Navy urged to expand battleship program in US defense policy
Washington reports Secretary of the Navy Daniels urged rapid completion of 18 battleships and related vessels, advocating a large navy as essential amid global chaos. He pressed for executive session to explain the rationale, and supported Navy General Board recommendations for new ships including a battleship each year 1913 and 1914, a battle cruiser and 20 light cruisers. He called for a world alliance while seeking talks with Britain and Japan on arms reduction. The proposal sparked debate on disarmament and US leadership in world affairs.
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United Siqles
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Panters
Inva Ahades
Navy General Boards
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Eperetary Daniels
Dapat
Yap Island
Navy General Board
Lizz
Wilson
Great Britain
Japan
Chitral
Captured by Millionaire Chief Leads to Jail Charge
Four youths under 22, dubbed a gang by Bergen County police, are charged with Nashway robbery and assault after a spree in New Jersey. An inn proprietor identified the suspects, who robbed his Sewburgh hotel of cash and $20,000 in Liberty Bonds and left one man critically wounded. Police, led by Millionaire Chief Gillmore Bush of the Tuxedo Park area, pursued the bandits, who were captured after a gunfight and riot gun confrontation.
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Dea
Goshen
Moy
Nashway
Min
Po- Yee
Bergen County
Gorvoss
Sewburgh
Cork riots and martial law amid British tensions in Ireland
Fragmented dispatches report Cork unrest with martial law imposed by British forces and alleged Cork looting and shootings. Sinn Fein members and locals urge American intervention as violence and bombings affect city streets and shops.
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Cork
Enetish Tt Toops
O'Callaghan
Sinn Moin
Parnent Tro
J. J. Lah
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Ameri
Woman Charged With Murder Sparks Texas Search
In Worth Texas a woman named Clara Smith is linked to the murder of Jake Osaman, once an empire builder. Authorities say she never intended coming to this area and may have escaped to Mexico or hidden by friends of the dead oil king until Ardmore prosecutor Russell Brown leaves office in January.
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Worth
Texas
Clara Smith
Jake OS
Aman
Oklahoma
Empire Builder
Mexico
Russell Brown
Ardmore
Okla
Schooner Dashes Ashore Off Round Hill As Crew Hangs From Rigging
In Bedford Massachusetts a large three masted schooner fights fierce seas and a 70 mph southeast gale driving her toward rocks off Round Hill South Truro. Fifteen to twenty crew cling to ratlines as topmasts fail. Tug J T Sherman attempts rescue but is repelled by higher swells. Local workers on Col TH Greene estate try to rig a line but fail. vessel name not identified.
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Round Hill
TH. R. Greene
Hetty Greene
Woman Runs for Mayor in Attleboro Election
In Attleboro Massachusetts today Mrs Eliza G Daggett past national president of the D A R entered a five candidate mayoral race and issued a last minute statement saying she has no chance of being elected The mayoralty contest was the feature of elections in sixteen Bay state cities today
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Attleboro
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Eliza G. Daggett
Bay State
Supreme Court of Morals Proposed to Regulate Movie Kisses
Washington December 14 The Rev Wilbur S Crafts leader of the international reform bureau urged Congress to create a supreme court of morals to regulate kisses in films The court would distinguish sacred from infamous kisses and ban vampire heroines from the screen He sided with but later conceded to describe an infamous kiss saying it is one given in false love He argued the world cannot be safe for democracy until the movies are depampired
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Pee
Thomas H. Harrison
Georgia
J. W. Hamilton
Father of
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Mitchell Carroll
W. D. Upshaw
Lla Boole
New York
Wilbur S. Crafts
Reforms Bureau
Copic Service Co., Inc
Moridus
Dr. Crafts
Open Membership in League Hailed by American Bishop
Bishop William R. Anderson of Cincinnati urged that League of Nations membership be open to all nations at peace with world interests. He proposed that financially unable nations have delegates at each league assembly and that the United States join only if war participation is Congress-notified. Plans suggest President-elect's policy may solidify by January 1 as New and others travel toward Washington.
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William R. Anderson
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Anderson
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William H. Taft
France Not Ready to Lay Aside Arms, Says Bourgeois
In Geneva France refuses to curb armament budgets until Germany fulfills Versailles terms. Jean Bourgeois cites impracticability amid private arms exports and US lack of export laws. Viscount Ishii warns Japan will not reduce armaments while the US expands forces.
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Germany
M. Bourgeois
United States
Viscount Ishii
Teague
Japan
Profiteering in Coal Blamed for Shortage
Washington December 14 in a preliminary report of the senate committee on reconstruction and production Senator Calder of New York said profiteering in coal has caused a serious building and housing shortage. The report charges coal speculation has monopolized transport and raised costs, hurting homeowners utilities and industries. Senator Senyon of Iowa urged drastic remedies noting coal is charged with a public use and some favor taking over mines.
