Counterfeiting Ring Foiled In Express Money Orders
Federal agents report a major counterfeit scheme targeting American Express money orders of 50 and 100 dollars. Giles M. Ranney, an engraver from New York, is jailed in Freehold New Jersey with James Watson and Walter Nolan held in Cincinnati after a months long pursuit. The trio allegedly flooded merchants and banks with bogus orders, leading to about 800 dollars in fake orders in New York and a broader manhunt spanning Asbury Park, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Birmingham, and New Orleans. Officials say the gang planned more, with 10,000 worth in bogus orders seized and a confession tying one note drop into the Hudson. American Railway Express asserts this is the first successful counterfeiting of its money orders in 30 years.
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Freehold
N. J
Giles M. Ranney
New York
James Watson
Walter R. Nolan
Cincinnati
Watson
Nolani
Adjose
Charles C. Davenport
Ranney
Asbury, Park
J Express
Davenport
Pacific Bank
American Express
Asbury Park
West Allenhurst
Atlanta
Galveston
Texas
Daven- Port
Nolan
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Ala
New Orleans
Hudson River
American Railway Express
Surplus Munitions Sale Revenues Counted by War Debt
Washington reports about 1.118 billion dollars has been turned into the treasury from sales of surplus army and navy supplies since the armistice. The Army contributed roughly one billion, while the War Department still holds surplus items valued around 218.9 million. Navy surplus clothing exists but little else, as officials outline in hearings on a bill to distribute remaining stock among states.
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Navy
Washington
Treasury
Senate Military Committee Sa
Townsend
Republican
Michigan
Army
War Department
Walnricht
Roosevelt
Huty Department
Klan barred from armory in Baltimore Maryland
Governor Albert C. Ritchie refused to allow the Ku Klux Klan to use the Fifth Regiment National Guard armory for a lecture. In a letter to Imperial representative Dr J Hawkins he cited concerns over the group’s activities and stated permission should not be granted to any organization whose actions are conducted under oath.
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Klan
Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Teesiment National Guard
J. Hawkins
Ritchie
Reckerd
Sdjuieit
Holidays For Chicago Cops Deselected in Split Shift Plan
A fragmentary report notes Chicago police plan split days off for Christmas and New Year to allow continuous coverage. The text mentions Dee Chiraze and Fitzmorris in a garbled quote about letting the public celebrate while ensuring operations remain active.
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Chicago
Chiraze
Dee
Fitzmorris
Beatrice and Ben Face Peril on the Yukon River
Beatrice Neilson, with Ben and the pack horses, flee upriver through dangerous rapids aided by a lettered warning from Ezra as rival claim jumpers close in. Beatrice reveals a hopeful decision while Fenris the wolf guards their canoe, and a perilous bear encounter tests their resolve as they seek a hidden cave home.
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Beatrice
Jeffery Neilson
Ray
Darby
Rey
Cian Heminway
Bradleyburg
Chan
Hiram
Bradieyborg
Victoria
Neileen
Ben Darby
Ezra
Ben
Neilson
Beatrice Neilson
Fenris
Giada
Fis Greer
Christmas Spirit Lacking at Lausanne Near East Meeting
At the Lausanne Near East conference the subcommission on minorities balked at Turkish delegate Riza Nur Bey’s refusal to exempt Christian minorities from military service and to protect Christian cemeteries. Allies pressed for concessions while Nur Bey denounced the proposals as insulting and unacceptable, leaving the session in disarray.
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Lausanne
Nur Bey
Riza ‘Kish
Angora
Moscow
Turkey
M. Laroche
Riza Nur Bey
Nur
Bey
League of Nations
Hiza Nur Bey
Morse Cannot Go to Rome as Court Denies Prisoner Travel
Charles W. Morse New York shipbuilder indicted on conspiracy to defraud wartime contracts sought DC Supreme Court permission to visit Dr Machiafava the pope s physician for medical treatment The court found insufficient evidence to authorize travel Also notes local fox hunting incident where 16 hunters with 12 hounds pursued a fox near Black Hill Connecticut but the fox escaped to a swamp hideout.
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District Supreme Court
Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
Pstrict
Columbia Supreme Court
Ta Zeta Rame
Machiafava
Morse
SE Con
Bates
Rake
Black Hill
Conn
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Helen
By Allman
Olvia
Tom
Dorothy Darnit
Sar
Charles McManus
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Bex
Yuga
Eca
Borge
Imiicht
Jay Akicon
Near East
Rome
Puddine
Chichester
THE
Thomas H. Haller
North Market Street
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