Japan to seek arms talks with business backing
London reports Baron Hayashi says Japan would join an international naval arms conference. He argues the big payer nations should convene a round table of businessmen to reach limits, states Japan’s program is necessary to guard against Bolshevism, and Japan seeks a peaceful path through negotiations with major powers.
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Brussell Browning
United Press
London
Japan
Baron Hayashi
Great Britain
United Press Today
United States
Daniels
Northelitfe
Hayashi
Korea
Man- Japan
Russia
U. S
Washington, D. C
Harding
Kelly
Marios
Borah
Baron Harashi
Jury Sees 8 to 4 Acquittal In McGannon Trial
Cleveland report says jurors held at 11 this morning that the eight to four vote favored acquittal in the second degree murder trial of William H. McGannon chief justice of the municipal court. Two ballots were taken after 17 hours of deliberation on the Kagy murder case.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
William H. MecGannon
McGanron
Highways Weather Bureau Report Lists Iowa Minnesotan Towns
The report from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau centers on Charles City and lists Albert Lea Algona Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshal New Hampton Postville Water ton Waverly and others. It notes highways remain impracticable for distance motor traffic with unsettled weather expected and worsening Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Naples
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshal
New Hampton
Postville
Waterton
Waverly
Harding to Ignore League of Nations in Peace Program
Marion, Dec. 6. After a conference with President-elect Harding, Senator Knox expressed that the Versailles league of nations will not be used as the basis for Harding’s proposed world association. Knox, Hughes mentioned for secretary of state, said he would reintroduce his peace resolution in the next session, possibly with a general foreign policy amendment. Senator Kinus plans to offer a Senate resolution for Versailles ratification excluding the covenant, to be addressed Monday.
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Associated Press
Marion
Harding
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Versailles League of Nations
Association of Nations
Tam
Knox
Charles Evans Hughes
Wilson
United States
Washington, D. C
Senate
League of Ralings
Kins
Wrah
Associaled Press
Hays
Righal
Pennsylvania Guard Officer Named Head New Militia Bureau
Col George G C Rickards of Gil City Pennsylvania, a national guard officer attached to the infantry reserve officers corps, was appointed by President Wilson as chief of the militia bureau of the War Department. He will assume duties tomorrow with the rank of major general, the first Pennsylvania guard officer to hold the post, under the army reorganization bill.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
George GC. Rickards
Gil City
Wilson
Militia Bureau
War Department
Rickards
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Infantry Reserve Officers’ Corps
Jessa McCarter
Reserve Corps
Man Seriously Hurt When Gun Believed Unloaded Goes Off
James Dunham 28, a farmer near Dunbar, was likely fatally injured when a supposedly unloaded gun went off as he toppled over a sled rope while going out to chores. The discharge entered below the heart and exited at the back.
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Marshalltown
James Dunham
Dunbar
Dunham
Burglar Seeks Head Operation Claiming It Will Cure Crime
The Chicago report says Walter McGrath, 20, Joliet, confessed to over 25 burglaries in the city over two weeks and pleaded for police help to obtain brain surgery. He claimed a head injury at age seven causes insomnia and drives him to steal.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Walter McGrath
Joliet
Hengh Socialists Split Over Lenine Ties in France
Tours France December 30 The right wing of the Socialist party announces itself as the Socialist party of France controlling key party funds and the Humanite newspaper though using the name of Marcel Sembat. Three factions emerge left centrists and right wing dispute adherence to Moscow international and Leninist commands.
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Associated Press
Tours
France
Socialist Party of France
Humanite
Marcel Sembat
Socialist Party
Third Internationale of
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Cen
Tists
President Wilson Vetoes Trust Act Interlock Rule
President Wilson vetoes a joint resolution to suspend part of the Clayton act restricting interlocking directorates of banks railroads and other firms. He urges longer notice to adjust structures but backs the act’s principle and notes amended laws may be needed. The message recalls prior proposals and calls for prompt public protection.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Tto
Whites and Blacks Battle in Race War
Eight negroes were surrounded in a house near Kurtsboro Alabama after a battle between whites and blacks last night. Several persons were wounded, some fatally, according to early reports. Reinforcements are en route to Kurtsboro and a supply of guns and ammunition is being sent.
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United Press
Columbus
Kurtsboro
Ala
Tarly
Kurtsbora
Entire Family of Seven Die in Fairfield Fire
A devastating blaze in Fairfield Connecticut claimed the lives of seven people including Felix Yackimovitch, 54, and his three sons and three daughters. The family perished in the fire, with investigators working to determine the cause as the community mourns.
