Crowell and six dollar a year men indicted in war fraud case
Benedict Crowell former assistant secretary of war and six Council of National Defense members are indicted by a grand jury on conspiracy to defraud the government in war camp construction. Co defendants include William A. Starrett Morton C. Tuttle Clemens W. Lundis Clair Foster John H. McGibbons and James A. Mears.
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Washington
Associated Trees
Benedict Crowell
Wilson
Council of National Defense
Grand Jury
William A. Starrett
Morton C. Tuttle
Clemens W. Lundis
Clair Foster
John H. McGibbons
James A. Mears
United States
Army appropriation bills indicts on postwar cantonment costs
The indictment charges that after Armistice Day 1918 the defendants obligated the government for 86.66 million dollars in additional cantonment construction work, with over 11 million on cost plus beet type contracts, amid 1916 and 1917 appropriation actions.
Pugilistic Fiesta Ends in Brawl on Set
A Universal City film shoot for a prize fight scene drew 800 extras. Two tired spectators started a brawl that escalated, dragging police into the street and wrecking the arena.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Universal City
Here
Louisiana Klan Probes Morehouse Mystery In Kidnap Murder Case
Bastrop Louisiana December 30 Associated Press Morehouse case fans spread of investigations as state prepares for Friday open hearing. Reports say Justice Department agents may hide actions of secret groups along the Louisiana Arkansas line and Klansmen may aid probes into the Bas trop Morehouse highway outrage.
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Associated Press
Louisiana-Arkansas
Kn Klaus Klan
Louisiana
Bastrop-Moretouge Haihway
Old Morehouse
Mores House
New Orleans
Morehouse Klan
B. M. McKain
Met Rouge
Baltimore
Weather Forecast for Denver and Southwest States
Denver and New Mexico expect fair Sunday then unsettled and warmer Monday with possible snow in the north and rain in the southwest. Arizona forecast: increasing clouds, rain or snow in the north, warmer Monday with rain in the south and snow in the north, followed by colder conditions in the north and west with strong southerly winds.
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Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
University Weather Report For Twenty Four Hours
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended at 6 p m yesterday recorded by the university show a high of 39 and a low near 0 with a small precipitation total. Humidity rose from about 0.67 to 0.438 with northwest winds and a clear day.
Prospering Era Predicted for U S Railroads Next Year
Julius H L Parmalee, director of the bureau of railway economics, says telegraphic reports from railways indicate a coming year of prosperity. Net operating income rose to 145 million dollars with a 4.5 percent return on ICC valuation, while gross revenues surpassed 1921 by 30 million, costs down 140 million, taxes at a record 500 million.
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Washington
Dee
Julius HL. Parmalee
Bureau of Railway Economics
Parmalee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor Elect Hinkle Arrives in Santa Fe for Inauguration
Governor elect James F. Hinkle and his family arrived from Roswell to oversee New Mexico’s inauguration on New Year’s Day. The program includes a noon oath in the House chamber administered by Chief Justice Parker, a 2:20 to 5:20 public reception at the state museum, a 5,000 foot aerial fireworks show, and a 10 p.m. inaugural ball at La Fonda. A large crowd and a Roswell Pecos Valley train delegation are expected.
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James F. Hinkle
Hinkle
Roswell
Hall of Representative
Capitol
Parker
Supreme Court
State Museum
Lowell Yorke
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico National Guard
Pleads Guilty to Robbery and Is Sentenced to Prison
Dan Rearden was sentenced to ten to fourteen years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to robbery. He was arrested in connection with the attack and robbery of Clara Burnett at the home of M. C. Yates on Christmas night. Miss Hurnett testified in court that Rearden forced her to marry him, attacked her, bound and gagged her, and ransacked the house before fleeing.
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Colo
Dan Rearden
State Penitentiary
Rearden
Trinidad
Clara Burnett
M. C. Yates
Misa Hurnett
Reardon
Yates
Death of W F Gallup Santa Fe foreman at La Jolla
The Santa Fe hospital in La Jolla treated W F Gallup who died Friday. Gallup was general foreman of Santa Fe roundhouses in the city. He had been in declining health for over a year, with the last weeks especially difficult. he was accompanied by his wife and L KVAbie.
