Putting Teeth Into Bank Laws
Boise Idaho Jan 20 AP reducing the penalty for drawing checks without funds in amounts less than 20 dollars a house measure by Representative Whitehead of Ada county would impose fines from 25 to 100 dollars or imprisonment up to six months for fraudulent check issuance under twenty dollars. A house memorial for veterans benefits and hospital care was passed under suspension of rules urging immediate neuro psychiatric hospitals compensation during hospitalization and post hospitalization training and ratings. A judiciary committee bill aims to fill a vacancy in the Idaho senate by repealing the election law requiring a special election and Governor Moore would appoint after passage of an emergency act while the supreme court reviews constitutionality. A bill to extend time for franchise by irrigation districts selling surplus power from five to thirty five years was introduced at the request of the Murtaugh irrigation district. Continued on page twelve.
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Boise
Idaho
House
Whitehead
Ada County
Congress
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
van Hoesen
Charles ©. Moore
Supreme Court
Murtaugh
Last Rites Planned for Actor Wallace Reid
The body of Wallace Reid, motion picture star, to be taken to a final location today. Visitation at First Congregational church from 10:00 to 2:30 with 3:30 services by Episcopal clergy and Elks Lodge No. 99. Pallbearers include Benny Frazee Bill Hart Noah Beery and Eugene Palette. honorary pallbearers include Theodore Roberts Jack Holt and Sam Wood. Cremation to follow at Glendale cemetery.
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Los Sugehes
Wallace Reid
Billy
Dom
Betty
First Congregational Church
Reid
Hollywood
Episcopal
Lodge No. 99, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Neal Dodd
St. Mary’s of
the Elks
Oaks
Benny Frazee
Williams
Bill) Hart
Ed Brady
Noah Beery
Wm. Desmond
Eugene Palette
Theodore Roberts
Jack Holt
Sam Wood
Conrad Nagel
Antonio Morero
Victor H. Clark
Jesse L. Lasky
Famous Players Lasky West Coast Studos
Glenda'e
Grippe Epidemic Sweeps Country Reported by Public Health Service
Washington January 20 AP reports a grippe epidemic spreading nationwide with links to the 1918-19 influenza. While many states are affected fatalities are few and no severe developments seen yet, according to health service weekly reports ending January 13.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Eleven Irish executions reported in Ireland and Belfast
Eleven executions were carried out in Ireland on January 20. Four men were hanged at Tralee for possessing arms. five at Athlone for the same crime. and two at Limerick for involvement in a train wreck and possession of ammunition. An additional line notes a tunnel discovery related to a private prison.
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Dublin
Ireland
Yeath
Tralee
Athlone
Ono
Limerick
Belfast
County Kerry
Ames Daly
Killarney
John Clifof Cabirsveen
Kerry
Michael Osuan
Ballymaselligiott
Kelly
Es Hanlon
Causeway
Thomas Hughes
Michael Walsh
Herbert Collins
Steven Jones
Martin Burke
Cornelius McMahon
Patrick Hennessey
Enns
Denver Bootleg Joints Raided by 100 Officers
Denver police under Chief Rugg Williams raided more than cigar stores and soft drink places in a sweeping afternoon operation. About a hundred suspects were arrested as every patrol wagon was utilized and the force prepared to close all bootleg joints according to the chief.
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Denver
Colo
Rugg Williams
Chief Williams
Williams
Jacobs Held in Mann Case
San Diego police hold Dr. L L Jacobs of Camp Kearney in connection with dancer Fritzi Mein s death whose body was found on Torrey Pines beach. Police say handwriting on La Jola cottage register matches Jacobs and continue pursuing leads while detailing visits to Camp Kearney for alibis.
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San Diego
Cal
L. L. Jacobs
Public Health Service
Camp Kearney
Fritzi Mein
Torrey Pines
la Jola
Utah Weather: Fair in North Unsettled Cold South Tonight
North Utah enjoys fair conditions while the southern portion remains unsettled and cold tonight into Sunday. An advisory traces cold air flow from the north affecting southern counties. Residents should dress warmly and anticipate light precipitation in the far south.
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North
Ny South
Three Dead As Insane Man Attacks Train Near El Paso
Three men including Harry Turner of Tucson P S Co and P C Cochran of Joplin Mo were shot to death on a Southern Pacific westbound train near Lanark New Mexico. The killer fled into the desert and is described as insane. A flour sack with tools and a note to W M Sprague of Paris Mo was found with the slain. Authorities from El Paso and nearby towns chased the suspect.
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el Paso
Tex
Harry Turner
Southern Pacific Company
Tucson
Ariz
P. O. Cochrane
Joplin
Herbert Brown
Indianola
Okla
Lanark
N. M
Southern Pacific
Turner
New Mexico
W. M. Sprague
Paris
Former Sheriff Parker Killed by Klansman Friend
John P. Parker Jr former Ouachita parish sheriff was shot on the Bastrop road near Bastrop and died early today. Carey Calhoun of Monroe who called himself a long time friend of Parker was arrested. Calhoun says nothing definite about the shooting and expresses sorrow. Witnesses and details remain unclear as police report no leads.
