Railways Net Income Surges Above One Billion Dollars
Washington reports that U S railroads earned an estimated 1 098 000 000 in net income from operations in the year just ending based on interstate commerce commission data for nine months and projections for the full year. First nine months show a 67 percent rise with freight and passenger traffic the main revenue sources. After taxes and bad debts, net revenue stands high, with annual tax and uncollectible figures reducing the total.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bloomington Holds Massive Christmas Carol Sing Along
Bloomington Indiana celebrated a large community carol event on the public square with more than 200 singers from church choirs transported by auto trucks to start carols at a set hour. Thousands of lit candles glowed in windows as a giant electricity powered tree lit the courtyard while groups performed a concert.
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Bloomington
Ind
Girl 12 Spelling Champion From Jackson County
Thelma Crombur twelve year old of Mount Carbon won with a 900 word correct spelling in a county contest and will represent Jackson County in the state championship at Spring Meld on December 27.
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Duquoin
Ill
Jackson County
Thelma Crombur
Mount Carbon
General Mangin Leads French Infantry in Verdun Drive
General Mangin commands French infantry as Verdun offensive proceeds. French forces advance amid artillery barrages and riverine crossings, aiming to break German positions and shorten the siege decision.
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Verdun Drive
Soldiers Fire Across the Border at Hart's Mill
Near Hart's Mill in El Paso troops from the Third Kentucky Infantry opened fire on Mexican snipers after nightly shots from across the border. Mexicans fled as the Kentuckians replied with machine guns. Juarez remained tense as clashes involved Gonzales and Murguia factions, with cavalry patrols deployed to restore order.
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el Paso
Tex
Hart's Mill
Third Kentucky Infantry
Juarez
Gonzales
Jose Murguia
Murguia
Vola
Destroyers Sunk in Collision in North Sea
London reports the admiralty says two destroyers were sunk in a North Sea collision on December 21 during bad weather. Six officers and forty nine sailors were lost.
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London
Admiralty
North Sea
Miners Refuse Work Over Gas at Indian Creek Mine
Five hundred miners at the Indian Creek mine near Bicknell Indiana refuse to work due to gas in the mine. The dispute halts production as crews stand idle while managers assess ventilation measures and safety steps.
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Bicknell, Ind
Indian Creek
Bicknell
Roads Ignore Car Order Says Railroads
Bloomington Alabama December 26 railroad officials say eastern and western lines ignore interstate commerce orders to return foreign freight cars to owners. They warn moving empties without loads would flood yards and worsen congestion. A rational homeward car flow with freight is needed, but a marked business slump may delay any return for months.
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Bloomington
Illinois Senior Shot While Hunting Near Fairfield
Oser Burgess, a University of Illinois senior, home in Fairfield for the holidays, was shot when he slipped while climbing a fence and discharged his gun. The bullet struck his thigh. He is the son of State's Attorney H. S. Burgess.
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Iwini
Fairfield
Oserar Burgess
University of Illinois
H. 8S. Burgess
World reaction to Wilson peace note widens split
Cablegrams from Holland Switzerland and Scandinavia flood the White House praising President Wilson's peace efforts. Sweden may seek peace terms like Switzerland. German officials weigh the proposal as central powers discuss reviving terms. Pope Benedictine urged support but church unlikely to move now.
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Washington
Holland
Switzerland
White House
Wilson
Sweden
Paris
Havas
Berne
Kaiser
Zimmerman
William
Potsdam
Central Powers
Entente
Germany
Zurich
Rome
Benedict
Vatican
German Trench Taken by French on Avre Front
Paris reports a French attack on a small post northeast of Canby repulsed with hand grenades. A detachment near Amiens road penetrated a trench held by the enemy and forced its occupants to flee after losses. London notes details of a daylight raid north of Arras and a successful Saturday night raid near Hebuterne.
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Avre
Canby
Roye
Amiens
London
War Office
Arras
Heburerne
Pickles Plant to Expand at Stevens Point Next Season
Stevens Point Wisconsin December 26 The Reid Murdock plant will increase pickle packing next season raising the average from 200 to 300 or 320 and boosting this year's 10 000 bushels cucumber pack substantially Cauliflower will also be pickled here.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Reid-Murdock & Co
Two Norwegian Ships Sunk Avona Possibly Sunk
Lloyds Shipping agency reports the Norwegian steamer Avona of 2896 tons gross sunk. The steamer Mureta is believed sunk. Avona last arrived Rotterdam November 22 from Portland Maine and Louisburg Canada. Mureta not listed in current shipping records.
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London
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Mureta
Rotterdam
Portland
Louisburg
C. B
Clerks Get Christmas Bonus In Chicago and Alton
Bloomington Illinois December 26 Chicago and Alton clerks totaling about 1000 workers earning under 100 dollars a month received Christmas bonuses of ten dollars each in a planned payroll distribution across the two rail lines.
Cody Has "Fighting Chance" Despite Illness at 70
Buffalo Bill Cody is seriously ill at his daughter's Denver home. After 10 days indoors with a nervous breakdown and a severe cold, doctors say he still has a fighting chance to recover given his age and past recuperative powers.
