City and County Plan to Eliminate Master Meters
City and county officials meet to propose city led water meters for all county consumers. The plan would end master meters and separate collections, with the county laying mains and the city reading meters and collecting revenues. The aim is lower rates and unified administration across jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Shersill
Colonel Sherrill
John A. Hiller
Lynn C. Boyatt
Chester Durr
Mason Towle
Clifford Brown
Jacob Krollmann
Major Boyatt
Hiller
Boyatt
Prohibition is a farce says Senator Edwards in Delaware
Senator Edwards of New Jersey denounces the Volstead act as despotic and corrupt at a Wilmington speech. He attacks Wayne Wheeler and anti saloon leaders as bigots and questions why prohibition remains a burning national issue after six years.
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Associated’ Press
Wilmington
Del
Edwards
Dem
N. J
Delaware
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Lost and Found ads list small valuables and items
A daily Commercial Tribune Classified notice highlights items found in the Lost and Found column. Readable listings include a diamond and sapphire set wrist watch, brown leather eyeglasses case, a gold octagon watch, a brindle bull puppy, lineman's belt and safety gear, a silk scarf, and a dark blue silk umbrella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Bootleggers Use Automatic Check Machines As Depots In Cleveland
The Associated Press reports bootleggers are using automatic package checking machines in downtown Cleveland as supply depots. Louis Wilcox, state prohibition inspector, announced arrests of Bernard Berinson, a rain coat store manager, and Paul Martin, a porter, on possession charges after Martin removed a suitcase with five whisky bottles from a machine compartment. He denied knowledge of its contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Louis Wilcox
Bernard Berinson
Paul Martin
Martin
Seventeen Year Old Girl Among Three Poison Suicide Attempts
Flora Teeters a 17 year old at the Madisonville Children’s Home drank heart stimulant poison after obtaining a bottle at the facility. She and another person were in serious condition at General Hospital. The superintendent will investigate the incident.
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Madisonville
Children’s Home
The
General Hospital
Flora Teeters
Carroll H. Lewis
Lewis
Catherine Kibler
Riddle Road
Celestia Payne
West Sixth Street
City Manager touts business admin as city faces tax gap
Colonel Sherrill told 300 business women the city needs sound management to build public sentiment and aid a city government business organization. Mayor Seasongood outlined a $2,060,000 revenue shortfall and urged efficient use of funds while noting recent tax and expense changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Sherrill
Business Women’s Club
Sherrill
Seasongood
Chamber of Commerce
Glee Club
Grace Chapman
Shake-Up Hinted In City Police Department
Reports from City Hall say Colonel Sherrill and Police Chief Copelan discussed a broad crime crackdown with emphasis on gambling bootlegging and handbook making. Sherrill announced a forthcoming written statement criticizing supervision and pay while promising no immediate disciplinary action.
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Sherrill
Copelan
Detective Bureau
Copelaw
Houston
National aviation boom seen as ahead surpassing auto era
New York University engineer Joseph W. Roe told the Engineers Club of Cincinnati that a nationwide aviation boom will outpace the automobile’s spread. He urged a Bureau of Aeronautics in the Commerce Department, noted private capital entering air transport, and flexible national laws to foster rapid development. Roe warned against bias toward lighter-than-air craft and supported commercial airplane transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph W. Roe
New York University
United States Department of Commerce
American Engineering Council
Engineers’ Club of
Cincinnati
United States Air Mail Service
Roe
Bureau of Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Professor Roe
United States
America
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
United States Air Service
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The
Society of Industrial Engineers
Society For the Promotion of Engineering
Durkin Transferred to Chicago Jail Over Death Fear
Durkin moved to Chicago jail as police fear he may kill himself. He faces pending murder indictments for killing federal agent Edward Shanahan or Detective Sergeant Harry Gray. His arraignment and indictment choice set for tomorrow before Judge Harry B. Miller.
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Durkin
Chicago
Martin James Durkin
Harry B. Miller
Criminal Court
Edward C. Shanahan
Federal Department of Justice
Harry Gray
St. Louis
United States
Gray
Lloyd Austin
Irma Sullivan
Cornell
Ill
Betty Werner
1.5 Million Value Placed on Rum Cargo
United States Attorney Buckner linked the Rescue seizure to the Dwyer gang bootlegging network. The raid followed a chase from Sandy Hook to a New York pier, revealing what agents call the largest liquor haul in New York port history. The cargo, later valued at nearly 700 thousand dollars by revaluation, would fetch about 1.5 million at land prices.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Buckner
Sandy Hook
William Dwyer
Administration to Wear Down World Court Enemies in Senate
New York World News Service reports the Ku Klux Klan intensifies pressure to block World Court action in the Senate. Imperial Wizard Hiram W Evans leads a covert campaign to sway election-bound senators, using propaganda and private appeals to oppose cloture and defer votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
KLAN
Tribunal
Boy leaps for damages and ends up in jail
In Baltimore on January 21 Frank Usheski a nine year old with two friends tried to stage a car encounter for money. The trio was sent to St Mary's Industrial School after Juvenile Court heard the tale of the scheme and its comic outcome.
