League Debates Article Ten Elimination and Austria Admission
Geneva reports a push to abolish Article 10 of the League covenant with debates on Austria’s status and Vorarlberg joining Switzerland. A new economic blockade plan against covenant breakers was adopted by the blockade subcommission. The assembly aims to finish work by December with Sir Eric Drummond noting completion may slip beyond December 18.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Committee On
League
N. W. Rowell
A. J. Balfour
Great Britain
Giuseppe Motta
Austria
Vorarberg
Switzerland
M. Motta
Assembly of the League
Armaments Commission
League of Nations Assembly
Eric Drummond
New Chicago to New York Air Mail Sets Distance Record
Washington December 4 All records for Chicago to New York air mail flights were broken. Pilot J T Christensen flew single motor De Havilland planes covering 142 miles in age hours setting a new record for the service.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Air Mail Service
J.T. Cristensen
de Haviland
Flight timeline shows split legs from Chicago to Cleveland to New York
Cristenaen leaves Chicago at 6 55 a m on a 319 mile leg to Cleveland at 117 mph. He transfers to a New York bound flight from Cleveland averaging 151 mph, arriving at 1 25 p m, after a total 31 minutes in the air for the second segment.
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Cristenaen
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Allies weigh Greek future after plebiscite vote
London reports that Allied leaders may adjust their stance toward Greece if Sunday’s plebiscite selects Crown Prince George as king. The official declaration previously targeted Constantine, with officials noting the outcome could shift Allied positions.
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Constantine
George
London
Greece
Cabinet Resigns in Budapest Led by Count Teleky
Budapest reports the cabinet headed by Count Paul Teleky as premier has resigned. The ministry was formed on July 20 last.
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Budapest
Paul Teleky
Michigan Potato Strike Rumor Sparks Buyer's Market
Traverse City reports show northern Michigan warehouses hold about 1,000,000 bushels of potatoes with growers demanding $1 per bushel while buyers offer cents. Some predict a 1914 like glut next spring as prices shake out amid cross border duties and Detroit trade rules.
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Traverse City
Mich
Michigan
Detroit
Pope Calls Offerings for War-Suffering Children
Pope Benedict asks Catholic churches worldwide to take up offerings December 26 for children suffering from the war. The collection date, set in an encyclical, falls on the Sunday before Holy Innocents Day, December 28.
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Christendom
Rome
Pope Benedict
NO AID IN SIGHT FOR THE FARMERS
Washington December 4 Treasury officials voiced concern over farmers price declines with no clear relief plan. Secretary Houston told the joint Senate and House agricultural committee that feasible measures to change the situation are unknown and warned war finance revival may not help. He noted deflation talk and continued credit extensions to industry and commerce.
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Washington
Dee
Treasury
Houston
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
War Finance Corporation
War Opens Quietly as Italy and Fiume Clash
Trieste reports Italy and the regency of Quarnero begin war at midnight with no immediate fighting. D'Annunzio urges barricades in Fiume to resist regulars, while many residents doubt his calls and fear civil conflict over Arbe and Veglia island claims.
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Trieste
Italy
Fiume
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Cevigna
Arde
Vega
Gulf
Quarnero
Ated
Mons
Rome
D’annunzio
Tempo
Islands
Arbe
Veglia
Rapallo
Italian Leader Discusses Fiume Stand and Territorial Ambitions
An Epoca interview quotes a senior Italian figure asserting that the Alpine nation will hold to its stance on Fiume and its surrounding lands. He warns that Slavic claims to Arbe and Veglin should be resolved by conquest if needed and emphasizes that Fiume and Italy remain separate entities. He cites D Annunciare’s claimed 5,000 troops under his command.
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Epoca
Tyyannungio
Arbe
Veglin
Italy
Fiume
Berger Attacks Landis in Espionage Act Appeal
Victor L. Frand four Socialist party members appeal Judge Kene ch Mountain Landis after convictions for violating the espionage act. The appeal bases on eligibility and is set for discussion by the Supreme Court, with a hearing prepared for Monday.
