Cry of prosecution raised against Army in Congress
Washington reports debate on Colonel William Mitchell's punishment as partisans call it persecution. Black suggests cancelling the five year court martial sentence, Tillman decries the verdict as shameless and cruel and hints at civil court action up to the Supreme Court to recover pay.
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Army General Staff
William Mitchell
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Representative Black Dem
New York
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Supreme Court of the United States
War Department
Mitchen
Representative Black
Representative Tillman
Democrat
Arkansas
Coolidge
Tilman
Brookfield man Arthur Barrett shot in his home
Arthur Barrett a gay widower known for flirting with women was found shot at his Brookfield home. London John Leslie Black was granted a divorce from Violet after evidence she eloped with a man named Green.
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Brookfield
Rug
Arthur Barrett
London
John Leslie Black
Violet
Green
Boston Girls Smoking Questionnaires Spark Parental Backlash
In Boston University School of Practical Arts and Letters, Dean Davis surveyed 675 parents after Bryn Mawr College allowed female students to smoke. Of 450 responses, 449 opposed girls smoking, urging strict enforcement of the existing rule.
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Boston
Mass
Boston University School of Practical Arts and Letters
Bryn Mawr College
Dean Davis
Jean Davis
Cats and Dogs Fight Over Fluid in Crawford Street
In Portsmouth on December 19 an alleged pre Volstead whiskey laced with cats and dogs tale ends with intoxicated cats chasing sober dogs. Witnesses describe a street scene near Queen Street where a bottle broke and cats lapped the liquid leading to a comic style brawl.
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Portsmouth
Crawford Street
Queen Street
Dow
Foundation for Appeal Is Laid in Chapman Case
Hartford December 18 foundation for the appeal of Gerald Chapman to the U S circuit court of appeals to delay his death sentence for murder of a New Britain policeman by first serving a 250 year federal sentence was laid by his counsel. A request to appeal Judge Thomas’s habeas corpus ruling will be sought next week. such orders are customary.
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Conn
Gerald Chapman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas
Chapman
President Coolidge Confers With Colonel House On League Call
President Coolidge meets Colonel E M House during a Washington visit to discuss the League of Nations disarmament proposal. House, guest at the White House, plans for further talks with Kellogg and congress leaders. Senator Underwood declines comment while awaiting broader views on the world court and arms conference outcomes.
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Coolidge
League of Nations
M. House
Con Stant
Deodrow Wilson
Underwood
Alabama
Ameican Commission
Washington Rams
House
White House
Versailles
Kellogg
State Department
Ouse
New York
League
Congress
Anthracite strike settlement talks unclear after invitation
The 158000 workers idle for four months face a dim Christmas week as Mayors invite a Scranton meeting to revive talks. John L Lewis says negotiations will only proceed on Governor Pinchot's settlement plan, rejected by operators. Operators have not filed a formal report and plan a Sunday meeting to decide their stance.
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Philadelphia
Scranton
John L. Lewis
John Burkan
Pinchot
Wilkes Barre
Hart
Charles F. Siubert
Representative Gasque Proposes Coast Survey Bill
Representative Gasque of South Carolina introduced a bill to survey the coastal waterway from Cape Fear River in North Carolina to Georgetown South Carolina to plan a channel adequate for commerce demands.
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Washington
Gasque
Dem
South Carolina
Cape Fear River
North
Caroline
Georgetown
S. C
Citywide probe ordered into vice conditions by police
Police commissioner Enright ordered a citywide investigation after conferring with Mayor Hylan amid Mayor elect Walker charges of increased gambling. Tammany leaders backed Walker while Hylan and Enright denied lax policing. Governor Smith planned talks with Walker on city conditions.
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New York
Enright
Elect Walker
Fifth Avenue Association
Tammany
Hylan
Walker
Smith
Bandits Kill Store Owner on Peachtree Road
Police hunted two unknown white men who robbed a Peachtree Road store, shot proprietor W. H. Cheek to death, and fled in a car.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Road
W. H. Cheek
Measure Aims Cooperative Marketing Aid Bill Intro in Congress
A White House approved plan to aid cooperative marketing would create a government machine in the Agriculture Department to aid cooperatives in disposing of crops and to help find markets for surplus produce. The Capper Volstead provisions would extend to cooperative admins. Passage is predicted but a fight looms over export-corporation provisions.
