Pandolfo Sentenced to 10 Years and 4000 Dollar Fine
Samuel C. Pandolfo, former head of Pan motor company stock promoter, was sentenced by Judge Landis to 10 years in prison and a $4000 fine for use of malls to defraud. The aggregate 10 year/4000 fine comprises four counts. two sentences run concurrently and two follow, totaling 10 years. Judge Alschuler later stayed execution with a $25,000 bond pending appeal.
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Chicago
Samuel C. Pandolfo
Pan
Otor Com
Landis
Pandolfo
Alschaler
Alschuler
Greait Court of Appeals
Pandolfa
Norman A. Streat
George Heldman
H. S. Wigle
John Barrett
Sir Oliver Lodge to Tour United States in January
Sir Oliver Lodge, famed scientist, plans a U S lecture tour in January with topics including The Reality of the Unseen The Evidence for Survival The Destiny of Man The Ether of Space and The Structure of an Atom. Lee Kesdick clarifies Lodge lectures under no religious body and that his work remains strictly scientific.
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New York
Sir Oliver Lodge
United States
Lee Kesdick
Oliver Lodge
British Deny Meshed Massacre Report As Bolshevik Propaganda
London reports official denial of a Bolshevik circulated claim that Persians killed 1300 British troops at Meshed Persia. The War Office said the Meshed commander dispatch reached them after he supposedly perished and offered no comment, deeming the tale propaganda meant to spark trouble in the east.
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Associated Press
London
Meshed
Persia
War Office
East
Lusk Trial Recalled as Receiver Named for Roberts Farm
Milwaukee December 17 The Dr. David Roberts stock farm in Waukesha county is bankrupt per a bankruptcy petition filed by manager Henry G. Freund. Liabilities reach 211,450.98 with S. A. Baird of Waukesha named receiver. Dr Roberts serves a one year house of correction term for a statutory offense linked to Grace Lusk trial. Miss Lusk is serving an 18 year sentence.
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Milwaukee
Wis
David Roberts
Waukesha County
Henry G. Freund
S. A. Baird
Waukesha
Roberts
House of Correction
Grace Lusk
Dr. Roberts
Miss Lusk
Collector in toils over $75,000 loot haul
Chicago client John Schmidt sarty described as a collector was arrested on larceny charges after police recovered about 200 items including watches clocks bric a brac diamonds furs books and pens valued at 75000. He claimed he collected the items from six stores where he worked and did not sell them. He also showed a key to a gate deposit box containing 17000 in industrial bonds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Billy
Choctaw Hero Becomes Painter's Model for Soldier Portrait
Otis W. Leader, a Choctaw from Calvin Oklahoma, who fired the first American shots in World War I and fought at Chateau Thierry Mihiel and the Argonne, has been chosen as a model by French artist Dewar teux for a portrait of a typical American soldier. Leader is training vocationally under the federal board and remains treated for mustard gas burns.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Otis W. Leader
Calvin
Okla
Chateau Thierry
Mihler
Argonne
Dewarteux
Federal Board
Teut Tune for Yale Song Holds Majority But May Be Dropped
New Haven December 17 Yale undergraduates vote 56.2 to 41 in a straw poll to retain Bright College Fears, sung to Die Wacht am Rhine, but the student council plans to drop the tune if 20 percent oppose it. Also reports on a burglary arraignment, a Christmas tree for Spanish war veterans, a streetcar collision injuring a driver, and a successful market sale at Farner.
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Yale
New Haven
Bright College
View of World's End Not There, Farmer Kicks About Theatre
Cleveland on December 7 Associated Press reports Charles Johnson a 66 year old farmer from West Salem travelled to Cleveland to witness the end of the world. He bought a reserved front row seat for 15 dollars from two men claiming believers would await the end in Cleveland. Johnson found no such event and complained to police.
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Farmer
Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Charles Johnson
West Salem
Wags
Cleveland
Johnson
Birthday Battle for Baker as Vessel Enters Three-Mile Zone
New York dispatch notes a tense scene as Secretary Baker’s party learns a naval vessel reached within three miles. Mrs. Baker scolds her husband for the incident and the Navy’s timing. The three-mile issue arose amid a celebratory birthday gathering.
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Baker
New York
Northern Pacific
Madrid Gas and Electric Strikers Plunge City into Darkness
Madrid reports gas fitters and electricians joining the strike, plunging the city into darkness last night. Barcelona situation worsens with a widening lockout across all of Catalonia as labor tensions rise daily.
