Borah and Lodge clash over four power pact fate
Washington watchers report a clash between Senator Borah and committee chair Lodge over the four power pact. Irreconcilables and Wilton senators seek to control foreign relations sessions, with Borah vowing open hearings on the Versailles and related treaties.
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Seka
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Lodge
Alec Teak
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White House
Wilson
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Ireland for Pact by Poll of Nine to One
Dublin reports telegraphic survey across twenty Irish southern counties since Dail Eireann adjourned shows about 80 percent favoring ratification of the Anglo Irish treaty. Some constituencies may show higher support. Local orders plan to present resolutions this week, with the minority mainly Irish Republican Army members who oppose or have lost comrades.
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Pone Las
Das
Poli Ne
Irish Republican Army
Samy
Dail
Spiew
Lineup Forecast for Senate Four Power Treaty Committee
The committee of 16 members, split eight Republicans and eight Democrats, will foreshadow the Senate’s lineup on the four power treaty. Key figures include Lodge, Borah, and McCormick among Republicans, Shields among Democrats, with others like Kellogg, Johnson, Smith, and Brandegee forming a diverse bloc. Shields plans to oppose the four power treaty, while most Democrats remain noncommittal amid ongoing League of Nations debates.
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Wilson
Lodge
Borab
Bel Cumber
North Dakota
Brandegee
Connecticut
Johnson
California
Wew
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Kellogg
Minnesota
McCormick
Dimots
Wadsworth
New York
Aitchcock
Nebraska
Willams
Mississippi
Swansea
Virginia
Pomerene
Ohio
Pittman
Nevada
Shields
Tennessee
Marine shooting upheld reports by guard on train
Washington reports that the post office department approved the accounts of Carl W. Mays a marine postal guard who shot and wounded two college students near Denmark North Carolina after they tried to leave the train where he was stationed Mays said he acted under duty orders and did not know the youths were injured until the train reached the post station
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Post Office Department
Carl W. Mays
Denmark
8. C
Mays
Pest
Four Die in Kentucky Gun Battle at Elys
Barbourville Kentucky December 27 four men killed in a gunfight at Elys Knox county one seriously wounded The dead are Russ Baker chief of police of Bakerville Tim Pine of Barbourville Jim Bodking and his son Chick Dodnos of Elya An other Bodkins is said to be badly wounded
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Elys
Knox County
Russ Baker
Bakerville
Tim Pine
Jim Bodking
Chick Dodnos
Elya
Bodkins
Irish Ratification Illusions and De Valera Stance
The text suggests a predicted pleasant surprise for ratification and notes De Valera may accept public opinion, not seeking a return to sighting but pursuing better terms if possible. It warns extremists will not join him and mentions Miss MacSwiney and J O Reilly as absolute republicans likely to divide the Dall.
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Wure Rey
Mr. de Valera
de Valera
Miss MacSwiney
J. O'Relly
Federal Personnel Board Created by President Harding
A new federal personnel board is authorized to improve government employment methods. It will consist of officials from bureaus and independent establishments and operate under the civil service commission. The board will set policies for interchanging employees, training, fitness, and facilitating promotions.
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Washington
Com
Federal Personnel Board
Harding
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Eigl-Service Commission
New Dollar Coin Drops Broken Sword Design
Washington on December 27 announced by Director Baker that the upcoming dollar coin will not bear a broken sword. Two designs were submitted. one showed an eagle with a broken sword, the other without. The design without the broken sword was accepted and the coinage set for circulation around December 30.
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Washington
Baker
Farm Crops Value Drops Sharp in Year End Estimates
Washington December 20 The Department of Agriculture announced final estimates showing the country’s important farm crops valued at 5 675 877 000 based on December 1 prices. This is a steep decline from last year when crops were valued at 9 075 388 000, representing about zero percent of the total value.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
No Dollars-Year Man Declines Prohibition Help Offer
Washington Dec 29 The dollar-a-year prohibition expert cadre will not be needed to enforce the Volstead act. Commissioner Blair says the Army of federal agents can stop bootleggers without outside aid. Kresge of Detroit helped organize vigilante committees but Blair rejects all outside assistance. Acting Prohibition Commissioner Jones reports constructive enforcement amid unemployment and holiday spending. An armed Moonshiner expedition reportedly leaves Washington for Florida to strike a whisky operation sixty miles from the Alabama line.
