Tragedy in Gallatin Ends Editor’s Career in Politics
Wesley L. Robertson longtime editor of the Gallatin Democrat, linked with the Alexander faction, was fatally shot by Hugh Y. Tarwater city clerk and Diverbiss supporter. Tarwater jailed in St Joseph after being taken from town to prevent mob violence. Robertson died hours after the office shooting. Tarwater filed a libel suit against Robertson earlier linking him to bootleggers, and Tarwater may claim self defense. Robertson known as Uncle Wes, survived by wife and two sons. his career spanned 44 years in Missouri newspapers.
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Gallatin
Joshua W. Alexander
Frank P. Diverbiss
Missouri
Wesley L. Robertson
Gallatin Democrat
Alexander
Tarwater
Robértada
Robertson
Ecommerce
Congress
Divelbiss
Frank P. Divelbiss
Diverbiss
Democrat
R. J. Ball
Missouri Press Association
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Richmond Advance
Bethany
Unionville
St. Joseph
Ali
Gallatin Home Telphone
Alvandor
Ammerce
Aiccresor
Thora
Naling
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Kinam Aleronsas VM
Rail machinists vote to strike over anti strike law
Ninety eight percent of about 125000 railroad machinists voted in November to strike with other trades if Congress passes the Cummins anti strike bill. President Johnston says the vote was to be secret to avoid pressuring Congress and applies to when railroads return to private ownership. He argues no general rail strike will occur and urges Wilson to veto the anti strike clause if enacted.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Congress
Cummins
William H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Johnston
Goion Railway
Holby
Senate
House
Wilson
Johnson
Whisky burglars loot Chicago liquor house for $100000
Chicago police report whisky burglars looted the F. L. Ottenheimer Wholesale Liquor company during Christmas holidays. They used motor trucks to haul away liquor worth $100,000, selecting premium stock and loading it through an alley door after unloading to an elevator. The theft was discovered this morning.
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Associated Press
Chicago
F. L. Ottenheimer Wholesale Liquor Company
GOP Banquet Invites Illinois Men and Women
Republican state chairman Frank L. Smith and Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns invite Illinois men and women to a partisan banquet in Chicago on January 5 as part of the national committee and arrangements committee gathering January 5 6 and 7. The event aims to promote political and party equality for women.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Chicago
Ilinois
Frank L. Smith
Fletcher Dobyns
National Committee
Yuletide Border Crossing Denied at El Paso Juarez Bridge
Hundreds of El Pasoans and tourists were turned back at the international bridge to Juarez as temporary one day passports were not issued. Only holders of permanent passports could cross the Rio Grande, scuttling Juarez saloonkeepers and casino plans for Christmas.
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el Paso
Tex
Six Injured as Freight Hits and Coach Capsize
Six persons sustained injuries when a freight train struck and overturned the rear coach of the St. Louis and Quincy Fallon passenger line near St. Louis. Authorities report 21 people injured in three railroad accidents within twenty miles since yesterday morning.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
St. Louis and
Q’fallon
Executions in Hungary Offensive Spark International Appeals
Berlin reports that the Austrian Social Democracy’s central board is sending appeals to world workers and allies in the United States, England, France, and Italy. They allege 506 victims under Bela Kun rose to thousands executed by drumhead court martial with alleged connivance of Admiral Horthy and blame Entente powers for failing to stop the counterrevolutionary slaughter.
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Associated Press
Berlin
United States
England
France
Ialy
Germany
Austrian Social Democracy
Bela Kun
Hungary
Horthy
Photo brides of Japan denied leave to U S
Tokyo reports that Japan will stop issuing passports for picture brides to go to the United States. Washington says the decision will take effect after a two month grace period and will not affect those already arranged for marriage.
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Japan
U.S
State Department
Washington
Actress knocked unconscious in Central Park taxi assault
Miss Louise Mayorga 22, a member of an opera company, was beaten with a blackjack by a taxicab chauffeur in Central Park on Christmas Eve. She broke a taxi window, crawled out, and fell unconscious. the driver fled. A passing motorist later found her and rushed her to a hospital for treatment of a forehead wound.
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New York
Louise Mayorga
Central Park
Miss Mayorga
Biss’ Mayorga
Heavenly Feet Association Bids to End Foot Binding
Leading Chinese launch The Heavenly Feet Association to stop the ancient practice of foot binding. Songs decry binding and boys in schools pledge not to marry women with unnatural feet in Kaifeng on December 26.
