Liquor Smuggling Suppressed Yet Vessels Remain Active
Attorney General Stone reports progress in curbing liquor smuggling but cites 332 foreign-flag vessels still carrying liquor to the United States and a large quantity of illicit import from Canada. Coast Guard actions seized 16 foreign rum runners between May 22, 1924 and year’s end, with major bases listed across Halifax Sydney Yarmouth St. John’s Bermuda Nassau Havana and Antwerp among others. Treaties on liquor with Britain Norway Denmark Sweden Italy have been pursued with six foreign governments.
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Washington
Stone
Canada
Coast Guard
Halifay
Lunenberg
Sydney
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
St. ‘ Newfoundland
Bermuda
Islands
Bimini
Cay
British West Indies
Vice
Vancouver
British Columindsor
Belleville
Out
St. Pierre Miquelon
Rench
Havana
Tragic Wrecks Leave Several Dead in Nashville and Sacramento
A multi-incident report details a Tennessee wreck where one passenger was robbed of 19 000 in Trans Continental Oil field violence. in California four men were killed when a Sacramento Northern train hit their auto at Del Paso Heights. One man, possibly Fred Harvey, a revenue officer, is identified among the victims. In Nebraska, Omaha police say gangster James Griffin was shot and wounded by Sgt. Potach in self defense during a confrontation.
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Sacramento
Cal
del Paso Heights
Sacramento Northern
Fred Harvey
Omaha
James Griffin
Joseph
Potach
Griffin
Three Trepers Escape Isolation Ward in Los Angeles
Three inmates held in an isolation ward of the general hospital in Los Angeles escaped while awaiting transfer to a leper colony in Alabama. A dozen deputy sheriffs were dispatched to search for the trio.
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Bos
Angeles
General Hospital
Alabama
Auto Plunges Three Drawn In Seattle Tragedy
Seattle insurance man John A. Peterson his wife and her aunt Mrs Sarah Fitch of Toledo were drowned when their coupe plunged off a trestle into a river. Leader Sun Yat Sen after liver cancer operation is weaker.
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Seattle
Wash
John A. Peterson
Sarah Fitch
Toledo
Trestla
Ende Kay
Greeks Rally Over National Indignation Across Greece
Civilians flood streets in Athens and major cities as protests surge against Turkish actions. Public bodies and social groups unite, demanding condemnation from foreign powers amid widespread outrage and indignation meetings.
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Athens
Spus
Lay
Bratest
Gor- Sane University
Has-Ada
Gunman slain in Herrin pistol duel shocks town
In Herrin a masked gunman described as a physical giant died after a hotel cafe duel with two officers. Rufus Whitson and Sam Stevens fought the assailant who terrorized guests. authorities, including Deputy Ora Thomas and Maj. Robert W. Davis, investigated martial conditions as dawn returned to a quiet street.
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Herrin
Jack Dempsey
Williamson County
Joe Philipa
Underworld
Lyn
Thywateiong
Rufus
Whitson
Sam Stevens
Trapple
Stevers
Black
George Galligan
George Bell
Jenkins Morgue
Minnesota to get veterans hospital near Twin Cities
President Coolidge approved a general hospital for war veterans to be built near Rochester Minnesota. The project, designed by the federal board of hospitalization, includes an observation ward for tuberculosis patients. Existing Hot Springs facility will be expanded to treat 200 additional tubercular patients. Final size and details of the Minnesota hospital are to be determined.
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Washington
Twin Cities
Rochester
Minn
Coolidge
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Hot Springs
3. D
Minnesota
Mail Robbery Convicted in Burlington Train Holdup
Ix Fred Poffenbarger and Keith Collins, recently released from Leavenworth after under four years for a 1920 Burlington mail robbery, were found guilty on four counts of rifling the mails in connection with the same theft of 3.5 million dollars in cash and securities.
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Council Bliffs
Fred Poffenbarger
Keith Collins
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Burlington
Well Known Woman Killed in Crosswalk Incident
Louis Octa via de Louis, 77, a former Keokuk resident and prominent figure in Des Moines, was struck by an automobile while crossing a street and died. Authorities report the accident occurred as she attempted to cross, shocking local circles who knew her well.
