Code of big rum running ring revealed
Prohibition officials disclosed details of a whisky running ring with hubs in New York City Jersey City and Chicago. Costello and James Shea were arraigned after hours of grilling and a coded system for liquor shipments was exposed including storm delay riot flour terms. Rubber signatures tied to New Jersey and Illinois directors were found as raids were prepared and more arrests promised.
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Chicago
Unite Newa
New York City
Jersey City
Prohibition
Rich
Costello
James Shea
United States
Lewis Mason
Shea Js
Shea
Costello and Shea
Richardson
W. F. von Mater
New Jersey
Ralph W. Btone
Ilinois
New York
Broadway
Shea & .Martin
Ring
Costello and
Gompers to Mexico for Labor Meeting
Washington January 4 United News reports five American labor leaders left Washington for Mexico City to attend the Pan American Federation of Labor meeting January 10. Leaders include Samuel Gompers president of both federations, Rivket of New York, Woll of Chicago, Tobin of Indianapolis and Frey of Cincinnati. The convention aims to improve labor conditions in Mexico and South America.
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Washington
United News
Mexico City
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American
Pan-American Federations of Labor
Thomas Aa. Rivkett
New York
United Garment Workers of America
Matthew Woll
Chicago
Photo Engravers of North
American Federation of Labor
John R. Frey
Cincinnati
Mounders' Journal
Mexico
South America
Mill Workers Accept 22 1-2 Per Cent Cut
Boston January 4 United News mill workers in New England returned to work as mills reopened under a wage schedule cutting pay by twenty two and a half percent. Reports say operatives in major mill cities went back without complaint and appeared glad to resume jobs though the reduction. Rhode Island cotton and thread price and several large rubber firms resumed production on full or part time.
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Boston
United News
New England
Rhode Island
Ellyson Returns On Cantigny From Europe Visit
Commander T. G. Ellyson U S N former commander of the U S 8 Brooke was among Cantigny passengers on the army transport arriving in New York Monday. He had warned in September that he would return fire from Kiel canal forts if his destroyer was fired upon.
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New York
United News
T. G. Ellyson
U. S
Brooke
Kiel Canal
Cantigny
Wheels in head from Don Quixote phrase origin
A New York Sun note traces the idiom wheels in his head to Don Quixote after he was unhorsed by a windmill. Bancho quips that the words show a mind set on minor matters and warns not to mind what you were about.
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Don Quixote
The
New York Sun
Rancho Panga
Bancho
New Dry Chief Named for Nebraska Enforcement
Lincoln Jan 4 Special The federal prohibition effort in Nebraska gains a new group chief RB QO Anderson of Lincoln who will supervise eight agents with posts in Omaha and across the state. The article notes stationing plans though some text appears garbled and mentions Palestine’s valley depth of 1 900 feet below sea level.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Anderson
Anderwor
Omaha
Palestine
Aera
A Farmers Wife Gosaka in a Water Worried Farm Scene
A farmer wife voices concerns about government focus, urging action on water and electricity for farms. She argues about feeding hogs, milk supply costs, and farming hardships, hinting that policy neglect harms rural life amid weed problems and rising prices.
Interstate Boycott Held Not Legal
Washington January 3 United Press The supreme court ruled the International Association of Machinists strike at Duplex Printing Press Company Battle Creek Michigan and its nationwide press blackout violated anti trust laws. The decision rejects the machinists claim that the Clayton act exempts labor unions from restraint of interstate commerce, holding the boycott unlawful.
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Washington
United Press
Supreme Court Today
International Association of Machinists
Duplex Printing Press Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Danbury Hatters
Gibbons Much Better Returns To His Home
Cardinal Gibbons plans to return to Baltimore as physicians believe the change may aid his recovery. Doctors at the Shriver home in Union Mills discussed the move yesterday and reported the cardinal had a comfortable night with virtually unchanged condition this morning.
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Gibbons
Baltimore
Associated Press
Cardinal Gibbons
Shriver
Union Mills
Enid
Frierson Rules Three Mile Limit Not Apply To Peace
William L. Frierson acting at a general rule states the three mile limit does not apply to new peace and ships may be sold ree wherever they sail. The decision has drawn criticism from a team ship men and other critics.
