Embargo Debate Ties Food Exports to Christmas Recess End
Washington dec 4 congress opened a short session with plans to accelerate railroad legislation and seek embargo options on food exports to curb prices The house and senate prepared to adjourn for a late year break while leaders promised cooperation and White House influence to minimize the Christmas recess also under study were refusals to delay the administration agenda and the swearing in of three new members with memorial gestures for the late senator Clarke Arkansas
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Washington
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Kitchin
Senate
Congress
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New York
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House
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New Jersey
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Michigan
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Tridiana
Fernald
Maine
Kirby
Arkansas
Senator Clarke
Very High Speed Work Claimed by Leaders
Congress reassembled with three months to finish Wilson era plans. Leaders claim rapid progress despite a possibly reduced House majority and uncertain prospects for passage.
Penrose To Seek Federal Election Supervision Amendment
Senator Penrose announces plans to introduce an amendment to the Owen bill establishing federal supervision of national elections. He notes the force bill’s 26 year old filibuster and argues such oversight targets Southern states where Republicans claim new voting rules favor Democrats.
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Lost Creek
Washington
Penrose
Bombs Placed In Cargoes Of Ships At Bush Terminal
Reports from New York police say bombs were planted in cargoes of steam ships tied to Archangel operations, with millions in munitions destroyed. The agent of the imperial Russian embassy identified Bush Terminal Company piers as the site of the detonation.
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New Yor
Archangel
Bush Terminal Company
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Hero
Steamer Carolina Grounded Near Sturgeon Bay Reef
The Goodrich Transit Company steamer Carolina ran aground on Stony reef near the Sturgeon bay canal during the night. Passengers and crew were rescued, and the vessel is breaking up. Also reported, the British steamer King Bleddyn of 94 357 tons gross was sunk.
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Martinette
Wis
Goodrich Transit Company
Carolina
Stony Reef
Sturgeon Bay
Associated Free London
King Bleddyn
Army and Navy asked for near one billion in funds
Congress is asked to provide about 900 million dollars for military needs this winter. The total estimates reach 7,751,500,000 to cover military activities across departments. Navy and War departments propose payrolls and fortification costs with notable increases from 1916. Preliminary army pay totals rise to 873,074,565 with about 70 million more than prior year. Navy payrolls total 849,151,701, up from last year. Canal fortifications are budgeted at 300,000 and rise about 400,000. Over 10 million of the army increase funds regulars, National Guardsmen, and reserves. Total pay for privates estimated at 258,504 with 94,279 regulars and 164,315 in the National Guard. Also funds 25,000 regular enlisted reserve and full payment continuation.
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Washington
Maintilines
Arai
Publie
Bart
Davy Cleinis
House Naval Committee
Jacke
War Department
Navy
Wit Neurea Han
Missouri Socialists See Sharp Vote Drop in 1912 Election
In Jefferson City Missouri nearly half the Socialist vote vanished in the latest election. Southern counties, once a strong Socialist stronghold, swung to the Democrats. Missouri Socialists cast 28,366 votes for the president in 1912 and 14,012 for Benson this year.
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Missouri
Southwastern
Nebs
Benson
Four Bills Aim to Curb High Cost of Living
Washington December 4 Four bills introduced by Representative Fitzgerald of New York seek to ease high food costs. One proposes a one year export embargo on farm products and manufactured foods. another would empower the president to halt exports. A third would regulate运输冷藏食物运输 and a fourth would adjust parcel post admission of farm products and manufactured foods, lowering food rates. Petitions support the measures as immediate relief is urged by Fitzgerald noting public weariness with talks and investigations.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
New York
Verdict Upheld Against Pennsylvania Railroad in Dam Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed a 4 A. M. dam verdict of 145,530 against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company secured by the Sonman Shaft Coal Company of Cambria County. Vance C. McCormick of Harrisburg is treasurer and a principal stockholder. The court ordered a new trial for a separate claim of 21,094 by W. Z. Jacoby and Company of Philadelphia against the Pennsylvania.
