Andrews Issues New Injunction To Dry Agents
Gen. L C Andrews ordering strict limits on lavish spending in prohibition case investigations. He criticized a decoy banquet costing 229 dollars used to arrest hotel employees and said such methods will be abolished. He urged focus on big sources of supply while allowing small offenders to be handled separately.
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Andrews
International News Service
Washington
Gen. L. C. Andrews
Treasury
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Gallivan
Massachusetts
Ciry
Administrator Baird Bans Near Beer Barrels in 1926 Rules
Federal Prohibition Administrator Fred C. Baird issued an order prohibiting the use of barrels by breweries producing near beer. He said bottling will help eliminate cheating at bars and spiked draughts. Bonds for 1926 are raised from 10900 to 25000, with revocation of 28 Pittsburgh district near beer licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baird
Pittsburgh
Fred C. Baird
Senate Opens Bitter Fight Over World Court Adhesion
Senator Swanson will open the debate with a 25 000 word speech as the senate readies for a long contest over American adherence to the world court. Senator Borah leads the opposition with Johnson Moses Reed and others as support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Senate
World Court
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Swanson
Foreign Relations Committee
Democrats
Coolidge
United States
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Reed
Missouri
League
Friends of the League
Senator Blease pushes to enforce dry law at embassies
Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina launched a campaign to enforce Prohibition at diplomatic posts. The controversy, sparked by a national flare up over regulation, centers on embassies and the legality of liquor under the dry law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchinson
International Mews Service
Washington
Cole Blease
Dem
South Carolina
Card Only Christmas Wish From Arthur Mometer
A speaker asks not for gifts like socks shirts cigars or pipes but for a simple card with the giver’s name a Christmas scene and a short rhyme. He notes boxes wear out smoke fades and ties don’t bring funds, stressing that a card embodies the true Christmas spirit despite the cold thirty three weather.
United States Gains 95 Million From Foreign Debts
International News Service reports the U S treasury netted 95 253 371 from principal and interest payments by foreign nations on outstanding debts Britain led with 92 31 000 Belgium 870 000 Czecho Slovak ia 1 5 million Finland 180 650 Hungary 39 611 Lithuania 35 678 and Poland 500 000 Some nations paid on Treasury certificates and Liberty bonds others paid cash
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Services
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Hungary
Lithuania
Poland
Treasury
Liberty
Pinchot Seeks Public Input on Anthracite Dispute
Governor Gifford Pinchot meets with mayors and burgesses from the anthracite region to discuss settlement ideas in the miners versus operators stalemate. He opens by saying he aims to listen and learn from the leaders and the consuming public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Police Seek Suspect in Slaying of Siki
New York detectives seek a bootlegger named Jimmy for the shooting death of former boxing champion Battling Siki in Hell's Kitchen. Siki owed Jimmy money and was shot as he left a cab after a street confrontation. Mrs. Siki, from Memphis, says her husband had only eight cents and no life insurance.
