Prohibition Chief Reveals Chicago Whisky Ring Probe
Major A V Dalrymple reports a million dollar liquor scandal in Chicago to Internal Revenue Commissioner Williams but withholds public release. Federal indictments target whisky ring operatives as Campbell Gardens and Campbell Inn operations are raided and liquor seized.
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Washington
A. V. Dalrymple
Prohibition
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Internal Revenue
Williams
Chicago
Willams
Federal Grand Jury
Eitels
Kari
Emil Eitel
Randolph
Marigold Gardens
Emil Demome
Campbell Gardens
Louis F. Goldberg
Campbell Inn
Alec Tinord Lelie
Fred Holler
United Optical Company
Dalrymple
William L. Williams
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Central West District
Major Dalrymple
Dalrrymple
Texas
U S To Guard Elections In Coming Ballots
Attorney General Palmer issued special instructions directing federal law enforcement to monitor election law violations, with emphasis on corrupt practices acts. He warned that no leniency would be shown to violators as federal authorities prepare for the election.
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Washington
Palmer
Federal antitrust probe into New York building materials
Attorney General Palmer announced Joseph Kaufmann will be special assistant to lead a federal investigation in New York into alleged combinations among building material dealers. Officials said U S attorney's findings point to Sherman Act violations, marking the government’s first step toward prosecutions.
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Washington
Joseph Kaufmann
New York
Palmer
Department of Justice
United States Attorney's Office
NOT GUILTY, SAYS M GRAW
New York banker and N L club manager John J Mc Graw pleaded not guilty to a federal Volstead Act charge for possession of whiskey. He posted 500 bail after an August Lambs Club fracas linked to Methaw as the case opened with the Giants boss calling the situation a joke.
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New York National League Baseball Club
New York
John J. McGraw
the Lambs Club
Methaw
Giants
Guilty Verdict in Cruger Murder Trial
Alfredo Cochhi was found guilty on four charges for Ruth Cruger's New York City murder case from February 1917 and sentenced to twenty seven years in prison. In Arkansas two killed and four injured when Frisco No 106 derailed near Pauls Spur. Engineer John K Ellmer of Thayer Maine and roadmaster Ferguson of Willow Springs Missouri died. no passengers were hurt.
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Bascogna
Italy
Alfredo Cochhi
Ruth Cruger
New York City
Paul's Spur
Ark
Frisco
Memphis
Kansas City
John K. Ellmer
Thayer
Ferguson
Willow Springs
MacSwiney Taken To Cork For Funeral Mass
The body of Terence MacSwiney, Cork lord mayor, lands at Queenstown with troops present as Dublin authorities hold a bare requiem mass at the pro cathedral. The coffin proceeds to Cork aboard the Rathmore, amid protest over its diversion from Dublin to Cork by sea. A guard of English police accompanies the body.
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Queenstown
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Rathmore
Dublin
Archbishop Walsh
St. George's Channel
Holy Lead
Wales
Proclaimed King Paul of Greece and Regency Named
Prince Paul, younger brother of the late King Alexander, was proclaimed king by the Greek parliament. Admiral P Coundouriotis named regent. Born December 1 1901 in Athens, he is not married and has been with ex King Constantine in Switzerland.
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Athens
Paul
Alexander
P. Coundouriotis
Prince Paul
Constantine
Greece
Hin
Switzerland
Venizelos
Prince George
Counfoux
Crete
Serbia
Coundour
Greece Faces Succession Clash Over Youngest Son
Report claims King Constantine refuses to name his youngest son Paul as successor causing Greek throne dispute. News dispatch from London notes tension as the Greek fleet shifts in the Aegean amid royal maneuvering. Meanwhile a jewelry store in St Paul is robbed by three masked men who escaped with $60,000 in gems.
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Greece
Paul
For London
Constantit
St. Paul, M
Shapiro ‘Ewerry
White Sox players indicted in 1919 World Series plot
A special grand jury returned double indictments against White Sox players Edward Cicotte Claude Williams Joe Jackson Fred McMullin Arnold Gandil George Buck Weaver Oscar Feisch Charles Risberg Bill Burns Hal Chase Joseph J Sullivan Rachel Brown Abe Ayell and others. They face charges of operating a confidence game and conspiracy to defraud with bonds set at 10000. The case centers on alleged throwing of the 1919 World Series against Cincinnati.
