Submarine S-48 Rammed By Tug Sinks During Trial Run
Submarine S-48 sank off Bridgeport while testing off Penfield reef. Crew escaped by buoyancy, one end rested on the bottom at seventy feet. Thirty sailors treated for chlorine gas at Newark navy yard. Lieut Francis Adams Smith among those in serious condition. Tanker rescue saved the rest after they lighted the boat and drew attention with mattresses.
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BRIDGEPORT Conn
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Penfield reef
NEW YORK
Associated Press
Bridgeport
Newark navy yard
Lieut
Francis Adams Smith
222 SHIPS SINK N12 MONTHS
Washington December 8 1922 American merchant ships totaling 122397 tons were lost in the twelve months ended June 30 in founderings strandings collisions or other causes. 555 other American merchant vessels were involved in casualties with 206 lives lost including seven passengers. Property value totaled 349320310. Ships lost by region include Atlantic Gulf coasts 75 Pacific 35 Great Lakes 16 rivers 35 and at sea or foreign waters 61.
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WASHINGTON
coast guard Service
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific coast
Great Lakes
United States
Cane sugars press drop in New York market
Weakness deepened in the local sugar market with prices slipping about a sixteenth of a cent a pound to two cents above Cuban cost and freight. Merchants cited new crop pressure as the cause and a sale of 35,000 bags to a local refiner was reported at that level.
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NEW YORK
Cubas
Representative Flood Dead in Virginia Congress Dies at 11th Term
Representative Henry Flood Democrat of Virginia dies at home from heart trouble after weeks of illness. A 11th-term lawmaker and former chairman of the foreign affairs committee, he introduced wartime resolutions recognizing a state of war with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The House adjourns at noon in mourning.
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WASHINGTON
Henry Flood
Virginia
Flight of Mont Berg Cut Short Arrested in Texas
Mont Berg president of Sierra Valley Bank Loyalton Calif, missing since November 30 after bank fraud of 87500. He was arrested late today in Terrell Texas by detective agency operatives who say Berg admitted his identity. California authorities notified and Berg held there awaiting instructions. He had been living in Terrell under an assumed name.
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DALLAS
Tex
Mont Berg
Sierra Valley Bank
Loyalton
Calif
Terrell
Berg
California
Berg sa beng
Dal Eireann Sits To Pass Anglo Irish Treaty
The Dal Eireann cabinet met to consider the London treaty creating an Irish free state. Deputies oppose the oath to the British sovereign and the governor general while others expect approval in principle. Crown forces would be withdrawn within a month if the agreement is ratified.
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DUBLIN
Associated Press
Dai] Eireann
London
Sinn Fein
Eamonn De Valera
Mansion house
Womens republican
Enland
Ireland
Kenyon Defends Senate Actions Before Colorado Farmers
Senator William Kenyon of Iowa defended the agricultural bloc before Colorado farmers at the state congress. He argued Democrats seek to aid the country and push for fair farmer privileges, including placement of a dirt farmer on the federal reserve board, and expressed support for soldier bonus legislation.
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FORT COLLINS
Colo
William Kenyon
Iowa
United States senate
Colorado farmers congress
Washington
federal reserve board
Kenyon
eoldier
Japan agrees to quadruple treaty in Pacific talks
British spokesman said Tokyo accepted the quadruple understanding proposal tied to naval ratios, but the Japanese government had not yet signed off. The four power plan, including Yap and cooling off concepts, is being prepared for official approval as part of Far East accords.
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WASHINGTON
Associated Press
Pacific
egard t
Ward 7
Honolulu
Chima
Blind Inmates Escape Flames at New Jersey Home
One hundred inmates of St Josephs home for the blind in Jersey City were led out by attendants as fire damaged the building. More than fifty blind women, some paralyzed, were carried to safety. The blaze, discovered in the chapel sacristy by Rev Cornelius McInerney, was quickly controlled with alarms sent and staff alerted.
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JERSEY
St Josephs
Cornelius McInerney
Dog Is Hero Aboard Ship Heroic Polish Dog Saved Girl
A Polish police dog aboard the steamship Szolansk helped rescue Zeata Zazorowohi a seven year old girl from Danzig after she dropped her doll and nearly went overboard during a storm at sea Captain A H Peterson called it the roughest voyage of his life Thyras bold grab saved the child and the dog from peril as passengers watched in relief at Brooklyn docking last night.
