Submarine row hits high seas talks with France Britain
Washington December 24 AARK-SULLIVAN reports the submarine dispute between France and Britain dominates conference chatter. Borah's warning on China and disarmament shapes American stance while poison gas and land armament loom as unsettled topics. Pershing and March reportedly favor strict limits on gas. Copyright 1921 New York Evening Post.
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Aark-Sullivan
Washington
DE. C
Great Britain
France
Senate
America
Horah
Senor Borah
Europe
Borah
Iid
China
Warah
Friends of Success
Tam
Gen. Pershing
Gen
March
Sweet Loving Dog Regular Customer at Candy Counter
A Kansas City pharmacy treats a small poodle as a regular afternoon customer. At about 3 o clock the dog slips in, drops a penny from its mouth, covers it with a paw, and barks until a clerk offers a piece of candy. The dog then removes its foot, eats, and leaves.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Dee
PLAN OF WORLD PEACE PARLEY S CHRISTMAS GIFT PLAN
United Press reports the arms conference presents several Christmas gifts to the world. A quadruple Pacific treaty among the United States Great Britain Japan and France to preserve Pacific peace. An agreement among five powers to limit battleship armament per US naval program. A halt to fortification of Pacific island bases. Yap dispute settlement and broader principles giving China more freedom. Remaining issues include auxiliary tonnage rules Shantung and a nine power treaty for China's status.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Pacific
Pcific Island
Five Ching
Shantung
China
Germany
Britain
Flughes
Italy
Episcopal Church Short of Ministers Investigation Shows
A New York report by a national commission finds the Episcopal Church faces a grave shortage of clergy. It notes in New York diocese that the 1850s ratio was one minister per 191 communicants, versus one per 2,323 today, a trend mirrored across the country.
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Episcopal Church Short
Associated Press
New York
Episcopal Church
United States
Beauvais and Stillman Guide Movie Actor to Star
In New York on December 23 a license was granted by the State motion picture censors for The Lonely Trail a film featuring Fred K. Beauvais co respondent in the Stillman divorce case as the star Beauvais also wrote the scenario.
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United Press
New York
Fred K. Beauvais
Stillman
State Board of Motion Picture Censors
Beauvais
Legion's Counsel Denies Preference Demands
Washington officials report John T. Taylor of the American Legion rejects the federal law's claim of broad Civil Service preference for veterans. He says the Legion seeks not absolute favoritism but recognition of sacrifices by those who left schooling or jobs to serve the country.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Civic Service Commission
John T. Taylor
National Legislative Committee of the American Legion
Commission
American Legion
Taylor
Anglo-Irish Pact Favored by Dail Adjournment
London reports that the Dail Eireann adjournment until January 3 is seen as aiding Anglo Irish treaty ratification. Editors note time may erode De Valera’s anti treaty stance while Mulcahy Collins and McKeown bolster Republican army support. Public meetings to back the treaty are planned across Ireland.
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Associated Press
London
Dail Eireann
Evening Standard
Eamon de Valera
Pall Mall Gazette and
Globe
de Valera
Altho
Dail
Ireland
Dublin
Richard Mulcahy
Irish Republican Army
Michael Collins
J. J. McKeown
Westminster Gazette
Sinn Fein
Ntatna Dees
iBy
Sssveiacey
Dail Eireznn
Judge Lane Honors Cedar Rapids with Stories and Checks
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 23 local authorities remain puzzled by Judge Wilfred G Lane who arrived weeks ago and spun tales of affairs with national figures. He was arrested and arraigned for insanity, then released for nonresidency, while police reveal numerous worthless checks.
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Judge Lane
Cedar Rapids
United Press
Wilfred
G. Lane
Lane
Commissioners of Insanity
Highways Department Weather Report From Iowa Territory
Highway conditions in eastern counties remain rough with ongoing maintenance needs across several towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly. Weather Bureau notes probable forecast and rough road surfaces with intermittent deterioration.
