Harding Attacks Borah Plan Over World Conference
President Harding urges Senate to defeat Senator Borah's amendment to the naval appropriations bill arguing it would create false impressions abroad and at home. The administration predicts defeat, with leaders signaling delay into the New Year and negotiations kept veiled in diplomacy.
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Senator Lodge
Borah
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Harding
Massachusetts
Europe
Hughes
Greek Army Moves Toward Thrace As Pangalos Is Appointed Commander
Dispatches from Athens report the Greek army reorganized and advancing toward Thrace amid rising tension. War Minister Pangalos is named commander in chief and has left for Saloniki with his secretary. A well informed Rome source says Greece may re enter Thrace as Mudania Maritza frontier remains lightly held by allies.
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Athens
Madania
Maritza
Britain
Near East
Associated Press
London
Daily Express
Thrace
Venizelos
Thracian
Pangalos
Saloniki
Paris
Havas
Rome
Mudania-Maritza
Former Mayor of Mer Rouge Loses First Legal Tilt
Attorney Robert R. Carmen, counsel for Dr. B. M. Mechain, former mayor of Mer Rouge, La., said he would appeal to the federal circuit court for a writ of habeas corpus if Governor Parker of Louisiana asks Maryland Governor Albert Ritchie to return Dr. McKoin. The case is ongoing in Baltimore.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Robert R. Carmen
B. M. Mechain
Mer Rouge
John C. Rose
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Albert Ritchie
Maryland
Parker
Louisiana
McKoin
MecKoin
Brooklyn post office clerk charged with girl’s homicide
Benjamin Prenderville, a clerk at the Brooklyn general post office, was arrested on suspicion of homicide in the death of 10 year old Theresa McCarthy. Police say he admitted keeping three pistols at the McCarthy home and threatened the girl over a gun she asked for.
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New York
Benjamin Prenderville
Brooklyn General Post Office
Theresa McCarthy
Brooklyn
Prenderville
Anna Nell
McCarthy
McCarthy Home
Little Theresa
Guarded in jail after threats in Hamblen case
Sheriff W S Carver placed guests in Martin county jail following threats against Clarence Hamblen who confessed to poisoning his wife on Oct 9 in Ceylon. Relatives of Mrs Hamblen and a kin there who helped start the investigation vowed to shoot the prisoner on sight.
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Associated Press
Fairmount
Minn
W. S. Carver
Martin County
Clarence Hamblen
Ceylon
Illinois Man Sues Wife for Alimony in Landmark Case
Emile Baum filed suit in Chicago charging desertion and asking the court to compel his wife to support him and their child. Mrs. Baum, who has custody, says she left after alleged cruelty and being told to go.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Emile Baum
New York Jurors Indict Two In War Frauds Case
Martin E. Kern alleged dummy purchaser of Bosch Magneto assets was indicted for perjury. Joseph F. Guffey former sales director for the custodian's New York office faces embezzlement charges. Indictments supplement Bosch inquiry and involve $406,001 in embezzlements tied to enemy-property sales. details dispute authorization and legal basis.
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New York
Associated Press
Martin E. Kern
Bosch Magneto Company
Joseph F. Guffey
Bosch
Kern
Guffey
United States
Birthday observed marks milestone and recovery
The 66th birthday was celebrated yesterday with news that over 800000 dollars had been raised toward a 1 million dollar fund to perpetuate his ideals. The senate passed resolutions expressing joy at his recovery toward health.
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Senate
Woodrow Wilson Birthday Observed Amid Fund Drive
Washington reports celebrate Woodrow Wilson as friends push a one million dollar fund to perpetuate his ideals. Senate adopts a resolution praising his health recovery. Wilson, in rain, greeted by a brief visit from a Woodrow Wilson foundation delegation led by Hamilton Holt and others.
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Associated Press
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Harris
Georgia
Mr. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Hamilton Holt
Charles E. Simonson
New York City
J. Malcolm Forbes
Boston
Caroline Ruutz-Rees
Greenwich
Conn
Foundation
Valuable Treasure Found in Tutankhamen Tomb Relics Moved
In Luxor Egypt on December 28 Howard Carter and Arthur Mace moved priceless artifacts from King Tutankhamen’s tomb to the nearby tomb of Seti II. An inlaid box showing Tutankhamen and his queen at a lion hunt held robes and jewelry including a large black amber necklace. An alabaster vase with a balm-like substance was also removed for preservation.
