Agreement Reached on Navy Question at Conference
Agreement on naval ratio reached by Hughes Balfour and Kato preserves 5-5-8 strength while increasing totals. Japan keeps Mutsu scraps Betsu. America completes Colorado Washington and scraps Delaware North Dakota. American tonnage rises from 500,000 to 625,000 with Britain to scrap four dreadnoughts plus one battleship and build two new Hood class ships. France presses for 275,000 ton fleet.
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Washington
Hughes
Arthur Balfour
Baron Kato
Japan
America
Colorado
Delaware
North Dakota
Britain
Great Britain
Pacific
France
Italy
Balfour
England
Maryland
Mutsu
Negato
Tom O Connor Escapes Jail In Chicago Manhunt
Chicago police and sheriffs across Illinois pursue Tommy O Connor after the condemned convict escaped from Cook County jail. He fled with three accomplices in a dramatic breakout, prompting Chief Fitzmorris to order officers to shoot on sight and bring him in dead if necessary.
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Chicago
Tommy O'Connor
Cook County
Tom Slaughter
Arkansas
Little Rock State
O'Connor
Ilinois
Fitzmorris
Navy orders cut enlistment by ten thousand men
New York navy yard orders call for about a 10,000 man reduction in US Navy enlistments, with cancellations possible by resignations. Within hours yard officials faced a flood of resignations across all licentiated service classes as the drastic measure likely would lay up vessels and shrink crews across the fleet.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
United States Navy
Ee Chen
Inter
Heron
Four nations accept Pacific dominions pact
Washington December 12 The draft treaty among the United States Great Britain France and Japan to replace the Anglo Japanese alliance was laid before the arms conference by Senator Lodge It is a ten year agreement in which the four nations pledge to respect existing rights to insular possessions and dominions and to settle disputes by diplomacy through joint conferences Any party may withdraw on twelve months notice The treaty awaits senate confirmation.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Senator Lodge
Senate
JAP KILLED BY U S MEN ON HOQUIAM WATERFRONT
Hoquiam Washington December 15 a Japanese purser named K Natsu aboard the Shinsei Maru was killed on the waterfront after opening fire four allied narcotics peddlers fled unseen three Japanese escaped unhurt federal agents J D Brown and Ralph Latham planned to pay twenty two thousand six hundred dollars for two hundred twenty five ounces of drugs from four Shinsei Maru crew members when the Japanese grew suspicious and opened fire.
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Hoquiam
Wash
K. Natsu
J. DB. Brown
Ralph Latham
Rush to Get Out of Navy
New York dispatch reports orders for 10,000 men to depart that enlistment could be canceled by resignation. Within hours, the drastic move affected many classes of the enslated service and a large number of vessels were involved.
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NAVY
Railroads seek six month halt on grain rate cuts
Alfred PR Thom, general counsel for the Association of Railway Executives, asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend recent grain rate reductions for six months. He urged a nationwide 10 percent cut on farm, range and orchard products, excluding New England, as a trial.
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Washington
Alfred Pr, Thom
Association of Railway Executives
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
New England
Chicago Girl Kills Man in Federal Building Rest Room
Miss Jeanne Lamore, twenty six, shot and killed Ras Cooksy, forty, a Black man, in the Federal building's women’s rest room after he annoyed her. She says she carried a small pistol for protection. Lamore recently worked as a nurse at the National Guard armory and came from Chicago where her father Jadirector Sousa band served at Great Lakes.
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Dallas
Jeanne Lamoore
Ras Cooksy
Federal
Lenoora
National Guard
Chicago
Sousa Band
Great Lakes
Troops Trap Jail Raiders Near Jackson Kentucky
State troops trapped three Breathitt jail raiders after a raid that left a woman dead and another seriously wounded. Fugitives were cornered on Joint Little’s Peak about 12 miles from Jackson as Captain Holbrook planned a staged escape to draw them out.
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Jackson
Dee
Breathitt County
King
Joint Little's Peak
Holbrook J
Kansas Troops Ready for Duty in Mining Riot
Kansas National Guard units, about 2000 strong, prepared to entrain for the Pittsburg coal fields as Judge J H Crawford promised protection to miners who wish to work. Sheriff Gould sought state troops after women demonstrators and relatives of strikers restrained nonstrikers at several mines. Guards to move three to six companies to quell unrest.
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Topeka
Kan
Doe
National Guard
Pittsburgh
Milton R. McLain
Adjutant General's Office
Charles I. Martin
Pittsburg
Kansas
Milt Gould
Upan Bovernor Allen
Kansas Nafondi Guard
J. H. Crawford
Crawford
Gould
Crawford County
Drywood
Goula
Alexander Howat
Central No. 51 Mine
Rail income to fall one third for Eastern lines this year
Washington reports Eastern railroads will post about one third less net income than in average periods and passenger fares may rise 18 to 20 percent. Spokesman Shriver of Baltimore and Ohio conveyed the figures at the transportation commission inquiry into current conditions.
