Nine Miners Die in Webb Mine Fire Near Bellaire
Sixty one other workers escaped through the main entry as a mine fire at the Webb mine near Shady Side, Ohio, claimed nine lives. Foreman Jacob Schramm's warning to use the main tunnel is cited as a missed chance to save them. Fire officials report heavy damage and possible public funeral plans for victims.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Webb
Shady Side
Jerome Watson
Ohio Bureau of Mines
Watson
Jacob Schramm
Mate
George J. Jones Coal Company
Toledo
Wheeling
W. Va
James D. Forgie
Bu Webb
Forgie
John Cinque
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Temple
Clyde (. Hardesty
Belmont County
State Mining Department
McTigue Wins Decision Over Tiger Flowers at Garden
Former world light heavyweight champion Mike McTigue defeated Tiger Flowers by judges decision in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden. The fighters traded punches throughout with McTigue landing solid rights while Flowers answered with powerful hooks. Weigh ins listed McTigue at 171 1/2 pounds and Flowers at 166 1/2.
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New York
Mike McTigue
Atlanta
Tiger Flowers
Madison Square Garden
McTigue
Flowers
Nevigee
Foreign business not driven from Turkey despite Lausanne pact
Constantinople reports that the Lausanne treaty abolishing capitulations did not drive foreign firms from Turkey. A 1924-25 year shows 78 new foreign companies registered, while only 13 left. Foreign firms now in Turkey operate under Turkish jurisdiction, replacing extraterritorial protections.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Lausanne
Ministery of Commerce
Chine
Christmas Joy Taken From Kiddies
Washington reports Rep. Hull Democrat Tennessee calls the 70 percent tariff on toys an economic outrage that robs American children of Christmas joy. He estimates the levy will push toy prices toward 100 million dollars, blaming German competition as the ghost dramatizing the tariff. He argues Germany is no longer a serious toy maker.
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Washington
Hull
Tenn
America
Germany
Considered an Honor Woman Be Divorced Headlines from Two Remote Lands
New York reports on divorce practices in Thibet and Abyssinia as travelers describe how Turks in Thibet view divorce as an honor for women who are divorced multiple times, aided by gifts at each marriage. Mrs Forbes notes Abyssinian queen has divorced several husbands.
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New York
Paris
Suydam Cutting
America
Thibet
Rosita Forbes
Abyssinia
Abyesinia
Clergymen urge miners to return to talks with arbitration
In Wilkesbarre a joint letter from sixteen Catholic priests representing eighty five percent of anthracite miners calls for resuming wage negotiations with the anthracite operators and United Mine Workers. If talks fail they propose referring all questions to impartial arbitration. The letter lists economic losses and social harms from continuing strike.
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Scranton
W. W. Inglis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Wilkesbarre
Charman
Springfield
Ills
John L. Lew's
United Mine Workers of America
Philadelphia
Federal tobacco probe report to President kept sealed
The Federal Trade Commission delivered its tobacco industry investigation report to President Coolidge today, but the findings were not disclosed.
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Tobacco
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Coolidge
Vice President Dawes Presses Pages in Little Senate
In Washington the vice-president gains a forum with the pages as he pushes rule changes. He speaks at a luncheon after the little senate adopts his amendments by fourteen to two and urges pages to avoid smoking and dissipation. He notes current rules resemble Topsy and vows future reform.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Dawes
Lfe
New York Markets Set for Triple Christmas Holiday
All major exchanges will observe a three day holiday from Thursday night to Monday morning except the Chicago Board of Trade. The New York Stock Exchange will close, as will the New York curb market and Consolidated Stock Exchange. Cotton coffee sugar and cocoa exchanges suspend activity. Banks open Saturday. London Stock Exchange also to close Saturday.
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New York
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
New York Curb Market
Consolidated Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Santa Claus to Visit State Penitentiary
Eighteen hundred inmates at the Moundsville West Virginia state prison will hang socks outside cells as Santa Claus figures, with Warden H P Smith and assistants delivering nuts and candy. A Christmas dinner and movie are planned though the yearly Yule tree is omitted.
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Moundsville
W. Va
P. Smith
Santa
House Public Building Bill Aims for 150 Million Dollar Construction Policy
The House Public Building Committee plans to begin work after Christmas on a 150 million dollar bill to fund new federal buildings. The measure, backed by President Coolidge, would place construction oversight with the treasury secretary and postmaster general. Analysts estimate total needs at 235 to 250 million dollars, with only about 25 million annually available.
