Amendments Fire as Senate Passes Currency Bill
The Senate passed the administration currency bill 64 to 34 with a Democratic majority, six Republicans, and one Progressive voting yes. Amendments offered by Republicans sought changes on farm mortgage credit and Federal Reserve Board appointees but largely failed. The final measure sets eight to twelve regional reserve banks with capital of 106 million and imposes compulsory membership for national banks.
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Senate
Crawford
Jones
Perkins
Norris
Sterling
Weeks
Poindexter
Wes
Federal Reserve Board
LaFollette
Congress
The
Reserve
S Ite
National
Balkan War Cleared Path for Albanian Prince
Prince William of Wied, elder brother to Frederick, sixth Prince of Wied, is poised to ascend as ruler of Albania in January. Born March 46 1876, he serves in the Prussian army and is married to Sophia of Waldenburg. Their daughter Princess Maria Eleanora was born February 19 1909 in Potsdam.
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Wiliam of
Wied
Albania
Pr William
Frederick
Prince
of Wied
Sophia
Wilson praises move toward competition in Bell system deal
President Wilson welcomed the agreement between McReynolds and Bell vice president Kingsbury arranging divorcement of Western Union from AT&T and restoring competition. The deal includes reciprocal relations with independent lines and letters from Wilson and McReynolds praising frank negotiations and willingness to align with competitive conditions.
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Western Union Telegraphpany
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Bell Concern
McReynolds
N. C
Kingsbury
Bell Corporation
Wilson
Tts
Bell
Ivy
Try
Bett Corporation
Wilsor
Ecaygre
Marshall to Talk at 390 Per Lecture in Middle West
Chicago December 19. Vice President Adershall has signed a contract to lecture at least four weeks after this session ends at 390 a lecture. The tour will cover cities in the Middle West.
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Chicago
Adershall
Woman Dies After Being Struck by Car In Weat Wood
Loura Roessler, 42, of Seeagint Street, died at the City hospital last night from injuries received when struck by an automobile owned and driven by H. W. Mey, a tobacco merchant, at Weat Wood late Wednesday.
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Seeagint St Sane
H. W. Mey
Weatwood
Judge flays jurors for acquitting Mundy in murder case
The Common Pleas judge denounced the jury that acquitted attorney George Mundy of murdering his wife as a gross miscarriage of justice. A Probate Court examination will test Mundy's insanity claim, with Mundy remanded to custody after verdict.
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Common Pleas
Cushing
Cishing
Mundy
Cooper
Thomas H. Darby
Attorney Darby
Anes
Kreemeyer
August Lohman
Edward O'Donnell
Alfred Lindsay
Carl A. Uhrig
Peter Drennan
Fred Lich
Charlies Druhman
Walter Russell
Charlies Ross
John H. Bodker
Ammons
Simon Ross
Walter M. Locks
Robert Huber
Chicago
John Kunzelman
Healthy
Taft Criticizes Administration Over Carabao Order Policy
Former President Taft at a Plaza Hotel dinner denounces the current administration for censoring the Order of the Carabao and for plans to turn the Philippine Islands over to natives. He defends Army veterans and questions the seriousness of songs sung by the Philippine Society attendees.
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William, Howard
Taft
Philippine Islands
Plaza Hotel
Philippine Society
Harmony Club of America
The
Philippines
Islands
Washington
Ebbetts Sets Sights On End Of Tinker Deal
New York reports Charles H. Ebbets, president of the Superbas, leaves for Cincinnati with a $15,090 certified check toward completing a $25,000 purchase of Joe Tinker. The contract allocates $10,000 as a signing bonus to Tinker, with final steps expected in the negotiation.
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Charles H. Ebbets
The
Superbas
Cincinnati
Joe
Ebbets
Toa
Tinker
Weather Ahead For Cincinnati And Vicinity Saturday
Saturday will see increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures with a likely rain. Similar trend across Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia with warmer conditions and rain by Saturday in most areas.
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Cincinnati
Vicinity
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Redistribution plan shifts U.S. Marine Corps forces abroad
Washington reports orders soon to reduce Marine Corps presence in the Philippines about 900 men and in Panama 450, cut legation guards in Peking as needed, and establish advance bases in the United States with concentrated Marine units ready for instant service worldwide. No removal from ships is planned despite historic opposition.
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United States Marine Corps
Peking
China
United States
Johnsons Draw In Ten Round Fight In Paris
Special Cable reports Jack Johnson the heavyweight champion and Battling Jim Johnson from Galveston Texas fought ten rounds in Paris yesterday ending in a draw. Spectators protested poor fighting and demanded refunds as organizers blamed a broken left arm in the third round.
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Paris
Jack Johnson
Jim Johnson
Galveston
Texas
Beilis Quits Russia for Memoir Material
After delay the prefect of Kiev issues a passport to Mendel Beiliss accused in the ritual murder case enabling him to depart. Beiliss and family travel first to Paris then London. He is offered 3000 dollars by two American journalists for memoirs or material for their work.
