Christmas Ship Aids Stricken Serbs From New York
In New York a Christmas ship loaded with food and clothing prepares to sail for Balkan relief. The Frixos carries 400 tons reserved by the Red Cross with wider aid possible, funded by Madame Grouitsch and William G. Shepherd reports, routed via Paetus Albania instead of Salonika, to help southern Serbia.
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New York
Greenlitte
United States
American Red Cross
Madame Grouitsch
United Press
William G. Shepherd
Rockefeller Foundation
W. K. Draper
The
Mrs. Draper
Salonika
Stuart
Athen
Red Cross
Dec
Comitadjm
Serbia
America
Germany
Belgium
Madame Grouich
John F. Kehl
Keh
Sharpen Up Those Skates City Rinks Soon Ready
Park Superintendent John H. Ferrer ordered skating rinks at West Avenue Hood Street and Copeland Park to be banked for freezing. Officials expect cold weather to continue and rinks to be ready by week’s end barring thaw.
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John H. Ferrer
West Avenue
Hood Street
Copeland Park
Japan Warns China As Yuan Shi Kai Takes Throne
Tokio reports an informal note to Peking warning vigilance over Chinese affairs after Yuan Shi Kai's acceptance of the throne. Japanese officials hope the warning will be taken in a friendly spirit and no actions will prompt a serious dispute. The Chinese court plans to appoint five princes twelve dukes and twenty four marquises.
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Tokio
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Japan
China
Majestic Sinks in St Clair River Disaster
The Majestic, a Northern Navigation passenger steamer, rests as a total loss in shallow water at Port Huron. The Saronic, nearby, sustained about 3000 in damage after the Majestic fire, with Majestic damage estimated around 100000.
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Port Huron
Mich
Northern Navigation Company
Majestic
St. Clair River
Saronic
Merger Talks Over Steel Giants Near Conference
A proposed merger valued at about 300 million dollars would fuse steel interests into a corporation allegedly controlled by Standard Oil to challenge United States Steel. A key conference in New York was to decide the fate of the plan.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
United States Steel Corporation
Comiskey Loses Auto in Chicago Standoff
Louis Co Miskey secretary of the White Sox sought police aid after his automobile was stolen yesterday while Comiskey met with American league magnates.
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Chicago
Louis CoMiskey
White Sox
Comiskey
Talk Is Cheap When You Hire A Lawyer To Do It
A quip notes that hiring a lawyer to handle speech or negotiations can reduce personal effort. It implies outsourcing argument or persuasion to legal professionals. The line frames lawyers as effective communicators whose work justifies the cost.
United States Presses Austria on Ancona Case Demands
Vienna must comply or refuse the United States demands after Austria admitted the Ancona was torpedoed while stationary. Embassy and officials rejected further details as ground for delay and warned Vienna not to time the issue. Baron Zwiedinek met Secretary Lansing to deny foreign office responsibility for admiralty statements.
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Cape
Ancona
Austria
Vienna
United States
Penfield
Lansing
Serbia
Baron Zwiedinek
Foreign Office
Admiralty
Corked knobs promise safer hot covers in kitchens
A note suggests placing corks on metal knobs of pot and kettle covers to prevent burned fingers. Corks are wired on with picture wire to secure them.
Miss Nellie Dummer Denies Hounding Doctor
In a call to The Tribune Miss Nellie Dummer disputes claims she pressured Dr. Carlysie W. Watterson to marry her. She says she never proposed and objects to being portrayed as a persistent suitor, blaming publicity for the fuss.
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Nellie Dummer
Carlysie W. Watterson
Miss Dummer
Austrian Reply Not Satisfactory Amsterdam Report
Austria contesting American notes on submarine warfare says facts in Austria's possession do not justify U S conclusions. It protests it cannot be considered properly informed of American attitude by reading notes to Germany. Vienna notes American position may differ from its stance in Austrian negotiations and from Germany's.
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Austria
Germany
America
Milwaukee man sentenced to two years for grand larceny
Ray Taylor special policeman for Milwaukee and the local raffles figure pleaded guilty to grand larceny and were committed to Waupun for two years by Judge John Brindley after officers found large quantities of stolen goods in the basement of his house.
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Ray Taylor
Milwaukee
Raffles
Waupun
John Brindley
Three Killed in Auto Accident Near Sterling
A crash near Sterling Illinois during a heavy snowstorm killed Arthur Plautz 21 Gracia Russell 21 and Mrs William Gantzert all of Sterling and seriously injured three others including William Gantzert and Walter Smith 22 of Nelson.
