Double Booze Rings Shake Prohibition Network
United States congressman named before a federal grand jury in a probe into a large whisky ring. A $10 000 bribe was offered by a woman linked to two booze rings run from New York and Chicago. In New York arrests, a hearse carried alcohol bound for New Jersey with six boxes of five gallon jugs.
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Chicago
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Antoinette Duryen
Federal Building
Harry D. Allen
Department of Justice
Federal
New York
Milwaukee
Louisville
New Jersey
Ralph Sasulo
Charles Bosco
Frank L. Boyd
Twelve Seamen Lost Off Santiago de Cuba Collision
Twelve crew members from the schooner W. P. Heat were lost two miles off Santiago de Cuba after a collision with the American steamer Cayo Mambe. The schooner sank while the rest of the crew were rescued. The Cayo Mambe captain attributed the collision to a misinterpreted signal.
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Havana
W. P. Heat
Santiago de Cuba
Kidnap Of American Temperance Leader Reported
Secretary H. E. Warner of the American Students Temperance movement was abducted by Sheffield University students during a prohibition meeting in Sheffield. He was driven to the moors and left there but was unharmed and returned alone.
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London
H. 8. Warner
Sheffield
Sheffield University
Moors
Warner
Government drive against high cost living ends
The government drive against the high cost of living, set to end Nov 1, has cost about 500,000, according to the Department of Justice. Officials sent letters to all fair price organizations informing them of the campaign’s conclusion.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Reindeer cargo sent to U S market from Nome
The Alaska Steamship Company's Bering Sea liner Victoria sailed from Nome Alaska with 1000 reindeer carcasses for sale in the United States.
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Beatile
Alaska Steamship Company
Victoria
Nome
Alaska
Want Foreign Wool Barred
Salt Lake City Utah wool growers prepare to push embargo legislation to block foreign wool in the coming session of Congress. Secretary F R Marshall of Salt Lake, head of the National Wool Growers Association, says the measure would place a duty on foreign wool to equalize prices for U S growers.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Congress
F. R. Marshall
Salt Lake
National Wool Growers’ Association
U. S
Wrangel Gains Ground On Bolsheviks In Europe
State Department officials see signs of Bolshevik collapse in Russia as Wrangel advances in southeastern Europe. Polish demands in Vilna spark Lithuanian mobilization and pleas to the United States for pressure. Wrangel’s forces push from Sebastopol toward Kakhovka while Ukrainian insurgents seize Kiev and Bolshevik garrisons withdraw.
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Union News Service
Washington
State Department
Europe
Wrangel
Russia
Vilna
United States
Foreman Climbs 150-Foot Mast to Save Worker
Toronto onlookers watched as foreman Joseph Moulday scaled a 150 foot derrick mast to rescue Frank Carvell who lay unconscious after a crushed hand. Held by a glove on the pulley, Carvell was carried down the mast on Moulday’s back. Moulday faces Humane Society life saving medal consideration.
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Toronto
Joseph Moulday
Frank Carvell
Moulday
Carvell
Humane Society
Art Club Girls Will Vote at Special Registration
In Chicago one precinct judge refused to record the registration of Three Arts Club students, claiming suffrage applied only to self supporting women. The election commission announced a special registration for the students and officials will explain the rule.
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Art Club
Chicago
Three Arts Club
Election Commission
Benitence Commutes to Life in DC Murder Case
President Wilson spared Josephine Herry a death sentence for the killing of a fellow Black woman in Washington. Her term was changed to life imprisonment, the first DC execution reprieve since Mrs. Surratt tied to the Lincoln case.
First Ohio Vote Cast In Phoenix For President Ballot
Jacob Baber of Dayton Ohio was believed to be the first voter to cast a ballot in this year’s presidential election while temporarily in Phoenix Arizona. Under Ohio law a qualified elector residing outside his precinct may vote by mail, and Baber mailed in his ballot for Harding for President.
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Ohio
Phoenix
Ariz
Jacob Baber
Dayton
Baber
Harding
Freight Fire Destroys Chicago Junction Freight House
Chicago officials said a blaze destroyed the Chicago Junction railroad freight house causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Much of the merchandise in transit burned and 260 freight cars, largely loaded, were ruined by the fire.
