Contingent Conscription Debated in England Labor Meeting
London reports a labor party conference planned to study the cabinet decision on compulsory military service. Pro and anti conscription factions are active in trades union centers as the government prepares new measures possibly obliging single men to enlist.
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London
Labor Party
Amalgamated Sociery of Engineers
David Lloyd George
Fulea
Lioyd-George
of Commons
Piefer
Governor Hanna Quits Peace Crusade
London dispatch reports North Dakota Governor L B Hanna resigns from leadership of the peace crusade affiliated group the Telegraph Company and other organizations indicating a change in his public stance amid ongoing dispatch coverage.
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Hanna
London
L. B. Hanna
North Dakota
Congressmen Indicted in German Plot Case
New York December 29 Congressmen Frank Buchanan and Robert Fowler along with Frank S Monnett David Lamar Jacob C Taylor and Franz von Rintelen and others were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to foment strikes in U S munitions plants under German influence The group formed and financed by von Rintelen sought to manipulate labor leaders to disrupt arms exports Lamar nicknamed the Wolf of Wall Street is alleged to have profited about 406 000 from the scheme Von Rintelen a British prisoner fled to England and faced separate passport charges while prosecutors said the indictments under the Sherman Antitrust Act allege restraint of foreign trade with possible penalties of up to one year in prison and 10 000 fine
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New York
Frank Buchanan
Iitnois
Robert Fowler
Illinois
Frank S. Monnett
Onto
David Lamar
Jacob C. Taylor
Indor
National Peace Council
Franz von Rintelen
H. B. Martin
Herman Schulters
Prics
Lamar
von Rintelen
The
Peace Council
Rintelen
Wolf of
Wall Street
Hintelen
Kintalen
Kintenlen
England
Falmouth
Thi
United States
Department of Justice
Labor
Mexico
Washington
Buchanan
Fowler
Monnett
New Jersey
Unitedtates
Secret Service
Andrew D. Meloy
Thme
Edward V. Gosche
Meloy
Peace Counsel
Grand Jury
Wage raise granted by Pullman Company
Chicago ec 24 Salary increases aggregating 600000 for the year 1916 will be a New Years gift of the Pullman company to certain of its employes Five hundred thousand dollars of it will go to conductors and porters and the remainder to various agents They number 9000 out of 27000 employes Workers in manufacturing and repair plants are not included At the Chicago session of the United States commission on industrial relations it was testified that the wages of conductors on Pullman cars were very low and that porters were practically dependent upon tips.
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Chicago
Pullman Company
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Villa Fugitive Sought in Guerrero District near Madera
Advices to General Obregon report General Francisco Villa is a fugitive in the Guerrero district just north of Madera in western Chihuahua leaving authorities to pursue him.
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Villa
Madera
E! Faso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Guerrero
Chihuahua
Obregon
Churchill Back to Front Returns to France Regiment
London date December 28 Winston Spence Churchill returned to France yesterday to rejoin his regiment after his recent travel.
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Churchill
London
Winston Spence Churchill
France
Berlin Says French War Loan Is Failure
Berlin dispatch reports newspapers declare the French war loan a failure. Norddeutsche Allgemeine lists the amount subscribed as 26,800 marks, below the issued price of 10 marks, with funds raised in the war far less than anticipated.
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Berlin
Bayyiile
Norddeutache Allgemeine Selye
Ford peace expedition meeting in Stockholm draws large crowd
Stockholm crowd nears 1000 at a Ford peace expedition gathering praising possible belligerent negotiations. Louis Lochner cites secret informants. Speakers urge neutrals to back peacemaking as interpreters aid understanding. Delegations from Sweden, Norway, and other neutrals planned for a final conference. Expedition heads next to Copenhagen and The Hague via Denmark, Holland, and possibly Germany.
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Stockholm
London
Ufder
Stockh
Louis Lochner
Lochner
New York
Charles Abed
San Francisco
America
Wilson
Sweden
Academy of Music
Jenkin Lloyd-Jones
Eever
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Copenhagen
Hague
Germany
Hubby Spanked by 90 Pound Wife In Court
December 29 report describes Mrs John Helm weighing 90 pounds facing Judge Moser for a domestic charge as her 230th husband in court. The court suggested adjusting incompatibilities, released the husband after he claimed a peace order and said he would support her.
