Thorne on public railroad ownership debate continues
Iowa official Thorne and E P Ripley exchange letters over government ownership of railroads. Thorne estimates public ownership would yield about 1.45 billion dollars in the first year, including surpluses and unearned land value gains, while Ripley questions the figures. The discussion also touches legalizing acts and highway plans for schools, and lists candidates for federal offices and local corporate filings.
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Des Moines
Clifford Thorne
Iowa Railroad Commission
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe Railway
Thorne
Ripley
Mr Ripley
Burlington
Northern Pacific
United States
Cult chief guilty in mail order book case
Otto Zar Hanisch founder of the Mazdaznan sun cult was found guilty in Chicago by Judge Mack on charges of violating interstate commerce laws by shipping his book Inner Studies nationwide. The conviction carries up to 5000 dollars fine or five years in prison. The defense seeks a new trial while bond remains at 16000 dollars.
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Chicago
Otto Zar Hanisch
Mack
Hanish
Mazdaznan Sun Cult
Manish
United States
Express
Brookfield
John B. Gardner
Billy” Lindsay
Voodah
Lake Park Avenue
Scores Perish in Panama Floods
Floods in the lowlands of Pocas Del Toro Panama on November 29 killed many laborers. Among the dead were numerous workers on United Fruit Company plantations, with scores losing their lives in the disaster.
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Panama
Pocas del Toro
United Fruit Company
Train collision kills man near Amharat
Ralph Noyes of Malden Massachusetts was killed and several others seriously injured when a Canadian Pacific train crashed into a trolley car near Amharat on Thursday afternoon.
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Tralifax
Ns&s
Ralph Noyes
Malden
Mass
Canadian Pacific
Amharat
Mail and Army Spending Tops Congress Requests
The War Department seeks record military funding and the Postal Service asks for 305 million dollars for the next year. Burleson's request aims to expand parcel post while Madden proposes salary rules tied to office gross receipts. Penny postage looms as a major issue with multiple bills. Secretary Garrison's 106 million army estimate and Houston's 25 million agricultural budget are also sent to Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Burleson
Madden
Illinois
War Department
Garrison
House
Houston
Bi plane crash kills two in France and other notes
A bi plane in Epernay crashed after clipping a hedge, burning with two occupants fatally burned. In Memphis Charles L Wortham, who controlled Chicago World Fair peanut privileges, dies leaving about 2 million. McReynolds targets the egg price in a nationwide probe of the cell storage trade. Prairie carries 800 marines toward Pensacola with possible further moves south. In Ashtown two brothers Jenks and John Anderson die after a pistol duel over a betrothal.
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Epernay
France
Memphis
Tenn
Charles L Wortham
Mississippi
Washington
Food Trust
Genel McReynolds
Ashtown
Ark
Jenks
John Anderson
John
Monro Doctrine Endorsed by British Leader at Dinner
London honors the Monroe doctrine as Viscount Haldane and American society members praise U S policy toward Latin nations. Lord Haldane lauds President Wilson as a thinker and moralist while affirming the United States role in regional liberties.
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London
American Society
Viscount Haldane
Lord Haldane
Robert N. Fairbanks
Society
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Mayor S L Shank resigns as Indianapolis mayor
Indianapolis, Dec 1 Samuel Lewis Shank resigned as mayor after meeting with union labor officials about an impending Teamsters strike. He had warned he would resign if the strike could not be averted and faced impeachment actions. His stance during a street car strike led to the resignations of Police Superintendent Martin J Hyland and Board of Public Safety President William E Davis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Lewis Shank
Shank
Teamsters
Martin J. Hyland
William E Davis
Board of Public Safety
Rivers Beats Cross in Vernon Ring Classic Victory
Joe Rivers defeated Cross in a sensational 20 round bout at Vernon arena. Rivers led from start to finish, winning most rounds and earning a guaranteed return match with Wille Ritchie. Referee Blake stopped the action with Rivers’ hand raised as one of the prettiest fights staged in Vernon.
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Los Angeles
Joe Rivers
Cross
Vernon
Blake
Rivers
Vernon Arena
Rivera
Wille Ritchie
Press Stake Divorce Case Heard in New York Court
Application for appointment of a referee to hear testimony in the suit for separation brought by Mrs. Joseph A. Blake was made by counsel for both herself and her husband, a surgeon, before Justice Seabury on Nov. 26.
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Press Stake
New York
Joseph A. Blake
Seabury
Wilson backs ousting of Army man in Manila trial
President Wilson approved the dismissal sentence imposed on First Lieutenant Joseph W. Strachan of the Philippine scouts, recently convicted at Manila for drunkenness on duty. Senator Smoot of Utah urged the State Department to investigate John C. Barrus, a Mormon missionary expelled from Prussia by German police.
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Wilson
Washington
Navy
Joseph W. Strachan
Philppine
Manila
Smoot
Utah
State Department
John C. Barrus
Prussia
Funeral suspends Southern Railway operations five minutes
Washington November 29 five minutes of operations suspension across the Southern Railway occurred Friday during the funeral of W W Finley president of the road. The brief halt affected train services as dignitaries carried the business head to his final rites.
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W. W. Finley
Washington
Southern Railway
British Barred From Mexican Ports by U S Pressure
News from Tampico and Mexico City recounts Admiral Crad dock meeting with Admiral Fletcher over US-led caution against British troops at Mexican ports. Rebels advance toward Tampico near Victoria threaten rail lines. Diaz may return to active service. Huerta screens jailed deputies and bankers meet obligations for December rail payments. Villa reports victory near Juarez as federal forces retreat with artillery and trains seized.
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Admiral Craddock
Suffolk
Tampico
Fletcher
John Lind
Craddock
United States
City of Mexico
Victoria
Porfirio Diaz
Republic
Huerta
Jose Gonzales Salas
Bellano
Antonio Rabago
Tamaulipas
Bank of London
Mexico
National Bank
el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Rosario Hernandez
Juarez
Pancho Villa
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mexican Federal Telegraph
Western Union
Constitutionaliste
Mexico City
Villa
Four Men Die After Sea Rescue Incident
Four men drown when a Pacific coast liner President plied from Seattle to San Francisco. A man washed overboard 50 miles off Coos Bay Oregon, and three crew members who tried to rescue him were lost when the small boat swamped.
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Seattle
Coos Bay
Ore
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