Lloyd George Sets Out New Cabinet Plans
London dispatch reports Premier Lloyd George consulting ministers on a provisional cabinet lineup to be announced later this week. Austen Chamberlain may become chancellor of the exchequer, replacing Bonar Law. Parliament swearing in begins January 21 in batches of five. Asquith’s fate remains uncertain. J H Thomas invited to lead Labourites in Commons.
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London
Lloyd- George
Austen Chamberlain
A. Bonar Law
Asquith
Daily Express
J. H. Thomas
Laborites
Commons
Wilson Speech and Freedom of City in Manchester
President Wilson spoke at Free Trade Hall declaring the United States seeks only world peace and will join no power bloc. He received the freedom of the city as cheers rang through the hall. The visit featured pageantry, chants, and a lavish royal exchange lunch before touring local docks and ship canal with crowds of workers and officials.
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Floyd MacGriff
Manchester
England
Icc
Wilson
Free Trade Hall
United States
Hich
America
Royal Exchange
Cotton States of
Senate
Lancashire
Ship Canal
Bacon
Eut
Presiat Town Hall
Telegraphers Get Raise and Higher Wages Ordered by McAdoo
Washington December 30 1916 Railroads Director General McAdoo ordered wage increases for telegraphers and station agents excluding supervisory and small non telegraph stations The changes change the basis from assigned days to calendar days eliminating Sundays and holidays boosting daily wage and adding overtime pay after eight hours The plan adds two cent higher hourly rates across all railroads while vacation pay is abolished and stronger incentives are intended to cut Sunday and holiday work.
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McAdoo
Washington
Deviser
Beating the Dry Law in New Hampshire
New Hampshire bootleggers devise novel schemes to smuggle liquor. Officials report stoves hidden whiskey, mock funerals with hearses, and orchestras from Massachusetts returning with 20 quarts.
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New Hampshire
Manchester
N. H
Massachusetts
New Hamphire
Wilson address lauds league of nations at Free Trade Hall
President Wilson spoke to a large democratic crowd in Manchester praising a league of nations and a society of powers to end future wars. He warned of delicate tasks ahead but outlined possible machinery for future adjustment by the big four at the inter allied conference. The audience cheered as he invited Britain to join free peoples in securing lasting peace.
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Canal
Bacon
United States
Europe
Wilson
American Statesman
Mr. Wilson
Amsrien
England
Rts
State Fuel Head Denies Report
Hartford Dec 30 Thomas W Russell Connecticut fuel administrator denied Sunday reports that his agency’s work was at an end He said the conservation and engineering work is finished but distribution for domestic coal and retail price control remains under supervision until Washington directs otherwise He urged the public to avoid premature conclusions about a shutdown and noted local organizations still provide essential services for domestic supply
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Hartford
State Fuel Administration
Thomas W. Russell
Connecticut
Russell
Mark Twain
Conservation Department
Fuel Administration
Washington
Washingtons
President Wilson to return before March 3 adjournment
Washington reports President Wilson will return to the United States before Congress adjourns on March 3 to act on last minute bills. If needed, he may return to Europe to resume participation in the peace conference. otherwise he will stay in the U.S. until adjournment. House officials say the timing depends on developments abroad.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Congress
White House
Europe
House
Death by own action themes in Chicago church deaths
Coroner's deputies pursue a theory after Miss Effie E Murdock former organist at two churches is found dead from asphyxia in a gas filled bathroom. Three hours later organist John Allen Richardson is found unconscious in a gas filled church rest room. Friends call it coincidence and note close friendship and planned Christmas service performances.
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Chicago
Effie E. Murdock
Sixth Presbyterian
Centennial Baptist
Grounding of US troopship Tenadores near coast of France
Washington reports the United States troopship Tenadores ran aground north of the Isle of D Yeu in the Bay of Biscay on December 28. The ship carried no troops at the time and probably will be floated within a few days. The Tenadores formerly belonged to United Fruit Co.
