Wilson Plans to Read Third Annual Message December Seventh
President Wilson will devote this week to finalizing his third annual message for Congress and plans to read it in person at a joint Senate House session on December 7. He aims to outline revenue methods amid defense needs, amid debate on whether revenue measures should originate with Congress.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Flo
Fitgererald
Housna Appropriations Committee
Fitgeerahd
Air
Bitveerabd
Mamendmen
Itz
Mrr
Fitzgerald
Underwood
White House Entertainments Restart After January 7
The White House program of entertainments resumes this winter with changes due to the European war. Dinners replace the usual diplomatic reception, and two diplomatic dinners will feature diplomats from opposing nations. Joint dinners will honor guests including J.J. Susserand and Count von Bernstorff.
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Washington
White Please
Wilson
Norman Galt
White House
J.J. Susserand
Count von Bernstorff
Entente Declares Blockade of Greece Over Policy Dispute
A news dispatch says the Entente Powers have declared a commercial blockade of Greece. The note from the British legation in Athens cites the Hellenic government’s attitude on questions affecting Allied security and liberty of action for troops disembarking on Greek territory.
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London
Greece
Athens
Carranza Urges Mexican Patience in Reconstruction Effort
General Venustiano Carranza appeals to Mexicans in Nuevo Laredo to cooperate in reconstruction. He warns the task will be long and difficult and urges patience and faith while working with the Carranza party to overcome past missteps. He says foreigners are no longer in danger.
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Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Utah Governor vows action after Hillstrom execution
Salt Lake City Utah Governor Spry announced plans to clear the state of lawless elements and stop inflammatory street speaking. He pledged militia aid if needed after the execution of Hillstrom, an IW W member, who claimed innocence and died proclaiming a clear conscience.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Spry
Joseph Thllstrom
LW. W
Sweden
J .G. Morrison
Morrison
Hillstrom
Protest to belligerents against contraband trade
Washington reports that the United States will protest to Germany Austria Great Britain and their Allies over the placing of nearly all articles of commerce on contraband lists. Secretary Lansing notes an intention to make contraband the topic of a later communication with London and prep work is underway. Similar notes will be sent to the Teutonic Allies France and Italy.
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Washington - America
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Lansing
London
France
Italy
London Curtails Liquor Trade After November
London issued a restricting order on intoxicants in Greater London. After November 29 the trade will operate five and a half hours on weekdays and five hours on Sundays, limiting sale hours across the capital.
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London
Greater
Portrait of Washington Found in Baltimore Shop
A Baltimore second hand shop uncovered a portrait of George Washington attributed to Rembrandt Peale. The work was painted by Peale, a renowned early national era portraitist, and the discovery adds a notable historic piece to regional art lore.
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Washington
Baltimore
S. G. Cooper
New York
George Washington
Rembrandt Peale
Villa Claims a Success in Sonora Fight
Nogales reports Villa advances for Hermosillo, capital of Sonora, in a two day battle. General Obregon and his Carranan forces were repulsed near Monéa as Carlos Randall, Villa governor, says dispatches show Obregon routed north of Santa Ana.
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Villa
Nogales
Ariz
Hermosillo
Sonora
Genera Obresyon
Monea
Carlos Randall
Obregon
Sana Anen
Increase In Coal Tar Dyes Production In U S
Washington reports major rise in coal tar dye production in the United States since the European war began. Nearly all American coke ovens now supply coal tar bases for dye manufacture, though demand for bases for explosives has kept prices high and hindered the dye industry.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Desperate Balkan Front Seethes During Allied Talks
Allied efforts intensify as Serbia fights bulgarian moves with two retreat paths via Albania or Greece. In London and Paris leaders confer while Greek border limits aid to Serbians and troops. A separate plea urges American aid to clothe 9 million Belgium and northern France refugees this winter.
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London
Balkans
Mr. Asquith
David Lloyd-George
A. J. Balfour
Paris
Joffre
Patnick
Tetovo
Montenegro
Albania
Babuna Pass
Veles
Denys Cochin
Athens
Greece
Lord Kitchener
M. Cochin
Gallipoli
Constantine
Bid on big ships may use government yards
Private bids for battleships Nos. 48 and 44 exceeded the 7,800,000 limit set by Congress. Only three private bids stayed within the cap, with New York Navy Yard the only plant ready to build now. Fore River Shipbuilding offered four modified proposals likely pushing costs above the limit.
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Congress
Washington
Navy Department
New York Navy Yard
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
New York Shipbuilding Company
Direction of Fog Signals Explained by Worcester Professor
Prof A G Webster of Clark University described an instrument to locate the direction of fog signals. He said the device uses a tuning fork resonator driven by an electric current and aims to lessen a major sea travel threat.
