Scheme to Underwrite Forest Values for Local Improvements
Washington report argues national forests in undeveloped areas should yield immediate revenue for local development. If authorized, the plan would underwrite road construction costs against county timber-sale shares when timber opens for cutting, aiding settlement and pioneer costs. The forecast also notes shifts in agriculture with rising dairying and fruits, but declines in corn, meats, cattle, and hogs since 1889.
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Washington
David F
Houston
Congress
Department
Sereno E Payne Dies in Washington at 71
Representative Sereno E Payne of New York died suddenly of heart failure at his apartment in Washington on Thursday. He was seventy one, lived alone, and his wife had died three years earlier. A longtime member since 1889, Payne chaired the Ways and Means Committee and led the Republican floor in 1909 10, helping draft the Payne Aldrich tariff bill. Born Hamilton New York June 26 1843 he studied at Rochester and Colgate and served as a Republican national convention delegate.
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Washington
Del
Sereno E. Payne
New York
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Hamilton
N. Y
Rochester
Colgate
Joseph Smith Dies After Long Illness at 82
Independence Missouri report states Joseph Smith president of the reorganized church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints died after a lengthy illness. He was eighty two, married three times and had 17 children. His father founded the Mormon church. Police Shoot Man Five Times in Madison Indiana incident details.
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Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Independence
Joseph Smith
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Falls to Death in Treasury Building Four Stories Fall
John F. McCue aged sixty five of Brookland DC died after toppling a stair railing and plunging four stories to marble pavement in the Treasury Building.
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Capital
Washington
John F. McCue
Brookland
D. C
Treasury Building
Bandit Shoots Telegraph Operator Then Loots Carrollton Office
Moberly Missouri December 12 sheriff's posse with bloodhounds searches woods for a bandit who robbed the Wabash ticket office at Carrollton of sixty dollars after shooting telegraph operator Jacob Auer.
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Moberly
Carrollton
Jacob Auer
Collision in Ontario Kills Six on Wabash Trains
A wreck in Darling Ontario involves two Wabash freight trains. Six people are dead, including Thomas Beckley James Courtney and William P Recoore.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Darling, Ont
Thomas Beckley
James Courtney
William P. Recoore
Navy Size Urged as Key to Defense by Admiral Fletcher
Rear Admiral Fletcher told the House naval committee the United States would need to greatly enlarge its fleet and add eight to ten submarines for coast and harbor defense. He said battleships and dreadnoughts remain the core of national defense and that great naval battles will be decided by battleships. Hearings on the army appropriation bill closed with Brig. Gen. Scott stating defense conditions are improving and munition supplies are nearing required levels.
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Washington
Fletcher
Atlantic
House Naval Committee
United States Navy
Wletcher
England
New York Harbor
Bermuda
Army
House Military Committee
Hugh L. Scott
Scott
Hay
Mack Sells Collins to White Sox in Player Deal
Connie Mack announced the sale of Ed ward T. Collins second baseman of the Philadelphia Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for money. The report notes other sensational items including a lynching in Mississippi and a major earthquake in Peru.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Edward T. Collins
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Lake Cormorant
Miss
Essex Max
Lima
Peru
Caracora
New York
New York American League
The
Yankees
T. L. Hudson
Jacob Ruppert
Bordeaux
Poincare
Paris
Diplomat William W Rockhill Dies in Honolulu
William W Rockhill American diplomat dies in Honolulu after being taken from the liner Chiyo Maru en route to China. He was to advise President Yuan Shi Kai at Peking and left San Francisco November 28 in seemingly good health. He was sixty years old.
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Honolulu
William W. Rockhill
German Outposts Accused of Atrocities in French Countryside
Chicago correspondent reports from Montdidier near Roye that while major German commands enforce strict discipline in towns, rural outposts and uhlans are linked to abuses. The piece recounts a German soldier ordered to kill himself after assaulting a woman near Compiègne and a farm visit where women hid in cellars as soldiers searched the house.
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Chicago
Montdidier
Roye
Gabriel Delagarde
Chicago Daily News
Compiegne
Uhlan
Boxer Now Aviator Georges Carpentier Joins Flying Corps
French boxing champion Georges Carpentier becomes a member of the French flying corps. He is pictured with his war trophy, Kronprinz the dog he captured from German forces.
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Georges Carpentier
France
Flying Corps
Kronprinz
Snipers Fire At General Bliss In Naco Border Post
General Bliss arrived in Naco on Thursday and assumed command. He had a narrow escape from sniper fire as he stepped from an automobile on Main Street. Artillery from El Paso was delayed in entraining and is not expected until early morning.
