Chicago School Board Sees Young Reinstated Amid Stormy Session
In Chicago a stormy board meeting restored Ella Flage Young as superintendent after a push by four mayoral appointees to oust her. John Shoop was removed as superintendent candidate but then restored as assistant. police kept order as the board split over reconsideration and resignations.
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Chicago
Colin C. Hl. Pyffe
Ella Flage Young
Synfe
Busse
Minois Supreme Court
Harrison
Wylfe
Hila Flange Young
Chicago Public Schools
Board of Education
John Shoop
Young
Shoop
Danish Leader Jacob Scavenius Mstrup Dies at 78
Copenhagen says Jacob Broennum Scaveniusstrup a longtime Danish political leader died this morning. He served as premier and finance minister from 1875 to 1894 and resisted parliament’s demands while supporting road and railroad development. An 1886 assassination attempt is noted.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Jacob Broennum Scaveniusstrup
Mstrup
Estrup
Missouri Supreme Court Ousts Lumber Firms
Jefferson City Missouri the supreme court issued a decree of ouster against several large wholesale lumber concerns as a result of state anti trust act prosecutions.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Three Killed by Train Near Hammonton
In Hammonton New Jersey three Christmas package deliverers were struck and killed by a Reading Railroad train today. The incident occurred as they were near the tracks delivering packages, with authorities continuing a full investigation into how the tragedy happened.
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Hammonton
N. J
Cities Seek New Regional Banks For Currency Plan
Washington officials push to establish federal reserve banks with 8 to 12 cities to host the system. McAdoo and Houston plan site selection and district outlines as groups study prospective locations nationwide. Wilson signs the Glass Owen currency bill creating the Federal Reserve and lauds leadership and cooperation.
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Washington
D. C
McAdoo
Houston
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Orleans
Denver
Atlanta
Seattle
Portland
Oregon
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Wooston
Organization
Treasury Department
Bevin
Federal Reserve Bank
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Congressional Committees of Banking and Currency
Congress
Ward's Sister Inherits 30000 From Ward Will
The entire estate of A Montgomery Ward will stay in his family per the will digest issued last night. No charity bequests were made as Ward felt his lifetime provisions sufficed. A sister in trust, Mrs Elizbeth Guild of Heela South Dakota, receives 30000.
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Chicago
A. Montgomery Ward
Ward
Elizabeth Guild
Heela
S. D
Assertion Schmidt Was Unbalanced in Murder Trial
New York City reports for Hans Schmidt murder case describe a Bellevue Hospital witness stating Schmidt’s mind was overwhelmed by sacrificial delusions. The defense cited insanity, presenting Schmidt’s family history and personal crises as triggers while noting future hypothetical questions. Dr A G Lee testified as Schmidt’s treating physician before the state’s further evidence.
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New York City
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Jr. Gregory
Bellevue Hospital
Schmidt
A. G. Lee
Endorse Plan to Help Commerce Stimulate Trade
Washington voters and business leaders back Secretary Redfield's plan for a direct stimulus of commerce through the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Redfield seeks 759,630 dollars for the coming year to fund commercial attaches and agents abroad, with about half for overseas work.
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Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Nebraska Supreme Court Voids Anti-Loan Shark Law
The Nebraska Supreme Court declared the anti loan shark law and the gift enterprise statute unconstitutional and void. The laws, enacted in 1913 and 1911 respectively, sought to curb predatory lending on wages and chattels and to ban trading stamps and related enterprises.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Mystery Woman In Secret Monticello Life Released
Macg Adelaide M Brance, held three years in Sullivan County jail for living secretly with Melvin H Couch, is freed after his death. She described a life of isolation in a room off Couch’s office, sustained by visits and provisions from him, and expressed relief at leaving Monticello to ease the burden on Mrs Couch. Autopsy shows Couch died of heart failure.
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Monticello
N. Y
Sullivan County
Adelaide M. Branece
Melvin H. Couch
Miss Brance
J. LL. Curlette
Curlette
Miss France
Goshen
Secert
Free Toll Suspension Proposal For Panama Canal Aims
A joint resolution by Rep. Adamson of Georgia proposes conditional suspension of the Panama Canal tolls for coastwise vessels. The order could become effective after two years of operation if revenues cover costs and diplomacy is settled. Administration stance remains noncommittal.
