World Happenings Of Current Week
A roundup of notable events includes Oregon marriage licenses totaling about 15000 for 1916 in Vancouver, Newfoundland’s prohibition taking effect at midnight, a fatal St Ferdinand de Halifax asylum fire in Quebec, and vast 1916 mining value estimates for the United States. The Philadelphia Mint set a year coinage record, while New York issued a rising number of licenses. Politically, war and peace notes surface, with refugee movements from Moscow and Romania, a New York tenant rent strike, and a blaze of global reports touching Cuba to London. Domestic politics show legislative strain and a Portland teachers’ session as Washington and Ottawa monitor. A Pittsburgh rail executive widow assumes leadership of Gulf & Ship Island Railroad amid a multimillion-dollar estate. Police and court notes include a murder acquittal and a checkers challenge in Camden. A man attacked a Portland woman, leaving her unconscious, sparking local alarms. The era’s transport and labor debates frame a busy week.
Carranza Refuses to Sign Protocol on Troop Withdrawal
Washington reports that General Carranza refused to sign the protocol for American troop withdrawal from Mexico. The Mexican-American joint commission plans a swift response, while Henry P. Fletcher nears departure to assume ambassadorship as Pershing’s withdrawal is considered. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing offered no official statements.
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Washington, D. C
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
General Pershing
Carranza
Fletcher
Wilson
Lansing
White House
State Department
Wilson Urges Bond Issuance for Immediate Finance Action
President Wilson tentatively approves bond funding to meet part of next year’s deficit as Congress readies revenue bills. Leaders seek a special message to spur prompt passage before the session ends. Hull proposes separating preparedness from ordinary budgets and issuing 220 million in bonds for army navy fortifications and related projects.
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Wilson
Congress
Hull
Tennessee
Ways and Means
Army
Navy
Exnee
Danish West Indies
Draft Laws Warn Against Enlisting Men With Families
Washington reports that every able bodied male US citizen 18 to 45 is liable for National Guard service in war time under War Department regulations. A circular issued under the National Defense Act directs that when a regiment is called for war, a reserve training battalion will fill front vacancies from the National Guard Reserve via voluntary enlistment. If insufficient reserves or volunteers exist, further action may follow.
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Washington, D. C
United States
National Guard
Congress
War Department
National Defense Act
Military Bureau
Guard
Leaks at Washington Admitted But Investigation Withheld
Washington lawmakers acknowledged on the Senate floor that information about the honor of the nation had been betrayed by someone in the dot while Thomas W. Lawson sought to prove Wall Street gains from leaks. Lawson planned to testify, but Chairman Henry said no names or definite details could be produced and the matter would be dropped.
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Washington
D. C
Thomas W. Lawson
Wall Street
Senate
Dot
Stone
Lawson
Congress
Henry
House Rules Committee
Boston
Wilson
Railroad Brotherhoods Accuse Managers of Delays to Prolong Eight Hour Day
Cleveland facts: Cleveland W. G. Lee leader of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen charges railroads delay trains and overtime to prove cost of enforcing the Adamson law. He denies a sealed statement about the law being sent by four chiefs. A Chicago meeting of four brotherhoods is set for January 11 to discuss the issue.
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Cleveland
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Superme
Lee
Four Brotherhoods
Chicago
I W W Arrives on Freight in Bemidji Cold Welcome
About 150 Industrial Workers of the World members, exhausted by cold, arrived by freight at Bemidji from International Falls seeking work in the Twin Cities. Sheriff Rittle and 60 deputies greeted them as they walked peacefully to I W W headquarters after disembarking.
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IW. W
Bemidji
Minn
Industrial Workers of the World
International Falls
Twin Cities
Rittle
Liquor Groups Plan to Curtail Retail Sales
At the annual meeting of the National Model License League in Louisville, plans were announced to modify and curtail the retail liquor business to align with public sentiment nationwide. The plan is said to have been made by the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association of America.
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Louisville
National Wholesale Lit Dealers’ Association of America
Standard Oil Man Warns Gasoline Supply Near Exhaustion
Dr. Oscar F. Bransky of Standard Oil warned at the Society of Agricultural Engineers convention that current production lags behind consumption and that gasoline supplies are nearly exhausted. He projected 3,000,000 automobiles in the U S next year and cited high depletion in Eastern, mid continental, Texas, and California oil fields.
