Army Enlistment Cut to 175000 by Congress
Congress votes to cap the regular army at 175,000 enlisted men, with the Senate and House adopting resolutions directing the Secretary of War to cease enlistments until the force is limited. Pershing and Baker oppose the move, while debate centers on military training and funding implications.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
New
Indiana
Secretary of War
House
Kahn
Bee
Texas
Slackman
Alabama
Coady
Maryland
Democracy
Cramton
Michigan
Joint Conference Committee
War Department
Pershing
Baker
Senate’ Military Affairs Committee
Wilson
Phelan
California
Williams
Mississippi
Pacific
Japan
Yap
Wiliams
America
Her
Representative Garrett
Tennessee
Garrett
Hayden
Arizona
Mr. Kahne
Mondell
Wyoming
Prominent Pittston Citizens Plan Indignation Meeting
Wilkes Barre Jan 17 Prominent Pittston citizens plan an indignation meeting to coordinate with city and State police for the apprehension of dynamiters who have wrecked homes and stores over several months Four men have been arrested in connection with the Joyce residence and store destruction following his counsel against another strike James A Joyce a Pittston merchant and miners leader was the target of the attack
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Wilkesbarre
Pittston
James A. Joyce
Joyce
Bomb kills two in tar taxicab garage blaze
In Philadelphia two inspectors from the Quaker City Taxicab Company were killed when a bomb exploded in the main garage. Percy H. Dean of Philadelphia and George McKee of Haddonfield, N. J., died. Several others were injured as violence against striking drivers continues and police detain sixteen men for questioning.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
Percy H. Dean
Philadelpha
George McKee
Haddonfield
N. J
Dean
McKee
Richard Curran
Woman Confesses to fifty Holdups in Sixty Days
Mrs. Cleopatra Hurtzman, 23, formerly near Wichita Falls Texas, told police she led a crime spree with her husband over two months. She says she lured victims with a smile or tear and used a pearl handed revolver for emergencies, admitting up to five to six holdups per day.
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Chicago
Cleopatra Hurtzman
Wichita Falls
Tex
Motorist Flees Bandit After Quick Step on It
Alfred Dehring of Elmwood claims a would be robber waved a revolver and demanded money on Glenwood Avenue near 136. He accelerated, leaving the pursuer in a cloud of smoke. Dehring told police the car’s trigger beat the gun.
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Alfred Dehring
Oak Street
Elmwood
Dehring
Glenwood Avenue
No. 136
Mr. Dehring
Austrian Zionist Students to Fast for Palestine Fund
The Central Body of Austrian Zionist students will observe a day of complete fasting to donate the saved resources to the Palestine Foundation Fund. The move aims to support Zionist goals and aid relief efforts in Palestine.
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Vienna
Palestine Foundation Fund
Residence Beer Makers Face $1000 Fine Under Prohibition Plan
A Columbus bill approved by Governor Davis seeks a state Prohibition Commissioner with up to twenty inspectors to raid private homes for illegally manufactured or obtained liquor. The plan allows searches of private residences and arrests without warrants, with salaries set at 5000 for the commissioner and 3600 for a deputy. Penalties support funding from half of court fines.
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Columbus, O
Davis
Senate
Committee On Temperance
Senate Temperance Committee
Prohibition Commissioner
Justice of the Peace
Friends of
Crabbe
Prohibition
Treasury rules impose 1000 dollar penalty on home brew makers
Detroit Jan 47 Treasury Department ruling says makers of home brewed beer face a 1000 dollar penalty even if no sale or consumption is proven. Collector John A Grogan says the penalty applies under the National Prohibition Act to any manufacture of intoxicating malt liquor with no need to show sale. The charge targets a Detroit man for manufacture and possession of beer and is not a criminal fine but a civil penalty.
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Treasury
Detroit
Mich
United States Treasury Department
Washington
John A. Grogan
Internal Revenue
Hastern
Michigan
Grogan
Treasury Department
Thirty Arrests Made in Clean-Up of Volstead Plot in Muncie
Federal officers report thirty arrests by early afternoon in Muncie as part of a clean-up of an alleged Volstead act conspiracy. Warrants were issued for thirty eight individuals. Among those taken in were former police officials and officers, gamblers, an attorney or two, and a prominent manufacturer.
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Muncie
Ind
Ship Adrift Three Months Reaches Guam Port
The Russian motor schooner Diana drifts for over three months after leaving Vladivostok last June with a three month supply. A October storm ripped its rudder and a crew member was lost overboard. Lacking power and provisions the vessel drifted in the Pacific until it reached Guam.
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Guam
Diana
Vladivostok
Hoodiey
Behring Sea
Pacific
Texans Present Stick to President Wilson
A walking stick cut from a native Bois d arc tree planted in Texas in 1870 was presented to President Wilson by Rep. Parrish on behalf of Wise County Democrats. The gift carried an inscription praising his stance on the League of Nations, and a photograph of Sam Woody, 91, described as Wise County’s oldest loyal Democrat.
