German Elections Signal Setback for Liberal Policy
Berlin dispatch reports a national shift toward the Von Tirpitz-Von Bismarck clerical party with gains in the Prussian diet, while the socialists lose seats. Analysts foresee a possible big coalition including socialists and democrats to form a government amid an impasse. A second note describes a violent assault on U S narcotics agent Edward F Riley in Buffalo.
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von Tirpitz
von Bismarck
Berlin
A. P
Ludendorff
Reichstag
Germania
Marz
People's Party
Democrats
Bavarian People’s Party
Stresemann
Elso
U. 8
Outcry Over Grand Duke Cyril in Bavaria Faces Expulsion
Berlin dispatch reports pressure from Bavarian officials and communists to expel Grand Duke Cyril of Russia from Coburg amid his self proclaimed czarist aims. His wife Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna travels in the U S. Russian nobility split, with the empress mother opposing Cyril and questions raised about his orthodoxy. The piece notes a broader drift to move monarchies from Coburg and the unsettled status of Cyril’s court in postwar Europe.
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Berlin
A. P
Cyril
Russia
Victoria Feodorovna
United States
Coburg
Bavaria
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Czar
Nicholas II
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
German Empire
Europe
Grand Duke
Moscow
Petrograd
Czarina
Nicholas
Denmark
Queen Marie
Roumania
Victoria
Lodge Will Ties Up Fortune in Trust
The will of late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge filed in Essex County probate court details a 5 000 trust for the Massachusetts Historical Society with annual income allocations and a life interest in Nahant properties for Constance Williams and John Ellerton Lodge. Executors include John Ellerton Lodge George Cabot Lee and William Crowninshield Endicott with bequests to staff and a provision for future division among descendants after twenty years.
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Salem
Mass
Henry Caboteke
Essex County
Senator Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
John Ellerton Lodge
Constance Williams
Massachusetts Historical Society
Nahant
Eastern Point
John Huerton
Ee Henry
Harold Hobday
Agnes Power
Charles F. Redmond
George Cabot Lee
William Crowninshield Endicott
McCoy Defense Opens in Mors Wife Slaying Case
Defense attorney George Shreve for Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy argued at the Los Angeles trial that Mors killed his wife Theresa W. Mors and McCoy had no involvement. He planned to call Mrs. Iva Martin to testify she saw a thick set man fleeing the scene who was not McCoy and would claim the slain woman had once willed her property to Albert Mors.
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Los Angeles
Calif
George Shreve
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Theresa W. Mors
Albert Mors
Mors
McCoy
Shreve
Iva Martin
Liquor Car Driver Forfeits $500 Bond
Cletus C. Connor of 215 D Street Northwest failed to appear in Rockville police court to answer illegal possession charges after his $500 bond was forfeited by Judge Riggs. Connor was arrested Saturday evening on Brookeville Pike near Wheaton after his car collided with a motor truck, police reporting nearly 50 gallons of corn whisky. He appeared before Justice J. L. H. Sawyer at Sligo and was released on $500 collateral.
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Cletus C. Connor
D Street
Rockville
Riggs
Connor
Brookeville Pike
Wheaton
Burdine
Justice of the Peace
J. L. H. Sawyer
Sligo
Sunday Rest Law Here Urged Before Alliance
New York Dec 8 After a declaration by Dr Harry L Bowlby general secretary of the Lords Day Alliance that Washington is the most wide open city in the country more open than New York City the alliance at its thirty sixth anniversary meeting in the Marble Collegiate church today adopted a resolution urging Congress to adopt the Jones Sunday rest bill for the District of Columbia Another resolution adopted urged the enactment of a Saturday half holiday for postal employes commended Postmaster General Harry S New for his order providing for closing of the post offices at 11 o clock on Christmas and urged that they be closed all day on Christmas 1925 The alliance also went on record as favoring the salary increase for postal employes Other resolutions adopted called upon Federal and State authorities to prohibit the use of public buildings on Sunday for boxing matches basketball games rifle practice and other sports protested again at the holding of national amateur track and field championship events on Sunday as was done on September 7 last protested against the violation of the Sunday law in Greater New York by the managers and owners of vaudeville and burlesque theaters Among the officers elected or reelected to office were David G Wylie pastor of the Second Presbyterian church New York president John Willey Montclair N J first vice president George F Dudley Washington D C second vice president M J Twomey Newark N J third vice president Harry L Bowlby New York general secretary and George M Thompson New York treasurer
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New York
Harry L. Bowlby
Lord’s Day Alliance
Washington
New York City
Marbie Collegiate Church
Congress
District of Columbia
Harry
Greater New York
David G. Wylie
Second Presbyterian Church
John Willey
Montclair
N. J
George F. Dudley
Washington, D. C
M. J. Twomey
Newark
General Secrretary
George M. Thompson
Vice Consul Dayton Succumbs To Wound
The death of Vice Consul Henry A. Dayton, shot in Belgrade days earlier, was reported to the State Department. Initial reports named a young woman who killed herself afterward. details remain scarce as Consul Patton conducts a fuller inquiry. The body likely to be returned for burial in the United States. New York reports note a second gold shipment to Germany, $2,000,000 consigned by J P Morgan & Co to the Reichsbank.
