President Object to Belgian Deportations Cited by Wilson
President Wilson denounces German deportations of Belgian noncombatants as a violation of humane norms and risks to relief efforts. The State Department released a note after an informal interview via Joseph Grew, warning the policy could cripple Belgian relief work. Senator Lodge backed protests with American Rights League resolutions urging Congress support for U S efforts.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Joseph Grew
United States
Berlin
Wilson
Charles
Belgium
Senate
Lodge
American Rights League
Boston
Congress
America
Senator Lodge Warns Against Deportations in Belgium
Senator Lodge presents a resolution condemning deportations in Belgium and urges pressuring Allied authorities to halt the actions. He frames the measure as a stand for humanitarian treatment and upholding international law.
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Belgium
Sunk French battleship Suffren with 750 dead
The French battleship Suffren, missing since November 24 after sailing from port for Lorient, is presumed lost with all 750 aboard. The vessel, 12,750 tons, 410 feet long, had appeared in the Dardanelles campaign last year before repair at Toulon.
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Paris
Suffren
Minister of Marine
Lorient
Brittany
Dardanelles
Toulon
Strike spreads in Cuba involving rail workers and drivers
Havana reports a widening strike as Havana Central railway workers quit, joining Camaguey laborers, cab drivers, chauffeurs, truck drivers, and bricklayers. Authorities fear a general stop as crews on Cuban Central and Western Railways may join and United Railways could be drawn in. Strikers demand a 30 percent wage increase while committees seek settlement.
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Havana
Camaguey
Havana Central Railway
Cuban Central
Western Railway Company
United Railways
Wilson Frees Union Men From West Virginia Strike
President Wilson commuted jail terms of labor organizers Frank Ladvinka James Oates Hiram Stephens and Fanny Sullens convicted after the 1914 West Virginia coal mine strike. The sentences, imposed by Federal Judge Jackson, were reduced to expire immediately.
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Washington
Frank Ladvinka
James Oates
Hiram Stephens
Fanny Sullens
West Virginia
Wilson
Jackson
Federal Trade Commission Urges Webb Bill Adoption
The Federal Trade Commission in its annual report to Congress urges adoption of the Webb bill to coordinate American exporters in foreign trade. It says the measure is needed for Americans to compete with international businesses after the European war.
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Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Congress
Commission
Common law wife claims $600,000 estate in Detroit
Mrs Etta Wetmore sparks a sensational case in Detroit demanding a widow's share of $600000 from the estate of Walter R Hamper father of Mrs Robert Mantell. Heirs contend Hamper was never married. Wetmore asserts a common law marriage.
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Detroit
Mich
Etta Wetmore
Walter R. Hamper
Robert Mantell
Hamper
Asquith Declines Earldom and Order Offers
King George offered H. H. Asquith an earldom and the Order of the Garter. Asquith reportedly asked to decline both honors, according to the Chronicle.
Lloyd George urged to push national prohibition in cabinet plans
London reports outline rapid cabinet changes as Lloyd George seeks a reformist government. Prohibition is favored for wartime efficiency and grain conservation, with Asquith urging Liberal unity behind the new premier. A Detroit native, Sir Albert H. Stanley, is tipped for a British cabinet post after rising from chore boy to director general of motor transport.
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London
Lloyd George
Lloyd-George
Germany
England
Asquith
Herbert H. Asquith
Liberal Party
David Lloyd- George
United Kingdom
Lloyd- George
Exchequer
Andrew Bonarlaw
Foreign Office
J. Balfour
Admiralty
Sir Edward Cerson
Lord Derby
Labor
Arthur Henderson
Benar Law
Falfour
Curz
Stanley
Detroit
Barnboy
Stenley
Public Service Corporation of
New Jersey
Milwaukee Coke and Gas Co Announces 10 Percent Bonus
The Milwaukee Coke and Gas company and its subsidiaries announce a ten percent bonus for all employees including laborers and office staff. About 1,200 workers are affected, with payments due December 1 and January 1. This is the third wage bonus since February 1, 1916.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Coke and Gas Company
Semet-Solvay
Widow Flora Labram Dies In Self Inflicted Death
Flora Labram fifty two widow of American mining engineer G F Labram shot and killed herself at her Aurora home after years of ill health. She had earlier helped defend Kimberly by constructing a crude cannon from a long steel shaft during the siege of 1899 1900. Great Britain granted her a life pension for her services and Cecil Rhodes provided funds to educate her son George.
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Aurora
Isil
Der
Flora Labram
G. F. Labram
Kimberly
South Africa
Aurore
Labram
Great Britain
Cecil Rhodes
George
Clay Workers Head Held On Conspiracy Charge In Brazil Ind
Frank Kasten president of the United Brick and Clay Workers Union of Chicago arrested in Brazil Indiana on a conspiracy to incite riot tied to Clay County clay workers strike. Bond set at 3100. Glaude Harris driver also arrested for alleged shop actions and jailed for contempt of court after disclosing grand jury evidence.
