Haiti Marines Fire Many Rounds in Haiti
Port au Prince reports indicate 1142 Haitians died since the start of a campaign against bandits, with ten killed by Corporal Freeman Lang and Sergeant Jeas Williams. A three week naval court inquiry reviewed Mar ine actions across 298 aerial battles, including the January Port au Prince attack.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Dea 1
Naval Court
Freeman Lang
Jeas Williams
Port U Prince
Lang
Williams
Court of Inquir
George Barnett
United States Marine Corps
Majoresse F. Dyer
Senator From Utah Seeks Sherman Act Revision
Washington December 1 AP senator ng a Democrat of Utah announces an amendment to strengthen anti trust law. He cites many combinations restraining trade and blames them for high prices. The proposal would direct the Justice Department to pursue prosecutions against all agreements that lessen competition and raise prices artificially.
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Washington
Utah
Department of Justice
Ued
Chinese Troops in Open Revolt Seize I-Chang City
Reports from Shanghai on December 1 indicate troops in I-Chang, Hu-Peh province, mutinied and seized the city, looting as fires burned. Messages received by Robert Dollar Co and American Tobacco Co say foreigners are confined to banks and businesses as around 100 foreigners remain. I-Chang has about 40,090 residents with a significant foreign presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
I-Chang
Hu-Peh
Robert Dollar Company
fish-American Tobacco Company
Keeler Charged With $1000 Embezzlement In Utah
Salt Lake City December 1 AP Keeler arrested for embezzling $1,000 from the Salt Lake uté station at Fairoaks Walnut Kansas. A complaint filed in Layton and an arrest in place. Keeler has been station agent for the Denver and Rio Grande railroad for a few weeks.
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Salt Lake
Murderous Turks Wrecked Hadji in Asia Minor
Eye witness survivor from Madji, Asia Minor, describes Turkish bombardment of the town. The invasion set fires and caused high casualties among defenders and inhabitants. The report depicts burned streets and chaotic retreat as survivors stumble over the fallen amid destruction.
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Constantinople
Madji
Asia Minor
Cranor admits paying Sands forty thousand for arranging deal
New York December 1 AP John Cranor assistant to head of Wallace Downey Shipbuilding Corp denied charges before a congressional committee that he knew of a forty thousand dollar bribe fund to secure board contracts. He testified Providence Engineering sought a contract for ten tug boats and that Sands arranged a credit letter of up to 125000 from Commercial National Bank. Cranor said he agreed to pay Sands 40000 for arranging the credit, Downey and Sands later settling on 25000.
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New York
John Cranor
Wallace Downey Shipbuilding Corporation
Tucker K. Sands
Washington
Congressional Committee
Shipping Board
R. W. Rolling
Wilson
Cranor
Providence Company
Credit Department
The
Downey
Sands
Commercial National Bank
Providence Engineerings Corporation
San Francisco
Clara Smith Near El Paso In Death Case
Ardmore Oklahoma December 1 AP Clara Smith sought in connection with the death of Jake L Hannon Republican national committeeman is believed to be in the southwest likely near El Paso Texas County Attorney Russell L Brown says he has been tracking a hot trail since Monday He traced her leaving Ardmore through Durant Denison and Cinco Texas buying a ticket for El Paso He suspects she will try to enter Canada or Mexico The assault with intent to kill charge was filed before Hammon's death Frank L Ketch Hammon's business manager says Hammon may have shot himself while cleaning a revolver
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Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith
Jake L. Hannon
el Paso
Tex
Russell L. Brown
Brown
Smith
Durant
Denison
Cinco
Texas
Miss Smith
Hamnon
Canada
Mexico
Hamon
Frank L. Keteh
Prohib Officers Cited To Appear In San Francisco
San Francisco officers including Glad K Warburton inter acting prohibition agent California John D Costello secretary to U S Senator Phelan and five others were notified to appear before a U S commissioner for arraignment on indictments charging conspiracy to violate the Volstead act Indictments were returned by a federal grand jury and placed on the secret file Mrs Warburton was released from her temporary enforcement role by the grand jury and a formal statement denied the major charge
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San Francisco
Dee. P—Mrea
Glad K. Warburton
Prohibition
California
John D. Costello
U. S
Phelan
Warburton
Fein suspects taken in tow
Six men were arrested at Southampton on the arrival of the Aquitania from New York, suspected of Sinn Fein links. Revolvers found on one man sparked questions about firearm import laws as Scotland Yard raids yielded documents from Sinn Fein offices. Men were detained and later sent toward Scotland Yard for further inquiry.
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London
Southampton
New York
Sinn Fein
Scotland Yards
Scotland Yard
Turks Showing the Ugly Side
Constantinople reports rising hostility toward Americans and Near East relief. Henry Riggs, director at Kharput, says Turkish Nationalists forbid relief work and flag displays, seize food for Armenian orphans, and expel children from orphanages, converting buildings into Turkish schools.
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Constantinople
Henry Riggs
Near East
Kharput
Riggs
Mustapha Kemal
Train Staff Under Arrest In Davenport Ta
Officials and train crews of the Tri City Railway were arrested on charges of failing to operate cars as per the franchise. General Manager Huntoon and Assistant Manager Roderick among those taken into custody. President Denman sought but not found. Ten motormen and conductors detained as service cuts on Fourth Street and owl service were enforced amid warnings from socialist city officials.
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Davenport
Tri- City Railway Company
Scroochfield
Huntoon
Roderick
K J. Denman
Fourth Street
Third Street
Jury Held Overnight After Veneice Bungalow Murder Trial
A jury of ten men and two women hearing the murder case of Mrs. Maybelle Roe over a Venice bungalow dispute reported no verdict after a night in custody. The judge said jurors could reconvene today to resolve the case against Mrs Roe in the Me’ullough Graydon matter.
