Nation Responds Generously to Navy Instrument Loan
The Naval Observatory reports 98 000 instruments returned by lenders with many more to come. Eight thousand government workers seek pay raises, risking higher taxes. Rental-control plans are debated to curb urban rents while public sympathy for President Wilson floods the White House with advice letters and cures.
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Navy
Naval Observatory
United States
Navy Department
Roosevelt
White House
King
Daily Mail
Germans Refuse Assent to Protocol in Paris
In Paris on December 3 the German delegation led by Von Leisner resisted the Supreme Council’s demand to sign the protocol without changes. Germany would accept only with a firm Allied stance, while warning of a potential bluff as ratifications near. Berlin fears officers face uneven trials without American representation on tribunals.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Germany
Onco
Per Lp
von Leisner
M. Dutasta
Coal Mine Volunteers Held Up at Frontenac
A Santa Fe switching crew refused to move a train carrying volunteer miners and soldiers to two steam shovel mines near Frontenac Kansas. Officials report the delay precipitated a railroad crisis hours earlier than expected.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Santa Fe
Frontenac
Col. Lewis
Government Goes After Coal Miners In Dictated Case
In Indianapolis Ind dec 3 the United States government again seeks court power to end a coal miners strike. Informations charging criminal contempt of court were filed in the federal district court against 84 international and district officers of the United Mine Workers of America named by the court injunction issued after the strike began.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
United States District Court
International and District
United Mine Workers of America
Tractors For Texas Highway Work To Be Raised
State Highway Engineer R J Windrow says Texas counties planning road programs are buying tractors and road machinery for construction and maintenance. The department may receive about one hundred surplus war tractors to lease to counties at set rates and retain as long as needed, with proper care and efficient use for maximum benefit.
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Austin
Tex
R. J. Windrow
Hays
Texas
Windrow
State Highway Department
Dallas Faces Severe Fuel Shortage Amid Cold Snap
In Dallas on December 3 a local fuel dealer faced an overwhelming rush as cars and wagons lined the street seeking wood and coal. The dealer estimated his coal could last retail customers three to four days with strict rationing, selling at most one ton per household. The fuel famine extends across North and Northwest Texas and many northern states due to severe weather.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Union
Senate move would sever relations with Mexico
Senator Fall of New Mexico introduced a resolution in the Senate calling to cut diplomatic ties with Mexico and for the President to withdraw recognition of Carranza. He alleged Mexican officials and consulates spread Bolshevist propaganda in the United States, with forthcoming evidence.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Carranza
United States
West Texas Sealed by Ice After Sleet and Snow
West Texas remains icebound after last night's storms. Fuel shortages persist in many towns along the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railroad of Texas, though the line can now move all freight. Coal deliveries eased the weekend embargo on freight except live stock, perishables and foodstuffs.
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San Angelo
Tex
West Texas
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Texas
Red River
Alpine
Mexican Courts Claim Jenkins
Mexican Embassy released a dispatch from Ilario Medina stating that Consular Agent Jon Pueblo remains under arrest in Mexico and is not exempt from Mexican courts due to his official position. The note clarifies jurisdiction and asserts enforcement applies to American kin in the case.
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Washington, D. C
Illario Medina
Foreign Affairs
Jon Pueblo
Wilson illness delays Eastern question settlement
The Saturday Review argues President Wilson's illness slows Britain’s plan to settle the Eastern question. It questions American willingness to police Asia Minor or Armenia, noting America's own domestic troubles and democratic challenges.
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London
Wilson
Saturday Review
Britain
Asia Minor
America
England
Armenia
Caucasus
Excess Profits Tax Reform Urged by Glass
Secretary Glass urged revising revenue laws to place a heavier burden on normal income. He proposed eliminating the excess profits tax and offsetting the loss with higher taxes on average income in his annual report to Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary Glass
Congress
Glass
Guns Rifles and Ammunition Offered at Kolmeier & Klier Co
A local ad announces a ready stock of guns rifles and ammunition at reasonable prices from Kolmeier and Klier Company. The notice emphasizes affordability and inventory availability for potential buyers.
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Kolmeier & Klier CO
Estimate of Russian deaths exceeds thirty five million
Polish professor A A Ossendoffsky, head of the intelligence department of the All Russian government, places total world war bolshevism civil war starvation and disease costs at 35,000,000 lives. He estimates bolshevism cost at 12,280,000 as Russia’s population declines from four births per minute to 12 to 18 deaths per minute.
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Omsk
Vladivostok
A. A. Ossendoffsky
Russia
Ossendorfsky
Troops Ordered to Oklahoma Coal Mines
Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Diekman orders two companies of the 24th Infantry and one squadron of the 15th Cavalry to move to McAlester Oklahoma to protect the coal fields and aid striking miners replacement labor. The Oklahoma governor later withdraws the request for U S soldiers after learning the troops were to be sent.
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San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma
Joseph T. Diekman
Southern Department
Dickman
24Th Infantry
Columbus
N. M
15Th Cavalry
Fort Clark
del Rio
Tex
McAlester
Villa Reported Captured by Own Men in Mexico
Francisco Villa reportedly captured by a force of his own men in Juarez on December 3. Rebels notified Federal HQ at Parral that Villa was in custody and to be handed to Carranza forces. Chihuahua state has offered a 50,000 peso reward. Federal detachment sent to remain locations.
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Juarez
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Cabillero
Chihuahua
National Railways of Mexico
Villa
Parral
Carranza
Two Die From Wood Alcohol Whiskey In Austin
Two deaths and several illnesses in Austin are linked to whiskey made from wood alcohol and a further batch from a mix of wood alcohol and gasoline. Reports from local physicians note multiple serious cases traced to the tainted distillate and its dangerous preparation.
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Austin
Texas
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