Changes to Hanford MacNider visit plans in Bluefield
National Commander Hanford MacNider's Philadelphia schedule prompts revised Bluefield events. He may skip the noon lunch and six o'clock banquet if he arrives December fifteenth, with efforts to route him via Christiansburg to attend a six o'clock banquet. The Bluefield American Legion hosts plan a strong turnout and intensified membership drives while remodeling the Dug-Out for women facilities.
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Hanford Mac Nider
American Legion
Bluefield
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
MacNider
Pennsylvania City
Memphis
Christiansburg
Legion
Warrants Issued for Arrest of Prohibition Detectives
Steubenville Ohio December 8 Warrants for the arrest of BE. 8S. Enfield and Charles Blinn local prohibition enforcement detectives on charge of larceny of jewelry valued at 125 dollars from the Bonitatiba home were issued by Justice W D Downer this afternoon and arrests will follow It is alleged the detectives entered the home during the family absence using a skeleton key and jewelry disappeared afterward
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Steubenville
Ohio
Enfield
Charles Blinn
Peter Bonitatiba
W. D. Downer
Bonitatiba
Whiskey worth eighty thousand seized by armed bandits
Tyrone Kentucky December 8 Twenty armed men robbed the T. B. Ripy distillery near Tyrone taking ten barrels and 194 cases of bottled in bond whiskey valued at more than 89 000. The bandits used three touring cars and two trucks to move the liquor away as police in central Kentucky were alerted to pursue them.
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Tyrone
T. B. Ripy
Kentucky
30 000 000 Pesetas for Spanish Navy
The marine appropriation bill passed the Spanish senate providing 30,000,000 pesetas next year for submarine construction and depots for fuel oil and coal. Submarine stations will be formed at all Spanish naval ports.
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Preas
Madrid
Dec
Representative Flood of Virginia Dead. Senate, House Pause
Washington December 8 Congression al business halted to honor Henry D Flood Democrat of Appomattox Va longtime Democratic leader and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee He died at his Washington home and his funeral will be held Monday Burial will be in Appomattox Speaker Gillett to name a committee of eighteen to represent the House at the funeral The Senate will name a committee of eight or more to attend Swatson Glass Harrison Caraway Heflin Curtis McKinley Willis will serve on the Senate committee Flood served eleventh term authored the New Mexico Arizona statehood resolution and helped shape recent legislation He was educated at Washington and Lee University and was married to Anna Porter He also served in Virginia state government and constitutional conventions.
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Washington
Henry D. Flood
Virginia
Democratic Congressional Committee
House
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Flood
State Democratic Committee
Congress
Appomattox
Gillett
Swatson
Glass
Harrison
Caraway
Heflin
Curtis
McKinley
Willis
Territories
New Mexico
Arizona
Henry Delaware Flood
Washington and Lee University of Virginia
Phi Beta Kappa
Washington and Lee University
Anna Portner
Manassas
Appomattox County
General Assembly of Virginia
State Senate
The
University of Virginia
Statehood
Four-Power Pacific Plan Discussed As Fortifications Debate Arises
In Washington delegates push ahead on other talks while awaiting replies on naval ratio and a four-power Pacific agreement. The issue of fortifications and bases in Pacific islands surfaces, with general status preservation forecast. The nine-nation Far Eastern committee commits to no new treaties infringing China's integrity.
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Washington
Pacific
Pacific Islands
Far Eastern Committee
China
Shantung
Tokio
Paris
Japanes
Rene Vivianis
Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
Baron Kato
Romanian man convicted of second degree murder in West Virginia
New Cumberland West Virginia December 8 John Radu forty five Roumanian was convicted of second degree murder in circuit court today in the death of Mrs Mary Jacob forty two of Wetton. He killed the woman with a pick handle when she aided her husband John Jacobs whom Radu had attacked. He will be sentenced Friday.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
John Radu
Roumanian
Mary Jacob
Wetrton
Radu
John Jacobs
Diaz Praises Virtue and Valor of Red Men
General Diaz of Italy praises the strong virtue and great valor of American Indians in a letter to John M. Taylor thanking the Cherokee tribe and the Society of the North American Indians for a gold medal. He notes their wartime example and mentions a similar medal sent to Marshal Foch.
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Washington
General Diaz
Italy
John M. Taylor
Pleas Drag On In Small Glose Indictment Hearing
Waukegan Illinois December 8 Pleas of Governor Len Small and Vernon Curtiss banker that indictments charging misuse of state funds be quashed closed after a sensational hearing. State alleged defense used an incorrect document while defense claimed Sangamon county board records were altered. Minutes 1920 21 impounded after mention of altered Genares 14 1920 and corrected copies produced by Charles Biers.