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Monroe
John P. Parker, Jr
Ouachita Parish
Bastrop
Carey Calhoun
Joes
Parker
Calhoun
McGowan Brake Fishing and Hunsting Club
Aterlington
Jack Parker
Calhoun Agid
Monto
Wesey
Saunders
Caloun
Baungers Ie
Ward
Wilhoun
John P. Parker, Sr
Bastrop Merco
Monaroe
Morehouse
Goa
Eight Die in Tenement Fire in Lawrence Mass
Eight persons perished in a five story brick tenement in Lawrence Massachusetts. Angelo de Gloria and his family were trapped. he leaped from an upper story to escape, suffering severe injuries but his wife and four children died in the blaze.
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Lawrence
Mass
Angelo de Gloria
Wind demolishes radio station on St Paul Island
Anchorage reports high winds demolished the U S Navy radio station at St Paul Island in the Bering Sea. Efforts to contact the station have been fruitless. The message states the northern route used for public messages to Japan is affected.
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Anchorage
Alaska
United States Navy
St. Paul Island
Bering Sea
Japan
St. Paul
Pussyfoot Johnson Chooses San Bernardino Home
W E Pussyfoot Johnson bought two lots in San Bernardino and announced the city would be his home He planned to travel to San Francisco and then start a trip to South Africa after visiting a son in the area He previously visited family here before heading westward.
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Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Cal
W. E
Pussyfoot
Army Advances in Defense Against All Gases and Poisons
Washington Jan 20 AP secretary Weeks says war department probes into botulinus bacillus link deaths from preserved foods reveal progress in protecting against gas attacks. He notes antidotes protective masks clothing and ongoing development and highlights life-saving aims over offensive applications. He cites discoveries of gases and chemical agents for gas masks and protection against carbon monoxide ammonia and related diseases.
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Washington
War Department
Saic
Ruhr District Coal Output Slumps Amid Occupation Strife
Pay day in the Ruhr spotlights labor unrest as French and Belgian experts push reparations by force. Workers protest confiscations and pay delays while Krupp and Thyssen warn envelopes will be thin. Troops seize mines and fuel with notices extending the decree to export licenses. Output falls about 20 percent in the first week of occupation.
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Feasen
Ruhr
France
Herrs Krupp and
Thyssen
Recklinghausen
Herr Rochstein
Ees
Frenc
Werkmen
Gladbach
Buer
Rhineland
Ber- In
Duisburg
Langendreer
Herne
Marten
Mannheim
Duesseldorf
Degoutte
Herrin Miners Released on Bail After Indictment
In Herrin Illinois eight men tied to the mine killings were freed from Williamson county jail as bail set at 20000 per person. Bonds total 160000 signed by 19 Herrin merchants bankers and businessmen. Trial for Herrin mine killings set for February 12 with acquitted defendants joining others in the case.
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Marion
Ill
Herrin
Williamson County
Delos
Hartwell
Antonio Mulkovich I
Erie
Landis Recounts Early Carrier Pairing With Dog
Chicago Jan 20 AP Kenes a Mountain Landis baseball commissioner recalls his youth as a paper route carrier with a yellow dog. He says the dog became his partner when he was nine and they delivered the Logansport Herald together.
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Chicago
Kenesa Mountain Landis
Landis
Logansport Herald
Germany Promotes General Boycott Against France
A wartime article notes Germany urging a broad boycott against France as a response to military tensions. It mentions troop withdrawals not made and forecasts of mine disruptions among seized coal pits, with about five thousand workers at Recklinghausen mines affected.
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Germany
France
Erafute
Recklinghausen
Skipwith Seen At Collinston in Klan Kidnap Probe
Bastrop Louisiana January 20 AP Captain J K Skipwith linked to hooded band activity in Morehouse parish seen talking with a masked man near the Monroe Collinston road forks shortly after Daniel and Watt Daniel were abducted. Witnesses tie a Stevenson owned truck to the kidnapping and identify other hooded men in Bastrop area.
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Bastrop
J. K. Skipwith
Cyclops
Moreouse Parish
Ku Klux Klan
Monroe
Collinston Road
Kiepers
Collinston
Skipwith
Olives Skipwith
Ith Stevenson
Daniel
Richard
Stevenson
Harry Prophitt
Captain Skipwith
Oliver Skipwith
H. K. Blankenship
Watt Daniel
C. H- Bailey
Smith
Ip Blanken
Ruhr Outlook Deadlock With Germany Stand Upheld
Paris reports that Louis Barton, president of reparations, asserts Germany must concede and vows no pro Germanism against England. He warns of inevitable consequences if protests ignore sovereignty, amid anxiety over Ruhr actions and France’s stance.
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Paris
Ruhr
Germany
Louis Barton
M. Barthon
Schweitzer Is Suspended From Utah Colorado Prohibition Office
Washington reports Schweitzer, a division prohibition officer for Utah and Colorado, has been removed from his post by headquarters orders. The action follows an intelligence department review, with officials not disclosing the underlying cause. A Salt Lake City raid at Dr Maurice Critchlow’s home is linked to the suspension, though no liquor was seized and no official protest details are provided.
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Washington
Schweitzer
Utah
Colorado
Bureau
Intelligence Department
Salt Lake City
Thea Schweitzer
Prohibition
Wash
Maurice Critchlow
East Lake City
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Benees Joy Prison
Jacobs
MANN
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Fall
Interior
Longworth
Mr. Mondell
Berlin
Fritsa
Cadheye
Duemeldorf
Ee Thyssen
Carne Querry
Salt Lake Man
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