Armenia Mediation Overtures Prompt Wilson Gratitude Note
The League of Nations assembly opened with Paul Hymans proposing a solemn message of gratitude to President Wilson for offering to mediate between Armenians and Turkish Nationalists. The council asked direct contact with Washington via Brazil and Spain to discuss mediation terms. Argentina's H Pueyrredon opposed delays and possible council member election by assembly, but most delegates seek smooth, minimal disruption to this session's limited agenda.
Liquor Men Try to Bribe Revenue Agents
New York December reports reveal extensive efforts by liquor dealers to bribe Internal Revenue Bureau agents. Captain Frank Frayser said several sellers of intoxicants faced federal indictments for giving or attempting to give bribe money to obtain permits to remove liquor from bond for non beverage use. The bribes were intended to disguise liquor sales in barrooms, part of Volstead Act violations.
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New York
Frank Frayser
Prohibition
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hiquor
Frayser
Warrant Issued Charging Murder in Hamon Case
Ardmore Oklahoma December 2 warrant issued charging murder following sworn statement by Dallas driver KE W Sullis about a trip to Cisco with a woman who claimed she shot a wealthy man in an Ardmore hotel November 21. New interest grows in the Jake Hamon hotel shooting as warrant for former secretary Clara Smith is renewed for murder with intent to kill.
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Associated Proms
Ardmore
Okl
KE. W. Sullis
Dallas
Texas
Cisco
Ardmora
Jake Hamon
Clara Smith
Robbery at Cleveland hotel nets couple 8100 in cash and jewels
Two masked youths held Mr and Mrs William Geer of New York in a downtown Cleveland hotel room late last night. They were forced to surrender 185 dollars in cash and jewels valued at 625 dollars. The robbers escaped.
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Presa
Cleveland
William Geer
New York City
Steel mills curtail in Warren district amid slow demand
Steel mill operations in Warren Ohio show about a 40 percent curtailment this week. Liberty Steel mill with 600 workers is closed and Trumbull Steel Co open hearth idle. Other departments run about half of 6000. Warren Iron & Steel Co employing 700 runs full time.
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Preas
Warren
Ohio
Liberty Steel Mill
Trumbull Steel Co
Warren Iron & Steel Co
Americanization Conference to Discuss All Phases
Columbus Ohio December conference on Americanization opens December 8 and 10 under the Ohio Legislative committee with senators Ake Hall Ritter and representatives Dunn Gorrell Myers. Speakers include W C Smith J J Mahoney Robert Deming E B Bach A E B Jenks M M Guhin BH Vermillion and Miss Mary I ODonnell with Louis Tarcal of Cleveland speaking on foreign born perspective.
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Proos
Columbus
Ohio Legislative Committee On
Senate
H. Ross Ake
Canton
George W. Hall
New Knoxville
J. Ritter
Tippecanoe City
House
Robert C
Vermillion
Ohio
Mary I. O'Donnel
Detroit Board of Commerce
Louis Tarcal
Cleveland
Deputies to Guard Coal Strike Zone in Mingo County
Deputy sheriffs will be assigned to every military detachment in the coal strike area of Mingo county to assist civil authorities. They will operate under military direction unless the situation worsens. No violence occurred in the last thirty six hours.
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Associated Proos
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Investigation into price of anthracite cows announced
Senate inquiry into the price of anthracite coal will open in New York on Saturday. Senator Calder, chairman of the Senate committee of inquiry, said the governors of New England states had requested the investigation.
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Associated Press
the Banner
Washington
Senate
New York
Calder
Senate Committee of Inquiry
New England
Poet Soldier Declares War Against Italy in Fiume
Gabrielle d Annu nnsio commands the insurgents at Fiume and proclaims war on Italy. A Milan dispatch to the London Times reports the war starts Friday. D Annu nnios forces raid the Gulf of Quarero and move troops, with Narenta loaded for Vegha to ferry munitions, as headquarters bustle with officers asserting they are at war.
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Prepa
London
Gabrielle d'Annunsio
Fiume
Italy
Milan
London Times
D'Annunzio
Arditi
Pola
Vegha
Tussin
TyAnnunzio
Gulf of
Quarero
D‘annunzio
Palace
D'Annun #0
Governor Sproul Presses Uniform Tax Revision Plan
Governor William Sproul urged creation of a national commission to revise and simplify tax laws in a governors conference address. He argued both state and federal governments should be represented, noting most states will need tax legislation soon and laws should be uniform across states.
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Harrisburg
William, Sproul
Pennsylvania
Kal
Haiti Seethes Over Naval Board of Inquiry Departure
Citizens of Haiti protest to Secretary Daniels over the alleged departure of the Mayo led naval board of inquiry from Port au Prince. Secretary Daniels says no official word confirms their exit and orders Rear Admiral Knapp to hold an informal hearing for witnesses not before Mayo. If warranted, the Mayo board may be recalled or a new board convened.
