Degler Found Guilty of Slaying Father in Second Degree
A twelve hour jury deliberation returned a verdict of second degree murder against ex convict John Degler for the 12 year old killing of his father John Degler Sr. The court will hear a motion for a new trial in ten days and sentence follows. Large crowd packed the district court as closing arguments wrapped up yesterday and before the verdict was read.
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John Frank Degler
John Degler
D. W. Jackson
Court House
Escape of OConnor Triggers Chicago Jail Chase
Gunman Lucky Tom OConnor led a 3000-strong police and deputy manhunt after a dramatic Cook County jail escape. He overpowered four guards with three accomplices, using a revolver hidden for the breakout. State’s Attorney Crowe and Sheriff Peters ordered new inquiries and offered a $500 reward.
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Chicago
Ill
Tommy” O'Connor
Cook County
O’connor
O'Connor
Fitzmorris
Robert Crowe
Charles Peters
David Straus
Dave” O'Connor
Straus
Edwin Darrow
James la Porte
Darrow
Eense
la Porte
Spon
U S Proposes Buy Cape Cod Canal for 11.5 Million
Secretaries Weeks Denby and Hoover urge federal purchase of the Cape Cod canal. They tell Congress acquisition is desirable at a price of 11.5 million, with 5.5 million cash and 6 million in bonds. Transfer to federal government would include 932 acres of land. President Harding forwards the Dawes estimate to Speaker Gillett for action.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cape Cod
Weeks
Denby
Hoover
Congress
Harding
Gillett
Hawes
Dawes
Boston, Cape Cod & New York
The
Cape Cod Construction Company
Packers Refuse to Meet Unions Amid Strike Action
Chicago officials confirmed the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen strike remains unsettled with no arbitration talks. Dennis Lane, union secretary, traveled to Washington to present the strike and wage concerns to President Harding and the labor department. Separately a man lynching and related violence were reported in Fort Worth and Kansas City, with New York workers joining the sympathy strike in support of Chicago's meat workers.
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Chicago
Ill
Packing House
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Dennis Lane
Washington
Harding
Department of Labor
Tommy O'Connor
Fort Worth
Fred Rouse
Kansas City
Kan
New York
N. Y
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butchers’ Workmen Union of North America
Lane
Trinity College backs peace treaty ratification
Trinity College in Dublin voted to support ratification of the peace treaty between Great Britain and Ireland. The board instructed the registrar to contact university members in the British parliament and the four unionist members of the southern Irish parliament urging support for the terms agreed by the British cabinet and the Dail Éireann delegates.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Trinity College Today
Great Britain and
Ireland
General's Wife Dies at Governor's Island
Mrs. Rob ert Lee Bullard wife of General Bullard commander of the Second Corps area died today at Governor's Island after a long illness. She was born in Chattanooga Tenn sixty years ago.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Robert Lee Bullard
Slaughter Buried Bank Loot In Car Tire
A. W. Mills, insurance agent, says $102,500 in securities is buried somewhere in a car tire in northern Texas. Tom Slaughter’s band robbed banks, with plans to reveal the hiding place to Mills at the Tucker prison farm before Slaughter’s execution.
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Slaughter
Pine Bluff
Ark
Texas
Tom Slaughter
A. W. Mills
Mills
Mr. Mills
Roy Brown
State Farm
Tucker
W. B. Hogg
Little Rock
Tucker Farm
Sinn Fein Chief Declares Ireland Not Bound to Treaty
Dublin report says Eamonn De Valera asserts ratification of the Anglo Irish treaty is not an empty formality and that Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries acted with Dail Eireann ratification in mind. Protestant archbishop Gregg pledges church support for a united Ireland. Ulster Premier Craig reports stormy Ulster meeting with Lloyd George stance described as unyielding. Ulster vows to hold to its path and accuses the British leader of breach of pledge.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Sinn Fein Publicity Department
Eamonn de Valera
Honor of
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Dail Eireann
Gregg
Baggotrush Church
Church of Ireland
United People of Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
James Craig
Ulster Party
Lloyd George
London
Sir James
Mr. Lloyd George
Four Power Pact Dominates Early Arms Conference Progress
Delegates report momentum toward aims of the international arms talks with notable progress on the four power pact. U S Great Britain France and Japan pledge mutual respect for Pacific possessions for ten years and abrogate the Anglo Japanese alliance upon ratification. Naval limits hold at 5-5-3 but with reservations from Britain and Japan, while land armaments face general discussion and no firm action yet.
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Washington, D C
Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Hughes
Pacific
Briand
China
Belgium
Portugal
Holland
Illinois Miners May Defy Lewis
Springfield Illinois December 12 The Illinois miners executive board will decide Wednesday whether to stop aiding the Kansas striking miners as urged by the United Mine Workers international executive board President Frank Farrington expects the Illinois board to order local unions to keep collecting the $1 monthly assessment deemed illegal by the international body The decision centers on continuing the assessment despite the international ruling and local union compliance plans.
