Coal Rationing for War Emergency Ordered
Washington reports wartime coal restrictions go into effect under Garfield and the railroad administration. Essential industries to receive coal include railroads, shipping, government departments, public utilities, and households. nonessential uses like advertising are to be curtailed. Local authorities will cooperate as distribution is limited to five priority classes.
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Washington
Harry A. Garfield
Railroad Administration
Army and Navy
Garfield
Kansas Works Mines State Takes Military Control
Pittsburgh Kan Dec 2 Military control in Crawford and Cherokee counties mines was declared by Colonel F M Hoisington commander of the fourth regiment Kansas national guard. Operation of strip pit plants by the state has begun. A train with guardsmen and volunteers wrecked.
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Pittsburgh
Kan
Crawford
Cherokee Counties
F. M. Hoisington
Kansas National Guard
Means Business This Time Says Porter After Talks
Representative Porter Republican Pennsylvania chairman of the house foreign affairs committee after an hour with Secretary Lansing on the Mexican question said the state department means business this time. For three years he believed amicable intervention or forcible seizure of ports might be needed and nothing in the talks altered that view.
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House Foreign Committee
Lansing
Washington
State Department
Representative Porter
Republican
Pennsylvania
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Porter
Mexico
Jenkins Reported Liberated Rumor Circulates in El Paso
Unverified report from El Paso claims William O. Jenkins American consular agent at Puebla was released from jail. Consul General Andres Garcia says he has heard the rumor but no confirmation has been received.
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el Paso
William O. Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico
Yail Andres G. Garcia
Switchmen Call Off Strike in Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo December 2 The railway switchmen strike ended after a mass meeting vote. The step ends a disruption that worsened the city fuel famine tied to the coal strike. It was unclear if city officials will retract their request for federal troops in handling the dispute.
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Kansas City
Drys Win Bid in U S Court Ruling on Beer Sale
Federal judge A S Van Vianburg denied a request for a temporary injunction to stop the district attorney and the internal revenue collector from interfering with a sale of 2.75 percent beer. The tally of federal judges favors the drys now stands 3 to 4 according to official decisions.
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U.S. Court
Kansas City
A. S. van Vianburg
Collector of Internal Revenue
Steel strike violence at Riverside mill riot in Benwoods
A steel striker was killed and sheriff W C Clayton of Marshall county wounded along with the deputy during a clash between strikers and a posse at the Riverside mill gates of the National Tube company in Benwoods. Police search for cracksmen who stole valuables from Leiss Chain company office in Newark.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. C. Clayton
Marshall County
National ‘Ube Company
Benwoods
Newark
J. Dee
A &Ife
Leiss Chain Company
Scotch Ministers Demand Higher Pay in Western Scotland
At a United Free Presbytery meeting in Fife on December 2, ministers in western Scotland are leaving the church to join the police force due to insufficient stipends. The report notes the growing trend and appeals for higher compensation.
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Fife
Scotland
United Free Presbytery
Western
Crack Safe To Pay Men At Lehigh Valley Officials
Lehigh Valley railroad officials used every known safe cracking method to open a strong box holding $150,000 before shop men could cash payroll checks. Sayre banks lack funds to cover payroll twice monthly. cash shipped from Philadelphia every two weeks with a separate envelope containing the safe combination. When opened the combination proved wrong, and attempts by telephone and telegraph failed, leading to orders to crack the safe.
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Lehigh Valley
Sasie
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Sayre
Pethidelpha
Post Chief J Franklin Fort Resigns From FTC
Washington December 2 J Franklin Fort former Jersey governor and chairman of the federal trade commission has resigned due to illness The text notes Zeal entecas Mexico sits atop a rich silver vein and mentions the city’s silver wealth context
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Fort
U. S. Post
Washington
J. Franklin Fort
Jersey
Federal Trade Commission
Zauentecas
Mexico
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N. Y. City
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American Cookery
Buy
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Washington Sales Co. Inc
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J. H. Stauffer
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