Senate Votes to Repeal the Zone System
The Senate approved a committee amendment to end the zone system for second class postage by July 1 and set new insurance tax rates. Debate touched on war revenue, inheritance and luxury taxes, with leaders optimistic about passage before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Major LaFollette
Wisconsin
Reublican
Aengthy
Jones
New Mexico
Thomas
Colorado
Kenyon
Iowa
Harwick
Georgia
Smoot
Utah
Toronto Police Reject Settlement Over Union Rights
Three hundred striking Toronto policemen rejected the board of police commissioners offer to reinstate 12 dismissed officers. The strikers demand recognition of their union as an affiliated body with the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The commissioners tied reinstatement to leaving union recognition to Ontario's attorney general.
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Toronto
Ont
Board of Police Commissioners
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Attorney General of
Ontario
Proposal 10 Sinks German Warships Faces Opposition
Washington reports from Paris say American peace delegates with British support plan sinking surrendered German ships as a disposal solution. Senate moves to seek official facts while Daniels and State Department deny any official proposal exists. News notes initial London suggestion and internal naval discussion on the issue.
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Washington
Paris
Senate
State
Navy
Daniels
State Department
London
Price of Eggs Drops in Logansport as Holiday Turkeys Rise
Eggs in Logansport fell 10 cents a dozen to 60 cents with further declines possible if mild winter production continues. Turkeys meanwhile are expected to soar beyond 40 to 60 cents a pound due to scarcity. Geese ducks and chickens will hold near Thanksgiving levels.
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Logansport
France seeks priority for indemnity claims
In the chamber of deputies Deputy Louis Du bois urged priority for war damage claims. He estimated French house destruction at 20 billion francs, furniture at five billion, agriculture losses at least ten billion, mines at least twenty billion, and railroads nine and a half billion.
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Paris
Louis Dubois
Chamber of Deputies
Was the Last of August December 19 Refuses to Pay Fine
Indiana man August Steinmetz admitted violating the prohibition law and was ordered to serve 130 days at the state penal farm by Judge James A. West after initially agreeing to pay a 130 dollar fine. He began the term by auto transport to the farm, with earlier jail time suspended.
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August Steinmetz
James A. West
Steinmetz
Stein
Security League inquiry probes last election activities
The National Security League of New York faced a House inquiry led by Rep. Johnson of Kentucky. Col. Charles E. Lydecker testified the league aimed to back pro American lawmakers and opposed certain congressmen, circulating eight acid tests on preparedness votes.
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Security League
Washington
National Security League of New York
Congress
House
Representative Johnson
Kentucky
Charles E. Lydecker
League
Col. Wydecker
Col. Lydecker
Lydecker
Basketball player dies from practice injury in Indiana
Percy Carpenter 19 son of Mr and Mrs N J Carpenter of Dayton dies at a Lafayette hospital from a brain concussion after falling during a practice game. He was a Dayton High School senior.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Percy Carpenter
N. J. Carpenter
Dayton
Dayton High School
Argentine recalls minister to Mexico
Mexico City report states Argentina recalls its minister to Mexico Manuel E Malbran, to depart by December 21. Mexico also recalls acting charge d affaires at Santiago Manuel H Garcia to brief Mexico on Chilean ministry affairs.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Manuel E. Malbran
Manel H. Garcia
Santiago
Chile
Polish Army Enters Danzig With Fifty Thousand Troops
A Warsaw dispatch reports Polish troops landed at Danzig yesterday. The force is said to number fifty thousand. Poland's representative at Berlin has left Germany.
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Paris
Havas
Warsaw
Danzig
Poland
Berlin
Germany
Weather outlook: Rain Friday into Friday night
A weather note expects rain on Friday or Friday night and likely into Saturday. The south portion may see cooler temperatures Saturday.
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South Portion
Physicians Hold Girl's Death Due to Violence
In Muskegon Michigan on December 19 the autopsy on Frieda Weichman of Chicago showed skull crushing as the cause of death. Police admit confusion over circumstantial details in the Milo H Piper murder case as the body was reinterred at a local cemetery. The post mortem, ordered by the prosecuting attorney, was the first since the case was reopened. Three physicians concluded death resulted from blows to the back of the head. The report references an unrelated note about a marriage in 1903.
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Muskegon
Mich
Frieda Weichman
Chicago
Milo H. Piper
All States to Name Head of the Nation
The German government plans a conference of all former empire states on December 29 to elect a president of the German republic to avert further outbreaks. Reports from Berlin and Paris note Ebert resigning as chancellor after revolutionary upheaval in Berlin and cabinet formation on November 18.
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Denmark
Berlin
Ebert
Paris
France
Friedrich Ebert
Zurich
Stuttgart
Hugo Haase
Philipp Scheidermann
Whilhelm Dittman
Herr Landaberg
Richard Barth
Hbert-Scheidemann
Vorwaerts
Congress of Soldiers and Workmen
Germany
Breiheit
Ledebour
Barth
Fifteen New Influenza Cases Reported in Logansport
The influenza epidemic continues to abate with fifteen new cases reported in Logansport for Wednesday and seventeen in rural districts. Emergency Hospital cares for 33 patients, 49 discharged today, total enrollment 82. one patient admitted Thursday. Community donations listed from local schools, families, and individuals totaling multiple payments.
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Logansport
New Waverly High School
G. W. Richardson
Elizabeth Gross
E. T. Murray
Charles Smyser
Elmer Moore
Wilson to visit Buckingham Palace amid peace talks
Paris reports delayed plans for the peace conference as President Wilson weighs public opinion in France and Britain. He may visit England early, dine with American troops, and monitor reports from U.S. agencies and on site investigators during informal talks among Entente delegates.
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Paris
Wilson
France
Great Britain
United States
England
Washington
Italy
Lloyd George
Germany's Propaganda Machinery Described to Senate
Alfred L. Becker testified on the Senate committee about Germany's propaganda network in Berlin and abroad. He cited German bank branches, colonial houses, journalists, professors, bankers, and attaches used to sway opinion, and noted a costly operation financed through U S channels. He described the Paris Journal swindle as a German ploy despite its loyalty to France.
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Germany
Senate
Washington
Berlin
United States
Alfred L. Becker
New York
Bolo Pasha
Paris Journal
France
Becker
Secret Service
Foreign Office
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