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Chicago
Chicago Junction Railroad
Greece may become republic after King Alexander’s death
Officials weigh succession options as King Alexander of Greece sits near death from a monkey bite. The foreign office notes Prince Arthur of Connaught or Prince Sextus of Bourbon Parma as preferred successors if the monarchy ends.
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Greece
Paris
Alexander
Foreign Office
Arthur of
Connaught
Sextus
Bourbon-Parma
Federal Reserve to discuss agricultural credit policy
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board prepares a comprehensive policy statement on credit conditions after a fall conference. Governor Harding told agricultural delegates the board will address agrarian credit issues, while noting banks cannot be instructed on loans. Delegates consider seeking a cabinet conference with President Wilson. German interests indicated demand for 2,000,000 bales of American cotton.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Federal Reserve
Reserve Bank
Reserve Board
Iife
Reserve
Reserve Banks
Wilson
Houston
Meredith
U S Crops Down in Value Across July August
Reductions in July and August cut farm product prices nationwide by about 1.76 billion dollars. The estimate, tied to wheat corn potatoes apples cotton and beef cattle, comes from George P. Hampton, managing director of the Farmers National Council.
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Washington
George P. Hampton
Farmers’ National Council
Lightning Fire Ravages Manhattan Oil Tanks in Des Moines
Lightning caused a large blaze at Manhattan Oil Company's tanks in Des Moines, destroying about 2,000,000 gallons of gasoline and crude oil. A small explosion sparked the fire, possibly from lightning, with adjoining Cedar Rapids and other oil firm tanks spared. Firefighters gained full control after hours of effort.
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Des Moines
Towa
Manhattan Oil Company
Cedar Rapids
Mutinous Bolshevik Sailors Depose Admiral Raskilnikov
Reports from the State Department say mutinous Bolshevik sailors on Baltic warships have deposed Admiral Raskilnikov, while land forces suppressed the revolt. Disorders spread to Saratov Tambov Velikie and Smolensk as Vilna falls under provisional government guidance after Zeligowski’s actions. Polish authorities condemn the incident and vow to uphold authority. British notes warn Bolshevik submarines may be attacked on sight, but admiralty patrols see no submarine evidence. A Polish-branch Warsaw dispatch says Wrangel’s forces in the south receive a peace overture from the Soviet government via a Warsaw report.
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Union News Service
Washington
Baltic
Raskilnikov
State Department
Saratov
Tambor
Wlasma
Smolensk
Warsaw
Zelgouski
Vilna
Grodno
Bolshevists
London
Zeligowski
Soviet
Russia
Admiralty
Wrangel
Berlin
Japan plans joint action against Bolshevism in Asia
Tokyo reports Japan will seek joint action with powers to curb Bolshevism on the Asian continent, especially northern China. The Kokumin Shimbun says Japan will reinforce its Manchurian expeditionary force by adding a division or part of one, following bandit activity near the Manchurian Korean border.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Kokumin Shimbun
Manchuria
Turn Ball Players Down Greenville Exposed Exhibition Game Ban
Greenville officers refuse to lease their ball park for an exhibition game featuring Joe Jackson and Claude Williams former Chicago White Sox stars. Jackson and Williams have been visiting the city at the home of a former associate since the Chicago exposure. Friends proposed forming two teams of Jacksons’ boyhood peers to showcase the professionals.
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Greenville
D. C
Greenville Baseball Club
Joe Jackson
Claude Williams
Chicago White Sox
Jackson
Williams
Chicago
Plot to Blow Up Kingston Prison Thwarted
Kingston authorities foil a plan to release prisoners at Ports mouth penitentiary and blow up the facility with nitroglycerine. Officials, warned of the attempt, weakened sections of the wall and found rifles, shotguns, ammunition, and enough explosive to destroy the building.
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Kingston
Protests Across Italy For Pro Soviet Russia Policy
A nation wide general strike in Italy protested the arrest of political opponents of allied policy toward Russia. Trains halted 3 to 5 pm. Violence reported in Bologna and Milan with fatalities and injuries. Bombs at Milan hotels housing the British League delegation. Socialist and labor leaders urge nationwide demonstrations to press recognition of Soviet Russia.
