Prodigal Son Returns After Two Years Missing
Lawrence Appler, long presumed dead, appeared at his mother Helen Appler’s home in northwest city on Thanksgiving. He said he had shipped on a trading vessel and traveled the world, then left again for the ship that evening, leaving his mother to mourn him anew. He told no one his plans and sought work as a painter but found scarce opportunities.
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Lawrence Appler
Helen Marr Appler
Patreet
Young Appler
Ater
Mrs. Appler
Yost
Lawrence
Cruiser’s Silver Stolen From Minneapolis Ship
Silverware and valuables including a service prevented by Minneapolis have been stolen from the cruiser Minneapolis at League Island. The ship is out of commission. Secret Service men search pawnshops here and in neighboring cities to recover the items. The theft value nears $4,000. The robbery occurred November 28 but officials concealed it to quietly trace the culprits.
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Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Minneapoli
League Island
Secret Service Me
Navy Yard
Paymaster Sypher on trial for court-martial over account irregularities
Assistant Paymaster William T. Sypher of the navy faced a court-martial at the navy yard after accusations of failing to settle obligations to treasury auditors. Capt. Edward T. Qualtrough presided with Passed Assistant Paymaster Philip J. Willett as judge advocate. the case questions whether the officer may remain in service. Movements of naval vessels list ships and routes among Mare Island, Port Tampa, and other ports.
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Navy
Navy Yard
Edward T. Qualtrough
U. S
Philip J. Willett
Navy Department
Sypher
Treasury Department
Jale v. Sisie Sypher
Louisiana
Arcoed
Boston
Mare Island
Paul Jones
Mare Inland
Scorpion
Hampton Ronda
Mariatta
Santo Domingo
Whipple
Worden
Truxtun
Naedonough
Port Tampa
Sterling
Clontuegos
Marcellus
Ohio
Tampxinshire
San Francisco
Afare Enland
Mare Jaland
Des Moines
Port Antonio
Santiago
Hull
Charleston
Key West
Macdonough
Discrimination Disclosed in Colorado Coal Freight Rates
Rio Grande hearings reveal Colorado Fuel and Iron Company pays 32 a ton for Crested Butte coal to Pueblo while small dealers pay Ho a ton. Coke rate from Walsenburg offered at about half the public charge. Witnesses to be examined on coal lands and railroads. Investigation continues in Denver.
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Pueblo
Colo
E. E. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Crested Butte
Colorado Fuel Company
Walsenburg
Clark
Thomas and
Marchand
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado and Southern
Santa Fe
General Lana
Washington
Pueblo District
Denver
Will Fix Cause of Wreck Hearing Opens Tomorrow
Hearings to determine the wreck cause on the Southern Railway last Thursday begin tomorrow in the general manager's office. Operator G T Mattox and the Lawyer’s operator will testify, with General Manager C H Ackert and Gen Sup K E Copeman presiding. All Southern Railway employees involved are summoned to Washington for sworn testimony. Mattox expects arrival tonight or tomorrow morning and vows no attempt to flee. Jacobs of Lawyers denies Mattox regarding train movements. First Vice President A B Andrews acts as president and returns home tonight or tomorrow, then travels to Washington to resume duties.
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Southern Railway
Spencer
G. T. Mattox
C. H. Ackert
K E. H. Copeman
Danville
Southern
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mattox
Lawyers
Jacobs
Atlanta Express
A. B. Andrews
Ruleish
Indiana Lacks Statue for State’s Most Distinguished Son
Indiana struggles to choose a posthumous figure to join Oliver P. Morton in Statuary Hall. factions clash over candidates including George Rogers Clark Benjamin Harrison and Thomas A. Hendricks amid a lingering 1900s compromise. Local politics, vetoes, and civil war heroes shape the debate this winter.
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Indiana
Oliver P. Morton
Statuary Hall
National Capitol
Morton
Thoms A. Hendricks
George Rogers Clark
Durbin
Lew Wallace
Benjamin Harrison
Wallace
Gen. Harrison
Vaelhalla
Friends of Looms
A. Hendricks
Army Orders Move Units to Key Posts in 1918
Fast Quartermaster Sergi from Plattsburg Barracks New York and John T. McAnn from Benicia Barracks California are ordered to Havana Cuba and Fort Wood New York respectively. Garret O Reilly Post Commissary Sergt is sent to San Francisco California for duty in the purchasing camp.
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Sergi
Thomas Connolly
Plattaburg Barracks
N. Y
Havana
Cuba
Newport News
John T. McAnnm
Signal Corps
Benicia Barracks
Cal
Fort Wood
N.Y
Garret O'Reilly
San Francisco
Officers in the City and Federal Circulation Figures
Army and Navy officers were registered at the State War and Navy Department yesterday. Names include Croas Gaston Soulard Turner Beachamp Hamilles Simma Yates Rockwell White Gleives Coghlan Mac Connell Pollock Anderton Webb Blackwell. Also notes passes and duties at San Juan Porto Rico and New York. Per Capita Circulation stands at 33.66 with national totals at 2,800,074,205, up about 2.3 million in a month and 7 million in a year.
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Navy
Army
M. A Croas
Ordnance Department
J. A. Gaston
First Cavalry
Apt. G Soulard Turner
Seventh Infantry
J. W. Beachamp
Lienal Corps
K. J. Hamilles
Chales P. Simma
A. W.yates
C. K. Rockwell
A. R. Webb
Naval Hospital
Naval Station
San Juan
Porto Rico
New York
N.C
E. M W. Blackwell
United States
Bureau of Loans and Currency
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