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Boy
Associated Press
Baltimore
Frank Usheski
Frank
St. Mary’s Industrial School
Porters Arrest After Attempted Attack on Dorothy De Ruyter
Within twenty four hours after an attempted assault on 18 year old Dorothy De Ruyter of Laidlaw avenue Port er Porter 24 a Norfolk Western camp cook was held at Central Police Station. He denied the charge saying he was drunk and could not recall all details.
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Dorothy DeRuyter
Laidlaw Avenue
Paddock Road
Central
Edward Porter
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bond Hill
Porter
Frank Alexander
Miss de Ruyter
Mrs. Alexander
Mr. Alexander
Sixth
John Streets
Odensass
McGurn
John Banks
Banks
Alexander
DeRuyter’s
Senate Debates World Court Adhesion War of Attrition
In Washington on January 21 the Senate began a war of attrition against opponents of American adhesion to the Geneva World Court. Negotiations for a time vote failed, with both sides dismissing further talks. A seven hour session was planned, aiming to wear down opposition and secure an early vote while a $352,000,000 tax reduction bill remains on the calendar. Senators Reed and Harreld led the opposition, with Reed starting a three hour speech and planning to resume after a trial in St. Louis.
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Senate
Klan
Hiram W. Evans
House
Borah
Reed
Dem
Harreld
Oklahoma
Watson
Ed” Jackson
Smoot
Finance Committee
World Court
Geneva Tribunal
Rep
Okla
Nye
N. D
Middle West Faces Severe Cold Wave Across Regions
Chicago and the Middle West endure extreme cold with 5 below zero forecast for Chicago by morning and subzero readings across the area. The Weather Bureau expects the chill to be short lived with moderating temperatures by Sunday as the cold moves east toward the Atlantic seaboard.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Ohio River
Atlantic Seaboard
Bebe Daniels Injured in Comedy Filming Incident
Bebe Daniels was thrown from a bicycle while filming a comedy in Hollywood on January 21. She struck the curb, suffered a bright concussion and a minor hand injury, and will be unable to work for several days, officers and doctors said.
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Hollywood
Cal
Bebe Daniels
Miss Daniels
Lewis to weigh mine plan to end the strike
John L. Lewis and three anthracite district leaders will meet in Scranton to review Edward J. Lynett's five year wage plan. It would keep current wages for two years with possible changes later and a conference before contract expiry to negotiate a new pact. Lynett says the aim is to reopen the mines.
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New York World News Service
Scranton
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Edward J. Lynett
Scranton Times
William W. Inglis
Anthracite Operators’ Association
Mr. Lynett
Inglis
Lynett
Lewis
Mr. Inglis
Elks Lodge Loses Charter Under Volstead Act Violation
In Dallas on January 21 Judge William H. Atwell announced the suspension for sixty days of the Pawtucket Lodge 4ee of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for violations tied to the Volstead act. The action, affecting one of 1500 lodges, required a full officer change and aimed to uphold Elk principles, with Atwell praising Elkdom’s overall conduct.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Pawtucket
R. I
PO. E
Tesco
Wiliam H. Atwell
Atwell
Miracle Pool jail sentences for Orthodox clergy in Moscow
In Baranous District, Bishop Nicodemus and Rector Smirnoff received six years hard labor for exploiting religious superstition. Monks and deacons also jailed for similar offenses as priests claimed to see Pushkin’s image in a water pit and urged villagers to drink its muddy contents. The trial heard several confessing guilt and admitting the pool was a fraud.
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Moscow
Nicodemus
Smirnoff
Baranous
Pushkin
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Madisonville Children’s Home
Desperado
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Ind
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San Diego
Illinois
Joslin Schmidt Company
Car Company
Clifton Observatory
Joslin-Schmidt Company
Spring Grove Avenue
Bates Street
Charles Morehead
Ohio Messenger and Telegraph Company
Morehead
Street
Dixie Highway
Hamilton
Kenneth Sauer
Fred Sauer
Stenner’s Corner
Hamilton Pike
Auld
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Covington
Newport
Mitchell
Lewisburg
W. C. Devereaux
Mercury
Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Means
Phipps
Colorado
Butler
William V. Hodges
Galen Locke
Colorado Klan
Nat
Gop
Deruyier
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Reed and
Elks Lodge
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