Gang Feud Fears Ties to Monk Eastman Murder
New York police amid fears of a gang feud after the Monk Eastman murder tightened city security. A large rookie police force completion and extensive city guardings were announced as officials sought to identify Eastman’s killer and his associates in a broad crackdown on crime.
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New York
Enright
Eastman
Lottie
Charles Jones
Jones
Big Jack" Zelig
Boston Red
Davidson
Third Avenue
Jack” McManus
Bowery
Coney Island
Louis Poggi
Tanner’ Smith
West Side
Rubber” Shaw
Tanner
Hoboken
Johnny Spanish
Robbbery
William Karstein
John Batagno
Joseph Port
Asa Ganin
Lower East Side
Bergen County
New Jersey
Igen County
Ohn Hather
Hawthorne
N. J
Charles Larsen
Manhattan
Ridgewood
Ned
Larsen
D’Annunzio Wounded Report Of Death Denied
London reports Gabriele D’Annunzio is said slightly wounded, with official denial of his death. Trieste notes bombardment of Fiume by regulars and navy under General Caviglia as a siege begins. Rome dispatches say miners drill under streets to blow up the town. Fiume forces reorganized, a fourth airplane captured, and talks planned with the Abbazia division commander.
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London
Gabriele D’annunzio
Milan
London Times
D’annunzio
Triest
Caviglia
Fiume
Rome
Arrests Linked to City Band Leader Larsen alias Big Swede
Men Daniel Naughton and Joseph Hughes both aged twenty three were arrested on information from Larsen alias Big Swede who police say led the band.
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Daniel Naughton
Joseph Hughes
Larsen
Big
National Boxing Governing Body Planned in New York
Delegates appointed by governors of eighteen states will meet at the International Sporting Club in New York January 10 11 and 12 to form a national governing body for professional boxing and establish standard rules across the United States.
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New York
International Sporting Club
United States
Income tax receipts exceed early Houston estimate
Washington report shows December 25 income and profits tax payments at 650.6 million dollars, above Secretary Houston’s 650 million forecast. December totals and year-to-date figures indicate gains versus last year, with a week remaining for final accounting and 1.608 billion collected since June 1.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury
California Seeks Substitute Law To Replace Japanese Restriction
Rep Kahn of California states reports Japan may drop opposition to the state’s anti landholding law. He met with American Ambassador Morris and plans a California legislative conference to discuss a substitute measure prohibiting alien land ownership, aiming to align with a forthcoming treaty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kahn
California
Roland 8S
Morris
Tokio
House
United States
State Department
Hero
Baron Shidehara
Congress
Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific Coast States
Washchairman
Indications of tariff fight in senate debate
The Senate opened a clash over the emergency tariff bill passed by the House. Democratic forces split as five minority members joined Republicans to refer the measure to the commerce committee before the finance committee. The debate included sharp attacks and a unanimous vote to send the bill to the finance committee for early consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Commerce
McCumber
North Dakota
Smoot
Utah
Harrison
Mississippi
Suspected arsonist pleads guilty to thirteen fires in Uniontown
Albert Smith aged nineteen of Fairhope was taken before Alderman J. J. Michael and pled guilty to thirteen charges of arson. He is held without bail and faces possible arraignment in common pleas court as authorities plan a mental condition investigation.
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Uniontown
Dee
Albert Smith
Fairhope
J. J. Michael
Smith
Common Pleas Court
Blue Sunday talk Bosh says Sunday amusements fine
Chicago December 27 Rev William Fleming district manager of the National Reform Association said free moving picture shows and theatrical productions on Sunday would meet no objection. He called the blue Sunday talk bosh and said the group aims to educate the public to observe Sunday and oppose commercialized amusement profiting from personal liberty debates.
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Chicago
National Reform Association
Fleming
Shooting Affray at Lisbon Station Injures Two
A shooting on the Youngstown and Ohio railroad station platform in Lisbon injures Russell Sutton in the leg and Nick Fuedele in the back cheek and arm. Fuedele is in critical condition at Salem hospital tonight.
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Depot East Liverpool
Ohio
Nick Fuedele
Salem Hospital
Youngstown and Ohio Railroad
Lisbon
Russell Sutton
Daniels Calls for International Disarmament Move
Secretary Daniels proposed that if the United States does not join the league of nations it should press for an international conference to reduce armaments. He warned that without a global agreement the U S navy would be second to none and urged legislating a 1916 style disarmament framework.
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Navy
Washington
United States
League of Nations
Daniels
Senate
Johnson
California
Congress
Wilson
League
To Organize Steel Industry Plans First Formal Meeting
Washington December 27 The new labor committee charged with organizing the steel industry plans its first formal meeting here next month. Members already here expect the initial session to survey the year’s developments since the last attempt and set grounds to renew the fight at an opportune time.
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Washington
New Labor Committee
One Killed and Forty Injured in Pittsburg Streetcar Crash
In Pittsburgh the trailer of a street car broke loose on a Forbes Street grade in the Oakland district injuring more than forty passengers and killing one man with a fractured skull. Firemen and volunteers freed victims as ambulances rushed to two hospitals after the collision near Lawn and Forbes.
