Pershing Should Not Run for Presidency Declared by Schall
Minneapolis reports Congressman Thomas D. Schall denounced General John J. Pershing as unfit for the U.S. presidency. He faulted Pershing for alleged cruelty and censorship and criticized his treatment of the congressional delegation to France.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Thomas Dpd. Schall
Minnesota
Gene John J. Pershing
United States
Schall
Congress
Gener
France
America
General Pershing
Congressional Committee
Treaty ratification eyed before January sixteenth
Washington December 23 optimism runs high among some senators that the peace treaty will be ratified before January 16 allowing a short lifting of prohibition before the constitutional amendment takes effect. Debate centers on reservations and intercession by President Wilson with Baruch and Hitchcock noting uncertain White House guidance. A separate item reports burglars stole paintings worth 100000 marks from Sans Souci palace gallery per Abend.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Sans Souci
State highway sections reopen from Dauphin to Clark's Ferry
The State Highway Department opened for traffic sections of Route No. 1 between Dauphin and Clark's Ferry, shortening the Harrisburg to Duncannon trip by about twenty minutes. Concrete surface largely complete, with remaining brick work and a short Dauphin detour.
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Dauthin County
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Hershey Condensing Co
Hershey
W. M. Irvine
Mercersburg College
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Chester
Heber Dithrich
Allegheny
I. A. and S. Small Milling Co
Old York
Sproul
Alexander Date
Schuylkill
State Board of Pardons
Robert M. Paige
Paoli
State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Lambertville
Delaware
New Jersey
W. A. Adams
Butler
John ©. Groome
Sunbury Residents Rally Over Water Rates and Quality
Sunbury borough council and groups including the Central Labor Union Business Men's Association and taxpayers urged the Public Service Commission to lower Sunbury Water Company rates they say have been high for over four years while water quality concerns are raised. Other filings include a hospital complaint against Economy Telephone Company for lack of extended service and Austin Council's suit against Vitter Gas for pipe laying delays. Mt Oliver School District seeks free gas from Equitable Gas under a school-funding agreement.
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Business Men's Association
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Markelton
Economy Telephone Company
Meyersdale
Costello
Austin
Austin Council
Vitter Gas Company
Mt. Oliver
Pittsburgh
Equitable Gas Company
Canadians Mull Buying Surplus Liquor Before Prohibition
Ottawa reports say Canadian dealers may salvage hundreds of thousands of gallons of red liquor shipped from the United States before the January 16 federal prohibition. Dealers’ actions hinge on provincial repeal prospects, amid a mixed regime where interprovincial traffic is barred but importation could rise. Quebec restricts sales to beer and wine, complicating cross border deals.
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Ottawa
Lquor
United States
Dominion
Quebec
Big Business Ahead in Rail Equipment
New York report quotes W H H Woodin president of the American Car and Foundry Company predicting heavy domestic demand for railroad equipment in the next two to three years. He cites a past shortfall in orders and a large repair backlog due to labor and material shortages.
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New York
W. H H. Woodin
American Car and Foundry Company
Travelers and Hotel Men to Organize in Harrisburg
A regular meeting of the United Commercial Travelers Association Harrisburg Post will be held in Peng Harris. On Saturday the Pennsylvania Greeters Number 41 will organize with over 100 hotel men from Central Pennsylvania as guests of the Penn Harris management. Banquet speakers include Lieutenant Governor Beidelman.
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Harrisburg Post
Peng Harris
Organization of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Questa
Penn-Harris
B. KE. Beidleman
Orpheum week promises magic and thrills
Thurston the world famed magician headlines at the Orpheum for three days starting Christmas matinee with a war themed act. The Majestic features Rex Beach novel The Girl from Outside at the Colonial and Florence Reed in Her Game at the Victoria. Regent shows Hall Caine film The Woman Thou Gavest Me and Wallace Reid in The Lottery Man.
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Europe
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Memnon
Merlin
Britain
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Androletti
Carlotti
Robert Houdin
Mastic
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Maghind
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Cook
London
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Oxford Street
Ruatier de Kolta
Hall Caine
Regent
Paramount-Arterart
Enid Bennett
Thomas VI
Incestar
Torent
Paramount
Partners
Wallace Reid
Regent Theater
Wanda Hawley
Holds Up Sale of Cuban Sugar in New York
New York December 23 The proposed sale of 9 000 000 pounds of Cuban sugar to consumers at 19 percent 24 cents a pound with 100 000 profit was held up by Federal food administrator Arthur Williams because the fixed price is 11 cents. The cargo aboard the steamship Minson arrived from Cuba. Williams informed Immanuel Rionda broker that the sugar equalization board would be invoked to prevent the sale. The sugar would cost his firm 18 1 2 cents a pound with 1 5 cents to growers 3 4 cents for refining 11 10 cents for duty and 4 10 cents for freight.
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New York
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Minson
Cuba
Williams
Immanuel Rionda
Sugar Equalization Board
Essary
Sigar
Polish Minister Alleges German Propaganda in U S
Prince Casimir Lubomirski, newly accredited Polish minister to the United States, accuses organized pro German propagandists in New York and major cities of waging a campaign to undermine American faith in Poland and Poland’s alliance with America. He cites speeches, rallies, and articles as evidence before heading to Washington to pursue diplomatic action.
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New York
Prince Casimir Lubomirski
United States
Poland
America
Washington
Ae Ia
Arca
Finger Print Clue in Murder Mystery
Brooklyn police cooperate with other cities to find the slayer of Catherine Dunn. The maid beaten to death at the Clark home and $10,000 worth of jewelry missing are linked by police who pursue a fingerprint found on the kitchen door.
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Brooklyn
Catherine Dunn
Chirence Sperry Clark
Clark
University of London Plans Phonetics Institute
The University of London plans a new Institute of Phonetics at a cost of $600,000 with seventy research assistants to study the 1,000 languages of the British Empire. Originated by Daniel Jones, head of the university phonetics department, the scheme calls for total expenditure of 2,500,000.
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The
Universty of London
Phonetics
Daniel Jones
Salvadoran Port To Be Drained At Acajutla
The National Board of Health announces plans to drain the Pacific port of Acajutla located fifty miles from San Salvador. A sanitary commission has been dispatched to study the situation.
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Republic of Salvador
National Board of Health
Acadutla
Pacific Ocean
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