Bank Run in Lexington Over Tobacco Rumors Ends Quietly
In Lexington a four hour run on the Bank of Commerce sparked grand jury talk on tobacco rumors. Deposits surged then eased after officials declared solvency and a Clearing House Committee verified sound papers. A Cincinnati correspondent reported a $100000 cash transfer to Lexington.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky Institution —Grand Jury
Lexington
Rus
Edwin P. Morrow
Central Kentucky
Bank of Commerce of Lexington
F. G. Stilz
Bank of Commerce
Missing mail boat Pulitzer likely lost in Alaska straits
The U S mail boat Pulitzer with at least seven aboard has been missing since December 15 in the Straits of Shelikof Alaska. Governor Riggs reported calls for Navy and Coast Guard searchers while noting rough seas and the possibility crew landed at an Indian village. The vessel traveled Seward to Unalaska 200 miles and was last seen entering the straits near Kodiak on December 15. it was due at Unga three days later.
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Washington
United States Mail
Pulitzer
Straits of Shelikof
Alaska
Payne
Riggs
Navy Department
Coast Guard Service
Wiggs
Alaskan
Prsons
Seward
Unalaska
Ayak
Kodiak Island
Shelikof
Unga
Uyak
Indiana Mob Demands Surrender of Negro
A 200 strong crowd gathered at the Jeffersonville county jail to demand Rufus Jones, a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman, be surrendered. Jail officers refused, and the mob dispersed after midnight following pleas to let the legal process proceed. The assault victim was Mrs. Clara Fisher, the jailer’s daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Rufus Jones
John Russ
Clara Fisher
Jones
Field of Eligibles Widens As Harding Keeps Silence
President-elect Harding sees cabinet picks widen into a field of contenders as January approaches. Charles Evans Hughes eyed for Secretary of State and Charles G. Dawes for Secretary of the Treasury, with Henry Wallace possibly for Agriculture. Debate over Daugherty and broader policy questions delays final choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Marion
Associated Press
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Interal
Burglar McGrath Admits 50K Theft Spree Across 200 Homes
Chicago police report youth burglar McWhorter McGrath confessed to stealing valuables valued at 50 000 from 200 North Side residences. Chief Justice Harry Olsen notes his statements reveal fear and compulsions driving repeated robberies. He said the suspect would sometimes wake at night and return to rob houses after considering a dark dwelling.
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Chicago
McWhorter McGrath
North Side
Harry Olsen
Municipal Court
McGrath
Cincinnati Streetcar Fares Seen Rising to 9 Cents
W C Culkins Street Railroad Director foresees a fare hike to 9 cents on March 1 after the Cincinnati Traction Co 1920 annual report shows 1 500 000 more riders than 1919 The decision depends on material and labor costs and patronage The plan allows staged increases contingent on monthly deficits and quarterly receipts through September 1 with a possible 10 cent fare if deficits persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Culkins
Cincinnati Traction Company
Culkins
Cailkin
Betsy Ross Kin Isola Beale Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs. Isola Earle Beale, great grand niece of Betsy Ross and second cousin of Lord Pauncefote, died yesterday at her Philadelphia home. She helped organize the Flag House Chapter of the American Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Isola Earle Beale
Betsy Ross
Lord Pauncefote
United States
Flag House
Escape Attempt Delays Fire at West Virginia Penitentiary
A group of convicts cut a belt in the engine room triggering a blackout and a fire in the tailor shop inside Moundsville Penitentiary. Guards recaptured most prisoners. one inmate Griffiths missing after the incident. Warden Terrill announced plans for an immediate investigation and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Terrill
Mondsville
Griffiths
Braxton County
Explosion destroys stock raiser's home in Auburn
Two adults and two children are killed and wounded in a mysterious blast that leveled the home of J. W. Sheffer, a noted stock raiser, in Auburn Indiana near Fort Wayne. The fatalities are Ebber Sheffer, 24, and Ellen Sheffer, 12, son and daughter of the host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blast
FT. Wayne
Ind
J. W. Sheffer
Auburn
Ebber Sheffer
Ellen Sheffer
May resume death penalty in Minnesota bill
The Minnesota House receives a bill from Representative Frank Nimocks of Minneapolis seeking reinstatement of capital punishment for first degree murder. A parallel measure was also introduced in neighboring South Dakota.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Frank Nimocks
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Expensive Shoes Exhibit With Gold Inlays In Mass
Two pairs of shoes priced at $100 a pair, touted as the state’s most costly, were shown at a North Adams factory. One pair features patent leather kid, gold leaf lining, gold perforation underlining, gold hooks and eyes, and a $20 gold coin set in the heel of each shoe. The other pair, tan with red satin lining, hides a wristwatch in the left shoe above the ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Japanese Told by Committee to Leave Texas
Two Japanese families, arriving to farm in the Rio Grande Valley, were told by a local committee they should leave. No threats were made, and they may stay overnight. The incident marks fresh anti Japanese sentiment amid talks of prohibiting Japanese and Chinese settlement in the valley. An agent from California reportedly owns land there and plans to sell to Japanese farmers. a bill to bar such ownership is planned for the next Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
American Legion
San Antonio
Dallas
Rio Grand Valley
California
Texas
Valley Legion posts form council to oppose Japanese colonization
American Legion posts from five towns in the Lower Rio Grande Valley have formed a valley council and Executive Committee to coordinate systematic opposition to Japanese colonization in the region, announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
American Legion
Rio Grande Valley
Moonshine Raid at Schaefer Home Ends in Seizure
Police detectives raided John Schaefer's home at 1709 Race and found a still boiler and moonshine whisky hidden under food in the grocery at 1706 Vine. Schaefer admitted selling whisky for seven dollars a quart and offered bribe money to avoid reporting. Eight empty jugs, one full jug, and two quarts of liquor were seized. He is held for federal authorities.
