Reed Accuses Whitewashing Of Debt Deals To Aid International Financiers
The Senate debated the Italian debt settlement with Senator Reed of Missouri leading opposition. Reed charged whitewashing by supporters of the agreements, citing high interest loans from New York bankers and potential future costs to American taxpayers. Debates and notices for a full division on the debt settlements followed.
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Reed of
Missouri
Washington
Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
Reed
Dem
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Debt Commission
Rep
Utah
Italy
New York
Harrison
Miss
Howell
Neb
England
France
Benatar Keen
Africa
Johnson
Cal
Norris
McKellar
Tenn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Longworths to Christen Daughter on Christmas
Speaker of the House and Mrs Nicholas Longworth will christen their daughter Paulina on Christmas. An intimate gathering will attend with Mrs Medill McCormick of Chicago and her daughter Patricia McCormick serving as godparents arriving for the ceremony.
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Longworths
Daughter
New York World News Service
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Paulina
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Patricia McCormick
Family faces tragedy from infected meat on rural farm
In Jackson Minnesota officials opened efforts to raise funds for the Henry Kuehl family after two children died and nine others fell seriously ill from eating tainted meat. Eleven family members have been ill for four weeks on a remote farm twenty eight miles southwest of Jackson.
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Jackson, Minn
Henry Kuehl
Here
Duplex Ads and Quick Sales Reported in Tribune
J. R. Bohannon of Norwood received two Commercial Tribune ads showing a St. Louis lower flat for rent and a St. Louis apartment building for sale. The flat rented immediately and the building sale closed in three days. He credits the right prospects and quick results to the ads. Call Betty Bell at CANAL 6300 to buy sell or exchange.
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J. R. Bohannon
Norwood
Commercial Tribune
St. Louis
Mr. Bohannon
Betty Bell
Canal 6300
Verdict hinges on ten minutes in insurance case
New York Dec 16 A jury in Judge Winslow s court awarded Mrs. Miller widow of Arthur Miller $129 598 63 from Penn Mutual Insurance Co. The liability hinged on a ten minute window as Miller died around 3 00 p m and policy would have lapsed at 3 p m court records show.
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New York
Winslow
Arthur Miller
New Rochelle
Penn Mutual Insurance Company
Miller
Widow seeks 25,000 in alienation suit against ex mayor
Providence reports Bertha Jette, wife of Charles Lord's accuser, visiting Lord's home after court action by her husband. Jette claims Lord, ex mayor of Central Falls, and Bertha's mother of two, were involved with his wife. Lord denies wrongdoing and calls the suit cowardly.
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New York World News Service
Providence
R. I
Bertha A. Jette
Charles S. Lord
Central Falls
Jette
Lord
Bertha Jette
Pawtucket
H. and B. Machine Company
Aviation Department
Signal Corps
United States Army
Wheat Advances Surplus Doubted
In Chicago trading on December 16 wheat prices rose late after earlier declines from optimistic Argentine crop reports. George Saunders of Armour Grain questioned the Argentine yield estimates as politically influenced. Prices finished up 3 to 4 cents with December at 1.75, corn and oats mixed.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
South America
George E. Saunders
Armour Grain Company
Saunders
Gould Heirs Excluded From Fortunes Trust Fund
New York December 16 judgment in the New York Supreme Court excludes George J Gould's three children by his second wife from a 4 million dollar trust set up by George Jay Gould for the Gould fortune. Guardian Thomas F Keogh plans an appeal. A separate case involves 6 000 minority stockholders of the Gould Denver Rio Grande Railroad seeking accounting for 200 million dollars claimed as losses by directors.
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New York
George J. Gould
New York Supreme Court
George Jay Gould
George Sinclair Gould
Jane Sinclair Gould
Guinivere Gould
Guinivere Sinclair
Thomas F. Keogh
Gould
Gould Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
House OKs modified inheritance tax rates in revenue bill
In a seventh day of debate the House accepted the modified inheritance tax provisions amid sharp exchanges. The plan trims the top rate from 40 to 20 percent on over 10 million and raises the state tax credit to 80 percent, with broader lower brackets and a 1 percent minimum on the second 50 thousand.
