Guatemala Revolt Topples Herrera Government
Guatemala City reports a midnight coup that toppled President Carlos Herrera, leaving about a dozen dead and many wounded. Gen. Joso Maria Lima leads a provisional government with jailed ministers and calls for breaking up the Central American Federation. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, son of the former leader, is noted as residing in Washington.
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GUATEMALA CITY
Guatemala
Associated
Preas
Carlos Herrera
Joso Maria Lima
Orellana
Miguel Larraye
Lis Aguirre
Emilli Escamallia
Zelaya
congress
Rafael Pino
Zionist party
Estrada Cabrera
Central American Federation
Liberal party
Herrera
Cabrera
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Washington
Will invalidated over mixed dated figures in pencil
Daisy Selig left a will on a telegram blank in pencil but the court ruled it invalid because the date used printed figures 19 and 20 instead of the four figures in her handwriting. Her husband Maurice Selig and her mother inherit the $9000 estate. friends were to receive money and jewelry. The testatrix was killed in an automobile crash near Petaluma on September 22 while a train ride to Los Angeles last year.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Daisy Selig
Maurice Selig
Sele
Petaluma
Cal
te will
Los Angeles
Cuba Ends War With Hungary After Legislature Action
Havana reports a joint House resolution declaring termination of the state of war with Hungary. The House did not act on a Senate-approved measure repealing the war declaration and presidential decrees, including creation of a sugar finance commission. The resolution says withdrawal of U S troops from Cuban territory since the war began would be a friendly act.
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HAVANA
Hungary
house of representatives
house
senate
sugar finance commission
United States
Harding nominates federal officials across states
President Harding transmitted nominations to the senate naming Charles A. Rasmussen Montana internal revenue collector, Mrs Lida M. Hume San Francisco land office register, Arthur T. Moon recoverer of public moneys Salt Lake City, Menhard L. Albers Old Albuquerque postmaster. Several hundred army promotions and postmasters were also listed, with some re-nominated after the previous senate session.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Harding
Charles A. Rasmussen
internal revenue
Montana
Lida M. Hume
register of land office
San Francisco
Cal
Arthur T. Moon
Salt Lake City
Utah
Menhard L. Albers
Old Albuquerque
N. M
Photographer Gregory Detained Over Foch Photo in Los Angeles
On a Sunday in Los Angeles December 7 photographer Howard I Gregory dodged the crowd to photograph Marshal Foch. Federal secret service agents halted him and he was to be taken to Oakland to face counterfeiting charges. Captors say he admitted making game notes and destroying them later.
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LOS ANGELES
Howard I Gregory
Marshal Foch
federal secret service
Gregory
Oakland
federal reserve
Giants Pay 875000 For California Player
James OConnell of the San Francisco Club in the Pacific Coast League has been bought by New York Giants manager John McGraw. The outfielder reportedly received a record 87500 in the deal and will join the Giants for the 1923 season after one more season with San Francisco. OConnell, a Santa Clara alum, batted over .300 in 1920 and 1921 and hit three homers in a Seattle series this year.
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BUFFALO
N. Y
James O'Connell
San Francisco
McGraw
New York Giants
O'Connell
Giants
Santa Clara
Jimmy O’Connell
San
William Lange
Too Lange
Charles Graham
Graham
O’Connell
Seattle
Sacramento
Old Masters Really Fakes
American art expert Gustavius T. Kirby says wartime Europe dumped thousands of oil prints and other works into the U S market many proven fakes or copies. He notes owners often misjudged originals and war eroded wealth while homes of tomorrow will favor utilitarian tapestries and art for living spaces.
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NEW YORK
Europe
Gustavius T. Kirby
American art gallery
Kirby
Fire wrecks Wells block in Aberdeen basement blaze
Fire in the Wells block Aberdeen South Dakota began in a basement last night and burned for twelve hours. The blaze gutted the basement and first floor causing about 120000 dollars in damage. Firefighters were slightly injured during the blaze.
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ABERDEEN
S. D. Dee
Wells block
Havana Harbors Open Shop Plan Sparks Minor Disruptions
Havana December 7 The inauguration of the open shop in harbor work here yesterday caused some interruptions to operations but there were no disorders reported.