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William L. Frierson
Suot
Ocean
Ateamshin
Famine Strain Hits Amoy Amid Export Taxes
Amoy China reports rice and wood shortages blamed on export taxes by Li Hou Chi the Fukien military governor. Protests rise as shops close and business halts across the city.
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Amoy
China
Associated Press
Chang Chow-Fu
Li Hou- Chi
Fukien
Unemployment Census Promised This Week
Nationwide unemployment census results awaited as the United States employment service compiles data. Director Joan B. Densmore plans to release figures next week, with early estimates indicating about 2,900,000 unemployed.
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Wushington
United Preas
United States Employment Service
Joan B. Densmore
Ringe
Sen
Fire destroys West Virginia capitol with two dead
Charleston West Virginia capitol and state records were destroyed by a blaze on Monday afternoon. The brick shell remains while the insured loss was placed at six and a half million dollars. Two men died as roof sections collapsed and one more person is missing. The origin of the fire came from a small record room above the secretary of the public service commission. The blaze also ruined the state agriculture museum and a massive clock in the tower.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Cornwell
the Public Service Commission
Charley Walker
Huntington
State Department of Agriculture
Career ends after he holds up sheriff
Marysville California January 4 United News The career of R L Taylor who vowed to rob the rich ended in a dramatic Roche when he entered Wheatland railway station and held up Sheriff McCoy and twelve others. After a running fight McCoy cornered Taylor in a swamp and he surrendered He confessed to robbing EB F Wolfskill and L F Walsh homes of jewelry valued at seven thousand dollars and the loot was recovered on his person He claimed motive was to starve his family.
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Marysville
Calif
United News
R. L. Taylor
Wheatland
McCoy
Welther
Taylor
Unions Barred From Secondary Boycotts say High Court
Washington reports that the Supreme Court ruled the federal statutes do not permit unions to engage in secondary boycotts. The Duplex Printing Press Co case against the International Association of Machinists set the standard, limiting the use of injunctions and strikes in工 industrial warfare.
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Washington
United Newa
Duplex Printing Press Company
Hattle Creek
Mich
International Association of Machinists
Supreme Court
Duplex
Man Hiccoughs 15 Days Then M D s Stop It
Philadelphia special: John P. Wallace, 33, of Camden, who hiccoughed for 165 days, was cured at Cooper hospital. Doctors treated him after stomach trouble and received many letters praising cures from ice cream with no sugar to smoking a big black cigar. Also notes the U S imported 1.5 billion pounds of coffee last year.
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Philadelphia
John P. Wallace
Mechanic Street
Camden
Cooper Hospital
Wallace
One Bank to Replace All Regional Banks
Marion Ohio January 4 United News report urges a single central federal bank to replace the regional system after Harding's inauguration. Senator Curtis announces this idea after a conference with the president-elect.
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Marion
United News
Federal Reserve System
Harding
Benator Curtis
Kanais
Senate
Home Rule Applied in Ireland Establishes Southern Parliament
London January 4 United News reports the home rule law now applied in Ireland with a southern parliament empowered to carry out all functions defined by the home rule bill. An official of Irish affairs outlined the unexpected move to United News.
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London
United News
Ireland
Prohibition Agent Kills Gangster Monk Eastman
Jeremiah W. Bohan, a New York prohibition agent, confesses to killing gangster Monk Eastman on Christmas night after heavy drinking and an argument outside the Blue Bird cafe. Eastman was unarmed at the time. Bohan, staffer for Commissioner Charles R. O’Connor, says he shot first. Bohan, married with two children, reportedly admitted the fatal shooting.
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New York
United News
Monk
Eastman
Hohan
Bohan
Prohibition
Pastor issues ten commandments for young men
Cleveland, Jan. 4 United Press. Rev P S Fritach of the Howgh Avenue Congregational church issues ten commandments addressing idleness and social temptations. The list condemns tea hounds weak sleepers wild oats soiled collars and cuffs graven images of actresses movie stars or former sweethearts and quitting as faults to avoid.
