Telegraph Ownership in Earnest
Postmaster General Burleson advocates government ownership of telephones and telegraphs. A Democratic House caucus in January will judge feasibility while President Wilson studies the plan. Administration supporters note the high cost and will not press Congress now. Representative Lewis drafted a new bill but will defer to Chairman Moon of the House postal committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Burleson
House
Wilson
Congress
Lewis
Moon
House Postal Committee
Farmers Union Discusses Direct Farm Sales Market Plan
Farmers Equity Union in session at Kansas City Kansas discusses establishing a market in Kansas City. Delegates from the middle west states attend as the group reviews regulating grain elevators for direct handling from farms to mills.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Farmers’ Equity Union
Kansas
Middle West
Daring Robbery Strikes Pittsburg Jewelers Shop
In Pittsburg at dawn a thief cut a section from the show window of W. W. Walters and Son jewelers and pulled the fabric aside to steal without resistance. Police report a surge of pickpocket complaints, with twenty two incidents in the last 24 hours.
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Pittsburg
W. W. Walters and Son
Editor Nolan Found Dead in Illinois Newspaper Plant
Dee 18 Nolan editor and owner of the Shi bona Chieftain of Shabona Illinois was found hanging in a rear room of his newspaper plant today by his sixteen year old daughter Blanche He previously survived a gunshot wound inflicted by his six year old son in early summer 1910 and had suffered severe headaches since leaving the hospital.
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Associated Press
Aurora
Ill
Dee
Nolan
Shibona Chieftain
Shabona
Blanche
Joseph
Menelik of Abyssinia Again Reported Dead
London dispatch reports Negus Menelik of Abyssinia dead, a biennial claim often repeated. The notice from Mojibut to the Daily Sentinel notes the recurrent annual death reports about Menelik.
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Meneliz
Abyssinia
London
Mojibut
Daily Sentinel
Negus Menelik
Menelik
Governor grants respite in Westmoreland murder case
Harrisburg December 18 Governor Tener has respited Joseph Errariz the Westmoreland county murderer from December 19 1913 to February 5 1914.
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Harrisburg
Tener
Joseph Errariz
Westmoreland County
Federal judge names board to test Thaw bail risk
Concord Dec 18 a federal commission named by Judge Aldrich will examine Harry K Thaw to assess whether liberty under bail would threaten public safety. The panel includes Frank Streeter Concord Morton Prince Boston George A Blumer Providence and Charles Bancroft Concord.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Aldrich
Frank 3. Streeter
Morton Prince
Boston
George A. Blumer
Butler Hospital For
Providence
R. J
Charles YP. Bancroft
New Hampshire State Hospital For
Ball
Thaw
Matteawan
United States
Taft Son Among 64 Sworn In As Attorneys
In Columbus 64 young men were sworn in as practicing attorneys in the supreme court. Among them Robert Taft, son of a former president and grandson of a cabinet member, took the oath. The class included two sons of former slaves, with five other members massed from the state bar examination. Chief Justice Siehoiy Howard Gilliard administered the oath.
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Ly Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
United States
Grant
Robert Taft
Alfonso Taft
Siehoiy Howard Gilliard
Messengs
Conanit Samuel Hoffman
Springfield
Pronunciation of Siamese envoy stirs Washington debate
Washington reporters stumble over the long name of Siamese minister Panya Prabakenaradoneua, sparking notes that his tongue carries a complex title in ordinary use. Also reported is a rise in liquor and cigarette production with an interval revenue report showing 185,538,383 gallons of distilled spirits and over three billion cigarettes manufactured in the last fiscal year.
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Washington
Panya Prabakenaradoneua
Si Haag
Burleson Advocates Government Ownership of Communications
Postmaster General Burleson urges government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines, cites self sufficiency of the Postal Service since 1883, and outlines legislation to consolidate all means of communication under postal control. He notes surplus funds for 1913 and calls for efficiency, standardized service, and expanded parcel post while seeking new authority on public building sites, indemnities, and personnel flexibility.
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Associated Press
Washington
Burleson
Congress
Postoffice Department
PostaMce Department
Postmaster General
United States
Parcel Post Service
Tme
Congress Sme
Phonogata Sriea Renelarrof-Casayandt
Band
American Woman Tangoing Trail to Utopia
Reports from City Hospital indicate slim hopes for Valentine D. Poling, 23, struck by a freight train near Shaffer's yesterday morning. His parents, Lemuel and the Elkins family, arrived to be by his side as workers correct or clarify his employment at a local trash station. The unprecedented accident occurred as he walked toward his uncle Joneshea Joonett's home.
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Daily Sentinel
Valentine D. Poling
Shaffer
Cat
Yesterdiy
Lemuel Poling
Ekins
Lloyd
Wateh
Elkins
Otto Sinsel
Beech Street
Joneshea J Oonett
Chicago
Utopia
Winston Churchill
Blackstone Hotel
Churchill
America
Mexico
Indianapolis Bride Fatally Shot by Husband after Threats
John Conard, 21, a salesman, shot his 19 year old wife Catherine Conard nine days after their wedding in Indianapolis. He then wrote a note for his mother in Toledo before police arrived, claiming she threatened to leave him. Catherine, formerly Catherine Reese of Cleveland, planned to leave him, prompting the fatal confrontation. Conard, from Toledo, was taken to jail after visiting the hospital to apologize.
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Indianapolis
John
Conard
Ideal
Catherine Conard
Buffalo Street
Toledo
Catherine
Catherine Reese
Jacob Reese
Cleveland
Charity Gift Planned for Hampshire County Children
J Sloan Kuykendall of Romney, a former Democrat legislator, plans a Christmas basket gift for every Hampshire County child. He orders 600 baskets containing candy, nuts, 10 boxes of oranges, bananas and more, to be shipped to Romney as the distribution point. Dean Thayer declines Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court bench, Roscoe Pound notes he would not take the post.
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Hampshire County
West Virginia
J. Sloan Kuykenail
Roomey
Ocrat
Kuykendall
Romney
Dean Thayer
Harvard Law School
Th Supreme Court of Massachuetts
Roscoe Pound
West Virginia Loses One Vote Under New Convention Basis
The Republican national committee approved a reform plan changing how delegates are allocated for GOP national conventions. West Virginia would have 15 delegates next time, down from 14 in 1912, with a mix of at large and district delegates plus a congressman at large. The plan aims to reduce southern states’ quota and must win electoral college votes to become party law.
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West Viginia
West Virginia
Washington
Republican National Committee
Sti És
Boot Legger Killed in Raid at Bonner Springs
Rolla Harvey an allied bootlegger was killed and two men wounded when 16 gunmen besieged the city hall on the second floor where Harvey was suspected of running a joint. More than fifty shots were fired amid the raid in Bonner Springs Kansas.
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Bonner Springs
Kansas
Rolla Harvey
Harvey
Daniels Denounces Reactionaries At New York Dinner
Secretary Daniels condemned reactionaries who label progressive measures as hysteria at a North Carolina Society of New York dinner. He argued hysteria harms reform, protects privileged interests, and blocks direct Senatorial elections while urging government to serve the people.
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North Carolina Society of New York
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New York New Haven
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Standard Oil Trust
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