Canadian Lumber Lobby Faces Tariff Debate in Washington
Economic lawmakers push to draft a permanent tariff bill by February with over 106000 items under study. Witnesses charged a Canadian lobby and urged protective duties on lumber and related products to shield U S industry from cheap imports while balancing competition with Europe and other exporters.
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Associated
Presa
Atate
Ht House
Hardingth
Congress
Conral
Europe
Cbert WB. Allen
Seatthe
West Coast
Mr.Allen
Engid Ir Conn
Minneapolis
gWestern Pine Manufacturers Association
Hartison
Spanish teachers banquet honors diverse international speakers
The American Association of Spanish teachers held its fifth annual banquet with a program featuring Riane of Spain and Dean Alen Wilbur of George Washington University. Henry G. Doyle of the same university presided as Prof. John D. FitzJd, president of the association, introduced Francesco J. Vanes. The lineup included ro ro of the Pan-American Union and other officials. The gathering also heard remarks from Mathieu of Chile, US Commissioner Dr. John, and Dr. Julius Klein of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
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Riane
Spain
Am Alen Wilbur
George Ington University
Heenry G. Doyle
John D. Fitz- Jd
Francesco J. Vanes
Tantro
Pan-American Union
Look to Main Street as Source of Radicals
A New York report outlines a split among radicals with the old guard seeking new blood and debates over war ethics, the league of nations, and Lenine Trotzky. Attendees at a Civic Club conference include Eastern college representatives and Norman Thomas voices shifting attitudes. A separate indictment charges five New York defendants in a $1,000,000 directory fraud spanning three decades, deceitfully converting trade directory receipts into advertising contracts.
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New York
Asated Press
Norman Thomas
League For Industrial Democracy
Civic Club
League of Nations
Woodrow Wagon
Lenine
Trotzky
Main ‘Street
Weid
West Virginia
Congress
Wallace
Farm Magazine
Associated Press
United Stas Canada
Mexico
Police raid three stores in northwest district arrests made
A raid by Capt. Bean Sergt. Balderson Detectives Burlk and Poole and Revenue Officer Rose at 1934 Fourteenth Street NW led to the arrest of Charles Mathews for selling and possessing whisky. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Fred Markovitz arrested after 30 Jamaica ginger bottles found at his Dry Twelfth Street NW store. charged status unclear. Nathan Raine at 147 Florida Avenue NW raided. 19 bottles of Litters and extracts seized. Raine charged with selling whisky. held on 1000 dollar bond.
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Capt
Bean
Sergt. Balderson
Burlk and
Poole
Rose
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Charles Mathews
Fred Markovitz
Dry Twelfth Street Northwest
Nathan Raine
Florida Avenue Northwest
Raine
Funeral for Sergt James E Dotts Held in Arlington
Sergt James E Dotts of Company F 148th Infantry Thirty seventh division arrived in Washington from Asheville. A military funeral was set for 10 oclock from W W Chambers parlors. He died from tuberculosis caused by a lung wound from the Argonne battle. Vincent B Costello American Legion post and North Carolina's WC Francy post arranged the farewell with services at Arlington cemetery led by Commander Benjamin Franklin.
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James E. Dottis
Washingston
Asheville
Oelock
W. W. Chambers
Sear St. Detts
Battle of the Argonne
Vincent B. Costello
American Legion
Benjamin Franklin
Union Station
W. Francy Post
North Carolina
Dotts
Costello
Arlington Cemetery
Dead man seeks estate after being declared dead
Oliver W. Hazlett, a tinsmith from Trenton New Jersey, returned from the West to learn he had been legally dead and his estate settled for a widow who died. An administrator was appointed in 1916 after Hazlett reportedly perished in a Western blizzard. A seven year absence triggered a $246 fire policy payout while he was presumed dead.
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Trenton
XN. J
Oliver W. Hazlett
West
Hazlett
Halt Car After Wild Chase On Pennsylvania Avenue
A speeding auto with three men zigzagged through traffic before being stopped at Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The car, traveling about 40 mph, was caught by Detective C Thayer and Revenue Officers Castell and Hivans. Suspects Farrer, Flaherty, and McCracken, all Fort Myer enlisted men, were held. Farrer charged with speeding and liquor involvement. Flaherty and McCracken held for military authorities.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirdstreet
Thei Street
C. ©. Thayer
Castell and Hivans
Sixth Precinct
Charles Farrer
John Plaherty
Frank
McCracken
Fort Mrer
Farrer
Flaherty
Explosion Fears 21 Move to Safety in Rochester Tenement
A mysterious blast in a Rochester tenement sent 21 people fleeing in night clothes as police believe a bomb caused the fire. Anthony Scalia carried his wife and two children outside while others were escorted to safety by officers. A man named Frank Searto was arrested on vagrancy charges near the scene.
