Government to probe high cost of living nationwide
Officials near a plan for simultaneous grand jury inquiries across the country to target coal price manipulation. President Wilson and Attorney General Gregory weigh options as the Justice Department and Interstate Commerce Commission coordinate on coal dealers and railroad workers suspected of creating price hikes. Inquiries will focus on Detroit Toledo Cincinnati Chicago and Cleveland with possible prosecutions ahead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Gregory
Congress
House Commerce Committee
United States
Anderson
Boston
Department of Justice
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Detroit
Toledo
Cincinnati
Picago
Cleveland
Cold Wave Brings Snow and Freezing Temperatures
A city awoke to a cold wave after nearly a day of rain turning to snow with a sharp north wind. Temperatures plunged from 65 to 31 degrees by midnight as snowfall continued, prompting forecasts of more cold days ahead and a period of storms later in the month.
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Mercury
Hicks
French Battleship Suffren Reported Lost With 730 Crew
The battleship Suffren, which sailed from Lorient on November 24, has not been heard from and the French minister of marine deems it lost with all hands. The 12 750 ton vessel carried 730 men, was 410 feet long and 70 feet wide, armed with multiple big guns and torpedo tubes. Last year it saw action at the Dardanelles, where Turkish sources said it was seriously damaged and sent to Toulon for repairs.
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Paris
Suffren
Minister of Marine
Lorient
Brittany
Dardanelles
Toulon
Public Service Commission Orders Daily Rail Car Reports
The Indiana public service commission ordered railways serving coal fields to report daily car movements. The rule aims to curb fuel shortages by tracking cars at mines, loads, shipments, and consignees, with numbers for empty and loaded cars.
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Commission
Indiana
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Indiana Coal Fields
Bank Bandits Rob Alluwee Bank for 2500 Dollars
Five masked men robbed the State Bank of Alluewe in Alluwee Oklahoma this afternoon. They obtained 2500 dollars and escaped in automobiles. Local authorities pursued but details remain scarce.
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Alluwe, Okla
Alluewe
Congress Honors Rep Tribble as Sessions Continue
The Senate met at noon and debated railroad bills while starting DC prohibition discussions. Adjourned to Monday for Representative Tribble of Georgia's memory. House had no session with a Saturday meeting planned for noon. committees worked on appropriation bills and Tribble funeral arrangements. Interstate and foreign commerce panels postponed high cost of living talks until after the holiday recess.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce
District of Columbia
Representative Tribble
Georgia
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Grahs Named Deputy County Treasurer in Cass County
Henry D. Grahs, former bookkeeper for the Columbia Brewing Co, has been named deputy county treasurer by treasurer elect Ulysses Hoffman. Grahs starts his duties with Hoffman on January 1, 1917.
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Henry D. Grahs
Columbia Brewing Company
U. S. Hoffman
Cass County
Grahs
Ulysses Hoffman
Nurse speaks at Royal Centre event for health group
Miss Hildegard Cravel spoke at the Royal Centre yesterday before the Health and Welfare Society and Royal Centre High School girls.
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Royal Centre
Hildegard Cravel
Health and Welfare Society
Defense Opens in Wood Murder Trial in Peru
In Miami county circuit court at Peru the defense for Ellis Wood opened after state rests, asserting failure to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Witnesses testified to smaller footprints than a No 9 shoe, and defense impeachment aimed at Ross Barber with sheriff testimony and conflicting statements. Court adjourned to Monday morning.
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Ellis Wood
Walter Collins
Miami County
Peru
B. F. Long
Wood
Long
Omer Billings
Howard County
Warren Todd
Carroll County
Ross Barber
Popejoy
Barber
Lewis Leedy
Kokomo
Virgil Brackett
Young America
C. C. Boone
John Wikel
Church
Wikel
Brown
California
Patrolman Griffith Confesses in Express Wagon Robbery
Albert J. Griffith a Los Angeles patrolman confessed to holding up an express wagon on a busy street and stealing about 5000 dollars in cash and 34000 in checks drafts and other banking paper. Most of the money was recovered.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Albert J. Griffith
Mayor Guthrie to assemble Christmas stockings today
The article reports Mayor Frank V. Guthrie and Trustee George Murphy competing in a needlecraft stocking contest at 2 30 this afternoon in Guthrie s office arena with judges and witnesses to decide the best stocking for the municipal Christmas tree and a large crowd expected to attend.
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Frank V. Guthrie
George Murphy
Murphy
Italian attacker Tony Vitale remains at large after Knowlton Street assault
Tony Vitale, 18, an Italian, fatally attacked his wife on Knowlton Street early yesterday. She is hospitalized with serious knife wounds but expected to recover. Police believe he has fled the city or is in hiding among countrymen.
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Tony Vitale
Knowlton Street
Fire tears through Northside barn on Michigan and John
Fire destroyed the barn and contents on the Zook Brothers property at Michigan avenue and John street. Loss estimates range from 200 to 500 dollars with Colonel Foster’s barn spared across the alley. fire staff battled through mud and a distant hydrant as matches blamed on youngsters sparked the blaze.
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Zook Brothers
Northside Grocers
Michigan Avenue
John Street
James Holt
Selle Hay
Colonel Foster
Col. Foster
Griffin
Neither M Adoo nor Houston Will Retire
Washington reports quote officials close to President Wilson denying retirement plans for Secretary McAdoo and Secretary Houston at the end of the first term. Attorney General Gregory returned from Texas and offered no definite statement about resigning, though gossip among his friends affords credibility in the opposite sense.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
McAdoo
Houston
Gregory
Texas
Labor Leaders Seek Arbitration Substitute For Rail Plan
Washington December 8 Labor leaders move to draft a substitute for compulsory arbitration to handle rail strikes. AFL and four railway brotherhoods meet to oppose mandatory arbitration while Congress ponders President Wilsons railway program. Gompers warns opposition remains strong and plans may be submitted for approval by railroads and the president.
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Washington
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Railway Brotherhoods
Baltimore
Congress
House
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
Brotherhood
Federation
Senate
Representative Adamson
House Commerce Committee
Congressional
Allied shipping warned of German raider sighting
British naval authorities warned Entente shipping to beware a raider after a vessel intercepted December 2 off Scotland reportedly passed as the Dutch steamer Gamma. Gamma was later found at Kirkwall on December 2, not departing until December 8.
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Associated Press
Halifax
N. S
Scotland
Kirkwall
Bank Robbery at Winslow State Bank Stuns Town
Two men robbed the Winslow state bank this afternoon, holding an employee at gunpoint and escaping in an automobile with about $6,000 to $7,000. The incident occurred in Winslow, Nebraska, on December 8.
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Associated Press
Winslow, Neb
Winslow State Bank
1300 Men to Receive Big Increase in Pay
Chicago December 8 1300 employees of the Corn Products Refining Co will get a big pay increase on December 16.
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Associated Press
Chicago
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