Referendum Begun At Federal Capital On Tax Reform Proposals
The United States Chamber of Commerce proposes a national tax revision via a referendum. Fifteen proposals cover repealing the excess profits tax, shifting to income taxes, sales taxes, and taxing methods for corporations and capital assets. The chamber seeks business opinion, not endorsement, on changes like decentralizing administration and replacing certain levies.
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Union News Service
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Committee On Taxation
United States
A. Rae
League to press Palmer on cider ruling reconsideration
The Anti Saloon League will ask Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer to reconsider his ruling that home cider becomes lawful after fermentation. Wayne B Wheeler general counsel of the league announced that the prohibition act’s letter and purpose do not justify the ruling.
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Washington
Anti - Saloon League
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Wheeler
Murder charges in Manila riots kill eleven Americans and Filipinos
Governor General Francis Burton Harrison announced that murder charges will be filed in court by the city prosecutor against the 77 Philippine Constabulary for the rioting that left four Americans and seven Filipinos dead.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Francis Burton Harrison
Luxury Tax Abolished in Canada
Canada moves to end luxury tax measures with an order in council dissolving existing levies on fine goods. The government announces repeal affecting alcohol quotas, gaming, and other high end purchases previously taxed.
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Canada
Poe
Dominion
Gove
Chicago Rev Prank KE Miller quits ministry over church ban
The Reverend Miller, pastor of First Baptist Church in Chicago, says his change of views on card playing theatergoing and chanting led him to resign his pastorate. He notes no dissensions with the Board of Moderators and explains he must pursue another vocation.
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Chicago
Prank Ke, Miller
First Baptist Church
Serious reign of banditry in the east
Motor salesman Carl Tiederman, a former aviation instructor, was held up in the Bronx, shot twice, and robbed. He lies severely wounded as two assailants escape. Mayor Hyland calls for cooperation with police and stiffer sentences, urges arming messengers, and hotel guests to lock suites amid a national rise in hold ups and shootings.
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New York
Carl Tiederman
United States Army
Bronx
Tiederman
John F. Hylan
United States
Blue Sunday Parade on Broadway Displays Civic Morality
A mournful parade on Broadway and Fifth Avenue sponsored by the International Sporting Club features floats and punishments for Sunday misdeeds. A man with a ball and chain leads a float requesting if society will rid transit on Sunday. A whipping post ceremony, stocks for kissing, two boys in a cage for fishing, and a pillory for smoking mark the spectacle.
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New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
International Sporting Club
Demurrage Demand Hits Coal Market in Pittsburg
Pittsburg public schools, closed weeks earlier for lack of soft coal at 8 dollars a ton, were storing coal at 5.50 a ton. The market collapsed when 1,600 tons in cars on a railroad siding faced demurrage from the railroad company, prompting action by Carl M. McKee, Superintendent of Supplies.
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Pittsburg
Carl M. McKee
Race riot in Independence leaves two dead and three wounded
In Independence Kansas a race riot erupted after a stroke of violence tied to a negro suspect who held up and killed grocer R. R. Wharton. One white boy and one negro were killed and three men were wounded as Mayor John L. Waldman and Police Chief Hall confronted about 20 armed negroes on a street. The crowd refused to disperse.
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Kansas
Independence
Kan
R. R. Wharton
John L. Waldman
Hall
Employers Win Decree in Jacksonville Cigar Case
Cigar manufacturers of Dampa obtained a temporary injunction against the Cigar Makers Union after a hearing before Federal Judge Call. The order is returnable in ten days and bars workers from inquiring or intimidating employees or potential applicants at the factories.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Cigar Manufacturers of
Dampa
Cigar Makers’ Union
Alleged Swindler Held in St. Louis Identification Case
A man held in St. Louis is identified as John B. Titt, an alleged swindler accused of defrauding Savannah banks of 83000 dollars. Edward J. Murray, 45, an escapee from Huntsville Penitentiary, denies being Titt.
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St. Louis
Edward J. Murray
Huntsville
Ala
John B. Titt
Savannah
Titt
Constabulary Garrison Disarmed in Manila
In Manila the entire constabulary garrison was disarmed and placed under arrest amid complaints against the son of 78 officers who admitted taking part in the flot that caused the deaths of four Americans and seven Filipinos. The body of Captain W. H. B. Wichmann will be cremated and his ashes scattered at sea. he is survived by a widow and seven children, the eldest 11.
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Constabulary
Manila
P. L
W. HB. Wichmann
Wichmann
Embargo on Imports Urged by Congressional Leaders
Congressional leaders agreed on enacting a one year emergency tariff to slow farm product imports including wheat cotton wool beans potatoes livestock and meats. House and Senate committees will draft the bill while both chambers push for speedy passage and preserve proposed rates.
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Washington
Senate Finance and
House Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Treasurer Is Arrested in Wilmington for Embezzlement
William Bush secretary and treasurer of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of society securities valued at 200000 dollars. He was held on 100000 dollars bail. The securities included three fifty thousand dollar U S Treasury certificates and fifty one thousand dollar bonds of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. They were hypothecated with a local broker to cover margins on stock speculations.
