Americans Reported Killed by Villa Bandits in Mexico
The telegrams and refugee reports confirm multiple foreigners killed in Parral and near Chihuahua City. Guillermo Snyman, Howard Weeks known as Gray, and an American named Foster died in violent attacks by Villa bands. Weeks’s body was hung. Snyman owned a large alfalfa ranch near Meoqui. Property looting followed in Chihuahua City as foreigners fled.
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EL Paso
Texas
Guillermo Snyman
W. D. Synman
San Pablo de Meoqui
Snyman
Meoqui
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua City
Philadelphia
EL Pasq
Tex
Floward Gray
Parral
Chihuahua
Villa
Alvarado Mining and Milling Company
Gray
Cincinnati
Mexico
Howard Gray
Howard Weeks
R. R. Weeks
Weeks
Denver
Howard
W. PD. Snyman
Foster
Paris Bowman
Peoria
Efe
San Pablo Meoqui
Torreon
Donald B. Gillies
Curio
Howard Schneider
Dannis and Sons
Ignacio Enriquez
Carranza
Heavy Snow Hits Minnesota and North Dakota
Snow blankets northern Minnesota with eight inches at International Falls. Reports also indicate heavy snowfall in eastern North Dakota as of Thursday, December 8.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
International Falls
North Dakota
War News From Europe Declares Romanian Retreat and Italian Offensives
Berlin reports Bucharest fell with minimal Romanian resistance while Teutonic forces press on east of the capital. Bulgarians and Germans push Serbs from Seres in Macedonia as Italians launch two costly assaults on the Corso front, repulsed after heavy bombardment. Rus sian positions fall to Teutonic forces west of Lutsk amid counterattacks.
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Berlin
Bucharest
E Struma
Seres
Macedonia
Vienna
Eggs Drop Ten Cents On Chicago Exchange
Eggs were quoted at 28 1 2 cents a dozen on the local butter and egg exchange in Chicago, down 3 cents from Wednesday and 10 cents lower than the figures a week earlier.
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Chicago
Dev
Public service workers and investors face public responsibility
Theodore P. Shoentz president of the Interborough Rapid Transit company argues in Chicago that public service corporations and their investors must bear moral legal and financial accountability to the public He says workers have no current enforceable responsibility and urges a duty not to disrupt public service as they are part of a public service system
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Chicago
Theodore P. Shentz
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Public Service Corporation
Shoentz
National anti suffrage convention opens with mixed views
Delegates from across the country attend the first national anti suffrage convention in Washington. Speakers including Mrs Arthur M Dodge and Elihty Root opposed federal suffrage amendments while praising other public service. Cardinal Gibbons notes are read and Frederick Huldekoper urges preparedness work.
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Washiington
Arthur M. Dodge
New York
National Association
Elihty Root
Alice Tri Chittenden
Wee Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons
Wonten
Frederick Huldekoper
American Security League
Leonard Wood
Mabel Boardman
American Red Cross
Sunday closing law to be enforced in Madison county
Edwardsville Ill Dec 8 Announcement by Sheriff Jenkins of Madison county that after Jan 1 the Sunday closing law will be enforced against all in Madison county. The order will affect Granite City Madison Venice Edwardsville Collinsville and many road houses.
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Edwardsville
Ill
Jenkins
Madison County
Alton
Granite City
Madison
Venice
Collinsville
Favors Price Increase By Advertisers Association
In Boston on December 8 the Association of National Advertisers approved resolutions backing reasonable price increases for periodicals and newspapers to cover higher white paper costs.
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Boston
Association of National Advertisers
Greek reply to protests over Venizelist prisoners
Paris reports that the Official Journal will publish a decree for a blockade of Greek ports. Athens releases the Greek reply to protests by American Dutch and Spanish ministers on humanitarian grounds. It says excesses occurred during the turmoil but that the royal government will punish illegal acts and investigate. The note recalls a prior warning to neutral powers on Greece's perilous position and French admiral demands for Greek war matériel.
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Paris
Athens
London
Greece
Sato Forecasts Friendly Feeling Between Japan and U S
New York December 8 Aimuro Sato newly appointed Japanese ambassador to the United States predicted continued friendly relations between the two nations despite expanding activities in China He urged closer economic ties and cooperation while stressing the need to eliminate suspicion and build mutual understanding between Japanese and American peoples.
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New York
Japan
United States
China
Aimuro Sato
Japan Society
Ovent
Sato
DePauw University
America
Pacific
Wilson Hosts Dinner for Vance McCormick at White House
President Wilson held a White House dinner honoring Vance M. McCormick, chairman of the national Democratic committee, with guests from the Democratic and Progressive campaign committees. Attendees included Homer S. Cummins, Carter Glass, W. R. Marsh, Senator Walsh, Henry Morgenthau, Gavin McNabb, F. J. Heneye, and leaders from several states, plus Mrs. Wilson and two campaign ladies.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Vance M. McCormick
National Democratic Committee
Democratic Campaign Committee
Progressive Committee
Mr. McCormick
Homer S. Cummins
Carter Glass
W. R. Marsh
Senator Walsh
Henry Morgenthau
Democratic Committee
Gavin McNabb
F. J. Heneye
California
Geoorge Bass
Antoinette Funk
High prices blamed on price fixing by crooks in inquiry
Washington reports from government inquiry tie the soaring cost of living to speculators manipulating food prices. Officials note criminal, sporadic combinations behind coal and bean price spikes, panicky buyers, and a general 45 percent food advance this year. Per capita money in circulation rose 18 percent since the war, fueling price levels.
