Mexican Chamber Invaded as Troops Quell Gallery Fight
In Mexico City the chamber of deputies saw armed forces enter the galleries for the first time in history to quell clashes between Liberal constitutionalists and Social Democratic factions. Whips and canes cracked as supporters of rival blocs sought control of the permanent commission for the January to September recess. The scene, crowded with partisans, led to police intervention after a heated, shouting session that ended with adjournment.
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MEXICO CITY
Associated Press
Mexican chamber of deputies
Liberal constitutionalist
Social Democratic bloc
permanent commission
congress
No Cyanide Duty Urged by Senator Sterling
Senator Sterling of South Dakota urged retaining potassium cyanide on the free list before the senate committee. He noted cyanide’s industrial use in gold ore extraction and citrus fumigation and opposed tariffs backed by the Rossier Hasslacher Chemical Co. Senator Smoot added the duty would not raise gold prices since only a quarter from a ton of ore uses cyanide.
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WASHINGTON
senate committee
Sterling
South Dakota
Rossier Hasslacher Chemical Company
New Jersey
Smoot
Utah
Storm claims eight victims in California tragedy
Fresno dispatch reports the eighth storm death as three Southern California Edison workers at Big Creek, exhausted by exposure and hunger, recounted how coworker John H. Peterson froze while delivering company documents valued at $40,000. They were snowbound four days after a blizzard trapped them.
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FRESNO
Cal
California
Southern California Edison Company
Big Creek
John H. Peterson
Peterson
Stillman divorce hearings to be public in Canada
In Montreal on December 30 the public nature of all testimony in the Stillman divorce case was announced by Eugene Godkin the commissioner for the Canadian hearings Mrs Fifi Potter Stillman who has arrived in Canada and will appear in Quebec before the January 11 opening is ready to present witnesses to counter allegations of intimacy with Fred K Beauvais the Indian guide named as co respondent by James A Stillman the New York banker
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MONTREAL
Canada
Eugene Godkin
Fifi Potter Stillman
Quebec
Fred K. Beauvais
Jamies A. Stillinan
New York
Robbery Confession In Church Poor Box Case
Police report Harry Ryan, a known ex convict and drug addict, confessed to robbing a Catholic church poor box of 1.35 dollars. He claimed another attempt at Sparks church failed. He admitted stealing small sums from local till points including Dorris garage Grand Central hotel and Altur cafe. A room search found a person named Jimmy after his arrest.
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Harry Ryan
Kirkley
Ryan
Sparks
Dorris garage
Grand Central hotel
Alturas cafe
Ryan j
Jimmy
Harding Calls Quarrel Report Silly Amid Arms Talks
President Harding dismissed as silly reports that he and Secretary Hughes were at odds over the four power treaty and arms conference fallout. He declined to discuss the matter further at his press conference, stating only that the rumors were baseless.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
Secretary Hughes
Hughes
Delegates Ready to Go Back Home From Conference
Washington dispatch reports Armament Conference leaders plan to adjourn within two weeks. Admiral Baron Kato heads the Japanese delegation and reserved cabins on the Singo Maru for January 13 from San Francisco. British delegate Mr. Balfour booked passage for January 14 to England, though this may be tentative and contingent on conference completion.
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WASHINGTON
associated Press
Baron Kato
San Francisco
Balfour
England
Mr. Balfour
Dallas Police Seek Body of Man Who Wrote Leap Note
Dallas police search for a man’s body after finding a note on a khaki shirt sleeve stating plans to jump into the Trinity River. The note mentions aiming to end life and goodbye. The note includes a veteran’s history and a signature that references Paul W. Chamberlain of Company C, Fourth Engineers, Camp Lewis.
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DALLAS
Tex
Trinity
Chouteau Thierry
Bordeaux
Trance
PAUL W. CHAMBERLAIN
Fourth Engineers
Camp Lewis
Wash
Larsen monoplane breaks world endurance record
Edward Stinson pilots the Larsen monoplane with mechanic Lloyd Bertrand to surpass the 24 hour 191 minute mark, staying aloft 26 hours 19 minutes 15 seconds before a forced descent due to a faulty oil connection. Both men endured severe cold and frozen fingers as they improvised hand lubrication from 3 a.m. The flight started yesterday at 8:58:15 a.m. and ended about 11:27:50 a.m. today, with ample fuel and oil carried for the run.
