Independents May Decide the Speakership After Election
Revised returns show no party holds a majority in the next House and two independents join two progressives and several minor parties to determine control. Democrats and Republicans expect independents to caucus, with Kelley and London leaning Democratic, Fuller toward Republicans, and others undecided amid two pending contests in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Gardner opposes Mann as leadership lines form while Mann aims for unity and peace with the president’s help.
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Washington, D. C
Kelley
Pennsylvania
House
Randall
California
Clark
London
New York
Ocratic
Schall
Minnesota
Fuller
Massachusetts
Martin
Louisiana
Barchfeld
Guy E. Campbell
New Jersey
Scully
Robert Carson
Representative Gardner
Representative Mann
Capitol
Mann
Gardner
First to Enter Fort Douaumont on Verdun Front
A French soldier became the first man into Fort Douaumont after its recapture by General Mangin forces. He led the advance up the hill and reached the fortress amid heavy fire before his comrades.
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Fort Douaumont
Verdun
Mangin
Gardner accuses me of Prussianism in House row
The speaker candidate denial asserts America first stance and rejects European war sides. He warns that narrow margins breed bluster but expects Republicans to unite in House organization. Lenroot of Wisconsin, backed by Gardner, declined to comment.
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House
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Gardner
Plan Methodist union meeting in Baltimore toen
Southern Methodist members of the joint commission on union with the Methodist Episcopal church met in Baltimore to organize. Bishop Warren A. Chandler of Atlanta was chosen chairman as the group prepares to define a corporate union plan for more than 6,300,000 members. The ten bishops, twenty ministers and twenty laymen represent all sections of the United States and will begin deliberations to produce a plan for submission to the general and annual conferences and finally to congregations. A parallel note mentions a bamboo bridge built by Dutch engineers in Java.
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Baltimore
Southern Methodist
Joint Commission On Union
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Warren A. Chandler
Atlanta
A. W. Wilson
Joint Commission
United States
Overloading The Stomach Promotes Digestive Relief Tablets
Advertises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claiming one grain digests 3,000 grains of food. Describes overeating harms and asserts tablets increase gastric fluids, aid digestion, prevent constipation, and reduce gluttony. Offers free trial package by mail from F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Railroads Defy Adamson Eight Hour Law Enforcement
New York telegraph reports railroads announce they will ignore the Adamson eight hour law until the Supreme Court rules on its constitutionality. Railway bosses refuse wage or hour concessions while the case is pending, with pay rolls kept per existing schedules after January 1.
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New York
Supreme Court of the United States
New York Centrals
United States
Supreme Court
Texas Railroads Report Car Shortage Soon
The railroad commission in Austin announces it will disclose Texas car shortages within days. General managers were asked to send daily reports on car status and movements. Santa Fe reports a surplus, others say they will comply.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Texas
Texas Lines
Santa Fe
Remarkable Jersey cow yields twin calves and butter record
A. H. Harnden of Yoakum Texas owns a registered Jersey cow born March 7 1914 that bore twin calves on January 9 1916 and December 20 1916. The cow produced over a pound of butter daily during the year and is noted for a remarkable dairy output.
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Yoakum
Tex
A. H. Harnden
Harnden Dairy
Texas
Bopp Defense Claims Neutrality Violations Debated
In San Francisco on December 27 the trial of German Consul General Franz Bopp and six assistants continued with defense alleging U S manufacturers aided enemies, and that German agents acted to trace violations. Schwab letter entered shows Bethlehem Steel not building submarines for the Entente.
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San Francisco
Franz Bopp
Bopp
Uited
Canada
Schwab
Theodore Roche
Department of State
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Tanlac claims help for long suffering San Antonio man
L. P. Belzung of 1018 South Cherry street reports fifteen years of back pain headaches indigestion and catarrh improving after taking Tanlac. Dr W K Bell asserts stomach catarrh causes many ailments and touts Tanlac as a reconstructive tonic aiding appetite energy and overall health in San Antonio users. Wagner Drug Co. and E J Heier distribute Tanlac locally under a special representative.
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L. P. Belzung
Adams Steam Bakery
South Cherry Street
San Antonio
Tanlac
Mr. Belzung
W. K. Bell
Wagner Drug Co
E. J. Heier
Tanlac Representa
Submarine Shipyard Argues Over War Deliveries
Secretary Lansing quoted Schwab in a German protest over submarine parts made in the United States. Schwab said Union Iron Works shipped forgings and castings to Montreal but disengaged once billed to owners. Bopp called the act unneutral and unfriendly as Union Iron Works president John C. McGregor faced questioning on deliveries to Canada and workers sent there to assemble submarines.
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River Ship Company
Lansing
Schwab
Count von Bgernstorff
Union Iron Works
Montreal
Canada
Bopp
John C. McGregor
Consul Bopp
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Holds 68th National Convention
The National Ekklesia of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity opens in Cleveland Ohio with six hundred delegates in attendance. Sessions run through Saturday to discuss educational problems.
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Cleveland, CO
The
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Vincl Promises Strength Says Mother Superior
Rosary Hill Home Hawthorne N Y quotes Mother M Alphonsa Lathrop O S B D praising Vincl for reviving rundown patients. A weak woman reportedly gained color strength after liberal Vincl use. Makers and Texas druggists advertise Vincl claiming appetite digestion and blood enrichment benefits.
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Vincl
Rosary Hill
Hawthorne
N. Y
M. Alphonsa Lathrop
Vinci
A. M. Fischer
Meier
Sap Drug
Main Ave
George Keene
H. L. Wagner
Appmann Drug Store
F. Prassel
San Antonio
Texas
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State Railroad Commission
Yoakum Dairyman
Teuton
TVE
Belzung
Mother Superior
Gunter Building
NOA Spears CO
Losoya St
Chicago
Houston St
Burns Drug Store
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Navarre Sts
Light
Gunter Hotel
Percy Terrell
Gunter
Hote
Hot Wells Hotel
Featuring
Arthur G. Jury
Crockett
Greater
Texas Refining
Medina Lake
Chas. Zoller
J. M. Roberts
M. ©. McGaffey
Sec. & Trens
Dolorosa Street
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