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United Press
Fairfield
Conn
Felix Yackimovitch
Ten Years for Auto Wheel Theft Case in California
William G. McAdoo and family plan travel following a court decision sentencing McAdoo to up to ten years in a state prison for stealing a car wheel in El Dorado. The ruling orders the convict to serve the term at state prison while his wife and two children travel to the Pacific coast in a separate vacation. The Associated Press reports the lengthy sentence amid travels and legal action.
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McAdoos
United Press Lease Wire
New York
William G. McAdoo
Chile
Associated Press
Pas
Leavenworth
Kan
Cific
Tucker
Kaas
Beverly Hills
Los An Fivo
Eldorado
Whisky Goes Off Beat Trail In San Francisco Investigation
Federal probes into the loss of 43 barrels of whisky from a San Francisco route to a warehouse. Each barrel measured 100 proof before departure and later was found to lack two quarts to two gallons. National authorities guard the movement amid press and motion picture attention.
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San Francisco
Val
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Hurley
Wis
United States
Chicago
K. M. Landis
Sea of Hood
New York
Charles R. O’connor
Prohibition
New York State
Lexington
United Press
Denver
Colo
Bond Canadian Club
R.D. Wills
W. Alfred
Good and Byrnes Split Debate on Appropriations
In Washington the House opened the sundry civic appropriation bill with debate limited to a single day due to a four day recess. The time is to be evenly divided between Rep. Good of Iowa, chair of the appropriations committee, and Rep. Byrnes of Tennessee, ranking Democrat on the panel.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Representative Good
Iowa
Appropriations Committee
Representative Byrnes
Tennessee
Chicago Discovers New American Tenor Charles Marshall
Chicago to day hailed a new American tenor Charles Marshall praised as the city’s latest singing sensation. He starred in Verdi’s Othello and drew the era’s biggest crowd since 1916, with a Philadelphia home noted and a Latinized stage past.
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United Press
Chicago
Galli Curci
Charles Marshall
Marshall
Philadelphia
NYC Seeks Lease Purchase of Chicago Junction Ry
United Press Leased Wire reports New York Central Railroad asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to lease operate and ultimately purchase the Chicago Junction railway terminal properties. The beltline assets are valued at about 35 million dollars and would provide an inner belt line connection at Chicago.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
New York Central Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Junction Railway
New York Central
Chicago
Constable Killed in Fighting Near Cork
A police patrol at Middleton Bear Cork came under attack as the armistice period neared surrender. One constable was killed three wounded and three others slightly injured. Casualties among the attackers unknown.
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United Press
Dublin
Middleton
Bear Cork
Paper Delivery Notice for Earlier Courier Service Time
The notice advises home delivery by 3 30 and requests a call at 3330 if not received by then. If delivery is late due to carrier error or other causes, phone before 6 30 p m and a copy will be sent. The item emphasizes timely reporting and correction procedures.
Fiume Capitulation Near as DAnnunzio Sets Plan
Italian forces reported a ceasefire after the Fiume council accepted terms, with Gen Caviglia mobilizing for the surrender and DAnnunzio preparing to depart by airplane possibly with Signorita Luisella Bactearea. Rome reports say 480 killed or wounded and notes DAnnunzio’s recent proclamations and threats amid the surrender talks.
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Associated Press
Trieste
Veco
Fiume
Caviglia
Dalmatia
Council of
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Quarnero
D'Annunzio
Luisella Bacteara
Camillo Cianfarra
United Press Staff
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Gigante
Legion Probes Case of Soldier In Pen For Theft
Des Moines reports the American Legion seeks review of Alfred King, a war veteran with five service bars, serving 10 years in Fort Madison state prison for stealing shoes. Legion ad jutant J F Barton says a parole request will be pursued if facts allow. Bar ton has testified to the parole board, and the Legion is assisting the prisoner’s dependent family, while King cites postwar misfortune as his motive.
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United Press
Des Moines
State Organization of the American Legion
Alfred King
Fort Madison
J. F. Barton
State Legion Adjutant
King
Barton
Legion
Servce
Des Moines Offers Leap Year Marriage Licenses
Des Moines reports a price cut at the marriage license bureau. Tomorrow regular licenses will be offered for 8 8 cents to attract matrimony minded couples, with extra clerks ready to handle demand as they aim to clear the 1920 crop of leap year brides.
