Naval treaty dispute drives new US naval program plan
The house appropriations committee reported a 295 million dollar naval bill urging President Harding to pursue talks with Great Britain France Italy and Japan to extend treaty limits. It cites a light cruiser and submarine build up to keep parity and notes modernization of battleships as necessary amid ongoing offshore competition.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Harding
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Naval
Kelley
Naval Appropriations
Kelly
Navy General Board
United States Navy
Othr
General Board
Senate
Friends of the
Immigration selection urged at Farm Bureau meeting
Harvey J. Sconce of Sidell urged an immigration law based on selection rather than restriction at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual gathering in Chicago. He called for repealing the 2 percent clause and adopting a Canadian style system with finances and moral requirements, centralized in one federal agency. James A. Emery pressed modifying quotas to admit essential labor in excess of limits where not available domestically.
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Chicago
Tec
Harvey J. Sconce
Sidell
Inl
American Farm Bureau Federation
Seonee
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Mr. Boonce
Navy
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Washington
Prodders and refiners drill at Farmington field site
A. Ft. Bouton announces start of drilling on the Ute location in section 1 township 31 range 14, seventeen miles NW of Farmington. Water line from the San Juan river to the Midwest hogback dome completed, cementing the first well delayed by leakage, with 100 sacks en route for re cementing. Robert Gibson to lead operations, first well on the Ute pasture near the Midwest gaser.
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Farmington
N. M
Bouton
Producers & Mtnefiners
Ute
Section 1
Township 31
Tocito
Woodruff
Midwest
San Juan River
Hogback Dome
Times Hustler Today
Producers & Nrefiners Corporation
Durango
Farmington Yards
Robert Gibson
Farmington Field
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Weather Outlook for Southwest States With Cold Front
Denver report notes New Mexico values for Thursday and Friday show fair skies in the south with rain turning to snow in the north and a drop in temperatures. Arizona follows with rain in the south and snow in the north, colder conditions in the west. Friday mostly fair except snow in the northeast and continuing cold.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Arizona
University Weather Summary Ends With Cloudy Skies
Local report records twenty four hour conditions ending 6 p m yesterday. Highest temperature 60 degrees. Humidity at 6 p m 88 percent. Precipitation negligible. Wind direction from the Southwest. Day described as cloudy.
Burton Calls for More Rational Hogal Policy
Ohioan says remedy for situation abroad is not cancellation of indebtedness. He urges a rational Hogal policy to address international tensions and economic issues.
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Burton
Ohioan
Burtons Call for Flexible Debt Rules and European Recovery
Representative Theodore Burton urged flexible interest rates and loan terms for war debts saying Europe should adopt rational fiscal policies and reduce military expenses. He warned against harsh payouts to Germany and cautioned that dragging nations into serflike burdens would harm global recovery and stability. He favored reloaning repaid funds for expansion and urged U.S. aid guided by fundamental foreign policy principles.
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Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Allied Debt Funding Commission
Washington Association of Credit Men
Europe
Burton
Congress
Aleo
Germany
Fhirton
Trurope
France
United States
Gopher Killing Contest Awards Set in Dona Ana Farm District
Officials from the U S biological survey and Elephant Butte irrigation district offer cash prizes to school children for killing gophers in Dona Ana County communities. Prizes range from 1 to 15 dollars with a top award for the largest total, as experts teach trapping and poisoning methods.
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Las Cruces
N. M
U. S. Biological Survey
Elephant Butte
Anthony
la Mesa
Central la Mesa
Old Town
Chamberino
San Miguel
Brerine
Mesilla
Mesilla Park
Picacho West
Picacho
Dona Ana
Hill
Hatch
Rodey
Rincon
Robert C. Stockdale
Garfield
Frisco Buys Control of J. and G. Railroad
New York reports the S&L San Francisco Railway has taken control of the International and Great Northern railroad, linking lines in southern Texas. Approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission and security holders is required. The deal expands Frisco lines to over 1500 miles along the Mexican border and central Texas.
