France Plans Overhaul of Government War Conduct
Paris December reports a French plan for a re construction of government focusing on a reorganized general staff and centralized control of war. A confidence vote passed 344 to 160 after a secret session, with Briand bearing pressure for reforms and a push against stationary warfare and demand for faster actions.
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Paris
England
France
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Deposties
Freight embargo on western Pennsylvania rail lines
The Pennsylvania railroad announced an embargo on all freight except perishables and government shipments on lines west of Pittsburg. The move, due to a car shortage, will not affect Eastern lines except shipments from the west. A patent was granted for a trunk that also serves as a hat tub.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Today
Pittsburg
Stong Opens New Store at Pine Street Market
R Stong opens a store in Pine Street Market at Seventh Ave and Pine St with wide support from the market patrons. The headline item offers 14 pounds of pure cane sugar for 1.00 as part of one of the largest price lines in the market.
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Co. R. Stong
Pine Street
Seventh Ave
Pine St
Villa raids in Chihuahua kill many as Villa’s forces advance
United Press reports from El Paso detail Villa’s brutal advance across northern Mexico. Dozens are slain or burned as villages like Parral face destruction while U.S. agents obtain grisly confirmations of massacres and desertions among government troops.
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Webb Miller
United Press
EL Paso
Chihuahua City
Mexico
United States
U. S
Villa
Yneed Salazar
Alvarado
Parral
Foster
Torreon
Villistas
Department
Capitul graft probe targets five million in capstone spending
The report alleges graft totaling 5 million pesos in the Ar Kenting national capitol project, with state and contractor figures linked to ill gotten funds. President Irigoyen plans civil and criminal action against implicated contractors and politicians as more details emerge from the long delayed building.
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Hubnor
Pennsylvania State House
Ar Kenting National
Hipolito Irigoyen
United States
Thia
Irigoyen
Washington Capitol
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