Dollar World Rule Aims to Make the Dollar Supreme
Washington D C Dec 20 Article notes the federal reserve bank of New York may appoint the Bank of England as its London agent and later Paris Berlin Madrid and Petrograd agents as part of establishing the dollar as the world standard of exchange. Officials foresee expanding relations in Japan China and Australia to grow American business both during and after the war.
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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
London business seeks shift to United States agencies
The article notes an intent to divert part of the exchange business to the United States by establishing agencies there, currently under formal consideration.
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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 Highland Park residence on December 27 after a long illness of peritonitis. Born August 12, 1844 in Bedford England he immigrated to the U S in 1870. Survived by widow and nine children, funeral set for Sunday at Sugar Ward chapel Salt Lake City.
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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 share in bequest sparks racial clause
Miss Mary Helen Orr of Bobcaygeon Ontario left 201599 for religious and charitable use with a proviso barring Germans Austrians Bulgars and Turks from any share. The will allocates 260000 to Christian Science churches 106090 to uplift Chicago charities and 10000 for uplifting purposes. The Chicago Post questions the racially restrictive charity and notes the paradox of uplift at home.
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Teutons
Mary Helen Orr
Bobcaygeon
Ontario
Christian Science Churches
Chicago
Jane Addams Charities
United Charities
Werkir
Chicago Post
German and Russian Front Updates in Carpathians and Wallachia
Official reports describe German and Austro Hungarian forces probing Transylvanian fronts with gains against entrenched positions. Russian defenders suffer casualties as they retreat with officers and men and machine guns. Patrols and weather hinder infantry on Archduke front and Carpathians. French and British patrols face repulses near Lille Somme Aisne. Vienna reports 500 prisoners six guns and twenty six machine guns captured in Wallachia and western mountains. Rimnieu-Sarat region also steady in enemy repulse.
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Archduke
Joseph
Carpathians
Prince Leopold
Noastal
Dead Man's Hil
Lille
Somme
North Bank
Aisne
Vienna
Wallachia
Forsant
Rimnieu-Sarat
Attitude Shift Warning Amid Inter American Tensions
U S diplomats in Washington advance a new stance on intervention and Pan Americanism. Some officials warn that if negotiations fail South America could become sympathetic toward Mexico in a U S war scenario.
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Washington
South America
United States
Mexico
The Thebes Palm Reader’s Secret Revealed
The death of Mme de Thebes exposes a simple truth she sold: she knew us pretty well. She charged eight dollars for palm readings that promised futures and fortunes, a lure the public eagerly pursued to learn what next week or next year might bring.
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Kansas City Star
Mme. de Thebes
Delphi
Coliseum
Mme, de Thebes
Life convict dies in Rawlins peniten tiary hospital
John Subel serving life for second degree murder died from Brights disease in the Rawlins penitentiary hospital last Saturday. He was sent there about four years ago from Rock Springs where he killed a young man named Lafferty. Funeral held yesterday morning with interment to follow.
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Rawlins
John Subel
Bright
Penitentiary
Rock Springs
Lafferty
Lawson Chosen to Lead Coal Miners Union
Denver report states John R. Lawson won the Colorado United Mine Workers presidency 630 to 55 over John McLennan with 18 locals voting. E. J. Doyle elected national board member and J. J. Cassidy beat Mike Livoda 409 to 265 for vice president while Felix Pognano defeated Laughlin Burns 446 to 222 for treasurer. The national committee of Investigation found the nominations illegal and urged a new election. The international board will take up the issue January 9 in Indianapolis.
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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 Ocarrigan's Successor
New York December 30 Bill Carrigan may retire and Roger Bresnahan could become the next Red Sox manager. A baseball man returning from the American League meeting in Chicago is cited as the authority. Bresnahan, part owner of the Toledo club, would leave that post for a big league managerial role.