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London
Italy
Russia
Rome
Exchange Telegraph
London Times
San Giovanni Rotundo
Bologna
Milan
Cavour
League of Nations Conference
Italian Socialist Party
General Confederation of Labor
Avanti
U S Bank Deposits Rise and Loans Jump in Year End Report
Washington reports United States bank deposits rose by 4.045 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, with loans and discounts up 5.806 billion. Total resources of reporting banks stood at 653.079 billion, excluding federal reserve banks, and rediscounts of national banks equal 1.215 billion. Capital, surplus and profits reached 5.954 billion, up 618.803 million since June 30, 1919.
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Washington
United States
Comptroller
Williams
Federal Reserve Banks
Aviator Burns to Death in Training Crash Near San Antonio
Sergt. Charles D. Allen of Mason Michigan died in a fiery crash when an airplane piloted by Staff Sergt. Walter French from Battle Creek Michigan struck a building at New Braunfels during a training flight. Both men were part of the 147th aero squadron, Kelly Field, San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Tex
Charles D. Allen
Mason
Mich
Walter French
Battle Creek
French
New Braunfels
Here
147Th Aero Squadron
Kellyfield
Paris Opera Troupe On Strike
The Paris opera orchestra, chorus, and stage hands voted to strike. Director Jacques Rouche cited his refusal to alter chorus rules and to limit hiring more than one foreign artist every three months as the motive.
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Paris Opera
Paris
Jacques Rouche
Opera
To Cut Muslin Price in New York
Selling agents for two bleached muslin lines announced drastic price cuts to be made immediately. One line drops from 85 cents to 20 cents per yard and another from 81 cents to 19 cents per yard.
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New York
Negroes Sentenced to Hang After Arkansas Riot Convictions
The Supreme Court declined to review the cases of Frank Moore and five other African American men sentenced to death for参与 in a race riot in Phillips county Arkansas last October. The convictions will stand and executions are expected to proceed.
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Washington
Frank Moore
Phillips County
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Minimum Wage Law Upheld by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas minimum wage law authorizing an Industrial Welfare Commission to set wages for women and minors across industries in Texas was upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Haitians killed by Marines cited in report
Brig. Gen. George Barnett details in a public report that about 8,260 armed Haitian bandits have been killed by United States Marines or Haitian gendarmie during roughly five and a half years of occupation. Marine corps casualties include one officer and twelve enlisted men killed and two officers and twenty-six enlisted men wounded.
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Washington
United States
George Barnett
Marine Corps, Sig
Daniela
Marine Corps
Wyoming Notes: Elections, Accidents, and Growth Trends
Wyoming brief notes report county agent appointment for Laramie, new football numbers for UW, a man’s suicide in Laramie, wool clip offers at Cokeville, nurse rate hikes in Casper, a fatal infant suffocation near Pine Bluffs, Father Cummiskey’s death in Laramie, auto cranking accidents in Cody, De Molay plan in Cheyenne, Missionary District record by Bishop Thomas, population shifts including Alabama and Nevada, Esther Morris commemorated at South Pass, oil and coal industry updates across the state.
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Union News Service
Univerasity of Wyoming
Laramie
Robert H. Zeigler
University of Wyoming
Wenr
Emmet Doyle
Leadville
Denver
Midwest Refining Company
Lincoln County
R. D. Boomer
Cokeville
Boston
Casper Nurses’ Association
Ray Crinklaw
Pine Bluffs
Hugh Cummiskey
Cheyenne
Catholic Church
Father Cummiskey
Towanda
Scranto
W. A. Baider
Emil Moore
Cody
Moore
Order of de Molay
Lodge of Perfection
Thomas
Wyoming
Alabama
South Carolina
Nevada
Union
H. G. Nickerson
Lander
Captain Nickerson
Esther Morris
South Pass
Wyo
Hugh L. Foster
Portland
Ore
Casper
Alcora
Foster
Canada
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Mariupol
Donetz
Kiev
William Travers
Jacksonville
Fla
Travers
U. S&s. Reserve Board
Admiral Raskilnikov
REDS
General Labor
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