Two Men Charged In Bank Robbery and Milltown Murder
New Jersey officials report arrests in New York of two men tied to the Milltown bank robbery. They, with their wives, were found with part of the loot and firearms. The case also involves the murder of jeweler Edwin M. Andrews and a broader push for a national police bureau.
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Milltown Bank
New York
Trenton
N. J
Washington
Edwards
New Jersey
Enright
New York City
United States
England
Mexico
Scotland Yard
Pwright
New York State
Dill
First National Bank
Milltown
Edwin M. Andrews
Fifth Avenue
Liberty
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Jerome B. Cha
Harry Bitzberger
Sete Resi
Andrews
Government Answers Western Union Injunction Suit
Washington reports the government admitted interfering with the landing of the Western Union cable from Barbadoes and said actions followed President Wilsons orders. Colby Baker and Daniels argue an injunction would harm US interests and hinder diplomacy on cable negotiations with foreign states. Colby contends the landing privilege hinges on equal foreign access for American cables.
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Washington
Western Union
Barbadoes
Wilson
Colby, Baker and Daniels
District Court
Telegraph Company
Cabinet Ieers
United States
Colby
British Western Telegraph Company
Barbadose
Brazil
Bank Robbers Caught After Mill Town Heist
A December 20 bank holdup in Mill Town led to binding and gagging the watchman then fleeing with stolen gems valued at $100000. A posse pursued through the Jersey marshes, two men were captured, and they implicated others in a string of sensational robberies across the country. The suspects linked to a Philadelphia robbery and a Leavenworth sentence, with an escape from New Bedford penitentiary.
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Chaffee
Bitzberger
Milltown
Jersey
Philadelphia
Leavenworth Penitentiary
New Bedford
Mass
Plot to free convicts triggers Arkansas National Guard mobilization
Governor Brough said late last night that credible reports of a state penitentiary jailbreak plot prompted the Pine Bluff unit of the Arkansas National Guard to mobilize. The plan reportedly sought the release of life-term murder inmates Tom Slaughter and Fulton Green, Oklahoma outlaws.
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Little Rock, Ark
State Penitentiary
Pine Bileff Machine Gun Company
Arkansas National Guard
Brough
Tom Slaughter
Fulton Green
Oklahoma
Uncle Joe Cannon Establishes New American Record
Washington reports that Speaker Joseph Cannon set a new American record for length of service in Congress. He passed Justin Morrill’s forty three years nine months and twenty four days, with future plans to add more time before leaving not yet certain. Champ Clark will lead tomorrow’s ceremonies as Cannon speaks and others offer remarks.
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Washington
Joe” Cannon
War Horse
House of Representatives
Justin Smith Morrill
Vermont
Gladstone
House of Commons
Uncle Joe
Champ Clark
Mr. Cannon
Capitol
Cannon
Congress
Guilford
N. C
Judge Harold A Ritz Heads West Virginia Supreme Court
In Charleston on December 28 Judge Harold A Ritz of Bluefield was named president of the state supreme court of appeals succeeding Judge L Judson Williams whose term ends Friday. Ritz has served four years on the state supreme bench and former Assistant Attorney General Frank Lively of Charleston was elected for twelve years to fill the Williams vacancy.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harold A. Ritz
Bluefield
State Supreme Court of Appeals
L. Judson Williams
Lewisburg
Ritz
State Supreme Bench
Williams
Frank Lively
De Valera Still In Seclusion As Reports Vary
In New York on December 28 De Valera described as president of the Irish republic remains in seclusion, with his secretary saying he cannot give any tip about his plans. Roland denied cabled reports that the Irish president was en route to Ireland or England.
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de Valera
New York
Irish Republic
Atlantic
Roland
Ireland
England
Toledo man held on suspicion of hotel robbery
Suspected of robbery Charles Wehner of Toledo Ohio was arrested in Philadelphia and held by police on suspicion of being one of three men who robbed Owen C Linthwaite of Red Bank New Jersey and H L Worley of Newark in a New York Hotel Astor room on December 15. The prisoner is also known as Charles Wilson.
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Philadelphia
Charles Wehner
Toledo
Ohio
Owen C. Linthwaite
Red Bank
N. J
H. L. Worley
Newark
Hotel Astor
New York
Charles Wilson
Hurley Sees Rush for Moonshine After Prohibition Raid
Reports say Hurley Michigan laughed at a federal raid by 48 agents and 57 prisoners. Within fifty minutes of agents leaving for Ashland Wisconsin moonshine liquor was on sale in Hurley. Bystanders claim anyone who knew the ropes could buy liquor by the quarter case tonight.