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Los Angeles
Mra
Maybelle Roe
Me‘ullough Graydon
Venice
Found money in old boot in Gardner Massachusetts
A man inspecting a leather boot among the personal effects of Jacob Hagatrand of Finland, who died in 1916, found a money belt hidden inside the boot. The discovery occurred in Gardner, Massachusetts, on December 1, according to AP.
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Gardner
Mass
Jacob Hagatrand
Finland
Annuity For Kaiser Not Approved Sparks in Berlin Assembly
In Berlin on November 30 AP reports disorder in the Prussian assembly after a Socialists motion would transfer Hohenzollern property to the state and deny any compensation. Socialist Heilmann argued former enemies of Germany would seek reparations for every million marks given to the dynasty. Conservatives clashed as a paper missile flew, suspending the session amid protests over the royal family’s wealth.
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Berlin
Boserigus
Herr Heilmann
Germany
Fiume Under Eye as Regulars Cordon City
Trieste reports Italian regulars have laid a cordon around Fiume as D Annunzio followers resist. The Narenza steamer with flour and fodder was captured near Pola by Adriti forces. Premier Giolitti defers military action and pushes toward ratifying the Rapallo treaty with Jugoslavia despite Drummond dispatches.
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Trieste
Narenza
Ape Lo D'Annunzio
Adriti
Pola
London
Dee
AAP
Giolitti
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
D’annunaio
Fiume
London Times
Jugo- Slavia
Senate
Regulara
D'Annunzio
Aivpateh
Armenians and Armenia mediation take shape in League news
Geneva and Washington reports outline mixed moves as the League of Nations ponders Armenian mediation with Major General Leonard Wood named in dispatches. Spain and Brazil offer to join President Wilson in seeking a humanitarian path, while Warn factions and Turkish Nationalists loom large in the crisis.
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Washington
Baker
Geneva
Leonard Wood
League of Nations
Armenian Committee
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Austria
Commission For
League
Council of the
Military Commission
United State
U. S
Commission
Council
Spain
Brazil
Wilson
Cecil
Si Re
Armenia
Council of the League of Nations
Assembly
A. J. Balfour
Mustapha Kemal
Turkey
Beyres
Robert Cecil
United States
Oregon Mills Closing Down Tillamook Mill Closes
Tillamook Ore December 1 AP The Coates Lumber Co mill in Tillamook closed today for a definite period affecting more than 50 workers. The county unemployment tally rises as mills idle. Managers cite surplus stocks and freight rate differentials as causes. Southern mills can ship lumber to middle western points for $9 a thousand less than Pacific Northwest mills.
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Tillamook
Ore
Coates Lumber
Southern Mills
Middle Western
Pacific Northwest
Immigrant arrivals total over 369,000 in four months
Washington reports 369,857 aliens arrived in the first four months of the current fiscal year beginning July 1, with 214,705 emigrants leaving, producing a net increase of 150,154. Officials doubt Europe will again exceed emigration to prewar levels, noting prior-year trends and Mexico Canada and the Far East arrivals.
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Washington
Department of Labor
United States
Europe
Mexico
Canada
Far East
Aviation fields in the Philippines named for fallen aviators
Washington dispatch reports the naming of two Philippine aviation fields. Pampanga’s field becomes Clark field to honor Major Harold M. Clark who died in 1919 in the Panama Canal Zone. Fort Mills Corregidor Island’s site is now Kindley field in memory of Captain Field Kindley killed in San Antonio, Texas last February.
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Washington
Philipine Islands
The
Air Service
Pampanga
Clark Field
Harold M. Clark
Panama Canal Zone
Fort Mills
Corregidor Island
Kindley
Philippines Approves 500000 Annual Propaganda Fund
ManilaDecember 1 AP report says the Philippine legislature adopted a bill to appropriate 500000 annually to spread propaganda in the United States campaign to obtain independence. The measure aims to influence opinion in America in favor of Philippine autonomy.
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Manila
P. T
Spreropaganda
United States
Midnight inauguration of Obregon in Mexico City
Reports from El Paso and Douglas describe a peaceful midnight oath as General Alvaro Obregon was inaugurated president. American observers note large cheers from Mexican expatriates and a pledge to aid Mexico’s railroad expansion toward Chihuahua City. Washington monitors potential anti Obregon activity near the border.
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el Paso
Des. 1
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
General Obregon
Chambers of Commerce
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Texas
Amera
Chihuahua City
Douglas
Ariz
Offita
Sonora
Fity
Obregon
Ate’ Vane
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Republic
George T. Summerlin
United States
Washington
State Department
Havana
Pablo Gongales
Carrainga
Prospect for the Irish Bill clears Lords hurdle
London AP report says the Irish home rule bill may pass the Lords committee stage with little opposition after Lorde amendment defeat. Cork dispatch notes two men shot dead in Macroom district, four arrested, town under siege and traffic halted except for food distribution.
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London
House of Lords
Lords
Tre
Ulster. Co
Cork
Macroom
Acroom
Film Room Fire Triggers Panic During Show
Fragmentary report of a film room fire causing a panic during a screening. Fire apparatus rushed to the cinema to check the blaze as spectators evacuated in confusion amid smoke and alarm.
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Sisler
Sand On
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American Relief Committee
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Traction Company
Huerta
Kaiser
Hohenzollerns
Wilhelm
Wood
Boston
Scots’ Charitable Society
Calvin Coolidge
Charlton Black
Boston University
Opfer
Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Ao Ca
Ocgsien
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