bulk of the property shall not be divided until Miss Esther Tumulty twenty years old daughter.
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Jersey City
Ec. S
Philip Tumulty
Joseph P Tumulty
Wilson
Esther Tumulty
Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds
A vintage ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a trusted remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims rapid throat relief from grippe bronchial attacks with a pleasant taste and quick action, listing prices 60 cents and 1.20 dollars and noting widespread druggist availability.
Dr. Xing’s New Life Pills Promoted in Odd Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Xing’s New Life Pills as a purgative and laxative remedy. The copy claims effectiveness and daily use to “call to nature” and stimulate the bowels. The fragment suggests a 19th or early 20th century period tone.
Bequest Arises From Complex Family Will
A will dated June 2, 014 bequeaths an estate to a widow by second marriage aged thirty five. Her four half brothers and she share the estate equally. The five Tumulty children receive fre mo. The document references Secretary Tune and brother PHILP as heirs in a marred deed handling.
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Joseph
Tuneatry
Philp
March submits annual report to Secretary Baker
General March presents the annual army report detailing the air service tanks corps and heavy artillery plans, urging congressional transmission. He praises American soldiers in France and commends General Pershing and General Bliss at Versailles. The report includes a chronology of American operations from April 28, 1917 to November 11, 1918.
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Air Service
Congress
France
March
Girl Acquitted in New York Landlady Murder Case
Elizabeth Baksa, 19, of Freemansburg Pennsylvania, was acquitted after not testifying in her defense in New York. James Regan admitted killing Mrs Helen Hamel and faced scrutiny as a defense witness. The jury dismissed Regan’s testimony and ruled he committed perjury. Judge Rosalsky planned to consult the district attorney on possible action.
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New York
Elizabeth Baker
Freemansburg
Rosalsky
James Regan
Helen Hamel
Miss Baksa
Pennsylvania
Regan
Hamel
Ten Die in Explosion at Pompton Lakes Du Pont Plant
Pompton Lakes December five. Four explosions destroyed the detonator assembling building at the Du Pont works. Eleven men were killed and twenty-two injured. Fire confined to that unit. property loss said to be slight. Injured rushed to the company hospital at Haskell. Officials fear several more may die. An employee handling French fuse detonators dropped one, triggering the blast.
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Pompton Lakes
Dupont Cap Works
Haskell
Woman candidate's papers rejected in London contest
Mrs. Geo. 2. Hone widow of LieutColonel Hope failed to be placed in nomination for the Herbert Asquith seat as papers were not properly prepared. Horatio W. Bootomley editor of John Bull was discharged from bankruptcy and nominated.
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London
Montreal
Geo
Hone
Hope
Herbert Asquith
Horatio W. Bootomley
John Bull
Arthur Brisbane Tells Of Purchase In Hearst Era
Arthur Brisbane describes his role under Hearst contract writing material he pleases for publication. He asserts Hearst may choose to publish or decline, and claims Hearst does not control his political views.
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Arthur Brisbane
Purchase
Washington Times
Lord
Liffe
Hearst
Mearst
McAdoo Seeks New Railroad Director General
Washington December reports say a successor to William Gibbs McAdoo as director general of railroads may not be named for two weeks. Robert Lovett is restored as director of the railroad administration. plans consider regional group control or private operation under a government department of transportation with rate and terminal oversight.
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Washington
Tec
William OG. McAdoo
Robert Lovett
Cagical
Jas
Union Pacific
McAdou
Wilon
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Department of Transportation
BOS
Veracity questioned in German ex-rulers' wartime claims
London reports criticize the former German emperor and Crown Prince Rupprecht for alleged false statements and shifting blame for the war. The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph say their testimonies lack credibility, noting Belgium neutrality pledges and blame shifting amid chaos.
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London
Rupprecht
Tavaria
von Bethmann-Hellweg
Germany
Daily Mail
Belgium
Europe
The
Daily Telegraph
Bad Years for Kings but Albert Need Not Worry
Paris readers saw the Belgian royal party welcomed by President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau at the Quai dOrsay. The king and queen toured reconquered Belgian cities as banners honored places won from the Germans. A Belgian soldier told AP the year has been hard on monarchs, but their king need not worry.
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Paris
Ruges
Ghent
Brussels
Liege
Poincare
Clemenceau
Translators Needed for 24 Language Quota at Peace Delegation
Paris December 5 translators in twenty three languages including Chinese Arabic Turkish and others called for by Brigadier General William W Haris directing equipment of the American peace delegates The languages include French Italian Greek Japanese Spanish Montenegrin Norwegian Bulgarian German Hungarian Turkish Chinese Portuguese Polish Swedish Persian Russian Serbian Armenian Czech Romanian Danish and Arabic This with English makes the quota twenty four.
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Paris
William W Haris
Pain Reliever Promises Quick First Round Relief
A famed external pain reliever boasts rapid, penetrating relief for rheumatic aches and neuralgic pains. It requires little to apply, leaves a clean feeling, and is widely available in large economy bottles at drug stores.
No More Conscription Across Europe Demand Unveiled
British representatives at the peace conference will seek general abolition of conscription. Winston Churchill announced this in London while David Lloyd George restated policy. Lloyd George urged punishment by an international court for war leaders and favored expulsion of enemy aliens.
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Associated Press
Dundee
Dee
Burrope
Winston Spencer Churchill
London
David Lloyd Gieorge
Ab International Court
Lloyd-George
Kaiser Sends for Physician Arrives in Holland on Special Train
Kaiser requests a Cretan physician from Peri and sends for a doctor. The physician arrived in Holland today on a special train. Three staff members of the former emperor left Amerangen for Berlin with documents about the former emperor's private property.
