Four Power Pact Clears Way For Peace Parley Progress
Washington December 12 1922 secretary Hughes says Yap dispute settled privately between United States and Japan four power Pacific agreement paves path for swift naval arms talks and possible early plenary session to approve the five five five ratio big three meet today to push a status on the plan Japan denies any orders to accept 5-5-3 while seeking to save the Mutsu and block US bases at Guam or Fortifications in the western Pacific British support a no new bases pledge excluding Hawaii and Aleutians Dutch Harbor cited as strategic potential but treated as defensive if accepted by all parties the alliance with Japan appears to fade and public opinion argues the accord removes major obstacles to naval limits and bases talks.
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Washington
Hughes
Mr. Balfour
Baron Kato
Tokio
Pacific
United States
Guam
Philippines
Great Brita
Japan
Britain
Hawaiian Islands
Aleutian Islands
Hawaiian
Dutch Harbor
America
Great Britain
Philippine
Detectives Go On Trial For Mining Village Killing
An adjourned criminal court session in Welch West Virginia began the trial of detectives C E Lively George Buster Pence and William Slaters for the killing of Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers on the courthouse steps August 1 last Hatfield with his wife and Mrs Chambers witnessed the event as they traveled to answer charges linked to a Mohawk mining village shooting about a year prior.
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Welch
W. Va
Criminal Court
C. E. Lively
George
Buster’) Pence
William Slaters
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Court House
Hatfield
Warden and three aides stabbed during prison riot in Marquette
Warden Theodore B. Catlin and three assistants are in Branch Hospital after a fight with three Detroit long term inmates. The attack occurred in the prison chapel during a moving picture show as inmates Harvey Perry and Roberts struck the staff.
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Marquette, Mich
Theodore B. Catlin
Detroit
Arthur
Gypsy Bob” Harvey
Jasper Perry
Charles Roberts
Chicago Packers 19 Reject Arbitration
Chicago packing house officials reaffirmed that a week old Amalgamated Meat Cutters strike has not disrupted operations and refused union arbitration overtures. No violence reported by stockyards police amid a manhunt for escaped murderer Tommy O Connor. packing district security trimmed. In Ft Worth a black packer beaten by strike supporters was lynched after shooting two pickets. in Kansas City Kansas shots fired at a worker at his home.
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Chicago
Packing House
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
Packer
Tommy O'Connor
Ft. Worth
Pred Ronse
Kansas City
Kans
Four Men Caught by Posse After Jail Breakout Attempt
In Breathitt County Kentucky on Lost Creek near Jackson twenty five state guardsmen and deputies arrested four men last night for taking part in an attempted jail delivery that left Albert Roberts dead and jailer Oscar Allen’s daughter in law severely wounded. Names released include Breathitt Noble Beecher Noble Sam Grigsby and Watts is said to be the alleged leader missing. Identites of others remain undisclosed.
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Jackson
Lost Creek
Breathitt County
Sheriff’s Office
Albert Roberts
A. A. Allen
Oscar Allen
Allen
S Breathitt Noble
Beecher Noble
Sam Grigsby
Watts
Bud Noble
Bath Hospital
December Depression Drives Coal Mines to Closure in Hoosier State
December finds many mines across Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana closing as demand slumps. Prices fail to move coal amid abundant supply with Indiana and other states flooded, prompting production cuts and idleness across smokeless and bituminous fields. prepared grades struggle while contract fuel and smaller tonnages move slowly.
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Elkins
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Hocking Valley
Cambridge
Pomeroy Bend
Mellon to quit cabinet in weeks with new Defense Dept
Washington December reports say Secretary of the Treasury Mellon will retire and Secretary Weeks become head of the treasury while Secretary Denby leads a new Department of National Defense combining the War and Navy departments. The move aims to coordinate the military services, curb costs, and win congressional approval for enabling legislation.
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Washington
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Secretary of War
Weeks
The
Treasury
Secretary Denby
Department of National Defense
War
Navy
Congress
Army
Weather Report Unsettled Conditions Tonight Through Tuesday
An unsettled forecast predicts rain or snow in north and central areas tonight with a shift in temperatures by Tuesday. The outlook notes a likely temperature change as the system moves through.