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Associated Press
Waukegan
Ill
Len Small
Vernon Curtiss
Grant Park
Board of Supervisors
Sangamon County
Leforgee
Claire C. Edwards
Genares
Charles Biers
Edward Pree
Werner Schroeder
Mr. Biers
Biers
Paper delivery notice from Daily Telegraph
If your Daily Telegraph is not delivered by 9 30 a m call 14 or 6 for a special messenger. Western Union messenger service delivers until 10 a m but not later. Don t fail to call.
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Daily Telegraph
Western Union Messenger Service
De Valera Declines to Accept Peace Treaty
Dublin dispatch reports Eamonn de Valera stating he cannot recommend acceptance of the proposed British peace treaty to the Dail or the country. He says he is supported by defense and home affairs ministers. A Dail Éireann public meeting is set for Wednesday at 11 AM.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Great Britain
Dail
Defense
Home Affairs
Dail Éireann
Dail Eireann
Ireann
Right to block gas export disputed in Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Attorney General George Alter argues in the U S Supreme Court that West Virginia may regulate gas export just as Pennsylvania can block anthracite coal shipments. He says the proceedings affect health, comfort and prosperity of millions and protect property rights.
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Washington, Dee
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
George Alter
Alter
Far East Talks Focus on China Bill of Rights Point
Washington dispatch reports the Washington conference far eastern committee accepting a compromise to avoid treaties impairing the Root resolution. China seeks consultation on future treaties. Japan and Britain press for modifications as Henthar notes withdrawal of post offices in China.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
Far Eastern Committee
Sir Auckland Geddes
Arthur J. Balfour
Great Britain
Far East
Kiao Chow
Shantung
Hentharn
Far East Committee
Japan
Wellington Koo
Pacific
Koo
No clemency for Houston riot Twenty-fourth Infantry members
Washington reports the war department opposes clemency for 63 former Twenty fourth Infantry men jailed for participating in the August 1917 Houston riot. Secretary Weeks notes most prisoners are guilty of murder or mutiny, with 58 of 110 convicted serving life terms.
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Washington
War Department
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Houston
Weeks
Kahn
House Military Committee
Anthony
Kansas
Leavenworth
Miners Union Officials Targeted by Court Injunction
Crawford county sheriff served copies of a court injunction from Judge Samuel A. Dew in Jackson county Missouri to international miners union officers. The order restrains the Howat organization officials from suspending Kansas miners union officials.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Milt Gould
Crawford County
International Miners’ Union
Samuel A. Dew
Jackson County
Kansas City
International
Howat Organization
Kansas Miners’ Union
Oil Powers and Public Ownership in Early 1920s Debate
Sir John Cadman argues against government control in business and disputes British government dominance in Royal Dutch. He says Mesopotamian oil deposits will be Arab-owned postwar, with caution for prewar rights. he condemns the Baku fields’ decline under current governance. Sinclair, Donnell, and others warn on supplies, urge preparedness, and project Mexico and U.S. production needs for 1922.
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Chicago
John Cadman
Petroleum Department
American Petroleum Institute
Royal Dutch Group
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Mesopotamia
Records of War Department detail executions of eleven U S soldiers
Senate inquiry hears War Department records denying wholesale hangings of American expeditionary forces. Bethel states eleven executed, including eight black soldiers, two whites, and one Indian, with cases tied to crimes against women and children in France. Watson seeks witnesses to support claims. Crandegree cautions protection for affiant.
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Washington
War Department
Senate
Walter B. Bethel
Pershing
France
Watson
Georgia
Cnd
Bethel
Fort Leavenworth
Senator Watson
Gievres
Crandegee
General Pershing
Royal Engineers officer appointed postmaster in Ware
Colonel Jandon and Lieutenant Colonel W G Man sell from the Royal Engineers were found to be working as mail sorters in London. Man sell has been promoted to postmaster of Ware in Hertfordshire, reflecting a rare career turn within the postal service.
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Mail van Jandon
W. G. Mansell
The
Royal Engineers
London Post Office
Ware
Hertfordshire
Bell-Hops Form Club Under Church in London
Bellboys for West End clubs and hotels meet at a clubhouse beneath St Martin in the Fields church. The group was founded by Rev H R L Sheppard, vicar of the church.
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London
Bellboys
West End
Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
H. R. L Sheppard
Four Power Pacific Agreement Outlined With Four Clauses
Washington December 8 preliminary draft of the proposed four power Pacific agreement includes four clauses. The first declares the pact shall substitute for the Anglo Japanese alliance. The draft also provides for conferences to discuss disputes, reflecting President Harding's plan for future international conferences.
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Washington
Harding
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Auto
Hal Flood
Diaz
GOV
Small and Curtis Glose
DE Valera Aghingt
Defense and Home Affairs
Heart OF Secret
HOWAT
Oha John Gaoman
Baku
Russia
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
America
Mexico
J. C. Donnell
Ohio Oil Co
Senate Committee
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