National Government to Fund All Future Campaigns
Senator T H Caraway proposes that future national political campaigns be funded and controlled entirely by the federal government. He argues this is needed to counter large corporate donations to campaign funds amid investigations by a special Senate committee. Republican totals show receipts over 4 million dollars with end of campaign contributions near one and a quarter million and expenditures surpassing 1.6 million in late October to late November.
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Washington
Thor
T. H. Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Caraway
Hodges
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Two Million Once, Twelve Dollars Now Caper Recap
A Chicago fugitive who vanished with 2,000,000 dollars last year was tracked down and brought back in custody. He carried 12 dollars in his clothing and described schemes to reclaim swamp lands in Panama bought years ago for 1,000. He faces four indictments with potential penalties from one to fourteen years if convicted.
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Cateros Nerseacre
Chicago
Panama
Koretz
Canadian P. O. Robbers Escape with Large Sum
MOOSE Jaw Sask December 2 Three robbers held up postal employees in the post office at dawn and escaped with registered mail containing eighty to ninety thousand dollars, authorities and Mounted Police actively pursuing the trio.
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Mooqsesaw
Sask
Deficiency Bill Passes Senate At Last
Washington Dec 2 The recond deficiency bill that failed last session was finally passed by the Senate. It carries 180000000 dollars and affects funds of nearly every department and the administration's bonus act.
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Washington
Senate
Germans Add Ships to South American Service
Hamburg December 2 German steamship lines announce three new vessels for North German Lloyd and Hamburg South American routes. The Sierra Morena Monte Samento and Monte Olivia will serve Buenos Aires and other ports with third class and steerage passengers, signaling a push in emigration trade.
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Hamburg
South America
Germany
Lloyd
Haimburg
Buenos Aires
Danish writer Rosencrantz studies American women in government
Danish writer Rosencrantz visits America to observe women in executive political roles. He has argued women are unfit to govern except at home and will watch Governor elect Miriam Ferguson of Texas and Governor-elect Nellie Ross of Wyoming, believing both will fail as leaders.
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Aron Palle Rosencrantz
Danish Witer
America
Miriam Ferguson
Texas
Nellie Ross
Wyoming
Construction program for army outlined
Army construction plan estimated at 115.95 million dollars funds permanent housing at ports in the United States, Hawaii, and the Panama Canal Zone. Reports by Secretary Weeks to the House outline the program and recommend a new hospital at Camp Lewis costing 4.884 million dollars.
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Washington, der
Army Ports
United States
Pawaii
Panama Canal Zone
Weeks
Camp Lewis
Waal
Esthonian Rebels Suppressed in Brief Capital Uprising
REVAL December 2 The revolutionary movement fostered by Communists in Esthonia yesterday ended quickly. Five officers three cadets two soldiers and three policemen were killed and 40 wounded in two hours of fighting around government buildings. The capital's situation is now tranquil.
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Reval
Esthonia
Dawes to Retire as U.S. Comptroller
Washington December 2 Henry M Dawes Comptroller of the Currency desires to resign and has announced it unofficially stated Dawes plans to retire from the post in the near future after serving in the key financial position for years in the United States government.
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Washington
Henry M. Dawes
German Exile Ends as He Becomes French Citizen
Charles Wolff, long exiled after leaving Strasbourg to join the German army in 1914, returns home after ten years in Russia and Siberia. Prisoner, farmer at Marmonttier on the lower Rhine, he has become a French citizen and sent for his Russian wife.
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Strasbourg
Charles Wolff
Wolff
Don
Brest-Litovsk
Siberia
Berlin
Russia
Marmonttier
Lower Rhine
Northwest Mining Convention Records Largest Registration
Spokane reports the Twenty Ninth Annual Northwest Mining Association convention marks the largest registration in history with Gov. Louis F. Hart and Frank Ross, the association’s vice president, delivering principal speeches.
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Spokane
Wash
The
Northwest Mining Association
Louis F. Hart
Frank Ross
Whiskey shipment moving north from British Columbia
Bulletin from New Westminster reports denial that Princess Ena cargo is for the Yukon. The first consignment since the aridity agreement left on the steamer Princes Ena for Skagway, then to Canadian territory. Ten carloads of whiskey and seven thousand cases arrived for reshipment to Mexico. Local officials know nothing of the agreement and no prohibition office statement is available.
