Anthracite talks open as operators and miners meet
In New York the Anthracite Operators and miners opened negotiations at the Union League Club after 3 pm to settle the strike with W. W. Inglis stating books are open for inspection and a separate conference precedes the joint meeting. In Ocean City New Jersey a fire burned through the summer resort causing about 100000 dollars in losses to hotels power plant and amusements with no reported casualties.
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Union League Club
Ocean City
Atlantic
City
Atlantic Pier
Beautiful Summer Resort Fire Threatens City
Ocean City Maryland faces a large fire threatening the resort district including the Atlantic and Seaside hotels and amusement concessions. Fire officials weigh dynamiting buildings to save the residential area as embers spread on a swift wind. Water mains were damaged by a gasoline tank explosion and three residences were destroyed while no casualties were reported.
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Ocean City
Wage talks resume between anthracite operators and miners
The White House welcomed renewed wage negotiations between anthracite operators and miners, expressing gratification on behalf of President Coolidge.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Inglis Says Operators Will Open Their Books
W. W. Inglis, spokesman for the anthracite operators conference and chair of its negotiating committee, said they are willing to open their books for public inspection. The remark came as part of ongoing wage talks and was reported from New York. Continued on page six.
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Inglis
New York
W. W. Inglis
Wheeler Wins Final Suit Against Government
Washington reports Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana won his bid to erase all government charges. The District of Columbia Supreme Court quashed the conspiracy indictment and dismissed charges against Edith Booth and Gordon Campbell. Wheeler remains free unless the government appeals.
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Burton K. Wheeler
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District of Columbia Supreme Court
Walsh
Wheeler
Edith S. Booth
Interior Department
Gordon Campbell
United States
Senate
Swanson
Virginia
Borah
Ocean City Fire Cuts Power To Coastal Area
A large fire in Ocean City Maryland at noon destroys the Seaside Hotel and Atlantic Hotel and damages nearby blocks. The Central Telephone office went out of service and flames spread from the electric plant toward homes as Salisbury Snow Hill Pocomoke and Berlin fire departments respond for aid.
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Berlin
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Pocomoke
Racers Die In Fire At New Orleans Stable
Three thoroughbreds named High Prince Bluestone and Brownlea perished in a fire that destroyed W H Hall's stable near the Fair Grounds entrance in New Orleans this afternoon. The incident was reported by AP.
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W. H. Hall
Fair Grounds
High Prince
Bluestone
Brownlea
Fire Chief and Five Firemen Hurt in West End Station Blaze
Danville Virginia, December 29 AP Fire Chief Lewis Mitchell and five city firemen were burned when an explosion tore the rear wall of the West End Filling Station while they battled a blaze. Bricks bruised some men. injuries were superficial. Loss not exceeding 3000 dollars. A pipeless furnace overheated and ignited the structure.
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Danville
Lewis Mitchell
At & O'Clock
West End
Cabinet approves Doumer budget plan in decisive cabinet action
Paris December 29 AP The French cabinet backs Finance Minister Doumer by approving a balanced budget and fiscal reforms to be introduced in parliament. Deficit set at 8 8 million francs with taxes on income tobacco exports and stock market operations. A sinking fund of 2 500 million francs funds government and Bank of France reimbursements. Briand gains final parliamentary leverage after tense last ten days.
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Doumer
M. Doumer
Bank of France
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Bad Boy Cowan Wounds Self After Fatal Attack in Brooklyn
Harry Cowan calling himself a bad boy lay seriously wounded after allegedly killing Edith Burton in her Brooklyn home, found near her body under a Christmas tree. Police suspect Cowan killed the stenographer over his suit rejection and note prior embezzlement of 12000 dollars from a 1923 hotel.
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New York
Harry Cowan
Brooklyn
Edith Burton
Cowan
Emil Reimers
Latham
Reimers
Miss Burton
Ada Burton
Arthur Rogers
Columbia Student Heads East to Lead Zoroastrian Fire Worshippers
Jal Dastur C Parry a 26 year old Columbia philosophy student sails aboard the Majestic to assume leadership of India's 1 000 000 fire worshippers. He says fire symbolizes purity not worship and that he studied four years at Columbia to prepare for his religious role. He speaks multiple languages and enjoys American slang and dance.
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New York
Jal Dastur C. Parry
Suez
India
Majestic
Columbia
Dr. Parry
Manhattan
Cardinal Mercer Undergoes Stomach Lesion Operation
Cardinal Mercer age 74, prime minister of Belgium, had an operation at 8:30 this morning for a stomach lesion. Surgeon Dr. De Mees reported the procedure went well and the cardinal's condition was good with everything normal afterward.