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Rochester
Anthony Scalia
Frank Searto
Wwag
Protest in Lynchburg over private exchange plan
Lynchburg chamber of commerce and residents of Bedford Campbell and Amherst counties filed protests with the State corporation commission against the Chesapeake or Potomac Telephone Company. They object to establishing a private exchange in Lynchburg and to a five cent charge on all calls between Lynchburg and the surrounding counties and vice versa. Cumberland bonds issue chosen by Peoples Bank with premium over 18,000 dollars.
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Richmond
Chamber of Commerce of
Lynchburg
Bedford, Campbell
Amherat
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake Or Potomac Telephone Company
Washington Post
Cumberland
Peoples Bank of Cumberland
Court Hears Call for Receiver in Christian Science Case
Judge Crosby warned Trustees Eustace and Harvey must justify their use of a $260,000 fund and auditors’ findings within three months or a temporary receiver would be appointed. Directors seek trustees McKenzie Adams and Patton, with Dittemore allowed to participate in trustee selection talks.
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Boston
Geo
AssociatedBress
Grosby
Supreme Court
Chris_ tian Science Publishing Society
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Stccéed
Lamont Rowlands
Christian Science Faith
Mary Baker Eddy
Herbert W. Eustace
Paul Harvey
William P. McKenzie
Cambridge
George Wendell Adams
James E. Patton
John V. Dittemore
Equity
Rowlands
Sherman N. Whipple
Eustace and Harvey
John J. Bates
Crosby
The
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Journal
Christian Science Sentinel
Tong Feud Over Woman
New York police linked a tong feud over white women to the deaths of two Chinese men found in separate rooms of a West Twenty eighth Street tenement near Broadway. Both were killed with hatchets. Tom Sat likely slept through his murder while Thomas Shew fought, furniture wrecked, and he had married a white woman who visited intermittently.
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New York
West Twenty Eighth Street
Broadway
Tom Sat
Thomas Shew
Shew
Mrs Gould Fire Heroine at Fifth Avenue Home
Mrs Annie Graham Gould wife of Jay Gould acted heroically during a fire at her Fifth Avenue home she found the blaze in her bedroom ensured her three children and servants were moved to safety and alerted the butler the fire brigade extinguished the fumes. Prompt action by Mr Gould helped check the blaze before it grew worse.
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Washington Post
New York
Annie Graham Gould
Jay Gould
Fifth Avenue
Gould
Negro Prisoner Escapes From Washington Asylum Ward
John Lewis Hamilton, 24, of 132 Eighth Street Northwest, escaped from the Washington Asylum hospital ward yesterday after being held for police on petit larceny. A search is underway as Hamilton, later linked to grand larceny, fled into thick woods after leaving a field. Police Detective Livingston had noted him as a suspect and he feigned illness to stay in the hospital before breaking free.
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John Lewis Hamilton
Eighth Street
Washington Asylum Hospital
Hamilton
Knoble
Eighth Precinct
Livingston
Fordney Seeks Reelection From Michigan District
Joseph W. Yordnecy of the Mighty Michigan district and chair of the House Ways and Means Committee announced in Saginaw Michigan that he would seek reelection next year. He stated he plans to run again and continue his legislative leadership.
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Saginaw
Mich
Joseph W. Yordnecy
Michigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cotton exportsDip in US December November change
United States cotton exports decreased in November from October according to a Commerce Department statement. White cotton cloth exports to markets such as the Philippine Islands Central America and Haiti showed stronger activity. November cotton cloth exports reached 62 million yards versus 4 million in October, while UK exports stood at 344 million yards compared with 245 million yards in October.
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United’ States
Great Britain
Department of Commerce
Philippine Islands
Central America
Haiti
United Kingdom
Mrs Minnie Lavine enters politics and loses husband
Syracuse report details Minnie Lavine, owner of several millinery stores, pursuing politics while her husband David Lavine's affections shift to Dr Jennie Lasher. Lavine files for divorce and a $10,000 suit against Lasher, amid claims of daily telephone calls and a tempting rival, with the Lavines married since 1909 and mothers of two.
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Washington Post
Syracuse
Minnie Lavine
David Lavine
Jennie ‘Lasher
Vn Llinery
Lavines
Knights of Columbus history meeting opens at Willard
The Knights of Columbus American history commission holds its first plenary at 10 oclock this morning at the Willard under Supreme Knight James A Flaherty with Howard F McSweeney of Boston as chairman. The group will map the history movement and its $7500 prize program for monographs on specified topics and periods. Attending are Rear Admiral William S Benson Prof Henry Jones Ford of Princeton Maurice Francis Mean Hannis Taylor Prof Charles H McCarthy of Catholic University Prof George Hermann Derry of Union College and officials William J McGinley and D J Callahan.