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Washington
Texas
Wilson
Representative Parrish
Wise County
Tex
League of Nations
Sam Woody
Parrish
Lost Seaplanes in Caribbean Hurricane Report
In a Nicaragua incident near San Juan del Sur on January 17, Navy Seaplane NC-6 and crew reached safety in a cove fifteen miles north after a hurricane hurled NC-5 and NC-6 from sea. NC-6 commander Lt Compo and machinist mate Hickithier arrived to brief the convoy.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Compo
Hickithier
San Juan de Sur
Whitman Wins First Clash in New York Inquiry
Ex Governor Whitman, assigned by District Attorney Swann to probe graft and inefficiency in city and county offices, secured a preliminary victory as Mayor Hylan and Police Commissioner Enright agreed to provide requested police assistance. They were excused from testifying before the grand jury today.
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New York
Whitman
Swann
Hylan
Enright
John F. O’ryan
Four Hurt in Wreck Near Russellville Kentucky
Four men were seriously injured in a head on collision between a Louisville & Nashville passenger train and a freight train about six miles north of Russellville Kentucky. Injured are William Rowe Evansville Indiana and L Lockhart Memphis Tennessee crew on the passenger train J A York McLeansboro Illinois and L H Goedel St Louis Missouri mail car clerks. Passengers escaped serious harm though shaken by the crash which occurred while the passenger train detoured around another wreck.
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Russellville
Memphis
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Here
William Rowe
Evansville
Ind
L. Lockhart
Lincoln dealer offers reward to convict gambling gang leader
Edward P. Hafertepen a Cincinnati shoe salesman says a Cincinnati gambling gang shadows him in Lincoln since December 10 and he offers 500 for the arrest and conviction of the gang leader. He has filed his account with police and the sheriff and plans to stay in Lincoln until danger passes.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Lincoln, Neb
Edward P. Hafertepen
Cincinnati
Batavia
N. Y
Lincoln Hotel
Sheriff’s Office
Hafertepen
Lincoln
National Association of Shoe Salesmen
State witnesses counter defense's plea of insanity in Murray murder trial
Washington report notes Department of Labor finds December living costs up in twenty one cities and down in ten since 1919. Los Angeles leads with 6.2 percent rise, Chicago falls 3.6 percent, others show modest gains or declines. Savannah holds steady over the year with costs unchanged.
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Murray
Washington
Monthly Review Today
Department of Labor
Chicago
Los Angeles
Detroit
Cleveland
Memphis
Boston
Jacksonville
Minneapolis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Scranton
Houston
Norfolk
Richmond
Kansas City
St. Louis
Portland
Maine
Indianapolis
Denver
Atlanta
Savannah
Ore
Seattle
San Francisco
New York
Baltimore
Birmingham
Mobile
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Fast Retirement of Paper Money Signals Deflation Progress
Washington report shows $245,000,000 in Federal Reserve notes retired in three weeks and a $160,000,000 loan decline since December. Officials flag healthier overall finances, rising dollar buying power, and a likely quicker spring demand rebound as deflation proceeds.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Long Term Credits to Foreign Lands urged by Fed Reserve Chief
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board urged expanding long term credits and European securities investments to aid foreign rehabilitation. He said production must rise and surplus sold abroad, and warned against Europe’s inability to pay and credit limits. He noted revised War Finance Corporation and the need for new export financing agencies under Edge Act.
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Federal Reserve
New York
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
New York State Bankers’ Association
Europe
United States
War Finance Corporation
Ousted Judge to Hold Court in Courthouse Yard
Butler County commissioners order Juvenile Judge Robert Woodruff to vacate the courthouse Juvenile Courtroom citing need for private conference space. Politicians view the move as a factional clash revival. Judge Woodruff plans to hold court in the courthouse yard when weather warms.
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Hamilton
The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Butler County
Robert Woodruff
Woodruff
Mother’s Story Moves New York Landlord to Pass the Hat
In Bronx Court a mother of eight tells how her crippled husband’s cut pay leaves them unable to pay two months’ rent. Landlord Morris Polsky asks to collect. the court adds five dollars from the bench. The rent is now paid a month in advance.
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New York
Bronx Court
John Justus
District Municipal Court
Morris Polsky
Polsky
Justus
Laws To Regulate Future Exchanges Delayed By Congressmen
Washington Jan 17 Proponents of bills to regulate future exchanges say enactment is unlikely this session due to time limits. Hearings by the House Agriculture Committee will lay groundwork for next session with six witnesses left to testify including Herbert Paytarle and Clifford Thorne. Julius Barnes urged waiting for a national marketing commission to study the system before action. Barnes also noted market manipulation concerns and blamed millers and merchants for crop value shrinkage.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Herbert Pay Tarle
Clifford Thorne
American Farm Bureau Federation
Julius Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
National Marketing Commission
Barnes
Trial Hearing Opens on Murray Sanity Question in Campbell County
Prosecution rests after three alienists testify that Justus Murray was sane at the time he killed Howard Phillips. The morning crowd packed the Campbell County Circuit Court as judges prepare to reconvene for final arguments likely by 3 PM.
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Justus Murray
Campbell County
Howard Phillips
Wolff
Murray
Campbell Courty Court
J. G. Furnish
Commonwealth
John C. Batte
Longview Hospital
General Hospital
Furnish
Batte
Burkamp
Phillips
Longview
Hamilton County
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