Senate currency bill races to pass before adjournment
Washington reports the administration’s sweeping currency reform bill near Senate passage with leaders optimistic it will clear before adjournment and await House action. The measure would create regional banks, a federal reserve board, and a government backed currency, guiding a transition from Aldrich Vreeland rules.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Sesson
House
Witfess
Atest
Underwood
Crawford
Cummins
Newlands
Federal Reserve Board
Pntrol
Parcel Post Faces Heavy Load During First Christmas
Washington D C Dec 19 The parcel post system has the first Christmas heavy burden taxing post office facilities to the utmost If the rush becomes 50 acute next week deliveries may be affected and Postmaster General Burleson will issue notification cards to all consignees of delayed packages.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Burleson
Postmaster Burleson seeks 1 million for parcel post aid
Washington December 1 The Postmaster General Burleson asked the House Post Office Committee for an immediate emergency appropriation of one million dollars to operate the parcel post system until June 30 He said nearly all of the one million already appropriated for the new system except 22 000 had been spent Also notes attorney Frank Keane who has been home recovering from illness was slightly improved.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
House Post Office Committee
Waterloo Health Boom Despite Population Surge
Waterloo enjoys unusually low contagious disease figures in December with only 21 quarantined cases, mostly smallpox, and a light death rate for a city over 32,000. Nurses and doctors report eased workloads, while pure artesian water from three wells supports public health amid growth.
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Waterloo
Presbyterian Hospital
Humber
Board of Health and Health
Imprisonment Given For Offending German Baron
Strassburg, Germany Dec 19 A court martial sentenced Lt Baron von Forstner of the 99th Infantry to 43 days in a penitentiary and stripped him of his commission. The defense claimed self defense while witnesses said the shoemaker Blanch was restrained when the lieutenant struck him. Von Forstner appealed the sentence.
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Strassburg
Germany
Baron von Forstner
Ninety-ninth Infantry
Forstner
Blanch
von Forstner
Daughter-in-law of Secretary McAdoo ill in New York hospital
Mrs. Francis A. McAdoo, daughter-in-law of the secretary of the treasury, is reported ill in a New York hospital but not in alarming condition. She is a daughter of Mrs. Isaac Emerson of Baltimore.
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New York
Francis A. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Isaac Emerson
Baltimore
Hetch Hetchy bill signed to provide San Francisco water
President Wilson signed the Hetch Hetchy bill authorizing a public water supply for San Francisco. He said the measure serves pressing regional needs without harming the public domain. The plan envisions a ten year build and 150 mile conduit from the Tuolumne valley to the city. Settlers along the San Joaquin irrigation area may buy power from the plant at cost.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
San Francisco
Enda City
Enda
San Joaquin Valley
Tuolumne
Desertion Case in La Porte City Spans 25 Years
Christian Nielsen sues for divorce from Christina Nielsen claiming she deserted him on April 20 1888 after their February 22 1887 marriage. The petition notes he has waited over 25 years for her return to live with him.
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Christian Nielsen
la Porte City
Christina Nielsen
Huerta Leader Orozco Sought Dead or Alive
In Chihuahua on December 19 a reward for General Pascual Orozco, once a Madero supporter, is offered dead or alive as Huerta’s northern forces falter. Rival Mexicans pursue the reward, while Orozco drives toward the American border amid demoralized troops.
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Chihuahua
Huerta
Pascual Orozco
Carranza
Orozco
Madero
Died Ignorant of Don's Plight in Sing Sing
New York December 19 The mother of former Police Lieutenant Charles Flecker who awaits execution for the Rosenthal murder died at her home in Sing Sing ignorance of her son's plight She was bedridden for years and had not read a newspaper for over a year When informed by another son John that Charles suffered rheumatism and was in a sanitarium the explanation sufficed.
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New York
Charles Flecker
Sing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
Charles
John
President resumes office work after illness
President Wilson returned to his office today for the first time since illness, reports say he feels well and worked through a mass of correspondence before meeting the cabinet. He is considering candidates for the new Federal Reserve Board post created by the currency bill, aiming for the best men regardless of party.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Reading the Courier Readers Roll of Honor
A Reinbeck reader mentions long service to the Courier since 1801 and settlement in Mack Hawk county since 1856. Notices announce Roy H. Decker and Eleanor Stanley marriage plans, with groom to reside in Freeport, Illinois after the wedding.
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Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
Reinbeck
Publishers Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Mack Hawk County
Near Capture of Emiliano Zapata Misses by Narrow Margin
Federal troops failed to seize Emiliano Zapata at Nenajera ranch fifteen miles south of Mexico City after an hour of skirmishing. Zapata and a few companions reportedly broke through the ring with machete aid. Reports said pursuit was called off due to darkness and terrain. Also, General Salvador Mercado to be replaced by General Pascual Orozco amid Chihuahua campaign plans and troop redeployments from Ojinaga.
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Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Nenapera Ranch
Federal District
Zapata
Nenajiera Ranch
War Office
Heid
Ojinaga
Mex
Salvador Mercado
Pascual Orozco
Mercado
Chihuahua
Villa 18 Complaisant and Border Clash Report
Gen Francisco Villa said he would consider US rights for foreigners and formed a committee to inventory expelled Spaniards property. At Presidio two Mexican soldiers and Luis Orozco died after an exchange of shots near the river. Villa’s regime imposed large ransoms on Mexican families and refugees before his forces left Chihuahua City.
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Luis Orozco
Mercado
Orozco
United States Army
Villa Holdups
el Paso
Francisca Villa
Chihuahua City
Mexico
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