Californian Senator Pushes Reconsideration Of Army Cut
Senator Phelan of California seeks a senate reconsideration of the vote on army reduction arguing the chamber was not fully informed of General Perging and Secretary of War Bunker objections. The move follows a 34 to 28 tally on New’s resolution amended by Lent to shrink the regular army to 150,000 men. Washington, Jan. – Barn Down on Tariff Bill. The finance committee’s move to open Fordney tariff amendments signals a flood of changes ahead as lawmakers expect debates on wheat, dairy, hides, and wool duties plus the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant project. The Senate approved a $12.5 million federal corporation to operate nitrate plants, with a large government outlay already spent. final passage split along party lines.
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Washington
Jan
Phelan
Dem
California
Marshall
Senate
Perghing
Bunker
New
Lent
Senate Finance Committee
Benator McCumber
North Dakota
House
Walder
New York
Jones
New Mexico
Goveernment
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Messrs. Cupper
Kansas
Granma
la Follette
Wisconsin
McNary
Oregon
Messrs. Gore
Wadsworth
Auther Arrested on Madison Larceny Warrant in Chicago
Pierre Paul Auther, called the Spanish grandee, was detained at the New Hotel Gault in Chicago on a Madison larceny warrant sworn by Philip Franzen. The case alleges Auther forced Franzen to sign a $100 check at gunpoint before fleeing with Mrs Franzen. Auther denies the charges and will accompany Madison detectives. Mrs Franzen remains missing after a reconciliation offer.
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Chicago
Jan
Pierre Paul Rather
Gault
Madison
Market Streets
Detective Bureau
Wis
Philip Franzen
Auther
Franzen
Anther
Bank Robber Is Wounded After City Bank Hold Up
Three bandits attempted a hold up at a private bank on Wentworth Avenue. Jack Matkovitch fired three shots from his revolver as the robbers entered the bank at about 10 o'clock. The attackers fled in a car, and Matkovitch believes one bandit was wounded.
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Chicago
Jan
Jack Matkovitch
Wentworth Avenue
Matkovitch
Mexico Indemnities Plan Faces Congress Under Obregon
President Obregon proposes to have Mexico pay damages to individuals and companies from revolutions, a recommendation to be sent to Congress for the extraordinary session beginning February 7. He said laws already provision for such payments but will urge enactment, while opposing gambling and supporting liberal sports like bullfighting.
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Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Obrecon
Congress
Obregon
Executive Department
Fuse Cut Ends Bomb Threat In Brooklyn Basement
Night watchman Tony Franko cut a sputtering fuse two inches from a large basement bomb during a Brooklyn house reconstruction. He was seriously burned while hacking the fuse with a pocket knife. Franko reported seeing two men in the cellar who fled after one lit a smoke, then fired at him.
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New York
Brooklyn
Tony Franko
Franko
Woman Faces Trial as Slayer in Ohio Case
Warren Ohio January 24 Mrs Thomas Koehler faces trial for first degree murder in the death of her two children whose bodies were found among the ruins of their burned home near Hubbard last month. The indictment was returned by a Trumbull county grand jury.
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Warren
Thomas Koehler
Marier
Hubbard
Trumbu County
Markets Summary Grain Prices And Livestock Figures
The markets list multiple grain classes with prices for flour and wheat in 98 lb sacks and warehouse delivery, including hard, soft, and rye flour. Hay prices cover timothy and clover mixes, butter prices reflect creamery quotients and grades, eggs show fresh firsts and miscellaneous lots, and live poultry with turkeys fowls and ducks. Potatoes onions and cattle sections present per 100 pounds or per sack pricing, while hogs sheep and veal calves show weight-based ranges and quality grades.
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market Report
Market summary from Union Stock Yards South Omaha shows 8,000 cattle received, steady beef steers, and mixed demand. Cattle quotations cover beeves to prime cows, yearlings, calves, and stockers with varied ranges. hog run at about 12,000 head, prices up 25 to 40 cents with top near 9.90. sheep and lambs down about 50 cents on lambs and 25 cents on sheep, best lambs 10.30 to 10.40, ewes down to 4.00–5.25, feeding lambs 8.76 to 10.50.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Gan
Elm tree grows through house on Maine coast
A graceful elm once cut down for a new house kept pushing up through the roof and two floors. Builders observed its persistence and allowed continued growth. Now the tree stands as a stately landmark with unusual seaside surroundings.
