Greek Protest Note Claims Venizelist Majority Support
Athens reports to Entente powers accusing Saloniki revolutionaries of island outrages and police seizures. British and French ships reportedly landed to curb actions on Sora and Zante, while allies debate the Venizelist movement's legality and island sentiment.
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Athens
London
Saloniki
Sora
Archipelaco
Coul Pot
Tte
Entente
Zante
Sporades
Euboea
Greece
Suffren Sunk by German Torpedo
German submarine torpedoed and sank the French battleship Suffren northwest of Lisbon on November 26. Paris reports confirm the loss with all hands. Suffren left Lorient November 24 carrying 18 officers and 700 men, displacement 12,730 tons.
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Berlin
London
Lisbon
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Suffren
Lorrient
Noted Composer Dies in Easton Sanitarium
Philadelphia December 21 Dr William Gilchrist of University City noted composer and organist died Wednesday from heart trouble in a sanitarium at Easton. He was 65 years old.
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Philadelphia
William Gilchrist
Unis City
Easton
To Cure & Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Signature LL W. GROVE on each box. 25e advertisement stating a quick cure for cold and remedies with laxative and quinine components.
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LL W. Grove
Independents Plan Organization in Incoming House
Independent members of the incoming House plan to operate separately from Democrats and Republicans to push radical rule changes. They aim to publicize committee work and consider amending rules so votes are visible. One independent consulted Col Roosevelt and will seek more guidance. Randall of California signals immediate plans to push reform.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Col
Roosevelt
Randall
California
House
Clark
Mann
Ratfy Treaty For Island Sale In Denmark
Cobentia gen reports the Danish Folke thing adopted a bill ratifying the treaty for selling the Danish West Indies to the United States by a 90 to 16 vote with five absent. An amendment to limit the sale to St John or St Thomas failed 90 to 4. The full sale of all three islands was adopted awaiting landsthing approval.
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Copentiagen
London
Folkething
Danish West Indies
United States
St. John
St. Thomas
Denmark
New Traction System Planned for Chicago
Chicago officials receive detailed plans for a citywide transport system costing 490 million dollars in 1960. A downtown subway loop would link surface and elevated lines, with gradual extension to city limits. The plan anticipates 98.3 million in nine years and at least 275 million before 1950, with possible city ownership upon completion in 1960.
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Chicago
Chicago Traction and Subway Commission
New Centrifugal Gun Tested for Navy in Vallejo
A centrifugal machine gun tested by naval authorities in Vallejo on December 21 reportedly fires 3,000 projectiles per minute with an initial velocity of 4,000 feet per second. The device, operated entirely by electricity, was directed by E. N. Rice of San Francisco and claims invention. The Army rifle velocity is 2,000 feet per second.
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Vallejo
Cal
E. N. Rice
San Francisco
Belgian Petition Sent to Pressure US on Belgian Deportations
A nationwide petition signed by prominent Americans urges President to use full influence to oppose German deportations of Belgians. It calls for united action with neutral states of the Americas in a strong protest against barbarism in warfare.
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New York
United States
Washington
Elihu Root
Geman
Triple Wedding Ceremony Ties Greene County Families
A triple wedding took place at the Jacksonville court house with Rev. Join W. Priest presiding. Couples were Kenneth Wright and Mary Burton. Andrew J. Wright and Zella Marie Raiders. Perry G. Thaxton and Zella Pembrook. Ages ranged 19 to 23. Licenses by left handed Deputy Edgar Cooper. certificates by left handed County Superintendent H. H Vasconcellos in Greene County.
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Jacksonville
Court House
Edgar Cooper
H. H Vasconcellos
Federal Officers Arrest Loan Men In Los Angeles
Seven former Home Builders officials were arrested on federal indictments in Los Angeles for conspiring to use the mails to defraud. Bonds were set at $5,000 each. The Home Builders had capital stock of $1,250,000 with 4,500 stockholders. The indictments allege misrepresentations about dividends and unimproved property. current management not involved.
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Los Angeles
The
Home Builders
Building and Loan Association
Charles Kreich
Waterbury
Christmas Savings Club
State Savings, Loan & Trust Company
Broadway
South Side Branch
Quincy
J. Henry Meyer
Ohio Street
R. J. Meyer
Conservatory of Music
Selins Grove
W. T. Duker & Co
J. LeRoy Adair
Sikeston
State
Str.t Bank
Mary Schumate
Omaha
Zelpha Schumate
Rockford, Til
Minnie Schumate
Spring Street
First Baptist Church
E. G. Collins
Rochelle N. Y
Party Lacks Leader Says Charles D Hills
Charles D. Hilles former chairman of the national committee said the Republican party lacks a leader and urged a Washington conference of prominent party men within months to plan the next presidential campaign. Other speakers called for organization and Senator John Weeks proposed a return to the party machine.
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New York
Republican Party
Charles D. Hilles
National Committee
Republican Club
Washington
John Weeks
Massachusetts
Christmas Paroles Granted To Fifteen Convicts
TOPEKA Kan Dec 21 15 convicts were granted Christmas paroles some serving life terms in the state penitentiary The paroles are for ten days and will enable the prisoners to spend Christmas and New Years with their families.
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Topeka
Kan
Silk crepe de chine chemises and slippers price list
A period advertisement lists genuine silk crepe de chine envelope chemises priced at 2.00 to 3.95, Pullman slippers in leather cases at 1.00 and 1.60, genuine Capps Indian blankets at 7.60, and hat pins in new small sizes at Bc.
Christmas notices and visits fill Quincy personals
Beloit college students return home for holidays. Local figures host guests, shop windows promote Christmas Savings club, and several residents travel or recover from illness. Activities include dinners, church events, and family visits across Quincy and nearby towns with numerous addresses and names.
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Vermont Street
W. R. Goodwin
Mortimer
Naperville
Snyder
A. E. W. Miller
Kansas City
Mr. Miller
B. N. Miller
South Tenth Street
Mrs. H. Miller
Jackson Street
Cabinet reshuffle in Vienna as Spitzmueller departs
Vienna officials announce the cabinet change with Count Clam-Martiniz taking over the portfolio. Former agriculture minister Alexander Spitzmueller failed in his bid and will be replaced by Betheialien who will hold the finance portfolio in the new lineup.
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Vienna
Berlin
London
Alexander Spitzmueller
Count Clam-Martiniz
Agriculture
Herr Betheialien
Porfolio
Dr. King's New Life Pills Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a gentle, non gripping laxative to relieve constipation. It promises a brighter morning after a bedtime dose and urges readers to buy at the druggist for 25 cents.
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