Fuel base at Dutch Harbor urged by coast survey
Washington December 15 Col E Lester Jones director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey urges the government buy the North American Commercial Company properties at Dutch Harbor to use as a fuel and supply base for Alaska. He notes rising information requests as Alaska develops commercially and stresses need for adequate charts to protect lives and property in Alaskan waters.
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Washington
Dec
E. Lester Jones
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Secretary of Commerce
North American Commercial Company
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Jones
Coast Geodetic Survey
Alaskan
Lady Astor Hounded in Turbulent Union Conference
Lady Astor newly elected MP faced a stormy conference at the National Unionist Association in London after a speech that sparked ire. She was repeatedly jeered and heckled with a delegate telling her to go back to America.
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London
Lady Astor
National Unioniat Association
America
Bank Robbers Lock Clerks in Vault in Oklahoma Heist
Five masked men burst into the Caddo State Bank in Caddo Oklahoma taking control of the bank. They herded four clerks into the vault and locked them inside while they looted ten thousand dollars in Liberty Bonds before fleeing.
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Caddo, Okla
Caddo State
Bonar Law backs cancellation of interallied debts
In a Commons address Premier Bonar Law aligned with the Halfour note, urging cancellation of debts among the Allies. He proposed England surrender its share of German reparations as part of the settlement.
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London
House of Commons
Bonar Law
England
Gemany
Harvey Called to America for Parley
Ambassador Harvey of the United States has been recalled for consultation. He will sail to New York on the Berengaria on December 23. Mrs. Harvey will depart a day earlier for Madeira to visit during his absence.
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London
Harvey
United States
New York
Madeira
Ambassador Harvey Recalled Over Reparations Rift
Washington reports confirm the recall of Ambassador Harvey amid the British French reparations crisis. State Department officials offered no details on Hughes’s questions, while a cabinet meeting discussed the European reparations tangle and the looming rupture between Britain and France.
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Washington
London
Harvey
United States
State Department
Hughes
Great Britain
France
Jury Probing Vice Conditions Under New Mayor
Seattle Grand Jury continues its probe into alleged vice conditions blamed on Mayor Brown’s administration. Rev. A G Murphy, missionary to the Japanese, testifies to lax law enforcement in the Japanese district. Forty eight soft drink proprietors, accused by Rev. H J Chatterton of selling liquor, expected to testify.
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Seattle
Brown
A. G. Murphy
Murphy
H. J. Chatterton
Strangler Lewis Wins Diamond Studded Belt
Ed Lewis heavyweight wrestling champion defeated Stanislaw Zybazko former world champion in two falls to one yesterday. The victory makes Lewis permanent possessor of the diamond studded belt valued at twelve thousand dollars presented by Tex Rickert.
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ST. Louis
Strengler
Lewis
Stanislaw Zybazko
Tex Rickert
Oil Official Objects to “Group” Term
Walter C. Teagle, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, testified before the Senate oil investigation committee that since dissolution under the Sherman Act his company has operated in free competition and without any combination. He protested the use of the term Standard Oil Group.
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Washington
Senate
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard
O11 Group
Sitka Named Entry Port By Collector
Sitka will be opened as an Alaskan port of entry on January 1 with a deputy collector in charge. Boats will clear there and boat sales will be registered, as fishing boats may register to Sitka for its harbor floats and proximity to fishing grounds. A new coal tariff is cited as a factor. Paris treaty signing details follow.
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Seattle
Sitka
All Hope Gone for Missing Army Aviators at Border
Nogales dispatch reports Army officials conceding virtually all hope is abandoned for Col. Francis C. Marshall and Lieut. L. L. Webber, two missing aviators sought for days on both sides of the Mexican border. no trace of plane or men found.
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Nogales
Army
Francis C. Marshall
L. Webber
Advocate reforms in league rules proposed after meeting
New York December 15. Ban Johnson asked Judge Landis and club owners to ban gambling in baseball. The joint meeting decided that players above the waiver price will be restricted after each year, aiming to curb pennant buying.
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New York
Ban Johnson
Landis
Jung
Bradfute Elected President of Farm Bureau Federation
Oscar E. Bradfute of Xenia Ohio was elected yesterday as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. J J Howert who retires as president said work in the federation has been hampered by politics during the past two years.
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Chicago
Oscar ,E. Bradfute
Xenia
Ohio
American Farm Bureau Federation
J. J. Howert
the Federation
Favor Amendment Curb Tax Exemptions
Washington December 16 The House Committee on Resolutions approved granting privileged status to the Green resolution proposing a constitutional amendment. It would prohibit further issuance of tax exempt securities.
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Washington
House Committee On
Alaska Postmasters Named for Alaska Poets
Washington announces nominations for Alaska postmasters including Patrick T. Padden for Dillingham Fred Nichols for Gulkana Caroline May for Haines C E B Giedel for Loring and Louft Tongwenuk for Wales.
