Miners Back Commission to Study Coal Industry
Indianapolis December 22 The United Mine Workers express full confidence in President Wilsons commission to investigate the bituminous coal industry and set wages and working conditions. Ellis Searles says the panel includes respected figures White Peale and Robinson and will fairly represent the public interest. Operators had balked at settlement terms but miners accept arbitration when proposed by the President.
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Indianapolis
Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Ellis Searles
Mine Workers’ Journal
Searles
White
Peale
America
Robinson
Arbitration Demand Sparks Question Over Sincerity
Vague remarks suggest a dispute over the motives behind demanding arbitration. Critics wonder if the move signals genuine resolve or negotiation theater after achieving a concession.
Police Raid Chinese Secret Order Heads off Chinatown Banquet
The Hip Sing Tong banquet in New York's Chinatown proceeded without incident while police raided On Leong Tong headquarters nearby. Twenty one On Leong members were jailed on gambling charges. one member was found with a revolver and 100 rounds of ammunition.
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New York
Hip Sing Tong
America
Chinatown
Leong
Bishop Lloyd Takes Up Duties on January 1
Bishop Arthur Selden Lloyd, the only elected president of the Episcopal Board of Missions, resigns and will serve as assistant to Bishop Burch of the New York diocese starting January 1. Lloyd, 62, a Virginia native, has spent the last twenty years in administrative roles with Episcopal missions.
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New York
Arthur Selden Lloyd
Episcopal Board of Missions
Burch
Diocese of
Lloyd
Virginia
Episcopal Missions
Frisco Train Derailment Kills Two, Injures Forty-Eight
Two dead and 48 hurt when a Frisco passenger train from Oklahoma City to St. Louis derailed three miles east of St. James Missouri. An axle fracture caused the accident. The deceased are J. Hopper of West Virginia and Mrs. William H. Prehn of St. Louis.
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St. James
Here
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Louis
J. ©. Hopper
West Virginia
William H. Prehn
Senate panel reaches tentative plan for permanent army
The Senate Military Sub committee agreed on a plan for a permanent peace army of about 280,000 with compulsory training for 18 to 21 year olds and protection from outside attack as a primary aim. Final form to be drafted during Christmas recess before presenting to the full committee. Also reports the death of S Spalding of Chicago after a stroke while in New York gathering for the Republican National convention.
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Washington
Senate
Wadsworth
New York
General Staff
House
Senate Military Committee
Baker
S. Spalding
Des
Coliseum
Chicago
Spalding
State livestock in good shape for winter ahead
Pennsylvania livestock is in good condition with little disease overall. Hog cholera reports are limited to central counties, and cattle sheep and other livestock are entering winter quarters in fine shape. Officials note expansion of game preserves and pending reserve creations in Bucks and Butler counties.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of
Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau of Statistics
State Game Commission
Bucks County
Butler
New York
L. H. Sherwood
Crawford County
State of Pennsylvania
William C. Sproul
Charles A. Snyder
State Constitutional Revision Commission
National Capital
State Insurance Fund Board
John Guy Bingaman
Dalmatia
Northumberland County
Bingaman
Public Service Commission
Pittsburgh Railways Company
City of
Pittsburgh
State Water Supply Commission
Susquehanna
Lee L. Driver
Bureau of Rural Education
Department of Public Instruction
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sproul
Eastern Penitentiary
State Board of Public Charities
Heinz
James H. Maurer
Reading
Palmer
Bucks
Montgomery
Norman M. Wood
Beary
Col
J. M. Seaman
W. L. Hicks
Allentown
Service Sunday for Cleofonte Campanini
Hundreds attended a packed Chicago auditorium as Cleofonte Campanini’s body lay in state with flowers and music but no formal eulogy. Alessandro Bonci and Rosa Bassa lent melodies from the wings while Campanini’s baton rested on the score of Falstaff. Services were at Holy Name Cathedral and burial abroad in Italy will follow. Fire destroys Messiah Lutheran Church in Philadelphia with losses around $100,000.
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Chicago
Auditorium
Cleofonte Campanini
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Alessandro Bonci
Rosa Bassa
Campanini
Holy Name Cathedral
Italy
Episcopal Mission Board Ends January First After 100 Years
New York December 22 The Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church will cease to exist January 1 and be replaced by an executive council of 24 officials elected at the Detroit convention. The Board becomes the Department of Domestic and Foreign Missions while other activities become departments under the new structure. The Board founded in 1820 as the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. Court Sits One Minute Gettysburg Pa December 22 The Adams County court set a record for brief sessions as Judge McPherson was away and the court met only to adjourn, taking one minute.
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New York
Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church
Cutive
Detroit
Board of Missions
Department of Domestic and Foreign Missions
The
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the
Episcopal Church
Gettysburg
Adams County
McPherson
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Miners’ Journal
Cere
Frisco
the Globe
North Third Street
Reily
Boas
Banks
Women’s
Furniture Stores
Toy Stores
Florists ‘Trust Companies
Art Stores
Men’s Stores
Hardware Stores
Meat Markets
Grocery Stores
General Market
Philadelphia
Messiah Lutheran Church
Sixteenth
Jefferson Streets
Episcopal Mission Board
Burns
Second St
Rock of Ages
Mary
Carolina Sunshine
Granny
Marche Torque
Dreamy, Alabama
Miami
Basin Repect
Thrift Club
the Dauphin Deposit Thrift Club
Dauphin Deposit Trust Company
Federal’reserve
Harrisburg,Pa
American Red Cross
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
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