De Valera Opposes Peace Treaty Guidance in Ireland
Eamon De Valera declares he cannot recommend any part of the treaty with Great Britain to the Dail or country and is supported by ministers of home affairs and defense. A Dail session is summoned for Wednesday at 11 am as Ireland faces a constitutional test without bitterness or recriminations.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Great Britain
Dail Eireann
Ministers of Defense
Home
Dail Eiireann
Home Affairs and Defense
JapanENTENTE But Not Abrogating Anglo Japanese Pact
Tokyo reports government approves the proposed quadruple entente in principle but cannot abrogate the Anglo Japanese alliance until naval armament reductions and China policy are settled. Delegates at Washington push ahead on Pacific fortifications and China matters as talks continue with Britain France and the United States.
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TOKIO
Associated Press
Teikoku
Washington
Elihu Root
China
Harding
Pacific
Knights of Fiery Cross Parade Set for Amarillo Tonight
A letter to Amarillo editors announces the Ku Klux Klan parade through the principal business streets tonight at 8. The march will go Polk Street from Tenth to Third, then Taylor Street and south to its start. Authorities note prior investigation found no local Klan, but the event is expected to draw a large crowd despite controversy over crime and recent bootlegging cases.
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Polk Street
Tenth
Third
Taylor Street
Amarillo
Bere
Klan
Knights of the Fiery Cross
Dail Hireann Cabinet Ends Third Session in Ireland
Blinn Dec 8 the third session of the Dail Hireann cabinet ended tonight a few minutes after o clock It is understood that the opinions of the members regarding the peace agreement were divided and the questions will be left to the decision of the Dail Eireann An official report of the meeting is promised later.
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Associated Press I
BLINN
Hireann
Dail Eireann
Griffith Signs Ireland Britain Treaty He Says Peace Near
Dublin dispatch reports Arthur Griffith head of the Irish delegation announcing he has signed the treaty between Ireland and Great Britain. He declares the pact will lay foundations of peace and friendship and that he will stand by what he signed, believing the end of the centuries long conflict is at hand.
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Dublin
Arthur Griffith
London
Ireland
Great Britain
Probe into Executions Is Started
The War Department records presented to a Senate investigation deny charges of mass hangings without trial. Read by Colonel Walter E Bethel the records show eight negroes two whites and one Indian among those executed. Senator Watson prepared affidavits clippings and letters to support the charges.
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Senate Investigation Committee
Walter E. Bethel
Pershing
France
Watson
Georgia
Senate
Bethel
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas City Packing Plant Damaged by Flames
Fire of unknown origin broke out in the Fowler Packing Plant in Kansas City Kansas tonight causing damage estimated in the thousands. The blaze started in the shipping department and spread rapidly. Two fire alarms were sent in before the fire was brought under control.
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Kansas City
Fowler Packing Plant
Kan
Miss Helen Mount Case Dismissed in Illinois Court
Charges of larceny against Miss Helen Mount of Swanston a University of Illinois student were dismissed by Judge John K Prindivilel after store representatives cited a misunderstanding and declared her entirely innocent of any wrongdoing.
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Chicago
Helen Mount
Swanston
University of Illinois
John K. Prindivilel
Piez to Get Divorce
CHICAGO Dec 8 Charles Piez director general of the emergency fleet corporation during the war will be granted a decree of divorce from Mrs Laura Oliva Flora Piez Judge Joseph Sabath indicated tonight at the end of the hearing of Mr Piez s plea which was not contested.
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Piez
Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Laura Oliva Flora Piez
Joseph Sabath
Secret Pacts on China Banned by Conference Rule
Washington December 8. The Far Eastern committee at the Washington conference adopted a compromise resolution barring any treaties or understandings among powers that would impair the Root resolutions on China. It seeks not to enter agreements infringing those principles, and aligns with objections from Japanese delegates and Sir Auckland Geddes. Further talks covered public properties in the Kiao Chow leasehold and Japan’s plan to withdraw post offices from China.