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U. S. Department of Agricultura Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Raphi
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Las Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Fears Illness Prompted Man to Shoot Sweetheart then Kill Self
Nick Saunders aged 36 feared tuberculosis infection would bar marriage to his sweetheart Miss Pearl Payne. In a Chinese restaurant in Boston, Saunders shot Payne in the head then killed himself, police announced.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
Nec
Nick Saunders
Miss Pearl Payne
Saunders
Kidnaping Suspects Tied to Chicago Bandit Ring
Clyde Timmons of Denver was captured after a pistol battle with police and held for alleged participation in a Salt Lake City train robbery. The incident involved a Chicago woman linked to loot, a taxi kidnapping of James J. Callahan's wife and daughter, and a confrontation with officer William McNaughton where one cousin was killed and Clyde Clyde surrendered.
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United Press
Chicago
Clyde_ Timmons
Denver
Salt Lake City
Minimons
Earl Timmons
Timmons
Claude Thomas
Garl Glitbert
Hidnap Auto Party
Clyde
Jacob Loeb
Chicago Board of Education
James J. Callahan
Chicago White Sox
Cousin
Emil Kruthen
Callahan
William F. McNaughton
Cart Clyde i
Mayor of New York Charged Over Pension Funds
Mayor Hy jan and fellow members of the New York City board of estimates face potential jail as the appellate division upholds a writ of mandamus ordering restitution of about $3,000,000 allegedly deducted illegally from police and civil service pension funds. The deadline to restore the funds is December 25.
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Associated Press
New York
Hy Jan
Board of Estimates
Supreme Court
Mullin
Bootleggers Clash as Prohibition Agents Move In
Roving factions clash as reinforcements rush to aid prohibition agents in Antigo Wisconsin. One alleged moonshiner is dead and two others charged with illicit liquor trafficking after Julius Water was shot at his cabin near Elston. Trouble looms as tensions flare between rival groups.
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United Press Antigo
Wis
Ruim
Aki
Julius Water
Elston
Colored Woman Uses Knife to Kill Friend
In Mason City Iowa on December 23 the preliminary hearing is set this afternoon for 17 year old Mrs Lillian Jackson charged with the murder of 25 year old Mrs Helen Berkley in the home of the dead woman. The death resulted from a penknife wound severing the jugular vein and the victim died within ten minutes.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Lillian Jackson
Helen Berkley
Power Plant Burns Near Big Rapids
Fire destroyed the Rogers Dam plant of Consumers' Power Co six miles south of Big Rapids Minnesota last night causing an estimated loss between 300000 and 400000. The 15 year old flat waterpower plant supplied power to several local points before the blaze.
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Associated Press
Big Rapids
Minn
Rogers Dam
Consumers’ Power Company
Debs Prison Sentence Commuted in Christmas Pardons
President Harding commuted Eugene V. Debs and 23 other political prisoners, enabling release for Christmas. Debs, jailed nearly three years, was not restored citizenship rights. Five soldiers were pardoned outright with automatic restoration of voting rights. The list reflects broader clemency amid changed postwar conditions.
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Debs
Lst
White House
Harding
Diaz Greeted with Cheers Upon Return from American Trip
Gen Armando Diaz commander of Italian armies in World War I arrived by steamship Goisppe from the United States where he spent two months as a guest of the American Legion. He was greeted by civil military and communal authorities and Vice Admiral Albert P. Nimitz and officers of the American battleship Utah. The crowd cheered as Diaz was welcomed ashore. He delivered 110 addresses during his U S visit and suffered a sprained finger from handshaking.
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Associated Press
Naples
Armando Diaz
Goisppe
United States
American Legion
Albert P. Niddlick
Utah
Church Found Guilty and Sentenced to Die
By the Associated Press Chicago December 23 Harvest Church was found guilty of murders of two automobile salesmen Carl Asmus and Bernard Daugherty. The court sentenced Ghureh to death for the killings after the delivery of a car he arranged to buy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harvest Church
Ghureh
Carl Asmus
Bernard Daugherty
Bank Robbery at Exeter Supplies Missing Suspects
Posses hunted last night in hills for two men who robbed the Exeter bank of about 4000 after locking the cashier, a young woman, and a customer in the vault. By Associated Press Exeter Missouri December 23. Searchers returned home this morning as dawn broke.
