Wisconsin Game Protective Association Annual Meet
Madison Wisconsin December 1 members of the Wisconsin Game Protective Association gathered for the fourth annual convention. Gov Philipp will address the senate chamber session with Dr A T Rasmussen delivering the association report. W E Barber will explain Conservation Commission activities. Prof A H Cahn will lecture on Bird Life tonight.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Game Protective Association
Association
Senate Chamber
Philipp
A. T. Rasmussen
State Conservation Commission
W. E. Barber
la Crosse
Lec
Arms embargo resolution seeks one year export ban
A House resolution introduced by Representative Hollingsworth of Ohio requests a one year embargo on the export of arms and munitions. The measure would run from passage or the end of the European war and aims to shield the public from extortionate wartime prices and from complicity in prolonging the war.
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Washington
House
Representative Hollingsworth
Ohio
Interleague 112 Game Postseason Involves A A and International
Details to be worked out at a joint meeting of American Association and International League magnates. The plan calls for a 112 game post season after regular seasons with sixteen teams instead of eight, aiming to boost fan interest and rivalry across new cities.
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H. C. Hamilton
New York
International League
American Association
Thomas Hickey
A. A
Michigan Eyes Western Conference Return Rumors
In Chicago on December 11 rumors circulated that Michigan may rejoin the Western Conference and revive the Big Ten name. Roger Sherman president of 1 900 Wolver ine alumni acknowledged a quiet campaign by alumni to reinstate Ann Arbor in the conference.
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Chicago
Michigan
Roger Sherman
Wolverine
Ann Arbor
Baltimore magnate proposes third major league plan
Baltimore leader Jack Dunne outlined a plan to create a new third major league by merging the six top International League cities with six from the American Association. The draft would be removed from this circuit, and the new league would seek a share of the world series only after it becomes strong enough to warrant a three cornered classic.
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Baltimore
New York
Jack Dunne
Oriole
International League
American Association
Withington Retained as Wisconsin Football Coach
Dr Paul Withington will return as head coach of the University of Wisconsin football team next fall. From July 1917 he becomes full time university staff with teaching and athletic duties, serving as professor of physical education and instructor in surgery while directing football and medical clinic work.
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Madison
Wis
Paul Withington
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Welling Mitchell Fight Postponed In Racine Wisconsin
The Welling Mitchell bout in Racine Wisconsin is postponed to December 22 or possibly after Christmas due to the manager’s failure to sign the articles.
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Welling-Mitchell
Racine
Wis
Joe Welling
Richie Mitchell
Welling
Dodge Brothers Win Injunction Against Ford Over River Rouge Blast Furnace
Wayne county circuit court granted a temporary injunction preventing Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company from building a 10 million dollar blast furnace plant in River Rouge. The ruling was issued in the Dodge Brothers versus Henry Ford case. Extensions at the Highland Park plant are not affected.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
John F
Horace E. Dodge
Wayne County
Dodge Brothers
Ford
Highland Park
Munitions Moving Through Galveston Port
Due to congestion in eastern ports shells and explosives for European belligerents are moving via Galveston Texas. Two steamers have taken aboard large cargoes of munitions and five other ships are building magazines.
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Galveston
Texas
Hughes Elector Killed When Auto Hit by Train
Spooner Wis December 11 Assemblyman Hans M Laursen Republican was instantly killed when his automobile was struck by a railroad train south of the city. He was driving alone at the time and, according to witnesses, the crossing warning signals failed to prevent the collision.
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Hughes
Spooner
Wis
Hans M. Laursen
Assembly Veteran Laursen and Hughes Elector Mentioned
The article notes a longtime assembly member since 1912 and Mr. Laursen as one of the Hughes electors chosen in the November election. It also recalls a Chicago snowfall and a crash involving Mayor and Mrs. Thompson's car on Friday night while recounting other national notes. Milton H. Smith of the Louisville & Nashville filed an appeal in the supreme court over a local ruling requiring him to answer questions about the railroad's political activity in the south during an interstate commerce hearing led by Senator Lea Tennessee.
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Assembly
Laursen
Hughes
Supreme Court
Louisville & Nashville
South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lea Tennessee
Storm harms nearly fifty in Chicago transport accidents
Chicago reports nearly fifty people injured in automobile and street accidents caused by the first winter storm of the season, with responders and hospitals on high alert.
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Chicago
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