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Washington
Boston
New York
Attorney General's Office
U. S
Anderson
Departments of Justice, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
Charman Meyer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Belgium
Commission For Relief In
Department of Agriculture
United States
Western Union Franchise Taxation Held Valid in Houston
In Houston, a Galveston court of civil appeals ruling affirms that federal post roads act of 1866 does not exempt Western Union Telegraph Co. from city taxes. Judge William Masterson affirms a nearly $5,000 tax demand in city of Houston v. Western Union, setting a precedent for broad franchise taxation by municipalities nationwide.
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Houston
Texas
Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal Post Roads
Three Steamers Lost in Submarine Attacks
LONDON December report records the Danish steamer Hjalfdan of 1807 tons the Norwegian steamer Ella and the Dutch schooner Marie sunk by submarines. Crews were landed. The Spanish steamer Gerona of 403 tons is reported sunk.
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London
Hjalfdan
Ella
Marie
Gerona
Fall of Bucharest Report by Von Mackensen Forces
London dispatch describes German and Bulgarian forces advancing into Bucharest on Tuesday and Wednesday. Captain Lange delivered a surrender demand but the Russian Danube army refused. Cavalry seized northern forts while Danube troops entered from the south amid enthusiastic reception at the royal castle.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Berlin
Bucharest
Lange
von Mackensen
Parlementaire
Schmittow
Chiajna
Odaile
Royal Castle
Grain farmers lodge protest over marketing costs
Chicago December 8 farmers from grain states formed steps toward a cost system spanning field to housewife oven to cut consumer costs and boost producer shares. North Dakota governor elect Lynn J Frazier led delegates in discussing state elevators and packing plants, plus hail insurance, to alleviate middlemen profits and waste from faulty grading and fan systems costing an estimated 53 million dollars annually.
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Chicago
Middle West
North
Lynn J. Frazier
North Dakota
Frazier
Dr. Ladd
Agricultural Experiment Station
Fargo
Shorter Day and Higher Efficiency for Switchmen
In the Cleveland yard of the Nickel Plate railroad experiments with an eight hour day raised individual switchmen efficiency by over ten percent. James D. Monihan, general yardmaster, testified before the arbitration board in the Switchmen's union dispute with thirteen railroads. He said the faster pace reflected eagerness for a permanent eight hour day and doubted they would maintain the pace long term.
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New York
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Railroad
James D. Monihan
Arbitration Board
Switchmen’s Union
Neutral Consuls to Make Strong Protest in Athens
The British legation at Athens reports American Dutch and Spanish ministers will meet with the Greek foreign minister to lodge a strong protest over the ill treatment of Venizelos adherents. The disclosure came from the foreign office in London via the Associated Press.
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London
Dec
Foreign Office
Greece
Associated Press
Athens
Venizelos
Germany Accepts Responsibility For Arabia Sinking
Washington reports Germany admits responsibility for sinking the Arabia a British liner as a passenger ship in the Mediterranean a U S citizen aboard was rescued Officials say the German note may prompt a regrettable mistake acknowledgment and possible reparations President Wilson will review sub marine activities before US action is decided Germanys explanations are seen as weak though data could alter the U S course amid Sussex Mar ina and Che mung cases adding to anxiety about German aggression.
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Washington
Germany
Arabia
United States
Sussex
Peninsular and Oriental
Mediterranean
State Department
Wilson
U. S
Marina
Guilt Fix in Germany Consul Case Topp Bomb Plot Trial
Government lawyers in San Francisco move to the May 1915 Seattle and Washington state bomb plot case against German Consul General Franz Bopp and others. They reveal star witness Louis J. Smith and his links to detective C. C. Crowley. Telegrams show Smith and Crowley in contact while Smith sought to disrupt munition plants in the Northwest. Roy Liliko recounts the Seattle dynamite barge blast and a hired watchman.
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San Francisco
Franz Bopp
United States
Washington
Canada
Louis J. Smith
Smith
C. C. Crowley
Crowley
Northwest
Seattle
Roy Liliko
Aliko
Preston
Long motorcycle trip ends after 14 days to Albany
From McAllen Texas to Albany New York two national guardsmen Corporal Harvey A Edwards of Brooklyn and Private Daniel Dresser of New York failed to deliver a message from Major General J O O'Ryan to Governor Whitman as he was out of town. The trip took 14 days.
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Albany
N.Y
McAllen
Texas
J. O. O'Ryan
National
Lloyd George Forms Cabinet Asserted as Prime Minister
London reports David Lloyd George has accepted the king’s offer to become prime minister and first lord of the treasury Kissed hands Thursday night at Buckingham Palace. The new government faces shaping a full ministry with labor and unionist support and potential changes to foreign policy leadership as Curzon or Lloyd George are discussed.
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London
David Lloyd George
George
Treasury
Northelitt
Cabing
Printing House Square
Carmelite House
Northchute
Buckingham Palace
Securig
Labor Party
Laborites
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lioyd George
War Council
Cabenet
Loyd George
Lord Curzon
Cloved George
Care Gun
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Monarch
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