Mayor of Cork barred from entering the United States
Daniel J. O Callaghan Lord Mayor of Cork was ordered kept out of the United States by a Norfolk board of special inquiry. He appealed and the case may be sent to the state department to decide on waiving the special passport rule. O Callaghan also appealed to the state department. The final decision rests with State due to diplomatic issues in his entry.
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Washington, D. C
Daniel J. O’callaghan
Cork
Norfolk
O'Callaghan
State Department
United States
Wilson
Department of Labor
Department of State
O’callaghan
Volstead Act Tough on Revenue Men
Washington January 6. Revenue officers under the Volstead act face the toughest proposition, says Paul F. Myers assistant commissioner of the internal revenue. He testified before the house appropriations committee that a big force and ample funds are needed to pursue wholesale and retail bootleggers.
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Washington, D. C
Revenue
Paul F. Myers
Internal Revenue
House Appropriations Committee
Iowa Farmer Believed Murder Victim in Robbery
John Maher of Lake Park Iowa is thought murdered for more than 10 000 dollars. Moline police and Joseph Maher of Harris Iowa report the body found in Silvis yards Sunday night. Seven cents were on the victim and Chicago was left earlier Sunday with 10 000 to 12 000 dollars in his pocket.
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Davenport
John Maher
Lake Park
Moline
Joseph Maher
Harris
Maher
Chicago
First Negro Legislator in Missouri Takes Office
W. G. Moore became the first Black member seated in the Missouri legislature and took the oath in Jefferson City. Elected from the Sixth district in St Louis known as the West End, his seat along the center aisle drew attentionwide flowers adorned the desk in a ceremonial moment.
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Jefferson City
W. G. Moore
Missouri
St Louis
Weather prospects for Chicago over next 24 hours
Weather indications call for increasing cloudiness tonight with warmer conditions in the east portion and colder in the northwest. Friday expected to be unsettled and colder across the city.
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Chicago
Weather Summary Observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley
Weather summary lists local observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley for the past 24 hours ending 7 am. The report notes snow or related conditions and records daily measurements.
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H. M. Stanley
Seigel bill proposes House membership at 483
Washington January 6 the house census committee agreed to report to Congress the Seigel bill fixing the membership of the house at 483 an increase of 48 over the present size It also recommended a constitutional amendment to cap future memberships at 500 Iowa would keep eleven seats under the plan representation would be one member per 218979 inhabitants and no state would lose any seat
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Washington, D. C
House Census Committee
Congress
Seigel
House
Iowa
Blind LaPorte man paralyzed after alleged moonshine sale
George Melkamis of LaPorte was found intoxicated and later hospitalized in Holy Family hospital after suffering acute alcohol poisoning. His sister charged Charles and Mrs Tanonis with selling liquor, with Mrs Tanonis jailed thirty days and Tanonis awaiting trial as Melkamis remains severely paralyzed.
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la Porte
Ind
George Melkamis
LaPorte
Holy Family Hospital
Melkamis
Charles Tanonis
Tanonis
Paris records 106 murder arrests in 1920 police report
Paris police officials disclose 1920 saw 106 arrests for murder in the city. Seventy three trials were held in Paris due to seven defendants from ruined regions brought for trial. Of the trials, thirty ended in acquittals and eighty three in convictions.
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Paris
Paris Assizes
United States mail boat Pulitzer Missing With Crew
Washington January 6 The U S mail boat Pulitzer with at least seven men aboard has been missing since December 15 and may have been lost in the Shelikoff Straits Alaska. Governor Riggs of Alaska was advised by Secretary Payne today.
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Washington, D. C
United States Mail
Pulitzer
Shelikoff
Alaska
Payne
Riggs
Thunder Sparks Anarchist Fears In Brooklyn
A January electrical storm unsettled Brooklyn as a thunder clap startled residents and police headquarters received reports of an explosion somewhere, amid New York’s weather swing from winter to heat.
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New York
New Orleans
Salary measure cuts large total by 23 million dollars
Washington January 6 The house appropriations committee reported a 112 728 438 dollar bill covering legislative executive and judicial funds with a 23 724 176 dollar reduction from requests and 5 727 771 below current year. It cuts salaries for 12 183 DC employees and proposes 10 million for the internal revenue bureau for prohibition enforcement. Major cuts go to Treasury 6 906 611 Commerce 3 807 250 War 2 927 870 Navy 322 770.
