World News Roundup of Crimes and Conflicts and Quakes
A Christmas night march in Columbus Georgia involved white robed figures distributing warnings. A Berkeley police report notes a 35 bill found and claimed by 286 people in two days with no identification. Reports cover drought driven water cost rises in Minneapolis and burglaries in Milwaukee and New Brunswick.
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Columbus
Berkeley
Cal
Chas. Becker
Milwaukee
Joseph Zuber
Sam
Chicago Federal
Post Office
Canada
Rockaway Naval Air Station
A. W. Evans
Evans
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Paul D. Keller
Minneapolis
Keller
James O'Keefe
James Lane
James Cullen
Clarry Smith
Fort Madison
Wis
O. O. Stillman
New Brunswick
N. Z
Stillman
Orphans’ Court
Lebanon County
Henry
Lnte Rosaline
Coleman
Paris
France
Guido Henskle
Freiburg
Germany
America
New York State
Supreme Court
St. Paul
Detroit
George F. Croate
Tracy B. Tyler
Federal Reserve
Choate
Tyler
Chicago
Denver Tramway placed in receivership by federal court
The Denver Tramway Company, a $20 million street railway system, is under a receiver after a U S district court ruling prompted by creditor Westinghouse Electric Company. Ernest Stenger named to manage affairs as bids for navy fuel oil supplies are sought.
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Denver Tramway Company
Denver
United States District Court
Westinghouse Electrical Company
Robert E. Lewis
Ernest Stenger
Navy
Standard, Union and Associated Oil
San Francisco
Ernesto Ramirez
Edouard Ramirez
Douglas, Ariz
Montesano
Wash
Grays Harbor
Centralia
Northern Pacific
Dlast
Invasion Raids Hurley Saloons Seize Moonshine
Federal prohibition agents raided 38 Hurley saloons, arresting 57 men. Prisoners were moved to Ashland for arraignment while liquor was stored as evidence. Officers guarded the haul, with seizures ranging from five gallon jugs to pint bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tronwood
Mich
Hurley
Ashland
Wis
Prohibition
United States
Walter A. Cate
Farty
Cate
Pugh
Superior
Chicago
Here
Joseph Callahan
W. T. Lennon
Interference Admitted by Officials in SAIT
Washington officials admit interference with the landing of the Western Union cable from Barbados. They state they acted under direct orders of President Wilson and filed answers in district supreme court denying the injunction sought by the Telegraph Company. They warn an injunction would injure the government and impede diplomacy on cable communications.
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Washington
Western Union
Barbados
Wilson
Colby, Baker and Daniels
District Supreme Court
Telegraph Company
United States
Bank of Bryan liable for safe deposit box robbery losses
Martinez California December 29 The Bank of Bryan must pay 12500 to 15 depositors after thieves burned into the vault January 2 for losses in a landmark superior court verdict judges and lawyers said the ruling sets a precedent in American jurisprudence.
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Martinez
Cal
Bank of Bryan
A. B. McKenzie
New Tariff Bill Stirs Hot Debate in Senate
Washington reports a tense Senate showdown over an emergency tariff bill passed by the House. Critics call it an embargo or burdensome while supporters insist it offers limited protection and should proceed to committee for fair consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
McCumber
North Dakota
Hitchcock
Smoot
Utah
Harrison
Mississippi
Wilson
Democratic Party
Wool Growers Leader Denounces Tariff Claim
Salt Lake report notes I R Marshall secretary of the National Wool Growers association branded as very misleading an assertion attributed to Congressman Madden Illinois that the Fordney emergency tariff bill would double clothing prices. Marshall called the statement ridiculous and dangerous and said it misrepresents the Ways and Means Committee and Congress.
