Prohibition Launches Christmas Bootleg Crackdown
Prohibition officials begin a record week of enforcement with orders to recruit extra officers in major wet cities. Key targets include Pittsburgh New York Newark Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Atlanta Norfolk Richmond New Orleans Boston Washington Cincinnati Indianapolis and ports along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
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Washington
Prohibition
Pittsburgh
New York
New Jersey
Newark
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chicaio
St. Louis
Atlanta
Norfolk
Richmond
New Orleans
Boston
Snes
Cincinnati
Warsaw on verge of outbreak
Warsaw reports martial law arrests after the assassination of President Narutowtz. Polish fascist leaders threaten reprisals. Gen Pilsudski urged to stand for president while Premier Sikorski vows to defend law and order and punish the assassin.
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Warsaw
INS
M. Gabriel Narutowtz
Haller
National Assembly
Pilsudski
Ate
Sikorski
Hartford Saloonkeeper fined in Mormonism crackdown
In Hartford Albert Hirmke of 651 Barnum Avenue received a 200 dollar fine and a ten day suspended jail sentence after a Bureau of Investigation raid. Joseph Lombardi of 464 East Main Street, recent manager of the Temperance Cafe, was fined 200 dollars and ordered to serve 20 days in jail despite offering to close his business. Bonds for appeal set at 500 dollars. Also noted: Norway royalty arrival in London for Christmas. Mormon campaign reported active in Hartford with open-air baptisms planned. Berlin note: Ludwigsfh strike in Panama workers settled. strike leaders excluded from reemployment.
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Albert Hirmke
Barnum Avenue
Comley
Coumt
Hirmke
Bureau of Investigation
Joseph Lombardi
Temperance
Fast Main Street
Domenic Desire
Garbush
Hough Avenue
Lombardi
Attorne
Lombard
Joan
Comrey
Reid Hero Wallace Reid Ill With Influenza Physicians Say
Los Angeles December 18 Wallace Reid, film hero, is reported by two attending physicians to suffer from influenza not drug or alcohol abuse. He was at Hollywood sanitarium after months of illness, with initial intestinal trouble and fever. Tests for typhoid were negative. doctors noted improving nourishment and rest as fever declined.
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Reid
International News Service
Los Angeles
Calif
Wallace Reid
Jim Hero
Hollywood
Air-Dried Shelled Corn Record Is Broken
William Ff. Gilmore of Crayton Ohio set a world record in air-dried shelled corn by averaging three bushels on ten acres, based on figures released by the College of Agriculture at Ohio State University under whose auspices the contest was conducted.
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William Ff. Gilmore
Crayton
Ohio
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Railroad Cannot Relieve Coal Shortage in Connecticut
Hartford Division Superintendent Carl A. Mitchell says heavier faster shipments won’t ease the coal shortage this winter. He notes 275 cars of hard coal per day is max, with mines and railroads already strained. The week ending November 25 shows three-fifths more coal moved than last year, and extra Christmas express and mail trains run nightly from Springfield to New York and back to handle the surge.
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Connecticut
Carl A. Mitchell
Hartford
New Haven Road
New Haven
Springfield
New York
Thirty Days In Jail For Wife Beater
Joseph Hagley of 17 Maiden Lane was placed in city jail for 20 days after a Saturday night arrest by Patrolman Joseph McCarthy following a police complaint by his wife alleging assault and domestic disturbance. Hagley reportedly wrecked much of the home furnishings before officers arrived. Reymond O’Connor of 430 South Avenue, who deserted from the Army after three months’ service, was picked up yesterday by Officer Kisselbrach and will be held for Army authorities. Relatives of Flora Nichols, 55, of 50 Highland Avenue, requested a search by the bureau of missing persons for the woman who has been missing since Saturday.
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Joseph Hagley
Maiden Lane
Joseph McCarthy
Hagley
Reymond O'Connor
Southavenue
Army
Kisselbrach
Bureau of Missing Persons
Flora Nichols
Highland Avenue
Robbers Kill Man and Flee Through Crowd in Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio two masked burglars entered Frank Carfagia’s store early today and shot Felix Carfagna in the groin then escaped with 411 dollars while over 100 bystanders were held at bay during the escape.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Frank Carfagia
Felix Carfagna
sceo_ up& meade
Ship burns at sea. 25 lives lost in Marmora disaster
Constantinople reports twenty five seamen and patients perished when the French hospital ship Vinh Long burned in the Sea of Marmora on Saturday. The US destroyer Bainbridge rescued many survivors as the Greek steamer Melpo later required assistance near Immingham. A mysterious SOS from an Atlantic vessel drew no clear identifications. The Danish steamer Lithuania ran aground on Bornholm Island while en route from New York to Danzig and Tibau.
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U. S
Bainbridge
Marmora
Constantinople
Vinh-Long
Sea of Marmora
United States
Boston
Melpo
Imminghim
George Washington
John's
Washington
New York
SAS
Atlantic
Naval Communicaion Office
Copenhazen
Lituania
Danzig
Tibau
Bornholm Island
Baltic Sea
Bloody Money Evidence in Brunen Trial
Mount Holly New Jersey September 18 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Kalisch denied a motion to dismiss the murder indictment against Mrs Doris Bruen who faces trial with her brother Harry C Mohr for the death of her husband Honest John Bruch circus owner at his Riverside home on March 10 A detective testified he saw a bloodstained fifty dollar bill alleged to have funded a money order at Riverside post office
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Mount Holly
N. J
Supreme Court
Samuel Kalisch
Doris Bruen
Harry C. Mohr
John Bruch
Riveside
Buen
Bruen
Kelsey
Mehr
Riverside Post Ofice
American Woman Loses 10000 Pearl Necklace in London
London police arrested several suspects after the disappearance of a 10000 pearl necklace owned by American Mrs. Frederick Hogel visiting Sharnbrook. London reports also note actress Gladys Cooper granted divorce from Herbert Buckmaster on grounds of desertion and infidelity.
