Drastic steps to end car shortage take effect
Washington reports drastic railroad regulations approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission to relieve a nationwide freight car shortage delaying commerce and raising living costs. Demurrage rises steeply after two days, car returns and prompt unloading urged to curb high coal and food prices blamed on car scarcity and speculative activity.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
War Service Commission
American Railway Association
Federal Commission
East
Middlewest
Car Service Commission
Icy Wind’s Whistle Spurs Good Fellows Gift Drive
The Order of Yellow Dogs, a Good Fellows branch, raises 10.25 for Christmas aid to needy families. They plan several days of fundraising in the city, with E. S. Spencer returning to the Martin hotel for an over Sunday visit to boost the campaign.
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Order of Yellow Dogs
The
Good Fellows
Good Fellows aid for Waterloo children in need
Informal order urges Cedar Heights residents to donate clothing food and money for needy Waterloo children. Members include many commercial travelers led by Mrs W F Parrott. Contributions can be left at the schoolhouse or Good Fellows HQ 517 Lafayette Street with reports to the treasurer.
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Cedar Heights
Good Fellows
Lafayette Street
Fears Holland May Be Dragged in War
Londen, Deels Premier Cort Van Der Linden told the lower house that the Dutch government still fears Holland could be dragged into the war. He spoke on the budget noting increased munition supply and that sufficient military forces must be kept ready due to the international situation.
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Londen
Deels
Cort van der Linden
Holland
Reuter’s
Hague
Waterloo Red Cross Christmas Sale Raises About $60
Shoppers and business men in Waterloo bought stamps sold by the Social Welfare feature committee. Proceeds from the mail sale and committee work will fund tuberculosis prevention in Valentino and nearby areas. Governor Clarke proclaimed Health Week and Children’s Health Crusade Day, but county school dismissals limited observances.
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Red Cross
Waterloo
Social Welfare Featue Committee
Valentino
Clarke
Parochial School Building Burned in Fairbank
Immaculate Conception school at Fairbank destroyed by fire Thursday at 2 p.m. origin believed to be a defective chimney. Brick two story structure built in 1896 with basement. Loss estimated at 12000 with 3000 spent on building earlier. Twenty five pupils to public schools. others to nearby districts. smaller pupils cared for in Catholic church. No injuries. Fire also damaged a farmhouse seven miles northeast. caused by a defective flue. Loss about 200 covered by insurance. Family escaped in night clothes. bucket brigade kept flames from spreading.
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Fairbank
Immaculate Conception
E. C. Boyt
Boyt
Swiss President Schulthess vows strict neutrality
Paris dispatch reports Edmund Schulthess, new Swiss president, pledging unwavering neutrality in all belligerents matters. He emphasizes Switzerland will defend its integrity and independence with resolute, loyal policy, rejecting any contrary claims.
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Paris
Edmund Schulthess
Switzerland
Berne
The
Petit Journal
Schulthess
Farm crop estimates: wheat and corn led production figures
Washington reports final 1914 year production estimates from the Agriculture Department. Wheat stands at 629,886,000 bushels vs 725,225,000 five year average. corn at 2,583,21,800 bushels vs 9,732,06. Other crops listed with year over year comparisons and quantities.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Greece Accepts Entente Intimation on Allied Proposal
London Dec 15 The Greek government has accepted the intimation presented by the entente allies according to a dispatch from Athens to the Central News agency.
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London
Athens
Woman seeks divorce and half her spuds in court
Wangus City Mo Dec 15 Mrs Anne E Kary wants divorce from Elmer but asks the court to award her four of her four bushels of potatoes. The couple previously raised an eight bushel crop and she now seeks to keep half.
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Wangus City
Anne E. Kary
Elmer
Wilson Awaits Lloyd George On Peace Viewpoints
President Wilson likely will delay any formal steps on central powers peace proposals until after David Lloyd George speaks in the House of Commons. Washington coordinates with Entente powers as American diplomacy stays cautious and seeks the League of Nations framework outlined in Wilson's May speech. Secretary Lansing met Wilson to discuss a possible formal note from Germany and Austria, with action contingent on Lloyd George’s Commons speech.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
David Liloyd-George
House of Commons
Writer House
State Department
League of Nations
League
United States
Merve
Lansing
Germany
Austria
Lloyd-George
Mistake Causes Submarine H-3 Wreck Near Humboldt Bay
In Eureka California on December 16 reports say a two mile error in reckoning led to the wreck of the submarine H-3. The vessel grounded on the beach north of Humboldt Bay’s entrance. Officers and crew were rescued by breeches buoy to the mother ship Cheyenne after evacuation from the submarine.
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Eureka
Cal
Humboldt Bay
Las Mie
Confirmed killings reach Mexican towns on border route
Paso, Tex, Dec 5. An American who arrived from Santa Rosalia brings confirmations of the killing of Dr C F Fisher at Santa Rosalia an unknown foreigner at Jimenez and Howard Gilles at Parral.
Allies Grant Safe Passage to Count Tarnow
London December 15 the entente powers agreed to grant safe conduct to Count Tarnow recently named Austro Hungarian ambassador to the United States.
