Congress Faces Short Session as Rail Labor Crisis Looms
Washington reports a likely brief 64th Congress session with quorums in place as lawmakers weigh eight hour law implications, labor disputes, and possible rail strikes. President Wilson seeks to avert a national railroad shutdown while Congress plans a joint session to hear the President's annual message.
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House
Senate
Clark
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Eady
Organized Labor
Thos R Marshall Presides Over Senate Opening
Vice President Thos R Marshall presided at the Senate opening ceremony, overseeing the session as the chamber began its new term. He delivered remarks highlighting agenda priorities and welcomed new members to the Senate.
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Clark
Champ Clark
House
Missouri Statesman
Henry D. Couden
Senate
Congress
Carranza Wins Chihuahua City in Mexican War Update
The Mexican embassy reports General Murguia recaptured Chihuahua City from Villa at 7 PM Saturday. Villa retreated with 2,500 men, pursued by Carranza forces aided by Trevino Marquis and Ozuna cavalry. Carranza signals consent to ratify the American Mexican protocol as joint talks continue, with aims on finance mining oil taxes and foreign property rights.
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Washington
Murenia
Chihuahua City
Villa
Murguia
Carranza
Trevino
Marquis
Ozuna
War Department
General Carranza
Atlantic City
United States
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Joint Commission
Mexico
State Department
Greece Faces Demands After Athens Firefight
Paris reports acts in Athens cooled overnight as entente troops retreat to Piraeus. Greece offers six mountain batteries to Vice Admiral Du Fournet, but ministers say the issue now involves heavy reparations, not just war material. An embargo blocks Greek shipping in allied ports in response to recent events.
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Paris
Athens
Entente
Piraeus
du Fournet
German Diver Sinks 6000-Ton French Troop Transport
Berlin reports a German submarine sank the 6000-ton French transport Karnak filled with troops destined for Saloniki near Magia on November 27. Lloyds records also note the sinking of British ships Burcombe and Iskar and several smaller vessels, plus the Harpalus.
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Berlin
Admiralty
Magia
Skjoldorf
Briantais
Cap-Lihou
Harpalus
Sheriff's Slayer Caught Near Cayuca Indiana
Martin Rice, an insane man who shot Vermillion county Sheriff Martin J. Jones when Jones tried to arrest him, was captured in the woods near his home. He offered no resistance. Rice had opened fire when Jones answered a summons by Rice's wife who had charged him with threatening her life.
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Cayuca
Ind
Martin Rice
Martin J. Jones
Vermillion County
Rice
Jones
Local stores end sales due to high living costs
Birmingham readers learn that major local department stores will discontinue sales. They state rising material costs prevent price cuts on merchandise, ending promotional discounts.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rayiniak
Farmers Seek Treasury Loans in Winamac Group
Winamac Indiana December 4 The Pulaski County National Farm Loan Association has been organized Its members will apply for loans from the treasury department under the rural credits law Walter V Ket county agent is receiving applications.
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Treasury
Winamac
Ind
Pulasin County
Lucey Sees Tax Amendment Failed to Win Majority
Attorney General P. J. Lucey argues the constitution tax amendment failed because it did not attain a majority of votes cast for president electors. He notes it won a majority of votes for general assembly but not for presidential electors. The issue may go to the supreme court as the canvassing board’s status faces a possible writ of mandamus.
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Chicago
P. J. Lucey
Painter Conrad Huff Dies in Lafayette After Poison Found
Conrad Huff aged fifty seven a painter who moved from Danville Iowa to Lafayette four months ago died in a local hospital after illness. Coroner Earl Van Reed ordered a post mortem revealing corrosive poison in Huff s stomach and the coroner ruled death by self harm. Huff s wife separated in Danville. Huff had visited Danville on Thanksgiving day.
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Lafayette
Ind
Conrad Huff
Danville
Earl van Reed
Wurr
Huff
Elgin Attorney Urges Prohibition Stance at Baptist Church
Attorney Charles F. Erbstein delivered a dry speech at First Baptist Church in Elgin on Sunday night. He described two recent successful raids on illegal liquor joints near his home and outlined his plan to remove blind pigs from Cook County borders.