Grain Growers Told to Probe Wheat Price
CHICAGO December 12 A statement by C H Gustafson president of the U S Grain Growers Inc charges grain dealers at terminal markets with hammering wheat prices below levels justified by world supply and demand He urges a speedy federal trade commission investigation to uncover the real reasons for ruinous prices citing large exports and belief in weak foreign demand while producers face debt and possible bankruptcy
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Chicago
C. H. Gustafson
U. S. Grain Growers, Inc
United States Department of Commerce
Gustafson
Sweden
Watch stops a holdup as man fights back in Indianapolis
Clyde Towle of Portland, Ind., dodged two armed robbers when a bullet shattered his watch at 9:30 p m. The timepiece saved Towle by staying near his heart as he struck at a gunman and chased the other. Isaac Collier was shot in the left forearm while fleeing the robbers.
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Indianapolis
Clyde Towle
Towle
Towel
Portland
Ind
Isaac Collier
Official Ends Life Ottawa
R. E. Rourke comptroller of currency in the Dominion government killed himself by swallowing poison last night. The comptroller’s office is the highest post in the Canadian department of finance under civil service regulation.
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Ottawa
R. E. Rourke
Comptroller’s Office
Department of Finance
Civil Service
Moving picture fire destroys Dallas ware rooms
Dallas Texas December 12 film losses exceed 1 million dollars as a fire wiped out the ware rooms of Consolidated Film and Supply and damaged several smaller firms. The blaze impacted film service distribution across north Texas and southern Oklahoma, destroying many new releases and knocking out multiple distributors including Marker Film Emergency Film Texas Film Enterprise Distributing United Artists Peacock Productions and Southern Enterprise.
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Dallas
Texas
Consolidated Film and Supply Company
Oklahoma
Marker Film Company
Emergency Film Company
Texas Film Company
Enterprise Distributing Corporation
United Artists
Peacock Productions
Southerrn Enterprise Company
Landslide Traps Firemen in Seattle Rescue Effort
In Seattle on December 12 at least twenty five firemen and volunteer rescuers were buried while trying to save a woman and two children from a home overwhelmed by a Western Seattle landslide. The disaster left hundreds homeless as heavy rains caused widespread slides in the area.
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Teer
Served in France Now Is Wanted for Murder
New York December 12 A young woman who served in France during the war became the center of a police search into the Saturday night murder of Dr. Abraham Glickstein in Brooklyn. Police sought the woman whose muff concealed a revolver and who slipped past patients after the shooting. Detectives were sent to Philadelphia to trace the trail while officials refused to confirm if she is the suspect. The revolver, with a discharged cartridge in one chamber, was found hidden in a tattered muff beneath a book case after the slaying.
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New York
France
Abraham Glickstein
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago gunman escapes jail after sensational breakout
Sentenced to hang next Thursday for the murder of Officer Patrick ONeil, Lucky Tom OConnor remains at large after a dramatic jail escape. He overpowered guards, commandeered a freight elevator, and fled with Edwin Darrow and James Laporte, while guard Sponagel broke ankles in the jump. Two other prisoners sought hospital passes amid the chaos.
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Chicago
Tommy” O'Connor
Patrick O'Neil
Stockyards
O’connor
Edwin Darrow
James Lapert
O'Conner
Illinois Supreme Court
Clarence Sponagel
Sponagel
O’conner
Straus
James Laporte
Quiet strike action in Kansas City packing district
In Kansas City, December 12, officials warned George W. Reed, a black strike leader, that further acts similar to Saturday night’s shooting near the Morris plant would bring serious measures. Reed denied responsibility for the night’s outburst.
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Kansas City
Kas
Packing House
Henry B. Burton
Kan
Henry T. Zimmer
George W. Reed
Morris Plant
Reed
Man kills wife then shoots self in Toledo
Raymond Kortner, 27, Terre Haute interior decorator, shot and killed his wife Viola Fortner in Toledo after she refused Christmas gifts for their two children. He then shot himself through the body, likely causing a fatal injury. the couple had been separated for some time.
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Toledo
Ohio
Raymond Kortner
Terre Haute
Ind
Viola Fortner
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