Action On Development Board Postponed Until March Special Session
Seattle December report says the house committee on territories will drop the Alaska development board bill for the present session and skip hearings until a March special session. Officials fear a presidential veto and Interior Secretary Payne’s disapproval. If defeated, hearings must restart with new committee members. An aggressive campaign and extended hearings are planned for the special session.
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Seattle
Associated Press
House Committee On Territories
Alaska Development Board
Congress
Post-Intelligencer
Washington
Wilson
Payne
Wild Storm Rages Along Pacific Coast
A fourth severe storm off Oregon's coast rages with winds up to 50 miles per hour at the Columbia River mouth. No ships in distress yet, but a freight train between Marshfield and Coquille wrecked as a washout collapsed a fill. Electric service is paralyzed with many wires down.
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Portland
Associated Press
Oregon Coast
Columbia River
Marshfield
Coquille
Moran knocks out Beckett in second round
Frank Moran of Pittsburg defeated English boxer Joe Beckett by knockout in the second round of their 20 round bout at Condon. Moran secured a decisive victory as Beckett failed to answer the bell for the third round.
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Condon
Associated Press
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Joe Beckett
England
Aged Woman Dies From Candle Fire in Bed
In Subridan Wyoming on December 11 Mrs. Anna Gancarcili aged 70 burned to death when flames from a sacred candle at her bedside set fire to the bed covers. The death was momentarily expected and authorities reported the fatal incident.
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Subridan
Wyo
Associated Press
Anna Gancarcili
Bomb Plant Found in Irish Garage
Police in Dulbin uncovered a bomb making operation in a bicycle repair shop at the city center in a raid yesterday. The incident marks a shocking seizure of illicit explosives in a public area with authorities pursuing leads and assessing potential suspects.
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Dulbin
Associated Press
Coast League players indicted in alleged fixing scheme
Babe Barton first baseman for Vernon in the Pacific Coast League Maggert and Rumler Salt Lake outfielders and Nathan Raymond Seattle gambler were indicted by the grand jury probing Coast league baseball crookedness The charges allege criminal conspiracy to fix games for gamblers profits.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Babe Barton
Vernon
Maggert and
Rumler
Salt Lake
Nathan Raymond
Seattle
Xamblera
Lloyd George Announces Martial Law Plans for Ireland
In the house of commons Premier Lloyd George said martial law will be applied to certain parts of Ireland. The government will grant safe conduct to Sinn Fein MPs to meet with the government to discuss the Irish situation. He said those possessing firearms after a set date or creating unauthorized uniforms face death, and safe conduct excludes individuals connected with serious crime.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Ford witness said to be in California
Henry Ford, sought as a witness in the trial of Dr. Edward Rumeley for concealing during the war that the New York Tribune was German owned, is described as on a recreation trip and believed to be in California.
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New York
Associated Press
Henry Ford
Edward Rumeley
New York Tribune
California
Westerners Seek Smith Fletcher Bill Passage for Reclamation
The Western State Reclamation League, meeting in Salt Lake, discussed sending a Washington delegation to urge passage of the Smith Fletcher bill. It would provide 350 million dollars for reclamation of arid western lands, swamp lands in the south, cut over lands in the north and west, and abandoned eastern farms.
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Salt Lake
Associated Press
Western State Reclamation League
Washington
Smith Fletcher
Seattle man killed over chicken theft quarrel
Alex McGibbon aged 47 was shot and killed in Seattle yesterday amid a dispute over a chicken theft. Neighor Pete Colaghino is in custody on a charge related to the shooting.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Alex McGibbon
Pete Colaghino
Dairymen Discuss Vexing Problems at State Roundup
Great Falls Mont Dec 11. About 200 delegates attend the Montana State Dairymen's Association annual round-up in session here to discuss dairy problems. President is Frank M. Edes of Hamilton and L L Kelly of Kalispell serves as vice president.
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Great Palls
Mont
Associated Press
Montana State Dairymen’s Association
Missoula
Frank M.edes
Hamilton
L. L. Kelly
Kalis
Harding Holds Talks With European Policy Leaders
President elect Harding began discussions on his proposed association of nations in Marion with Charles E Hughes surveying American relations with Europe. He also heard foreign policy ideas from Col George Harvey and planned further talks with Herbert Hoover of the proleague group.
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Marion
Associated Press
Harding
Charles &. Hughes
Europe
Col. Harvey
George Harvey
Herbert Hoover
Proleague
German Coup Rumors Stir Brussels Traffic Halt
Brussels reports railway traffic suspended both directions between Belgium and Germany. German coup d etat rumors circulate. Belgian foreign affairs say unconfirmed, though life credence given to report. No other confirmations or details received. overall report likely exaggerated.
