Speculation blamed for higher prices in food and coal
Government inquiry finds price rises in foodstuffs and coal partly due to speculative manipulation. Investigators focus on corner cases and panic buying while noting natural factors like currency and trade affect costs. Officials aim to curb abuses and consider substitutes and education as remedies.
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Boston
New York
Department
Chicago
Belgium
Commission For Relief In
Department of Agriculture
United States
Departments of Agriculture and Commerce
Caledonia Sunk, Anchor Line Ship Believed Lost
London December 8 A Lloyds Shipping Agency announcement says the Anchor Line steamship Caledonia of 9223 tons gross is believed sunk. The Caledonia, 500 feet long and 58 feet beam, built at Glasgow in 1904, has served the British government for some time.
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London
Caledonia
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Glasgow
Freezing Weather Expected Friday Night in Texas
Frigid air to bring freezing temperatures to Texas Friday night with wind gusts up to 42 miles per hour. Major Buell notes the cold, clear spell lasting several days as the nor'westers push through the Rockies.
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San Antonio
Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Allen Buell
Weather turns sharply colder across Southwest with frost
The region from Mexico to the Panhandle shows temperatures well below freezing after a night of rain and snow in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Forecasters expect a brief cold snap with warmer conditions returning elsewhere by tomorrow. Nightly lows include Kansas City 26 and Dodge City 12 with Amarillo 12 and Fort Worth 36.
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Panhandle
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Galveston
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Dodge City
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Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Tornado devastates Atlanta Louisiana church and depot
A morning tornado in Atlanta Louisiana wrecks the business district causing about 40000 in damage. The Catholic Methodist and Baptist churches and the Louisiana Railway depot are destroyed. A farmer John Mayo loses his child and suffers serious injuries while John Page of Atlanta is slightly injured.
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The
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company
John Mayo
Mayo
John Page
Weather notes from major cities across the U.S.
Forecasts list temperatures and wind in LOUIS CHICAGO MILWAUKEE KANSAS CITY NEW YORK and WASHINGTON with rain or snow, colder conditions and varying wind speeds. Noted highs and lows include 68 in St Louis, 64 in Chicago, and 60 in New York with cloudy or rainy conditions.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Air power debate as Congress frames 800 million defense bills
In Washington on December 8, 1916, Congress moves to draft defense bills totaling about 800 million dollars. The House military committee aims to report the army appropriation bill before Christmas while the naval committee conducts early hearings. Dr. Walcott urges air power as essential to sea control and supports 107 thousand dollars for aeronautics, proposing civilian uses for aircraft and a joint army navy aviation base on Chesapeake Bay.
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PD. C
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House Military Committee
Dent
Naval Committee
Sharpe
Military
Charles D. Walcott
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Walcott
Advisory
Post Office
State Departments
Continental
United States
Army
Navy
Henry Souther
Army Aviation Section
Chesapeake Bay
Army short of men as of June 30 1917 report
The regular army stood 175 commissioned officers and 25 985 men short of its authorized strength on June 30. The following day the gap exceeded 34 000 as the first increment of a national defense act increase became available. The report cites high civil wages and multiple recruiting stations as factors.
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McCain
Continental
United States
Mexico
Jury for bankruptcy case travels with deputy to office
In Chicago on December 8 M Barrett president of a bindery firm and a federal bankruptcy jury member read mail dictated letters and handled tasks as his eleven fellow jurors watched. The court ruled the twelve jurors must accompany a deputy U S marshal since the jury could not separate.
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Chicago
M. Barrett
Barret
Prohibition Debate Opens in Senate Over D C Liquor Law
In Washington on December 8 the Senate began debate on a bill to ban manufacture and sale of liquor in the national capital. Senator Underwood proposed a referendum for District of Columbia residents, while Senator Sheppard of Texas moved the motion to set the measure in motion.
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DD. C
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
National
Underwood
Alabama
District of Columbia
Seek to Save Life of Child in Texas Fire
One dozen volunteers including relatives and friends will undergo a skin grafting operation tomorrow at a local hospital to aid 12 year old Blanche Hayes who was badly burned in a trash fire two weeks ago in Fort Worth Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Blanche Hayes
French Battleship Suffren Reported Lost With All Hands
The French battleship Suffren, 12750 tons and 690 feet long with 739 crew, departed November 24 for L Orient Brittany and has not been heard from. The minister of marine says the vessel is lost with all on board after last serving at the Dardanelles.
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Suffren
Minister of Marine
L’orient
Brittany
Dardanelles
Bank Robbery Shootings Hit Point Bank in Texas
Clarence Glass 30, cashier at Point National Bank, died from wounds after two masked robbers shot him during a late night heist. The pair took 244 in coins, Glass described the scene before dying at 2 am. Posses hunted the killer as Mrs Glass remained with relatives in Hunt County.
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Tex
Clarence Glass
Point National Bank
Glass
Raines County
Texas
Star witness may be an ex convict in Smith dispute
In San Francisco the government faces a challenge to its case against Franz Bopp and other German consular officials as defense claims star witness Louis J. Smith was previously convicted of a felony. Pardons sought from President Wilson to restore Smiths citizenship and testify rights based on his Army service offense.
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Franz Bopp
Louis J. Smith
Wilson
Smith
United States Army
John W. Pres
United States
Atlas Windmill Company Chartered in San Antonio
The charter of the Atlas Windmill Company of San Antonio was filed in the State Department today in Austin. Capital stock is $150,000. Incorporators are R. F. Williams, O. L. Hoffman and G. W. Hazlewood.
