America to Insist on Neutral Rights at Conference
A Pan American Union meeting in Washington on Tuesday will frame a new policy on neutral rights amid South American tensions with belligerent European nations. Twenty republics, led by the United States, will consider excluding belligerents from waters and other wartime issues in a diplomatic effort to protect neutrality.
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America
United States
Bryan Is
Washington, D. C
South America
Europe
Pan-American Union
Ited
Argentina
Chile
Ecuador
Tlantic
Pacific
Million Dollar Overcharges Alleged in Rock Ark Report
In a United States district court filing Rock Arkansas special master J Gallace alleges overcharges in weight and passenger rates totaling over 1,000,000 by the Louisville Iron Mountain and Southern Railway and the St Louis Southwest Railway. The report outlines the extent of alleged overcharges in the rail lines questioned.
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Rock, Ark
United States
J. Gallace
Trade Balance With U S Washington Exports Surpass Imports
Exports from the twelve districts handling 80 percent of U S business totaled 43 098 852 for the week ended Nov 28 compared with imports aggregating 26 686 557 leaving a favorable trade balance of 16 413 295
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U. S
Washington
United States
Riot violence in Valparaiso targets German consulate
Reported riots in Valparaiso Chile describe crowds swarming streets, stoning the German consulate and other buildings. Troops were called out, several people wounded, and order restored. An aviator died near Venice in a separate incident while attempting a loop maneuver.
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Valparaiso
Tldo
Chile
River funding tops 40 million for harbor works
The War Department asks Congress to approve more than 40 million dollars for river and harbor improvements with about half allocated to the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The plan covers 30 projects ranging from 250 thousand to 6 million dollars each and aims to extend contracts previously authorized. The committee will cut the list and may limit the bill to renewing existing contracts before Christmas.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Congress
Mississippi River
Department
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Sparkman
Florida
Wilson
Col
Townsend
Mississippi River Commission
Cape Girardeau
Ohio River
Missouri River
Baby Boxes Aid May Save Million Children in Belgium
Dr Harvey Wiley of Washington heads the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. The women's section plans to send baby boxes containing food to Belgium to aid babies and children suffering from hunger. Officials estimate these boxes could save about one million young lives.
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Harvey Wi -Wiley
Washington, D
Belgium
American Commission For Relief In
Railroad Shops Reopen At Argenta Arkansas
A cotton boom spurred the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway shops at Argenta Arkansas to restart after a recent shutdown. About six hundred men returned to work as rail traffic and plant activity picked up.
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Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Gunmen Die In Street Duel In Brooklyn Quarters
In a congested Brooklyn foreign quarter two rival gang leaders fought a revolver duel. One called the other a squealer. Seven shots were fired. one man was hit four times and the other three. Both died.
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New York
Brooklyn
Two Children Die From Wild Parsnip Poisoning
In O’Nell Nebraska two children Catherine Conrad aged six and Mary Slaight aged nine died after eating wild parsnips found on the prairie near town. Daniel Conrad, Joseph Conrad, and Emmett Slaight remain in serious condition reportedly affected by the same incident.
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O’nell
Here
Catherine Conrad
Mary Slaight
Daniel
Joseph Conrad
Emmett Slaight
Quincy Plans $10,000 Job Program For City Streets
Quincy Iowa moves to reduce unemployment by allocating a $10,000 appropriation for street improvements. The measure aims to create work for a large number of idle men and stimulate local economy through public works.
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Quincy, I
Quincy
Admiral Mahan Dead at 74 in Washington
Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan retired from the U S N died at the naval hospital in Washington He was 74 years old and famed as the greatest modern writer on naval strategy according to naval circles He passed away in the capital setting the end of a noted career in maritime affairs
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Admiral Mahan
Washington
Alfred T. Mahan
U. S.N
Naval Hospital
New Yorker Held in London on Enemy Alien Charge
Henry Bergel of New York, who says he is an American citizen, was remanded after a Bow Street police court hearing on the charge of being an alien enemy.
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New Yorker
London
Henry Bergel
New York
Bow Street
Capital Punishment Abolished in Oregon Election
Official returns from Salem show amendments abolishing capital punishment carried by a 167 vote majority. Local coverage notes the measure's passage in Oregon after the election.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Russians Claim Many Prisoners In Baltic War News
Petrograd dispatches report stubborn engagements near Lowicz and Lodz with German attempts repulsed at several points. Russian forces claim major captures including 50,000 Austro-Hungarians, 600 officers, and four barges. battles extend in Carpathians and along the Vistula with heavy losses to Germans and Austrians.