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John Schaefer
Race Streets
Vine Street
Frick and
Schardt
Tuerck
Schaefer
United States
Man in jail charged with housebreaking injures himself
Warren Ohio inmate Jack Harvard aged 41, jailed on housebreaking charges, attacked himself during confinement by tearing a handle from a tin cup and slashing his throat. He then battered his head on an iron pipe, fracturing his skull but may recover.
Admiral Brings Russian Orphans to Washington
Seven Russian children denied entry at Ellis Island were released after Navy Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully secured their custody. He plans to reunite them with their Washington host family and pursue formal adoption, stating a man’s love for a child transcends laws and politics.
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New York
United States
Newton A. McCully
Elis Island
Department of Labor
Manhattan Island
Washington
National Capital
Ellis Island
Baker
Daniels
Secretary of Labor
Pennsylvania Station
Scouts Seek Mushing Aeronauts on Frozen Trails
Scouts along the Cochrane to Mattice routes hunt for the American naval balloonists who fled from Moose Factory after a December flight. A relief train is planned if word arrives, with expeditions toward New Post and Clute to intercept the party. Temperatures drop to 18 below zero with fresh snow on the trail as residents await news.
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Cochrane
Ont
Cochrane and
Mattice
Moose Factory
Rockaway
N. Y
Clute
New Post
Cecil Goulding
Clute Post Office
Abitibi
Frederick House
Wilds
Missinaibi
Missinaibi River
Abitibi River
Russian Proteges Arrive in Washington for New Home
Rear Admiral Newton A. McCullys seven Russian protegés, ages 8 to 19, reached Washington after a 6,000 mile trip from Russia. They were placed to bed at a children’s hospital for the night before moving into the Admiral’s temporarily arranged home once his house is vacated.
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Washington
Newton A. McCully
New York
Russia
Admiral McCully
Harding Seeks Harmony in Plans For Federal Education Department
President elect Harding asks Senate and House allies to harmonize proposals for a federal department to promote education and reduce illiteracy. The article outlines Catholic positions, the Smith Towner bill, and the goal to assist states without direct control of school curricula.
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Harding
U. S. Education Department
Washington
Senate
House
Department of Public,Welfare
Department of Education
United States
Department of Welfare
League of Women Voters
Cardinal Gibbons
Smith-Towner
National
State Boards of Education
Department of Public Welfare
Congress
Clash Looms Over O Callaghan Parole Policy In Washington
Tension between State and Labor over the admission of Daniel J. O Callaghan, Lord Mayor of Cork, who arrived as a stowaway at Newport News, sparks a debate on passport waivers. Secretary Wilson signs parole on his recognizance without State Department input, while Acting Secretary Davis questions jurisdiction and passport rules.
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Departments of State
Labor
Cork
U. S
Wilson
Washington
Daniel J. O’callaghan
Newport News
Ireland
O’callagh
State Department
Davis
O'Callaghan
United States
Committee of One Hundred
O’callaghan
Department of Labor
Board of Inquiry
Department of State
Departments of State and Labor
Department
Eamonn de Valera
al Nagel
Department of Bar
O Callaghan boards West Cannon steamer as laborer to Cork escape
The Cork city official Daniel O Callaghan tells how he and Lord Mayor Peter MacSwiney boarded the West Cannon at Cork disguised as laborers. O Callaghan hid for seven days in a ship bunkers, grew seasick, and relied on MacSwiney for food and passage to Newport News.
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O’callaghan
Norfolk
West
Cannon
Cork
Daniel O’callaghan
Newport News
Peter MacSwiney
O'Callaghan
MacSwiney
O’calllaghan
Mr. MacSwiney
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Indiana
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
League of Nations
Sherman
Illinois
Versailles League
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Aave
Progressive Party
John E. Ballaine
Seattle
Interior
H. J. Reilly
Gulking
Otto Gar
American Legion Forms Council
Hald Baugeh
Humanity
Helen Bastedo
Secretary of the Navy
Anderson, S. C
Navy
Albany
Hefasy, Sai Mt Main
Krailroads
Log
David Lawrence
Mr. Harding
Callaghan
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