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John Helm
Moser
Pan American scientific congress opens with wide deliberations
Eminent scientists historians and officials meet in Washington for the second Pan American scientific congress with over 200 women in attendance at the women’s auxiliary conference. Delegates split into nine groups to advance discussions while affiliated organizations plan joint sessions over the next two weeks. Key talks cover public utility regulation and transportation finance and tax matters.
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Washington
Congress
Organizationa
The
American Historical Association
International Congress of Americanists
American Economic Association
American
Secience Association
American Socity of International Law
Naval History Society
American Historical Society
American Statistical Association
American Sociological Society
American Association For
American Folk Lore Society
American Anthropological Associaon
Franz Bons
Columbia University
McAdoo
Congress On Transportation, Commerce, Finance and Taxation
Lane
Woman's Auxiliary Conference
Scientific Congress
Robert Lansing
French Gold Poured Into Serbia Claim
Overseas News reports via wireless from Berlin that the Vienna Reichspost says Serbia received monthly gold subsidies from France during the war, totaling 30 to 35 million francs, with portions funding Montenegro.
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Berlin
Sayville
Vienna
Reichspost
Serbia
France
Shrapnel Found Hidden in Trunk Baggage Shipment
Government agents seized two trunks labeled as baggage from South Bethlehem Pennsylvania bound for Cape May New Jersey in the Chestnut Street Ferry baggage room. Investigators launched a probe to identify the passenger who shipped them on his ticket.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem
Cape May
N. J
Chestnut Street
Reading Railway
Passen
Christmas Mail Heaviest on Record in 1920s Post Report
Washington reports Christmas mail weighed 16 to 40 percent heavier than ever before with parcel post shipments three times last year. Chicago parcel post loads alone would have filled 70 trains of 10 cars each, per a post office statement. Most packages were delivered before noon on Christmas Day.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office
Wear
Chicago
Ward
Poe
Berlin Newswire Reports War Loan Payments Rise
Wireless dispatch from Berlin to Bayville notes cash payments on the German war loan reached 11,111,900,000 marks by December 23. The figure represents about 74 percent of the total, with the balance still due.
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Berlin
Bayville
Wilson Favours Tariff Board Plan in Washington
Chicago dispatch reports President Wilson is reconsidering recommending a nonpartisan tariff commission to Congress. He may use memoranda for a commission to study tariff changes, with business groups urging action to reduce delays amid partisan conflict. Republicans challenge the FTC as a Democratic body, questioning representation.
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Chicago
John Callan O'Laughlin
Washington
The
Herald
Wilson
Congress
Wileson
Hot Springs
Nether Millstone
Underwood-Simmons
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
Department of Commerce
Russia Negotiates Big American Loan
Stockholm reports Russia will negotiate a 60 million dollar loan in the United States to pay for supplies, with Olaf Aschberg of Stockholm and the Guaranty Trust Company of New York backing. The loan, announced in New York, was described as 5 percent with a term of 360 days, extendable to 18 months at extra interest.
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Stockholm
Wondon
Russia
United States
Olaf Aschberg
Cugrantee Trust Company
New York
Aschberg
Petrograd
Guarantor Trust Company
Anaconda Mining declares quarterly dividend rise
New York December 18 The Anaconda Mining company directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 1.50 a share with a record date February 24 The prior three months dividend was 1 and the action increases the annual dividend basis for stockholders.
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Anaconda
MELON
New York
Anaconda Mining Company
Roosevelt recovers court costs in Barnes libel suit
Former President Theodore Roosevelt was awarded 1442.52 in costs against Republican leader William Barnes in the 40,000 libel suit, with attorneys noting he could have claimed 2004 more due to trial length. Justice Andrews refused to grant a new trial and upheld the jury verdict.
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Syracuse
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Barnes
Roosevelt
Andrews
Mayor of Toledo Accused of Bribery in Auto Gift
Toledo December 28 An indictment charges Mayor Carl H Keller with accepting a automobile bribe from a salesman of the Earns Motor Car company Clove Jared Keller then member of the city board of control voted to award a 65000 contract for motor fire apparatus resulting in his upcoming exit from office on New Year’s Day.
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Toledo
Ohio
Carl H. Keller
Earns Motor Car Company
Clove Jared
Keller
City Board of Control
Evangelistic School Opens in Chicago Mood Institute
Chicago December 28 The Behov of Civic Evangeliam opens at the Mood Institute to address militant evangelism and social problems. The program aims to explore how to save the town through civic religious outreach and public discussion.
