Yates Announces Senate Candidacy with Dec Campaign Start
Former Governor Richard Yates declares his bid for the United States Senate. He outlines a speaking canvass statewide beginning December 27 from Hardin to the April primaries, speaking without a campaign committee and relying on federal support from Senators Cullom and Hopkins. Yates stresses independence and personal backing, with Gov. Deneen’s administration offering limited backing.
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Springfield
Richard Yates
Univ! States Senate
Leland
Hardin
Calhoun County
Cheney
Yates
Hhis
Cullom
Hopkins
Cannon
Deneen
Cook County
Hetores
Washington
Chicago
Dee
Rey
Mr Yates
Bin
Refugees Arrive in America on Cunard Steamer
Boston dispatch reports 43 Russian refugees arrived aboard the Cunard steamer Wernla. Among them are men women and children from Riga Vilna Kiel Odessa and Kovne who fled disturbances and escaped by various means to reach the United States.
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Boston
Cunard
Rica
Vilna
Kiel
Odessa
Kovne
Wealthy Woman Killed for Jewels in Asbury Park
Mrs. Morris Naftal wife of a cigar manufacturer was found slain in her Asbury Park flat. A feather bed covered her head tied hands and feet with bedclothes stuffed in her mouth. Authorities suspect strangulation by burglars as two large diamond earrings were stolen from her ears. One earring was cut from its gold band and the stone removed.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Morris Naftal
National Civil Service Reform League Opens Meeting
The 25th annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League opened in Milwaukee with regrets over the absence of Secretary of the Navy Bona Parte. Papers on civil service reform in the west were presented by Samuel E. Sparling and William B. Moulton, while Yates in Chicago questions a possible delayed decision entering the contest.
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Milwaukee
National Civil Service Reform League
Bonaparte
West
Samuel E. Sparling
Wisconsin
William B. Moulton
Illnois
Daredevil Horace Wild Flies Airship To 2500 Feet
Chicago December 14 Horace B Wild 32 for the first time soared in an airship to a height of 2500 feet above ground. The machine had never been tested before and Wild landed three miles from his start after a perilous flight marked by numb fingers and near slips from the frame.
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Chicago
Horace B. Wild
Wild
Nini
Jcross
Navy hazing scandal at Annapolis leads to dismissals
Secretary Bonaparte receives Rear Admiral Sands report on hazing at the U S naval academy. Recommends summary dismissal for Midshipmen Coffin and Vanderver for hazing and failing to report it. Hazing cases continue with Kimball found unconscious and Cooper paralyzed as academy grapples with discipline.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Sands
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jerome P. Kimball
Tremore Coffin, Jr
Warren A. Vanderver
Coffin
Vanderver
United States Naval Academy
Jordone P. Kimball
Tennessee
Henry G. Cooper
North Carolina
Midshipmen
Kimball
Brownson
Young Kimball
Meriweather, Jr
Secretary of the Navy
Meriweather
Navy
Mitchell in the Chair at Shamokin Miners Convention
In Shamokin Pa on December 14 coal miners gather for a convention to formulate demands on operators replacing those of the strike commission due to expire in March. President John Mitchell presides as delegates attend in full.
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Shamockin
John Mitchell
House quarrel over committee power delays work
Washington December 14 The fight between minority leader Williams and his followers dominated the house session. Two democrats including Shackleford Missouri defied him over committee assignments on interstate and foreign commerce while Lamar of Florida accused Williams of creating factional strife and aiding Hearst. Williams defended unity and warned against manipulating railroad rate politics.
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Washington
Williams
Shackleford
Missouri
Lamar
Florida
Roosevelt
Hearst
Willasis
Commerce Committee
Mr. Williams
Mr. Lamar
L. C. Lamar
Gold Coming for Christmas at Philadelphia Mint
The Philadelphia mint runs 24 hours to meet Christmas demand for gold and silver coins. Demand for $10 and $20 gold coins is strong, with silver dollars also high, and never before have orders been larger at the great plant.
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Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia
Iowa Supreme Court rules C O D liquor shipments illegal
Des Moines Iowa December 14 the Iowa supreme court ruled it is illegal to ship liquors into Iowa C O D and buyers may recover their money. The case involved John Hamilton of the Schlitz Brewing Co Milwaukee Must Pay Hack $5 000. The brewery must return the $5 000 paid for beer shipped to Hamilton in Linn county.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Yale College Self Supporting Despite Major Fund Increase
Yale University reports a record rise in total funds of 1 017 135 for the year ending June 30 1921 aided by a 1 900 008 gift from John D Rockefeller. The general account shows a small deficit but funds coming in late to cover it will offset the shortfall next year leaving Yale fully self supporting. The notice includes quotes on discipline and service in a court context and mentions Dublin where the Earl of Aberdeen is sworn in again as lord lieutenant of Ireland.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Lee MeClung
Yale
John D. Rockefeller
Baltic Revolt and Riga Unrest Reported
Advices from Riga describe alarming revolts in Latvia with Lettish peasants torching estates, railways cut, and insurgents seizing lines near Riga. Sailors from Riga harbor join strikes while government efforts to crush telegraph outages falter. locals welcome imperial ukase restoring local self government and officials in Courland unrest.
