United States presses against Greek deportation at Lausanne talks
At Lausanne the United States rejected compulsory Greek population moves from Constantinople, warning deportations could derail peace talks. France England and Italy urged Turkey to rethink, with Mussolini signaling agreement and warning that failure could provoke war.
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Trance
England
Italy
Arteapine
Constantinople
Holy See
Vatican
Turkey
Lausanne
Aes
Mussolini
Ita
Paris
Lord Curzon
Straits
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Leased for Power Plant
Cumberland Maryland December 7 reports indicate Potomac Public Service Co has leased the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The firm is building a large power plant at Williamsport and will use the canal towpath to carry transmission lines to Washington and Cumberland. It may haul coal on the canal with barges drawn by small tractors instead of mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Potomac Public Service Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Williamsport
Potomac
Washington
Diant
Frostburg
Georgetown
Wild Life Resources Can Increase With Proper Management
Washington December 7 The nations old life resources game fur bear animals and birds capitalized on eight percent annual income may exceed 1 060 000 000 and with intelligent management are capable of a great increase says Dr HB W Nelson Eradication efforts directed at wolves rats dogs and other destructive classes are led by the biological survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
HB. W. Nelson
Everything Stolen Except Real Estate at Camp Grant
Rockford December 7 An organized gang stole virtually all items from Camp Grant except real estate authorities say the loot totals over 150000 and a federal probe promises more arrests. David Goldman of Rockford was convicted in Freeport federal court for buying stolen army property. Several witnesses testified that military guards accepted bribes to permit removal of goods.
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Rockford, II
Camp Grant
R. H. Ward
Freeport
David Goldman
Rockford
Frear Demands Tax Records and Mellon Accountability
Wisconsin Republican Representative Frear repeats charges that corporations avoid penalties and taxes via lax enforcement by Secretary Mellon. He cites large stock dividends, alleged 200 percent Gulf Oil cut, a Treasury agents’ group led by a former White House usher, and connections to Aluminum Company of America and Standard Steel Company. He urges full congressional access to records and investigations into appointments and tax cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mellon
Treasury Department
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Congress
Frear
Gulf Oil
Treasury
White House
Blair
Internal Revenue
Mr. Frear
Aluminum Company of America
Standard Steel Company
Connally attacks Lausanne observers over oil issue
Representative Connally denounces Lausanne observers for pressing oil questions at the peace conference. He cites Rockefeller donations to Republican committees and accuses State Department talks with the Netherlands on East India oil concessions of serving a Standard Oil subsidiary.
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Representative Connally
Lausanne
Washington
Texas
House
Connally
John D. Rockefeller
Republican National Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
State Department
Netherlands
East India
Standard Oil Company
Clemenceau Visits White House for State Luncheon
Georges Clemenceau visits the White House as honor guest for a state luncheon hosted by President Harding. He meets Vice President Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft, cabinet members, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. discussion remains generally nonpolitical though international topics are touched upon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Georges Clemenceau
White House
Harding
Coolidge
Taft
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Clemenceau
United States
Great Britain
France
Lodge
Clemeanceau
Cooldge
Theodore Roosevelt
Mavo
John Gs Hammond
H. Mouse
Baptist convention rules exclude dissidents over work issues
Atlanta Georgia December 7 The Georgia Baptist convention adopted a recommendation that church members who refuse to settle industrial differences in accordance with New Testament teachings be excluded from the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Baptist Convention
Mississippi Governor Denies Seduction Charges as False
Oxford Miss Dec 7 Governor Lee M Russell testified in federal court he is innocent of seduction and other charges leveled by stenographer Frances Birkhead. He called the accusation deliberately false and said he never authorized any settlement or payment to her.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Miss
Lee M. Russell
Mississippi
Frances Birkhead
Governor Russell
Miss Birkhead
Russell
Theodore
Bobo
Oscar Johnston
Earl Brewer
Ormer
Washington notes and fiscal moves in treaty and shipping bills
Clemenceau hosted at a White House luncheon as debate on government reform continued. The House opened the twelve annual supply bill with a nine million dollar treaty enforcement provision. Officials urged clarity on railroad consolidations and reform of the transportation act. Major General Leonard Wood reportedly stays in the Philippines as governor general. The commerce committee neared passage of the administration shipping bill. War fraud prosecutions receive half a million dollars and treaty payments to Columbia total five million in the state and justice appropriation bill. Senator Gooding opposed separating Southern and Central Pacific. Judge Lovett urged merger dissolution.
