Open Rebellion Starts in Mexico Consolidation Plan Urged in Alaska Report
Governor Bone's annual Alaska report calls for centralized federal control, new Capitol building funding, fisheries oversight transfer to Commerce, and broad road and trail budgets. It recalls 1923 as a pivotal year with high-level visits and scope for future statehood while noting ongoing territorial needs and divisions among stakeholders.
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Alaska
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Fisheries
Sett C. Bone
Secretary of Interior
Russia
United States
Sam
Harding
Northland
McAdoos Son's Wife Secures Paris Divorce
Mrs Ethel Preseon McCormick McAdoo wife of Francis Huger McAdoo and mother of William Gibbs McAdoo former Treasury Secretary has been granted a Paris divorce. Her mother is second wife of Captain Emerson Baltimore bromo seltzer maker and is half-sister to Mrs Raymond T Baker and Mrs A G Vanderbilt.
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Ethel Preseon McCormick McAdoo
Francis Huger McAdoo
William Gibbs Madoo
the Treasury
Paris
McAdoo
Captain 2. Emerson
Bromo Seltzer
Baltimore
Raymond T. Baker
Smith Hollins McKim
A. G. Vanderbilt
Congress Adjourns In Respect For Harding Death
Washington December 7 Congress adjourned until Monday out of respect for the memory of President Harding after listening to President Coolidge and noting his passing. The Senate approved two bills giving Mrs. Harding an annual $5000 pension and mail franking privileges while the House adopted Burton’s resolution to form a joint committee from all states to prepare evidence of congressional regret.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Harding
Senate
House
Willis
Ohio
Burton
Columbia University Endowment Nears Harvard Lead
New York December 7 Gifts to Columbia University in the past fiscal year totaled 12 728 021 58 bringing total resources to 92 240 575 79 The largest single gift came from Amos F Eno estate 5 817 757 for general endowment More than 9 500 000 supported general or special endowments lifting the endowment near to Harvards 47 000 000 fund and ahead of Yale Chicago and Stanford in 1922 values.
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New York
Columbia University
Butler
Amos F. Eno
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Chicago
Leland Stanford University, Jr
Steamer N. W. Lake Sinks in Rosario Straits Gale
In Rosario Straits between Lopez and Fidalgo Islands the steamer N. W. Lake with 15 aboard sank in a gale last night. Four bodies were recovered and one was identified as Captain E. E. Masce.
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Anacortes. Wash
N. W. Lake
Rosario Straits
Lopez and
Fidalgo Islands
E. E. Masce
Alaska Towns Ace Legion Americanization Scores
Compilation shows seven Alaska towns in the eighty class with an average of 77 percent, near the national high. Fairbanks and Douglas vied for first, Ketchikan placed third, Gateway City noted for inadequate schools. Capt. S. N. Dancey analyzed church and community support, cooperative spirit, and local leadership in Juneau and other centers. Continued on Page Eight.
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Alaska
S. N. Dancey
United States
Fairbanks
Douglas
Ketchikan
Gateway City
Dancey
Legion
Cloge
Legion Post
Juneau
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Elks
Coolidge to Broadcast Eulogy for Harding Nationwide
President Coolidge will speak the nation by radio to deliver a five minute eulogy for the late President Harding. All radio stations are requested to hold messages and the army and navy will cooperate.
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Washington
Coolidge
Harding
Army
Navy
Bandits Burn Entire Town in Honan Province
Reports from Peking say bandits scaled town walls of Likankia in Honan’s southwestern province last November and burned the town. About two thousand people were killed or wounded in the raid.
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Peking
Likankia
Honan
Lone Bandit Steals Safe With $8000
Norfolk dispatch reports a lone bandit robbed an express car of $8000 as a messenger was bound gagged and blindfolded. The train carried the victim to Petersburg before the alarm trimmed through. The messenger identified a single assailant who acted quickly and escaped.
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Norfolk
Norfolk & Western
Petersburg
Four Escaped Prisoners Captured in Kansas
Four inmates who escaped last week from the State prison were seized at Oskaloosa by Jefferson County officials. The party was led by Frank Casterro who led the attack on the prison break.
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Lansing
Kan
Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Frank Casterro
Sale of Sealskins Put Up to Merchants
Secretary Hoover has put the disposal of government seal skins up to a committee of dry goods merchants. Alaska Islands catch failed to command the usual market, and Hoover ordered a reduction in the number of animals to be killed.