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Hurley Ironwood
Mich
Hurley
Ashland
Wis
Gaid
Potters Union Leader May Reconsider Resignation
East Liverpool Dec 28 President Edward Menge of the National Brotherhood of Cooperative Potters may rethink his January 1 resignation. After a meeting of the executive board he is said to be in ill health and urged to take a leave of absence.
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East Liverpool
Edward Menge
National Brotherhood of Co-operative Potters
Menge
Barbershop Robbed in Chester West Virginia
W C Smith a barber was held up inside his shop today by an unmasked bandit who pressed a revolver to his side and forced him to surrender 47 dollars. A Confederate of the highwayman kept guard outside during the robbery. Both bandits escaped.
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Chester
W. Va
W. C. Smith
West Virginia University Basketball Players Return for January Games
Eighteen men of the West Virginia University basketball squad will resume practice in Morgantown after Christmas vacation. The opening contest is January 5 against Davis and Elkins College, followed by a game with Carnegie Tech on January 8.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Fighteen
West Virginia University
Davis and Elkins College
Carnegie Tech
Edwin Dunn, Early Ballad Singer, Found Dead at Home
J Bernard Dyllyn known as Edwin Dunn, famed baritone who popularized After the Ball, was found dead from asphyxiation in his New York home. He was born in Brooklyn sixty seven years ago.
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Edwin v
New York
J. Bernard Dyllyn
Edwin Dunn
Brooklyn
Destructive Wilmington Leather Plant Fire Burns Eleven Buildings
A massive blaze at the Wilmington Leather Company plant in Wilmington Delaware destroyed eleven buildings and caused damages estimated at over 2.5 million dollars. Fire departments fought the blaze from shortly before six until ten PM with limited control as flames raged through the site.
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Wilmington Leather Company
Wilmington
Del
Norfolk and Western Plans $25 Million in Improvements
Roanoke December 28 Special Plans call for expanding facilities with $25 million for track extensions and more rolling stock. Five hundred all steel flats, 1000 coal cars and ten mallet engines are to be built. Freight car efficiency rose in 1920. no wage cuts anticipated. 67 workers over 70 to retire on pension January 1.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
L. E. Johnson
Norfolk and Western
Clara Zetkin Disrupts French Socialist Congress
Clara Zetkin, German Reichstag member and Third International leader, surprised the French socialist congress in Tours. Guards escorted her to the platform as delegates cheered while doors were locked and communications cut off. She spoke for about thirty minutes before leaving with a small escort.
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Associated Press
Tours
France
Clara Zetkin
Reichstag
The
Third Internationale
M. Frossard
French Socialist Party
Madame Zetkin
Memorial Council to Decide on $1,000,000 Memorial
Morgantown W Va December 28 The memorial council will meet at Fairmont Thursday to decide whether to continue or terminate the campaign to raise one million dollars for a memorial building on the West Virginia University campus. President F B Trotter called the meeting. Subscriptions and expenditures to date will be reported.
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Morgantown
W Va
West Virginia University
Memorial Council
Fairmont
F. B. Trotter
Seventy Arrests in Raid on Hurley SaloonS
Federal prohibition agents from Chicago conducted a large raid in Hurley Wisconsin arresting about seventy people. Thirty seven saloons were searched and two bob sleds loaded with liquor were seized, per Joseph Callahan in charge of the mission.
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Hurley
Wis
Prohibition
Joseph Callahan
Chicago
Striking Miners at Auburn Kentucky Face Eviction
Judgment in 27 eviction cases favoring F. A. Lindsay of Auburn Coal Corp at McCarr Kentucky grants immediate eviction of strikers. Mine work remains available, with eviction or employment as options. District in Tug River area has been quiet with the strike ongoing since July 1.
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Williamson
W. Va
Pikeville
Pike County
Kentucky
F. A. Lindsay
Auburn Coal Corporation
McCarr
Williamson Coal Operators Association
Tug River
Lindsay
Auburn
Harding Near Decision on Key Cabinet Posts
President elect Harding weighs multiple candidates for top posts as weeks of talks in Marion reveal tentative listings for secretary of state secretary of the treasury and other senior roles. Officials foresee possible shifts and a final choice in coming weeks with state and treasury names likely announced first.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Charlies BE. Hughes
New York
Charlies G. Dawes
Illinois
the Treasury
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Navy
Wii H. Hays
Indiana
Interior
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Agriculture
Herbert Hoover
California
Harry M. Daugherty
Mr. Harding
Treasury
A. T. Hart
Kentucky
Judge McGannon Denies Murder Charges In Court
Cleveland municipal court Judge William H. McGannon testified in his own defense denying all accusations in the second degree murder case involving Harold C. Kagy. He was the defense’s final witness as the state paused its case and reserved rebuttal rights for James Y. McCaffery.
