Dollar standard drive expands to foreign banks
Washington reports that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will appoint the Bank of England as its London agent and plans to name agents in Paris Berlin and other centers. Officials foresee eventual connections with Japan China and Australia to freight postwar dollar dominance while wartime activity may rise in the Orient.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Bank of England
London
Bank of France
Paris
Europe
Japan
China
Australia
Orient
New York Bank
New York
Berlin
Madrid
Petrograd
Agencies in United States to divert business from London
The passage notes a policy shift aimed at diverting part of London business to the United States by formally considering the establishment of agencies there. It highlights a strategic move to rebalance trade and financial operations across regions.
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London
United States
Former Evanston Attorney Robert Spence Dies at 72
Robert Spence an attorney formerly of Evanston died at his home 1289 Stratford Ave Highland Park Salt Lake City on December 27 after years of illness from peritonitis He was born August 12 1844 in Bedford England emigrated to the US in 1870 taught in Laketown Utah later practiced law in Paris Idaho and Evanston before settling in Salt Lake City Survived by widow and nine children Funeral at 1 pm Sunday in Sugar Ward chapel Salt Lake with interment in Wasatch Lawn cemetery
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Evanston
Robert Spence
Jis
Stratford Ave
Highland Park
Salt Lake City
Bedford
England
Great Britain
Boston
Utah
Laketown
Eliza Aebisher
Loran
Spence
Idaho
Paris
Salt Lake
Ernest G. Burdett
Bert Mix
Robert L
Charles W
Benjamin Paul
Rachael
Norma
Mabel Spence
Sugar Ward Chapel
Wasatch Lawn Cemetery
Teutons Barred From Bequest In Widow Orr’s Will
Mary Helen Orr of Bobcaygeon Ontario left 201599 to religious and charitable groups with a clause barring Germans Austrians Bulgars and Turks from receiving any portion. Provisions include 260000 for Christian Science churches 106090 to aid Chicago charities and 10000 for uplifting purposes. Chicago Post notes the racial restriction as vindictive charity.
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Teutons
Mary Helen Orr
Bobcaygeon
Ontario
Christian Science Churches
Chicago
Jane Addams Charities
United Charities
Werkir
Chicago Post
Frontline actions update on Transylvanian fronts and Wallachia
In official dispatches German and Austrian forces report progress on Transylvanian fronts with advances, prisoner captures, and weapon seizures. Russian and French actions are described as ongoing attritional fighting in the Carpathians and near Lille and the Somme, with patrol repulses noted.
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Archduke
Joseph
Carpathians
Prince Leopold
Noastal
Dead Man's Hil
Lille
Somme
North Bank
Aisne
U S Ambassadors in Washington Decline War Rhetoric
An article notes a new stance by U S diplomats in Washington who reject mixing intervention with Pan Americanism. Some officials suggest a war scenario against Mexico could be considered if negotiations fail, signaling cautious regional diplomacy.
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Washington
South America
United States
Mexico
Mme de Thebes Was a Palmist Who Read People Well
The piece notes the late Mme de Thebes could read people and sell palm readings for eight dollars, exploiting common desires to know the future. It argues the world valued her insight and that, with her death, the central secret she shared was simply knowing us fairly well.
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Kansas City Star
Mme. de Thebes
Delphi
Coliseum
Mme, de Thebes
Life convict John Subel dies in Rawlins hospital
John Subel, serving life for second degree murder, died of Bright's disease at the penitentiary hospital in Rawlins. He was sent from Rock Springs about four years ago after killing a young man named Lafferty. The funeral was held yesterday morning with interment following.
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Rawlins
John Subel
Bright
Penitentiary
Rock Springs
Lafferty
Lawson Chosen to Lead Coal Miners Union
Denver report shows John R. Lawson defeated John McLennan for president of the United Mine Workers of Colorado by 630 to 55. E. J. Doyle was elected national board member. J. J. Cassidy beat Mike Livoda for vice president 409 to 265. Felix Pognano won secretary-treasurer 446 to 222. Local unions participated. a national committee inquiry questioned legality.
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Denver
John R. Lawson
John Mclannan
United Mine Workers of Colorado
E.i J. Doyle
J. J. Cassidy
Mike Livoda
Felix Pognano
Laughlin Burns
National Committee of Investigation
Colorado
McLennan
John McLennan
Tellers
Lawazon
International Board
Indianapolis
Bresnahan May Be O'Carigan's Successor
A baseball man reports that if Bill Carrigan cannot return from retirement the Red Sox would hire Roger Bresnahan as manager. Bresnahan, part owner of the Toledo club and former manager of the Cardinals and Cubs, would leave Toledo for a big league job. He believes he was treated unfairly in Chicago and longs to manage a top club like Boston.