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Washington
Kene“aw Mountain Landis
Wim
Supreme Court
Victor L. Fr
Newts
Sinn Fein prisoners moved to Ballykinier camp
The first group of Sinn Fein prisoners to be interned under the new policy left Dublin for Ballykinier in County Down. The government said they would receive treatment similar to prisoners of war but would not be recognized as such. Three civilians were killed near Bandor in Cork after an ambush on police. police escaped unharmed.
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London
Sinn Fein
Pla
Dublin
Ballykinier
County Down
Ballykinler
Dundrum Bay
Homer Greenwood
Ireland
House of Commons
Irish Republican Army
Bander
County Cork
Cooperation urged to finance farmers under price slump
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board told the joint agricultural committees that cooperation among producers bankers and the public is needed as prices fall. He warned of past folly and urged farmers to sell marketable surplus to reduce debt while banks stand by. Treasury officials noted no quick fix and recalled prior price booms and busts.
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Washington
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Houston
Treasury Department
Treasury
Governor Harding Sees Postholiday Market Stabilization
Governor Harding predicted stabilization in business after the holidays with price adjustments. He suggested that surplus cotton grain and manufactured goods be sold abroad and that opening trade with central Europe would aid the situation.
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Harding
Europe
Wilson to name mediator in Armenian Turkish dispute
Washington state department officials said President Wilson would appoint a mediator personally rather than officially in the effort to settle Armenian Turkish nationalist trouble. They added the line between personal action and official duty is blurred but the mediator would continue as his representative if talks extend past March 4.
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Washington
State Department
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Senator Harding Address Prep Sparks White House Debate
A plan urges Harding to speak at the senate opening next Monday. Harry M. Daugherty travels from Washington to greet the senator on his Panama arrival. A substitute idea asks Harding to attend and participate without delivering an address.
Sinn Fein Countess Markiewicz Guilty by Court Martial
Prominent Sinn Fein leader Countess Markievicz was found guilty by a court martial of conspiring to spread sedition and incite murder in Ireland. The court said sentence would be imposed later.
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Countess Markiewicz
M. P
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Milwaukee Mail Train Robbery Reported in Minnesota
Three masked youths boarded the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul mail train No 6 at Hopkins Minnesota bound for Chicago They bound three mail clerks and escaped with a pouch of registered mail and other packages valued between 50000 and 75000 The clerks from Minneapolis St Paul identified the bandits after the action as FB A Anke F C Tousley and A E Ostman The train halted in Minneapolis and the robbers fled with a fourth confederate in an automobile
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Mobridge
Chicago
Hopkins
FB. A. Anke
F.C. Tousley
A. E. Ostman
St. Paul
Much Mooted Section May Be Struck Out
A delegation today weighs proposed changes to a debated section of the agenda as observers expect possible removal or alteration of controversial clauses. Officials and stakeholders gather to discuss implications for policy and governance.
Harding Is Home From Newport News Trip
President-elect arrived in Newport News this morning amid joy over the trip. In Geneva Switzerland on December 4 the League of Nations assembly saw Charles Doherty introduce an amendment to Article Ten. The Argentine delegation announced it has ceased participation in the assembly.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Assembly of the League Today
Charles Doherty
Honorio Prieyfredon
Harding Home Again Arrives in Newport News
President elect Harding and his party arrived in Newport News this morning and plan to travel to Norfolk this afternoon. The group expressed pleasure with the trip.
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Harding
Hyvennne Journal
Newport News
Norfolk
Soviet Capture of Erivan Reported
Soviet forces have captured Erivan the capital of Armenia. Armenia has been proclaimed a Soviet republic.
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Erivan
the Evening Journal
London
Armenia
Former Grace Hill Resident I. M. Lewis Dies at 56
W J Taylor reports the death of Isaac Martin Lewis a former Grace Hill resident honored for church work lodge activity and community leadership. He ran a Grace Hill store and later moved to Longmont Colorado where he worked in the automobile business and belonged to Modern Woodmen and IOOF. He is survived by two daughters five brothers and four sisters.
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W. J. Taylor
I. M. Lewis
Grace Hill
Mr. Lewis
Longmont
Colorado
Taylor
Isaac Martin Lewis
Fifth Avenue
Lonemont
Modern Woodman
H. E. Johnson
Mildred
J. W
Juanita, Neb
J. H
Newell
South Dakota
T. L
Larned
Kansas
J. A
Pullerton
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