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Washington
United States
Isle of D’yeu
Bay of Biscay
Navy Department
United Fruit Co
Governor to Testify in Berger Trial in Chicago
Judge Landis issued a subpoena for Governor Philipp of Wisconsin to testify in the espionage act case against five socialists including Congressman elect Victor Berger. Rumors said Senator LaFollette may also be called.
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Berger
Chicago
Judge_ Landis
Philipp
Wisconsin
Victor Berger
Federal
Senator LaFollette
Shipping Rates To Orient Excessive
Washington December 30 Secretary of Commerce Redfield said high shipping rates from American ports to the Orient are harming American commerce and may be permanently injurious to American trade.
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Orient
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Investigations Loom As Congress Plans New Probes
Congressional hearings restart with railroads labor and Hog Island probes set for January. Witnesses include McAdoo Gompers Rockefeller and Wilson as committees review brewers politics casualty lists and steel and coal concerns amid Navy fleet questions and National Security League scrutiny.
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Hog Island
National Security League
Washington
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
McAdoo
National Insurance
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Samuel Gompers
Wilson
Felix Frankfurter
Ywar Labor Policies Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Department of Justice
Pier
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hog Island Enterprise
Vardaman
Reed
Senate Manufacturers’ Committee
Pennsylvania
Chamberlain
Senate
Weeks
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Thomas
Colorado
League of Nations
Senate Privietes and Elections Committee
Truman H. Newberry
Henry Ford
Michigan
Spricer
Tucky
House
New York
Chicago
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Naval Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Nav Affairs Committee
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Crew of Schooner Feach Port Rescued After Gale
Captain McAlpine and five Canadian sailors from the schooner Jane Cox arrived in Queenstown after being abandoned at sea. The Jane Cox sailed from Queenstown, sprang a leak in a gale on day two, and was tossed by mountainous waves for five days. The men had nothing to eat but biscuits soaked in salt water before being picked up from open boats.
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Feach
Queenstown
McAlpine
Jane Cox
Roosevelt's Son Honored Post Named for Quentin Roosevelt
In Brooklyn, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10 is named after late Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt expresses deep appreciation in a letter to Joseph N. Marion, organizer, noting gratitude for the honor to his son and the naming tribute.
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Roosevelt
New York
Dec
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph N. Marion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brooklyn
Quentin Roosevelt
Buradlar Arrested in Stamford After Norwalk Burglaries
Stamford December 30 Leon Allen was arrested by Officer McCarthycity at the Plaza Hotel on suspicion and admitted committing two burglaries in Norwalk. A pistol skelet keys and a pocket flashlight were found in his possession.
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Buradlar
Stamford
Leon Allen
McCarthy
City
Plaza Hotel
Norwalk
House Rebuffs Revenue Amendments in Conference Fight
Washington December 30 opposition to senate amendments to the pending revenue bill leaves the House unable to agree this afternoon to send the measure to conference. The stalemate prolongs debate over tax provisions and potential changes.
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House
Washington
Senate
Mann Gains in Speakership Fight In Congress
Washington reports Republicans from five midwestern states rally behind James R. Mann of Illinois for the speakership. Illinois and Michigan delegations have pledged support. Michigan opposition to Fordney for Ways and Means heightens stakes. Ohio figures Siméon Fess and Nicholas Longworth are also named in talk of the race, but Mann’s backers say the pressure grows in his favor.
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Washington
James R. Mann
Illinois
Martin B. Madden
Congressional Committee
Mann
Madden
Michigan
Joseph W. Fordney
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
Siméon D. Fess
National Republican Congressional Committee
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Post Office Plans Move to New Building
Workmen began installing lighting and wiring in the new post office, with completion expected in about two weeks. The lobby floor is nearly finished, furniture is in place, and unpacking will proceed this week as the community considers a formal opening and celebration.
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McCarthy
Mauretania Arrives With 3669 Veterans From Brest
The Cunard liner Mauretania docked in New York with 3,669 veterans aboard. Many will entrain for Camps Upton Dix Pike Dodge Funston Sherman Custer Grant and Taylor. Among 38 civilian passengers were William G Sharp ambassador to France and his son. Five war risk bureau officers travelled with the group. The soldiers include nearly all of the 37th Infantry minus Company H and 324 wounded personnel.