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Cleveland
United Press
Fritach
Howgh Avenue Congregational Church
Slater
Express Agent Shot by Bandit Worsens Then Improves
Spencer Indiana January 4 Special report Charles J Phillips express pager serously wounded when shot by a bandit may recover after all it was reported Monday night Authorities described the incident as a bandit assault on the agency worker at an unspecified location Phillips faces possible recovery despite the grave injury and ongoing investigation by local police and federal agents
Veteran trap shooter Streckwell dies at 64 in Kansas City
Kansas City report states George W. Streckwell, 64, a veteran trap shooter, died today. A separate Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph item presents a light exchange about a landlord and a new tenant in a humorous early morning dialogue, noting a malfunctioning door and the saying good morning.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
George W. Streckwell
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Inevitable End From St Joseph News Press
An edited fragment reflects a debate on capital and labor and the fate of labor relations. The piece hints at tensions between open and closed shop policies and the risk of a stalled or unproductive system if compromises fail.
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St. Joseph
Legislature caucuses name South Dakota leaders
South Dakota senate Republicans chose C. S. Amden as president pro tem and a slate including A. B. Blaine Walter Matson Burt Burton Will Lockart John Crane Seth Hethland Joe Flan Mark Wheeler and Walter Curnow. Berdahl selected speaker of the house with Wright Tarbell as chief clerk and other aides named. Lincoln Nebraska Republicans pick Walter L. Anderson for speaker and Frank P. Carrick as chief clerk. Senate picks Clyde H. Barnard secretary. Norval for president pro tem on third ballot. caucus ratification at noon Tuesday.
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Bill
F. P. Martin
Webster
D. D. Oldaker
Pierre
James Kreisford
J. L. Parrott
Timber Lake
KE. D. Stoddard
Miss Grace Hanson
Fort Pierre
Lincoln, Neb
Lancaster County
Lincoln
Nebraska House of Representatives
Walter L. Anderson
Frank P. Carrick
Senate
R. & Norval
Seward County
Saunders
Douglas
Clyde H. Barnard
Pawnee County
Crime movie fans sentenced for robberies by judge
In Pontiac Illinois three 17 year old boys Fred Stella Carl Hammond and Cornelius Ray were sentenced to ten years to life in reform school after confessing to robberies they said they planned after watching a crook movie Judge Hugo Friend told them crimes are serious and menaces to the community The youths, all high school students, were neatly dressed and kissed their mothers before beginning their terms.
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Chicago
United News
Lfe
Pontiac Reformatory
Hugo Friend
Fred Stella
Carl Hammond
Cornelius Ray
Friend
Flood Damage in Western Oregon Reported
Reports of flood and earth slides spread across western Oregon after days of heavy rain. Near Seaside water stood two feet deep on the Columbia highway, while Lincoln County tallies include slides that buried the railroad between Toledo and Elk City, disrupting travel and rail service.
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Portland
Ore
Oreg
Seaside
Lincoln County
Toledo
Elk City
German P O Cute Title and Royal Post Office Mixup
A Berlin post office refused a woman letter addressed to Her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Prussia saying no royal highnesses exist in Germany. The official suggested the correct designation would be Mrs Henry Prussia, noting the address cannot be registered.
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London
Dairy Fa Press
Germany
Berlin
Princess Henry
Prussia
Henry Prussia
De Valera Returns to Ireland Against Advice
Dublin dispatch reports Eamonn de Valera, president of the Irish republic, returned to Ireland from America against parliament advice. Harry Boland, his presidential secretary, says the move was autonomous with no British government contact. Boland cites swift Irish events and notes peace talks would require recognition of the republic before negotiations. The return was confirmed Monday according to Associated Press.
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New York
Eamonn de Valera
Ireland
America
Harding
Harry Boland
Boland
de Valera
Hoand
England
Royal Irish Constabulary
Irish Republic
Borah Sees Win for Resolution on Naval Limits
Senator Borah proposed a resolution for reducing future U S Britain and Japan naval building. The Senate foreign relations committee discussed it in a secret session and adjourned without final action. Support grew to include France and Italy in disarmament talks the president would start. Big navy advocates prepared briefs as Congress began considering limits on sea power.
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Washington
Borah
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Italy
United Press
Jan
Congress
America
Close Shops Cut Pay to Keep Prices Up
Washington January 4 United Press reports a delegation of high trades union officials charged big employers conspired to retain wartime prices by closing factories and cutting wages. John Golden of New York led the textile unions in a delegation that met with Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor to press for a full investigation of the textile industry.
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Washington
United Press
John Golden
New York
Golden
Samuel Clomjoere
American Federation of Labu
Tionpera
Bandits Use Tires to Decoy Autoists
A New York Sun report warns drivers on lonely Long Island roads about robbers using tires and suitcases as decoys. Holdup men lurking at night lure motorists to stop, then surround them with guns when the victim investigates the decoys.
