Armistice Talks Reported as Mexican Front Battles Continue
Vera Cruz reports an armistice being arranged between rebel and federal forces while Huerta communicates with General Martinez. Obregonist troops suffer losses at San Marcos, rebels claim the heavier tally. Merida falls to rebels. Apizaco and Vera Cruz frontlines remain contested as Obregon shifts forces south.
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Mexico de Dee
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Impeus
Acapulco
Carlos Greena
Pablo Rodriguez
Mexico
de la Huerta Junta
Adolfist
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Enrique de Ruzo
Christmas Rush At The Post Office Builds To Peak
The Christmas rush at the post office is in full swing and peaks before Christmas with Wednesday or Thursday of next week as the end. About 1800 parcels and 9000 letters were handled on Tuesday and 1400 parcels and 9000 letters on the same day. The postmaster thanks citizens for early parcel sending and notes continued mail from the United States. Five carloads of mail for Western points left Winnipeg yesterday.
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United States
Winnipeg
Two Brothers Net $1200 In Fish In Two Weeks
Louis Cove aged 19 and his 16 year old brother from Big River ash. paddled to the Deep River near Isle a la Crosse to freeze up and returned in fifteen days with fish valued over $1200, a remarkable haul for their own design scows.
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Saskatoon
Louis Cove
Big River
Ash
Isle A la Crosse
Father Delorme Set for February Murder Trial
Montreal reports the trial of Father Delorme for the murder of his half brother Raoul Delorme will start in February instead of March as the term of the Court of King’s Bench has been advanced. Also noted is a Toronto accident where Mrs Sarah Grossmann and children escaped unharmed when a three storey house fire collapsed.
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Montreal
Father Delorme
Raoul Delorme
Notifestion
Court of King’s Bench
Torento
Sarah Grossmann
Nifilar Tate
Fire Destroys Three-Story Toronto Shoe Store
Damage estimated at 80000 dollars occurred when a blaze gutted a three story building housing the Novelty Shoe Store in central Toronto.
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Novelty Shoe
Toronto
Kissed By Many Men During Campaign Says Woman MP
London reports Lady Torrington, one of eight women elected to the House of Commons, says the women’s vote helped her win and that men were kind after she was praised by dozens. She plans a bill granting votes to women aged 21 and older.
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London
Lady Torrington
House of Commons
Ford says he will not run against Coolidge
Detroit December 19 Henry Ford declares he would not consider running against President Coolidge on any ticket. Michigan petitions show Coolidge listed for Republican and Ford listed for Democratic ticket with backers including Horatio Earle and J M Helm of Adrian.
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Henry Ford
Coolidge
Lansing
Mich
Calvin Coolidge
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Earle
J. M Helm
Adrian
Ford
Mutiny by Soviet Troops Reported in Siberia
Mutiny of Soviet Russian troops began last Monday with reports from Vladivostok Nikolak and Kholborovek. Reds are aided by White anti-Soviet partisans in Siberia as populations suffer under food tax seizures religious persecution and harsh Soviet officials.
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Vladivostok
Nikolak
Kholborovek
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Ciiica
My Life Shall Pay For My Act Berthon Testimony
Paris court heard Germaine Berthon recount how she shot Marius Plateau, reporter at L Action Francaise, after he opened the door. She declared she regretted nothing and would pay with her life for the act, noting she blamed the paper for several political assassinations and campaigns.
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Germaine Berthon
Marius Plateau
L’action Francaise
Berthon
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Leon Daudet
Jean-Jaures
M. Malvy
Florodora Show Funds Rotary Christmas Cheer
The News notes profits from tonight's Florodora will support the Rotary Christmas Cheer fund. The program funds joy for needy families, with distribution after careful investigation to ensure assistance reaches the rightful recipients. The piece urges citizen participation as a charitable duty.
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Rotary
Grant Hall decries tax rises slowing Western industry
Grant Hall vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in Winnipeg after an inspection tour of the West. He cited strong Pacific coast demand and Japan’s lumber revival while warning continued taxation increases could dampen Western industrial growth.
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Winnipeg
Cfile Railway
Hall
Vancouver
Victoria
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Pacific
Mr. Hall
Japan
Okanagan Dis
No Election Expected Says Mussolini Amid Pre-Election Talk
London reports King George and Queen Elizabeth left Piraeus last night aboard a steamer. Mussolini, in a letter to Public Works Minister Carnazzan, said he had not decided to consult the country on new elections. Parliament had been closed by royal decree on December 10 with speculation of dissolution.
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Greece
Piraeus
Ome
Mussolini
Carnazzan
Chamber of Deputies
Con Bk
Progressives Plan Provincial Organization to Control Ottawa
The Progressive group in the house of commons wrapped a two day conference with plans for vigorous provincial organization toward a national conference and a federal coordinating executive. They call for tariff cuts, low interest agricultural credit, and a full review of banking rules to ease postwar burdens and restore confidence. Leaders from Manitoba Ontario Saskatchewan and Alberta attended.
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Winnipeg
House of Commons
Ottawa
Progressive Party
Progressivea
Canada
Europe
Robert Forke
R. A. Hoey
Wanitoba
R. H. Halbert
B. W. Fancher
Ontario
J. F. Johnson
Andrew Knox
Saskatchewan
Robert Gardiner
Alberta
Silver Fox Trapped by Indian Boy Near Green Lake
A year-old Indian boyLittle Boulter trapped a silver black fox near St Warburg Sask. He showed the snarling animal to his father who paid $60 cash at the Hudson's Bay trading post in Green Lake for the skin a double harness and enough provisions for winter.
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Saskatoon
St. Warburg
Sask
Boulter
Humph
Cayuse
Green Lake
Sales Tax to Go Into Effect Jan First
Ottawa reports no government plan to pend or modify the new Sales Tax with officials stating the act will take effect January 1. Jacques Bureau, minister of cost and excise, said only Parliament could change its enforcement and that the department will begin duties collecting the tax as written.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Jacques Bureau
Cost and Excise
G W V A Pushes Government to Recognize Claus Club Drafts
Alderman Baker, president of the G W V A special command, reports the provincial executive wired Premier Creentic asking recognition of incorporated clubs in beer sale legislation. Local commands also request that incorporated clubs be allowed to sell beer.
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Ald. Baker
Mr Fieldings Condition Noted In Ottawa Dispatch
In Ottawa today the condition of Mr. Fielding was described as unchanged. The report notes the state of the cabinet member and provides no new developments on his health.
Young Willie Found Stranded In Brandon Hospital
Manitoba lad Willie Young, nicknamed British Oster, has both feet amputated after a straw incident and remains in Brandon hospital with life expectancy uncertain.
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