Hungarian Prince Arrested in Budapest for Forged French Banknotes
Prince Windisch Graetz a Hungarian royalist leader was seized in his Budapest palace on charges of heading a plot to counterfeit French 1000 franc notes. Three Hungarian suspects were arrested in Holland and at the palace. police chief Nadasy was removed for negligence as detectives linked the fake bills to Hungarian printing machines.
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Budapest
Ludwig Windisch-Graetz
Charles
Holland
Prince Windisch-Graetz
Paris
Prince Windisch- Chaetz
Nadosy
Castile
Jankovitch
Marsowsky
George Mankowitz
Hopland
Windisch Iaetz
Rabat
Koraes
France
Hungary
Prague
N. Y
Berlin Marries Ellin Mackay in Civil Ceremony
Irving Berlin, the Russian immigrant turned songwriter, wed Ellin Mackay daughter of Clarence Mackay in New York City. The bride, 22, and groom, 37, were married by Deputy City Clerk McCormick. witnesses included Ben Bloom and the Winslows. The couple plans a European honeymoon aboard the Leviathan with a $5,000 Presidential suite.
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New York
Irving Berlin
Bowery
Ellin Mackay
Clarence E. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
McCormick
Mackay
Miss Mackay
Berlin
Mr. Berlin
Mr. Winslow
Mrs. Berlin
Hungarian Prince Arrested Over 30 Billion Franc Counterfeit Plot
A forged 1 000 franc note sent to Amsterdam from Budapest sparked the arrest of Prince Ludwig Windisch Graetz. Dutch and French investigators tie the forgers to a large scheme thought to involve 30,000,000 counterfeit bills. The Hungarian cabinet vowed vigorous action against all implicated officials.
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Holland
Associated Press
Budapest
Amsterdam
Ludwig Windisch-Graetz
Koracs
Severin
Admiral Horthy
Prince Ludwig
Germany
Hungary
Classified Ads Appeal to Cincinnati Workers
The Commercial Tribune promotes efficient ads aimed at Cincinnati workers. Betty Bell offers help to craft a compelling morning classified ad and invites readers to call her for assistance.
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Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Betty Bell
Jewel theft suit over Saxonia voyage noted in 1911 case
Mrs Rose Douglas Lewis wife of former Senator J Hamilton Lewis sues Cunard Line seeking 25000 for jewels stolen from her stateroom on the liner Saxonia during a Boston to Liverpool passage in 1911. An earlier bill was dismissed after the theft tale lacked pressure.
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Chicago
Cunard LA
Rose Douglas Lewis
J. Hamilton Lewis
Two Arrested in Plot To Wipe Out Osage Family for Fortune
Oklahoma City reports federal and state authorities arrested W. E. Hale and Ernest Burkhart in Pawhuska on murder charges tied to a Osage family killings case. The probe targets a conspiracy to gain a $2 million Osage fortune by eliminating family members, with ties to a dynamiting in Fairfax in 1922.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Pawhuska
Guthrie
W. E. Hale
Osage Hills
Ernest Burkhart
Iff
W. E. Smith
Sixteen convicts move to Leavenworth in whisky conspiracy case
Sixteen men from St Louis and Cincinnati convicted December 18 of conspiracy to steal bonded whisky from the Jack Daniel Distillery begin federal prison terms at Leavenworth after traveling by Pullman from a busy station. The group included former Internal Revenue official Arnold Helmich and other political figures.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Jack Daniel
Joly
Leavenworth
Arnold Helmich
Internal Revenue
John Marcus
Toledo
United States
Marcus
Nathan Goldstein
Department of Justice
King proposes Senate inquiry into federal banking system
Senator King introduces a resolution for a Senate inquiry into the federal banking system and amends the Federal Reserve Act to add a ninth member representing state banks and trust companies. He argues close ties between big bankers and brokers fuel watered stock and urges equal footing for state institutions with national banks within the reserve system.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Es King
Dem
Utah
Federal Reserve Board
King
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Three Federal Prisoners Testify Before Oklahoma Grand Jury
Three prisoners from Leavenworth Federal Prison will be moved to Oklahoma City to testify before a grand jury about suspected knowledge of the Osage murders. The inmates are Walter Philpot Price Bowles and John Henderson all noted as liquor law violators.
