Bank of England Named Foreign Correspondent for Fed Reserve
The Federal Reserve Board authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to appoint the Bank of England as a foreign correspondent under the Federal Reserve Act. This move aims to strengthen the United States as a world banker and maintain the dollar on the standard of exchange. Other Reserve Banks may join, with potential links to the Bank of France and broader international banking functions.
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Demand grows for new army system as guardsmen stay
Washington reports mounting push for a compulsory military service plan. Officials acknowledge the border guard remains needed for months, while many guardsmen want home. Army leaders and preparedness groups press for a broad, unified plan to replace failed laws, to be developed through conferences next month.
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Ohio Teachers' Association In Session In Columbus
The annual convention of the Ohio State Teachers' Association opens in Columbus for three days. Schools closed for holiday. hundreds of teachers from Ohio attend. Meetings held at Memorial Hall, Chamber of Commerce, M. A. Studer Avenue School, and Carnegie Library. Main issues include preserving the school code and securing adequate education funding.
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State mails hunters license funds for 1917 expenses
Columbus dispatch records the state fish and home commission mailing out around two bunéret thousand hunters licenses to county and township clerks. Licenses will be on sale after Monday with settlements for 16 townships due by month’s end. Total expected to reach $117,000 to cover propagation and protection costs.
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Giant projected American warships outclass world foes
The Navy reveals drawings of future warships to the public. The Colorado class battleships Maryland West Virginia and Washington will be 32000 tons with 21 knot speed eight 16 inch guns and multiple smaller guns torpedo tubes and anti aircraft arms. These vessels will be outclassed by three newer Nos 49 50 and 51 class battleships already authorized.
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Ohio Senator delays action awaiting War Secretary probe
Washington reports Senator Harding of Ohio will await Secretary Baker's Investigation into the border treatment of Ohio troops, especially the Eighth Ohio, after a round robin signed by guardsmen. General Bell announced Private Richard Dickson faces court martial. Christmas greetings from Emperor William to German armies and homeland noted in Amsterdam dispatch.
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Phoenix to pour contraband liquor into city sprinklers
Phoenix officers will pour about a thousand gallons of seized liquor into city water wagons to flush streets on Wednesday. The plan follows a dry amendment and aims to destroy alcohol seized after Arizona went dry two years ago. Deputies will ride on the water wagons to deter public theft of the liquor.
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Death by Own Action Near Christmas in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota on Christmas Day a man died by his own action while five men watched as police were summoned. The incident involved a soother and a Christmas package, with witnesses noting the event occurred at a hotel vicinity amid a tense scene.
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Artist Expires After Long Career of Weaving Paintings
The widely known artist Dee Coperrat dies after decades of creating acclaimed works. Parney, renowned for world-wide acclaim, led a career marked by vivid paintings and influential contributions to modern art.
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Fire on Mexicans Near El Paso Sparks Gunfire
Annoyed by sniper fire from across the Rio Grande, Third Kentucky Infantry troops opened fire at Mart's Mill near El Paso with two machine guns firing about 200 shots. No casualties reported on the American side and Mexican forces did not retaliate after the fusillade.
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Ohio Happenings Hotel Clerks Meet in Cleveland
A three day Ohio Hotel Clerks association convention opened in Cleveland with hotel clerks from across the state attending. The executive board includes Walter McDowall, H. D. Cheadle, F. M. Hopkins, and RA McCarthy. The event begins with a business session and ends with a ball Wednesday night.
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No Let Up of War in Roumania On Christmas Fronts
London reports on the European War during Christmas describe light fighting on the British and French fronts while Roumania sees heavy combat. Romanian gains near the Buret Rimnik road are noted as a height changes hands and Isakish falls. British troops and aircraft secure Maghdabs near El Arish, with 1,120 prisoners and substantial war materiel captured in incomplete reports.
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Pope PLEA FOR PEACE AT Christmas Reception Rome
Pope Benedict appeals for peace during Christmas address to the sacred college in Rome. He cites Bethlehem’s message and urges leaders to halt the destruction of nations and listen to the fatherly call toward justice and peace amid the war. Chicago faces worsening coal famine as railcars run short and mines idle.
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Walter Hume Long Secretary of State for Colonies
Walter Hume Long appointed as Secretary of State for the Colonies in a new British cabinet. He succeeds previous holder and outlines policy priorities for imperial administration and colonial governance.
Political jockeying for Ohio's upper and lower houses
In Columbus a week of legislative maneuver unfolds as Republicans and Democrats prepare caucuses and hearings. Key figures include Senator E Lloyd of Franklin County as a potential minority leader, W H Stokes as speaker pro tem, and Frank H Beighard targeting minority leadership. Contending candidates for clerkship and sergeant at arms circulate while calls grow for a larger advisory committee.
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Stepson Kills Stepprother During Christmas Dinner
Miles, Dec. 36. During a family Christmas dinner, Samuel De Angistine, sixteen, shot and killed his stepbrother Samuel Flora, twenty one, after a heated argument. Flora had alleged De Angistine had abused their mother.
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Train Fatality in Columbus Affects Laborer Weimer
In Columbus on December 6 a laborer named Ame Thur Weimer, twenty four, was found unconscious along the Hocking Valley railroad line. He died soon after hospital admission with one leg severed, the other crushed, and internal injuries. He was married with a child, and his father is Riley Weimer of Springfield.
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