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Sterling
Ill
William Gantzert
Nelson
Holman’s Creek
Here
Gantzert
Arthur Plautz
Gracia Russell
Irvine Will Filed for Probate
The will of the late W. T. Irvine is filed for probate and leaves all property to Mrs. Irvine for life. Executors named are E. Eastman Irvine John M. Holley and E. M. Wing. George Irvine will manage the jewelry store during his father's illness.
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W. T. Irvine
Charges Filed Against Dr Haiselden for Bollinger Baby Case
Dr Haiselden of Chicago faces formal charges of gross unprofessional conduct after a morning conference with state health officials in Springfield. Dr Lipschulch, representative from Chicago, alleges failure to perform an operation led to the Bollinger baby’s death.
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Springfield
Lucy
Drake
State Board of Health
George Lipschulch
General Assembly
Chicago
H. J. Haiselden
Bollinger
Lipschulick
Haiselden
War taxes debated in the U S House amid partisan clash
The House splits 208 to 192 on a motion to aid passage of a war tax extension through 1916 as Republicans denounce the measure as Democratic incompetence. Senate finance committee backs the emergency tax and votes are planned.
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Washington
House
Galloway
Texas
Keating
Hilliard
Colorado
Mann
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Kitchin
Fordney
Michigan
Treasury
Laxative Bromo Quinine Box Bears Grove Signature
The product claims tonic and laxative effects suitable for everyone without nervousness or head ringing. It states there is only one Bromo Quinine and features E W. GROVE'S signature on the box.
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E W. Grove
Equity meeting scrap over Minnesota delegates
Wausau Wisconsin December 16 The National Union of the American Society of Equity remained deadlocked at noon on seating Minnesota delegates. Leaders say the fight centers on whether the current administration stays in power with Wisconsin and Minnesota backing the incumbents while others push for their ouster.
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Wausau
Wis
National Union of the American Society of Equity
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ford peace ship Oscar II arrives Kirkwall amid uncertainty
London dispatches report the Ford peace ship Oscar II arrived at Kirkwall yesterday and was held. Officials say no information beyond press dispatches, but expect release after standard examination. No complications anticipated.
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London
Ford
Kirkwall
Marshfield Man Robbed in Minneapolis Morning Holdups
In Minneapolis two robbers held up Jacob Wolfe of Marshfield Wisconsin at 8 a.m. December 16 near the city hall, taking $165 after he surrendered his pocketbook to money inspectors and was knocked down. Wolfe later received help from the county jail. The robbers fled before police arrived.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jacob Wolfe
Marshfield
Wis
Wolfe
San Diego to receive exhibits from San Francisco exposition
The senate unanimously adopted Senator Martine's resolution directing that all government exhibits at the San Francisco exposition desired by San Diego be transported to San Diego immediately.
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Washington
Senate
Martine
Wisconsin Positioned for Joint Pulp and Lumber Industry
Wisconsin is advantageously situated to jointly develop the pulp, hardwood distillation, and lumber industries, signaling potential regional economic collaboration and growth opportunities.
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Wisconsin
Jens Davidson Named Mails Chief at Westby
Washington December sixteen. Jens Davidson was named postmaster at Westby Wisconsin by President Wilson. Other Wisconsin postmasters appointed include Burlington H E Zimmerman Lodi George S Richmond Manawa Alois Govel Oregon Thomas Walsh Rice Lake William H Dumm Cadet Peter P Dugall Eagle River John A Zimeplmann Phillips John S Barry Thorp William Wagner Brodhead P T Moore Chetek Carl Whitaker Clinton Ray C Stewart Cumberland W C McMahon Delavan C M Tallman Fenimore John J Scanlan Glenwood City James O Hara Neillsville William Huntley Osceola W W Sanders.
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Washington
Jens Davidson
Westby
Wis
Wilson
Wisconsin
Burlington
H. E. Zimmerman
Lodi
George S. Richmond
Manawa
Alois Govel
Oregon
Thomas Walsh
Rice Lake
William H. Dumm
Cadett
Peter P. Dugall
Eagle River
John A. Zimeplmann
Phillips
John S. Barry
Thorp
William Wagner
Brodhead
P. T. Moore
Belt Line Strike Sparks nationwide freight crisis
Chicago dispatch reports outsiders fear a freight tie up that could halt national traffic as 10 000 loaded cars remain tied up. Wholesale houses banks and grain shippers push Belt Line and em blaye representatives toward an immediate settlement through federal mediation to prevent a switchman strike and total paralysis of freight movement.
