Baseball conference to overhaul national plan and appoint Landis
A historic meeting of baseball interests begins in New York with Judge Landis as head to draft a new national agreement. The plan calls for major and minor league questions to be split into two parts while consolidating power under a director of baseball. Landis will head a potential advisory board, with a seven year contract and $42,500 annual salary plus travel expenses.
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Will Mead Board of Centre
New York
Judge Landis
National League
National League of Baseball Writers
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
National Commission
Supreme Court of Baseball
August Herrmann
Cincinnati Club
Heydler
Landis
Johnson
American League
India Vndia
Baseball
Board of Control
Chicago
Former Cement King Dingee Files Bankruptcy Petition
William Dingee once known as the cement king and former Oakland waterworks owner has filed a bankruptcy petition. It lists liabilities of 821,565 and assets including a $150 ward and a cemetery lot.
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Cement King
San Francisco
Cal
Whilliam Dingee
Oakland Waterworks
Plan Big Trade Body in Chicago to Launch This Week
A 350 member conference of bankers and industrial leaders from 37 states at the Congress hotel in Chicago contemplates forming a billion dollar international trade organization. The plan, backed by Senator Edge and leaders including John McHugh and Herbert Hoover, aims to coordinate credit structures, boost production, and cut unemployment while sustaining farm and factory output. Willis H. Booth and John Drum voiced support, with Booth serving as temporary chairman.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
John McHugh
Mechanica and “Metals National Bank of New York
Commerce and Marine Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Redfield
Herbert Hoover
United States
Europe
Willis H. Booth
Guaranty Trust Co
New York
Tremendous
Booth
John Drum
San Francisco
Edge
Congress
Washington
Mollie McConnell Dead Veteran Actress of Stage and Screen
Nellie McConnell a veteran actress long under contract with Charles Frohman and the Shuberts died in Los Angeles. She was the widow of William McConnell formerly editor of a New York paper.
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Los Angeles
Wasg
Cal
Nellie McConnell
Charles Frohman
The
Shuberts
Wiliam McConnell
New York
Ex-King Constantine Returns to Greece Ambitious Plan
Lucerne reports official plebiscite results and invitation for Constantine to reclaim the throne Athens will dispatch a Greek cruiser and escort to Venice to receive him and his family on Wednesday The plan shifts for travel via Brindisi with departure by ordinary train from Lucerne.
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Athens
Venice
Lucerne
Switzerland
Greece
Constantine
Sophia
Brindisi
Clara Smith Missing After Murder Charge in Hamon case
Clara Barton Smith, charged with murder in the death of Oklahoma Republican committeeman and oilman Jake L Hamon, fails to appear at McLean Scott McLean offices in Fort Worth. Expectation was for her return to Ardmore Oklahoma after she allegedly fired the fatal shot on November 21.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Clara Barton Smith
Jake” L. Hamon
Oklahoma
McLean, Scott & McLean
McLean
Miss Smith
Ardmore
Okla
Hannon
el Paso
Middies Held For Hazing At Annapolis Royal Academy
Ten midshipmen are held on the Reina Mercedes at the Royal Academy in Annapolis in hazing probe led by Rear Admiral Scales. Names include Cecil Fain of Ohio and George R Lehman of Indiana. In Florida, 45 upperclassmen at the University of Florida are suspended after inquiry into shaving of first-year students.
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Annapolis
Royal Academy
Admiral Scales
Cecil Fain
Ohio
George R. Lehman
Indiana
Gainesville
University of Florida
Cut Price of Steel by Jones & Laughlin at Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh reports a return to base prices set by the United States Industrial Board on March 21 1919 as Jones & Laughlin Steel lowers finished steel rates. The cut affects bars structural sheets plates and will not cut wages for about 25000 workers. Youngstown independents announce matching the price reduction effective immediately and note further adjustments for wire and rolled steel as coal and labor costs trend.
