Harding Plans Confabs on Domestic Issues Ahead of Inauguration
President-Elect Warren G. Harding will hold talks this week with Senate and House leaders on domestic problems. He plans to travel to Florida for rest and meetings until his March 4 inauguration, with lawmakers like McCumber Mondell Good and Coug Fleet Tavis among those invited.
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Associated Press
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Senate
House
Florida
Harding
McCumber
North Dakota
Frank Mondell
Wyoming
Good
Iowa
Will Haya
Coug Fleet Tavis
Ohio
Arrests After Attack on Barbary Coast Dance Hall
More than four hundred sailors soldiers and civilians were arrested in San Francisco after police described an attack in force on a Barbary Coast dance hall. The event occurred in December and involved a mix of military and civilian participants.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Barbary Coast District
Slayer of War Hero Monk Eastman Found Dead After Feud
William Delancey known as Monk Eastman, once a war hero and LE side gang leader, was found murdered with five bullet wounds in a block near his former underworld haunts. Detectives pursue dozens of associates linked to his past.
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Associated Press
New York
Monk Eastman
Lower East Side
Eastman
William Delancey
Methodists Buy Saloons to Rebuild into Churches
Western Wisconsin leads as frontier saloons are donated and moved by Methodist ministers to become churches and parsonages. District superintendents report over twenty churches and parsonages built from old saloons in the region. Fifteen parsonages use oak hotel furniture from Medford Wisconsin.
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Philadelphia
Board of Tome Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wisconsin
Medford
Wisconaln
Labor Allies Plan Probe of Wage Cuts and Costs
Organized labor and liberal lawmakers plan a congressional probe into wage reductions in textile mills, open shop moves, and rising living costs. Textile Workers negotiate with the AFL while railroad interests and the Esch-Cummins law are cited as factors in suspected cost inflation.
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United Press
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Robert la Follette
Laim
Huns Refuse to Disband Guards in Bavaria and Prussia
Paris reports Germany will not disband civilian guards in Bavaria and Prussia. The note faces examination by the council of ambassadors. Mayence dispatch says the inter allied commission has reversed a decision to break up all German military organizations.
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Paris
Germany
Bavaria
Prussia
Council of Ambassadors
Saya
Petit Parisien
Mayence
Interalised
Rene Lef
Parker Exonerated in Casper Post Office Case
Walter Parker, assistant postmaster at Casper, was exonerated from irregularities charges and reinstated by the department. The move follows the removal of Postmaster W. W. Sproul. Parker will not return to Casper and will continue work with the Midwest.
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Walter 8. Parker
Casper
W. W. Sproul
Frawley
Parker
Midwest
Treasury chief warns higher taxes under soldiers aid bill
Declaring the measure would add a tax burden, Treasury Secretary Houston told the Senate Finance Committee that enacting the soldiers aid bill could cost about 2.1 billion dollars under various optional plans. He cited options including adjusted service pay, insurance, vocational aid, and farm and home development.
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Associated Press
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Senate
Constanitus
Treasury
Peace Parley With Poles Declared Off
Riga negotiations with Poland have been broken off according to War-saw dispatches. Adolph Jaffee head of the Soviet delegation says Russia will not treat further with the Poles. Post office accounts are being reviewed as an earlier shake-up is examined. public confidence remains that any discrepancies will be resolved.
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Copenhagen
Russo
Riga
Saya
Warsaw
Adolph Jaffee
Russia
Kimball Drug to Open Second Rexall Store in Casper
Kimball Drug Company will open its second Rexall store in Casper on March 1 in the Midwest building at Second and Walcott. Frank Tiley will manage both stores, with a large soda fountain luncheonette and Denver fixtures.
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Second Drug Store
New Midwest
Second Street
Rexall
Kimball Drug Company
Casper
Wilson 5. Kimball, Jr
Second and
Walcott Streets
Wyoming National Bank
Denver
Kimball Drug Store
Businew
Wellas
Frank Tiley
Oil price cut in Pittsburgh as agencies post new grade
In Pittsburgh on December 21 officials announced a first cut in oil price in over three years. Municipal purchasing agencies posted a partial decrease for the coming grade, reducing the price by 29 cents a barrel.
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Pittsburgh
Des
Woman Past 115 Survives Gas Incident in Chicago
Mrs. Sarah Quinn, listed as 11 years old, was found nearly asphyxiated in her Chicago home yesterday when a gas stove flame was blown out. She revived at a hospital an hour later and insisted on returning home to finish the dishes, saying she expects to live to 150.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Der
Sarah Quinn
Four Die In Police Raid On Limerick Hall
United Press reports in Dublin that four men were killed and 120 Sinn Feiners captured when police and soldiers raided a dance hall in Limerick. In Cork, December 27, thirty armed masked raiders attacked the Cork Examiner offices, damaged machinery, wrecked the building with explosives and burned parts of the property. they escaped in civilian clothes claiming they acted under orders of the Irish republic.
