Auction of Captured Government Rum Fleet at Dead Man's Basin
In New York on January 3 the Battery auction of captured rum craft from Dead Man's Basin drew 500 men and two women. Sixteen smugglers’ boats, ranging from former pleasure craft to fast K-type speed boats, were bid to raise funds. Flying Dutchman Susie won with 175, and other vessels fetched 100 to 500. Bidders included men from Rum Row ports in Philadelphia Newark Jersey City and nearby Jersey coast towns.
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New York
the Battery
Susie
Philadelphia
Newark
Jersey City
Fohoken
Atlantic Highlands
Keyport
Waterwich
Jersey Coast
Italy protests immigration quota plan before U S House
Italy lodged a formal protest through the state department against the immigration quota revision under consideration by the House immigration committee. The communication argued the Johnson bill would cap each nation's quota at two percent of native born citizens and would unfairly reduce Italy’s share while allowing higher increases for others.
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Washington
Italy
Demartment
House Immigration Committee
Hushes
Johnson
Davis
Tseo
Tris
United States
Grandmothers in Chorus Force Ballet Discharges
Brunswick Germany Jan 3 the state opera management discharged all young ballet members due to government employee reductions. The elderly chorus members remain. patrons say the stage risks losing youth and beauty that drew audiences, threatening future demonstrations if cuts aren’t reversed.
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Brunswick
Germanys
To Seek Car in Mine Hole
The missing automobile in a mine hole filled with thirty feet of water at Tlar- Teich is the mystery the state police have pursued since Christmas. Efforts to haul the car out are planned, and police doubt the car was occupied when it went off the highway.
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Tragleron
Tlar- Teich
Stick-Up Men Seize Opium From Brooklyn Pier Guards
Nine gunmen robbed five guards at dawn on a Brooklyn pier and escaped with ten cases of opium. Police pursued suspects as investigation began.
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New York
Brooklyn
Three Alleged Bottis Fishermen Arrested After Sinking
Three men from West Haven Connecticut New Haven Connecticut and New London were arrested by coast guard after their fifty foot cabin cruiser Columbia ran ashore and sank near Fisher's Island. They had reportedly loaded 480 cases of liquor from the Marion Mason and paid 18 210 before fleeing to New London. The vessel struck reefs in fog and sea conditions.
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Saat Sinks
New York
Forks
Fisher'g Island
Coast Guard
Island
Andrew
People
West Haven Conn
J i Omtevorese
New Haven
Columbia
New London
Marion Mason
Montauk Point
Army Officer Found Dead in San Antonio Regiment Hall
Report says Major Gardner of the fourth field artillery, Port San Houston, was found dead in his room at the regimental officers’ hall. A pistol lay nearby, and Gardner’s home is listed as Cates Grade Springs. He was married.
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San Antonio
Majer All. Gardner
Port San Houston
Majer Cardners Hame
Catesrade Springs
Cot
Tle
Irvin Cobb Named in Texas Game Law Warrant
Irvin Cobb the New York writer is not likely to be captured by Texas authorities on a game law warrant. Friends say he has been in New York for two weeks and not in Texas.
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Irvin Cobb
Houston
Tex
New York
Texas
Cuban patriot Emilio Cordero dies in New York
Colonel Emilio YP. Cordero, famed for carrying messages through Spanish American lines with a cork leg, died at Plower Hospital after a long illness. He had worked in cigar manufacturing.
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New York
Emilio YP. Cordero
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Keer Young
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Chriopractic Research Bureau
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E. Second St. Frederick, Md
Lvcnritten
Normandy
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Asco
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Utter
Richland
Pride of
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Uneeda
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Bread Supreme
Victor Raisin Bread
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Heart of Frederick
East Patrick St
City Opera House
Amy
York
FUN Music Girls
Baltimore Press
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Troy
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Helen of Troy
Comedallimore Post
Helen of
Baltimore Sun
North Market Street
Farmers & Mechanics’ National Tank
Quaker City
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