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Salt Lake
I. R. Marshall
National Wool Growers’ Association
Madden
Illinois
Marshall
Ways and
Congress
Russian Regime Seeks Martens Return to Russia
New York December 28 Ludwig C A K Martens the Soviet envoy notified the Labor Department that on Moscow orders he will surrender for deportation January 3 He is to return to Russia and cancel contracts worth about 50 000 000 with American firms His report of deportation prompted Moscow to denounce the U S administration and he seeks permission for his staff and family to accompany him back to Russia
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New York
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
Department of Labor
Moscow
Moscow Ofvices
Martens
Russia
George Tchitcherin
Embezzler Given Seven Year Sentence in Barre
Barre Vermont December 29 Frank G Howland president of the Barre Savings Bank and Trust company was sentenced to four to seven years at hard labor after pleading guilty to embezzlement. He admitted thefts totaling fifteen thousand four hundred eighty dollars on five counts with an objection to one item of ten thousand five hundred.
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Barre
Frank G. Howland
The
Barre Savings Bank & Trust Company
Howland
Britain's New Dyestuffs Act Is Wartime Measure
Washington reports that England pas sed a dyestuffs import regulation act, prohibiting dye imports for 10 years to build a self sufficient industry. experts warn it may enable war time gas production and raise German dye competition for the United States options and trade, while transit through the UK complicates origin checks.
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Washington
England
Great Britain
United Kingdom
War Trade Board
United States
Famous Cowboy of Havre Takes Own Life After Wreck
Helena reports that long time Havre cowboy George Francis died after his car left the road on Christmas eve. He was due to surrender for a grand larceny conviction and faced a Deer Lodge term of six to twelve years. He attempted a splint, then crawled toward a farmhouse before cutting his throat to avoid freezing.
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Helena
George Francis
Havre
Simpson
Milk River
Francis
George
Deer Lodge
Montana
Bomb Explodes in Montesano Amid Jail Plot Suspicions
In Montesano Washington a blast shook the town injuring no one and likely aborted a plan to strike Grays Harbor county Jail where seven men jailed for the Armistice Day murders were held. Police found a leather bag fragment and fuse near the scene and cite a possible premature explosion.
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Montesano
Wash
Grays Harbor
Centralia
Northern Pacific
W. C. McAloon
O Briens Death to Be Investigated
Mrs Clara Clegg sister of Lieut Pat OBrien said an investigation would be conducted into his death in Los Angeles two weeks earlier. She cited Merwin OBrien and Virgil Moore as having sufficient evidence to suggest he was murdered rather than dying by his own action.
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Wilson
White House
Margaret Wilson
Stockton Axson
Santa Chris
Washington
Polo Grounds
War Department
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
D. C
Department of Agriculture
O’brien
Momence
Ill
Lieut
Pat O'Brien
Los Angeles
Clara Clegg
O'Brien
Bowman
State Hall
Musselshell County
Stillwater County
Yellowstone
New Montana Town of Nibbe Placed On Map by Railroad Commission
State railroad panel officially creates Nibbe as a town site in Yellowstone county 30 miles north of the Yellowstone crossroads. Farmers seek a spur on the Northern Pacific to handle a projected 500000 bushels of grain with a new elevator store and dwellings rising near the bridge.
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Nibbe
Montana
Montana Railroad Commission
Pompeys Pillar
Rockbridge
Northern Pacific Railway
Yellowstone County
Northern Pacific
J. Henry Nibbe
Billings
Railroad Commission
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Western
Cork
Ireland
P. J. Mopper
Freeman's Journal
Dublin
Portobello
Hamilton Edwards
Martin Fitzgerald
Fiume
Arche
Veglia
San Marcos
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Quarnero
Ferrario
House of Doorn
Santiago
Chile
Rothschilds of
Tondon
Valparaiso
London
Federal Liquor Agents
Wisconsin
SAIT
Wool Growers
Britain
Coast City
E. K. Bowman
State Railroad Commission
State Hall Insurance Board
Albert Halleck
State House
Colorado
Butte
State
State Commissioner of Agriculture and Publicity
Greenfield
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