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Associated Press
Exeter
Possesi
Bank of Exeter
Dmaxkongey
Thumbnails History of Eugene V Debs
Brief historical note outlines Eugene V Debs with mentions of Canton Ohio speeches in June 191s and a 1918 conviction for an act deemed Pentigenet. It records appellate actions and the start of a sentence, with references to supreme court rulings and dates inconsistent in OCR. The piece preserves named individuals and key events despite garbled text.
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Worthaus
Canton
Apelied
Christmas Carols tumble through Today’s News fragment
A chaotic OCR fragment reports varied Christmas items from New York to Denver. It mentions a broke man offering blood, a $10,000 loss by a former employer, baby adoption shortages in Philadelphia, a fatal street accident in Dorothy Anderson’s case, dry Denver holidays, moonshine prices, and a man planting trees whose saplings were stolen.
Boys Under Six Taller and Heavier Than Girls
Washington report from the federal children's bureau states boys under six average from one third to one half inch taller and about one pound heavier than girls, based on the largest mass of data on heights and weights of children under six. The tabulation includes native and foreign children and a selected group of native born children showed little deviation from the total average.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Children's Bureau
Recaptured bandit sentenced to 67 years in Leavenworth
George Rogers 32, known post office bandit, was sentenced to 17 years in Leavenworth by Federal Judge Killets. Convicted on multiple counts from last summer’s post office robbery locally. He escaped during trial and was captured early this week in Chicago.
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Tinted Pressy
Toledo
George Rogers
Leavenworth
Killets
Rogers
Chicago
Denver Millionaire Brind Dies After Stroke
Joseph Fitz-Quwen Brind, 71, Denver’s millionaire manufacturer, died suddenly last night after a paralysis stroke. He had been in the limelight for years due to matrimonial entanglements. His widow survives as his fourth wife. Madera Fire Destroys Town Buildings Near Here
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Joseph Fitz-Qwen Brind
Denver Miillionaire
Grind
Courier Delivery Deadline Prompted Readers to Call
The notice explains home delivery before 5 39 o'clock and offers re-send upon carrier error. Readers must call 3330 before 4 30 p m if the paper is not received by the deadline.
Watterson's Body Rested Quietly in Simple Service
Jacksonville December 24 Associated Press says Marie Henry Watterson, Kentucky journalist Henry Watterson’s son arranged a private service at a funeral chapel. The body was placed in a vault until spring for burial beside his parents in Cave Hill Louisville. Rev J T Bowne officiated with no public hour or floral tributes.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Marie Henry’ Watterson
Kentucky
Cave Hill
Louisville
Henry Watterson, Jr
J. T. Bowne
First Christiaan Church
Mrs. Wattergon
Man decapitated by train at Kenosha crossing
In Racine Wisconsin on December 23 Torfil Milter of 312 North Chicago street Kenosha died instantly when a limited North Shore Line train severed his head near the Rapids road crossing.
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Associated Press
Racine
Wis
Torfil
Milter
North
Chicago Street
Kenosha
North Shore Line
Rapids Road Crossing
Nomenclature Plan for Automobile Bodies Unveiled
The Associated Press reports a draft recommendation for a stable scientific naming system for car bodies. A committee to standardize terms will submit 14 names for models, excluding terms like torpedo and baby grand, with a fifteenth label for enclosed two-row, four-passenger cars.
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Associated Press
New York
Society of Authmotive Engineers
Berlin
Naval pact talks near final accord at conference
Washington dispatch says the arms limitations conference is close to a worldwide naval arms treaty. Drafting hinges on submarines and auxiliary craft with Britain France and Italy shaping compromises amid Paris delays and a push for a post Christmas resumption.
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