Reid Tells How Morse Was Freed
Walter E. Reid of Portland sues Charles W. Morse for 150000 claiming breach of contract. He details alleged schemes to win Morse's release from Atlanta federal prison and lists interviews with Maine and New York figures and officials, denying Mrs Morse's improper plans.
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Reid
Morse
Associated Press
New York
Walter E. Reid
Portland
Charles W. Morse
Federal District Court
Federal
Atlanta
National Bank of America
William H. Taft
Wickersham
Torney
Taft
Erwin Morse
Robert Taft
Senator Hale
Maine
Washington, D. C
Mr. Peavey
Art
Congressman Allen
Joan Dwight
Washington, D.C
J. Sloat Fassett
Edward O. Eldredge
Street Car Wreck In Pittsburg Kills Sixteen
In Pittsburg on December 24 a Keuneville street car packed with shoppers ran away in a tunnel and overturned near Carson Street. Sixteen people died and about 114 aboard were injured with many others seriously hurt. The wreck caused chaos as cars and passengers spilled onto the sidewalk and a long death toll rose through hospital reports. The Pittsburg Railways Co said the car was modern and safety equipped and an investigation was started.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Keuneville
South Side
South Hills
Carson Street
Carson
Gunstrasgli
Smithfield
Etres
Bttsburg Ways Company
Regi Line
Cna
Mathilda Kiinzing
Auberio Czerny
Pitts
William Bolitho
Knox*lle
Sarah Kirkman
Pittsbro
Wesley Jones
Knoxvil
Pauline Denmaygr
McKeesport
Howard E. Ford
Rasalgin
Joseph Tanney
American Editor Deported from Peking to Manila
Gilbert Reid, editor of the Peking Post, an American accused as a pro German propagandist, has been deported to Manila at the request of the Chinese Government. He was released from Shanghai on July 23 after promising to refrain from criticising the American government or its officials.
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Peking
Gilbert Reid
Beigg
Manil
Peking Post
Om Pri
Anghai
Weather notes show cold wave and scattered snow flurries
The report lists Tuesday’s weather as fair in Indiana and Kentucky with snow flurries in the northeast and a colder trend through Wednesday. Temperatures across stations are given, with Milwaukee Chicago Seattle and Cincinnati cited, including a note on zero readings and a December record at Cincinnati.
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Lake Erie
Aindiana
Kentucky
West Virgini
Montreal
Jacksonville
Phoenic
Itiaburg
Eure
Seattle
Arge
Louis
Portia
Cincinnati
Ding
Guns Found Aboard Ship Of Bolsheviki
Federal officials found ammunitions, hundreds of rifles and revolvers on the Shilka, a Bolshevik crewed Russian freighter in port. The cargo, buried under hides, included ammunition slugs tied to German rounds. Officials suspect I W W involvement and plan a full crew-and-cargo review. No money traced despite rumors of $100,000.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Shilka
United States
Boris Dogal
Chicago
David Moffat Estate After Death Faces Large Debts
Denver December 24 The estate of late David H. Moffat of Denver builder of the Moffat Road owed $1,852,000 more than it had in assets when he died. The inspectors say much of the fortune, once as high as 12 to 15 million dollars, went to building the road tied to the Denver western & Pacific now Denver & Salt Lake Railroad. The Attorney General will file the state's waiver to inheritance tax in the county.
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Associated Press
Washington
Francis Griffith Newlands
Nevada
Senate
Yale
Columbian College Law School
District of Columbia
San Francisco
Denver
Col
David H. Moffat
Moffat Road
Attornney General of Colorado
Moffat
Denver, Ep Western & Pacific
Denver & Salt
Hungary arms suffrage with women in parliament plan
Zurich dispatch reports a reform bill introduced in the Hungarian lower House granting voting rights to all citizens over 24 and proposing equal access for women including election to Parliament.
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Zurich
Speeding Up the Boys War Time Efficiency Push
Washington officials press wartime efficiency with stamping of receipt dates. Secretary Redfield instructs bureaus to stamp day and hour of receipt on all papers and refuses to sign unsigned documents aiming to cut delays in action.
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Redfield
Secretaries Send Cheer To Fighters
Secretaries Baker and Daniels sent Christmas greetings to the nation’s fighting forces. Baker’s message to soldiers in France and America and their families spoke of hearty spirit, resolute purpose, and pride in doing a great work for country and world. Daniels’ message to Navy personnel offered Christmas greetings to all in the naval service.
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Associate Press
Washington
Baker
Daniels
France
America
War Department
Navy
Naval Service
Puntry
Will of Mt. Morris teacher bequeaths shares to educators
Logan D. Howell a Mt. Morris High School teacher dies Aug 4 and leaves an estate worth over 12000 dollars to 42 beneficiaries mainly school teachers principals and figures in education. Bequests range from 100 to 200 dollars and honor those invested through his influence in a failed business venture. Named beneficiaries include Phlander P. Claxton US Commissioner of Education and Edwin A. Alderman President of the University of Virginia.
