Fifty-One Dead In Alabama Mine Disaster
Recovery of the last Black miner’s body brings total to fifty-one from Thursday’s blast at Overton mine No 2 Alabama Fuel and Iron. Two white men Alfred Yarborough and John Rice remain buried under a rock slide. rescue work continues as families receive Red Cross relief.
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Birmingham
Ala
Overton
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Alfred Yarborough
John Rice
American Red Cross
Washington
Charlies de Bardeleben
Alabama
Governor Smith Pardons Benjamin Gitlow in 1920 Anarchy Case
Albany December 11 Governor Smith pardoned Benjamin Gitlow convicted in February 1920 of violating the criminal anarchy act and sentenced to five to ten years in Sing Sing. Gitlow, a former state assemblyman, had publications in a radical magazine of a Left Wing Socialist manifesto the state said urged overthrow of the government by force. He had been released five times in as many years on court orders during his long appeal.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Benjamin Gitlow
New York
Sing Sing
Gitlow
Socialist Party
Citizens Push Chalet Over Cliff In Folkestone
irate Folkestone citizens repeatedly tried to push Lady Sybil Middleton s chalet from a cliff edge near the civic promenade. The mayor ordered the house moved while the title owner was inside, citing property on city land and public safety concerns.
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Folkestone
Eng
Sybil Middleton
Churches Urge Repeal of Japanese Exclusion Law
Detroit December 11 The Federal Council of Churches executive committee closes with a call to repeal the Japanese exclusion law and to seek demilitarization. The body also notes Japanese wounded and asks Congress to express disapproval and repeal the act. Prohibition policy is left unresolved with a resolution against entering the field at this time.
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Detroit
United States
Federal Counci Church
Council
America
Snon
Congress
Federal Council
Pleaded Guilty to Robbery Charge in Mercer County
Eugene Strompstead a colored Columbus Ohio man pleaded guilty before Squire T H White to robbery at the BE 8 Pedigo Co store Princeton avenue. He was held for the Mercer county grand jury unable to furnish $2000 bail and remanded to county jail. Strompstead confessed planning the robbery during daylight and escaping via rear exit and freight train with two handbags and a large suitcase packed when caught by Patrolmen Bond and Gilpin.
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Eugene Strompstead
Columbus
Ohio
Bond
Gilpin
Pedigo Co
Princeton Avenue
Squire T. H. White
Strompstead
Mercer County
Princeton
Treaty's Anti Soviet Sting Must Be Removed
Paris dispatch reports Soviet ambassador Christian Rakovsky urging that the Locarno treaty shed anti Soviet rhetoric. He said the pact should be completed with Russia through negotiations led by Leonid Krassin to resolve economic and political differences and debts.
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Paris
Christian Rakovsky
France
Doumergue
M. Rakovsky
Russia
Leonid Krassin
M. Rekovsky
Fore sight of Dr Conwell enriches temple and university
The death of Dr Russell H Conwell at eighty two leaves $80,000 in life insurance for Grace Baptist Temple and Temple University, both founded by him. His estate apart from policies totals $14,000 and is to be divided evenly between his two children.
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Philadelphia
Russel H. Conwell
Grace Baptist Temple
Temple University
Orerect
Dehaven Named Captain Of F and M Football Team
Harold Dehaven of Lancaster was tonight elected captain of the 1998 Franklin and Marshall College football team. He plays center and previously starred for Lancaster High School. John Urey of Baltimore was named student manager.
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Dehaven
Lancaster
Harold Dehaven
Franklin and Marshall
John Urey
Baltimore
Milighell Court Martial Nears End in Washington Trial
The Mitchell court martial nears its end with only two formal steps left after the prosecution rests on Tuesday. Defense counsel Frank R Reid plans no reply to rebuttal evidence as war department officers prepare to review the verdict for Christmas. Witnesses and testimony covered air concessions, parachutes, and anti aircraft tests with experts citing aviation advances and policy implications.
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Washington
Mitchell
War Department
Frank R. Reid
Illinois
Reid
Ne Agency
Panama Canal
Guatemala
Texas National Guard
Jonel Mitchell
George W. Strong
War Department Naval
R. W
Christian Bach
Army War College
Frank Coe
Coast Artillery
M. G Spinks
Fort Tilden
N. Y
John T. Lewis
Coe
Bach
Plain Lewis
Chicago
William Mitchell
America
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
French Finance Minister Faces Growing Oppositional Pressure
Paris December 11 The finance minister Loucheur sees mounting parliamentary opposition to his measures as the chamber debates five of his bills while two more await revision. Socialists offer counter plans likely to nullify his program and deputies question wartime profits disclosures. The debate touches currency stabilization with US debt talks influencing policy and market jitters in Paris Bourse as dollar and pound move higher.
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Paris
M. Loucheur
Ministry of Finance
France
Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
M. Herriot
M. Francois M
Treasury
United States
Washington
M Caillaux
M. Berenger
No Change Evidenced in Hard Coal Strike Status
Scranton reports no change in the hard coal strike today as W. W. Inglis of the anthracite operators' committee reiterates a two point plan for steady supply and adjustable wages. In Wilkesbarre John J. Curran heads to Philadelphia to seek Gov. Pinchot's terms for settlement.
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Scranton
W. W. Inglis
Anthracite Operators
Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
Wilkesbarre
John J. Curran
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
D. Warriner
Anthracite Operators’ Conference Committee
Father Curran
Pinchot
Eight Workmen Buried in Roof Collapse on Forty-ninth Street
Eight workmen were buried under timbers and bricks when roof beams collapsed at an old residence on Forty-ninth Street near Fifth Avenue New York. One man died. five were rescued and sent to hospitals. Two others remained buried as rescuers fought to reach them aided by priests giving last rites.