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New Westwinster
B. C
Princess Ena
Yukon
South
New Westminister
RH. C
Yukoff
Princes Eno
Skagway
Canadian
Theer
Mexico
Juneau
Dependents of Alien Enemy Workmen Win Out
Dismissal of two mandamus actions by the Alien Enemy Property Custodian will force the Washington State Auditor to issue warrants against the accident insurance fund for all claims of dependents of enemy workers injured in the state during World War I. The ruling will require the State Treasurer to pay the warrants, upholding the Washington officials’ position.
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Olympia
Wash
United States Supreme Court
State of
Washington
Nomination of Alaska U S Attorney Sent to Senate
Washington December 2 Among the nominations sent to the Senate for ratification is that of WA Hurley to be United States Attorney for the Fourth Division Alaska in the U S government.
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U. S. Senate
Washington
Senate
WA. Hurley
United States
Alaska
Taxation Problems Loom in Washington Session
Seattle December 2 State Representative Floyd B Danskin from Spokane arrived for conferences with lawmakers and said taxation problems loom as the major issue of the coming session beginning next month.
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Seattle
Floyd B. Danskin
Spokane
Washington
House of Representatives
Underwood proposes new Muscle Shoals plan for defense use
Senator Oscar W. Underwood has introduced a plan to operate Muscle Shoals for national defense. The property would be dedicated to nitrogen fertilizer and explosives production, with possible government or private operation.
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Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
Muscle Shoals
Ford Asked to Renew Offer for Muscle Shoals
Senators McKellar of Tennessee and Heflin of Alabama telegraphed Ford pressing a renewal of his offer for Muscle Shoals. The move signals continued congressional push to secure the project amid regional interest and potential economic impact.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senators McKellar
Tennesse
Heflin
Alabama
Messenger boy disappears with 360000 in securities
Stewart and Company bond brokers report to police that their messenger Roy Harris vanished yesterday with securities valued at 360000. The incident occurred in New York and authorities were notified this afternoon.
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New, York
Stewart and Company
Roy Harris
Interior Dept Supply Bill Reported Today
Interior Department supply bill reported in Washington showing total appropriation of 228 million dollars, 51 million less than last year. The report notes a 672 thousand increase for Alaska aid and recommends abolition of the Surveyor General office in Alaska and consolidation of field surveying work. It also calls for abolition of 39 field offices.
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Washington
Interior Department
House S
Department
Surveyor General of
Alaska
Field Surveying Service
Pittman Says Irrigation Fight Ended by Interior Dept
Washington Dec 2 The Danish Springs irrigation project fight that halted Senate business last June has been eliminated by the Interior Department. Senator Pittman said the appropriation bill will need restoration. the measure will not pass as is.
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Pittman
Washington
Danish Springs
Senate
Interior Department
River Harbor Work Planned In Seattle and Nome Districts
Washington reports planned works on rivers and harbors for 1925 26 total 71 6 million dollars. Seattle district seeks 877 thousand for Gray Harbor and Spellingham improvements while Juneau district budgets 15 thousand for Nome harbor projects as part of Army Engineers program.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Seattle
Grays Harbor
Spellingham
Juneau
Nome Harbor
Boy Too Broke To Pay One Penny Fine
In Nashville Tennessee on December 2 17 year old Porter Evans of Franklin Kentucky faced a one cent fine for manufactured whiskey. Federal Judge J J Gore paid the fine after Evans pleaded guilty saying he was mixed up with moonshiners. The judge also supplied food money to help him return home after five months in jail.
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Nashville
Tenn
Porter Evans
Franklin
J. J. Gore
Evans
Gore
Postal Department Deficit Report Faces Congress
Washington December 2 notes a deficit of eleven million dollars shown in the West master Gene report. Changes in postal rates and readjustment of pay to employees are expected to be laid before Congress as the document’s outcome.
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Washington
Congress
Westmaster
Grandfather Sentenced to Hang for Assault on Granddaughter
In Parkersburg West Virginia on December 2 David Runyan age 60 pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to criminal assault of his first year old granddaughter and was sentenced to death by hanging.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
David Runyan
Happy women do not smoke say Vienna physician
Vienna December 2 article reports Dr Hofstatter's view that happy and satisfied women rarely smoke. He previously sparked debate by claiming smoking alters women's faces to look more masculine. He writes in The Smoking Woman that heavy smoking often begins during unhappy periods.
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Vienna
Dr. Hofstatter
Public Tax Publication Law Ruled Illegal by Judge Reeves
Federal Judge upholds demurrers by Walter J. McKey owner of the Kansas City Journal Post, ruling the law prohibiting publication of income tax returns unconstitutional and an interference with press freedom. The government plans to appeal the Reeves decision.
