Lloyd-George poised to form new cabinet in wartime Britain
London reports indicate David Lloyd-George has accepted the prime minister post and plans a rearranged administration. A preliminary ministerial slate suggests Labor support with posts for two ministers and three under secretaries, promising a working majority in the House of Commons and a departure from some cabinet traditions.
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London
David Lloyd- George
Treasury
House of Commons
Labor Party
Laborites
Lloyd-George
Asquith
Crad dock Terry Shoe Co to give 10 percent bonus
Lynchburg Va December 7 The Crad dock Terry Shoe Company announced an early January plan to give a ten percent bonus to workers earning less than one hundred dollars a month for the past eight weeks of the year and a ten percent raise starting January 1 with a nine hour day. The measures affect about 15 000 workers and total twelve thousand to fifteen thousand dollars in bonus and a roughly seventy thousand dollar annual raise.
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Lynchburg
Craddock-Terry Shoe Company Today
Increased Rates a Hardship for Second Class Mail
Postmaster General Burleson informed Chairman Moon that, following representations from the Agricultural Publishers Association, he urged serious consideration before adopting recommendations to raise postage rates on second class mail. Publishers argue high paper prices and unusual conditions would make the rise a hardship.
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Washington
Burleson
Moon
House Post Office Committee
Agricultural Publishers Association
No Cabinet Job for Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe told a Central News interviewer he has no intention of joining the new cabinet. He said he would prefer to sit in Printing House Square and Carmelite House, explaining that from Carmelite House he publishes the Daily Mail and from Printing House Square the Times.
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Northclive
London
Printing House Square
Carmelite House
Lord Northcliffe
Daily Mail
Times
Prohibition Effort Aims at Washington Dry
Prohibition leaders begin the new session by seeking to make the national capital dry. Senator Shepard of Texas will lead the effort with Senator Kenyon of Iowa backing the measure from the Republican side.
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Washington
Congress
National Capital
Shepard
Texas
Kenyon
Iowa
Southern Railway Revenue Rise for Four Months in 1916
The Southern Railway Company's gross operating revenue for four months ending October 31, 1916, totaled $25,754,160, up $3,188,022 from the same period a year earlier, with Atlanta, Georgia as the reporting location.
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Southern Railway Revenue I
Period of 1915 Financials Revealed at VP Office
Announcement from the vice president's office shows operating expenses taxes and uncollectible revenue totaling 18 178 546 for the same period this year an increase of 2 027 759 over 1915. Rentals interests and other income charges were not disclosed.
Margert Beutinger Acquitted in Caldwell Husband Murder
Margert Beutinger was acquitted at her second trial in Newark of murder in the first degree for killing her husband in their Caldwell New Jersey home last July. The verdict came this afternoon after defense contended lack of prove and the state argued for intent.
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Newark
N. J
Margert Beutinger
Caldwell
West Virginia papers form committee toward co operative newsprint buy
Representatives of thirteen West Virginia daily newspapers met in Fairmont to form a plan for co operative buying of newsprint and to study the feasibility of a state supplied paper mill. They will report at a Parkersburg meeting next month. J J Divine of the Telegram presided.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Parkersburg
J. J. Divine
The
Telegram
Clarksburg
West Virginia High Court Grants Mandamus Writ
The West Virginia supreme court of appeals granted an alternative writ of mandamus to require printing of the registration bill passed in extraordinary session. Fred L. Fox alleges amendments were forged after passage. the writ is returnable next Tuesday.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Fred L. Fox
House
Senate
Snyman slain by Villa bandits near San Pedro de Meoui
Guillermo Sny man, son of the late General W D Snyman famed from the Boxer War, was shot and killed by Villa bandits at his ranch near San Pedro de Meoui, a border message said received by his friends today.
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Villa
el Paso
Guillermo Snyman
W. D. Snyman
San Pedro de Meoui
Efficiency Increase in Eight-Hour Day Trial
New York December 7 Experiments at the Cleveland yard of the Nickel Plate railroad raised switchmen efficiency by more than ten percent during the trial before the arbitration board in the dispute between the union and thirteen railroads. Yardmaster James D Monihan said the speed up stemmed from eagerness for a permanent eight-hour day and noted the program was halted without reason. He judged yard operations better from the yardmaster’s view but not from the general manager’s view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Railroad
James D. Monihan
Arbitration Board
Union
5767 National Guard Troops to Come Home
San Antonio Dec. 7 A total of 5767 national guard troops now engaged in border service including New York organizations at Pharr and McAllen was designated by General Funston to go home. He acted under war department orders to select between 5000 and 6000 troops for release. Troops leaving the border include units from New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
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San Antonio
Tex
National Guard
New York
Pharr
McAllen
Funston
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Cardinal Mercier confined to palace by German authorities
Amsterdam via London December 7 Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium is confined to his palace by German authorities. A frontier correspondent of the Telegraaf says this on good authority. The action stems from his deportation stance regarding Pelgians.
