Ask Taft to Sit as Baseball Judge
York, Nov. 25 William How Taft has been asked to serve as a one man court for the national pastime. Red Sox Frazee and Giants Hempstead asked him to assume duties formerly held by the national commission. If Taft agrees, he could be paid as high as 50 000 a year. Baseball seeks reconstruction and a prestige figure to unite club owners and fans after a period of distrust.
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York
William How- Taft
Dewith
H. H. Fra
Red Sox
H. N. Hemp d
Giants
Messrs. Frazee and
Hempstead
Taft
Mr. Taft
National Commission
Tis
War Department
Proposal to send reporter to peace conference discussed
Washington reports Republicans denied any definite plan to dispatch an experienced newspaper man abroad to monitor peace conference negotiations. The idea, suggested to Will Hays, would have had the reporter return in two to three weeks, with another journalist following a similar cycle. It arose amid cable control fears and Creel’s denial of news tampering.
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Washington
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Europe
George Creel
Supreme Court advances espionage cases to January hearing
In Washington on November 25 the Supreme Court, acting on government motion, moved the espionage cases of Eugene V. Debs James A. Peterson and Jacob Frohwerk to Monday January 6 for hearing. The government sought an early hearing since the espionage act under which convictions were obtained may be weakened after peace. Also in Boston Miss Florence E Girardin fiancée of John Baker Keys of Cincinnati declares plans to marry despite related trouble as her fiancé is arrested in Newburyport on drunkenness and held in Boston under guardianship by Edgar Stark.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Eugene V. Debs
James A. Peterson
Jacob Frohwerk
Boston
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted After Influenza
After influenza and other prostrating illnesses purified blood and regulated bowels are essential. Hood's Sarsaparilla is claimed to expel poisons weakening the blood, causing pallor and anemia, with a long record of successful use. It is recommended for delicate men and women seeking gentle relief.
Testimony on anthracite coal production control
On November 25 Senator Reed quizzed J B Neale director of anthracite production about price maintenance. Neale a millionaire coal operator testified that pre war producers could meet demand and that prices were set by supply and demand with seven major rail companies producing seventy percent of anthracite.
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J.B. Neale
The
Fuel Administration
Senator Reed
Neale
Reed
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co
Delaware, Lackawana & Western Railroad Co
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Delaware
Claude Taylor Captured in New York Break-in
Connecticut fugitive Claude Taylor, known as the state's bad man and escapee from Wethersfield prison, was captured at Ellicottville New York while in the act of burglary. He had stolen an auto in Greenfield Massachusetts and possessed Mrs. Zira Grout's car. Extradition to Connecticut will await New York court action.
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Connecticut
Ellicotville
N. Y
Hartford
Claude Taylor
Wethersfield State Prison
Ellicottville
Taylor
New York
Greenfield
Mass
N. Mae
Zira R. Grout
Manning
Why Germany S A Victory Based Belief in 1914 on Shortage of Rifles
London dispatch cites Munich Korrespondenz report claiming German staff planned to defeat France within a month in 1914 due to France lacking rifles and howitzers. Separate item notes Norwalk pastor Rev John Stapleton resigning from South Norwalk Congregational Church while serving at Camp McClellan Alabama.
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France
London
Munich
Austria
Norwalk
John Stapleton
South Norwalk Congregational Church
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
F. 8. Jacobs
Use of German Patents Sought by DuPont Powder Co
Washington November 25 The Federal Trade Commission received a request from DuPont Powder Co for five licenses to use German owned patents on acids dyes and the making process. The patents were issued 1903 to 1908 to assigners of a German firm Ludwigshaven-on-the-Rhine. Lens Coal Mines condition recovery time to prewar state estimated eight months to three years in a cablegram to Fuel Administrator Garfield from American engineers. Captain J T Watson former DOJ attorney with a leg shot off at the front presented in U S Supreme Court by Attorney General Gregory. Sub Treasury report New York November 25 The Sub Treasury gained 407000 from banks on Saturday cash net gain since Friday 4982000. Probably love makes the world go round because it is so cranky.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
duPont Powder Co
Wilmington
Del
United States Patent Office
Ludwigshaven-on-the-Rhine
Germany
Lens
France
Garfield
Fuel Administration
J. T. Watson
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Gregory Aad
Sub-Treasury
New York
King George Watches German Surrender Aboard Queen Elizabeth
Royal observer King George attended the surrender of German battleships to the British Grand Fleet, with American and French forces present. The scene shows the King and Admiral Beatty on the Queen Elizabeth, Beatty’s flagship, during the fleet’s historic moment.
