German Warships Ordered Back to Great Britain
The Shipping Board announced President Wilson ordered seven former German liners to be delivered to Britain. The Imperator is already with Cunard. Tankers’ fate remains undetermined as talks with the Allied Council continue.
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Washington
Shipping Board
New York Harbor
Wilson
Great Britain
State Department
Interallied Shipping Commission
Imperator
Cunard Line
John B. Payne
Robert Lansing
White House
Townt
Graf Waldersee
Zeppelin
Pretoria
Cap Finisteree
Mobile
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
New York
Standard Oil Company
Firth of Ford
Supreme Council
United States
Payne
France
Italy
Belgium
Thief Dies After Inhaling Dust At Quinine Plant
John Schmitchka died after inhaling dust from drugs he was dumping into a bag at the New York Quinine and Chemical Co. plant in Brooklyn following a break in. Police found his body.
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New York
New York Quinine and Chemical Co
Brooklyn
John Schmitchka
Postponed Pan American Finance Conference Delayed
Washington Secretary Glass announced a one week postponement of the second Pan American financial conference from January 12 to 19 due to delegates from Argentina Peru and Uruguay being unable to obtain sailing accommodations in time for the earlier date.
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Washington
Glass
Argentina
Peru
Uruguay
Plane Crash Kills Two Near Riverside Army Field
Two soldiers died when their aircraft plunged two thousand feet at March Field near Riverside California Second Lieutenant Herbert Tuchborne from Mount Vernon New York and Private Allister Luna from San Luis Obispo California were killed in the crash.
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Riverside
Cal
Herbert Tuchborne
Mount Vernon
Allister Luna
San Luis Obispo
March Field
Fire Destroys Cara Street Railway Cars in Portsmouth
A fire wrecked 13 cars of the Cara Portsmouth street railway, crippling service and causing an estimated loss of $100,000. No injuries are reported. The blaze and cause are under investigation by local fire officials.
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Cara
Portsmouth
Picture Brides Halted by Tokyo Decision
Japanese government plans to stop issuing picture brides to the United States in response to negative American opinion. The move appears to aim at easing cultural tensions and improving relations amid reports from newspapers and advices reaching Tokyo.
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Tokyo
United States
America
Pershing Praises Women at National War Luncheon
General John J. Pershing lauded American women for their war work at a Neb General visit, praising their contributions and urging continued support during the World War era.
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Pershing
John J. Per
Americans Find and Report Murdered Airmen in Lower California
Joe Allen Richards testified before the Senate subcommittee that lieutenants Cecil Connolly and Frederick Waterhouse were murdered after forced descent in Lower California. Richards said Mexican authorities jailed him briefly in Santa Rosalia for reporting the discovery to the master of the American cruiser Providencia.
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Ei Paso
Texas
Cecil Connolly
Frederick Waterhouse
Lower
California
Mexico
Senate
Joe Allen Richards
Richards
Baya de Los Angeles
Santa Rosalia
Providencia
Dan M. Jackson
el Paso
Ward
San Diego
Army
Navy
Detained Witnesses Questioned in Detroit Manufacturer's Son Killing
County authorities in Michigan detain Mrs. Ruth Prevost Brown and Lloyd Prevost as material witnesses in the murder of J. Stanley Brown son of a Detroit manufacturer. Prosecutor Lynn Johnson and Sheriff William Caldwell question the widow and cousin.
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Mr. Clemens
Mich
J. Stanley Brown
Detroit
Ruth Prevost Brown
Lloyd Prevost
Arm Found in Pontiac Alley Raises Suspicion of Murder
Police believe a human arm found in a Pontiac alley belonged to a woman and may indicate the person died from mistreatment. A wood fragment was driven into the hand beneath the tendons, and two neatly folded foreign language newspapers were found under a cord.
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Pontiac
Mich
Shake-Up Planned As Cortelyou Becomes Public Safety Director
Philadelphia gears for the biggest shake-up in its policing history as James T. Cortelyou takes the role of Director of Public Safety under Mayor-elect J. Hampton Moore. Initial changes target Superintendent Robinson, with talk that the District Attorney's 14 detective staff has kept crime under control during the wave.
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Philadelphia
Bureau of Police
James T. Cortelyou
J. Hampton Moore
Robinson
Police scatter New York Reds protest on Fifth Avenue
About 1 000 marchers shouting against U S deportation of radicals clashed with mounted police on Fifth Avenue. The mob broke into chaos near Washington Square and Thirty seventh Street as officers used night sticks to rout them. A woman from Gilford Maryland, Grady’s Shriner, was dragged from Brick Presbyterian Church after trying to lead others inside with a banner. Police seized a large American flag claimed to be carried by Rev C V Howell amid scuffles with three women.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
United States
Washington Square
Thirty-seventh Street
Percy Grant Stickney
Church of the Ascension
Fourteenth Street
C. V. Howell
Beverage Liquor Death Toll Reaches Thirty-Two in New England
A liquor tainted with wood alcohol caused 32 deaths across Hartford, Chicopee, Holyoke, and Springfield. Seventeen men and one woman died in Chicopee, eleven in Hartford, and four in Holyoke. Dozens more are hospitalized in critical condition. Four men were jailed in Hartford and three in Chicopee as autopsies proceed. Authorities say the liquor traveled from New York to Hartford and then to Holyoke and Chicopee Falls. State and federal investigators assist local police in assigning responsibility.
