Prohibition Vote Split Signals 1916 Debate On State Rights
The Hobson resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for national prohibition failed in the House by 197 to 189 after a long debate on states rights. Prohibitionists and anti-prohibitionists alike saw gains, while senior leaders predicted the issue would dominate 1916 campaigns. Illinois members split with several Republicans and Democrats voting for and against, reflecting a national contest over whether states should decide the issue.
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Hobson
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Senate
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Texas
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Henry
Illinois
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Hinebaugh
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Tavenner
O'Hair
Borchers
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Fowler
Mann
Britton
Sabath
McAndrews
Buamas
Gallacher
Stone
Officers Selected by Miners at Referendum
Illinois officers elected by the United Workers of America at the recent election. President Frank Farrington. Other officers include Vice President Frank Hefferley, Secretary-Treasurer Duncan McMinain, and executive board members across districts from Springfield to Danville. Auditors listed as D av id of Spring Valley and A T J Pittman of Carrier.
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United Workers of America
Frank Farrington
Smitor
International Board
Piomerman
Springfield
Frank Hefferley
Collins“Ee
Duncan McMinaid
Mitchell Pie Mk Ogiessy
Pi9
Muncky
Spring Valley
Ae L. Mercer
el Dorado
Auditors
David
A. T
Efforts to Influence Juror in Fish Arson Case
In Chicago on December 23 the defense testing phase revealed an attempt to influence juror Edward Malloy. Assistant State's Attorney Johnson reported a man signaled Malloy in court yesterday and Malloy acknowledged the signals, claiming the spectator was a friend of Joseph Fish. The signals appeared to target jury alignment, suggesting at least four jurors might vote to acquit. The Fish indictment marked a broader alleged arson ring collapse.
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Chicago
Joseph Fish
Johnson
Edward Malloy
Malloy
Fish
Emperor's Heaven Worship Revived at Peking Solstice
Yuan Shi Kai led a sunrise ceremony at the altar of heaven in Peking reviving the ancient heaven worship at the winter solstice. The rite, long reserved for the emperor since the Manchu era ended in 1911, was observed this year by the president.
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Peking
China
Missing Island Falls deputy sheriff sparks kidnapping fears
Island Falls Maine December 23 Deputy Sheriff Harry C Hillman enforcing prohibition liquor laws has disappeared with officials fearing kidnapping or murder. A laborer who threatened him over liquor sentences is detained on suspicion.
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Island Falls
Maine
Harry C. Hillman
Newlands Holds Up His River Plan In Congress
Washington D C December 23 In the Senate Newlands Nevada outlined a plan to coordinate river and harbor improvements into a broad national development program He said he would defer the plan to the next session while the president supported it but would not press it this session Congress adjourned until December 29 The president renominated Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs Colorado to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington, D. C
Menate
Newlands
Nevada
Congress
Henry Clay Hall
Colorado Springs
Colo
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
War Today Report on Fronts and Movements
The war page reports confusion and shifting claims as Allied forces face new German offensives in the west while eastern fronts see reversals and Russian withdrawals. Petrograd notes retreats but claims repulsed German attacks with heavy losses. German and Austrian sources claim major successes. A major battle rages 30 miles west of Warsaw as Russians push into Germany.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Germany
Austria
Warsaw
Home of Mongol Chief Destroyed by Fire
A Urga dispatch reports the palace interior of the Kutuktu or Det ified Lama of the Mongols was destroyed by fire. Priceless treasures were lost and the impact is described as enormous. The chief reportedly owns 150,000 slaves.
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London
Urga
Mongolia
Koepke Case Appeal Won by Rock Island R R
Judge Olmsted overruled a new trial motion in the Koepke damage suit and the Rock Island railroad appealed to the appellate court. A jury awarded $7,200 to Mrs. Anna Koepke and her daughter Helen for Herman Koepke's death, an employee of the road.
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Olmsted
Stafford
Rock Island Railroad
Koepke
R. v. Olmsted
Anna Koepke
Helen
Herman Koepke
Last school savings fund collection reported today
The final 1914 school savings deposits were collected by the State bank of Rock Island. Readouts show amounts for Aiken Street, Audubon, Eugene Field, Grant, Horace Mann, Irving, Kemble, Wal Jacob, and Longfellow, totaling a listed but incomplete total.
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Aiken Street
Audubon
Eugene Field
Esscee
Grant
Mawthorne
Horace Mann Irving
Kemble
Wal Jacol
Oee
Longfellow
Hes ter Columbus Brewery Placed In Receiver Hands
The Hes ter Columbus Breweries company a 12 million dollar firm, was placed in the hands of a receiver today by a federal court order. Declining beer demand and widespread dry laws in Ohio and nearby states over eight years are cited as the main causes. The firm notes loss of sales largely due to tax hikes and license changes, including Ohio’s liquor tax rise in 1906, Rose law effects, and West Virginia’s 1914 vote turning dry.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hester-Columbus Breweries Company
West Virginia
Old Virginia
Withdrawal of federal troops from Colorado strike district
Arrangements were made in Washington to begin withdrawing federal troops from the Colorado strike district within ten days. The conference included President Wilson, Governor Ammons, Governor-Elect Carlson, and Senator Shafroth.
