Marion County Treasurer Confesses to Robbery
Treasurer Harry C. Ferry of Marion County admitted to stealing $14,000 after initially reporting he was robbed. He said he took the money from his office the night before, hid it at home, and then feigned a bandit attack to cover the crime. Ferry, 35, is a son-in-law of State Representative Cockson and facing reelection pressure amid mounting debt.
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Marion, O
Harry C. Ferry
Marion County
Bel
Bug
Chi
Ferry
Fors
Air Mail Service Exceeds Normal After Weather Delays
Air mail flights resumed with heavy delays as weather disrupted Rock Springs to Salt Lake City service. By Wednesday mail carriers reached near normal, then Kneht’s double-trip pushed flying time above normal. An emergency plane was stationed at Rock Springs for crises, with three planes departing Cheyenne and one heading west while eastbound crews faced fog at North Platte.
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Rock Springs
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Kneht
Srosaflonda
J. P. Murray
I. G. Smith
Arthur
Cox
North Platte
Income Tax Notices Posted in City
The Internal Revenue Department posts notices that income tax blanks are ready for distribution and tax returns must be filed before March 15. Notices appear in English Italian and Polish and postmasters in the state were asked to display them in post office lobbies.
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Internal Revenue Department
Former Cheyenneite Wins a Navy Promotion
Word has reached Cheyenne that Lieutenant Arthur J. Laverents of the navy flying squadron has been promoted to senior lieutenant. The rank corresponds to army captain and follows his strong showing in the Pullter air race on Long Island last year.
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Cheyenne
Arthur J. Uaverents
Navy
Army
Laverents
Longsland
Weather forecast for Cheyenne and vicinity
Unsettled and partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Cold er Saturday with the lowest temperature around 22 degrees. For Wyoming unsettled tonight and Saturday, possibly snow in northern and extreme west portions. Colder Saturday with a wet portion tonight.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Five Day Week Plan Adopted by Union Pacific
Union Pacific announces a five day week for shop and track men, effective today for track crews and some mechanical staff. Shops not yet affected. To maintain daily work, days off will rotate across the week, with the Nebraska division already under the rule. The move aims to maximize employment and minimize layoffs amid economy measures.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
Federal rule tightens liquor sales from bonded warehouses
Internal Revenue Commissioner Williams issued a regulation on January 28 requiring warehouse proprietors and customs officers to verify the authenticity of permits to purchase before shipments. The directive directs reference of permits to federal prohibition officers to ensure legality of liquor sales from bonded warehouses.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Williams
Raider of Barber Shop 15 Sought After Nighttime Robbery
One man is jailed and another sought after the Liberty barber shop robbery at 1617 Carey avenue last night. About $200 in cash and supplies vanished. John Brown, proprietor, is missing. John Dore has been arrested. Brown was last seen near the Burlington depot between 10:30 and 11 p m.
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Liberty
Carey Avenue
John Brown
John Dore
Brown
Burlington-Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Cork lord mayor still in United States denies exile
New York January 38 The American committee for relief in Ireland said Donald O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork who vanished yesterday remains in the United States and will appear publicly at an Irish meeting tomorrow. The committee denied rumors that he had sailed to Ireland like De Valera.
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New York
American Committee For Relief In
Ireland
Donald O'Callaghan
Cork
United States
de Valera
Irish Republic
Revenue agent seizes property under prohibition law in evans
Harry A. Davis chief field deputy of the Internal Revenue Department used liquor assessments to seize assets in Evanston including a saloon a hotel and three automobiles He listed further seizures against 21 violators most seizures resulted in immediate settlements and cash payments The article notes Kentucky field deputies have similarly seized farms when owners failed to pay assessments and that real or personal property may be sold to satisfy delinquent payments
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Harry A. Davis
Internal Revenue Department
Evanston
Mr. Davis
Thas
Davis
Kentucky
Rewards Totals For Kidnapped Woman In Los Angeles
Los Angeles January 28 rewards for information on the whereabouts of Mrs Gladys Witherell 23 wife of O S Witherell president of the Loan and Investment Company who disappeared from her home Tuesday total more than 2600 The gifts include 500 from her husband 1000 from her father John C Krats 600 from a Los Angeles newspaper and 600 from neighbors Police and private detectives pursue a possible kidnapping while a ransom note for 50000 is viewed skeptically as authentic a smaller demand 20000 had been reported Earlier a note in the wife handwriting asked for help but no payment had occurred.
