Heavy tax on wood alcohol proposed by government
Dec 31 reports state that legislation to regulate wood alcohol as a deadly poison, with heavy taxes and required permits for manufacturers and sellers, will be urged in Congress. Federal authorities seek a traceable system to curb trafficking and enforcement gaps in prohibition laws.
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Washington
Congress
Roper
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Roeper
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
New York Dens
New York
Tiesto
Tota
Addi- Gonal
Lams di Vito
Joseph G. Tuseppi
Vitele Cello
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Alexander Creedon
Hartford
Mathew Zimmerman
Ralph Milcher
Zimmerman
Council Health Committee
Educator Urges Nation Tax London League Idea
ST. LOUIS December 31 Professor William H Hobbs of the University of Michigan urged the nation to consider abandoning the league of nations before entry citing Wilson Wood Roosevelt and Roosevelt quotes to question the covenant’s peace promise He cited Wood and Roosevelt on preparedness and national security and argued for cautious judgment before adopting a world peace scheme He called for strong Lodge type reservations to curb the covenant’s teeth
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ST. Louis
Wilson
Leonard Wood
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
American Association For the Advancement of Science
League of Nations
Hobbs
Woodrow Wilson
Wood
Leonard Wood Hag
Europe
Charles M. Bakewell
Yale
America
E. H. Dingley
New York
International Labor Conference
Cambridge Modern History
Yale University
Napoleon
Alexander I
Russia
Student Volunteer Delegates Assemble in Des Moines
Five thousand students from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada arrive by train in Des Moines to register as delegates for the Student Volunteer convention. John Robott will open the sessions at 2 pm, with several speakers on the program. Early arrivals include 17 students from Canadian colleges and 180 from California universities, plus twenty others from northern state colleges. Foreign circles are diverse with attendees from Siam, Korea, India, Hawaii, South America, and Europe.
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Des Moines
Towa
United States
Canada
John Robott
Amomy
California
The
Dominion
Universities of
Siam
Korea
India
Hawaii
State Teachers Body Elects Its Officers
Illinois teachers at Springfield state convention adopt resolutions urging repeal of the full tax law for school funding. Campaign links higher salaries to living costs. Officers elected include D Walter Potts president and William B Owen executive board chair. McIntosh and Moore re-elected.
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Springfield
J. QO. Engleman
Decatur
D. Walter Potts
East St. Louis
May S. Hawkins
Mound City
Elizabeth Hawley
Belviders
Annie Huber
la Salle
Charles McIntosh
Monticello
Robert C. Moore
Carlinville
William B Owen
Chicago
McIntosh
Moore
Poison Kills Four in Passaic Saloon Case
In Passaic New Jersey four men are dead and one possibly blind after consuming home made whisky. Police report Joseph Sudel a saloon keeper and his brother were poisoned and remain hospitalized along with tailor John Preechnewicz who told his wife he had two drinks before dying.
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Passaic
John Preechnewicz
Joseph Sudel
St. Mary's Hospital
Sudel
Japs Replace Army on Siberian Front
Washington reports Japanese troops are largely replacement units in Siberia under a new agreement. Some forces may reinforce outposts threatened by Bolshevik forces, but Japan is not pursuing aggression. Czecho Slovak forces will soon return via Vladivostok, aided by American transports, while the American railway mission remains to operate the Trans Siberian line with a military guard. The American force totals about 9,000 men.
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Wshiington
Siberia
State Department
Japan
Vladivostok
Pacific
Jellicoe to visit cities along coast
Admiral Lord Jellicoe will depart for New York after completing his Canadian naval policy report. He plans visits to New York, Washington and Florida, then Havana to meet his flagship the New Zealand, before proceeding to South Africa. The document will be handed to Minister Ballantyne. specifics remain secret.
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Ont
Lord Jellicoe
New York
C. C. Ballantyne
Marnimne
Washington
Florida
Havana
Cuba
New Zealand
South Africa
Police Force Returns Of Rum To Warehouse
Chicago December 31 police halted a liquor transfer from a warehouse to a downtown hotel. Four federal agents monitored the move but did not intervene. officers threatened seizure and ordered the liquor returned to the warehouse. A police guard was placed at the warehouse as the liquor was moved back.
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Chicago
Seine River Floods Submerge Valley Roads and Basements
The Seine continues to rise in Paris with many cellars flooded though navigation remains. At Charleville the swollen Meuse causes alarm as the Sedan Moezieres valley floods and Meazierea streets become inundated.
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Seine
Paris
Charleville
Meuse
Sedan
Moezieres
New Facts Sought to Fix Crime in Mount Clemens
Mount Clemens Michigan December 31 A week after J Stanley Brown was shot to death in his car his widow Ruth Prevost Brown refused to testify at the inquest. Cousin Lloyd Prevost and a witness were excused after claiming immunity. Physicians testified the shots came from within the car close to the head. An order issued for Cecile Geatrice Vester charged with murder remains unresolved as officials seek custody. The inquest adjourned until Friday.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Ruth Prevost Brown
J. Stanley Brown
Here
Lloyd Prevost
Lynn Johnston
Detroit
Chicago
Cecile Geatrice Vester
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
Lil
Cecile Vester
Brown
Maine Street
Miss Summitt
Hearing on Coal Prices Set to Open in January
Washington December 31 Hearings on wages and prices in the bituminous coal industry will begin around January 12 in Washington. A three member commission representing the miners operators and the public under President Wilson will oversee the inquiry. The initial session aims to hear miners and operators scale committees of the central competitive field present their positions. The opening was delayed to allow a Columbus Ohio convention of miners starting January 5. The commission will gather data from government departments on coal prices production wages and miners living conditions. The first session focused on planning the program and organizing the workload.
