Anthracite strike talks stall as plan to arbitrate fails
New peace efforts for the anthracite strike reached miners and operators in New York but failed to win consent. Alvan Markle proposed a plan with arbitration, opposed by miners who distrust arbitration. The joint conference adjourned at midnight and scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. with various settlement plans on record.
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New York
Alvan Markle
Hazleton
Markle
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Renew Effort to Repeal Federal Inheritance Law
Fort Worth reports the Texas tax clubs will push to repeal the federal inheritance tax and keep taxation at the state level. George H. Colvin, chair of the Texas tax clubs, urges 400 local clubs to press congress for outright repeal, arguing state sovereignty and a clash between federal and state taxing powers.
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Fort Worth
George H. Colvin
Texas Tax Clubs
Texas
Washington
Colvin
Amarillo Comics Pages Preview and Pricing
The Daily News in Amarillo touts its colored comic section with four pages next Sunday featuring Bring us Up Father Just Kids Mr Dough and Mr Dubb and Polly and Her Pals. Daily comics include Salesman Sam Out Our Way Bringing Up Father and Our Boarding House. Evening Post Sundays offer Salesman Sam Freckles and His Friends Sin Jim and the Force. Subscriptions cost 70 cents monthly for The News or $1.00 for The News-Post combo.
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Daily. News
Amarillo
Mr. Dough
Mr. Dubb
Polly
Sam
Father
Evening Post
Freckles
Sin Jim
the Force
Washington Tabbs
Boots
Amarilla
News and Post
Flood Control Dams Favored by Tri-State Commissioners
Tri-State officials prioritize flood control projects along the Canadian River across Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Sites in Potter and Hutchinson counties near Amarillo, plus Roberts county, would hold floodwaters to prevent Oklahoma overflows and irrigate Panhandle lands. New Mexico would receive its share from Logan and Fell reach sites.
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Panhandle
Canadian River
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
War Department
Amarillo
Phet
Potter
City
O'dham County
A. E. McGregor
Potter County
North Highway
E. E. Blake
Oklahome
Engneers
Hutchinson County
Precautions in Juarez Flores transition spark tensions
El Paso municipal and federal authorities are taking precautions to prevent clashes between backers of Marcos Flores, the defeated candidate, and supporters of Alberto Flores, the mayor-elect of Juarez, as his term begins January 1. P. M. Fierro, retiring mayor, told City Hall officials. Also, Walter Holesappie, college student, and two companions were bound over to the grand jury on $5,000 bonds each after a preliminary hearing following an alleged hold up of R. Hivella, a service car driver, with Boulder County jail in default of bail.
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EL Paso
Marcos Flores
Alberto Flores
Juarez
P. M. Fierro
Jackson
Walter Holesappie
J. W. Hull
Louis Rochetti
R. Hivella
Grand
Justice of the Peace
A. J. Wilson
Judge overrules motion challenging lynching indictment
Clarksdale Miss Dee 29 the judge ruled today against a defense motion attacking the validity of an indictment charging J T Traynham Coahoma county planter with murder in connection with the lynching of Lindsey Coleman a negro.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Dee
W. A. Alcorn
J. .T. Traynham
Coahoma County
Lindsey Coleman
British Dispatches Question Feng Victory in China
London reports caution on claims of a decisive win after Marshal Feng Yu-Huaiang defeats General Li Ching-Lang and the capture of Tientsin. Official quarters note that results may have been overstated.
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London
Feng Yu-Huaiang
Li Ching-Lang
Chibli
Tientsin
Indictment Against Wheeler Dismissed by High Court
Washington December 29 The District of Columbia supreme court dismissed the Wheeler oil land conspiracy indictment for failing to charge a federal violation. Wheeler had been acquitted in Montana and the case may end unless appealed. Wheeler expressed hope the prosecutions end so he can focus on Senate duties.
