Philadelphia Police Heads Fall in Butler Clean-Up Drive
Four lieutenants two acting lieutenants and two sergeants were suspended by Brigadier General Smedley D Butler as part of a drive to clean up vice and bootlegging in Philadelphia. They must answer charges within five days while Butler expands periodic scrubbing of districts through January 1 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
Director of Public Safety
Butler
Marine Corps
Coolidge
Damocles
Cleveland
Edwin Barry
Elusive Ashley gang leader pursued as raid nets 14 arrests
West Palm Beach Florida January 10 1930 fourteen people including two children are in custody after a raid on the Ashley gang camp in the Everglades. Miller and two women captured. Miller wounded and fleeing in a jungle race before capture near A D Blanchard. Authorities push to seize John Ashley Hanford Mobley and others as guards hold possible mob threats.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Ashley Gang
Everglades
Here
Albert Miller
Fred Baker
George Mariot
P. N. Jenkins
Miller
Ashleys
A. D. Blanchard
Jupiter
Blanchard
Florida National Guard
Baker
Bill
John Ashley
Gomez
M.H. Rolfe
Miami
Palm Beach
Hanford Mobley
Indorm
Bahama Islands
Jenkins
Bob Baker
Public Accountant Hit by Street Car in Cincinnati
Guy H. Kennedy 54 a senior partner of Guy H. Kennedy & Co. was struck by North Norwood Street Car No. 1 near Vine and Hollister. He suffered a deep scalp wound and a possible skull fracture but regained consciousness and was not considered seriously injured at General Hospital.
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Guy H. Kennedy
Vine Street
Guy H. Kennedy & Co
Traction Building
General Hospital
North Norwood
Vine and
Hollister Streets
Kennedy
William H. Leeds
Jasper Murphy
Cincinnati
Negro Tries to Kidnap Girl on Avondale Route
Moses Aaron reports a man described as a five foot seven inch, 140 pound Black man in trousers and a black hat attempted to kidnap his nine year old daughter Beatrice as she walked to Avondale Public School on Rockdale and Reading road. Beatrice struggled and was dropped several blocks later at Cold Springs and Mitchell avenues.
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Moses Aaron
Burton Avenue
Beatrice
Avondale
Rockdale
Reading Road
Cold Springs
Mitchell Avenues
St Marks May Quit Diocese Over Pagan Dances
The Church of St Marks in the Bowery may leave the Protestant Episcopal Diocese if Rector William Norman Guthrie continues his self styled pagan services. Bishop William T Manning gave Guthrie and vestrymen a month to decide after ceremonies including Greek dances. The Bishop and rector plan to meet next Monday to review the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Church of St. Marks-in-the-Bouwerley
Protestant Episcopal Church
William T. Manning
William Norman Guthrie
Guthrie
Manning
Six Men Fined in Liquor Case Cashes Total 2050
In Municipal Court Judge Alexander fined six men for illegally possessing liquor and ordered costs. Names include William Schumacher and John Young at 300 each, Joseph Hoenemeyer, Homer Harlow, and Robert Casey at 350 each, Gustave Riess at 400, plus a bar incident at 1408 Elm where Frank Lanteri allegedly dumped moonshine. Additional raids at 818 Main Street and 718 Clark Street yielded charges and seizures.