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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 in Phoenix ceremony
Governor elect Tom Campbell was sworn in today by Superior Judge Rauk Lyman in Phoenix as Governor Hunt’s term nears expiry. A formal inauguration is set for Monday morning with Campbell expected to take control, while Hunt and allies dispute a pending recount.
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Phoenix
Arix
Tom Campbell
Moen
Arena
Rauvk Lyman
Londay
Hunt
Campbell
Death by own action at Stage Station on South Pass
Lander reports Starvey Boe deker, station tender on the South Pass line, died Tuesday evening by his own action. Coroner Middlehautf traveled to the station and led an inquest. jury ruled death by own action. Decker, longtime Lander resident, previously bartended and ran a gambling game in the old Cole saloon before later working as a porter.
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Lander
Starvey Boedeker
South Pass
Middlehautf
Boedeker
Old Cole
Holland Parliament Increases Salaries And Pensions
The second chamber approved a revised constitutional article raising salaries and travel expenses with retirement pension set at 49 dollars per year of service up to 800. An extra attendance fee of 2 dollars per sitting was rejected as incompatible with chamber dignity.
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Hague
Netherlands
General Carranza Celebrates Sixty-First Birthday in Queretaro
General Carranza spent yesterday at a friend’s home in Queretaro celebrating his sixty first birthday. The constitutionalist convention hall will be disinfected following news about two delegates.
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Queretaro
Mex
General Carranza
Friends
Boy Electrocuted at Michigan 640 Round Show
Alyde Beard an 18 year old Martinsville North Carolina resident died from an electric shock yesterday while operating a ride under a tent at a Michigan 640 round merry go round. The accident occurred at Eastman where he had worked the prior week.
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Saltman
Dee
Alyde Beard
W. J. Beard
Martinsville
N. C
Eastman
Increase of Wages Promised by Road
Chicago dispatch reports the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway will grant a 5 percent wage increase effective January 1 to all workers not covered by a current agreement who have served a year or more in the road’s employ.
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Chicago
The
Chensapeake & Ohio
Soldier in Commons Pushes Peace Talks Among Trenches
A corporal in khaki addressed the House of Commons urging belligerents meet for peace terms. Liberal MP Hastings L B Smith said the prime minister’s speech left the door open to German proposals. The soldier’s line that trench troops would back a serious peace effort drew strong support as a likely public mood.
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House of Commons
New York
Hastings LB
L. Smith
Northampton
U P Insurance Plea Will Cost Road 50 Million
The Union Pacific plans life health and accident insurance for 40,000 employees with at least one year of service. The program provides a $50,000,000 total cost, benefits include lump sum death payouts up to 2500, and sickness and accident protections with half pay limits.
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Union Pacific
New York
Union Macific
Perview
South Dakota Court Strikes Exprem Tax on Companies
The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the state tax framework used to tax express companies is unconstitutional. The decision challenges the legality of how these firms are assessed under state law and may affect tax collections and corporate billing in the region.
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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 arriving in Cheyenne last week to perform his daughter Marguerite marriage ceremony with Dr. Walter Lacey, will return to his station in Douglas, Arizona this morning.
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Maj Geo
Stull
Douglas
George C. Stull
Cheyenne
Marguerite
Walter Lacey
Douglas, Ariz
buyer purchases complete Shakespeare works and glossary
Mr Duthwaite confirms buying a complete set of Shakespeare’s works including a glossary. The witty exchange mentions “Set” and “everything Shakespeare wrote” as part of the purchase. A brief line about a taxicab service ends the fragment.
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The
Birmingham Age-herald
Shakespeare
Mr. Duthwaite
Buffalo Bill Not Improving
Denver report states Colonel William F Cody Buffalo Bill at his sister Mrs L B Decker home 2082 Lafayette street shows no signs of recovery from an illness last four weeks. Relatives say condition not serious but lack of convalescence prompts some apprehension. Phone No 8 for messenger. Prompt service. Prices reasonable. Open until 4 am.
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Denver
William FY. Cody
Buffalo BL
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