Lott Cleared in Slaying Verdict Stuns Alaska Courtroom
William Lott, a barber, was found not guilty of murder in the July 4 killing of William Prentice after about three hours of jury deliberation. The defense credited self defense, while prosecutor Shoup signaled possible Alaska Bone Dry Law charges, and Lott was released before re-arrest on liquor violation counts.
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William Lott
William F. Prentice
Lott
H. L. Faulkner
Faulkner
Shoup
Reed
Alaska
High heels blamed for contributory negligence in sidewalk fall
SPOKANE December 17 A jury ruled that wearing high heels can be contributory negligence if a wearer falls denying Mrs Julia Stall seven thousand six hundred dollars she sought from the city after tumbling on a sidewalk Her attorney argued women have right to fashion while the city contended fashion hazards should not fall on taxpayers
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Spokane
Julia Stall
Stall
Bribe Offer Alleged in Mobile Liquor and Gambling Case
Federal District Attorney Aubrey Boyles says fixers tied to liquor traffic gambling and other law violations in Mobile offered him 150000 dollars to slow down his office. His claim comes after the grand jury adjourned and indicted 17 individuals following exposure by federal agents.
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Mobile
Ala
Aubrey Boyles
Thirty Japanese Miners Entombed by Explosion
TOKIO December 17. Thirty miners were trapped when a section of the Kasuga coal mine in Fukuoka prefecture collapsed after an explosion. Rescue efforts are under way but authorities fear they may fail.
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Tokio
Kasuga
Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan
Slayer of Coburn Declared Insane in Trial
In Atlanta on December 17, physician Dr. S C Swint testified that Philip Fox on trial for the slaying of W S Coburn an attorney for the Ku Klux Klan is insane. Swint long time superintendent of the Georgia State Insane Sanitarium provided the expert opinion.
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Atlanta, Ga
Philip Fox
W. S. Coburn
Ku Klux Klan
S. C. Swint
Georgia State Insane Sanitarium
England to double aerial strength with civilian force
London reports that civilians will form a large part of Britain's Royal Air Force as it grows to more than double its current size. Two thirds of reserve squadron personnel will be civilians with auxiliary units organized like the Territorial Army. Civilian labor will handle most repair work and air development gains.
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London
Royal Air Force
Territorial Army
America
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Air
Britain
Air Force
Earthquake devastates towns near Ipiales frontier
In Colombia near the Ecuador border, a powerful quake destroyed two small towns in the Ipiales region. At Cum baltown, Chile, eighty five bodies were recovered and many other villages said to be levelled. Death toll remains unreported in early dispatches.
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Bogota
Colombia
Ipiales
Cumbaltown
Chile
New Course Tracer Invented by French Naval Officer
Paris dispatch reports Lt Alfred Baule of the French Navy patents a Nauteur graph style course tracer that shows ship position on a chart instantly with minimal error and an improved electric log recording speed to within a few hundredths of a knot. The device, an evolution of a 1916 war model, aims to prevent disasters like those affecting the American destroyer squadron on the Pacific coast.
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Paris
Pacific
Alfred Baule
Baule
Navy
Seventy one Indicted in Seattle Clean up Campaign
SEATTLE Dec 17 Last Saturday afternoon the grand jury indicted 71 proprietors of cigar stores poker rooms and small clubs on charges of gambling A move in the campaign started Thursday by the county authorities to clean up the city Forty arrests were made Saturday night.
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Seattle
Fire damages mercantile section in New Jersey city
Carlotte New Jersey December 17 Damage estimated at more than 500000 was caused by a fire Saturday night in the East Trade mercantile section of the city.
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Mercantile
N. J
France Weighs Early Payment on Debt to United States
Paris reports official circles consider early funding of France's debt to the United States as a possible measure. The discussion centers on starting payments soon rather than later in response to Allied wartime borrowing concerns.
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Paris
France
United States
Senate Deadlock Yields To Negotiations On Committee Chair
Washington December 17 After four days of talks between regular and insurgent Republicans the factions appear closer to a solution though no compromise over the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chair is likely. Balloting this afternoon is expected to reveal the deadlock that began last week when Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana objected to committee recommendations and demanded a ballot for the chairmanship.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Seator Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Interstate Commerce Committee
New Group Promotes Free Speech Against Censorship
New York Dec 17 a recently formed organization aims to crush censorship by opposing proposed laws and repeal of existing censorship statutes. George Creel chairs the movement with representation from film producers and publishers.
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New York
George Creel
Six Moros Gang Members Arrested Near Parong
Manila dec 17 six members of a band of Moros linked to the slayings of Lt Magno eight constabulary soldiers and three teachers near Parong Cotabato two months ago have been captured by patrols.
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Manila
Magno
Constabulary
Parong
Cotabato
Order of Coolidge Releases 31 from Prisons
Amnesties to war prisoners to be freed from prisons following a presidential order last Saturday. The release includes two in Kansas City seven in Chicago and 22 in the Sacramento State penitentiary.
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Chicago
Senate rejects Wood nominee for Manila mayor
Manila dispatch reports December 17 that the Senate rejected Geronimo Santiago for mayor by order of Governor General Wood, leaving the city without a mayor for the third time in a few months.