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Washington
Rainey
Illinois
Ways and Means Committee
Bryan
Wilson
Green
Florida
Blanton
Dem
Tex
Texas
Frank W. Mondell
House
Representative Madden
Rep
Ill
Representative Mills
N. Y
Mills
Boy dies after shinny game blow at Jewish Hospital
Elmer Hoseus seven-year-old of Paxton road died two days after a head injury from a shinny game with a wood golf stick. The blow fractured his skull causing cerebral hemorrhages. Coroner Handley investigates as family mourns. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. with services at home and burial in Walnut Hills Cemetery.
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Elmer Hoseus
Paxton Road
Helen Hoseus Emrick
Arthur L. Emrick
Jewish Hospital
Edward King
Lexington Avenue
Handley
Elmer
Lottie Emrick
Louis
Virginia
Romer
George H. Rohde
Delta Avenue
Linwood Road
Hyde Park
Walnut Hills Protestant Cemetery
Crowded Brooklyn Hold Up Seen as Movie Thriller
A gang in Brooklyn posed as actors and staged a film style hold up at the Nittaly Republican Club, robbing 12 members of $550 in cash and jewelry while a motion picture camera rolled. The crime, mistaken for a movie, was not revealed until today as the robbers escaped in a car with the camera.
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New York
Nittaly Republican Club
Brooklyn
Posers-by
Sir Basil Thomson Faces Charges Amid Continent Escape
London December 16 Sir Basil Thomson ex wartime head of Britain’s Secret Service faces a Hyde Park misconduct charge with Felma de Lara. He allegedly gave a false name to park police and may have left England to avoid prosecution, while Parliament presses for action. Thomson, 64, once led Scotland Yard’s special branch and later wrote on secret service work.
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Arthur E. Mann
New York World News Service
London
Sir Basil Thomson
Secret Service
Felma de Lara
Hyde Park
Basil
Marylebone
Sir Basil
Hugh Thomson
Park
England
Labor M.p.s
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Roger Casement
Scotland Yard
Colonial Service
Tonga
Dartmoor
Wormwood Scrubbs
York
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. .Co
Divorce Asked by Lionel Atwill and Elsie Mackay
New York December 16 Lionel Atwill stage lover and producer files for divorce from actress wife Elsie Mackay naming English actor Max Montesole as co respondent. Mrs Atwill seeks 350 a week alimony and 7500 in counsel fees. An earlier raid on an apartment connected to the case was reported with officers and a chauffeur present.
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New York
Lionel Atwill
Elsie Mackay
Atwill
West Sixty Eighth Street
Montesole
Farrell Found Dead In Subdivision Ravine With Revolver
How ard Farrell of East End a painter with Farrell Brothers was found face down in a ravine near Club Crest Hyde Park with a bullet wound and a new revolver. Police and the coroner favored suicide but family and workers urged a full investigation amid claims of threats by a named woman related to lodge membership. Two alibis covered the wife and her husband as officers pursued possible motives including liquor-law violator activity. Farrell is survived by his wife two children his parents and two brothers.
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Howard Farrell
Setchell Avenue
East End
Farrell Brothers
Club Crest
Marburg Avenue
Hyde Park
Farrell
Handley
John Farrell
Charles M. Pence
Maple Drive
Rawson Kopittke Company
General Contractors
Pillars Club
Meyer
Tekulve and Graber
Royal Anch Masons
Council No. 1, Jr. O. U. A. M
Schroeder
Eastern Avenue
Geo W. Farrell
John and
William Farrell
Many Afflicted Beg For Admittance to Tuberculosis Sanitorium
Officials describe a grave, crowded tuberculosis sanatorium where dozens are turned away daily due to a lack of room and funds. Dr. Bachmeyer cites no immediate relief as the city and county face financial strain and limited space.