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Cleveland, O
William H. McGannon
Municipal Court
Harold C. Kagy
James Y. McCaffery
Civic vigilantes organize in Parkersburg
Parkersburg authorities say they have evidence to arrest in the December 20 shooting of Stedman L. Bryan as he entered his brother in law W. T. Rittenhouse home at the Parkersburg Country Club. The case follows a spate of recent crimes in the community.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Stedman L. Bryan
W. T. Rittenhouse
Parkersburg Country Club
Fugitive Arrested In Pittsburg For Platinum Crucible Theft
Pittsburg police turn over Truman Willis a fugitive charged with stealing platinum crucibles from West Virginia University. He awaits transfer to Morgantown for trial.
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Pittsburg
Truman Willis
West Virginia
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Vigilante Civic Committee Aids Night Police Raids
A civic committee of vigilantes is formed to aid police patrols at night with patrolmen ordered to clear youths by eleven and question anyone on streets after midnight. The city acquires a bloodhound to aid repression of future lawlessness while Superintendent Simpson directs raids on alleged gambling houses and orders them shut.
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Simpson
Public Safety Department
Murderer of American Arrested in Mexico Case
The murderer of John Berens an American mining man killed last month in the state of Mexico has been arrested and is held for trial in Michigan. The embassy cited a Mexico City newspaper report from December 26 as the source of the arrest information.
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Washington
John Berens
Mexico
Michiacan
State Department
Mexico City
Mexican Fuel Problem Improves Amid Coal Flows
Mexican consulate officials report the fuel shortage easing as 25 to 35 carloads of coal are produced daily in the Coahuila fields. Meanwhile 200 carloads of American coal wait in Eagle Pass yards for motive power to proceed into Mexico.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Coahuhila
Southern Pacific
Mexico
Poison gas as supreme weapon of next great war
Washington experts say Britain's dyestuffs act signals poison gas as the likely supreme war weapon. The law blocks imports for ten years to foster a self sufficient dye industry, while German dyes may enter via export routes, shaping US industry and wartime gas production capability.
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Washington
Great Britain
England
United Kingdom
War Trade Board
Advisers Split Over League as Harding Eyes World Peace Plan
Marion Ohio December 28 former Versailles league backers Porter McCumber and Oscar Strass offered opposing views to President-elect Harding on how to pursue world peace McCumber urged setting the league aside in favor of arbitration treaties and a disarmament accord Strass favored a continued role for the league in a new peace effort Both agreed on uniting the country behind an international program.
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Harding
Marion
Ohio
Association of Nations
League of Versailles
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
League
Oscar Strass
New York
Turkey
United States
Senate
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Dismissal of 47 federal prohibition officers reported
New York report says forty seven federal prohibition enforcement agents were dismissed from the staff of the supervising enforcement agent in New York in the last two weeks, including twenty today. Officials did not confirm, but the Department of Justice and others from Washington are said to have been conducting a months long investigation into the enforcement agents.
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New York
Department of Justice
Washington
Banker Howland Sentenced For Embezzlement In Barre Vermont
Frank G. Howland president of the Barre Savings Bank and Trust Company received a four to seven year sentence at hard labor in state prison after pleading guilty to embezzling funds. The 50 year old has served in Vermont’s legislature and been active in local affairs.
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Barre
Frank G. Howland
Barre Savings Bank and Trust Company
Howland
Vermont
Sugar Contract Upheld In Chicago Firm Case
In San Francisco on December 28 Judge Benjamin F. Bledsoe of the U S district court upheld a contract between the Continental Candy Company of Chicago and a sugar supplier. The decision declared the price of 19 66 per hundred pounds for 1250 tons of java sugar valid despite current market at 7 per hundred.
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San Francisco
Cal
Continental Candy Company of
Chicago
Benjamin F. Bledsoe
United States District Court
Masters and Engineers Vow to Honor Wage Scale in Harbor Strike
New York December 28 officials of the masters mates and pilots association and the marine engineers association said they will abide by the recently signed scale agreement and will not join the harbor labor union's strike called for January 1.
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New York
Masters, Mates and Pilots Association
Marine Engineers Association
Harbor Bost
Three Die In Head-On Express Crash Near Harrisville
At a crossing near Harrisville Indiana a freight express crashed into a car killing Otto Culbertson a 33 year old Indiana man his wife and their six year old daughter instantly.
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Greenville
Ohio
Otto Culbertson
Ind
Harrisville
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New Deal
Peace Society
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