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Kieff
Mendel Beilias
Beiliss
Paris
London
Bible presentation and flag raising at Terrace Park School
Madisonville groups will jointly raise a flag at Terrace Park School this afternoon and present the school with a Bible. Attorney Harry Wardenbure will give the principal address. The J O U M second regiment will parade after the exercises. Charles Fee, 17, confessed to forging his mother's signature on two checks and was held to the grand jury in Municipal Court by Judge Fricke.
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U.A. M
Daughters of America
Terrace Park
Harry Wardenbure
Charles Fee
Fricke
Rebels Attack Tampico As Federals Suffer Heavy Losses
The fighting at Tampico resumed with two simultaneous rebel assaults from the west and northwest. Sixty Federals killed and twenty wounded, twenty rebels dead. War Minister Blanquet says another severe push is expected. Mexican gunboats ordered to shell rebel lines from shore.
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Exico City
Tampico
Blanquet
Hurry Calls Sent to Cruisers Amid Tampico Unrest
Reports say wireless alerts were sent to cruisers Chester and Snuf to patrol the Tampico area. Rebels are active near the port, causing renewed unease among foreigners as many fled earlier attacks.
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Americas
Cruz
Chester
Snuffolk
Tampico
Tampice
Zapata Escapes as Federals Seek Him
Mexican reports state bandit leader Emiliano Zapata narrowly avoided capture by federal troops at a ranch 15 miles south of Querétaro. Federal forces surrounded the Zapata headquarters after his troops cut a section of line, signaling heightened unrest as banks and authorities face economic strain.
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Ico City
Mexico City
Milano Zapata
Gad Webel
Ore
Nenapure Ranch
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Ae Ranch
Zapata Atery
Mexico
Divorce recommendation in Pultz suit recalls notable wedding
A referee in Hildegarde McKenna Pultz and John Leggett’s suit asks for an absolute divorce. The case features witness testimony about stalking and a mysterious child in a blue dress, recalling the 1906 Washington wedding of Pultz to Leggett attended by top government and court figures.
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Algerican
New York
Hildegrede McKenna Pultz
United States Supreme Court
Justice McKenna
John Leggett
Pultz
Supreme Court
Pultz i
Thie Cetty
Appleton butcher proves parcel post saves on meat shipping
A Appleton butcher demonstrated long distance fresh meat shipping via parcel post to Mrs. F. J. Fransway of Poughkeepsie. He sent two pounds of sirloin steak and two pounds of sausage. After postage deductions Mrs. Fransway gained 14 cents.
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Wis
F. J. Fransway
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Parcel Post
Fransway
Titian Painting Sells to Mrs Emery for 400000
A Titian painting valued at 400000 was sold to Mrs Barry Emery of Cincinnati after a long provenance tracing from Charles V era through Mary of England and collectors in Germany and London. The painting, once owned by Sir Hugh Lane, arrived in the United States and was delivered to Mrs Emery's Cincinnati home.
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Titian
Thomas J. Emery
Art Lormerly
Ann
Citations
England
Sir Lane
Charles V
Spain
Charles
Prince
Philip
Mary
Barbarigo
Francia ‘I
Barbarigo Palace
Padua
Lembach
Munich
Agnew & Son
London
Agnew
Amery
Hugh Lane
Lone Robber Aims Revolver At Jewelers. Flees With Rings
A lone robber brandishing a revolver robbed a jewelry store proprietor and fled with a tray holding 35 rings. Police describe the suspect as a male in dark clothing seen fleeing the scene.
Diamonds stolen in Ohio jewelry heist during Christmas rush
In Hamilton Ohio on December 19 a robber seized thirty five diamonds from Arthur Seidensticker’s store, valued at six thousand dollars, in front of five witnesses. He fled toward Cincinnati after firing a shot through a window, pursued by bystanders and police, with theories the getaway involved a car or interurban and that the diamonds were left behind in a distraction.
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Seidensticker
Smith, Theater
High Street
Riley
Court
Grand ‘Theater
Bieways
OSI
Cincinnati
Miami River
Nursuers
Local Jewel Thefts Spark Cincinnati Investigation
Clark and his Pinkerton team pursue a Cincinnati theft round in Ohio. The case echoes a recent break in at Edward Kaelin’s Nite Street store and the Adolph Wiebeljewelers on Vine Street. Detectives recall the holiday heist and deploy two top men as cars from Hamilton are watched.
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Pinkerston Detective Agency
Cin
Aldo
Clark
Hamilton
Automobile Bandits Seize $700 in Gems
Lima Ohio December 19 three men burst into the Bixel jewelry store in Bluffton and seized a tray of diamonds valued at 700 dollars before fleeing.
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Ohio
iBixel
Bluffton
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