London naval talks register progress on disarmament drive
At St James Palace and a key US Japan session delegates tackled battleships and submarines amid a shift toward private talks. The British stance on armament limits remains contested while Japan promotes undersea craft as a defensive tool and seeks strict size and range caps.
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St. James Palace
Washington
Stimson
United States
Japan
France
Wisconsin High Court Rules on Corrupt Practices Act
Madison, Feb 4. Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds the corrupt practices act as constitutional in Kohler ouster case. Court sends the matter to Sheboygan circuit court for trial after overruling a demurrer claiming the act invalid for removing the governor. The surfeit of expenditures cited exceeds the $4,000 limit due to supporters’ spending.
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Circuit Court
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Walter J. Kohler
State Supreme Court
Sheboygan Circuit Court
Phil Lafollette
United States
Lafollette
William T. Evjne
J. D. Roberts
Alvin Reis
James Wickham
Wickham
Supreme Court
Portraits Show New Mexico Leader Manuel Ortiz Rubio
Resident elect Manuel Ortiz Rubio of Mexico, to take office today, appears at top alongside President Emilio Portes Gil whom he succeeds.
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Manuel Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Emilio Portes Gil
Tariff Debate Clears Path to Final Vote February Fifteens
Senate ends two day clash over American valuation on coal tar duties. Vote to continue high protection 57 to 23 with 20 Democrats supporting American valuation and 11 Republicans plus 12 Democrats opposing. Leaders expect final vote by Feb 15 as remaining schedules move to regular order.
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Senate
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Goff
Goldsborough
Hatfield
Tydings
House
Representative Davenport
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Simmons-Norris
Gangsters Claim Toll in Chicago
Chicago reports another gangland killing as Philip Machese, 35, was shot in the back and head near a West Side school. Witnesses, including schoolchildren, alerted authorities after a rear attack followed State's Attorney Swan's ultimatum for drastic police action. Earlier, hoodlum William Healy, 37, was identified as the prior day’s victim.
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Swanson
Russell
Philip Machese
West Side
Caltee
William Healy
Ortiz Rubio Takes Charge of Affairs in Mexico Today
Pascual Ortiz Rubio is to be inaugurated tomorrow as president of the Mexican republic succeeding Provisional President Portes Gil who will become secretary of the interior in Ortiz Rubio’s cabinet. The inauguration in Mexico City follows a swell of American visitors and a full ceremonial schedule.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Francisco Madero
Porfirio Diaz
Ortiz Rubion
Republic
Orregon
National Rvolutionary Party
Jose Vasconcelos
Portes Gil
United States
National Stadium
Foreign Office
National Palace
Michoacan
Berlin
Ten Robbers Loot Telegraph Office in Detroit Heist
A well organized gang of ten held up the Western Union Telegraph main office in Detroit’s Snandal district at 6 40 pm. They escaped with about $3000 after forcing 11 employees and 20 customers into corners and looting cash drawers. Police and guards faced threats as the robbers tried to open the safe. The crime ranks as Detroit’s most spectacular since 1928.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Snandal District
Detroit News
Paul Jaworski
Striking 25,000 Garment Workers Paralyze New York Shops
New York on February 4 reports 25,000 of the city s 35,000 garment workers answering ILGWU s general strike call. Union president Benjamin Schlesinger says the strike will paralyze production and push manufacturers to meet workers demands for better conditions and abolition of sweat shops.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Benjamin Schlesinger
Hoover to form commission on Haiti withdrawal study
President Hoover announced he would appoint a commission to study United States withdrawal from Haiti. Former Chief Justice Taft returned, ill, to Washington from Asheville, North Carolina. Senators agreed to open the tariff bill to individual amendments Wednesday after voting to retain American valuation for coal tar products duties.
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United States
Haiti
Taft
Washington
Accused Marshal Asked to Resign After DUI Case
J. H. Absalom, Charleston deputy U S marshal, appealed a 90 day jail sentence and a $100 fine for driving while intoxicated. He posted a $1,000 bond to await federal action on a liquor possession charge after a preliminary hearing. Absalom, halted by state police near Glenwood Park, denied intoxication claiming whiskey was for evidence. He was suspended and his resignation was requested by the marshal. Commissioner Scott ordered him held for the Charleston district court session in April.
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J. H. Absalom
Charleston
United States
Mercer County
W. W. McNeal
Thomas H. Scott
Walving
Absalom
Glenwood Park
Bluefield
Princeton
Siegel Workman
Workman
Beven
Carnegie Man Proposes Liberal Party Movement
Dr. Samuel Harden Church of Carnegie Institute urges a new Liberal party to abolish groups he says bind liberty and oppose church political meddling in law. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment backs a spring meeting in Baltimore to discuss reform of prohibition laws.
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New York
Liberal Party
Association Against the Prohibition
Samuel Harden Church
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute
Association
Baltimore
United States
William Cabell Bruce
Maryland
Pierre S. du Pont
Spanish finance man declines post to lead new Conservative party
Francisco Ambo, a top Spanish financial figure, rejected the finance ministry in Premier Berenguer's cabinet claiming to be "the man of tomorrow." He plans to form a new Conservative party with Gabriel Maura to stabilize currency and balance the budget, drawing up the program in Madrid.
