Martial law declared in Cork Limerick Tipperary Kerry counties
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports London dec 11 martial law proclaimed by Dublin castle over the city and county of Cork city and county of Limerick and counties of Tipperary and Kerry to quell months of lawlessness in Ireland Premier Lloyd George said the intention is to restore peace and that the interdicted area could be extended if needed Arm holders must surrender weapons or face court martial and the death penalty Safe conduct announced for Sinn Fein members not implicated in crimes while negotiations with intermediaries continue Galway county council and Father O Flanagan communications noted as significant steps toward constitutional methods and peace efforts.
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London
Dublin Castle
Cork
Limerick
Tipperary
Kerry
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Ireland
Dublin City
Dublio
Commons
Sion Feln
Sinn Penn
Galway
Father O'Flannagan
Father O'Flanagan
Sinn Fein
Fugitive Hartman Confesses to Theft in Minneapolis Case
John M. Hartman of Minneapolis, visiting New York, admitted stealing about $25,000 from Hartman & Co where he served as chief bookkeeper and cashier. He turned over $2,100 to police and said he lost roughly $24,000 through speculation. Hartman’s wife was also arrested.
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New York
John M. Hartman
Minneapolis
Hartman & Co
Hartman
Free From High Tide Threats Hit Norfolk Beach Areas
Wind and water trapped residents along beaches between Norfolk and Beaufort for thirty six hours. Ocean View Willoughby Beach Cape Henry Virginia Beach Corncake Oregon Inlet and Kill Devil Hill faced record high tides forcing families to flee to higher ground. Many could not exit their homes as the tide rose higher than in years past.
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Norfolk
Beaufort
N. C
Ocean View
Willloughby Beach
Cape Henry
Virginia Beach
Corncoke
Oregon Inlet
Kil Devil Bill
Wright Brothers
Stones Battle Fatal for Belleville Youth
Raymond Klein Hehmidt aged 18 died in University Hospital Ann Arbor from injuries after a stone battle with playmates following school dismissal. Playmates report a stone fight. whether he was targeted in a group attack cannot be determined from their account.
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Belleville, Mich
Raymond
Klein Hehmidt
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Sheriff Cleared of Blame in California Lynching Verdicts
Santa Rosa Calif coroner jury returns three verdicts exonerating Sheriff Boyes and deputies in the lynching of Terrance Fitts George Boyd and Charles Valente. Brief testimony led to verdicts holding the mob responsible, though Sheriff Boyes denied responsibility for Sheriff Petway’s treatment.
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Santa Rosas
Calif
Boyes
Terrance Fitts
George Boyd
Charles Valente
Petway
James Boyos
Opening of Sixty sixth Congress Sparks House Senate Activity
Washington reports the convening of the Sixty sixth Congress with large crowds in the galleries and a ceremonial opening. President Harding delivered a rostrum address as new members arrived. The House and Senate prepared to handle over 350 new bills and resolutions, including war law repeals and vast appropriations. Committees will begin work immediately on measures, aiming to pass key appropriation bills before March 4 with a possible post holiday recess.
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Cinter
Union News Service
Washington
Senate
House
Jast Noveber
Fin Bers
Capitol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Canada
Guardian Dismisses Indian Millionaire’s Wedding Suit
Kansas Supreme Court dismissed the guardianship suit over Jackson Barnett, aged millionaire Osage, and his marriage, after guardian Carl J. O'Hornet paid $1,200 in costs. An earlier agreement had Mrs Barnett return to Oklahoma with her husband and the guardian agreed not to interfere with their married life.
