Currency reform bill Likely to become law after long conferee session
Washington December 22 The administration currency bill faces rapid passage as House and Senate conferees finish their long session. Key points: dropping guaranteed national panic deposits, excluding ag secretary from ex officio reserve board, comptroller on the board, retire 2 percent fonds over two years, and establish regional associations with capped capital. Final steps await presidential signature and adjournment.
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Senate
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Princery
Fighting Still On At Tampico
Reports from Paris via a constitutionalist agent say fighting continues at Tampico with the federals under heavy pressure. Torreon Acapulco and Lorenzo have been captured. Villa and Carranza remain allied, while fears for foreigners rise as Tampico faces a rebel assault and naval support is mobilized.
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Mexico
Roberto V. Paiqueria
Washington
Tampico
Villa
Carranza
Torreon
Acapulco
Lorenzo
Gan
Chihuahua City
Banker Talbert Seriously Ill After Stroke on Golf
New York December 22 Joseph T Talbert vice president of National City Bank lies seriously ill at Garden City hotel Long Island after a stroke suffered while playing golf News says he has long been a leading financier and was named vice president of National City Bank in 2009 He previously led the Chicago Clearing House Association and served as vice president of Commercial National Bank Chicago
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Joseph T. Talbert
National City Bank
Garden City
Long Island
America
Talbert
Louis M. Lanehart
Aice
Wall Street
Standard Oil Bank
Chicago Clearing House Association
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Conference report mirrors senate bill with 42 points
The service with the government has expired and the text suggests risks of granting favors to banks for future rewards. The conference covered less than half of the 42 points presented, with many deemed of essential importance. The report largely reflects the senate bill’s framework.
Prisoners Aid League Formed At Auburn Prison
Thomas Mott Osborne announced the creation of the Prisoners' Aid league in Auburn where convicts call it the pals. The outside visitors board will advise on personal matters aid parole opportunities and act as visiting relatives for inmates lacking friends. John B. Riley supports extending the effort to all penal institutions.
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Thomas Mott Osborne
State Commission For Prison Reform
Prisoners’ Aid League
Pals
League
John B. Riley
Osborne
Saturday Night Ride Ends in Woman's Death
In New Haven on December 22, Mrs. Helen G. Watson of Bridgeport died after a car collision with a trolley in Allingtown. Driver John J. Somers, a Bridgeport contractor, was arrested for reckless driving. A third occupant, Mrs. Marie Lederre, also of Bridgeport, suffered serious injuries. Somers gave his name but refused to disclose the others. The car struck from the rear.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Allingtown
John JL. Somers
Somers
Marie Lederre
Cyclist Dies After Collision With Trolley Car
In South Norwalk on December 22, 24 year old Joseph Montrick died in a local hospital from injuries after a bicycle coasting down a steep hill struck a trolley car. He is survived by a widow.
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South Norwalk
Joseph Montrick
Fire devastates Portsmouth dock yard and semaphore tower
A Saturday night blaze at Portsmouth dock yard caused $1.24 to $2 million in damage and claimed two lives among three signal men. The century old semaphore tower collapsed, while the fire endangered 30,000 tons of oil and valuable naval relics. In London, a Knightsbridge apartment fire killed one and left three fatally injured.
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London
West End
Knightsbridge
No Change of Umpires in National League Next Season
Pittsburg Dec 22 National league president John K Tener announced there would be no changes in the umpiring staff next season. Umpires are secure in their berths as the league confirms continuity for the coming year.
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Pittsburg
John K. Tener
League
Bloodhounds Pursue Desperado After Montgomer y Farm Murder
Amsterdam dispatch reports a posse of bloodhounds searching Montgomery county for a desperado who killed Joan Barrett a wealthy farmer and fatally shot her daughter Helene then set the house afire to hide the crime. James Barrett the son awakened by the gunfire helped free his sister as dawn revealed the blaze and the killer’s escape likely by New York Central freight train.
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Montgomery County
Joan Barrett
Helene Barrett
Frankfort
New York Central
Miss Barrett
James Barrett
Sheril Kurlbawma
Four Babies in One Year Reported in New Javyen
Four children born within a year to Mr and Mrs January Hart of Gilbert street Allingtown, including twins girls born yesterday morning and a boy and girl born January 19 who did not survive Mrs Hart is improving and two other living children aged three, four, and ten.
