Government campaigns crush revolt in Mexico report
Mexico City December 8 The Government's drive to crush the Vera Cruz revolt continues as General Sanchez commands military efforts. Secretary of War Gen Francisco Serrano confirms fighting is reported. Juarez December 8 reports control of communications by Obregon and Calles factions. border Huerta revolution news is scarce with fighting said to occur in Guerrero and Vera Cruz though details are scarce.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Sanchez
Francisco Serrano
Juarez
Obregon
Callis
Guerrero
Renunciation of Candidacy Shocks Mexico Rebels
Vera Cruz reports General Callis has renounced his presidential bid. Bells chime and whistles blow as insurgents under General Sanchez and Adolfo de la Huerta declare the move does not end the rebellion at their headquarters.
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Vera Cruz
Dec
Callis
Sanchez
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico halts code messages and tightens censorship
New York news reports that Mexico has stopped code messages to and from Mexico via Galveston and imposed strict censorship on plain language messages shaping communications, signaling a tighter wartime information control stance.
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New York
Mexico
Galveston
Mrs Austin Travels To Vancouver To Be With Valued Daughter
Mrs W. Austin arrives from Hugo Ohio en route to Vancouver British Columbia to be at her daughter Nell Austin who is reported convalescing after a mysterious disappearance from Seattle a week ago. Mrs Austin will remain at the Vancouver Hospital for at least ten days.
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Seattle
Austin
Hugo
Ohila
Vancouver
B. C
Nell Austin
Night Watchman Killed by Bank Robbers in Ferris
Ferris Texas December 8 F N Horn night watchman killed by bandits who entered the bank building last night but failed to open the vault
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Ferris
Texas
F. N. Horn
Statistics on Children Bring Out New Condition
New York officials report that children born in most American mining towns have a lower first year survival rate than those born in New York City’s congested districts. The American Children Health Association published mortality statistics noting higher infant mortality in rural mining areas compared with urban districts.
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New York
American Children Health Association
Mississippi Republicans Endorse Coolidge Nomination
Jackson Mississippi December 8 The Republican State Executive Committee endorses Calvin Coolidge for the party nominating ticket and directs state Republicans to forego holding any state primaries at the forthcoming convention.
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Mississippi
Coolidge
Jackson
Miss
Political prisoners may be freed by president on Christmas
Washington December 8 President Coolidge plans to free thirty two political prisoners on Christmas Day if legally possible. He has ordered reinvestigation by the Department of Justice and formed a non partisan advisory board to review all cases. The panel includes Newton Baker Bishop Brent and General James Harbord.
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Washington
Cooeridge
Department of Justice
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Charles Brent
Department
Frank H. Rudkin
San Francisco
Sacramento I. W. W
Fort Leavenworth
Charles Pepper
Pennsylvania
White House
Prest
Fatal dust and gas explosion at Black Hawk mine
In Hazard Kentucky six miners died and seven were injured at the Black Hawk Coal Company mine at Carrs Fork twelve miles from Hazard following a dust and gas explosion.
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Hazard
Black Hawk
Carrs Fork
Labor Banks Resources Near Forty Million Across Nation
Cleveland dispatch notes twenty three cooperative labor banks will operate with three more under way. New banks include Cincinnati Brotherhood of Railway Clerks with 260000 capital, New York International Ladies Garden Workers Union with 500000, Indianapolis United Mine Workers bank at 1,000,000. Albany filing for Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co op Trust Co. Cleveland Engineers Bank dominates with over half the total 40 million in resources.
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Cleveland, O
All- American Cooperative Commission
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks’ National Bank
Cincinnati
Bank
The
International Ladies’ Garden Workers’ Union
New York
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
United Labor Bank & Trust Company
Indianapolis
Uary
Albany
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Cooperative Trust Co
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cooperative National Bank of Cleveland
United States
Engineers’ Bank of Cleveland
Labor Bank
Reorganization Plan for Alaska Education Outlined
United States Commissioner of Education John J. Tigert proposes a thorough reorganization of Alaska’s educational system focusing on natives and greater emphasis on vocational training, as stated in his annual report for the fiscal year. The plan calls for structural changes and improved vocational programs across Alaska.
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Washington
Alaska
John J. Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
Tigert
Bays
Mayor to Head Memorial Drive Alaska campaign
Ivor I. Goldstein named Chairman of the Juneau district for the Harding Memorial campaign with Mayors of all towns to participate. Fund proceeds support a memorial to President Harding in Marion Ohio, with subscriptions mailed to National headquarters. Alaska’s honorary chairman Gov. Scott C. Bone will remit funds to national HQ.
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Ivor I. Goldstein
Juneau
George C. Hazelet
Alaska
Hagelet
Omar
Harding Ot Marion
Ohiio
Harding Memorial Association
Scott C. Bone
Goldstein
Ford expands into spinning mill plans in Detroit
Ford Motor Company engages Lockwood, Greene to build a large Detroit mill for cloth production backing artificial leather used in Ford cars. Separate note from New York reports cocktails deemed as dangerous as bombs by William Allen White at a Rockefeller Foundation and Bok peace jury meeting.