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United Press
Dublin
Limerick
Cork
Officer Ellis Fires On Burglars At Sana Bar
Police report Officer Ellis shot at three burglars who tried to enter the McCillvery store near 2 am. One bandit fell, another wounded, the third fled with two companions. Three suspects were later tracked to a box car from which a fire was started on a freight train at Big Muddy.
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Ellis
Sanabar
McCillvery
Elia
Big Muddy
Wool Growers Convention Set for Casper in January
The seventeenth annual Wyoming Wool Growers association convention will run January 6 to 8 in Casper. Farmers from across the state are expected, with Natrona County and Casper officials planning entertainment, an athletic carnival, a banquet and dance for attendees and spouses. Local business leaders pledge full measures to ensure a successful gathering.
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Wyoming Wool Growers Association
Casper
Natrona County
Chamber of Commerce
Buuineas
Wyoming
Fight Against Tariff Bill Fails in Senate Vote
Senator Hitchcock opened the Democrats fight against the tariff bill by moving referral to the commerce committee rather than finance. He called it an embargo not revenue, warned of retaliation, and said an embargo would ruin American balance. Senate rejects the motion 24 to 12.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
Commerce Committee
Finance Committees
Caruso to Resume Concerts Within Two Weeks Say Doctors
Doctors announced Caruso can return to the stage in about two weeks if no further heart complications arise. The tenor’s condition was deemed stable after the latest medical treatment.
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Eitook
Caruso
Fall of Fiume Imminent as Italian Troops Tighten Ring
Reports from Rome and London say Gabriele dAnnunzio may be killed attempting to stop a clash between his legionnaires and regular Italian troops. Italian forces, led by Gen. Caviglia, push DAnnunzio’s lines to the city outskirts while land and sea units advance to seize Fiume.
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Associated Presa
Rome
Fiume
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Legionnairres
Associated Press
London
Caviglia
Tand
D'Annunzio
Tiwaa
Ordera
Trulian Regulare
Siege Tightens as Italian Troops Close in on Fiume
With the collapse of D Annunzio's outposts Fiume is tottering as regular Italian troops tighten the circle. Insurgent positions have fallen, sixty killed and many wounded. The war office expected the city to fall today. Capt d An nunglo may flee but urges troops to stand fast as desertions mount and a battle cruiser joins the regular fleet.
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Rome
D'Annunsia
Fiume
Insurwenta
War Office
d'Annunglo
D’annunglo
Dalmatian Volunteers Surrender After Capture Attempt
At Zara on the Dalmatian coast Italian regulars captured a group described as Fluman legionnaires and Dalmatian volunteers who had tried to seize an Italian warship. The port lies south of Split and is a strategic Adriatic waypoint.
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Port OF
Zara
Paris
Fluman
Miume
Italian Regulare
Pro-DAnnunzio Demonstrations Suppressed in Rome
Crowds gathered in Rome to support D'Annunzio but Royal Mounted Guards charged and dispersed the demonstrators. The rally featured chants against the Treaty of Rapallo as part of the unrest.
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Associated Press
Rome
D'Annunzio
Royal Mounted Guards
Rapallo
Constantine Plans Front Tour Amid Parliament Prep
Athens dispatch reports King Constantine will visit the Emyrna front after receiving nationwide telegrams of felicitation. He continues drafting a speech for parliament’s January 8 opening as delegations from provinces express support.
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Associated Press
Athens
Constantine
Emyrna
City to Double Casper Water Supply in 1920 Additions
The Casper water system will double capacity within two weeks with a new water gallery and pump station components. A trial test of the new pump by City Engineer Frank Knittle completed, final 24 hour test planned, and completion by W. F. Henning. The gallery will handle 3 000 to 3 500 gallons per minute while the new pump tops 1 410 gallons a minute, combining to about 2 600 gallons per minute with the old pump tuned up.
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Casper
Frank Knittle
Haveing
Bre.ing
W. F. Henning
Martens Says Deportation Hurts U.S. Trade Ties
Soviet Ambassador Martens warns U.S. deportation will damage American business, saying a $6,000,000,000 Russian order for U.S. goods would be nullified and that Russia seeks friendly ties, not a government overthrow. Reports from Christiana state officials ordered him to cancel contracts with American firms following expulsion.
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Associated Press
New York
Martens
United States
Russia
Russa
Christiana
Irish Chief Near New York Report from Worcester
Eamonn de Valera the president of the Irish republic is not far from New York, according to his secretary Harry Boland who departs Worcester for New York today. He hopes to arrive tonight.
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Worcester
Mass
Eamonn de Valera
The
Irish Republic
New York
Harry, Boland
Christmas Fete Delights Casper Children by Elks
More than 1,060 Casper youngsters enjoyed a Christmas celebration staged by the Elks, featuring a Fatty Arbuckle film, gifts for boys and girls, Santa Claus, and treats. Riders transported the kids to the Tule Theater for the event, gifts included books toys candy fruits flags, with leftovers sent to the Balvetian Army.
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