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Associated Press
Luxor
Egypt
King Tutankhamen
Howard Carter
Arthur Mace
Metropolitan Museum of Art of
New York
Seti II
Seti
Dublin Shop Demolished by Unusual Blast
A loud explosion shattered a music shop run by dealer McCullough in Dublin, injuring three bystanders as troops cordoned the area. The blast and wreckage filled the street with glass and music instruments, and no one inside the shop was harmed.
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Dublin
Associated Press
McCullough
McCulloch
Senate
Aungier Street
Irish women plead for independent Ireland at Lausanne
Irish delegates led by Miss Kathleen O Brennan arrive in Lausanne to appeal for Ireland that will be truly independent. A document signed by Kathleen Lynn and Mrs Despard accuses the Anglo Irish treaty of causing civil war and England of procuring executions of Irish leaders.
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Lausanne
Ireland
Associated Press
Free State
Erin
Kathleen O'Brennan
Miss O'Brennan
England
Mothers of
Mussolini Declines Paris Allied Premiers Conference
Premier Mussolini informed his cabinet that he would not attend the Paris conference of allied premiers next week. He named Marquis Torretta head of the Italian delegation with Marquis Raggi and Signor Daniele as reparations commission assistants, citing domestic duties and inadequate diplomatic preparation.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Paris
Marquis Torretta
Great Britain
Italy
Marquis Raggi
Signor
Daniele
Reparations Commission
England
France
No Break In Mild Weather Predicts 11th Day
Continued mild weather expected to bring 11 consecutive springlike days in Butte as officials note temperatures holding near and above normal. Snowfall barely affects readings despite brief dips late night, with historical December records cited and a potential upcoming snowfall as barometer trends fall.
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Weather Bureau
Butte
Open Violence Suppresses Dry Squad in Central Wisconsin
In Stevens Point Wisconsin an unknown assailant fired on a car carrying deputy sheriffs and a state dry agent as they returned from liquor raids. Officials link the attack to the same motive as yesterday’s Marshfield bombing that wounded James R. Chapman and his wife, attributed to moonshiners seeking revenge.
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Associated Press
Stevens Point
Wis
Wisconsin
Marshfield
James R. Chapman
Board of Supervisors
Wood County
British Mediterranean fleet ordered to return to Near East
Malta reports ships of the British Mediterranean fleet, arrived December 23 for a three week visit, ordered to sail eastward at four o clock after unsatisfactory Lausanne news. Admiral De Robeck, commander in chief, prepared to lead the group including the Iran Duke Marlborough Ajax Con cord and the destroyers.
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Malta
Lausanne
Near East
de Robeck
Marlborough
Ajax
Concord
Woman Given Term Takes Child to Jail
In Watertown South Dakota on December 28 Mrs Nellie Pollack was among 12 people jailed for violating prohibition laws. She received 60 days in county jail with a 14 month suspended sentence on good behavior and a $1750 fine plus costs. Judge Skinner allowed her to bring her 2 year old child to jail. Stanley Pollock her husband drew a state penitentiary term of one year and three months in Sioux Falls.
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Associated Press
Watertown
Nellie Pollack
Body of Inspector Recovered in Mine
Lovington Illinois December 2 1928 The body of Mine Inspector Charles Finley who perished in a mine explosion was found tonight Ed Hewitt mule tender who was in the mine with Finley had recovered from the shock this evening
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Associated Press
Lovington
Ill
Charles Finley
Ed Hewitt
Ismet Pasha Opposes Foreign Courts in Turkey
At the Near East conference in Lausanne on December 28 Ismet Pasha argued Turkish laws and courts offer protection for foreigners and rejected foreign judges. He warned the commission on capitulations that special courts would infringe sovereignty, prompting Lord Curzon to urge shelving the issue.
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Associated Press
Lousanne
Ismet Pasha
United States
Turkey
Europe
America
Mustapha Kemal
Republi
Lord Curzon
Weeks and Reilly discuss future of Porto Rico governorship
Secretary Weeks after talks with Governor Reily says he does not know the governor’s plans for remaining in office as head of the Porto Rican government. Reily declines to comment. Reilly visited the White House offices and expected to meet President Harding socially before departing Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mont Reily
Porto Rico
Reily
Reilly
White House
Harding
North Atlantic Seaboard Hit by Severe Gales
The North Atlantic seaboard faced fierce gales driving sleet and snow as ships crowded Gravesend Bay and New York endured accidents and fires. One man died and over a hundred were injured. a speeding elevated train car derailed but with minor injuries.
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Associated Press
New York
North Atlantic Seaboard
England
France
Jersey
Long Island
New York Harbor
Gravesend Bay
Dee
New York City
Mercury
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United States Mint
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U.S
Weeks
Reily Mwill
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