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Sonman Shaft Coal Company
Cambria County
Vance C. McCormick
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
W. Z. Jacoby and Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
British government pledges radical solution to Athens crisis
London December 4 Lord Robert Cecil war trade minister said the British government and its allies would take immediate steps toward a radical solution of the Athens crisis after asserting King Constantine and his government were involved in the events.
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Pene
London
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Constantine
Athens
Revolt in Antwerp Reported Killing Hundreds of Inhabitants
Belgians arriving at Sluiskill from Ghent report a revolt in Antwerp on November 20. Between 200 and 300 inhabitants and many German soldiers are said to have been killed. The unrest allegedly arose from a call for work in Germany, according to a Reuters Amsterdam dispatch via a Sluiskill correspondent.
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Itulland
Ghent
Antwerp
Reuter
Amsterdam
Germany
German Raids Repulsed on Somme Front and in Alsace
Two German raids on small French posts in the Barleux region on the Somme front were repulsed early Sunday night, with a similar attempt southwest of Monterel in Alsace also failing. Elsewhere on the French front the night passed quietly.
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Paris
Barleux
Somme
Alsace
Monterel
West Virginia Delegation Welcomes New Congress Members
A Capitol gathering marks the start of the Sixty fourth Congress with West Virginia reps and senators taking seats as Vice President Marshall’s gavel falls. Re-elected members receive warm congratulations while wartime ailments and political losses temper celebrations for Chilton and others.
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Ti Beth Bragehea
Sen- Ufe
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Marshalls
Congress
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Sutherland
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Neely
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Chilton
Belgian Workers Marked for German Servitude
Paris December 4. An appeal by Belgian laborers to American workers says fifty thousand Belgians have been reduced to slavery by the Germans. It alleges 600,000 idle due to seizure of raw materials and machinery, plus one million francs stolen, and five billion francs in provisions requisitioned. Belgians supposedly face forced conscription or deportation under pretexts of idleness and need.
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Paris
Belgium
Associated Press
Germany
Court Dismisses Case While Liquor Trial Proceeds
In London the court reports a dismissal in the case of Hic Camp against Vance Crimi after William Anderson admits to gambling for money and is fined five dollars and costs. Sam Galoss faces trial on liquor sales charges. Across the ocean in London, Premier Asquith says King George approved a government reconstruction and adjournment is planned after Monday. In Harrisburg, the Central Iron and Steel Company declares a ten percent wage increase for 1,200 workers effective December 16.
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William Anderson
Sam Galoss
London
Asquith
House of Commons
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OCIA
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Central Iron and Steel
South Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel) Company
South Bethlehem, Steelton, Pa
Sqarrows Point
B.G. Grace
Rodgers Named to All American Eleven
Everett Rodgers, West Virginia University star fullback, becomes WVU’s first player chosen for an All American football team. Frank Gava natgh of Dartmouth selects Rodgers for a leading New York paper. Backfield also includes Gil Roy Georgetown Hastings Pitt and Anderson Cornell.
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West Virginia University
West Virginia
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Gava
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Dartmouth
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New York
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Gilroy
Georgetown
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Pitt
Anderson
Coronel
G. Foster
Stan ‘Ford
Yale
Rutgers College
Brazilian finds granddaughter in Dlirksburg with rest of family
Pfrenn Yotsitel, a Brazilian from Cleveland, found his granddaughter Atina Yotsitel in Dlirksburg after an alleged year apart. The girl, believed married to a local man, was located near Pickens and accompanied Yotsitel toward Cleveland. The father, in Philadelphia, had been searching and telegraphed the reunion. over 2000 dollars had been spent by Yotsitel in the past year.
