Unions Target Railroads as Government Ownership Goal
Bev W. Hooper, chairman of the United States railroad labor board, accuses railway union leaders of waging warfare against railroads to push for government ownership. He cites anti-railroad rhetoric in union magazines and argues two political aims: weaken court injunctions on strikes and amend the constitution to let Congress override federal court decisions.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Bev W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
Ilinois
Bass
Transportation Act
Railroad Labor Board
Congress
United States
Republic
Weather Outlook for Southwest Regions
Denver reports a forecast from Dec 2 noting New Mexico will be cloudy and unsettled Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Arizona expects partly cloudy to cloudy conditions over the same period with minimal temperature change.
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Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
Weather Summary For Yesterday At University
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended 6 p m yesterday report a high of 83 degrees. Humidity at 6 p m and wind from the southwest with partly cloudy sky described.
Uncooked Egg Disrupts Spokane Robbery Attempt
In Spokane Washington on December 22 a small grocery holdup ended abruptly when a 16 year old clerk Miss Father Olson hurled an egg at one of two robbers who displayed a gun. The egg struck the robber on the nose and splashed his face before the pair fled, dropping the dollar bill they had offered.
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Spokane
Wash
Injured Wallenberg Miner Dies After Crash
Ernest Hobbs a coal miner from Wallenberg Colo died at the local hospital after a Thursday night auto crash on the north and south highway near Trinidad. Hobbs suffered a skull fracture and other injuries. John Gonzales remained in critical condition with a skull fracture along with Ernest Hill. Iva Semiar was less seriously hurt.
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Trinidad
Colo
Ernest Hobbs
Wallenberg
Here
Hobbs
John Gonzales
Ernest Hill
Mise Iva Semiar
Lees
National debt fell by nearly three-quarters of a billion
Washington reports treasure operations in the last year reduced the national debt by about 750 million dollars. Figures released show a 49 million dollar drop in November. The gross debt at month end was 22 624 786459.
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Washington
Loyalty gauge of much political evil party
Samuel Gompers told a Washington conference that blind party loyalty threatens democracy. He argued courts and injunctive power erode congressional intent, urging citizens to organize beyond party lines to restore government control and advance progressive legislation. He warned disaster if people fail to act.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gempers
Gomfers
United States
Republic of the United States
Counterfeiting Gang 13 Arrested in New York Case
Secret service agents arrested John Popovich of Los Angeles in New York after a bag of counterfeit English notes valued at 100000 pounds was found. He faced arraignment after an earlier Los Angeles arrest for exchanging 6000 pounds in fake notes. A counterfeiting plant led to a re-arrest order.
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New York
Secret Service
Moday
John Popovich
Los Angeles
Popovich
Secret Service nets third counterfeiters in England note ring
Washington reports the U S Secret Service says it has rounded up a third member in a counterfeit ring. John Popovich of Los Angeles was arrested in New York with 450000 in forged English notes found in his hotel room. Oscar Simon and Ivan Glavandosich are in custody. earlier profits were recovered in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Washington
United States Secret Service
New York
John Popovich
Los Angeles
Secret Services
England
Oscar Simon
Ivan Glavandosich
Moran
Secret Service
Popovich
Bank of Lugh
San Francisco
Glavamievich
Judge says Klan organizing jury to try Robertson
Ada Oklahoma December report states Judge J W Bolton of Pontotec County District Court believes a Republican county attorney is aided by the Ku Klux Klan to influence a Democratic governor’s trial. He plans to adjourn court next April despite a December 12 governor’s trial date, citing evidence the Klan is organizing a jury to try the governor.
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Ada
Okla
Associated Press
J. W. Bolton
Pontotec
Wevervier J. Kr. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Knix Klan
Bolen
Ku Kies Kinn
Bolshevik Emblem Hissed During Rome Fascisti Parade
In Rome on December 2 crowds watched Fascisti youths drag a Red Bolshevik flag through the street dirt. A hiss rose at one point as the standard bearer lifted the emblem and waved it, sparking cheering from the surrounding crowd.
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Rome
Artesia Man Jim Urban Murdered Near Seminole Texas
The body of Artesia man Jim Urban, murdered and buried in sand near Seminole, Texas, was identified by skull, army coat buttons, and dental records. He had hundreds of dollars on him, his car is missing, and officers follow several clues amid family uncertainty.
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the Journal
Artesia
N. M
Dee
Jim Urban
Seminole
Texas
Urban
Tiny Junk Arrives at Seattle After 87 Day Trip
Captain Waard of the ship Tiny Junk completes a long voyage from China to Seattle in 87 days. The journey mirrors historic sea expeditions though details are limited.
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Tiny Junk
Seattle
China
Christopher
Columbus
Captain Waard
Waard
Burge Held Here On Second Charge In Arizona Extradition Fight
Thomas W. Burge, acquitted Thursday in Prescott on a murder charge, was re arrested early yesterday in Belen on a telegraphic request from Prescott officials. He was taken from train No. 22 and brought to Albuquerque, then jailed. Attorney M. J. McGuinness planned habeas corpus proceedings as Burge contested extradition.
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Thomas W. Burge
Prescott
Arizona
Belen
J. P. Dillon
Présgcout
Tony Ortiz
Mor
Gutierrez
Louls Beach
Burse
Albuquerque
Burge
Dillon
M. J. McGuinness
Ortiz
Iron
Burge Re-Arrested in Auto Theft After Not Guilty Murder Verdict
Thomas W. Burge, acquitted of murdering Iver Enge near Prescott, was re-arrested in Sellen New Mexico and to be brought back for trial on auto theft tied to Enge’s car. Sheriff Dillon said Dr. Dunn faces bribery and juror Millred charged with perjury amid Dunn’s case.