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Oklahoma
Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kan
Oklahoma City
Walter Philpot
Price Bowles
John Henderson
Osage killings confession names contractor and killer
Bert H. Lawson confessed at Leavenworth Penitentiary that W. H. Hale of Fairfax hired him to light a fuse connected to a bomb in the Smith home. The blast killed W. E. Smith his wife and a girl servant.
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Hale
Pawhuska
Fairfax
Burkhart
Osage Country
Texas
Lawson
Smith
Bloyd
Osage County
Associated Press
Okla
Bert H. Lawson
Leavenworth Penitentiary
W. H. Hale
Smith Home
W. E. Smith
Women’s feet grow larger says hosiery executive
New York World News Service reports Newark January 4. A. W. Fraser production manager for a hosiery firm cites factory charts showing a shift in shoe sizes from 8% to 10 with growing demand for larger sizes. He attributes this to more women taking part in strenuous sports and predicts future convergence of women’s and men’s foot sizes.
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New York World News Service
Newark
N. J
A. W. Fraser
Frasey
America
Fraser
OUST U S A INSTRUCTOR FINED IN RUM CASE
Dabney Horton, graduate English instructor at Ohio State University, was fined 800 dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace Holcomb after a raid on his home. Defense lawyers announced an appeal to Common Pleas Court and a new trial motion was denied. Horton, suspended, was dismissed from the faculty by Acting President Rightmire.
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Columbus, O
Dabney Horton
Ohio State University
Justice of the Peace Holcomb
Common Pleas Court
Justice Holcomb
Horton
Rightmire
Justice Court
J C Osgood Dies Founder of Fuel Firms
John Cleveland Osgood aged 74, founder and former president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and at his death president of the Victor American Fuel Company, died at his Red Stone home from cancer. Survived by a widow. He left CFIC after 1903 battles between Rockefeller and Gates interests and organized Victor American Fuel Company. Company properties then valued at 40 to 50 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Red Stone
John Cleveland Osgood
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Victor American Fuel Company
Osgood
Rockefeller
John W. Gates
Starts Sea Trip in Catboat Iris Sets Sail for Panama Route
W F Kohler novelist his twenty year old daughter Virginia and John Wallace photographer sailed from San Pedro California yesterday in a twenty six foot catboat the Iris for New York by way of Panama.
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San Pedro
Cal
W. F. Kohler
Virginia
John Wallace
New York
Panama
Prisoner Identified as Suspect in Chicago Murder Case
Chicago police bulletin photographs identify John Redding serving at San Quentin as Robert B. Scott, sought for the murder of Joseph Maurer, a Chicago drug store clerk. Scott’s brother Russell was convicted for Maurer’s slaying and later declared insane.
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San Francisco
Chicago
John Redding
San Quentin Prison
Robert B. Scott
Joseph Maurer
Duncan Matheson
Scott
Russell
Maurer
Redding
Illinois
San Quentin
Robert
Russell Scott
Mariposa County
Hunted Brother Suspect in Maurer Killing Across Nation
CHICAGO Jan 4 Robert Scott alias John Redding is hunted nationwide after brother Russell Scott is implicated in the Russell Maurer drug clerk robbery and killing. Russell facing hanging escaped multiple times. a telegram supposedly from Robert delayed his execution. Russell later deemed insane and confined. Robert's wife said to live under an assumed name in an Eastern city.
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Chicago
Robert Scott
San Quentin
John Redding
Russell Scott
Joseph Maurer
Russell
Scott
Robert
Maurer
Detroit
Small
Chester Asylum
PIGGLY WIGGLY SETTLEMENT ENDS LAWSUIT ROW
Memphis January 4 settlement of all litigation between Clarence Saunders and the Piggly Wiggly Corporation was announced. Saunders pays 150000 over two years while the company waives claims. Saunders is relieved from paying the difference between 150000 and 201000 from a federal ruling, and a related shareholder suit was dismissed by consent decree.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
the Piggly Wiggly Corporation
Saunders
Corporation
E. A. Guilfoyle
Piggly Wiggly
Chancery Court
Carol Renounces Succession to Block Queen Marie Plans
London reports the final renunciation by Crown Prince Carol of Romania to thwart Queen Marie and Premier Bratiano. The move favors his son Prince Michael and blocks Nicolas the queen’s favored successor, amid court and political opposition and Carol’s personal discontent.
