Robber Chief Leads Nationwide Mail Theft Ring Indicted
John W. Worthington head of Central Securities and Owen Evans faced federal indictment as leaders in a vast mail robbery conspiracy stretching from New York to San Francisco. Twenty others, many prominent, named in a wide ranging charge as investigators seized books and assets valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars with millions in potential losses. Federal agents pursued further arrests nationwide while highlighting connections to Arnstein and a Wall Street gang. Worthington, once jailed for a confidence game, is described as the “wizard of overmoked finance” with a long trail of sensational arrests and evasions.
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Chicago
John W. Worthington
Central Securities Company
LaLine Street
New York
San Francisco
Owen T. Hvans
Ingsk
Waukegmg
Central Ruse Company
Securities Company
Department of Justice
Nlain
Arnstein. Worthington
Nicky” Arnstein
Wall Street
Luodis
Worthington
Evans
Central Trust Company
United
John V. Ciplang
Sing Sing
William A. Sinkerton
Lmelight
Chienga
First National Bank
Wall Street Band
Europe
Cmcago
Seattle
Federal tax revisions proposed by Mellon and Mejion
Washington reports Secretary of the Treasury Mellon urged the house ways and means committee to adopt a tax revision plan. It would tax automobiles and cut transportation costs by half for one year and repeal the tax a year later, aiming to raise 3 to 4 billion dollars this fiscal year while reducing other taxes by about 300 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Mejion
City Starts 300-Worker Public Works Project
Racine launches a municipal program with about 300 men reporting to department heads to work on streets, cemeteries and park improvements. The $150,000 bond issue funds the effort and employment continues as long as the bond lasts. some workers are on the city charity list based on family size and ability.
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Tracine
Famine Grips Russia as Refugees Surge Toward Moscow
Report cites rumors of mass starvation with six million people said to head for Moscow. Mutinies, martial law claims, and refugee movements across Petrograd Samara Taushoff Voronesh cited. casualties rise and children abandoned.
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Berlin
Moscow
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Paviovsky
Taushoff
Peausa
Voronesh
Diem
Tainboft
Samara
Prohibition Action Targets Wisconsin Breweries
Prohibition Commissioner Smith ordered the arrest of Andrew Vigeher, owner of Piscchér Beverage in Oconomowoc, and shut down Fischer's brewery. Officials say the plants supplied southern saloons and violated the prohibition law by manufacturing and selling a drink labeled nonintoxicating yet containing nearly 2 percent alcohol.
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Madison
W Ang
Andrew Vigeher
Piscchér Beverage Company
Oconomowoc
Prohitmvien
Smith
Fischer's
Lielth
Wisconsin
Road closures leave Arkansas and Missouri workers jobless
Warrison Arkansas August 2. Suspension of operations on the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad cuts rail service across northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri. Hundreds of thousands of residents lose rail access and more than 100,000 people face unemployment as towns cope by shifting to automobile travel from nearby lines. The railroad spans from Joplin Missouri to Helena Arkansas a distance of 72 miles.
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Arkansas
Warrison
Ark
Arkansan
Migsouri
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Roa
Joplin
Helena
WU Tulles
Mondell Declares Candidacy for U.S. Senate
Representative Frank W Mondell, Republican House leader, announces his bid for the U S Senate from Wyoming in the next year. Mondell has served in the House for over twenty five years, entering in the Fifty fourth Congress and returning after a defeat. He seeks the seat as Senator Kendrick Democrat faces re election.
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House
Kendrick
Washington
Frank W. Mondel
United States
Wyoming
Kenfirick
Cotton Gains $3 A Bale As Low July Crop Report Hits
New Orleans reports the July 25 crop condition at the lowest on record at 60 percent of normal, forecasting the smallest crop in a quarter century. The result is a cotton price rise of about $3 per bale in New Orleans markets. In Detroit A B Clark, aged sixty seven, is jailed for forging Henry Ford’s name on a $9,000 check. He allegedly presented it at a local bank and admitted the forgery.
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New Orleans
Ford
Detroit
Mich
A. B. Clark
Henry Ford Ag Indorser
Clark
Relief Chief Ordered to Riga in Soviet Prisoner Deal
Walter Lyman Brown, European director of the American Relief Administration, is ordered to Riga to negotiate with Soviet officials on releasing American prisoners and starting aid to famine and cholera stricken Russia. Hoover states no public fund drive is needed and food shipments could begin once an agreement with Russia is reached.
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Walter Lyman Brown
Letvia City
Washington
Commerce Hoover
Russia
Hoover
Relef Commission
Maxii Gorky
Kamenof
Central Executive Reef Committee
Mr. Hoover
Sir. Gorky
American Relief Administration
Brown
Moscow
Reval
Riga
Messrs. Gorky and
Kamenell
Danzig
Rugstans
Sid Hatfield is killed in Welch West Virginia
Welch West Virginia August 2 Sniney Hatfield and Boward Chambers two of the principal defendants in the great murder trial at Williamson were shot and killed here by P W Lively. The men were in town to face trial for the Mohawk shooting. Hatfield attempted to shoot Lively but Lively drew first and killed Hatfield.
