Solons Return to Work in New Congress
The Sixty-second Congress convened at noon with full attendance in both houses. Speaker Clark presided as the Senate opened under Secretary Bennett. The session began with few major moves, as members honored deceased colleagues and awaited post holiday hearings on tariff and other matters. Key items include the employers liability bill and workmen's compensation moving through the House, a Works Resolution proposing a single six year presidential term, and a renewed push to cut oleomargarine tax. Hotchkiss of New York signaled resignation as Progressive chair but stays active.
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Washington
Charles G. Bennett
Senate
Champ Clark
Fice
Industris
Vaderwoot
Ways and Means Committee
House
Representative Lever
South Carolina
Committee On Agriculture
Hotchkiss
New York
The
Progressive Party
Mntee
British steamship Cha through Straits of Magellan nearly wrecked
Report from Philadelphia on December 3 describes the British steamship Cha as it passed through the Straits of Magellan experiencing a near wreck due to perilous conditions. Crew acted quickly to regain control and safety measures were implemented to weather the danger.
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Philadelphia
Straits of Magellan
Captain Crowley Arrives As Fish Block Water Intake
Captain Crowley arrived to assess a crisis where fish swarmed the water intake piping, clogging the system and cutting off supply to the boilers. The incident centers on the unusual clog and the challenges it caused to the vessel’s operations.
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Captain Crowley
Avias
Five Passengers Injured In Railroad Wreck In Connecticut
In Witlamantic near Albany, a New York New Haven Hartford line passenger train collided with a light engine in Columbia yards. Five people were injured including Mike Emily Pierson a Cromwell suffragist organizer. Engines were wrecked. coaches stayed on track. passengers were thrown inside the cars. A roundhouse hostler moved the light engine onto main tracks to block the passenger train.
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Witlamantic
Conn
Newen
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Columbia
Here
Mike Emily Pierson
Cromwell
Columbus man found dead in hospital bath room
George Osborn Jr aged 80 was strangled with a towel and found by a nurse and two attendants in a Columbus state hospital bath room. The death occurred in Columbus Ohio and investigators began checking the circumstances surrounding the incident. The report also notes a Navy dispatch that the cruiser Montana will visit the Syrian coast to protect American interests and citizens in the region.
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Columbus
George Osborn, Jr
Columbus State
Osborn
Washington
Montana
Tennent
Turkey
Syria
Navy Department
Mercline
Sader
Five Die in Head on Freight Train Collision
Five men are reported killed in a head on collision between two Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton freight trains near Glendale, Ohio. The blast from the locomotives after impact caused the explosion and fire. Local reports confirm casualties and ongoing investigations.
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Hamilton, O
Renault
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Glendale
Aly Milon
Here
Newark Boy Murdered Identified Telegraph Operator Victim
Mrs Anna Rehott of this city identified a photograph of a young telegraph operator who was murdered near Clinton, Wisconsin, with clues tying to her son Carl Meyers who died around a year ago. Meyers was not axe. Mrs Schott formerly from Ironton.
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Newark
Anna Rehott
Clinton
Carl Meyers
Meyera
Mra. Schott
Ironton
Death by Own Action and Murder Case In Cincinnati
Nicholas Kramer, once an interpreter for a Cincinnati mercantile house, met and fatally wounded Eile Garfinger of Springdale Kentucky, then shot and killed a person named bimestf, in a domestic incident recorded December 2 in Cincinnati. The event involves a double tragedy with knife and gun actions linked to Kramer.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Kramer
Eile Garfinger
Springdale
Fox
Body found in pieces near Toledo rail line
The mangled body of 22 year old Myler Edgar was found along a mile of Lake Shore railroad tracks near Toledo by a freight train crew. He is survived by his mother and a widow in Pittsburgh and a brother.
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Toledo, O
Myler Edgar
Lake Shore Rai Pond
Toledo
Edgar
Pittsburg
and & Brother
Signing of Protocol Ends Turkish Balkan War Talks
Delegates in Baghetsk ready to sign armistice terms between Turkey and Balkan allies. Turkey to retain Adrianople and possibly Dedeagatch, with Salonica loss. allies demand a war indemnity around 249 million dollars. Adrianople garrison to receive daily rations during truce, while plenipotentiaries press for swift mediation by powers.
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Salonion
Garreo
Adrian Scutari
Balkan States
Constantinople
Turkey
Balkan
Baghchetsk
Adrianople
Salonica
Aegean
Dedeagatch
Sofia dix
Scutari
Bagchetech
Joan of
Cox to Speak at Jackson Club Banquet in Columbus
Governor elect James M. Cox will deliver his final public address before inauguration at the Jackson club banquet in the Southern hotel on December 11. President elect Wilson and Governor Marshal of Indiana have been invited to attend.
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James M. Cox
Jackson Club
Southern Hotel
Wilson
Marshal
Indiana
Reese Named Bishop Coadjutor Candidate in Ohio
Supporters of Rev. Theodore Irva Reese, rector of Trinity Church, predict on the first ballot for bishop coadjutor of the diocese of Southern Ohio. In Cincinnati, Matthews notes Reese as the principal candidate for a special election to be held there Wednesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Theodore Irva Reese
Trinity Episcopal Church
Cit
Matthews
Reese
Tragedy Near Youngstown Leaves Friend Fire Fatal Shot
William Tidewell, 21, was fatally shot by friend Patrick O fala in a vacant lot while Tidewell teased playfully to be shot. O'Mala, distraught, surrendered after officers arrived as a neighbor watched and the incident unfolded.
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Youngstown
William Tidewell
Patrick
O' Fala
Oro
Tidewell
O'Dalla
O'Mala
City Markets Proposal Aims at Auction Sales in New York
Horace Bruce of Columbia University argues that selling food by auction will cut distribution costs and remove jobbers as lawmakers prepare to introduce city markets legislation in New York. In other news from Findlay Ohio Mrs Ola Bhaw of Columbus Grove had a needle removed from her leg after swelling prompted hospital treatment.
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New York
Horace Bruce
Columbia University
Brooklyn Philosophical Association
Long Toland Business College
Bruce
Findlay
Ola Bhawef
Columbus Grove
Live Stock And Grain Prices From Chicago Markets Daily
Commodity quotes from Chicago and Buffalo markets show cattle, sheep, and hogs with varied prices. Florida roughs and heavies list alongside calves and milkers. grain entries include No 2 red wheat and No 1 mixed corn, with city notes from Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
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Chicago
Texam
Wentern
Pittsburg
Drc
Cincinnati
Hous
Cleveland
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Sixty-Second Congress
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Robert W. Archbald
United States Commerce Court
Frront Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Cleen
Rewick
Greece
Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Alles A Elite
DR. Reese
O'Malla
Julian Hawthorne
Malle
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