French debt talks fade to informal talks in Washington
The French debt dispute remains unsettled as the American ambassador reports ongoing informal and unofficial talks. Washington grows impatient, expecting a definite offer from Paris while state department probes the overtures. A Waterloo image shows postal money orders sent elsewhere and cashed here last year totaling about a quarter of a million dollars more than money orders issued locally.
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Herrick
State Department
Washington
Paris
Waterloo
Eggert
History Turning Point Marked by Beveridge Speech 1900
The column notes two anniversaries 1900 and 1925 and reflects on America’s turn toward expansion from the Philippines to Hawaii and Cuba. It recalls Beveridge’s maiden Senate speech urging a global trusteeship and outlines concurrent events including the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, Samoa, the Panama Canal, and China relief actions amid a broader push for imperial expansion.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
United States
Tess Beveridge
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Marion Builer
South Caro
Senate
Philippines
Japan
Beveridge
Jonas
McWhintey
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Adlai Stevenson
America
Porto Rico
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Hawaii
Tutuila
Samoa
China
Panama Canal
Danish West Indies
Martin Clears
Mwarvester
San Felice
Totita
Courier Delivers By 5 50. Call If Late
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 50. If a carrier error or other cause prevents receipt by that time, please phone the office and a copy will be sent. Callers should read this office before 6 30 p m.
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Aloo
Fugitives From Poison Gas End Long Exile Going Home today
Rhode Island Republicans who exiled themselves after bromine gas exposure in the Rhode Island Senate begin a return to home as the General Assembly adjourns. The 52 hour filibuster era ends with 21 of 22 Republicans leaving Rutland after a year of strong partisan turmoil.
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Rutland
Mass
Rhode Island
Senate
General Assembly
Suishone
Firetworks
Altho
Toupin
Capitol
William L. Flynn
Fred Austin
Smithfield
John Powers
Cumberland
Lieut
Workman Collects for Mosquito Bite as Industrial Risk
San Francisco January 3 The state industrial accident commission today ruled that a mosquito bite on the tongue constitutes an industrial hazard and awarded laborer William Miller 2487123 dollars with 12.23 dollars weekly until recovery. Miller was bitten June 10 at Van Steklen Island near Pittsburg California and has been unable to work since. the tongue infection followed the bite.
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San Francisco
Cal
State Industrial Accident Commission
William Miller
Miller
van Stekle Island
Pittsburg
California
Omaha Contractor Held for Wife's Death
An oga coroner's jury in Omaha finds Mrs. Mae Hahne died from wounds inflicted by her husband, John W. Hanne, a local contractor and real estate man, and recommends he be held for first degree murder. Hahne was arrested immediately after the verdict.
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Omaha
Neb
Mace~Hahne
John V. Haine
Llan
Mae Hahne
John W. Hanne
Hahne
Gov Kendall Sidelined by Cold in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Governor Kendall absent from executive offices due to a slight cold. The illness described as not serious, with no further condition details given. In Louisiana, William Lashleenesro was sentenced in circuit court for the June 22 murder of Police Lieutenant Sidney Sears.
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Yes Moines
Govv. Kendal
Louis
William Lashleenesro
Sidney Sears
Mohawk liner rescued after burning ship in Delaware harbor
In a dramatic rescue draft, 287 passengers and crew were saved from the Mohawk liner after a fire and sinking threat off Delaware. A 400 pound passenger van rolled to safety as a young girl played a ukulele and sang while men prayed and two vaudeville actors leaped to escape through smoke and flames. Officials praised the diner’s crew for hours of fighting the blaze and facilitating the transfer of all on board in rough seas.
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United Press
Wilmington
Del
Mentana
Delaware
New York World Raises Paper Price to Three Cents
The New York World announces an increase in price from two to three cents effective Monday. The front page notes the white paper and ink that make the paper, with a 23-2 rent for copy.
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New York
Morning Taily
Guantanamo Mayor Assassinated in Cuba Dispatch
Wavana Cuba January 3 dispatch reports Guantanamo Mayor Manuel Salas assassinated. No immediate details on suspects or motive. Guantanamo lies near the U S naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
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Wavana
Cuba
Guantanamo
Manuel Salas
el Mundo
Guantanamo Bay
Washington Weather Outlook Week Beginning Monday
Weather for Washington D C to start the week shows a mix of rain in the first half and rain or snow in the latter half. Temperatures expected near or above normal for most of the period with a brief cold spell around midweek.
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Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Old Fashioned Inaugural Parade Planned for March 4
Washington officials announce an old fashioned inaugural parade on March 4 with marching delegations from all the states. William T. Gallagher, a local banker, named by President Coolidge as inaugural committee chairman, will oversee parade arrangements outside the capitol ceremonies.