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Carol
Queen Marie
Bratiano
Nicolas
London
Carol of
Romania
Westminster Gazette
Prince Nicolas
Prince Michael
Mlle
Zyziz Lambrino
Marie
Michael
Continental Baking case charged by FTC as monopoly bid
Federal Trade Commission files a new complaint against Continental Baking Corporation alleging acts to restrain commerce and create a bakery products monopoly. The Ward and General Baking Corporations are not involved. hearing set for February 3 after reply period.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Continental Baking Corporation Ee
Clayton “Actssique
Ward
General Baking Corporations
Continental
Commission
United States
Consolidated Bakeries
King Ferdinand Reveals Carol Renunciation of Crown Prince Rights
King Ferdinand of Romania tearfully announced to the Crown Council that his son Carol abdicates his rights as Crown Prince. Crown Princess Helen mourns, Carol's tutor Prof. Lorga urged caution, and Bratianu faced palace tensions amid ongoing political strain.
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John Ll. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Ferdinand
Romania
Crown Council
Carol
Vienna
Westminster Gazette
Angelescu
Lorga
Helen
Prince Michael
Bratianmo
M. Bratiano
N.Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Four year old Prince Michael becomes Romania’s heir
Crown Prince Carol renounces succession in favor of his son Prince Michael born to Princess Helen of Greece. A regency council will rule until Michael reaches 18 after the National Assembly backed the move by 234 to 3 and approved a provisional regency. Prime Minister Brătiano called the action privately motivated and said the government bears responsibility for the new laws.
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Carol
Associated Press
Bucharest
Prince Michael
Helen
Greece
Michael
Ferdinand
National Assembly
Orol
Bratiano
Mine Wage Conference to Be Resumed Today
The joint committee of miners and operators arrives in New York for resumption of talks at the Union League Club to end the Pennsylvania hard coal strike. No new proposals have been submitted and arbitration is opposed by the miners.
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Associated Press
New York
Joint Committee
Pennsylvania
Union League Club
Alvan Markle
Pinchot
Coolidges Attend Annual Charity Ball in Washington
President and Mrs. Coolidge attended the charity ball at the Willard Hotel in Washington for the Children's Hospital. Vice President and Mrs. Dawes and most Cabinet members joined, with foreign diplomats present as the couple were escorted to a box on arrival while debutantes danced a gavotte.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Children's Hospital
Dawes
Willard Hotel
Ford plans large air terminal near Hammond Maynard
The Herald and Examiner says Ford motor interests bought 1400 acres along the Illinois Indiana line to build a massive flying terminal. The site will host airplane manufacture assembly and testing on a wholesale scale with an attached field for large flights. Edsel Ford reportedly paid 700000 dollars for the land, about a thousand acres in Indiana and 400 in Illinois.
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Chicago
the Herald and Examiner
Ford Motor
Hammond- Maynard
Illinois-Indiana
Ford Airlines
Edsel Ford
Indiana
Illinois
Bandits Attack Damascus Stockyards Quarter
A strong force of bandits attacked Damascus stock yards quarter today and was repulsed by French forces leaving four dead. Bandit activity continues to make Damascus suburbs unsafe.
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Damascus
Associated Press
Beirut
Syria
Storm and flood devastate Louisiana and European regions
A Louisiana storm kills three and injures five. Across Central Europe floods continue with a rising death toll in Transylvania Hungary and Romania. Caen in France reports 20 million francs damage while the Meuse valley idles 20 000 workers as dykes fail from Liege to the Dutch border.
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Louisiana
Europe
Transylvania
Hungaria
Rumania
Caen
France
Meus
Liegev
Holland
Flood Devastates Transylvania and Western Europe
Across Transylvania Eastern Hungary and Romania the floods have caused massive damage with 500 to 1,000 deaths feared as rivers surge and communications fail. In France the Seine Marne and Yonne flood plains rise with Paris region expected to reach maximum levels around January 6 7 as Caen Caen Orne Meuse Valley report extensive damage and factory closures.
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Paris
Transylvania
Hungary
Romania
Europe
Budapest
Bucharest
Belgium
Holland
France
Kis Jano
Ozetete
Theiss
Admiral Horthy
Seine
Marne
Yonne
Creil
Beauvais
Noyon
Paris-Strasbourg
Soissons
Aisne
Caen
Orne
Meuse
Mezieres
Liege
Sijt
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Pullman
U.S
J. C. Osgood
Aubert B. Ouatt
Clayer-Auopelt
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Prince
Princess Helen
Baking Gongean
Continental Corporation
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Theodore Kramer
Norman Kraemer
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