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Wilmington, del
William Bush
Wilmington Savings Fund Society
Bush
United States Treasury
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Pardon Ends Life Term for Burns in Ohio Case
Governor Cox uses pardon power to release Billot Burns, once of Dayton, who will move to Cincinnati for employment after serving nine years of a life sentence for the Hamilton County murder of a woman. Burns’ alcohol problems contributed to his downfall.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Billot Burns
Dayton
Cincinnati
Burns
Ohio Penitentiary
Hamilton
Tie
Food Control Law Sought to Prevent Hoarding
The Federal Trade Commission recommended permanent food control provisions to curb hoarding of sugar, fuel, clothing, and building materials. It argued ongoing government control could have tempered sugar price spikes in late 1919 and early 1920 until trade stabilized.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Senate Passes Poindexter Anti-Strike Bill in Surprise Vote
The Poindexter bill to penalize interference with interstate commerce clears the Senate with minimal debate as labor leaders denounce the measure. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin files a motion to reconsider, delaying final disposal while other Republicans seek clarity on the halt.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
R. M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la’ Follette
Miles K. Poindexter
Republican
House
la Follette
Johnson
California
Marshall
Ohio Blue Law Urged to Curb Sunday Amusements
In Columbus lawmakers discuss a comprehensive blue law targeting convicts and Sunday entertainment. Sponsored by an unnamed figure, the bill aims to restrict Sunday activities, potentially forcing the first day of the week to be spent at home or in church and ending Sunday film showings.
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Ohio
Columbus
Coal Shipment Record in Washington Week Ended December 11
The American Railway Association reports a new peak in bituminous coal production and transport for the week ending December 11. Output reached an estimated 12,950,000 tons, up 96,000 tons from the prior week, which itself set a record.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Tiffin Officials Sued Over School Vaccination Policy
In Tiffin Ohio Bult was filed to force the City Board of Health and Board of Education to allow 60 pupils to return to school after they refused vaccination. The Health Board last November ordered vaccination by scarification and suspended those who refused.
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Tiffin
City Board of Health and Board of Education
Health Board
Detroit Girl Missing Sparks Island Search
Police began a search of deserted summer cottages and hunting lodges on islands in the lower Detroit River for Mary K. Caldwell missing for several days. A glove with a note saying she would be taken away by four men in a boat led to the search. Caldwell is 18 and had come from the South months earlier.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Mary K. Caldwell
New York Stone Contractors Fined in Anti Trust Case
Twenty-nine cut stone contractors indicted for violating the Donnelly state anti trust act pleaded guilty before Justice John B. McAvoy. Twenty-seven with corporations were fined 2500 each, two noncorporate contractors fined 5000 each with jail for unpaid days. The hearing before the Joint Legislative Committee investigating the Building Trust adjourned after a tense confrontation over maximum jail terms for guilty pleas.
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New York
John B. McAvoy
Criminal Branch
Supreme Court
McAvoy
Building Trust
New York Cut Stone Contractors’ Association
Tenr
Joint Legislative Committee
Kaplan
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Lockwood
Chaiman
Clean up drive targets cheap Cincinnati restaurants
Dr. Tt. B. Blume, Chief Food Inspector, seeks warrants for arrest of several proprietors in a bid to clean up local eateries. Department investigators found unsanitary conditions and use of adulterants. One restaurant served soup from a single pot, with adulterated products matching requested varieties, and coloring matter used to alter puddings salads and stews.
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Cincinnati
Tt. B. Blume
The
Board of Health
Department
Clash Between Manila Factions Ends in Bloodshed
A riot in Manila within the walled city and at Luneta left four American and seven Filipino rioters dead. Hundreds of shots were exchanged between Manila police and Filipino constabulary, with a patrol wagon driver and six bystanders killed. Four Filipinos were wounded. no constabulary casualties reported.
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Manila
Fleven
Mipino Constabulary
Luneta
Constabulary
Alleged Fugitive Held in New York
Rudolph Mosner a wealthy cabinet manufacturer from St. Paul Minnesota was arrested in New York as a fugitive from justice on the eve of the Mongolia’s departure for Hamburg Detectives say he deserted his 10 year old daughter locking her in a hotel room Mosner held without bail pending further hearing
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New York
Rudolph Mosner
St. Paul
Minn
Mongolia
Hamburg
Mosner
Ball
Ambassador Wallace Declines Meeting at Official Dinner
Hugh C. Wallace the American Ambassador refused to meet Wilhelm Mayer Kaufbeuren the German Ambassador at a dinner for the Diplomatic Corps hosted by Raoul Perez president of the Chamber of Deputies and his wife. The incident stirred gossip in political circles.
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Hun Dipigmat
Paris
Hugh C. Wallace
Wilhelm Mayer Kaufbeuren
United States
Germany
Raoul Perez
Chamber of Deputies
Double Fatal Shooting in Moonshine Raid Near Columbus
In a Dry Raid forty miles east of here, two men were killed and a third wounded as revenue officers clashed with moon shiners. Deputy Marshal R W Jackson died, John Garrett was also killed, and Napoleon Garrett was seriously wounded in the encounter.
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Columbus
Here
R. W. Jackson
United States
John Garrett
Napoleon Garrett
Yanks May Be Recalled After Reparations Talks
The second financial conference progressed on the German reparations problem and a proposal emerged that American troops in the Rhineland might be recalled. Allied experts reviewed concrete reparations plans in the absence of German delegates, with several proposals likely acceptable to the Allied Government.
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Brussels
Rhineland
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Batonic
Dora Williams
Eatonic
Banner Lye
Gilbert Bros. & Co
Baltimore, Md
Maila
Indian River
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Titusville
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