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Naco
Ariz
General Bliss
Artilery
el Paso
Thirteen Die in Dynamite Blast at North Scranton Mine
A miner dropped a stick of dynamite in the Diamond mine at North Scranton killing thirteen men and wrecking the cage during lowering.
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Scranton
North Scranton
Wilson nominates generals Funston Greene Hughes for ranks
President Wilson nominates Brigadier General Funston for major general and Colonel Henry A. Greene to brigadier general. Charles F. Hughes, commander in the navy, to be a captain in the Navy. Washington notes indicate these appointments were made on December 11.
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Funston
Washington
Wilson
Col
Henry A. Greene
Charles F. Hughes
Ill battleship petty officer kills woman then commits suicide
In Philadelphia on December 11 Jesse Adams of Oakland Illinois a petty officer on the battleship Illinois shot and killed Anna Conway at her home after she refused to marry him. He then shot himself ending the tragedy.
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Windsow
Philadelphia
Jesse Adams
Oakland
Ill
Illinois
Anna Conway
Adams
Leo Frank Is Re-Sentenced to Hange Jan 22
Leo M. Frank here was resentenced to hang January 22 for the Mary Phagan murder. His attorneys prepare to appeal to the clemency board.
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Leo Frank
Atlanta, Ga
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
Board of Pardons
Airman Foils Double Death Over Northern France
In a bold action the dirigible commander was dispatched to drop bombs on a rail target in Northern France and achieved a remarkable feat by foiling a twofold threat, earning distinction for his operations.
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France
Dirigible Defies Fire to Abort Bomb Blast
A German airship escaped danger after a daring act by its commander who climbed the framework under searchlights and bullets to sever a bomb tube. He hurled the projectile free as a fourth bomb misfired, the blast detonating 3800 feet below and the craft escaping intact.
Praised by the Kaiser at Charlottenburg
Emperor William telegraphed to the Society of German Naval Architects in Charlottenburg praising their faithful labors in peace and thanking them for supporting the fatherland. He expressed confidence in German industry and prayed for continued success of arms and homeland.
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Berlin
Germany
William
Society of German Naval Architects
Charlottenburg
Desperate Fight for Pomeranian Flag Ends in Destruction
A French dragoon recounts the Sixth Pomeranian regiment’s clash as German troops guard their flag. Cavalry charges, lances, and sabers shatter a German defense as a lone sergeant clings to the banner before dying. The flag bears the inscription Champigny 1871.
King Albert Digs Trench in Bitter Weather
In Flanders amid harsh conditions King Albert spent Sunday in the trenches. He spoke with cold soldiers warming by a fire, then joined aides in relieving the men and digging to help them get warm. British toy making rises as war economy grows.
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Paris
Flanders
Furnes
Albert
Germans Use Blast Furnaces to Cremate Dead
Report from Amsterdam says German forces are employing blast furnaces at Seraing to cremate their dead, reflecting wartime casualty handling amid occupation.
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Amsterdam
Seraing
From Box Car to Fraudulent Mail Order Empire
A young man recalls escaping abuse and seeking work in a city where he is drawn into a massive mail order scam. He helps run a fake operation selling watches guns and jewelry via broadside ads and misused credits, profiting while exploiting customers and country merchants. The scheme flourishes on cheap goods false promises and postpaid sums.
Women and Work and War Splinters Across World
A snapshot of social changes shows women in Scotland earning one dollar weekly from crafts, Los Angeles voters split with 83 thousand women among 188 thousand registered, London trains women into police duty, Red Cross nurses on European fronts adopting the title Sisters, Japan’s male to female ratio narrow, Cuban wives keep maiden names, Pasadena mothers to learn cooking for students, Granby Mass Mrs Lathrop runs a large mouse farm supplying research institutions with thousands of mice rats and rabbits.
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Scotland
Los Angeles
Cal
London
Red Cross
Theuropean
Japan
Cuba
Pasadena
Abbie HB. Lathrop
Granby
Mass
Had Him There But Encores Persist in Stage Exchange
In a London Evening Standard snippet a captious musical director critiques a singer's voice while she retorts that encores are plentiful, capturing a moment of backstage banter over performance and reception.
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London Evening Standard
Birth of First Society for Cruelty to Animals in England
The piece notes the 1824 founding of the first society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in England by Mr. Martin M. P. It also references Burmese rubber cultivation beginning in 1877 and reports that in 1918 production reached 650000 pounds.
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Society For the Prevention of
England
Martin, M. P
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