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Springfield
Ill
International Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Kansas
Illinois Miners Executive Board
Frank Farrington
Farrington
District Executive Board
The
International
Hitchcock Announces Bipartisan Support for Pacific Four Power Pact
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska reports bipartisan backing in the Senate for the Pacific four power treaty. The announcement signals strong cross party unity on the international accord and reflects ongoing efforts to secure bipartisan consensus in foreign policy matters.
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Washington
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Burch Confident He'll Be Freed In Kennedy Murder Trial
Los Angeles December 12 the Arthur C Burch murder trial entered its fourth week with the direct testimony of C S Summar a key witness expected to continue The state contends Summar saw Burch near the beach within an hour of the broker J Belton Kennedy being shot and discarded a shotgun in the ocean Burch said he was amused by the case and as confident as ever of acquittal
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Los Angeles
Calif
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
C. S. Summar
Burch
Weather Outlook Unsettled This Afternoon Then Fair
Iowa forecast shows unsettled conditions this afternoon followed by generally fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Illinois expects unsettled weather with rain in the north and central areas tonight, then probably fair Tuesday and little temperature change.
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Tiowa
Illinois
New League For Old Seen In Treaty With Four Nations
Washington December 12 history repeats itself as a new league of nations with a restricted scope emerges from a treaty among the United States Japan Great Britain and France Article two binds these powers to consult to meet threats to rights in the Pacific notably China The piece compares it to Versailles article ten and notes a moral obligation carried by the four nations Continued on Page Eight.
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The
Journal
Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
United States Senate
Pacific
China
United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
Covenant of the League
League
Senate
British Army cook captured Jerusalem not Allenby claims officer
Major Vivian Gilbert said an army cook, not General Allenby, helped capture Jerusalem in 1917 after Turks evacuated. The tale centers on the mayor handing over keys thrice during a string of misdirections, before Allenby finally took the city two days later. The mayor reportedly contracted pneumonia after running about bareheaded.
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Jerusalem
Allenby
Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Vivian Gilbert
London
Brooklyn Y. M. C
Gilbert
Cook
Holy City
Watson
Treaty on Yap Dispute Settled With Pacific Island Accord
The Yap dispute between Japan and the United States is settled by a treaty covering all islands under Japanese mandates including Yap. Secretary Hughes told the Far Eastern committee that terms will be announced this afternoon, with the pact approved by government heads though signing details remain unconfirmed. The agreement grants the United States definite rights to Yap, including cable rights. Japan announced it will withdraw its post offices from China on January 1, 1923.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Japan
United States
Hughes
Far Eastern Committee
Washington
Yap
China
Fire destroys most of Goodwater business district
A fire in Goodwater Alabama at 11 p m last night leveled most of the town's business district. Early estimates place the loss at over $100 000 with the bucket brigade unable to stop the blaze.
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Associated Press
Goodwater
Ala
Grain growers urge early export trade inquiry
Chicago delegates urged the federal trade commission to begin an early investigation into the export trade. They stressed the need for prompt action to safeguard market access and stabilize prices for farmers nationwide.
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Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Prison riot at Marquette leads to stabbings and flogging
Michigan state police guard Marquette prison after a riot left Warden Catlin with nine knife wounds and Deputy Warden Menhennit severely harmed. His son Arthur Menhennit was possibly fatally wounded. Three inmate leaders face flogging in the bull pen as authorities move to restore order. The outbreak occurred during a chapel viewing of a moving picture, with a guard using a rifle to subdue the inmates and herd them back to their cells.
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Associated Press
Marquette
Mich
Michigan State
Marquette Prison
T B. Catlin
Fred Menhennit
Arthur
Charles Blaney
Kalamazoo
Michigan State Prison Commission
Catlin
Menhenni
Chappel
Unarmed Bandit Robs Garage in St Louis
An unarmed bandit robs a garage in St Louis Missouri late last night fleeing with $123 in cash and $68 in checks. Police seek the suspect who entered the garage and ordered the garageman to stand aside while taking the money.
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St. Louis
Jobless, Shot For Theft in Chicago Display Window Theft
Alex Nichols unemployed for two months was shot and likely fatally wounded by a policeman early today after being caught stealing a pair of arms from a display window he had broken.
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Chicago
Ill
Alex Nichols
Hunt Woman for Death of Doctor
Detectives hunt a mysterious woman who shot Dr Abraham Glickstein in his Brooklyn office. Police inspect his patients lists and correspondence, as the weapon was hidden in a fur neckpiece. A questioned Army nurse was released after hours of detention.
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New York, N. Y
Lena Glickstein
Abraham Glickstein
Brooklyn
York
France
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