Clementel backs capacity principle for all war debts
Paris and Washington report Finance Minister Clemenceau advocates applying the capacity for payment principle used with Germany to all allied debtors. He supports the Dawes plan without control features, arguing France’s duty to others and noting heavy tax burdens and sustained payments since 1920. Ambassador Herrick conveyed cautious official backing, while U.S. officials review.
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Bride Associated Press
Paris
Clementel
France
Germany
Dawes
Clemente
United States
Great Britain
America
M. Clemente
Herrick
Washington, D.C
Jerriot
Ete
Hughes
de Parte Metals
M Clemence
Forc 1
London
Mec
New
W. York
Rhenonitox
Westminster Gazette
Reed
Lrench Credit
Unfortunate Star Madame Charlotte Calless Found in New York
Madame Charlotte Calless, once a promising prima donna of the Royal Opera in Wiesbaden, Germany, is reported found in a New York hotel room two blocks from the opera house. An attack of neuritis halted engagements with the Chicago Opera Company, leaving her despondent and financially exhausted after she reportedly swallowed poison in Chicago, later receiving treatment in hospitals.
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Charlotte Calless
Prima Dana
Royal Oper
Wiesbaden
Germany
New York
Oper House
Chicago Opera Company
Chicago
Logan Hurt In Doorway Car Crash At Fourth Street
Logan of 1E8 Beland Avenue was caught between his car and a second vehicle at 4309 Fourth Street near tatz market. He escaped with non serious injuries but medical reports later said serious rib fractures were possible. He was taken home by ambulance.
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Beland Avenue
Tatz
Fourth
Logan
Ieity
Tony
France Debt Talk a Delicate US Foreign Posture
The piece discusses whether France may repudiate or renegotiate its war debt to the United States. It notes American skepticism about repudiation while considering France’s leverage in European diplomacy. It cites Bertin’s view that sentiment cannot trump France’s obligations, and outlines potential paths through Congress for an official stance.
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France
American of the Type That Makes Mp Corgies
Wyfensine
Amerea
Deeselt
Ciementel
Debt Commission
Herald-Trivune
Ends Life at Failure to Sell Old Portrait
Col. Clay B. Stesic, a 75-year-old Civil War veteran, shot and killed himself in Los Angeles after failing to sell an old portrait of George Washington valued at FHN.000, a hoped-for means to restore his family's fortune, according to deputy sheriffs.
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Los Angeles
George Washington
Clay B. Stesic
Poison Pen Case Recalled By Ryan Divorce Exposure
A chaotic sensational tale in New York details Ryan of New York and wife Mrs Sarah Tucker Ryan amid a long running poison pen affair. The case links George Maxwell and a flood of obscene letters to prominent figures, including society women, with indictments dismissed for lack of evidence. The divorce reveals public embarrassment and a Catholic couple's stance.
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Ryan
Uniilea
New York
MBO
Knewn Gaal
Sarah Tucker Ktyan
New York City
Mide Linatter
Ktyan
Bints
Thomas Fortune Ryan
M Ryan
Ariey
George Maxwell
American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers
Maxwell
Iryan
Seven Americans Robbed by Chinese Bandits on Train
Seven Americans and a car of passengers were robbed by armed Chinese bandits aboard a train between Peking and Tientsin. The robbers fired shots, one striking a German passenger’s hat, and carried pistols rifles and hand grenades. The Americans lost about £10,000. A British soldiers’ car on the train remained unaware of the raid.
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London
Peking
Tientsin
Ely
Couple Married 58 Years Die Together in Funeral Plans
Lincoln Nel Mrs John H McClay an 79 year old widow and her husband the Colonel died within 2 days after a 58 year marriage. They will be buried side by side in double Scottish Rite funerals on New Year's Day in Lincoln. The Colonel served as a clerk in the federal district court here for 17 years.
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Lincoln, Nel
John H. McClay
McClay
Thy
Rand
Amer
Federal District Caure
Booze Toll in Philadelphia Topples Hundreds This Year
Liquor’s deadly year in Philadelphia shows more than 400 deaths linked to alcohol as reported by Corer Patron for the year ending today. Authorities warn of ongoing dangers and urge moderation amid rising illness and fatalities.