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Cleveland
Dlirksburg
Sieger
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Votalteh
Chicigo
Pickens
Ro Edward Kidd
Ren
Fairmoor
Yotuttch
Philadelphia
Telegraph
Vorstich
Memorial Lodge Rites Honor Absent Brethren in Clarksburg
An impressive memorial service for Clarksburg Lodge No. 484 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was held at 2:30 PM in the Robinson Theater. Hundreds attended as officers, speakers, and a minister led a structured service with music by the Komber orchestra and a male quartet. speeches reflected on mortality and the lodge’s fraternal bond.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
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Enks
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oMeera
Jesse Shinn
Charles L. Moore
Ayr
B. King
D.D
Irinale
Kember
Johnson
Trothern
Cone
Sand
Dave Werner
Cleveland housewives boycott butter and eggs to curb prices
Cleveland Ohio four to five women from the Woman's Civil Association begin a six week boycott of butter and eggs aiming to force price reductions. A committee will ask Mayor Davis to issue a proclamation urging residents to dispense with these staples until costs drop. In Petrograd the war office reports Teutonic forces occupy Gradichtea south of Bucharest with ongoing clashes between Alexandria and Bucharest.
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Rmpuer
Cleveland
Cleveland Housewives
Woman's Civile Association
Harry L. Davis
Pargciates
Greek minister and consuls resign in London
The Greek minister in London along with the Greek consuls in London and Manchester resign, saying they cannot further identify with King Constantine's policy. Interstate Commerce Commission orders reducing cross continental freight rates to San Francisco and other ports while denying inland California cities were sustained by the Supreme Court.
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Constantine
Soeiated Pererd Washington
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Santa Clara
Calif
Supreme Court
House mob roughs up horse owner after dispute
A mob of banded men, estimated at thirty, seized a horse owner in the town after a Saturday midday confrontation and kept him inside a house until reported, an act seen as a bold protest over how the horse was treated. Officials expect the pair to depart soon.
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Honaid
Guar Wormen
New York Panel to Probe High Food Prices and Maladies
Governor Whitman appoints a five member commission to study the high cost of living in New York. Chairman George W. Perking says the panel will begin Monday to examine price causes and propose remedies, including modernizing regulation of food distribution and interstate commerce. The aim is to present legislative plans for supervision of foodstuffs at the next session.
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Whitman
George W. Perking
Ito
PATIOLERS MEETING CALLS FARMERS TO RALLY
County agricultural agent W D Zinn urges Tridge port area farmers to attend an all day rally at Pitshugh Hall on Tuesday. The event is part of a series leading to a county wide meeting in Clarksburg where plans for next year will be adopted.
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Tridgeport
Pitshugh
Hallmiere
Clarksburg
Laws Uphold Butter Fat Standards in Ice Cream
Washington laws fixing butter fat standards for ice cream were upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional Monday in test cases challenging them as arbitrary police powers. The measures aim to prevent alteration of food products and were upheld despite arguments against their validity.
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Washington
Town
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Human Fly to scale city skyscrapers for show
Jack Williams of Dayton plans three performances Friday in the city to climb the Union Dank building ten stories the Goff building nine stories and the Waldo hotel six stories using only hands and feet The show aims to draw Christmas shoppers and boost local sales The executive committee of the Business Men's League met to seek merchants support and arrange special trains with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Monongahela Valley Traction Company for crowds from surrounding towns December 4 South Bethlehem PA.
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Dayton
Union
Goff
Waldo
Williams
Business Men's League
Baltimore and’ Ohio Railroad Company
Monongahela Valley Traction Company
Parkersburg
Traction Company
Fairmont
Weston
Wiliams
Woolworth and
Singer
New York
Washington
Dudderar Attends Salem Business Men's Meeting
G W Dudderar secretary of the board of trade travels to Salem Monday for the annual meeting of the business men's association. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and other business matters discussed. The annual banquet will follow the meeting.
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Board of Trade
Salem
Business Men’s Association of
Galvin Dies After Uniontown Speedway Crash
Frank Galvin, a Uniontown automobile driver who owned the car, died in a hospital Monday after a Saturday crash at the Uniontown speedway. His skull was fractured. physicians had believed he would recover until he deteriorated in the early hours. Also injured were mechanic Gaston Weigel and driver Hughie Hughes.
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Frank Galvin
Gaston Weigel
Hughie’ Hughes
Uniontown Speedway
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