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Des Moinés
Louis Octavia de Louis
Keokuk
Wisconsin Governor Blaine Declines Inauguration Attendance
Washington Governor Blaine of Wisconsin becomes the first chief executive to say he will not attend President Coolidge's inauguration. In a terse note to the local committee he cites inability to accept the invitation, offering no further comment. Invitations have gone to all governors to participate.
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Washington
Blaine
Wisconsin
President Coolidge
Senator la Follette
Des Moines Attorney Acquitted in Statutory Offense Case
A Des Moines jury acquitted Ezre Marshall, a local attorney, on a statutory offense charge involving a young girl after eleven days of trial and five hours of deliberation. The district court delivered the verdict in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Ezre Marshall
Winnipeg Bank Holdup Shocks City Branch
Two masked men robbed the Goulding and Portage Bank of Commerce in Winnipeg taking several bundles of currency then fled in a waiting automobile. Police pursued at once with investigations ongoing and local banks on alert.
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Winnipeg
Goulding and Portage
Bank of Commerce
Ohio Town Badly Scorched Fire destroys Irondale business station
Steubenville Ohio fire gutted the Irondale business station sparking an estimated loss between 100000 and 150000 dollars. The fire origin remains undetermined and local authorities search for clues.
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Ohio
Steubenville
Irondale
Here
Denver Bank Closes After Examiner Takes Charge
The Italian American bank in Denver shut its doors with total liabilities of 707,792.17 dollars, state bank examiner announces he has assumed control. In London, strike talks involving the public works office employees collapsed, ending negotiations toward a settlement.
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Denver
Denvyer
London
Tha ‘Public Works Office
Fire Destroys Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction
White River Junction Vermont Hotel Coolidge the largest hostelry in the area was burned to the ground with an estimated loss of 200000. The fire, which threatened the business sections, left all guests believed to have escaped. The hotel formerly Junction House contained 348 rooms and was a wooden structure. Ten other places of business in the same building were destroyed.
Child Labor Bill Loses in Most States
The proposed child labor amendment to the constitution failed in several legislatures and by referendum in many states. Oklahoma Kansas and Ohio joined others in rejecting the measure while Washington considered an indorsement vote for 1926. Only California and Arkansas were favorable or severed to support the amendment. massachusetts rejected it by referendum.
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Chicago
Burring
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ohio
North Dakota
Washington
South
North Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Delaware
Wyoming
Senate
Barnard student dies after fall from eighth floor dorm window
New York elen i Vosburgh, 23, Barnard College honor student, leaped from an eighth floor window at Brooks Hall dormitory. She landed on the concrete sidewalk, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, and was taken to Knickerbocker Hospital where she was reported to have said she was unable to recover.
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New York
Elen i Vosburgh
Barnard
Brooks Hall
Film Shows for Children Will Hays Cooperation
Will Hays announced cooperation among film owners nationwide during this year. An admission price of 100 cents was set. The note implies initiatives to regulate content for children through the film industry.
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Will H. Hays
Omaha Slayer Adjudged Insane, to State Hospital
J Warren Hahne a Omaha realtor was found insane by a Douglas county insanity board after being accused by a coroner j ury of murdering his wife Mae Hahne formerly of Colorado Springs Colorado. County Attorney Beal said no prosecution will follow and he will be committed for treatment at the State Hospital.
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Omaha
Tarkington Victory in Damage Suit Case
Los Angeles author Booth Tarkington won a damage suit for 500000 dollars after Miss Maud Greenwood of Palestine Texas alleged he stole her plot for a film. The superior court dismissed the case.
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Tarkington
Los Angeles
Booth Tarkington
Maud
Greenwood
Fot Palestine
Tex
Temperature Drop Halts Restic Here
A weather note reports temperatures from Mayo of 70 below and 60 above in the town, halting mail stages at stations and stopping city water deliveries. Residents rely on river water or a private administrator for supplies.