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Phbidelphia
Philadelphia
Corer
W Lands Ab Intuited Central Brakeman Hurt At Home
W Land, a central brakeman, is confined to his home on Willow Street after a wrenching accident. The incident left him bedridden and under medical care.
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A. W. Lands
CL W. Land
Willow Street
Law
Senate grants pension to Edith Bolling Wilson widow
Telegraphed briefs report a pension of twelve thousand annually for Edith Bolling Wilson widow of the late president. New York notes Mrs. Sarah T Ryan divorces Allan A Ryan, son of Thomas Fortune Ryan. Washington reports a large ship sale valued at 1.2 million to the Pacific Traders Steamship Corp, aided by the Shipping Board.
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Senate
Edith Bollink Wilson
New York
Sarah T. Ryan
Allan A. Xan
Thomas Fortune Rymander
Lyota
Washington
Pacific
Steamship Corporation
Shipping Board
Ames Briefs and State College Activities
President Pearson of Iowa State College urged constant effort against misunderstanding and hatred in a Cosmopolitan clubs convention address. Ray Snodderly, known as the boy bandit, repudiated his confession to shooting two policemen and was sentenced to 23 years in the Anamosa Treformatory. Delegates in Ames focused on livestock judging at the annual short course. Des Moines reports a governor’s elevator safety draft revision after a hearing where ASME code was agreed.
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Ames
Pearson
Iowa State College
Counc
Britts
Ray Snodderly
Des Moines
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dubberts claim coercion on 310000 notes and mortgages
B Dubbert and wife Minnig of Cedar Falls sue their daughter in law Helen E Dubbert seeking cancellation of notes and a mortgage for 310000 alleging they were obtained by duress and threats of prosecuting their son R A Dubbert. They deny consideration and seek release of mortgages and injunction against sale or transfer.
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Cedar Falls
Coupte
Helen Dubbert
B. Dubbert
Wif. Minnig Dubbert
Helen EB. Dubbert
R. A. Bubbert
Hushand
R.A. Duthbert
Speer
Cedar Malls
O'Brien
R. A. Abvert
J. B. Newman
R. A. Duthbert
Cedar Palls
Mississippi
O'Brien County
Ask
Nores
Tron Seling
Firpo Accepts Terms for Gibbons Bout Fight Set for February
Firpo has accepted terms with the National Sporting Club for a bout with Tom Gibbons of St Paul for a 260000 purse. The split will be determined later. Firpo will travel to London Friday then return to France to train. Gibbons has not signed yet but the fight is expected in February.
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iRy
Alstel Press
Paris
Dee
Al—ilalis Firpo
Ers
National Sporting Club
Tomguy Gbbons
St. Paul
Tt Tornado
Firpo
Loamien
France
Gibbons
The Tart Thief Opening Night Mishap Injures Actress
Miss Mary Nash, playing the leading role in The Ticart Thief, was injured on opening night when she was accidentally thrown to the stage floor by fellow cast member James Crewe. She injured an ankle and bruised her feet during the mishap at the Lew Maine theater.
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Lew Mayen
Mary Nash
James Crewe
Gregor Fader Dies at Te War Home After 45 Years in Germany
Gregor Fader died at 7 this morning at his home in Te War. He moved there three years ago after living on a local farm since arriving from Germany 45 years ago. His widow and an adopted daughter survive.
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Gregor Pader
Gregor Fader
Tewar
Germany
Farm drudge who slew family faces insane asylum
Logansport Indiana December 41 Emma Hobaugh a 33 year old farm hand now in jail speaks for the first time about a quadruple murder at a nearby farm home. Prosecutors seek indictment and commitment to northern Indiana hospital for the insane as a coroner's jury investigates responsibility.
