German jurists deem Lusitania sinking justified in opinion volume
Twenty one leading German international law authorities publish a volume presenting a consensus view that the submarine act was justified. They note the work aims to settle international differences and reflects broad agreement among professors and scholars despite varied formulations. The report comes from Breslau via the Western Newspaper Union News Service.
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Union
Breslau
Germany
Lusitania
Mexican volcano eruption rattles California and Baja regions
A Mexican volcanic eruption near Andrade across the border from Yuma caused a five minute earthquake shock felt across the Imperial valley and as far as San Diego. Walls cracked at Calexico while El Centro pedestrians were hurled to the street and damage was reported in Mexicali Mexicali Coronado and Yuma.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Mexico
Imperial Valley
Andrade
Mex
Yuma
San Diego
Corona
el Centro
Calexico
Mexicali
Coronado
World supreme court campaign launched in New York
At a Bankers' Club luncheon in New York a World Court League of America was formed with a board of governors. The gathering pledged to develop a plan for a world supreme court to settle international disputes. Similar discussions had occurred in Cleveland last May.
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New York
World Supreme Court
Bankers’ Club
World’s Court League of America
Cleveland
Huskers Win Big Nine Title By Crushing Hawkeyes
Nebraska fans saw the Cornhuskers eclipse Iowa 7 to 2 on Nebraska field. The victory capped an all triumphal season and, by beating Minnesota earlier, Nebraska claims Middle West supremacy as Big Nine co or outright champion.
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Nebr
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowans
Nebraska
Huskers
Minnesota Gopher
Hawkeye
Minnesota
Cornhuskers
Gophers
Middle West
Eighth Anniversary of Oklahoma Statehood Observed
Oklahoma City marked the state's eighth anniversary with the cornerstone laying of the state capitol, a project now costing about 1.5 million dollars. A street pageant drew 5,000 marchers and 1,500 automobiles carrying officials and civilians.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Russian Council Suspends Enemy-Owned Factories
Petrograd reports the council of ministers orders suspension of all remaining commercial and industrial enterprises in Russia owned by subjects of enemy countries. The move affects more than 1,000 plants and about 30,000 workers.
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Petrograd
Council of Ministers
Russia
Lincoln to Omaha in forty five minutes
Captain R E McMillen of the Nebraska national guard aeroplane corps completed an aerial trip from Lincoln to Omaha as a military experiment. The flight took forty five minutes of actual flying time.
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Omaha, Neb
R. E. McMillen
Aeroplane Corps
Nebraska National Guard
Lincoln
Omaha
Destruction of Birds Costs U S One Billion Yearly
Col. G C Shields president of the League of American Sportsmen told the Chicago chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution that bird destruction costs the United States about 1 billion dollars annually.
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Chicago
Ill
G. C. Shields
League of American Sporsmen
United States
Col. Shields
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Paris Government Bars Shipments to Greece at Port
A Paris Havas dispatch from Marseilles reports the government has ordered port authorities to refuse any further shipments of merchandise destined for Greece.
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Paris
Havas
Margailles
Greece
Peace War Aids U S Farmers Prices Rise Crops Increase
The Peace War reports higher prices for U S farmers and a record crop increase of 400,000,000 bushels over last year amid calls for revenue tax relief. Western Union dispatch notes farmers benefit from peace efforts while banks face revenue decreases. The report includes a London based excerpt detailing Greek minister Rhallis criticizing British policy toward peace and trade.
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Union News Service
London
D. G. Rhallis
M. Skouloudis
Daily Mail
Athens
Mr. Rhallis
Serbia
Belgium
Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound Featured by Expectant Mothers
Letters from Mrs John Mitchell and other women across New York, Missouri, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for pregnancy and childbirth. They claim it built strength, aided recovery, and helped deliver healthy babies.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A. M. Myers
Gordonville, Mo
E. M. Dorerr
Conshohocken, Pa
Governor Spry vows clean sweep of lawless elements in Utah
Governor William Spry pledged to drive out lawbreakers and curb inflammatory street speaking after Joseph Hillstrom's execution for the 1914 murder of J. G. Morrison and his son. The governor said he would act if city officers fail to enforce order, and he rejected further delays urged by President Wilson and the American Federation of Labor.
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Union News Service
Salt Lake City
Joseph Hillstrom
J. J. Morrison
Morrison
Spry
William Spry
Wilson
Hillstrom
J. G. Morrison
Salt Lake
the American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Federal Reserve District Boundaries Under Review
The Federal Reserve Board will seek an interpretation from Attorney General Gregory on its authority to reduce reserve districts. After hours of consideration no vote was taken and pending his opinion, appeals on reserve bank locations and district realignments are paused for weeks.
