Probe names Brother-in-Law Bolling in shipping board case
Tucker Sands testifies before the Walsh committee that R. W. Bolling, Lester Sisler, John Cranor, and Sands himself were involved in a scheme to disburse more than 380,000 related to Downey shipbuilding contracts. The witness claimed notes as payments or loans and described a 40,000 split among four men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Sisler
John Cranor
New York
United States Shipping Board
Wallace-Downey Shipbuilding Company
Tucker Sands
Walsh Committee
Shipping Board
R. W. Bolling
Wilson
John
Sands
Alfred W. McCann
New York Globe
McCann
Sand
Howver
Walsh
Kelly
Bolling
Sisler
Commercial National Bank of Washington
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Downey
Downey
Washington
Cranor
Vam Mages
Ohio County Official Vote Tallies Released
Ohio County results show W W Trent narrowly ahead for superintendent of schools with 12 912 votes to 12 319 for George Ford. Koontz leads Montgomery for governor, while the good roads amendment fails and the legislative measure passes. Counts cover president supreme court and other state offices with four counties still pending.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. W. Trent
Ohio County
Secretary of State
Trent
George Ford
Montgomery
Koents. Morgan
Boone
Pleasants
Boane
Websters
Cox
Harding
Supreme Court
Somerville
Lively
Koontz
Morgan
Miller
Young
Ford
Herald
Johnson
Newton
Bond
Brannon
England
N. Miller
Stewart
Breweries Face Seizure Over High Alcohol Content
Washington on November 20 reports that all breweries manufacturing beer containing more than one half of one percent alcohol will be seized by the federal government, according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bolling Denies Bribery Charges as Groundless Claim
Washington and New York reports state R W Bolling treasurer of the shipping board is absolved after Walsh committee testimony. Chairman Benson says Bolling’s explanation is perfectly satisfactory and finds no grain of truth in the allegations. Justice Department inquiry found no corroborating evidence and deems the matter closed.
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Washington
Benson
Shipping Board
Walsh Committee
New York
R. W. Bolling
Bolling
Wilson
Sands
Walsh
Admiral Benson Aid
Division of Investigation
Frank Fae
Downey Shipbuilding Company
Tucker Sands
Department of Justice
Thompson
Burke
Downey Shipbuilding Corporation of
Two Youths Planned Mail Car Robbery in Iowa
Council Bluffs Iowa November 20 two youths Orville Phillips and Fred Poffenberger both under twenty planned the Chicago Burlington and Quincy mail car robbery committed a week ago tonight they confessed to Inspector Claud Glenn federal officers pursue further details in a theft estimated at more than three million dollars in property.
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Council Bluffs
Orville Phillips
Fred Poffenberger
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Mall
Claud Glenn
Council] Bluffs
Glenn
Fire loss tops two and a half million in New Orleans blaze
New Orleans reports indicate the riverfront fire may cost at least 2.5 million dollars and possibly as high as 4 million. The flames destroyed 2,600 feet of riverfront from Desire to Independence streets, fueled by sparks from a switch engine. The banana wharf, eight government box cars, two derricks, and the stern of the steamship Poncelot were damaged amid the downtown fire.
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New Orleans
Hayden Wrenn
Board of Sport Commissioners
Independence
Port Losses Covered by Special Fund for Exports
The document notes the port commission faces losses on export geared goods and that such losses are not insured. A special sinking fund exists to cover these cases, while reference is made to the Mexican gunboat Jaragoz.
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Port Commission
Jaragoz
Unsup ported Vouchers Plague Shipping Board Audit
Washington reports that about one quarter of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation disbursements from Oct 1918 to Feb 1920 lacked proper supporting papers. The audit tallies total outlays at 2.733 billion with 1.184 billion disapproved for lack of documentation, though some credits reduced the net disallowance to 1.114 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Houston
Comptroller of the Treasury
Congress
Fleet Corporation
Comptroller
Martin J. Gillen
Shipping Board
John Barton Payne
Congressional Select Committee On Shipping Board
New York
Warwick
United States Often Referred In League Assembly
At Geneva on November 20 the United States is not represented by a delegate yet is frequently cited. Canadian delegate Newton Rowell warned the assembly against any policy meddling in domestic affairs. He said Canada will not consent to league interference and noted the U S. south of Canada cannot join if such interference is pretended.
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Associated Press
Geneva
United States
Assembly of
League of Nations
Newton Rowell
Assembly
Canada
Rowell
League
Morristown Man Sentenced to Life In Prison
Morristown Pa November 20. A life term with separate and solitary confinement at hard labor in the Philadelphia state penitentiary was given to August Pascal alias Pasquale the crank and Blakeley Coughlin aged June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
State
Philadelphia
August Pascal
Pasquale
Blakeley Coughlin
Native of Haiti Beaten to Death Delays Haiti Inquiry
Port au Prince Haiti November 20 A gendarme Simon Gabot testified that Lieutenant Williams beat a Haitian man to death in January 1919 delaying the naval court of inquiry investigating killings of Haitians by U S marines. The court asks Secretary Daniels whether Williams will be sent to face the accuser or waive a hearing. The case of Freeman Lang a former marine corporal charged with killing three Haitian prisoners was closed for now while he is allowed to submit a written defense.
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Associated Press
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Simon Gabot
Williams
Naval Court of Inquiry
Dorcas Williams
Quantico
Washington
John A. LeJeune
Marine Corps
Daniels
Gabot
Garnier Jean
Jean
Wife accused of stove burncase prompts police inquiry
Pat Child on Stove New York reports Grace Randell claims her husband has treated her coldly since the boy’s birth. Neighbors aided police to remove the seven month old from a red hot stove. doctors fear possible death from severe burns. The husband is in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Child
New York
Grace Randell
Brooklyn
Representative Garland Funeral Attended by Twenty
Speaker Gillette named a twenty member committee from the House to attend the funeral of Representative M. M. Garland of Pennsylvania, who died here last night. The service is expected to be held in Pittsburgh likely on Monday.