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Coolidge
Jardine
Senate
House
Rises From Rodman to President of R R
Samuel Rhea, once a railroad rod man, rose to president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and, after 54 years of service, was honored with a gold medal by the Pennsylvania Society of New York at its annual dinner. Charles M. Schwab presented the award, praising unprecedented industrial prosperity and confidence in the future.
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New York
Samuel Rhea
The
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Society of New York
Charles M. Schwab
Rhea
Urge development of waterways in states of south
Representative Abernathy of North Carolina urged inland waterway development from North Carolina to Florida before the house. He noted North Carolina spent 100 million on roads while waterways were neglected and called for swift improvement to support rapid southern growth and a single insufficient east coast railway.
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Washington
South
House
Abernathy
North Carolina
Congress
Florida
Adam and Eve monuments mark Brady whimsy in memory
Baltimore reports John P. Brady erected a sundial monument to Adam in 1909 and a later Eve memorial in Fountain Inn, D C. Brady died before news reached him. The Adam stone bears So passes the glory of the world inscription, praising enduring memory beyond rulers.
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Adam
Baltimore
John P. Brady
Fountain Inn
D. C
Robert M. Quillen
Brady
Bowley’s Lane
Philadelphia Road
United States
Democrats Drive for Revision of Tariff Under Way
Washington moves to repeal or cut tariff rates with bills led by Representative Oldfield of Arkansas. A textile duty investigation is planned as part of the push, with further measures expected from Oldfield and Hull. Altoona Pennsylvania reports derailment of train No. 32 between Pittsburgh and New York kills one Carnegie Institute student Ben Hess and injures nine others, prompting a major investigation.
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Representative Oldfield
Arkansas
Canada
Oldfield
Representative Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
New York
Ben FE. Hess
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Huntington Park
Los Angles
Wood Haven
L. L
House Members in United Attack for Change of Dry Law
In yesterday's session,House members united to attack proposed changes to the dry law. The debate highlighted sharp partisan divides and calls for stricter enforcement measures.
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HOUSE
United
Dry forces debated as Treasury bill carries enforcement funds
Washington lawmakers attacked the Volstead Act and Wayne B. Wheeler amid debate over the annual Treasury appropriation bill. Representative Ware called enforcement millions squandered, while Gallivan faulted Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League as harmful to America's moral fabric. A late dry rally referenced a hotel employee trap case in Columbus, Ohio.
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Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Hudson
Republican
Michigan
Treasury
Ware
Pennsylvania
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Wheeler
The
League
America
Rome
White House
Wayne
Columbus
Ohio
Duel of Rams Ends in Double Death on Wyoming Ranch
Two rams on a Cheyenne grazier ranch clashed with horns in a fatal duel. Both animals died from the fight, leaving the ranch’s owner to oust the remaining flock.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Federal officials enter in argument over Texas highways
The U S government through the Comptroller General and the Department of Agriculture engages in Texas road funds dispute. McCarl asks Texas officials to report if any funds came from the federal treasury. Captain P St John Wilson prepares a department study and views. Officials say only state funds appear involved.
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Washington
Government Accounting Office
Department of Agriculture
Texas
McCarl
Federal Treasury
P. St. John Wilson
Bureau of Public Roads
United States
Lord Illingsworth Granted Divorce on Evidentiary Basis
London reports Lord Illingsworth obtained a divorce on evidence involving his wife and his former valet.
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London
Lord Illingsworth
Virginia Reel barred from US mails at UVA
The December issue of the Virginia Reel, University of Virginia student organ, was barred from the mails by the Lynchburg postmaster with Washington approval. Editor Eugene Patterson Warner and managing editor James Benjamin Aswell were removed by the student board following widespread condemnation. University President Alderman released a statement as the administrative council adopted resolutions in response.
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Charlottesville
Virginia Reel
University of Virginia
United States
Lynchburg
Washington
Eugene Patterson
Warner
Cleveland
James Benjamin Aswell
Edwin A. Alderman
France Ready for Stabilizing Loan
Paris December 19 The industrial leaders of northern France propose pledging properties as security for a loan from the United States or other sources to stabilize the franc and establish a sinking fund for debts. The cabinet received the plan favorably as manufacturers and business men across France back the measure. A few socialists oppose, claiming economic interests would intrude on politics. The franc rose again on new suggestions.
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France
United States
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