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Los Angeles
Gladys Witherell
Witherell
The
Loan & Investment Company
John C. Krats
Witherells
Brooklyn Adverts Warned as Stockpiled Goods Rise
Brooklyn businessman Stanley E. Gunnison urges continued advertising in the current Bureau issue of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Bulletin. He argues firms overstocked with inventory should not cut ads, saying the most successful companies are consistently promotional and that decisions now shape future outcomes.
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New York
Stanley E. Gunnison
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Bulletin
Gunnison
Peete Planned Los Angeles Home Amid Murder Case
Louise L Peete on trial for Denton murder planned to make Los Angeles her permanent home for a year, says a Denver letter read in court. Assistant judge Ida Gregory linked handwriting to Mrs Peete and testified about other letters and events surrounding the Denton residence as the prosecution prepared to present further evidence.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Louise L. Peete
Jacob C. Denton
Denver
Max M. Alexander
Ida L. Gregory
Whitme
Vir Peete
Gregory
Juvenile Court of
Charles Hayden
Hayden
Denton
Alexander
Snowstorm Halts Serial Mail Run from Salt Lake City
A Wa satch mountains snow storm in Wyoming blocked any attempt to move serial mail east. Pilot Monty Mouton departed Salt Lake City for Elko as Reno radio reports said the storm was clearing in Nevada.
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Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountains
Wyoming
Here
Monty
Mouton
Elko
Reno
Nevada
Attempts to halt Denver & Rio Grande railroad sale
John Lee Webster counsel for intervening stockholders told Judge Walter L. Sanborn that new proceedings would be filed in Denver to delay confirmation of the Denver & Rio Grande sale and seek to set it aside as the case heads to the court of appeals in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
John Lee Webster
Walter L. Sanborn
United States District Court of Appeals
Enver
Bridegroom of Three Months Hangs Self in Denver
George H Bafley aged 69, bridegroom for three months, hanged himself in a shed in Denver last night. The low shed ceiling left his knees touching the ground. His wife and her 18 year old son from a previous marriage found the body.
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Denver
George Hbafley
Atmasett
Anti Alien Land Ownership Bill Drafted by Legion
In Austin Texas on January 28 a bill to forbid aliens from owning land in the state was introduced in the senate and sent to the committee on state affairs. The measure proposed by Senator A M Dudley of El Paso follows the California law and was prepared by the American Legion post at El Paso.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Senate
Committee On
State Affairs
A. M. Dudley
el Paso
California
American Legion
el Pago
Frelinghuysen Bill Favored by Senate Panel
The Frelinghuysen bill amending the Clayton act to ease railway dealings with firms with interlocking directors was favorably reported by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. It was modified to require supervision by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Sisters Susie: Knitting notes from Vienna recounts wartime shirt production while Major Bakeman organized large knitting clubs.
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Washington
Frelinghuysen
Senate Interstate Commerce Commlusion
Interstate Commerce Commlession
Susie
Vienna
Little Slater
Major Bakeman
American Red Cross
Forgotten Kale Unearthed in Time Return
William Girth of New York City, an inventor who suffered memory loss in 1912 after depositing 26000 dollars in a savings bank, lived destitute until Ralph Rute, a bank employee, found him and asked if he needed money. Girth replied he was nearly starving, confirming his dire condition.
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Walliam Girth
New York City
Ralph Rute
Girth
Ambush in Ireland Leaves Constable Dead and Six Wounded
Dublin reports a deadly ambush near Castlesland County Kerry where one constable was killed and Divisional Commissioner Holmes plus five constables were wounded. The attackers used machine guns and Holmes suffered serious injuries.
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Dublin
Holmes
Castlesland
County Kerry
Senate Filibuster Charged Over Fordney Tariff
Washington January 28. Senator Ashurst Democrat of Arizona charged that a filibuster was in progress in the Senate to defeat the Fordney emergency tariff bill as the chamber resumed consideration of the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Moonshine Blamed for More Crime by Milwaukee Judge
Milwaukee judge August C. Backus in municipal court linked moonshine whisky to rising crime after receiving pies from three milk wagon bandits who said they had been drinking moonshine. He compared it to prohibition era whisky in a ruling from January 23.
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Milwaukee
August C. Backus
Advocates Corn Meal Week to Boost Prices
Omaha report Shift to corn meal bread proposed at Nebraska Retailers convention by F. S. Peheney of Fullerton, claiming it would raise corn prices 10 to 15 cents per bushel. Geneva note A divorced man Keller faced inquiry at Romanshorp magistrate. his wife collapsed and died at his feet amid accusations.