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Chicopee
Mass
Hartford
Conn
Holyoke
Springfield
New York
Chicopee Falls
Massachusetts
Conecticut
West Kasson Overdue Ship Reported Off Hampton Roads
The steamer West Kasson a Shipping Board vessel operated by the Pacific Mail Company is ten days overdue at Hampton Roads from Rotterdam and feared lost. She was due December 15 at Java, after sailing from San Francisco for Java before heading to Rotterdam.
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San Francisco
Cal
Shipping Board
Pacific Mail Company
Hampton Roads
Rotterdam
Java
Coal strike halt approved in Kansas district
Pittsburg Kansas motion by the Executive Board of District 14 United Mine Workers ends all current coal strikes in the district. All striking miners are ordered to return to work immediately.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Boar
Tiger to Become President of France
Paris reports Georges Clemenceau known as the Tiger will be elected president of the French republic by acclamation on January 17. Politicians in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies show overwhelming support. Clemenceau’s allies say he will accept at age 78 to lead France for a seven year term.
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France
Paris
Georges Clemenceau
French Republic
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Navy Board Recalled to Reopen Award Deliberations
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels ordered the Navy Department’s Board of Awards reconvened to revise recommendations for awards after Adventurers had declined the Distinguished Service Medal. Daniels cited cases needing further examination and noted new recommendations since adjournment. Reports from Newport say Vice Admiral Hilary P. Jones and Captain Raymond D. Hasbrouck refused awards, though no confirmation on Hasbrouck or Jones declinations was received.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Navy Department
Board of Awards
William §&. Sims
Daniels
A. M. Knight
Newport
R. I
Hilary P. Jones
Raymond D. Hasbrouck
Sims
Hasbrouck
Admiral Jones
Dr Schott Arrested for Death of Elizabeth Griffith in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky, Dr Christopher G Schott was arrested before noon on Christmas Eve and charged with the murder of Elizabeth Ford Griffith a 17 year old office assistant in his care. The arrest followed the discovery of Miss Griffith slain in a room adjoining the physician's office at 2103 West Walnut street. Detective Chief William Deforester led the arrest.
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Louisville
Elizabeth Ford Griffith
Christopher G Schott
West Walnut Street
Ohio State urges more sheep production for profits
Ohio State University launches propaganda to induce farmers to increase sheep production. Prof. B L Thompson of Animal Husbandry asks where else a farmer can invest profitably given high wool and mutton prices. He notes sheep eat any plant and predicts continued high wool prices.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
B. L. Thompson
Department of Animal Husbandry
Cleveland Brotherhood Chiefs to Attend Washington Meetings
Representatives of the three railway brotherhoods based in Cleveland will attend two Washington meetings of railway union officials. One session will consider pending railway legislation, the other will discuss cooperation in securing wage increases. They expect wage demands not to be neglected when railroads return to owners in March.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Washington
Japan Aims to Secure Pacific Naval Supremacy
Paris reports from Paul Richard Tokyo correspondent of Journal des Debats that Japan plans greater naval appropriations than the army to back an expansionist sea policy. He notes Japan will celebrate the launch of the world’s greatest warship, the Nagato, in a few weeks.
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Japan
Paris
Pacific
Paul Richard
Tokyo
Journal Des Debats
Fish That Travel On Land Walks and Climbs Trees
An account of amphibious fish including the Indian climbing perch which crawls over land and climbs trees using spiked fins, the shanny or blenny known as the umbrella, and related species that invade rivers or march to find insects. Describes Peri ophthalmus hopping the shore and tropical南 fish migrating in search of cooler waters in South American tropics.
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Doldorf
Danish East India Company
Tropics
Johnny's Mistake Sparks Peppery Doorstep Exchange
A Pittsburgh Post item recounts Johnny answering a door and misinforming a woman asking after his mother. She offers a card, but a square tissue paper falls from her purse. Johnny shouts that she dropped a cigarette paper as she departs.
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Johnny
Missis
Pittsburgh Post
Need More Native Rice In U S Market
The rice milling industry has grown steadily yet handles almost all domestic rice while very little foreign product is processed. Industry growth hinges on expanded United States rice cultivation and production.
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United Tes
United States
No heading, but a call to endure life’s pain
A preface exhorting readers to accept a measured amount of hardship in life. The quote from J H New emphasizes maintaining cheerfulness while becoming thoughtful and resigned to the troubles along the journey.
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J. H. New
One Exception at Builders' Dinner Provokes Motto
At a Builders' association dinner the president quipped that a poor foundation will cause the collapse of everything but scandal. The remark elicited laughter and was noted by the Boston Transcript.
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Builders’ Association
Boston Transcript
Poor Pussy's Tail A French Practice Cited
French peasants attribute a restless curl in a kitten’s tail to a supposititious worm. They reportedly chop off the tail end as a practice to save the animal suffering.
Cincinnati Market Report Grain Meat and Poultry Prices
The Cincinnati markets list corn futures and physicals for multiple grades with prices ranging from about 1.48 to 1.58 per bushel, hay and oats values, dairy quotes for butter and eggs, and live animal prices. Cattle, hogs, calves, and stockers show varied ranges for shippers, butcher steers, heifers, cows, and sows, with several price bands noted.
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Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Red Cross
West Point
Atlanta
Chattahoochee
YANK
Senate Board
Naval Board
Secretary of Navy
Poor Pussy
Cincinnati
Cascarars
Quinine
Mr. Hill
Gilbert Bros. & CO
Baltimore, Ma
Batonic
Ares
Sloan
Reine, JR
Drugene
WE. F Young
Temple St
C. Wella & Co
le Roy, N
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