Senate Vote Drags On Currency Reform Battle
Washington reports the administration won an early test of strength in the currency reform debate as the senate tabled Hitchcock’s four regional bank substitute in a 40 to 35 vote. Reed defended Owen bill against Root’s inflation panic warnings, insisting sound money controls prevent inflation unless bank leaders drive it.
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Federal Reserve
Central Board
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Owen Bill
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Mella
Huerta Rules Without Congress Until April Second
Mexico City reports Huerta will govern without Congress until April 2 as a specially created body has adjourned. The move grants the president authority over government departments and effectively places him in dictatorial sway until Congress reconvenes. Tampico situation deemed satisfactory with minor rail reports noting four locomotives and cars were removed during constitutionalists retreat.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Tle
Congress
Tampico
Mexico
Young Taft Carries Off Honors In State Bar
Columbus reports Robert Alphonse Taft son of former President Taft led the class on the state bar examination with a 90.7 grade, nearly two points ahead of the runner up. He mirrors his father who also held the top honors when admitted to the Ohio bar. Taft is a Harvard Law School graduate.
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Columbus
Robert Alphonse Taft
Taft
Ohio
Robert Taft
Harvard Law School
Aeroplane Mail Bill Defeated In House Debate
Washington headlines report the house voted against a bill approved by Postmaster General Burle Bon to authorize contracts for transporting mail by airplane or similar device when deemed in the public interest. In Philadelphia, Professor Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania Observatory said life on Earth may end in about 15 million years after a ministerial question at a Presbyterian meeting.
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House
Burle
Trena
Philadelphia
Eric Doolittle
University of Pennsylvania
Astronomical Observatory
Real Estate Chief Convicted For Renting Disreputable Resort
Ernest Cribthorn, president of a New York real estate firm, was fined 300 dollars and sentenced to 25 days in jail after renting an apartment he knew would be used as a disreputable resort. It is among the first such convictions recorded here.
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New York
Ernest Cribthorn
Wap
Postoffice Safe Drained of Bags and Funds in Wallace
Thieves broke into the Wallace Idaho post office safe and took three registered mail packages each valued at $5,000 and about $2,000 in post office funds. Investigators seek leads and have launched a review of security and surveillance. Local authorities urge anyone with information to come forward.
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Wallace
Idaho
Focal Postoffice
Train Collision Near Fresno Injures Many
A fog bound collision near Storey twenty miles north of Fresno injured eight passengers and four trainmen. One trainman may have died from the wreck caused by the rear end crash of the Santa Fe Limited into a following passenger train.
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Cal
Satta Fe Limited
Storey
Here
No More Chocolate Ration Issued to Troops
Washington Secretary of War Garrison orders no further chocolate rations for soldiers, ending the long standing emergency supply. The move signals a shift in military provisioning and aligns with a broader ration reform.
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Train Wreck near Wickliffe Kills Fireman on Shoot-Through Route
Cleveland reports a partial derailment of Lake Shore No. 14 from Chicago to New York near Wickliffe, attributed to track tampering. Fireman died, Alfred H. Smith's private car was attached but not derailed. reward of $1500 offered for capture of the wreckers. Smith aided in summoning aid after the incident.
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Chicago
New York
Wickliffe
Lake Shore
New York Central System
Alfred H. Smith
Smith
Harvard seniors elect a negro orator for 1914 class day
Cambridge mass December 12 Harvard seniors elected Alexander L Jackson of Engelwood New Jersey as orator for class day 1914.
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Mass
Harvard
Alexander. L. Jackson
Engelwood
N. J
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Neb
City National bank_of
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Cal
Wilmington
Del
L. J. Moore
Selisbury
Myra
Harry Pierce
Newark
Dei
Bomb kills girl and wounds man in New York office
A bomb delivered in an Express package exploded at the O K Bottling Company on West Thirty-eighth Street killing eighteen year old Ida Aunewitz and fatally injuring office manager Thomas McCabe. The blast shattered windows and caused extensive damage in the building.
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New York
Freiday
O. K. Bottling Company
West Thirty-eighth Street
Ida Aunewitz
Thomas McCabe
Matron Wild Railway Budget Approved in Bucharest
Bucharest on December 16 with the chamber of deputies voting unanimously for a credit of 85 700 000 dollars to fund an extensive railway construction scheme. The plan spans over seven years and aims to expand the national rail network.
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Matron Wild
Bucharest
Chamber of Deputies
Governor Johnson for Senator in San Francisco plan
San Francisco December 16 Governor Hiram Johnson is to be urged by the Progressive State central committee’s executive panel to seek the Senatorship next fall. The committee action comes amid party discussions and potential party line support.
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San Francisco
Hiramay
Progressive State Central Committee
FO Henig
Mona Lisa Found Is Considered Priceless Masterpiece
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, stolen from the Louvre in August 1911, was found in Florence. An Italian resident confessed theft, claiming revenge for Napoleonic acts in Italy. The painting, badly cracked and retouched, remains priceless and prior offers to buy it were refused, with a reported $5,000,000 figure.
