Monroe doctrine debate echoed in Senate address
Senator Alfredo Ellis praised the Monroe doctrine as defense of the 17 American republics and rejected league ideas. Secretary Colby and Deputy Miranda replied, stressing U S and Brazil unity, Monroe's barriers against aggression, and Wilson's 14 points guiding Europe.
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Associated Press
Rio Jane Dee
Alfredo Elis
Bainbridge Colby
United States Secretary of State
Senate
New World
Ellis
League of the European Nations
Wilson
Washington
America
Americas
Colby
Benito de Miranda
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
Monroe
Brazil
Mexican Politicians and Army Officers Held to Texas Jury
United Press dispatch from San Antonio reports three more arrests in federal grand jury indictments charging former Mexican politicians and army officers with inciting revolt and violating US neutrality. Gen Marcio Gonzales, detained on return from Kelly Field, led rebel actions against the De la Huerta government last June. he cut railroad lines near Piedras Negras before capture. Ricardo Blanco and Luis Blanco, former Carranza officers, were arrested with Fernando Cuen.
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United Press
San Antonio
Tex
Federal
Grand Jury
United States
Marcio Gonzales
Kelly Geld
United States Army
Gonzales
de la Huerta
Piedras Negras
Ricardo Blanco
Luis Blanco
Fernando Cuen
Carranza
Courier Delivery Guarantee and Call Instructions
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Good Fellows Club Fund Reaches Near Goal for Christmas Cheer
The Good Fellows Christmas cheer fund totals 3472.73 with 27.27 needed in 24 hours to reach the 3500 minimum for aiding needy children and families. A brisk audit shows 3467 spent on clothing, shoes, coats, and toys. volunteers from training schools, Sunday schools, and merchants donated all toys and most candy and printing. About 20 more families were added and deliveries depart at 5 am tomorrow as Junior High and Senior High contributed dolls and toys.
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Ind
Siung
Goods Fellows Club
Waterloo Skirt & Garment) Co
L. Jacklin
C. M. Allen
Mulberry Street
Earthquake Devastates Kang-Su Province In China
United Press reports in Shanghai that about 1 000 people are dead after a severe earthquake in Kang-Su. Shocks continue as Peng Liang and nearby villages are wrecked, hindering rescue due to isolation and rugged terrain amid famine conditions.
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United Press
Shanghai
Kang-Su
Tast
Peng Liang
Rang-Su
Farmer Motive Seen in Murder Suicide Tragedy
In Bradshaw Nebraska Carl Nickelsen, fearing depreciation in a large land purchase, killed his wife and three children Irene 12 Madeline 4 and infant Neil three weeks old with a hammer and razor then shot himself. The basement scene followed, with the tragedy tied to financial struggles and failure to meet payments. The raid referenced his father in law M C Plank as the name behind the allegation.
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Associated Press
Bradshaw
Neb
Carl Nickelsen
Irene
Madeline
Neil
M. C. Plank
Daniels with Lloyd George on naval disarmament
Secretary Daniels and Prime Minister Lloyd George voiced support for world naval disarmament. Daniels backed a wider plan including all nations, and suggested a separate association for a naval holiday without U.S. league participation. He urged limits on naval arms but the United States should finish building ships until a universal agreement is possible.
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Ralph WH. Turner
United Press
Washington, D. C
Nave Daniels
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Tomar
Daniels
Lford George
United States
League of Nations
Association of Nations
Conference of Nations
League
McGannon Defense Moves Alibi in Murder Case
Cleveland December 23 Twenty four new witnesses were summoned by the defense to attack the state's case against Judge William H McGannon chief justice of Cleveland municipal courts charged with second degree murder in connection with the staging of Harold Kagy Four witnesses testified seeing McGannon a few minutes before the shooting at Euclid and East Ninth street a distance from the scene
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United Press
Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Harold Kagy
McGannon
Euclid
East Ninth Street
Court Quashes Goodyear Summons in Receiver Case
Common Pleas Judge Kinkhead sustained a motion to quash the summons in the suit by Frank S. Monnett former Ohio attorney general and Goodyear minority stockholder asking a receiver for the company. The action is nullified in this county unless service can be made on an agent.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Common Pleas
Kinkhead
Frank S. Monett
Ohio
Goodyear Rubber Company
Milk Thief Comes to Grief With a Mule
Raleigh news reports a milk thief hit by a farm mule in A Johnson’s barn. The farmer, armed with a shotgun, found a damaged milk pail a broken stool and a hat but no thief after the night raid on a cow.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
A. Johnson
Johnson
Red Russian Ship to Sail Great Lakes
The Russian steamer Rogday, recently a source of factional tension in San Francisco, has been purchased by the Pere Marquette line for service on Lake Michigan. The vessel has been in San Francisco since July, when it arrived for repairs while flying the Russian volunteer fleet flag.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Rogday
San Francisco
Pere Maroquette Line
Lake Michigan
State Board Denies Hearings On Fort Dodge Line Grief
Des Moines December 28 The state railroad labor board denied the appeal of Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern railroad employees seeking a board hearing for grievances. The board said it had no jurisdiction in the matter.
