Liquor Battle Plays Into House Opening
Hobson measure for national prohibition is set to be taken up by the House at opening. The debate centers on national liquor policy and enforcement.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
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1
Prohibition Fight Heats Up in House Over Hobson Amendment
Washington December 21 legislative clash sharpens as House members debate the Hobson constitutional amendment for national prohibition. The rule for debate is set eight hours with a two hour start, Mobson leads supporters against Underwood’s opposition group, aims for two thirds vote to send to the Senate. A deluge of telegrams from Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia floods Capitol urging votes for Hobson. The measure would ban sale manufacture importation and transportation of intoxicating liquors with limited exceptions for sacred medicinal and scientific uses.
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Mobson
Hobson
United States
Congress
Washington
United States Congress
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
George Alexander Sentenced in Ken Tuky Case
George Alexander, a leading citizen of Ken Tuky, received a prison sentence ranging from one to ten years after conviction in a local case.
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George Alexander
Ken
Guilty Plea in Embezzlement Case Charges in Bourbon Court
George Alexander, president of the defunct George Alexander & Co. State Bank, pleads guilty to seven indictments. Sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to ten years in the penitentiary. The proceedings also reference other counts of embezzlement. A London Sphere correspondent reports on French battle conditions and the Artois and Flanders fronts.
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Alexander
London Sphere
France
England Seeks Clarification on Canal Channel Conduct
Washington notes a British government inquiry to the State Department about charges it says Colonial Goethals admitted as baseless regarding British colliers in Panama Canal waters. Secretary Daniels seeks a full report on the Panama radio apparatus dismantling and possible naval wireless interference explanations.
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State Department
Coloniel Goéthals
Panama
Caribbean
Pacific
Invention Mat Could Change Modern Warfare
Gloucester Mass December 21. John Hays Hammond Jr. claims a new explosive projectile that scatters molten steel and a deadly gas to thwart firefighters. He says European powers may buy it and the United States conducts tests at Sandy Hook. The munition targets siege guns towns and dirigible balloons.
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Gloucester
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John Hays Hammond, Jr
United States
Sandy Hook
Hammond
Mexico Swept By the Fever Of Execution
Reports from the interior of Mexico describe a wave of executions targeting political offenders. At least sixteen men were killed in Mexico City last week, and reliable reports claim about 140 deaths in Chihuahua City over the past month. The killings affect former Federal officers and Carranza supporters, with prominent prisoners from Mexico City reportedly taken to Chihuahua. Names mentioned include General Miguel Delgado, Guillermo Terrazas, and Castulo Baca, among others, with ransom detentions cited for Baca and Luis Terrazas Jr.
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the Commercial Tribune
EL. Paso
Tex
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Villa
Mexico City
Miguel Delgado
Guillermo Terrazas
Chihuahua
Castulo Baca
Parral
Bacca
Luis Terrazas, Jr
T. D. Edwards
Thaw Extradition Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court unanimously rules New York may extradite Harry K. Thaw from New Hampshire. Justice Holmes calls the case clear and moves to set aside the habeas corpus order. Thaw faces New York conspiracy charges tied to the Matteawan Asylum case and a renewed extradition battle.
Extradition Question in Thaw Case Examined by Courts
Supreme Court ruling centers on whether Sanity rulings belong to New York courts and if extradition of Harry Thaw for conspiracy to escape can proceed. Earlier, Thaw escaped Matteawan in 1913 and was arrested in New Hampshire after federal habeas challenges. Justice Holmes stated the indictment charges a crime and the issue may be left to New York courts for decision.
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Matteawan Asylum For
Stanford White
Thaw
New York
Matteawan
Philander C. Knox
Supreme Court
Aldrich
New Hampshire
White
Matteawan Hospital
Holmes
Germans Threaten Warsaw Area Capital Clash on East Bank
Russians raise defense on the east bank of the Bzura River about thirty miles west of Warsaw as German forces threaten the Polish capital. The confrontation signals intensified ground combat amid ongoing siege actions in central Poland.
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Bzura River
Warsaw
Teutons retreat into East Prussia in winter war reports
British and French assurances to Greece and Romania hint at wider Balkan involvement. Reports from Poland, Galicia, and the Carpathians describe heavy fighting, snowbound fronts, and shifting lines as German and Austrian forces push and retreat across East Prussia, Galicia, and Przemysl.
Christmas at the White House in 1913
President Wilson will spend Christmas quietly in the White House with his daughters. It will be his first Christmas Day there, after last year in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Mrs. Frances B. Sayre is due for a long visit from Williamstown, Massachusetts, and about 125 turkeys will be distributed to White House employees following a long-standing custom.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Pass Christian
Miss
Frances B. Sayre
Williamstown
Mass
Orders for Olympia Sail for Panama Exposition
Orders received today to have the United States cruiser Olympia ready to sail February 15 for the Panama Pacific Exposition via the Panama Canal. Admiral Dewey's flagship at Manila has been in Charleston since 1912.
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Charleston
U S. C
United States
Olympia
Dewey
Manila
University course aims to erase physical imperfections
Pittsburg Pa December 21 A university bulletin announces a January 4 start for a course guiding young women through medical gymnastics to correct bodily asymmetries. Exercises target uneven shoulders hips and calf size to achieve symmetrical form under expert supervision.
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University of Pittsburg
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