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Ingane Cell
Logansport
Ind
Ioha
Here
Am Hobaugh
Joan
Mices Insane Hospital
Toroner
Intifana
Emma Hobaugh
Enna
Senatorial Probe of Dry Enforcement Holds Secret Session
Washington DC December. The Couzens committee opened a long awaited probe into prohibition enforcement with a secret session attended by prohibition bureau officials. The inquiry aimed to map procedures and possible issuance and handling of liquor withdrawal permits and alleged illegal withdrawals from government warehouses. Commissioner Haynes and several assistants attended the meeting.
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Washington, D. C
Couzehs Committee
Prohibition Bureau
Bureau
Haynes
Fearful snowbound road claims Spring teacher near Peace River
Miss Marjorie Hyndman, 21, a schoolteacher from Hudson Howe, is believed lost on the snowbound Peace River route to Rolla. She rode with a mail dog team two days overdue, driven by a punctual contractor. The team last reported between Cutbank and Fort St John, 35 miles away, ahead of another dog team that perished last Sunday. Miss Hyndman is the daughter of D. B. Hyndman, immigration inspector at Vancouver.
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Port St. John B. C
Marjorie Hyndman
Rolla
Hyndman
Peace River
Cutbank
Fort St. John
Morgan Park Students Home for New Year
Morgan Park academy students Richard Cass and Louis Burk, Chicago residents, spent the holiday vacation at home. Cass, son of C D Cass, captains the basketball team and played center on last season's football squad. He also appeared as King Tut in a recent school talent show and holds the rank of lieutenant.
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Richard Cass
C.D. Cass
Prospect Ave
Nue
Louis Burk
Alta Vista Ave
Morgan Park Academy
Chicago
Cass
King Tut
Mansion project to rise in Montreal at 3.5 million
Hh C Moeller county superintendent returned from Everly Iowa after attending Rudolph Moeller’s funeral. Announcement says Anstrond syndicate will immediately build a possibly the largest Montreal apartment building on a premier residential street at cost 3 500 000. The design echoes old French chateaux and includes 135 large apartments scheduled for completion next autumn.
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Hh. C. Moeller
Everly
Rudolph
Aton- Trend Syndicate
Kyritish Empire
Montreal
France
Next Nutunim
Rate increase threatens small town papers across nation
Washington reports that the National Editorial association warns thousands of small weekly papers could be wiped out by proposed postal rate hikes. Executives including Wallace O Dea claim 3,000 papers have failed since 1917 and no small paper is highly profitable. Hearings closed with allies urging rate cuts and relief for second class mail while billing rises loom for large associations.
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Washington, D. C
National Editorial Association
Congressional Post Ofice
Wallace ‘O'Dea
Sid
Moses
Senate
President Coolidge
J. L.suter
National
One Cent Letter League
O'Dell
William Nally
American Farm Bureau
Federation
E. B. Reid
Washington
National Geographic Society
American
Death rate falls four percent in U S in 1924
The death rate in the United States dropped 4 percent in 1924 based on fatality records from 61 cites reporting to the Department of Commerce. The data cover a population of about 27,000,000 with a mortality rate of 128 per 10,000 in the first 51 weeks, down from 130 the previous year.
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Washington, D
United States
Department of Commerce
Postal Rate Increase Debate Before Subcommittee
Members of the committee heard testimony on a proposed mailing rate increase. Officials including William R. Denney explained the cost study showing charges reflect actual service provided. Joseph Stewart led the report preparation as defense of the figures amid calls for time to adjust advertising contracts.
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Ographical Society
William RR
Denny
Bostmaster General
Joseph Stewart
Cable Briefs Roundup of Global News Items
United Press reports across multiple cities detailing political moves in Greece Hungary Italy and France. Venizelos to handle Yugoslav treaty talks while Doumergue signs decrees easing bread wheat imports as fascist mobilizations rise in Italy and postwar press controls loom in Rome. London reports record rain flooding the Thames and rising rivers.
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Venizelos
Jugo-Slavia
Madrid
Spain
Mercury
Tentrigrad
Berlin
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Paris
Doumergne Todlay
Rome
New York
Florence
Turin
Milan
Thames
England
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GO With Gibbons
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