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United Press
Des Moines
A. E. Mahon
Mahon
Hunter Arrested for Shooting Man's Dog
United Press story from Forest City reports Det. Lew Riggles faces imprisonment or fine on a charge of maliciously killing another's dog. AJ Hicks claims Riggles shot and killed his pet. Hicks had brought the dog to town on a shopping trip when a hunter fired near the village. After investigation, Hicks filed charges.
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United Press
Forest City, Inc
Lew Riggles
Nimrad
C. Wicks
Riggles
Hicks
Arispe Consolidated School House Burns
Arispe Iowa December 3 flames destroyed the consolidated school building in a blaze estimated at fifty thousand dollars. The fire’s cause remains undetermined as authorities investigate the ruins.
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Arispe Consolidated School
Burns
Fear murder may explain mystery of missing GEC
A GEC employee missing since yesterday afternoon from the Ottawa office was last seen at 5 p.m. by Leo Larken, police hold Lamken after four weeks on the job arriving from Cleveland. Items including a battered hat and a crumpled note were found. police theorize murder and river disposal.
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GEC
Paces Teasod Wars
J. Ogererary
Gun TV Company
Ig Ottice At & P.m
Leo Lawken
Lamken
Cleveland
Troeck
Congressmen in Plan for Forcing Jap Withdrawal
United Press reports from Washington that congressmen and diplomats discussed widening California’s anti Japanese land law to apply to all aliens. Ambassador Morris and Shidehara weighed extending the law, with Japan withdrawing its protest after deliberation.
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AL la. Bradford
United Press State Correspondtent
Washington, D. C
Japan
United Press Today
Shidehara
Roland Morris
California
United Press
Congress
Morris
State Department
United States
Tank Corps Unit to Protect Women in Evanston
In Evanston, a single tank unit manned by city policemen will guard the north shore suburb against bandits terrorizing women. Mayor Pearsons directs the plan as police patrol streets dressed as women with concealed revolvers, ready to shoot to kill if suspects flee.
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Byothe Associated
Chicagd
St Endians
Evanston
Chicago
North Shore
Harry P. Pearsons
Pearsons
Adopted Son Learns Real Parents Living
Walter Bright, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Bright of Massena, learns his real father is William Halverson, a mechanic of Oelwein, and his mother, divorced and remarried, is living at Independence after 30 years in an orphanage.
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United Press
Massena
Walter Bright
Noel Bright
Brights
Willliam Halverson
Oelswein, Jr
Halverson
Independence
Churchill Drug Co Pays Dry Law Fine
Churchill Drug Company entered a guilty plea in district court to violating prohibition laws. The Cedar Rapids firm was fined 1000 dollars after a warehouse raid by state agents recovered alcohol and patent medicines said to contain alcohol. The seized alcohol will be turned over to state hospitals.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids. Fn
Churchill Drug Companny
1921 Carrier Boys Pledge to Deliver Paper Earlier
Carrier boys pledge to crowd their work to deliver the paper earlier next year. New Year's Day edition of the Courier will be issued earlier than usual and the boys will collect weekly payments from subscribers tomorrow Friday instead of Saturday.
Waterloo Evening Courier Souvenir for 1821 Subscribers
The Waterloo Evening Courier presents a handsome year 1821 souvenir for its subscribers. The note announces a special keepsake to mark the new year, inviting readers to collect the item as a token of the paper’s gratitude.
Wallace Likely Cabinet Slated for Harding
Marion December 30 The first cabinet slate for President elect Harding is virtually complete with Hughes Dawes Hoover and Daugherty among top picks. George Sutherland and Wallace are named for interior and agriculture while Christian Jr. is noted as secretary to the president with possible shifts before inauguration.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press Star
Marion
Harding
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Treasury
Charles Gdaves
Illinois
A A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Navy
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Will H. Hays
Indiana
George Sutherland
Utah
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Charles, Warren
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
California
Christian
George B. Christian,Jr
Beeemnee Harding
Charles D. Hilles
George M. Reynolds
Chicago
Julins Katin
Conressman
J. Esch
J. Hampton Moore
Vania
Commerce
Campbell
Arizona
Albert J. Beveridge
Caimse
Seccretary of State
Wee Harding
Knox
Pennsylvania
Edward B
Lean
Hughes
Dawes
Hoover
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Churchill Drug Co
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Wallace
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Daugherty
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Hert, Gauche
Eomitteeman
Joe Hays
Sutherland
Interior Department
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National Federation of Farm Bureaus
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