President Wilson Prepares for Private Life and Inauguration
President and Mrs. Wilson plan to move into a new home on 8th Street as they count the hours before retirement. Health officials report daily improvement and a strict regimen to maintain convalescence. The First Couple will attend Senator Harding’s inauguration and attend the luncheon at the White House before returning to their residence.
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Mayor seeks 5000 appropriation for pistol range
Mayor Caldwell asks the city council for 5000 to fund a pistol range. The request, discussed by the public safety and finance committees after Monday’s presentation, notes 44 police beats vacant due to a new one day off in eight rule.
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Committee On Public Safety
Committee On Finance
Chief frowns on special police volunteer plan
The Star reports W Wilson of wood proposes special police volunteers to patrol neighborhoods in shifts. Chief Searing rejects the idea saying it would bring inexperienced officers into the field and risk mistakes while asserting the department can handle the crime wave.
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Prohibition Fails to Reduce Major Chicago Crime
Chicago reports show major crime fell over 30 percent in the first prohibition year with murders down 51 percent burglaries 10 percent and robberies 6 percent. Col B Chamberlain of the Chicago crime commission questions prohibition as the cause noting it lowers misdemeanors but fuels police corruption and describes the major criminal as not a coward but a smoker who enjoys gambling.
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Chicago
Col. B. Chamberlain
Chicago Crime Commission
Woman to Lead Round World Air Derby Route for Pacific Flight Not Yet Decided
Ruth Law is tipped to command the round the world air derby route across the Pacific as plans center on a Seattle to San Francisco leg. The Aero Club of America maps routes and estimates a 22 000 mile journey with six months duration, backed by international navies and a $ ten million budget.
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Bethlehem Steel official validates $260,000 expense voucher
President F E Grace testifies before the shipping board probe that the $260,000 voucher is a proper company expenditure. He says the charge covered company costs, not Schwab personal expenses, and denies $100,000 being charged to the government.
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New York
FE. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Co
Shipping Board
Chas M. Schwab
Bethlehem
Grace
Schwab
Chiropractor Engmark Begins Hunger Strike in Jail
Heath Engmark a 45 year old chiropractor jailed for practicing without a license refuses all food after being sentenced to 90 days. He vows to starve until released or dead saying the sacrifice will force a California doctors reform and a fairer deal for chiropractors. He has already skipped four meals and asked to sleep in.
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Los Angeles
Heath Engmark
Pendegast
Engmark
Lunacy Commission
California
Former Seattle Man to Fight Disease
NEW YORK January 25. To combat the rapidly spreading epidemic of trachoma in the Levant Dr C R Gannoway of Medford Oregon and formerly a practicing physician of Seattle has been sent to the Beirut district of Syria by officials of the Near East relief.
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Near East Relief
Americans Will Start Hunt for Missing Link Expedition
Ray Chapman Andrews, famed explorer and head of the third Asian expedition for the American Museum of Natural History, announces a five year search from Pekin China to Mongolia India or Siberia to find the cradle of humanity. The team of ten includes his wife as official photographer. The venture costs about fifty thousand dollars annually and begins February twenty two.
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New York
Ray Chapman Andrews
Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
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India
Siberia
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China
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Europe
America
Civil War Hatched at Old St Charles Hotel in Washington
Tradition holds the civil war was hatched in the old St. Charles hotel in Washington. The claim ties the hotel to early planning and political maneuvering surrounding the conflict.
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St. Charles Hotel
Washington
Pumpkin near a hundred pounds grown in Admire Kansas
Mrs M Whittington of Admire Kansas reports a pumpkin weighing close to 100 pounds grown last year.
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M. Whittington
Admire, Kan
Trummi genannt als größte japanische Dichterin der Frau
Der Text lobt Trummi als die bedeutendste weibliche Dichterin Japans und hebt ihr Ansehen in der Literatur hervor.
Allied Council Sets Austria Rehab Plan and Talks
Paris January 2. An allied commission to assess Austria's rehabilitation was appointed by the Supreme Council. France Britain and Italy named Loucheur Thorne and Giannini to report before adjournment. Discussions also cover Asia Minor disarmament reparations coal and inter allied finance.
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Austria
Inter-Allied Supreme Council
Louie Loucheur
Robert Thorne
Mignor Giannini
France
Britain
Italy
Asia Minor
Brady to be freed after acquittal ruling
Superior Judge Ward ruled Thomas Brady cannot be tried again on any charge involving the alleged attacks on Jessie Montgomery related to the Howard St gang outrages. The decision follows Brady’s acquittal and a motion to dismiss was denied. Other charges against him remain under consideration.
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Jessie Montgomery
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Jean Stanley
Portland
Czecho-Slovakia Names Consul for Western States
Ban Francisco January 5 Ota kar Suchan named consul for Czecho-Slovakia covering California Washington Oregon Nevada Utah Arizona Idaho Hawaii Alaska and the Philippines He will open offices in San Francisco within days indicating broader regional representation
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Otakar Suchan
Republic of Czecho-Slovakia
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