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Washington
Sam Whi
Internal Revenue
Blair
Army of Federal Prohibition Agenta
Kresge
Detroit
A. Haynes
Hillsboro
Alabama
Tate: Inc
Prohibition Bureau Chief Indicted for Bribe and Permit
Assistant chief of the legal division of the Prohibition Bureau was indicted by a grand jury for issuing a basic permit to release wine and accepting a $500 bribe from the Joseph Dudenholfer company of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Legal
Prohibition Bureau
Joseph Dudenholfer Company
Milwaukee
Wis
DIES A MARTYR TO FEVER V Cros Dies in Mexico
Vera Cros, December 2, at Rockefeller Institute physician Howard B Cross died in the city as a victim of yellow fever. He had come to open a laboratory for the Rockefeller Institute and, after spending twelve days in Tuxtepec examining sanitary conditions, contracted the disease. He was taken to the city for treatment but died. he is the second American physician to die of yellow fever there within a year, the first being Dr Haedrick of the American consulate.
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Howerd
Cross
Rockefeller Institute
Doctor Cross
Tuxtepec
Doctor Cros
Doctor Haedrick
Guard Patrols Newport Newport strikes spark guards deployment
Four companies of the Kentucky National Guard were ordered to Newport by Governor Morrow amid a strike at the Newport rolling mills. The governor cited private investigators reporting conditions beyond the capacity of local peace officers and warned that serious danger could trigger outbreaks risking dozens of lives and the state's disgrace.
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Frankfort, Ky
Kentucky National
Blast injures former congressman George White
Former Congressman George White who once chaired the Democratic National Committee was badly burned in a gas explosion at a well in Nobio county. The recount notes that his injuries are not life threatening. A Memphis dispatch reports a deadly storm hitting Clarkdale Arkansas causing multiple deaths and injuring between forty and fifty people, with extensive damage to farms and outlying settlements in the storm area.
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Clarkdale
Ark
Debs Meets President in White House Talks Conviction
Wandington Dec 26 Eugene V Debs told President Hansing that three years in prison had not changed his conviction. After half an hour with the President he walked to his hotel and said they had exchanged views frankly. Debs declared he is a world citizen and spoke of his conviction as a soul matter, while the attorney general noted no special advice or claims. A published account is expected to detail the commutation reasons and aims to educate the public.
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Eugens Y. Debs
Hansing
White House
Debs
Epeyer
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Citisen
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T.haye
Nee
Pati
Tpg
Debs Cne
Bandit Hangs? Christmas Parole Story From Topeka
A garbled 1900 Topeka arrest tale notes a bandit jailed in Marshall County. The text references a planned hanging never signed, with unclear staging and notes on parole.
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Topeka
Kas
Marshall
Han
Giant War Toy Spending Strains Taxes Amid Shortages
A report notes about 100 million dollars spent on war toys as part of defense efforts, with critics arguing such spending cuts into tax revenue and tightens supply chains for essential goods, while Germany remains cited as a chief factor in import disruption.
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Germany
America
Ingersoll Co. is bankrupt announces federal petition
Involuntary bankruptcy petition filed in federal court against Robert H lager & Co, manufacturers of Ingersoll watches of New York. Liabilities set at 89 million dollars and assets at about 2 million excluding goodwill.
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New York
Robert H. Lager
A0 & Bro
Ingersoll
Japan Rejects Hughes Plan On Submarine Limits
Washington reports that Japan refused any reduction below 54 000 tons of submarines. France ordered Paris to reject the Hughes plan as British and American talks continue. Officials note divisions among naval experts but insist U S support for a large submarine fleet remains strong. Italy voices concern that negotiations may force higher costs.
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Hughes
Fakura
Masenao Hanthara
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Paria
Hughe
Briand
Butt
reSaite
Segarathon
Hanthara
Tokyo
Hanshike
Bughes
Hlughes
Pidintaio
Yalan Sater
Atand
Pinio
Italy
Rhiat
Armed men loot distillery in Kentucky heist
In Bininstice Kentucky late at night armed men tied two guards in the distillery office and escaped with whisky valued at $100,000. Police report a bold early morning robbery at the plant with substantial losses.
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Scheme to Help Jobless by Guard Duty Plan
Philadelphia December 2 four thousand unemployed men may guard territory at night under a plan proposed by Mayor Moore and police officials. Wages would come from weekly family contributions and quotas set for each area.
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Moore
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