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Henry A. Dayton
Belgrade
State Department
Dayton
Patton
Prosa
Department
United States
New York
Germany
J. P. Morgan & Co
Reichsbank
Rajah Hari Singh to Testify in Blackmail Trial
London reports Rajah Hari Singh, linked to a £150,000 blackmail plot, plans to testify against William Hobbs if required by the public prosecutor. His whereabouts and identity remain shrouded, newspapers repeatedly refer to him as "Mr. A" and track his location daily.
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London
Rajah Hari Singh
William Hobbs
Daily ‘Mail
Food costs for sailors higher than soldiers in 1925
Navy officials study a proposed rise in naval ration costs for 1925 26 noting sailors cost about 80 cents per day for three meals while soldiers consume slightly less. The paymaster general reports 50 383 cents daily for sailors 77 147 751 meals served using 26.5 million pounds meat 57.5 million vegetables and other items. A total of 6 571 000 pounds of food were rejected at the New York navy supply depot.
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Navy Department
Army
Navy
New York
Noted Practical Joker Brian Hughes Dies at 75
Brian G. Hughes 75 longtime president of Dollar Savings Bank Bronx and a 55 year paper box maker died at his country home near Monroe New York He was famed for elaborate hoaxes including Nicodemus the alley cat hoax at a New York cat show and a Purdeka Orphan hoax at a horse show He once found $50000 in gold at Asbury Park and was fined 10 for disorderly conduct in court
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Washington Post
New York
Brian G. Hughes
Dollar Savings Bank
Bronx
Monroe
N. Y
Central Park
Mr. Hughes
Hughes
Nicodamus
Dublin
Purdeka Orphan
Metropolitan
Puldeka Orphan
Asbury Park
Railways Near Perfection Require $1 Billion Yearly, Says Aishton
New York December 8 R H Aishton president of the American Railway association told the Economic Club at the Hotel Astor that the nation’s railways are the closest to perfection as a transport system yet demand more than 1 000 600 000 a year in capital expenditure to reach and maintain this state. He cited $1 378 000 000 in freight savings over 32 months from 1922 to 1924 and praised regional advisory boards for easing congestion and car shortages. Alfred P Thom of the Association of Railway Executives argued the public opposes government ownership and favors maintaining the Hepburn Cummins act with improved experience and labor cost controls.
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New York
R. H. Aishton
American Railway Association
Hotel Astor
Aishton
Rishton
Alfred P. Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
Thom
Greenfield Brothers Acquitted of Arson in Rockville
Raymond Greenfield aged 17 and his brother Frank 21 were acquitted by a Rockville jury on arson charges related to a May 6 barn fire on neighbor William C. Watkins farm causing about 12000 dollars in losses. The defense cited mental ages of the brothers and the state failed to prove guilt. an alleged confession was not admitted. Attorney T L Dawson represented the defendants and the brothers are sons of Daniel P Greenfield.
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Raymond Greenfield
Frank
Rockville
T. L. Dawson
William C. Watkins
Ernest M. Bullard
Daniel P. Greenfield
Dittemore Resigns As Eddy Trustee
John T. Dittemore of Boston resigns as trustee under the residuary clause of Mary Beker Eddy's will in Merrimack County probate court to take effect year end. Fellow trustees who filed the removal petition include Adam H. Dickey Cohasset Mass James A. Neal Brookline Mass William R. Rathgou Boston Edward A. Merritt Concord and Josiah E. Fernald Concord.
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Concord
N. H
John T. Dittemore
Boston
Merrimack County
Mary Beker Eddy
Dittemore
Adam H. Dickey
Cohasset
Mass
James A. Neal
Brookline
William R. Rathgou
Edward A. Merritt
Josiah E. Fernald
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15Th St
N.W
Main
Cyrill
Eaders
Faguie
Rome
Britain
Coolidge
League of Nations
Council of the
Doria Palace
League
Great Britain
England
Austen Chamberlain
Signor Salandra
Italy
Afranio Mello Franco
Brazil
Worta
Ernest
Council
Dr. Benes
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
Aristide Briand
France
Chamberlain
M. Anden
Will
Geneva Organization
Lima
Rio Janeiro
Geneva
Lodge
McOy
Alliance
Spital
Jones Bill
Chevy Chase
D. C
Circle
Conn, Ave
Legation
Malin
Wm. P. Normoyle
F Street
Rajah
Brian Hughes
Practical Joker
BIG Bank
Ashton
A. R
Greenfield Brothers
Fou Ea
Eddy
Dad
Underwood Sunderwood
Eraeue
Paris
Once Garfinckel & Co
Victrolas
Hugo Worch
Windsor
E Sts. N.W
Perry
Vies
Cummeega
Secy
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