Logan Act violation highlighted in treaty ratification efforts
The report details efforts by the League to Enforce Peace and figures like Taft, Gompers, and Marburg to influence U.S. Senate action on the Versailles treaty. It cites fundraising, letters to unions and granges, and calls for pressure to secure ratification with Lodge reservations, including Taft’s threats to resign if partisan action occurred.
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Washington
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Novel Invention Aims to Slow Airplane Landings
A recent United States Bureau of Standards development, highlighted by Popular Mechanics, proposes a simple variable chamber rib for biplanes and triplanes. The flexible rib, fixed at the front spar with a rigid sliding tailpiece, changes camber via asymmetric air pressure to reduce landing speed.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Proposal to Notify President Elect on Election Day
The text notes a missing legal provision to notify a president elect of his election. It states the electoral vote is recorded in congress journals, but the president elect must discover the process himself and present for inauguration on March 4.
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United States
Congress
City Drug Co
San Cura
Thomas F. McCauley
Cooperstown
Thompson Medical Co
Titusville
Peddock Appointed Deputy Governor of Boston Fed
William W. Peddock, formerly with the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, becomes deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, effective October 1. His background spans Iowa banking, the New Jersey examiner of banks office, and the comptroller of currency. He resigned as chief of the division of operations and examinations to take the Boston post.
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William W. Peddock
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Iowa
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New Jersey
Gambling Probe to Resume Focus on Fixers in World Series
Cook County grand jury will continue hearings on the 1919 World Series fixing case. Prosecutor Hartley Replogle says no further testimony against major league players is expected, but indictments may follow on evidence about bribery and the alleged gambling ring. Nineteen witnesses are subpoenaed for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Cook County
Cincinnati
Hartley Replogle
Russian Prince Held for Unpaid Board Bill in Paris
Prince Ivan Jean Schackowsky, once at the Russian czar’s court, was arrested by Paris police on a charge of attempting to beat his board bill. He claimed he waited for 5000 dollars in commissions on contracts for General Wrangel’s navy, which allegedly did not arrive.
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Paris
Ivan-Jean Schackowsky
General Wrangel
Moonshine Sign Leads to Bootblack arrest
Tom Brown ran a bootblack parlor with a window sign reading Moonshine 10 cents. Federal agents searched the shop and found a small quantity of what they called white mule, while Brown claimed it was tonic.
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Denver
Tom Brown
Tom
Brown
Bootblack
Jailer Resigns After Series of Prisoner Escapes
Taylorville Illinois reports Jailer John Mirenheimer resigns after seven inmates escape in seven days from the hoose gow. Relatives who supplied tools to inmates blamed for the rash of escapes.
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Taylorville
Ill
John Mirenheimer
Iron in India Prompts Rise of Local Steel Industry
India eyes a growing iron and steel sector as Bengal iron and steel works at Kulti reach 10,000 tons of pig iron per four months and Tata iron and steel works at Sakchi produce about 20,000 tons monthly. Most pig iron becomes steel for rails and structural shapes, with new furnaces to boost capacity, yet demand far exceeds output from these two plants.
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India
Bengal Iron and Steel Works
Kulti
Tata Iron and Steel Works
Sakchi
Calcutta
Tata
Anaconda Bowling Standings Released for Last Night
The Anaconda Bowling Association announced standings for games held last night at the Tescher alleys. Class A division leaders and top performers are listed, detailing player rankings and scores.
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Tescher
Carnival Opens With Strong Turnout At Park Avenue Hall
St Peter's carnival began for a three week run with a full hall and lively entertainment for all ages. Proceeds fund improvements to accommodate the Dominican Sisters. Ancient Egyptians used coats of arms.
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Park Avenue
Chestnut Street
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