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Cunard
New York
Mauretania
Brest
Upton
Dix
Pike
Dodge
Funston
Sherman
Custer
Grant
Taylor
William G. Sharp
France
United States
War Risk Bureau
37Th Infantry
Warships To Bring Home Troops From Europe
Washington December 30 General March chief of staff announced the sailing from abroad of three United States battleships and three transports carrying home about 10 000 enlisted men and officers of the American expeditionary forces The battleships are the Georgia the Kansas and the North Carolina and the transports are the Tennessee the Powhatan and the Koenigsberg Nederllander.
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Washington
United States
General March
Georgia
Kansas
North Carolina
Strike threat looms as Milwaukee traction workers plan walkout
Milwaukee on December 30 reports Governor E L Philipp Mayor Hoan and J D Mortimer of Milwaukee Traction Co in talks to avert a threatened New Year's strike by 5600 traction employees. Workers demand a four cent hourly wage raise. Traction officials say they will refuse the demand unless fare increases are allowed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
E. L. Philipp
Hoan
J. D. Mortimer
Milwaukee Traction Co
Freight Car Derailed On Bridge Street Bridge
A freight train's last box car derailed as it crossed Bridge Street around noon. The rear truck bucked with no clear cause, the car was rehung onto the rails, delaying Meriden and Portland trolley cars by under ten minutes.
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Air Line
Bridge Street Sing
Speamentay
Meriden
Portland
Clash At Rhenish Mines Sparks Miner Fight
Report from Cologne says a clash occurred Saturday between striking miners in the Hamborn and Dusseldorf districts of Rhenish Prussia and guards at the mines. After fighting, the miners were dispersed by soldiers.
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Amsterdam
Crtking
Hamborn
Dusseldorf
Rhenish
Prussia
Cologne
King George May Visit America Rumor Circulates
Paris reports a well authenticated official rumor that King George will visit the United States as soon as international tensions ease. The king favored annual American British ship visits and expressed this to Admiral Rodman aboard the New York during a Firth of Forth stop, remarking on the cordial naval ties and mutual entertainments between crews.
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Delt
M. Edwards
Mr. Edwards
North Sea
International News Service
King George
United States
New York
Paris
George
Admiral Rodman
Firth of Forth
Soldiers Arrive At Camp Devens From Overseas
Frank C Brainerd of Middletown reports 75 soldiers returned from overseas and arrived at Camp Devens Massachusetts for rest and quarters. The group includes Koski Cayer Desaris Wagner Bergin Roberts Crocco Larsen Hennessey Denoit Miraul Peary Norcross Mills Porter McCollum Kilesky Lerner Floyd Curran Hamilton Colletta Wheat Burnett Brainard Wagner Kinney Goulet McGinley Dawson Petrilla and others from Connecticut Massachusetts and New Bedford.
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Frank C. Brainerd
Middletown
Camp Devens
Mass
Anthony 8. Koski
Collinsville
Conn
Raymond Cayer
Chicopee
George Desaris
Bridgeport
Jack Wagner
New Haven
Henry Bergin
Unionville
Henry Roberts
Bridgport
Joseph Crocco
Arthur Larsen
New Britain
Lawrence Hennessey
East Haven
Rene Denoit
Aquilla Miraul
Holyoke
Corporal Edward Peary
Winsted
Lee Norcross
Wilfred Mills
New Bedaford
Raymond Porter
Wallingford
George McCollum
South Manchester
Walter Kilesky
Philip le
James L. Dawson
Domino Petrilla
Date on Wilson proclamation questioned in senate
Washington December 30 Senator Watson of Indiana charged in the senate this afternoon that President Wilson’s proclamation taking over the cables was dated November 14 in pencil, three days after the armistice, and that date was erased to insert November 2 in ink.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Navy Second to None for World Policing
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Affairs Committee that states must have a navy second to none or superior to any if they are to contribute to future world policing. He argued policing the world would be necessary for peace and a league of nations, and would be largely naval in nature.