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YORK
Dee
Thrran
Poland
Szolansk
Brooklyn
Atlantic
A H Peterson
Thyras
Zeata Zazorowohi
Danzig
United States
Zeata
safet
Society Woman of New York on Professional Stage
New York society woman Mrs. Linvolly Hoyt, who recently debuted in motion pictures, announced last night that she would soon appear on Broadway in a legitimate drama produced by William Faversham. She denied reports that she had left the cinema for good.
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NEW YORK
Mre
LInvolly Hoyt
William Faversham
Railroad Special Agent Kills Fleeing Prisoner at Springfield
Salt Lake City December 7 1912 Deck Leland Strong twenty two years old shot dead at Springfield Utah by A C Ure chief special agent of the Oregon Short Line railroad company while fleeing from Ure and other officers who had him in custody Strong was found to be in possession of an automatic pistol and cartridges when the body and effects were examined at Provo Sheriff J D Boyd reported Ure said that a picture of Strong had been recognized as the man who on November 7 held up passengers of the Oregon Short Line train No 17 near American Falls Ure said Strong submitted to arrest a few minutes later if he walked with the officers broke from them he shot without intent to bite (sic) the man and was surprised when Strong fell)
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SALT LAKC CITY Deck
Leland
Strong
Springfield
Utah
Ure
Oregon Short Line railroad company
Provo
D Boyd
Oregon Short Line
American Falls
Maho Ure
War era inquiry probes alleged mistreatment by officers
Senate committee discussed charges by Senator Watson that private soldiers were mistreated and hanged. Witnesses would be protected as the panel reviewed whether officers in the United States Army committed brutal acts without court martial. An affidavit claimed a dozen soldiers were hanged in France following French court martial.
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WASHINGTON
Watson
Georgia
Brandegee
special
senate committee
United States army
senate
Texas
Joh
Forbes
Cleveland
Sennor Watson
Waco
Watson sala
ig f
Brandegre
George H Taylor
France
General Asks for More Cadets
Washington December 8 Brig Gen Douglas MacArthur superintendent of the West Point military academy asks for an increase in the cadet corps from 1234 to 2500 in his annual report to the secretary of war The report notes the academy now trains only one third of officers needed for a peace time army and would short the nation if expanded to 2590 would require new construction costing about 4 000 000 MacArthur urges a larger corps to build officer material for civilian trained manpower during emergencies
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WASHINGTON
West Pan military academy
Douglas McArthur
academy
United States
McArthur
Harding Invited to Visit San Francisco by Crocker
December 3 President Harding was invited by William S. Crocker California Republican national committeeman to visit San Francisco next summer if his Pacific Coast tour proceeds. The President accepted provisionally noting uncertainty about feasibility and timing of such a trip.
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WASHINGTON
William S. Crocker
Republican national
California
Harding
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California public figure dies. funeral cost set at three
San Bernardino California December 8 J Gilbert longtime county assessor and public figure died yesterday leaving a public note assailing modern funeral rites as barbarous and directing his funeral cost no more than 3 He valued his estate at 30000 and asked a cemetery sexton oversee cremation with ashes scattered in the San Bernardino mountains
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SAN BERNARDINO
Cal
é J Gilbert
California
Ghibert
San Barnardino mountains
Colorado River parley opens at Riverside in Southwest League session
Riverside California December 8 government engineer says Boulder Canyon dam plans must await a basin wide Colorado River development scheme. EC Larus urges a comprehensive plan for the river basin with Lee Ferry as a key immediate site. O C Merrill of Washington says irrigation holds primacy while power development follows. Nearly 1000 delegates attend the Southwest League session to address reclamation and water rights with Mexico’s delegation offering views.
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RIVERSIDE
Cal
Boulder Canyon
Nevada
Colorado river
EC Larus
geological survey
Colorado
Lee Ferry
Dee
southwest
O C Merrill
Washington DC
federal power commission
West
republic of Meuxico
Stephers
alfornia
Mexico
Ldomco Ramo
President Obrepon
iternaional boundary commission
Ti reasonably comasiyuie price
Lost explorers’ bodies found near northern Jenese river
December report from London cites a radio dispatch stating that a Russian squad under Begytkheff has recovered the bodies of Knudson and Tessen, members of the Amundsen Arctic expedition lost in 1919. The find location is described near the north of a river possibly the Jenese, rising in Northwestern Mongolia and draining into the Arctic Ocean.
