President Plans Sweeping Probe of Food Problem
Washington reports say President Wilson is studying the high cost of living with plans for a congressional investigation. Attorney General Gregory and United States Attorney Anderson lead nationwide inquiries with justice and trade officials, considering grand jury actions and cross agency reviews.
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New York Produce Exchange
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Federal Trade
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Chicago
Gregory Han
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Lee Wilson
Interstate Commercce Commission
Food Department of Justice
Boards of Trade, Produce
Republicans Aim to Aid Clean Election Act
Prominent senators pledged to press a reform bill to curb lavish expenditure in national elections. An Oklahoma senator announced withholding support for a resolution probing spending in the last election.
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Prominca
Rome
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Oklahoma
Famous song author Joe Hayden ill in Santa Rosa hospital
Joe Hayden alias G. Mille born in Chicago is a famed songwriter who wrote There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight. He lies seriously ill in a Santa Rosa hospital after leaving due to advancing age.
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Cal
J. P. Mille
Joe Hayden
Old Town
Horn
Chicago
Chivas seeks new directors for year golf association
Dec. 6 Chivas reports a call for the Weaworn Golf association to elect directors for the coming year. The plan includes a slate of officers and two tournaments to define the season.
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Chivas
Weaworn Golf
Conor
Osborne Identifies Wax as "Lady Killer" in New York
James W. Osborne and his wife with Edwin Willcox identified Oliver Osborne as the man who won Ree Tanner’s heart. Wax, arriving from Chicago, faced federal scrutiny after a flight from the Tombs. Authorities plan to use him as a witness in cases linked to Mise Tanzer’s suit against Osborne.
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Clarfree
United States Attorney’s Office
James W. Osborne
Edwin Willcox
Offici
Oliver Osborne
Ree Tanner
Was
Chica
Federal Building
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Willcox
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Osborne
Roe Tanzer
Miex Tanser
Olver
Tim
Mise Tanzer
Wax
Mien
Packers Control Markets At National Conference
Chicago delegates at the fourth national conference on marketing and farm credits hear charges that packing houses dominate the food market. Officials from Armour & Co and others attend as listeners while critics urge federal probe into livestock and cheese practices and a new cooperative marketing body forms.
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National Conference On
Arthur Meeker
Armour &Co
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Tam
Mr. Meeker
Henry Kraumrey
Wisconsin
Cooperative Cheese Makers’ Organization
Krumrey
Wight
Dl. E. L. Burke
Omaha
United States
Dwight B. Heard
Phoenix
Aria
American Live Stock Association
Edward W. Lasater
Fal
Tex
M. L. McClure
American Live Block Exchange
Kansas City
W. BR. Stubbs
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
T. W. Tom Hinson
American National Live Stock Association
Denver
Colo
George K. Andrews
St. Louis
H. C. Poe
Temple
PF. A. Bingham
Rockford
S. B. Beach
Hutchinson
Minn
Milo D. Campbell
Coldwater
Mich
National Federation of It Producers of America
Fred Koamussen
Pennsylvania State College
Welf
Bulgaria to Mobilize Workingmen for Munitions
Premier Radoslavoff announced Sofia will mobilize labor for munitions in line with Allies. He said no one in the Balkans expects peace until allies are driven from the region and Russia abandons plans to seize the Turkish straits.
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Radoslavoff
Bulgaria
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Berlin
Abttag Zeitung
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Halenika
Balkans
Russia
German Ships May Break for Open Waters
Reports from Rio de Janeiro indicate extraordinary activity on German ships interned there. Some vessels are receiving provisions and clearing decks as they prepare to depart to avoid requisition.
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Jornal
Help Yourself Grocery Proving Big Success
Help Yourself Grocery opens in Lola Kansas with a cafeteria style setup. Customers browse prepriced staples on low shelving and counters, select items, and pay at the cash counter as they leave. The old plan also remains in use at a second counter for cash or VOEE.
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Puzile
Welccta
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Nwala
Voeea
Rumored British Cabinet Dispute to be Settled
London December 7 a plan to form a small war council and restore coalition government moves ahead as King George seeks to reunite Asquith and Lloyd George factions. Bonar Law Derby and Balfour arrive amid calls for unity while Asquith contemplates return to power with liberal ministers.
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Romania
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See Little Hope for Early Peace
Washington dispatch notes British cabinet crisis and French upheaval spark speculation on peace. Despite some pro German hopes that Romani a collapse would shorten the war, prevailing view is allies will mount renewed efforts amid Greece and Romania tensions. Lloyd George's power in war decisions could push for intensified effort.
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Woman elected mayor in Umatilla race
Official announcement states Mrs. E. K. E. Starcher won the mayoralty of Umatilla yesterday defeating her husband seeking a second term. Women also captured all other municipal offices including four council seats the recorder and the city treasurer.
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Concrete tile spacer device patent owner seeks buyers
Roy Raybourne of Payette Construction has received a patent for a concrete tile spacer and end stop device designed to replace pauper and cardboard inserts. The inventor reports two tests showing efficiency and has already received a $7,000 offer for patent rights, with negotiations to continue in Chicago.
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Raybourne
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Chicago
Foxhall Keene Seriously Hurt in Hartford Hunt Accident
Wealthy sportsman Foxhall P Keene was badly injured yesterday at the Hartford Hunt Club meeting near Farrington Maryland. His horse fell at a fence, throwing him and causing a head injury. Keene was found after the fall and remained unconscious overnight before slight recovery and milk revived him.
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Farrington
Kansas City Probate Court Rules Her Sane Over Fashion
In Kansas City, the probate court finds Margaret Wagner, 17, sane after her mother claimed she loved collarless dresses and thin silk hose. The court, noting the mother's aim to separate the girl from her husband, recommends the Wagners maintain a separate home.
