Soviet plan to raise red flag over White House exposed
Washington reported the State Department disclosed intercepted Soviet instructions from Russia to U S workers detailing a proletarian revolution plan to raise a red flag over the White House. The program, said to be in response to Secretary Hughes’ refusal to negotiate, involved forming a fighting unit among U S industry workers.
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Russia
America
White House
State Department
Hughes
Department of Justice
State
Russia hopes for change in American opinion
Moscow reports that Foreign Minister Techicherin said the hope rests on a shift in U.S. public opinion. He cited Secretary Hughes's reply to Russia’s debt negotiations offer and the idea of friendly relations as key to world settlement, criticizing Hughes for opposing such progress.
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Moscow
America
Techicherin
Charles E.hughes
Russia
United States
Hughes
Contempt Proceedings Against Attorney in Fox Murder Trial
Judge Howard of the Superior Court in Atlanta opened contempt proceedings against Preston Reynolds of Dallas during a recess in the Fox murder trial. The State rested its case in the Philip Fox murder trial after rebuttal testimony aimed at refuting insanity claims by the defense.
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Atlanta
Howard
Superior Court
Preston Reynolds
Dallas
Texas
Fox
Philip Fox
W. 8. Coburn
Two Women Murdered By Mexican Bandits
Telegram from Tampico confirms J F Penrod's wife and Emily Christensen were killed at Tula by Mexican bandits. Two small children are reported safe.
Prayers For Recovery Of Los Angeles Mayor Cryer
The Church Federation asks all church members to pray for the recovery of Mayor Cryer of Los Angeles who is dangerously ill with influenza and pneumonia.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The
Church Federation
Cryer
Bribe Offered to Grand Juror in Seattle Inquiry
Seattle foreman James Mc Cabe reports an attempt to bribe a grand juror with 2000 dollars via a friend. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Calvin says a wide ranging police force investigation is underway with evidence of a systemic tribute to officers.
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Seattle
James McCabe
Colvin
Reinstatement Offered To Engraving Officials
Secretary Mellon offers reinstatement as director of the Bureau of Engraving to James L Wilmuth who was deposed a year ago but has declined. Indications point to all 30 officials removed with Wilmuth being offered re appointments under Harding’s executive order.
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Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Bureau of Engraving
James L. Wilmuth
Wilmuth
Harding
Ore returns $100 per ton at Cripple Creek mine
Colorado Springs officials confirm a report that ore assaying $100 per ton has been struck at the Portland gold mine on Cripple Creek.
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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Col
Portland
Cripple Creek
Britons abroad crave roast beef for Christmas homecoming
London reports a rising tide of English and Scots abroad who head home for Yuletide meals, with special excursion ships from South Africa and other overseas posts to ease the seasonal exodus. American students from Oxford join the Christmas rush as they extend vacation to a month with families before resuming studies and rowing duties.
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London
British Isles
Canada
India
South Africa
Europe
America
England
Oxford
Seattle Police Seize Record Liquor Cache
The city police recovered two hundred and thirty cases of liquor valued at $25,000 in a padlocked stable room near the retail district. The haul included twenty kinds of whiskey vermouths and wines. The watchman was arrested though authorities doubt his link to the liquor import. The raid followed a mysterious call to Chief Severyns late last night.
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Seattle
Severyns
Gov Hart denounces mercy to Wall a Walla inmates
In Olympia on December 20 Gov Louis F Hart replied to a Civil Liberties Union telegram signed by Jane Addams and Norman Hapgood. He said inmates at Wall a Walla prison serving long terms for expressions and opinions could have been freed earlier but parole board members refused parole unless murder prisoners were released, framing them as martyrs.
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Wash
American Civil Liberties Union
Jane Addams
Norman Hapgood
Walla Walla
Louis F. Hart
Anchorage Man Boosts His Section of Alaska
John Schwarte of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce told the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce that Willow Creek and Fairbanks quartz deposits would surpass South Africa's gold output. He predicted East capital would outpace individual mining feats and urged rail industry support, asserting Seattle’s genuine interest in Alaska.