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Brussels
Associated Press
d'People
Belgium
Germany
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
FTC calls reopen anti trust suits against Harvester
The Federal Trade Commission released its report recommending the reopening of anti trust actions against the International Harvester Company and urging judicial proceedings against several farm implement associations.
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Washington
Associated Press
Federal Trade Commission
International Harvester Company
Earthquakes Hit Honduras Albania and Nicaragua
Terrific quakes struck Chalutega in southern Honduras and villages in Tepeleini district southern Albania yesterday. Reports are scarce. In Albania two hundred believed killed and 15,000 homeless amid widespread destruction.
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Chalutega
Honduras
Nicaragua
Paris
Associated Press
Tepeleini
Albania
Irish Constabulary Veterans Testify at Hearing
Former members of the Irish constabulary who resigned testified before the committee investigating the Irish situation. Other witnesses described riots at Cork and Chelsea.
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Washington
Associated Press
Irish Constabulary
Corkland Chelsea
Debt owed to United States to be paid by 1924
Secretary of the Treasury Houston announced that under a British government agreement the 122 million dollar debt for silver purchased during the war will be liquidated by 1924. The silver was obtained by melting silver dollars and selling at one dollar per ounce to ease India's silver shortage.
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Washid
Houston
India
Patents Awarded After Long Inquiry On Coal Claims
H S Tibbey who searched Alaska coal fields since 1886 received two patents to coal claims after sixteen years. The government spent fifteen years across four administrations examining the claims while Massachusetts investors lost 100000 dollars as delays halted development. An equal investment will now be made to develop the sites.
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Seattle
Nn Associated Press
H. S. Tibbey
Alaska
Massachusetts
Shipping Board suspends preferential rate clause
The Shipping Board indefinitely suspends operation of the preferential rate clause of the shipping bill. It says that as soon as adequate shipping facilities become available, certain provisions will be promptly enforced.
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Washington
Assuted
The
Shipping Board
Jones Addresses Academy on Shipping Policy
Senator Jones, author of the Merchant Marine Act, told the Academy of Political Science that Congress laid a broad policy to support a privately owned American merchant marine to carry most of U S commerce despite foreign opposition. He noted protests against the bill's preferential rates section.
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New York
Associated Press
Jones
The
Academy of Political Science
Congress
Officers Re-Elected at Spokane Meeting
Spokane December 11 Dr M F Angell of the University of Idaho was re elected president of the Northwest Intercollegiate Conference and Dr Fred Bohler of Washington State re elected secretary at the annual meeting by the Associated Press.
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Spokane
Associated Press
M. F. Angell
University of Idaho
Fred Boehler
Washington State
Mob hangs alleged killers in Santa Rosa cemetery
A mob of about 100 armed men overpowered Sonoma county sheriff and deputies to seize George Boyd Terrence Fitts and Charles Valento alleged murderers in the killing of Sheriff Wes A Petray and two San Francisco detectives. They were executed near a war heroes monument as officers questioned suspects in the Italian quarter over crimes including attacks on young girls. Boyd was wounded and confessed to firing the fatal shots.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Associated Press
Sonoma County
George Boyd
Terrence Fitts
Charles Valento
Fitts
Wes A. Petray
Elison
Dorman
San Francisco
Thomas Street
San Frincisco
Vomen
Kruvosky Brothers
Governor Stephens condemns mob lynching in Sonoma county
Governor Stephens denounces mob rule and law defiance after a Santa Rosa lynching of three gangsters. He urges Sonoma county officials to properly prosecute members of the lynching party.
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Stephens
Sacramento
Associated Press
Santa Rosa
Sonoma County
Salmon Packers Meet On Reducing Retail Food Prices
Salmon packers will meet to discuss methods to force retailers to cut prices to aid the sale of accumulated 1919 and 1920 packs still on hand in Seate Vec 11.
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Seate
Wilson signals liberal Armenian borders via maps
Paris dispatch says President Wilson sent a lengthy note to the French foreign office through the American embassy. It accompanies a thick book of maps and is signed by Wilson. The impression in Paris is that Armenia would receive very liberal boundaries.
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Wilson
Armenia
Senator Walsh Urges US Nominee for League of Nations Talks
(Associated Press) Senator Walsh of Montana introduced a resolution in the senate urging President Wilson to appoint an American representative to participate with the League of Nations disarmament committee.
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Washington
Associated Press
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Wilson
League of Nations Disarmament Committee
Bomb Kills Two in Romanian Senate Attack
A bomb thrown among Romanian senate members after a session killed M. Grecenanu a ministry member and Bishop Hadu and wounded several ministers and others, according to a Bucharest dispatch received by the Central News.
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London
Associated Press
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