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Burge
Frank H. Millred
Dillon
Millred
Dunn
Iver Enge
Prescott
Maricopa
Phoenix
William FE
Acker
Supreme Court
Albuquerque
Louisiana
Community-Owned Hotel Nears Completion in March
The community-owned hotel at Sixth Street and Central Avenue approaches completion with occupancy planned by March 1. Builders report rapid progress on lower floors, interior finishes, and exterior coating while the hotel association presses for faster subscription collections and confirms likely tenant prospects.
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Sixth Street
Central Avenue
Kay J. Garfield
Lhce
Sidney Weil
Wreck on Santa Fe Line Kills Two, Injures Several
Freano California December 2 Two persons were killed and several injured when the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train No 22 eastbound plunged into an open switch west of Bakersfield. A division office statement blamed deliberate tampering with the switch. Investigation found the switch target showed a clear track but the switch had been broken open and lined for a spur.
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Freano
Calif
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Bakersfield
Heavy Snow Blankets Williams After Thanksgiving Storm
Williams Ariz Dec 2 Thanksgiving day finds Williams under a nine inch snow cover. The storm began Tuesday night and dumped heavy snow for about two days. Autos were reported getting through on the highways both east and west. November 1921 had half an inch while November 1922 recorded eighteen inches.
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Williams
Ariz
AID FOR FARMERS URGED BY PROGRESSIVES IN CONGRESS
Speakers at a public conference urged aid for farmers and cost relief. Senators La Follette and Wheeler led calls for credit reform and better freight rates while promising a broader progressive program. The gathering supported non-partisan aims and direct primaries advocacy.
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Washington
Congress
la Follette
Wisconsin
Huddleston
Alabama
People's Legislative Service
Woodruff
Michigan
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
LaFollette
Fartners
Wheeler
Montana
Frazier
North Dakota
Northwest
Farr Credit
Bilnaine
American aviator Hinton reaches Para Gra ny
Lieutenant Walter Hinton arrived in Para Gny in Brazil at 3 PM after flying from New York to Rio de Janeiro aboard the clues indicate his long distance flight.
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Hinton
Brazil
Pernambuco
Associated Press
Walter Hinton
New York
Janeiro
Para
Grany Wil
Banc of Wisconsin Governor Attacks Mellon Over Tax Secrecy
Governor John J. Blaine of Wisconsin accused Secretary Mellon of the treasury department at a national progressive conference of favoring the rich and profiteers. He urged ending income tax secrecy to curb fraud and questioned Mellon’s resolve to tax the wealthy equally.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury Department
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
Blaine
Preach a Crusade Against Ignorance Message of Tigert
Commissioner Tigert of the bureau of education calls for a national crusade during American Education Week. He cites 5,000,000 illiterate adults and 6,600,000 children not in school as urgent proof to raise policy for universal growth in knowledge and understanding. The week, proclaimed by President Harding, should reveal facts about illiteracy and neglect to the nation.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Tigert
Bureau of Education
Echool
Montcello
Harding
Senate Republicans End Dyer Filibuster Over Lynching Bill
Washington December 2 Republican senators caucused to abandon the Dyer anti lynching bill ending a historic filibuster that had stalled all business for four days. The move clears the way for confirmation of nominations including Pierce Butler to the Supreme Court and refocuses attention on Senate rules enabling minority obstruction. White Senator Cummins praised the filibuster impact while warning of procedural rigidity.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Pierce Butler
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Cummins
Towa
Deportation orders for 31 Mexicans announced in Denver
W R Mansfield of the Denver district bureau of immigration announced deportation orders for 31 Mexicans set to be released soon from Colorado penitentiaries in Canon City Buena Vista and from Wyoming and Utah state prisons.
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Denver
Colorado
Canon City
Colorado Reformatory
Buena Vista
Wyoming
Utah State
W. Rt. Mansfield
Bureau of Inmisgration
Clemenceau Urges U S Back In European Affairs
In St. Louis Georges Clemenceau urges reentry into European diplomacy either via the league of nations or other means. He lauds Wilsons 14 points, says Monroe doctrine outgrown, and calls on America to help enforce Versailles terms while warning against German flouting. He notes gradual steps toward a broader society of nations.
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Clemenceau
League of Nations
St. Louis
America
Georges Clemenceau
France
Odeon
Tiger
United States
Europe
Woodrow Wilson
Byte Bottice
Germany
Society of Nations
Genoa
Austria
Paltimore
Magnolia Petroleum approves $60 million stock increase in Texas
Gualveston Texas December 2 The Magnolia Petroleum company increases its authorized capital stock from 120 million to 150 million dollars in a special meeting led by president John Sealy A cash dividend of one per cent will be paid on January 6 1924 Trustees ordered the increase distributed by a fifty per cent stock dividend to stockholders as of December 18 Books closed December 14 for this purpose
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Gualveston
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Company
John Sealy
Mitchell and White to clash in Milwaukee December 15
Milwaukee reports Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee versus Charley White of Chicago slated for December 15 in a 17 round junior welterweight bout. Mitchell’s brother Billy Mitchell confirms the matchup and the purse fixed at 198.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ritchie Mitchell
Charley White
Chicago
New York
Billy Mitchell
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Seminole, Tex
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Wep
Brebers
Santa FE Line
NEW Movement
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Charce
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Dyer
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