Ulster Cabinet Split Rumors Tap Ireland Peace Talks
London reports indicate Ulster and Dail cabinets meet as Sir James Craig heads to London to press Dublin terms. Possible split in the Dail cabinet over oath and defense minister Cathal Drugha amid amnesty releases in Dublin as King George proclaims clemency for internees.
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London
Associated Press
Ulster
Dail Eireann
Ireland
Belfast
James Craig
James
Sinn Fein
Irish Free State
Dafl
Cathal Drugha
Charles Burgess
Craig
Lloyd George
No. 10
Downing Street
Spender
Ulster Cabinet
Ernest Clark
Cheners Court
Dublin
King George
Kilmainham
Arbour Hill
Mount Joy
Arthur
Chicago Stockyards violence prompts injunction bid
Rival packers seek court order to curb union activity as clashes erupt at Chicago stockyards. Police, including mounted units, quell rioting after strikes begin. Nine seriously hurt and many more injured as crowds attack workers and shelter areas. Chief cites women attackers with peppers and tossed tacks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Union
Superior Court
Dennis Sullivan
Swift and Company
Fitzmorris
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butcher Workers of
North America
Inde
Order Deposing Howat Approved by UMWA Board
Indianapolis officials report the United Mine Workers international executive board approved John L. Lewis action revoking Kansas district charter and deposing its officers. The board ruled a Kansas district assessment by the Illinois district convention illegal and violative of union laws and directed officers and members not to collect such assessments.
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Associated ‘Press
Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas District Organization
International Executive Board
International Board
District 12
Illinois
Kansas District
Wedding Trousers Too Long Then Short, Suit Forthcoming
John Srim of St. Louis sues his tailor for 113 dollars over wedding suit trousers that alternately were too long and too short delaying the ceremony. He claims prepaid rent and lawyer fees. The case is under advisement. Srim's marriage has not been announced.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
John Srim
Srim
Spring Surprise in Burch Trial
In Los Angeles on December 8 the Arthur C. Burch murder trial gained attention as new witnesses Case Mary A. Bailiff, M. L. Wilson and E. W. Cummings testified. Bailiff said she met Madalynne Obenchain who warned Kennedy would soon pass out. Wilson linked Obenchain postcards and a note saying This is his last chance. Cummings saw a dimmed headlight car in Beverly Glen that prosecutors say Burch rented to lie in wait for Kennedy.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Mary A. Bailiff
M. L. Wilson
E. W. Cummings
Beverly Glen
Kennedy
Burch
Postpone Dates of Crop Report
Washington December 8 The department of agriculture has postponed the December crop report dates for staple crops. The December report on acreage yield and production for 1921 and revised figures for 1919 and 1920 will be issued on December 28 at 4 p m. The estimated acreage and condition of fall sown wheat and rye now come out December 29 at 12 30 p m. The delay allows the crop reporting board to revise 1919 1920 1921 figures for 48 states and to check estimates against census data.
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Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
College Journalists Meet in Ames Conference
Delegates from forty colleges gather in Ames for the first session of the annual Sigma Delta Chi conference. Detroit native Lee M. White serves as national president. The convention continues through Saturday.
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Associated Press
Ames
United States
Sigma Delta Chi
Lee M. White
Detroit
Weeks attacks fragmented congress over power split
Secretary of War John W Weeks told the life insurance presidents convention that dividing authority among many congressional committees risks hostile blocs and paralyzing gridlock. He contrasted this with a past era of strong executive leadership and warns it has fostered irresponsible legislation and weaker government.
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New York
N. Y
Congress
United States
John W. Weeks
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Weeks
Senate
House
Committee On Rules
Bodies of Men Found in Far North by Explorers
A Moscow radio dispatch quoted by the London Times says the Russian expedition under Begicheff has found the bodies of Knudsen and Tessen, both members of the Amundsen North Polar expedition, who disappeared during Arctic explorations in winter 1919. The bodies were located near the mouth of the Yenisei.
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London
London Times
Christiania
Moscow
Begicheff
Siberia
Knudsen
Tessen
Arctic
Jenesey
Press Feeders See $1 Weekly Cut in Wages
In New York on December 8, 2800 press assistants and feeders in the book and job printing trade face a $1 weekly wage reduction to 36.50 as the arbitrator's decision takes effect. The cut applies to workers across the trade and marks a labor adjustment negotiated to balance costs.
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New York
Prohibition Enforcement Hurdles Cited By General Baker
General Superintendent P. A. Baker told the Anti Saloon League that wet newspapers and law officers who fail to recognize the eighteenth amendment has been adopted hinder effective prohibition enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P. A. Baker
The
Anti-Saloon League
Union of British States Seen As Outcome of Freedom
Washington dispatch notes that a peace between Ireland and England could reshape US foreign policy toward British dominions. Ireland would join the league of nations with Canada and Australia, obtain territorial integrity guarantees, and likely wield influence on foreign policy alongside Canada and other dominions. The exact relations of the Irish Free State with world governments remain undefined. Continued on Page Six.