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Presa
Washington
Haiti
Daniels
Naval Board of Inquiry
Republic
Mayo
Mavn
Knapp
Navy
Mayo Board
Prohibition Agent Fined For Boozing In Cleveland
Carl Metta federal prohibition agent was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse after conviction for intoxication. Testimony said he was intoxicated in a restaurant while investigating liquor violations. A new trial was granted at Chief Agent Fred Counte's request for December 14. Metta claimed he was the victim of a frameup.
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Cleveland
Carl Metta
Costa
Metta
Fred Counte
Wau
Actress dies in New York fire on East 57th Street
A five story East 57th Street apartment building burned this morning killing motion picture actress Marjorie Lescomb and four unidentified people. Lescomb recently arrived from England to pursue film work.
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Associated Press
Banner
New York
Marjorie Lescomb
East 57Th Street
Miss Lescomb
England
Indictments Returned In Building Trust Probe
In New York On December 2 the November grand jury handed down several secret indictments connected to alleged price fixing in supplies. Warrants for arrests were issued by Judge Malqueen of general session court but names and charges were not released.
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Associated Press
Banner
New York
Joint Legislative Committee Today
Building Trust
Malqueen
General Session Court
Three Boys Die In Train Collision Near Sidney
Richardson Thompson age 16 Fred Schmidt 16 and Carl Daniels 17 were killed when their car was struck by the Knickerbocker Express at a grade crossing on the Big Four line in Sidney. Thompson and Schmidt died instantly Daniels died about an hour later at the scene or nearby hospital.
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Sidney
Richard Thompson
Fred Schmidt
Carl Daniels
Knickerbrocker
Big Four
Thompson
Schmidt
Daniels
Edison plant in Orange cuts about 1200 jobs
Approximately 1200 men at Thomas A Edison affiliated industries in West and Silver Lake, New Jersey, were laid off. The company said reductions were necessary in line with the national business trend.
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Edison
Orange
New Jersey
New York
Thomas A. Edieon Affiliated Industrie
West and
Sliver Lake
N. J
Farm Loan Plan Proposed to Aid Struggling Farmers
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska proposes an immediate 60 million dollar government loan to farmers facing plummeting prices. The plan, drafted after a conference with Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board, aims to aid agriculture as Congress convenes next week.
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Banner
Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
May Put Women on Fair Boards
The Associated Press reports in Toledo Ohio on December 2 1920 that a discussion on women serving on fair boards will be on the agenda at the joint Ohio state board of agriculture and Ohio fair circuit meeting December 6 and 7. Topics include women's membership and reform measures for fairs as well as pricing and advertising concerns. State Fair Manager EB Walborn will discuss gambling rulings and the state fair's success without gambling. Crawford County jail in Bucyrus is reported empty with the last prisoner William Eider sent to the penitentiary for an inde terminates.
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Associated Press
Toledo
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio Air Circuit
State Fair Board
State Fair
EB. V. Walborn
Columbus
Fair
A. P. Bandles
Ohio Fair Circuit
Bucyrus
Crawford County
William Eider
Cadiz Fire Destroys Hotel and Local Buildings
Fire in Cadiz Kentucky yesterday destroyed a hotel, the courthouse, a bank, a department store and ten other buildings and residences. The total loss was estimated at two hundred thousand dollars.
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Cadiz
Cadiz Hotel
League of Nations rejects amendments in surprise vote
Geneva December 2 The League of Nations assembly adopts a resolution rejecting amendments to the league covenant and creating a committee to study changes before the next session. Only Argentina’s Delegate Puynedon voted against, causing initial disruption before President Hymans ruled the matter procedural and finalizing adoption.
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Associated Preas
Geneva
H. Paynedon
Argentina
Assembly of the League of Nations
Assembly of the
League
Puynedon
Couaternaion
Hymans
London Town Hall Seized by Jobless in Edmonton
Restivenssa among London's unemployed and housing shortages sparked a peaceful seizure of Edmonton town hall by several hundred men. They planned to use the building as headquarters until action. Tottenham town hall saw a similar, peaceful seizure earlier. The occupiers left Edmonton after the council announced available accommodations in the coroner's court and two storehouses.
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Associated Press
London
Edmonton
Town Hall
Tottenham
Typhoid Epidemic Study Opens in Salem Conference
In Salem today twenty eight physicians and health officers from northeastern Ohio gather at the request of Dr F G Bodreau to study the typhoid fever epidemic. One more death and one more new case were reported as the session proceeds. In Cleveland Johnn Wy Kannard nineteen, aged 24, was buried alive at the Aluminum Casing Co when a chute failed and gravel fell on him, suffocating him before coworkers freed him.
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Associated Press
Bannary Alliance
Salem
Ohio
F. G. Bodreau
Workman
Cleveland, D
Johnn Wy Kannard
Aluminum Caseings Co
Riey
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