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Kaiser
Lamdon
Peri
Holland
Amsterdam
Amerangen
Berlin
Cleveland Street Car Strike Ends With Return to Work
After five hours of sessions and a mayoral address, striking Cleveland street car workers vote to return to work on President Stanley’s proposal. The company will dismiss the women conductors by March 1 and begin eliminating them as soon as workers resume service.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Davis
Stanley
Cleveland Railway Company
Belgium City Grants Honor to Whitlock as Freedom Bestowed
Brussels honors Prand Whitlock United States minister to Belgium by naming him honorary burgher and granting freedom of the city in recognition of his work during the German occupation. The note from Washington confirms the ceremony and appreciation by the Brussels churchmaster and city council.
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Brussels
Whitlock
Washington
State Department
Churcomaster
Prand Whitlock
United States
Belgium
Fuel Administration Cancels Coal Requisition Policy
Washington December 5 The fuel administration cancelled all requisitions for bituminous coal shipments to industrial plants. The policy now shifts to letting plants obtain their own fuel directly, a process believed achievable without difficulty.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Sugar Warehouse Fire Destroys 2,000,000 Pounds Sugar
A Franklin Sugar Refining Company warehouse on the Delaware riverfront burned, destroying two million pounds destined for Europe. Ten workers leaped to safety, injured by the blaze, with losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Philadelphia
Europe
Franklin Sugar Refining Company
Delaware River
Pittsburg Del J-Preservative Treatment Stressed
Karl C. Barth of Chicago told the annual convention of the American Mining Institute in Pittsburg Del that timely J preservative treatment of mine timbers in accord with established principles holds high value for owners and workers.
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Pittsburg
Del
Karl C. Barth
Chicago
American Mining Institute
Fire destroys Burford building in East Liverpool
A fire in East Liverpool Ohio tonight destroyed an apartment house and business building owned by Robert Burford. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars with flames starting in the basement from an undetermined cause.
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Liverpool
Ohio
Teocliation
Robert Burford
Lieutenant Wall Killed in Sacramento Field Crash
Lieutenant Edward Herry Wall of Orange, North Carolina, was killed instantly when an airplane he piloted alone crashed near Mills Station at Mather Field Sacramento. The accident occurred today as he was flying solo.
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Mather
Sacramento
Doe
Edward Herry Wall
Orange
N. C
Mills Siwition
West Virginian on Prison Camp Officers Named
The War Department announced a list of officers and enlisted men in German prison camps. Included are Hospital 3 Stuttgart and Olie C Daily of Key West West Virginia.
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Washington
Dee
Soa
War Department
Hospital 3
Stuttgart -Olie C
Key West
W. Va
Heal Skin Diseases with Zemo Offer
Relief from eczema blotches ringworm and rashes is promoted with a 35 cent small bottle or 1.00 extra large bottle. The solution supposedly clears and soothes the skin quickly and effectively with a non greasy penetrating liquid. Distrib E W Ruse Co Cleveland.
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E. W. Ruse Co
Cleveland
Universal demand for a bigger merchant marine in postwar renewal
In Atlantic City Dee 5 leaders from hundreds of industries press for loosening wartime controls, expanding the merchant marine, and shifting toward voluntary regulation. The Reconstruction Congress will review ten major resolutions, with Rockefellers' applause for capital and labor partnership and Farrell’s stand against punitive war with Germany while humanity guides policy.
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Atlantic City
N. J. Dee
Reconstruction Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Congress
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
James Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Rockefeller
Marrett
Germany
Carter Glass Nominated Secretary of the Treasury
Representative Carter Glass of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson to become secretary of the treasury. He will assume office December 16 after Secretary McAdoo’s resignation. Glass plans to return home to Lynchburg to settle affairs and will trigger a special election in his district.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Wilson
Treasury
United States
Glass
Medco
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Crown Prince Suffers From Fits of Defression
Amsterdam December 6 The former German crown prince wanders the island of Wieringen in Dutch sabots and is described by Telegraaf as troubled by low mood. He shares meals with villagers, buys candy for children, plays billiards, and practices the violin between guards of moods and fears.
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Amsterdam
Wieringen
Telegraaf
Frederick William
Hohenzollern
Ile
Two More Resignations From U S Justice and Revenue Bureaus
Washington reports Bruce B. Bute las ki chief of the DOJ bureau of investigation has offered his resignation to Attorney General Gregory and plans to enter private business. A A Balantine resigns as solicitor of the Internal Revenue Bureau effective January 1 to resume law practice in Boston. successor to be named.
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Washington
Bruce Butelaski
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Gregory
A. A. Balantine
Internal Revenue Bureau
Boston
Berlin orders search of private papers for war outbreak links
The Berlin government has ordered a search among the private documents of the former emperor for information relating to the outbreak of the war.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Little Ben Alexander Sainted as Child Hero in Hearts of the World
Six year old Ben Alexander, son of Mr and Mrs N B Alexander of Los Angeles, stars as The Littlest Brother in D W Griffiths Hearts of the World at the Colonial December 12 13 14 He is praised for brave scenes including a plaster avalanche moment and emotional farewell to his brother going to fight for France and liberty
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Ben Alexander
Griffith
New Colonial
N. B. Alexander
Los Angeles
California
D. W. Griffith
Colonial Three Days
Mr. Griffith
Lillian
Dorothy Gish
Little Ben
France
Uy Little
Ben
Liberty
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