NATIONAL GUARDS MOBILIZED TO PROTECT KANSAS MINES
Three companies of the Kansas National Guard were mobilized to quell rioting by women marchers and to guard coal mines in troubled districts. An alleged mob sought Van A. Bittner of the International Mine Workers Union, prompting American Legion men to guard his hotel.
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American Legion
Pittsburgh
Kansas
National Guards
van A. Bittner
International Mine Workers Union
Bittner
Sym Thizers
Alexander Howatt
Flood Waters Cover Twenty Mile Expanse
Floods rapidly ease near Bellingham and Mount Vernon as Skagit River floodwaters flood a twenty nine mile area. Towns cut off, hundreds seek shelter in elevated buildings while a drowning and three missing are reported along the Skagit river. A separate note from Dyersburg reports George Ryan and Lonnie Tisdale killed each other in a pistol duel at the railroad station after a long dispute.
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Seattle
West
Bellingham
Mount Vernon
Skagit River
Teanaway River
Ellensburg
Dyersburg
Tenn
George Ryan
Lonnie Tisdale
France pauses cash reparations in wartime talks
Paris reports a top official says France will temporarily forego cash reparations from Germany. San Antonio warns of a violent Popocatepetl eruption affecting nearby towns. Buenos Aires notes Peruvian troops cross the Chilean frontier per a Bolivian correspondent. Phoenix notes Roy Gardner, the mail train bandit, begins a 75 year sentence at Leavenworth.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Germany
Buenos Aires
Bolivia
Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Gardner
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Youngest Girl Held for Murder in New York City
Miss Gussie Hamann a twenty one year old Brooklyn girl sits in Long Island City Jail awaiting trial for first degree murder in the shooting death of her former sweetheart Harry D Garbe on October 27. Garbe identified Hamann before dying. Joseph Libasci twenty one is also jailed as the alleged shooter with Roth denying any involvement.
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Miss Gussie Hamann
Brooklyn
N. Y
Long Island City
Harry D. Garbe
Miss Hamann
New York
Young Garbe
Joseph Libasei
Twentyone
Libasci
Roth
Post Office Legislation to be Asked
Washington article reports Postmaster General Hays in his first annual report to the President noting continuing deficits in the department. He urges that if current expenditures persist a readjustment of postage rates is needed to generate revenue enough to cover costs, while refraining from specific recommendations and stressing service quality versus funding constraints.
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Washington
Hays
Federal gun battle leaves one Japanese dead Hoquiam incident
Federal agents and four Japanese drug peddlers clashed on a Hoquiam Washington dock after the agents attempted to buy 250 ounces of cocaine from the steamer Shinsei Maru for 22500 dollars. The Japanese opened fire and the agents returned fire. one Japanese was killed and the others escaped.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Little Gray Soldier Ships to France Amid Crowd at Pier
Marshal Foch dubbed the Little Gray Soldier sailed for France this afternoon amid cheering crowds in New York. His baggage included six cases of gifts received since October. He traveled over 15,000 miles and delivered more than 500 speeches during his American visit.
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New York
Marshal Foch
France
America
Armenia May Become Nation
Representative John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a resolution urging President Harding to convene Britain and Italy for talks on establishing Armenia as a nation. The measure would urge the president to convey to the Turkish Nationalists at Angora the U S moral protest against continued persecution of Armenians and other Christians.
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Washington
John Jacob Rogers
Massachusetts
Harding
Great Britain
Italy
Armenia
Angora
United States
Foreign Trade Conference Held in Tacoma Tomorrow
The Pacific Northwest Foreign Trade Conference opens in Tacoma with top authorities to discuss how to maximize Panama Canal usage, tariffs impact, selling methods for Douglas fir, home taxes for foreign firms, fruit industry in trade, connecting producers to markets, and promoting regional products overseas. Registrations indicate strong attendance.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Panama Canal
Gompers Attacks Courts Abuse In Labor Disputes
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor condemns abuse by courts and says injunctions in labor disputes are becoming intolerable, warning it will erode public confidence in judicial integrity. He urges scrutiny of court power amid labor unrest.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Alaska water surveys must be sped up
Secretary Hoover, in his first annual report to President Harding, urges a real Department of Commerce with thorough reorganization of federal functions to aid producers, manufacturers, distributors, and the merchant marine, accelerating Alaska water surveys and navigation aids program.
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Hoover
Lighthouse Service
Alaska
Washington
Harding
Department of Commerce
Arms Conference Questions Are at Critical Stage
The naval ratio and Shantung issues dominate the Arms Conference with ratio talks advancing while Shantung negotiations prove delicate. The Japanese delegation has referred the matter back to Tokio, signaling uncertain progress and potential delays in settlement.
