Drum Holds Center Stage in Mitchell Trial Testimony
Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum testified for nearly four hours in the Mitchell court martial, defending War Department aviation policy and challenging charges that he gave Congress false information. He argued Pershing led the air forces and disputed the claim that the unified air service was sound for the army, saying the War Department does not accept it.
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War Department
Unified Air Service
Army
Washington
Hugh A. Drom
Army General Staff
Mitchell
Congress
Frank W. Coe
Coast Artillery
General Drum
General Pershing
Pershings
The
Michielle
Pershing
France
Air Service
Lafollette Sticks to Progressive Principles in Senate
Wisconsin senator Lafollette pledged to pursue the progressive aims of his father after Senate acceptance into the Republican fold. He cited the Melion Tax Plan defeat Teapot Dome probes and cabinet resignations as achievements of progressives while urging colleagues to defend the movement and advance it further.
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Washington
Senate
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Senate Old Guard
Committee On Committees
Officers of Labor
Watson
Edwin Denby
Albert B. Fall
Divorce Suit Summons Served by Publication
New York reports that summons and complaint in the divorce suit of Count Ludwig Salm Hoogstraeten against his wife Millicent Rogers were mailed to Florida where they reside. The court granted permission to serve by publication as no local attorney to receive service was appointed. The count fears kidnappings of the child in Florida and disavows any wrongdoing or agency involvement.
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New York
Ludwig Salm Hoogstraeten
Millicent Rogers
Florida
Herman B. Goodstein
Count Salm
Goodstein
Contract Awarded for Prison at Alderson
Wellington December 14. The Virginia Engineering Company of Newport News Va has been awarded a contract to construct the new federal prison for women at Alderson West Virginia. The first unit includes a dining hall, an area at town cottages wing porches, permitting outdoor treatment, an industrial building, garages and a power house.
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Wellington
Die
Virginia Engineering Company
Newport News
Federal For
Alderson
W. Va
Denial of Reunion Rumors in Rhinelander Case
Reports from Florida claimed the Ku Klux Klan would block Mrs. Alice Rhinelander from resting after her annulment victory. She returned home to New York and wed two days after the trial. Her attorney said she stayed within fifty miles of home. The husband’s lawyers denied a reunion rumor. A White Plains grand jury refused to indict Dr. J C Bennett in the jury tampering probe. District Attorney Rowland said no indictment followed. Rhinelander attorney Swinburne announced plans to seek more alimony and counsel fees.
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New Roderiy
N. Y
Florida
Ku Klux Klan
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Lee Parsons Davis
Rhinelander
E Plains
White Plains
Leon R. Jacobs
White Plaine
J. C. Bennett
Yonkers
Dr. Bennett
Rowland
West Chester County
Samuel Swinburne
Devis
Senate defers action on Bingham commercial aircraft bill
The senate deferred action on the Bingham commercial aircraft bill at the request of Democratic leader Senator Robinson. Final action would be delayed due to Republican leaders prioritizing the Nye case and world court proposals. The bill would create an additional assistant secretary of commerce to oversee commercial aircraft regulation.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Commerce Committee
Nye
President's Air Board
Resignation of Lt Garbisch Accepted for Charity Game
Washington reports President is informed the resignation of Lt Edward W. Garbisch former West Point All American center with the Fifteenth Engineers at Fort Humphreys Va is accepted Garbisch will travel to California tonight to play in the all star New Year’s football game for charity and plans to enter private business afterwards.
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Washington
Cootge
Army
Edward W. Garbisch
West Point
Garbisch
Fifteenth
Engineers
Fort Humphreys
California
French Finance Minister Resigns as Cabinet Turmoil Grows
Paris reports another finance minister falls as Louis Loucheur quits amid Socialist and Radical opposition over proposed financial measures. Premier Briand may enlarge his cabinet by adding a moderate representative, with Senator Doumer as a possible successor.
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Paris
France
Louis Loucheur
Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Loucheur
M. Caillaux
M. Loucheur
Briand
M. Briand
Finance Committee
M Laucheur
M. Logoheur
Louscheur
Doumer
M. Doumer
Yen to cooperate in attack on Feng forces
A Peking report says General Yen Hesi Shan governor of Shansi will aid General Li Ching Ling civil governor of Chi Hu by attacking Feng Yu Hsiang forces at Kaigan in northwestern Chi Hu. Li’s troops advance about twenty miles northwest of Tientsin as Yen’s move pressures Feng’s eastern Chi Hu operations. Yen, governor of Shansi since 1916, is noted for orderly governance and avoidance of civil strife.
