Embassy liquor raids seize large quantities in DC
Washington police report three raids on northwest apartment houses found imported wines and whisky linked to embassy traffic. A Guatemalan man and Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht were arrested as federal officers joined the probe. Hecht admitted the liquors came from foreign sources and a man claimed ownership, protesting seizure as diplomat property.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Northwest
Lieut. O. T. Davis
Davis
Guatemala
Elizabeth Hecht
Hecht
Flo
War Debt Guaranty Gone Statement Shocks Paris
Premier Bank Law declares French gold deposits used to back war debts have been exported to the United States for munitions payments, destroying the guaran ty in effect. Bank of France notes include a 1.0 billion franc gold asset abroad and 860 million abroad in Spain and other locations.
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Paris
England
France
United States
Bank of France
Spain
Baldwin Says Debt Funding in US Seen as Easy
British chancellor of the exchequer Sir Stanley Baldwin heads a British funding mission to the United States and expresses confidence that making the debt payable to this country is comparatively easy. He hopes the mission will finish its labors within two weeks.
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Washington
Jai
Stanley Baldwin
Ex-Ccequer
United States
Harding to Meet Hughes on Rhine Troop Recall Decision
President Narding will decide after consulting Secretary Hughes and Secretary Weeks whether to recall American troops from the Rhine or keep the Coblenz force stationed, following the senate recommendation.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Rhine
Narding
State Hughes
War Weeks
Coblenz
Pilot survives 10000 foot fall near Utah after mail flight
Pilot Henry G. Boonstra of the western United States mail service fell about 10000 feet with his airplane near Salt Lake City Utah and escaped with only slight injuries. Boonstra's home is at Lafayette Indiana.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Henry G. Boonstra
Western Division
United States Serial ‘Mail Service
Boonstra
Lafayette
State Senator Lacey Held on Dynamiting Charge in Erie Case
State Senator Robert C. Lacey of Buffalo is under arrest on a charge of complicity in the dynamiting and derailment of two high speed trolley cars of the International Railway Company last August.
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Dela
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert C. Lacey
International Railway Company
Peace in Goal Mining Washington Jat
Federal coal commissioners say an eight month coal strike will be averted as operators and union leaders agree to a year long continuation of wage contracts expiring March 31.
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Washington
Jat
Debt Parley Fails Between Britain and France
London and Paris stand apart over how to collect reparations from Germany. The allied premiers conference collapsed after a British refusal to accept France's protective guaranties plan and a French rejection of Britain's proposal. Bonar Law signaled the end as the talks adjourned.
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Paris
Germany
Britain
France
Poincare
Bonar Law
Great Britain
Greek Eleventh Division Enters Karagatch Front
Greek Eleventh division moved fifteen miles west of Karagatch into town where a French infantry regiment is stationed. French protest ensued but the Greek commander said his troops would halt on the west bank of the Maritza river facing Adrianople.
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Constantinople
Karagatch
Maritza
Adrianople
Czar’s Jewels Sought in Brooklyn Grave Dig
Treasury agent William B. Williams said he expected to locate 4 million dollars worth of Russian crown jewels in a Brooklyn cemetery as part of a Russian jewel case. He conceded the probe might require opening a grave if clues pointed there.
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New York
William B. Williams
United States
Treasury Department
Brooklyn
France Rebuffed by Hughes on Reparations Policy
Secretary Hughes told Jules Jusserand that France’s uncompromising stance blocks U S aid to Europe on reparations. The White House signaled President Harding sees reparations outside the Versailles treaty framework, arguing Germany’s ability to pay should guide talks.
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Washington
Hughes
Jules Jusserand
France
United States
Europe
State Department
White House
Harding
Germany
M. Jusserand
Col
George Harvey
Great Britain
British debt funding mission lands in New York
The British debt funding mission led by Stanley Baldwin arrived in New York aboard the Majestic. After disembarking at quarantine the group hurried to the Pennsylvania Station to secure an early train to Washington.
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New York
Stanley Baldwin
Majestic
Pennsylvania
Washington
Race War in Florida Town
Three white and three colored men are dead and numerous whites and blacks injured after an outbreak at Rosewood near Sumner Levy county. Reports say armed men from Cedar Key planned to move on Rosewood and details remain from telephone reports.
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Gainesville
Fla
Rosewood
Sumner
Levy County
Cedar Key
French steamer saves 323 passengers in Florida channel
Three hundred twenty three travelers from the German liner Holsatia stranded on a sand key near Graysport reef in the Florida channel were transferred to the French liner De La Salle after wireless messages reached Havana.
