No Agreement On Treaty Yet
Washington D C December 20 Bundles of olive branches failed to speed a compromise on the peace treaty. Conferences were between individuals with leaders absent Senator Hitchcock ill Senator Lodge at home Senator King of Utah active in proposing reservations but mild reservationists found them unsatisfactory. King said Article X stalemate seems likely. Lodge to confer with Senator Pomerene and Taft to urge compromise on January 7.
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Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Underwood
Senator Lodge
Senator King
Utah
Lodge
Ransdall and
Gay
Louisiana
Mr. King
King
Pomerene
McNary
Nelson
Bankhead
Washington
Taft
Capitol
Senator Borah
Borah
Weather Fair Stretch With Stable Temperatures Ahead
Tuesday and Wednesday are generally fair with little change in temperature. The text notes political support for a Democratic leadership election, claiming sufficient backing to secure the Nebraska senator's election despite Hitchcock managers asserting they have more than enough pledged votes.
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Clegg and Southall Reappointed to State Board of Health
The governor reappoints Dr. J. T. Clegg of Siloam Springs and Dr. A. Southall of Lonoke to the State Board of Health for a four year term starting January 1, 1920. Both have served as president of the board in the past.
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Little Rock
J. T. Clegg
Siloam, Springs
A. Southall
Lonoke
State Board of Health
Bootleggers Rounded Up In Major NYC Sweep
New York December 29 one of the largest arrests of bootleggers and liquor manufacturers is planned amid deaths and blindness from poisoned alcohol. Supervising Revenue Agent Daniel L Porter said ten more arrests would follow, with Adolph Panarelli, John Romanelli, and Samuel K Saleeby held on murder charges. Bail for Panarelli denied. agents raid Panarelli’s Bleecker Street premises and seized material related to the case.
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New York
Daniel L. Porter
New England
Porter
Adolph Panarelli
Manhattan
John Romanelli
Brooklyn
Samuel K. Saleeby
United States
Panarelli
Bleecker Street
Panaralli
January Proclaims Adult School Month
Governor Brough issues a proclamation for the Arkansas Literacy Commission designating January 5 to 31 as Adult School Month. The appeal urges residents to attend local adult schools and invites those who can teach to volunteer assistance.
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Brough
Arkansas
Worth Attention of Women at the Gem Theatre
When fatigue and dark circles under the eyes appear, or backache and pains in sides and loins occur, muscles ache and rheumatic twinges trouble you, note how kidney issues affect well being and seek timely relief.
Pardon for Frank Stiles and Lawrence Kelly granted
Little Rock December 30. Governor pardons Frank Stiles of Washington County who was jailed a year for grand larceny amid circumstantial evidence and a dependent wife and four children. Also pardons Lawrence Kelly, 22, convicted of forgery in Sebastian County and sentenced to four years. he is an escapee from the Texas State Insane Asylum and will be returned to his father for treatment.
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Little Rock
Frank Stiles
Washington County
Lawrence Kelly
Sebastian County
Texas
Palmer Cancelled Little Rock Visit Over Unsettled Conditions
Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer regrets canceling his Little Rock speech on the 18th citing unsettled Washington conditions. He would not promise to leave the capital for months, though he believed the meeting could aid the campaign against the high cost of living.
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Little Rock
J. D. Arbuckle
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Washington
Gompers Objects to Program at Industrial Conference
Washington discussion on labor unrest prompts AFL leaders Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison to reject the commissions conference plan. Gompers calls for formal recognition of trade unions to gain worker representation and warns against compulsory labor. Morrison faulted anti union stance and urged workers to control dispute resolution. Also brief ads note farm trade, cough syrup, and Mickey at the Gem Theatre.
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Washington
Commission
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Gompers
Morrison
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Auron
Clegg
Southall
Mickey
Gem Theatre
Prescott Hardware Co
Bank OF Prescott
Prescott, Arkansas
The
Palmer
W. B. White
Farmers Union Ware
Rexall
Guthrie’s
Gem ‘Theatre
Swift
Ozan Mercantile Company
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