Ready to Ratify January 6 Law to Curb Wood Alcohol
December 30 report from Ishave I detailing a proposed law to regulate manufacture and sale of wood alcohol like grain alcohol. Commissioner Roper urges taxing production and restricting all involved to curb fatalities. federal authorities note absence of similar state safeguards and impending action pending violations. Deaths rise as federal agents mobilize.
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Navy Secretary Reopens Medal Recipients List After Refusal
The Navy orders a board to reconvene and revise the list of medal recipients following Adeical refusal and criticism. Admiral notes that officers deserving of decorations include an in law of Secretary Daniels, David Worth, whose destroyer Ja was sunk by a German submarine.
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Germans to sign Versailles protocol in Paris ceremony
Paris December 30 The exchange of ratifications for the Versailles treaty will occur January 6 at the Quai d Orsay. The German delegation led by Baron von Lersmer will sign the protocol as allies hand a letter to reduce naval tonnage and disclose repartitions of material. Diplomacy to resume next day and Allied troops to occupy formerly German areas by mid January with about 100 trains needed.
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Berlin
Ellis Loring Drexel
Hapgood’s wrath hot and frank
Norman Hapgood announced his resignation as minister to Denmark and denied sympathies with the Soviet government. He asserted his views on maintaining the blockade remain unchanged and argued Bolshevism is strengthened by it, citing Europe’s material shortfalls and criticizing Colonel George Harvey’s statements.
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Pershing to Visit Cheyenne for Elk Roast and Wool Growers
General John J. Pershing will arrive in Cheyenne January 14 for a brief stay at Fort Russell. He will attend a Plains hotel luncheon and a reception at the state capitol, where he is to be introduced to a Wyoming Elk roast novelty. The stop coincides with the Wyoming Wool Growers association annual convention.
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Capital Labor Called On For Big Showdown
Hearings on wages and prices in the bituminous coal industry will begin January 12 in Washington. The three member commission, appointed by President Wilson under the coal strike settlement, will hear miners and operators from the Central Competitive district and allied bodies.
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Break in Monmouth Bound 10 Charged With Parole Violation
Donald Hammond 24 son of Grinnell University dean was sentenced to 3 2 to 7 years in state prison for violating parole by forging checks and thefts. He had pleaded guilty to forging a 2006 check in Newport Rhode Island and later deceived others in New York Atlantic City and Boston. His war record and multiple scams tied to society victims are noted.
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William Hammond
Grinnell University
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Normal Bradford, Jr
Newport
Rhode Island
Atlantic City
Woman Charged With Selling Pint of Liquor
A woman identified as Cowan was charged after being found selling a pint of liquor at her home on Bent Street. The incident occurred at 1408 Bent Street and led to formal charges.
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Bolsheviks execute 15000 in early 1919 says Moscow dispatch
Berne reports fifteen thousand persons were shot by Bolsheviks of Russia in the first three months of 1919 by order of the extraordinary committee at Moscow. An official note published in Isvestia Moscow is quoted in the dispatch received here.
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Compromisers Make Headway in Washington Talks
In Washington on December 30, Senator McNary of Oregon and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska advanced compromise discussions on the peace treaty. They sought a middle ground to ease ratification early next year, focusing on reservations and a new preamble declaring effective time limits for unions with other nations.
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Virginia
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Big Scoop By Herald Reporters In Murder Case
Chicago December 30 Cecil Beatrice Lester charged in a warrant with the murder of J Stanley Brown will likely be turned over to Mount Clemens police tomorrow reporters say The girl is not in Kalamazoo Battle Creek or Mount Clemens She is with her grandmother near Detroit awaiting the check up of her original statement She denies shooting Brown and says she was in a Battle Creek rooming house December 45 to last Saturday visited nightly by Ben Sorenson Camp Custer wife refuses to talk.
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J. Stanley Brown
Mount Clements
Chicago Hérand and Examiner
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
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Kentucky Hero William Sandlin Chosen Special Escort
Seret William Sandlin of Heyden Kentucky named special escort for return of U S soldier dead from overseas. He ranks with Sergeant York for World War I exploits, credited with killing four Germans and wounding many. He received the Medal of Honor Croix de Guerre and Medal Militaire Belge.
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Belgium
Prosperous Times to Keep Another Year Prophecy
Washington reports continued industrial activity and strong farmer prosperity. The Chamber of Commerce statistics committee forecasts demand will persist through another harvest as manufacturers run at capacity, retailers gain confidence, and farmers spend cash on machinery and stock, driving a robust national economy.
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