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United Press
Des Moines
State Railroad Labor Board
Fort Dodge
Des Moines & Southern Railroad
Highways Report Covers Multiple Midwest Towns
The Weather Bureau and USDA report includes Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshall New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly and others. Motor traffic remains thoredrawn veers toward winter conditions and continued assessment of routes.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fariboult
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshall
Town
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
War Declared as D Annunzio Seizes Fiume
London telegram reports D Annunzio proclaiming a state of war with Italy and restricting residents of Fiume from leaving. Trieste notes heavy cordons and an isolation of the city while Italian fleets search waters near Quarnero. Front reports warlike conditions with road and rail damage, cut communications, and mobilized troops around Fiume.
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Associated Press
London
D'Annunzio
Fiume
Italy
Rome
Exchange Telegraph
Cente
Adis
D’annunzio
Trieste
Pala
Gulf of Quarnero
Caviglia
Rapallo
Quarnero
Christmas Delivery Change for Courier Subscriptions
Carrier boys will deliver the Courier on Christmas and make their weekly collection from subscribers tomorrow Friday instead of Saturday.
Fort Worth Mob Hangs Slayer of Police Officer
United Press report from Fort Worth Texas says Tom Vickery white man captured from the county jail by about 25 masked men was hanged near Samuels avenue bridge two miles from the courthouse. Vickery had killed Policeman Couch and other crimes preceded the lynching which followed a grand jury call and possible police complicity inquiry.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Tom Vickery
Jeff C. Couch
Vickery
Court House
North Fort Worth
Samuels Avenue
Couch
Yolice
John Little
Associated Press
Grand Jury
Fair Weather for Christmas With Snow and Rain
Washington forecasts show generally fair weather for Christmas Day. Snow will fall around the Great Lakes and in the northern Rockies, with rain along the Pacific coast. East of the Mississippi it will be cold, with zero temperatures in the northern district between the big river and the Rockies.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Great Lakes
Rockies
Pacific
Mississippi River
Big River
Rocky Mountains
Wanted Man Caught on Foreign Soil as He Quits Airplane
Britt Iowa December 23 Joseph Gabb berg wanted on a $1200 bad check charge was seized at Winnipeg as he stepped from a plane bringing him from Minneapolis He faces Britt authorities for identity confirmation and return for trial Onlookers reported the capture followed a tip to police in Canada
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United Press
Britt. la
Joseph Gabberg
Winnipeg
Man
Minneapolis
Yanks on Rhine Will Have Christmas Tree
Coblenz December 23 American troops on the Rhine will celebrate Christmas with a huge electrically lighted tree. The big pine was dragged in by artillery horses yesterday and electricians were stringing it with wire to garland it for the holiday event.
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United Press
Coblenz
Rhine
Quiet Christmas Planned at White House for Wilson
President Wilson’s condition prompts a subdued White House Christmas. Turkeys for staff are being distributed, a Arthur era precedent, with holly and greens arranged. Margaret Wilson and Dr Stockton Axson will visit. other relatives stay away, so no White House Christmas tree. The president and Mrs Wilson plan to give gifts to children along his familiar golf club route in Virginia.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
White House
Wilson
Arthur
Margaret Wilson
Stockton Axson
Virginia
Clara Barton Smith Leaves El Paso for Ardmore
Clara Barton Smith departed El Paso at 6 AM bound for Ardmore via Fort Worth, escorted by Sheriff Garrett and her attorneys McLean and Coakley. A conference at Fort Worth is planned, with a possible holiday visit to Oklahoma before trial on a murder charge in Ardmore. Her parents express hope for acquittal and health restoration as the case moves forward.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Clara Barton Smith
Ardmore
Fort Worth
Garrett
Miss Smith
elHr
Ben Farrison
J. J. Smith
Clara
Smiths
Oklahoma
Juarez
Buck Garrett
Okla
James L. Smith
Mi] Paso
Jake L. Hannon
Hamon
International Bridge
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Simmy
Orndorff
Smith
Curfew Declared to Curb Chicago Crime Surge
Police Chief Miramorris announced a city curfew to curb crime. Pool rooms and amusement venues must close by 1 am. those on streets after 1 am face charges as suspicious persons. Jeweler Paul Loberg was mortally wounded in a gun battle as Christmas shoppers flooded the area amid over 25 holdups reported last night.
