Currency bill conferees strike insurance fund and set new bond plan
The Joint Conference Committee on the administration currency bill agreed to remove the Senate insurance fund for bank deposits and adopt a new plan to retire 2 percent government bonds over two years. Regional banks will issue currency from half the bonds while the rest are retired with twenty year bonds or Treasury notes. The committee also settled reserve requirements and the Federal Reserve Board composition.
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Federal Reserve Board
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Commercial Tribune
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Return of G O P to Power Urged by Senator Jones
Senator Wesley L. Jones urges a party reunion and change in administration to secure national victory and welfare. He argues labor, industry, and industrial conditions require Republican leadership and unity to prevent Democratic success. The call links industrial prospects to party cohesion and national progress.
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Wesley L. Jones
Republican move toward unified 1916 convention reform
Washington reports a National Committee push to revise convention representation to reflect progressive sentiment. Senator Wesley Jones argues Republicans should unite, support primary law recognition, and allow fair apportionment approved by state conventions, aiming for a united front against Democrats.
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Republican National Committee
Wesley Ils Jones
State of Washington
Srcial Tribune
National Committee
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Labor's Demands for Laws Submitted to the Governor
Organized labor presented its legislative demands to Governor Cox in Columbus. Led by John Woll of Zanesville, the Ohio Federation of Labor executive committee laid before the governor resolutions from its Portsmouth convention endorsing measures for the winter session.
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Organized Labor
General Assembly
Cox
John Woll
Zanesville
Ohio Federation of Labor
State House
Portsmouth
Governors Reply to Labor Demands on Wages and Reforms
Governor Cox will consider miners wages and safeguarding the initiative and referendum as the federation urges. The visiting committee said no promises were asked or given, and blamed past blunders for delays in the Greenland mothers pension law. Members listed include Voll, Donnelly, Smith, Chapman, Blake, and Graney.
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Thomas J. Donnelly
Cincinnati
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Augustus
Smith
Toledo
C. B. Chapman
Dayton
Will T. Blake
East Liverpool
John J. Graney
Youngstown
Lonely couples borrow babies for Christmas in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Christmas borrowers lease babies for two weeks from charities to brighten homes lacking children. The Children’s Bureau and Society to Protect Children From Cruelty supply hundreds of waifs, while childless couples select by age and appearance. A wealthy woman in fur used a limousine to pick a light haired girl, four, for two weeks.
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Philadelphia
Children’s Bureau
Society To Protect
Charities
Ryall
Bible Stops Attempt On Blairsville Pastor
Rev. Dr. R E McClure pastor of Blairsville United Presbyterian Church and Indiana County Antisaloon League head survived a gun attack when a bullet pierced the Bible he carried. He exchanged fire with two men who fled, fleeing after the second shot tore through the Bible and his clothing. Police seek two suspects.
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Commercial Tribune
Blairsville
R. E. McClure
Tango dip fatal fall at Red Bank boarding house
Special to Commercial Tribune Red Bank New Jersey December 21 William Hodson fifty forty shows tango on a second story porch roof when he attempted a dip he fell twenty feet fracturing his skull he was taken to the hospital and not expected to live
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Red Bank
N. J
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Aviator Slack Killed in London Road Crash
English aviator Robert Artram Slack died in an automobile accident between London and St Albans today. His death follows a notable career in aviation, drawing tributes from the public and aviation circles.
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London
Robert Artram Slack
St. Albans
Ambrim Island Eruption Triggers Massive Destruction
Incoming reports from Ambrim in the New Hebrides describe a volcanic eruption killing about 500 natives. Flames rose to two thousand feet, lava flows cut off villages, and the river boiled as the coast and hospital were destroyed. survivors fled with patients saved by a launch.
Embezzler Caught At Sea After Latent Hideouts
James Ralph Hackett, a Baltimore hardware dealer’s clerk, landed in New York warned as an embezzler of $12,000. He had been at sea aboard the Verdi from Buenos Aires, eluding capture as searches at Bahia Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo failed until a final arrest at Montevideo where he went ashore.
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Princeton
Louise
Washington
Baltimore
James Ralph Hackett
Prisoners Aid League formed at Auburn Prison
Thomas Mott Osborne announces the Prisoners' Aid League known as The Pals formed by outside visitors. The group acts as a Board of Visitors to aid inmates with practical advice, employment leads for parole, and support in lieu of visiting relatives.
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Commercial Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
Thomas Mott Osborne
State Commission For Prison Reform
Prisoners’ Aid League
Pals
League
John B. Riley
State Prisons and League Plan Expanded to All Penal Institutions
Statements indicate state prisons are in hearty accord with the league's aims and a program to extend the plan to all penal institutions over time, as outlined in current discussions.
Mayor Deals in Wet Goods and Operates Dance Hall
Fifty five Copperfield residents in Baker County accuse Salem officials of lawlessness and a saloon-dominated city government. They petition Governor West claiming the mayor houses a saloon and hosts Saturday dances, selling liquor to minors and habitual drunkards. Governor West says he will decide tomorrow on relief measures.
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Commercial Tribune
Salem
Ore
Copperfield
Baker County
West
Radium Cure At Philadelphia Hospital Draws Mass of Patients
Philadelphia's American Oncologic Hospital reports radium treatment drawing large crowds as doctors highlight its potential to cure cancer. Three radium specimens are in near-constant use, creating a waiting list for less urgent cases while many patients show long lasting improvement without disease relapse.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
American Oncologic Hospital
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