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Shanghai
China
Peking
Yen-Hesi-Shan
Shansi
Li Ching-Ling
Chiha
Ere Feng Yu-Helang
Kaigan
Chih
Tientsin
Feng
Run
Chihu
Kailgan
Yen
Amendments Tax Cut Bill Are Trampled Down
The House passed the tax reduction bill with few votes on amendments. Provisions for rising personal exemptions remained, increasing single exemptions to 1600 and married to 3000. An effort to raise single and married exemptions to higher levels failed 207 to 64. Additional amendments to curb high earners and restrict exemptions were defeated. The chamber moves toward deciding the inheritance tax question next.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Mary T. Norton
Democrat
New Jersey
Rainey
Illinois
Raigey
Mellon
House
Black and Jones
Texas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Proposed arbitration plan to end sixteenth week coal strike
Luzerne county lawmakers present a sixteenth week end plan for the anthracite strike urging immediate resume of work under expired contract while negotiations proceed. The proposal provides for a three three board, a five year contract with annual conference rights, and a settlement board for unresolved issues. They warn continued closure harms schools hospitals and consumers across several states.
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Philadelphia
Luzerne County
Naegeten House of Representaves
Luserne
Board of Settlement
Supreme Court
United States
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals
Third Circuit
Indictments Name Sheriff Hoffman in Jail Scandal
Cuttage December 15. Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman and eight others were named in federal grand jury indictments tied to the Cook county jail scandal in which beer runners moved freely while serving terms. Druggan and Lake face bribery charges. Westbrook faces ten counts. Bonds set at $3000. Overt acts include a demand for $50,000. Judge Wilkerson ordered the investigation after Hoffman and Westbrook were jailed for contempt. Sentencing details to be entered December 2.
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Cuttage
Peter M. Hoffman
Cook County
Terrance Druggan
Frankie Lake
Wesley Westbrook
Druggan
Lake
United States
Westbrook
James H. Wilkerson
Grand Jury
Hoffman and
Hoffman
Wemenet
Wheat prices rise on bullish Argentina crop outlook
Wheat on the Chicago board of trade climbed as investors bought on a bullish view of Argentina crop estimates. Light offerings and reluctant shorts allowed a steady final-hour run to new highs with May closing around 1.68 and other grains following suit.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Argentina
West Penn Electric to acquire Potomac Edison and Keystone units
The Maryland Public Service Commission authorized the West Penn Electric Company to acquire control of Potomac Edison Company, Keystone Power and Light Company, and West Penn Company. The consolidation covers about 500000 horsepower and 2100 miles of transmission lines serving roughly 1.1 million people across 22000 square miles in Maryland Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Baltimore
West Penn W Electric Company
Macryland Corporation
Maryland Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Keystone Power and Light Company
West Penn Company
West Penn Electric Company
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
American rubber users blamed for late response
Clarence W. Barron, president of the Wall Street Journal, says American rubber users acted too late regarding the rubber situation and may be lucky if they do not pay higher prices. He urges saving and using all old rubber in sight.
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London
Clarence W. Barron
The
Wall Street Journal
America Tomorrow
Logarno Pact Guides New German Coalition Plan
Berlin reports Dr. Eric Koch, tasked by President von Hindenburg to form a new government, held talks with five party leaders. They reached agreement in principle on a coalition program stressing Washington eight hour accords, Leacino treaty aims, early occupation end, and world economic cooperation to expand trade.
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Berlin
Eric Koch
von Hindenburg
Luther Stressemann
German People's Party
Bavarian Peoples
Centrists
Democrates
Social Democrats
Dr. Koch
Washington
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Fixed non dischargeable debt in Sanders bankruptcy case
Judge John J. Gore fixed $291,436.48 as the non dischargeable portion in Clarence Sanders bankruptcy case. The ruling does not alter funds due to the Piggly Wiggly corporation from liens on Cla Le Clare pink palace project valued around $300,000. Original total claimed debt was about $1,664,203.66.
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Memphis
Tenn
John J. Gore
United States District Court
Clarence Sanders
Cla-LeClare
Kennedy Says Proposals Differ Little From Operators Plan
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on December 15 Thomas A Kennedy international secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America states after reading the press proposition that it differs little if at all from the operators plan rejected by miners. He adds that the plan fails to meet miners needs since they previously accepted the Pinchot plan as a concession frontier.
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Hazleton
Luzerne County
Thomas A. Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
New Mexico Day Law 1923 Declared Unconstitutional
The New Mexico Supreme Court held the 1923 prohibition law unconstitutional for failing to set out the full provisions of the Volstead act. It freed eight men convicted of prohibition offenses who had appealed, noting a 1919 statute remains in force.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
State Supreme Court
Two Bullets End Stormy Career of Battling Siki
New York police seek the slayer of Battling Siki the Senegalese pugilist also known as Louis Phal. His body was found on West 41st Street with two bullet wounds after an apparent quarrel in a Hell's Kitchen area cabaret. Widow Lilian Werner identified the body at the morgue.
