High Food Costs Prompt congressional action talks
Washington reports a national question of high living costs as Congress opens. Eleven bills aim to curb food prices by halting shipments to Europe, lowering parcel post rates, or regulating cold storage. President Wilson likely to address the issue in a special message after Agriculture Department reports and a possible inquiry into middlemen.
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Congress
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Europe
Gompers
American Federation of
Redfield
Resignations of three U S diplomats post Wilson win
Washington reports the first resignations from the diplomatic corps following President Wilson's reelection. Henry Van Dyke, minister to the Netherlands. Thaddeus A. Thompson, minister to Colombia. and William M. Hornibrook, minister to Siam, announce their departures. Van Dyke cites health and literary work. Thompson began his post in 1913 and Hornibrook since 1915.
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Washington
Wilson
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
John W. Garrett
Baltimore
Argentina
van Dyke
Thaddeus A. Thompson
Colombia
William M. Hornibrook
Siam
Mr. Thomson
Mr. Hornibrook
Americans Safe in Chihuahua Says Latest Report
El Paso report cites Washington telegraphs claiming foreigners killed in Chihuahua City during Villa occupation. General Trevino counters that only a few Chinese died, confirming no further foreign casualties. Trevino’s message, relayed via Juarez, suggests Villa’s forces moved north toward the border as Carranza troops evacuated the city.
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Texas
Washington
Chihuahua City
Villa
General Trevino
Warranz
Trevino
Andres Garcia
Carranza
Garcia
Juarez
Wives Rally to Oppose Egg and Butter Boycott
Wives from Harmony area near St Joseph and Maryville mobilize to resist a boycott on butter and eggs. They plan to refuse sales to the two towns in protest of the nationwide wives movement.
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Harmony
St. Joseph and
Maryville
King George approves plan to shrink war council
London reports that Prime Minister Asquith announced King George VI has approved a government reconstruction. The plan reduces the war council’s size and grants it powers independent of the cabinet, as pressed by War Secretary Lloyd George and other ministers.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
King George
Lloyd George
Carranza Troops Routed After Searing Chihuahua Battle
Refugees report Carranza forces evacuated Chihuahua City after four days of fighting with Villa troops. Dead littered streets, bodies burned with oil, and wrecked houses. Villa reportedly seen in Chihuahua with injuries cured by looting and bandit actions, while leaders blamed for retreat.
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Villa
Santa Rosa Hill
Juarez
Mexico
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Zarco Avenue
Gonzales Cuellar
President Wilson spends quiet Thanksgiving with family
President Wilson observed Thanksgiving Day in Washington with his family and later attended the Navy Relief Society ball at the Washington Navy Yard. He also went to his Presbyterian church with Mrs. Wilson, declining a Pan American Mass at St Patrick's and a joint Methodist service.
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Washington
Wilson
Navy Relief Society
Washington Navy Yard
St. Patrick's Church
Consumer in Grip of Cold Storage Trust Says Prober
New York commissioner Joseph Hartigan testified that an interstate storage trust of 75 cold storage warehouses in New York New Jersey and Connecticut coordinates to keep food prices high as part of a living cost investigation for Mayor Mitchell.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Weights and Measures
Mitchell
Hartigan
New Jersey
Connecticut
Wilson Urges Quick Action on Rail Laws at Short Session
President Wilson pressed House leaders at a White House conference to hasten railroad legislation and prioritize the Adamson act expansion. Speaker Clark and Representative Kitchin assured effort to economize time and forego a holiday recess to finish key measures before March 4.
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Kitchin
House
Wilson
White House
Congress
Webb
Wilson Lights Statue of Liberty With Atlantic Fleet Salute
President Wilson on the Mayflower illuminates the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor as an permanent lighting gift from France to 400000 citizens. A fleet salute booms, harbor craft scream, Ruth Law flies overhead with sparks from her aircraft.
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Atlantic Fleet
New York
President Wilson
Bartholdi
United States
France
Mrs. Wilson
Jules J. Jesserand
Madame Jesserand
Army
Ruth Law
Manhattan Island
Premier of Britain backs new war cabinet
London sources report Prime Minister Asquith plans to advise the King on reconstructing the Government to better prosecute the war. The crisis deepens as it is stated David Lloyd George has offered his resignation.
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London
Asquith
David Lloyd-George
U S Officials Watch Villa Progress In Mexico
Washington officials monitor General Carranza's response to Atlantic City protocol as Villa's actions in Chihuahua City escalate. State and War Departments receive reports confirming Villa's capture of Chihuahua City and note rebel movements in other regions of Mexico.
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Washington
Carranza
Joint Commission
Atlantic City
Villa
Mexico
War Departments
Chihuahua City
Teutons Make Advances in Romania Near Bucharest
German official reports place Central Powers in Curtea de Arges and Giurgiu 90 and 40 miles from Bucharest, signaling a risky Romanian retreat toward the Argesiu line. Von Mackensen’s forces reportedly reach Giurgiu in a day, with Bulgarian claims of Danube crossings near Lom Palaka Vidin and Kalafatu.