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Washington,d. C
Trom
Wiliam T. Gallagher
Gallagher
Coolidge
Capitol
Move for Another Disarming Parley Gathering Speed
Washington January 3 The move toward a new international disarmament conference gains pace with remarks by President Coolidge and Senate Foreign Relations Chair Borah The president dismissed linking economic questions to disarmament as impractical Borah said he would back a conference focused solely on disarmament if that is best
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Washington
TD. C
Coolidge
Borah
Senate, Foreign Relations Committee
Nine Die in Early Montreal Fires Including Children
A series of five fires in North Montreal early today killed nine people, eight of them children, as families slept. A boy and two others perished in one blaze, a woman and five children in another.
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Montrez
Montreal
County Attorney probes Schrader death in Iowa case
Cedar Rapids Iowa January reports County Attorney W J Barngrover may open an independent inquiry into the death of Armstrone J Schrader a Milwaukee railroad fireman found dead with a chest wound near his separated wife’s home. A coroner verdict of death by own action was returned but Barngrover seeks to confirm no violence. The search for the weapon continues. No word from Schrader's mother and the body remains awaiting instructions.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Barngrover
Armstrone J. Schrader
Milwaukee Railroad
New Yyeurr
Forone
Warnerpver
Schrader
Fullam Declares Mir Ratio Key to Navy Victory
Retired Rear Admiral Woo Fel la argues in 1925 that naval air forces need true sea going capabilities and landing fields. He warns planes lose value without carriers and sea bases, stressing the air power ratio as essential to maritime victory and criticizing reliance on guns.
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Fullam
Navy
Woo. Fella
GS. N
Washington, D. C. Jand
Naval Air Force
United States Air Force
Yeggs Hit O'Hara Show Safe for $1900
Des Moines reports two safes cracked in the Sperehel theatre during a performance. About $1900 in cash from the Fiske O'Hara show receipts was taken as yeggs waited until crowds left the venue. Police investigate robbery tied to the show.
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Des Moines
Yeggs
Sperehel
Yeas
Fiske O'Hara
Crabs Spoil Ice on Floyd River Supply Near Alton Limited
Alton Iowa area reports a peculiar ice supply problem as thousands of crates of crabs spoil near the Floyd River bank. Local ice ands at the river failed while attempting to start curling, revealing a vast spoilage on the far side.
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Floyd River
Alton
Suimmiar
Floyd Er Ernst
Post Office Receipts Set 1924 Record at Leda
Ray Eggert, postmaster, reports 1924 receipts totaling 371 514.39, up from 1923 by 29 etc. He notes December as the heaviest month at 35718.39 and March as the banner month with 45385.22. The Waterloo money order department moved 733 164 in, 508 280 out, a gain of 224 184.
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Pascal
Legal Post Office
Eggers
Eggers. Administratioon
Waterloo
Bill to shield presidents from malicious defamation
Washington D C Jan 3 Legislation to protect presidential memory from malicious defamation was introduced in the house by Representative Reid Republican Illinois. He also filed a resolution seeking a congressional inquiry to determine the truth or falsity of allegations in a weekly magazine series about Woodrow Wilson written by a woman friend.
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Washington, D. C
United States
House Today
Representative Reid
Illiness
Reid
Woodrow Wilson
Earnings of Federal Reserve Banks Fall in 1924
Washington figures show Federal Reserve Banks earned only 360,000 in 1924, a 30,006,000 decline from 1923. In Alabama, William Stacey, convicted of the murder of Haman Rubenstein, was sentenced to be hanged February 18, 1925, marking the first Macon County execution in 25 years.
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Washington, D. C
Penatur
William Stacey
Louisville
Death driver may land on Gallows in Missouri case
International wires report Phillip Rambo faces two first degree murder charges after a fatal crash in Wanais City. Damico, speeding about 60 mph, struck Edward Lane 62 then hit a taxi injuring Grace Wilcox. Taxicab driver Russell Cleuch was knocked from the vehicle before Damico was arrested at home.
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Wanais City
Phillip Rambo
Daimice
Bond
Edward Lane
Grace Wilcox
Russell Cleuch
Damico
Damico Iter
Paris debt talks leave Washington puzzled by conflicting cables
Washington officials faced contradictory Paris reports on France debt talks with Ambassdor Herrick. A fuller, official communique was awaited after Clementel sent an unofficial memorandum, creating uncertainty over proposed moratorium length and repayment terms.
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M. Clementel
France
United States
Herrick
Washington Walls
Washington
D. C
Paris
Blerrick
Clemente
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