Olympia Upholds Day Law in Landmark Ruling
The Washington State Supreme Court unanimously upheld the prohibition law adopted by initiative in 1914, ruling it valid and effective January 1. The decision, the court’s longest at 19,760 words, leaves several constitutional questions unresolved and notes four more states will join the dry ranks on January 1, 1924.
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Rural credits bill to ease farm loans eyed in session
Washington is slated to push a rural credits bill in the coming session to facilitate loans totaling about 23 million dollars to farmers. The administration aims to enact the measure to expand farm credit and support agricultural economics.
Placer Claims Located Near Mendenhall Flats
Grace Meyer gives notice of placer claim locations ten miles from Joneson near the Mendenhall flats. The claims under the 1915 mining act are designated Nos. 1 and 2 of the Placer Pigce Group.
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Grace Meyer Hag Sied
Mendenhall
Plunkett Deed Filed In Juneau Transfer
A deed filed in the recorder's office transfers a house and a foundation on Gastineau Channel below the Juneau courthouse from T. Smith and Lewis Maag to J. O. Plunkett for 5 dollars. The document is dated July 6, 1914 and witnessed by Charles Naghel and Martin George.
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Recorder
Juneau
Gastineau Channel
T. Smith
Lewis Maag
J. O. Plunkett
Charles Naghel
Martin George
Mrs Smiser's Father Dies in Columbia Tenn
Mrs James A Smiser, wife of the United States attorney, received a telegram from Columbia Tenn announcing the death of her father Major John T Williamson. Major Williamson, who served with Confederate troops in the Civil War, had been stricken with paralysis less than two weeks earlier.
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James A. Smiver
Columbia
Tenn
John T. Williamson
Lone Mars
Williamson
Garrison argues against mobile force in society
Secretary Lindley Garrison, in his annual report to the President, defends keeping the military ready without a separate mobile force. He notes arguments for large mobilization are impractical, citing Swiss and Australian models as unsuitable. He urges working under existing conditions and highlights War Department plans to strengthen the army, including a standing force of 141,847 and a 490,000-strong citizen militia. The War College division also urges adding 1,600,000 trained personnel at an estimated first-year cost of about $59 million.
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Washington
Lindley Mr. Garrison
War Department
Garrison
United States
Congress
Wilson
War College
War College Division
the General Staff
Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Reported Totals
In New York on December 10 the Carnegie benefactions are tallied at 524.699 million dollars. Major items include 62 million for libraries, 27.001 million for pensions or college professors, 199.195 thousand for hero related gifts, and the Carnegie Foundation at 126 million. Small colleges receive 20 million.
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New York
Andrew Carnogie
Gibrartes
Mandi
Carnegia Foundation
Minneapolis flour mills set new quarterly export record
Minneapolis flour mills have shipped out 400000 barrels of flour for the first quarter of the 1915 18 crop season just ended, surpassing the previous high by more than 1 000 000 barrels and marking a new peak for any comparable period.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Building boom seen looming for New York in spring
Franz Nongen secretary of the Credit Association of the Building Trades of New York predicts a record year for construction. He notes that about 76,000,000 dollars in work was held in abeyance on November 1 and expects much of it to be released, fueling a rush next spring.
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New York
Franz Nongon
Credit Association of the Building Trades of
Maxwell Motor Company breaks ground for new factory
Detroit reported Maxwell Motor Company has started a one story four acre factory with a 0 day timeline to raise capacity from 260 to 500 cars per day. The project marks a significant expansion for the firm in the Detroit area.
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Detroit
Mich
Des
Maxwell Motor Company
Hias
Government asked to aid in ending freight car blockades
Washington Dec. 10 Strenuous steps are being taken by the rail ro at s to obviate by piling up at ports other than Boston which is in a position to handle without congestion all the business it can secure of cars loaded with export grain. Chairman McCall of the Trunk Line Association has applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission for the railroads immediately to assess storage charges on grain in freight cars held at north Atlantic ports, similar to those for grain held in elevators. A radical departure is sought from the present method by reckoning free time from the date of bill of lading rather than arrival at the quay.
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Boston
McCall
Trunk Line
Axsodiation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Freigit
North Atlantic Polis
Admiral Farragut to Arrive in Juneau for cargo unload
The Admiral Farragut will arrive in Juneau at 3 p m Saturday west bound and stay in the channel afternoon unloading about 290 tons of general freight. The plan was announced late today at the Admiral Line office. The vessel Evaneoes south late Sunday night.
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Admiral Farragut
Juneau
Admiral Line
Admiral Evaneoes
Boston Receives Major Supply Orders for Shoes and Blankets
Boston reports a government order for 1,000,000 pairs of army shoes. The American Woolen Company also secures a large blanket order from Sur Ops, signaling strong wartime production demand.