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Far Eastern Committee
China
Washington
Associated Press
Sir Auckland Geddes
Arthur J. Balfur
Crest
Britain
Far East
Shantung
Hanihara
Japan
Blind may go to school at homes
Free correspondence courses for the blind to give the equivalent of a college education will be offered as a philanthropic effort among Chicago suburbs north of the lake. The program is led by William A. Hadley, who became blind six years ago after influenza and has run the school for six months with sixty pupils, two of whom are in China.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicag
Wm. A. Hadley
China
McMillin Offered $35,000 Five Year Dallas Coach Deal
The University of Dallas offers Bo McMillin, Centre College football star, a five year head coaching contract totaling 35000 dollars. Officials say the terms meet McMillin’s recent conference demands, eclipsing prior coaching salaries with a high priced agreement.
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Dallas
Dec
Bo McMillin
Centre
Danville
Athletic Council of
University of Dallas
McMillin
Radio test to be made at Newlin by J S Bruner
Special to The News Memphis Texas Dec 8 The inventor J S Bruner of Oklahoma City will test a radio machine this afternoon at 230 at the Burk Harlin Hilton well four miles northeast of Newlin The machine has attracted much attention and a large crowd is expected to witness the test
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Memphis
Texas
J. 5
Bruner
Oklahoma City
Burk- Harlin-Hilton
Newlin
Texas Sues Over Bed Rights Of Clear Fork Stream
Texas filed a case in the fifty third district court to decide whether the state owns the beds of Texas rivers and streams, focusing on the Clear Fork of the Brazos. After an injunction blocked leasing the bed for oil and gas, defendants claim the banks belong to them, while the state argues the bed belongs to the state.
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Associated Press
Austin
State of Texas
Texas
Attorney General's Department
Fifty-Third District Court
Clear Fork
Brazos River
A. A
W. H. Atkins
John Robbins
Jack
John
Will Black
Brown Oil Company
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Amarillo City Hears On Water Survey Completion
H B Jones city engineer, after months of surveying, may finish this month a study of water levels around Amarillo. Soundings were made in 48 wells to gauge depth and determine if gravity flow or pumping will supply water. The report will go to the water board chaired by Mayor Lon D Marrs for action.
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H. B. Jones
Lon D. Marrs
Water Board
Jones
Amarillo
Major Marrs
Marra
Oil rumor at Gulf No 1 exaggerated says scouts
Reports that oil flowed over the Gulf No 1 derrick in Carson County were widely dismissed by local oil men. Panhandle residents and scouts found no verified signs of oil flow, though drilling had resumed after prior tool losses and a casing set. The well is described as a gasser with a test of 130 million cubic feet.
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Gulf
Gulf No. 1
Section 118
Burk Burnett Ranch
Carson County
Panhandle
Government control of oil attacked in remarks
A speaker attacked government control of oil, denying British interests in Royal Dutch Shell and saying Dutch interests held control. He said the British treasury acquired stock control in Anglo-Persian as security for a long term fuel contract with the Admiralty.
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Royal Dutch Shell
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
British Treasury
Admiralty
Houston Ku Klux Initiate 2,051 Into Klan
In Houston Texas on December 8 2051 men were initiated into the Ku Klux Klan amid a moonlit open square south of Bellaire. The ceremony lasted nearly three hours as robed members gathered in a hollow square and autos streamed toward Main Street from 7 PM onward signaling the mass event.
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Houston KU Klux
KLAN
Houston
Texas
Associated Press
Ku Klux Klan
Riots erupt as Chicago packing strike turns violent
Chicago's stock yards district saw riot like clashes as the four day packing plant strike continued. One man shot, scores injured, police fought strikers with pistols and rifles while crowds of men and women blocked traffic and barricaded streets. Police dispersed a 256 strong crowd led by a gray haired woman before sporadic gunfire ended.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Stock Yard
Dennis Sullivan
Armour Glue Company
Street fight injures several in Omaha. dozens arrested
Delayed street clashes in Omaha leave several injured and about four dozen arrests as striking packing plant workers and sympathizers attacked a streetcar carrying employees. The group was dispersed with little material damage reported amid late afternoon and evening unrest.
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Omaha
Associated Press
Bomaha
Nebi
Sey
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