Anthracite Talks Open as Operators and Miners Meet
The Anthracite Operators and Miners opened negotiations to settle coal strikes after brief sessions at the Union League Club Delray Beach and Ocean City reports describe a major fire in a resort with heavy damage and no known casualties Gratification at the White House over resumed talks is noted and W W Inglis signals willingness to make public the operators books in a continued conference.
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Senator Wheeler Wins Final Suit
Washington reports Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana won his bid to have all government charges wiped from the record. The District of Columbia Supreme Court quashed the conspiracy indictment and dismissed related counts against Wheeler and co defendants Edith Booth and Gordon Campbell. The ruling leaves Wheeler free unless the government appeals.
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Ocean City Resort Fire Threatens Large Section
Fire in Ocean City Maryland destroys hotels and homes with embers carried by wind. Officials consider dynamiting buildings to save the residential area as water mains break and telephone service fails. No casualties reported though several residences and hotels burn amid spreading flames.
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Racers Die in Fire at New Orleans Stable
Three thoroughbreds perished in a blaze that leveled the W. H. Hall stable near the Fair Grounds course. The victims named were High Prince Bluestone and Brownlea.
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Fair Grounds
High Prince
Bluestone
Brownlea
Fire Chief and Five Firemen Burned in Station Blaze
Danville Virginia December 29 AP five Chief Lewis Mitchell and five city firemen were painfully burned this morning while fighting a blaze at the West End Filling Station. An explosion blew a wall of flame over the crew as they directed a powerful rear stream. Some were bruised by bricks and treated by physicians. injuries were superficial. The fire loss was not given. A pipeless furnace appeared to have ignited the blaze.
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Danville
Lewis Mitchell
West End
French cabinet backs Doumer budget plan to stabilize franc
The French cabinet approves Doumer's budget balancing measures and tax proposals. Doumer aims to reduce a 8.8 million franc deficit with higher income taxes Finance administration boosts and new taxes on tobacco bourse and exports. Two point five billion francs go to a sinking fund and two billion to reimburse Bank of France advances.
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M. Doumer
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Budet
Chamber of Deputies
Brooklyn killer Cowan wounds self after burglary and double tragedy
Harry Cowan described as a "bad boy" lies seriously wounded after allegedly killing Edith Burton in her Brooklyn home and attempting suicide. Police tie the crime to a possible $12,000 hotel theft in 1923. Two notes hint at a troubled past and blackmail.
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Brooklyn
Edith Burton
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Latham
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Columbia student sails to lead Suez fire-worshipper sect
Jal Dastoy C Parry, a Columbia University student and philosophy PhD candidate, sails aboard the Majestic to East of Suez as heir to India's 1,000,000 fire worshippers. He challenges the notion of fire worship and says his duty is to prepare to lead the church. He is 26 and fluent in multiple languages while enjoying American campus life.
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Cardinal Mercer 74 Undergoes stomach operation
Cardinal Mercer aged 74 underwent a stomach lesion correction at 8 30 this morning in Brussels. Surgeon Dr De Mees performed the procedure. Post operative reports said all was normal and the cardinal’s condition was stable.
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Tennessee Weather Outlook With Warmer Temperatures
A fragmented forecast notes gradually rising temperatures in Tennessee with clouds at night and milder conditions. Winds shift from northwest as conditions ease, though the text remains garbled and partially unreadable.
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Tennessee
Questioning ICC powers in Nickel Plate merger crisis
A 1904 era dispatch reports a heated debate over the Interstate Commerce Commission’s authority to approve the Nickel Plate merger. In a tense parliamentary scene, radical ministers threaten resignations as Briand shifts tactics to stabilize a fragile government amid looming socialist party influence.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Hoover urges economy in rubber use and new supply links
Secretary Hoover, amid accusations of a British rubber monopoly, calls for reducing consumption and expanding independent rubber sources. He argues that trading wheat and cotton for rubber at production costs would shift prices, noting wheat at 5 bushels per unit and cotton at 74 cents a pound.
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United States
Hoover
Charleston Gets Cold Shoulder From Romans
In a lyrical debate the article notes Charleston’s jazz scene facing contrast with Roman musical tastes. It observes shifts toward Americanized bands and blues influences, reflecting cultural tastes in the era and the appeal of jazz fiddle, saxophone, and drums.
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Rom Rame Hay
Rome
Attitude of America Toward Preparatory Arms Meet Favorable
Washington reports a favorable American stance toward participation in the Geneva preparatory commission on disarmament. No objections to funding exist, and no action has been taken to select the U.S. delegation. The commission project is mapped out in Geneva and at the State Department, with Kellogg to brief the president after the new year.
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Gevena Preparatory Commission
Congress
White House
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State Department
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Paris Faces Rising Flood Threat As Rivers Surge
Paris reports worsening flood conditions after heavy rain and melting snow. The Rhone resumes rising, towns along the Saone and Cher see flood expansion, while Seine and its tributaries climb yet cause no major damage. Authorities forecast further rises and potential severe flooding if rain returns.
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Farm Conference Session in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa December 29 AP President Coolidge aims at a sound economic policy to handle crop surpluses with farm interests seeking agreement. Senator A B Cummings of Iowa outlines a plan for a federal expert corporation to buy surplus agriculture products and sell abroad at a loss funded later by excess taxes on dealers.
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Coolidge
White House
Gyrenus Cole
A. B. Cummings
Iowa
Congress
Kyushu Troops 70 Evacuate Capitol
Tokyo reports 1,000 troops sent from Korea to Mukden for foreign protection have returned to Korea. Kyushu troops are to evacuate the Manchurian capital soon, then railway guards will be replaced. Friction between Chang and Japan is anticipated after General Kuo Sung Lin’s aide fled to the Simminty fortress.
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Foreign Office
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Chang
Japan
Succeeding Commander Capt Herbert Hartley Welcomes Leviathan Heir
Atlanta reports the arrival of a ten pound boy to Captain Herbert Hartley, commander of the Leviathan. The child’s birth follows the ship’s status and ties to the world’s largest vessel with confirmation given today.
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Opikla
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Russian poet Yessin in Moscow dies by own action
New York reports Sergio Yessinine a Russian poet and former husband of Isadora Duncan died by suicide in Moscow. The pair wed in 1922 and split last year after a tumultuous life in the United States and Europe.
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