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Kansas City
Sevves
Walter 8. Mckey
Kansas City Journal Post
Reeves
Mother Throws Twins From Third Story Window
In New York on December 2, Mrs. Bessie Katz threw her three week old twin babies from the window of an apartment hotel and then jumped. Both babies died and she suffered a fractured skull. Despondency is believed to have been the cause.
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New York
Bessie Katz
Fake collectors for veterans being sought
Seattle dispatch reports a search for associates of Sh. C. Mmoef fel, arrested in Portland, tied to a counterfeit drive to raise funds for disabled World War I veterans. J. R. Faris, state commander of the Disablers Veterans Association, says thousands of dollars were collected in the Northwest.
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Seattle
Sh. C. Mmoeffel
Portland
J. R. Faris
Disablers Veterans Association
Northwest
Frank W Hills Dies Comptroller for ASARCO in New York
Franklin W Hills comptroller of the American Smelting and Refining Company died in New York this afternoon. He held a senior role in the metal trading company and his death marks the loss of a longtime executive familiar to the industry.
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New York
Frank W Hills
American Smelting and Refining
Comany
Pershing Declines Return to Active Army Service
Gen John J Pershing retired says he has no desire to be restored to active army service in a letter to Commander in Chief James A Crain of the American region. Veterans groups urge restoration as symbolic of United States World War I service.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John J. Pershing
James A. Crain
United States
Storms buffet huge liner on the Atlantic
Fifteen were injured as storms buffeted the Leviathan during the Atlantic crossing. Captain Herbert Birtley called the voyage the worst in his career at sea, reflecting on the harsh conditions and danger faced by the crew and passengers aboard the liner.
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New Yor
Atlantic
Herbert Birtley
Government lumber sale to Wasco Pine Box Lumber Co
Portland Ore December 2 government plans sale of 253000000 feet of lumber in Mount Head Forestry Might Creek watershed to Wasco Pine Box and Lumber Co for 500 Ovo. District Forester announces the transaction noting the large timber transfer and the buyers involved.
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Portland
Ore
Mount Head
Might Creek
Wasco Pine Box and Lumber Company
District Forester
President Coolidge Submits 1926 Budget to Congress
President Coolidge submitted the 1926 budget to Congress with a brief transmittal message. The government’s 1926 outlay is set at 5.73 billion dollars, a reduction from the 1925 fiscal year. The Interior Department is fixed at 26.79 million, cut by 26 million due to Pension Bureau changes. Surplus expectations for 1925 are 67.83 million, with a projected surplus of 3.878 billion for 1926. He cautioned against further tax cuts until current laws show definite results.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Interior Department
Mrs Chaplin Found to be 16 Years Old
Los Angeles reports that Mrs Charlie Chaplin known as Lita Gres is only 16, revealed by Mexican birth records. She stated she was 19 on the license for business reasons. She began in films at age 13.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Lita Gres
Preparing Magnets to Recover Bodies in Beryl Hijacking
Victoria Delaware December 2 Powerful magnets to attract metal under water are being prepared to locate the bodies of Captain BE Gillis and his son of the gas boat Beryl slain by hijackers months ago. Five of the suspected hijackers are in custody.
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Victoria
DE. C
BE. Gillis
Beryl
Other murders suspected in Gillis case probe
Canadian and Aguiericum police announce those implicated may have been responsible for other mysterious deaths. A material witness in the Gillis case says he will provide information about the Vancouver Island boat builder killed when his car allegedly plunged into the bay.
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Seattle
Gillis
Aguiericum
Saya
Vancouver Island
Tornado Hits Nice Wrecks Homes injuring many
A tornado struck Nice in the late hours of yesterday tearing down several buildings and injuring numerous people. Damaged structures include houses and nearby facilities as rescue workers assist amid the aftermath. Local authorities investigate the cause and assess the extent of the destruction.
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Nice
Praitice
American Missionary Safe in China Reported
Washington December 2 Consul General Hembleman Hankou advised by the State Department that Elizabeth Berliwag an American missionary reported captured by Chinese bandits is safe at Fachow
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China
Washington
Hembleman
Hankof
State Department
Elizabeth Berliwag
Fachow
English of 2400 will be full of strange sounds
London December 2 English language in 500 years may diverge dramatically Professor Daniel Jones of University of London says future generation will speak like Englishmen while cultured speech becomes super cockney with Scottish hints He argues regional dialects will fade roots and Gaelic may vanish leaving Welsh as the surviving Celtic tongue as he cites cart pronounced cer t.
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London
Daniel Jones
University of London
England
Jones
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