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Lowicz
Rzeszow
Lodz
Schertsowo
Vistula
Carpathians
Koniechno
Bartfeld
Zhydowskie
Zhindanowa
Shouko
Mezo
Plotsk
Russian Poland
von ‘Hindenburg
Thess
Cracow
Gombin
Gambia
Zdunskawola
Warthe
Sieradz
Wielun
von Hindenburg
Strykov
Igeri
Servia
Roumanian
Galicia
Moscow
Ruskoe Slovo _ telegrapha
Nothing Decisive Reported In War Dispatches
Paris reports from Bordeaux say only enemy attacks north of Arras failed to gain ground. Berlin and London confirm continued but ineffective assaults near Arras while Allied offensive near Ypres yields successful harassment of German forces.
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War Office
Bordeaux
Arras
Berlin
London
Ypres
New Attack on Ypres Soon
A Ghent telegraph note reports large German forces moving to Ypres and additional troops from the Yser route via Thielt. Naval contingents are advancing to the Yser through Bruges as important battles loom at Ypres with German aims to force Allied surrender of positions on the Yeer.
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Ypres
Ghent
Germany
Yser
Thielt
Bruges
Yeer
German Warships Move to North Sea Amid Kiel Departure
A Copenhagen dispatch reported most German warships had left Kiel and steamed into the North Sea. Several thousand mechanics were withdrawn from the army to accelerate construction of submarines waterplanes and floating batteries for the channel.
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North Sea
London
Copenhagen
Kiel
Channel
Villa Seizes Pachuca Capital Amid Mexican Siege
In El Paso, a report from Gen. Villa’s aide details Pachuca, capital of Hidalgo state, fallen after a brief assault by three brigades. Looted Carranza trains and war matériel were captured. provisions abandoned. In Naco Sonora, five more Americans were wounded during the siege, bringing total injuries to 41 with four dead and one near death. A shell hit the U.S. customs house previously vacated two weeks ago.
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el Paso
Texas
Villa’s
Luis Aguierra
Benavides
Tula
Pachuca
Pablo Gonzales
Jacinto Trevino
Mexico
Hidalgo State
Naco
Arizona
Sonora
Caine
Ninth United States Cavalry
Maytorena-Villa
Hill
Carranza
Gary Reopens Vice District In Gary Indiana
The red night district in Gary Indiana reopened with mayor and police chief sanction after suppression failed. Officials said disorderly places would continue to appear in residential areas, so a segregated district under strict police regulation will protect the community.
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Gary
Ind
Banks at Seating New President in Dominican Republic
Juan L. Jiminez is elected president by both popular and electoral vote but cannot take the oath as Congress, currently controlled by the opposition, refuses to convene a session. The stalemate blocks the formal installation and swearing-in in the capital.
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Banks
Washington
Juan L. Jiminez
Dominican Republic
Congress
Uniform Rediscount Rate Set for Nation at 5 Percent
The Federal Reserve Board, after reviewing proposals from several banks, decided to adopt a uniform rediscount rate of 5 percent for long maturities across the country. The move aims to synchronize monetary policy nationwide and stabilize interest conditions.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Illinois Tax Rate Fixed for 1914 and 1918
The Springfield tax commission, including the governor, auditor, and treasurer, fixed the 1914 state tax rate at 48 cents per $100. The 1918 rate was 70 cents, and the 1912 rate was 38 cents per $100.
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Illinois
Springfield
State Tax Commission
Disaster in Hokkaido Mines Kills 437 Workers
A Tokyo dispatch to Reuters Telegram Company reports a serious mine disaster in Hokkaido, Japan. It states that 437 miners are dead.
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London
A. Tokio
Rewter’s Telegram Company
Hokkaido
Japan
French government orders corned beef and hog backs from Chicago
Chicago packers received orders from the French government for 10 600 000 cans of corned beef and 250 000 fat hog backs. The announcement noted the two large consignments as part of ongoing wartime food supply arrangements.
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Francy
Chicago
Syndicate Formed to Buy Coal Company Assets in Arkansas and Ohio
A syndicate in Fort Smith Arkansas and Columbus Ohio plans to purchase coal company assets for about 350000 dollars. The deal involves 250000 dollars in cash and potential coal production rights.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Judicial Tribulations in Whitechapel Court
A defendant in Whitechapel county court called a witness a Har and was ordered out by Judge Cluet. After an apology the judge warned that loud denials would drown out trains. A former judge recalled a woman who vowed to fall if she heard an untruth.
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Whitechapel
Har
Cluet
Bacon
Price of Potatoes and War-Era Labor Turmoil
In a Brooklyn Life style piece a farmer questions the price of potatoes while another farmer laments not earning as much as expected. The article notes over sixty thousand female wage earners were drawn out of work in London due to the war, highlighting wartime labor disruption.
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Brooklyn
London
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