Food prices drop in 27 cities as per Labor Dept surveys
Washington reports steady declines in retail food prices for the month ending January 15 across 27 large cities. Drops range from 1 percent in New Orleans to 9 percent in Salt Lake City and Savannah, with year to date and 1913 comparison figures noted and Washington D C showing the largest 50 percent rise in 1913 comparisons.
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Department of Labor
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Nel
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Minneapolis
Norfolk
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Birmingham
Chicago
Columbus
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Kansas City
Little Rock
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Springfield
Mass
Washington Cp. C
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Seattle
Eaid
Beattie
Washington, D. C
Uncle Joe Cannon to retire from Congress at term end
Oldest House member Joseph G. Cannon tells the House he will not seek re election, planning retirement at the end of his current term. The veteran Republican from Illinois references long service and mentions stepping away from public life.
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Congress
HOUSE
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Iowa
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Massachusetts
Walsh
Wizard of bubbly Brook blamed friends for loss of millions
Chicago authorities report Raymond Bischoff, known as the wizard of bubbly stock trades, faced a $4.6 million shortfall from oil and stock yard clients. He cited a friend’s $260 loan as the start, with crowd protests and police guarding his jail appearance as investigators seek bonds and related figures.
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Chicago
Raymond J. Bischoff
Back of the Yards
Bischoff
Weekend death toll in Ireland rises to eight in Clones clash
A Saturday clash at Clones leaves four special constables killed eight wounded and six captured. Sinn Fein leader Fitzpatrick shot dead as tensions surge over Irish independence efforts and the Ulster Free State. Disputes arise over which authorities provoked the shooting and cross border police movements.
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Associated Press
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Michael Collins
Times
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Matthew Fitzpatrick
England
Irish Republican Army
Clones
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T Is
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State offers scouts trip to Yellowstone Park
Hoy Scouts from Cheyenne Laramie Casper and Sheridan may visit Yellowstone Park next summer after Governor Carey announced the state would supply vehicles for the journey. The three week trip would form a Cheyenne Laramie Casper caravan joined at Cody by a Sheridan unit with city councils to coordinate.
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Casper
Sheridan
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Cody
Cheyenne Council
Yap Treaty II Sent to Senate by President
The treaty between the United States and Japan fixing Yap Island status and allocating wireless and cable rights on and from that island was sent to the Senate today by President Harding.
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Japan
Yap
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Harding
Harding Nominates California Lawyer for China U S D A
President Harding submits nominations to the Senate naming Leonard G. Husar of California to be district attorney for the United States court for China. The action flags U S appointment plans amid ongoing foreign policy considerations.
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Senate
Harding
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California
United States Court For China
Robbery at Washington Hotel Nets $100000 in Jewelry
Bandits looted safety deposit boxes at the Washington hotel early today and forced the night clerk H. A. Crofton to open the safe. Jewelry valued at $100,000 belonged to guests, with $60,0 from the cash drawer. The banker’s wife nearby at the hotel reported a $1,000 loss. Clark Zork, once linked to a baseball scandal, also stayed there and claimed $760 loss.
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Bandite
Washington Hotel
H. A. Crofton
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Clark Zork
Man Held On Grave Charge In Track Tragedy
Windsor Conn Feb 13 Joseph Stroff was jailed after allegedly attempting to end his wife’s life by holding her on trolley tracks as a car approached. The vehicle struck, crushing her right leg and leading to amputation. The motorman saw the act and halted only seconds before impact.
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Joseph Stroff
Stroff
Christian Science Monitor shifts to afternoon daily inland editions
The Christian Science Monitor will be issued as an afternoon paper starting today with inland local editions. It has been published daily except Sundays for many months and will now appear soon after midnight.
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Boston
The
Christian Science Monitor
Eagle Victim in Mountain Fight With Soldier
Near Los Andes Chile a soldier killed in a struggle with a huge eagle after shooting it. The bird, wounded with a broken wing, dragged the trigger of the soldier’s gun and fired, mortally wounding him before companions carried both their fallen comrade and the wounded eagle to Los Andes.
