Banks Called On For First Report Since Last June
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of Friday December 31 marking the first report since June 30 and only the third in 1926. Government practice averages five calls yearly, with up to six in some years, but three has never before occurred. Mr. Gr. ONeal of Washington discusses business here as a guest of G. F. House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
National Bank
White Sox Versus Detroit 1917 Pool Scandal Revealed
Chicago dispatch reports that former White Sox shortstop Risberg told Commissioner Landis a $1,100 pool raised by Sox players in 1917 was paid to Detroit to throw four games for the Sox to win the pennant. Risberg named several players and managers including Rowland Collins and Buck Weaver, with mixed corroboration from others.
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Associated Press
Chicago
K. M. Landin
Ray Schalk
Eddie Collins
Daniel Bush
Clarence Rowland
Oscar Felsch
Landis
Charles A. Risberg
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Detroit
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Tigers
Boston
Sox
Charles A. Comiskey
Black Sox
Comiskey
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Collins
Chick Gandill
Bill James
Rowland
Eddie Dyer
Tiger
George
Buck”) Weaver
Weaver
Oscar Vitt
Donie Bush
oHook” Davis
Bush
Senate Democrats favor referring Smith case to investigators
Senate Democrats in conference agreed to refer the credentials of Illinois senator designate Frank L. Smith to a committee for investigation before he seats. Congress returns to address the Smith dispute amid broader plans, with the Lausanne Treaty on Turkey and Navy and War department bills also on the week's agenda.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Democrats
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Senate
Congress
Iilines
House
Smith
Turkey
Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
War Department
Curtis
Kansas
Earthquakes Rattle Lower California Border Towns
Early morning shocks rocked Calexico and Mexicali with two major jolts around 5 o’clock. Damages estimated at 1 million dollars persisted from prior tremors as fires destroyed two two story buildings and a large amount of debris. Gambling halls reopened as authorities eased bans and rescuers worked amid ongoing aftershocks and nearby volcanic activity at Black Butte.
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Associated Press
Calexico
Cal
Mexicali
Mexico
Los Angeles
Black Butte
Imperial Valley
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