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Washington, D. C
Adamson
Georgia
House Commerce Committee
United States
Adamison
Congress
Old Man Dies From Burns in Farm Home
Ardmore Oklahoma news reports Robert Drain aged about 75 died from burns after his farm home caught fire. Neighbor Merrill arrived to drag Drain outside after he sustained a cut to his arm. Drain died hours later with three sons and two daughters as survivors. one daughter in Sioux City and another in Canada. Drain once owned a sawmill and later a grist mill on Fall River.
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Ardmore
Robert Drain
Merrill
Drain
Sioux City
Canada
Fall River
Butterfields leave for Dubuque to visit daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Tf. D. Butterfield depart today for Dubuque Iowa to spend part of the holiday season with their daughter Mrs. Arthur Trombley. They will also visit in Cedar Rapids IA.
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Tf. D. Butterfield
Dubuque, Ia
Arthur Trombley
Cedar Rapids
McAdoo Tomorrow Acting President of United States
Secretary McAdoo will act as president tomorrow in Wilson's and Marshall's absence. The President and party traveled through North Carolina en route to Pass Christian Mississippi where a large crowd in Charlotte gave Wilson an ovation.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
United States
Wilson
Marshall
Washington
Clark
New England
Congress
Bryan
Miami
Florida
Garrison
Merchantville
New Jersey
Daniels
Raleigh
North Carolina
McReynolds
Wikton
Kentucky
Charlotte
N.C
Christian
Mississippi
Philanthropist dies after gift delivery in Denver
Wilbur Harris, nine, son of a poor Denver family, will find Christmas thanks to W H Heap who came from Paterson New Jersey to help. Heap dies after ignoring medical orders and walking through deep snow to deliver sleds and toys to destitute Harris family. In Washington, Christmas aid spreads from the White House as President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrange gifts for needy families before a Mississippi trip.
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Denver
Col
Wilbur Harris
W. H. Heap
Paterson
N. J
Wilbur
Harris
Santa Claus
Wilson
Washington, D. C
White House
Washington
Margaret
Eleanor
Mississippi
Capitol
Three Kimball Boys Expelled Over whisky Party
In Kimball City schools seven and eighth graders found a whisky bottle from a classmate. After decorating a room for a Christmas event, the group caused damage and a spread was disrupted. Three boys were expelled, two for one month and one for two months. The families involved are described as respectable. In Chicago, Alling Jr., an attorney for the state health board, was shot in the office by Frank Kliment, a quack doctor, wounding his assistant Schwaba. Alling then killed himself.
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Chicago
Alling, Jr
State Board of Health
Frank Kliment
Alling
P. . Schwaba
Kliment
Europe Given Lead in China Rail Concessions
Washington reports that China granted concessions to Germany for two railroads linking Shantung with the interior, extending 1898 German foothold at Kiao Chau. New European concessions, amid Yuan Shikai era boosts, raise questions on control of inland markets and mineral resources. Belgians begin a billion dollar railroad investment in China.
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Washington, D. C
Shantung Peninsula
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Bennett Is Appointed as Yankton Postmaster
Washington D C reports a lengthy contest over the Yankton postmaster post ends with M M S Bennett, editor of the Yankton Herald, chosen. Support came from Ed Johnson Coffey and Taubmann while saloon opponents favored a different outcome. Bennett is a Johnson ally and will take over as W Lusk resigns before completing his term.
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Bennett
Yankton
Washington
D. C
M. M. S Bennett
W. ©. Lusk
Postal Service
Ed. Johnson
Johnson
Coffey
Taubmann
South Dakota
Torreon Taken by Rebels After Fierce Fighting
Juarez Mex reports Torreon fell to rebels after heavy battle. About 12 000 men engaged with much loss of life. Rebel commander General Merra wounded in the engagements as couriers relay the update.
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Juarez
Mex
Torreon
Merra
Doctor and Student Acquitted of Murder in Illinois
Dr. H. E. Price of Clinton and Angel Gandia a Puerto Rican student were acquitted today in the murder of Miss Margaret Trainor of Ottawa Illinois. The jury deliberated twelve hours. Trainor and Gandia were University of Illinois students. She died after an operation at a hotel, a case that stirred university circles.
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Clinton
Ill
H. E. Price
Angel Gandia
Margaret Trainor
Ottawa
Youth to Teach Art of Flying in China's Army
Art Lyin, one of the few Chinese aviators licensed by the Aero Club of America, prepares in New York to buy two airplanes. He will return to China to train pilots for the army and teach the art of flight to the new republic.
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China
Art Lyin
The
Aero Club of America
New York City
Adus
New
Republic
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Redfields
Tim
Kimball
Quack
Europe
Yuan Cruse
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