Attempted fraud on U S fencing school prof taken custody
Officials say Antonio Pappano who ran a fencing school in Washington was arrested after bribery offers up to 60000 were discussed to aid liquor withdrawal permit fraud under Prohibition. New York clerks and builders were also charged in a broader conspiracy using forged telegrams and permits to obtain alcohol.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Antonio Pappano
Federal Prohibition
New York
Pappano
Federal Prohibition Director's Office
United States
Mary Perkins
Tegina Sassone
Edward Donegan
Brooklyn
Sigmund (Heansy) Rosenfeld
Geo. St. Stibberson
Donegan
Rosenfeld
New York State
Mexican arrest in Berens murder reported by embassy
The murderer of American mining man John Berens, slain last month in Mexico, has been arrested and is held for trial in Nichoacan. The American embassy issued the statement citing a Mexico City newspaper report as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Berens
Mexico
Nichoacan
State Department
Mexico City
Postal Official Arrested Charged With Embezzling Funds
William Petersen, assistant postmaster of Honolulu, arrested in San Francisco on charges of embezzling $27,000 in postoffice funds. Petersen admits taking the money claiming ignorance of its fate. he served fifteen years in Honolulu. William Kane, a post office clerk, also arrested, accused of embezzling customs funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William
Petersen
Honolulu
Postoffice
William Kane
Treasury cites 2.2 billion cost of soldiers bonus plan
Secretary Houston told the Senate finance committee that the five optional provisions of the soldiers bonus could cost from 1.34 to 4.53 billion dollars with total use of all options. He urged no new tax burdens and warned the finances might not support increased spending. He outlined potential revenue sources and called for simplified tax laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baker
California
House
Weeters
Union News Service
Houston
Treasury Department
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
North Dakota
Treasury Administration
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Adams
Smoot
Utah
Twenty three North Dakota banks closed in two weeks
Two more state banks in North Dakota were closed the First Farmers of Minot and the Security State at Carpio, owned by the Savings and Loan Trust Company of Minot. They held about 530,000 in deposits and 65,000 capital, raising total closed state banks to twenty seven after a three week period with no public announcements following examiner policy.
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N. D
Fargo
North Dakota
Farmers of
Minot
Carpio
Savings and Loan Trust Company of
State Bank
Poly
Ford Plant Closed in Highland Park Detroit
Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Detroit has been closed for an indefin ite period. About 650,000 men are affected as inventory work from December 24 to January 8 signals a standstill likely until at least February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Hindu in white race ruling grants citizenship in Utah
District Judge J D Call of Brigham City Utah holds Pumea Singh 46 is a Hindu and thus white. The ruling declares Hindus belong to the white race under the naturalization statute limiting citizenship to white persons or those of African birth or descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
J. D. Call
Brigham City
Utah
Pumea Singh
Banquet Highlights Hoover Relief Effort With Rice Feast
In New York, a thousand affluent men and women paid $1,000 each to attend a plain board banquet. Herbert Hoover, head of the European relief council, organized the event to honor America's aid to 3,600,000 starving European children. The meal mirrored that served to hungry children at relief stations across Europe, featuring rice with white bread and cocoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
European Relief Council
America
Europe
Italian leader signals end of siege at Fiume and exile plan
Rome reports D Annunzio declares not worth dying for Italy and plans to depart by air as Fiume talks move toward settlement. Disbanding legionnaires, amnesty, and recognition of the Tapallo treaty are cited, while guerilla fighting and ambushes persist around Fiume. Venice notes pianist Luisella Baccara's alleged ties to D Annunzio amid divorce rumors.
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Rome
Fiume
D'Annunzio
Legionnairies
Ine
Legionnairres
Venice
Signorina
Luisella Baccara
D'Annunovio
Flame
Prohibition Chief Plans Liquor Permit Cuts
Washington Prohibition Commissioner Kramer announced plans to reduce federal liquor handling permits in the coming year. The new licenses will be issued at a strict minimum to curb illegal sales.
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Washington
Prohibition
Kramer
Three Departments Seek 116 Million Dollar Deficiency Appropriation
Washington deficits totaling 116 million dollars were requested by three executive departments. Secretary Baker estimated the War Department requires 76 million more before July 1 for army pay and subsistence and 521 thousand for the military academy upkeep. Postmaster Burle don seeks 85 million 84 thousand 700 for mail transportation due to higher rates.
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Washington
Congress
Baker
War Department
Military Academy
Burledon
May Mean New Pact Between Japan and United States
The talks between American ambassador Roland Morris and Japanese ambassador Baron Shidehara near completion aim to send a treaty amendment to the Senate. It would grant Japanese in the United States equal civil rights and impose a strict emigration ban, with limited entry for scholars and merchants while ending family immigration.
