Republicans lining up for Coolidge in Ohio and North Dakota
Ohio Republicans through the State Committee endorsed President Coolidge for the Presidency. The move followed a report that Coolidge accepted the nomination as the leading candidate for the Republican primary on March 18. A telegram from South Dakota’s campaign chair Thomas B. Roberts Sr. confirmed the nomination and noted Johnson’s petition. In North Dakota, a Republican State Committee meeting commended Coolidge to voters.
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Ohio
President Coolidge
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Bismark
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Republican State Committee
Johnson declares candidacy for President in Alabama GOP primary
Washington announces Hiram Johnson will contest with President Coolidge for Southern delegates by filing his declaration of candidacy for the presidential vote in the Alabama Republican primary.
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Washington
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Alabama
Japanese Cabinet Faces Early Resignations Next Month
TOKIO December 29. The resignation of the Japanese Cabinet was premature. members are expected to retire by January 20. Prince Regent Hirohito urged them to remain in office amid the crisis following the assassination attempt on him.
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Tokio
Hirodo
Cabinet Resignation Refused by Prince Regent
TOKIO Dec 29. After the Prince Regent refused to accept the resignation of Cabinet members they reoffered resignations showing their unwillingness to stay in office according to reports from here.
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Tokio
Seattle Councilman Reiterates Charges on City Payroll
Seattle councilman Oliver Erickson renewed allegations before the Civil Service Commission that Barkhoff’s minor son worked on the city payroll under the name Delbert Kirby during summer substitute shifts. Barkhoff testified that his son and other students were hired when no one else from the civil service list was available. He said the boy was always called Delbert Kirby and gave that name when the timekeeper asked, believing it would reveal his full name as Delbert Kirby Barkhuff.
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Seattle
Oliver Erickson
Civil Service Commission
Barkhoff
Delbert Kirby
Civil Service
Delbert Kirby Barkhuff
Post Office Looting Plot Revealed and Arrests
Los Angeles dated December 29 five temporary post office clerks were arrested revealing a gigantic and well organized plot to loot the Christmas mails, as announced by post office inspectors.
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Los Angeles
Robbed Bank Arrested Sentenced in Six Hours
SPOKANE Wash Dec 29 Six hours after the robbery of the First National Bank at Medical Lake twenty miles southwest of here four men were captured and entered pleas of guilty They were immediately sentenced from seven to twenty years One man aged 50 of Spokane pleaded innocence.
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Wash
First National Bank
Medical Lake
Here
Montana
Star Denies Koretz Gifts In London Tale
American actress Doris Keane, living at The Windmill cottage in Hertfordshire, denies knowing Leo Koretz the alleged $7,000,000 swindler. She says no swindler has victimized her or marked her as a prospect. Reports from Chicago link Koretz to lavish gifts to Keane, which she rejects as false.
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London
Doris Keane
the Windmill
Hertfordshire
Chicago
Miss Keane
Koretz
Paris
Film damages suit over portrayal of Bridger in The Covered Wagon
Mrs. Vera Bridger Hahn, heir of James Bridger, files a $1,000,000 damages suit in Kansas City against Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures. She claims The Covered Wagon depicts her father as a heavy drinker and polygamist with two Indian wives, which she says is false and harmful.
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Kansas City
Vera Bridger Hahn
James Bridger
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Hahn
Coolidge to Seek War Dept Survey on Philippine Shipping
President Coolidge will request a War Department survey to determine if American ships can provide sufficient service to the Philippines should coastwise shipping laws be extended. The move aims to assess fleet capacity and potential impacts on supply routes.
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Washington
Coolidge
War Department
Philippines
Veterans' Bureau Question Put to Comptroller General
Director Hines of the Veterans Bureau asked Comptroller General McKarl to rule on the legality of paying $97,000 to San Francisco architect Mathews O'Brien for Livermore Hospital plans. The notice sets a decisive accounting question and potential repayment or adjustment if improper.