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Boston
Geverpment
Sur Ops
Hopewell Tragedy: Town Ravaged by Inferno and Lynching
Hopewell Virginia, once a thriving 27,000 resident city, was largely consumed by a noon fire that by nightfall had destroyed hundreds of buildings and homes. The Du Pont powder plant outskirts burned, with losses exceeding two million dollars. Militia from Richmond arrived to quell looting after a lynching of a Black man for pillaging. Firefighters from Richmond Petersburg and City Point could not stop the blaze, which raced through wooden structures near the James River.
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Richmond
la Samoking
Hopewell
Richmmond
Mamod
Woolden
Freat Speod
Peterabure
City Point
du Pont Company
Jimes River
Millon
War for Balkans to be conducted with deliberation
Geneva reports from Vienna say Allies plan to stay at Baloniki for an indeterminate period as they land machinery for an electric power station and award contracts for extensive barracks. The piece notes a long war expectation and mocks German claims of Swedish intervention or a separate Russian peace. Vatican peace talks你
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Geneva
Vienna
Baloniki
Maxhailian Harden
Adltor
Die Zukunft
Berlin
Hin
Tie
Rusela
Winter wheat outlook improves across Kansas belt
Wichita, Kane Dec 10 The new wheat crop shows green healthy growth across the wheat belt with acreage near last year. The past two months have been favorable for farmers and they are well caught up with work.
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Wichita
Kane
Farmera
Laborers Demand Reductions in Cost of Living in Britain
London December 10 Laborers of Great Britain urged government to intervene with landlords to cut living costs. They cited rent up percent fuel 25 percent clothing 90 percent food 40 percent and other expenses. They oppose further wage increases while costs rise. The premier noted a wage rise affecting 4,500,000 workers and urged economy and government action to curb living costs during wartime, stressing protection of the country’s credit and avoiding luxury spending. Mrs. Howard RH. Ward departs for San Francisco then Hotton for months.
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London
Laborara
Great Britain
Asquith
Claus Les
Howard RH. Ward
Sestils
San’ Francisco
Commerce Tampering Denounced by Senator Smith
Washington Det. 10 reports Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia denouncing British interference with neutral commerce. He urged the United States and other neutrals to compel Britain to respect rights, criticizing exports of American goods and denying Civil War parallels. He praised historical U S relations with Britain and noted friendship with Germany.
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Washington
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Senate
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Ee Britain
Scnmdter Smith
England
Germany
Bryan Will Seek Peace on Own Hook
Seattle dispatch says William Jennings Bryan plans to travel to Europe for a peace mission, a telegram from Dr William Forfo of Brooklyn confirms. Bryan will seek a peaceful settlement independently, according to the message received in Seattle.
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Bryan
Seattle
W. J. Bryan
Europe
Wiim Forfo
Brooklyn
Rails Orders From Major U.S. Rail Lines Reach New Levels
New York reports a surge in steel rail orders. Southern Pacific Line placed for 20 000 tons with Tennessee Coal Iron Company. Michigan based companies booked 16 000 tons for Missouri Kansas and Texas and 10 000 tons for Chicago and Eastern Illinois.
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New York
Southern Pacific Line
Tennessee, Coll
Iron Compty
Mimals Steel Company Haa
Chicago & Eastern
Wage advances hike by Actin Explostives Companys
Chicago reports show workers from Gary Ini receive another ten percent wage increase under the Actin Explostives Companys. The gain follows a similar rise since August first, marking a substantial pay boost for employees amid ongoing labor shifts.
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Chicago
Gary
Ini
Actin Explostives
Mysterious Explosions Hit Du Pont Plants
In Wilmington Delaware a double ward near the annex of the Du Pont Powder Co reports eight fatal explosions since August 1914. Thirty eight people are dead and nearly one hundred injured across the Du Pont plants.
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Wilmington
Dée
du Pont Powder Co
du Pont
Exposition nets $2.28 million for city gift
The Panama Pacific International Exposition closed with a net balance of 2,281,265 dollars. The gift to San Francisco totals 1,030,000 dollars, with 1,209,030 dollars excess over St Louis and 947,084 dollars over Chicago balances.
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Ban Francisco
Chicago
Relations with Austria-Hungary Strained Over Ancona Sinking
Washington December 10. U S warns diplomatic ties with Austria-Hungary may be severed if Vienna does not disavow the sinking of the Ancona and fully repudiate. Secretary Lansing cites prompt compliance and notes the sinking occurred before all passengers were removed as critical. Senator Lodge calls for a Senate inquiry into bomb plots and attacks on ships by U S citizens.