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Naton
SN. M
W. F. Gallop
Santa Fe
la Jupita
L. Kvabie
Gallup
Washington Happenings In Tabloid Form
The day in Washington covers adjournments over New Year’s, post office funding, naval and aviation bills, and federal court talks. Harding backs battleship modernization funds, commutes eight IWW sentences, and indicts war officials over wartime contracts.
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Washington
McCormick Heir Keeps Vigil as Krenn Wedding Rumor Swirls
Chicago dispatch reports Edith Rockefeller McCormick under close media guard at her Lake Shore drive mansion as Edwin Krenn, Swiss architect, is traced from a hotel to a possible wedding party. A daylong vigil ends with McCormick entertaining friends at the opera while divorcee status noted.
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Lake Snare Drive
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Edwin Krenn
Krenn
Society Editora
No New Year’s Day Reception At White House
There will be no New Year’s day reception at the White House Monday. The traditional open house to New Year’s Visitors, discontinued by President Wilson and revived by President Harding last year, had to be abandoned on account of Mrs. Harding’s illness. The president will spend the day quietly with his wife, who is convalescing slowly. A few intimate friends probably will call during the day and Mrs. Harding is expected to preside at New Year’s dinner in the state dining room.
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Washington
Dee
Wison
Harding
Robberives Palmer House Funds in Wide Theft
A robber robbed Palmer House head bookkeeper Mrs Watherine Donovan of between 5000 and 19000 dollars this afternoon. She was knocked unconscious and the thief escaped with hotel funds. The Palmer House is a famed Chicago hotel dating to the world fair era.
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Chicago
Naval measure passes without Borah rider
The Senate approved a $526,000,000 naval appropriation bill after withdrawing Senator Borah’s amendment for a world economic conference. The bill advances without the House’s request to negotiate naval armament limits with major powers and adjourns for New Year. Senate rules reform likely to follow next week.
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Senate
Berah
Idaho
House
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
King
Utah
Smoot
Jones
Washington
Panthers Beat Stanford 16 to 7 in Bowl Clash
Pittsburgh Panthers defeated Stanford University 16 to 7 before about 10 000 fans at Stanford. Stanford showed defense through three quarters, but Pitt dominated most phases. Captain Holloran played last minutes as Pitt pushed into Stanford territory before the game ended.
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Stanford University
University of Pittsburgh Panther
Stanford
Pitt
Holloran
Panthers
Pittsburgh
Government briefs challenge Supreme Court jurisdiction in liquor ban appeals
The U S government filed two briefs arguing Congress extends prohibition to American ships on the high seas and contesting foreign lines right to appeal. It contends foreign firms can be sued only with consent and warns of cargo and sea store liquor as a national policy issue.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Judge Hand
New York
Congresa
Siil
Congress
United States
Companienn
Treasury Department
International Mercantile Marine
Railways set record car orders amid largest shortage
Chicago reports Railways ordered freight cars 173 858 and passenger cars 2 403 in 1922 far above 1921 levels while locomotive orders 2 456 topped every year since 1918. Total car and locomotive spending is placed at 471 224 900 with 66 262 freight cars built in 1921.
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Chicago
Railway Age
Debarment Threat for Sprinter Jose Ray in AAU Case
New York December 29 Jose W Ray of Chicago long distance runner and national mile champion faces permanent debarment as an amateur athlete after December 31 unless he refunds $100 to the Amateur Athletic Union by midnight tomorrow. AAU secretary Frederick W Rubien said Ray had not yet returned the funds though he expected him to do so and to begin an indoor campaign early in the new year.
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New York
Jose W. Ray
Chicago
Amateur Athletic Union
Frederick W. Rubien
Ray
Chicago Star
Bentley dies of apoplexy at Stanford football game
Charles H. Bentley vice president of California Packing and prominent San Francisco resident died of apoplexy while attending the Stanford versus Pittsburgh football game in Stanford California today. The incident occurred during the event attracting notable figures from California business circles.
