Missing New York heiress Jessie McCann disappears
Miss Jessie McCann, 23, daughter of Robert McCann a wealthy wholesale grocer, vanishes after Thursday. Police in Greater New York search urgently with a friend reporting a possibly matching girl seen in Wall Street Friday night. Father is a friend of Mayor Kline and urged expedited police action.
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Jessie McCann
Robert McCann
Dorothy Arnold
Wall Street
Kline
Tariff effects on U S island possessions
The 1930s tariff act reshapes trade for insular possessions. In the Philippines export limits on sugar and tobacco are removed and transshipment allowed. Export duties that hurt Manila manufacturers are abolished. Income tax provisions extend to the Philippines but are collected by Philippine officers for the Philippine government.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippines
Orto Rico
Frank H. McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
United States
Pilippine
Bituminous Replacing Anthracite in West Virginia Pig Iron
West Virginia coal users report bituminous coal surpassing anthracite in pig iron production. Data show anthracite use peaked in 1890 and has fallen to 247 thousand tons, while bituminous iron climbs to over 29 million tons last year. Leo J. Rashe delivers memorial address in Elkins. Madrigal Club meets at Vincent's studio Tuesday at 7 PM to avoid conflicting with YMCA lecture.
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Leo J. Rashe
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Elkins Lodge of Elks
Opera House
Madrigal Club
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Vincent
Y.M.C.A
Bayonne Bank Closes After Midnight Seizure by Examiners
Bayonne New Jersey December 3 bank patrons gathered as the First National Bank of Bayonne posted a note saying its board decided to turn the bank over to national bank examiners. The shutdown followed an inability to raise cash on assets, with $200,000 capital and over $100,000 surplus and hundreds of depositors affected.
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Bayonne
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Big Do All Co Goes Into Receivership
Cleveland Ohio December 8 Attorney James H Cassidy named by Federal Judge Day to be receiver for the Cleveland and Pittsburg Coal Company after the Pittsburgh Buffalo Company filed a complaint. The firm is said to owe more than 425000 and 200000 to about seventy five creditors. The company operates five large coal yards in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
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James H. Casidy
Day
Cleveland & Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg-Buffalo Co
Pittsburg
Cleveland & Pittsburg Company
Texas Flood 08S Increases With Each Day
Ninety six people are known to have perished by noon as Texas floods spread destruction across multiple counties. Twenty five drowned last night and early today in areas under flood warnings. The crest approached the Gat in Couragos and Colorado rivers as damages widen.
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Houston
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Texas
Couragos
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Wilson says labor unions cannot escape criticism from Pueblo indictments
President Wilson asserts the Pueblo Colorado indictment of United Mine Workers officers shows the Civil Sundries bill does not shield unions from Sherman act prosecutions. He notes the Colorado action stemmed not from Justice or the Pueblo U S Attorney but from the federal grand jury in session there.
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Washington
Dec
Wilson
United Mine Workers
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Colo
Colorado
Nerther
Department of Justice
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Iself
Winter Storm Hits Elkins And Fairmont With Snow
In Elkins West Virginia on December 8 a sudden weather shift produced about five inches of snow and extremely low temperatures after a fierce blizzard. Fairmont reports a winter storm bringing heavy hail and sleet with ground-hugging accumulations.
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Fairmont
Post Office Workers Threaten Strike Over 15 Percent Pay Rise
Joy Aste reports from London that about one hundred thousand British post office employees may strike during the Christmas rush. A national committee of the union will meet to decide the action as sentiment favors demanding an immediate 15 percent salary increase for all staff.
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Herbert Samuel
Religious uprising in South Bend causes move to Episcopal church
In South Bend Indiana on December 8 Reverend Victor Von Hubing who renounced his Roman Catholic faith and his title as bishop in the National Catholic Church of America led more than two hundred followers from their former church to St Brendins Episcopal Church. The group then aligned with the Episcopal ministry, marking a radical religious split after conflicts with Bishop Alerdring of Fort Wayne.
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South Bend
Ind
National Catholic Church of America
Alerdring
Fort Wayne
Victor von Hubing
Yesteray
St. Brendins
Tubing
Slee
Salvation Army aids at Ohio county jail murder case
In Wheeling on December 9 a Salvation Army service drew three African American suspects charged with the murder of Willis Hammerle of Lloydsville. The scene opened with prayer and Bible readings as officers urged public support for the needy. The group’s Market Street headquarters draws crowds and three conversions occurred at the service. Murphy White reports.
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Salvation Army
Ohio County
Willis Hammerle
Lloydsville
Army
Market Street
Rebels Want to Restore Peace in Northern Mexico
Juarez authorities and Villa's forces clash atmosphere as General Villa orders price controls on food and trains resume service. The article notes rebel governance affecting Chihuahua and surrounding towns, with threats to confiscate merchants' property if prices rise. It also covers a fatal accident in Tunnelton and a birthday gathering in Kendalia.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Juarez
C'Nest
Chahuahua
Louis Cerragas
Nuevo Leon
Wilson rejects special suffrage message to Congress
President Wilson told the National American Woman's Suffrage Association delegation he favored a standing suffrage committee in the House but refused to send a special message urging reform. He cited his role as an official bound by policy endorsed by voters and warned he cannot advocate measures outside established decisions.
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Senate
Lberty
Congress
Anna Shaw
Woman’s Suffrage Committee
Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Wilson
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
House of Representatives
White House
Association
Hous
Priest on trial for murder of New York girl
New York December 6. Mane Schmidt former assistant rector of St Josephs Church is on trial for the murder of Anna Aumuller. He confessed after cautions and after the body was washed ashore by the Hudson River last September. His insanity defense is argued by his lawyers without his consent. District Attorney says Schmidt faked insanity and rejects his request to expiate the crime in the electric chair.
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