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Clemenceau
White House
Genstral Deugherty
House
Interstate Commerce Commison
Leonard Wood
Gooding
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Central Pacific
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Board of Directors
Uncle Sam Most Wasteful Nation
Lewis W. Pierson, president of the Merchants Association of New York, told a national convention that the United States appears the most wasteful nation. Citing Hoover committee figures, he cited about 1.405 billion dollars lost annually to waste in five leading industries and 500 million more in bucket shops and fraudulent stocks.
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New York
United States
Lewis W. Pierson
Merchants Association of New York
Association of Life Insurance
Hoover Committee
Pierson
Consolidation of Atlantic and Pacific Fleets into U S Fleet
The Navy Department announced a reorganization uniting the Atlantic and Pacific fleets into the United States fleet under Admiral H P Jones as supreme commander and Vice Admiral KE W Eberle as commander in chief of the battle fleet. The plan preserves current ship and personnel, shaping a peacetime structure ready for war emergencies. It creates the battle fleet to fight, a scouting fleet to locate the enemy, a control force to manage sea control, and a fleet base force to support fighting units.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
H. P. Jones
KE. W. Eberle
Navy Department
Department
New Passenger Service on Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh will launch a through passenger train December 17 between Pittsburgh and Clarksburg via Fairmont Morgantown and Charleston. The service uses a Pullman sleeper with space set aside for Morgantown and Fairmont travelers to Clarksburg Grafton and Charleston, replacing the old Clarksburg Charleston Pullman via Parkersburg.
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Pittsburg
Timore and Ohio Railroad
Clarksburg
Fairmont
J. P. Taggert
Morgantown
Grafton
Charleston
Parkersburg
Receiver Named for Publishing Company in Cumberland
Cumberland Md December 7 Charles Watson attorney was appointed receiver of the Leader Publishing Company. The firm publishes the Evening Leader which suspended operations last September. C L Weymouth Clarkesburg was editor and manager.
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Cumberland
Charles Watson
Leader Publishing
Evening Leader
C. L. Weymouth
Clarksburg
Greek Letter Delegates Gather at Morgantown
Morgantown W Va Dec 7 Delegates from all chapters of the Sigma Nu National Greek letter fraternity will gather here tomorrow for the opening of a two day conference of the fifth division comprising West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Sigma Nu
Whl
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rail Executives Withdraw From Labor Questions Nationwide
The Association of Railway Executives voted to limit its role to national legislation and policies, leaving labor, traffic, and public relations to individual roads. It will not fill the late Thomas DeWitt Cuyler’s chair and will move headquarters from New York to Washington.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Association of Railway Executives
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler
New York
Washington
Thomas de Witt Cuyler
Harding Expected to Deliver Address Tomorrow
Washington dispatch reports White House officials anticipate President Harding will address Congress in a joint session tomorrow. The president is expected to outline policy priorities and national concerns in the annual address.
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Harding
Washington
White House
Congress
Burlington Jury Awards $465000 in Woodhouse Suit
A Burlington jury awards Dorrit Woodhouse $465000 in a suit against her parents in law, Lorenzo and Mrs. Woodhouse of New York and Burlington. The verdict includes $400000 actual damages and $65000 punitive, with the elder Woodhouses planning an appeal. The trial recounts the college prom romance and a later separation amid alleged meddling and an engagement with Lillian H. McClellan.
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Burlington
Dorritt. Woodhouse
Lorenzo PB. Woodhouse
New York
C. Douglas Woodhouse
Reno
Nev
Woodhouses
Young Woodhouse
Woodhouse
Dorrit Woodhouse
Lillian H. McClellan
Washington, D. C
Minneapolis Named Next National Insurance Commissioners Meet Site
Insurance Commissioners New York reports that Minneapolis was chosen as the meeting place for the next annual convention of the national insurance commissioners.
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Insurance Commissioners
New York
Minneapolis
The
National Insurance Commissioners
Wild Life League Holds First Annual Meeting Banquet
The Wild Life League of West Virginia concluded its first annual meeting with a banquet at the Scottish Rite Temple in Charleston. Presiding was Judge Frank Lively with speakers including Governor Morgan Senator H. G. Shaffer Senator Clyde B. Johnson Representative Will Byrne Judge George W. McClintic Professor Frank B. Trotter president of the University of West Virginia Captain Paul H. Dillman and J T Chivenadeate superintendent of the United States fire service in Washington.