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Austria-Hungary
United States
Vijcania
Ancona
Congress
Lodge
Atteks
Falnba
Lunliania
Germany seeks peaceful end to conflict amid press chorus
Amsterdam reports a Berlin official statement by Dr Soll, imperial colonial secretary, asserting Germany asks for an honorable peace with fair terms. The press across the Empire echoes, while violent war organs call for peace on humanitarian grounds.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Empire
Soll
Villa plans guerrilla raids along the Texas border
Gen Funston reports Villa seeking to split his army for raids into the United States along the Texas border. He doubts Villa intends a serious operation while Carranza and American forces prepare for any move. Funston says U S forces on the border are ample to handle any incident.
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Washington
Funstonaga
Villa
United States
Demand for Pennies Indigates Active Trade
The New York subtreasury shows a sharp penny demand as trade heats up. From October onward the sub-treasury paid about $100,000 in pennions to New York banks while mint stocks dwindled. Shipments now come from the Denver mint to meet the surge.
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New York
Philadelphia Mint
Denver
New York Sub-Treasury
London Cable Hints at Reopening Prize Court Case
Chicago dispatch notes a London cable suggesting the British government may reopen in Prize Court a disputed Chicago package case. The report hints at legal strategy and potential implications for shipment rights and international adjudication.
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Chicago
London
Americans Restore Coal Lands in Sabinas District
Washington December 10 General Carrangs has ordered the restitution of coal lands in the Sabinas district of Coahuila valued at about 59 million dollars to American owners.
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Washington
Carrangs
Sabinas District
Coalittle
Immigration not so great as emigration report
Washington, nec November 29 1915 records show 122 Immigratus arrived from August 1 to November 29 1915 vs 181 974 in 1914 the emigration during the same period is estimated at 39 000 000 indicating excess immigration compared with the prior year.
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Washington
Nec
Late News Bullets From Seattle Headlines and Deaths
Seattle bandit James Moran dies after being shot by merchant policeman H Halverson Moran's wife and father live in Irvington on Hudson New York Retired Admiral Nicoll Ludlow dies in New York Nobel prize not awarded this year in Christiania Irish World suspected in Tontine plot raid on newspaper plant by federal agents Police report a lodger in Seattle restrained a guest in a dispute Rolloff in jail as authorities pursue postmaster abolition debate Taft endorsed plan raised in Chicago Wilson arrives at Columbus to address reception urging world peace and U S leadership Quarrel ends in Seattle killing butcher Michael Rorziski Arctic fishing crew urged to discharge catch in American ports amid continued legislation push
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Seattle
James Moran
H. Halverson
Moran
Hige
Joseph A. Moran
Irvington on-Hudson
New York
Harvard for Military Training Expansion in Cambridge
Harvard College approves adding two courses of military training. Archie Roosevelt among students taking an active role in the new science of military affairs.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Harvard College
Archie Roosevelt
Investigation Opened Into Steamer Afinnoso Ta Accident
An official inquiry will be conducted by the department of function to determine where the disabled steamer Afinnoso Ta will be taken. An agent will meet the boat on arrival as the consulate reports ongoing developments. Local sources in San Ding note the vessel’s approach.
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Minnesota
Washington
Department of Funtion
Gonsol
San Ding
Naval clash reported in Adriatic between Austria and Italy
Athens dispatches recount a major Adriatic sea battle between Austrian and Italian fleets. Reports say Austrian forces bombarded San Giovanni and Djino Muedo as Italian ships engaged, but details and outcome remain unclear. Lines from embassies mention Italian fleet appearing to contest control.
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Aurladle Sea
Thurpdhy
San Giovanni
Dji-Mueda
French War Minister Urges 1917 Class Call for 1916 Readiness
Paris dispatch reports General Gallieni, minister of war, advocating a bill to call out the class of 1917. He said he would mobilize them at once so they are ready in spring 1916, in concert with the Allies, to furnish reinforcements and matériel for decisive efforts.
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Paris
Gallieni
Serbs Massing in Albanian Mountains in Refuge
London reports estimate about 60,000 Serbian civilians and soldiers have fled to the Albanian mountains. They are said to have fortified their positions and are training youths aged 16 to 17 to fill gaps in the army. The situation highlights a large refugee presence and wartime mobilization.
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Albanian
London
Albania
Canadian whell production to surge with foreign aid
Ottawa reports a large expansion in Canadian capacity for French Russian and British wheel production. Fifty firms have invested about $20,000,000 in special machinery and have produced 500,000,000 worth of shipments with financial houses cooperating.
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Ottawa
Die
Cabinet officer threatens publisher over press foul language
London December 10 British Home Secretary issues a peremptory warning to Lord Northcliffe owner of the London Times and other papers. The gentler approach to curb the papers alleged continual fouling of his nest failed and stronger measures were deemed perfectly possible if needed.