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House Committee
Washington
House Public Building Committee
Elliott
House
Senate
Coolidge
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
James A. Whetmore
The
Treasury
No Telegraph Issue Saturday For Christmas Morning
The Telegraph will not publish on Saturday to allow staff to celebrate Christmas with family. The Christmas morning issue will appear as usual.
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Telegraph
Farm bloc seeks broader plan beyond cooperative marketing
Washington reports the congressional farm bloc will not settle for only a pending cooperative marketing measure to tackle farmer surplus. Western leaders favor an export corporation and want government action to buy and sell surplus crops, with efforts to win President Coolidge’s backing before Congress acts.
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Congressional Farm Bloc
Washington
Western Farm Belt
Coolidge
Jardine
Congress
Government Corporation
Pope Pius XI Denounces Pest of Society Encyclical
Rome reports Pope Pius XI issued an encyclical decrying the “pest” of governments organized without church participation and urging Christ the king to be honored by Catholics. He laments civil power over church rights and calls for full religious liberty and renewed apostolic effort.
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Rome
Pius XI
Christ
King
God
Pope Pius
Pig survey shows fall crop drop in 1925 corn belt
The December pig survey from the department of agriculture reports a 12.4 percent decline in the fall pig crop for 1925 in the corn belt, about 1.8 million fewer pigs. The year’s total reduction ranges from five to six and a half million pigs, marking the smallest crop since earlier years.
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Washington
Dec
Corn Belt
Department of Agriculture
National Supply seeks Rumania branch for oil field plant
The National Supply Corporation of Delaware requests authorization to operate a branch in Romania. It plans to build a storehouse and assembly land at Ploieşti to stock large quantities of equipment for Romania's petroleum industry. Romania's 1925 oil production is projected at 2,300,000 metric tons, a 25 percent rise from 1924.
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Bucharest
Rumania
National Supply Corporation
Delaware
Ploesel
Romania
Andrew Price Named Chair Of West Virginia Historical Society
Governor Gore designated Andrew Price historian and publisher of Marlinton as chair of the West Virginia Historical Society. The appointment came with a request to set a meeting date for the society's members, appointed by the governor.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gore
Andrew Price
Marlinton
West Virginia Historical Society
Price
Feng's Army Not Yet Entered Tientsin Report
London dispatch says Feng Yu-hsiang's forces have not reached Tientsin. The Yangtsun front reports show Feng breaking Li Ching-Ling's defenses and driving troops back toward the frontier as of yesterday.
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London
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Tientsin
Daily Mail
Yangtsun
Feng
Li Ching-Ling
Chiblirovince
Florida Railroads Ease Traffic Jam With Coop Measures
Cooperative steps by Florida railroads, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the American Railway Association aim to relieve shipment restrictions. Seaboard adds four freight trains on new lines Brooksville to Inverness, boosting southbound cars from 260 to 450 daily, easing Tampa congestion. Overflow blamed on Christmas packages and year rise in traffic to 175 percent at Florida terminals.
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Washington
Dea
Florida
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Association
Florida East Coast Line
Jacksonville
Search Air Line
Commission
W. P. Bartel
Seaboard
Brookaville
Iverness
Tampa
Ex- Press and Parcel Post
Bartel
M. J. Gormley
Railroad Association Car Service Division
Memory of Old Parr Used in England Longevity Campaign
London reports the Long life Society cites Thomas Parr who allegedly lived 152 years to promote simple living. The lesson centers on his death after lavish feasting at age 152 and a Westminster Abbey slab praised as a warning against drastic habit changes.
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London
Thomas *Parr
England
Parr
Westminster Abbey
Charles
Westminster
Longlife Society
Nicky Arnstein Ordered New Suits After Release
Jules Arnstein known as Nicky Arnstein left Leavenworth after a prison term tied to a Wall Street theft. He traveled via train to Chicago and planned to visit his wife Fannie Brice and their two children in Milwaukee. He was later seen at a boulevard tailor to be fitted for six suits to replace those he wore upon release.
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Chicago
Jules
Nicky” Arnstein
Leavenworth
Wall Street Messenger Boys
Wlilwaukee
Fannie Brice
Kansas City
Boulevard
Five New Oil Fields to be Exploited in East Indies
A Batavia dispatch reports the Dutch Colonial Petroleum Company allied with the East Indian government to develop five new oil fields in the East Indies. The fields total about 600000 acres, located in Palembang Sumatra Madoru and Java. A parallel agreement covers Sumatra with the Dutch Indian Oil Company.