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Stork
January Hart
Gilbert Street
Allingtown
Hart
Charles D. Phelps
Theother
Auto kills boy in Hartford as Lane family cited
Oscar D'msso, six, died in Hartford after injuries from a Tuesday night auto collision. The vehicle was owned and driven by Harold J. Lane of Hartford. The boy had a fractured skull. Two years earlier Lane’s car struck his sister Rose, who escaped serious harm.
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Oscar
Msopo
Harold J. Lane
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Rose
Japan making arms for Mexico
Tokio reports the arsenal is producing arms ordered by the Mexican government and expects shipment soon. Japanese officials call it a business matter and deny it signals hostility to the United States. Washington says Robberto Pesquiera, a constitutionalist agent, has instructed Miguel Covarrubias, former Mexican minister to Russia, to advise Lloyds Maritime Insurance.
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United States
Washington
Robberto Pesquiera
London
Miguel Covarrubias
Russia
Lloyd's Maritime Insurance Company
Permit Increases On Western Railroads Flash
Western railroads gain rate increases on grain shipments to eastern markets under the Interstate Commerce Commission action. The panel cited no revenue rise since 1908 and approved modest jumps from Milwaukee and Chicago to central territory, while denying by product grain rate hikes and east west proportional changes. The report also catalogs unrelated local items about Grace Conger breaking a leg, a moving picture church closure, aviator gifts, a fatal fall, a hunting accident, a farm wager, Santa myth, and a charity Christmas meal for horses in Chicago.
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Grace F. Conger
West Orange
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Moving Picture Theater
Edward E.lowan
Immanuel Baptist Chapel
William Hodson
Norwich
N. Y
James L. Wightman
William Blackman
Paterson
Charles G. Shaffer
Lansing
Mich
Arthur Wisher
Santa
Claus
Arthur
Anti-Cruelty Society
Fire at Portsmouth Navy Yard Probed by Churchill
London reports First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill opened an inquiry into a $3,000,000 Portsmouth navy yard fire. Scotland Yard detectives and government agents joined in pursuing suspects, amid theories that male incendiaries hired by suffragettes caused the blaze. If confirmed, it would mark the first fatal attack by the arson squad with two signalmen burned to death.
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Winston Churchill
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Scotland Yard
DIES DEFENDING DAUGHTER IN FORT PLAINS
In Fort Plains on December 22 John Barrett aged 60 was clubbed and shot while defending his daughter Katherine who was dragged into an ante room and knocked unconscious. The murderer left a large sum of money hidden behind a wall panel untouched. Katherine, 20, remains in serious condition and authorities have no leads. Bloodhounds failed to track the trail.
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Fort Plains
Katherine
John Barrett
Racing Season Promised In Colorado In 1944
Racing in Colorado is due for an interesting season with a new state racing commission appointed by Gov Ammons calling a January 16 meeting at the state house for organization. There are 21 half mile tracks statewide all at Overland Park Denver. They will host mixed meetings with both harness and running horses in appropriate classes.
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Missing Worcester girl seized by unknown man
Worcester Massachusetts police search for 14 year old Margaret Berry who was visiting relatives on East Central Street with her mother. After shopping on Saturday a young man spoke to her near the Worcester Common, they walked away together and have not been seen since. Her family says she lives in Spencer.
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Margaret
Berry
Coroner Probes New Haven Auto Crash Fatal to Bridgeport Woman
Coroner Mix investigates a New Haven auto accident in which Mrs. Helen Watson of Bridgeport died. Reports say all in the party had been drinking and may have taken the wrong road. Driver Summers says the car stopped on trolley tracks and was struck. another member disputes this, claiming the car swerved off the road into the trolley. People in the car were thrown out, and Mrs. Watson was killed.
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New Haven
Helen Watson
Bridgeport
Summers
Delared
Bible Stops Bullet Fired At Pastor In Blairsville
In Blairsville Pennsylvania two men fired on Rev Dr R R McClure pastor of the United Presbyterian church and anti saloon league official. A bullet pierced his Bible and grazed his left side as he walked home after a sick call. The assailants fled. one tripped and fired again but McClure escaped unharmed. He has led the church for twenty two years. Also, Charley White and Ad Wolgast plan a comeback bout between January and February after a recent defeat.
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Wolgast
Chicago
Charley White
This City
Ad Wolgast
White
Jones
Mulkern
Wilson approves reprimand tied to Carabao banquet
President Wilson approved a reprimand for officers of the Carabao over their involvement in a recent banquet held by the military organization. The action came on the recommendation of Secretary of War Garrison and Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
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