Morris Bros bond brokers closed after Etheridge resignation
Portland bond brokers Morris Bros Inc. shut their Portland office as an audit begins after John L Etheridge resigned as president and GM amid embezzlement charges. A warrant for Etheridge's arrest was sworn in Portland and he was later arrested in Minneapolis while authorities pursue his return. Creditors include several thousand with interim Edmonton bond certificates unpaid.
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Portland
Assocated Press
Morris Bros. Bond Brokers
San Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland House
John L. Etheride
Etheridge
Associated Press
Evans
John L. Etheridge
Morris Bros., Inc
Edmonton
Minneapolis
Morris Bros
Ore
Oregon
John Etheridge
Washington
California
Notorious Gangster Monk Eastman Found Dead in Street
Monk Eastman once led a feared Lower East Side gang and was later pardoned for heroism after a felony conviction. He was found dead in the street with five bullet wounds. the cause of death is unknown.
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New York
Associated Press
Monk Eastman
Lower East Side
Negro kills two, wounds six in Arkansas town
In Wilson Arkansas on December 28 Charles Giles, a Black man, killed planter O. T. Craig and his daughter Mrs. Maybelle Wilson, seriously wound two sons, and injures three deputy sheriffs who tried to seize him. Giles escaped as posses scour the area.
Harding to resign Senate seat January 10
President elect Harding will resign his senate seat as soon as Ohio governor-elect Harry Davis takes office on January 10. Senator McCumber of North Dakota urged the move and advised forming an Association of Nations as an independent league, asserting the League of Nations is dead for the United States.
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Marion
Assocated Press
Harding
Senate
Harry T. Davis
Ohio
McCumber
North Dakota
Association of Nations
League
League of Nations
United States
Air Mail Pilot Injured in Cheyenne Flight Crash
Omaha dispatch reports Air Mail Pilot Us Bunting injured when his plane crashed to the ground at the end of a flight from Cheyenne.
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Omaha
Air Mail
Us Bunting
Cheyenne
Russian ambassador Martens to surrender for deportation
Ludwig C A Martens self styled ambassador from Russia to the United States notified the labor department he would surrender for deportation on January 3. He said he was ordered to return to Russia with his staff and cancel all contracts with American firms amounting to 50 million dollars. Senator France of Maryland urged the United States to follow Britain in opening trade channels for Americans worldwide.
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New York
Associated Press
Ludwig C. A. C. Martens
United States
Russia
Department of Labor
Moscow
Martens
Washington
DY Associated Press
Ludwig Martens
France
Maryland
Great Britain
President Wilson Celebrates Sixty Fourth Birthday
Washington December 28 President Wilson celebrated his sixty fourth birthday quietly at the White House receiving numerous congratulatory messages from well wishers and officials.
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President Wilson
Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
White House
Shipping Board to Make Accounting Resolution Introduced
Senator Edge of New Jersey introduced a senate resolution demanding a complete accounting by the Shipping Board. He urged the accounting be concise, devoid of arguments, and intelligible to the average citizen.
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Washington
Associated Press
Edge
New Jersey
Senate
Shipping Board
Crude Oil Price Cut Marks First Drop in Years
Pittsburg on December 28 reports a 25 cent price drop to four dollars per barrel, the first decrease in crude oil price in over three years.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
Tariff Bill Faces Senate Finance Committee Clash
The emergency tariff bill, sent to the Senate and referred to the Finance Committee, provoked heated debate. Senator Harrison denounced Republicans for hastening the measure as unjust, while Hitchcock called it an embargo and a restraint on commerce. Committee members disagreed on embargo implications and potential hearings.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississipp
Hitchcock
MacCumber
Smoot
Marines Stay in Dominica as Withdrawal Delayed
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said the withdrawal of American marines from the Dominican Republic would take several months before the actual withdrawal begins. The delay extends the U S military presence amid ongoing arrangements and diplomacy with local authorities.
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Washington
Associated Press
Daniels
Dominican Republic
Railways Have Record Year for Tonnage
Washington December 25 The American railroads report a record year with no plans for a general rate increase. Association leader Thomas Dewitt Cuyler notes higher gross tonnage and a new record in transportation service from each car, reflecting 1920 activity.
