Infant found murdered in woods near Jefferson Street
A fully developed infant girl was found wrapped in garments in a woodland fork between Jefferson Street and Memorial Avenue. Coroner and physicians testified the child lived after birth and died from hemorrhages after the umbilical cord was severed. Authorities seek the mother and others who placed the child in the woods, suspecting premeditated concealment at a preselected spot.
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Ant
Jeffern Street
Memorial Avenue
Ers
Walter V
Mr. Ross
D. F. Worley
Vernon Heights
Mr. Worley
Jefferson Street
George ©. Gish
Robert C. Gish
C. D. Honaker
W. C. Snyder
St. Luke's Hospital
Bill to End Lame-Duck Congresses Seeks January Inauguration
Senate judiciary committee reports Norris constitutional amendment to abolish lame duck sessions and move presidential inauguration to January after elections. It would start a new congress in January, nearly a year earlier, and include a provision to simplify presidential election in the event of an electoral college tie.
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Washington
Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
House
Rail Labor Board Abolished Proposed by Executives
The Association of Railway Executives approved legislation to abolish the U S railroad labor board and replace it with regional boards of adjustment and a conciliation board to foster voluntary arbitration. The plan aims to remove semi judicial hearings and rely on dispute parties to choose a third arbitrator if needed. Bill expected soon for submission to President Coolidge.
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Chicago
Association of Railway Executives
United States Railroad Labor Board
Coolidge
Lhat
Boards of Adjustment
Board of Conciliation
Geneerbury
Engine Brotherhoods
Cleveland
Ohio
United States Labor Board
Congress
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Lee
Lote
William B. Prenter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Skeleton found hanging in room over unpaid rent
Milwaukee December 21 Edward Anderson, gathering August rent, removed a door hinge and found John Plestinek’s skeleton tied with a rope. Anderson said Plestinek planned temporary absence but kept the room, locking it on repeated rent calls. The roomer reportedly hanged himself the day he left.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Edward Anderson
John Plestinek
Plestinek
Anderson
Mitchell before naval court for two hours quiz
Colonel Mitchell admitted he was not a qualified rigid airship pilot. He testified the charges against him arose from information he trusted and his own deductions about the Shenandoah disaster. The court case at Washington featured technical testimony on gas pressure and ballast.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Shenandoah
Midwest
Naval Court of Inquiry
Mitchell
Henry Leonard
Air Office
San Antonio
Navy
Capitol
Garrett
Tennessee
Representative Blanton
Texas
Representativesrrett
Cobnel Mitchell
Leonard
William Hovgaard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hovgaard
Shenandoah B
Charles FP. Rosendahl
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Rosendahl
Western Squad Ready for Eastern Eleven
San Francisco December 21 Archi e Nisbit and Babe Horrell former California stars arrived completing the western squad for a benefit football game to be played December 26 for Shriners crippled children's hospital. The eastern eleven led by Navy Bill Ingram Indiana coach is to arrive Wednesday.
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San Francisco
Archie Nisbit
Babe Horrell
University of California Gridiron Stars
Shriners
Crippled Children's Hospital
Navy
Bill" Ingram
University of Indiana
World Court proposal kept before Senate after holidays
After a third day of debate Senator Lenroot announced the world court proposal would be pressed to a vote as soon as possible. Senators Walsh and Pepper endorsed adhesion with reservations on advisory opinions and consent requirements for U S questions. The Carelia case fueled talks on majority rulings and nonmember participation.
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Washington
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Walsh
Montana
Pepper
Pennsylvania
United States
Finland
Russia
Council of the League
Tchitcherin
League
Bad Faith Charge Probed Over Rubber Price Manipulation
Washington reports a House probe into alleged manipulation of crude rubber prices by English colonial governments. Representative Hull states England aims to raise four billion dollars via higher rubber prices. hearings set for January 26.
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Great Britain
Washington
House
Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
England
Parker
Interstate Commerce Committee
He Tilson
Connecticut
Hoover
Canada
United States
London
House of Commons
Hope Anthracite Conference Plans Abandoned in Scranton
Scranton officials and mine workers faced a halt in talks as Mayor Durkan postponed a planned conference with anthracite operators. John L. Lewis signaled miners would attend, while operators demanded written assurance of willingness to discuss the Pinchot plan. The move follows a Harrisburg meeting and Governor Pinchot’s framework.
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Scranton
John Durkan
Eeeovnied Steern
Durkan
John L. Lewis
Lewis
W. W. Inglis
Anthracite Operators
Darkan
Committee of Mayors and Burgesses
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Lberty
Philadelphia
United Mine Workers
Wage pact preserves no strike during talks in molding industry
Cleveland dispatch reports the International Molders Union and the Stove Manufacturers Association signed a wage agreement for the 38th year with no stoppage of work during negotiations. Fred L. Baumgartner, newly elected assistant financier of the Molders, announced the milestone. The Molders claim to be the only union to work so many years without strikes.
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Cleveland
International Molders Union
Stove Manufacturers Association
Fred L. Baumgartner
Molders
Texas House blocks call for 15 off special session in Austin
Speaker Jee Satterwhite refused to summon a special legislative session to probe Governor Miriam Arkinson and impeachment, saying it could hinder ongoing litigation over Texas highway contracts. Moody argued funds for expenses could not be approved, and backers warned underwriting would be illegal. The push follows the American Road Company judgment canceling contracts and excess profits.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam Arkuson
Jee Satterwhite
House of Representatives
Attorney'i
Dan Moody
Satterwhite
House
Moody
Ferguson
Lement
American Road Company
International scope grain market probe indicated
Washington reports a grain market investigation of international scope as Argentina moves to uncover charges that officials leaked grain reports for private speculative use. Armour Grain Co. executive George E. Saunders disputes misinterpretation of his remarks and Argentina vows a full inquiry.
