Liquor Stocks Ready to Flood Nation After Ruling
Washington reports the Supreme Court did not announce a wartime prohibition ruling today. If decision favors repeal, about 60,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits in bonded warehouses could be released within minutes, with 1,200 cars waiting in Louisville. Cases from Louisville and New York courts are before the justices, plus challenges to 2.75 percent beer prohibitions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisville
Kentucky
New York
Wife Granted Divorce After Child Endangerment Case
Otto Bucheck returned intoxicated and removed his baby from bed placing a dog in the nursery. The incident led to the wife obtaining a divorce.
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Chicago
Otto Bucheck
Athens High Football Team Honored in Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus Dispatch gave state-wide recognition to Athens High football for last season. Six players' photographs were published with a short story on A. H. S. work. Coach A. B. Mackie, a former star at Ohio Wesleyan, is highlighted for his three-year coaching impact.
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Athens Hi
Columbus Dispatch
A. B. Mackie
Ohio Wesleyan
Rail strike cuts K M passenger trains and routes
Agent reports coal strike forcing curtailment on the B and O and K M lines. Two trains cut entirely Nos 3 and 4. Other services trimmed with Nos 1 6 limited between Athens and Columbus and No 5 stopping only to the north. South Athens service greatly reduced by loss of four trains.
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Johnson
Athens
Columbus
Ohio Meeting In Coal Strike Called Off
Governor Cox canceled the Ohio meeting with coal operators and miners officials set for Monday at the state house. He said the dispute should be settled nationwide by Tuesday due to talks between the Washington administration and miners leaders in Indianapolis.
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Columbus
Cox
Eestate House
Washington
National
Indianapolis
Wilson
Chicago Coal Conservation Continues As Strike Nears End
Chicago reports indicate coal conservation remains tight as miners near settlement. Railroads cut Chicago to Pacific coast passenger schedules by a third and stores shifted to a noon 6 pm hours, while offices run 9 to 3:30. Even with a settlement, coal delivery will be slow through winter. Miners’ reps say acceptance of the president’s proposal would help the Indianapolis scale committee decide the settlement.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Fuel Administration
East
Middle West
Lewis
Green
Indianapolis
Navy 19 Second Only 10 Bait Ted Daniels Says
Washington December 8 The United States navy declares readiness to hit and hit hard Secretary Daniels reports the fleet is stronger than before with battleships and six big battle cruisers under construction More sixteen inch guns will be produced and energy from the guns could lift a battleship to the height of the Washington monument
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Washington
United States Navy
Daniels
Great Britain
Washington Monument
Wilde Records Weight Gap Behind Sharkey Bout
Milwaukee, Dec 8 Jimmy Wilde blamed his poor showing against Jack Sharkey on weighing several pounds over his normal condition for the Saturday night ring appearance. He had to make 107 pounds under Wisconsin boxing commission rules allowing no more than a ten pound difference in weight for that class.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Jimmy Wilde
Jack Sharkey
Wilde
Wisconsin Boxing Commission
Huns Make the Americans Pay Duty with Gold
Paris dispatch reports Frank Polk head of the American peace delegation protested to the supreme council at the peace conference against German customs laws requiring payment of duties on American imports in gold while duties on goods from allies may be paid in paper money.
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Paris
Dec
Frank Polk
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Ford Plunges Over Wall In Wheeling Wreck
A Ford dropped from a 25 foot wall in Wheeling West Virginia injuring 70 year old Isaac Dayton. Rescue crews responded to the incident with Dayton hospitalized for injuries.
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Wheeling
W. W. Va
Isaac Dayton
Elk Memorial Is Held Sunday
Memorial services conducted by the Athens Lodge of Elks Sunday afternoon in their lodge rooms were very impressive yet attended by about seventy five Elks and friends due to lack of announcement. Attorney John F Carlisle Past Exalted Ruler of Columbus spoke honoring departed Elks and praising their patriotism. Miss Allen of Ohio University sang beautiful numbers. Hall decorations featured purple and white, the lodge colors.
