Great Britain presses Japan to align on naval ratios
Washington dispatch reports Britain using influence to harmonize Japanese views with the United States on the naval ratio dispute. The talks remain fluid with Japan’s Baron Kato seeking a larger Japanese share, while Secretary Hughes and Lord Balfour maintain opposition to altering the basis of the 5-5-3 ratio. The Shantung issue is considered a minor part of broader negotiations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Baron Kato
Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
Lim
Mr. Balfour
Gosing
Tokio
Shantung
Hugins
Balfour
Sze
China
Naval
Secretary Hughes
Paron Kato
Pacific
Thirteen at party one dies following dinner
Edwardsville Illinois reports Anton Wleneks aged eighty died of heart failure after a dinner party attended by thirteen guests. Neighbors recall his wife died two years earlier the day after a similar thirteen guest dinner.
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Associated Press
Edwardsville
Ils
Anton Wleneks
Advisory panel backs submarine and weapon limits stance
The American advisory committee to the arms conference adopted four reports on submarines land armament aircraft and new weapons. General Pershing and Admiral Rodgers presented the studies with Carmin Thompson outlining new weapons. The panel supported arms limitation while warning illegal submarine use would be condemned.
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Washington
Hughes
Sutherland
Ittee
Committee of Twentyone
Far East
General Pershing
Admiral Rodgers
Carmin. Thompson
Navy
Committee
Illegal bonded liquor traffic halves from 1920 to 1921
Washington reports that bonded liquor traffic in October 1921 was only half the volume of October 1920, based on statistics from the Prohibition Commissioner Haynes office.
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Washington
Prohibition
Haynes
Mummies Sold for Advertising Display in Paris Shops
The Louvre Museum sold surplus Egyptian mummies to merchants for advertising use. The items will be displayed in shop windows as promotional curiosities.
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Paris
Louvre Museum
Mrs Obenchain Named in Kennedy Murder Case
Los Angeles December 1 Deputy District Attorney Asa Keys announced in the trial of Arthur C. Burch that the prosecution expects to prove Mrs Madalynne Obenchain conspired with Burch to murder J Belton Kennedy. Obenchain’s own trial is set to follow. A hotel room clerk identified her in court.
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Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Burch
Asa Keys
Obenchain
Three Nations Represented at Dante Memorial Unveiling
Washington December 1 dignitaries from Italy France and the United States attended the unveiling of the Dante statue in Meridian Hill Park. President Harding presided Rene Viviani former French premier spoke for his nation urging sustained Franco Italian friendship Senator Ricci Italian ambassador offered tribute and Italy’s armament conference delegation members were present. The monument a gift from Carlo Barsotti of New York stands at Meridian Hill Park.
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Washington
Italy
France
United States
Dante
Harding
Rene Y Viviani
Ricci
Carlo Barsotti
New York
Meridian Hill Park
M. Viviani
Danger High Water Recedes In Parkerburg
Parkersburg West Virginia reports danger from high water passed as the Ohio river crested at 5.8 feet. By evening both the Ohio and Little Kanawha were falling. Merchants moved goods from basements and first floors while several manufacturing plants faced operational hindrances.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio
Harding’s 1921 message to push tariff and ship subsidy
Washington reports President Harding will address two main topics in Congress next week. The tariff is to be revised and passed swiftly, stripped of provisions that delay it. He will also advocate a merchant marine subsidy, likely via preferential rates and routes, alongside free tolls through the Panama Canal for coastwise shipping.
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Washington
Harding
Pew Congress
White House
Panama Canal
Efforts at Jury Fixing Alleged
Springfield reports allege attempts to corrupt the grand jury that indicted Governor Len Small last July. Public welfare director C. H. Jenkins accuses William D. Elevans of offering damaging information for a government job. State's Attorney Mortimer says he will submit findings to a future county grand jury but will not rush action to avoid prejudicing the governor.
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Springfield
Ill
Len Small
Sammon County
Mortimer
William D
Buck) Elevans
C. H. Jenkins
Public Welfare
Small
Jenking
Japan calls for regional understanding replacing Anglo Japanese alliance
Representative Kotaro Mochizuki urged dissolving the Anglo Japanese pact and forming a trilateral understanding among Great Britain United States and Japan to handle far eastern Pacific issues. He argued the alliance aimed to check Russian power, which he said no longer poses a threat as Washington conference nears naval burden decisions.
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Great Britain
United States
Japan
Associated Press
Washington
Kotaro Mochizuki
Pacific
Mochizuki
India
China
Korea
Russia
Far East
Demonstration Demands Unconditional Shantung Return
Washington witnesses a staged demonstration before the Chinese delegation headquarters at the Far East Conference. Chinese students and merchants in Washington join scores of conference attendees to press for the unconditional return of Shantung.
