Economic parley urged by Borah
Senator Borah proposes a world powers economic conference called by President Harding to seek stable global finance and reduce land and sea armaments. The idea aims to break the German reparations deadlock, limit surface and subsurface ships of 10000 tons or less, and curb naval arms alongside addressing tariffs and farmer distress.
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Harding
Borah
Idaho
House
Senator Borah
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Pardon Board Denies Leith. Some Commutations Granted
Harrisburg December 22 The state pardon board refused clemency for William S Leith former Schuylkill County politician serving three to five years in the Eastern Penitentiary for forging a state tax receipt. The board also rejected Jacob Mascia and John Costello gunmen in the 1917 Philadelphia police murder case. Only twenty recommendations were made from seventy cases heard over two days. William Webber of Berks County was granted clemency after twenty eight years for murder. Lucius Ross a Philadelphia murderer had death commuted.
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Eastern Penitentiary
Harrisburg
State
William S. Leith
Schuylkill County
Leib
Jacob Mascia
John Costello
New York
George & Eppley
Fifth Ward
Philadelphia
Amore
William Webber
Berks County
Lucius Ross
Man Arrested at White House After Forcing Entry
Washington dispatch reports Paul McDaniel aged 34 of Wilmington Delaware forced entry at the White House front door to interview the president. He was arrested and held for mental observation after assaulting a guard and demanding the return of his court forfeit money. He carried $1046 a diamond ring and others when searched. He was later charged with further offenses as his 40 cent taxi bill increased to 80 cents during detention. In a separate blaze at Asbury Park the Clarendon Hotel a four story frame 60 room property owned by Morris Letine Lakewood burned with extensive damage and furniture removal noted just prior to the fire.
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Washington
White House
Paul McDaniel
Wilmington
McDaniel
Washington Monument
Chanteur
Mdaniel
Given
Asbury Park
Clarender
Morris Letine
Lakewood Hotelmag
Trailing Bank Robbers Flee After Denver Ranch Battle
Police riot squads rushed from Denver to Greeley after a reported battle at a ranch house with gunmen believed to have robbed a Denver Federal Reserve truck. Detectives with machine guns pursued by car and armored riot units, while Sheriff Hall said the suspects fled toward Fort Collins after stopping at a farmer’s home northwest of Greeley.
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Ranch House
Denver
Greeley
Sheriff Hall
Denver Federal Reserve
Rersons
Tolka Wiliams
Han
Fort Collins
Col
Downer
Jaille
Gresley
Miners Rescue Worker Killed in Mine Accident
Johnstown Pennsylvania December 23 Paul Smolink a member of Cambria Steel rescue squad was killed when a crash of coal cars shattered the mine he was operating in He and ten others had earlier helped rescue survivors at Reilly Colliery Spangler in November 6 during a disaster that killed seventy seven at the Reilly mine The company awarded a gold watch for services in the rescue effort Fires and other incidents are noted in related reports including a December 12 blaze at Rockefeller Hall Mount Holyoke College drawing heavy losses for students and staff
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Johnstown
Paul Smolink
Franklin Mine
Cambria Steel
Smolink
Steel Company
Rolce
Reilly
Spangler
Dimeter
Army fliers found dead in Pablo Canyon crash site
In San Francisco on December 21Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant Charles Webber were found dead near the wreckage of their missing airplane in Pablo Canyon about seventy five miles west of Picson Arizona. Despatches from Tucson say the bodies lay near Indian Oasis and it is unclear whether the pilots died at impact or later.
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Pablo Canyon
San Francisco
Cal
Aviesen
Frangis N. Marshall
Charles Webber
Sean
Picson
Arizona
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tucson
Wagers
Indian Oasis
Lieutenant Webber
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