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MINNEOLA
Associated Press
Larsen
Edward Stinson
Stinson
Lloyd Bertrand
tree o'clock
Bertrand
Failure of BE W Wagner & Co shocks New York market
New York reports the failure of BE W Wagner & Co a prominent 1815 founded commission house with Emil W Wagner as director. An involuntary bankruptcy petition lists $ seven and a half million in liabilities against five million in assets. The firm faced suspensions and assignments to Union Trust with expected receivership. Chicago and the Chicago Board of Trade followed by closing out grain and cotton positions.
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NEW YORK
BE. W. Wagner & Co
New York stock exchange
Emil W. Wagner
Ernst Tietgens
C. 4. Johnson
Frank W. Donaldson
Peter 3. Rogers
Frederick Boschen
Rudolph Guenther Russell
E. W. Wagner
E. W. Wagner & Co
FE. W. Wasner & Co
lng
Trust Company
Chicago
Chicago stock exchange
J. F P. Mauff
board of trade
B. W. Wasner & Co
Radio ministers to usher 1922 as 50 000 amateur operators listen
New York December 30 Amateur radio operators near New York will hear a New Year broadcast at midnight as Rev Lucas Beeve speaks via broadcasting radiophone from station 2 BAK in Tarrytown. A bell tolls and a minister invokes blessings for the new year with a choir assisting.
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NEW YORK
Associated Press
BAK
Tarrytown
N.Y
Lucas Beeve
Cupid breaks up WB Pittman firm
San Francisco December 30 Lorrin Andrews former attorney general of Hawaii and former chairman of the Republican territorial central committee announced he will not return to Hawaii but will establish law offices in Los Angeles Andrews turned Hawaii practice over to former partner W B Pittman brother of U S Senator Key Pittman of Nevada Andrews obtained a license yesterday to wed Miss Amy S Busby of Tekima Wash today
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SAN FRANCISCO
Lorrin Andrews
territory of Hawaii
Republican territorial central committee
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Andrews
W. B. Pittman
United States
Key Pittman
Nevada
Amy S. Busby
kima
Wash
Lolita Armour Defends Lorenz Expertness
Publicized JAMA report that Lolita Armour underwent treatment by Dr Adolf Lorenz in Vienna and Chicago doctors. Armour, now Mrs John J Mitchell Jr, says partial improvements followed Lorenz work though not a complete cure. She credits Lorenz for relief and pleasure from her condition.
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CHICAGO
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Adolf Lorenz
Vienna
Goodin Recall Petition Filed in Pershing County
A recall petition against J. T. Goodin of the Pershing county board of commissioners was filed with the county clerk. It carries 335 signatures though duplications may reduce the total. after verification, enough valid names are expected to support an election call under the law.
Body of Woman Left in Gutter
St Louis police report Frederick G Meier thirty three and Walter Bybee twenty seven were under arrest in connection with the death of Miss Thelma Long nineteen whose body was found in a street gutter after she leaped from an automobile to escape Bybee according to Meier’s account.
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ST. LOUIS
Frederick G. Meier
Walter Bybee
Thelma Long
Bybee
Meier
Lobby of Canada Shingle Men Accused Before Senate Panel
Robert W. Allen of Seattle testifies to the Senate finance committee that a Canadian lobby is conducting insidious propaganda against any duty on lumber and shingles. He cites $47,000 spent by Canadian shingle makers and criticizes propaganda from Washington linked to the Western Pine Manufacturers’ Association. He supports a 50 cent per thousand duty on shingles and a retaliatory tariff authority for the President if Canada keeps its duty on American lumber.
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WASHINGTON
senate finance committee
Robert W. Allen
Seattle
Wash
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Allen
Germany
Western Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Canada
Bid openings set for Leviathan reconditioning contract
New York December 30 Warwick Machine Works Newport News Va offered 10 250 000 as the top bid for reconditioning the Leviathan steamship idle in Hoboken for two years. Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co submitted the lowest bid of 5 595 000. Chairman Lasker of the United States Shipping Board announced the opening of bids.
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NEW YORK
Wight
Leviathan
Hoboken
Lasker
United States shipping board
Warwick Machine Works
Newport News
Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Cairo agitators taken to Ceylon
Cairo Egypt Dec 30 by the Associated Press Siwid Zagloul Pasha nationalist leader and his five followers were arrested at Cairo last Friday and sailed from Suez for Ceylon last night. Rioting in Cairo and other cities followed removal to Suez by British authorities after they refused to cease their political agitation.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Associated Press
Siwid Zagloul Pasha
hie
Suez
Ceylon
Zagloul
Professionalism charge dropped in Halifax
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada issued temporary cards to four Dalhousie hockey players as they prepared to travel to meet Harvard. The action followed allegations that Hugh McKinnon, a suspended McGill athlete, admitted accusing Canadian athletes of professionalism to regain his own card, amid threats to disrupt Eastern Canadian athletics. Also, a 14-year-old Miss Lilly Dam of Ukiah California shot a large brown bear while quail hunting alone in Jackson Valley Mendocino County.