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Brussels
Belgium
Cardinal Mercer
de Mees
Tennessee Virginia North Carolina Weather Summary
Tennessee shows fair conditions with a gradual warmup and increasing clouds tonight. Virginia stays fair with cold tonight and rising temperatures, winds shift to moderate northwest along the coast. North Carolina remains fair tonight and Wednesday with a gradual rise in temps and moderate north and northwest winds.
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Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Commission Power Questioned In Nickel Merger
Ohio raises issue on the legal authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve the Nickel Plate railroad merger. Political maneuvering unfolds as radicals threaten resignation while efforts to form a center right majority aim to avert a socialist government.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Socialist Congress
MM. Briand
Paris Cabinet Crisis Shows Fresh Sign of Easing
Paris reports that the cabinet crisis linked to stabilizing the fiscal situation shows a more favorable tone. Premier Briand’s blunt address to the Left Cartel appears to have influenced the opposition, with signs of potential compromise emerging.
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Paris
Briand
Hoover Urges Economy in Rubber Use to Curb Prices
Secretary Hoover said the best way to fight high rubber prices is to use as little rubber as possible and to develop alternative sources of supply. He warned that trading wheat and cotton for rubber at current production costs would yield about eight dollars per bushel for wheat and seventy five cents per pound for cotton.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Charleston Fails to Catch Rome Dance Fever
Rome rejects the Charleston as too relaxed for the Papacy era while Americanized bands and blues remain popular in hotels and cabarets. The three cabarets report the Charleston is almost unknown despite attempts to boost its appeal.
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Rome
Paris Faces Severe Flood Threat as Rivers Rise
Grave Paris reports worsening flood conditions after heavy rains and melting snow. The Rhone rivers surge again, Lyons lowlands flooded, a three mile wide water body forms with trees and roofs visible. Touraine, Saone, Cher, Yonne, and Marne rise. Seine remains active with traffic, mild weather persists.
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Saone
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Yone
Marne
Farm Conference in Session Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa December 29 President Coolidge urges the farm marketing conference to work out a sound economic policy for holding crop surpluses with substantial agreement among farm interests A White House telegram closing the message was read by Representative Cyrenus Cole Senator A B Cummings outlines a plan for a federal expert corporation to buy surplus agriculture products and sell them at a loss abroad to be offset by excess tax on dealers to be added as an amendment to the farm relief bill before Congress
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Coolidge
White House
Cyrenus Cole
A. B. Cummings
Iowa
Congress
Kyushu Troops to Evacuate Capitol
Tokyo dispatch notes 1000 Korean soldiers who protected foreigners in the Manchurian fighting have returned to Korea. Kyushu troops are expected to evacuate Mukden’s capital soon, with railway guards to be replaced. Japan refuses to surrender aides of General Kuo Sung Lin who sought refuge in the Simminfu consulate, risking further friction with Chang Tso Lin.
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Foreign Office
Korea
Mukden
Kyushu
Japan
Kuo Sung- Lin
Simminfu
Chang Tso-Lin
Kuo
Chang
Russian poet Yessinin dies by own action in Moscow
New York reports Sergio Yessinin eccentric Russian poet and ex-husband of Isadora Duncan died by suicide in Moscow at about age 30. They married in 1922 and separated last year after a tour involving Duncan’s bare leg and red flag controversies. Yessinin had a history of violence and anti Semitic inquiries and spent time in prison. Duncan pursued a Soviet divorce claiming he was impossible and moonshine drove him crazy.
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Sergio Yessinin
Moscow
Isadora Duncan
Yessinia
Miss Duncan
United States
Duncan
Yessinin
Paris
Russia
White House Feels Favorable Toward American Role in Geneva Commission
The White House reports a favorable mood toward U S participation in the Geneva preparatory commission on disarmament. No action has been taken to pick the American delegation personnel and no objections to appropriations have emerged. Kellogg will return after the new year with a full outline of Geneva documents.
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Washington
Gevena Preparatory Commission
Congress
White House
League Council
Geneva
State Department
Kellogg
Leviathan’s successor arrives as new captain reported
Atlanta December 29 AP reports a new commander arrived at Opikla Alabama for the Leviathan, the world’s biggest ship. Friends announce the birth of Captain Herbert Hartley’s son, a ten pound boy, yesterday.
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Opikla
Ala
Herbert Hartley
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