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Cody
Denver
Col
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
May Decker
King Ratifies Indies Treaty in Copenhagen Council
King Christian in the cabinet council ratified the treaty for sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States on December 23 in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Pioneer Illinoisan Benjamin F. Lee Dies at 99
Benjamin F. Lee, Fayette countys eldest citizen, died at his Vandalia farm at age 99. Born December 17, he came to Illinois from New York as an infant and witnessed Vandalias days as state capital. He recalled Lincolns early Vandalia years and later’s hog shipments to Racine. His son Dr Lem Lee heads Nevada state board of health.
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Vandalia
Ill
Benjamin F. Lee
Fayette County
Ilinois
New York
Illinois
Lincoln
Racine
Wis
Lem Lee
Navada State Board of Health
Indiana Coal Mines Set State Annual Record
Indiana reports the state mined 18,738,256 short tons of coal in the year ended September 30, 1916, the greatest amount ever for Indiana. The figure comes from a report by the state mine inspector.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Governor Locke Grants Christmas Molle to North Carolina Convicts
Governor Locke approves a Christmas clemency measure affecting inmates in North Carolina. The action, described as a molle or clemency gesture, aims to ease suffering or reward behavior within state correctional facilities. The decision follows political debates and gubernatorial authority exercised during the holiday season.
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North Carolina
Pris
WILLCOX 70 SIT TIGHT AS G. O. P. CHAIRM
New York December 26 William N Willcox of the Republican national committee says he has no intention of being ousted or retiring. He may convene the national committee early in the new year and will answer critics of his Hughes campaign. He praises his committee's work versus Senate and House committees and pins Hughes failure on Republican and Progressive splits in California and elsewhere.
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New York
William N. Willcox
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Hughes
Senate
House
California
Girls Carry Tin Whistles In Cleveland Night Walks
Cleveland women use tin whistles as improvised escorts after dark when male company is absent. Miss Florence Kukura leads the movement, prompted by nightly harassment as she works night shifts and fears being approached with lewd questions.
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Cleveland
Florence Kukura
Nighttime Evacuation After Cameron Hotel Blaze in La Crosse
Fire at the Cameron hotel in La Crosse causes guests in nightclothes to flee into a raging blaze at 6 a.m. Occupants from second and third floors are rescued by firefighters. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway station is also damaged. Damage estimated at $50,000.
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la Crosse
Wis
Cameron Hotel
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
Russia Replies to Wilson Note Said to Contain No New Terms
Petrograd reports the Wardien press says Russia will answer President Wilson with no additional terms beyond those used by Premier Lloyd George in Parliament last Tuesday. The note outlines a firm stance on postwar terms and peace process.
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Petrograd
Wardien
Russia
Wilson
Lloyd George
Final Dobrudja Attack Opens as Macin Falls
British forces in Egypt report the capture of Maghadah twenty miles southeast of El Arish with 1,130 Turkish prisoners and two guns after an air supported assault. The Shattered Russo Romanian line at the Sereth faces its final decisive battle while Von Mackensen's troops push toward Macin and the Danube crossing to advance on Bessarabia and Odessa.
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Berlin
Isaenea
Dobrudja
von Mackensen
Danube
Macin
Roumania
Bassarabia
Odessa
Sereth
von Falkenhayn
Husband Is Christmas Gift
Sullivan Indiana December 26. Thanks to Fred F Bays of this city there is one of the happiest families in the state in Sullivan. Joe Jones, once sentenced to life in prison, arrived in Sullivan early and entered a cottage in the northern part of town where his wife and children lived and embraced them. Jones had been in the penitentiary since September 1914 for the killing of William Andrews of Hymera that year.
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Sullivan
Ind
Fred F. Bays
Joe Jones
Jones
William Andrews
Hymera
Sigma Alpha Upsilon Fraternity Opens National Meeting With Notables
In Pittsburgh 1200 delegates and visitors attend the biennial Sigma Alpha Upsilon gathering. Speakers include Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle of Detroit Colonel William Brandon of Tuscaloosa and Senator-elect Philander Knox. The convention hall will close the meeting on Friday night.
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Pittsburgh
Sigma Alpha Upsilon Fraternity
Arthur J. Tuttle
Detroit
William Brandon
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Order
United States
Philander
Knox
Bomb Found At Governor Halls Home In Salt Lake
A bomb was found near the governor’s residence in Salt Lake City on December 26. The device was not activated due to insufficient cold, and authorities suspect the I. W. W. group carried out the plot in anger over Governor Sors’ stance against preventing Joe Hillstrom’s execution.
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Salt Lake
Uvish
Wwiilliat Sors
Joe Hillstrom
Auto Theft Perils 2 Lives in Snow Bank Arrests
In Hammond Indiana on December 26 two teens from Indianapolis were found frozen beside a stalled car in a snow bank near East Gary. Howard Ferguson nineteen and Archie Wentz eighteen were arrested for attempting to steal several machines in Chicero and are jailed at Crown Point. The auto belonged to O R Beese of Hammond.
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Hammond
Ind
Gary
O. R. Beese
Howard Ferguson
Archie Wentz
Indianapolis
Crown Point
Chicero
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American Preax Association
Willcox
Chairm
Moose
Republi
Cameron Hiote
Teuton
Magia
Hani
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Mesopotamia
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Philander C. Knox
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