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Alexander
William Schumacher
Central Avenue
John Young
Oehler Street
Freeman Avenue
Joseph Hoenemeyer
Eighth
Carr Streets
Homer Harlow
Robert Casey
Gambs
Brose
Elm Street
Frank Lanteri
Lanters
Colerain Avenue
Ethan Street
Edward Hauck
William Brigger
Reading Road
Seymour Avenue
Newtown
Main Street
Charles Ryan
Ambrose Lyons
Clark Street
Doll
Capture of Pachuca by Rebel Forces Reported
The capture of Pachuca, Hidalgo state capital and mining center, by rebel forces led by Generals Cavazos Flores and Villeges was confirmed by the War Department. About 2,000 federal troops were sent from Mexico City to retake the city, which lies 55 miles northeast of the capital. Special dispatches note General Almazan’s cavalry column advancing on Tepuaran and additional regional units distributed to Puebla garrison towns.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Pachuca
Hidalgo
Marcial Cavazos
Nicolas Flores
Otilio Villeges
War Department
Actopan
Vera Cruz
Puebla
War Office
Juan Almazan
Tepuaran
Jose Maria Sanchez
Columns Move Toward Vera Cruz In Federal Push
Mexican federal columns led by General Fausto Topete and General Juan Andrew Almazan advance toward Vera Cruz to confront de la Huerta forces. The 5000-strong advance under General Luis Gutierrez moves from Panuco to Tuxpam and flanks the rebels near Jalapa and Esperanza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Tampico
Mexico
Fausto Topete
Juan Andrew Almazan
de la Huerta
Heriberto Jara
Jalapa
Esperanza
Luis Gutierrez
Panuco
Tuxpam
Puerto Lobos
Palo Blanco
Fanatics Kill Five More in Philippine Islands
A Surigao Province dispatch reports five policemen killed by religious fanatics in a Bucas Island town. Earlier reports from Surigao said fanatics killed nineteen constabulary soldiers. town name not disclosed.
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Philippine Islands
Associated Press
Manila
Surigao Province
U. S. Ship Hickman Adrift with Disabled Gear
A United States Shipping Board steam ship Hickman en route from Sweden to Boston with pulpwood is adrift at sea with steering gear disabled. The vessel St. Anthony is standing by, according to a radio message from St. Johns N F dated January 10.
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U. S
ST. Johns
N. F
United States Shipping Board
Hickman
Sweden
Boston
St. Anthony
Shipping Board
You Cannot Pass a Bond Issue as a Political Measure
City mayor Henry W. Kiel urged that the $87,000,000 St. Louis bond issue not be treated as politics. He spoke at the Gibson Hotel urging citizen involvement, noting politicians stepped aside in the bond's passage and highlighting how the public influenced the project.
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ST. Louis
Henry W. Kiel
Mound City
Harold Wilson Coates
Gibson Hotel
Federated Civic Associations
Kiel
the Commercial Tribune
Six carloads of snow shipped for ski jumpers
Six carloads of snow arrived at Scarborough's Briar Cliff Lodge from the Adirondacks the first shipment of its kind to cover a surface for Olympic ski jumping exhibition next Sunday. The snow traveled 288 miles in mild winter weather as preparations for the Chamonix games proceed.
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New York
Adirondacks
Briar Cliff Lodge
Scarborough
Chamonix
France
Bassett Arrives in Madison After Resignation
Ellsworth Bassett, former business manager for Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson, arrives in Madison Conn after resigning and plans to talk with his wife Gertrude Bassett. He may stay with friends as his parents' home is closed. Mrs Bassett later leaves the post office for her mother's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Conn
Bassett
New York
Ellsworth Bassett
Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island to Probe Divorces Involving Noted Women
A Rhode Island grand jury will investigate divorces sought by novelist Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson and Fay Matell Eisenberg wife of Lester W. Eisenberg. The probe follows a conference with Attorney General Herbert Carpenter and two judges, while Carpenter leads the inquiry, after Sanderson’s decree was vacated for lack of three years residency and Eisenberg's suit was withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson
Fay Matell Eisenberg
Lester W. Eisenberg
Corporation Counsel's
New York City
Rhode Island
Herbert I. Carpenter
Chester W. Barrows
J. Jerome Hahn
Carpenter
Sanderson
Ejisenberg
Truant Terrier Delays Tourists in Tampa Trip
A Florida trip for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davies was halted as their fox terrier Bob disappeared in Hamilton Ohio. The couple searched for Bob after loading camping gear and their automobile, a routine mishap not seen in years.