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New York
A. G. Webster
Clark University
Worcester
Theational Academy of Sciences
Webster
Serbian King Peter Seeks Death in Trenches
Saloniki reports King Peter of Serbia fighting at the front in private uniform. A Russian secretary in Greece quotes him saying if he dies, Serbians may flee or surrender, as heavy battles push near Gradisce and Mitrovitza.
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Saloniki
London
Serbia
Gradisce
Old Serbia
New Serbia
M. Jacowschety
Greece
Mitrovitza
Albania
Babuna Pass
Tetovo
Monastir
Peter
No More Merchandise Shipments for Greece Advised
A Havas dispatch from Marseilles reports the government ordered port authorities to accept no further shipments of merchandise destined for Greece.
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Greece
Paris
Havas
Marseilles
Tasks for Congress on federal neutrality and Sherman Act
Washington report notes Cabinet discussed changes to federal neutrality laws to aid the Department of Justice in reach of offenses under existing statutes. Attorney General Gregory said the department would seek amendments to the Sherman anti trust act to remove questions about its application to conspiracies.
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Congress
Washington
Department of Justice
Gregory
Navy plans two giant California class battleships
Secretary Daniels said the Navy weighs two 86 000 ton battleships for the first year of a five year program. No ships can be laid down until next summer due to steel shortages. Private bids for battleships 43 and 44 exceed the $7 800 000 limit. An export steel embargo is considered to secure government needs.
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Washington
Daniels
Congress
Plenty of Cotton for Germany Says Overseas News Agency
Berlin wireless reports Germany has ample cotton for military use for years and new supply routes open though Swiss stoppages may affect neutral trade. The Overseas News Agency notes German authorities are confident, with Turkey via the Danube able to supply large quantities if needed.
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Germany
Berlin
Sayuille
Switzerland
Turkey
Danube
Liberty Bell Leaves Dallas for Lake Charles Tour
The Liberty Bell departed Dallas for Lake Charles Louisiana on the tour’s last Texas leg. Four hours and fifty minutes behind schedule large crowds gathered to view the historic bell as it moved through the state.
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Liberty Bell
Texas
Dallas
Tex
Lake Charles
Illegal War Material Traffic Case Heard in Bow Street
A Bow Street Court heard a case on alleged illegal traffic in war material involving Victor Sly. The prosecutor said Sly’s office was searched and a secret code with the Duke of Manchester, then in Paris, was found. The code covered various war materials and many cablegrams passed between Sly and associates in New York.
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London
Duke of Manchester
Bow Street
Victor Sly
Sly
Paris
New York
Investigation of Austrian Consul Network Expanded
The Department of Justice will extend inquiry into Austrian Consul General von Nuber and associates after a New York conference between A. Bruce Bielaski and former Austrian Consul Dr Joseph Gorkar. The department stated new information may yield more indictments for passport fraud.
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Washington
von Nuber
Department of Justice
New York
Bruce Wielaski
Bureau of Investigations
Joseph Gorkar
Lake City Leads All Leaf Markets in Tobacco Sales
Columbia Lake City leads the state tobacco markets with Mullins third and Kingston fourth in the annual report by Commissioner Watson. Lake City shows 4 977 246 pounds this season, Mullins 4 347 697, total state crop 27 995 284 pounds yielding 2 765 672 10 dollars.
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Columbia
Lake City
Mullins
Darlington
Kingstree
Watson
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Dr William Spencer Currell Addresses UDC Convention in Columbia
Dr William Spencer Currell president of the University of South Carolina delivered a magnifi cent address before the South Carolina division UDC at Thestone theatre on A Night without Fear and Without Reproach. The speech closed a busy convention day as rain fell and many delegates heard it. Memorial exercises honored deceased UDC members in South Carolina and Mrs Stonewall Jackson.
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Currell
Aiken
William Spencer Currell
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Thestone Theatre
Carell
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Stonewall Jackson
Jury Returns Unusual Guilty Verdict in Local Murder
Colleton county grand jury quickly convicts Walterborn Osteen for the killing of Ernest Copeland, a negro, with recommendation to mercy. The incident marks a rare postwar murder verdict and draws comparisons with other South Carolina cases.
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Walterborn
Colleton County
Quille Osteen
Ernest Copeland
South Carolina
Boll Weevil Reported In Chester by Local Planter
Hazelwood township farmer J. W. Wilson of Chester reports boll weevils appearing in his cotton. A well known planter, Wilson recalls prior weevil incursions from Texas and believes the pests found in his bolls are boll weevils likely arriving via shipped seed.
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Chester
J. W. Wilson
Hazelwood Township
Wilson
Texas
Artillery Company Forming in Greenville
A coast artillery company will be organized in Greenville within the next week based on a letter from the adjutant general's office. The War Department supports a Greenville unit and an officer will muster in the new company. Earlier, W. W. Moore proposed five coast artillery companies in South Carolina.
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Greenville
Coast Artillery
Adjutant General's Office
Mountain City
War Department
United States Coast Artillery
W. W. Moore
South Carolina
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