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Washington
Roland
Morris
Japan
Baron Shidehara
United States
State Department
Japanese Foreign Office
Senate
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
California
Fuel Administrator Calls for Coal Price Readjustment
Fuel Administrator Eugene C. Hultman warned Boston coal dealers and others that anthracite prices were excessive and urged a prompt price readjustment. He said there is no justification for maintaining high retail costs in recent months.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Eugene C. Hultman
Looting of Prohibition Evidence At Richmond Federal Building
Federal agents admitted before Judge Waddill that the rooms in the Richmond federal building where seized liquor was stored were looted twice in the last year. The thieves stole all evidence seized during prohibition raids in Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia
Feder
Waddill
Federal
Exports to Spain Show Growth in Trade Report
A Department of Commerce report cites a spike in American exports to Spain from 1914 to 1910 noting growth of about 240 percent. Trade Commissioner Arthur Young attributes the rise to the displacement of Germany and, in part, France and Great Britain in the Spanish market by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Washington
Department of Commerce
Arthur Young
Germany
France
Great Britain
United States
Tax relief debate as Republicans target excess profits tax
In a Senate speech Senator Frelinghuysen outlines GOP goals to reduce taxes by removing the excess profits tax and boosting revenue through a protective tariff and a tax on manufacturers’ sales. Leaders fear consumer burdens and higher prices while weighing how to replace lost revenue amid calls for lower taxation.
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Harding
Houston
Frelinghuysen
Republian Party
Taft
Congress
Dotheboys Hall
Republican Party
United States
Volunteers Propose Wage Cut At Pullman Works
More than 9 000 employees at the Pullman Company car works in Pullman Illinois offered to accept wage reductions up to 20 percent. The voluntary proposal came through the employees industrial relations committee and the company had not urged any cuts or layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pullman Company
Alt Pullman, Ill
Famous actresses wed in Greenwich ceremony
Well known actress Constance Talmadge wed New York City tobacco merchant John Platoglio in Greenwich Connecticut on December 26 in the presence of her mother and two sisters Norma and Natalie. Dorothy Gish also married actor James Rennie at the same time and place, with the couples serving as attendants to each other.
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New York
Constance Talmadge
John Platoglio
New York City
Greenwich
Conn
Dee
Norma
Natalie
Dorothy Gish
Miss Talmadge
James Rennie
Wyoming Brief News Notes From All Parts of Wyoming
Carbon county wool growers cut sheepherders wages from 150 to 140 dollars monthly. Maude Moore and Martin Hunter hunted for murder suspect Leroy Hart. Hunter arrested in Casper. Northwest Wyoming Medical Society officers elected in Cody Lowell. Cheyenne air mail plane crashed at Omaha. Pilot Cox unharmed. University of Wyoming inspector prof C R Maxwell visited high schools seeking North Central Association admission. Yee Geow tries to cheat the law again by hanging himself in Cheyenne jail. Bank of Lusk and State Bank of Meeteetse closed for low reserves. Extension worker conference at Laramie January 6 12. Farm Bureau meetings January 6 8. Casper stockholders oppose moving United States Wool Company plant to Denver. Half Moon Mining at Jelm to develop mica vein at Fox Park. high grade mica and $1-$24 per ton sold product, $150 per ton waste. Mrs L D McDonald sues Greybull Ideal pool hall for 10000 damages over gambling losses. State Land Commissioner A Baker campaign in Cheyenne. Fred Black Cody rancher commits suicide by rifle near courthouse. Supreme Court carbon black plant shutdown affects Cowley Lovell. field plants exempt. Charles Hoff Upton loses five fingers from match explosion during cartridge interior mining. Judge Kimball Lander sentences Henry Johnson to life imprisonment for Nancy Wales murder.
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Maude Moore
Martin Hunter
Leroy Hart
Knoxville
Tenn
Casper
Hunter
Pat Royce
Frances M. Lane
Cody
Northwest Wyoming Medical Society
Lowell
J. H. Carder
Greybull
Chester Harris
Basin
Cheyenne
Cox
Omaha
C. R. Maxwell
Department of Education
University of Wyoming
North Central Association
Yee Geow
Bank of Lusk
Wyo
State Bank of Meetteetse
Hoffman
Lusk
Meeteetse
Extension Workers
Laramie
Farm Bureau
Western
United States Wool Company
Denver
Half Moon Mining and Milling Company
Jelm
Foxpark
L. D. McDonald
Ideal Pool Hall
A. Baker
General Land Office
Washington
Fred Black
Carter Mountain District
Court House
United States Supreme Court
Cowley
Wye
Lovell
Charles Hoff
Upton
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Revenue Bureau
U.S
Union News Germer
Phonograph Works
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Record Department
Oviedo
Bama de Langreo
Ford
Los Angeles
Pendegast
Italy
Council
Uolon News Service
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Solons
Union News Flerrice
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Wyoming
Astern
Carbon County
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