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Madrid
Havas
Barcelona
Catalonia
Whisky Stolen From West Virginia Capitol
Seven hundred pints of whisky confiscated by the state prohibition department were stolen Monday night from the West Virginia capitol in Charleston. The loss was discovered after the raid on the Capitol building.
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West Virginia
Capitol
Charleston
W. Va
State Prohibition Department
Engineer extracts commercial alcohol from coke shock claim
Clavel and England Dec 17 a local engineer is said to have unlocked commercial alcohol and its derivatives from coke. The process would require gas to operate and, if applied to Britain’s coal carbonization, could yield about 50 million Fallons of motor spirit annually, potentially transforming fuel supply and costs.
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Clavel
England
Great Britain
Brick Monopoly Alleged in Sherman Antitrust Case
Five corporations and 15 individuals faced federal court charges for violating the Sherman act by seeking to monopolize brick chimney construction across six states. Defendants pleaded not guilty and were held to 31,000 bail for trial.
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Associated Press
New York
Bandits Rob Cicero State Bank in Suburb Shootout
Four automobile bandits robbed Cicero State Bank in Cicero suburb locking six officials and patrons in the vault. They escaped with about $5,000. In another item M De Favereau of the Catholic party elected president of the senate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cicero State Bank
Cicero
Favereau Mead
Senate
Ringsels
Havas
M. de Faverean
Catholic Party
Hays Declares GOP as Nation's Salvation at Meeting
Detroit dispatch reports National Chairman Will H. Hays telling Republican state central committees that the party is the country’s salvation. He credits the recent special session for saving nearly 4 billion dollars and urges strict economy, federal regulation without ownership, and a large inheritance tax. He promises labor legislation.
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Associated Presay
Detroit
Mich
Will H. Hays
Republican State Central Committees
Republican Party
Congress
Tle
Hays
Italians Aid Austrian Children Amid Hunger Flight
In Rome on December 16 the Associated Press reports that Italian families are seeking to adopt or educate Austrian children brought to northern Italy from Vienna to escape starvation. More than 2,000 youngsters have arrived, and most are not orphans. Ages 4 to 10, they mostly speak only German.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Vienna
Sugar Board Control Extended by House Conferees Get Bill
Washington December 17 by a vote of 266 to 44 the house yesterday passed the senate bill continuing the sugar equalization board through 1920 Amendments retaining wartime powers for controlling prices and movements of sugar were approved necessitating sending the measure to a new conference committee the two houses There is little hope it will be acted before Congress recesses for the holidays.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Sugar Equalization Board
Congress
Mme Prodhom Named Bank Director In Geneva
Mme Marie Prodhom aged 28 has been appointed director of the Bank of Geneva and will sign notes and scrip issued by the bank. She is the first woman in Europe to hold such a position. Exchange rates show sterling rise and U S goods to be freed after wartime seizures, with Britain now prepared to release American owned goods seized during the war.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Mme
Marie Prodhom
Bank of Geneva
Mme. Prodhom
Europe
U.S
Associate Press
Washington, D. G
Great Britain
State Department
British Foreign Office
Mediation Talks Open as Jenkins Release Eases Tension
Mexico reports no further motive for US-Mexico misunderstanding after the release of American Consul William O. Jenkins. Gabriel Terris Uruguayan foreign minister offers mediation to resolve Mexico US differences as tensions ease.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Wm. O. Jenkins
United States
Gabriel Terris
Mexico
Pierre
S. D
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
South Dakota
Deserters Speak Of French Girls Liking Them
New York report says 1,500 deserters court martialed at the navy yard after U S entry claim 25 blamed overstayed leaves on French girls who insisted on taking them Then Paris reports FRANCE SUMMONS CAPTIVES urging remaining prisoners to return to France per Havas dispatch from Berlin
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New York
New York Navy Yard
United States
France
Caplives
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Aviator Proposes World Flight From San Francisco
G M Gordon of Portland announced in San Francisco that he plans to start from the city before February to attempt a flight around the world. He outlined the venture as a long distance air voyage with global route ambitions and endurance demands.