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Austin, Tex
Atlas Windmill Company of
San Antonio
State Department
R. F. Williams
O. L. Hoffman
G. W. Hazlewood
German Explain Belgian Labor Deportations as Social Need
Berlin reports the transfer of Belgian workers to Germany is a social necessity and not a hardship. It cites British embargo hurting Belgian industry, leaving 1.56 million Belgians dependent on charity or aid, with 655,000 fully or partially unemployed and many families relying on public assistance.
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Germany
Belgium
Air Raid on Triest Reported by Italian Official
An official statement from Rome says two Italian seaplanes raided Triest on Thursday dropping five bombs on naval targets and returning unharmed despite heavy Austrian antiaircraft fire. Berlin reports Lieutenant Banfield of Austria shot down one Italian Caproni over the Carso plateau on December 3. the airship downed the craft with four aboard, one seriously wounded, one slight, two captured.
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Paris
Triest
Spidere
Naval
Berlin
Banfield
Carso Plateau
Caproni
Violent Break in New Orleans Cotton Market
In New Orleans on December 8 a sharp drop of over six dollars a bale hit the cotton market as liquidation and short selling followed the census bureau report. The bureau showed 743000 bales ginned in late November, above expectations of 680000, spurring further selling amid rumors Greece declared war on England and driving old crop months down about 103 to 113 points at the low.
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Greece
England
President to go west next spring
President Wilson is seriously considering a western trip after Congress adjourns in March. He would speak at Missouri University in May if possible and would accept the invitation to visit the West afterward.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Clark
School of Journalism
Missouri University
West
Constantine Til Again Health Worries King Constantine
Paris December reports from German sources quoted by Zurich state King Constantine's chest wound is suppurating and remains open. The dispatch says his condition is very weak and health concerns persist.
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Constantine
Paris
Zurich
Community Letter Contest Seeks Views on High Cost of Living
Local contest invites letters to the editor on causes and offsets for rising prices. Prizes range from 2 to 10 dollars for the best letters, with a December 10 deadline and entries restricted to non affiliates of the paper.
Pani and Carranza Discuss Protocol in Queretaro
Alberto Pani president of the National Railroads of Mexico and General Carranza held a late night meeting on the American protocol. Rafael Nieto, acting finance minister, also met Carranza on financial matters. The constitutional Congress committee has approved four articles of the new constitution and three may pass with little opposition. Delegations from several states sought Carranza’s view on gubernatorial candidates. he said any reputable citizen over 21 is eligible and elections must be free with no interference.
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Queretaro
Mexico
Alberto Pani
National Railroads of Mexico
Carranza
Rafael Nieto
Constitutional Congress
Gulf Coast Storm Warnings Issued By Weather Bureau
Weather bureau issued storm warnings for the Gulf coast from Bay St. Louis to Cedar Keys as a western disturbance moves eastward from Eastern Texas to Western Lake Superior. Strong southeast and south winds are forecast along the gulf today with a well defined center at each end.
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Weather Bureau
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Bay St. Louis
Cedar Keys
Texas
Lake Superior
London May Adjust Irish Question At Empire Conference
The Manchester Guardian reports that Premier Lloyd George may press for an immediate solution to the Irish question via an imperial conference, a move not unlikely.
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London
The
Manchester Guardian
Lloyd-George
National Woman's Peace Party Opens Three Day Convention
The National Woman's Peace Party led by Miss Jane Addams of Chicago opened a three day convention in Washington on December 8. Topics include military training neutral action to shorten the war unions to enforce peace war investments and the conditions of dependent nations in the war.
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Woman's Peace Party
Washington
Dpd
National Woman's Peace Party
Jane Addams
Chicago
Rights of Pedestrians Upheld by Judge
Circuit Judge Robert J. Lea criticized a jury verdict convicting Arthur Carter, a negro chauffeur, of involuntary manslaughter for killing an 8-year-old girl in a car crash. He called the verdict outrageous and said second degree murder could have been justified. he warned drivers to respect pedestrians.
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Little Rock
Ark
Robert J. Lea
Arthur Carter
Carter
Lea
Asquith Refuses Honors Offer in London Chronicle
King George offered Earlom and the Order of the Garter to former Premier Asquith yesterday. Asquith asked to decline both honors and reportedly sought permission to refuse.
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Order of Garter
London
George
Asquith
Order of the Garter
Congressman's Death Shocks Georgia Citizens
Representative Samuel J. Tribble of Athens Georgia died in Athens from a stroke suffered three days earlier. Tribble, a Democrat, was serving his third term in Congress and was a prominent figure in Georgia politics.
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Samuel J. Tribble
Athens, Ga
Washington, D. C
Athens
Congress
German Arm Moldavia Is New Line
Allied dispatches report German forces advancing in Wallachia and Moldavia with about 18 000 Romanian troops captured along with 26 guns. Romanian retreat accelerates toward a Buzeu river defensive line while German offensives press in Verdun Macedonia and the Carpathians.
Roumanians Surrender. Austro German Pursuit in Romania
The war office announces 8000 Roumanians surrender as Austro German forces pursue in western Roumania and capture many as troops cut off fugitives. Russian attacks on the Dnyiva front failed to gain ground while assaults in the Ludova region and Carpathians were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Fall of Bucharest Reported by Berlin Dispatch
A Berlin dispatch relayed by Reuters notes Captain Lange carried von Mackensen’s surrender demand to Bucharest. A second letter warned of shelling if the parlementare did not return within 24 hours. The commander refused to accept the note.
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