YEGGMEN CRACK SAFE AT HARTING BROS FACTORY
Burglars used nitroglycerine to blast a small Harting Bros Chero-Cola Works safe last night. About seventeen dollars remained. two boxes of valuable papers were taken. Entry came from the rear with a crowbar. tracks show escape toward Terre Haute. Police linked to other recent burglaries in Cory and Robinson, Ill. One other local business, Carl Jackson’s auto sales room, reported rear-door forced entry, but no valuables lost. A box found near Chris Myers grocery indicates dispersal of loot.
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Chero-Cola Bottling Works
Third Street
Harting Bros
Chris Myers
Terre Haute
Cory
Robinson
Ill
Chero Cola Works
Jasonville Road
Carl Jackson
Jackson
Keystone Coal Company
Chero Cola
Defendant testifies in Hatfield killing trial
George "Buster" Pence, among three indicted, told jurors he was at the top of courthouse steps when the August 1 shooting began. He said Hatfield and Chambers fired, and he drew his pistol after dropping his knife. Testimony included remarks by defense witness R. L. Tester about Hatfield's backers and anticipated street violence in Welch.
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Sid
Pence
Hatfield
Chambers
Lively
R. L. Tester
Cline
Hoover Says Jobs Parley Aided Over Million
Washington Dec. 17 The Hoover report says unemployment nationwide has been greatly relieved by the Harding national conference. At the conference 8,800,000 were unemployed, but Hoover believes 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 fewer would be jobless today thanks to the conference and its municipal relief focus.
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Washington
Harding
Hoover
Woman Admits Bigamy After Eight Husbands Named
In Cleveland Ohio Prosecutor Stanton announced a grand jury indicted 41 year old Mrs Jessie Seaman on bigamy. She confessed to eight living husbands none divorced after a Salvation Army meeting. Records show marriages in Cleveland Meadville Buffalo Cincinnati under different names. She seeks peace before death.
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Cleveland
Jessie Seaman
Stanton
Seaman
Salvation Army
Corner on eggs broken in Chicago market
Chicago officials believe the egg market corner has been broken by an injunction prohibiting speculation on the Chicago Butter and Egg Board. Prices fell 10 to 12 cents per dozen, now trading around 47 cents, after weeks of steady increases.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
France Faces Naval Limitation Fallout At World Conference
Washington reports say the French delegation bears blame if naval limits fail as Britain and the US oppose France’s larger navy. In the committee of 15, leaders like Arthur Balfour and Secretary Hughes push France to accept what others offer, while Italy vows to proceed with its allotted build.
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Washington
France
Japan
Committee of 15
Arthur J. Balfour
Hughes
America
Schanzer
Italy
Mine Workers Urge Pardon for Eugene V Debs
Officials of District No. 11 United Mine Workers of America urge Senators New Sanders and Watson to use their influence to secure a pardon for Eugene V. Debs. The letter, signed by President John Fessler and officers, appeals to Vigo County citizens and Washington representatives for a Christmas season clemency gesture.
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Terre Haute
United Mine Workers of America
Harry S. New
Everett Sanders
James E. Watson
Eugene Debs
John Fessler
T. S. Roberts
William Mitch
Washington
Vigo County
United Mine Workers
Eugene V. Debs
Conference on Mexican affairs eyed by President Harding
Washington December 17. President Harding considers calling a conference on Mexican affairs after the armament talks. The objective is to gain a treaty with Obregon pledging protection of American rights and to secure recognition for the Mexican government. Obregon demands recognition first and vows to avoid signing otherwise.
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Washington
Harding
Obregon
Mexico
Hughes
George Summerlin
Mexico City
United States
Carranza
New immigration laws to restrain entrants proposed
Washington reports administration backing tighter limits on immigration to address unemployment and assimilation concerns. A five year exclusion act opposed by labor groups and a Dillingham bill proposing $100 fines on steamship firms for over quota arrivals are under consideration. Germany leads in potential admits with 50,757 remaining, while Africa, Greece, Hungary, and other regions face exhausted quotas.
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Washington
Representative Johnson
Congress
House Immigration Committee
Edward Wallace
American Federation of Labor
New York
America
Dillingham
Vermont
Husband
United States
Africa
Atlantic Islands
Greece
Hungary
Jugo- Slavia
Portugal
New Zealand
Syria
Turkey
Smprna
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Colored Bandits Escape After Restaurant Hold Up Near Terre Haute
Two bandits driving a Buick at about sixty miles per hour bypassed Terre Haute police on the South Seventh street road near the Halstead farm. They later looted a Sullivan restaurant but fled, abandoning the Buick and taking a Cadillac, with the pursued car linked to Edward Nrazier and J. C. Stimson. Police could not capture them.
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Terre Haute
South Seventh Street
Halstead Farm
J. C. Stimson
North Thirteenth Street
Murray
Sullivan
Mike Workman
Workman
Ben Workman
Dance Hall
Edward Nrazier
Putnam Avenue
Stimson
Frazier
van Cleave
Shumard
Mahaney
Weather Forecast Cloudy and Colder Tonight
Cloudy skies and noticeably cooler tonight with possible snow flurries in the northeast. Sunday looks generally fair but colder in the east with brisk winds and low temperatures overall.
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East
MAY DEPORT RADICALS. FROM KANSAS EL D
In Pittsburg Kansas on December 17 federal authorities plan deportation of alien women leaders of the amazon army and other radicals and undesirables in the Kansas coal fields. Investigators and U S district attorney Alfred E Williams arrived to begin a probe expected to lead to deportation proceedings against many foreigners. About sixty persons connected with mine field outlawry from rioting to assault and battery and bootlegging are to be arrested.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Amazon Army
Kansas
Alfred E. Williams
United States District Attorney
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