Immigration Tax Extension Amid Holiday Senate Session
Congress adjourned for Christmas holidays after the Senate approved and the President signed a one year extension of the emergency revenue law to December 31 1916. The vote was 45 to 29 with Democrats in support and Republicans opposing. The two houses will reconvene January 4 to pursue national defense planning and war tax amendments.
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Union News Service
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House
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Protecting American Markets From Unfair Postwar Competition
Secretary Redfield urges Congress to act to shield U S industrial and commercial markets after the European war. He calls for using Justice and Treasury powers to counter foreign schemes and for new federal tools to curb unfair competition threatening markets abroad.
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United States
Congress
Redfield
Departments of Justice and Treasury
Tide of immigration hits low in past fiscal year
Washington reports the tide of immigration to the United States ebbed to its lowest point in over twenty years in the past fiscal year. Secretary Wilson released figures showing total immigrant aliens dropped from 1,218,480 to 325,700 for the year ending June 30. All admitted arrivals totaled 434,244, far below 1,403,801 the prior year.
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Washington
United
Wilson
Department of Labor
Greeks protest fortifications at Saloniki
A Saloniki dispatch dated December 15 reports the Fifth Greek army corps protested to General Sarrail against fortification work in Saloniki. The protest was formal, similar to the October protest against allied troop landings.
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Safe Conduct for Deposed German Attaches
The British embassy in Washington says London has authorized safe conduct for Captains Boyed and Von Papen, the withdrawn German naval and military attaches. They will not be required to pledge abstention from war participation after returning to Germany.
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London
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Germany
Britain Buys American Aeroplanes Contract Report
In the financial district it is said that the Curtiss Aircraft Co. secured a British government contract worth 15 million dollars for aeroplanes. For the fiscal year ending October 21 the firm produced over 6.9 million dollars in aeroplanes and motors, most of which were shipped to Britain.
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New York
Curtiss Aeroplane Co
Reapportionment Requested for Fort Niobrara Lands
Washington report notes a joint resolution by Representative Kinkaid to reapportion the abandoned Fort Niobrara lands. Critics say the lands were overvalued and hinder homestead entrymen and buyers from securing titles. The bill directs the interior secretary to perform the reapportionment, with a minimum $1.25 per acre value.
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Fort Niobrara Military Reservation
Kinkaid
Secretary of the Interior
Stringent Passport Rules No Time to Parley With Austria
Washington reports the United States will sever diplomatic relations if Austria-Hungary replies to the note on the Ancona incident mirrors the press version. Officials note Austria backed its submarine commander, while Germany’s concessions followed Berlin talks, with no delay in dispatching further communications. American crops valued near 10 billion dollars. Anglo French syndicate withdraws bond sale.
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Berlin
President Wilson Marries Edith Galt in Quiet Home Ceremony
The wedding at Edith Galt's Washington home took place at 8:30 PM, with no attendants or ushers. The couple planned a honeymoon at Hot Springs Virginia, traveling by private car on a special train, with a small party and a brief reception and luncheon.
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President Wilson Receives Marriage License
Washington report notes President Wilson obtained a marriage license on Thursday at the municipal bureau. The license lists Rev Herbert Scott Smith of St Margaret's Episcopal Church as the officiant. Chief Asher Hoover of the White House staff filed the forms and paid the fee before delivering the license to the president. The ages in the application show the president at fifty nine and Mrs Galt at forty three.
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Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church
James H. Taylor
Central Presbyterian Church
Washington
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Galt
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Asher Hoover
White House
Passport Rules Stringent Enforced by Wilson Order
Washington reports that the state department will enforce stricter passport rules under an executive order. Applicants must submit duplicate applications with three photographs and name sailing dates ports of departure and steamers. Applications must be filed at least five days before sailing and passports will be inspected and indorsed by state department agents.
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Greek Government Denies Bulgarian Entry Into Macedonia
The Greek government officially denies Bulgarian forces crossed into Greek territory. Athens sources deem Bulgarian entry into Greek Macedonia unlikely, while the press warns that such presence would provoke national indignation.
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Paris
Greek Macedonia
Havas
Athens
Violent Storm Sweeps East Across New England and Mid Atlantic
A severe general storm drenched New England and the states of New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey with snow sleet and cold drizzle Tuesday night echoing the December 6 1914 event in scope and intensity.
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New York
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Secretary Lansing's Senate Confirmation Confirmed
Washington reports Secretary Lansing's appointment was confirmed by the Senate. He has served under a recess appointment during congress's adjournment and now continues in office as approved by the chamber.
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Lansing
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Congress
Sale of Bonds Ceased for Anglo-French War Loan
New York reports the Anglo-French five hundred million external war loan. Managers show 280.009 million withdrawn for investment at 96 1/4, 40 million sold at public subscription at 98, leaving 189 million unsold to be distributed among syndicate members. Non withdrawing investors receive cash amounts between 10 and 11 percent of their participation.
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New York
Farm Crops Valued At Record Shaping Up For Next Year
Secretary Houston estimates American farm crops and animal products at 9.873 billion dollars for the last year, a record high that may be eclipsed by the current year. The report notes a rise of about 83 million from 1913 despite lower prices, with 1913 crop value at 846 million and quantities up 14 percent in 1914.
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Washington
Houston
Lincoln Ball Club Names Williams Ducky Holmes Manager
Lincoln Nebraska announces Williams Ducky Holmes will manage the 1916 Lincoln baseball club and has begun a recruitment effort for new players.
Call for Volunteers Answered in England and U S Clemency
London reports that at least 5,000,000 men answered Lord Derby's call for volunteers as England's major recruiting winds down. In Washington the president signed clemency, commuting a Georgia liquor case and remitting a Kansas fine, with heavy security around the White House during the event.
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