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HAVANA
New Freight Rates From Coast To Tonopah And Reno
Freight rate cuts take effect January 15 from San Francisco Los Angeles Sacramento and Reno to Tonopah and Goldfield with reduced costs for several classes and less than carload shipments. Reno Chamber of Commerce plans to protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission over the differential harming Reno business as rates defend coast houses with a shift of trade over time. Ottawa wired results show Liberals with clear majority in Canada, Mackenzie King to be prime minister, and Liberals winning in Quebec Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Ontario with Crerar leading the Progressive party in the West. Canadian women vote for the first time in this election.
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Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Reno
Tonopah
Goldfield
Coast points
Reno Chamber of Commerce
interstate commerce commission
Nevada
parcels post
bulroads
OTTAWA
Canada
United States
house of commons
Mackenzie King
dominion
Meighen
progressives
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Quiabec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
new progressive party
T . A. Crerar
China Neutral In Wars Agreed By Far Eastern Committee
The Washington Far Eastern committee resumes after a three day recess and adopts a resolution pledging China’s neutrality in any war in which China is not a party. The group also approves the Root resolution on foreign wireless installations in China as Manchuria’s Japanese troop presence is discussed with members reportedly commenting on the issue.
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WASHINGTON
Associated Press
China
Manchuria
snembera
Noted California jurist succumbs
Los Angeles California December 7 Judge Olin Weilborn jurist and father of a family of judges and attorneys died here last night aged seventy nine a native of Georgia Judge Weilborn was successively an officer in the Confederate army member of congress from Texas for four terms a practicing attorney and for twenty years judge of the United States district court for the southern district of California He retired from the latter position in 1915 Two sons survive Judge Charles Wellborn of the Los Angeles county superior court and Olin Well born Jr an attorney
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LOS ANGELES
Cal
Olin Weilborn
Georgia
Weilborn
congress
Texas
United States district court
California
Charles Wellborn
Los Angeles county superior court
Olin Wellborn, Jr
Peruvian Government to Manufacture Bread
Lima authorities announced a government plan to produce and distribute bread to residents in an effort to resolve a bakers strike that began yesterday. The move, confirmed by officials, aims to ensure sufficient staple supply while negotiations continue.
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LIMA
Peru
Associated Press
Improvement In Business Assured Says Government
Washington December 7 Continued improvement in business conditions in October. Outputs rise for iron and steel and textile products and building activity gains. Prices ease slightly but show relative stability with better banking, lower interest rates, and easier loans. Production in key industries meets or exceeds prewar 1913 averages with notable gains in pig iron, cotton, tobacco, bituminous coal, wheat flour, cement, and wool products.
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WASHINGTON
department off commerce
Lorenz May Stay In United States Despite Opposition
New York Dec 7 Dr Adolph Lorenz former Austrian surgeon announced he would end free clinics and return to Vienna yet he said he intended to remain in the United States. He expressed no malice toward American medicine and thanked Americans for helping Vienna’s starving children. He examined seventy five crippled children at the Health Commissioner's office and agreed to ongoing treatment plans by American doctors. Newark and Michigan connections were mentioned as potential future sites for his work.
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NEW YORK
Adolph Loreng
Vienna
Lorenz
Copeland
Newark
America
University of Michigan
Charles V. Craster
thar city
Dr Lorenz
More Police Deployed to Packing Plant District
Omaha dispatch reports intensified strike tension as police send added officers to packing plant districts after workers faced intimidation and arrests. City Attorney Van Deusen says anti-picketing law is inoperative due to pending referendum. Several arrests noted including a brick thrower last Monday and a woman fined for a missile incident.
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OMAHA
Van Deusen
anther
Old San Francisco Sub-Treasury Site Auction Bill Passed
Washington December 7 A bill authorizing sales to the highest bidder of the old sub treasury site at San Francisco was passed by the House and sent to the Senate for action.
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WASHINGTON
sub-treasury
San Francisco
house
Four Nation Plan Taking Shape at Conference
A tentative four power proposal to replace the Anglo Japanese alliance is being telegraphed to London and Tokyo after a recent army conference meeting. The plan aims for joint Pacific consultation rather than a military alliance, with Britain, the United States, and Japan awaiting responses from their capitals.
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WASHINGTON
Associated Press
United States
London
Tokio
Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
Baron Kate
Japan
Amer
Pacific
Thirteen Victims Found in Saarlouis Explosion
The Associated Press reports only thirteen of more than 100 people killed in yesterday’s blast at Nobel dynamic works in Saarlouis Rhenish Prussia have been recovered. The affected district saw house collapses and a factory fire spreading to nearby forests as rescue operations continued.
