Tariff Increases Pose Grave Menace to Merchant Marine
Washington December 14 officials of the shipping board warn Congress that tariff increases being considered threaten the existence of the merchant marine. Admiral Benson says a remedy may be protecting the marine and shifting tax burdens. He denies favoritism toward Bardle Brothers in a surplus materials bid, noting their withdrawal to avoid accusations and extend bid time.
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Washington
Congress
Shipping Board
Admiral Benson
Benson
J. N. Barde
Bardle Brothers Corporation
Pacific
Bartle Brothers
Nonpartisans Begin Drive for Nebraska Campaign
A. C. Townley and his Nonpartisan League organizers move on Nebraska with a steam roller campaign planned to spread to Kansas Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas. They say the grain market slump fuels discontent and helps organizers’ work in Nebraska.
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Minneapolis
A. C. Townley
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
New York Night Court Hits Record Arraignments
New York night court set a record as 875 prisoners were arraigned in a single session. Over 300 faced gambling raid charges while others were cited for boisterous and obscene language. Seventy five men were fined about two dollars for street shooting dice before the court closed at midnight amid a writer's cramp for the clerk.
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New York
Griffith Warns In Mountjoy Prison Statement
Arthur Guilin, confined in Mountjoy jail, issues a warning in a Dublin statement dated December 18. The brief message appears from the Irish political milieu amid ongoing tensions and calls for vigilance.
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Dublin
Mountjoy
Arthur Guilin
Griffith Denies Dail Members Speak as Individuals
In a statement on international relations he says Irish deputies will not act as individuals and that Dail Éireann acts only as a unit. He asserts no members have acted or will act without the knowledge and concurrence of colleagues.
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Dail Éireann
Griffith
Four Die in Kansas City Streetcar Crash
Four killed and four possibly fatally injured along with 22 more wounded when a Country club street car careened down a hill at the foot of Main street. The car overturned after running hundreds of feet, with faulty brakes blamed for the crash. The vehicle was a total wreck.
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Kansas City
Country Club
Main Street
Bosko hanged for slayings of Parks and Hunter in Canon City
George Bosko confessed killer of E C Parks and Will Hunter was executed by hanging at the state prison in Canon City Colorado.
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Canon City
Colo
George Bosko
E. C. Parks
Will Hunter
Fire traps veterans in blinding Walter Reed blaze
A devastating fire gutted four wards of Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. One World War hero died from burns, many veterans were overcome by smoke and shock, and about seventy were rescued with a loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Most injured suffered shell shock or nervous disorders.
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Washington, Lee
Walter Reed
Kitchener Rumor Suppresses Abbey Tale
London headlines claim the unknown World War I hero in Westminster Abbey is Lord Kitchener. In Phoenix Arizona a girl’s hat incident sparked a car crash with a fatal shooting after a fist fight between Edward Herwits and Bert Heed. Heed is jailed.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
Germany
Phoenix, Ariz
Ethel Finley
Bert Heed
Edward Herwits
Unveiling a New High Range Browning Machine Gun
Washington reports successful tests of a new machine gun firing half inch bullets with about double the range of the 30 caliber. John M Browning aided war department experts in development. The weapon achieves up to 700 shots a minute, weighs roughly twice the 20 Browning, is water cooled and shows strong long range accuracy and improved reliability over earlier models.
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Washington
War Department
John M. Browning
Browning
Pew
Cork Fire Devastates City After Ambush At Pillows Cross
Dublin fire brigades rush to Cork as a savage conflagration consumes the central district. Four soldiers killed in the Pillows Cross ambush, civilians shot, and a panic-stricken populace endures widespread arson. One hundred thirty nine buildings destroyed. armored cars attacked by Sinn Feiners. city plunged into darkness as fires rage.
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Dublin
Dee
Cork
Pillows Cross
Carnegie Library
Corn Exchange
Sinn
Burton Urges Wage Cuts Amid Price Stabilization
Congressman elect Theodore B. Burton of Ohio told the Cleveland Garment Manufacturers Association that wages must fall in line with price reductions to restore normal industry conditions. He argued that maintaining wartime wage levels contradicts economic law and stressed workers’ interests but warned against wartime price expectations.
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Meveland
Dée
United States
Theodore B. Burton
Ohio
Cleveland Garment Manufacturers’ Association
Roosevelt's twelfth grandchild born in New York
In New York on December 13, 1910, a daughter was born to Mrs. Richard Peabody, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, representing the former president's twelfth grandchild.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Pe
Secretary Daniels urges naval armament buildup in three-year plan
In his annual Congress report released today Secretary Daniels calls for 85 new fighting ships in three years. The program includes three battleships, one battle cruiser, 30 light cruisers, eight gunboats, 15 super-destroyers and 18 submarines to safeguard national safety. He warns that staying alone would require indefinite armament expansion unless the U.S. joins a peace-centered alliance.
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Washington
United States
Michigan man fined five hundred dollars in bond theft case
John Cook pleaded guilty to receiving part of $250,000 in Liberty bonds stolen from the Studebaker corporation at South Bend Indiana two years ago. Judge George Weimer fined Cook $500 after the arrest followed his visit to a lawyer to dispose of the bonds.
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Kalamazoo
Michi
Dee
John Cook
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Ind
George Weimer
Cook
Better Times Are at Hand Declared by Industry Leaders
Washington leaders of capital and labor gathered to reunite the war industries board and foresee an early rehab of the nations industrial life. They spoke with conservative optimism about a coming era of prosperity, noting readjustment clouds are clearing and business will strengthen in the months ahead. Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway and Alexander Legge of International Harvester voiced views on recovery and farmer hardships amid readjustment.