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Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
District of Columbia
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Department of Commerce
War Department
Navy Department
U S Offers Bounty on Hoatch Heads
Carbondale Illinois January 6 The Anti saloon league seeks federal law to jail intoxicated men until they disclose liquor sources and to grant a 500 bounty for arrests. Illinois branch plans to push Congress for action at the next session as only five federal enforcement officers serve fifty two counties.
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Carbondale
Antisaloon League
United States
League
Illinois
Congress
Leo Howard
Southernlinois
Oklahoma Solon Flies to Legislature in Own Plane
G. E. Davidson of Arnett Oklahoma a Republican member of the Oklahoma House visited Oklahoma City in his own plane. He circled the capitol dropping literature and said he plans to fly to and from his home during the session whenever weather permits.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
G. E. Davidson
Arnett
Oklahoma
Davidson
Smothers Dies as Corn Crib Braces Break
Carbondale January 6 Roscoe Haes 17 was smothered to death when corn crib supports gave way while he shoveled grain, a large quantity of oats covering him.
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Carbondale
Roscoe Haes
Horsethief Remits Price of Stolen Steed
Nanny of Rutherford county in Raleigh receives a letter from Tennessee with $135 sent as payment. The writer claims he sold a horse stolen from Nanny's father-in-law in 1867 for the amount.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. C. Nanny
Rutherford County
Tennessee
Nanny
Farmers Plan Nationwide Markets and Buying Cooperatives
St Louis delegates at the 10th Annual Farmers Equity convention discuss a nationwide chain of cooperative markets and purchasing agencies to curb speculation and lower supplies costs. Plans emphasize grain livestock and dairy central markets and participation in broader centralized grain and livestock markets. Des Moines speakers urge organized commodity action to pressure concrete reforms through unified, controlled action.
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St. Louis
Farmers Equity
Des Moines
C. L. Harlan
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
Farm Bureau
Harlan
Restaurant Man Robbed Find Thieves
Kansas City Mo Jan 6 A serve yourself method led Pete Bisbis proprietor of a Kansas City Kas restaurant to find two men who held up his place early yesterday He closed the place and with his cook searched the pool rooms They found the thieves resting in one and had them arrested.
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Kansas City
Pete Bisbis
Kas, Resturant
Mother and Daughter Die in Hotel Fire at Desdemona
Two women perished when the Lone Star hotel burned in Desdemona, Eastland County, this morning. Mrs Bantell and her 19 year old daughter, members of a vaudeville company, were identified as victims in the blaze.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lone Star
Desdemona
Eastland County
Bantell
Aged Woman Dies of Bob Sled Injuries
Sioux City Iowa January 6. Mrs Mary Knox 76 died from injuries after being thrown from a bobsled a week earlier. She had been returning to Banc ity from Homer Nebraska for a daughter's wedding when the accident occurred.
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Sioux City
Mary Knox
Homer
Neb
Bomb wrecks sheriff's home in Pittsburg area
The home of Under Sheriff D. M. Lamb near Girard was wrecked by a dynamite explosion at midnight. R. J. Doper, Lamb's father in law, was badly cut while Lamb and his wife and their five children slept elsewhere and escaped injury. Lamb had led raids against liquor violators.
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Pittsburg
Kas
D. M. Lamb
Girard
R. J. Doper
Penrose Backs Emergency Tariff Bill Support
Senator Penrose chairing the Senate Finance Committee says he will support the House emergency tariff bill though he seeks rate modifications. He spoke after the committee's first open hearing to clarify misunderstandings about the measure's status.
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Penrose
Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
France claims coal surplus and cancels U S contracts
Paris reports a coal surplus covering six months for France and its economy. Officials say contracts with American coal companies worth more than $100.5 million were cancelled and the price of American coal at French ports has dropped from $32 to $12.50 a ton in two months.
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Paris
France
British American Bank Suspends Payments
The British American Continental Bank suspended payment today in London. Financial observers attribute the move to the general financial situation and a prior advance on produce, mainly Canadian, left unable to realize amid trade stagnation.
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London
Continental Bank
Money Lying Idle Find No One to Spend It
Muskegon county war chest board cannot spend $30,000 for two years due to lack of quorum at two special meetings. The idle treasury remains unallocated as officials struggle to act on grants and programs.
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Muskegon, Mich
Stowaway with Smallpox Delays Passengers on Braga
Nearly 1,500 travelers onboard the Braga from Marseilles were vaccinated and sent to Hoffman Island after a stowaway tested positive for smallpox. The Pesaro from Genoa arrived with seventeen stowaways.
