Government 10 Make Big Liquor Raid Off Fernandina
Instructions received by Jacksonville prohibition chief A B Stroupe to seize the Cuban yacht Miguel Ferrarez lying off Fernandina harbor. Reported five thousand cases of liquor on board loaded in Cuba days earlier, with an attempt to bring it into the United States for holiday consumption. Seizure expected early tomorrow morning.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
A. B. Stroupe
Prohibition
Miguel Ferrarez
Fernandina Harbor
Cuba
United States
Greek steamer Melpo in distress near 1200 miles east of St Johns
Radio messages reported the Greek steamer Melpo bound for Boston from Immingham was in need of assistance with steering disabled. Communications were relayed via the steamer George Washington, with Melpo later broadcasting another update.
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Associated Press
Boston
Melpo
Immingham
George Washington
St. Johns
N. F
Stores Open Late as Holiday Shopping Surges
Despite a cold night, mercantile establishments stayed busy up to closing. Many shops stayed open until 9 or 10 p.m. with trade expected to rise through Saturday night as shoppers rush to pick gifts and finish purchases for relatives and friends.
Salvation Army appeals for public help in Christmas drive
Captain L. T. Shifflett asks city residents to donate to the Salvation Army Christmas relief effort. Santa Claus will visit today and volunteers stand at designated posts while donations support aid to the poor. Address all contributions to L. T. Shifflett at 405 Iain.
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Salvation Army
L. T. Bbifflett
Shiglett
Santa Claus
Netien Oie
Iain L. T. Shifflett
Russia Seeks Turkish Absolute Control of Straits
Lausanne December 18. Russian Foreign Minister Tehit Cherin submitted a plan to the Near East conference proposing Turkey have absolute control of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus. The sub commission adjourned without decision.
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Russia
Turkey
Associated Press
Lausanne
Dardenelles
Bosphorus
Tehitcherin
Commission of the Near
Testimony in Herrin Riot Trials Described by Witnesses
Dr O F Shipman testified at the Herrin riot trials detailing an armed escort of prisoners from mine fortyeight and cars from Missouri Indiana and Kentucky. R O Greer former mayor testified he saw men shot down and Dan O Rouke recounts his return to testify about killings in Herrin City cemetery.
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Marion
Ill
O. F. Shipman
Herrin
H . R. O. Greer
H& Rin
Missouri
Indiana
Kentucky
Dan O’rouke
O’rouke
Omtoee
Herrin City
German Shoppers Jubilant Over Mark Rise
Berlin December 18 German consumers across classes celebrated a sharp rise in the mark as the dollar price fell from 8 300 to 6 600 in five days. The drop has pushed wholesale and retail prices down yet retailers hesitate to cut prices due to existing stock bought when the mark was weaker.
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Berlin
Judge Barrett Criticizes Ku Klux Charge to Jury
In Albany Georgia Judge William Barrett of the U S district court sharply criticizes the Ku Klux Klan in his grand jury charge opening the court. He warns of the harmful suggestions and outlines means to combat the group during the session.
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U.S
Barrett
KU Klux
Albany, Ga
Ku Klux Klan
William Barrett
United States District Court For
South Georgia
November exports reach year high in overseas trade
American exports in November reached the year’s peak at 383 million dollars, the Department of Commerce announced. The figure tops October by 12 million and November last year by 9 million, with a year over year rise of about 198 million since November 1913. Fires and blasts in Milltown claimed two lives.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reneee
Department of Nimmerra
Ehawine
Avnart
Ed Lp
Dir
Pittsburgh
Milltown
Martial law takes effect in Warsaw after president’s assassination
In Warsaw martial law becomes effective by cabinet proclamation. Capt. Niewadomski, the man who shot President Narutowicz, is held for court martial after a solo act claim. Gen. Pilsudski named army chief and Gen. Sikorski premier as parliament is to convene for a new president. Col. Modelski among detainees.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Niewadomski
Narutowicz
Joseph Pilsudski
Gen. Sikorski
Col. Modelski
Haller
Senator's Maiden Speech Promotes Shipping Bill
A fragmented report notes a senator delivering a maiden speech urging support for a shipping bill. The speech lauds commercial seafaring, defends congressional authority, and calls for swift passage to aid American interests and the people.