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Pittsburg
Forbes Street
Oakland
East Liberty
Wilkinsburg
Lawn
Craft Avenue
Lawn Street
Preparations Advance for Matewan Killings Trials
Reports from Williamson West Virginia indicate a quiet holiday in the Mingo field as the pro visional battalion notes no disturbances. The union reports Christmas trees light at the court house and coal region camps continue, with trials of the Matewan killings suspects pending and no word from state on camps.
Harding weighs budget system and domestic issues in talks
President-elect Harding meets with Congress figures on budget plan and domestic questions in Marion Ohio. He discusses resigning his Senate seat after inauguration and the Davis administration’s plan to appoint Willis to the vacancy.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
James W. Good
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
Max Rabinoff
Chicago Opera Company
Senate
Davis
Frank TB. Willis
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Finance Committee
Oscar Strauss
Commerce and Labor
Representative Good
Congress
Good
Willis
Cox
Rabinoff
Russia
United States
Europe
Judge McGannon to Take Stand in Murder Trial
Cleveland December 27 Judge William H McGannon on trial for second degree murder in Harold C Kagy slaying of May 8 will testify in his own defense tomorrow morning denying Miss Mary E Neelys testimony the states chief witness and repeating earlier testimony from John W Joyce trial that he was not involved.
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McGannon
Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Harold C. Kagy
Mary E. Neely
John W. Joyce
Kagy
Grand Jury Makes No Report on Vickery Lynching
Fort Worth Texas December 28 The special grand jury investigating the lynching of Tom W. Vickery adjourned at noon without an indictment or a report and asked to be excused.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Tom W. Vickery
Witness Testimony Details Fatal Shooting Incident
Miss Neely testified last Tuesday she saw McGannon draw from his pocket as a shot rang out and Kagy lurched forward, presenting a key moment in the fatal shooting case.
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Miss Neely
McGannon
Kagy
Dry Welcome for 1921 in Chicago
Chicago on December 27 1920 District Attorney Charles F Clyne announced preparations for a dry welcome for 1921. The plan calls for Department of Justice and Internal Revenue agents to inspect drinks in all cases and warns places named in recent injunction proceedings.
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Chicago
Charles F. Clyne
Department of Justice
Internal Revenue
Clyne
Prohibition Agent Shot on Belair Road Incident
Baltimore date line reports Prohibition Agent Lawler Girth was shot in the head and side during a night stop on the Belair road near Kingsville. Fellow agent Fred T. Rose and two officers deny firing. One suspect Harris Brown, 20, is hospitalized in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen area.
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Baltimore
Lawler Girth
St. Joseph's Hospital
Prohibition
Belair Road
Kingsville
Harris Brown
Girth
Fred T. Rose
Brown
Best of Defences for Panama Canal
Washington outlines a plan to make the Panama Canal impregnable with enhanced fortifications. The house appropriations committee plans to deploy large caliber artillery, including preauthorized 1918 coast defense guns, next spring. An offshore island with long range rifles would receive guns once diplomacy allows. An extensive Atlantic rail system would carry heavy artillery, aiming for a chiefly impregnable canal with minimal extra cost.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama Canal
House Committee On
House
Harding
War Department
Pacific Entrance
State Department
Wisconsin brewery seeks beer for medicine
Milwaukee officials announced a Wisconsin brewery asked for permission to produce beer for medicinal use. The request was tentatively refused after physicians said some cafes preferred prescribing beer to whiskey for medical reasons.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Nelson A White
Thomas Delaney
Treasury estimates cost of bonus bill at 2.3 billion
Lee Houston presented the Treasury’s total cost estimate for all five optional provisions of the bonus bill. The plan’s maximum cost and possible revenue needs were discussed as lawmakers consider how to fund the measure amid shifting deficits and tax proposals. The secretary urged against new burdens on finances and emphasized revenue policy needs.
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Washington
Lee Hiouston
Treasury
Senate
S .i
House
McCumber
North Daakota
Houston
Treasury Administration
Plein
Congress
War Finance Corporation
T. S. Adems
Adams
Smoot
Utah
Cleveland Council Invites Mrs Terence MacSwiney as Guest
City council tonight unanimously passed a resolution inviting Mrs Terence MacSwiney wife of Cork's lord mayor who died after a hunger strike in Brixton London to visit Cleveland as the city's guest of honor A copy will be sent to Mrs Mae Swiney.
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Cleveland
City Council
Secretary Baker weighing candidates for militia bureau chief
Secretary Baker in Washington on December 27 said he has the names of several national guard officers under consideration for the post of chief of the militia bureau of the War Department but had not reached a decision on who to recommend to the president.
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Militia Bureau
Washington
Baker
War Department
Boys Charged With Robbery in City Arrests Continue
In Wheeling West Virginia eleven year old Michael Vavala and other youths were arrested on robbery charges. Police chief Harry Droks said the youngsters confessed to stealing from stores during a roundup following the arrest.
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Robbo “Erton
W. Va
Dée
Harry Droks
Younsters
Southful
Michael Vavala
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Slayer
Big City
Movement For Disarmament
Vening Post
De“ereon
Secretary of Treasury
Houstity
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