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Kansas City
Margaret Wagner
Battle Cruisers To Be Fastest Afloat
Washington reports opening of designs for four new US Navy battle cruisers to be the largest and swiftest fighting ships yet built. Each unit aims for 150000 horsepower, 25 knot speed, 52000 ton displacement, 850 feet length, and 10 12 inch guns with a total estimated cost around 21000000 per ship. Bids from Newport News Shipbuilding Cramp Company Union Iron Works and Foreriver Shipbuilding were reviewed. none submitted flat bids.
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Navy Department
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Socialist Organ Sees Slim Hopes for Peace
Amsterdam December 6 The Berlin Vorwaerts organ of the German socialist party argues in an article titled Peace Blind that reconciliation with enemies is impossible as they remain pledged to their war aims. It laments Europe’s calamities and notes that rulers may fall as even strong men fail to secure peace.
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Vorwaerts
German Socialiate
Inland waterway courses urged as military necessity
Rear Admiral William S. Henson, chief of naval operations, urged development of inland waterways as military necessities in war times during the National Rivera and Harbour congress opening. He said middle western rivers should be improved to aid in supplying the army and navy in emergencies with wheat from plant states and cattle from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
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William 8. Henson
National Rivera and Harbour Congress
Army
Navy
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ford car worth millions swaps for oil lease in Kansas
In Wichita Kansas a farmer traded for a Ford car valued at 376000 after oil rights were exchanged with Deering Marshall and Harry Hedmole and the lease was later sold for 75000. The deal highlights the high value of the farm oil rights and the car's status as the world’s most expensive Ford.
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Kan
Augineta
Deering Marshall
Harry Hedmole
Plan to Expedite Rail Legislation
Washington voices split over President Wilson's brief to speed rail and labor dispute investigations. House and Senate committees prepare bills. Keating and labor groups vow a fight over compulsory investigations akin to the Canadian model. critics warn of expending taxpayers and compulsory limits.
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Newlands
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Investigation Ordered Into Ohio Election Frauds
Columbus Ohio December 6 Chartan Q Hildebrant secretary of state ordered a statewide investigation into fraud and error in the recent Ohio election. The charges were filed by the Republican state committee. All ballots that would have been destroyed tomorrow were ordered preserved.
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Ohio
Chartan Q. Hildebrant
Republican State Committee
Ballow
Prohibition of Betting on Elections Proposed
Washington news reports Senator Kenyon of Iowa offers an amendment to the corrupt practices bill seeking to ban betting on elections. The proposal would punish each offense with a fine of $00.
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Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Guaranty Trust Directors Vote $200000 Employee Distribution
New York December 4 directors of the Guaranty Trust company voted a distribution of 200000 among its 1000 employees. The bank is described as one of New York's largest financial institutions.
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New York
Guaranty Trust Company
New Head for Sing Sing Appointed
William T. Mayer, 12 year warden of Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, named warden of Sing Sing by New York State Superintendent of Prisoners James M. Carter, announced today in Albany New York.
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N.W. Dee
Willian T. Mayer
Federal Penitentiary
Allanta
Parrail Retaken Near Paso by U S Troops
Private reports say Parrall retaken near Paso by U S forces after long stand by Villa. The garrison occupied since November 5 faces reinforcement and continues to fortify Care range positions amid ongoing border skirmishes.
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Vareal
Chishuahua
Banis of Care Range
Villa Butdits
Gelewran
FALL OF BUCHAREST PROMPTS CENTRAL POWER ADVANCE
Desperate counterattacks fail to slow the German Austro Bulgarian drive toward Bucharest. Ambitious plans to trap Romanian forces unfold as Teutonic movements threaten the capital and the Mediterranean theater shifts with new Balkan maneuvers.
Repulse the Allies in Moglen Fen Valley Front
An official statement reports repulsed allied attacks in the Moglen fen valley east of the Cerna region on the Macedonian front. The War Office issued the update today.
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Dax T
Mvn
London
Moglen Fen
Cerna
War Office
Franco Serbian Forces Make Gains in Macedonian Sector
The war office announced progress by Franco Serbian forces in Macedonia with 124 prisoners captured yesterday. A violent artillery engagement raged north of Monastir as fighting continued.
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War Office
Monastir
Carpathian Front Actions Amid Romanian Theater Advances
Berlin reports Russian forces attacked Tartar pass and Tart? Luda valley while Germany and Austro-Hungarian troops push toward Bucharest. More than 6,000 Romanians captured as field forces advance north of the Hunyadi line and toward the capital. In Petrograd, Russians briefly held west of Jablonita before retirements under heavy fire.
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Carpathian Forent
Tartar Pass
Ludova
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Corman
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von Marhensen
Toops
Hucharest
Plocehty
Humaniany
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Alt
Senterday
Huge Gold Shipment From Canada Stirs Markets
New York reports from J. P. Morgan & Co note fresh British receipts from Canada. About $2,000,000 sent to the assay office and $14,000,000 to the Philadelphia mint. Total for the week tops $25,000,000 and yearly totals reach around $64,000,000.
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Dicc
Canada
J. P. Morgan & Co
Anasey
Philadelpia
Dollar Down Plan Adopted by Hospital
New York officials report a proposed hospital plan to charge patients an earnings-based fee. The New York Dif wonatic society aims to fund care, with exemptions for those unable to pay. Officials insist the policy will reduce burden by shifting costs to those who can pay.
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Dif Wonatic Society
Der
Joseph Momlolmiuin
Fenortchias
Bangor Railroad Announces Wage Bonus For Workers
The Bangor and Arevetock Railway decides on a wage bonus of a set percent for the last pay period. The move affects all employees, with payroll improving after the bonus is applied.
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