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New York
Braga
Marseilles
Hoffman Island
Pesaro
Genoa
Harding Heads Insurance Co ay Des Moines
Des Moines reports Governor W. L. Harding will head the Harding Insurance Company after leaving office. He plans a vacation between retirement and starting private business duties at the Des Moines firm.
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Harding Heads Insurance CO
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Daily Market Report for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
CATTLE receipts 15 000 with steadier market on beef steers and higher spot. Early top 11 50. bulk butcher stock 5 50 to 7 0. calves steady 12 00 to 12 25. HOGS receipts 51 000 with market fairly active and 0 to 10 cents lower. top 9 90. bulk 9 25 to 10 75. pigs 10 cents lower. 90 to 130 lb pigs 9 75 to 9 90. SHEEP receipts 12 000 with market sheep and lambs 50 to 75 cents higher.
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Bieta
Naab Sens
Peacethessy
Pia
Creamery and Poultry Receipts Reported in Markets
Receipts show butter and egg markets with lower creamery figures. Poultry prices list fowls and springs at 28 cents, turkeys at 40 cents, with overall firsts around mid sixties and ordinary firsts near fifty eight to sixty seven.
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Etaoin Ad Eges
Mark Cases Inc
Chicago Closing Grain and Provisions Prices
Grain and provisions figures from Des Moines broker Lamson Bros list Wheat March at 173% and May 167% Corn May 75% July 76% Data May 49 July 48% Pork Jan 24.0% Lard Jan 13.10 May 15.80 Ribs Jan 11.77 May 12.47
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Chicago
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbell
Des Moines
Tel
Walnut
Cattle and hog markets show mixed gains and declines
Receipts indicate 1800 cattle with market strength up to 25 higher, hogs at 7500 receipts with prices around 9.10, while sheep receipts near 2000 show a steady to mixed pattern with bids from 6.25 to 9.50. Strong entries and wide ranges reflect regional demand shifts.
Local Cash Market Prices
Corn 50c, oats 40c, timothy hay 15.00, straw 9.00, wild hay 12.00, thresher hay 12.00, wheat 1.80, clover seed 7.00 to 9.90, timothy seed 2.00 to 2.25, barley 5c.
Market Prices List for Farm Goods and Poultry
Readable price list shows eggs at 44 cents per dozen hens 22 cents, springs 20 cents, roosters 13 cents, ducks 19 cents, geese 15 cents, cream 42 cents, hides 4 cents, horse hides $2.25, turkeys 3 cents per pound.
Woman becomes first female bailiff of Muscatine grand jury
Mise Wiley daughter of Sheriff R J Wiley was named bailiff of the grand jury for the January term by Judge F D Letts becoming the county's first woman in this post. Grand jury empanelled with William Vonderhied as clerk the term to finish investigations by week end per county attorney L A Crush.
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Muscatine
Mise Wiley
R. J. Wiley
Grand Jury
F. D. Letts
William Vonderhied
L. A. Crush County
Gowns and Feathers Cheaper After Tax Removal
Paris reports the 10 percent export tax on gowns cloaks millinery lace and feathers is to be abolished following a formal protest by the American chamber of commerce in Paris. Sydney Viet, committee chairman, warned continued tax would have halved sales to American buyers and the trade welcomed the change.
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Paris
American Chamber of Commerce
Sydney Viet
Lonely Hearts Club Formed By City Widows and Widowers
The Widow ers' and Widows' Social Club of Cuyahoga County filed articles of incorporation in Columbus through Rep. Charles Brenner. The papers say the club is for education and social benefit, but Brenner notes the real aim is to unite lonely widows and widowers for matrimony.
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Columbus, O. Jan
Cuyahoga County
Charles Brenner
Cleveland
Brenner
Man Kills Self After Wounding Wife and Babe
Ridgewood New Jersey area report states R S Mueller shot his wife and four month old daughter then killed himself. Two other children unharmed. Wife called him crazy. Mueller was a former official photographer in the United States Navy department.
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Ridgewood
N. Y
R. S. Mueller
Mueller
United States Navy Department
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U. S
Paul Myers
Brooklyn
Washington
Hoatch
Sheriff's
Associated Press
United States Bureau of Markets
Chicago Live Stock
Opening Market
St. Joseph
Lonely Hearts” Club
Man
Self
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