Widespread police graft in Chicago liquor crackdown
Major Dalrymple aide Lawrence Kilcourse names West Side police captain and four detective sergeants amid whisky graft probes. Federal warrants target conspiracies to violate the Volstead Act and failure to report violations. Additional South Side officers reportedly linked to protection schemes for bootleg shipments. Further arrests and public disclosures anticipated as federal and local authorities widen the investigation into Chicago police corruption.
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Chicago
West Side
Detective Bureau
Lawrence Kilcourse
A. V. Dalrymple
United States
John J. Kelley
Kelley
Mason
South Side
John B. Walsh
Fiftieth Street Police
Sergt
Frank McCahey
Grand Crossing Police
Mr. Kelley
Walsh
McCahey
Frank McGovern
South State Street
Five-Inch Snow Falls in Flagstaff Arizona
Five inches of snow covers the ground in Flagstaff with more flurries continuing as of October 21. Local schools and roads report disruption as winter weather grips the area.
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Arizona
Flagstaff
Ariz
Ice Closes Yukon River Earliest On Record
Dawson Yukon Territory reports the Yukon river closed Sunday marking the earliest ice closure on record as temperatures fell to 10 degrees below zero.
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Dawson
Yukon Territory
Yukon River
Mayor MacSwiney says he was tricked after lapse
Lord Mayor MacSwiney recovers awareness after a brief lapse and tells sisters at his bedside they have tricked me. He had been fed while unconscious, as reported by the London Daily Express.
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London Daily Express
MacSwiney
London
Italy's King Estimates Estate at 2 000 000 Lire Tax
Rome October 21 King Victor Emmanuel has valued his estate at 92 000 000 lire, using the current exchange rate this equals about 3 500 000 dollars. The tax due under the inheritance law will be about 1 000 000 dollars.
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Rome
Victor F Emmanuel
Borton Offered $1700 Bribe in Vernon Bribery Case
W T H McCarthy president of the Pacific Coast Baseball league said Edward Spencer informed him Babe Borton suspended Vernon player offered a 1700 bribe to throw a game. The letter dates from October 27 and involves Salt Lake and Vernon clubs.
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Salt Lake
Borton
San Francisco
W. TH. McCarthy
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Edward
Tub) Spencer
Salt Lake Club
Babe” Borton
Vernon
Three Die in Prison Mystery
Three attendants at St. Anthony's hospital in Oakland die and a fourth is believed beyond recovery after suspected food poisoning. Autopsies were performed in two cases and stomach content analysis was ordered.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
Oakland
Cal
St. Anthony's Hospital
Haiti Overrun With Bandits Prompting Occupation Forecast
Washington reports Haiti is overrun by bandits and nearly unable to govern itself. Official statements from Rear Admiral Harry S. Knapp, released by Secretary Daniels, say the United States will likely occupy the island for at least a generation.
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Admiral Knapp
U. S
Washington
Overen
Haiti
United States
Harry S. Knapp
Daniels
Ten Killed When Trains Collide in Two States
News reports two fatal railway crashes. In Erie Pennsylvania a Buffalo Cleveland bound train sideswiped a Chicago and Boston limited near Union station killing seven and injuring at least 15. Four bodies were women. rescue teams retrieved six early. In Rural Retreat Virginia a head on collision between Norfolk and Western passenger trains killed three and injured five or six passengers with crews shaken.
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Erie
Chicago and Boston Limited
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo-Cleveland
Chicago & Boston Express
Buffalo
Evie Yard
New York
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Rural Retreat
Government forecasts four billion dollar federal expenditures
Secretary Houston told the American Bankers association that the next fiscal year will see 4 billion dollars in government spending. He urged strict economy across federal state and local governments and thrift among citizens to maintain taxation at or above this level and reduce the national debt through steady redemptions. He outlined plans to shrink short term certificates and the floating debt by year end 1922 and supported foreign trade financing through a proposed 100 million dollar corporation to issue debentures and expand credit with Edge act powers.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury Department
American Bankers’ Association
Treasury
Mr. Houston
Bank district realignment proposal discussed
A committee suggested forming a corporation from three of the reserve bank districts. The plan would be financially sound and would strongly promote thrift and production in the United States.
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Mwo
Sean
al Reserve Bank
United States
Boy poisons family amid electricity dispute
Salina Kansas police say an eighteen year old student Hawk Polen confessed to poisoning his father and brother after a dispute over installing electricity in their farm home. He allegedly poisoned his father and brother and also applied poison to his own hands and face earlier in the week.
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Salina
Kan
Polen
de Exton
Hawk
Saline
Secret actions alleged in Ireland reprisals debate
In the House of Commons Bonar Law defends limited inquiries into Irish reprisals while Lord Curzon cites a need to suppress Sinn Fein. Sir Hamar Greenwood accuses a deliberate conspiracy to crush the British empire and vows to pursue republican assassins, including arms searches across Ireland. He warns rail workers to transport troops or face prolonged shutdowns.
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London G
Ireland
House of Commons
Bonar Law
House of Lords
Lord Curzon
Sinn
Hamar Greenwood
Hamar
Hama
English Rail Men Divided On Striking
London reports divide among railway unions over how to respond to the coal strike. Thomas Desires Peace while others push for a sympathetic strike as unemployment protests grow near Whitehall and Buckingham Palace. Lloyd George plans vast road building camps to employ unskilled workers amid economic strain.