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John Schwarte
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Willow Creek
Fairbanks
South Africa
Col. Landis
Venizelos Urged to Return to Athens by Military Officers
In Athens a group of 4,000 Army and Navy officers telegraphed Venizelos in Paris urging his immediate return. Col Plastinas of the military directorate was among the group that helped compel King George to depart Greece.
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Venizelos
Paris
Col. Plastinas
George
Greece
Widow of Earl Carnavon remarries in London ceremony
Dowager Countess of Carnarvon widow of the Earl of Carnarvon, founder of the Tutankhamun tomb project, wed Lt. Col. Lane Onslow Denniston, formerly a Grenadier Guards officer, in London yesterday.
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Countess of Carnavon
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Grenadier Guards
Denver double murder ends with self destruction
Carrie O Mallie and her sister Flora Hanaford were killed by William O Mallie husband of Carrie in downtown Denver. He then shot himself, witnessed by the couple’s three minor children. The double murder and suicide occurred in December in the city.
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Denver
Col
Carrie O’mallie
Flora Hanaford
William O’mallie
Carrie
Women Run Metal Company in Britain
London report notes a metal company in Great Britain operated entirely by women with a woman chairman, women directors, a woman auditor and secretary, plus a qualified woman engineer and metallurgist. Two titled women recently joined the board of directors.
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London
Great Britain
Soldiers Bonus Legislation Delayed by Tax Plan Review
Washington December 20 The House Ways and Means Committee will defer action on the Soldiers Bonus bill after examining the administrative aspects of the Mellon tax program.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mutinous Soviet troops in revolt near Vladivostok
Reports say Russian Soviet troops mutinied starting December 3 in Vladivostok Nikolsk and Harborovski. Reds were aided by the White anti-Soviet faction. troops killed commanders at Harborovski, released leaders, and fled to timbered areas after seizing prisons. Tax brutalities and harsh officials fueled the revolt.
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Vladivostok
Nikolsk
Harborovski
Navy Bill Presented In House by Britten
Representative Fred A. Britten of Illinois introduces at Navy Department request a bill authorizing acceptance of Alameda land for a naval base and establishing an air station at Sand Point near Seattle. The measure also proposes continued shipbuilding and repair at Mare Island.
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Fred A. Britten
Sinois
Navy Department
Alameda
Sand Point
Seattle
Mare Island
EVENTS IN RUHR AFFECT ARIZONA COPPER INDUSTRY
In Tucson Arizona December 20 G P Spilsbury president of the Arizona Industrial Congress says Ruhr events hit Arizona copper industry hardest remarking that copper is the state's prosperity backbone An address notes Germany bought about 333000000 pounds of copper yearly before the war with peak roughly 400000000 pounds Germany now cannot export manufactured goods so purchases have ceased.
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Tuscon, Ariz
Ruhr
Arizona
G. P. Spilsbury
Arizona Industrial Congress
France
Germany
Diamond field owner would have been rich if not for misjudgment
London dispatch reports the man who opened South Africa’s Kimberly fields sold them for £2600 believing exhaustion after removing thousands of stones. If Edwin William Sweeter, who died aged 89 in London, had kept his property he might have become one of the world’s richest men.
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Kimberly Diamond Fields
South Africa
Edwin William Sweeter
Federal Forces Advance Toward Vera Cruz
El Paso Tex Dec 20 The Federal forces under Gen Martinez push from San Marcos after ousting rebel troops Tuesday and prepare for a general offensive on Vera Cruz according to the Mexican Consul in Mexico City.
Obregon reassures public of loyal army in Mexico
President Obregon says the majority of the Mexican army remains loyal and fights energetically against traitors, expressing belief that peace will be restored quickly. Reports from El Paso state Federals were defeated on the San Marcos front as Herrano and Gen. Eugenio Mortinez’s forces were thrust back with heavy losses.
