Naval entente talks surface amid Anglo Japanese alliance shifts
Washington readers see a tentative four power naval accord discussed by Japanese and British delegates as the United States holds back on political commitments. Cable delays slow Japan's position on naval ratio while China and Far East questions enter committee deliberations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Baron Kate
Eibu Root
China
Shantung
Far East
Baron Kato
Fire destroys bank barn at McCoy farm in Sterling
Wooster Ohio Dec 5 One hundred and eight head of livestock perished in a fire that destroyed the bank barn of Thomas McCoy near Sterling. Loss estimated at 15000 includes seventy sheep twenty eight cattle five horses and five hogs. State fire marshal to investigate origin of fire.
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Wooster
Ohio
Thomas McCoy
Sterling
Japan to waive rights in Shantung in Kiao-Chow talks
Washington December 5 Japan agreed to waive all her preferential rights in Shantung during resumed talks with China aimed at settling the dispute over the Kiao-Chow lease hold.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Shantung
China
Two Thompson Bank Cases Dismissed in U S Court
Pittsburg Dec 5 Two cases against Josiah V Thompson former president of the defunct First National Bank of Uniontown were dismissed in the United States district court November 7 One case from 1916 docket had thirty counts charging wilful misapplication of funds The second from 1915 docket involved charges of unlawful certification of checks against overdrawn accounts
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Pittsburg
Josiah V. Thompson
First National Bank of
Annual Lodge of Sorrow Remembered in Church Service
A large crowd attended the Bland Street Methodist Church memorial for Bittefield Biks’s lodge. The 153 names on the dead roll were read as an American flag on stage faded one by one, each name ending with a somber silence and the ruling expo’s gavel.
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Daily Telegraph
Lodge of Sorrow
Bittefield Biks
Bland Street
Woman Given Three Years In Penitentiary
In Wheeling West Virginia Judge Alan H Robinson sentenced Mrs Louise Conkle to three years in the penitentiary after her manslaughter conviction for the October 29 killing of Mrs Pearl Williams. A stay of execution until January 24 was granted to allow any appeal. The defense motion for a new trial based on one juror’s examination was overruled.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Louise Conkle
Pearl Williams
Alan H. Robinson
Robinson
S. C. Boyce
Conkle
Fourteen Jurors Seated in Gardner Trial in Arizona
Phoenix, December 5 Three dozen jurors will be questioned as Roy Gardner, an escaped convict linked to a mail car robbery near Maricopa, faces trial. Fourteen jurors were tentatively selected with 28 to be questioned, then narrowed to twelve after challenges by both sides. The defense signals insanity pleas while prosecutors rely on circumstantial evidence.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Gardner
Maricopa
Here
United States
Tony
Gardner
Striking Packing House Workers Grow Across Nation
On the first day of a strike, union officials report 41,000 workers in packing houses nationwide walked out. Chicago plants reportedly operated with full forces while other centers kept working. Den nis Lane cites 29,000 non Chicago workers joining. The big five in Chicago show over 12,000 out. Chicago independents about 1,000. Lane says wage cuts averaging ten percent prompted the action.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
North America
Lane
Ruth Fined and Suspended Over World Series Exhibitions
Babe Ruth, star of the New York Yankees, is fined his World Series prize of 3062.26 and suspended until May 20, 1922 for taking part in post series exhibition games. Teammates Meusel and Piercy receive similar penalties. Piercy’s fine is slightly less. Judge Landis announced the action after a lengthy review and questionnaires.
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Chicago
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Ruth
Landis
Baseball
Giants
Yankees
Ouffielder
Bob Meusel
William Piercy
Piercy
New York
Agreement Reached Between British Government and Sinn Fein Delegates
London December six official word confirms an agreement between government ministers and Sinn Fein delegates on Irish settlement terms. A copy was sent to Ulster premier Sir James Craig. The three hour session ended early this morning at Downing Street with ministers planning to present the terms to parliament and the Dail for acceptance. Michael Collins offered no comment.
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Sinn Fein
Associated Press
London
Dall Eireann
Dail Kireann
James Craig
Ment
Downing Street
Michael Collins
Federal budget for 1923 shows large deficit and cuts
President Harding sent a budget estimate totaling 3.506 billion dollars for 1923, about 462 million below prior estimates and 167 million above expected receipts. He urged easy adjustments without new taxes, proposing a 100 million reduction in naval supply funds and noting the large debt interest and war debt sinking. The report signals a 21.5 million postal deficit and 31.96 million for air service development within the military budget.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Harding
Postal Service
Germany May Get Three Years Grace
Paris reports Germany will likely receive a three year grace period on cash reparations. Negotiations proceed between French and British reparations officials and German counterparts with broad agreement on a breathing spell.
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Germany
Associated Press
Paris
France
Great Britain
Picketing deemed unjustifiable when carried to importunity
The U S Supreme Court ruled that picketing is unjustifiable if it becomes importunity and dogging. The decision allows observation and persuasion at most, possibly one representative per ingress point, and frames the Granite City strike as a case guiding limits on picketing behavior.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Taft
Clark
American Steel Foundaries
Granite City
Tri-City Trades Council
Bank Boss Amid Fatal Mohawk Shootout
A bank boss Wilcox was killed and Deputy Sheriff Stacy and two others wounded in a car ambush near Panther after a quarrel at Wyoming. Stacy says the miners planned the attack to justify anger over language in front of Mrs. Stacy. deputy Dalton was also shot.
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Wilcox
Mohawk
Panther
Walter Stacy
McDowell County
Welch
Stacey
Wyoming
Clarence Perdue
Dobbins
Stacy
Frank Dalton
Morse Returns on the Paris from Havre
The steamship Paris sails from Havre at 10 30 pm carrying Charles W Morse toward New York. Morse says he has not received an answer from Attorney General Daugherty about staying in Europe for medical treatment until January. The American consulate also reports no reply for Morse through official channels.
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Associated Press
Havre
Paris
Charles W. Morse
United States
Department of Justice
Washington
New York
Morse
Daugherty
Europe
Deadly Newton branch collision blinds Philadelphia area
Twenty-two people died and twenty-two were injured when two passenger trains collided in a deep, snowbound cut on the Newton branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. Wooden coaches burned as rescuers fought flames and waited for aid, while investigations were ordered by railway, state, and Bucks county officials.
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Philadelphia
Newton
Philadelphia and Reading
Bucks County
Woodmont
Paper Mills
Bryn Athyn
Southampton
Reading
Jewish Hospital
State Bureau of AP Opens in Charleston West Virginia
The Associated Press opened a state bureau in Charleston today. Rh P Anderson, formerly with the New York office, heads the new unit as West Virginia's growing industrial and news importance expands AP coverage.
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Charleston
W. Va
Associated Press
Rh. P. Anderson
New York
Association
West Virginia
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