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London
Sharnbrook
Frederick Hogel
Gladys Cooper
Herbert Buckmas_ter
Penny Ante Heist Nets $10,900 in New York
In New York a sociable penny ante game turned into a robbery as two masked men entered a room where detective William Bananke and friends played for about 16 cents a pot. They demanded jewelry and cash, taking diamond pins and rings before fleeing.
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New York
Wiliam Bananke
Poisoned Candy Sent for Home Secretary
W. C. Bridgeman the British Home Secretary received a package of poisoned candy containing arsenic. The incident mirrors a recent poisoning that harmed Sir William Horwood, head of Scotland Yard, highlighting renewed security concerns in police affairs.
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W. C. Bridgeman
Sir William Horwood
Scotland Yard
Court Frees Taxi Driver Beating Suspect on Provocation
Judge Arthur M. Comley discharged Thomas McIlhoney after finding sufficient provocation in the assault on taxi driver Joseph Valentine of 85 French Street. Police tied the case to a broader taxi driver dispute sparked by the Mayer incident. Sullivan and Valentine face Fairfield town court next Thursday on $1,000 bonds for the assault on Mrs. Mayer at 80 Hazlewood Avenue.
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Joseph W. Valentine
French Street
Arthur M. Comley
Thomas Mcllhoney
State Street
Valentine
McIlhoney
James Sullivan
Warren Street
Henry Mayer
Hazlewood Avenue
Mayer
Sullivan
Fairfield
One Hurt When Bright Lights Blind Autoist
Charles M Reb reports that while driving on Huntington Turnpike last night near 11 he was blinded by oncoming headlamps causing a sharp turn and a skid into the state highway fence. The car was damaged and a passenger Miss Catherine Broszak suffered minor injuries from flying glass and was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital before going home. A second motorist, Michael Galowsky, said his car parked on State Street was struck with damage to the running board and mudguard discovered upon return. police investigating.
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Charles M. Reb
Shelton Street
Huntington Turnpike
Red
Catherine Broszak
St. Vincent's Hospital
Michael Galowsky
Waterbury
State Street
Removal of Unauthorized Gas Pumps Ordered by City Council
The fire committee of the Common Council conducted a survey of gasoline pump sites and found three pumps installed without permission. Immediate removal was ordered with warning of court action if not complied. A report was to be given at tonight's council meeting.
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Common Council
Peng
Camval
Rescue effort fails after tug Reliance wrecks off Lizard Island
Nine survivors reach shore as two lifeboats come ashore bottom up with seven missing from the Reliance wrecked in gale conditions near Lizard Islands. A search party works through snow and ice to recover the unaccounted crew and passengers, while two rescued couples reach Frather Ontario. A separate divorce case in Portland grants Mrs Madeline Masters Gron custody of their nine year old son.
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Reliance
Marie
Mich
Lizard Islands
Wednesday Gate
Frather
Ont
Mra
Fe Cook
Hiartens
Buraenan
Bursenan
Mrs. Hartens
Prather
Hood
Puct
Lake Superior
Portland
Madeline Masters Gron
Chicago
New York
Nils Gron
Lauren M. Sanborn
Ships Battle Through Lake Storms Across Superior
Chicago dispatch reports crews fight extreme seas and freezing spray on Lake Superior to keep icebound navigation open and deliver year end cargoes. The peril has cost many lives with a Canadian steamer wreck near Prtnge Lake canal and 27 more deaths added as survivors from the tug Reliance reach safety after a harrowing journey from Lizard Island.
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Chicago
A. P
Lake Superior
Prtnge Lake Ship Canal
Reliance
Lizard Island
Cautte Ste Marie
Two Dead When Still Explodes Near Mill Town
Pittsburet Dec 18. George Petrowicz 48 and John Burke 45 burned to death early today at Mill town near here in a fire officials believe started by explosion of a moonshine still. The bodies were found across the top of one still with charred remains nearby.
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Copenhagen
INS
Moscow
M. Valentinov
George Tchitcherin
Pittsburet
George Petrowicz
John Burke
Milltown
Here
Crique to Fight Johnny Kilbane in Europe
Representatives of Tom O Rourke signed Eugene Criqu the European featherweight champion to meet Johnny Kilbane the world featherweight champion in an agreement. The fight will occur during May in an American city yet to be chosen. Prince George to undergo appendicitis treatment announced by Daily Mail.
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Tom O'Rourke
Eugene Criqu
Angreement
Johnny Kilbane
Meyn
Prince George
KNIFF
London
King George
Queen Mary
The
Daily Mail
Dan O Rourke testifies in Herrin mine riot murder trial
Marion Ill Dec 18 Shot down and left to die on a roadside Dan O Rourke testified for the prosecution at the Herrin mine riot murder trial. He arrived under guard and recounts a mob dragging six men past the city cemetery and tying ropes around their necks as others describe transporting non union workers and discovering dead and wounded. The defense questions witnesses to build an alibi for the five defendants.
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Marion
Ill
A. P
Dan O'Rourke
Herrion
O'Rourke
O’rourke
Herrin City
Secution
Rourke
Howard Hoffman
Herrin
Estes
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Paris
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Poland
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New England
Oral L. Knudson
Wallen
White
Knapp
Berlin
Ludwieshhifenn
Trades Union Arbitration Board
Wiliam
Brunen
Home Secretary
WO Bridgmany
Lake Gale
Crique
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