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Chicago
Deeon -Ontelle
Chicago Pelt Line
Belt Line Company
Emblayes
Belt Line
Charges HUSBAND hurled lamp in divorce suit
Mrs. Mabel Rief accuses Anton Rief of cruel acts including tossing a lit lamp across a room during a divorce filing with Clerk F. H. Aiken. She says the incident prompted her to end the marriage. Rief, aged 19, married at 17 in Winona, works as a collector for a local furniture house.
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F. H. Aiken
Mabel Rief
Anton Rief
Absolutely Convincing Bequest as Heirs Challenge Sanity
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Dispatch notes a wealthy relative’s will leaving the whole estate to charity, interpreted as a stark display of disinherited heirs doubting the testator’s sanity. The quotation highlights shock at such a sweeping charitable bequest.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Pneumonia Claims La Crosse Bootblack Bobby Love
Robert Love an elderly ex slave known as Bobby who ran a boot black stand on Pearl street La Crosse died at La Crosse hospital from pneumonia. He was about 85 and remembered as a servant for a southern captain in the Civil War. He will be buried tomorrow at 2 pm from the La Crosse Rescue Mission with a sermon by D C Dewey.
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Robert Love
Megro
Pearl Street
la Crosse Hospital
de Wah
Bobby
la Crosse
Captain
Mississippi
D. C. Dewey
Works Would Arm Army Hardened to Campaigning
Dec 16 Senator Works of California proposed an army educated in engineering and hardened to campaign life. The unit would reclaim desert sands reforest western lands and protect the Mississippi Valley from floods. He warned it would reduce unpreparedness and guard against a military caste while giving soldiers useful labor.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Senator Works
California
Normal Christmas Doings Tomorrow at La Crosse State Normal
La Crosse State Normal students present a Christmas entertainment in the school auditorium at 9 45 tomorrow morning. The program features a processional and carols by training and normal school groups, a variety of grades performing holiday pieces, and musical numbers by the orchestra and glee club.
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la Crosse State Normal School
Herald Angels
Holy Hight
Kris Kringle
Christmas Angels
Union Chorus
Snow
Ladies’ Glee Club
River work disapproved from Kansas City to Florence
The army engineering board reported to congress that improvement of the Missouri River from Kansas City Kansas to Florence Nebraska was disapproved except for continuing snagging operations and that there is no prospect of material commercial development.
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Washington
Missouri River
Kansas City
Kansas
Florence
Nebraska
Army Engineering Board
Congress
Principal A L Ashmore Drowns While Skating
The body of A L Ashmore principal of Stone Lake High School was recovered at Birchwood and sent to Illinois for burial. He drowned when the ice broke while skating with his younger brother.
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Birchwood
Wis
A. L. Ashmore
Stone Lake High School
Illinois
Indictment Rumor Denied by Washington Expert
Oliver Pagin, a Washington indictment expert, says no indictments against alleged war plotters in Chicago are planned while he travels to investigate trust violation claims in St. Paul.
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Washington
Oliver
Pagin
St. Paul
Chicago
Northwestern to play seven-game football schedule
The 1926 Northwestern football schedule totals seven games with four conference games. The opener is October 7 against Lake Forest in Evanston.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Purple
Lake Forest
Evanston
President Granted License to Wed Edith Bolling Galt
Washington December 16 a District of Columbia marriage license No 71225 was issued in the afternoon authorizing Rev Dr Herbert Scott Smith to unite Wood Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt. The license shows the groom 59 and a widower with a deceased first wife while the bride is 43 and a widow. Irwin H Hoover White House chief usher paid the $1 fee.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Wood Wilson
Edith Bolling Galt
Irwin H. Hoover
White House
Second Storm Of Week Paralyzes Midwest
The second heavy sleet storm of the week hit Chicago and central Illinois today, crippling wire facilities and causing significant damage reported as far west as Kansas City. The Weather Bureau warned of more snow and rain tonight and colder weather tomorrow across the central states.
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Chicago
Illinois
Kansas City
Central States
Weather Bureau
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Lacrosse
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Norman Galt
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