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Brazil
Ind
Frank Kasten
United Brick and Clay Workers’ Union of Chicago
Clay County Clay Workers
Glaude Harris
Crash kills man. driver faces manslaughter charge
In Galesburg Illinois on December 9 William Garrison of Monmouth was killed and Frank Cable of Cameron injured when their car struck a moving street car. Chief Hinman says Cable was criminally negligent and will be arrested for manslaughter when released from the hospital.
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Galesburg
Ill
William Garrison
Monmouth
Frank Cable
Cameron
Hinman
Cable
Highway Experts Meet in La Salle for Dedication Planning
The Mississippi Valley Association of State Highway Departments meeting in La Salle included officials from the state highway commission. They discussed preparations for the dedication program of the ceramic engineering building at the University of Illinois.
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LA Salle
State Highway Commission
Mississippi Valley Association of State Highway Departments
Ceramic Engineering
University of Ilinois
Mexican found guilty in border bandit murder case
Remon Pizgana, Brownsville, Texas, was found guilty of murder related to last year’s border bandit troubles. He faces a fifteen year prison sentence after the jury verdict.
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Brownsville
Tex
Remon Pizgana
Edwin T Meredith May Succeed Secretary Houston
Edwin T Meredith is suggested as a likely replacement for Secretary Houston. The report notes discussions about cabinet reshuffle and Meredith appears as a favored candidate amid political maneuvering.
United States to Send New Note on Submarine Question
Washington reports the U S will dispatch a new note to Germany to clarify armed merchant ships issues after the torpedoing of the Marine and Arabia. Ambassador Gerard to confer with Berlin officials, while Von Bernstorff will discuss with the state department. Officials say Marine’s status as a transport was untrue.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Marine
Arabia
James W. Gerard
Foreign Office
Berlin
von Bernstorff
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Marina
Lansing
Caledonia Sunk. Anchor Line Steamship Believed Lost
London reports the Anchor Line steamer Caledonia of 9,223 tons Bross is believed sunk after being in government service. The vessel measured about 500 feet long 58 feet beam and 33 feet deep and was built in Glasgow in 1894.
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Caledonia
London
Anchor
Bross
Lloyd's Shipping Agency
Glasgow
Rockville Man Hurt After Dog Throws Him on Sidewalk
Mahlon W. Marshall, seventy eight, a former postmaster in Rockville Indiana, was seriously injured after a large dog knocked him from the curb and threw him onto the sidewalk. He suffered a broken shoulder and dangerous internal injuries.
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Deg
Rockville
Ind
Mahlon W. Marshall
Marshall
Wilkerson to Aid Brundage in Illinois
In Chicago on December 9 James W Wilkerson formerly United States district attorney will be the first assistant attorney general of Illinois per an announcement from Attorney General elect Edward J Brundage.
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Wilkerson
Brundage
Chicago
James W. Wilkerson
United States District , Ney
Minois
Edward J. Brundage
Fire Destroyed Four-Story Kimball Office Building
The Kimball, a four story Cedar Rapids office building, was destroyed by fire with an estimated loss of 250000 dollars. The blaze occurred in early December and caused extensive damage to surrounding structures. Authorities investigated the fire as a major incident in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Kimball
Senate moves to make Washington dry amid death in House
Senators push Sheppard bill to bar liquor production and sale in the District of Columbia while death of four Congress members halts a vote. The move aims to test nationwide prohibition. Underwood signals a referendum plan to let D C residents vote on the issue. The measure allows import for personal use and sets a path through the House with expected support.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Representative Tribble
Georgia
Morris Sheppard
District of Columbia
Sheppard
Underwood
Alabama
Young Girls Cause Tassoing Old Men in Chicago
Chicago reports show young girls lured into work by ads in daily papers. J B Rosenthal a Chicago capitalist says unemployed men aged 45 to 65 suffer as youth becomes business cry. He notes young girls, often still children, are drawn to rest rooms gyms and even dancing classes and are ruined by hard work before twenty while older men miss suitable positions.
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Chicago
J. B. Rosenthal
Daily Papers
Mr. Rosenthal
Arlington company workers grant 20 percent bonus
In New York on December 9, two thousand Arlington company employees in Arlington New Jersey, a subsidiary of the Pont Powder company, vote a 20 percent bonus boosting weekly pay on a payroll of 1920 dollars, totaling a raise of 384 dollars. Also reported is the death of a banker in Point Texas after a robbery netting 244 dollars.
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du Pont Company
New York
Arlington Company
Arlington
N. J
Itu Pont Powder Company
Dynamiters Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Dynamiters cited as Veara and J B Uiter convicted of dynamiting W Street. both sentenced to ten years in state prison in Atlanta Georgia on September 2, 1907.
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Dynamiters
Atlanta
Stetcine
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Oliver Osborne
Ameiican Pees Association
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