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Omaha
United States
Nebraska
Peheney, Fullerton
Nedd
Geneva
Keller
Romanshorp
Bedridden Man Burned To Death In Chicago Fire
A north side boarding house fire in Chicago early today left a bedridden 28 year old man Alvion Bryant dead and five others injured including two babies who were dropped from a third story window. Miss Catherine Beck jumped from a window and was seriously hurt. about a dozen other residents were rescued.
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Chicago
North Side
Alvion Bryant
Catherine Beck
Chief Council Allies Near Schism Over German Reparations
Paris Jan 28 The allied supreme council faced a near break up as divergent views on German reparation payments caused an interruption. The session stalled after Prime Minister Lloyd George deemed the committee proposals unsatisfactory and conferred with Briand for over an hour and a half.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Germany
Lloyd-George
Briand
Train No 19 hold up reported near Rawlins
A passenger, J P Stokes from Thermopolis to Los Angeles, claimed the second section of Union Pacific Train No 19 was robbed at Rawlins on Wednesday night, losing about $115 in his purse. Officials found no trace after checking other passengers.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Rawlins
J. P. Stokes
Thermopolis
Los Angeles
Harvard May Raise Tuition To Battle Deficit
Harvard in Cambridge plans possible tuition increase from 200 to 300 dollars as President Lowell cites a 161000 dollar deficit. The move would cover shortfall and fund ongoing operations at the university.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Lowell
House puts foot on division bill
Carey county faced a final third reading defeat with a 16 to 7 absence tally after grim debates over its possible eastern division and county seat shift. Backers of rival county projects eyed future hopes as oil royalty and land fund measures moved through amid courtesy disputes and procedural battles.
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Glenrock
Converse
Senate
Carey County
House
Aber
Beene
Brane
Brough
DeLoney
Eaton
Franzen
King
Martin
Mills
Neville Osborn
Phillips
Story
Thomas Vaughan
Noel—aAlcorn
Arnold
Barh+dale
Beach
Brower
Brown Campbell
Carson
DeHoff
For
Free
Frisby
Horton
How Huffman
May
Mudgett
Mcrtosh
Noblitt
Red Reynolds
Roberts
Sammon
Siegel
Steel
Stevenson
Storm Tanner
Underwood
Williams
Ewart
Allison
Henderson Hunter
Jenkins
Platt
Smith
Carey
Glenoc
Cai
Jaergon Muir
Lincoln
Kemmerer
Riverton
Lee
Kirk
Sibley
Skovgeard
Perry
Kelley
Mercer
Casper
United States
Japanese dispute over who controls Tokyo escalates
A January 28 declaration by Baron Fujimura in the house of peers asserts that until the Misumachi case is explained Japan’s diplomacy has been run by two heads, the foreign office and the war department. The Misumachi affair centers on a war department envoy to Centac reporting alleged atrocities in south Manchuria and urging missionaries to stay neutral in politics while soliciting Indian Hindu reaction.
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Tokio
Japan
Baron Fujimura
House of Peers
Misumachi
Foreign Office
War Department
Centac
Manchuria
India
Japanese Population Growth in Hawaii 1920 Census
The census bureau reports Hawaii's Japanese population reached 109,274 of 256,911 total, up about 23 percent since 1910. Filipinos increased from 2,361 in 1910 to 21,031 in 1920, the only race to rise more. Hawaiian residents overall declined from 26,041 to 23,723 in the decade.
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Washington
Hawaii
Former partner of Gott has birthday in Doorn
Doorn Holland January 28 The former Kaiser observed his 62nd birthday yesterday with no ceremony. The former German empress condition is unchanged. Ivories pass out Charlestown West Virginia January 28 West Virginia lawmakers used to gather at the State House cigar counter and roll the bones. Now those bones have passed out. The State House burned and the scions meet in the Baptist church.
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Doorn
Holland
Charlestown
W. Va
West Virginia
State House
Baptiat Church
Congress May Do Away With Militia Cavalry
Washington January 28 reports show the army appropriation bill for 150000 regulars totaling 328 million dollars, a cut of 68.7 million from the current year. The bill excludes Philippine Scouts and other units. aims to reduce camp waste and favor infantry growth while trimming costly branches and animal and motor dependent units. West Point would receive 2.36 million, up 219 thousand, while the punt request stands at 6.46 million.
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Washington
War Department
Philippine Scouts
Germany
Anthony
House
National Guard
West Point
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