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Amsterdam
London
Mercier
Belgium
Telegraaf
Verdun Verbalized: German Troops Capture Hill 304
Berlin reports on December 7 that German forces entered French trenches on Hill 304 near Verdun and captured the summit, according to the war office.
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Berlin
Verdun
War Office
Romanian Army Falls Back on Front as British Push Fails
The Roumanian army continues to retreat along the front east of Bucharest while Russian assaults against Austro German lines show no decisive gains. Berlin reports Bucharest captured with Romanian infantry taking the city from the north and west as crowds welcomed invaders. Britain faces a political crisis as Lloyd George becomes prime minister. Bulgarians push back British forces near the Struma and force Serbs to retreat from Cerna river positions. In Volhynia Teutonic allies seize Russian posts west of Lutsk as Italian assaults on the Corso front are repulsed. Continuous artillery duels and raid actions persist on Belgian and French fronts.
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Bucharest
Transylvanian Alps
Danube
Bukowina
Berlin
Roumania
Great Britain
David Lloyd-George
Struma
Fjowlands
Seres
Macedonia
Trnovo
Cerna River
Lutsk
Volhynia
Vienna War Office
Corso
Belgium
France
Defense bills advance as Congress sets stage for $800 million
Washington reports rapid progress in framing national defense measures with the House Military Committee aiming to report the Army bill before Christmas while the Naval Committee pushes hearings. Dr Charles D Walcott urged air power and lighter-than-air craft, noting charts of the air and joint army navy aviation bases proposed for Chesapeake Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House Military Committee
Dent
Naval Committee
Sharp
Military
Charles D. Walcott
National Advisory Committee On
Aeronautics
Dr. Walcott
Advisory
Post Office
State Departments
United States
Army
Navy
Henry Souther
Army Aviation Section
Chesapeake Bay
Artillery Duel Near Hill 404 Northwest of Verdun
Germans gain ground in a spirited artillery battle around Hill 404 north west of Verdun. An unofficial dispatch notes heavy fighting as French and British officials seek details on Greek military activity in Athens amid Allied inquiries.
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Hill 404
Verdun
Athens
Congress Adopts Judicial Retirement Age and Debates Rail Regulation
Congress met at noon and resumed debate on corrupt practices. The Hoke Smith bill to retire federal judges at 70 passed 33 to 25. J Bryan opposed exclusive federal railroad regulation before joint committee. Adjourned at 12:39 until Friday. Baker urged diverting water to the American side of Niagara Falls before foreign affairs committee. Omnibus fish hatcheries bill discussed. adjourned at 2:45 until Saturday noon.
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Hoke Smith
Wim
J. Bryan
Joint Railroad Investigating Committee
Baker
Niagara Falls
Foreign Affairs Committee
White House Dinner Honors McCormick Victory
President Wilson hosted a White House dinner honoring Van C. McCormick and Democratic and Progressive campaign officials who aided in the election victory. Attendees included Homer Cummins, Rep. Glass, Wilber Marsh, Sen. Walsh, Henry Morgenthau, and several party leaders as well as Mrs. George Bass and Mrs. Antoninette Funk. Wilson and the guests wives attended. Mrs. Hopkins, New Jersey Congressional Union leader, wore an organizational button and denied plans to press the president on suffrage.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
van C. McCormick
National Democratic Committee
Democratic Campaign Committee
McCormick
Homer Cummins
Glass
Wilber Marsh
Senator Walsh
Henry Morgenthau
Democratic Committee
George Bass
Antoninette Funk
J. A. H. Hopkins
New Jersey
Plan to Supply South and West with Box Cars
The American Railway Association announced a plan to move excess box cars from New England to southern and western roads. Railroads will transfer 30 percent excess to trunk line areas, 20 percent to southern and western roads, with 10 percent kept for southern connections and 20 percent from central west. The plan aims to relieve shortages as wartime freight shifts. Western roads are told to avoid unloading shipments to the Atlantic seaboard, and eastern roads should not accept such consignments. Weekly car shortage reports will be required and refrigerator cars must be returned promptly to move perishable traffic.
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New York
American Railway Association
South
West
Association
Car Service Commission
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railway
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
First National Anti-Suffrage Convention Opens
Delegates from across the country gather for the first National Anti Suffrage Convention. Speakers including Mrs Arthur M Dodge and Elihu Root decry women seeking political equality and urge service in other fields. Cardinal Gibbons and others send messages opposing suffrage and urging preparedness.