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Chicago
King Victor Emmanuel Injured in War Rumor Sees Austria Break
A sensational rumor from Overseas News agency claims King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has been wounded by an Austrian grenade and is hospitalized. The report notes widespread war weariness in Italy and mentions a rumored potential peace path despite the London agreement. It also cites a supposed intimate of the King with a plan to maintain contact with the enemy.
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Berlin
Sayville
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
London
Report liner is torpedoed near Sicily
Washington reports a liner was torpedoed while en route to Catania Sicily with eight lives lost. It was unclear if any Americans were aboard and the American embassy in Rome is investigating the incident.
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Washington
Unaa
Rome
Catania
Sicily
State Department
Rumors of Slay Upheaval Stir Petrograd Dispatches
London reports indicate thousands of Petrograd dispatches piled up as the telegraph service between Russia and England remains limited to official and brief agency messages. The Times notes no major military changes but rising discontent over the duma's budget delays and reactionary congresses. A liberal shift in the upper house is hinted.
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London
Petrogad
Russia
England
Petrograd
Times
Duma
Nizhni-Novgorod
Movement Toward Monarchy in China Cited by Missionary
Bishop J W Bashford, head of Methodist Episcopal missions in China, cites personal ambition and external pressure as key drivers of a pro monarchy movement. He warns reformers fear revolutions and notes widespread support for the republic among the Chinese people, with France and other powers wary of republican change. Telegrams indicate Yunnan provinces calling for readiness to join a potential revolt at a moment's notice.
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San Francisco
China
J. W. Bashford
All Methodist Episcopal Missionary
Orient
Tenyo Meru
Chiha
Bashford E
United States
Switzerland
France
Peking
Shanghal
Yunnan
Russia Allocates Million for Jewish Relief Fund
London dispatch reports the Ruewlan government appropriated 1 million dollars for the Jewish relief fund in Tumain An NWiVvestlen. The aid covers clothing and shelter for Jewish fugitives, with 75 percent left without warmth or shelter and funds distributed by the relief committee after review by the interior secretary.
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London
Ruewlan
Tumain
Diplomatic rupture feared over Ancona note crisis
Unofficial reports from Washington and Paris indicate Austria may reject U S demands in the Ancona note, threatening severance of relations. Vienna discussions cite potential rupture as Premier Tisza and Baron von Burian weigh a firm reply with Dumba, while State Department holds firm on admission disputes.
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Washington
Austria
United States
Ancona
Tentente
State Department
Penfield
Vienna
Baron von Burian
Erich Zwidinck
Paris
Petit Journal
Geneva
Tisza
Hungary
Aren von Burian
T. Dumba
Washinggton
Survivors Counted After Sinking Of Villa De La Ciotat
A Malta center dispatch reports 208 survivors from the French steamer Villa De La Ciotat, with 80 lives lost. The ship was torpedoed off Crete with no warning, and survivors landed at Malta corroborating the sinking details.
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Malta
London
Consuls Send Papers to Chicago for Storage
Austrian consuls across the United States are sending diplomatic papers and belongings to Chicago for storage amid a possible break in relations with the United States. The move was prompted by fears that a rupture could occur, with consulates dispatching documents they did not want entrusted to foreign agents.
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Chicago
United States
Japan Roused by Submarine Attacks
Tokyo reports intensified public sentiment after the Ville de La Clotat sinking and torpedoing of the Yosuka Maru. naval lookouts at Vasaka Maru saw nothing before the blast. Japanese ships Tokwa and Chitose prepare to sail on a secret mission toward the South Seas.
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Tokio
Nec
Japan
Japanese Mail Steamship Company
Gent
Port
Tokwa
Chitose
Yokosuka
Yeuka Maru
Giant submarines to be built for America
Washington dispatch reports plans to build 2000 long ton submarines for the U S Navy. Officials expect five vessels may join the five year program though earlier estimates covered 1300 ton boats. The new design could redefine coast defense submarines as suitable for broader defense beyond 100 miles from shore.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Plan Convention Delegates Meet in Loula Mo
National Secretary of the Disciples of Christ met in Loula to plan the national convention to be held in Des Moines next May.
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Loula
Nationa Secretarian
Disciples of Christ c Christian Church
Des Moines
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