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Holsatia
Florida Channel
Havana
Hamburg
Graysport Reef
de la Salle
Woman receives sheep kidney transplant in mercury poisoning case
The death of Mrs. Adele Robertson revealed an unusual operation to treat bichloride of mercury poisoning. A sheep's kidney transplant was performed in a desperate bid to save her life.
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New York
Adele Robertson
U S Market Report Prices for Fruits Vegetables and More
U S market report for week ending January 4 lists Northern Danish cabbage at 20.00 per ton in city markets, round white potatoes 1.25 per 100 pounds f o b shipping points, onions 2.50 per 10 pounds, Baldwin apples 4.00 per barrel, Northwest Jonathan boxes 2.00, Spitzenburgs 1.75. Grain prices include No 1 winter wheat 1.26, corn 70-71 cents, oats 64 cents. Live stock ranges, dairy butter 50 cents, Wisconsin cheese prices 25 to 27 cents per pound and related market details.
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Washington
Middle West
Éic
Northwest
Chicago
Iowa
Kansas
North Dakota
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Prairie
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Ask U. S. To Pay Ship Costs
The British board of trade has filed a claim of 1,792,108 pounds for reconditioning ex German passenger vessels against the United States government. Chairman Lasker of the shipping board announced the action.
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Washington
United States
British Board of Trade
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Hoover declines Harding interior post offer
Washington January 8 Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce refused President Harding's offer to become secretary of the interior replacing Albert B Fall whose resignation will take effect March 4 next.
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Interior Department
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Harding
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
Death takes Doctor Hirsch in Chicago at seventy one
Dr Emil Gustav Hirsch longtime Sinai congregation pastor at Fortysixth Street and Grand Boulevard dies at his home 4608 Drexel Boulevard Chicago age seventy one prominent pulpit orator and scholar in the country
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Chicago
Emil Gustav Hirsch
Sinai Congregation
Forty-sixth Street
Grand Boulevard
Drexel Boulevard
Kemal Hailed as Infallible Leader by Supporters
Belief in Mustapha Kemal Pasha's infallibility grows, with Indian dispatches saying his leadership of the Turkish people is accepted by his followers as his policies and aims define Moslems. Americans Care for Russ Refugees as Tokyo group oversees 5000 displaced refugees.
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London
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
India
Kemal
Tokyo
American Association of Tokyo
Konsan
Korea
Vladivostok
Alliance Renewal Talks Between Austria and Hungary
Budapest reports express support for renewing the Austria Hungary alliance as Chancellor Seipel arrives to confer with government leaders on international matters.
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Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Austria
Seipel
Tax Exemption Restriction Proposal Moves Forward
Representative Green of Iowa as ranking Republican on the Ways and Means Committee submits a letter from Secretary Mellon endorsing his amendment to curb further issuance of tax exempt securities in the House.
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Washington
Representative Green
Ways and Means
Hoase
Mellon
Harding Removed From Federal Reserve Board Reappointment
Washington reports that W. F. G. Harding is no longer being considered by the President for reappointment as governor of the federal reserve board. Official Treasury statements say his name has been eliminated from the list.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
W. F. G. Harding
Treasury Department
Harding
Estate Offered to President in Maine by Legislator
Augusta Maine January 8 Sherman Douglas of Lamoine a state legislator offers his Shore Acres estate six miles from Bar Harbor as a summer home for the president of the United States The item notes the proposal from a local political figure in a regional context.
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Augusta
United States
Sherman Douglas
Lamoine
Bar Harbor
French Planes Hover Over Mannheim as Ruhr March Looms
Berlin dispatch reports French aircraft crossed into unoccupied German airspace and hovered above Mannheim. The move appears to signal preparation for a French advance into the Ruhr valley.
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Ruhr
London
Mannheim
Berlin
British concern rises over Mexican situation after death
London reports that the killing of a British subject in Mexico has intensified official worry about foreigners and foreign property there. It is hinted that Britain may take drastic action in response.
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Britain
London
Mexico
Dynamite Found in Haverhill Shoe Factory
A suitcase containing a battery a fuse and 72 sticks of dynamite was found in the Knipe Bros Inc shoe factory in Haverhill Massachusetts amid ongoing labor disputes. Police investigate potential connections to the dispute and determine safety measures.
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Haverhill
Mass
Knipe Bros. Inc
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