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New York
Associated Press
de la Huerta
EL Paso
Tex
War Herrano
Eugenio Mortinez
San Maricos
Huerta
Woman Candidate for Mayor of Seattle
SEATTLE Dec 20 Mrs Catherine A Miracle a City Council member announces she is a candidate for Mayor at the election next Spring.
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Seattle
Catherine A. Miracle
Strange Markings Reveal Large Cache
Vancouver customs officials investigated markings on the steamer Empress and found a large cache of narcotics pearls and silk clothing hidden within.
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Vancouver
B. C
Nell Austin Taken South With Mother After Vancouver Find
Nell Austin the Seattle schoolteacher who disappeared November 25 and was found three days later in Vancouver B C passed through Seattle late yesterday en route to San Diego with her mother from Hugo Oklahoma.
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Nell Austin
Vancouver
B. C
San Diego
Hugo
Okla
Mellon Seeks Treasury Bureau of Prohibition
Secretary Mellon will urge Congress to create a Bureau of Prohibition within the Treasury to remove enforcement from the Internal Revenue Collector. Representative Cranton of Michigan introduced the bill with the recommendation for a separate prohibition bureau, arguing it would free the service from politics.
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Bureau of
Prohibition
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Cramton
Michigan
Drys
Prohibition Service
Movie Director Accused of Trying to Sell Wife in Divorce Suit
Mrs Helen Lamar of Long Beach sues Eleter Lamar movie director alleging he offered to sell her to Lou Harris a prominent underworld figure for 500000. The complaint names the disputed sale as the basis for the divorce action filed in Los Angeles on December 20.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Helen Lamar
Long Beach
Eleter Lamar
How Revenue Comes in 1925 Budget Proportions
Washington estimates for 1925 show total receipts of 8 793 762 078 with 73.84 percent from internal revenue and 13.25 percent from imports. Expenditures total 3 298 080 444 allocating funds to general government, defense, pensions, marine transport, public works, and civil functions, with nonfunctional and fixed debt charges detailed.
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Washington
Bureau of the Budget
District of Columbia
Nomination Made Of Collector Customs Portland Oregon
Washington December 20 Earl G McFarland has been nominated for Collector of Customs at Portland Oregon in a formal federal action announced today by officials.
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Washington
Earl G. McFarland
Portland
Oregon
Ford backs Coolidge and says country safe with him
Detroit December statement by Henry Ford endorses President Coolidge, states he will not run against Coolidge, urges people to unite behind the president, and argues a campaign would burden Coolidge and the nation. Ford avoids committing on his own candidacy while leaving open possible public service.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Coolidge
Coolidge to Thank Ford for Ford’s Aid
The White House announced that President Coolidge would telegraph Henry Ford to express thanks for his assistance. The message was to be sent as part of broader gratitude noted in the December dispatches.
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Coolidge
Ford
Washington
White House
Henry Ford
Harding Memorial Volume Issued in Limited 2000 Copy Edition
Washington dispatch reports the first copies of the deluxe Harding Memorial volume issued today. The book compiles all addresses from his Pacific Coast and Alaska trip and is limited to 2,000 copies funded by personal and official friends.
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Washington
Harding
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Who's Who and Why in Present Congress
Washington reports a 125 page Who's Who in the Sixty eighth Congress. The directory notes bios are based on information from Senators and Congressmen. Entries include Edward Howard of Nebraska a former Bryan secretary born before the war and still married. Magnus Johnson a farmer. Huber Stephens the eldest child of his parents. and Charles Timberlake a homesteader among others.
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Congress
Edward Howard
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Smith Widman Brookhart
Iowa
Missouri
Magnus Johnson
Huber Durett Stephens
Miscievippi
Joe J. Manlove
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Straight Talk
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Lynith Davidson
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