Wisconsin boxing board suspends Packey McFarland a year
The Wisconsin state boxing commission suspended Packey McFarland for one year for misconduct in the December 8 bout with Jack Britton at the Queensberg Athletic Club. The commission said McFarland showed no proper interest in the weight question and stalled during the fight.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Boxing Commission
Packey McFarland
McFarland
Jack Britton
Queensberg Athletic Club
Pleads Guilty to Dynamiting Plot in Federal Court
Geo. E. Davis admitted in Indianapolis federal court that he conspired to illegally transport dynamite on interstate railways. Harry Jones of the Ironworkers' union pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges. no trial date was set.
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Indianapolis
Geo. E. Davis
Harry Jones
The
Ironworkers’ Union
Davis
Ellen Mathewson buried in Onalaska funeral
Funeral services for Ellen Mathewson mother of A T Mathewson La Crosse County Poor Farm superintendent were held at 2 30 PM at T G Aiken residence Onalaska. Rev J H Klaus of German Methodist church conducted the rites. Burial was in Onalaska cemetery.
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Ellen Mathewson
A. T. Mathewson
la Crosse County
T. G. Aiken
Onalaska
J. H. Klaus
German Methodist Church
Icp Upheld UP In Failing To Establish Through Routes
The Interstate Commerce Commission today sustained Union Pacific in not establishing through routes and joint rates from Chicago to Oregon Short Line stations via Northern Pacific and via Atchison Topeka Santa Fe. It ruled the failure did not deprive the government of land grant deductions reserved by statute.
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P. Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Oregon
Northern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe
Parcel post limits rise for zones three to six
A new parcel post regulation increases allowed weights and reduces rates in zones three to six beginning January 1. In the first three zones up to fifty pounds may be mailed, with others rising from eleven to thirty pounds. The plan may add an auto truck to handle higher volume, and small farm goods become mail eligible.
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Parcel Post Service
la Crosse
Chicago to drop New Year's cafe closing limit
Mayor Harrison announced that Chicago will not order cafes to close at 1 a.m. on New Year’s Eve as in prior years. Reservations have already been made for about three fourths of Loop restaurant seating capacity.
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Geo. B. Rose
Wisconsin
Chicago
Harrison
Jack
Evelyn
Daddy
Mr. Boreas
Bia Ot
Edge Wood
Canal Fully Open Through Panama Passage
The Panama Canal opened from end to end today as dredge work removed the Cucuracha slide enough to allow medium sized steamers to pass through all locks and channels.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Cucuracha
Wisconsin deer killed by hunters in late November
Fifteen thousand deer were killed in Wisconsin forests during the last twenty days of November. The estimate by Chief Games Warden John Sholts cites records and expert judgment. A total of 7 040 deer were shipped this season. Barron county had the most hunters with 557 licenses. Milwaukee 408. Douglas 292. Chippewa 2638. St Croix 196. Wood 195. Ashland 194. Dane county residents accounted for 103 deer shipped.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
John Sholts
Barron County
Milwaukee County
Douglas
Chippewa
St. Croix
Wood
Ashland
Dane County
Hunt for Mona Lisa theft accomplice in Paris
Paris authorities opened a search for a possible accomplice of Verenica Perugia in the Mona Lisa theft. The inquiry is directed by Prefect of Police Hennion as of December 16.
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Paris
Verenica Perugia
Hennion
First French aviator Leon Bollee dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Leon Bollee pioneer aviator and early French flight figure. Bollee aided the Wright brothers at Mans in 1908 and helped launch aeroplaning in France while also being notable in the automobile industry.
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Paris
Leon Bollea
France
Bollee
Wrights
Mans
Radium Cures Cancer Claim By Johns Hopkins Doctor
Philadelphia claims radium offers a positive cure for cancer Dr Howard A Kelly of Johns Hopkins and Dr Robert Abbe of New York announced today They cited numerous cases where cancers and tumors disappeared after radium treatment
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Philadelphia
Howard A. Kelly
Johns Hopkins University
Robert Abbe
New York
Tybelhorn Realty chief jailed for leasing to disorderly tenants
Ernest Tybelhorn, president of the Tybelhorn Realty Company, faces appeal after a New York judge sentenced him to twenty five days in jail and a $500 fine for knowingly renting apartments to disorderly persons. The judge said rental profits from dissolute tenants are large and fines ineffective.
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New York
Ernest Tybelhorn
Tybelhorn Realty Company
Collins
Cleveland Hotel Strike Shuts Two City Hostels
Three hundred waiters cooks bus boys and bartenders at the Statler and Hollenden hotels walk out today causing dining rooms and cafes to close as picketing begins at both venues in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Statler and
Hollenden
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