Shipping Board Losses Are Appalling To Nation
President Harding urged near unanimous congressional support to curb Shipping Board losses after a $48.5 million bill. He cited unspeakable wastes from the war emergency and endorsed efforts to enlist top men to reform management and end operations losses.
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Shipping Board
Imum
Harding
Jones
Republican
Washington
Senate
Lasker
Congress
House
Hightower Bound Over To San Mateo
San Francisco Aug 19 Will iam A Hightower itinerant baker held to answer murder charge in death of Rev Patrick Heslin Colman priest Hearing at San Bruno before Justice Ellison Johnson Hightower taken from Redwood Cuy jail He expressed resolve to fight and win with witnesses including Marie Wendel Doris Shirley Lee Putnam and police Captain Duncan Matheson Landini Also testimony on grave visit and familiar road with suspects lack of memory cited by Hightower.
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Superior Court
San Mateo County
Patrick Heslin
Colman
Hightower
San Bruno
Justice of the Peace
Ellison Johnson
Redwood Cuy
Marie Wendel
Charles Lafebre
Doris Shirley
Lee Putnam
Duncan Matheson
San Francisco
Landini
Hightower May Take Death by Own Action Route
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 20 William A Hightower at Redwood City jail awaiting murder trial in Rev Patrick Heslin death will cut meals to two spoons only Jailer James Coleman ordered no knife or fork to Hightower Citing low spirits since news Doris Shirleys marriage to cafe entertainer Lee Putnam Coleman said order aimed to prevent violence Hightower again denied any part in Heslin murder saying crime is foreign to his nature Letters said to be from Dally Mason reach authorities from varied sources
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San Francisco
William A. Hightower
Redwood City
Patrick ““ Heslin
Colma
James Coleman
Hightower
Coleman
Doris Shirley
Lee Putnam
Rev
Heslin
Mason
le Location
Dally Mason
Tex Rickard Faces Fight Over Film Law
Chicago August 18 Tex Rickard promoter of the Dempsey Carpentier bout was arrested by federal officers and held on $10 000 bond for violating the interstate transportation of fight film law He had shown the Dempsey Carpentier match to wounded soldiers and said he would fight the case.
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Chicago
Tex” Rickard
New York
Rickard
Haywood's Wife Died Bankrupt. No Estate Found
Mrs. Jane Miner Haywood wife of William D Haywood former IWW leader died in Winnemucca Nevada two years ago leaving no estate This ends any chance for the United States District Attorney C Flynn to collect a fifteen thousand dollar fine for conspiracy to obstruct the government's war efforts reported from Chicago.
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San Francisco
Jane Miner Haywood
Wm. D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Russia
Winnemucca
Nev
United States
C. Flynn
Chicago
Prohibs Are Working In Mexican Capital
Mexico City reports a defined movement possibly backed by officials to make the federal district dry by September 1. Plans call for closing saloons and cantinas and banning all intoxicants including pulque. Prohibition measures under De la Huerta were enforced then rescinded after protests by liquor vendors and customers.
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Mexico City
Federal District
Mexico
Sptember
de la Huerta
Sex Pictures Worse Than Fight Movies
San Francisco August 20. Women’s Christian Temperance Union leaders spoke on censorship and morals at the 48th annual convention. Amid debates over film content and Sabbath observance, resolutions urged a single moral standard, education on the ballot, stronger prohibition enforcement, and support for a national education department.
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San Francisco
Culla J. Wayhinger
Upland
Ind
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Vayhinger
Elizabeth Preston Anderson
Fargo
N. D
Charles H. Randall
Los Angeles
Francis E. Beauchamp
Kentucky
United States
Department of Education
Fire Devastates Brown House in Macon Downtown
A blaze raged through the Brown House near Macon's downtown center after a 1:30 AM explosion from a gasoline tank beside the hotel. The frame structure, the city’s oldest hotel, suffered major damage as flames threatened adjacent blocks. Dozens were injured and several people trapped in rear hallways. Firefighters expected to confine the fire to the surrounding block.
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Macon
Henry C. Smith Elected New Masonic Head in Montana
Butler Montana dispatch reports the 57th annual Grand Lodge communication of Montana Ancient Free and Accepted Masons concluded with the election of officers led by Henry C. Smith as the new head. The session spanned two days of meetings and adjourned Thursday afternoon in Butte.
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Butte
Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons
Montana
Masons Elect Officers as Helena Hosts Grand Lodge
More than 700 Masons and Order of the Eastern Star members from Montana attend the Masonic Temple for annual grand lodge sessions and to select Helena as next year’s meeting site. Officers elected include Henry C. Smith of Miles City as Grand Master and Claude J. McAlister of Kalispell as Grand Master. C. S. Bell of Billings is Senior Grand Warden, H. L. Hart of Hamilton is Junior Grand Warden, and Richard Lockey of Helena serves as Grand Treasurer for the eleventh term.
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Richard Lockey
Helena
Cornelius, Hedges, Jr
Order of the Eastern Star
Montana
Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge
Henry C. Smith
Miles City
Claude J. McAlister
Kalispell
C. S. Bell
Billings
H. L. Hart
Hamilton
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