Taft ideas spark bill on unreserved timber lands action
Congress debates a Taft scheme to open unreserved timber lands in Colorado Wyoming Montana Washington Oregon and Idaho to proclamation based forest reserve creation. Herbert Parsons leads the drive to require information on lands outside reserves and to transfer reserve creation from Congress to executive action. Meanwhile Mondell Wyoming pushes Interior land appeal reforms and Taylor Tennessee broadens pure food rules to tobacco. House and Senate show limited progress as postal measures stall and the Indian appropriation bill proceeds.
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Washington
Taft
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Herbert Parsons
New York
Parsons
House
Mondel
Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Taylor
Tennessee
Senate
Hepburn
Bacon
Army selects Hyatt of Arkansas captain
West Point December 8 1922 Alva meeting the Army football team captain Robert F Hyatt of Arkansas was unanimously elected captain for the season.
Victory of Liberals Growing Steadily in UK Elections
London reports show the Liberal coalition leading with 209 seats to 189 for the Unionists. Liberals 123 Nationalists 45 Independent Nationalists 6 Laborites 25. Unionists gain in Cardiff aided by Lord Crichton Stuart. E. J. Balfour warned tariff reform may force reconsideration before the next colonial conference.
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London
England
House of Lords
Unionist Party
House of Commons
Unionista
Cardiff
Lord Crichton-Stuart
Wrexham
E. J. Balfour
White Woman Chained by Negro Husband Found In Boston Home
A 23 year old white woman, nearly nude and chained to a wall, was discovered by police in 68 Middlesex street. J H Taylor, a black man, held her under restraint amid bruises and a claim she would run away. She said they married last September and she had been chained eight days, eating only once.
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Boston
Mass
Middlesex Street
J. H. Taylor
Taylor
Government realigns finances and cuts red tape
Secretary MacVeagh reports a 1919 federal outlay totaling 687.4 million dollars with potential net savings of about 13 million. Receipts in 1918 are projected at 680 million leaving around 60 million in ordinary surplus, contingent on Panama Canal funding from cash balance.
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Washington, Dev
Frankein MacVeagh
the Treasury
Congress
Mit Seaston
Wied la Arked
MacVeagh
Treasury
Panama Canal
Mary Baker Eddy Funeral Held In Simple Solemnity
The founder of the Christian Science church Mary Baker Eddy was laid to rest in a quiet Boston ceremony attended by about 120 people. No eulogy was given and mourners sat eighteen minutes in calm reflection as roses adorned the coffin. A guard stood at the tomb and a telephone was installed in the vault for protection.
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Boston
Mass
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Mary Baker Glover
Morris to Meet Hart in Heavyweight Bout at Dec 20
Carl Morris of Bapurpa will fight Marvin Hart of Louisville in a fifteen round heavyweight bout on December 20. Morris, once a railroad fireman, has trained less than three months and dropped from 300 pounds to 240 as he sharpens his right swing for the match.
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Bapurpa
Okio
Carl Morris
Jack Johnson
Marvin Hart
Louisville
Morris
Mon Acules
Relatives Demand Hody Burial at Concord NH
George W. Glover and Dr B J Eddy insisted on burying their mother in Pleasantview, Concord, New Hampshire, as she wished, despite her later residence in Chestnut Hill.
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Concord
Boston
George W. Glover
Lead
Mary Baker G. Eddy
B. J. Foster Eddy
Waterbury
Christian Science
Pleasantview
N. H
Chestnut Hill
Negroes Fight Over Woman Death Toll In Barber Shop
In Leadville Colorado on December 8 William Allen a 51 year old Black man was shot in the abdomen by David Morris a Black porter after Allen accused Morris of striking his companion with a poker. Morris fired in his defense and Allen is described as fatally wounded with the city health official reporting acute illness.
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Leadville
Colo
Wiliam Allen
David Morris
Allen
Morris
Alleged Alaska coal fraud promoter arrested
Donald Mc Kenzie indicted by a federal grand jury at Spokane with his cousin Charles A McKenzie of Seattle and four others on conspiracy to defraud the government of over 20000 acres of Alaska coal lands. He was arrested in New York on December 8.
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New York
Donald McKenzie
Spokane Noy
Chas. A. McKenzie
Seattle
Alaska
Taft Holds Cabinet Talk on Supreme Court Picks
Washington December 8 President Taft called a cabinet meeting to review possible Supreme Court nominees. The list of likely appointees narrowed rapidly but Taft had not reached a conclusion and would likely decide next week.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Taft
Dutte Wae
Boxing Card Set for December 20 at Armory in Boston
Hugo Kelly of Chicago and Frank Klaus of Pittsburgh will headline the boxing show in Bordon Boston on December 20. Joe Woodman, manager for Klaus and the club, says he closed talks with Silvie Perretti over the long distance phone. The Armory club preferred Kelly for Tuesday, but Perretti accepted the bout on December 20.
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Hugo K
Mert i Klaus
Bordon
Boston
Hugo Kelly
Chicago
Frank Klaus
Pittburg
Armory A
Joe Woodman
Bum Langford
Klaus
Silvie Merretti
Armory Club
Kelly
Perretti
Botley
Labor of Love Grandfather Dies Making Doll Hammock
John Huesner a 61 year old biker dies in Louisa Missouri after slipping on snow at his home stairs while returning with twine for a doll hammock Christmas gift. He fell headfirst down steps breaking his neck and died instantly.