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Senate Committee On Reconstruction and Production
Senate
Calder
New York
Department of Justice
Senyon
Iowa
Four masted schooner Anna CG Lord rescued at sea near Norfolk
The four masted schooner Anna CG Lord, bound from Portugal with rock salt worth 18,000 dollars, was abandoned. Captain Abbot and crew were rescued by the British steamer Queen Elizabeth and are en route to Norfolk, Virginia. The vessel and cargo value total about 187,000 dollars.
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Boston
Dee
Anna CG
Agreement on disposal of the German cables
Washington reports the international communications conference reached a general principles agreement on disposing of seized German cables. A formal statement with terms will be released at 8:30 p.m. The accord emphasizes United States gains and keeps details for later, while noting it does not settle the Yap line controversy with Japan.
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Washington
International Communications Conference
United States
Japan
Russian noblewoman ends life in despondent crisis
In New York on December 1, Mrs. Jannie Miledman, wife of a wealthy Brooklyn merchant and alleged member of the Russian aristocracy, died by gas inhalation. Her husband said her sorrow dated from the deaths of her two brothers and sister in Russia.
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New York
Jannie Miledman
Brooklyn
Russia
Cotton Prices Decline With Government Crop Estimate
New York opened with a renewed drop in cotton prices after yesterday's government crop estimate. Selling came from commission houses Wall Street and Southern sources. the market fell 10 to 15 points from last night's close, aided by a New Orleans holiday diverting some selling elsewhere.
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Liverpool
Wall Street
New Orleans
Waterbury proposes city sport licensing ordinance
A measure licensing all classes of sport in Waterbury has been introduced to the board of aldermen and will come up for action shortly.
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Dec
Board of Aldermen
Will
Journal-Courier Urges Citizens to Report Burglaries
New Haven December 14 The Journal Courier calls publicity the best protection against crime and asks residents to report any robbery or burglary within city limits from the last three months. It says police have no right to suppress such information and that Courier editors will decide what to publish.
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New Haven
Journal-Courier
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Courier
Innocent Claim By Three Men Arrested In Norwalk
J Terman Gri and Jacob Bergson, held by prohibition officers with Nathan Drayer of New York, say they were innocent victims. They were mechanics invited to ride by Drayer who met them on the turnpike. They allege rum runners often pick up travelers to avert suspicion.
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J Terman Gri
Jacob Bergson
Nathan Drayer
New York
Prohibition
Drayer
British Imperial Defence Committee Convenes in London
London December 1 The Imperial Defence Committee met at 10 Downing Street to decide future first line warship construction. Present were Lloyd George Beatty Churchill Curzon Wilson Geddes and Hamar Greenwood who discussed urgent Irish matters. Naval experts note policy shift due to submarine and seaplane threats with the Hood as the latest dreadnought.
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Earle C. Reeves
London
Imperial Defence Committee
British Empire
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Karl Curzon
Henry Henry, Wilson
Ire Geddes
Lloyd-George
Hamar Greenwood
Irreland
No Restrictions on Russian Trade Announced
The State Department announced that the United States will place no restrictions on trade with Russia. It said the only restraint is Russia’s economic disability, with a theoretical limit via exchange controls managed by the Federal Reserve Board. There were hints these limits could be lifted soon.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Federal Reserve Board
Four Die As London Airplane Crashes Near Cricklewood
A Handley Page airliner carrying eight passengers and mail crashed in thick haze near Cricklewood after striking a tree, then a house at Golders Green demolishing the building. The wreckage caught fire en route to Paris, killing four people.
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Handley-Page
Twarth
London
Cricklewood
Paris
Golders Green
Cricklewood Aerodome
Fire at Hoyt Oyster shop linked to arson theory
Norwalk police report evidence of incendiarism after a fire at the Hoyt Oyster company near the Radel shops. Walls were covered with kerosene and soaked rags found inside. The fire caused limited damage. investigators suspect striking oyster openers or sympathizers. A searchlight and doubled guard target nearby Lowndes Oyster company shops.
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Norwalk
Lowndes Oyster Company
May Claim Alibi Ten Thousand Bonds in Meriden
A Meriden report indicates a claim regarding ten thousand dollar bonds tied to an alleged Rhett involved in wool cloth dealings. The case centers on the legality of the bonds and the authenticity of the alibi presented.