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Washington
Reunion of War Industries Board
War Industries Board
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Alexander Legge
International Harvester Company
Wilson in deal to buy Fuller home in Washington
Preliminary talks reported for President Wilson to purchase Representative Alvan Fuller’s residence at 2241 Wyoming avenue NW through a local real estate dealer. The property, in an exclusive Washington area, would be available for occupancy when Fuller becomes lieutenant governor of Massachusetts at his inauguration.
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Washington
Wilson
Alvan T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Wyoming Avenue
Northwest
Fuller
Polish War Child Relief Planned for California Sanitarium
San Mateo California December 18 Several hundred Polish children from Vladi vostok will be brought to California early next year for recuperation from war effects in Europe The project follows a San Francisco Red Cross announcement that the Kohl estate a 26 acre property with a large house has been given to the organization to convert into a sanitarium The house will be furnished by the Red Cross and will be staffed by a full medical team.
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San Mateo
Cal
Vladivostok
Europe
San Francisco
American Red Cross
Kohl
Red Cross
Argentina Chile Colombia pledge on League of Nations doctrine
Buenos Aires reports notes exchanged with Chile and Colombia approving the Argentine doctrine cited by Honorio Pueyrredon at Geneva. The Lau Montana, a government friendly paper, claims Chile and Colombia back the amendment proposed to the League assembly. Advertisements are treated as news.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Lau Montana
Honorio Pueyrrendon
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Oil as Fuel Gains Slow Ground in Coal Regions
The Geological Survey notes oil as a fuel grows slowly overall, with oil fields region showing the only meaningful competition to coal as a energy source.
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The
Geological Survey
US Reds in Russian Jail
Information from the Department of Justice indicates members of the party left nearly a year ago aboard the Soviet Ark with Buford and Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman attempted to blow up officials of the Russian Soviet government.
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Washington, Bee
Ark” Buford
Euma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Department of Justices
Bomb plot suspects jailed in Moscow
Marcus Orodnosky and Arthur Katjes are jailed in Moscow after allegedly attempting to plant bombs in a building housing the general executive committee of the Soviet government. The case centers on their alleged actions and detention.
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General Executive Committee
Marcus Orodnosky
Arthur Katjes
Moscow
London Buys German Toys for Shows
German made toys are sold at all the London shows where they are described as better and cheaper than English toys. There is practically no prejudice against them.
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London
Death toll of child accidents tops 15000 nationwide
Chicago doctor Harry J. Bell, secretary of the Chicago Safety council, reports 15 000 children under sixteen killed in accidents nationwide during the year. Chicago accounts for 490 of these fatalities. parents of several children also died in accidents.
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Chicago
Harry J. Bell
Chicago Safety Council
S& Children
Nation Should Aid Farmer in Addressing Price Decline
Secretary Meredith warned that American farmers face a national problem from falling farm prices. He cited prices 33 percent below planting-time levels and urged solutions including expanded cooperative marketing and cost-of-living adjustments to aid tenants and new farmers. He urged keeping the producer consumer channel open to ensure fair prices.
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Washington
Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Christmas for German Kids Funded by American Soldiers
American soldiers in the occupied zone contribute 1,000,000 marks to a Christmas fund for German children. The money will be used to purchase and distribute presents to needy German kids.
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Berlin
Dee
Hoover Visits Harding As Cabinet Prospects Grow
Herbert Hoover arrived in Marion and met with President-elect Harding to discuss European economic conditions and hunger relief. Supporters expect Hoover to join Harding’s cabinet, possibly as interior or labor secretary, or lead a commission to Europe on economic reform and world cooperation.
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Marion
Herbert C. Hoover
Harding
League of Nations
United States
Unfortunate City in Ireland Sees Police Release Inadequate Statement
Cork police release a brief statement amid confusion as residents question details of a case in the Irish city. Local authorities say little beyond basic confirmation, leaving public doubt and media scrutiny rising.
Cork Fires Raise 15 Million Dollar Loss, Police Accused
British guards stood among ruins in Cork after weekend fires swept the city amid Sinn Fein violence. Officials allege police, enraged by the killing of fellow officers, triggered the blaze as Cork faces property losses estimated around 15 million dollars.
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London
Cork
Ireland
New Warships Set Record for Horsepower Per Shaft
Washington reports six new battle cruisers will be propelled by four electric shafts each delivering 180000 horsepower per shaft. Rear Admiral R S Griffin calls the setup the greatest horsepower per shaft yet projected by this bureau across marine installations.
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Washington
I Va
R. S Griffin
Bureau of Engineering
Demand Passport Reform Moves Through Berlin’s American Circle
An appeal urging reform of passport regulations in the interest of American travelers circulates in Berlin, endorsed by nearly all American residents and travelers. It cites the need for visas from multiple European nations, noting long waits and high costs for each visa.
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Berlin
American State Department
American Chamber of Commerce
Germany
Europe
Mexico
South America
New York
Bucharest
Holland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Hungary
Juge
Juge-Slavia and Roumania
Japan protests over Chile invite to Magellan Straits celebration
Diplomatic circles report Japan has lodged a formal protest after not being invited to the Magellan Straits celebration. Tokyo cites Japan's Pacific role and mentions Britain and the United States were invited, signaling rising tensions between Chile and Japan.
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Magellan Straits
Santiago
Chile
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Pacific
Great Britain
United States
Card of Thanks for Mrs Leffler Bereavement
We extend heartfelt thanks for kindness shown during our bereavement and loss of our wife and mother. We also thank for the beautiful floral offerings from Mr. Samuel Leffler and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leffler and their children Mr. and Mrs. Harry Leffler.
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Samuel Leffler
Ralph Leffler
Harry Leffler
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