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Washington
Wilson
Thomas T. Brewster
St. Louis
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
John L Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
Shippers Oppose Cummins Bill in Conference
About 200 representatives from thirty shippers organizations adopted resolutions opposing key Cummins railroad bill provisions. They urged no transportation board or rate making groups, and opposed guaranteed returns and excess earnings provisions. The group favored return of railroads to private ownership and affirmed state rights over rates and service. Fort Worth lawyer S H Cowan chaired the meeting and a 26 member committee was formed to draft a memorial to Congress.
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Chicago
Cummins
Congress
Transportation Board
S. H. Cowan
Fort Worth
Texas
National Lion Stock Shippers’ League
Mutroad Legislat
Liquor Stock Taken To Hotel In Chicago
Police initially halted removal of liquor stock from a store room to its owner at Hotel Sherman in Chicago. Revenue agents monitored the transfer and the corporation counsel advised no city opposition if the government did not oppose. Many cases of whisky were stored in the hotel basement.
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Chicago
Hotel
Sherman
Italian Senate Hears Assurances on Adriatic Settlement
In Rome on Monday December 29 Premier Nitti and Foreign Minister Sociala addressed the Senate, pledging that no promises were made on the Adriatic settlement. They said they would go to London and Paris seeking a satisfactory Fiume solution, noting Britain and France favored changes to Italy’s proposal after Tittoni’s rejection and Wilson’s last offer.
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Socialosa
Senate
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France
Italy
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Nro
Tittoni
Scialoia
St. Germanine
Austria
Germany
Clemenceau
Lloyd-George
Davis
Lansing
Judge Thomas O'Hara, Former Cleveland Aide, Dies
Chicago dispatch reports former Judge Thomas O'Hara aged 63, once President Cleveland's personal representative to Central America over Mosquito coast tensions. A Michigan circuit judge, he declined a Utah supreme court nomination and earlier rejected Michigan governor nomination. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs Ben Yaeger of Glendale Aziz, two sons Major Barratt O'Hara and Frank H. O'Hara. Burial requested in Berrien County Michigan. Funeral address by John W. Fletcher of St Joseph, Michigan.
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Chicago
Thomas O'Hara
Cleveland
Central America
United States
Great Britain
Nicarguga
Michigan
O'Clara
Supreme Court
Utah
O'Hara
New York State
Tie
Great Lakes
Detroit
Ben Yaeger
Glendale
Aziz
Major Barratt O'Hara
Ilinois
Frank H. O'Hara
Judge O'Hara
John W. Fietcher
St Joseph
Admiral Pillsbury Drops Dead In Home
Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury, retired, died at his Washington home on Tuesday. Born in Massachusetts in 1862, he entered the Naval Academy by presidential appointment, retired in 1908 after 25 years at sea with the rank of rear admiral. During the Spanish war he commanded the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius off Santiago, Cuba.
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Washington
John E. Pillsbury
Pillsbury
Massachusetts
Naval Academy
Santiago
Cuba
Scots Demand Macbeth Removal From Schools
A Newark New Jersey board of education faces a resolution from the League of Nations urging removal of Shakespeare’s Macbeth from school curriculums. The group cites alleged misrepresentation of King Macbeth as a traitor and murderer, arguing the play slanders the Scottish people and could incite hostility.
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New York
Macbeth
League of Seotners
Newark
Board of Education
Ventiy
Two Hartford Truckmen Held on Slaughter Charge
Hartford truckmen Der Alsens Parting and Mas Saunders were arrested by Mars Alfred T. Caren on man slaughter charges tied to deaths in the Connecticut valley from whisky with wood chips. Each is held on $19,000 bond.
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Ctecopiere
Magas
der Alsens Parting
Mas Saunders
Hartford
Mars
Treaty ratifications set for January in Paris
Paris dispatch reports the Versailles treaty will be ratified January 6 at the Quai dOrsay with Germans and allies signing. Naval terms to be settled soon. 242000 tons of material to be delivered, experts checking in Danzig Hamburg and Bremen. Lloyd George to attend. relations with Germany to resume shortly.
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Paris
Quai D'Orsay
Baron von Leisner
Paul Dutasta
Germany
Danzig
Hamburg
Bremen
Lloyd-George
Berlin
Comals
Ellis Lering Diesel
Peace Mission
Afy
United States
Viscount G to report on American work after London visit
Washington dispatch notes Viscount G awaiting departure from New York on the Augustina for Liverpool to report on his three mission services as British ambassador to the United States. He left Tuesday night for New York and will sail Saturday.
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Washington
United States
New York
Liverpool
London
Viscount G Will
America
Four Found Dead in Philadelphia Boarding House
Four people, three women and a man, were found dead in a single room of a Philadelphia boarding house on Tuesday. Authorities say the deaths were caused by alcoholic poisoning and are investigating whether the liquor was adulterated or illicit.
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Philadelphia
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