New Government To Take Control Of Irish Affairs
London dec 2 Associated Press reports that the provisional regime in Ireland will end tomorrow as the Irish bill becomes law. The Dail will become the Lower House with a 60 member Senate chosen by the Lower House and president. Rumors place Timothy Sealy or Lord Shaughnessy as potential governor general as Dublin completes the transition to Free State government. De Valera and Liam Lynch issue a defiant reply asserting the Republic remains the Irish peoples choice and calling for English pledge to honor the plebiscite and free state decision.
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Law Enforcers Feel Law s Force
NEW LONDON Dec . A town constable a policeman and an inspector of the state highways department were arrested tonight on charges of violating the same laws. They were accused of shooting ducks after sunset on Blgitt Mire river near here. Rudolf an inspector of the state highways department Nathan S McNamart a New York policeman and B M Talcott Moodus town constable and these local farmers were arrested.
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B. M. Talcott
Moodus
Navy scales below nations in dire need report Denby calls
Secretary Denby's annual navy report to President Harding bluntly says the United States trails rival powers. It cites shortages in capital ships, fast cruisers, aircraft carriers and submarines, plus funding gaps that hinder training and efficiency. He urges Congress to act when conditions warrant to balance the fleet.
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Pee
War Weeks
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Harding
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Congress
American Doughboys To Play Santa To German Kiddies
In Coblenz Rhineland the American doughboys raise a large purse in marks to give German children a Christmas. Veterans of Foreign Wars start with 30000 marks and each soldier contributes at least the equivalent of 50 marks. Top sergeants supervise donations and relief work expands with soup kitchens and clothing distributions to German kids.
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Associated Press
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Gerermany
Wanamaker Improves as Doctors Report Brighter Day
Philadelphia December 3 Join Wanamaker showing progress at home. Doctors bulletin notes a quiet brighter day with increased strength and improvement in condition from a heavy cold.
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Philadelphia
Join Wanamaker
States anxious tosten trial of assault cases
States anxious to Trent trial of assault cases in Getitlaud Superior Court. Fifth passenger in car was cleared. Bench warrants sought to transfer cases from Bridgeport City Court to higher court for swift disposal. Royal Lockhart, witness for prosecution, provided statements about all details known. Accusers Mary Johnson and Jennie Brown not making moves in defense.
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George Stevens
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Getitlaud Superior Court
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Reuben A. Lockhart
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Tim- Nether
Mary Johnson
Noodle Avenue
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Prisoners escape car theft linked to Winsted find
Police traced a stolen auto tied to five fugitives who escaped the County Jail on North Avenue ten days earlier. Believed to be aiding the breakout, Burene Ledoux of Hartford and Alex Zanko of Fairfield are sought along with connections to a Jennings estate and possible Canada hiding.
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Montreal
Canada
Two Americans Killed by Mexican Bandits
Mexico City reports two unidentified Americans were killed when bandits ambushed a party of Aguila Oil Co. employees on the road between Ixcatlán and Puerto, Veracruz. One American wounded but escaped. Mexican killed. K Wercker kidnapped for 1000 pesos. Wercker is said to be British. Embassy notified.
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Hare Nts
Australia’s Premier Stabbed by Hatpin in Melbourne
London dispatch reports Premier Hughes was mobbed and stabbed with a hatpin at a chaotic Melbourne meeting. Police restrained bystanders as he was pulled to safety. He continues his election tour despite the shock.
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Tadly Mail
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Hughes
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Lusitania Not Armed, Malone Report States
New York dispatch says the Cunard liner Lusitania carried no guns or troops but did carry 3400 cases of ammunition under Commerce Department permission. The 1915 Malone report, sent to Treasury Secretary McAdoo, followed Germany’s May 28 reply and influenced Wilson’s June statements to Germany.
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Dudley Field Matana
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Unger
Department of Commerce
Maione
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Wilson
United States
Two Fatally Injured As Auto Strikes Trolley
A collision on Barnum avenue left one man and a five year old boy dead and another man dying from injuries. Witnesses described a head-on crash with a streetcar as a car attempted to pass a barrier near the American Graphophone plant, damaging the trolley but allowing it to continue.
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Cornerstone Dedication Of Summerfield Church
Rev Bartholow spoke at the cornerstone dedication for the Summerfield Methodist church edifice at Tolgetinia Judson and Clyrmont avenues. The large crowd heard calls for religious revival and unity amid national tensions, with contents including a Ku Klux Klan flag snapshot and papers from 1922 and 1923.
Russians Jown Turks and Allied Demands in Conference
At Lausanne today Russian and Turkish leaders pressed to upend international control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus. American delegates urged peaceable open waterway status for all ships, while avoiding taking sides on Turkish fortifications.
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Associated Press
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Mierey
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Ismet Pasha
Bosphorus
Marmora
Turkey
Russia
Curykey
Ten Injured as Fire Truck Hits Motor Car in Hartford
A collision in the Hartford business district between a fire truck and a small sedan left ten injured. Occupants of the sedan include Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and their year old son Andrew, Miss Fine Anderson, and Misses M Hamilton, all hospitalized with facial lacerations and skull injuries. Firemen John McCarthy Lawrence Fempa Dennis McCroggan and Joseph Tocco also injured. the sedan car was demolished after being struck at about 40 miles per hour when it tried to pass the truck, which then hit a tree and stopped.
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Lee Ragult
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Lawrenet Fempla
Dennis
McCroggzen
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McCrossen
Bracco
Flartford Hospital
Four Uninjured After Stratford Auto Overturns
A Derby to Bridgeport truck carrying four men including Boltee of 491 Malm Street Idgeport overturned on a Derby turnpike embankment near Belton. The driver lost control when blinded by oncoming lights. the auto that caused the accident fled the scene. All occupants escaped serious injury and reported no injuries to police.
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Ministry Resigns After Three Days In Office
In LSBON on December 1, the new Tortu ward government resigned three days after election day. An opposition member and the president of Parliament, I., were involved in the events surrounding the swift political shift.
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LSBON
French Scientist in Paris Dies After Radium Trials
Paris report describes Dr Jacques Vaillant, radium expert, dying after escalating surgeries. Gangrene set in from earlier procedures as doctors removed a leg and then nearly all remaining limb, with Vaillant reportedly refusing to abandon radium research.
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Jacques Vaillant
Big Jett
Rees
Clemenceau Aims for U S Guarantees on Security
Clemenceau travels to Baltimore from St Louis clarifying his stance on the League of Nations He does not urge U S entry but supports a framework where the United States and Great Britain guarantee France He notes he would prefer U S participation but not at the cost of blocking European affairs He draws cheers from large crowds in Dayton and stops in Tadiganpolis and Richmond
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Associated Press
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League of Nations
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Fils Tridn
Attorney General Fles Answers Keller Charges
Attorney General Daugherty replies to Keller's impeachment charges, calling the attempt an attack on enforcing laws. He argues the move protects those charged and warns future attorneys general not to prosecute war profiteers and grafters. He says evidence cannot be released in advance without harming public interests.
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Daugherty
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Unites States
Royal Palace seeks husbands for sultan’s former harem women
Constantinople Dec 2 Associated Press Rafet Pasha hunts husbands for 150 women of the former Sultan’s harem, aged 17 to 35, all penniless. Government backs the plan to relocate most to their homes while allowing eligible wives to stay. Many are Circassian and described as strikingly attractive. Officials say they were gifts to the sultan and must find husbands or face hardship.
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