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London
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Amsterdam
Dutch Colonial Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company
Indies
Palembang
Sumatra
Madura
Java
Dutch Indian Oil Company
German potash salesman reports 1925 sales of 1,220,1000 tons
The German potash supplier announced that its potash sales for 1925 reached 1,220,1000 tons in Berlin during December.
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Berlin
Apntaker Today
Coolidge Seeks Views on Upper House Leaders
President Coolidge confers with Senate leaders Borah Moses and Lenroot on how Congress might authorize U S participation in the Geneva disarmament talks. Secretary Kellogg says further action will wait until after the holidays with possible appointment of Hugh Gibson as a participant.
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Kellogg
Washington
Coolidge
League of Nations
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Geneva
Nen
White House
Congress
St. Paul
Hugh Gibson
Switzerland
First Lady visits hospital to comfort frightened child
Mrs. Coolidge toured Children's Hospital on a Christmas visit, calmed a tiny crippled boy distressed by a photographer's flash, kissed away his tears, and shared a warm smile. Santa Claus hosted a party as Mrs. Coolidge moved ward to ward spreading cheer.
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Washington
Mr. Coolidge
May Settle Divorce Suit Out of Court
In Nice France on December 23 a settlement of the Duke of Manchester's divorce suit against his American wife Miss Helena Zimmermann of Cincinnati is expected in early January when the Duke arrives. Attorney Leroy B Delaney says the main issue remains alimony.
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Nice
France
Duke of Manchester
Helena Zimmermann
Cincinnati
Leroy B. Delaney
Sells Newspaper for Price of One Dollar
Greenville, S. C., Dec. 2. Robert Quillen sold his paper The Fountain Inn Tribune for one dollar to W. Wellett of Fountain Inn. Quillen received many offers by telephone and telegraph but kept the sale local and complete. The new owner will continue publication while Quillen focuses on writing and features.
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Greenvile
8. C
Robert Quillen
Fountain Inn Tribune
W. Wellett
Quillen
Tribute to Frank A Munsey in New York Cathedral
The bronze casket of publisher Frank A Munsey lay in state at St Anagarris in the Cathedral of John the Divine New York. Hundreds filed past the bier as tributes pour in from cities and countries. Funeral services will be held there tomorrow with officials attending from Munsey enterprises in sixty cities and Paris.
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New York
Frank A. Munsey
St. Anegarris
John the Divine
Munsey
William T. Mannne
Mr. Munsey
United States
Paris
Rubber dealings to start at New York Cocoa exchange
The New York Cocoa Exchange, after adding rubber trading facilities, elected fifteen rubber founders seven of whom represent foreign interests. Actual rubber and rubber futures dealings will begin early next year and the institution will be renamed to reflect its broader scope.
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New York
New York Cocoa Exchange
Death toll at Erie rises to four after arena panic
Erie Pa Dec 23 The death toll from the panic during a Christmas observance rose to four as 5 000 youths rushed from a collapsed bench at the Erie arena. Joe Majikilewicz died at home after being taken from the arena by car. several children were hospitalized but later released in non serious condition.
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Erie
Erie Arena
Christman
Joe Majikilewicz
Passenger Trains Crowded Amid Holiday Travel Peak
Passenger traffic through this point reached the heaviest level of the holiday season for the Norfolk and Western railroad. Trains ran full with extra equipment to handle overflow. Officials report traffic near last year’s level and expect heavier crowds through Christmas Day as two sections operate.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
Wednesay
French Finance Plan Promises Billions in New Taxes
Paris December 23 Government bills seeking several billion more francs in annual revenue will be a Christmas present to taxpayers if Finance Minister Doumer can push his restoration scheme to the cabinet and then to the chamber. He aims to introduce the plan before other Radical coalition measures, with details and total figures kept secret.
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Paris
M. Dowmer
M. Doumer
Chamber
Ister
M. Painleve
Minister of Finance
Butler Dismissed as Philadelphia Public Safety Director
Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler was removed as director of public safety in Philadelphia after releasing correspondence with Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick. He accused Kendrick of moral laxity in enforcing Prohibition and claimed the mayor ordered him to lay off large venues.
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Philadelphia
Smedhey D. Butler
Butler
W. Freeland Kendrick
General Butler
Kendrick
Ana Ona
George W. Bie Jott
City Hall
Ritz Carlton
Bellevue Stratford
Walton Hotels
Lance
Walton
Edward P. Carney
Abbott
Diector
Elliott
Joe Widener
Botal
Mem
Gaffney
Bank
Navy Yard
Pepepery
Wil
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Santa Claus
State Penitentiary
Pope
Rumanian
Andrew Price Head Historical Society
Nicky Arnstein
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