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Washington
George E. Saunders
Armour Grain Company of Chicago
Pueyrredon
Saunders
Jardine
Bennos
Ministry of Agriculture
Louis McCauley
Gcorgs
E. Saunders
McCauley
American Club
Beunos Aires
Pearls Found in Two Raw Oysters in Thieles
Two raw oysters opened by Mrs. Jotey Suu in Thieles New York yielded pearls valued at $100 each as Christmas gifts from Santa Claus. She opened the offerings while preparing dinner.
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Thieles
N. Y
Prohibition Enforcement Debate Tops House Agenda
In Washington the House tackles methods to enforce the Volstead act amid a dispute over hotel Mayflower era tactics. Rep Tucker seeks to bar fraud in procurement of evidence with a $250,000 provision, while Rep Blanton defends Secretary Mellon.
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Washington
House
Tucker
Virginia
Mayflower
Congress
Treasury-Post Office
Somorrow
Madden
Appropriations
Hill
Maryland
Blanton
Texas
Alice Caperine
Mellon
Phillips
Melican
Pennsylvania
Deliberations On Cornbelt Farmers Wages and Costs
A sub committee of the American Council of Agriculture and the Cornbelt Committee of Farm Organizations met in Des Moines to discuss wages for farmers and overhead and depreciation costs. William Vieth announced plans to compute acceptable figures for the Cornbelt and to counter a proposed five percent freight rate increase. The committee will be represented at the Interstate Commerce Commission meeting in Kansas City in January.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Council of Agriculture
Cornbelt Committee
William Vieth
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Removal of Charleston Navy Storage Building to Hawaii
Washington reports the special unofficial house committee recommended physically moving the South Charleston W V storage building for heavy naval ship supplies to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The report urged steps to strengthen Hawaii defenses and noted the transfer as a real action, not a paper transaction.
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Washington
South Charleston
W. Va
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
House
Islands
Major Morgan resigns over court martial findings
Major Robert K R Morgan a reserve officer in the army quartermaster corps telegraphed his resignation to Washington today amid dissatisfaction with the Mitchell court martial findings. He accused the general staff of incompetency said he lost respect for his superiors and blamed a Fabian policy toward national defense, calling the court martial conduct asinine.
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San Francisco
Robert KR. Morgan
Army Quartermaster Corps
Washington
William Mitchell
Morgan
General Staff
War Department
National Defense
Mitchell
Plains Covered With Dead Bodies On Yangteun Front
London dispatch reports after a 24 hour artillery duel on the Yangteun front Chinese forces under Feng Yu-Helang clash with General Li Ching-Ling's troops. Feng suffers tremendous losses as plains darken with the dead and calls for peace suggest acceptance of defeat.
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London
Yangteun
Daily Mall
Feng Yu- Helang
National Peoples Army
Li Ching-Ling
Chihili
Feng
Daily Mail
Mys Feng
Feng Hao
New Transportation Age Seen by Alfred
Chicago December 21 A bold forecast by Frank H Alfred president of the Pere Marquette Railway and a 43 member American Railway Association panel envisions a future of ultra fast passenger trains on reinforced concrete road beds with roller bearings. He predicts speeds rivaling airplanes and says railroads will follow the highways in pursuing the safest most rapid travel.
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Chicago
Frank H. Alfred
Detroit
Pere Marquette Railway
American Railway Association
Alfred
Paul Chapman
Explosion damages Consolidation Coal House in Monongah
In Fairmont on December 21 a dynamite explosion damaged House No. 120 of Consolidation Coal Company at Monongah around 8 15 p m. No one was hurt though two families lived there. Police believe a passing car threw dynamite. Investigations by state police and Marion county deputies continue. no arrests reported. Heads of both families are union miners at Consolidation Coal mines in Monongah.
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Mosul
Hull
House of Representative
America
United States
London
Daily Express
The
Express
Great Britain
Fairmont
W. Va
Consolidation Coal Company
Monongah
Marion County
International Fertilizer Conference to Convene in Rome
Under the International Institute of Agriculture sixteen nations including the United States will send representatives to an international conference on fertilizers to meet in Rome in the latter part of February.
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Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
United States
Institute
Foreign nations not penalized for failure to ratify pacts
Washington reports Treasury officials say foreign powers with funding settlements may continue financing in the United States even if Congress delays ratification. They see no reason to penalize nations or citizens by denying loans after good faith agreements, stressing that early approval by foreign governments signals sincerity.
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Congress
Washington
Treasury
The
Fident
American Debt Commission
American Congress
Mellon Rega
House Commons approves Mosul policy in principle
The British House of Commons approved the government Mosul policy in principle with only four votes against. Prime Minister Baldwin said the motion covered action by Britain at Geneva and the league council award, while Labor MPs protested and left the chamber, delaying prorogation.
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Baldwin
London
House of Commons
Mosul
Laborites
Brateness
Dela
Granley Baldewin
Great Britain
Geneva
Council of
League of Nations
Ramsay MacDonald
Irak
Hen
Reemain
League
League Council
Walter Runciman
T. P. O'Conner
Turkey
Kenworthy
Operator of diploma mill found guilty
Nes muth P. Holler, president of the Oriental University in Washington, was convicted by a criminal court jury of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud through operating a diploma mill. Judge Stafford remanded him to jail awaiting sentence as post office fraud orders stood and Virginia revoked the charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nesmuth P. Holler
Oriental University
Stafford
Post Office
Virginia
Heller
McCamant Judicial Nomination Postponed After Holidays
Senate action on Wallace McCamant of Oregon to be judge of the ninth judicial circuit was postponed until after the holidays at the request of Senator Johnson California who opposes his confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
Wallace McCamant
Oregon
Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
Johnson
California
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