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Knights ‘of Columbus’ American History Commission
Willard
James A. Flaherty
Howard F. McSweeney
Boston
Knights of Columbus History Movement
Knights
William S. Benson
Henry Jones Ford
Princeton University
Maurice Francis Mean
Denmark
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Charles H. McCarthy
Cathoc. University
George Hermann Derry
Union College
William J. McGinley
D. J. Callahan
Washington
Heir Accuses Guardian of Stealing Furnishings in Chicago Estate
Mrs. Roberta Honeyman of Chicago, sole heir to John K. Stewart's six million dollar estate, testified in surrogate court that guardian Leander H. La Chance diverted household furniture including a bedroom set now in his daughter’s use. She attacked La Chance and fellow guardian Martin Taylor over estate management as she argued she has reached legal majority.
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Riverhead
Robert B. Honeyman, Jr
Chicago
John K. Stewart
Leander H. la Chance
la Chance
Martin Taylor
W York
Honeyman
Illinois
Robert B. Honeyman
New York
Taylor
Clears girl of stealing charge in court action
Hattle Walker, colored, arrested November on a charge of stealing eighty dollars and a two dollar watch from James H. Dean of 434 Washington Street, will spend New Year’s with friends outside after Judge Hardison yesterday dismissed the case. A witness said Uncle Jim, known as the old pensioner, lent Hattle the money to keep, and later stated he wanted it back.
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Hattle “Walker
James H. Dean
Washington Street
Hardison Yed
Train Kills Three In Auto Near Corbin Kentucky
A Louisville and Nashville train struck a car near Corbin Kentucky killing Mrs. Oscar Brock, her mother-in-law, and a 4 year old child. Oscar Brock and a 7 year old child were badly injured and likely to die. Brock tried to pull the car across the track and later attempted to turn back. the injured and dead were brought to Brock’s home nearby.
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Corbin
Oscar Brock
Louisville and Nashville
Driver fatally injures pedestrian in Haston collision
Dr Joseph Ross of Trappe in Haston last night struck Oliver Chase while heading toward a car with bright lights. Chase died at Haston emergency hospital after being placed in Ross's car with Charles Jenkins and Thomas Brooks assisting. The report notes 1914 divorce figures, with 2,861 divorces granted and 2,822 new suits filed, the highest and lowest since 1918 respectively.
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Boston
Joseph Ross
Trappe
Haston
State Road
Oliver Chase
Chase
Charles Jenkins
Thomas Brooks
Williamsburg
Ross
Hossipitel
Philadelphia
Vec
Montreal hearing set for Stillman divorce case in Canada
Testimony in the Stillman divorce will be heard publicly in Quebec. Commissioner Eugene Goins will conduct the Canadian hearings with about 20 witnesses, including Indian guide Beauvais. Mrs Ajinie V ofPiiMan arrived in Canada to produce witnesses as the case moves to the Canadian forum.
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Montreal
J Associated Press
Castasin
Stillman
Eugene Go
Qin
Ajinie V ofPiiMan
Canada
Quebec
Beauvais
Gustave Desauiniér
K. C
Montréal University
McCormick divorce settlement keeps homes in Chicago and Lake Forest
Mrs Halth Rockefe ller McCormick, now divorced from Harold F McCormick head of International Harvester, will keep both the Lake Shore Drive city residence and the Lake Forest estate under a property rights adjustment. Charles Cutting, counsel for Mrs McCormick, said she acquires the Chicago home by gift and purchase the Lake Forest estate, while both release all dower rights in each other’s property.
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Chicago
Halth Rockefeller McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
Mllionaire
International Harvester Company
McCormick Town, House
Lake Forest
Charles
Cutting
Filipinos in Washington Honor Rizal at YMCA
Filipino community leaders and students gathered at the YMCA in Washington to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dr Jose Rizal's martyrdom. Speakers included Jaime C de Vexra Charles Howard Sussell and Caesar Carballo. The program featured music by Florente Hurley Jose Paez Pio Conde and the Filipino American orchestra. Rizal's Farewell poem was read.
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Congress
Phillipines
Jaime C. de Vexra
Charles Howard Sussell
Caesar Carballo
Filipina Club
Washington
Jose Rizal
Florente Hurley
Jose Paez
Pio Conde
Rizal
Shantung dispute at Washington talks stirs Chinese stance
Chinese delegation remains firm on the 21 demands as Beijing signals no shifts on Shantung. Japan cautions against treating Shantung as conference agenda, while China warns of broad international repercussions if the issues are not addressed.
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Arthur J. Balfour
Hughes
Peking
Shantung
China
Japan
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