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Louisa
Dec
John Huesner
Irma Hannemann
Huesner
Hammerstein called an ass by Mary Garden in dispute over Salome
Mary Garden, the opera star, refused intimate wear as Salome drawing public ire after her dance and scant costume. Oscar Hammerstein, departing for London, claimed Chicago women wear flannels hindering art understanding. Garden retorts, noting his pun on Chicago packers as poor.
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Eats Garden
Salome
Ermine
Mary
Oscar Hammerstein
New York
London
Mies Garden
Chicago Packers
No More Exclusive Mall or Express Trains Restored
The article reports a return to the old rail order in Union Paolo with two train services: one carrying mail and the other an express, ending months of exclusive mall trains. Trials at Tunninger and the Exclusive Mail service were deemed unsatisfactory, and morning delays on the river line contributed to the decision.
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Romaing Union
Paolo Traine
Shane
Tunninger
Glover Threatened to Kill Husband Cited by Witness
Cambridge Massachusetts December testimony in the Hattie Leblanc murder case cites Mrs Lithan M Glover threatening to buy a revolver and shoot her husband Clarence F Glover of Waltham. Witness Kate Sampson said the threats followed a discovery of the husband with Hattie Leblanc and described alleged cruelty toward Leblanc.
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Cambridge
Mass
Littan M. Glover
Clarence F. Glover
Waltham
Hattie Leblanc
Kate Sampson
Auburndale
Samseon
Glover
May
Mitsunaga Convicted of First Degree Murder
Denver dispatch reports Gengko Mitsunaga a Japanese national was found guilty of first degree murder in the Katherine Wilson case and sentenced to life imprisonment. The verdict followed circumstantial evidence. Mitsunaga admitted helping hide the body but claimed a white man killed Wilson under duress.
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Denver
Gengko Mitsunaga
Mitsunaga
Katherine Wilson
Colorado
Cape
Counsé
Japanese Council
O. N. Hilton
Dia
Jacobson Family Incorporation Formed in New York
The Jacobson Family of New York Incorporated plans to form a family corporation under the name The Jacobson Family. Sixty-two relatives applied for incorporation to cooperate in social family and welfare affairs. Heads Mr. and Mrs. Abram Jacobson, both 77, will lead as founders. The group will hold monthly entertainments and may later pursue business ventures.
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New York
Dec
Brooklynty
Jacobson
Abram Jacobson
Husband Arrests Wife Over Pocket Pilfering
In Philadelphia on December date Willin McCaffery had his wife Nellie McCaffery arrested on charges she pilfered money from his pockets while he slept. Magistrate Belcher discharged her and advised safer money storage.
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Philadelphia
Willinn McCaffery
Nellie MacCaffary
William M. Heleher
Solomon Magietrate
Mexican insurgent officer vows death over loss in revolt
Jose Sanchez Alvarez, longtime Parral landowner and now a lieutenant colonel in the Mexican insurgent army, says insurgents number between 7,000 and 10,000 in Chihuahua. He claims strong American sympathy and urges U S oversight of Amtak elections, notes they could seize Chihuahua or disrupt railways but prefer not to threaten American property. He warns of imminent fighting as arms flow from the states.
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el Paso
Tex
Jose Sanchez Alvarez
Parral
Mex
Mexico
Chihuahua
United States
Cuba
Ct Je
Frontier Board Delivers Report On Frontier Celebration
The Cheyenne Industrial club banquet reported Frontier celebration profits exceeding ten thousand dollars. W. Stone chaired the Frontier committee with Frank J. Hon RK B Davidson J D Clark and M J Hartung presenting a detailed review. Chief Justice C N Potter officiated as master of ceremonies as Kagel orchestra played.
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Cheyenne Industrial Club
Kagel
C. N. Potter
Supreme Court
Industrial Club
Frontier Commutes
W. Stone
Frank J. Hon RK
B. Davidson
J. D. Clark
M. J. Hartung
Mr. Stone
The
Frontier Associa
Wyoming and Colorado sheriffs crack gang of horse thieves
Two arrests were made in this county with prisoners jailed locally and two more taken at Greeley. Frank Carter and William Frazee, both known to Laramie and Albany counties, are linked to a theft near Laramie earlier this week when twenty two horses vanished from Jack Biddick’s ranch triggering cross county cooperation. Carter resided near Torrington and Fraser on Horse Creek.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Laramis
Albany
Wells and Larimer
West
Greeley
Laramie
Frank Carter
William Frazee
Carter
Torrington
Fraser
Horse Creek
Jack Biddick
Pet dog Bingo buried with ceremony in Bridgewater yard
In Bridgewater Massachusetts on December 8 Ellen Bell buried her pet dog Bingo in the back yard on South Street with funeral rites. The service included scripture reading prayer and a religious song as mourners grieved and a small tombstone was placed at the grave.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Ellen Bell
Bingo
Bel House
South Street
Suspender Buckle Saves Man From Fatal Shot
In Hackensack New Jersey December 8 a brass suspender buckle saved milkman Thomas Cowan from a bullet fired by George Glate a college student home for the holidays. The bullet struck the buckle flattened and dropped to the ground.
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Hackensack
N. J
Thomas Cowan
George Glate
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Frank Murray
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