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Washington, D. C
Colorado
Wilson
Ammons
Carlson
Shafroth
Kenosha Orders Able Bodied Paupers to Work on Ice Fields
Kenosha officials issue a general order directing all able bodied men dependent on the city who are unemployed to report to the county ice fields to work tomorrow morning. An alternative is arrest and jail for vagrancy. Consumers' company of Chicago had agreed to employ all unemployed local men on the ice.
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Kenosha
Wis
Consumers’ Company of
Chicago
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Unsettled weather tonight and Thursday with probable snow and warmer tonight. Lows near 15 degrees. Temperatures yesterday high 17. River stage 2.7 feet with no change. Astronomical notes list Jupiter Saturn Mar Mercury Venus visible. Cetus in the southern sky.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Saturn
Mar
Mercury
Venus
Cetus
Whaley
Western gifts from Rockefeller board total 10.5 million
The Rockefeller general education board reports four installments show Western states receiving modest boosts relative to the East. Illinois receives Knox College 150000, Lake Forest 150000, Northwestern 100000. Drake and Cornell also gain 100000 each. Michigan's Kalamazoo College gets 16000, while Grinnell and Coe benefit with 200000 and 146000 respectively.
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Rockefeller General Education Board
Education
llinois—Knox College
Lake Forest College
Northwestern University
Iowa—Coe College
Cornell College
Drake University
Grinnell College
Morningside College
Michigan—Kalamazoo College
Scenario writers lack heart says Marguerite Snow
Marguerite Snow, popular actress, laments scenario writers lack heart. She praises action filled scenes where she plays the lead, recounting a film involving racing automobiles, an exploding railroad car rescue, a narrow plank crossing, a horse drag, and being tossed from a window.
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Marguerite Snow
Miss Snow
Hearing on graft gasses wireless taken from a Britisher
Judge E C Graves Geneseo will arrive tomorrow to set the time for the remainder of the Bruner Magill graft cases. A telegram says if no court is held he will arrange a trial date in January. In Washington a Panama canal zone naval radio officer reported the British steamer Protest Klaus wireless dismanted for sending code messages. Goethals reached New York en route to Kingston to seek warships to enforce canal neutrality. he said canal slides cause trouble but the waterway stays open.
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Geneseo
Bruner-Magill
Washington, D. C
Grenshaw
Panama Canal Zone
Navy Department
Klaus
Balboa Harbor
Canal Zone
New York
Goethals
Kington
Man Wanted in Fresno Captured in Rock Island
E Stonecker, sought in Fresno California on a felony charge, was seized this morning by Rock Island police after Special Officer John Newerk trailed him from the post office. Fresno authorities requested transfer of the suspect and to send a man here for further handling. The capture followed a Fresno alert noting mail forwarding to Rock Island.
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E. Stonecker
Fresno
Cal
Archie Hart
Rock Island
Hart
John Newerk
Stonecker
California
Man Arrested for Breaking Open a Lock at 421 East Eight Street
Moses Ginsburg was arrested yesterday on a disorderly conduct charge. Rutofsky, owner of 421 Eighth Street, says Ginsburg broke a door lock without permission. Preliminary hearing held this morning before Justice Kuehl. case continued to Monday. Attorneys M. E. Sweeney and J. K. Scott represented Ginsburg.
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Moses Ginsburg
Abraham Rutoffsky
Ginsburg
Kuehl
Rutofsky
Eighth Street
M. E. Sweeney
J. K. Scott
10000 Packages Sent In Two Days At Rock Island
Turkeys and chickens arrive at the post office for shipment causing congestion. Ice boxes are used to keep poultry overnight. Yesterday over 5200 parcel post packages were sent from Rock Island, totaling 10000 in two days, while about 1700 packages were delivered around the city yesterday.
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Rock Island
Jack the Clipper strikes Davenport again
A brazen hair clipping spree unfolds in Davenport as a mysterious figure nicknamed Jack the Clipper slices a blonde braid from a local girl during an afternoon shopping trip. No suspect identified as the incident rattles residents. Meanwhile James O Day of Allin Illinois faces Mann Act charges in Cairo for alleged abduction of Mrs Leola Briner to Missouri.
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Jack the Clipper
Tri-Cities
Pen Port
Marcella O'Donnell
Davenport
Miss O'Donnell
Cairo
H. A. Hannon
James O'Day
Allin
Federal Grand Jury
O'Day
Leola Briner
Ullin
Chaffee
President to Be Santa Claus for Grand Niece at White House
Washington December 23 The president will play Santa Claus Christmas Day for his small grand niece Anna Cochran who will spend the holidays at the White House with her mother and grandmother A large Christmas tree has been delivered to the White House.
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Washington, D. C
Anna Cochran
White House
Armies Hold Grips Along East Rivers in World War Parade
Describes dense winter fighting along 80 mile front in Russian Poland near the Baura Ranka and Pilica rivers. German reinforcements toward northern France hint at a new western offensive while Paris reports slight Allied gains near Perthes and Lagruier. Also notes German raids into Angola and France's $1.7 billion six month funds vote.
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Poland
Warsaw
Baura
Ranka
Pilica
Amsterdam
Aix-la-Chappelle
France
William
Great Britain
Petrograd
Cracow
Cologne
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