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New York
Siki
International News Service
Jimmy
Battling Siki
Hell’s Kitchen
Memphis
Tenn
Tre
Young Norfolk
Cabinet selects Doumer as finance minister in France
Paris December 16 The cabinet approved Premier Briand's choice Senator Paul Doumer to succeed M Loucheur as finance minister Doumer aged sixty eight has held the post before and will decide tonight whether to accept the difficult task amid opposition from left members in the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Flory
International News Service
Paris
Briand
Paul Doumer
M. Loucheur
Doumer
M. Briand
France
Finance
Senate
Abandoned Oakland Coupe Reported in Warren Ohio
Constable Robert McClenahan of New Bedford reports to Warren police that J. S. Smith of Warren owns an abandoned Oakland Coupe with a Pennsylvania license engine number 456-076 and serial number J-284.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McClenahan
New Bedford
J. S. Smith
Warren, O
Pennsylvania
Willow Grove Woman Not Thearrested Sarah Weaver
Mrs. Sarah Weaver of Willow Grove asks to clarify she is not the Sarah Weaver reported Tuesday on a larceny charge. Authorities note confusion from name similarity and apologize for the inconvenience caused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Weaver
Willow Grove
Family provides for winter with hunting meat
Hazleton family of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hart report plenty of meat for winter after father brings home a bear and sons Robert and Clyde each bring a deer and a bear. Mrs Hart says the male providers will ensure food this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Hazleton
Charles Hart
Familly
Hart
Robert
Clyde
Deranged mother slays son then kills herself in Philadelphia
Mrs. E. Blanche Nepham forty one, temporarily deranged, strangled her fourteen year old son William P. and hanged herself to a bedpost in their apartment. Relatives were awakened by a barking dog as the tragedy was discovered. a note to her mother was left explaining the act and urging care for her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BTIN
International News Service
Philadelphia
E. Blanche Nepham
William P
Blanche
Little Grace Shopper Recalls Prize Remark from Christmas
A fragment recalls a girl described as Little Grace Shopper, a niece of dad, recalling a remark from last Christmas about a bread tray with soap wrap from Lizzie Jones' mother. The line shows family humor and a pointed gift memory amid anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Grace
Dad
Lizzie Jones
No decision in appeal for Willie Fisher pardon
News from Harrisburg reports that John Doe alias William Fisher appeared before the state board of pardons seeking clemency. Fisher, convicted in Lawrence County in 1921 for breaking and entering robbery larceny and receiving stolen goods, has had good conduct at Western Penitentiary and Farview for criminal insanity. the board deferred a decision.
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Willie Fisher
Capitol
News Bureau
Harrisburg
John Doe
William Fisher
State Board of Pardons
Fisher
Lawrence County
Western Penitentiary
Archibald W. Powell
Pittsburgh
New Castle
District Attorney's Office
Farview
Powell
C. C. Wholy
St. Francis Hospital
W. D. Wallace
Lawrence County Commission
Charles Matthews, Jr
Massachusetts Club House Is Scene Of Big Liquor Raid
Police raided the West End Social and Dramatic Athletic club after the death of boxer Jack Tilley 44. They seized a large quantity of liquor and gambling paraphernalia in Lawrence Massachusetts. Caretaker James Silk was arrested and two club members were sought for questioning over the scuffle before Tilley fell down stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletie
International News Service
Lawrence
Mass
Jack Tilley
New England
Municipal Hospital
West End Social & Dramatic Athletic Club
James Silk
Tilley
Ambassador Moore Resigns Post in Spain
Washington. December 16. Alexander Moore of Pittsburgh American ambassador to Spain has resigned. The resignation has been in the hands of President Coolidge since last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Spain
International News Service
Washington
Alexander Moore
Pittsburgh
White House
Coolidge
Deaths and ages listed for local residents
William Texas Lindsay aged 78 of 718 Brooklyn Avenue died. Jesse H. Ligo age 31 of Lackawannock Township is also recorded. Esther Blanch Carolus age 5 of 9 Falton Street is noted in the death records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Texas Lindsay
Brooklyn Avenue
Jesse H. Ligo
Lackawannock
Esther Blanch Carolus
Falton Street
Toledo Police Believe They Have Clubber
Police in Toledo say they have arrested 28 year old Joseph Luczka suspected of terrorizing women in the west end. Miss Louise E Washburn an 18 year old Toledo University student identified him from five suspects as her attacker last Friday near the campus. Luczka was held on a family complaint of mental imbalance and a lunacy warrant was sought for his commitment to Toledo State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Toledo
Joseph Luczka
West End
Luczka
Louise E. Washburn
Toledo University
Girl Reserves Lead Christmas Charity Drive at Local Schools
The Girl Reserves of North Street and Ben Franklin Junior High will supervise the Christmas donation drive for Associated Charities within their schools this Friday. It is the first time the Girl Reserves oversee the collection in the Junior Highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Ben Franklin
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