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MONTREAL
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Harvard
Hugh McKinnon
McGill
Canada
UKIAH
Cai
Lilly Dam
Jackson valley
Mendocino county
Earl of Athlone Named Candidate for Irish Governor General
London December 30 discussion of candidates for the governor generalship of the Irish free state under the Anglo Irish treaty is revived. The latest name linked to the post is the Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary, who previously seemed in line for Canada’s governor generalship in 1994 but wartime events altered plans.
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LONDON
Sharp note from Chile ends Tacna Arica talks
Santiago, Dec. 30. Chile has broken off negotiations with Peru on Tacna Arica disputing provinces. A note replies that further exchanges are useless and accuses Peru of blocking a plebiscite as the only way to recover the territory.
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SANTIAGO
UBy
Associated Press
Chile
Peru
Tacna
Arica
Yale to Build Sterling Hall of Medicine on 41 Million Grant
New Haven Conn Dec 30 An appropriation of 41 2 million dollars will fund a new building for Yale school of medicine to be named Sterling Hall of Medicine from the 15 million estate of John W Sterling a New York lawyer Yale graduate of 1864 who died in 1918 leaving his fortune to the university
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NEW HAVEN
Conn
Yale school of medicine
Sterling Hall of Medicine
John W. Sterling
New York
Yale
university
West Virginia Legion Criticizes Debs Sentence Commute
McDowell county American Legion post 8 adopted resolutions condemning the administration for commuting Eugene V. Debs' prison term. The resolutions, sent to President Harding and West Virginia congressional delegation, denounce the action and urge review.
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WELCH
W. Va
McDowell county
West Virginia
American Legion
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Harding
yue
Lodger Shot Dead in Mission Hotel
An unidentified man was shot to death early today at the Inasmuch gospel mission on West Saratoga Street in Baltimore. He was surrounded by about seventy sleeping men. the assailant escaped as confusion spread. No motive or identification available.
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BALTIMORE
Saratoga street
Blunders in Thirty fifth Division Cited by Col Lanisa
Col Lanisa of the U S Army tells American Historical Association delegates that heavy errors occurred in the Thirty fifth Division in France in 1918 and that the unit was withdrawn for reorganization. He claims supporting communications exist at the War Department. The division consisted of Missouri and Kansas national guardsmen. Also noted is a discussion of Gen Cornwallis parole after Yorktown, presented by historian Morgan Robinson.
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ST. LOUIS
Col. C,.H. Lanisa
U. S.A
American Historical Association
France
Sante
war department
Missouri arti Kansas national guardsmen
Cornagallis
George Washington
Yorktown
Morgan Robinson
Richmond
grate
West
France Faces Suspicion at Washington Naval Talks
At the Washington conference France's delegation led by Albert Sarraut warned that France is being viewed with suspicion by other powers. Admiral De Bon and Sarraut disputed a French naval staff view cited in a French article linked to a Captain Castex, amid debate over submarine warfare rules.
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WASHINGTON
Des
Associated Press
Albert Sarraut
French arms conference
conference naval committee
France
M. Sarraut
Lord Lee
Admiral De Bon
Germany
Great Britain
Admiral de Bou
Frange
Castex M. Sarraut
Castex
Intermountain States Plan Rate Reduction Case
Salt Lake City December 30 initial steps toward forming a central association for Wyoming Idaho Colorado Utah Nevada Montana Arte gona New Mexico to present evidence to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington DC on freight rate reductions. Gov Mabey of Utah called the conference, H W Prickett elected president and P C Gill secretary. Governors favor consolidated effort over separate state submissions to streamline the commission review.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Montana
Artegona
New Mexico
Washington, D. C
interstate commerce commission
Charles R. Mabey
H. W. Prickett
Salt Lake
P. C. Gill
Mabey
Grain Purchase Contract Signed For Soviet Grain Relief
London report: Soviet Russia agrees to turn over 10 million dollars in gold to the American Relief Administration to buy grain for famine relief in the Volga region. Walter Lyman Brown signs for the relief agency and Leonid Krassin for the Soviet government.
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LONDON
Associated’ Press
Russia
American relief administration
United States
Volga
Walter Lyman Brown
relief administration
Leonid Krassin
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