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Dominions
Washington
Ireland
England
United States
League of Nations
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
League of Nations Assembly
League
South Africa
Meighen Og
London
Flood Dies in Washington D C at 56
Representative Henry D Flood of Virginia died at his home in Washington D C from heart trouble after weeks of illness He was serving his eleventh term and chaired the House foreign affairs committee He introduced the wartime resolutions and his death prompted an immediate adjournment and expressions of regret from the House
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Washington, D. C
Henry D. Flood
Virginia
Flood
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Appomattox
Japan Approves Quadruple Plan Amid Far East Settlement
Washington reports the Japanese government has accepted a quadruple understanding in the Pacific. A British spokesman notes the 5-5-3 capital ships ratio relates to a wider settlement, but Tokyo has only preliminarily approved the plan. The conference awaits full approval and related Far East accords.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Pacific
Honolulu
Washington
Conference
China
Clinton to Inaugurate De Molay Chapter for Boys
Clinton Iowa will institute a De Molay chapter on December 30 with 100 charter members aged 16 to 21. The De Molay consistory of Clinton, sponsor and Scottish Rite Masons unit, backs the new chapter.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Order of de Molay
de Molay Consistory
Scottish Rite Masons
Fair Weather Across Iowa Illinois Tonight Through Friday
Iowa sees fair conditions tonight and Friday with temperatures rising into Friday. Illinois reports generally fair skies tonight and Friday, cooler in the southeast tonight, with warmer readings Friday afternoon in the north and central regions.
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Iowa
Illinois
Farmers urged to grow more alfalfa to trim corn surplus
Iowa bankers and farmers at Des Moines conference urged a coordinated corn belt push to greatly increase plantings of clover, alfalfa and soy beans. The resolution called for Bankers to use War Finance Corp funds, for freight reduction, tax levy cuts, and a permanent eleven member committee led by E. T. Meredith to aid farmers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
War Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
E. T. Meredith
Degler Trial Detail Shows Mother’s Fight For Son
Mrs John Degler a slight German accented witness testifies amid emotional strain in the district court. She describes family tensions between father and son and frames a narrative aimed at ensuring her oldest son John Frank Degler’s acquittal of murder. The state presses its case as court calendar signals rest.
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John Degler, Sr
John Frank Degler
Degler
L. A. Crull
Charles P. Hanley
D. W Jackson
R. Lewis Kinsley
Cedar Street
William Cooper
Mrs. Degler
Powers Won’t Extend Leases Naval Limitation Plan
The Far East committee of the Washington conference adopted a resolution opposing entering into treaties that would weaken the Root resolutions on China. It aims to block further foreign spheres of influence and leased territory. The panel adjourned to Saturday for more Shantung talks. Cable delays hindered receiving Japan’s views on the naval limitation proposal.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Far East Committee
Washington
China
Far Eastern Committee
Shantung
Tokio
Two Wounded by Marine Report
Official reports from Charleston say a marine guard on a mail car of train No. 80 near Savannah shot at three white men robbing an express car ahead. Two of the men were badly wounded.
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Charleston
S. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Savannah
Jilted youth Carl Dugdale ends life in Dixon
In Dixon Illinois on December 8 Carl Dugdale aged 20 shot himself after being rejected by his sweetheart and dismissed from his job at a Franklin Grove druggist due to his wayward conduct.
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Self
Dixon
Ill
Carl Dugdale
Franklin’ Grove
Cotton Consumption Puts Ginned Totals Near Seven Million
The census bureau announced today that cotton ginned before Dec 1 totaled 7,640,870 running bales, including 121,859 round bales counted as half bales, with 22,058 bales of American-Egyptian and 2,915 bales of Sea Island.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Rehearing Denied in 1916 North Shore Bank Wreck Case
Springfield officials James T. and William H. Paisley had prison sentences upheld by the supreme court for a second time. The court refused to grant rehearings on the conviction of wrecking the North Shore Savings Bank in Chicago in 1916.
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Springfield
Ill
James T
Wiliam H. Paisley
North Shore Savings Bank
Chicago
Supreme Court
Submarine S-48 Sinks Off Bridgeport. Crew Escape
The Lake Submarine Boat Co craft sank in eighty feet of water near Bridgeport. After twelve hours submerged the crew raised the craft and escaped through torpedo tubes. Thirty men were hospitalized in New York with chlorine gas exposure. commander Lieutenant Francis Adams Smith among those seriously ill.
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Associated Press
Bridgeport
Conn
New York
N. Y
New York Navy Yard
Francis Adams Smith
Lake Submarine Boat Company
Railroad Firm Directors and Officers List
A directory compiles names of directors and officers for eighteen railroad corporations. The list preserves key individuals and their official positions within each company.
Kenyon Defends Bloc Formation in Colorado Speech
Senator William S. Kenyon of Iowa defended the agricultural bloc before farmers at the Colorado Farmers Congress in Fort Collins. He argued the bloc facilitates fair farmer privileges and supports a genuine farmer on the federal reserve board, while backing soldier bonus legislation.
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Fort Collins
Colo
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
United States Senate
Colorado Farmers’ Congress
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Kenyon
Ilegis
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Heport
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Madalynne Obenchain
Belton
U. S
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Arctic Ocean
David Lawrence
Japan
Banker - Farmer Conference
John Degler
New York Hospital
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