Campaign Worries Mark Congress Year End
Republicans face tight races as veterans in Senate and House seek re election amid criticism of the current congress. The tax reform tariff policy and international finance loom large with plans for a flexible tariff and a strengthened tariff commission.
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Mark Sullivan
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D. C
Congress
New York
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Alfred Smith Boin
Minnesota
Ellege
Massachusetts
Lodge
North Dakota
McCumber
Connecticut
Mcean
New Jersey
Frelingursen
Maine
Hale
Johnson
Pointexter
West Virginia
Sutherland
Indiana
New
Beveridge
Thomas R. Marshall
Pken
Republic
Theiddle West End
Tariff Commission
Good Fellows Club pauses Christmas charity push in Waterloo
The Waterloo Evening Courier reports the Good Fellows club will not operate aggressively this Christmas season due to abnormal times. News notes Treasury funds from last year are given to Social Welfare League for relief, with Courier inviting contributions to aid needy children and distribute aid through accredited channels. The paper lists Waterloo Evening Courier as a contributor with 25 dollars.
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Good Fellows Club
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Christ
Fivening Courier
Good Fellows
Social Welfare League
the Courier
Waterloo Evening Courier
One Dead and Two Hurt in Freak Auto Accident
Chicago November 26 A man identified as Max De Zettel editor of Chicago Labor News was killed when an auto driven by Richard Travers crashed into a taxicab. Travers suffered cuts and internal injuries and his companion Miss Florence Oakley was taken to hospital with facial fractures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Max de Zettel
Chicago Labor News
Richard Travers
Travers
Michigan Boulevard
de Zettel
Florence Oakley
Packer Workers Plan Nationwide Demonstrations Over Wage Cuts
Chicago November 26 A M A union official says packing house employees will stage demonstrations in all packing centers tomorrow to oppose scheduled wage reductions. The Amalgame ated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union secretary treasurer Dennis Lane notes the international executive board will meet again next Wednesday to decide on a strike under prior authorization. Three meetings are planned in Chicago one open prairie gathering and a South Side club event for Black workers.
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Associated Pin
Chicago
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers’ Union
International Executive Board
South Side
Ogden Police Seek Body of Iowa Boy Titcomb
Ogden Utah November 26 police and sheriff's deputies searched the river for the body of Will M Titcomb son of Mr and Mrs EB Titcomb of Davenport Iowa following a note and Bible sent to the Ogden police chief. The tramp who mailed the items said he found them on the riverbank Tuesday. Titcomb's message said life was not worth living and directed his Bible and army discharge papers be sent to his father.
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Associated Press
Ogden
Utah
Will M. Titcomb
EB. N. Titcomb
East Thirteenth Street
Davenport
Jones
Titcomb
Augusta big fire hits city. department stores burned
A major blaze in Augusta Georgia raged for hours in a five story office block area. The fire devastated the Albion hotel and the Augusta Chronicle building and gutted the Gemesis hotel top floors. International scientists attended the Central Association of Science and Math Teaching convention nearby as crews battled the flames.
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Associated Press
Augusta
St. Louis
Central
Association of Science and Mathe
Waynsboro
Aiken
S. C. _ates
Alerd
Jance
Atlanta
Gestr & Amon
Albion
Passports for Yanks' Brides Stolen Found
The missing satchel containing the wives’ passports aboard a Coblenz train was recovered by military police. They suspect a jealous woman removed it before the train departed. Passports will be sent to Antwerp by courier and the transport Cauntiguy delayed to await them.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Antwerp
Cauntiguy
Farmers to Obtain Expert Information conference backs expert study plan
In Madison on November 26 farmers adopted a resolution endorsing expert study of agricultural problems by experienced men hired by farmers. A committee led by H. L. Bissonette of Charles City was named to develop working machinery to implement the plan nationwide.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
H. L. Bissonette
Charles City
Foch Heads Through Twin Cities On Route To Dakota
General Foch moves through Saint Paul and Minneapolis on a busy day as he prepares to depart later for Bismarck North Dakota en route to the Pacific coast. The Associated Press report notes his early start and planned movements.
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Foch
Twin Cities
Associated Press
St. Paul. Minn
Highway report cites many Iowa towns in weather summary
Unpaved roads are hard to travel and quite rough while paving proceeds slowly. Cloudy damp weather forecast for tonight and Sunday affects travel in Albert City Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly and surrounding areas.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Thames
Ity. Ta
Albert Gea Mion
Atxona
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Minn
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Witnesses detail tendency of girl to shed clothing
San Francisco reports on Virginia Rappe case with testimonies about drink habits and alleged disrobing. Harry Barker recalls dinners where Rappe drank. Philo McCullough describes a Hollywood party where she tore off garters and stockings, prompting defense claims of hysteria or medical issues.
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San Francisco
Rooscoe J
Gavin McNab
Arbuckle
Harry B. Barker
Gary
Ind
Virginia iRappe
Miss Rappe
Rector’s Cafe
Chicago
Virginia
South Haven
Mich
Katherine Fox
Australia
Bismarck Gardens
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Lany
Cate
Rappe Hyier- Philo McCullough
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Rappe
Frank
McOu Hough
Fatty
Br United Press
Cal
Ras‘ene Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Eage
Miss Rapne
Italians Riot Over Briand Slurs in Turin
Turinese demonstrations erupted after reports that French Premier Briand used harsh words about Senateur Schunzer, head of the Italian delegation in Washington. Police called 300 troops to restore order as protests surged.
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Associated Press
Turin
Italy
France
Senateur Schunzer
Washington
Irish negotiation at critical stage in Belfast Qublin
London papers protest against war renewal and report a critical stage in Belfast and Qublin Irish negotiations. The brief notes diplomatic pressure, public discontent, and calls for renewed peace talks amid mounting political tension.