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Pittsburgh
United States Industrial Board
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Jones & Laughlin Company
Youngstown
United States Steel Corporation
Exonerated in Haitian Quiz Free Marine Exposed
Lang, once a U S Marine and subject of an inquiry in Port au Prince Haiti, has been exonerated. A cablegram received by his mother Mrs Gertrude de Bilin of San Marino reports the release after charges of shooting Haitians during service were dropped.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Freeman Lang
United States Marine Corps
Port Au Prince
Huaiti
Gertrude de Bilin
San Marino
Obregon Returns After Recuperation For Inaugural Visit
Mexico City reports President-elect General Alvaro Obregon has returned with his family after a brief absence for recovery from indisposition. He is said to be much improved and canceled engagements while observing Thanksgiving.
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Mexico City
Mex, MN
Alvaro Obregon
Mexican Republic
Obregon
Markets Report on Wheat Butter Eggs and Livestock Prices
A dense market digest lists prices for hard and soft winter wheats, rye flour, and patent grades, with mill brands and sacks. Also included are hay prices, butter and eggs ranging by grade, live poultry and dressed poultry rates, potatoes, and cattle hogs sheep quotes across standard and regional grades.
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Kansas
Minneapolis
Sidney High School Debating Con Test Volunteers Sought
School notes report holding debating contests with a call for volunteers on Monday. An inter class basketball tournament is set for Tuesday and Wednesday before the Christmas vacation. Sidney schools close December 23 for a two week break. The Sidney basketball team plays at Sterling today. The first league game between Alliance and Sidney is January 14 with Alliance visiting. A class basketball tournament runs December 21 to 23 with sophomores drawing juniors and seniors drawing freshmen.
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Sidney
Sterling
Alliance
Nebraska High School Debating League Sets January Start
The Nebraska High School Debating league with seventy eight members plans thirty nine first series debates in its fourteenth year. The season opens in January and concludes with a two day tourney at the University of Nebraska in May among district championship schools debating repealing literacy test restrictions on immigration.
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Nebraska High School Debating League
University of Nebraska
Sunol School Banquet Proves Huge Success
Sunol teachers and Dix visitors plus Miss Anna McFadden met Saturday December 11 to discuss consolidating Sunol schools. Toasts honored agricultural and vocational work as Miss McFadden urged teaching in terms of people lives and practical results. The event extended past midnight with praise for its lively speakers and music by the high school orchestra.
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Sunol
Dix
Anna McFadden
Sundl
Smith-Hughs
Mias McFadden
Supt. Dix
Opal Allington
Theodore Roosevelt
A Word With Telegraph Advertisers
The Telegraph urges advertisers to use sufficient space for want ads, noting reliable results from many orders. It explains that supply and demand drive responses and that persistence pays off, encouraging concise messages to reach thousands of readers.
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Telegraph
Teaching Agriculture By Life In Rural Schools
The speaker urges hands on agricultural education in rural schools linking farming study to community life health sanitation and home life. Emphasizes active learning over book work advocating corn testing sewing manual training and practical projects to engage pupils and benefit the community.
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Corm
Sidney Flower Shop Gives Carnations and Prizes
Rexall Store offers ten prizes for popular boys and girls during a Saturday visit on December 18. Ladies receive a carnations gift with each visit. stock includes Xmas plants ferns cut flowers holly mistletoe wreaths and table trees. Prizes include a football glove NL ball Jack knife roller skates and a doll. Haseett's Pharmacy promotes golf clubs as gifts.
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Ned Hemphill
Rexall
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LaRue Brown
National League of Woman Voters
George W. Kirchwey
Columbia University
Law School
New York School For Social Work
Plan Big Trade Body
Mollie M’connell IS
Fleet
America
Averoff
Botzle
Piraeus
Venizelos
Gounaris
Asia Minor
Clara Smith
Hamon Case
Scales
Mexico
July Reyes
Sidney Flower Shop
Haseett’s
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