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Associated Press
Kaifeng
China
Heavenly Feet Association
French President Expected to Be Elected January 17
Paris December 25 The Parisian press infers Raymond Poincare’s successor will be elected January 17 as Clemenceau’s cabinet plans to resign on that date He is expected to run for presidency and be elected without opposition Meanwhile the Lake Hillsbury sails from Boston with 200 barrels of rut for Smyrna and Constantinople
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Associated Press
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Clemencéau
Chamber
Boston
New England
Hilsbury
Smyrna
Constantinople
Iowa Miners Strike Over 14 Percent Wage Gap
About 150 miners at the Bagis Coal company in Des Moines went on strike claiming they are owed the 14 percent wage advance. They allege they should be paid $1.131 ton, while company officials say $1.11 is the correct rate under the new scale.
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Des Moines
Bagis Coal Company
Two Years For Pair Who Stole Whisky
Charles Welton and Chester Coffey were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Latshaw for stealing 10 gallons of whisky from WH L Dierks at 3727 Forest Avenue. They admitted guilt and said they believed it was open season on booze while living in a garage behind Dierks’ home and furnishing a furnace.
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Kansas City
Charles Welton
Chester Coffey
Ralph S&s. Latshaw
The
Criminal Court
WH. L. Dierks
Forest Avenue
Welton
Coffey
Dierks
Amnesty march in New York broken up by police and civilians
On Christmas Day the League of Amnesty for Political Prisoners attempted a walk up Fifth Avenue in New York. Police soldiers and angry civilians dispersed the crowd, reducing hundreds to about 50, with walkers scattering toward the Church of the Ascension parish house. Placards were destroyed and several arrests for disobedience followed amid constant interruptions.
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New York
League of Amnesty For
Fifth Avenue
Church of the Ascension
West Eleventh Street
Two Sailors Die in Gas Poisoning in Chicago
Olaf Johnson aged 83 and Harry Jacobson 77, lifelong friends and former sailors from Norway, died after gas poisoning. A visitor found Johnson unconscious with gas from an open jet. both men died at a hospital as police investigated.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Norway
Olaf Johnson
Harry. Jacobson
U S Bluejackets in Adriatic Receive Christmas Gifts
Two thousand American sailors and Marines in the Adriatic received Christmas packages from the Knights of Columbus, including cigars and candy. Chaplain E A Duff of Philadelphia funded additional gifts for the men in Vienna for the holiday season.
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U.S
Adriatic
K. of C
Associated Press
Venice
Knights of Columbus
E. A. Duff
Philadelphia
Vienna
12 Year Old Boy Tries to Die in Ash Can Winter Tragedy
Chicago reports Benny Sokolowski a 12 year old boy crawled into an ash can to seek death after being cramped in freezing weather for a day and night. He was found by a policeman and carried to a hospital, clutching a letter to a playmate revealing a troubled love triangle with Annie Barzyk and Florence Moeller.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Benny Sokolowski
Benny
Annie Barzyk
Florence Moeller
Annie
Florence
Copper Gassed by New Method But Proves His Nerve
Kansas City December 26 patrolman James Mulloy, not in uniform, halted three youths on Delaware Street. A burlap sack contained eighteen skunk hides, five mink hides, fourteen muskrat hides valued at 186 dollars, later identified by hide dealer H G Moody of Adrian Mo. The suspects were Clarence Page, Jack Page, and W B Hammontree of Bader Mo.
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Kansas City
James Mulloy
Delaware Street
Third
Mulloy
China
Police
H. G. Moody
Adrian
Clarance
Jack Page
W. B. Hammontree
Bader
Death ruled accidental in John Cassutt homicide case
Coroner Dr. Sidney D. Smith announced there would be no inquest into John Cassutt's death, ruled accidental after evidence showed he placed coffee on the stove and slept, leading to gas asphyxiation. Cassutt, 301 Fourth Street West, was found dead around 9:20 p.m. after neighbors smelled gas and his wife returned home. He was a machinist and Spanish-American War veteran with a widow Maggia Guilford, two sisters, and two brothers surviving.
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John Cassutt
Sidney D. Smith
Cassatt
Jonn A. Cassutt
Fourth Street
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Guttenberg
Dupugue
Waterloo
Maggia Guilford
George Cassatt
Jack LaBarge
Jennie
George
Edward
Dubuque
O'Keefe & Towne
Justice fugitive gains war distinction in Marine service
Boston December 26 Arthur Abbott long sought for a $185000 bank theft enlisted in the Marines and earned a Croix de Guerre for bravery at Viersyn July 19 1918. After honorable discharge he reenlisted as Taskell and was later rearrested and then released on probation by District Attorney Pellier. The decoration was presented aboard the Dolphin with Gen. Petain signatory.
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Associated Press
Boston
Muse
Low Arthur Kk
Abbott
Ts & Fugitiva
Justice
Federal Trust Company
Utrines
William IL. Haskell
Brillant War Service
Marine Corps
Argonne
Viersyn
Taskell
Dolphin
Portsmouth
N. H
Pellier
Navy Department
John Grady
Arthur Abbott
Tain
Standard Oil Buys Half Million Barrels of Roumania Oil
Contracts closed by Standard Oil with Roumanian government and private firms for 500000 barrels of refined petroleum. Price reported at 3150000 dollars. Oil to be sent to America via Constantinople on ships provided by the American government.
