Wilson names five to Federal Shipping Board
President Wilson nominates Mills Denman of San Francisco Nathaniel Baker of Baltimore John S. of New York John Barber White of City Missouri and Theodore Brent of New Orleans to the Federal Shipping Board. The board will supervise freight rates and may form a 50 million dollar corporation to build or buy merchant ships with most stock public and ships available to lease or charter.
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Washington
Presint Wilson
Milles Denman
San Francisco
N N. Baker
Baltimore
John As
New York
John Barber White
City
Theodore Brent
New Orleans
City Court Adjourns for Christmas Holidays
Acting Judge Claud Grayson of the city court adjourned the tribunal Friday until December 28 due to the Christmas holidays. All uses remain suspended until reconvening.
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Claud Grayson
Attack on Torreon Underway, Villa Forces Reported
Villa forces reportedly began an attack on Torreon with filmed reports arriving in El Paso. The Associated Press notes the battle was in progress at noon today.
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Associated Press
Paso
Tex
Villa
Six Men Believed Killed In Seaboard Wreck
Six men are believed dead after a Seaboard Air Line freight train struck a washout at McKinley Florida. Only one firefighter survived from the two locomotive crews as the wreckage burned. Wrecking crews were sent from Jacksonville and wire service was intermittent due to damaged poles.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Seaboard Air Line
McKinley
Seaboard
Court to Dispose Docket Before New Division Takes Effect
A docket items will be disposed of ahead of the new circuit court division taking effect. The action prioritizes clearing pending matters to ensure a smooth transition for the court system and litigants.
Torreon Capture Planned by Villa
Washington dispatches report Villa in control of Jiminez and Santa Rosalia south of Chihuahua and planning a campaign against Torreon. Torreon telegraph service is down but Thomas O Hea the British consul leading about 200 foreigners including many Americans and Germans heads south to safety.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Villa
Jiminez
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Torreon
Carranza
Thomas O'Hea
Prussian Headsman Schwietz Retires After 16 Years
Breslau Germany December 22 reports Prussia’s official headsman Schwietz has retired after 16 years in the post. He executed 120 beheadings and is now 67 years old.
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Breslau
Germany
Prussia
Schwietz
Sloan's Liniment for Stiff Joints Ad
Sloan's Liniment promises quick relief from rheumatic pains in joints and muscles. It claims rapid penetration without rubbing, soothing sore areas and stimulating blood flow with a single application. Sold by druggists for 25 cents.
Allies Cannot Halt War Warns Wilson Note
London dispatch reports the Evening Standard dismissing any U S peace overture as unwelcome. It argues a peace league already exists among Britain, Russia, France, Italy, and others, and urges President Wilson to abandon hopes of asylum in new guarantees, predicting his discomfiture as war drags on.
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Associated Press
London
Wilson
Evening Standard
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Romance vs Love in Choosing a Partner
The piece urges women to assess themselves and the man they marry. It contrasts luxury seeking partners with those who will work together as partners in business and life. It cites a New York example of a young captain of industry who earned twelve dollars weekly five years earlier and whose wife acted as a working partner.
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New York
Shoe
How to Grack That Cold Dr. Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Ad
Advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for cold symptoms including sneezing fever chills and sore throat. Claims pine balsam loosens phlegm honey soothes throat and antiseptic action relieves croup whooping cough and chronic bronchial conditions. Sold at all druggists for 26 cents.
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Dr. Bell
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An Gee
St Ten
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Toyland
London Evening Standard
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Oavenir
C. D. Kenny CO
Bell
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