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New York
Bill Carrigan
Red Sox
Roger Bresnahan
Toledo
Cardinals
Cubs
Chicago
Bresnahan
Roger
Tinker
Campbell sworn in as Arizona governor
Tom Campbell was sworn in as governor of Arizona at noon in Phoenix in the presence of several friends and reporters. The formal inauguration is planned for Monday as Governor Hunt’s term expires, with Hunt’s camp claiming a pending recount could keep him in office.
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Phoenix
Arix
Tom Campbell
Moen
Arena
Rauvk Lyman
Londay
Hunt
Campbell
Death by Own Action Shocks South Pass Station
Lander Wyoming December 30 Starvey Boe deker a state station tender on the South Pass line died Tuesday evening in an apparent suicide. Coroner Middlehautf went to the station and an inquest was held the next day with a verdict of death by own action. Boedeker had long residence in Lander and earlier ran a gambling game, worked as a porter, and was once a bartender at the old Cole saloon during the town’s boom.
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Lander
Starvey Boedeker
South Pass
Middlehautf
Boedeker
Old Cole
Parliament approves salary raise for Dutch lawmakers
The Second Chamber in The Hague passes a revised constitutional article lifting salaries and travel allowances and granting a retirement pension equal to 49 dollars per year served, capped at 800. An added attendance fee of 2 dollars per sitting is rejected as against chamber dignity.
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Hague
Netherlands
General Carranza Celebrates Birthday at Queretaro
General Carranza marked his sixty first birthday yesterday at friends' home near Queretaro. The constitutionalist convention hall will be disinfected following news about two delegates.
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Queretaro
Mex
General Carranza
Friends
Boy Electrocuted in Mich During 640 Round
A Martinsville North Carolina youth Alyde Beard eighteen year old son of W J Beard died after being shocked by electricity under a tent sheltering a merry go round in Eastman Michigan. He had been operating a co round during the last week.
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Saltman
Dee
Alyde Beard
W. J. Beard
Martinsville
N. C
Eastman
Increase of Wages Promised by Road
Chicago December 30 The Chesapeake and Ohio announces a 5 percent wage increase effective January 1 for all employees in road service who have served a year or more and whose wages are not already covered by an agreement.
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Chicago
The
Chensapeake & Ohio
Soldier in Commons Presses Peace Talks for Trenches
A khaki clad corporal in the House of Commons urged that belligerents be gathered for peace terms. Hastings LB Smith, Liberal MP for Northampton, said the Prime Minister’s speech left the German proposal open. He argued a trench vote would show a strong push for a serious effort to bring parties together.
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House of Commons
New York
Hastings LB
L. Smith
Northampton
U P Insurance Plea Will Cost Road 50 Million
Union Pacific plans a $50 million employee life health and accident insurance program for 40 000 workers with one year service. Beneficiaries receive a lump sum equal to one year’s salary up to 2500, minimum 500. Sickness pays half salary for up to a year and accident half pay up to two years.
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Union Pacific
New York
Union Macific
Perview
South Dakota Tax on Express Companies Held Unconstitutional
The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the state tax laws used to tax express companies are unconstitutional. Justice Dee wrote the decision, with the ruling affecting revenue classification and company assessments statewide.
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Wapiess
Pierre
D. Dee
South Dakota Supreme Court
Major George C. Stull to Return to Douglas Today
Major George C. Stull, who arrived in Cheyenne to perform his daughter Marguerite's marriage, and Dr Walter Lacey, will return to his post at Douglas Arizona this morning after a week in Cheyenne.
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George C. Stull
Cheyenne
Marguerite
Walter Lacey
Douglas, Ariz
Local Buyer Acquires Complete Shakespeare Set
The exchange notes a buyer purchasing a full collection of Shakespeare works including a glossary. The dialogue mentions receiving a complete set, with confirmation of all writings, and ends with a remark about arranging a taxicab for pickup.
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The
Birmingham Age-herald
Shakespeare
Mr. Duthwaite
Buffalo Bill Not Improving
Denver dispatch reports Colonel William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill, staying with his sister Mrs. L B Decker at 2082 Lafayette Street, shows no signs of recovery from an illness that has persisted four weeks. Relatives say the condition is not serious, but there is apprehension due to lack of convalescence. Phone No. 8 for a messenger. Prompt service. Prices reasonable. Open until 4 a m.
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Denver
William FY. Cody
Buffalo BL
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