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United
Chicago
Miramorris
Cubarely
Paul Loberg
Lawn City Pioneer Is Critically Ill at Ann Arbor
Cedar Falls December 25 Special Mrs Joseph Chase an early Cedar Falls settler once called Sturels Falls is critically ill with pneumonia in Ann Arbor Michigan where she went to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs Philip Barthelme telegram notes. Another daughter Mrs Laura Kingman has gone to Ann Arbor.
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Cedar Falls
Joseph Chase
Sturels Falls
Ann Arbor
Mich
Philip’ Barthelme
Laura Kingman
Burglars Pick Bills Off Christmas Tree
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 24 thieves shattered windows of the First National Bank at a busy city corner with stones to seize newly displayed currency on two illuminated Christmas trees. Police arrived as the burglars fled, recovering a suspect found with bulging pockets of fresh bank notes.
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Associated Press
Scranton
First National Bank
Poker Game Robbers Confess to Police
Police report Clyde Welch Elmer Alloway and Walter Kern confessed to taking part in a holdup at a residence in Columbus Junction where eight men playing poker were robbed of about 400 dollars. The victims were fined for gambling, and the three suspects await county grand jury action.
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United Press
Columbus Junction
Clyde Welch
Elmer Alloway
Walter Xern
Welch
Alloway
Kern
Pat O'Brien's Body Returns to His Home Town
United Press Leased reports Pat O'Brien, once in Wi Momence Illinois, returned to the village where he began his career. The body of the American Byer, who killed himself after his wife, a movie star, refused to return to him, arrived today. The funeral is set for Monday.
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Camillo Cianfarra
United Press Star
Rome
Adriatic
Fiume
Zara
Gellenge
Fiumeé
D'Annnunzio
Veglia
Jugo-Slavia
United Ress
London
United Press
Wi Momence
Ill
O'Brien
Byer
Building Revival Stagnates as Lumber Prices Drop
The December Federal Reserve Board bulletin surveys nationwide building conditions. Despite lumber and material price cuts of 25 to 40 percent, no revival in lumber activity is seen. Crowded, insanitary housing persists as the nation lags behind its normal building program by about five million structures, with mills operating far below normal capacity and many closed in Boston and beyond.
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Ralph
F. Couch
United Press Star
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board Bulletin
United States Housing Corporation
Noromal
Federal Reserve Board
Boston
Christmas Crime Wave Spreads Across Cities
Police departments boost forces as nationwide holiday crime surge continues. American Legion to aid NYPD. curfews, armed employees, and reinforced patrols reported in major cities from New York to Boston. Widespread robberies, murders, and assaults tied to unemployment. Jackson ville and Memphis see spikes, while Denver and Milwaukee report rising minor thefts.
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American Legion
New York
United Press
New York City
Buffalo
Albany
Chicago
Cleveland
Atlanta
Memphis
Pretty Sioux City Girl Tries to Kill Herself in Chicago
Miss Way Barnholtz a 20 year old Sioux City nurse disappeared December 12 from Sioux City. Located in a cheap lodging house in Chicago police attempted arrest and she swallowed poison. She was rushed to a hospital and may die. Daughter of a prominent Sioux City business family.
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Sioux City
Chicago
United Press
Omaha
Neb
Miss Way Barnholtz
Miss Barnholtz
Chamberlain Stricken With Kidney Trouble
Washington December 23 Senator Chamberlain of Oregon may require an operation for kidney trouble his office said today indicating health concerns ahead of any proceedings or duties Performance and schedule pending medical guidance and rest advised by doctors
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Chamberlain
United Press
Washington, D. C
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
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