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Columbo
Sicily
Czarevitch
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Riga
Venden
Courland
Ukase
Five Deck Hands Drown as Rose Hite Sinks on Monongahela
The steamer Rose Hite sank in the Monongahela river near Brownsville this morning. Five deckhands drowned. William Sharp, the author, is reported dead in Sicily, according to London dispatches dated December 14.
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Rose Hite
Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Brownsville
William Sharp
London
Sicily
Czar and Grand Dukes in Russia Crisis and US Insurance Reform
Eyewitness account describes a confrontation among czar Nicholas II and Grand Dukes Vladimir Boris Michael and Nicholas over the Bloody Sunday aftermath, ending with Boris expelled from Russia. Separately in New York, Roosevelt plans to push district level insurance reform with governors and commissioners meeting February 1, and Fiske testifies on reducing expenses focusing on industrial business.
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St. Petersburg
Ivia Eydtkuhnen
Boris
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Father Gopon
Michael
Nicholas
Russia
Fiske
New York
Haley Fiske
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hughes
The Sequence Of A Scandal Married In Ceylon
The Earl of Cowley wed Lady Hartopp in Colombo amid reports of her past divorce from Sir Charlies Hartopp following a sensational trial in which Cowley was a co respondent. Gen Herman Haupt, Civil War veteran and oldest West Point graduate, died suddenly on a Pennsylvania Railroad trip near Newark.
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Ceylon
Earl of Cowley
Lady Hartopp
Colombo
Hartopp
Charlies Hartopp
Herman Haupt
Newark
N. J
West Point
Jersey City
Corey faces pressure over Steel job amid scandal talk
Reports claim Sidney S. Gorham leads a new Good Roads movement in Illinois with aims to standardize speeds and license vehicles. Meanwhile Pittsburg rumors say Thomas Corey may leverage alleged millionaire misdeeds to defend his $1000000 U S Steel presidency, including a sensational past dinner at the Duquesne with Anna Held present.
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Pittsburg
W. Bh. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Gillman
Corey
J. B. Corey
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Cassie Chadwick
Mr. Corey
Duquesne Jain
Anna Held
Cured Others Not Himself Dr Gelston Dies After Epidemic
Michigan doctor Louis Gelston of the Calumet and Hecla staff dies from scarlet fever, contracted while tending epidemic victims. He graduated from the University of Michigan last spring. The report notes overwork during the outbreak and his service to miners and residents.
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Michigan
Calumet, Mich
Louis Gelston
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
Gelston
University of Michigan
Pat Garrett Rejected As Collector After Powers Incident
El Paso, December 14 Pat Garrett long time friend of President Roosevelt was refused reappointment as collector of customs after admitting he palmed off Tom Powers a local saloon keeper and gambler on Roosevelt during the Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio. Powers dined with the president and Garrett later disclosed the guest's character.
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Pat Garrett
el Paso
Gambier
Tex
Roosevelt
Tom Powers
Rough Riders
San Antonio
Garrett
Powers
School Boy Saves A Train Near Tracy Indiana
Eddie Arndt a 12 year old from Laporte Indiana spotted a broken rail on the main track near Tracy half a mile from town. He heard an approaching train whistle and swung his school bag to flag it stopping the derailment. He received gifts from grateful passengers.
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Tracy
Ind
Laporte
Eddie Arndt
Senate committee backs ship subsidy bill report
Washington December 14 The senate committee on commerce agreed to report favorably on the ship subsidy bill The senate bill reported by Aldrich granting canal bonds the same privileges as other bonds passed the senate without debate A new measure introduced by Representative Mannills would prohibit patents on medicines and drugs except for the definite process of manufacture
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Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Senate
Aldrich
Mannills
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America
National Reform League
Vanderver and Coffin
Mitchell
Gathering
Hawkeye
Schlitz Brewing Company
Linn County
Yale College
Dublin
Earl of Aberdeen
Ireland
Czar
Congress
District of Columbia
Zeno Post
Washington P
State Auto Club
Sidney S. Gorham
Association of Automobilists
Bloomington
Decatur
Rockford
Austin
Chica- 20
The
Steel Trust
Joliet
Charles H. Kettles
Kettles
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