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New York
S&j. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company
International and Great Northern Railroad
Texas
N. Brown
St. Louis and
San Franciseco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Centro
International
Great Northern
St. Louis
Amendment proposed to regulate women and under eighteen
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts introduced a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would grant Congress power to regulate the employment of women and children under eighteen years of age. The measure was presented in Washington on December 13.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Middle Rio Grande reclamation push outlined for coming year
The Middle Rio Grande Valley Reclamation association plans a year of action regardless of the Smith McNary bill, with a January 6 meeting in Albuquerque to discuss a proposed reclamation district and flood diversion dam sites on the upper Rio Grande. The plan aims to form the district after authorizing measures pass, seeking government aid if needed, and notes engineers expect only minor ditch changes, affecting costs. Members include FE Otero, Jesus Romero, F C de Racca, C T Brown, F D Huning, F A Hubbell, C White, and M Ila Fox.
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Middle
Rio Grande Valley
Congress
Middle Rio Grande Valley
Tre Grande
Nlerman Mohr
Albuquerque
General Reclamation
Farm Loan Board
Rio Grande River Commission
Middle Rio Grande Teclamation Association
FE. M. Otero
Los Lunas
Jesus Romero
Bernalillo
F. C. de Racca
Charles Brown
Sandoval
C. T. Brown
Socorro
F. DD. Huning
Valencia County
F. A. Hubbell
C. &. White
M. Ila Fox
Bernalillo County
Midshipmen Dropped Back At Annapolis For Hazing
An order implementing Secretary Denby’s decree drops three senior midshipmen to the next lower class for gross dereliction of duty. The punished are Thomas J. Casey Roxbury Mass Thomas F Boyce Mount Vernon Ind and Trowell C Finch Bath N Y. Additional hazing cases involving Hawkins Robinson and four others await final Washington action.
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Annapolis
Bath
N. Y
Stuart FH. Hawkins
Springfield
Mass
Bruce Robinson
Chandler
Aridz
Academy
Harding
Midshipmen
Washington
Illinois rejects new constitution in statewide vote
Chicago reports early unofficial AP returns show 708,749 voting against adoption as 192,04— against adoption 901,782 with 3,515 of 5,656 precincts reporting including Cook County. Majorities favoring rejection grow as more precincts tally.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Cook County
Trial of Five Miners Opens in Herrin Riot Murder Case
The Herrin riot murder trial opens with prosecution and defense presenting their statements. Witnesses include Dr J B Black hospital head and Albert Storm undertaker describing How ard Hoffman death from shotgun and knife wounds. The jury comprises twelve working men, farmers and union miners, in a city courtroom.
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Duty
Southern Illinois Coal Company
Yuty
Hunter
Ten Small
A. W. Kerr
Tlinois
Williamson County
Hea
Illinois
Ilinois Chamber of Commerce
Kerr
J. B. Black
Herrin Hospital
Albert G. Storm
Herrin
William McCowan
Pr. Black
Mr. Storm
Howard Hoffman
Black
Hoffman
Indian trailers aid search for missing aviators
In Calexico California on December 13 three Yaqui Indian trailers entered the desert on the Sonora side of the Gulf of California to search for missing army aviators Colonel Francis J. Marshall and Lieutenant C A Webber. The Yaquis are said to have helped previously in the six year old survivors' search for Captain Bradford's plane.
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Calexien
Calif
Sonora
Gulf of California
Francis J. Marshall
Aniieutenant
C. A. Webber
Bradford
Building activity rises nationwide in fall reports
Heradstreet's statistics show increased construction across the country in fall. In November, a short month with a holiday, 161 cities saw 205,619,700 dollars invested in new buildings, compared with 208,238,990 dollars in October.
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New York
Heradstreet’s Today
Ambassadors push for Turkish minority protections at Lausanne
Ambassador Child urged Ismet Pasha to make liberal concessions for Armenians Greeks and other minorities in Turkey and to protect foreigners. The talks aimed to prevent dislodgements while Turkey resists allied minority administration and seeks greater sovereignty. The sub commission considered population exchanges and Greek colony status in Constantinople.
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Lausanne
Associated Press
Ambassador Child
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
Child
Ismet
Greece
Sub-Commission On
Minorities
Constantinople
Wanamaker Funeral to Close City Institutions
Philadelphia honors merchant John Wanamaker with a citywide half day closure by the stock exchange and public schools for a memorial service. Wanamaker’s body remains in Bethany Presbyterian Church from 10 a.m. to noon while thousands file by. The funeral and interment at Wanamaker Mausoleum, St James the Less Cemetery, will be private.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Wanamaker
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Mr. Wanamaker
Bethany Church
St. James the Less
Verdict Awarded Against Locomotive Engineers Union
In Selma Alabama on December 18 a circuit court awarded J W Green forty thousand dollars against the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen. Green, a former member, sued over his expulsion from the order for alleged disloyal remarks.