President Harding hosts governors on prohibition policy
President Harding and sixteen state governors met at a White House luncheon to discuss enforcement problems in prohibition. The conference, moved up from its planned date to include current governors and inform future policy after the new year as administrations change.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Harding
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Upper Lakes Keep Open Later Than Usual Amid Strikes
Navigation on the upper lakes remained open past the typical December 1 close as coal and rail strikes delayed shipments. Nine grain ships and cargoes valued at about 24 million dollars faced ice on Lake Superior while crews fought through heavy seas to reach Buffalo for winter storage. An icebound fleet waited near St Marys River as nine vessels left Fort William to attempt detouring through Detour to Lake Huron.
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Feamer
Portage Lake
Saulie. Ste. Marie
Upper Lakes
North Eeant
Lake Superior
White Fish Bay
Buffalo
St. Mary's River
Fort William
Ont
Lake Huron
Sixteen Air Mail Planes Join Search for pilot Boonstra
Salt Lake City Utah December 18 Sixteen air mail planes took part today in a search for Pilot Henry G Boonstra who left Woodward field Friday for Rock Springs Wyoming and is believed lost in a snowstorm between the two cities Air mail service between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City was suspended and every available plane was pressed into service in the search.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Henry G. Boonstra
Woodward Field
Rock Springs
Wyo
Cheyenne
Improve Immigration Facilities at Ellis Island
Comprehensive plans for upgrading Ellis Island immigration facilities are under consideration in Washington after numerous complaints about current station equipment and handling methods. The proposal aims to modernize processing and comfort for arriving immigrants.
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Washington
Ellis Island
New Yok
Greek Archbishop of Palestine Visits the United States
The Most Rev Panthen archbishop of Neapolis arrives in the U S as representative of the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine. He presents a diamond cross set in gold to President Harding to create him a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Panthen
Neapolis
Tine
Damianos
Holy Ay
Jerusalem
Palestine
Soviet Orders Close Consulates in Primoria
Vladivostok December 18 The Soviet government controlling Primoria ordered the consuls of France and ten other nations to close their offices and leave within a week. The United States Great Britain Italy Germany and Australia were exempted from the order.
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Associated Press
Vladivostok
Primoria
France
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Auustlis
Doug Sea
Miami Fla Tops Nation for Warmth in Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports a broad cold front spread across the United States with Chicago down to 1 below, Havre Mont at 82 below, and readings 4 to 28 below in the Northwest. Contrasting warmth persisted in Miami Florida where temperatures reached 74 degrees above normal, while New York expected snow and Florida showers appeared.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Atty
Northwest
Upper Tike
Great Central Valleys
Middle
West Gulf States
Rocky Mountains
United States
Mercury
Havre
Mont
Acre
New York
Florida
North America
Medicine Hat
Manitoba
Miami
Fla
Union of Central America Delayed by 11th Hour Deal
Disordered report notes the Central American conference delaying approval of a union proposal and agreeing to convene a new conference to consider the plan. The piece mentions Washington and a 1926 timeline with references to committees and ratifications in tentative terms.
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Union OF Central
Amelia Q
Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Central America
Naval appropriation bill passes House in quest to limit war craft
Washington December 18 The naval appropriation bill with the president s request to negotiate with foreign powers on limiting the construction of war craft was passed by the House today.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Three Massillon Men Die in Cottage Fire Near Akron
Akon December 18 Three prominent Massillon men died in a cottage fire at Little Wadsworth Portage lake reservoir south of Akron. Harold Howard 52 a Massillon engineer Frank Jagner 50 LeRoy Hodgson 28 and George W Williams a Massillon lawyer were killed. Two attorneys Walter Holt 28 and Elson Weiler 30 survived with burns and injuries. Fire blamed on defective flue and reported between 2 and 3 am.