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Bucharest
Giurgiu
London
Romania
von Mackensen
Danube
Lom Palaka
Vidin
Kalafatu
Argesiu
Giugriu
Russia
Saloniki
Rumania
Transylvania
Speaker Clark Urges Laying Hens to Cut Living Costs
Washington Reporter quotes Speaker Champ Clark advising the public to buy laying hens and eat more corn and rice to curb high living costs. He acknowledges possible government action but favors direct methods and mentions Representative Fitzgerald's embargo bill with uncertain potential.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Clark
Fitzgerald
Austrians Pay Respects to Dead Emperor
In Vienna the Hofburg Chapel doors opened at 8 o clock to admit crowds paying last honors to Emperor Francis Joseph. Rich and poor, gentry and workers filed through the black draped chapel to view the silver casket and honor the late monarch.
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Vienna
London
Hofburg
Francis Joseph
General Probe of High Cost of Food
Boston reports that George W. Anderson will direct federal investigations into the high cost of living. Attorney General Gregory asked Anderson to coordinate efforts to curb restraints on interstate commerce and ensure smooth movement of goods nationwide.
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Boston
United States
Gregory
United States Attorney's Office
Anderson
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bandits Load Trains With Loot in Chihuahua City
Reports from General Ozuna’s scouts say Villa bandits stock two trains with plunder from Chihuahua City stores and residences and plan to follow west on the Mexican Northwest Railway. Ozuna’s cavalry is at Cuilty as Villa evacuates the city after earlier looting. A Chinese refugee describes Villa’s anti foreigner speech and planned confiscation of foreign property.
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Carranza
Trevino
Tabaloapa
Aldama
Chihuahua City
Villa
Juarez
Ozuna
Sauz
Cuilty
Parral
Santa Rosilia
Jiminez
Hidalgo Plaza
Wilson joins early Christmas shoppers in downtown Washington
Accompanied by several Secret Service men, Wilson walked for over an hour through Washington's downtown shopping district, stopping in various stores to make purchases as part of the holiday shopping outing.
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Washington
Wilson
Secret Service
Montana Prohibition Wins Big Majority at Election
Helena Montana reports Prohibition carried in the state by a majority of 28 886 from the November 7 election. Official results show 102 776 votes for Prohibition and 73 890 against.
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Helena
Mont
Prohibition
Montana
Bryan to Build Home in Asheville Mount Calm Planned
William Jennings Bryan said he will spend summers at Asheville North Carolina and next spring build a home there to be named Mount Calm He will still consider Lincoln Nebraska his home and intends to stay near Washington for access to the capital when needed
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William Jennings Bryan
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N. C
Mount Calm
Lincoln
Neb
Mexican envoy discusses border crisis amid reports of Carranza defeat
Washington. Eliseo Arredondo, the ambassador designate, after meetings with Secretaries Lansing and Baker, said unofficial reports of a Carranza rout at Chihuahua by Villa may be true and blamed a shortage of ammunition for the Carranza defeat.
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Washington
Carranza
Chihuahua
Villa
State of War Departments
Eliseo Arredondo
Lansing
Baker
North Carolina Teachers' Assembly Adopts New Officers
Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania urges lawmakers to safeguard leisure time while addressing the assembly. Nine hundred members attend as A. T. Allen of Salisbury is elected president along with other officers and officers of the various associations. A. S. Huske displays a dasheen specimen from Washington for exhibition in Fayetteville.
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Martin G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
North Carolina Teachers’ Assembly
Congress
United States
Brumbaugh
Locke Craig
Bickett
Craig
Gardner
Wright
Teachers’ Assembly
Broombaugh
A. T. Allen
Salisbury
N. W. Walker
Chapel Hill
E. W. Sams
D. F. Giles
Releigh
J. D. Everett
Waynesville
Association of Primary Teachers
M. C. Gariessen
Goldsboro
Eleanor Tusk
Fayetteville
Ethel Terrell
Asheville
Mamie Griffin
Greenville
Association of Grammar Grads Teathers
Pres
C. P. Blal
Dallas
M. B. Dry. Cary
Laura Jones
Franklin
Association of City High
C. G. Heworth Wilson
Minnié Lou Kelly
Washington
Irah Bagley
Association of Music Teachers
Chelian Pixley
Henderson
Conrad Lasher
Greeneboro
Huske
Department of Agriculture
Fayette
Ville
General W L London Dies After Prolonged Illness
Pittsboro reports the death of General William Lord London at age seventy nine after months of illness. He was a devout Episcopalian and active in local business. The obituary notes his health had been good recently and his long service to the church.
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Pittsboro
William Lord Lordon
Sudtle
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