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Washington
Pec
Hoover
Alaska Islands
People Buy Record Life Insurance Across Nation
New York December 17 Breaking all previous records Americans are purchasing 11 719 000 000 dollars in new life insurance this year The total insurance in force on American lives by year end will exceed 55 000 000 000 dollars The figure tops life coverage in all other nations combined Policyholders show less demand for loans while investment funds surge, signaling strong economic growth for 1925.
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New York
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Edward D. Duffield
Prudential Insurance Company of America
United Staten
Tasetiux Hl. Ecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ford for President Conference Postponed Indefinitely
DETROIT MI December 7 The Ford for President conference scheduled for December 12 has been indefinitely postponed and may not be held. The postponement follows a request by Henry Ford, announced by Robert R Pointer, chairman of the arrangements committee.
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Detroit
Mich
Robert R. Pointer
Henry Ford
Marines land in China town in Canton harbor
Marines from foreign warships anchored off Shamen have landed and seized the Canton Customs House in the foreign settlement, fortifying with machine guns. Six foreign cruisers, including two American boats, patrol the harbor as reports say Sun Yat Sen was about to take control of the customs house.
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Hong Kong
Shamen
Canton
Sun Yat Seng
American on Trial in Bergdoll Case
First Lieut Corliss Homer Griffis of Hamilton Ohio testified in a German court about his role in the failed attempt to kidnap American draft evader Grover Cleveland Bergdoll at Eberbach last August He claimed he was the plot’s prime mover while Paris officers planned the move and said the American Legion bore no part The State’s Attorney asked three years for Griffis arguing U S Government bears responsibility for attempts to remove Bergdoll and urged Americans to stop “man hunts” for Bergdoll.
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Mosbach
Griffs
Nobel
U. S
Bergdoll
Draft of Tax Reduction Bill Is Completed
Washington reports a preliminary draft of the Treasury Department tax reduction bill is finished and will be introduced in the House soon. The item reflects ongoing government efforts to alter tax policy and reduce levies. Officials say the draft outlines key reductions and framework for debate.
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Washington
Treasury Department
House
Anchorage Man Takes His Life
Charles G. Bacon a 60 year old Anchorage garage owner died by self inflicted strangulation using a cotton bandage slip noose. Found kneeling by his son in law James Clark last evening after a day of heavy drinking and financial worry. A will and papers left details estate to three children and a divorced Seattle wife.
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Empire
Anchorage
Charles G. Bacon
James Clark
Bacon
Seattle
Washington battered by storms and floods
Dec 7 Seattle reports Western Washington swept by gales damaging telegraph and telephone services. High tides partly inundate Hoquiam and Aberdeen. One death confirmed at Bellingham. Snow depth reaches one foot in Cascade Mountains and Keechelus Keechelus Cle Elum districts. Seattle trolley service delayed as power shut off.
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Seattle
Western Washinton
Hoquiam
Aberdeen
Bellingham
Cascade Mountains
Kachees
Keechelus
Cle Elum
Spokane
Mexicans Revolt Against Obregon Across Five States
Five Mexican states San Luis Potosi Vera Cruz Chihuahua Michoacan Tamaulipas rise in open rebellion against President Obregon and General Calli. Federal officers replaced by sympathizers as leaders plan provisional government and promise trade protection and jobs to entice support.
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Vera Cruz
Obregon
Pellias Calli
San Luis Potosi
Chihuahua
Michescan
Tamaulipas
Maritime District
Calli
Adolfo de la Huerta
Guadalupe Sanches
Ent Jovre
Sanchez
Conservatives Lose Election in Great Britain and Ireland
London Dec 7 Conservative strength collapsed with 548 of 615 seats counted. No party holds an overall majority in the House of Commons, leaving Premier Baldwin’s government effectively defeated. Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald is re-elected. Lady Astor among six women winners.
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London
Great Britain
North Ireland
House of Commone
Baldwin
Hamsey MacDonald
Lady Astor
Mother's Right to Child Supreme in Custody Case
In Minneapolis a judge ruled a mother may take her six year old daughter Nancy Stair to New York for nine months of the year. The order grants custody to the mother, currently married to Merrit J. Corbett of New York, replaces the father's weekend custody, and requires security for the child’s return under court order. The decision modifies the divorce decree originally awarding weekends to the father, Irving L. Stair, a Minneapolis grain man.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Dec. T
W. W. Bardwell
Hennepin County District Court
Nancy Stair
New York
Nancy
Merrit J. Corbett
Irving L. Stair
Bardwell
Stair
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Desere
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Scott
Score
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Flint
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Mos . G. Conover, In
Theresa Gamble Conover
United States Army
New York City
Major Conover
Pennsylvania
Ford
China Town
Movement Against
New Movement
Ig Paralized
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