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Tuberculosis Sanitorium
A. C. Bachmeyer
The
Commercial Tribune
General Hospital
Bachmeyer
Guerley Road
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Rare Baltimore oriole found near Cincinnati after Michigan loss
Fred Hirth offered a $1000 reward for the safe return of his pet Baltimore oriole that vanished from his Michigan home last Saturday. A farmer near Cincinnati telegraphed that the bird was found and in the end Mrs Hirth and her daughter raced by car to Cincinnati to reclaim the tame bird. The witness confirmed the bird’s blue color with golden spots and its tame behavior.
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Michigan
Cincinnati
Grand Rapids
Mich
Fred H. Hirth
Hamsi
Hirth
Fred Biehl
United States
Cleves Pike
Bridgetown
William Zaeske
Pike
Biehl
Queen Mother Margherita Condition Worsens in Italy
Rome reports Queen Mother Margherita, 75, has influenza with lung inflammation and pleurisy. Doctors say not desperate, though she cannot rest. She remains cheerful sending messages to the King as air at Bordighera is hoped to aid recovery.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Margherita
Gazetta
Percarolo
Bordighera
Riviera
Margherites
Red Cross
Europe
Giovanna
Umberto
N. World News
T Right
Paes. Pub. Co
Kirby Jurors Retire Deliberate Ten Hours
Federal Jury deliberating the fate of Josiah Kirby, former President of the Cleveland Discount Company, was ordered locked in a hotel at 10 45 tonight after almost ten hours without a verdict. Judge Killits held Kirby responsible for the company’s affairs and the mailing of 13 statements to stockholders.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Killits
Discount Company
Kirby
Illinois Bars Women Jurors
In a Springfield decision, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that women cannot serve as jurors. The ruling hinges on statutes using masculine terms, holding the jury list to include only male electors despite the 19th Amendment.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Supreme Court
H. B. Fyfe
Hannah Beye Fyfe
Cook County
Stampede at Montmagny Theater Kills Boy, 25 Hurt
A fire in a Montmagny Quebec theater caused a panic last night as a film caught fire. A boy was crushed to death and twenty five people were seriously injured in the stampede seeking exits.
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Associated Press
Montmagney
Quebec
Treasurer's Loan Arranged With Bank For High Rate Profit Split
A report states money deposited by the treasurer was lent at a high rate and the profits split with him by the bank. The arrangement raises questions about fiduciary duties and potential conflict of interest within the organization.
Illinois Governor Ordered to Account for $1 Million Interest
Illinois Supreme Court rules Governor Small must account for about $1,000,000 in interest on state funds withheld via the Grant Park Bank scheme. Court upholds lower court, cites secret agreement and misused funds. governor vows rehearing and cites evidence of full payment.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield
Ill
Ilinois Supreme Court
Lén Small
Illinois
Waukegan
Chicago
Grant Park Bank
Small
Supreme Court
E. C. Curtis
Chicago Packers
Verne
Teg Mais Acre
Duncan
Cheentea
Edward J. Brundage
Fred Sterling
Andrew Russell
William Ryan, Jr
Edward E. Mitchell
Bank Robbers Loosen Safe in Washington Ark Heist
Robbers, believed to be five, blew open the Washington bank safe and fled with 9000 dollars after two hours of resistance by villagers. A Hope posse joined by Mrs. Laverne Wilson fired on the robbers as shots rang out in the town. one man was wounded, but the suspects escaped into surrounding woods.
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Washington, Ark
Hope
Ark
Laverne Wilson
Two Gunmen Rob Cleveland Woman After Threats
In Cleveland on December 16, two armed men forced 58 year old Mrs. Elsie Wood to open a home trunk and surrender $50 in cash under threat of instant death. The suspects fled.
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The
Associated Press
Cleveland
Elsie Wood
College Dinner Blamed for 24 Typhoid Cases
In Lansing Michigan on December 16 two former state officials are among those attacked by typhoid fever after a November 18 dinner in Eaton Rapids honoring Michigan State College coeds. The first death was reported today and twenty four cases have developed including Loren N Dickinson former Lieutenant Governor and James B Bradley former Auditor General and eight students.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Eaton Rapids
Michigan State College
R. M. Olin
Loren N. Dickinson
James B. Bradley
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Elenore Meherin
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