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World Air Flight
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
G. M. Gordon
Portland
GRAIN MEN FOR PAC PEACE
Chicago leaders press Wilson and the Senate to reconcile differences on the peace treaty so it can be finalized. Meanwhile Malay island monkeys are trained to harvest coconuts, refusing to work past 4 pm on a Sumatra plantation, illustrating labor discipline and coconut uses. Prince von Buelow and Princess von Buelow to arrive in Rome next week for a villa visit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Wilson
Senate
Malay Archipelago
Sumatra
Rome
Giornate D
Italia
Prince von Buelow
Italy
Princess von Buelow
Cleveland fire destroys four-story building district
Firemen battled for five hours to save Cleveland's wholesale clothing district after a blaze began in a four story brick building at St Clair avenue and West Sixth street. The fire, which fully consumed the structure, caused an estimated loss of 325000 dollars.
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Cueveland
Cleveland, O
St. Clair Avenue
West Sixth Street
Chicago Grand Opera Director Campanini Ill with Pneumonia
Cleofonte Campanini, head of the Chicago Grand Opera company, has been seriously ill from pneumonia for several days. Doctors say he is not yet out of danger but has a chance to recover. Date and city: Chicago, December 17.
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Chicago
Cleofonte Campanini
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Harem Tax Follows Impost on Bachelors
London reported that South African chiefs originally levied a bachelor tax of five dollars to spur marriage but found it produced little revenue. They now plan a harem tax of ten dollars per wife after the first, to supplement the bachelor levy.
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London
South Africa
White House cost and early history in 19th century figures
A century ago President Monroe bought a single bathtub for $20, the White House cost steadily rose, and the mansion received major rebuilds after burning and during the Rooseveld era. Original construction cost was $333,207 with later reconstruction at $246,490 after the 1814 raid.
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White House
Monroe
George Washington
Roosevalt
Italy's Occupation of Fiume A Trusteeship Pending Any Verdict
The Italian regulars will hold Fiume in trusteeship under an accord with Capt. D Annunzio until a final entente decision on disposition. The Italian government reportedly accepts these terms. Diplomatic circles say American council retirements may aid a settlement of the Fiume issue.
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Italy
Fiume
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Capt. D'Annunzio
Washington
Supreme Council
No beer no work no pay Persian aphorisms on boxcar
Wisconsin State Journal recounts inscriptions on a Chicago boxcar stating No beer, no work on the side and follow up tags at Milwaukee Madison yards: Wo work no pay No pay no eat No eat no live. The piece argues work as humanity’s natural state and production as world lifeblood. A photo of the boxcar would be a national treasure in American cities.
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Wisconsin State Journal
Chicago
Milwaukee
Madison
Lagging Production and Railroad Management Challenges
Chicago News reports tight production in rail shops despite more workers, with only 15 locomotives a month produced versus 30 to 35 previously. Officials note widespread use of government passes by railroad employees and weekend vacations, signaling deeper efficiency and management issues needing study and corrective action.
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Chicago News
Omaha
FishermanTracks Monster in Belgian Congo Hunt
A railway supervisor in the Belgian Congo reports chasing a prehistoric monster. He fired many shots as the creature bore a 24 foot length with a horned snout, tusked horn, a scalp hump, horselike front feet, and cloven hind hooves. Government bans killing this relic, offering capture instead.
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Page
Belgian Congo
Schwab sees profit sharing as labor solution
New York Dec 17 Charles M Schwab chairman of Bethlehem Steel argues successful employment rests on recognizing collective bargaining and profit sharing. He urges business leaders to expand opportunities and favor direct profit shares for workers while stressing law and order. Senator Warren Garding counters with keep contracts and praises national morale despite wartime losses.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Pennsylvania Society
America
Mr. Schwab
Warren Garding
United States
Ohio
At His Peril By JACK LAYTON
Billy tours a lonely road seeking entertainment and lands in a chance encounter with a witty, attractive stranger. He helps her fix a broken car and shares a budding connection as the perilous sign foreshadows a bold, romantic risk.
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Jack Layton
Indian Comforts and Shifting Native Homes in the North
Pioneer missionaries once struggled to teach northern tribes about comfort and sanitation. Now most posts favor log huts over moose-skin tepees. In summer Indians camp along fishing waters, but in winter they move to crowded settlements near Hudson Bay Company posts for food and shelter during long sleigh journeys.
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North
Hudson Bay Company
Flying shark lines over Pacific intrigue fortress Dantzig lore
An amateur pilot near San Francisco uses a heavy beef bait to lure sharks from his plane above the Pacific while skeptics doubt success. The Fort fortress of Danzig is described as rich in Napoleonic lore, with scenes of Murat Ney and Napoleon, and references to past campaigns and Warsaw.
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San Francisco
John Hathaway
Pacific
Hathaway
Dantzig
Murat, Ney
Russia
Joscow
Mackensen
Warsaw
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