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Washington
Gregory
Federal Reserve Board
War boosts U S farmers with record crop exports
Figures from the department of agriculture show American farmers seized the wartime moment to expand. European demand grew as nations fought, boosting U S food purchases and planting. Crop production this year is about 7 percent higher than last year with export potential up to 2 percent above the prior year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Mutiny Rumors Reported From India Executions and Sentences
Washington dispatches say a Lahore government commission executed twenty four Hindus and sentenced twenty seven others to life labor. Reports claim wider anti British activity in India with prosecutions for mutiny insubordination and anarchy across several cases beyond Lahore.
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Washington
India
Lahore
Allies Seek Chinese Entry Into Far East Entente
Washington Great Britain France and Russia unite to win China into an entente to avert future clash between Japan and China and maintain peace in the Far East. If China joins no military action in the current war is expected. Talks are at a conversational stage in Peking with no clear stance from China. The United States is kept informed while its envoys refrain from active participation.
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China
Washington
Great Britain
France
Russia
Japan
Far East
Peking
United States
European
Insisting On More Safety In Ocean Disputes
Washington officials state that placing American citizens in small boats on the high seas is not a place of safety under international law. The stance, tied to the Ancona sinking and Frye case, extends to all Americans aboard belligerent or neutral ships awaiting protection.
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Washington
United States
Penfield
Ancona
Germany
Frye
Lincoln contractor shot by gunmen in Omaha
Clell D. Campbell of Lincoln was shot in the stomach when two gunmen demanded surrender in Omaha Friday night. He was taken to St. Joseph hospital in critical condition with surgeons doubtful of his recovery and death feared within hours.
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Omaha
Clell D. Campbell
Lincoln
St. Joseph Hospital
Abolish Comptroller’s Office: Reserve Board Proposal
The advisory council proposed abolishing the office of comptroller of the currency which supervises all national banks. The recommendation was adopted at a meeting with nine of twelve members present and the vote was understood to be unanimous.
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Washington
Office of
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Act
Reserve Banking
Peace bases congress set for Berne proceedings
Geneva dispatches from Berne say the international congress to study bases for durable peace will meet as announced on December 14 in Berne. Thirty delegates from belligerent and neutral states will attend, with an American delegation already en route. France has not yet decided on sending a delegation.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Berne
International Congress
France
Federal Reserve Banks Earn October Profit Beats Prior Months
The twelve federal reserve banks earned 221,954 in October with expenses of 134,017. Earnings topped any prior month by about 2,000, while expenses rose from September and August but were below July. Only St. Louis did not show an earnings surplus.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
St. Louis
Premier Asquith Hopes Voluntary Recruiting Succeeds
London Premier Asquith says in parliament that he remains hopeful voluntary recruiting will work in the United Kingdom and believes coercive measures will not be needed. The remark frames wartime mobilization as a preferred path over compulsion.
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London
Asquith
United Kingdom
House of Commons
Britain to Recognize Mexican De Facto Government
Washington reports Britain has authorized Charge Mohler of the British legation in Mexico City to extend recognition to the de facto Mexican government upon his return to his post from the United States.
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Washington
Great Britain
Charge Mohler
Mexico City
United States
Fire Claims Life of Tailor and Wife in South Omaha
A fatal blaze at 4907 South Twenty sixth Street, a room over Louis Sher's tailor shop, caused the death of Sher and fatally burned his wife while three children were left as orphans. The fire resulted from a gasoline explosion and emergency crews found Sher dead in the room. His wife died later in hospital.
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South Omaha
Louis Sher
Sher
South Twenty-sixth Street
Turkey gift to Wilson from Kentucky clerk
A 35 pound turkey shipped from Lexington Kentucky to Washington for Thanksgiving at the White House. The gift is from South Trimble longtime clerk of the national House of Representatives and former congressman from Ashland Kentucky.
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White House
Washington
South Trimble
National House of Representatives
Ashland
Cost of Switzerland's Neutrality Ends October
Berne reports the cost of guarding Swiss neutrality to the end of October at 255,000,000 francs about 51 million dollars. If war lasts two more years the army maintenance could reach 350,000,000 to 400,000,000 francs. The government plans to raise 25,000,000 francs annually from tobacco taxes among other measures.
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Switzerland
Berne
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