World disarmament to be a slow, staged process
Geneva and Tokyo clash over pace as the League of Nations assembly faces a three stage plan for arms reduction. Viscount Ishii warns Japan will not cut armaments while the United States stays out and builds its navy. Delegates Aguero Koo Balfour Millen discuss council member selection amid a lengthy debate.
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Gene
Viscount Ishii
Japan
Disarmament Commission
The
Assembly of the League of Nations
United States
League of Nations
Continus
Wors
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly Commission
Commission
Assembly
Council of the League
Ishii
League
Cussion
Europe
Americas
Asia
League of Nations Council
Aristides Aguero
Cuba
Wellington Koo
China
A. J. Balfour
England
Edward D. Millen
Australia
Chamberlain's Tablets for Digestive Relief
These tablets are intended for indigestion and constipation. They tone up the stomach and enable natural function. They act gently on the liver and bowels, restoring the digestive tract to a healthy condition. When you feel dull and constipated, give them a trial. You are certain to be pleased with their effect.
Villages in Tepelini District Razed by Earthquake
Rome reports all villages in the Tepelini district in Southern Adriania destroyed by a violent earthquake. About two hundred people are killed and 15,000 made homeless as Tepelin itself is razed. Shocks continue after earlier December 6 messages from Aviona.
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Rome
Tepelini
Adriania
Aviona
Tempo
Tepelin
Lost Mine in Squaw Creek district Located by Four Miners
Four Shasta County miners George Rice Del Taylor George West and George Bryner claim to have located the legendary Lost Mine twenty two miles up Squaw Creek from Copper City. They found an abandoned shaft fourteen feet deep with a rich gold quartz ledge. They came out for winter and await belief from pioneer prospectors.
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Redding
Cal
George Rice
del Taylor
George West
George Bryner
Shasta County
Squaw Creek
Copper City
Pitt River
Sleeping Transcontinental Link: Rio Grande Sold for 5 Million
On court orders the Denver and Rio Grande railroad was sold for 5 million dollars in cash. Western Pacific represented buyers who also assumed 141 million dollars in obligations. Reports say plans exist for a Burlington route to connect with the two lines and form another transcontinental link.
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Denver and
Rio Grande
Burlington
Wholesale meat prices drop to lowest in year in Chicago
Wholesale fresh meat and pork prices touched year lows after declines in feed costs and ample stock. Beef carcasses sold 14 to 16 cents a pound, light pork loins around 21 cents, and lard at 6 cents below April 1917 levels. Hides weakened further, while by-products held prices, with surgeons noting first aid for wounds and Borozone antiseptic promoted by Lonto County Drug Co.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Lonto County Drug Co
Government shipbuilding costs and Liberty Loan comparison
Editorial argues that government shipbuilding and operation wasted two billion dollars, likening it to the 1917 Liberty Loan. It recalls Secretary Colby’s note on Mexican policy, urging action to honor promises and expose misrule by former Mexican leadership and public misrepresentation.
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Treasury
New York Herald
Colby
Mexico
United States
Dias
Wilson
Former Empress Augusta Victoria Near Death in Doorn
Paris dispatch reports ex Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany in Doorn Holland in severe agony with death hourly expected. She is being fed artificially and described as praying long at the bedside.
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Paris
Pformer
Augusta Victoria
Germany
Doorn
Holland
Paria
Kalserin
Obregon elected Mexico's president after revolution
Article discusses Obregon's rise to power and the hopes for stable governance in post revolution Mexico. It notes widespread belief in his intent to honor the new constitution despite fears over land title provisions and foreign investment impact. The piece cites U.S. stance on Article XXVII and broader Pacific balance of power arguments involving Britain, America, and Japan.
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United States
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Carranza
Obregon
Washington Post
Pigeon Claim Sparks California Debate on Wild Birds
A California reader challenges the Path finder claim that hunters exterminated wild pigeons in the United States. He cites numerous pigeons in northwestern California and nearly impenetrable forests. The piece notes the passenger pigeon, not the common wild pigeon, was driven to extinction by hunters.
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California
United States
Northwstern
Calfornia
Nafe
Massachusetts
Baron Sakamoto Advocates Ango Japan Alliance Renewal
Baron Sakamoto of the House of Peers urges renewal of the Anglo Japan alliance and calls for removal of the clause that exempts Great Britain from obligations to Japan in disputes with America. Barry Bakawoto notes that
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Tokio
Baron Sakamoto
House of Peers
Great Britain
Japan
America
Barry Bakawoto
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Cromwell, KY
Begins
Wallace & Dunn
U. S
Italy
Fletcher
Castor
Rio Grande R. K
Pete Sgwey Beck
Pacific
K. H. Whits
Side
Keota
Okla
Thedford’s
Blackdraugh
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