Chinese leader Sun Yat Sen reported as hopelessly ill
An operation on Sun Yat Sen, head of the so called South China government and a reader in the formation of the Chinese republic, revealed he is suffering from liver cancer. Attending physicians describe his case as hopeless.
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Pekin
Or Sun Yat
South China
Chinese Republic
Washington arguments on pleas to quash case heard
Pleas to quash the case erdowing leasing of Dayaloi reserves were completed in DC supreme court. Chief Justice Mc Coy took the matter under advisement.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
McCoy
German Editor to Prison for Treasonous Editorial
Arthur Lorenz former editor of the Klineig Staats Zeitung German language paper was sentenced to six minutes in jail for publishing an editorial calling American soldiers tramps vagabonds and burns. Lorenz argued the piece was written in passion after the U S entered the war. Judge Max Pam noted the remark was nearly treasonous in scope.
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Chicago
aArthur Lorenz
Klineig-Staats-Zeitung
Lorenz
United States
Max
Pam
T. Say
Solons Act on 2-Cent Gas Tax Bill
Legislature advances a statewide 2 cent gas tax with House drafting on an $83 tax bill. Senate bill by Bergman of Newton would levy 2c per gallon, collected monthly by the treasurer and distributed to counties by area among primary, county, and township road funds.
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Senate
Bergman
Newton
State Highway Commission
Committee Appointments Stand in Senate Impasse
Resentment over committee appointments in the senate will doubtless affect passage of several measures in the legislature. Out committee organization will go on unchanged.
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Senate
CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT PRELS VIEWS AND TIMETABLE
Prients assure opportunity to present arguments on the resolution before debate in the House. Solons may quit February 28 to adjourn. General assembly members favor an early adjourn date with Feb 2 proposed as the final day. Critics say little important business has appeared and urge rushing initiative bills to finish by then.
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Solons
General Assembly
Senate Bills Describe Changes To Estate Payments And Public Offices
The document outlines proposed laws including revising the order of payments from estates, reorganizing parole authority from the board of control, moving responsibilities from the woman’s reformatory, creating a state board of agricultural examiners and a state commission for the blind, restricting public office holding to one salaried post, establishing closed seasons for foxes, and other regulatory measures affecting voting machine levers, hunting pelts, wash houses at coal mines, and related governance topics. The text reflects a slate of reform efforts across estates, public safety, labor, and environmental rules with multiple named entities and state agencies.
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Senate
Board of Control
Board of Parole
Woman's Reformatory
Ulat
Board of Agricultural Examiners
Fox
Holstein plans and local developments in Iowa
The article lists Holstein’s planned centrifugal and compressor install, Primghar’s spring business blocks, and the sixteenth annual daily banquet scheduled for February 20. It notes an Iowa Bible study course in Maquoketa, total Iowa tax exempt real estate valued at 315 million dollars, and Cedar Rapids electric bill cuts starting February 1. It also mentions Waukon forming a new contest association and a single voter backing an 86 million road bond in Muscatine county.
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Sheldon Savings Bank
First National
Holstéin
Carrot Izaak Walton League
Nina
Primghar
Maquoketa
Iowa
Waukon
Allamakee County
Towa
Ceder Repids
Ma‘haska
Sick for Ten Years Gained 60 Pounds by PE-RU-NA Use
A Wisconsin man, John Wick of Morro monee Falls, credits Pe-ru-na for a decade of stomach catarrh relief and a weight increase from 135 to 195 pounds. The ad touts Pe-ru-na as a digestive aid and health booster, urging readers to insist on genuine Pe-ru-na in tablets or liquid form.
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John Wick
Morromonee Falls
Wisconsin
John ‘Wick
The Candidate Habit and Town Opinions Discussed
Local talk centers on candidates and officeholders with references to experience and loyalty. Varying remarks imply many run for office while some old timers are recognized for long service. The dialogue hints at distrust and curiosity about who has endured.
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Oracia
Demand Bayer Aspirin for safe, genuine tablets
An old ad urging buyers to insist on Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer name on package or tablets for safety. It claims safety proven by millions and 23 years of physician use. The message warns imitators may be dangerous and mentions a social instruction about leaving the room during a row.
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Bayer
Kemp
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