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B. Ok
Selma
Ala
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Kenginemen
J. W. Green
Green
Brotherhood
Missing aviators linked to San Diego search near Twin Buttes
Indication that Coronel Francis K. R. Marshall and Lieutenant Charles J. Webber, aviators, are missing since Thursday after departing San Diego for Fort Huachuca. A Tucson search report says the plane was seen toward the Pacal Nimi desert near Twin Buttes between the Santa Rita and The Stone mountains. Troops and planes focus the hunt.
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San Antonio
Texas
Coronel Francis KR. Marshall
Charles J. Webber
San Diego
California
Fortifuadhues
Arizona
L. Winans
Tucson
Paca Nimi Desert
Twin Buttes
Santa Rita
Thetstone Mountains
Fort Huachues
Army planes join search for missing officers in California
Four Crissey Field planes reached Bakers Field joining six others en route to Nogales, Ariz to aid the search for Colonel Francis Marshall and Lieutenant C F Webber. They plan to reach Rockwell Field San Diego tonight and depart for Nogales tomorrow with three more planes from Crissey Field headed to San Diego.
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San Francisco
Army
Crissey Field
Nogales
Ariz
Francis Marshall
C. F. Webber
Bakersfield
Cal
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Battling Siki Summoned to Appear Before Commission
Paris reports Battling Siki the Senegalese boxer was summoned by the French boxing federation to appear before its investigating committee Friday evening over charges tied to a frame up in his bout with Georges Carpentier. The federation barred another Siki Carpentier fight until Siki complies.
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Paris
Associated Press
Siki
Pugilet
French Boxing Federation
Georges Carpentier
Federation
Carpentier
Anfternoon
Siki-Carpentier
National league owners discuss minor league rule changes
New York December 13 discussion of proposed changes in minor league rules occupied most of the National League owners second day session with no action. Proposals include umpire pay for World Series and home club authority on ground conditions plus inter league scheduling and trade limits. Robert D Emslie named adviser to the NL president.
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New York
Robert D. Emslie
National League
League
Col Noble Retires After 42 Years in Army Service
Col Robert N Noble retires after more than 42 years of military service. He organized the first military training camps at Monterey in 1913 and 1914 and led national guard affairs in the Ninth corps area through October. A brigadier general in World War I, he served with the 77th and 79th divisions and earned a brevet lieutenant colonel for gallant service in the Santiago campaign.
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San Francisco
Calif
Robert N. Noble
Noble
Monterey
Flo
Ninth Corps
Roincks
Bg Koblensdt Ahenty
Burns Key Witness in Oregon Fraud Case Proceedings
Washington December hearings before the House Judiciary Committee on Attorney General Daugherty impeachment feature Burns as the principal subject of evidence. He is called to the stand and denies wrongdoing, as Chairman Volstead questions the scope of the testimony already presented.
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Volstead
House Judiciary Committee
Burns
Oregon
Washington
Daugherty
Hearings on Daugherty Impeachment Hear a Defense of Byrne
Washington hearings before the house judiciary committee on impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty touched on the Byrne defense. Witnesses included Burns, Senator Johnson, former Attorney General Wickersham, and Samuel Gompers. They discussed Oregon land fraud trials, the McNamara case, Taft Roosevelt feud, and AFL’s stance amid political pressure.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Daugharty
William J. Byrne
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Burna
Johnson
California
Wickersham
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Oregon
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles Times
Taft
Roosevelt
Representative Keller
Minnesota
Daugherty
Burns
Willesh N. Jones
Paul Howsland
Francis J. Heney
Taftin
Jones
Senator Johnson
Howland
Investigation Bureau
Mr. Burne
San Francisco
Mr. Furns
Samuel Gompera
Farmers claim grain losses and rate relief needed
Washington officials report that farmers face losses producing grain and hay in recent years. Experts from Minnesota and Iowa said costs exceed returns, urging railroad rate reductions to aid producers. Oklahoma official noted current rates hurt from producing areas to main markets.
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Washington
Pfarmers
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. W. Peek
University of Minnesota
C. L. Holmes
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
A. Ty Bennett
Oklahoma
Rew
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