Senate set to vote on Colombian Nicaragua treaties
The senate foreign relations committee schedules a vote next Wednesday on the Colombian treaty as part of the Pan American policy, with opposition over the 25 million price and potential apologies. A separate push seeks action on the Nicaraguan pact offering 3 million for canal route option and Ponseca Bay base. A third measure would ratify the Haiti convention granting a financial protectorate over the island.
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United States
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Ponseca Bay
Hayti
Attorney reveals settlement in libel suit field by Hillis family
New York January 27 Charles T hark legal counsel for Rev Tlewell N Wright Hillis disclosed a signed agreement between Dr Philye and his nephew Percy Hillis. Percy Hillis withdraws the libel action against his Whee.
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Charles — Thark
Tlewell Nwight Hillis
Pluracouth
Philye
Percy Hillis
Secretary McCullo to Host Dinner With Lawmakers
Secretary McAdoo will host another “get together” dinner Wednesday at the White House, discussing the administration’s legislative program with guests that include Representative Stone of Technots.
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Victim of War Babies Loss Hit Broker Albert Miller Jr
Albert P. Miller Jr a Providence broker was caught by detectives in Boston and is believed to have nearly a half million dollars tied up in his accounts He had speculated in war stocks war babies on the New York and Philadelphia exchanges and had lost
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Trusted Post Office Employee Arrested in Chicago
John T. Lynch assistant superintendent of mails at Chicago was arrested on a charge of stealing loose money from letters. Inspectors traced missing funds over several months and found no trace of money before Lynch was taken into custody after forty years in the service.
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John T. Lynch
James E. Stuart
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Stuart
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Night riders ordered to church in Missouri
In New Madrid Missouri Judge Sterling McCarty orders thirteen night riders to attend Sunday school or church services weekly as part of parole after pleading guilty to assault. The move concludes trials of sixty seven defendants tied to a secret group aiming to lower merchant prices and aid tenants and farm laborers. One defendant was acquitted three cases dismissed and thirty nine paroled. Prosecutor Smalliv urged parole only if members joined voluntarily.
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Missouri
Sterling McCarty
Smalliv
Compulson
Episcopal Clergy Paid On Average Twelve Hundred A Year
New York January 27 The average pay of Protestant Episcopal clergymen in the United States is 1200 dollars annually, based on a census presented by Bishop W Lawrence at the church club dinner. He notes that about 4420 clergymen serve the church nationwide with more than half earning under twelve hundred dollars.
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United States
W. Lawrence
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Church Club
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Arered
Lawrence
No New River and Harbor Bill This Year
The rivers and harbors committee voted to include only new projects already authorized, capping total appropriations at about 44 million dollars and signaling no general river and harbor bill this year. Improvements submitted but eliminated totaled about 122.9 million with initial requests of 27.6 million, promising future fights when the report reaches the house.
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Balkan Monks Catch War Spirit
A Times dispatch from Bucharest reports Bulgarian monks from Zography attempted to eject Serbians from Chiliandar on Mount Athos. The assault failed due to Serbian defenses, and the Bulgarians then set fire to part of Chiliandar. All Holy Mountain monasteries are fortified against piracy threats.
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Mount Athos
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Holy Mountain
Sunday Labor in Munitions Stoppped
London reports a cabinet inquiry found Sunday work by munition factories wastes output and then recommends abolition of Sunday labor across controlled establishments. The finding notes that Sunday labor decreases rather than increases production and urges policy action.
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London
David Llo
George
Blood Disease Cure Ad Promises for Purifying System
An old ad claims a blood disease causes pimples and skin eruptions and urges readers to take 8 SS, a tonic for 50 years, to cleanse the system. It says the tonic reaches the bloodstream, revitalizes red blood cells, and improves complexion, with a call to order from Swift Special Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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aAtlanta
Domestic Science Club Forms in Golden
A Golden meeting organized a domestic science club with nineteen charter members. Officers elected include President Mrs Phil Miller and Secretary Mrs Roy Morton. Monthly meetings set for the last Tuesday each month with committees appointed.
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First Step Toward National Prohibition Movement
The Senate judiciary sub committee on January 27 recommended to the full committee Senator Sheppard's federal constitutional amendment. It would submit to the states for approval an amendment banning sale manufacture transportation importation and exportation of all intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. Also dispatches from Rome report Prince Mirko of Montenegro missing or captured by Austrians near Sentan.
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Pittsfield Notes Busy Trip and Local Notices
Pittsfield residents report business trips with Hatch and Stone visiting from Griggsville. Foster couple heads to Florida visiting St Augustine St. Petersburg and Pensacola. Local residents travel for family care, jobs change as W E Woods resigns to take a Danville post. Community news include church officers elected Lutheran Sunday school and the death of pioneer Andreasen Patt on his Pike county home.
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Hillsboro
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Moegarn
Meredosia Elects New Officers At Telephone Exchange
Meredosia January 26 The Farmers and Merchants Telephone exchange board elected two new officers president W D Meier and vice president Joseph Schmitt. Bertha Geiss resigned as operator and Inez Bowling named chief operator with Ruth Hughes as assistant. Wire chief Hard of Jacksonville installed a new motor and repairs continue. Local residents including Jennings Harshman Mrs Eugene Shores Geo Gueble Lee Gould Frank Toll Marty Moss and Howard Rhoades were noted in the community.
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Hard
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Jennings Harshman
Barry
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Bluffs
Geo. Gueble
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Frank Toll
Winchester
Otto Broope
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Valley
Marty Moss
Howard Rhoades
Mt. Sterling
Joel Turnham
Chicago
Hauerbach's Clever Plot Unravels in Gala Vaudeville Night
The Empire Hippodrome hosted a Dlammerstern production with Max Bloom and Mary Pickford titles featured alongside Potash and Permut and a clever Otto Hauerbach plot. Rousing music by R Frimal kept the audience whistling as the cast earned hearty encores for song and dance.
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Empire- Slippodrome
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Potash and Perlmutter at the Slippedrome Night
Abe Potash and Mawruss Perlmutter prepare a return engagement at the Slippedrome with their full staff after a Yohan Theater run. The act promises a thousand laughs per performance despite a shaky show.
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