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Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
McKarl
Mathews O’brien
San Francisco
Livermore Hospital
Wilson celebrates 67th birthday with special automobile gift
Former President Woodrow Wilson turned 67 yesterday and marked the occasion by taking a ride in a specially designed car donated by anonymous admirers. The vehicle arrived at the Wilson mansion as a birthday surprise.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Blame for Murder On War Ties Man to Cries Night Attack
Frank Bender alias Collins, jailed on suspicion of multiple U.S. killings, confessed to strangling Miss Estelle Philips in a rooming house after assaulting her in October. A former proprietor identified him fleeing the scene. Bender blamed his crime on war experiences in the navy and said he has worked as a chef on liner ships and a lumber camp cook since the war.
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New York
Frank Bender
Collins
United States
Estelle Philips
Bender
Roquefort Wins In Cheese Name Controversy
In Aveyron France a court settled a dispute over Roquefort cheese naming. A dairy had challenged a Roquefort cave company over ageing claims and won damages, protecting the proper use of the Roquefort name. The piece also notes a myth about green spots arising from copper wires.
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Paris
Aveyron
France
Rodez
Roquefort Caves
Cincinnati Fastest Scout Cruiser Yet in Naval Trials
The scout cruiser Cincinnati was judged the fastest American vessel afloat after four hours of trials in Tacoma on December 29. The Navy test showed the Cincinnati at 30.8 knots, one tenth knot slower than her sister ship the Omaha, which reached 30.9 knots.
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Tacoma
Cinnati
Naval Trial Board
Cincinnati
Omaha
Girl's Story Wins Release In Swing Around Town
Adeline Zimmerman 29 from Wisconsin told police in Englewood she snatched Mrs. Sadie Brown's purse after a day of hardship and insult. Judge Joseph Burke discharged her with a lecture, moved by the tale.
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Chicago
Dee
Wisconsin
Adeline Zimmerman
Englewood
Sadie Brown
Joseph Burke
Adeline
Three File in Race For Mayor of Seattle
SEATTLE December 29 Mayor Ee win Brown and Councilman Oliver Erickson have filed for election as Mayor on March 11. Mrs Katherine Miracle council woman filed as a candidate for Mayor yesterday afternoon.
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Seattle
Eewin Brown
Oliver Erickson
Katherine Miracle
Jury Acquits Stock Broker in Embezzlement Trial
LOS ANGELES Dec 29 After a 30 hour deliberation the jury acquitted A W Cole a stock broker on the third and fourth counts of the indictment and disagreed on the remaining four counts in the embezzlement case.
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Los ,Angbeles
A. W. Cole
Latest Bullets From Special Cable Report Mix of Disasters and Crime
Constantinople Italian steamer Iron Tarpo sinks after a storm collision off Longoul. London U S Shipping Board steamer Conejon feared lost in the Black Sea. life boats not found. Halifax British steamer Carimova rescues crew of sinking Czarina off Cape Race. Butte liquor trunks worth 5000 seized from Seattle-bound baggage. Paris Venizelos leaves for Athens. Chicago five armed robbers seize 18000 to 19000 in cash and bonds at Summit State Bank. Mexico City rebel advance on Vera Cruz extended from Teruacan to Africa under General Martinez. Washington Sir Auckland Geddes resigns due to ill health. Washington temperatures plunge to 28 below in Canada and Alaska. Pasadena Washington football dinner for 600 alumni after Navy game. Columba S. C. auto-train collision kills four, injures one.
Poisoned Liquor Kills Hundreds in Philadelphia
Deputy Coroner Paul reports that poisoned liquor killed 875 people in Philadelphia this year. Coroner Knight plans to placard the city with pictures of victims to deter an old fashioned New Year celebration.
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Philadelphia
Paul
Knight
State Department urges constitutional path in Honduran campaign
Washington on December 29 reports the State Department expressing hope that negotiations with Central American Republics will not be disrupted by the Honduran presidential campaign. The United States said it would favor any administration by constitutional means.
