U S to Maintain Colorado River Control for Equitable Rights
Secretary of the Interior Fall told a League of the Southwest gathering in Riverside that the United States alone holds federal control of the Rio Colorado waters. He cited unresolved issues of equal voting power and public versus private development and urged continued federal oversight until fair water rights for all seven basin states are settled.
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Caiin News Service
Riverside
Calif
United States
Colorado River
League of the Southwest
Fall
Mate Fila
League
Rio Colorado
Nvlao
Colorado
Interstate
Colorado River Commission
Harding
Congress
Arthur P. Davis
Reclamation Service
Federal Power Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Lower
Open War on Potash Industry and Cigarette Prosecution
New York and Salt Lake City report clashes over commerce and public health. Dr John B Teeple warns the potash market is driven by German monopoly aided by 34 American distributors under secret contracts. In Salt Lake City Ray Samuelson is acquitted in a cigarette case as jurors find no evidence the packet contained cigarettes.
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New York
Germany
John B. Teeple
American Chemical Society
Chemists’ Club
America
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ray Samuelson
Naval Adjustment Discussion in Washington
Despite rumors the conference remains a forum for exploring concessions that could be peaceably drawn from Japan in the war haul. An upcoming open announcement is expected on naval ratio adjustments. The move would save the Muteu but not alter Hughes proposal proportions.
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Washington
Japan
Hughes
Treaty Ends England Ireland Quarrel With Irish Free State
London reports a treaty between Great Britain and Ireland creating the Irish Free State with Canada like status. It allows Irish MPs to swear allegiance to the Free State while remaining faithful to the king. Ulster's acceptance is uncertain and Parliament faces Dec 14 scrutiny.
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London
England
Ireland
Great Britain
Ulster
Belfast
Government of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Free State
Lord Birkenhead
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Birmingham
Two Held for Big Robbery in Dayton
Fete Belker and Victor Balou were arrested in Dayton on charges of robbing the home of Col. W. Proctor in Cincinnati on November 36.
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Dayton
Ohio
Fete Belker
Victor Balou
Col. W. ©. Proctor
Cincinnati
Big Movie Combine Organized in New York Plan
A reorganization of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry is under way. It contemplates appointing Postmaster General Hays as general chair with a salary not less than 100000 dollars a year. Adolph Zukor, a leading producer, confirms the plan. The group includes major film producers makers and distributors.
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New York
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry
Hays
Adolph Zukor
Postmaster General Hays Urges Service Over Revenue
In his first annual report to the president, Postmaster General Hays warns of continuing deficits and calls for possible postage rate adjustments to boost revenue while preserving service. He notes 463 million dollars in revenue for the last fiscal year and 158 million dollars in deficits, citing higher railroad compensation and increased postal salaries as key drivers. He urges salary readjustment, a name change to Department of Communications, new fees for directory services, return receipt charges, and a guaranty fund to replace surety bonds. He also seeks service pensions for long-tenured workers and excludes Sundays and holidays from sick leave.
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Union News Service
Washington
Hays
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Department of Communications
Department
Bandits Kill Policeman in Grand Rapids Bank Robbery
Four bank robbers who looted 14000 from a Grand Rapids Savings Bank killed one policeman and seriously wounded another when officers raided a hideout on the city outskirts. Police reserves moved to storm the house, but the bandits escaped in a car before arrival.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids Savings Bank
100 Die In Oil Tank Blast At Snariouls Works
A blast at the N bel dynamite Works in Snariouls Kthenish Prussia killed about 100 workers and set the plant on fire. The explosion occurred at the oil tank and caused extensive damage to the facility.
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Berlin
Nbel
Snariouls
Kthenish
Prussia
Fire wipes out block in Tia Juana border town
Fire in Tia Juana San Diego area destroys a third of the business section. One life is reported lost as flames sweep through a frame block on the cautero side of the main avenue. Saloons dance halls cafés stage office and a photography gallery burn in heavy losses.
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Tia Juana
San Diego
Calif
Mexico
la Heavy
Negative results cloud China arms delegation meeting
Washington reports secretary general Phillip K Tyau resigns from the Chinese arms delegation in protest at what he calls negative outcomes of Washington talks. He claims decisions remained at principle stage and not acted, while Japan concessions and language use in customs emerge as points of debate amid possible four power alignment.