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New York
Forty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Father Caldwell
Father Joseph McKenna
St. Michael's the Actors’ Chapel
Bureau of Buildings
Mystery of Room 425 Still Remains Unsolved
The Room 425 raid at the Sereno Hotel in St. Petersburg stems from a Wednesday night seizure of liquor at the Investment Bankers Association of America convention site. Sheriff Booth says the case will go no further without evidence of liquor ownership. Federal agent BH Simmons defers action until a full report is received, labeling it a Pinellas county matter.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Sereno Hotel
Investment Bankers Association of America
Booth
Pinellas County
GT. Simmons
Prohibition
Tampa
Conference of State Assessors Closes in Charleston
The annual Conference of State Assessors in Charleston West Virginia ended today after sessions began yesterday morning. The final program event was an informal reception at the governor Gore residence.
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Charleston
W. Va
N. Aw
Gore
Inheritance Tax Bill Faces Opposition in Congress
Debate on the inheritance tax provision of the revenue reduction bill continues in the House with Republican and Democratic critics arguing against the 50 percent rate cut and the 80 percent credit. Texas lawmakers and bankers groups push a states rights response, while plans to monitor congressional activity and possible amendments proceed.
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Washington
Ramseyer
Awa
Simmons
Nebraska
Frear
Wisconsin
Green
Ways and Means
New York
Browne
Representative Ill
Maryland
Representative Treadway
House
Dec
Texas
Garner
American Bankers League
Congress
Arthur A. Sherman
Rhode Island
Henry C. Downward
Delaware House of Representatives
Edgar Brant
South Carolina
S. W. Adams
Kentucky
Francis P. Curtis
United Verde Extension Mining Company
Arizona
The
Union Sulphur Company
Freeport, Texas, Sulhur Company
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
Surprise witness in Josiah Kirby trial shocks court
In Cleveland federal court Josiah Kirby president of the Cleveland Discount Company faced cross examination as the defense called Arthur Strobel of Milwaukee as a surprise witness Strobel valued the Rockefeller building at 4 213 115 in 1923 vs 3 000 000 in the 1922 financial statement The government prepares closing arguments ahead of a jury verdict expected Tuesday
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Cleveland
Ohio
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Arthur Strobel
Milwaukee
Rockefeller
The
Discount Company
Strobel
Judge Head Dead in Atlantic City
Former Superior Court Judge John B. Head of Greenburg died early today in Atlantic City. Word of his death was relayed to relatives by tonight.
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Head
Greenburg
Superior Court
John B. Head
Atlantic City
Searles predicts public will face higher coal prices after strike
Ellis A. Searles of the United Mine Workers' Journal warned in Philadelphia that the anthracite strike will end with a "good skinning" for the public as coal prices rise. He said wages and working conditions contracts must be set by arbitration before miners return, noting operators likely recoup losses by boosting prices in 192? and 1928.
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Philadelphia
Ellis A. Searles
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Publile
Cooperation All Nations Need for Disarmament Talks
Geneva reports the League of Nations council approved inviting the United States to join a special committee preparing for an international disarmament conference. Invitations will go to Russia and Germany. cooperation by the US is valued for its economic and industrial insights, despite no army reduction issue at home.
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United States
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Washington
Berne
Russia
Germany
Tudy
Atlantic
Damages awarded in libel suit against Post Printing
A federal district court jury in Denver awarded Frank C. Seested, Kansas City Star circulation manager, 7500 dollars in his libel suit against the Post Printing and Publishing Company over a Denver Post article alleging Seested funded the German treasury and had dealings with German agents. Ivor Wingren filed notice of appeal.
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Denver
Col
Frank C. Seested
Kansas City Star
The
Post Printing and Publishing Company
Denver Post
Seested
Imperial Treasury
J. Foster Symes
Ivor Wingren
Demme Company
Investment Bankers End Fourteenth Annual Convention
The Investment Bankers Association of America's fourteenth annual convention closed in St. Petersburg with W. S. Gifford of American Telephone and Telegraph delivering the address. About three hundred delegates toured Gulf waterways for a Cuban cities sightseeing trip and will return to Florida Tuesday for Miami hospitality. Gifford noted a shift in business opinion toward accepting regulation as potentially advantageous.
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St. Petersburg
Pla
Investment Bankers Association of America
Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Gulf
Florida
Miami
Machado Elected President of Portugal
Bernardino Machado has been elected president of Portugal to succeed Teixeira Gomes who resigned due to ill health. Machado was ousted in December 1917 and exiled, then recalled in 1921 to serve as premier.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Bernardino Machado
Teixeira Gomes
Machado
Coolidge Approves Budget Addition for Idaho Reservoir
President Coolidge transmitted approval to Congress for a $1,385,000 addition to the budget to finish the American Falls Reservoir project in Idaho. The move expands funding for the Water project’s large capacity, aiding irrigation and power prospects.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
American Falls
Idaho
National Banks Under Growing Restriction Says Comptroller
Washington reports that national banks face increasing restrictions from federal statutes while state banks gain relative strength. McIntosh urges passage of the McFadden bill to ease federal constraints and avert further bank exodus, noting a long term shift in total resources from national to state institutions.
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Washington
The
J. W. McIntosh
Nationa
McIntosh
McFadden
House
Senate
Congress
Uni
Federal Reserve System
United States
Kansas
North
South Carolina
Georgia
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Lanao
Ruth Rose
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