Canadian Raps League Plan Of Technical Body Conflict
The Geneva assembly heard Canadian ex minister Newton Wesley Rowell attack plans for League of Nations technical organizations on finance health and transportation. He argued such bodies would escape assembly control and be steered by Europe, urging Canada’s sacrifice in war not to be wasted.
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Geneva
Dec
Associated Press
League of Nations
League
Newton Wesley Rowell
Privy Council
Europe
Canada
Rowell
Assembly
Fridtjof Nansen
Norway
Nansen
Teague
Gabriel Hanotaux
France
Miller
Australia
Gustav Ader
Switzerland
Council
Lithuania
Robert Cecil
South Africa
Japs Break Up Korean Bands
Japanese forces dispersed armed bands in Korea near Changtao after days of skirmishes. They seized three machine guns and five hundred rifles, burned seventy houses, and shot villagers. In another town ninety people were executed as structures including churches and schools were destroyed.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Changtao
Korea
Non Partisan Leaguers Face Deepening North Dakota Crisis
Non Partisan Leaguers struggle with funds and leadership as the North Dakota movement nears its fourth year in power. Analysts foresee two more years of intense contest between leaguers and anti leaguers, with possible recalls and a reorganization of the Republican ticket in 1922. The Boss at Fargo headquarters outlined a state map of strategic challenges.
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NON Partisan Leaguers
North Dakota
W. H. Powell
Bismarck
N. D
League
Hardy
Fargo
Ex Ruler Constantine Refuses Greek Throne Return
Ex King Constantine will not abdicate in favor of Crown Prince George according to Professor Georgios Streit. Greek government notes request abdication while Athens reports plans for Constantine’s return abandoned amid financial pressure and political maneuvering by Rhallis and Venizelos supporters.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Associated Press
Constantine
George
Georgios Streit
Greece
Streit
Paris
Havas
Athens
Gounaris
Venizelos
Earl of Granville
Rhallis
Railroad Asked to Build Stockyards Between Davenport and Walcott
Farmers between Davenport and Walcott draft a petition urging the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad to install a loading chute and stockyards midway between the cities. The petition will be filed with the Iowa state railway commission at Des Moines. Signatures sought from farmers within the benefited 36 sections.
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Davenport
Walcott
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Iowa State Railway Commission
Des Moines
Will Be Tried for Old Crime
Harvey Johnson, alleged to have murdered Sum Moore in Delaware county Oklahoma seven years ago, is to stand trial there after being moved from Fort Dodge Iowa in custody of Sheriff Hogan. Johnson had boasted of the murder while jailed on a bootleg charge and previously escaped after bond.
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Associated Press
Fort Dodge
Harvey Johnson
Oklahoma
Hogan
Delaware County
Okla
Johnson
Bassett
Webster County
Sum Moore
Moore
Organization work themes at Farm Bureau meet
Indianapolis December 8 The annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention centers on organization work. J R Howard is expected to win re election with no opposition. Potential rivals for vice president include John C Brown Murray D Lincoln and others from state federations and national staff members.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Farm Bureau Federation
J. R. Howard
John C. Brown
Indiana Federation
Howard Leonard
Eureka
Ill
Illinois Agricultural Association
S. L. Strivings
Castle
N. Y
End of Naval Rule in Santo Domingo Promised
Washington announces plan to relax naval administration in Santo Domingo. A decree establishing local government control is being prepared at the State Department and will be promulgated soon.
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Santo Domingo
Washington, D. C
State Department
Cotton Ginnings Total Up To December First
Washington DC December 8 Census Bureau reports cotton ginned before December 1 reached 10,144,921 running bales including 191,687 round bales 48,268 American Egyptian and 1,111 sea island bales.
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Wasington
D. C
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Congress Opens Regular Session With Farm Relief Debates
Washington reports preliminaries over as Congress begins regular work with debate expected on a meat packing industry regulation bill. Senator Hitchcock proposes using about 70 million dollars from federal reserve banks for farmer loans to ease low prices. House and Senate focus on farm relief, tax reforms, and banking changes to aid business and consumers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Nsenator Hitchcock
Nebraska Today
Federal Reserve Banks
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ackerman
New Jersey
Christopherson
South Dakota
United States Grain Corporation
SAY CLOTHIERS AT WAR WITH UNIONS
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America reports New York garment firms have declared war on the union locking out 16 000 workers across six large firms this morning in New York City.
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Clothiers
New York, N. Y
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
New York
Iowa Farm Policies Tackle Rising Grain Rent Change
Charles E. Cameron, president of the state board of agriculture, told the annual meeting in Des Moines that farm conditions in Iowa must change. He said the grain rent will likely replace cash rent as a key economic shift on the farm.
