Coast bootleggers hunted as highwaymen clash with police
Jersey coast rum runners face intensified seizures as daylight patrols expand around Waterwitch and nearby towns. State troopers and federal agents report more liquor in trucks and cars heading to New York, Philadelphia, and other centers. A Dutch schooner Zeehond seized off Fire Island with $250,000 in liquor prompts consular protests.
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New York
Philadelphia
Trenton
Newark
Sergi
George Tigh
Freehold
Fire Island Inlet
Henry H. Stewart
Halifax
Pershing Praises Progress on U S Cemeteries Abroad
General Pershing reported the U S cemeteries in France England and Belgium are progressing satisfactorily after his October visit. About 30 174 American dead are buried abroad with 1 568 unknowns. Delays in six cemetery projects stem from contractor labor issues but most work should be complete by next Memorial Day. He urged future upkeep be handled by an experienced quartermaster official with landscape expertise and clear accountability for caretakers.
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France
Pershing
Weeks
War Department
Muese-Arrgonne
Romagne
Gen. Pershing
Quartermaster’s Department
Filipinos Pass Bill to Curb Gen Wood Powers
Manila reports the insular senate approved a bill granting discretionary control over land tax collections and waiving penalties in disasters, transferring such powers from Governor General Leonard Wood to provincial boards. Another measure gives the insular government broader power over foreign banks. Neither bill yet cleared the house.
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Manila
A. P
Leonard Wood
Senate
Islands
House
Wood
Washington
Coolidge
Think Ax Assaults Solved By Arrest Identified
Birmingham officials report that the suspect in a series of ax assaults has been arrested and identified as Rolige Say, with authorities confirming the case solved in Alabama.
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Rolige Say
Birmingham
Ala
Five U S Destroyers Sent to Hongkong
Manila December 11 five destroyers of the American Asiatic Fleet departed for Hongkong heading the squadron under Peary to respond to the Canton situation. The group includes Pope Pillsbury Preston and Sicard and is expected to reach Hongkong Thursday morning. A flotilla of foreign gunboats now blocks Canton harbor amid reports of Sun Yat Sen demanding a share of customs funds from the port.
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Manila
A. P
Asiatic
Neet
Hongkong
Canton
Peary
Pope
Pillsbury
Preston
Sicard
Sun Yat Sen
South China
Peking
Charles Webb Wins Big Estate Battle in Rye
In New York on December 11 Surrogate Foley ordered return of the contested estate of $2.7 million tied to the late Mrs Gertrude Gorman Webb. The case centered on the estate brought by her father S Jennings Gorman following a fall at the Westchester Biltmore Country Club in Rye. Charles Webb, the husband, prevailed in the proceeding.
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New York
Charles ‘Webb
Gertrude Gorman Webb
Westchester-Biltmore Country Club
Rye
Foley
Johnson Authorizes Filing His Name for South Dakota Fight
In Pierre Dakota Johnson will file as a candidate for the presidential nomination at the March primary. John Sutherland of this city received a telegram from Johnson authorizing him to file Johnson's name on the minority Republican ticket in South Dakota. Charles L Neumiller head of the Johnson for President organization in northern California said Johnson would carry California in the May primaries despite a prediction that Coolidge would win if Johnson opposed him there. Supporters in California formed the Republican League of Sacramento County and two similar groups, with more planned after a state meeting in San Francisco. California Republicans expect a delegation pledged to Coolidge to the national convention. Former Senator Joseph I France announced conferences with Republican state leaders backing Johnson.
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San Francisco
Charles L. Neumiller
Hiram. Johnson
California
Thay
Johnson
Wshington
William H. Croacker
Coolidge
Sacramento
Calif
Republican League of
Hiram W. Johnson
Charles G. Johnson
League
Baltimore
Joseph
I-- France
Hiram Johnson
Ford to Be on Ballot in Michigan Primary
Adrion Mich Dec 11 Henry Ford's name will be placed on the Michigan Democratic preference ballots in April. James W Helme, a Ford opponent in the 1918 senatorial primary, is noted.
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Ford
Michigan
Adrion
Mich
Henry Ford
James
Few Ford Boosters Gather at Detroit
In Detroit on the eve of the event a small group of Ford for President supporters was assembling. Robert R. Pointer said a handful attended and four delegates from Western cities and New Jersey were present, with about ten boosters expected to arrive tomorrow as arrangements proceed.
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Detroit
Mich
Crea
Har A. P.y
Henry Ford
United States
Robert R. Pointer
West”ern
New Jersey
Mr. Pointer
Bryan Addresses Democratic Club in Raleigh Tonight
William Jennings Bryan spoke for an hour and a half at a National Democratic club meeting in Raleigh last night delivering reminiscences of Congress from twenty years ago. Other speakers included Robert M. Hardison former police court judge Senator Burton K Wheeler Mrs Antoinette Funk and David A Pine president of the National Democratic club of this city.
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William Jennings Bryan
National Democratic Club
Raleigh
Bryan
Congress
Robert TI. Hardison
G O P Clubs Plan to Expand
The League of Republican State clubs will discuss expanding membership at a City Club meeting of the executive committee tomorrow evening at 7 30 o'clock.
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League of Republican State Clubs
League
Robb shows where he hid woman's head
Cambridge, Dec 11 Dr William M Hobb of Boston testified that a woman's body was dismembered to conceal a crime after he performed an illegal operation on Mrs Alice M Wolschendorf of East Bridgewater The case known as the suitcase mystery began with limbs and torso found in the Merrimac river at Tyngsboro and led to Lexington Acton and the pelvis being located near the Mohawk trail the head found near a tree stump as rains had nearly uncovered the body parts
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Cambridge
Mass
William M. Hobb
Boston
Alice M. Wolschendorf
East Bridgewater
Wolschendorf
Merrimac
Tyngsboro
Robb
Lexington
Acton
80 Mile Gale Delays Laconia Two Days
The Laconia from Queenstown and Liverpool arrived two and a half days late after enduring an 80 mile gale. For more than 50 hours the ship battled severe storms, her skipper reporting speed under half normal.
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Laconia
New York
Queenstown
Liverpool
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