Plague Serum Sale Reported to U S Institutes
An American Institute offered two million dollars for the right to dispense the Spahlinger serum for tuberculosis in the United States. Rockefeller Institute plans to send specialists to Geneva Spahlinger laboratory to obtain the serum composition. Doctor Spachtinger, Swiss bacteriologist, spoke of the offer in London during the tuberculosis conference. Governments of Portugal, Brazil, Spain and Belgium had previously adopted the serum, making the inventor wealthy.
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London
United States
Frimong Spalinger
Spachtinger
Mmade
Stockefeller Institute
Portugal
Brazil
Spain
Belgium
Spahlinger
Umbersten
Rockefeller Insitute
Spuhbiinger
Geneva
Yesterday's Games and Monday's Results in Baseball
In the National League Philadelphia 0 Chicago 1 New York 6 Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 7 Boston 2 Brooklyn blank St Lovin 7 American League Chiraco 5 Philadelphia & New York 5 Cleveland 2 Boston 2 St Louis a Washington 1 Detroit 0
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Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Lovin
Chiraco
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Cage
Loman
United States asked to authorize Liberia loan payments
Washington reports that legislation to authorize payments to Liberia under the 7 million dollar loan previously arranged is sought by President Harding. A Hughes letter to the President states an oral U S obligation exists, and Harding notes the need for Congress approval to avoid an unfulfillable executive obligation.
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Washington
Liberia
Presting
Senate
Hughes
United States
Harding
Coolidge
Congress
Chicago Robbers Net 3905 From Edward Rydzewski
Five robbers in a blue touring car robbed Edward Rydzewski at 7830 South Shore Drive of 3903 dollars while he was a messenger from the Ogden Avenue bank. Police believe the same gang may be linked to a prior Borden branch heist that yielded about 4000 dollars.
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Chicago
Edward Rydzewski
South Shore Drive
Ogden Avenue Bank
Borden [Robe Uty Company
Twenty-fourth Street
South Crawford Avenue
Borden
Widow Leaps From Waldorf Astoria Window
August 2 in New York City Mrs Film Van Nostrand eighty widow of Townes Van Nostrand a leading Brooklyn civil war figure died after leaping from a twelfth story window at the Waldorf Astoria police said heat may have driven her to the act she was described as distraught by the intense heat and age confirms the family connection to the Brooklyn notable.
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New York
the Waldorf
Astoria
Film van Nostrand
Townes van Nostrand
Brooklyn
President Harding Departs for Plymouth Tercentenary Parade
President Harding arrives aboard the Mayflower and joins in Plymouth Mass tercentenary ceremonies. A 100000 strong parade including direct descendants and none other than Indian allies marks the day as he delivers a speech urging disarmament and a new era of peace. The address highlights faith in lasting freedom and the nation’s leadership in world affairs.
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Plymouth
Mass
Harding
Omer
United States
Hiding
Enrone
America
Australia
Jamestown
Tim
Washington
Commonwealths
Earth
Pouch With $5,000 Missing in Cleveland Heist
A mall pouch believed to hold over $5,000 in currency and jewels was stolen from postal substation EB in Cleveland. Authorities seek four clerks who left the station at 3 a.m. in connection with the incident.
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Cleveland
Record Crop Outlook From Western Canada Promises Rich Returns
Favorable weather and fertile land in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta forecast an early bountiful harvest. Wheat heads heavy and yields expected to set records with corn sunflowers and alfalfa expanding. Silos rising as farmers shift toward intensive farming and mixed operations amid lower costs and rising output prospects.
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Union
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Tims
Red River
Rocky Mountains
Peace River
Pmarie
Sityx
Eryirle
Vite Couver
Food needs of growing girls match rising boy appetite
Dr Du Bois findings that growing boys require about 25 percent more food than men are echoed by Dr Benedict and Dr Hendry in studies of girls aged twelve to seventeen. The Journal of the American Medical Association notes that high energy activities in children justify their large appetites as they grow.
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F. du Bais
F. G
Benedict
Mary ¥. Hendry
du Bois
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Disagreed. Judge ill as jury clash sparks debate
A Yonkers Statesman item notes tension in court as a judge appears unwell while a jury dispute unfolds. The exchange hints at a heated moment over a rejected lover’s situation, reflecting street and courthouse chatter in Gotham.
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Church
Gotham
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J. W. Worthington
Aid
Millona
Leat
Racine
Pety Pla
Close Wisconsin Brewery
Mondell
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AGG Daily ME
Sid Hatfield
Witnese
U. S
Rockefeller Institute
U.S
Negro Republic
Bank Mee Benger
Pilgrim Shrine
Western Canada
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