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Des Moines
Charles E. Cameron
State Board of Agriculture
Iowa
Postmaster Appointments Sent to Congress
Washington December 8 appointments as postmasters sent to congress include Herman S. Daniel of Omaha Nebraska and Julius F. Kerberg of Sioux City Iowa.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Herman S. Daniel
Omaha
Neb
Julius F. Kerberg
Sioux City
Iowa
Weather Update for Iowa and Illinois Tonight Through Thursday
Iowa shows unsettled but mostly fair skies with warmer readings in the south and extreme east tonight. Illinois trends unsettled yet generally fair, with temperatures creeping up through Thursday.
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Iowa
Illinois
Miss Mary MacSwiney Defends Ireland Before U S Panel
Miss Mary MacSwiney testified before the Committee of One Hundred on the Irish question in Washington. She argued America did not make the world safe for democracy, but for British interests, warned against British oil and coal control, and defended Sinn Fein while condemning British propaganda.
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Washington, D. C
Mary MacSwiney
Cork
Committee of One Hundred
America
England
Miss MacSwiney
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Germany
MacSwiney
Irish Volunteers
Ulsterites
Sir Edward Carson
Net cost of World War put at 24 billions by Houston
Secretary Houston fixed the net cost of the war to the American government at 24 010 000 000 dollars. He defined this as the adjusted treasury outlay for April 6 1917 to June 30 last, excluding unrelated expenditures. He noted total government disbursements were 38 830 million, with 16 078 844 097 raised from non borrowed revenues. He subtracted 9 523 000 000 in loans to foreign governments and about 4 500 000 000 as excess wartime operations.
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Houston
Washington, d
D. C
Treasury
Army spy hunter under arrest for alleged German espionage
Hans Willet alias Captain John Williams, once commander of Company I 48th Infantry, held at Castle William on Castle Island awaiting action on an alleged confession of espionage. He allegedly trained 300 cadets in Germany and plotted to mislead units into dangerous positions in France. His wife from Chicago sought his keys and money after his arrest.
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New York
N. Y
Hans Willet
John Williams
48Th Infantry
Castle William
Governor's Island
Hugh H. Hannigan
Willet
Germany
United States
United States Army
France
Miss Crawford
Chicago
Bandit Offers Cash After Robbery in Steubenville
Daniel Cable, a pottery worker, reported that a robber jumped him on a road near his home in Steubenville Ohio, overpowered him and rifled his pockets. Finding no money the bandit pulled out a roll of bills and offered Cable ten dollars saying he needed it more. Cable refused the money in surprise.
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Steubenville
Daniel Cable
Cable
Commons Takes Up Valera Case in London Debates
In the British House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law says Britain may seek U S government notice of anti British activities by Eamon de Valera. Horatio Bottomley urges strong representations to the United States. Bonar Law notes expediency guides any diplomatic action amid a sharp anti Britain campaign in America.
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London
Associated Press
United States
America
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Horatio Bottomley
Great Britain
de Valera
Bonar Law
Aother
Bonar Law Sid
Simple ceremony at trench of the bayonets
Verdun France December 8 simple ceremonies were held at the monument preserving the trench of the bayonets where a French battalion was entombed in 1916. The monument was funded by a 500000 franc gift from George F Rand of Buffalo New York who was killed in an airplane crash in England last December. his son assumed the obligation.
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New York
Norris
Nebraska
Oliver P. Newman
Washington, D. C
Union Station
Champ Clark
James A. Reed
Missouri
Peter A. Drury
Merchants’ Bank
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Walter Reed Hospital
Friends of Irish Freedom
Verdon
France
George F. Rand
Buffalo
N. Y
England
Ion
16 Day Search for Clara Smith Nears Climax
Ardmore reports a 16 day manhunt for Clara Barton Smith, linked to the fatal shooting of Jake L Hamon. El Paso officers say she was near Juarez but no arrest occurred due to lack of extradition papers. Fort Worth lawyers propose offering surrender terms for a speedy Ardmore court action.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Clara Barton Smith
Jake L. Hannon
Republican National
el Paso
Tex
Dev
Jake L. Hamnon
Oklo
Miss Smith
Juarez
Seth B. Orndorff
Clara Smith
Jake Hannon
J. L. Smith
Fort Worth
Mexico
Clara B. Smith
Texas
Auto Bandits Rob 2 Stores near Davenport Iowa
Auto bandits robbed two storefronts near Davenport in the early hours. At Birkel Brothers pool room they took $153 and at Semmer of Confectionery $100, plus merchandise. The trio fled in a high powered motor car.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Bettendorf
Birkel Brothers
Semmer
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Ment
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Farm Bureau
Miss M'Swiney
Az i
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Commons
Valera
Paso
Ross
San Antonio
Penny M. Ross
News Association
San Francisco
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Frank Louis Hamon
Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Frank L. Hamon
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