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Stanford University
Calif
Charles H. Bentley
The
California Packing Corporation
San Francisco
Stanford
Pittwourgh
Freedom For 3 If They Leave United States
President Harding granted clemency to eight former Industrial Workers of the World members sentenced at Leavenworth for conspiracy and wartime law violations. They may be freed if they depart the United States within sixty days, with bonds to cover preparations and embarkation abroad.
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Industrial Workers of the World
Leavenworth
Harding
United States
White House
Department of Justice
Pardon Granted by Governor for Life Termer Eytinge
Louie Victor Eytinge, once sentenced to life for murder in Arizona, received parole from Governor Thomas E Campbell. While imprisoned since 1907 he wrote fiction and contributed to Liberty Loan campaigns. Parole depends on accepting a New York publishing firm offer of 6900 dollars yearly and takes effect immediately.
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Ariz
Louie Victor Eytinge
Hhe
Arizona State Penitentiary
Thomas E. Campbell
Eytinge
Arizona Desert
State Penitentiary
United States Liberty Loan
Campbell
Evtinge
New York
Soviet appeal at Lausanne seeks universal disarmament
Tehicherin, Moscow’s foreign minister, urged recognition and outlined Soviet aims for universal naval and land disarmament, peace, and productive work. He urged cooperation with the American people and called for a conference on minority status while noting the Danube and Balkans federation as a path to peace.
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Associated Press
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Lausanne
Near East
Turkey
Black Sea
Moscow
Danube
Balkans
Optimista
Mosul
Ismet Pasha
Angola
Paris
Eytinge Paroled After Long Murder Sentence
Florence Arizona parolee Louis Victor Eytinge released from the state penitentiary after more than fifteen years of a life term for murder said he would head to Los Angeles via Phoenix that night and then proceed to New York to take a position offered by a publishing house.
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Florence
Ariz
Dee
Louis Victor Eytinge
Arizona State Penitentiary
Campbell
Los Angeles
Phoenix
New York
Two Arrests After Discovery Of Federal Reserve Notes
In Denver detectives arrested Miss Margaret Yard and James Martin alias Ryan after more than 10000 dollars in Federal Reserve bank notes were found in a trunk at Union Depot. Police tied the case to a Kansas City bank robbery and said the couple had been moving toward San Francisco. The money was in a plush suitcase in the trunk.
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Denver
Colo
Federal Reserve Bank
Union Depot
Margaret Yard
Pretty
James Martin
Ryan
Kansas City
San Francisco
Union Station
Lewis and Dempsey Announce Mixed Go
San Francisco announced a planned mixed match between Jack Dempsey and Ed Lewis. Lewis produced signed articles drawn in Wichita and signed by Jack Kearns. Details to be worked out, date and place not disclosed.
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San Francisco
Calif
Dee
Strangler
Lewis
Jack Dempsey
Wichita
Kans
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Promoter Denies Signed Bout Offer in Wichita
Wichita promoter Tom Law says he knows nothing of signed articles drawn in Wichita for a $3.2 million mixed bout proposed for Ed Strangler Lewis and Jack Dempsey, with the offer presented to Jack Kearns on December 17.
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Wichita
Kans. Dee
Tom Law
Ed ‘Strangler’ Lewis
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Liquor Confiscated at Fraternity Dance Citywide Raid
Council Bluffs Iowa December 30 Mayor Lou Zurmuehten led a police squad to a high school fraternity dance and confiscated 20 quarts of liquor cached in a rear automobile. He pledged to stop such parties saying if these high school kids need a guardian then I will be their guardian.
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Council Bluffs
Towa
Lou Zurmuehten
Tragic Gas Asphyxiation Kills Syracuse Family
Mrs Catherine Simone and her four children died from gas from a kitchen range and water heater in Syracuse early today. Simone, a night worker, found their bodies after returning home overwhelmed by the sight. Authorities described the incident as a fatal gas leak in the home.
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Syracuse
Catherine R
Simone
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