Crowd cheers jury verdict in courtroom scene
Bailiffs struggle to restore order as spectators erupt in a demonstration after the jury's verdict. The courtroom crowd claps, shouts, and joins in the public display alongside officials.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1921
Page
1
Bailiffs struggle to restore order as spectators erupt in a demonstration after the jury's verdict. The courtroom crowd claps, shouts, and joins in the public display alongside officials.
A Chicago jury acquitted seven former White Sox players Buck Weaver Oscar Felsch Charles Risberg Arnold Gandil Claude Williams Eddie Cicotte Joe Jackson and two associates Carl Zork of St Louis and David Zelcer of Des Moines on charges of conspiring to fix the 1919 World Series the verdict after 7 hours 47 minutes of deliberation drew cheers and praise from spectators and judge Hugo M Friend praised the jury as just.
Enrico Caruso, famed tenor, died today at the Hotel Vesuvian Naples. Burial set for today in London per Associated Press report. He had recently shown signs of recovery and spoken of singing again before a high fever felled him.
President Harding and Mrs. Harding arrive in Lancaster New Hampshire for a private mountain vacation. They will rest and perhaps engage in golf fishing and climbing at Mount Prospect where the Weeks family lodge sits atop 2000 feet of peak with secluded access by a private drive.
An item notes gradual improvement in the lumber industry with mentions of market activity and potential shifts in demand. The report references industry sources and possible regional impacts on production and pricing.
Washington report notes labor leaders in Hawaii testified that their committee expenses were paid by Japanese interests to oppose admitting Chinese labor. Samuel Gompers said the American Federation of Labor would not aid certain Japanese labor groupcharter requests. Hawaii sugar planters claim Japanese influence grows, guiding immigration policy and crop needs, with delegate Kalamanole stating long-term Japanese control has been Hawaii’s objective.
In Riga on August 2 Senator Joseph I France of Maryland charged Dr Edward W Ryan American Red Cross commissioner in the Baltic states with instigating the Kronstadt revolt last winter. Ryan called the charge ridiculous and said France would have to prove it. The Kronstadt mutiny began in February 1921 with sailors seizing the city for about 15 days before Soviet forces retook it.
Heavy rains swept the Arkansas River and its tributaries through Canon City Colorado causing two to four feet of flooding in parts of the town. Grape Creek and Sand Creek dumped torrents into the river flooding fields cellars and residences while park campers fled rising waters. Local officials warned the flood might widen further before reaching Portland about 18 miles away as communication with authorities in the path of the flood proved difficult.
State examiner Skelton announces Joan Oliver of Eki Mer will serve as deputy in charge of municipal counting. The appointment names Oliver as state senator in Helena with duties tied to the examiner’s office and local election oversight.
The 39th annual supreme convention praised Knights 10 start great school for former soldiers, noting a rise of 87,660 in outstanding features since last year. Supreme Secretary William J. McGinley outlined the correspondence system, which will be headquartered in the order’s new New Haven building.
Supreme Knight denounces a forged fourth degree oath as a vile lie and urges public caution. Flaherty cites widespread circulation of the oath imprinted in the Congressional Record. He presents the Genuine Oath affirming loyalty to the Constitution, duty as a citizen, and prudent conduct in public life.
The school board debated contracting for this fall’s census and fee per name. A member urged clerks and clerical staff attend to gathering and compiling names, rejecting outside help. The law caps ten cents per name, with five cents favored by Lindsay and eight cents claimed by others for actual expenses.
London August 2 The Dail Eireann will not hold a sectional meeting to consider Lloyd George’s Irish peace conference proposals. A full meeting is planned to debate the plan, with notices to convene all motoral members including those in custody. Eamonn de Valera has informally shared Lloyd George’s proposals with available Irish parliament members.
Senator Walsh of Montana leaves for New York and sails to Rockholm Sweden to attend the Interparliamentary Union meeting opening August 18. The trip is linked to promotion of world membership and includes a stop in Berlin.
John Skelton Williams former comptroller of the currency said the Federal Reserve Board favored New York banking groups with lending while southern and western borrowers faced curtailment. He cited a December 1919 New York bank borrowing 130 million dollars and argued other New York banks held large reserve loans during hard times, with no law broken but clear discrimination against farmers generally.
Federal officials alleged evidence of a coastal rum running plot involving notable persons from Maine to Florida. The Henry L Marshall with 1500 plus cases of alcohol was seized off Atlantic City by the cutter Seneca after its crew fled by motorboat. Four crew detained. captain and mate escaped. Evidence details remain undisclosed.
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