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Bult
Topeka
Kan
Jackson Barnett
Kansas Supreme Court
Carl J. O'Hornet
Henryetta
Okla
Guardian
O' Hornet
Mrs. Barnett
Wilson declines sending delegates to League of Nations
President Wilson refused the League of Nations invitation to send delegates to discuss the Assaruma ment commission. He said the United States not being a member justified no committee for even de facto participation.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
League of Nations Council
United States
League
Hoover speaks on famine aid and European relief
Former federal food administrator Herbert Hoover urged continuing charity and relief work for eastern and central Europe to avert famine. He warned that 600000 children risk starvation before next harvest and cautioned that Bolshevism could strengthen if aid is withdrawn.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Herbert Hoover
America
Europe
Armenian Minister Joins Golsheviste In Constantinople
A wartime report states an Armenian minister allied with the Bolsheviks in Constantinople and joined Soviet forces at Baku. A Soviet government for Armenia was proclaimed at Drivan, with a five member council of people's commissars formed, including two generals.
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Golsheviste
Constantinople
Polsheviat
Baku
Drivan
Armenia
Council of People's Conmilssarien
Lynching of Sonoma County prisoners shocks Santa Rosa
A mob of 50 to 100 masked men stormed the Sonoma County Jail in Santa Rosa last night, took George Boyd Terrence Fitts and Charles Vasento from custody, and hanged them at a cemetery three blocks from the city limits. Fifteen cars lit by headlights carried the mob to the oak tree where the executions occurred within minutes. The bodies swung as night fell and the crowd dispersed.
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Santa Rosa
George Boyd
Terrence Fitts
Charles Vasento
James A. Petra
Sonoma County
Miles Jackson
Lester M Dorman
Harding Not to Resign Immediately
Marion Ohio reports Senator Harding will not resign from the Senate immediately. He announced after telegram to Governor Cos acknowledging Cox’s offer to appoint Senator-elect Frank B. Willis to succeed the President-elect. Harding cited illness of Willis’ father and his own senatorial duties, noting delay due to the upcoming holiday recess.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Senate
Cos
Cox
Frank B. Willis
Willis
Quad
Eleven Women Prisoners of Turks in New York
Colonel James P. Coombs, director of American relief in Constantinople, is held by Turkish Nationalists at Samsoun on the Black Sea. A cable report to Nour Hast relief says eleven American women and six American new workers were detained, while seven American women and six American new workers were released.
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New York
James P. Coombs
Constantinople
Samsoun
Black Sea
Nour Hast Relief
Socialist Elected President of Austria in Vienna
Dr Michiel Hainiseh, a prominent Socialist and former Austrian parliament member elected president by the nie Hon assembly in Vienna. Born in 1859 at Glogguits, Lower Austria, he studied at the University of Vienna, Leipzig and Berlin.
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Austria
Vienna
Michiel Hainiseh
Nie Hon
Hainiseh
Glogguits
Lower Austria
University of
Leipsic
Berlin
Colorado Park Leads Nation in Visitor Count for Season
The Mocky Mountain National Park tops national parks with 240,008 visitors, per the annual report by the Secretary of the Interior. Seventeen parks totaled 910,604 and eleven monuments reached 1,058,000 visitors, with Hot Springs Reservation close beside Rocky Mountain Park at 162,860.
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Colorado Park
Washington
Mocky Mountain
Lowt
John Barton Tuyoe
Wage rise granted to Chicago packing workers by judge ruling
Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler approved a five month retroactive wage increase averaging 27.50 dollars for about 100000 employees in Chicago area packing houses from July 5 to December 3 1920. In supplementals he set hourly rates for related trades and noted the decision reflects falling living costs while warning future raises depend on continued price trends.
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Union News Service
Chicago
Packing and Allied Industries
Samuel Alschuler
Alsehuler
Qian Dee
Alschuler
Middle West
Kansas City
St. Paul
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Louis
Girls Expelled for Plundering Cottage at Gull Joke
Twenty five girl students from the Normal School of Physical Education at Battle Creek Michigan are suspended after an investigation into allegations they plundered a cottage they occupied during a recent outing. Chaperons were censured and dismissed.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Normal School of Physical Education
Gull
Japanese Situation Discussed in U S House Address
Representative Kahn of California told the House that America hopes to avoid war with Japan and warned that if Japanese statesmen publicists agitators and demagogues truly seek conflict they would be the ones to provoke it, risking Americans.