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New York Sun
Long Teland
Palra
Moi
Bain Nomination for Director of Bureau of Mines
Washington January 4 1921 H Foster Bain of California nominated by President Wilson to head the bureau of mines succeeding Frederick AG Cottrell. The United States has paid Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad 30 060 000 for the rent of its properties while under government control during the war.
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Washington
Associated Press
H. Foster Bain
California
Wilson
Bureau of Mines
Frederick AG. Cottrell
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & Btaul Railroad
Out of Place from Boston Transcript
A fragment from the Boston Transcript recalls a brief scene where Jack and Miss Elyrtiv discuss Shakespeare and a broken proposal. Jack quotes lines, and the moment ends a relationship in a swift, decisive twist.
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Boston Transcript
Jack
Elyrtiv
Misrtio
Credit Where It's One in Kapaville Journal
May attempt to honor a figure in local memory with archaic phrasing and a nod to General Villa's role in disarming belligerent battalions, reflecting a historical editorial voice from Kapaville Journal and Tribune.
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Kapaville
Senate backs revival of war finance corporation after veto
Washington April United News notes that within an hour of President Wilson's veto the Senate passed the resolution reviving the war finance corporation by 63 to 5. The veto message argued the agency was a temporary war measure and should end with peace. Supporters and dissenters are named among the listed senators.
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Washington
Jain
United Newey
Wilson
Senate
House
France
War Finance Corporation
Women Fight Over Unwelcome Man at Ball in Missouri Valley
At a Knights and Ladies of Security dance in Missouri Valley on January 4, Mrs. J. W. Varnes brought her husband who was not a member. Mrs. Lizzie Casey, the order president, barred him. A dispute escalated to a physical scuffle with hair pulling and scratching before the women were separated and the dance continued.
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Missouri Valley
J. W. Varnes
Knights and Ladies of Security
Lizzie Casey
Order
Varnes
Missing balloonists found in Ontario snow laced woods
Three A-3008 naval balloonists hunted through Northern New York and Canada since sighting in Rockaway three weeks ago are en route home from Ontario. They landed near Moose Factory on December 14 after four days in the woods and found safety at a Hudson Bay Company post. Aviation officials expect several days before they resume dog sled travel. The party includes Lieut Walter Hinton of Bell Bay, Lieut Stephen A. Farrell of New York, and Lieut Louis A. Kloor Jr of New Orleans.
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Rockaway
N. Y
Associated Press
New York
Canada
Ontario
Moose Factory
Hudson Bay Company
Mattice
Walter Hinton
Bell Harbor
Stephen A. Farrell
New
Louis A. Kloor, Jr
New Orleans
Negro State Bank Opens in Chicago
The first Negro state bank in Chicago opened Monday at Suite Street and Thirty-ninth Place with fully paid capital and surplus of 195000. Deposits of Jesse Pines private bank totaling about 150000 were transferred to the new bank, with Jesse Dina as president, marking a major milestone in Black real estate finance in the city.
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Chicago
Dria
Nenre State Bank
Baga State Sak
Suite Street
Thirty-sinth Place
Jesse Pines
Jesse Dina
New Link
Chinie
Highest rent in Jersey Village hits $8 a month
Ilshoto SN dim Special Repatipe, four miles below this place, notes Jersey Village as the only town in Gloucester county where $8 per month is the highest rent paid for a dwelling. Property owners, with no need for steep prices, plan to erect many additional dwellings to accommodate families moving into town.
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Ilshoto
Repatipe
Gloucester County
Fire destroys Jess Wargae plumbing and undertaker building
A large fire in Plattsmouth gutted the Jess Wargae plumbing and Electricunt and J. P Battler's undertaker establishment. The warehouse damage is estimated at 100000 dollars with partial insurance coverage. Firefighters battled the blaze overnight as winter winds aided its spread.
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Pinttemouth
New
Jess
J. P Battler
Morning After Mystery Shrouds Saturday Page
Readable text shows muddled prose on a Saturday page with stray phrases about a $21,000 value and a reborn world. Key entities uncertain. no clear event or person identified.
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KU Klux Klan
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Jeremiah W. Bohan
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DeValera
Dublin
Bain
Cenate
Enys
Elkins and Sutherland
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New Hampshire
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