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Shantung
Associated Press
Washington
Youth of Fourteen Robbed Many Stores
John Schultz a fourteen year old confessed robber of many stores across the nation according to police He said he operated alone in states from Pennsylvania to Mississippi and Oklahoma and with others in states between Parkersburg said he wore stolen Charleston clothing when arrested and was sent back there for trial
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Schultz
Charleston
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Maryland Industrial School
St. Mary's
Schultz
Miss Jane Addams Planned to Speak in West Virginia
Parkersburg announces Miss Jane Addams of Chicago will deliver talks in Parkersburg Wheeling Huntington and likely Charleston around mid December. Local leagues host national speakers as they organize for a state wide primary campaign ahead of the May 1922 election.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Lk. M. Batley
League of Women Voters
Jane Addams
Chicago
Wheeling
Huntington
Charleston
Women's League
Negro found guilty first degree murder in Pittsburg
Joseph Thomas, a negro, found guilty by a jury in Pittsburg of first degree murder in the killing of Mrs. Anna Kirker of Mifflin Township last December. He was remanded to jail escorted by eight deputies. jurors agreed on the verdict after nearly five hours.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Thomas
Anna Kirker
Mifflin Township
Thomas
Baltimore
Woman found guilty in manslaughter trial
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 1, the jury convicted Louise Conkle of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of her friend Pearl Williams. The defense seeks a new trial and Conkle remains out on bail of 5000 dollars pending appeal.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Louise Conkle
Pearl Williams
No Final Rupture of Irish Parley Before Monday
London reports indicate Irish negotiations with Sinn Fein hanging by a thread and not likely to be sealed before Monday. Robert C. Barton will sail for Dublin tonight with other Sinn Fein delegates expected to follow, as Downing Street holds off further talks this evening. The Sinn Fein group may use the weekend to assess the British proposals with Eamon de Valera and other leaders.
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Associated Press
London
Robert C. Barton
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Sinn
Protest Filed by Colorado Editor Over Martial Law Censorship
J F Coss editor of the Walsenburg Independent telegrams Governor Shoup protesting ranger censorship under the martial law proclamation. He reports Major Moorehead ordered him to print one copy for censoring before the full edition, acting under Colonel Hamrock and Captain Dennis.
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Walsenburg
Colo
J. F. Coss
Coss
Moorehead
Pat Hamrock
Dennis
Rangers
Oliver Shoup
State House
Denver
Independent
Corn fuel powers O'Neill light plant upgrade
The O'Neill Electric Light and Power Company began burning corn for fuel instead of coal in its plant. The switch came after finding corn cheaper and its heating quality satisfactory, marking a notable move for the region's utilities.
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O'Neill, Neb
O'Neill Electric Light and Power Company
Arbuckle Trial Opens Closing Arguments After Poisoning
In San Francisco on December 1 the trial of Roscoe C. Arbuckle saw the poisoning of defense witness Irene Morgan and the start of closing arguments. Assistant DA Leo Friedman argued the prosecution had an unbreakable case linking Arbuckle to the death of Virginia Rappe at a party.
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San Francisco
Irene Morgan
Roscoe C. Arbuckle
Leo Friedman
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Unions Call Nationwide Strike Over Pack ers Wage Cuts
About 45 000 workers in 15 cities will strike December 5 as Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen order work stoppages in Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Sioux City Denver Omaha and other sites. The action follows plant conference wage reductions and disputes over union representation. A prior ship loss note reports four seamen ashore from the destroyer Delong near Half Moon Bay California.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Cornelius Hayes
Butcher Workmen's Union
Dennis Lane
Foin
Packing House
Milwaukee
Paul
Sioux City
Denver
Omaha
Nebraska City
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Wichita
Olahoma City
Fort Worth
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Albert Lea
Austin
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Iowa
Hayes
Hayes’ Deures
Alschuler
Samuel Alschuler
Armour & Co
Wilson & Co
Swift & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Watcher Workmen of
San Francisco
Delong
Halfmont Bay
Calif
Ministry delays costly stamp inquiry to Brighton
The British ministry of pensions was asked to send three rubber stamps to Brighton. An investigator was dispatched to assess the need, costing six hundred times the stamps’ price and arriving after three months.
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London
Ministry of Pensions
Brighton
German Defense Police Ordered to Clean Rifles
German discipline tightens as all defense police members must clean their rifles under direct supervision. The unit previously used in the German army is now part of routine procedure.
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Berlin
German Defense Police
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Kennedy
Sursidy
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Charles Mr. Morse Bage
Havre
Charles M. Morse
Shipping Board
Department of Justice
Morse
Fiagre
Paria
Department
Navy Department
Orse
Erwin A
Harry PF. Morse
W. J. Lambert
Grand Jury
Justice Department
Mr. Morae
New Haven
Conn
Groton Iron Works
Charles W. Morse
Groton
Noank
Edwin 38. Thomas
James Swan
Mr. Swan
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