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Union News Service
Washington
Phillip K
Tyau
Cuba
Peking
China
Tyou
Japan
Shantung
Customs Service
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany Seeks Dye Monopoly in U S Market
Senator Frelinghuysen charges a secret German effort to regain prewar control of the American dyestuffs market via a financed movement that has penetrated Congress. He opposes Senator King s resolution for an investigation into the American dyestuffs lobby and proposes expanding the scope to include importers, agents, and lobbyists.
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Washington
Germany
Congress
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate
King
Utah
Bank Robbers Shot in Portland Holdup End Nineteenth Century
One robber was killed during a holdup at a Portland bank. H. H. Newhall, president of the Bank of East Portland, was shot in the stomach. A second robber was captured after a chase, while a third escaped. FF. W. Alt, the cashier, fired the lethal shot. Police recovered the stolen money.
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Portland
Ore
H. H., Newhall
Bank of East Portland
FF. W. Alt
Nighttime Distillery Heist Nets $80,000 Whisky
Twenty men robbed the T. B. Ripy distillery near Tyrone Kentucky seizing over 10 barrels and 104 cases of bottled in bond whisky valued at more than $80,000. They held the superintendent and three guards at gunpoint and fled in three touring cars and two trucks.
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Tyrone
Whitsky
T. B. Ripy
Here
Explosion at Roxana refinery claims one life
One man was killed and four others were left in serious condition after an explosion at the Roxana Petroleum plant in Illinois. The blast occurred during testing of new refining equipment for the first time.
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Roxana
Roxana Petroleum
Hart Weds Actress in Hollywood Episcopal Ceremony
William Hart, motion picture actor, married Miss Winifredge in an Episcopal church ceremony in Hollywood. The bride had long been part of his small troupe, with guests attending the intimate Los Angeles event.
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William 8
Hart
Los Angeles
William
Winifredge
Hollywood
Guards Wound Bandits On Atlantic Coast Line
Near Savannah Ga a guard aboard a mall car on train No 80 fired a sawed off gun five times at three men trying to rob express car passengers. Two assailants wounded and a third man injured as shots rang out about five miles from Savannah.
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Charleston
Bergt
Bethers
Marine Corps
Atlantic Coast Line
Jacksonville
New York
Savannah
Taree
Four Power Pact Proposed to Pledge Pacific Truce
Optimistic notes outline a four power treaty among United States Great Britain Japan and France as a cooling off precaution in Pacific disputes. The plan aims to apply Bryan peace treaty principles to Pacific islands while excluding China and fortifications. Yap and Hawaii would be treated separately and naval ratio talks may merge with Pacific decisions.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
London
Tokio
Pacific Islands
Hawaii
China
Bryan
Hughes
Balfour
Kato
Aire
Tokyo
Shantung
Shangtung
Klabow Hs
Giants Pay Record 76000 for O'Connell Release
The New York Giants, world champions, announced a cash purchase of minor league star Charles O'Connell from the San Francisco Pacific Coast League club for 76000. O'Connell will join the Giants after the 2022 PCL season. Several MLB clubs pursued him.
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New York
New York Giants
San Francisco
Charles O'Connell
Giants
O'Connell
Chista
Wyoming brief notes report multiple local incidents
A roundup from Western Union notes Charles Daniels of Wheatland died after illness. miner injuries in McGrath. Hahn’s Peak railroad receivership. Yelick Montenegran sentenced for murder. Rawlins disinfectant death. Casper night schools planned. Lusk rape convict to Rawlins prison. Casper construction and Shoshone dam work progress. Lusk bullet wound from revolver accident. Casper fines for city ordinance violations. Laramie adds a carrier and expanded routes. 15 year old hospital case from Sheridan. liquor license tax liens. Sheridan county homestead increases. Kemmerer pump man Tony Kallefage frozen to death.
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Union News Borfice
Charles Daniels
Wheatland
Gus Eohner
Wyoming
McGrath
Ogden
Utah
Colorado, Wyoming & Eastern
Hahn's Peak
T. Blake Kennedy
Fred B. Miller
Laramie
Resto Yelick
Montenegran
Rawlins
Sweetwater County
Casper
James K. Coxen
William Rebbalt
Lusk
Goshen County
Wyo
Lewis Tidball
Big Shoshone
Lowell
Shoshone
Denver
Waldo Olson
Maanager
R. C. Ord Ranch
Dutch Meyers
Meyers
Olson
Cbhief
Sheffner
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Tlau
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Blue Beard
Far East
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Earnest Baker
Mra
A. Baker
State Hospital
Sheridan
Hospital Hill
Dorty
Uquaricense
Johnson County
Ira Gibson
Tony Kallefage
Kemmerer Coal Company
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