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Tampa
The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Bob
Florida
Roy Davies
Main Street
Cummins Defeated as Senate Commerce Chair in Insurgent Move
Special Correspondent reports Cummins of Iowa loses the chairmanship of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee in a revolt linked to opposition to the Esch Cummins transportation act. The insurgent bloc, mainly from agricultural states, seeks rail and rate reforms, with Sen Smith of South Carolina as the new chair.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Albert Cummins
Iowa
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cummins
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Youth faces manslaughter charges over fatal Brooklyn fire
New York date line reports Anthony B. McCabe, a youth, charged with manslaughter and criminal negligence for allegedly starting a Brooklyn apartment fire that killed three children and two women. He used a gasoline torch to thaw frozen water pipes.
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New York
Charles
Anthony B. McCabe
Brooklyn
Ultimatum to Marion bootleggers amid bootleg war
Sheriff George Galligan issued an ultimatum to Williamson County bootleggers to quit illicit traffic as National Guard troops were ordered to Marion amid a bootleggers war. The sheriff refused withdrawal of troops without citizen cooperation while separate peace talks and Klan involvement surfaced. Italian Consul Picco collected affidavits on 100 alleged attacks on Italian residents, threatening legal action if proof supports it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ill
George Galligan
Williamson County
National Guard
Galligan
S. Glenn Young
Arlie O. Boswell
Reform
Young
Prohibition
Herrin
John Picco
Springfield
Burglar Alarm Scare Ends With Friend Car Fare
Police hunted for burglars after a false alarm at Gidding's store on East Fourth Street. A hotel guest tossed a quarter to a friend for taxi money, triggering a dramatic midnight police response and a tense Emery Hotel stand-off.
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Cincinnati
J. M. Gidding Company
East Fourth Street
Emery Hotel
Gidding
Oh Messenger
Ang’ Telegraph Com
Edna Schmadel
Gidding’s
Miss Schmadel
Emery Ar
Cade
First District
House Republicans Order Tax Bill Report Before Bonus Action
Washington Jan 10 House Republicans in conference instructed the Ways and Means Committee to report a revenue bill by February 11 before considering any soldiers bonus. The conference spurred debate over tax changes and administrative amendments with votes against bonus reporting. A constitutional amendment to bar tax exempt securities was also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Republicans
Ways and Means Committee
Fish
New York
Longworth
Lehlibach
New Jersey
Lehlbach
House
Mellon
Congress
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Couzens
Mr. Mellon
Treasury
Meilon
Ohio
The
Commercial
United States Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Wales Visited Millerand Incognito in Paris
The Prince of Wales met President Millerand in Paris as Earl of Chester incognito. The cordial 30 minute visit followed calls on Mme. Millerand, with no military honors due to the royal disguise at the Elysee Palace.
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Wales
Millerand
Paris
Prince of Wales
Mme. Millerand
Earl of Chester
Elysee Palace
Beazell and Chatfield Face NYSE Removal Over Trading Scandal
Testimony shows Beazell and Chatfield oversized short sales hid losses and prompted the NYSE committee to bar the Cincinnati firm from wire service and membership, citing failure to open books and alleged client fraud. Chatfield admitted unwise investments and lack of firm knowledge. Beazell blamed for blocking audits and for the firm’s swift decline after the committee’s ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beazell & Chatfield
New York Stock Exchange
Cincinnati
George H. Beazell
William H. Chatfield, Jr
Commissions and Quotations Committee
Chatfield
Beazell
Hornblower & Weeks
New York
Tefft
Charles S. Bell
Stock. Exchange
Hornblower
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Stanley Karpinski
Karpinsky
Sheriff’s Posse
Public Accountant
Negro
ST. Mark’s
TATE
Rebel Forge
Victors
City
University
Nina Putnam Sanderson
Cumming
Lawrence
By David Lawrence
Dry Workers
Carlos Black
Ku Klux Klan
W. W. Anderson
General Prohibition
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