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Italy
Mona Taisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Florence
Jean Italian
Joconde
Parig
Napoleon L
Louvra
Leonardo
Brittany
Five defenseants fined in cotton pool case in New York
Five defendants in the 1909 cotton pool case were fined 4000 each after pleading non contendere before Federal Judge Grubbin. Defendants Col. Robert M. Thompson Eugene G Seals William P Brown Frank Hayne and W H Rothschild faced Sherman antitrust charges in New York Chicago and Texas. Judge Grubbin imposed the penalties matching a prior 4000 fine on James A Patton. Berlin church strike grows concerns among German religious leaders as fringe movement seeks secular secession from the state church. In Mayence sentinels on fortifications were ordered to shoot attackers on sight after being stoned and fired upon for several nights.
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New York
Broek. Org
Robert M. Thompson
Eugene G. Seals
Pallas
Texas
Wiliam P. Brown
Rank Hayne
New Orleans
W. H. Rothschild
Woodsville
Grubbin
James A. Patton
Chicago
AEG
Mayence
Germany
Unionist Wins In Scotland in South Lanarkshire
Glasgow December 18 The unionist candidate W Watson won the bye election for the South Lanarkshire parliamentary seat left vacant by the death of Liberal Sir Walter Menzies Liberal home secretary ine cessity has been noted as a by election result in Scotland with Watson securing the seat amid the vacancy.
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Glasgow
W. Watson
South Lanarkshire
Sir Walter Menzies
Liberal Home Savuler
Anti vivisection congress selects next gathering site
Washington reports on the International Anti vivisection and Animal Protection congress held in Sion Belgium. Delegates decide Philadelphia will host the next meeting in February. Prof J Howard Moore criticizes vivisection and urges humane practice, noting dogs and other animals feel pain and grief similar to humans.
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Cally
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International
Sion
Belgium
Porter -R. Gope
Philadelphia
America
Congress
J.howard . Moore
Crane Technical High School
Chicago
Moore
Yany
Vermont Battleship Returns to Hampton Roads After Disabled Shaft
The battleship Vermont limped toward Hampton Roads on a Med cruise convoy with the Delaware Orion and Jason at eight knots under a damaged main shaft. A radiogram from Rear Admiral Charles E Badger said there was no cause for alarm.
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Vermont
Hampton
Roads
Mediterranean
Delaware
Orion
Jason
Navy Department
Charles E. Badger
Hampton Roads
Bride Stabs Husband in Houston Murder Attempt
In Houston on December 15, Mrs. Jessie Mealy a two month bride stabbed her husband in the breast with a butcher knife then swallowed two ounces of carbolic acid dying almost instantly. She claimed her husband was too friendly with another woman.
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Houston
Tex
Jessie Mealy
Mealy
Postmaster Dies by Suicide in Cameron Mille Post Office
At Cameron Mills in Steuben County, Postmaster James A Smith shot and killed himself as postal inspectors began reviewing the post office books on December 16. The death occurred during the final moments of a routine inspection.
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Sornley
Cameron Mille
Steuben County
James A Smith
Fire destroys seven Vienna stores in main street blaze
Dec 16 fire in Vienna wipes out seven north-side store buildings on Main Street causing an estimated loss of 75,000 dollars. Local authorities report no injuries. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours Saturday afternoon.
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Vienna
Mexican Rebels Threaten Border as Villa Seizes Property
Villa's forces claim 5,000,000 in foreign property taken and 20 Mexican civilians killed as clashes rage around Chihuahua and Tampico. German consul Kueck protests, Villa warns of escort to border. Meanwhile US naval aid treats 200+ wounded in Tampico and evacuates thousands, including women and children, to Galveston.
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Sergeio Sanchez
America
Otto Kueck
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Vera’ Cruz
Americas
Mexico City
Tamaico
Frankfurter Zeitung
Huerta
Seidel Again Seeks Office In Milwaukee Election
Milwaukee December 16 Emil Seidel first Socialist mayor here will again lead Social-Democratic forces in the coming election The entire Socialist ticket in office has been nominated by referendum
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Seidel
Milwaukee
Emil Seidel
Noted Scientist Carl H von Klein Dies in Chicago
Chicago December 15 Dr Carl H von Klein aged 72 long connected with Heidelberg University and a contributor to medical and archaeological research died in Chicago He was a descendant of a German noble family and had spent a fortune on scholarly work.
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Chicago
Carl H. von Klein
Heidelberg University
Railroad Man Jailed for Wreck in Connecticut
Middletown Conn Dec 15 Arthur T Bradley of Meriden pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail for manslaughter as the trolley car he piloted struck a passenger train in a wreck.
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Middletown
Conn
Arthur T. Bradley
Meriden
Bradley
Red Cross Christmas SEAL drive eyed for countywide reach
The article notes a nationwide advertising effort for Christmas Seals by the Red Cross, aiming to raise funds with an expected 680 thousand seals sold this year and a broad countywide distribution. It mentions public skepticism about awareness and quotes a teacher and student dialogue about participation in a Magnolé dance and social plans.
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Red Cross
Castoria warning and old time ad snippets
The fragment mentions CASTORLA as a remedy for infants with a long aside about signatures and usage. It includes old style ad lines about cough drops and a joke about Beards as weather indicators. Also references a large cactus in Arizona and Blue Bay Ball Blue laundry product with a mock comment on what constitutes a good time.
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