Beginning Of The End Of The Sixty Fourth Congress
Today marks the opening of the final session of the sixty fourth Congress with three months left. Speaker Clark presided as the House and the Senate prepared for routine business and a joint session to hear the president's address. The session faced looming labor, foreign trade, neutrality, and prohibition issues amid a tense national policy climate.
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Congress
Clark
House
Senate
Forrest J. Prettyman
Tate
Clarke
Arkansas
Wilson
Inbor
Robbers Loot Johnson City Post Office Vault
Bandits blew open the vault at the Johnson City post office and escaped with stamps valued at about $10,000 and $100 in cash. No trace of the robbers has been found. A nearby store safe was also robbed, likely by the same gang.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Nobbera
Johre Ron City
Mrs Ellen Welsh Dies of Ptomaine Poisoning in Lima
Mrs Ellen Welsh age seventy five prominent civic worker died in Lima from ptomaine poisoning after eating corned beef hash. Edward Welan her brother was seriously ill from eating the same food details indicate a foodborne illness outbreak in Lima.
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Ellen Welsh
Civie
Lima
Edward Welan
Mra. Welsh
Young Girl Shoots Self in Chillicothe Tragedy
In Chillicothe a fourteen year old girl named Shirley King shot herself after her mother reprimanded her. The girl waited until her mother left the house to carry out the act, then used a revolver to harm herself.
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Chillicothe
Shirley King
New York militia officers resign after alleged insult by commander
Twelfth New York regiment officers resign claiming Major General John F. O'Ryan insulted troops during a review before U S senator James Wadsworth and Col Gordon Johnston. They allege he ordered a second pass without unfurled colors, prompting protest from Roosevelt relatives and other officers at McAllen Texas.
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John F. O'Ryan
New York National Guard
Twelfth New York Regiment
James W. Wadsworth
United States
New York
Carranza Army
Gordon Johnston
Leonard Wope
Regular Army
Twelfth
Emlen Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
McAllen
Tex
O'Ryan
O' Ryan
James W. Lester
Johnston
Suffrage Forces Press Congress as White House Hearings Sought
Woman suffrage leaders unleash heavy pressure on Congress for a federal amendment to enfranchise women with an immediate hearing. They also request a White House hearing, while Republican leaders withdraw a recount petition for presidential electors. President Wilson’s position remains under advisement as totals show Wilson ahead of Hughes.
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Congress
Senator Clerke
Arkansas
Pomerone
Ohio
Saulsbury
Delaware
James
Kentucky
Walsh
Montana
Bankhead
Alabama
Dav
Wilson
Washington
White House
National Temperance Couoncil
District of Columbia
Capitol
N. Ha Dee
Secratory of State
Philip H. Faulkner
Republican Stat Committee
Mughes
Philadelphia Murderer Fights Police Barricaded In Room
In Philadelphia a gunman barricaded in a third story room fought police after injuring two men who tried to arrest him. After hours of standoff officers fired on the suspect who was eventually killed.
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Philadelphia
Nec
Charien
Mystery surrounds boxcar killing of youth in Akron
A 21 year old believed to be Boyd Rhodes son of B M Rhodes of Thurber Texas was found dead in a boxcar in Akron. He had been shot through the lungs as two companions heard a shot and saw him crumple. Local mystery frames this fatality with few details available.
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Akron
Dee
Boyd Rhodes
B. M. Rhodes
Thurber
Tex
Woman Dies of Wounds In Dayton Case
Mrs Ethel Mule sen died from neck wounds inflicted with a butcher knife by Albert Fouts a former convict He attempted suicide after the act Fouts remains under hospital watch Authorities say no motive given and no death penalty set Cobimis Dee Beuden Eliza a Colored resident was sentenced for the murder of Anya Hart in Hamilton county Jail pending further court action
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Dayton
D. Dee
Ethel Mulesen
Albert Fouts
Fouts
Cobimis Dee
Beuden Eliza
Anya Hart
Amairop
Hamilton County
Romanian Army Stiffens Defense Near Bucharest
Teutonic forces push toward Bucharest as Romanian resistance steadies. Reports say Argeu river crossing west of the capital, with both sides claiming local gains along Bukovina and Monastir front. Entente actions and Greek gun surrender discussions noted.
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Argecia
Petrograd
Bucharest
Bukowina
London
Arkechu River
Bokowina
Roumania
Monastir
Berlin
Carse
Constantine
Prize for Russia Allies In Agreement to Turn Over Constantinople
London reports a public statement by premier Alexander Trenoff that a 1915 allied accord, adhered to by Italy, grants Russia the rights to Constantinople and the straits. The disclosure marks a major shift in wartime diplomacy and potential alliance leverage. The French transport Karnak is sunk near Malta by a German submarine with troops aboard for Salonika.
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Constantinople
Straits
London
Itvasian
Alexander Trenoff
Italy
Russia
Mata
Admiralty
Salonikt
Live Stock and Grain Prices From Multiple Markets
East Buffalo and Cleveland report cattle, hog, and sheep quotes with steer prices, heifers and cows listed at varied ranges. Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati show native beef steers, stockers and feeders, calves, hogs, and lambs with numerous price points and classifications.
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Rome
York
Chicago
Der
Cleveland
Cattie
Sterre
Meinrem
Lambe
SOI
Pittsburgh
Dar
Voge Fleavien
Nelire
Protest at Pekin Over New Chinese Loan Causes Surprise
Washington December 4 reports that British French and Japanese ministers in Pekin support bankers in protests against a five million dollar Chinese loan arranged by a Chicago bank. The move challenges prior agreements and suggests loans tied to taxes and administration, while the line of credit oversubscribed despite doubts. Also, Warren D Delaware: Frank Demset Stewart, a telephone lineman, was electrocuted repairing a line.
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Washington
Chicago
General Timen
Pekin
China
Te State Department
Ching
Tt Te Pot
Joann
Warren
Frank Demset Stewart
Dean
Fire Department
Murder Suspect Silent After Body Found Near Tracks
In Pidney Ohio on December 4 a death is treated as murder after William Anh was found dead beneath railroad tracks. The deceased leaves a wife and three children. Police have not named a suspect and investigations continue.
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Child Run Over by Truck in Cleveland
Four year old George Johnson was killed when a heavy motor truck ran him down in Cleveland. Witnesses say the child darted in front of the vehicle. Police detained driver George Hudson on a manslaughter charge.
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Cleveland
George Johnson
Hieekull
Witnasset
George Hudson
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