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Count Tarnow
London
Count Tarmiewski von Tarnow
United States
Blizzard Howls and Snow Follows Mercury Slump
Waterloo awakes to blizzard conditions with subzero readings and a northwest wind. Trains were late as snow swept streets and snow plows began work. Relief calls increase as cold snaps drive demand for coal while fruit shipments stall nationwide. Premier Lloyd George shows improvement and expects to attend the Commons soon.
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Waterloo
Ralph B. Slippy
Missouri
Arkanna
Lowa
Straet Cil Company
Commission
Sioux City
All of Buzau breaks defence of Roumanians
Berlin reports a bold Russian retreat through Roumania with villages burned as they fall back toward Moldavia. The Roumanian town of Buzau is captured, 4000 prisoners taken, and Bulgarian forces cross the Danube near Futosti. French assaults near Verdun fail to retake hill 304 and Pepper Ridge. Possible peace moves loom as Lloyd George prepares to speak in the House of Commons.
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Berlin
Sayville
Roeumants
Buzau
Danube
Futosti
Tehernayoda
David Lioyd- George
House of Commons
Buezen
Moldavia
Roumania
Buzeu
Moldavian
Verdun
The
Meuse
Pepper Ridge
Fort Wardaumount
Official German Note on Peace Offer for War's End
Unofficial English translation of Germany and its allies note proposing immediate negotiations for peace with the Entente. It states the war toll and asserts intent to seek permanent peace while continuing the struggle if necessary, claiming readiness to the end and responsibility for actions.
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Germany
Washington, D
Peebi
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
House Body Approves Ban on Liquor Ads
Washington reports the House Post Office Committee favorably to ban liquor advertisements by mail to any but licensed dealers or agents. The measure targets mail order sellers in dry territories and aims to curb alcohol promotion.
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Washington
DD. C
House Post Office
Wheat Prices Drop on Peace Talk Rumor
Chicago wartime era trading fell sharply as peace rumors spread. May wheat slid to 1.54 a bushel amid margin calls and a market-wide stock rout, with declines widening within hours and benchmarks off about 45 cents from month-ago levels.
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Rome
Inish
New York
Marying
Bethlehem Steel
United States
Marines
Atlantic
Gulf and West Indies
Central Leather
Lackawanna Steel
Iver Copper
International Paper
Davenport real estate broker commits suicide amid graft probe
Davenport December 15. Real estate broker Susemihl shot himself in his Davenport office after graft charges tied him to aldermen over a city property sale. He left a note accusing two aldermen of involvement and admitting a commission dispute with a bank over a $6,000 to $7,000 sale for a municipal building site.
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Davenport
Osrar Susémihl
Susemihl
Susemihi
Iowa National Bank
Reichstag Finance Body Seeks Secret Meeting
Copenhagen via London dated December 13 reports Major Ernst Bassemann of the national liberals proposes a Reichstag finance committee meeting to discuss the foreign political situation. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger says the gathering is to be secret and of utmost importance according to the newspaper.
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Copenhagen
London
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Ernst Bassermann
National Liberals
Reichstag
Reichstag Finance Committee
Fire destroys Summit Hotel and nearby stores at Creston
Fire swept through the Summit hotel in Creston after midnight, destroying the hotel and 75 guests’ belongings. The blaze also wiped out the lower floors housing Rector Grocery, Newcomb drug store, Salzer shoe store, Jones Tan company poolroom and other shops. Defective wiring is blamed as flames spread rapidly, with firemen rescuing trapped workers and appeals for aid sent to Grinnell and Ottumwa. Four stores and a trolley stable suffered losses as 28 horses perished in the blaze rate.
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Oskaloosa
Uvery
Homer Little
J.hart
Nyery
Grinnell
Ottumwa
Grinnell Company
Teachem Oskaloosa
Victor & Turner
Copany
Wagl Lodge
Beadle
Creston Hotel
Creston
Summit Hotel
Grond
Rector Grocery Company
Newcomb Drug Store
G. B. Newcomb
Iowa State Board of’ Pharmacy
William Salzer
Jones Tsand Company
Rail Authorities Address Conference
Evansville Indiana December 15 The Tailroads commission and labor and government spokesmen discussed transportation problems at the central states conference on rail and water transportation. Speakers included Clifford Thorne of Iowa and Frank P Walsh. A transcontinental telephone demonstration will be heard at the banquet linking Evansville with New York Washington Chicago and San Francisco for greetings.
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Evansville
Ind
rThe Tailroads Commission
Central States
Clifford Thorne
Board of Railway Commissioners of
Iowa
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Commission of Industrial Relations
New York
Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
Boy Herbert Howard Gives Coat to Ragged Boy
Sherman Tex Dec 15 How ard Brown, age near the Bible age to interpret literally, heard It is more blessed to give than receive. The line Even to the coat on your back stayed with him. His mother frowned as he arrived home in his union suit minus his trousers. He explained a ragged boy needed warmth and he acted on the sermon.
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Sherman
Tex
Howard Brown
Howard
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