Lusitania Not Armed When Sunk Off Irish Coast
Official cargo report released by Dudley Field Malone states the Cunard liner Lusitania carried no guns troops or explosives on its 1915 voyage near Ireland. The ammunition cases carried were permitted under 1911 commerce rulings and were not considered explosives under current law. The report, once secret, was made public to address claims about arming and the sinking.
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New York
Cunard
Irish
Dudley Field Malone
New York World
Department of Commerce
Medoo
Malone
United States
Central Committee For
la Follette
Treasury Department
State Department
Lusitania
England
Lueltania
Grroopsa
Uuesitanta
Pass En Wera
Lausitania
Kinsale Head
Ireland
Sikis Suspension to Be Threshed Out in Court
Paris reports the boxing federation stripped Siki of the world light heavyweight title after his win over Georges Carpentier and banned him nine months. A civil tribunal will investigate the circumstances of the bout amid charges of a frame up by Senegales deputy Diagne.
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Paris
Associated Press
Affafre Siki
Georges Carpentier
Boxing Federation
Carpentier-Siki
Diagne
Chamber of Deputies
Weather Outlook for Denver and Southwest Regions
Denver reports unsettled conditions Monday and Tuesday with possible snow in the north, light rain in the south, and a colder trend eastward on Tuesday. In New Mexico, unsettled weather continues with snow in the north and light rain in the south, while Arizona sees fair conditions in the west, snow in the northeast, and rain in the southeast with a slight drop in temperature eastward on Tuesday.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Arizona
Weather Report Summary From University Data
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended 6 p m yesterday reported by the university show a high of 61 degrees with mixed humidity and light precipitation. The report notes cloud coverage and notes the overall character of the day as partly cloudy with variable conditions.
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Cisco
Echaces Eos
Body of Arizona man found in Salt River near Roosevelt Dam
The body of J. C. Merritt, who drowned in the Salt River near Roosevelt Dam two weeks earlier, was recovered by searchers late this afternoon a short distance from his disappearance point. Merritt, personal chauffeur to W. Maclennan of Miami Copper, had joined three Miami men to hunt for better duck spots before vanishing on November 19. He leaves a widow and daughter. the body was taken to Globe this evening.
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Phoenix
Ariz
J. C. Merritt
Salt River
Roosevelt Dam
Merritt
Roosevelt Lake
W. Maclennan
Miami Copper Company
Globe
Evenng
Daugherty Responds to Charges Before Judiciary Committee
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty issued a formal reply to Keller's 14 impeachment specifications. He argues the push is driven by radicals and profiteers seeking to shield wrongdoers, and says public release would harm the government’s interests while denying access to sensitive documents.
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Washington
Associated Press
Daugherty
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Keller
Minnesota
Department of Justice
Keller
Senate
United States
October Income Increase for Class A Lines Reaches 26 000
The report shows a rise in October income for fifty four Class A lines to twenty six thousand dollars, exceeding the prior month by a sizable margin. Details indicate continued growth in the department’s revenue stream and higher usage.
Steel Production Maintains a Better Rate Than Expected
Industrial and trade indicators held up through the week with slight slowings seen as seasonal. Car loadings approached a yearly high, steel output ran near eighty percent of capacity, pig iron and coal prices eased, and steel prices remained steady with no large cuts anticipated. Financials improved as October railroad earnings supported stock gains and monetary conditions stayed stable into year end.
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New York
Associated Press
Professor Vaillant’s Thirteenth X Ray Amputation Operation
Paris reports Professor Vaillant director of the N Ray laboratory at Lariboisiere Hospital underwent his thirteenth surgery for amputation. The right forearm was removed to halt the creeping N Ray illness after earlier procedures began on the left, progressing to shoulder amputation as the disease spread.
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Paris
Vaillant
Lariboisiere Hospital
Murphy Wins 250 Mile Beverly Hills Auto Race
Jimmy Murphy wins the 250 mile championship at Beverly Hills speedway completing 200 laps of the 114 mile oval in 2 hours 10 minutes 53.10 seconds. Earl Cooper finishes second and Harry Hartz third. Crowd around 80 000 watches Murphy average 114.6 mph.
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Beverly Hills
Los Angeles
Calif
Jimmy Murphy
Beverly Hills Speedway
Earl Cooper
Harry Hartz
Murphy
San Francisco
Harry Wmartz
Cooper
Bennett Hill
Tommy Milton
Art Klein
Penney flyer wreck injures none due to steel coach design
Passengers aboard the Penney flyer escaping death after a wreck near Cumberland Indiana credit the steel construction of the coaches for preventing telescoping. Investigations by railroad officials and state authorities proceed to determine the wreck’s cause.
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Cumberland
Ind
Rewer Freight Cars Bad Order Reports Reveal
Topeka Kansas December survey from American Railway Association shows 249 960 bad order freight cars on November 1 1922 down 95 241 from November 13 1921 and 76 628 fewer since July 1 the shopmen strike. It notes 11 percent of cars need repairs versus 14 percent in 1921 and 2.2 point improvement during the strike. Eastern Santa Fe lead order cars show 12 000 fewer in repair need on November 1 1921 versus 1922.
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Topeka
Kans
Dec. &C
Car Service Division
American Railway Associaion
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
F. C. Cox
Millicene Smith Plans Rural Education Push in Missouri
Millicene Smith state representative elect of St. Louis County pledges to extend urban school advantages to rural districts when the 1923 Missouri legislature convenes. She cites transportation support and full high school access, and promotes women’s roles in appointive offices and caucuses.
