US Probe Links Hangings to Syndicalist Gains in Unions
Washington reports that the Third International's movement to control trade unions shows measurable success in the United States within syndicalist circles. Attorney General Daugherty notes American citizens leading these efforts under Moscow orders, amid rising Defense Society activity and foreign propagandists amounting to 427 arrivals in the last fiscal year.
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Washington
Dec
Third
Communist Internationale
Moscow
United States
Daugherty
United Communist Party
Wife of Youthful Mail Train Robber
Mrs Dolly Gardner wife of Roy Gardner a notorious train robber was captured while attempting to rob a mail car. Gardner gave the name R Nelson of Chicago but authorities later learned his true identity. He had recently escaped from Federal prison on McNeil's Island near Tacoma Washington.
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Dolly Gardner
Roy Gardner
Gardner
R. Nelson
Chicago
McNeil’s Island
Tacoma
Washington
Indian protests at Arms Conference demand end to torture
Five natives of India acting as spokesmen for the Nationalists in America presented a memorial protest to the Arms Conference delegations. They urged steps to end the torture of war prisoners in Tirur India, specifically the suffocation risk in air tight railway wagons.
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Washington
India
America
Arms Conference
Tirur
Tax revision urged by Secretary Mellon in annual report
Secretary Andrew W. Mellon urged further tax law revisions including lowering the top surtax rate to 20 or 25 percent and adjusting rates on business profits and estates. He said the soldiers' bonus deferment policy remains unchanged and pressed prompt funding of foreign loans as an urgent need. He warned that $6.55 billion of short dated debt due within 18 months requires utmost government economy and avoidance of burdensome undertakings.
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Washington
Dec
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Treasury
Trade With Soviet Russia Indicated in Estimates
Preparations by the Department of Commerce for a possible resumption of trade with Soviet Russia are indicated in the estimates for the fiscal year just submitted to Congress. The document outlines potential policies and funding to reestablish commerce with the Soviet Union.
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Soviet
Russia
Washington
Department of Commerce
Congress
State Troops Called Out After Bank Robbery
Four of six bandits robbed the Grand Rapids Savings Bank of 14000 dollars, shot and killed a policeman and seriously wounded another officer when police breached a hiding house. The bandits escaped, leaving part of the loot. state troops have been dispatched to pursue them.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Perjury Hearing Opens in Arbuckle Case Witness
San Francisco date reports the preliminary hearing on perjury charges against Mrs. Minnie Neighbors of Los Angeles for her defense testimony in the Arbuckle trial. She claimed Virginia Rappe visited one location in August while two other witnesses placed Rappe elsewhere, corroborating the conflicting accounts.
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San Francisco
Minnie Neighbors
Los Angeles
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
More Defense For Nation Is Now Requested
Washington December 8 Realization of full national defense preparations awaits the moment the American people throw themselves wholeheartedly into the work Secretary Weeks says in his first annual report Plans for a stronger framework of defense exist and the people must fund and train to meet wartime needs He urges support for reserve training industry cooperation and expanded military academies to meet peace time needs and learn from World War lessons
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Washington
Weeks
Department
National Guard
Military Academy
Hurricane Hits Eastern Coast Main Death Toll Rise
St Johns reports 28 dead as a northwest hurricane batters the coast. Conception Bay loss includes nine people from the schooner Passport, with over 20 schooners wrecked and five fishing vessels broken up. The tug wreck and a missing ship add to the toll. The Jean and Mary EB wrecked on Penguin Island adds seven more victims.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
Nfe
Conception Bay
Passiport
Johns
Dee
Jean and
Mary EB
Penguin Island
Enjoin Packing House Pickets Across Cities
Across Chicago Fort Worth Al and Albert Lea temp injunctions bar picketing around stockyards. Violent clashes injure workers and strike sympathizers as guards and police attempt to restore order. Officials urge military aid amid widespread labor unrest at packing plants.
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Fort Worth
Tex
District Court
Chicago
Planta
Albert Lea
Minn
Wilson Company
Pat Harrison Rebukes Harding and Mellon in Senate
Washington Dec 8 Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi denounced President Harding and the Republican leadership saying the President was doing the things he condemned when Wilson was in power. He charged the Harding message appealed to partisanship and that Mellon was relieving the rich of heavy taxation. Sacramento Cal Dec 8 Senator Hiram Johnson said Harding expects to visit the Pacific Coast and Alaska if Congress ends next June.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Harding
Wilson
Harrison
Mellon
Sacramento
Cal
Congress
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Hiram Johnson
Prohibition Boss Blames Wet Newspapers for Obstacle
General Superintendent P A Parker told the Anti Saloon League that wet newspapers block full enforcement of prohibition. He said judges sheriffs prosecutors mayors and other city officials have not learned the 18th amendment has been adopted. He added publicists of Lord Northcliffe type should stay home to help the country’s moral standing.