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Associated Press
Akron
Massillon
Little Wadsworth
Here
Harold Howard
Frank Jagner
Massolin
LeRoy
Odgson
House Judiciary Committee Appoints Subcommittee
Washington reports the House Judiciary Committee named a subcommittee to probe action on the Keller resignation and the charges against Daugherty. The panel will hear testimony and consider what steps, if any, to take based on the information Keller provided.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Keller
Daugherty
Public Schools Set Christmas Holidays for Brunswick Area
The Brunswick and Glynn County public schools will start Christmas holidays after tomorrow’s classes and resume on Tuesday January 2. Teachers plan visits to relatives or stay in the city. Holidays identical for white and colored institutions. The current session ended tomorrow and is described as the most successful in city and county history with record pupil enrollment.
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Brunswick
Glynn County
Reparations Block for German Loan Hinders Talks
Washington reports the European reparations dispute between London and Paris as the key obstacle in the American view of German loan prospects. AnAmerican loan to Germany is deemed idle until reparations are settled. J P Morgan & Co says a loan discussion is impossible before the German reparations issue is resolved.
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Associated Press
Washington
London
Paris
Germany
Morgan
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Waycross Women canvass to fund city schools
In Waycross Georgia on December 18 a unique house to house canvass by women from school groups seeks five dollars per child to keep the city schools open and pay December teachers. The board of education cannot raise funds so the effort asks for gifts, not loans, to cover several thousand dollars.
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Waycross
Board of Education
Wallace Reid At Point Of Death in Hollywood
Wallace Reid, motion picture star, is at the point of death in a Hollywood sanitarium after several days of critical condition. Mrs. Reid and at least one physician cited in the Los Angeles Examiner report that Reid’s temperature and pulse are dangerously high, with weight loss and irregular heart action. A possible influenza recurrence is noted, with no definite expected recovery.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Wallace Reid
Denver Mint Hold-Up Leaves Blood Trail and Gun
Federal and state authorities seek ownership of a sawed off shotgun used in a daring Denver robbery at the United States mint. The bandits, armed with rifles and shotguns, seized two hundred thousand dollars as guards fired, a suspect was wounded, and a sawed off gun was dropped amid a blood trail during the escape.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
United States Mint
Theovernment
Havener
Funeral for Thomas R. McCrory of Americus at Gaines
The funeral for Thomas R. McCrory, brother Crary, will be held in Gainesville this afternoon. He was 62, a former pro farmer, married with ten children, and died after influenza followed by pneumonia. He had lived in this city in the early 1900s and had many friends.
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Thomas R. Ae
Americus
Crary
Gaines
McCrory
Mrs Thebe Verrill 72 Dies in Arco
Mrs Thebe Verrill aged 72 died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs George A Sparks at 45 Dixie highway Arco after a lingering illness. She had lived in Arco about three years and was well regarded. The remains will be shipped to West Palm Beach for funeral services to be held there tomorrow.
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George A. Sparks
Dixie Highway
Arco
Thebe Verrill
Grim Reaper
Vertil
West Palm Beach
Harding Cables U S Sympathy to Poland
President Harding cabled U S condolences to Poland over the assassination of President Natutowitz. The message expresses sincere government sympathy and sorrow for the Polish people during a period of national tragedy.
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Washington
Harding
Poland
United States
Natutowitz
Hamilton Douglas Dies in Atlanta
Hamilton Douglas Sr. 64, prominent Georgia lawyer and dean of the Atlanta Law School, died after several weeks illness. He was born in Alexandria and later moved to Atlanta where he built a notable legal career. He leaves a widow and four children.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Hamilton Douglas
Atlanta Law School
Douglas
Alexandry
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