Liquor Embargo Scandal Tied to New York Revenue Crimes
A major liquor embargo saga unfolds as investigators link government officials in the Internal Revenue and customs divisions with a nationwide bootlegging scheme. The Blair embargo aims to curb hidden imports routed through bonded warehouses, with millions in liquor allegedly diverted to the bootleg market. Warehouses overflow, permits expire, and illicit transshipment via Cuba and other routes is alleged to have persisted since 1921.
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Prohibition
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Cuba
Bearded bust of Prohibition raids in Philadelphia
Federal agents and State officers used a drum of trucks and a flier to seize alcohol under the Volstead act in West Philadelphia. The operation lined up on a curb and cleared a large store with 600 stills and a fifth floor stock, netting substantial sums in confiscations.
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States Marshal's Office
West Philadelphia
Vacation notice to newsdealer from The Tribune
A fragmentary notice requests readers to inform their newsdealer when away on holiday so The Tribune can pause delivery and adjust the subscription. The message mentions a phone contact and uses internal circulation terms.
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Tribune
Night for Tendler to See Stars Seer Predicts KO
Benny Leonard to retain his title after tonight's bout with Lew Tendler, according to Hoboken astrologer Professor Gustave Meyer. He claims Mars in Leonard's birth chart favors him while Tendler's Mars is badly aspected, predicting Tendler will be overwhelmed as in a past forecast. The seer added he has no betting money on the outcome.
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Lew Tendler
Gustave Meyer
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Lew
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Palzer
Tendler
Hope rises for quick peace in rail and coal strikes
Reports from Washington and Philadelphia indicate progress toward settlement. Harding urged rail workers to return to jobs while talks with mine leaders move toward restoring the old wage scale and recognizing unions. Hoover forms coal distribution committee and lawmakers push tariff amendments.
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Philadelphia
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Coal Distribution Committee
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Finance Committee
Wool duties fight stalls Lenroot amendment in Senate vote
In Washington on July 26 the Lenroot amendment to cap duties on coarse wools failed 43 to 22 in the Senate. Debate centered on tariffs with Wadsworth proposals dismissed and the Finance Committee rates upheld. Gooding admitted a wool pool in his state amid charges of industry influence.
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New Mexico
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Brousaard
Sherfpard
Walsh
Montana
McCumber
Voday
Taft
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Heflin
Gooding
Chamber
West
Hearst Repeats Call For Hylan to Run for Governor
William Randolph Hearst pressed Mayor Hylan at City Hall seeking him as Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Hylan repeated he will not run, insisting he intends to stay in office. Hearst said he would keep trying to persuade, while Hylan stood firm.
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Escapes on Cowcatcher As Engine Wrecks Auto
Herman Price an ex service man of Torrington escaped serious injury after his car was struck by a southbound New Haven train at the Albert Street crossing in Torrington. He landed on the locomotive cowcatcher and clung to it until the engineer halted the train about 100 yards from the crossing. He suffered only cuts and bruises despite his car being wrecked.
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Conn
New Haven
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Torrington
Herman Price
Barber John's Son Accused By Dying Aunt
The case centers on Bertha Katz identifying Morris Reisler as her killer, a statement ruled inadmissible unless preceded by a dying belief. District Attorney John E. Ruston weighs the legal handicap as Minnie Reisler contends she killed her sister to avenge her husband, the barber promoter once tied to Jack Dempsey.
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Morris Reisler
Bertha
John E. Ruston
Kings County
Minnie Reisler
John the Barber
Jack Dempsey
Miners Move to End Strike and Seek Parley With Operators
Washington July 26 The first real day of hope since the rail strike crisis appeared as W W Atterbury president of the Pennsylvania Railroad met with President Harding and Senators seeking to recognize shopmen seniority rights The meeting followed talks with Baltimore and Ohio shopmen and officials and promises to present Willard compromise in writing to Harding with Galloway delivering the document The looming settlement is seen as likely to influence coal strike and traffic constraints as talks continue with Cuyler Healy Jewell and union leaders in Washington
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West Virginia
Tennessee
Atterbury
Tribune
J. Cleve Dean
Railway Employees’ Publicity Association
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Free America
McCray
Hessler
Ohio
Mlinoia
Tinois
Lewis
Miners’ Union
Peoria
Illinois
Tlenois
Frank Farerington
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Myewis
Mother Uses Quick Reflex to Save Children From Train Crash
Mrs. Anna Rodkin of 285 North Illinois Avenue hurled her two daughters from a stalled car on the Illinois and Baltic crossing as an electric train from Philadelphia struck the vehicle. The flagman Ambolore, blamed for slow signaling, was injured while rescuing the children. The crossing, considered the city’s most dangerous, lacks Baltic Avenue protection beyond a signalman.
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Coal Control Is Begun and States Urged to Help
President Harding set up a Federal emergency coal control with a central distribution committee led by Secretary Hoover. He asked governors to form state organizations to decentralize and ensure fair coal prices and supply for railways and other needs. The committee includes Daugherty Fall Hoover and Aitchison with an anticipated fifth member to direct administration.
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Department of Commerce
French Baron Rothschild Sued For Breach Of Promise
Miss Marie Porquet of France sues Baron James Henri de Rothschild in New York Supreme Court for 500000 alleging he promised to marry her after she came to the United States on May 16. Rothschild denies the claim and questions consent, while Porquet’s attorneys seek secrecy about her whereabouts. The report notes Rothschild’s Paris background and New York residence at 375 Park Avenue. The piece also covers Harding's telegram to Railway Employees Publicity Association urging strikers to return pending a rehearing.
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Baron Henri de Rothschild
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Richard Campbell
Wall Street
Parquet
France
Wall Plan by Edith Rockefeller McCormick Alarms Chicago Suburb
Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick owner of a Lake Forest estate orders a sixteen foot wall around her property and buys twenty more acres to block bungalow development intrusion near Chicago suburb. The move comes as bungalow subdivisions press against her privacy amid a wave of real estate growth on Lake Forest terraces.
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the Tribune
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Harold F. McCormick
McCormick
Britain Keeps Three Mile Limit for Rum Hunt
Britain will not change the three mile limit to permit rum running into the United States via Bermuda and the Bahamas. London says the rule cannot be altered as it would set a dangerous precedent for seizure of ships beyond the limit. Officials say Britain will consult with other governments on clearance papers and registry changes.
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Associated Press
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United States
Bermuda
Bahamas
Great Britain
Conference of Lewis and Seven District Chiefs at Philadelphia Reveals Plan for Joint Meeting
United Mine Workers prepare to issue an interstate joint conference with miners and operators to settle the coal strike. John L Lewis and district presidents discuss peace talks amid doubt from Indiana on wage responses and Governor McCray’s influence.
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Philadelphia
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John L. Lewis
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Miners’ Union
John Hessler
McCray
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