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Washington
BE. Kk
Shriver
Baltimore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Police Chief and Captain Sentenced in Prohibition Case
Edward O'Donnell chief of police and Thomas Downey East Chicago captain convicted in federal court of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. After a 40 minute jury deliberation they were sentenced to two years at Leavenworth by Judge Jorge Anderson. They were given one week on bond to arrange their affairs.
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Indianapolis
Edward Donnell
Thomas Downey
East Chicago
Downey
O'Donnell
Leavenworth
Jorge Anderson
Mob of Women Storms Mine in Pittsburg Strike Action
A mob of about 2,000 wives and relatives of striking Howat coal miners surged Mine No. 17 of Jackson-Walker company in Pittsburg Kansas, preventing workers from returning to the job as a labor dispute escalated.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Howat
Jackson-Walker Company
Ming
Japan Retains Control of the Island of Yap
Washington announces the Yap issue is settled by a treaty between the United States and Japan. The agreement grants the United States free access to Yap for landing and operation of any vessels, with rights to cables, while Japan maintains an adequate radio station on Yap to suspend U S telegraphic station rights as long as co operation continues.
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Washington
United States
Japan
State Hughes
Yap
United ‘States
Railroads to Close Shops Across System Indefinitely
Baltimore based Baltimore and Ohio announces indefinite shutdown of all heavy repair shops nationwide due to low business and economy needs. Shops to close include locations in Baltimore Cumberland Pittsburgh Keyser Zanesville Cincinnati Washington Newark Philadelphia and several others across Ohio West Virginia and Indiana.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio. Railroad
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
Keyser
W. Va
Zanesville
Ohio
Cincinnati
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Tima
Chillicothe
Gratton
W. Ve
Rossford
Newark
Birth Rate in U S Jumps in 1920 Census Figures
Washington reports the American birth rate rose 2.4 percent from 1919 to 1920. The rate reached 24.7 per 1,000 people, up from 22.8 in 1819, per the census bureau. The 1920 rate fell 18 percent short of 1916, a year the bureau calls more normal before influenza and wartime effects.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
United States
Landslides kill four near Aberdeen on logging railroad
Aberdeen Washington reports two slides on the Clemons Logging railroad about 16 miles southeast of Aberdeen killing four people and injuring two men, one possibly fatally, as crews work to clear debris and search for missing. A separate notice notes Postmaster General Hoyt leaving for Sullivan Indiana for Christmas rest after an earlier railway accident with minor injuries.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Clemons Logging Company
Haye
Washington
General Hoya Jett
Sullivan
Ind
Railroad labor board ends eight hour day rule nationwide
The United States labor board ruled that overtime must be paid only after ten hours of work, abolishing the eight hour day for 500000 railroad workers, including telephone telegraph and signalmen. The decision, effective Friday, outlines wage adjustment potential and maintains prior agreements where in place, while signaling readiness to hear wage change applications.
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Chicago
Nytate
Counitry
Rifiroads
Unite ’ Labor’ Board
Tha
Railronda
Tard
Deelsfor
National
Railroyde
Alredy
Hays in Chicago Hospital
Postmaster General Win H Hays is in St Luke's Hospital Chicago with a nervous breakdown. His wife also hospitalized. Officials say his condition stems from injuries from a recent train wreck and the pressures of his business and political life.
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St. Luke’e
Chicago
Win H. Hays
St. Luke's Hospital
Hays
Aame
Bays’ Mesa
Lfe
Million Dollar Church Planned Near Los Angeles
A temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, costing $1,000,000, will be built between Los Angeles and Venice. President Harbert Grant, accompanied by several apostles and bishops from Salt Lake City, selected the site.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sinnta
Venice
Harbert
Grant
Salt Lake City
Surplus Loveliness La Natte Artists say tine five feat
Readable fragments describe a local art scene moment titled Surplus Loveliness featuring La Natte artists. The item hints at a five piece collaboration and civic display with emphasis on aesthetics and collective effort. No specific dates or venues are provided in the surviving text.
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la Natte
Say Tine Five
Sermon Snuff Joke Sparks Quick Comeback
A parish sermon scene features an elderly attendee who dozes, prompting the minister to quip about snuff usage. She retorts with a sharp jab, blaming the sermon for dulling minds and turning the gag into a playful rebuke.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad for Kidney Health
An advertisement warns that women may suffer kidney and bladder issues causing back pain headaches and nervousness and urges prompt treatment with Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. It promotes medium or large bottles and offers a sample bottle by mail from Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Not In His Line Stage Manager Curtain Call Quip
Stage manager declares curtain up as a stagehand jokes about being mistaken for a squirrel in a lively backstage exchange. The brief quip captures theatrical banter and chaos behind the scenes.
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Gay
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