Defense Budget Talks Highlight Naval Building Plan
Washington dispatch details a proposed fiscal plan for the next year including two battleships six torpedo boat destroyers eight submarines one seagoing vessel several coast defense ships and support craft with costs near ten million for ships and nine and a half million for arms. President Wilson opposes Gardner plan for defense inquiry preferring congressional committees. Gardner plans to press ahead while Tillman and Kahn voice support for a robust navy and enlistment increases. A continuation sale by the Ladies Aid society is moved to tomorrow at Mrs C L Walker home due to bad weather.
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Wilson
Representative Gardner
United States
Committee On Rules
Army
Navy
White House
Tillman
Senate
Navel Committee
Kahn
Threats for Jury Chosen in Graft Quiz
Chicago reports new evidence of alleged police connivance with lawbreakers revealed by State's Attorney Hoyne. Police officers Halpin Tobin and ex detective O'Brien testified, bonds posted, saloon license revoked for Tow Kerwin, a confessed go between. December grand jury sworn as officers receive death threats.
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Chicago
Hoyne
Halpin
Tobin
Walter O'Brien
Tow Kerwin
Ford Runabout Stolen in Davenport Recovered Undamaged
A Ford runabout owned by Henry A. Mobil of 2427 Fulton Street Davenport was stolen last night and found this morning on Twenty third Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues undamaged. The vehicle shows evidence of significant travel and follows three other auto thefts in a week, with police in Tri Cities on alert for the culprits.
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Fulton Street
Davenport
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Eighth Avenue
Tri-Cities
Prisoner Rejects Parole In Joliet Penitentiary Incident
John Howard Smith, an indeterminate term prisoner at Joliet, was granted parole on Saturday. He refused to accept liberty, preferring to stay as a valet to Warden Allen and insisting he would stay rather than be free. The warden faced uncertainty as Smith vowed to remain in custody.
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John Howard Smith
Joliet Penitentiary
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Allen
Hits
Chicago
Coppers
Bomb Explodes Killing Four In Ardsley On Hudson
Fire caused by a bomb blast destroys the central section of Ardsley on Hudson early Sunday killing a family of four. William Johnson, 25, his wife Elizabeth Johnson, 32, and their two children William, 5, and Margaret, 1, die. The husband perished while trying to save them. Michael Irello is missing. Loss estimated at about 150000. Prudential Insurance to be Mutualized. Newark reports: policyholders vote to mutualize the Prudential Insurance Company of America.
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New York
Ardsley on-Hudson
William Johnson
Telephone Company
Elizabeth Johnson
William
Margaret
Michael Irello
Johnson
Prudential
Newark
N. J
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Living cost not higher in France records say
Paris reports after more than one hundred days of war and massive mobilization that feeding and refugees and prisoners have had no appreciable effect on the cost of living in France.
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France
Paris
Bel- Bien
War Today Reports Allied Push Across Western Front
The War Today notes Allied offensive movement expanding along the French Belgian line from the North Sea toward Switzerland. German statements claim success in northern Poland around Lodz with Lodz in their possession after heavy fighting. Russians suffer large losses as Austro Hungarian and German forces counter attempts to aid threatened fronts northwest of Piotrków.
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Associated Press
North Sea
Switzerland
Poland
Lodz
Piotrkoc
Coast mines sink Swede steamers
Stockholm dispatch reports Swedish steamers Luna and Everilda struck Finnish coast mines. Luna crew saved. only one Everilda seaman survives.
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London
Stockholm
Luna
Everilda
Taxicab wrecks in fog near 824 Twenty-fifth street
A Totten's Auto driver escaped injury when his taxicab veered in darkness and fog, ran over a curb, and plowed into the yard at Richard Gleason's home at 824 Twenty-fifth street. Front wheel fender and axle were damaged as residents woke to the crash. streetcar operations were hindered by fog and several collisions narrowly avoided. A Copper ruling conference is planned in Washington with Utah and Montana governors backing the proposal for producers affected by Great Britain's copper shipment limits.
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Auto Company
Richard Gleason
Twenty-fifth Street
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Utah
Montana
Continue Strike By Harriman Shopmen Intensifies
Four organizations in the Harriman lines strike vote to continue the walkout. Chairman Wharton of the railway department, A F of L, reports the decision while the fifth organization's vote remains not received.
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Harriman Lines
St. Louis, Mo
Harriman Ines
Wharton
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Venereal Disease Tax Toll Estimated for Wisconsin State
Madison December 7 A legislative commission on vice estimates venereal disease costs in Wisconsin at 7.5 million dollars annually while national losses reach about 2 billion dollars per year per Dr. Howard Kelley.
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Madison
Wis
Legislative Commission
Wisconsin
Howard Kelley
United States
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
The forecast extends until 7 P M tomorrow for Rock Island Davenport Moline and nearby areas. Unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday includes occasional rain or snow with a low near freezing. Temperatures show 37 at 7 A M yesterday 38 high yesterday and 37 low last night. Precipitation 0 04 inch Humidity 100 at 7 P M 7 A M 100 Water stage 2 feet a fall of 19 in 48 hours. J M SHERIER Local Forecaster.
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J. M. Sherier
Congress Reopens To Face Billion Dollar Session
Congress returns after six weeks with a heavy calendar for big appropriation bills and the administration program to be outlined by President Wilson in person. The Sixty third and Sixty fourth Congresses are in focus as veterans retire and new major issues loom amid the European war and Mexico conditions.
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Illinois
August P. Gardner
Massachusetts
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Fatally Injured Man Cries for Help After Train Accident
Fred Smith 35 was crushed by a Rock Island train while he rode the blind baggage. He crawled two miles to a farm house, was rushed to Hammond city hospital, and had his leg amputated below the knee. The incident occurred near Geneseo as Congress debated governance and waterways in Washington.
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Geneseo
Fred Smith
Hammond City Hospital
Rock Island Road
Smith
Will Andrews
Andrews
Rock Island
Frederick Smith
Bride Aids In Escape After Bank Robbery Attempt
Chester Bouten of Chicago knocked down the village marshal of Channa hon and his deputy, then escaped after arrest. Police say he tried to recruit a villager to help rob a bank in a neighboring town. His grandmother’s home became a barricaded refuge as Bouten’s bride aided in delaying police all night.
Teuton Army Reported Back in Lodz Area
London reports Berlin and Petrograd clash over Lodz. Germans allegedly hold Lodz while Petrograd says the city remains under threat as Russian aims shift toward Cracow and the Hungarian front. Austro Russian negotiations and Balkan rapproachment also noted amid claims of Turkish losses.
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Berlin
Petrograd
Lodz
Warsaw
Poland
Cracow
Hungary
Lemberg
Austria
Russia
William
Villa and Zapata pledge joint return to private life
Mexico City reports Generals Villa and Zapata announcing they will work together and retire once their work is done. Their forces plan to enter the capital tomorrow and launch a concerted campaign within a week. Four columns will attack Carranza followers.
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Mexico City
Villa
Zapata
Carranza
Frank Defeated in Final Appeal
Washington DC December 7 The Supreme Court refused to issue a writ to review the Leo Frank case convicted of murdering Mary Phagan at an Atlanta factory, ending the last appeal opportunity.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Today
Leo Frank
Mary Pha Yan
Atlanta
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