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Maine
Gas and Whisky Alliance Tragedy Near Alliance
Oscar O Bannon former Alliance financier with Osage oil ties was killed when his Stearns Knight touring car crashed with Tom Aspen’s smaller car near Alliance while speeding after a night of drinking. Two other occupants were injured including Tom Beal and W H Terrell as investigators note whisky and gasoline combined to cause the collision.
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Alliance
Oscar O'Bannon
Osage
Wyo
Field
Stearns Knight
Tom Aspen
O'Bannon
Aspen
Tom Beal
Lving
W. H. Terrell
Wilbaux
Mont
Richard Kriests
Wade Graham
Chadron Road
Death in Oil Field Wreck Claims O Bannon
Oscar O Bannon about forty five years old left a wife and ten year old son Charles. He was an Alliance businessman until last summer when he sold out as the Alliance oil syndicate faced trouble in the Osage fields. He had spent time at the oil fields since then and was described as quarrelsome when drinking. His neck and collar bone were broken in the wreck and the other occupants were trapped except Ernest who was thrown fifteen feet away. Two boys untangled themselves and found help at Allance.
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O’bannon
Ernest
Allance
Oscar O'Bannon
Charles
Alliance
Alliance Oil Syndrenate
Osage
Sidney Must Get In The Largest High School Tourney
Lincoln Nebraska hosts the 1921 state basketball tournament March 10 to 12 with over two thousand players expected from about seventeen to twenty high schools. Fred W. Luehring reports many applications. last year eleven divisions housed sixteen teams each. Winners from Class A to Class K include Lincoln Superior Havelock Kimball County Benson Aurora Genoa Milford Teachers College High Cortland.
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Lincoln
Nebra
Nebraska
Fred W. Luehring
University of Nebraska
Superior
Havelock
Kimball County
Benson
Aurora
Genoa
Milford
Teachers’ College High School
Cortland
Pot and Kettle In Lincoln Hotels Price Increases Noted
The Lincoln Journal mocks Washington innkeepers for rising rates during inauguration and targets Lincoln hoteliers after Washington men moved to new ventures. Lincoln hosts delegates from across the state for the first of a month meetings of the agricultural societies. Lindell hotel charged eight delegates two dollars ninety five cents each, totaling eighteen dollars for one room.
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Lincoln Journal
Washington
Lincoln
al- Ned Agricultural Societies
Lindell Hotel
Funeral Farce Over John Barleycorn Across Border
A Montana town near the Canadian line staged a mock funeral for John Barleycorn. Three men dressed as mourners wrapped bottles in a casket and paraded to the cemetery before a swift return to Montana. A pilot was injured in a related incident as illegal shipments crossed the border. Planes connected Cheyenne and Omaha amid tense weather conditions.
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John Barleycorn
Montana
Aheaad
John
Cheyenne
Omaha
Plane crash at mall grounds injures pilot Reed
Last Wednesday a mall plane flying near Pine Bluffs suffered engine trouble causing Pilot Reed to attempt a landing west of town. The aircraft touched down roughly, rolled over, injuring the pilot's right arm and shoulder, and the plane caught fire afterward.
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Reed
Pine Bluffs
Eagle Caught in Trap Near Oconto by Hunter
Monday morning E A Boyce of Oconto found a large eagle in a trap while checking wolf sets. After careful maneuvers he freed the uninjured bird. The live eagle measured seven feet four inches across the wings and weighed seven pounds and a quarter. Such a large, healthy eagle so far from its mountain habitat is unusual.
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E. A. Boyce
Oconto
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Perching
Baker
Aather
Mexico
Sidney
Casabianca
Odd Fellows Bldg
First Ave
Lincoln Highway
T. Hart
Stetson
Dunlop
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