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Santiago
Chile
Associated Press
Los Andes
Suniey
Cagie
Basin high school bond issue approved for $40,000
Basin Wyoming voters approved a $40,000 school bond to finance an addition to Basin high school. Construction is planned as soon as ground frost ends. The measure passed at an election held Saturday with turnout noted.
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ISUE
Basin
Wyo
Basin High School
Resolution denounces Chauri Chaitra violence in Congress
In Bardoli on February 11 the working committee of the national congress adopted a resolution deploring the Chauri Chaitra outbreak and calling for suspension of civil disobedience until violent feelings subside.
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British India
Associated Press
Chauri Chaitra
The
National Congress
Mary Miles Minter says she has told everything
Mary Miles Minter motion picture actress issued a statement via her attorneys asserting she has told investigators all she knows about the William Desmond Taylor murder. She praises Taylor as a friend and insists she could not conceive of anyone harming him. Minter says she would aid the case and met Taylor in 1919 at age 17.
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Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
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Mr. Taylor
Mabel Normand
New York
Claude BE. Normand
Weat Brighton
Mr. Normand
Mamma
Mabel
Navy to Cut Personnel to Ninety Thousand for Next Year
Secretary Denby urged the House Naval Committee to set Navy strength at 90 000 sailors and 6 000 apprentices for the coming year down from 100 000 and 6 000 respectively He also proposed reducing academy admissions to three per congressman instead of five and placing 100 destroyers out of commission Personal costs would fall by about 70 million dollars next year Denby noted wartime reductions since 1919 and warned the navy would take time to return to normal Andrew Denby’s statements touched on Great Britain’s post conference naval plans
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Denby
House Naval Committee
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Annapolia
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Tenby
Great Britain
25000 Cotton Mill Workers Strike in Atlantic States
The strike affects mills in New Hampshire and Lowell Massachusetts with about 26 000 workers protesting wage cuts up to 20 percent. Some mills cut hours from 48 to 44 while others maintain pay. Rhode Island mills continue a three week strike by 13 008 workers. National Guard cavalrymen stand ready in Providence to answer any call.
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Alleged Slayer Denies Part In Fighting Posse
Frank Toster, indicted in Clarke county for murder, was brought from Wichita to Creston Iowa and denies belonging to the group that fired on a sheriff a piano resulting in Jones’s death and three injuries. Sheriff Hol West says he knows nothing of a confessed statement. Toster’s preliminary hearing is set for early next week.
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Clarke County
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Tenyearold Louise Coffenstein Faces Fifth Pin Removal
A ten year old girl from Wichita Kansas, Louise Coffenstein, is set for her fifth operation to remove a pin lodged in her hip after she swallowed a tin pin during play with a doll. The case was reported from Philadelphia.
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Louise § Coffenstein
Wichita
Kana
Dolla
Bonus program stalled as finance plan goes to president
Washington dispatch reports conferences on soldier bonus funding delayed awaiting President Harding’s review of a bond financed cash feature. McCumber and Smoot push up to 360 million dollars in annual bonds over three years, opposing tax increases including higher stamp taxes and a 244 percent corporate profit tax. Mondell voices skepticism as MacGregor urges beer tax to fund the bonus amid prohibition criticism.
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Republican House
Revolt in Michoacan Prompts Federal Response
The municipal president of Patzcuaro Michoacan with 30 followers rebelled against the state government. Reports say General Carlos Greene left the capital for Tabasco to foment revolt while General Benardo orders were given to suppress disorders in Chihuahua. The war office calls the uprisings minor.
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Pateouary
Michoacan
Erlua
Francaisco J. Musica
Berrano
Carlos T. Greene
Tabasco
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Berrane
Juan Almanan
Chihuahua
War Office
Tong war on coast feared across Chinese communities
West coast Chinese tongmen feared a widening tong war after shootings last night left two dead and a third wounded in Seattle and a man slain in Butte. A San Jose victim was shot fatally or near death. Police tied attacks to tong rivalries with several arrests amid Chinatown tensions.
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Wash
Butte
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Ankl
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Toneo
Bank in ChereKwe to close doors and seek liquidation
In CHEREGKWE Iowa the Security National Bank has closed its doors following a recommendation by the examiner and will enter voluntary liquidation. The move ends the bank's operations in the city as officials announce efforts to settle affairs and protect depositors.
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