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Washington
Alaska
Dillingham
Patrick T. Padden
Gulkiani Fred Nichols
Haines
Caroline May
Loring
C. EB. Giedel
Wales
Louft ‘Tongwenuk
Pardon for inmate freed from Oregon scaffold
Inmate Jesse M. Webb, jailed since 1911 for murder, received a full pardon from Acting Governor Ritner. Webb, who edited the penitentiary paper and authored a book on the prison system, had been scheduled for the scaffold but was spared five minutes before execution and has since shown good conduct. The pardon ends his imprisonment at age 53.
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Salem
Ore
Ritner
Jesse M. Webb
State Penitentiary
William Jahnson
Spokane
Portland
Webb
West
Penitentiary
Fireman Killed as Downtown Bozeman Blaze Rages
A fatal blaze struck Bozeman Montana with a fireman killed and two others overcome in an early morning downtown fire. Strong winds fanned the flames and the blaze continued to threaten the business district into the afternoon.
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Bozeman
Mont. Dee
Bank Messenger Shot and Robbed by Auto Bandits
Philadelphia area report says a bank messenger was shot in the cheek and robbed of $20,000 while carrying a bag through Darby. Six automobile bandits fled with the bag, officials said this morning.
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Philadelphia
Darby
Farm Credits Bill Approved by Senate Committee
The Senate Agricultural Committee reported favorable on Norris Bill provisions creating a hundred million dollar Government corporation to finance the sale of agricultural products.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Detroit Plans Major 12 Million Building Project With Hotels Theatres
Detroit plans a 12 million building here including a hotel and three theaters. Two more hotels are to rise soon, one 21 stories by Hillard Hotel Company, and a 15 story 10 million hotel north of Grand Central Park.
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Detroit
Mich
Premours
Hil-lard Hotel Company
Grand Cent Park
Man coughs up a dime swallowed four years ago
William Edens of Blue Creek advanced a ten cent fare to his wife four years ago when she fainted at a streetcar stop. He swallowed the dime while assisting her and remained unaware. Recently he coughed up the dime after the coin had been in his throat for years, without prior distress.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dee
William Edens
Blue Creek
Hdens
Hdena
Edens
Mr. Edens
Measures to register alien labor and curb immigration
Reports from U S Department of Labor special agents urge registration and stricter medical and mental exams for immigrant entry to curb illegal alien and Mexican labor. In Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee advances impeachment hearings against Attorney General Daugherty and probes Representative Keller’s charges despite his nonparticipation. Keller was served a summons to testify but did not appear. A postponement request from Keller’s counsel was considered by the committee.
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Washington
United States
Davis
Department of Labor
America
Daugherty
Representative Keller
Senate Judiciary Committee
Keller
Senate Committee
Judiciary Committee
Jackson Ralston
Kellar
State governors denounce Klan at conference
At Sulphur Springs West Virginia on December 15 governors Parker of Louisiana and Olcott of Oregon condemned the Ku Klux Klan. Parker called prohibition a failure and urged sale of light wines and beer. Grover Gicott said the Klan is a national menace after recent school issue gains.
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Whith Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Parker
Louisiana
Ku Klux Klan
Olcott
Oregon
Gicott
Watchman Charged After Humble Wreck Kills Nineteen
Houston December 15. Watchman I H Smith in charge of the switch engine blamed for the Humble accident that sideswiped a passenger train Wednesday night, causing nineteen deaths and twelve serious injuries as a board of inquiry appointed by Southern Pacific officials holds him responsible.
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Houston
I. H. Smith
Humble
Southern Pacific Line
Michigan Coach Yost Says He Won't Quit Soon
Ann Harbor Mich Dec 15 Coach Yost denies retirement plans for the Wolverines noting he will quit only when a capable coaching crew is ready and when he is satisfied with Michigan's staff He adds he has many duties left in the athletic office and may coach sooner or later.
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Ann Harbor
Mich
Yost
Michigan
Wolverine
Seaside Teacher's Daughter Verna Lytelle Dies by Shooting
Astoria reported a suicide by a sixteen-year-old girl, Verna Lytelle, found dead on a sofa with a revolver nearby. Her mother, Mrs. Belle Lytelle, a public school teacher, is referenced and the grandmother confirmed the self-inflicted death.
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Astoria
Verna Lytelle
Belle
Lytelle
Seaside
Naval limitations pushed by Harding with foreign powers
Washington December 15. Representative Lineberger of California told the House that President Harding has been negotiating with foreign powers for several months on limiting warship construction under ten thousand tons and on naval aircraft as proposed in the naval appropriation bill.
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Washington
Congress
Lineberger
California
House
Harding
Japan names new U S ambassador to follow Bhidehars
Tokyo reports the appointment of former Foreign Minister Hanthara as ambassador to the United States. The posting will be officially confirmed Saturday, with Hanthara succeeding Ambassador Bhidehars.
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Tokio
Hanthara
United States
Hanthare
Bhidehars
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Paris
Dominion of Canada
Wolverines
Bishop of London
Japan
U. S
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