Walsh found guilty of misappropriating bank funds
John R. Walsh, president of the defunct Chicago National Bank, was found guilty on fifty four counts of misappropriating funds. The verdict follows a long trial in which 156 counts remained after 32 were demurred. The penalty is imprisonment for not less than five years. no fine substituted. Jurors showed emotion during the reading as Walsh, confident earlier, listened and then left the courtroom with his lawyers.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
Waiter Ney
Elbert Palmer
Harvard
Palmer
Iie
Anderson
Attorney Miller
Atv. Palmer
Indiana Builds State Center for Rivers and Harbors
The Indiana branch of the National Rivers and Harbors congress forms in the board of trade hall in Indianapolis. Gov. Hanly and Mayor Bookwalter welcome delegates from across the state as national leaders push inland waterways and canal projects. Perry A. Randall urges renewed canal building, noting the pendulum of progress swinging back to waterways after decades of railroad dominance. Continued on Page Three.
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Indianapols
Indiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Board of Trade Assembly Hall
Hanly
Bookwalter
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisville
J. F. Ellison
Cincinnati
John L. Vance
Columbus
Ohio Valley Imeprovement Association
Thomas A. Sims
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Randell
Perry A. Randall
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Nesbit Thaw Testimony in Second Day of Grief Trial
New York report on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw under cross examination by District Attorney Jerome in the Stanford White murder trial of her husband. The DA probes European travels and letters from White while Thaw asks questions, with both sides debating as Justice Dowling curbs interruptions.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Stanford White
Justice Dowling
Thaw
Air. Hartridge
Boulogne
Berlin Unemployed Clash With Police in Mass Meetings
In Berlin on January 21 a clash occurred between police and unemployed demonstrators during socialist organized mass meetings. Sabers were used and several are reported wounded as mounted police charged. About 15,000 attended five meetings calling for employment aid and livelihoods for the jobless.
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Berlin
Schiffbauerdamm
Lustgartes
Reichstag
Judge Adair Enters Race for Congress in Twelfth District
Special to The Sentinel Columbia City Ind Jan 21 Judge Joseph W Adair announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Twelfth district He has served on the Whitley Noble circuit courts since 1890 and is urged by Whitley county Democrats as an ideal candidate joining others like James M Robinson Cyrus Cline and Fred L Feick in the field
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The
Sentinel
Columbia City
Ind
Joseph W. Adair
Columbia City Post
Whitley County
Judge Adair
Twelfth
House of Representatives
Adair
Whitley-Noble
Quakertown man tied to local theater fire evidence
W. R. Gravers of Quakertown Pa was arrested by state police in Boyertown for alleged role in removing two calcium grit tanks from a burned theater ruins after a fatal fire. Coroner Strasser seeks to determine tampering and possible negligence as tanks were moved to safety then shipped to Quakertown in the name of W. R. Ransom.
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Boyertown
W. R. Gravers
Quakertown
Strasser
W. R. Ransom
Torch of the Night Riders Burn Tobacco Barn
A band of about one hundred night riders burned James A. Coleman's large tobacco barn in southern Christian county Kentucky. The barn stored 15000 pounds of tobacco slated for shipment.
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Hopkinsville
James A. Coleman
Christian County
Bryan Accepted as Democratic Nominee for President
Washington state that Representative Champ Clark announced the Democratic Party will nominate William J. Bryan for president at the Denver convention in July amid applause. A separate House exchange saw Rep. Randall clash with Rep. Dalzell over remarks about corporate influence during a debate on the penal code bill.
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Washington
William J. Bryan
Denver
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Missouri
Randall
Texas
Dalsell
Pennsylvania
Dalzell
Delzell
United States
T-Say
Urgent Deficiency Bill Advances in House
Washington on January 21 the urgent deficiency appropriation bill carrying 24 million dollars was approved by the sub committee on deficiencies of the house committee on appropriations and will be reported to the house tomorrow.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Scent a murder in the hading of body in lake
The body of a blonde woman was found in Lake at the foot of Sixtieth Street. Two clots under the heart and a nine inch gash suggest murder or drowning. Police search for Mary Mushina missing from 4513 Lake Avenue. Identification unlikely. coroner's inquest scheduled.
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Chicago
Sixtieth Street
Mary Mushina
Lake Avenue
New Committees to Elect Members in February Primaries
Democratic chairman Hoff man and Republican chairman Skel ton indicate organization primaries likely in late February for county central committees. New law requires one committeeman per precinct, enlarging county committees to over 100 members and shifting funding of nominating primaries to public funds.
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Hoffman
Democratic County Central Committee
Skelton
Republican County Committee
Illinois Senate Advances Waterway Improvement Bill
The Illinois Senate moved a bill authorizing ten thousand dollars for the internal improvements program. The measure aims to promote a waterway project and design work related to the initiative.
Model License league opens first annual session in Louisville
In Louisville on January 21 delegates from across the United States gathered at the Seelbach hotel for the Model License league’s first annual winter session. The group aims to enact a liquor license law to curb new saloons, remove saloon influence from politics, and cap the number of saloons to match population standards. Delegates include legislators, brewers, distillers, and officials. The morning focused on welcomes and law explanations.
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Louisville
Model License League
Winter Garden
Seelbach Hotel
United States
Bolman Disposes of Diamonds in City
Louis Bolman, held on loitering charges, has disposed of nine diamonds and a ruby in recent weeks. Police, led by Sergeant Pappert, expect to uncover owners or evidence by tomorrow. Bolman claimed ownership when selling the gems and once faced arrest in a separate street crime case.
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Louis Bolman
Pappert
Bolman
Court House
Dead and Going Result of War of Races
In Lorain Ohio a night of race riots leaves one foreigner dead another dying and seven men under arrest. A new saloon overindulged patrons and a Slavs crowd attacked Vanek who was beaten into unconsciousness. Yeolin Bako and Steve Kortity were assaulted with severe head injuries. Police expect more arrests.
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Lorain, O
Vanek
Yeolin Bako
Steve Kortity
Black Hand Bomb Attacks Plague Gotham City
In New York three bombs exploded as Black Hand extortion activity rises. One blast at the Home Garden Settlement on 116th Street and First Avenue shattered doors and windows but harmed no one. A second blast in East Thirteenth Street damaged a tenement while occupants were unhurt. A third bomb on 149th Street injured a milk wagon driver but not the rider.
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New York
Home Garden Settlement
116Th Street
First Avenue
East Thirteenth Street
Hagt 149Th Street
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Wooler
Palner
Indiana Waterways Congress
Fort Wayne Waterways Association
Evelyn
Adair GE
Congress
Eoror
Torch OF the Night Riders
MR. Bryan
Springfield
Illnois Senate
Lorain
Ohio
Gotham
Williams
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