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Associate Press
New York
Sch
Logan D. Howell
Mt. Morris High School
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Cook Is Found Dead in Montgomery Hospital Bed
A fragmented report notes a cook from the country, possibly Assad Ala, found dead in a Montgomery hospital bed. The text references a funeral at Logan CAMP and a Major Hoppel of Logan, with mentions of the 148th Infantry and a father’s name.
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Ala
Logan Camp Hoe
River Barges Help Carry Big Burden of Greater Traffic
Washington date line reports the Department of Commerce says river barges are taking thousands of tons of wartime freight from railroads. New terminals rise in Memphis Nashville St Louis Peoria St Paul Minneapolis and improvements occur in New Orleans Montgomery and Mobile. Government barges operate on the Mississippi aided by Commerce steamers. US Steel builds 70 barges for upper Ohio Monongahela rivers and 24 barges plus four towboats for St Louis to St Paul. Alabama River moves corn to the Gulf.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Commerce
Memphis
Nashville
St. Louis
Peoria
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Montgomery
Mobile
Mississippi
United States Steel Corporation
Ohio
Monongahela
St Paul
Alabama
Gulf
New War Council to Aid Secretary Baker
Washington December 24 The newly formed War Department Council of Officers is set to become a key war agency as Secretary Baker implements his plans. The five generals on the council meet daily with Baker to tackle supply and equipment questions and coordinate differing staff views.
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Baker
Washington
Council of Officers In the
War _ Department
War Council
Five million deadweight tons built by U S shipyards
Washington December 24 Five million deadweight tons is the Shipping Board estimate of America's 1918 shipping output based on builders reports. The government program shows 8,246,308 tons 18.2 percent toward completion with efforts to add shifts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shipping Board
America
The
Senate
Ferce Committee
But Where's the Joke Coal Crisis Tale
A Newark man swindled a coal dealer by wheeling a sick-appearing baby to prove distress and secure fuel. Investigation showed the infant was borrowed. A jeweler took a wagon job, started with two tons of coal for his own cellar, then quit claiming the work was too hard.
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Newark
Parole Request Denied for Banking Partner at Ellis Island
Rudolph Hecht of Chandler & Co was paroled for three weeks under 25000 bail after internment as an alien enemy. He and his wife asked at the Federal Building to extend the parole over Christmas, but the request was refused and he returned to Ellis Island.
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Associated Press
New York
Rudolph Hecht
Chandler & Co
Ellis Island
Heght
Federal Building
Breadstuffs on Hand Satisfy Five Months Demand
Minneapolis report from Frank L. Carey of the Food Administration Grain Corporation says current storage and market supplies of flour and breadstuffs cover five months nationwide. Flour stocks are ample and exports to allies rose 60 percent. About 1,000,000 bushels of Pacific coast wheat have been ordered for local mills.
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Carey
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt backs wartime prohibition for workers during war
A Roosevelt letter supporting wartime prohibition extends to railroads mines factories and shipyards. Roosevelt cites army policy and cites his sons in France urging no liquor sales to service members and wartime prohibition for all workers.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Clarence True Wilson
National Temperance Board
Wilson
Roosevelt
France
Pershing
Four Mexicans Executed Over Del Rio Ranchmen Killings
Four of twenty Mexicans arrested at Las Vacas opposite Del Rio were executed for the deaths of ranchmen Lee Sharpe and Clarence Sellars. Mexican officials announced new executions may follow as witnesses implicate companions in the cross border bandit gang activity. The killings prompted a binational effort to curb the gang’s activities along the border.
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Dy Associated Press
del Rio
Tex
Las Vacas
Lee Sharpe
Clarence Sellars
Here
Milk price surge and demand drop in New York
New York reports milk prices up 55 percent since June 1914 and consumption down about 20 percent. The Mayor's Committee of Milk released the findings tonight.
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New York
Mayor’s Committee of Milk
World War Fronts Report Inactive Global Battle Outlook
Amsterdam dispatch reports four Teutonic powers to jointly reply to Russian peace proposals with delivery planned tomorrow. Christmas 1917 notes major fronts largely inactive except Italy where Austro German forces press near the Isonzo and Piave lines. British and French armies gain in Mesopotamia and Palestine while Allenby advances against Ottomans.
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Amsterdam
Brest
Litovsk
Associated Press
London
Italy
Venetia
Baltic
Black Sea
Isonzo
Belgium
Verdun
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Holy Sepulcher
Altho
Russia
Uudiny
United States
Great Britain
France
Sinies
Hungary
Lorenza
Piave
Asiago
Trotzky Criticized By State Department Officials
Washington officials said Leon Trotzky’s claim that the American Red Cross Mission in Russia aided Bolshevik opponents sprang from ignorance of the facts. They noted arrangements in the United States to strengthen the Russian ambulance corps with seventy eight ambulances and other supplies, to be sent by sea.
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Ress
Washington
State Department
Leon Trotzky
American Red Cross
Russia
Bo Hevik
Trotzky
Cer
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Department of Justice
George W. Wickersham
Altho Morse
Newlands
Francis Griffith
Manila
W. W
David Moffat
Colorado
Devel Ca
Daniels and Baker Forward
Red Cross
Cook
Assad
Kaiser
U. S
Frank L
Food
Ministration Grain Corporation
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