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Belfast
Qublin
London
Bodies Tell Of Tragedy On Lake Ontario
Four men and a woman were found dead in a life boat 19 miles southwest of Stony Point on Lake Ontario after a heavy gale. The Isabella H of Oswego rescued two bodies. the City of New York freighter is missing with nine aboard.
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Associated Press
N.Y
Stony Point
Lake Ontario
Isabella H
Oswego
Wily
New York
Kingston
Ont
Alt
City of New York
Trenton
H. Randall
iSeelx’s Bay
Bandit trio fails bank robbery as fireman fights back
In Muscatine Iowa on Friday night three masked bandits tried to break into Hersh State Bank. Fireman Francis Moody, armed with only a night stick, grappled the men after being bound and gagged. Moody’s struggle may have broken a bandit’s jaw before the trio fled. A watchman found Moody nearly strangled and he was hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Hersh State Bank
Francis Moody
Moody
Receivers Named for Willys Corporation
In Toledo on November 26 Frank P. Kennison of the Ohio Savings Bank Toledo and Clem Miniger of the Electric Auto-Lite Corp Toledo were appointed receivers for the Willys corporation manufacturers of automobile accessories. The appointment was made in federal court by Judge John M. Kilis and confirmed by federal judges in New York and Newark New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Frank P. Kennison
Ohio Savings Bank
Suits for Accounting Against Five Former State Treasurers
Springfield Ill Nov 26 Suits for accounting against five former State Treasurers were begun today by Attorney General Edward Brundage. The actions cover the six terms preceding the current treasurer Edward E Miller and name all treasurers serving between 1909 and 1918. State Auditor Andrew J Russell who served as treasurer twice is a defendant in two suits. Also named are Gav Small Vernon S Curling and Edward Mitchell whose testimony supported the civil suits.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Aeninst
Edward 4. Brundage
Treasur
Edward E. Miller
Andrew Tus
Gav
Len Small
William Rye
Edward
Mitchell
Staig Treasury
Gav. Small
Vernon S
Snell
Attorder General’s Office
Football score note shows Army Navy game timing
Fragmentary OCR yields a brief football score reference involving Army and Navy with a partial timing or logistic tag. No clear teams, place, or final result is readable.
Believe Tug Crew May Still Be Alive
Renewed hope for the safety of nine Sea Eagle crew members after wreckage from off Tillamook light yielded no lifeboat timber. Capt. Gove of the Port Adams station suggested the crew might have boarded the schooner Ecola, last seen towing the Sea Parle near Coos Bar.
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United Press
Astoria
Ore
Sea Eagle
Oregon
Tillamook
Sland
Port Adamsng
Gove
Coos Bar
Hard to Get Jury for Millionaire Sheriff
In Chicago a jury pool is being formed for the trial of Jake Klein a deputy sheriff of Du Page County charged with the murder of Lea Neumann a Chicago minor. With three peremptory challenges used and three jurors tentatively chosen a special venire of 30 jurors was summoned at Isan to complete the panel.
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Chicago
Isan
Jake Klein
Fibiganire
du Pause
Klein
Lea Neumann
Gem Assay Office Robbery Nets 66000 in Diamonds
Four men entered the St Louis Refining Company gem assay offices in downtown Louis, Missouri, just before 10 a.m. and fled with diamonds and jewels valued at 66000. The bandits fired shots during their getaway in a automobile to deter pursuit.
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1 Landits
St. Jonis Refining Company
Jewel
Japanese Experts Lag in Examining Hughes Proposals
A Washington dispatch reports Japanese experts lag in examining Hughes proposals at the armament conference. The United States and Great Britain discuss inviting Germany into talks while Britain and American officials weigh steps to ease reparations and curb future naval power.
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Leonard Wood
Gene
Leonard Woot
Ren Subine
Francisco
Exnila
Britain
Tiltain
Reseas Waries
Thys
United Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
Eady
Germany
Berlin
France
Discuis Harding
Igy
Associated Press
Wenton
China
Priest Slayer Case Shrouded in Confusion at Perth Trial
Fragmentary text describes a suspect tied to a slaying linked to Mother Gelbnayls, with unclear details. Names and places are garbled, but references to a priest's killer and a coronial or legal proceeding surface. The report lacks clear dates or outcomes.
Five Men Jailed for Paxton Mail Robbery
Five men were jailed in Terre Haute on the Paxton mail robbery charge. Two are described as Negroes. They were to be heard today before United States Commissioner Clyde H. Randall. The men were arrested in Indianapolis on November 11 and brought to Paxton for processing.
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Paxton
Threats Against US Officials Reported From Juarez Letter
A letter received by Consul John W. Dye in Juarez claims Vera Cruz syndicalists threaten American officials in Mexico with death if Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. The document ties the threats to the Massachusetts payroll robbery case and cites actions linked to the two men in Charlestown.
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United
el Paso
Téx
Mexico
Nic Sacco
Bartolome Vanzetti
Massachusetts
John W. Dye
Juarez
Vera Cruz
Weather Forecast for Week in Washington DC
The Associated Press reports a week beginning Monday with near normal temperatures and precipitation in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys. Rain or snow is expected Wednesday or Thursday.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Upper Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Valle
Prohibition Chief for Illinois Appointed
Charles A Lavington is named prohibition agent for Illinois to succeed Kjellander, effective immediately. A federal firing squad unit will aid Chicago in enforcing liquor laws, as officials prepare for prominent action across the state. Kjellander hinted he may leave by May as replacement begins work.
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Associated Drego
Charles A
Haynes
Kjellander
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