Schwab Denies Shipping Board Expense Claims Before Committee
Charles M Schwab told the Walsh congressional committee that Col. E H Abadie’s charge of $260000 in personal expenses during October 1918 was false and that Schwab paid all his own costs as director-general of the Emergency Fleet corporation. He said he never sought compensation and did not receive a dollar a year salary. Grace of Bethlehem Steel denied improper payments. Next witnesses include Edward N Hurley and Charles Piez.
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New York
Charles M Schwab
Walsh Congressional Committee
Col
E. H. Abadie
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Schwab
Fleet Corporation
Col. Abadie
Abadie
Reet Corporation
Wilson
Mr. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Hurley
Piez
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Charles Piez
Chicago
R. D. Gatewood
Division of Construction and Repairs
Robert Hague
Fishing for home brew nets jailbar talent
Marietta January 22 192? prisoner Elwood Ogle bragged of a good bite in jail. He fashioned a nail hook from a wall latch and string to fish through bars into a neighboring cell where confiscated home brew was stored.
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Marietta
Elwood Ogle
Homer Wolfe
Ogle
Tobacco costs outrun education spending claims
Boston January 22 Americans spent eighty million dollars more on tobacco than education last year according to Philander P Claxton United States commissioner of education speaking at the state house before pa
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Boston
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
State House
Whisky seized from undertaker wagon at Staten Island ferry landing
Two New York policemen seized sixty cages of Kentucky whisky valued at 14 000 dollars from an undertaker's wagon at the foot of Tottenville Staten Island ferry landing. Four occupants of the wagon were arrested.
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New York
Tottenville
Staten Island
Quiet and Order in Austria Amid Planned Strikes
London report says widespread strikes promised in Austria to begin Thursday did not materialize and Vienna reports calm and orderly conditions throughout the republic as of Jan 22.
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London
Austria
Republic
Disputch
Vienna
Austria Begins General Strike Demands Union with Germany
A general strike starts across Austria with meetings nationwide. Protesters press for union with Germany, according to a Paris dispatch to the London Times.
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London
Austria
London Times
Paris
Germany
United Fleets Combine At Panama Canal
The Atlantic fleet, which transited the Panama Canal on Thursday, has joined the Pacific fleet at Balboa. The now united fleets will depart Panama today for Callao and Valparaiso.
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Balboa
Panama
Panama Canal
Callao
Valparaiso
Coffin Maker Buried In His Walnut Casket
Walter A. Ziegler of Allentown Pa was buried in the casket he fashioned for himself over twenty five years ago. An expert coffin maker he retired from active work and had the solid walnut casket built with a wish to be buried in it.
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Allentown
Walter ¥. A. Ziegler
U S Should Show Way Says White On Disarmament
Henry White former ambassador to France told the House naval committee that world taxation burdens postwar push for a world disarmament accord. He urged U S leadership but warned against universal disarmament and favored limited naval reductions among Britain Japan and U S to avoid chaos. He cited German reparations and Bolshevism as key current dangers and questioned broader participation.
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Washington
Henry White
France
American Peace Commission
Paris
House Naval Committee
Mr. White
United States
Italy
Great Britain
Japan
White
Europe
Britten
Germany
Prohibition Officials Say Real Beer Not Prohibited
Washington January 22 physicians nationwide urge permitting home manufacture and sale of beer for medicinal use claiming home brew causes gastritis and is used as a tonic by those avoiding whisky. Bureau considers policy while officials note home brew is not good for health and plan a federal drive against makers next week.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States
Home brew ruling unsettles landlords and tenants
District Attorney Clyne notes a Treasury ruling that home brewers and real beer brewers face similar tax treatment. Questions arise about a $1,000 assessment against a home brewer and whether landlords may be taxed when tenants manufacture home brew or liquor on rental property.
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Clyne
Treasury
Geo Itington
Unclear Text Prompt About Robbery Reward
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a reward and bank robbers with scattered terms such as Kansas City and Bandits. No coherent event, date, or named individuals are readable to form a proper news card.
Indictments Filed in Sherman Act Case on Chicago Building Firms
A federal grand jury in Chicago returns 46 indictments against millwork firms contractors and union leaders for Sherman Act violations and conspiracy to restrict the local building furnishings market The DA says the probe will extend to electrical fittings and other building equipment with more indictments expected.