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Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
Opera Star to Wed Accompanist in Chicago
Opera star Amelita Galli Curci plans to marry her accompanist Homer Samuels in Chicago. She will complete naturalization January 15. Curci was formerly married to Marquis Luici C Curci and divorced years ago.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Amelita Galli Curci
Grand Operas
Homer Samuels
Madame Galli Curci
Luici C. Curci
Burleson Blames Congress for Post Office Deficit
Postmaster General Burleson reports the US postal service ran a 1920 deficit of 17.27 million, with expenditures 454.32 million and revenues 437.15 million. He pins blame on Congress for approving a $33.2 million war bonus, warns of a potential 36 million shortfall next year, and urges rapid expansion with new Chicago and New York facilities to handle rising mail volume.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States Postal Service
Burleson
Post Office Department
Congress
Legislative Department
General Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railways
Unsound North Dakota banks forced to close
North Dakota banks faced a wave of closures with the Peoples' Bank of Hatton shutting its doors last Thursday and Milton State Bank and Merchants State Bank of Napoleon following suit. Examiners halted public notices of bank failures as 27 North Dakota banks have failed in six weeks due to depleted resources. In Minot the First Farmers Bank closed for depleted reserves and the First Security Bank of Carpio also closed. In Princeton Oregon the Crook County State Bank could not open due to livestock loan shrinkage.
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Fargo
N. D
Associated Press
Peoples’ Bank of
Hatton
Milton State Bank
Merchants State Bank of
Napoleon
North Dakota
Minot
Farmers’ Bank
First Security Bank of
Carpio
Farmer Bank
Princeton
Ore
Associated
Crook County State Bank
Soldier bonuses would cost the treasury over two million
Secretary of the Treasury Houston told the Senate Finance Committee that passage of the soldiers' bonus measure would cost about 2,300,000. He warned the enactment would burden taxes and said the treasury should not bear added burdens. Treasury economist Dr. T S Adams noted shrinking revenue. The committee adjourned without a date for further hearings.
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Washington
Houston
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
T. S. Adams
Treasury Department
Demand Freedom for All Political Prisoners
Chicago December 28. The Socialist party headquarters announces plans for broad agitation to secure the release and restoration to liberty of all political prisoners. The move follows President Wilson's refusal to pardon Eugene V. Debs.
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Shicago
Associated Press
Socialist Party
Socialis
Wilson
Eugene V. Debs
Whitman clergy fullback Royal Niles dies in Oregon
Royal Lubby Niles, former Whitman College fullback from 1910 to 1913, died in Oregon City yesterday from diseases contracted overseas during the war.
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Oregon City
Associated Press
Royal Lubby Niles
Whitman Clergy
Fiume Capitulates as Italian Troops Close In
Italian regulars reach factories at Fiume edges and close on D Annunzio stronghold. Reports say Fiume to fall within 24 hours while D Annunzio death claims circulate but are contradicted by Milan dispatch. Legionaries surrender. Zara port capitulates to Italian forces.
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Trieste
Associated Press
Fiume
D’annunzio
Legionaires
Paris
Fiume Legionaires
Zara
London
Central News Dispatch
Dalmatia
D'Annunzio
Messenger Robbed of Ten Thousand Dollars in Texas
Fort Worth dispatch reports J. L. Howell, a Guaranty State Bank messenger from Leeray, Texas, was robbed of 10000 dollars by two riflemen while driving from Cisco to Leeray. The assailants fled. no injuries reported and police are investigating the daylight robbery.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Associated Press
J. L. Howell
Guaranty State Bank
Leeray
Cisco
I. W. W. Prisoners Remembered Christmas at Leavenworth
At the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth Kansas, Associated Press reports a generosity drive over Christmas left 60 prisoners each receiving a $20 note while others shared a total donation of $1,200 for distribution among I. W. W. prisoners.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Associated Press
Federal Penitentiary
Cei
Mob Hangs Black Suspect in Jonesboro Riot
In Jonesboro Arkansas Wade Thomas a Black man who fatally wounded a policeman during a raid on a dice game was dragged from jail by a mob and paraded through business streets before dying near a telephone pole at the scene. His body was shot multiple times.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Associated Press
Wade Thomas
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