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Charleston
Wild Life League of
West Virginia
Scottish Rite Temple
Frank Lively
Morgan
H. G. Shaffer
Boone County
Clyde B. Johnson
Will Byrne
George W. McClintic
Frank B. Trotter
University of West Vir
Paul H. Dillman
Wild Life
Irish Deputy Hales Shot and Premier Craig to London
Sean Hales deputy of the Irish parliament was shot and killed as he left the Ormond Hotel in Dublin. Brigadier General Patrick O Malley was wounded. Ulster leaders Craig Londonderry Spender left for London bearing an address to the king.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sean Hales
Ormond Hotel
Patrick O'Malle
O'Muafile
O'Maille
Dail Eireann
Dail
Hales
Michael Colins
Tom
Sekt Ceuler
Michael Collings
Colling
Tom Hales
Belfast
James Craig
Marquis of Londonderry
Senate
Spender
Ulster Cabinet
London
Ulster
Free
House of Commons
Shipping bill makes progress in senate commerce panel
In Washington on December 7 the administration shipping bill moved smoother as the senate commerce committee met for over five hours with Chairman Jones signaling a favorable report possible by Saturday. The panel tentatively approved roughly half the measure, focusing on the taxation provision and direct aid sections and establishing a private-company compensation scale. The Madden amendment linking government aid to congressional control drew little attention and remained a major sticking point.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Jones
Senate
House
Treasury Department
Madden
Congress
Ralph G. Moser Dies in Denver Labor Leader
Ralph G. Moser sixty a longtime AFL organizer and editor of the Denver Labor Bulletin died at his Denver home today. He had served for many years as a prominent figure in labor circles. The obituary notes his leadership and influence in the local labor movement.
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Denver
Colo
Ralph G. Moser
American Federation of Labor
Denver Labor Bulletin
Old Time Liquor Debate Flare Hits House Fight Over Prohibition
In Washington the house clashed on the treasury supply bill with a $9,000,000 prohibition enforcement item. Rep Magee urged caution while Rep Hill outlined amendments to remove publicity funds and legal advisers from the prohibition unit and move enforcement powers to the justice department. Strong anti prohibition voices argued the law harms society as supporters pressed to shield enforcement.
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Washington
House
Magee
New York
Hil
Maryland
Friends of Prohibition
Hill
Prohibition
Ku Klux Klan
Congress
Gilbert
Kertucky
Mr. Gilbert
United States
Prohibition Unit
Congr
Treasury
Department of Justice
Cartmell resigns WVU post to take Penn State trainer role
N J Cartmell veteran football trainer and track coach at West Virginia University resigns to become Bill Martin’s successor at Penn State College in the same capacity. Cartmell, a University of Pennsylvania product, won three consecutive intercollegiate 100 and 220 dash titles and was a member of the 1908 Olympic team.
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Morgantown
W. Va
N. J
Nate” Cartmell
West Virginia University
Bill Martin
Penn State College
Cartmell
University of Pennsylvania
Fears For Safety Of Colonel And Lieutenant
Fears for the safety of Colonel Francis Marshall and Lieut Charles Webber were raised at Rockwell Field San Diego after they departed for Fort Huachuca to report by wire on arrival. They left at 9 15 a m and were due within five hours but had not reported by 7 30 p m.
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San Diego
Cal
Francis ©. Marshall
Cavalry
Washington
Charles Webber
Air Service
Rockwell Field
Fort Huechuca
Tucson
Officers Re-Elected at American Petroleum Institute
The American Petroleum Institute re-elected officers this afternoon led by president Thomas A. O'Donnell of Los Angeles. Also named were R. D. Benson and H. L. Doherty of New York as vice presidents, J. W. Van Dyke of Philadelphia as vice president, F. Sinclair of Newark as treasurer, and R. L. Welch of New York as treasurer.
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St. Louis
American Petroleum Institute
Thomas A. O'Donnell
Los Angeles
R. D. Benson
H. L. Doherty
New York
J. W. van Dyke
Philadelphia
F. Sinclair
Newark
R. L. Welch
New Weeks
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Tausanne
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Mellon Cutting
Tiger of
Senator Lodge
Uncle Sam
Merchants Association of New Work
Baltimore and
AML
Dorritt S. Woodhouse
Wild Life League
Math Parliament
Patrick O’maile
Tim Hales
Bill
Nate Cartwell
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