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Manila
Senate
Geronimo Santiago
Wood
Senator Borah Takes Stand on Supreme Court Unanimity
United States Senator Borah introduced a bill requiring at least seven Supreme Court justices to concur to deem an act of Congress unconstitutional. The proposal aims to curb broad single or minority opinions shaping invalidation of laws.
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Washington
United States
Borah
Supreme Court of the
Congress
Bryan declares Florida delegate pledge to name a Southern president
Jacksonville, Fisc. Dec 17. William Jennings Bryan says if elected as a Florida delegate to the Democratic National Convention he will present the name of a Southerner for the Presidency but will not support Underwood or McAdoo.
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Jacksonville
Fisc
William Jennings Bryan
Florida
Underwood
McAdoo
South Dakota G O P Pleases President
President Coolidge expresses appreciation for the endorsement by the South Dakota Republicans in a letter to former governor Samuel Elrod noting the party alignment.
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South Dakota
O. P
Washington
Coolidge
Samuel Elrod
Peasants Deposit Barley for Beer Credit
In Munich on December 17 peasants unable to pay marks for beer strike a barter deal with village innkeepers. They deposit 110 pounds of barley and receive credit for 35 litres of beer.
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Munich
Earthquake Damage in Japan Estimated at 7-10 Billion Yen
TOKIO December 17 Finance Minister Inoue told the Diet that the earthquake damage last September is estimated at seven to ten billion yen.
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Tokio
Inoue
Diet
Steamer Rena Sinks After Collision at Frying Pan Shoals
NORFOLK December 17 Steamship Rena is reported sunk at Frying Pan Shoals with a large loss of life Four survivors were rescued by the tanker W A Mills Authorities and shipping circles await confirmed casualty figures and details of the wreckage and rescue efforts.
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Norfolk
Rena
Frying Pan Shoals
W. A. Mills
Woolwine Critically Ill in Paris Reported
Paris December 17 Thomas Lee Woolwine former United States District Attorney at Los Angeles is critically ill in Paris doctors report serious condition and his family is notified authorities said Woolwine served as U S attorney for Los Angeles before his retirement and his case drew national attention in recent years
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Thomas Lee Woolwine
Paris
United States
Los Angeles
Senator Borah Not Candidate for President
Idaho Senator William Borah states he is not a candidate for any party’s presidential nomination. He rejected predictions that he would soon announce on the Republican ticket, amid speculation sparked by Boise’s Frank Jolesee.
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Washington
United States
William &. Borah
Idaho
Frank Jolesee
Boise
Former High German Is Read Out of Own Family
Berlin Dec 17 Count Robert Zedlitz und Truetzschler former marshal of the court of Emperor William II has been read out of his own family and expelled from all officer organizations of the old German army for his book Twelve Years at the German Court in which he disparaged the Kaiser Field Marshal von Hindenburg and other high rank officers He accuses them of fawning toward the Kaiser who treated them as if they were dogs.
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Berlin
Robert Zedlitz
Truetzschler
William II
von Hindenburg
Webster Nominated for Judgeship in Washington
WASHINGTON December 17 President Coolidge nominated J Stanley Webster for the Eastern District of Washington as part of a group of Federal judges.
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Webster
Washington
Coollde
J. Stanley Wester
State of
Mellon outlines definite tax reduction proposals
Secretary Mellon released a formal plan detailing tax cut measures and sent the revenue act to the House Ways and Means Committee. The analysis highlights a 25 percent cut on income under 4,000 and an added 25 percent credit on earned incomes, yielding about 44 percent relief for those with earnings up to 4,000 dollars.
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Washington
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ten Men Lost In Ship Wreck At Coos Bay
MARSHFIELD Ore December 17. The steam schooner A C Smith ran aground on submerged rocks at Coos Bay entrance with 24 crew aboard. Seven men clung to the wreck all night and were rescued the same day, while ten are believed lost after a lifeboat capsized. Heavy seas delayed rescue efforts as crews awaited safer conditions.
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Marshfield
Ore
A. C. Smith
Coosaeeee
Oregon
Ikes
Coos Bay
Dynastic crisis looms as King George departure eyed
Greece teeters on a dynastic crisis with King George likely to depart. Liberals outpaced Republicans in recent elections. Returns from Macedonia and provinces show Royalist strength, while Republicans plan demonstrations in Athens, Macedonia and Thrace to press removal of the dynasty.
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Athens
Greece
George
Macedonia
Thrace
France and Germany to Discuss Occupation Questions
Paris December 17 Premier Poincare announced France and Germany will discuss the Ruhr and Rhineland issues. He accepted Germany's proposals for conservation limitations and stated both powers will pursue negotiations on occupation matters in the region.
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France
Germany
Paris
Ruhr
Rhineland
Poincare
Hawaii Alien School Act May Go To Supreme Court
In Honolulu on December 17, Territorial Attorney General John A Mathewman said principal questions in the Hawaii alien language schools controversy may be argued before the U S Supreme Court. Issues include the territorys right to close foreign language schools wholly or in part tax one dollar per pupil and require teachers to pass English exams. Suits on all three questions are pending.
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Hawaii
Supreme Court
Honolulu
United States Supreme Court
John A. Mathewman
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