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Meriden
Hotel Owner Sued Over Sugar Contract Dispute
Stamford reports Peter Vaneth proprietor of the Carlton hotel and Oxford lunch is sued for 30000 dollars by Isaac and Abraham Politzinger of New York. They allege a June contract for 100 tons of sugar at 28 3 4 cents per pound, with only 20 bags taken in July and 44 in August, and the remainder refused.
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Stamford
Peter Vaneth
Carlton Hotel
Oxford Lunch
Isaac and
Abraham Politzinger
Pohlitzinger Bros
New York
Vaneth
Ocean Mail Bag Return Reunites Shelly Name in New York
A meowed tale notes an ocean crossing of a sealed mail bag from Manchester England to New York. Shelly's name appears in a recovered bag eight days after departure. The incident centers on the sealed bag's transport and subsequent handling by the general post office today.
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Ocean
New York
Shelly
Manchester
England
Meriden burglars arraigned in wool cloth theft case
Raymond C. Valentine and Alexander Newman of New Haven were arraigned in the police court on charges of burglary theft and conspiracy for stealing 4000 dollars worth of wool cloth from Joseph Grenon’s tailor shop. They were held in 10000 bonds each until Thursday. Defense counsel William L. Hadden of New Haven sought bond reductions, which were denied. He indicated an alibi defense.
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Meriden
Raymond C. Valentine
Alexander Newman
New Haven
Joseph Grenon
Ther
William L. Hadden
Telephone link with Dublin restored after night break
London reports telephone communication with Dublin, broken during the night, was restored this morning. No official explanation was given for the interruption.
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London
Dublin
New Name Adopted for Baseball League in 1920
The International League held its annual meeting in New York at the Hotel Imperial. John Conway Toole was elected president and the league was renamed the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. The retiring president Fultz reported the league prospered in 1920.
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International League
New York
Hotel Imperial
John Conway Toole
National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Fultz
May Appoint Four Justices to Supreme Court
Washington Dee Id It is regarded as very probable in Washington that President elect Warren G Harding will face filling three or four vacancies on the U S Supreme Court before his administration matures Four sitting members including the chief justice are elig ible Md retirement The court currently comprises five Republicans and four Democrats Chief Justice White 75 Associate Justice McKenna 77 Holmes 71 Day 71 and Justice McKenna were appointed by McKinley Justice White a former Democratic senator from Louisiana became chief in 1910 Taft appointed White Chief The list of retirements includes McReynolds Brandeis Clarke Vanderventer Pitney and McKenna The article notes Harding may appoint William Howard Taft or Charles Evans Hughes to the bench as possible chief justice if White retires The piece also mentions Hughes near-presidential bid and return to the bench after 1916 filing political ambitions
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United States Supreme Court
Eligibe
White
MclKenna
loImes
Day
Wilson
McReynolds
Brandeis
Clarke
Taft
Vandervanter
Pitney
Roosevelt
Holmes
McKenna
McWinley
Louisiana
Grover Cleveland
Harding
William Ltoward Taft
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Hughes
Government ordinary revenues rising toward last year’s high
Washington report shows ordinary receipts since July 1 total 2 141 000 000, vs 2 231 000 000 last year. Customs collections reach 138 000 000, about 1 000 000 above six months prior. December duties expected to lift totals further. Disbursements near receipts as war bureau cuts reduce outlays by about 1 500 000 000 versus first half last year. Income and profits taxes to add nearly 700 000 000 in fourth installment tomorrow.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
United States
Cleveland Municipal Court Chief Justice Trial Jury Selection
Four juniors may have been accepted as jurors in the William McGannon case tied to Harold C. Kagy's death last May. Three talesmen were excused for preformed opinions from newspaper reading. Jury selection is expected to take at least two days.
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Cleveland
William ‘Ti, McGannon
Harold C. Kagy
Supreme Court Refuses Further Delay in Packers Case
Washington December 14 Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia Supreme Court set December 21 for argument in the suit over plans by which the large packers proposed to dispose of unrelated industries including the stockyards. The court held that too many postponements had already been granted.
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Washington
Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Cabinet Meeting in Portay to Discuss Martens Deportation
President Wilson's cabinet will convene at 4 30 the Portay Washington meeting to hear Secretary of Labor Wilson present a report on the deportation proceedings concerning S C A Martens, representative of Soviet Russia.
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Washington
President Wilson
Wilson
S. Cc. A
Constantine Route Guarded Ahead of Venice Sail
Detachments of Swiss and Italian secret service agents stand guard along Constantine’s route to Venice where a port awaits his sail to Greece tomorrow. Strong security accompanies the journey with agents deployed to protect the monarch during transit and departure from Lucerne.
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Lucerne
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