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Boston
Mass
Henry Ford
Lockwood, Greene & Co
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford
New York
Hele
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Rockefeller Foundation
Bok Peace Jury
Coolidge Seeks Business Basis for Germany Aid
President Coolidge states that any U S aid to Germany should be on a business basis, not charity, according to a White House statement filed from Washington on December 8. The remark frames relief as commercial assistance rather than humanitarian action.
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Washington
Dec
Coolidge
Germany
United States
White House
American sentenced in Eb erbach kidnap case in Germany
First Lieut Corliss Homer Griffs from Hamilton Ohio received a 15 month sentence for his role in the failed kidnapping of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the U S draft evader, at Eb erbach last August. Karl Herbert of Paris also got 15 months Faust Gagarin a Russian prince got five months Eugene Nelson of Chicago was freed.
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Mosbach
Baden
Germany
Corliss Homer Griffs
Hamilton
Ohio
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Eberbach
Karl Herbert
Paris
Faust Gagarin
Eugene Victoria Nelson
Chicago
Prohibition Violators Given Heavy Sentences in Georgia
SAVANNAH Ga Dec 8 Judge Barratt of the Federal Court sentenced 24 defendants convicted of conspiracy and other prohibition charges to pay fines totaling 150000 and to serve terms in the Federal prison.
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Savannah
Barratt
Forbes Seriously Ill Reported In Boston
Col. Charles R Forbes is seriously ill, sister Mrs. Harry Judkins of Brighton states, per a Boston Dispatch article dated December 8 from Boston Massachusetts.
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Charles Forbes
Boston
Mass
Charles R. Forbes
Harry Judkins
Brighton
Boston Dispatch
Master Check Forger Identified in East
Hugo Weller Hopkins, already sentenced in Duluth for forgery, has been identified as the master check forger accused of swindling over 590 banks out of more than $200000. The National Detective Agency reports the identification.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hugo Weller Hopkins
Duluth
National Detective Agency
Democratic National Committee Plans Jan 15 Meeting
Washington December 8 a call for a Democratic National Committee session here on January 15 to decide the time and place for the National Convention has been issued.
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Democratic National Committee
Washington
Two steamers believed sunk after collision
Marine men here advance the theory that the steamer T. W. Lake sank after a collision with another vessel and both were lost. Fresh wreckage and owners statements support the claim, with seven bodies recovered including four crew members of the Lake and three others. One body is Swen Guddenberg, first officer.
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Tacoma
Wash
T. W. Lake
Fred Marvin
Lake
Swen Guddenberg
WAR VETERAN VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN LAKE WRECK
Spattle December 8 A victim of the steamer T. W Lake wreck sunk Thursday night in a gale in Rosario Straits is believed to be Joseph Larsen of Seattle an engineer on the boat A body showing service marks was found on a beach The Coast Guard Cutter Snohomish joined the search but survivors are unlikely Five bodies have been recovered of the 15 men aboard One has been identified as Captain E E Masce
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Rosario Straits
Joseph Larsen
Seattle
Larsen
Coast Guard
Snohomish
San Juan Islands
E. E. Masce
Alaskan miner robbed arrests in Seattle case
Nine persons were arrested after George Walker a Latouche miner filed a complaint. He alleged his entire savings of 1200 dollars was taken in a card game at a Seattle restaurant.
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Seattle
George Walker
Latouche
Walker
Baldwin to resign as Premier amid election defeat
London dispatch reports The Event Standard says Premier Baldwin will resign next Monday and back J Ramseyald as successor. It notes the government’s defeat in the elections and cites likely leadership change. Wake, head of the bar party, announces no Liberal Labor coalition.
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London
Baldwin
J. Ramsey Nald
Rton Wake
The
Bar Party
Deadlock Seems Assured in the British Commons
London dispatch reports after December 6 to 8 elections that Conservatives hold 259 seats, Labour 165, Liberals 144, and others 10, with total party strength at 923. Eight women win seats, including three Conservatives and one Liberal. Labour appears poised as opposition. Lib-Lab coalition could occur if Liberals pick up remaining seats.
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London
Conservative
House of Commons
Luober
Liberal Party
Labor Party
Astor
Margaret Phillipson
Margaret’ Winteringham
Laborites
Fuller
Democrats Warm To Coolidge Tax Plan Says Leader
Washington Dec 8 Senator Robinson Democratic leader said President Coolidge’s tax cut and freight rate reform proposals will receive sympathetic consideration from Democrats though differences may arise on how to implement them.
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Washington
Coolidge
Robinson
Unconscious man dies in Seattle jail cell
Seattle December 8. The coroner opened an inquiry into Abe Reising who died fifty minutes after removal from a city jail cell where he lay unconscious for two hours after being picked up on the streets. A letter found in his pocket from Howard W. Wilmot, probate judge of Wasilla Alaska, acknowledged receipt of $150 paid to the court as administrator of William Moffat estate.
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Seattle
Abe Reising
Reising
Howard W. Wilmot
Wasilla
Alaska
William Moffat
Unrequited love not top cause of suicide in Germany
Hamburg reports a statistician analyzing 4000 self death cases finds domestic troubles caused 361 deaths, financial reverses 311, love affairs 306, hunger 237, neurasthenia 337, remorse 134 and dissipation 121, disputing the idea that unrequited love is the commonest trigger.
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Hamburg
Germany
Neurasthenia
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