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Madrid
Francisco Ambo
Spain
Berenguer
Gabriel Maura
Count of Morteza
Chicago Accepts Strawn Group Financial Edict To Aid City
Chicago votes to cooperate with the Silas H. Strawn Citizens' Rescue committee which will provide funds to cover payrolls and city needs. The plan relies on tax anticipation warrants and approval from other city agencies to secure relief for workers unpaid since Christmas.
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Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ Rescue Committee
Strawn Group
Public Library
Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium Board
Cook County
Strawn Committee
Strawn
Washington
Submarine O-3 Grounds in Snow Storm Off New Hampshire
The submarine O-3 bound from New London to Portsmouth ran aground five hours in a heavy snow storm off Rye coast near Odiorne Point. Navy tugs M. Mitchell Davis and Penacook assisted and refloated her near Portsmouth harbor as conditions improved. Wreck details note she is a 172 foot U-3 class baby submarine en route for annual reconditioning.
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New London
Walls Gands
Navy Yard
Governor Conley condemns flag display tied to rust alert
Governor Conley calls the Cedar tree flag display in the apple rust district a desecration and intimidation of law officers. He says lawful remedies lie with the legislature and cites Supreme Court upholding the act enabling cuttings by Commissioner John W. Smith to eradicate apple rust.
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Charleston
W. Va
Panhandle
Conley
Voters League of West Virginia
Shepherdstown
Supreme Court of
John W. Smith
Smith
Department of Agriculture
Five Robbers Loot Kenilworth Colonial Home
Five bandits entered EB Mallers home in Kenilworth near Chicago, locking the family and servants inside then ransacking rooms for jewelry fur clothing and bric a brac worth between 30000 and 50000. The gang leader praised as gentle by victims kept the mood calm and the loot loaded into Mallers expensive sedan before leaving.
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Chicago
EB. B. Mallers
Kenilworth
Mallers
Prohibition Hearing Hears Wet Bloc Witnesses
Washington February 4 The House wet bloc wins a hearing plan for February 12 with witnesses who once favored dry laws now arguing moderation. Chairman Graham says all will be heard, while Linthicum D Md Cody M Montreal is slated for questioning on conditions around prohibition and Dyer Mo seeks testimony on 2.75 percent beer.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Graham
Alfred K. Smith
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Linthicam
Maryland
Cannon Cody
Montreal
Cody
Dyer
Missouri
Cramton
Michigan
Prohibition
Doran
Jury Deliberates In Walter Crabtree Triple Slaying Trial
Romney West Virginia February 4 jury in the Walter Crabtree murder of Justice H C Inskeep retired for a second time after rereading instructions. Defense contends Crabtree insanity while prosecutors seek death for all three killings including jailer Ben Miller and Edward Wolford. Verdict expected by tomorrow morning with adjournment set for 9 am.
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J. P. Roman
Cumberland
Defense Counsel
Roman
E. L. Luttrell
Crabtree
L. V. Thompson
Ben Miller
Edward Wolford
H. G. Shores
Ben E. Miller
L. W. Thompson
Robert White
FE. L. Luttrell
A. G. Hughes
Preston County
G. W. Kumpp
Hampshire County
Romney
Kumpp
Taft Ill in Bed After Train Arrival Home at Washington
Former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft, aged 73, fights a serious illness at his Washington home after being brought back from Asheville. Doctors report high blood pressure arteriosclerosis myocarditis and a chronic bladder infection with no fever or pain. A test to check for arsemic poisoning is awaited, while Taft rests under care with Mrs Taft and son Robert A Taft present.
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Washington
Willliam Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
United States
Asheville
Taft
North Carolina
Francis Hagner
William Sidney Thayer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mr. Taft
The
Brady’s Fate in Hands of Jurors
In Austin Texas on a February evening John W Brady faced a murder trial verdict in the jury’s charge. Prosecutor Henry Brooke argued Brady killed Miss Lehlia Highsmith a stenographer decades younger than him. Defense chief KE A Berry urged mercy as Brady waited in jail after the November 9 death.
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Texas
John W. Brady
Henry Brooke
Brady
Lehlia Highsmith
KE. A. Berry
Judge McClintic Ends Mid-Winter Court Session
Judge George W. McClintic adjourned the mid winter term of the United States court for the Southern District of West Virginia after disposing of about forty five criminal docket cases in Bluefield. The next session will be in June in Bluefield, with prisoners transferred to Atlanta for confinement. Fines totaled $600 and sentences extended over thirty one years and seven days with several cases held for advisement.
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Southern District of
West Virginia
George W. McClintic
McClintic
United States
James Cameron
Bluefield
Bluefield Tast
Charleston
Stercer
Atlanta
Siegel Workman
Federal
Chillicothe
Hughes Approval Comes Up Monday
Washington reports that Senate confirmation of Charles Evans Hughes as chief justice appears assured. Norris leads judiciary committee with no opposition seen. a Monday committee meeting will handle any formal hearing and next steps.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Senate
Supreme Court
Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hughes
Hoover
William Howard Taft
Taft
Judiciary Committee
Burns Prove Fatal for Mrs Hoffman in Pittsburgh
Mrs. Hoffman a 23 year old died in a Pittsburgh hospital from burns after an open gas fire ignited her clothing while she hung up clothes in her kitchen yesterday. The incident occurred at her home and she died today.
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Hoffman
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