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Washington
Gillett
House of Representatives
M. M. Garland
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Greeks to vote on return of Constantine throne
Athens reports that the Greek people will vote on November 28 on the question of restoring Constantine to the throne. The cabinet has ordered a plebiscite. Constantine has cabled he will await the vote result before returning to Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Athens
Constantine
Greece
Big Coal Land Deal in Jefferson County Sale
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on November 20 a syndicate announced the sale of five thousand acres of Jefferson county oil land. The deal involves Deveville, Pennsylvania and marks a major coal land transaction for the region.
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Clearfield
Jefferson County
Oral Lande Sr
Deveeville
Harding Journey Continues Aboard Parismina
President-elect Warren G. Harding sails toward Panama on the Parismina from New Orleans. The voyage proceeds through a calm sea with light rain and moderate wind forecast for the moment. Harding spends much of the day on deck as his party travels toward the first vacation stage.
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Parismina
Associated Press
Warren G. Harding
New Orleans
Panama
Campaign party rests aboard ship after Texas trip
The candidate Harding remained in her state room today on advice of her aides. She was not ill and her appetite remained good, needing rest after the campaign excitement and New Orleans welcome. The Parismina left the Gulf for the Yucatan channel encountering green waters, currents, and warm heat. A shipboard picture show capped the afternoon entertainment.
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Harding
Texas
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan
Guba
Woman Elected Constable in West Virginia District
Official returns received by the secretary of state show Annie Fowler elected constable in Lee district Calhoun county in the November 2 election by unanimous vote. No candidate opposed her, and her name was written in by enough voters to secure the seat. Secretary Houston G. Young reports.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lee
Calhoun County
Annie Powlers
Marttal
Annie Fowler
Houston G. Young
Standard Apple Basket Urged
Apple growers of Martinsburg West Virginia urged a standard basket in a report from a special committee. They will seek representation by the West Virginia horticultural association at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Washington next Tuesday to discuss freight rate increases and perishable fruit shipment restrictions.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia Horticultural Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Smallpox Epidemic Hits Port au Prince Haiti
A smallpox outbreak in Port au Prince Haiti has 314 cases in the general hospital all natives. The American colony is affected and authorities estimate over a thousand additional cases exist around the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Haiti
General Hospital
Pittsburg Jury Summons Witnesses in May Primaries Fraud
A federal grand jury in Pittsburg summoned sixty two residents from the first ward to testify next Tuesday about alleged election fraud in the May primaries. The case involves J. M. Morin and P. J. Sullivan contesting the thirty first district Congressional nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Federal Grand Jury
J. M. Morin
P. J. Sullivan
Great Military Activity Reported in Cork Counties
The Globe reports major military activity in Bailydehob and Shull, County Cork, Ireland. Troops with rifles and machine guns have left Skibbereen to round up members of the republican army.
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London
Globe
Bailydehob
Shull
County Cork
Ireland
Skibbereen
Nobel Prize Named for Wilson as Peace Laureate
Stockholm reports President Woodrow Wilson will receive the 1920 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize committee's official announcement is expected by late November.
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Stockholm
Woodrow Wilson
Measures to safeguard large population centers from coal shortage
New York report to city health department by the joint coal committee recommends state legislation for union incorporation and making strikes felonies unless approved by votes. It urges ICC priority shipments to big population centers during coal emergencies and directs anthracite producers to sell only to established dealers.
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New York
City Health Department
Joint Coal Committee For
New York City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Anthracite Producers’ Association
Man Fatally Struck by Car in Wheeling
John Garay thirty five an employee of the Weirton Steel Mill was killed when struck by an automobile driven by Dr. W D Davis in Wheeling West Virginia on November twentieth He crossed the street and did not see the approaching vehicle His skull was fractured in the fatal incident
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Wheeling
W. Va
John Garay
Weirton Steel Mill
W. D. Davis
Garay
French Warship Shells Theodosia in East Crimea Action
French destroyers shelled Theodosia in East Crimea on November 17. Two sailors aboard the French vessels were wounded in the bombardment.
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Theodosia
Constantinople
Asia
Crimea
Ee Frenc Estroyers
Cost of Living Drops in New York November Period
A New York report shows the cost of living fell nearly two percent from November 16 to November 16 as measured by an unnamed agency. The decline reflects lower prices across several consumer categories and impacts households dependent on fixed incomes.
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New York
Geartee
WVU blank Bethany as Yale Harvard clash headlines grid slate
West Virginia defeated Bethany 20 0 in Morgantown as Lytle and backs powered three WVU touchdowns. Harvard beat Yale 9 0 at Yale Bowl with a kicking offense and three field goals in a crowded New Haven scene. Ohio State edged Illinois 7 0 in Urbana to capture the Western Conference title.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Bethany College
West Virginia University
Mountaineers
Bethany
West Virginia
Quart Johnson
Stewart
Smith
Lytle
Martin
Beck
Lentz
Condemine
Mountaineer
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Piis
Elis
Crimson
Cambridge
Aborween
Urbana
Ill
Ohio State
Illinois
Myers
Workman
Pete Stinchcomb
Kiant Ohio
Illinies
Ohio
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Willard Hotel
Wash
F Walsh
Kelley
Mas Bolling
Congressional Investigating Committee
Joseph Walsh
Massachusetts
Uncle Sam
League of Nations Assembly
Freeman Lang
Lang
Yucatan Channel
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