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J. Louis
Millicene T. Smith
St. Louis
Missouri
Tinkham urges equal enforcement of all constitutional provisions
Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts writes President Harding urging that all parts of the constitution be enforced equally and impartially. He notes the eighteenth amendment permits enforcement but the fourteenth amendment provisions on disfranchisement are mandatory and currently unenforced, a condition he calls scandalous.
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Washington
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Harding
Congress
Minor leaguers gather in Louisville for NACBL meeting
Minor leaguers from Chicago arrive in Louisville for the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues annual meeting opening Tuesday implying a wider league gathering and possible schedule discussions.
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Chicago
Louisville
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Reward Offered in Santa Fe Wreck Near Bakersfield
Los Angeles December 3 A reward of 25000 pounds was authorized by Santa Fe General Manager I L Hibbard for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Bakers field wreck of passenger train 22 near Santa Fe. An investigation found a broken switch lock opened the switch and tampering with the automatic signal to show a clear track.
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Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Santa Fe
I. L. Hibbard
Santa Fe Coast Lines
Doughboys Plan Real Christmas for German Youngsters
American troops in the Rhineland raise a multi million mark fund to give German children a genuine Christmas. The Rhineland post of veterans started with 300,000 marks and every soldier on leave donates the equivalent of one dollar, over eight thousand marks. Top sergeants oversee contributions and relief work has started for the German poor.
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Cobientz
Associated Press
Rhineland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auto Crash Injures Two At Beverly Hills Speedcourse
In Los Angeles two drivers were hurt when their cars collided during warm up for a 250 mile race at Beverly Hills speedway. Hershell McKee escaped with slight injuries while Hugh Curley was in critical condition after the car struck Joe Thomas’s machine and crashed through a guard rail.
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Los Angeles
Dee
Herschell McKee
Hugh Curley
Joe Thomas
Beverly Hills Speedway
McKee
Thomas
Rumors of Probable Appointees Heard at State Capital
Rumors at Santa Fe center on J F Hinkle naming appointees after inauguration. Possible picks include A P Hill for superintendent of the penitentiary with county support, Ed Tafoya as businessman and ex-soldier, and Harry T Herring or Major Toulouse for adjutant general. Other names tied to assistant attorney general and police chief roles circulate, with John Bale Manus mentioned for bank examiner and Pablo Martinez for state tax commissioner.
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Banta Fe
Dec
J. F. Hinkle
Penitentiary
Hinkle
A. P. Hill
Ed Tafoya
Hill
Albuquerque
Charles’ Abreu
Santa Fe
John Bale
Manus
Pablo Martinez
Nanhe
Soviet disarmament plan outlined at Moscow conference
Moscow opens a disarmament conference with delegates from western border states of Russia and Poland representing Romania. Maxim Litvinoff chairs and sets out proposals to cap military expenditure per soldier and end civilian militia formations while neutralizing border zones. He notes naval reductions prevent proposals on fleets, citing past 1917 cuts.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Central
Europe
Russia
Tumania
Poland
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Russia
Genoa
M. Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Highest bridge in the United States at Del Rio Texas
Del Rio Texas December 3 The Pecos River bridge lies 50 miles west of Del Rio on the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio line It is the fourth highest span in the world at present after newer bridges in Africa and two earlier in Bolivia and France The structure stands 26 feet above low water and originally extended 2 180 feet long weighing 2 243 tons
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del Rio
Tex
United States
el Paso
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
Pecos River
Bolivia
South America
France
Africa
Pecos
Woman elected to Assembly in Nougier State
Indianapolis Dec 3 Miss Elizabeth Rainey of Indianapolis won a seat in the Indiana general assembly without speaking in public or active campaign work. She is the lone woman elected to a state legislative post, on the Republican ticket aided by the Women's City club and the Women’s Department club. Rainey plans educational bills, a uniform marriage and divorce law, and a bill on illegitimate children while urging a short ballot and separate care for women men and children. She has long worked at a major Indiana law firm and is studying law at night, with roots in Waynetown Montgomery county and past as a country schoolteacher.
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Indianapolis
The
Indiana General Assembly
Elizabeth Rainey
Miss Rainey
Indiana
Women's City Club
Woman's Department Club of
General Assembly
Clemenceau Speeds East to Baltimore
Georges Clemenceau travels from St Louis toward Baltimore denying he urged U.S. entry into the League of Nations. He seeks a Franco British security pledge and receives eager crowds from Dayton to Richmond Indiana.
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Clemenceau
Baltimore
German China News Appears in Shanghai First Since WWI
The Deutsche China Nachrichten announces its Shanghai debut as the first German newspaper published in China since World War I. Printed in German Chinese and English the magazine aims to boost German trade and industry while fostering goodwill toward Germany. Wolfgang Richter serves as owner editor and Sae-Fang as Chinese editor.
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Shanghai
China News
China
Germany
Wolfgang Richter
Ane
Sae-Fang
ChAinese
Denver Woman Seriously Wounded in Jealous Shooting
In Denver Colorado a Black woman named hbil Price lies near death at the county hospital after a shooting early today. Police say jealousy was the motive and two Black men are under arrest in connection with the incident.
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Denver
Colo
Inne
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mPa
Ono
Angel Sity
Western
Texas
Nougier State
Wright
League of Nations
Pittsburgh
Georges Clemenceau
St. Louia
Ameriica
League
Great Britain
Middle West
Dayton
Richmond
Marah Copeland
Frank B. Hare
Ville Wright
A. Eads
Frederick J. Patterson
Hurops
America
Committee of Quakers
West
Timothy Nelson
Rudolph G. Leeds
William B. Leeds
Anastasia
Greece
Sarah Copeland
Sarah
Denver Negress
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