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Chicago
Society of Agricultural Engineers
Oscar F. Bransky
Standard Oil Company
Bransky
United States
Texas
California
Great Britain Battleship Deal Denied by Japanese Authorities
A Tokyo cable message denies any British plan to transfer six British built battleships to Japan after the war. Rumors in Washington and New York suggested a British delivery could affect U S political and commercial interests, prompting grave disquiet.
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Great Britain
New York
Japan
United States
Washinon
President Warns Veto Over Public Buildings Bill
President Wilson said he would veto the $28,000,000 public buildings bill if it reaches him in its current form. Advocates plan to seek rule for House consideration after Christmas. He has not decided on the rivers and harbors bill sent by Chairman Sparkman.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
House
Sparkman
Eggs Gift to Postman on Albany Route
Eighteen dozen eggs and six chicks were presented to Joseph E. Warner a rural mail carrier on a Albany Oregon route for Christmas. Residents praised his service delivering delayed packages including Christmas Day.
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Albany
Joseph E. Warner
Ata
National Defense Act Language Guides National Guard Drafts
Regulations for the National Guard emphasize drafted unorganized militia to sustain battalions, restrict recruiting of married men with dependents, and require obedience oaths to the President and state governors for officers under the defense act.
Submarine Mail Service Name Announced
Berlin reports that the merchant submarine Deutschland and sister ships will carry a new mail service called submarine mail. Letters must be sent to Bremen and bear the inscription submarine letter for transmission to the United States Central and South America the West Indies China the Dutch East Indies and the Philippine Islands.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
United States
Central and South America
West Indies
China
Dutch East Indies
Philippine Islands
Bremen
Explosion near Keifer rocks Sapulpa area
A wagonload of nitroglycerine bound for oil fields exploded five miles west of Keifer, about 10 miles from Sapulpa Oklahoma. The blast toppled hundreds of panes, shook the business district, and was heard up to 26 miles away. Two men likely perished, with one trace of their bellies found.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Keifer
County records seized in Madras Culver raid
Seventy five Madran residents led by Willian U Ren of Portland seized county records at Culver after a Circuit court ruling in Madran favor. Officials and clerks contested the raid as vehicles carried away books, registers, and furniture leaving Sheriff Black and District Attorney Myem opposing the intruders amid a tense, chaotic scene.
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Willian
U' Ren
Portland
Wubo Mobilen
Sladé
Madras
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Supreme Court
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U'Ren
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Flect
Johnson
Roscoe Ward
O. A. Pierce
R. T. Olden
B.C. Boylon
Lillian Watts
Hlock
Flect Wood
Myem
County Ofiera
Grandall & Roberta, Accountante
Oregon Edges Penn in New Year's Day Classic
University of Oregon stunned Pennsylvania 11 to 1 at Tournament Park Pasadena in front of about 27 000 fans. The game grew from tentative to thrilling, showcasing Coast football quality and earning praise for Oregon's superior play.
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Pasadena
Cal
Pennsylvania
University of Oregon
Washington State
Brown University
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Arizona sheriff sips crowds raid liquor convoy in Phoenix parade
Five hundred gallons of whiskey wine and beer were poured into a city water wagon in Phoenix Arizona on Saturday as two hundred cars and floats formed a parade. A brass band played a dirge while the sprinkler carried the contraband. The liquor valued at 20000 was seized under the new prohibition law and ordered disposed.
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Arizona
Wreckage Seen as Coast Guard Pursues Maryland Mystery
The Coast Guard headquarters reported that the cutter Acushnet found wreckage over a five mile area east of Nantucket light ship where wireless calls for help were sent on Christmas night from the steamer Maryland. The Maryland could not be identified among the debris as Acushnet continued search efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Nantucket
Maryland
Acuehnet
Banks All 4 Billion in Resources Across Institutions
A historical report notes U S banking resources surpass four billion, with total assets projected to grow past sixteen billion, led by national, state, and foreign banks and a new federal farm loan system. It details capital requirements, stock subscriptions, and temporary directors to inaugurate the bank network across major cities including Spokane, Berkeley, and Chicago.
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Washington
Farm Sea Bank
Orlen
Oss Louis
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Berkeley
Cal
Bavon
Porary
Farm Borrowers and
Farm Loan Board
Finch
Wrowes
Thiel
Weather and politics blur in unclear Washington report
An incoherent Washington note references rain, wind, and Earth conditions amid a broader political campaign. The fragmentary text mentions Berlin, a lieutenant, and a credited news item, but the overall meaning and details are unclear.
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Washington, D. C
Glag
Ir Sr
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