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Associated
Prosa
Geneva
Standard Oil Co
Bucharest
America
Constantinople
Whisky and distilling gear seized in Minnesota raid
Police and railroad detectives seized three barrels of whisky eight water soaked raisins nearly a wagonload of dried grapes a complete copper distilling outfit shotguns rifles and ammunition at a farmhouse near Munger on Christmas Eve. An armed guard was knocked down during the raid.
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Duluth. Minn
Munger
Nebraska language law upheld by state supreme court
Nebraska Supreme Court sustains a law curbing foreign language use in all public and private schools as an Americanization measure. Critics from Lutheran and Catholic groups argued it intrudes on religious liberty, but the court ruled the statute valid.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Detroit railways seeks 5 cent fare credit for transfers
Detroit United Railways today withdrew a request to charge 1 cent for transfers and said improved conditions allow profitable operation on a five cent fare.
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Associated Press
Detroit, Mich
Detroit United Railways Today
All-Russ Army Head Calls Czech Chief to Duel
In Inkutak on Christmas Day a clash between Russian and Czech leaders escalates as Gen Kappel challenges Gen Syrovy to a duel over alleged highhanded requisitioning of locomotives aiding Bolshevik train seizures. Cossack leader Semenoff blocks Czech aid as Teheromkava forms a social revolutionary government amid an acute political scene.
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Inkutak
Admiral Kalchak
Viladmar
Czacho
Semenoff
Liveria
Slava
Omsk
Serge Trotiukel
Tchiia
Teheromkava
Seven Former German Passenger Ships to Britain
President Wilson ordered seven ex German passenger ships used to transport American troops to be delivered to Great Britain under armistice terms. The Imperator group vessels in New York harbor will go to Britain as soon as a British representative is designated. The oil tankers' fate remains undecided in persistent division among nations and oil interests.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Wilson
England
Hig
Shipping Board
New York Harbor
Imperator
Cunard Line
Great Britain
United States
Sso
Standard Oil Bank
Firth of Forth
Associated Press
Berlin
Herr Huszar
Oll Carriera
Budapest
Las
Counsil
Paris
Communnion
Hungary
Mier
Pore
National Assembly
Payne
Washington, D.C
Naval Council
Kew Fork
Lansing
J. B. Payne
Graf Waldersen
Zeppelin
Pretoria
Cap
Finisteré
Mobile
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Katerin
Auguste
Victoria
Engla
Hag
Standard Oil Co
Hamburg
Firth of
Forth
France
Belgium
Italy
Ministry of Shipping
Red Cross Trains Pass Taiga Front in Siberia
U S Red Cross trains carrying supplies reached beyond the Taiga frontline, as Polish forces clash with Bolsheviks. American vice consuls Ray and Hansen reported safe, with Trust coordinates in Irkutsk and Omsk. The Taiga junction on the Trans Siberian remains a contested area as fighting continues.
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Crom
Irkutsk
Trygve Rk, Hansen
United States
Omsk
Joge H. Ray
Taiga
Tomsk
Red Cross
Pola
Taig
Washington, D. C
Fomsk
State Department
American Red Cross
Ray
Hansen
Mauretania Steerage Birth Nets Gift Drive
On the Mauretania a steerage couple from London welcomed a daughter during the voyage. Passengers raised over 700 for the Christmas baby and an auto firm offered a car if named after its rep. The child was named Frances Maura Klenningsmith Astley and a raffle raised 1301 dollars for the prize.
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New York
Mauretania
Fashion Gown Shop Owner Dies In Suspected Suicide
New York December 26 The medical examiner asked police to probe the death of Mrs Mary Blackburn proprietor of a fashionable gown shop listed as death by own action She had a Christmas eve consultation with her lawyer and forewomen to draw up a will A letter in her name asked that all property go to Mrs Victor Rydstrom Police found she died after swallowing poison
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Associated Press
New York
Medical Examiner
Mary Casewell
Blackburn
Advancing Clocks to Save Fuel Approved by French Cabinet
The French cabinet approved a bill to advance clocks to save fuel. Finance Minister Louis Kiotz told the cabinet the questions on the financial situation would be discussed next Monday. A separate Madrid dispatch reports a bomb damaged the residence of the conservative party chief in Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
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Associated Pressey
Paris
Fue Louis Kiotz
Canaries
Havas
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Madrid
Sugar contaminated with sand and hair condemned in Chicago shops
More than 1000 pounds of brown sugar from six Chicago stores was found to contain dust sand and hair. State food and dairy inspector M J Woodman ordered the sugar destroyed after tests showed each strained pound held a table spoonful of deleterious substances.
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Associated, Press
Chicago
M. J. Woodman
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