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King George
Admiral Beatty
King
Full blame for war placed on Germany
Paris reports Kurt Eisner head of the Bavarian republic reveals public documents to prove Germany’s sole responsibility for World War I. He cites a memorandum from the Bavarian minister in Berlin dated July 18 1914 about Berlin’s ultimatum to Serbia and notes Berlin expected Poincare and Viviani to depart Petrograd. Eisner seeks southern Germany’s own voice at peace talks and notes the July 23 1914 Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia.
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Paris
Germany
Kurt Eisner
Eisner
Munich
Basle
Petit Parisien
Berlin
Serbia
Poincare
France
M. Viviani
Petrograd
Herr Eisner
Clearing road to Kiel by British minesweepers
A squadron of British minesweepers left the Firth of Forth at 9 this morning to clear a passage for a battleship and destroyers bound for Kiel. Under Vice Admiral Browning, the force includes the dreadnought Hercules and ten destroyers, with American French and Italian admirals aboard. They will visit Wilhelmshaven and Kiel to ensure disarmament and internment of the remaining German fleet per the armistice.
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London
Firth of Forth
Kiel
Browning
Wilhelmshaven
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Wreck Probed by Grand Jury
New York November 25 The King s county grand jury began an investigation into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit elevated wreck that killed 87 and injured over 200 on November 1 District Attorney Harry E Lewis leading the probe aiming to indict those blamed as responsible Major John S Hylan had already been examining the case as a magistrate for two weeks
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New York
King’s County Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Edwards to lead department of the northeast
Major General Clarence R. Edwards, previously commander of the 26th Yankee Division, is assigned to head the department of the northeast effective December 1. General William Crozier, who has led the department since July, will retire December 1. Edwards travels from Washington to New York for a celebratory event in his honor tomorrow.
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Boston
Clarence R. Edwards
William Crozier
Edwards
New York
Washington
France
Department of the Northeast
War Department
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Constipation Relief
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets provide relief without calomel. The formula, discovered by Dr Beet after treating constipation, uses a vegetable laxative that causes the bowels and liver to act normally with no griping. One or two tablets at bedtime ease dark mouth, bad breath, and torpid liver. 10c per box at all druggists.
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Edwards
Beet
Calomel
Happenings 25 Years Ago in Middletown News
A Middletown page recalls fires at two barns on Fast Main Street South Farms destroying the structures and contents. Three horses were saved, two horses and a cow perished, with $1,500 insurance. Other notes include injuries from falls at work and on a dock, local visits, and a bank teller returning from travel.
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Mary A. Smith
Middletown Coal Co
Wesleyan Gun Club
Henry Spencer
Higganum
Willis Birdsey
Court Street
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as instant relief for upset stomachs. It claims rapid ending of indigestion sourness gases and acidity after taking a tablet with no waiting, noting low cost and wide drugstore availability.
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Pape
Thanksgiving and Christmas 1918 in Middletown
A Middletown store proclaims a grateful Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas, noting improved spirits after a tough year. The piece contrasts 1918 with the prior year's wartime tension and reflects on the town's resilience and hopeful holiday cheer.
Thanksgiving Message on Stock for Holiday Home Decor
The note highlights gratitude and offers help to make the day a success with a stock of Domestic and Decorative Lines available. It emphasizes support for a festive Thanksgiving through available home decor items.
Christmas shopping rules hailed as propaganda by store
The article argues government Christmas shopping rules resemble propaganda. It promotes practical gifts and declares the store is stocked with useful articles to aid Christmas shoppers. A harsh remark is directed at Cerise for not acknowledging loyal work of many boys, calling him unworthy of American citizenship.
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P. S
Cerise
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