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Antis
Elihu Root
Washington
Dee
Arthur M. Dodge
New York
National Association
Eliha Root
Alive ‘Hill Chittenden
Cardinal Gibbons
Frederick Huidekoper
American Security League
Leonard Wood
Mavell Boardman
American Red Cross
B. L. Robinson
Cambridge
Mass
Public Interests League
Red Cross
Europe
New School of Female Progress
Cardinal Gievans
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia will have rain Friday then much colder night with fair Saturday and mountain snow possible. Virginia sees increasing clouds Friday with warmer interior then likely rain by night and colder Saturday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Fall of Bucharest Reported by Berlin Dispatch
Berlin dispatch from Reuters notes Bucharest surrender attempts by German forces led by Field Marshal von Mackensen. Cavalry and infantry advance from the north and south seize forts and enter the city amid light resistance. Mackensen enters by motor car to the royal castle amid public cheers and flowers.
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London
Reuters
Amsterdam
Berlin
Bucharest
Lange
Danube
Sehmitlow
Fifty-Fourth Army Corps
Chiajna
Odaile
von Mackensen
Royal Castle
Woman Suffrage Debate on Domestic Dominion and Honor
A speaker argues against female suffrage, contending for the dignity and honor of women. He asserts women’s true empire lies in the domestic sphere, where conjugal and motherly virtues illuminate and sustain the home, deeming public political triumphs less significant.
Hiram Johnson Thanks Contention Of Presidential Boom
Senator elect Hiram Johnson of California expressed gratitude for a presidential boom in a letter to Alfred Gramlich but said he would not pursue it. He called himself doubtful about the prospect and noted the suggestion would likely not be taken seriously.
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Hackersack
United States
Hiram Johnson
California
Alfred Gramlich
New Jersey
Expenditures Reported by West Virginia Parties
The West Virginia Republican executive committee spent 47 25 the Democratic state committee about 70 more than receipts. The GOP list includes 372 contributions with the national committee 25 000 and donors Highland G$22 000 and Goff 4 000. Senator Chilton reports 5 643 in campaign costs.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dee
West Virginia
Republican Executive Committee
Democratic State Committee
Republican National Committee
W. L. Highland
Clarksburg
National Congressional Committee
Nathan Goff
United States
W. E. Chilton
Howard Sutherland
Strike Ends as Pittsburg Newsboys Accept Publisher Offer
Newsboys in Pittburg ended their strike after voting to accept a publisher proposal. Sunday papers will cost 3.75 per hundred, up from five, while weekday mornings stay at one dollar per hundred. Afternoon papers rise to 1.25 per hundred from .50.
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Pittbourg
Virginia Football Captain Elected at UVa
James Clay Ward of Paris Kentucky was elected captain of the University of Virginia football team for 1911. He has played end guard and tackle during three years on the eleven at Charlottesville Virginia.
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Ward Virginia
Charlottesville
James Clay Ward
Paris
University of Virginia
Ili
Villa Heads for Parral with Main Command
Juarez reports Villa reached Satevo forty five miles southwest of Chihuahua City and seventy miles northwest of Tarval with his main command and loot from Chihuahua. An officer on General Francisco Gonzales staff said Villa was accompanied and expected to proceed to Parral. A train departed for Chihuahua City with many Carranza civil employees aboard.
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Juarez
Villa
Satevo
Chihuahua City
Tarval
Chihuahua
Francisco Gonzales
Parral
Carranza
Stringent measures to move cars stalled at gulf ports
The American Railway Association’s commission on car shortage announced stringent measures to secure distribution of cars stalled in Detroit and four gulf ports. Detroit reports 25,000 cars waiting to be unloaded while about 10,000 cars are detained at New Orleans Mobile Galveston and Pensacola.
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Washington
Dec. i
Detroit
New Orleans
Mobile
Galveston
Pensacola
American Railway Association
Gulf Ports
Appropriations Urged for 42 Additional Ships
Washington reports urge immediate funds to build forty two ships as Secretary Daniels releases annual navy and agriculture reports. He warns against complacency after recent naval expansions and stresses continued growth to match world powers. General Scott criticizes reliance on voluntary service and calls for universal training and stronger national defense.
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Washington
United States
Daniels
Dev
Navy Department
Admiral Benson
General Board
Hugh L. Scott
Army
National Guard
General Scott
Germany
Japan
France
Scott
Congress
Citizen Volunteer Army
Scot
Regu
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Asquith Administration
Yardmaster
General Man
Ager
Cardinal Mercier
Cerna
Vance
Car Service Commission of American Railway Association
Movement For
Zling Prospect
Pittsburg
Gonzales
U. S
Secretary of Agriculture
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