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Federal Grand Jury
Chi
Ion
Sher
William F. Liims
Carpenters’ Union
Generalissimo
Carpenters
Clyne
Chicago
New Trial Denied in Lloyd Communist Case
Judge Oscar Hebel refused a new trial for William Bross Lloyd a wealthy communist and 19 associates convicted under state anti sedition law. Special prosecutor Frank Comerford called the ruling a safeguard for American institutions and warned against preaching insurrection.
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William Lloyd and Associates
Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
Unider
Oscar Hebel
Frank Comerford
Lloyd
Hebel
United States
Miss
Anarchistic strike is lawful path to reform says judge
The ruling upholds organized labor and rejects Leninist Moscow program as crime. The judge dismisses the appeal, claims disloyalists cannot divide the nation in reconstruction, and notes the prosecutor offers to continue work without pay until final court resolution.
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Lenin
United States
America
Hebel
Crowe
Mrs Harding Shows Interest In American Goods Tour
President elects wife Mrs Harding tours Marion port area a shopping plan aims to promote American goods. The elaborate inaugural program has reduced gown needs and her shopping trip is expected to end soon. Importers anticipate limited profit from her visit and her campaign theme is to steer Americans toward home products.
Americans Rescued From Philippine Shipwreck
Two Americans, Robert Brezile and Mack Malone, survivors of the British steamer Isabela wrecked while bound from California to Manila, were picked up on Larnate Island near Sawar in the Philippines, according to advices reaching port officials.
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Manila
Robert Brezile
Mack Malone
California
Larnate
Sawar
Philippines
Sinn Fein Ambush Kills Eight Police Near Dublin
Eight men, seven of them constables, are shot dead in ambushes near Dublin on Friday. District Inspector Clarke and five constables die in a Glenwood attack as police patrol. others wounded or missing. Inspector Clarke, a Winnipeg area native and former Canadian Mounted Rifles member, later served in the Irish Rifles after demobilization.
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Dublin
Clarke
Inspector Clarke
Lurgan
Belfast
Winnipeg
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Canada
Irish Rifles
Kahn Bill Passed by Senate for Army Expansion
The Senate approved a bill drafted by Kahn to provide for an army of 175000 men. The action was taken without a roll call, marking swift passage of the measure. The vote underscores bipartisan support for expanding the military manpower readiness.
Submarine Lost and Senate Passes Army Cut Bill
A British undersea boat is reported lost with all hands. In Washington the Kahn bill reducing the US army to 175,000 men cleared the Senate without a roll call after a strong majority supported it.
British sub K-35 lost in English Channel with all hands
Special to The Jacksonville. The British submarine K-35 was lost Thursday with all hands in the English Channel near London. A rock shattered a glass window in President elect Harding’s stateroom on his private car. the rock likely thrown by a boy. The window was replaced when the train stopped.
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Evening Journal
London
English Channel
Jacksonville
Harding
Biggest Trade on Record in 1920 Sees US Surplus
Washington reports 1920 foreign trade at a record 13.507 billion dollars with exports of 8.228 billion and imports 5.279 billion, yielding a US trade balance near 3.0 billion. Gold imports reached 429 million and gold holdings rose to 322 million, while 1919 figures were lower across the board.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Ford Motor Seeks Large Bank Loan in New York
New York bankers familiar with Ford Motor Company affairs report the firm negotiating a large loan possibly between 75 million and 100 million dollars. Maturing obligations of 25 to 30 million dollars would be refinanced with the new loan, tied to Ford Interests for working capital. The loan, if arranged, would be handled by a syndicate in New York Boston Chicago and other major financial centers.
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New York
Word Motor Company
Luna
Ford
Boston
Chicago
Women Abandon Air Trip for Nebraska Electors
Des Moines January 22 reports that the planned air flight to Washington to deliver Nebraska's electoral vote was canceled due to unfavorable East weather. Electress Mrs H H Wheeler and alternates Draper Smith will travel by train to Washington.
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Des Moines
Capital
Washington
Nebraska
H. H. Wheeler
Draper Smith
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