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BERLIN
Presa
thirten
Nobel dynamic works
Saarlouis
Rhenish Prussia
Wreck liability case ends for Princess Sophie loss
Federal Judge Neterer denied a rehearing petition in the Princess Sophie shipwreck case against Canadian Pacific. He limited the company’s liability to under 10 000 in Alaska’s Lynn Canal, October 1915, despite claims totaling millions.
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SEATTLE
Wash
Neterer
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Sophie
Lynn Canal
Alaska
Naterer
Secrets of Knights of the Golden Circle Revealed in Arrests
Chicago date December seven secret details emerge as three Knights are arrested for attempted holdup. A rule book and charter found on them show pledges promising mutual aid and equal sharing of money regardless of each member’s role.
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CHICAGO
Knights of the Golden Circle
Big Four, Inc
World owes Debi to Lloyd George says Glynn
Albany Dec 7 Former New York Governor Martin H Glynn said Lloyd George has settled an Irish question that baffled statesmen for 700 years The former governor praised De Valera Collins and Griffith as clever leaders and said the settlement is a great Christmas gift to humanity Glynn noted George’s human interest and his belief that Ireland’s status would bring friendship between England and the United States
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ALBANY
N. Y
Dea
Marti H. Glynn
New York state
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Vastera
Glynn
De Valera
Collins
Griffith
Celt
hynself Llosa George
Ireland
England
United States
Falstaff Brewery gets injunction over anti beer bill legality
In St Louis on December 7 a temporary injunction prevents officials from destroying beer produced under a government permit for medical use. The injunction grants Falstaff Corporation a preliminary order challenging the legality of the anti beer bill in U S district court.
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ST LOUIS
Falstaff Corporation
United States district call
British Concessions in China Spark Boycott
Friction between local British and Chinese authorities at Amoy prompted a boycott of Butterfield and Scher, an English firm with wide connections. Chinese leaders aim to widen discontent into a broader boycott of British interests.
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AMOY
China
Associated Press
Butterfield
Scher
Approval of Australians please President Harding
President Harding receives a note from Senator Pearce of Australia expressing gratitude for Australia’s role and congratulating the United States on the armament conference. The Australian senate resolution praising the conference is presented to the president, acknowledging the allied efforts and calling for continued Anglo Australian cooperation.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
Associated Preas
Pearce
sena
Australian senate
parliament of
the commonm
wealth of
Australia
Peace Moves Tie Ireland to a Free State Plan
London reports King George proclaims release of all political prisoners in Ireland and signals a special parliamentary session to debate the Anglo Irish agreement. Sir James Craig hopeful for peace, Ulster Cabinet to define stance as Belfast awaits treaty review and possible boundary changes.
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LONDON
Associated Press
Ireland
craig
BELFAST
James Craig
Lady Craig
Rutherland
County Down
Cardinal Logue
LuALDN
George
Sandringham
privy council
Irish free state
Ulster
pho
Dail Eireann
Dail Elreant
Sims reiterates armament views in Detroit speech
Rear Admiral William Sims declares after Washington armament talks that remaining navies should be cut in half and that a radical reduction will occur. He says total disarmament is unlikely for years due to distrust, and that airplanes and submarines will be key weapons in future wars.
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DETROIT
Mich
Washington
William Sims
Sims
Admiral Sims
Louise Peete Begins Serving Life Sentence
Mrs Louise Veete formerly of Denver arrived at San Quentin from Los Angeles to begin a life term for the murder of Jacob Denton a wealthy mining operator She said she had given a statement to deputies that would clear her of blame for the death
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SAN QUENTIN
Cal
Louise Veete
Denver
Los Angeles
Jacob Denton
Peete
Denton
Harding Eyes Pacific Coast and Alaska Trip
President Harding indicated he plans a summer journey to the Pacific coast and Alaska. The prospect underscores his intent to visit multiple states and engage with western interests during the coming vacation period.
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HARDING
PACIFIC COAST
WASHINGTON
Alaska
Great Lakes Waterways Report Nearing Completion
The international joint commission met in Washington on December 7 to finish its final Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterways project report. Officials expect several days of executive sessions to continue and minimize public exposure to details.
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WASHINGTON
international joint commission
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
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