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London
Thomas
the Nations Union of Railway Men
Executive Council of
The
Transport Workers
Trades Union Congress
James Henry Thomas
Transport Workers A 'Trasses
British Empire
Scotland Yard
Whitehall
Buckingham Palace
Harry Gosling
Britain
Lioyidl George
Tle
Lloyd George
Fight Along Dnieper River In October Reports
Severe fighting rages along the Dnieper and northeastern front near Nikolpol. Leon Trotzky reportedly moves ten divisions of communist forces to shore up defenses. Former German officers in the Baltic provinces offer service to Gen Baron Wrangell’s anti Bolshevik government.
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Sebastopol
Dnieper
Nikopol
Leon Trotzky
Baltic
Baron Wrangell
Antibolshevik
Bankers Favor Export Poloq Proposal to Finance Foreign Trade
The American Bankers' Association approved a plan to organize a $100,000,000 corporation to finance the United States foreign trade. President Hawes was authorized to convene bankers and business leaders to draft a formation under the Edge Act, per the commerce and merchant marine committee report.
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American Bankers’ Association
Committee On Commerce and Marine
United States
John Medlugh
Washington
Hawes
Association
Committee On Commerce and Merchant Marine
King Alexander Shows Slight Improvement After Night
Athens reports King Alexander had a better night with slight improvement. Lung congestion remained stationary while the bite wound from a monkey is improving. examination of liquid from bleeding fishings showed pneumonia.
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Athens
Alexander
Iowa Merchant Ends Life in Mississippi River
Fred WeMentin Jr prominent Davenport businessman and civic worker drowned after escaping a home mental-health hold. He drove his car to the river in night clothes and barefooted.
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Davenport
Fred Wementin, Jr
Planes Return to Mineola End Alaska Route Flight
Four Army aircraft that departed Mineola July 15 to open an air route to Nome Alaska completed their round trip arriving back from Erie Pennsylvania in Mineola New York on October 21.
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Nome
Mineola
N. Y
Alaska
Erie
U S Honors Italian Navy Medal Presentation in Rome
Ambassador Johnson on behalf of the United States and by order of President Wilson presented American medals to Italian Navy officers in Rome. Johnson praised the Italian fleet for its wartime services and thanked "Our Comrades of the Italian Navy" for their sacrifice and courage.
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Robert Underwood Johnson
Rome
Presdent Wilson
Two-Bit Hair Cut Returns
The 25 cent haircut has reappeared free in Los Angeles shops after a period of higher pricing. Some salons still charge 85 and 50 cents, but the 25 cent cut is expected to spread soon. The 15 cent shave has also reappeared with the return of the cheaper services.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Investigators Probe Wheat Slump Under Wilson Order
Federal Trade Commission inspectors open a sweeping Chicago inquiry into the wheat price decline sparked by Senator Capper’s charges of market manipulation. L F Gates, Chicago Board of Trade president, testifies that prices fluctuated after October 1 due to Canadian grain influx and a bumper crop, amid government price controls.
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Chicago
Wilson
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Chicago Board of Trade
George P. Watkins
Francis Hawes
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Watkins
L. F. Gates
Mr. Gates
Envo ys Can't Carry Booze in Diplomatic Baggage
Washington reports customs officials will enforce the order barring liquor from diplomats personal effects despite a State department appeal. Officials say the policy remains in force and some feel the issue may be referred to the White House due to diplomatic irritation.
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Washington
State Department
White House
Cox Attacks Elihu Root Over Treaty Claim
Governor Cox ends New England tour with a statement to take Elihu Root to task for alleging Cox would insist on the treaty exactly as Wilson negotiated it. Cox includes a telegram to Root demanding an immediate correction and reiterates willingness to accept reservations.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Cox
New England
Eliha Root
New York
Wilson
Root
Train Hits Auto: One Dead Near Streator
In Streator area on October 21 a touring car carrying Mrs. B D Coons of Ruthind Michigan, her husband, and Mrs H T Dwyer was struck by a train. Mrs Coons was killed and the others were probably fatally injured.
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Streator
Streator, TM
B.D. Coons
Ruthind
H. T. Dwyer
Iowa Women Voters Reach 60 Counties Citizenship Schools
The Iowa League of Women Voters has conducted American citizenship schools in sixty counties reaching about 20 000 women voters by November electiontime. Each three day program offered six sessions on party significance state government and voting machinery led by Mrs Max Mayer and O E Klingaman with local speakers. Flying squadrons formed to spread one day schools in townships, with sessions already held in Webster Woodbury Johnson Humboldt and Lee counties and more planned.
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Iowa City
Iowa League of Women Voters
League
Iowa
Max Mayer
University of Iowa
O. E. Klingaman
University Extension Division
Webster County
Woodbury
Johnson County
Humboldt County
Lee County
Mt Pleasant Gas Plans Raise to Three Dollars Per Thousand
Mt Pleasant notices a gas rate increase to 3.00 per thousand cubic feet starting November 1. The local supplier previously promised 1.45 then 1.35 under a five year franchise. War and court battles led to a temporary 2.10 rate. The firm cites staffing and pressure issues and rebuilding efforts. It has offered to sell the plant to the city for 120000 after five years of franchise.
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MT. Pleasant
Elity
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