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London
War Orders Depend on US Credit and Allies’ Needs
New York Dec 10 Americans face a forecast of lower war orders in six months unless the United States extends credit to Great Britain and France. Britain and France are claimed to intend to cut garments to fit cloth, relying on own factories if credit is unavailable. For six months demand will stay high as Britain equips up to 4,000,000 troops by April and aids Russia with 500,000 more, while new credits and bonds will be arranged to bridge gaps without hampering American enterprise.
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United States
Great Hilailh
France
Great Britain
England
Germany
Austria
America
Russia
Americana
American Firms Buy Control of Foreign Interests
The text notes American firms acquiring control of English and Fitch owned assets in South and Central America and other foreign regions. It cites transfers of Canadian, South African, and Australian mining and rail interests from Britain to the United States, with American companies expanding to take over British and French holdings in Asia. Transactions allegedly enrich London Paris Rome credits and fund U.S. purchases of war materiel, while European, Asian, African, Austrian and South American goods continue flowing to the United States.
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America
China
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Paris
Rome
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Europe
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Commercial Chemical to Build Allied Acid Plant in New York
New York on December 10 the Commercial Chemical Company announced it bought a 20 acre tract in the city to construct buildings valued at 250000 dollars for acid production destined for the Allied war effort.
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New York
Commercial Chemical Company of
Entente Allies in Retreat from Balkan Front
London reports that Anglo French forces in the Balkans retreat toward the Macedonian frontier after Wednesday and Thursday battles with Bulgarian and Austro German troops. Bulgarian advances lead to carriage of 700 British prisoners. Greek dispatches indicate shells falling near Valendove as retreat continues in good order.
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Berbin
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Engilah
Turks Winning in Mesopotamia
In Constantinople on December 10 the Turkish forces were described as steadily gaining the ascendancy in Mesopotamia while the British expedition, retreating from Baghdad, offered less effective resistance, according to a bulletin issued today.
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Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Kaiser Wilhelm to Visit Brussels in December
Emperor William will visit Brussels from December 20 to 22, per Belgian correspondents of Dutch newspapers. The trip confirms ongoing monarchic diplomacy amid European tensions.
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Brussels
Amsterdam
William
Japan Objects To China Joining Allies
Tokyo officials report that Allied ambassadors presented two complete explanations of plans to include China in the Entente. Their goal is to curb German activities in China, but Japan’s Cabinet must devise additional measures to achieve that end without admitting China into the coalition.
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Japan
China
Japanese Guns Sent to Russian Allies
Athens Greece Dec 10 reports large consignments of heavy Japanese guns arriving daily at Chousa a Black Sea port in Russia likely for use in the Balkan campaign connecting Japan and Russia in wartime aid
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Chousa
Black Sea
Russia
Balkan
Evacuation of Mitau Begun by Germans
Petrograd reports that on December 10 the German forces started evacuating Mitau, their forward base in the Riga-Dvinsk region, as part of shifting operations in the Baltic theater.
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Mitau
Riga-Dwinsk
German Casualties Reported At 8.7 Million Through Nov
A London dispatch to the World notes that total German army casualties from the war began, through November 22, reach 8.7 million. The figure includes 3.7 million losses claimed by London sources.
Americans Approve $10 Million Shrapnel Contract
New York December 10. The director of the American Can Co approved a ten million dollar shrapnel contract. Deliveries are not to begin until late spring. The approved deal signals a major procurement for military materiel.
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New York
American Can Co
Mexican United States rail traffic talks yield car exchange
At St Louis on December 10 the presidents of Mexico's National Railways and the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain systems held a conference to restore cross border traffic. They arranged an exchange of freight cars to facilitate shipments between the two networks.
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ST. Louis
National Railways of Mexico
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain Systems
Notable NY Tax Assessments Dramatically Cut or Renounced
New York reports reveal Andrew Carnegie swore off a five million dollar personal assessment. John D Rockefeller Jr had his two million valuation cut to fifty thousand. William Rockefeller renounced a two million assessment. Charles M Schwab saw a five million valuation reduced to two hundred thousand. Reginald Vanderbilt, once taxed at six million, declared no personal property in the city, avoiding tax.
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Andrew Car-riegie
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
William Rockefeller
Charles M. Schwab
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Food prices in Vienna fixed by speculators
Vienna food prices rise as speculators push costs. clothing doubles and coal disappears. Food courters report shortages with fresh butter up to 1.25 dollars per two pounds. Amsterdam dispatch notes Vienna market turmoil and shortages impacting consumers through December.
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Amsterdam
Zurich Dispatch
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