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Washington
State Department
Honduras
United States
French Parliament Takes Adjournment
Paris December 29 Premier Poincare read a decree adjourning Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies. Both houses will reconvene on January 8.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Engineer Who Built Eiffel Tower Dies
Paris reports the death of Alexander Gustave Eiffel, renowned engineer behind the Eiffel Tower. He died yesterday in Paris after a long career that shaped modern engineering and iconic architecture worldwide.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Alexander Gustave Eiffel
Scientist links Eden to global primal life origin
Milford Kansas December 29 W H Ballow a New York scientist declared a fossil skull about a million years old and asserted primal life originated in many places with the Garden of Eden extending over much of the earth He is age 91.
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Milford
Kansas
W. H. Ballow
New York
Germany food credits opposed by French government
Paris reports the French Government opposes Germanys request for food credits from the United States. Paris is convinced Germany does not lack food and action is delayed awaiting the Reparations Committee report on German food conditions by the Committee on Guarantees.
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Paris
Germany
United States
Committee On Guarantees
Likens U. S. Bloc System To Russian Government
Governor Irvine L Lenroot declares the move toward a bloc system in the United States mirrors the Russian Soviets. He addresses the Chicago Commercial Club noting it undermines majority rule and contrasts with American constitutional principles.
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Chicago
United States
Russia
Irvine L. Lenroot
Chicago Commercial Club
Republicans Weigh Stand On Platform Condemning Klan
Washington dispatch reports Republican leaders urged to insert a platform plank condemning the Ku Klux Klan. Texas national committeeman R. B. Creager wrote an open letter to every member of the Republican National Committee outlining the plan.
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Washington
R. B. Creager
Texas
Republican National Committee
Fiftieth Victim Killed by Auto in Seattle
Seattle reports the fiftieth pedestrian death this year after D. D. Murphy was found with a fractured skull and torn clothing. No driver clue exists. Laura Hughes, 18, riding with two UW students, was the forty-ninth victim killed by a trolley car last night.
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Seattle
D. D. Murphy
Murphy
Laura Hughes
University of Washington
Seattle leads November auto fatalities in state report
The Olympia dispatch reports Seattle recorded eight autok fatalities in November, leading the state with 27 deaths across Washington.
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Olympia
Wash
Seattle
Fisherman Knutson Arrested in Seattle Slaying Case
Ole Knutson, fisherman, was arrested as the driver of the car that fatally struck Miss Bradshaw, a crippled girl, last Sunday. she died Christmas Day in a Seattle hospital. Knutson was nabbed as he prepared to sail for Alaska, and manslaughter charges will be filed against him.
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Ole Knutson
Miss Bradshaw
Knutson
Alaska
Lawmaker seeks full facts on Christmas liquor scandal
Washington December 29 Representative Newton of Minnesota has filed a request to Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair District of Columbia Commissioner Oster and Secretary Hughes for all information on the Christmas bootleg scandal. Fourteen people were arrested and lists of alleged purchasers disappeared.
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Newton
Minnesota
Blair
Oster
District of Columbia
Hughes
Moros Killed in Clash With Philippine Constabulary
Manila dispatch reports 31 Moros killed in a December 16 clash with 80 soldiers of the Constabulary at Mpulund Manulunda in Lanao Province, according to advices received today.
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Manila
Mpulund Manulunda
Lanao
Adviece
American Missionary Released by Bandits
PEKIN December 29. E M Lehmal zreich an American missionary of the Reformed Church who was kidnapped by bandits in November was released on December 20 according to reports received at Changsha in Hunan.
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E. M. Lehmalzreich
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Reformed Church
Changsha
Hunan
Mother's vow over flag led man to hid for five years
Frank Schweighofer, 27 years devoted to his mother, evaded the draft at Stratford near Stradford for five years by living at his mother's home. He later told army officers that a promised lifelong protection to his mother kept him from enlisting and a disguise allowed him to stay unseen during the day. The War Department discharged him after Lt. Col. Norton recommended no trial.
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Minn
Frank Schweighofer
Stradford
E. M. Norton
Fort Snelling
War Department
Schweighofer
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