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LONDON
Dee
London Times
Chasuiania
Moson
capcaidion
Begytkheff
Siberia
Knudson
Tessen
Arctic
Paris Treaty Borah Target Reforms for European Peace
Senator Borah denounced the Versailles treaty revision pushed by disarmament advocates as essential for peace and economic security. He urged changes to the pact and warned that without reform Europe would deteriorate, calling for a Great Britain Japan France and Germany conference to rewrite a livable treaty.
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WASHINGTON
Borah
Idiho
European
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Germany
Mr Borah
Idaho
offars
Mount Vesuis
Strikers Charged by Police in Chicago District Turmoil
In Chicago the stockyards district endured fresh disturbances as more than 1500 police faced a mob near the packing plants. Dozens were reported injured in fights, windows shattered on an elevated train carrying workers, and casualties grew with one death and many wounded as tension rose through the night.
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CHICAGO
stock yards
whch
Witnesses Describe Auto Seen Near Kennedy Cottage
In Los Angeles on trial for murder, Arthur Burch is described by witnesses who say a car with dimmed headlights lingered on a side road near the Kennedy cottage in Beverly Glen on the night of August 5. Ralph Cummings and his brother testified they saw the auto but could not identify it clearly. Prosecution earlier tied Burch to renting a roadster at the spot and waiting to shoot Kennedy as he spoke with Mrs Obenham who is also charged.
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LOS ANGELES
Arthur
Burch
J Belton Kennedy
Kennedy
Geverley Glen
Madalynne Obenchain
Ralph Cummings
D W Cummings
Buich
Obenham
mdf
Break for Freedom in Prison Averted at State Penitentiary
An attempted breakout at the state penitentiary was stopped last night when Deputy Walden Pat Dugan shot Emil Parry, a convict in his cell during a struggle. The incident occurred in Banta Te area as authorities said Parry fought to escape.
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state penitentiary
Walden Pat Dugan
Emil Parry
Third Political Party Is Launched In Nebraska
Grand Island Nebraska December 8 a mass meeting of independents and progressives formed a third political party in Nebraska with 502 signers. Judge Arthur Wray York was named chairman of the regulatory or platform committee and J By Edmiston North Platte chaired the organization committee. Delegates debated balloting on a name for the new party and allowed a future speech by National committee chairman Hopkins.
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GRAND ISLAND
Neb
Nebraska
Arthur Wray
York
charman
Edmiston
North Platte
Custer
Hopkins
National committee of forty-eight
Nevada Rep Arentz Seeks U S Senate Seat
Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada congressman, announces candidacy for the United States Senate after indicating plans to friends in Nevada. Arentz has been active in home state legislation, served on key House committees, and built a wartime record as a captain in an engineers unit. He previously defeated Charles R Evans to win a seat in Congress and owns ranching and mining experience in Lyon and Clark counties.
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United States Senate
Samuel S. Arentz
Nevada
Washington
Arent
Arentz
congress
Samuel Sorentz
Charles R Evans
Lyon County
Arentzs
Simpson
Mason Valley
Clark county
Rocky Mountain
Federal hospital for Palo Alto approval announced
Secretary Mellon announced approval of 1 400 000 to provide a permanent former soldier hospital for nervous and mental cases at Palo Alto California. The Public Health Service currently operates a 550 bed facility in temporary buildings and plans call for enlargement to 1000 beds at the new site.
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WASHINGTON
Palo Alto
Cal
Mellon
public health service
Great Damage by Storm Ravages Newfoundland Coast
A Newfoundland coast storm on Monday and Tuesday left at least eighteen dead and damaged over two dozen vessels including fishing schooners barges and tugs. Property loss is estimated at about 25400 dollars as crews assess ships exposed to the gale. Shipmasters report the storm as the worst to sweep the coast, with counts of vessels lost likely to rise.
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ST JOHNS
leas
Newfoundland
Marine guard shoots at three express robbers near Savannah
Official reports say a marine guard on a mail car of train No 86 Atlantic Coast Line fired on three white men robbing an express car ahead near Savannah Georgia Two of the robbers were badly wounded The incident comes as other news from Indianapolis states John L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers approves revoking the Kansas district charter and deposing its officers by the international executive board in session today.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Savannah
INDIANAPOLIS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas district organization
international ex
the
minera
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