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White Sox
Charles McDonald
Criminal Court
Edward Cicotte
Claude Williams
Joe Jackson
Fred McMullin
Arnold Gandil
George
Buck” Weaver
Oscar Feisch
Charles Risberg
Bill” Burns
Detroit Tigers
Hal Chase
New York Giants
Joseph J
Sport) Sullivan
Rachel Brown
Abe Ayell
Cincinnati Club
Holdup men in Chicago net $50,000 in daylight robbery
A bank messenger Jacob Yanovitz and Patrolman John Leonard were shot as two bandits seized about $50,000 from a trunk carried from the Continental and Commercial National bank bound for Southwest Trust and Savings. The robbers fled amid a fusillade of shots near the Amdb avenue viaduct.
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Chicago
MD Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Jacob Yanovitz
North
Oakley Avenue
John Leonard
Brighton Park Station
Yaniovitz
Bette
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Southwest Trust and Savings Bank
Archer Avenue
Yanovitz
Andrew Woleki
Southwest Bank
Loop Bank
South Wells Street
Ashland Avenue
Yanoviz
Leonard
Robbers Hit Bank. Leonard Wounded as Cadillac Flees
Leonard attempted to draw his pistol when bandits opened fire on the bank robbery. A bullet struck the officer’s coat but a tail file in his pocket deflected the shot. The trio seized currency, took pistols, and fled in a Cadillac as police and a rifle squad swept the district for clues. A Cadillac with three young men was sighted near Twenty third and Robey streets.
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Tromman Leonard
Yanovitz
Leonard
Brighton Park
Sective
Twenty-third
Robey Streets
Another Declines U S Shipping Board Appointment
Washington October 30 Martin J Gillen of Wisconsin has telegraphed President Wilson declining to serve on the shipping board He is the third of seven men selected to decline The others are Theodore Marburg of Baltimore Gavin McNab of San Francisco The only one known to have accepted is Joseph N Teal of Portland Oregon
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Washington
Martin J. Gallen
Wisconsin
Wilson
Mr. Gillen
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Gavin McNab
San Francisco
Joseph N. Teal
Portland
Ore
Lieutenant Nolan Surrenders in California
Chicago reports Lt. James Donald Nolan director of finance for the central department of the U S Army, a familiar figure among north shore circles, who vanished July 18 amid an alleged $4900 shortage, has surrendered at San Jose Bay, California per Fort Sheridan.
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Chicago
James Donald Nolan
Central Department of the
United States Army
North Shore Army
San Jose Bay
Cal
Fort Sheridan
Hold Up at Commonwealth Bank in Detroit Reveals $15,000
Five men entered the Hastings street branch of the Commonwealth Federal Savings Bank in Detroit. They forced four employees and seven patrons to lie face down, securing about $15,000 in currency before escaping in an automobile.
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Hastings Street
Commonwealth Bank
Detroit
Mich
Commonwealth Federal Savings Bank
Farmers Seek Big Government Probe and Agricultural Bank
Washington report details a farmers conference committee urging a government inquiry into the money trust and proposing creation of a major agricultural bank with farm-organization directors. It backs restoring the War Finance Corporation, federal loan classification, open market securities sales, and cooperative marketing support. It declines an immediate White House visit with labor representatives and avoids railroads return to government ownership.
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Washington
Money Trust
Farmers’ Conference
White House
Labor
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Kendall accuses Herring of lavish spending in governor race
In a crowded Algona opera house speech N E B Kendall Republican candidate for governor denounced Democratic rival Herring for lavish expenditures and challenged him to publish an itemized account. Kendall cited his own filed statement showing 1131.70 in disbursements and urged disclosure of funds spent on boosters, publicity, lithographs, and newspaper puffery.
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Algona
N. E B. Kendall
Mr. Herring
Kendall
Herring
Hays Questions Wilson Quote On Foreign Alliances
Will Hays, Republican chairman, in New York questions whether Wilson’s 1914 Barry speech quote accurately reflects his stance against entangling alliances. The speech argues America must live its own life and avoid binding pacts with other nations.
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New York City
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
New York
Wilson
United States
Barry
Hays
America
Washington
Two Thousand Iowa Students Will Vote
Iowa City reports more than 2 000 University of Iowa students will vote in the presidential election under the absent voters law. Notaries public estimate women are applying as many or more than men. Professor F E Horack of political science studies absent student voters from home precincts while many have already filed ballots.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
F. FE. Horack
Department of Political Science
University
Lela
Batlote
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M’graw
Cruger
Alfredo Cocchi
MacSwiney
Jolis
Aegean Sea
Fornar King Balks
Rob Stomeeuf
Minn
Cadilac
U. S. Post
New Shipping Board
Lieut
Rolan
California
Agricultural Bank
Kendal
Democratic Party
Iowa
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