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Washington
Shantung
Tokio
Denby requests no current naval policy recommendation
Secretary Denby in his first annual report says he has no recommendation to make about the naval establishment. He notes no reference to the American Arms Conference proposal and praises the navy general board and officials for the information prepared for it. The next fiscal year budget follows the old policy of a strong navy, planning nine battleships and six battle cruisers, to be scrapped under the conference limits. The Alaskan Coal Commission has studied the Matanuska region to assess coal suitable for naval use and expects data this fall to guide contracts.
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Washington
Denby
Naval
Navy General Board
Congress
Alaskan Coal Commission
Matanuska
Alaska
Miners Claimed as Five Bodies Recovered in Colorado Mine
Morrison December 14. Rescue crews recovered five bodies from the Satanic coal mine after a fire damp explosion. A sixth miner was brought out unconscious and died later. Twenty five miners were entombed. most escaped via an air shaft. The Colorado Collieries Mine Company operates the site. Superintendent G K E Duan was among the entombed.
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Morrison
Colo
Colorado Colleries Mine Company
G. K E. Duan
Soldiers' Bonus Measure on Committee Agenda after Holidays
The House Ways and Means Committee will discuss the soldiers' bonus bill immediately after the Christmas recess. Chairman Fordney announced the panel will consider funding the proposed payments, a pivotal issue in the session.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
San Francisco Bay Bridge or Tunnel Gets War Dept Nod
The War Department grants provisional permission for a crossing across San Francisco Bay. The plan allows either a bridge or tunnel and requires no interference with sea going traffic during construction or operation.
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San Francisco
War Department
San Francisco Bay
Packing House Strike Violence in East St Louis
In East St Louis Missouri on December 14 strikers attacked the packing house strike in the city by shooting and seriously wounding a Black employee marking the first serious act of violence in the dispute with workers and authorities contending over the ongoing labor action.
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E. St. Louis
East ST. Louis, Mo
New Railroad Hour Schedule Announced For Labor Rules
Chicago dispatch reports the Railroad Labor Board approves a new schedule easing overtime rules by shortening first two hours and creating a 10 hour work day for common laborers while preserving eight hours as a day and time and a half after ten. Effective Friday December 16. Baltimore dispatch notes 1000 Baltimore & Ohio shopmen to be furloughed indefinitely next Saturday night as business slows.
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Chicago
Railroad Rador Board
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Irish Matter in Parliament Opens Special Session
London December 14. At the opening of the special session of Parliament to consider the Irish agreement the King expressed earnest hope that the articles now submitted may end the strife of centuries.
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London
Irish Parliament Delays Irish Agreement Debate In Dublin
Dublin December 14 The Irish Parliament postponed until tomorrow the consideration of the Irish agreement while privately in session to discuss the dispute between President Eamon de Valera and the plenipotentiaries.
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Dublin
Eamoon de Valera
Plenipotentiarios
Ulster Leader Signals Stand Against Irish Free State
Belfast dispatches report Premier James Craig plans to send a letter to Prime Minister Lloyd George stating Ulster will remain aloof from the Irish Free State. The issue heightens tensions over the future of Ireland as December moves forward.
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Ulster
London
Belfast
James Craig
Lloyd George
Irish Free State
Peace Treaty Ratified Between United States and Hungary
Budapest dispatch reports the National Assembly ratified the peace treaty with the United States on December 14. The formal accord ends hostilities and marks a new postwar settlement with Hungary.
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Budapest
The
Natiional Assembly
United States
Hungary
John C McBride Appointed Collector of Customs in Alaska
President Harding nominates John C. McBride of Juneau for Collector of Customs District No. 31 covering Alaska with headquarters at Juneau. McBride, a longtime Juneau businessman and former Alaska commissioner to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, was active in mining and fisheries and previously led the C W Young Company.
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John C. McBride
Harding
Territory of
Alaska
Juneau
Mr. McBride
Washington, D. C
Washington
Warren G. Harding
H. T. Tripp
Sumdam
C. W. Young Company
C. W. Young
Frank W. Young
McBride
Seattle
MecBride
Charles E. Herron
P Harding
George C. Hazelet
McBride H:heer
John W. Troy
Troy
A. W. Mellon
Secrtary
The
Treasury
Collection District No. 31
Sutherland Plans Republican Primary Run In January
Delegate Dan A. Sutherland states he will file for entry in the Republican primary next spring to seek renomination for Delegate to Congress. The Empire previously reported this, confirming three Republican hopefuls including J. V. Ray and Thomas B. Drayton of Seward, with no clear Democratic entrant yet.
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Dan A. Sutherland
Congress
Karl Thiele
Empire
J. V. Ray
Thomas B. Drayton
Seward
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M’bride
Kansas National Guards
Howatt
Skagit River Valley
R. R
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Tex
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Isabel
New York City
Miss Gussie Human
Post Office
Foreign Trade
Alfred Sze
Annual Report
Navy
Colorado
U. S
People of
John M’bride
Territory of Alaska
Republican National
Sutherland
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