Attorney Named to Conduct Probe Into Great Cain
Governor Alfred E. Smith names Joseph M. Proskauer, former partner of Judge J. Elkus, as special assistant district attorney to join the extraordinary grand jury probing the oversha dowing crime in New York. The move substitutes for George Gordon Battle who withdrew. Swann says the grand jury has finished labors on most cases and will also hear complaints against public officials with new hearings led by a city magistrate chosen by McAdoo.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Swan
Joseph M. Proskauer
J. Elkus
Court of Appeals
Graud
Proskauer
George Gordon Battle
Grand Jury
Throng
Smith
Strand
Swann
Sax
Swajin
McAdoo
New York County
Benowits Pleads Guilty In Income Tax Case
Hyman Benowits a New York cotton jobber and wholesaler faced a federal tax case after attempting to defraud the United States by concealing income in 1918. He pleaded guilty to filing an improper return, received a $12,000 fine and a day in prison after already paying a 4 percent penalty on the concealed tax of about 149,914 dollars.
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New York
United States
Hyman Benowits
Benowily
Ravenna
Eahler
Tax rate in Shelton likely to be higher
Shievon Dec 15 Mayor Nat Uleton calls a meeting of the board of apportionment and taxation to set a tentative city budget next year and address the Wellington vacancy. Assessors will finish the grand list soon. With a small grand list increase, a big tax rate rise is anticipated.
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Shievon
Nat Uleton
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
Joseph W. Wellington
Carine steel partners sued over $500000 profit
New York December 14 Colonel Henry P Bope senior vice president of Carnegie Steel and Ralph KR Warner nephew of Lord Witchener are defendants in a suit filed in the supreme court by Arthur TL Pearse former commissioner of the high court of adjudication in England Pearse alleges the three men were partners in a steel deal that netted about $500000 in profit and seeks a third of the amount.
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New York
Henry P. Bope
Carnegie Steel Company
Ralph KR. Warner
Lord Witchener
Supreme Court
Arthur TL. Pearse
High Court of Adjudication
England
Pearse
Police dogs poisoned in Brooklyn. five dead
New York dispatch reports twelve Brooklyn police dogs were poisoned, five killed and the rest at risk. The canines patrolled Flatbush at night, barking at suspicious smokers, alarming residents, and detaining suspects until officers arrive.
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Brooklyn
York
Flatbush
Demand Threatens Canadians Print Paper
Ottawa Ont Dec 15 An order in council has been passed giving power to R H Pringle controller of newsprint to prohibit the export of paper by any company that fails to comply with his regulations. It is said that several large Canadian daily newspapers would likely have ceased publication without this authority due to heavy demand from American publishers.
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Ottawa
Ont
R. ‘H. Pringle
Mismer Mis Knoxville Tragedy At Meriden Cutlery Firm
Misle wtkin gon age 22 was pulled from the Meriden Cutlery Company race way after leaping in She had been ill and had spoken of a recent death by her own action that of nurse Miss Emily McCarthy in Meriden Misle wtkin gon died after the incident police said her act followed the nurse’s suicide.
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Misrlown
Misle Wtkingon
Meriden Cutlery Company
Emily McCarthy
Noted Engineer Dies in London Public Works Contractor
Sir John Jackson a famed civil engineer and contractor for major public works world wide died in London today. Born in 1851 he aided landmark projects including the Manchester Ship Canal and other notable endeavors.
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London
John Jarkson
Sir John Jackson
Manchester
Stratford Odd Fellows Visit Bridgeport Brothers
More than 190 Odd Fellows from Stratford journeyed to Bridgeport to visit Harris Lodge at 1085 Broad Street. They worked the second degree on a class of candidates in full form marking a postwar reopening of fraternal exchanges. Special music accompanied the gathering and Harris Lodge hosted a banquet at the close. Over 250 members of both lodges attended, with many visitors from nearby towns.
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Bidgeport
L. Iarris Lodge
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Heative Beethe
Harris Eulertal
Dempsey Denies Blame For Brooklyn Car Smash
IW York Dec. Both sides had completed their case tonight in the trial of John J. Demps ey vice president of the New York Consolidated Railroad charged with manslaughter in the Malbone Street wreck on November 1 1918 which cost ninety lives. The case is expected to go to the jury by tomorrow. Dempsey testified five hours denying half responsibility claiming he was out of his office and ill on the day of the tragedy.
Pershing Praises Kentucky Soldiers Courage in World War
General John J. Pershing praised Kentucky soldiers for courage and loyalty during World War I at a park in Louisville. He said their steadfastness reflected Kentuckians who supported them and that they would meet postwar peace challenges. Also note: David H. Jones, head of Fabr Steamship Co., died of pneumonia in Brooklyn, a member of the New York Produce and Maritime Exchanges.
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John J. Pershing
Kentucky
Fabre Ine
New York
David Mr. H Jones
Fabr Steamship Company
Brooklyn
New York Produce Exchange
Maritim Exchange
Trusts Control Argentine Trade Exposed by Deputies
A chamber of Deputies committee reports after over a year that trusts dominate Argentina’s trade, including wine in Mendoza and meat firms, aided by high tariffs and railroad rates. It calls for reform of banks and tariff law and urges municipal cold storage and direct meat industry control.
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Buenos Artes
Dee
Chamber of Deputies
Bentina
Argentina
Mendoza
Andes
Bride From France Reunites With Bridgeport Soldier
Miss Henriette Pelletier of Limoges arrives in New York aboard the Chicago with forty war brides. She is to wed Charles T. Ives of 518 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, after serving as a nurse in French hospitals. Ives, formerly with base hospital 24, spent 18 months in France and has been home four months. Pelletier will marry as soon as transportation is arranged tonight in Fairfield Avenue home. Travelers Aid and Ives family greet her in New York and accompany her to Fairfield.
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Miss Pelletier
Pridgeport
Fairfield Avenue
Misa Pelletier
New York
Travelers' Aid Society
Mr. Tyes
Vienna mayor exposed in 13 million crown fund loss
Vienna city council learns of a 13,006,600 crown loss tied to former mayor Weisskirchner’s wartime relief fund ventures. Proceeds and charity funds were allegedly diverted to artificial cement and footwear plants, while a milk process plant and other schemes failed.
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Vienna
Kellmann
Weiss Kirchner
Weisskirchner
Shans Natner
Armmong Halfier
Vauneil
Bank Men With Guns Prepare For Attack
Regular pistol practice in a national guard armory includes Curranty Trust officials and permit holders as part of a preparedness campaign. The target work shows quickness and accuracy at an excellent level with one official scoring 24 of 30 points.
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New York
National Guard
Curranty Trust Company
Jitney Bus Knocks Down Woman on State Street
Annie Yuhan of 146 Center Street was struck by a jitney bus driven by Joseph Chernes of 674 Berkshire Avenue while alighting from a trolley at State Street near West Avenue at 7:45 last night. She sustained facial abrasions and body bruises, was treated by Dr. Pasuth, and taken home by ambulance.
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State Street
West Avennue
Annie Yuhan
Center Street
Joseph Chernes
Berkshire Avenue
Miss Yuhas
Pasuth
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