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Wheeler
High Court
Washington
Burton K.heeler
Montana
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Ator Wheeler
Department of Justice
Harry M. Daugherty
Department
Senator Walsh
Senator Wheeler
United States Senate
Many Letters Missing From Hardings File
Marion Ohio December 29 A Marion Star report by George H Van Fleet, longtime Harding associate, finds many of Warren G Harding s letters did not reach Marion. Van Fleet says Mrs Harding did bring five boxes of letters to Marion and either saved or destroyed them while checking the index.
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Marion, O
Warren G. Harding
George H. van Fleet
Marion Star
Star Today
van Fleet
Harding
the Star
Inventor of hand grenade dies at home in Wisconsin
Neil W. Anson, noted for inventing the hand grenade used in the world war, died at his SOUTON Wisconsin home on Monday. His other creations include the deep sea bomb and the airplane bomb.
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Souton
Wis
Neil W. Anson
One Life One Life Many Wrecks On Icy Texas Roads
El Paso reports dangerous ice and slush on roads between here and Fort Stockton. A woman died near Vanhorn in a skid age incident. Several injuries noted. heavy traffic worsens conditions as melt begins. Roads east of Sierra Blanca remain especially perilous with three inches of snow and ongoing hazard.
Waiver Not Extended for Forest Grazing Fees
Washington December 29 National forests in the southwest will not have grazing fee waivers extended Chief Forester W I Greeley announced Secretary of Agriculture Jardine explained the waiver ended due to severe drought in the southwest range country but Greeley noted no action in other forests where drought conditions did not prevail
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Washington
W. I. Greeley
Jardine
Greeley
Surplus of Missouri Pacific Shows Increase
New York Dec 29 The Missouri Pacific surplus after charges for November totaled 998144, up from 931510 a year earlier. Eleven month total rose to 6499779 from 5195585. Meanwhile November net operating income for Chicago Rock Island and Pacific fell to 1879250 from 2008967, but eleven month total stood at 15780052 versus 15608028 in 1924.
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New York
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Two Killed and Two Wounded in Hold Up Shootout
In Minneapolis Minnesota a police sergeant and a robber died while a patrolman and a trooper were wounded during an attempted hold up. The bandit entered Albert Manchester's store and forced the couple to raise their hands before the shooting began. Police Sergeant Michael Lawrence was killed alongside an unidentified robber. The injured were Patrolman Clarence J. Zane and Trooper Albert V. Manchester.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Dee
Michael Lawrence
Clarence J. Zane
Albert V. Manchester
Manchester
Frontier reminiscence of a 104 year old Kansan pioneer
The late George Andrew Gordon of Eureka Kansas recounts his youth roaming the Texas frontier in 1846. He describes a perilous journey with four adventurers, crossing hostile lands south of the Red River, surviving on buffalo meat, with night watches and constant danger from Indians and wildlife. The tale, told to Gordon A Badger, features in Kansan Historical Collections.
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George Andrew Gordon
Eureka
Kans
Lone Star State
Topeka
Kana
Dee
Startit
Texas
Wolfe
Gulf
Kansas
Gordon A. Badger
Texas Wilds
Mr. Badger
Kansan
Gordon
Home
Red River
Pers
Arkansas
Scientists Discuss Modifying Einstein Theory At Meeting
Kansas City December 20 Observations spanning five years and emotional testimony at Mount Wilson led Dr Dayton Miller of Case School of Applied Science and president of the American Physical Society to report experiments suggesting ether drift with Earth at the observatory about ten kilometers per second He argued tests are needed for two assumptions a solar system motion of at least 200 kilometers per second toward dragons middle and that the Earth drags the ether He noted earlier negative experiments by Morley and Miller and said the 1919 eclipse results had renewed interest in relativity tests The discussion continued at the annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science with further remarks to follow on page two.
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Kansas City
Mount Win Califg US
Dayton Miller
Case School of Applied Science
America Physical Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Miller
Einstein
Mitchelson
Www
Edward Horley
Western Reserve University
Mount Wilson Observatory
Dr. Miller
Pe Morley
Indictment Against Senator Wheeler Quashed
Day in Washington reports the Wheeler indictment was quashed. Nickel Plate merger hearings were further argued. An official announcement states General Pershing will be coming home.
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Senator Wheeler
General Pershing
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