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Athens
Mexico's Tribe Speaks Only 300-Word Language
A Mexican tribe remains with a language limited to roughly 300 words and a counting range capped at ten. Anthropologists note the community preserves unique cultural traits and traditions despite the constrained numeracy.
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Mexico
Alumni Faculty Supper Revised Time for Strick Gillilan
The alumni faculty supper for Strick Gillilan is moved to 5 PM Tuesday, not 2 PM. It will be at the First M E Church with a large crowd expected. Ticket requests should call 6152 or 7312, Prof Martzolff’s residence numbers, and tickets should be secured early.
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Strick Gillilan
M. E
War time coal and coke restrictions restored
Washington December 8 fuel administrator Garfield announced the restoration of wartime coal and coke controls. The order allows diversion of coke in transit and reimposes margins for commissions of middlemen and wholesale or retail dealers, applying to coke and bituminous coal in transit.
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Washington
Garfield
Derailment Delays Pennsylvania Line Near Bengies
In Maryland near Baltimore the New York Washington express derailed after striking a car at Bengies Station. Four tracks torn up for a quarter mile. Reverend William H. Dell, Methodist missionary, driving the automobile, was killed. One passenger injured.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York-Washington Express
Bengies Station
Here
William H. Dell
Masons Notice for Parmathia Lodge Meeting
Parmathia Lodge No. 25 F and A M holds its regular meeting Tuesday December 9 at 7 o'clock. Work in the BA degree. W M J L Duncan. Secretary J A Palmer. 12-8-2.
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Masons
Reguar
Parmathia Lodge No
Secretary Daniels Fires Talkative Marine Explorer
Captain Edmund G. Chamberlain of the United States Marine Corps, who claimed a daring wartime feat involving an airplane raid over German lines, is dismissed after Secretary Daniels found his story untrue. He had been tried by court martial and found not guilty.
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Washington
Edmund G. Chamberlain
United States Marine Corps
Daniels
Chamberlain
France
Sugar exports rise as U S faces sugar shortage
Senator Borah cited United Press figures showing October U S sugar exports exceeded last year by 100 million pounds. Smoot acknowledged ongoing exports despite claims of a sugar famine while discussions blamed Congress and the administration for not buying Cuban sugar. King said vessels load sugar in New York bound for the Mediterranean. Harrison urged quick passage of the MacNarry bill to extend the sugar equalization board in 1920 to curb profiteering.
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Borah
Senate
United Press
United States
Pittsburgh
Smoot
King
Utah
New York
Mediterranean
Congress
Europe
Harrison
Mississippi
MacNarry
Sugar Equalization Board
Nine-year-old Denise Green dodges immigration rules at Ellis Island
A London girl Denise Green aged nine tried to enter the United States alone to visit her aunt for Christmas. She cried through Ellis Island and was admitted after the attempted separation raised concern.
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New York
Denise Green
London
Ellis Island
Miners Near Agreement On New Scale Inindianapolis
Federal inquiry into coal mine owner practices to curb production opens as John Lewis and William Green carry government proposal to a large miners meeting in Indianapolis. Attorney General Palmer accompanies them to present the compromise amid union hopes for settlement.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Lewis
William Green
Washington
Palmer
Home brew making a crime, says U S official
Columbus reports internal revenue collector B E Williamson says making home brew for personal use violates law and selling beer ingredients by dealers also violates rules from Washington.
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Columbus
Uncle Sam
B. E. Williamson
Internal Revenue Collector
Washington
Thieves Loot Toledo Homes In Major Liquor Raid
In Toledo Ohio on December 8 more than eight thousand dollars worth of liquor was stolen from several homes. Three culprits tied and gagged a resident’s relative while removing a basement barrel of whiskey. A second house outside the city yielded a keg of vermouth, a case of brandy, nine gallons of whiskey and ten gallons of wine.