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Washington
United States
Daniels
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Demand for U S Russia Policy in Senate Stirs Queries
In Washington on December 80 a demand was raised in the senate for a formal statement of American policy in Russia. Senator Townsend of Michigan questioned the purpose of U S troops there and the indefinite nature of the issue awaiting science conference conclusions. He said the people want to know.
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U. S
Washington
Russia
Senate
Townsend
Michigan
New Reichstag Members Appointed in Berlin Resignations
Copenhagen dispatch says Herr Noske governor Kiel Herr Loebe editor of Breslauer Volkswacht and Herr Wissel Reichstag member appointed to replace three independent socialist Berlin government members who resigned on Saturday. Resigning ministers were Foreign Minister Haase Minister of Social Policy Barth and Minister of Demobilization Dittman.
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Reichstag
Copenhagen
Herr Noske
Kiel
Herr Loebe
Breslauer Volkswacht
Herr Wissel
Berlin
Haase
Barth
Dittman
Roosevelt Sails For Europe To Expedite Navy Talks
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from Washington for New York to sail on the Leviathan to Europe to expedite the navy department negotiations. He is joined by T. J. Spellacy of Hartford as general counsel and Commander John M. Hancock of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Leviathan
Europe
Navy Department
T. J. Spellacy
Hartford, Conn
John M. Hancock
Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Metal Prices in New York and East St. Louis
Lead prices eased with East St Louis spot December at 6 and January at 534. Spelter also fell with East St Louis spot December at 790 and January at 760, while February offered 750 and March 744.
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New York
East St. Louis
Clearing House Statement of December Balances and Exchanges
New York December 30 Clearing house reports show Sub-treasury debit 681 568 exchanges 485 466 717 balances 89 608 753.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-treasury
Clemen ceau Wins Big Victory in French Chamber
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau's government defeats an amendment to cut credits by 398 to 93 as he pledges to work with President Wilson and back England on freedom of the seas at the peace conference. The session, marked by heckling, ends with government solidly backed and plans for postwar peace advanced. London coverage notes Wilson-Clemenceau sea freedom talks reported with sensational headlines.
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Wilson
England
Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
France
Chamber
M. Franklin-Bouillon
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Serre v
Albert Thomas
Russia
Clemegegeau
M. Clemeanceau
London
Clemencenau
French Chamber of Deputies
Secretary Wilson’s Wife In Grave Condition After Stroke
Washington December 30 Mrs William B Wilson wife of the secretary of labor is dangerously ill at the Wilson home. She suffered a stroke about a month ago and after a brief improvement has relapsed causing grave concern. Secretary Wilson canceled a Boston speaking engagement for today. Assistant Secretary L F Post and Roger W Babson left for Boston to speak in his stead.
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Washington
William B. Wilson
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Boston
Labor
L. F. Post
Roger W. Babson
Information and Education Department
Reward Offered for Dynamiters in Kansas City Bombing
Kansas City authorities set a 500 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of dynamiters after a bomb exploded at the Fourth street car barn injuring four men, two seriously. The blast marked a shift in unrest since a street car strike began three weeks earlier. Martial law likely to be declared as crowds refused to obey national guardsmen ordering order after the explosion.
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Kansas City
Fourth Street
Curtis Sworn Boston Commissioner At Governor's Bedside
Winchester Mass December 30 Edwin Upton Curtis became Boston’s commissioner in an unusual way. Governor McCall, sidelined by influenza, had his office moved to the governor’s bedside where Curtis was sworn in to preserve law and order in Boston.
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Winchester
Mass
Edwin Upton Curtis
Boston
McCall
State House
Curtis
Not Ready to Receive Soldiers Says Senator Chamberlain
Senator George Chamberlain warned in the senate that the state is as unprepared now to receive returning troops as it was to send men to France in 1917. He chairs the senate military affairs committee and spoke this afternoon.
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Washington
United States
France
George Chamberlain
Senate Military Affaires Committee
Senate
Sub Treasury Report Notes Bank Losses and Caution on Education
Sub Treasury report from New York notes a cash net loss of $97,000 since Friday and $121,000 lost to banks on Saturday. A curiously phrased remark appears: Education is good, provided it does not unfit a man for honest labor.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
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