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Washington
Kahn
California
Ameren
Japan
United States
Amnesty denial widens Irish question as cabinet weighs amnesty
Western Newspaper Service reports Premier Lloyd George debating Father O Flanagan's plea for amnesty for Sinn Fein fugitives. Some observers say if his stance reflects moderate opinion, government will answer with no amnesty and no republic. Cork dispatch notes Cork streets blocked, firing heard, a churchgoer shot. Britain may seek US notice of anti British activities by de Valera. British embassy blocks passports for inquiry committee members, preventing Britain visit.
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London
Dee
Rosecomma
Lioyd George
Ly Ie
Mather O Finnigan
Sir Fel
Father O'Flanagan
Sinn Fein
Cork
United States
America
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Washington
Special Committee
Commission of Inquiry
Ireland
Great Britain
Sailors Drink Compass Alcohol Repaired Navy Instruments
The annual report of the naval observatory by Sear Admiral J. A. Hoogewerff notes sailors cracked compasses to drink the alcohol inside. It cites two field aerological sets stored at Hampton Roads for possible emergencies in the West Indies or nearby areas.
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Washington
Navy
Sear
J. A. Hoogewerff
Naval Observatory
Daniels
West Indies
Hampton Roads
Wilson Awarded Peace Prize in Copenhagen
Announcement that the Nobel peace prize will be conferred on President Wilson of the United States. The prize includes about $40,000, drawn from Alfred Nobel’s endowment of about $9,000,000. The only prior American laureates were Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Elihu Root in 1912.
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Copenhagen
Wilson
United States
Alfred B. Nobel
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
German Spy Arrested in New York Heroic War Tale Unfolds
John Willet a former captain in the Forty-eighth United States infantry confessed to being Hans Willers a German cadet until 1914. He came to the United States with 800 cadets to join the American army and become officers. Willet admitted stealing 6000 dollars from his company at Camp Sevier on November 28 1918 a few weeks after the armistice.
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New York
John Willet
Forty-eighth
United States Infantry
Hans Willers
Jroin
United States
Willet
Camp Sevier
Dismissal of Charges Against Jenkins in Puebla Case
All charges against William Jenkins American consular agent in Puebla were dismissed by the Superior Court. The court granted him complete freedom and Jenkins plans to depart soon for San Diego California to bring his family to Mexico.
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Jenkins
Mexico City
William
Puebla
San Diego
Cal
Mexico
Robbers Frightened by Dancers at State Bank
In Richlard Nebraska robbers broke into the State Bank of Alehland and blew open the vault. They fled emptying the vault of about eight thousand dollars as dancers returning home from a local event frightened them away. An automobile likely aided their escape.
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Richlard
Neb
Alehland
Wyoming brief notes cover state convention and crimes
The seventeenth annual Wyoming Wool Growers Association convention will be in Casper starting Jan. 6. A Rawlins mother was killed when her 7-year-old daughter accidentally discharged a rifle. Wyoming reports include asbestos discovery near Wheatland, a novel prayer at a Cowley meeting, and Union Pacific plans to build 43 miles of track costing about 3.835 million dollars through Scottsbluff county and Goshen county.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Casper
Peter Méhes
Rawlins
Wheatland
Wyoming
Oliver Hower
Cowley
Union Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Scottsbluff County
Neb
Goshen County
Wyo
North Platte
Colorado
Riner
Cheyenne
Minnie C. Brown
Carion City
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Sweet, Causey & Foster of
Dencer
Sheridan, Gas
State Commission
J. A. Christmas
Oakley
Kemmerer
William Brodie
Big Piney
Walter Sim
Fred Walker
Sim
Newcastle
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Stock Yards
Swift & Co
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Feder4il
Amnesty
Republic
Nion News Service
Socialist Party
Farmer-Labor Party
Mondell
Wade H. Fowler
Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
Lings
Wyoming State Public Service Commission
Thurman W. Arnold
Laramie
Arnold
House of Representatives
Walter Newell
Frank Jennings
Newell
Pete
John Cordillo
State Penitentiary
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