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Toledo
Famous Medical Missionary Aids Heroic Fishermen
Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, noted Labrador medical missionary, leads relief to North Sea fishermen during wartime, aiding minefield patrol work. Mrs. Grenfell accompanies him. Twelve Grenfell cousins died in the war. he hopes to visit their families. Grenfell was Francis Sayre’s best man at Sayre’s marriage to Jessie Wilson.
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Labrador
Wey
Aan
North Shermen
Grenfell
Dr. Grenfell
Francis Sayre
Sayre
Wilson
Jessie
Christmas Tree Lights Up Court Street Display
The D. Zenner Company erected a large Christmas tree in front of its department store on Court street to bring Yuletide spirit to the city. The tree will be illuminated with seventy five multicolored lights.
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D. Zenner Company
Yuletide
Kentuckian Held as Murder Suspect in Glen Killing
Thomas Marksberry 29 a Bracken county Kentucky farmer is held in Covington jail for safety until his return home for trial on charges related to the dismembered body of Jesse Glen a fellow farmer and Marksberry’s boyhood friend. Sheriff J A Thompson moved him to Covington Sunday to avoid furious neighbors. Marksberry a Baptist preacher says he is innocent and last saw Glen November 4 the day Glen vanished.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Marksberry
Farmer
Bracken County
Kentucky
Covington
Jesse Glen
Marksberry
J. A. Thompson
Glen
Unwelcome Visit in New York Hotel Raid
Mrs. John Pelton of Poughkeepsie reports a Santa Claus thief entered her Manhattan Hotel room via the radiator while she slept and stole jewelry valued at $5,000, sparking a police investigation.
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New York
John Pelton
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Santa Clause
Manhattan
Marshfield man freed after third trial for assault on daughter
Hamilton T. DeWees was acquitted in a county court after three trials on a charge of criminal assault on his daughter. Defense testimony concluded Saturday, the jury deliberated just over an hour before delivering a not guilty verdict. DeWees celebrated by shaking hands with the jurors.
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Hamilton T. DeWees
Marshfield
DeWees
Britain Prepares for War as Germany Refuses Protocol
Henry Wood reports from London that German officials oppose signing the protocol and show defiance. Britain and allies, mobilizing fast for potential war, await Berlin’s next move while instructions and advisories hint at possible concessions. Dispatch from Paris notes Berlin has not yet agreed to changes and warns against treating the matter as an ultimatum.
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Henry Wood
United Press
London
Germany
War Office
Berlin
Br Net
Paris
Note to Germany Advances Concessions on Peace Terms
Paris reports a note to Germany offering concessions to end occupation and enforce terms. The note demands acceptance of the protocol peace treaty and outlines potential allied actions if Germany refuses. Delegations discuss prisoner returns, armistice specifics, and possible quick Allied moves in the Ruhr and Essen regions.
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Paris
Germany
German protest over mistreatment of prisoners in war note
Berlin reports an inter allied mission received a protest note alleging mistreatment of prisoners. A Santa Elena incident described a German officer firing on a prisoner escapee near Kiel, with 400 prisoners claimed forced enlistment fears and release orders under territorial limits.
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Berlin
Inter-Allied
Kiel
Ors
Santa Elena
Poland
Made A Mistake Chicago Standards Court Case
Marko Botiza, a stock dealer in Chicago, displayed his plain and fancy booze to revenue men. He was held on bonds of 1000 dollars.
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Chicago
Marko Botiza
Ming Revenue Men
Grand jury postponed amid coal strike talks in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on December 8 the special grand jury to probe mine owner practices was postponed. Judge Anderson delayed the session until tomorrow as District Attorney Sleek and Attorney General Palmer discuss whether the panel will convene. Slack will meet Palmer this afternoon to decide on next steps.
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Sleek
Anderson
Slack
Palmer
Washington
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