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Elgin
Ile
Dee
Charles FE. Erbstein
First Baptist Church
Erbstein
Elin
Cook County
Ten Thousand Keith Shoe Workers to Receive Pay Increase
Close to 10 000 employees of the George J Keith company with shoe factories in Brockton Middleboro East Weymouth North Adams and Rochester New York will get a 2 ten per cent increase in wages as a monthly bonus commencing around January 10.
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Brockton, Mess
George J. Keith Company
Middleboro
Fast Wrymouth
North Adams
Rochester
N.Y
Cowe
Lloyd George Rumored to Resign War Post
Rumors swirl that David Lloyd George may resign his position as wartime leader. Officials and peers weigh the implications for Britain's war effort and political stability.
Lloyd George Resigns as War Secretary Amid British Crisis
London reports a sharp political crisis as David Lloyd-George reportedly tendered his resignation as war secretary. Prime Minister Asquith held consultations with party leaders while Lloyd-George met the premier. A Bonar Law Marquis of Crewe and Sir Edward Carson and Law appeared at unionist meetings as Derby spoke with Lloyd-George.
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London
David Lloyd- George
Asquith
Lloyd-George
A. Bonar Law
Marquis of Crewe
Edward Carson
Law
Unionists
Earl of Derby
Love theft suit over wife's affections in Highwood case
Timothy F. Walsh of Highwood sues William Danner of Hubbards Woods for 5000 alleging alienation of his wife’s affections. Danner denies wrongdoing and says he came as a brother Woodman to recover funds Walsh’s lodge collected for him. Walsh, ill and in a home, was recently cleared in a circuit court stabbing case involving his wife.
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Waukegan, Jr
Timothy F. Walsh
Highwood
William Danner
Hubbards Woods
Danner
Walsh Home Mercy
Walsh
Mrs Stiles Acquitted In Automobile Thieves Case
Mrs Elvina Stiles wife of Major William R Stiles and William E Whitehead were acquitted by a Chicago jury. Stiles faced seven indictments as a leader of the so called automobile thieves trust. Prosecution relied on gang members who testified as state’s evidence claiming they did so for spite.
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Chicago
Elvina FE. Stiles
Automobile Thieves’ Trust
William E. Whitehead
Wife of Aurora soldier gets wartime relief check
Mrs Mollie Copp of Homer avenue Aurora received a check for 228 dollars after writing to Secretary of War Baker asking for her husband Harry Copp, cook for Company D stationed at Fort San Houston Texas. She will get 45 dollars monthly in addition to the 30 dollars paid to her husband, with three children and soon to be a mother.
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Aurora
Mollie Copp
Homer Avenue
Harry Copp
Company D
Fort San Houston
Tex
Baker
Copp
P. L. Smith
Federal Army
Russians Win At Bucharest In World War I Front
Petrograd reports Russian and Roumanian forces gaining on Bucharest with 26 guns and prisoners seized. German and Bulgarian troops south of the capital are driven back while Falkenhayn’s northwest advance nears Gaesei. The Russo Roumanian push in the Carpathians continues despite heavy fighting.
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Petrograd
Bucharest
War Office
Bis
Berlin
von Mackensen
Danube
Mackensen
von Falkenhayn
Falkenhayn
Gaesei
Petrogract
Mucharest
Roumanian War Office
Transylvanian Alps
Kirlibaba
Teutons
Russia gains rights to Dardanelles and Constantinople
A Petrograd report from December 4 states Premier Treplets announced a 1915 entente agreement among Russia France Great Britain and Italy. It proclaims the right of Russia to the Dardanelles straits and to Constantinople, asserting Turkey entered the war with guarantees of territorial integrity.
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Semin
Trepets
Russia
Fran
Great Britain
Italy
Dardanelles Straits
Coinople
Trepef
Turkey
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