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New York
Upper West
Siki
John J. Meehan
West 41St Street
Indllan Werner
Louis Phal
Mellie Dunham Signs Up With Keith Vaudeville
Mellie Dunham the 72-year-old Maine fiddler signed a contract with the Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit to tour major cities starting with Boston during the Christmas holidays. Mayor Hylan welcomed the aged minstrel after a Detroit stop tied to Henry Ford and a Barn dance for Ford employees. He recalled the Civil War era $3 gold piece Ford gave him and joked about a reporter's attempt to swap it for a $20 piece.
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New York
Mellie Dunham
Maine
Norway
Detroit
Keith-Albee
I T
Hoston
Washington
D. C
Balimore
Philadelphia
Dunham
Henry Ford
Ford
City Hall
Hylan
Mellie
Millions Paid by Seven Nations on War Debts
Seven foreign governments paid 895 258 000 to the Treasury on wartime loans owed to the United States. Great Britain contributed 92 310 000 as the third annual installment. Belgium paid 677 482 in cash on postwar indebtedness. Czecho Slovakia and Finland, Lithuania, Poland, and Hungary also remitted semiannual or initial debt amounts.
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United States
Great Britain
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Lithuania
Poland
Hungary
Stathers Named Circuit Judge in West Virginia
Judge Stathers of Weston was appointed to the fifteenth judicial circuit by Governor Gore to succeed Judge Haymond Maxwell who resigns January 1. A WVU graduate and World War II era major, Stathers will move to Clarksburg this week to assume duties.
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Gore
Haymond Maxwell
Fifteenth Circuit
Clarksburg
W. Va
Birk
Stathers
Weston
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
Howard M. Gore
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Morgan
West Virginia University
Centra West Virginia
Captain and Wrecker Of Ship On Trial In Fraud Case
Josiah Kirby, ex president of the Cleveland Discount Co, is on federal trial charged with mail fraud. Prosecutor A E Bernstein says Kirby scuttled the ship for personal gain, citing a $4 2 million profit and the creation of holding firms to profit from land deals. Defense argues Kirby sought to save the company as storms hit. The jury is expected to hear the case around noon tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
William N. Day
Defense Counsel
Kirby
United States
A. E. Bernstein
Bernstein
David Holding
al Officiers
Brast Named As Revenue Collector Nomination Subm itted
Washington December 15 The nomination of E A Brast of Parkersburg for Internal Revenue Collector in West Virginia was submitted to the Senate but was not acted upon.
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Washington
E. A. Brast
Parkersburg
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Senate
League of Nations Grants Mosul to Great Britain
Geneva reports the League council decided Mosul and its oil would fall under British mandate over Irak, forming a permanent frontier with Turkey amid negotiations. Turkish protests allege English influence and arming of Assyrian forces, citing accusations of massacres and pre republic incidents.
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League of Nations
Mosul
Great Britain
Geneva
Irak
Council of the
League
Council
Turkey
Brussels
Rier
Tevfk Rushdi Bey
Laidonér
Special League
Rushdi Bey
England
James G. Harboard
Extended Senate debate tests Volstead act and beer proposals
Washington December 15 extended debate in the Senate on Prohibition as senators from New Jersey Maryland Ohio Texas clash over the Volstead act. Senator Edge urges 2.75 percent beer and whiskey prescription removal while Bruce Willis and Sheppard attack attempts to weaken or modify the Eighteenth Amendment. Bruce argues 2.75 beer would nullify the amendment and drive sales to saloons.
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Washington
Senate
Edge
New Jersey
Bruce
Maryland
Willis
Ohio
Sheppard
Texas
Budge
Blease
South Carolina
United States
White House
Congress
Edge Pic
He Gennes
Shepherd
Fdge
Head
Canadian Wheat Crop Valued At 466 Million In 1925
Ottawa reports the official crop record shows Canada’s 1925 wheat crop valued at 466,755,000 dollars, up about 146,000,000 from 1924. The total value of principal field crops for 1925 is 1,112,693,106 dollars, compared with 995,286,900 dollars in 1924.
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Ottawa
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Frank R. Reid
House of Representatives
True Bills
Sheriff Hoffman
Federal Grand Jury
Koch
Fixes
Clarence Saunders
New Mexico’s Day
TWO Bullets
Battling ST
Hell’s Kitchen
Lilian Werner
Keith
Uncle Sam
Birk v. Statherd
Verigle Eagt
New
Jersey
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