Warehouses Bill Clears House To Conference
The Lever for federal licensing of iron and grain warehouses passes the House and goes to conference. Supporters claim it will standardize warehouse operation and issue uniform receipts for farmers while opponents call it possibly unconstitutional. Representative Lever of South Carolina explains the measure aims to ensure uniform warehouses and grade knowledge for agricultural products.
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Associated Press
Ashington
House
Senate
South Caro
Greek consul buys tents in U S not for war says official
C Vassa darkis Greek consul general to the United States signs contracts in Toledo for one million dollars of tents and poles with the Pamagoloupolous Company of Athens. He notes the purchases are not for military use but to secure supplies hard to obtain in Europe.
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U. S
Toledo, O
Toledo Companies
C. Vassadarkis
United States
Pamagoloupolous Company
Athens
Greece
Balkan
Vassadarkis
Europe
Germans Restore French Railways for Use
The Telegraaf reports from Berlin that Germany has rebuilt lines from Charleville to Rheims and Hirson to Montmedy. Bridges over the Meuse at Lumes Flize and Donchery are open and tunnels near Montmedy Mohon are usable, with Givet rail links opening soon.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Berlin
Charleville
Department of the Ardennes
Mezieres
Rheims
Hirson
Aisne
Montmedy
Department of
Meuse
Verdun
Givet
Department of Ardennes
Lumes
Flize
Donchery
Mohon
France
Singing Em Crazy: Jailor Pleads for Wharton Parole
Special to The Item. In Atlanta Georgia Recorder Johnson receives a call about Thomas Wadsworth Wharton a self described F F W from Richmond jailed for singing loudly. The guard asks for pardon as Wharton’s songs drive inmates and staff to distraction. The judge pardons him allowing release to sing Christmas carols or work as a phonograph before Christmas.
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Atlanta
George E.johnson
City Stockade
Thomas Wadsworth Wharton
Richmond
Judge Johnson
Stockade
Boozer
Anheuser
Mr. Wharton
Wharton
Harvard Sets Three-Game Series With Yale and Princeton
Harvard announces a 1915 baseball schedule of thirty games including a three game series with Yale and a three game series with Princeton regardless of results. The slate also lists a Cambridge game against Virginia on April 29 and a game with Georgetown.
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Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Virginia
Georgetown
Jackson Admits Passing Bad Checks at Merchants
Harry Jackson pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining money under false pretenses for writing worthless checks. He admitted passing a $12 check for shoes and a $20 check for an overcoat, and was sentenced by Recorder D. H. Edington to six months at hard labor. The warrants were filed by J. L. Cawthon and I. Litchbach of the Toggery.
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Harry Jackson
D. H. Edington
J. L. Cawthon
I. Litchbach
Toggery
Jackson
Toledo Provides Jobs for Unemployed by Snow Shoveling
Toledo council approved a $50,000 appropriation to hire fifteen thousand men to clear snow from city streets, offering work for heads of families out of work. The plan aims to ease unemployment by employing laborers to shovel snow across Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo
Associated Press
Toledo, .O
Nicholas at Moscow Arrives After Halt in Russia
Emperor Nicholas and Empress Alexander with their daughter reached Moscow after a brief stop at Riazan, arriving at 6 o'clock yesterday to a welcoming scene.
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Nicholas
Moscow
Riazan
Emperor Nicholas
Alexander
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