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Washington
P. A. Parker
The
Anti-Saloon League
Parker
Lord Northcliffe
Effort to Oust Bunnell Fails at Alaska College
Special to The Empire Fairbanks Alaska Dec 8 A bid to dismiss Judge Charles F Bunnell as President of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines failed five to three The move backed by Robert Lavery and Robert Bloom aimed to install M D Snodgrass a fellow board member The vote split along party lines Democrats Nordale Hess McIntosh and Republican Rickert Stevens opposed the motion Snodgrass Bloom and Lavery supported it President Bunnell plans to depart for the States to arrange equipment and staff while Gov Scott C Bone urged harmonious relations between the Board and the school for its welfare
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alukan Agricultura
College and School of Mines
Charles F. Bunnell
Robert Bloom
Bunnell
Robert Lavery
Board of Regents
Judge Bunnell
Messrs
Bloom
Lavery
M. D. Snodgrass
Hmself
Snoderaiss
A. J. Nordale
L. C. Hess
J. A. McIntosh
P. J. Rickert
Morton J. Stevens
Snodgrass
Judice Bunnell
Alaska Agricultural College and School of Minves
Scott C. Bone
Passenger Train Wrecked near Mitchell with Injuries
A passenger train on the Omaha line was wrecked twelve miles east of Mitchell South Dakota this afternoon. Reports say several passengers were killed or injured and a special train with doctors and nurses was rushing to the scene. In Kamloops British Columbia five were injured in a head on collision of two freight trains on the Canadian National Line near Hope this forenoon.
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Mitchell, S. D
Omaha
Here
Kamloops, B. C
Dec
Hope
Mrs Leonard Wood sails from San Francisco to Manila
Mrs Leonard Wood wife of General Leonard Wood governor general of the Philippines is photographed as she sails from San Francisco for her new home in Manila.
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Leonard Wood
General Leonard Wood
The
Philippines
San Francisco
Manila
Bank Robbers Foiled by Portland Cashier Shootout
In Portland Bank of East Portland a cashier Frew W Alt shot and killed one robber and forced two others to flee on foot. President H H Newhall was wounded as bandits tied to leave after grabbing cash. suspects fled Seattle and were later captured nearby. A separate report notes a Michigan murder suspect Frank Hornyak arrested in Yosemite with a reward offered.
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Portland
Ore
Dee
Bank of East
Ali
Seattle
Were Officers of U. S. Guilty of Murdering?
Senate investigation opens in Washington as Senator Watson presses charges that American soldiers were illegally hanged in France. affidavits describe hangings, killings, and harsh punishments. Col. Bethel testifies eleven EFP members executed after court martial convictions.
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Washington
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
France
Frank B. Brandegee
Connecticut
Watson
United States Army
George H. Taylor
Taylor
Col
Walter Bethel
General Army
Samuel Long
Kenneth C. Robinson
Henry L. Scott
Submarine D-48 Sinks Then Crew Rescued At Harbor
BRIDGEPORT Conn Dec 8 Submarine D-48 sank off this harbor last night and remained submerged for 72 hours before the crew by lightening ballast raised one end and escaped. A number are reported to be seriously injured.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Four Power Entente Aims to Shape Pacific Settlement
Bulletin from Honolulu reports Nippu Jiji says Tokyo approves a proposed four power treaty to settle Pacific questions. Washington dispatch notes a tentative US Britain Japan France accord would create a four power concert, not a formal alliance, awaiting Senate action. British spokesman confirms Japan accepted the entente concept and a 5-5 naval ratio issue remains pivotal.
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Nippu Jiji
Tokio
Pacific Ocean
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Pacific
United States Senate
Washington
Honolulu
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U. S
Mes
Deli Gardner
SEC
Texas District Court
Sullivan
College Board of Regents
C. E. Bunnell
Bone
Mrs. Leonard Wood
First Lady
Mrs. Veonaind Wood
Yosemite, Cal
Frank Hornyak
Bad Axe
Michigan
Tore
New Entente
New Alliance
Bulletin
London
Tokyo
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