Confessions as Evidence in Baseball Trial
The judge ordered the signed confessions of Eddie Cicotte Joe Jackson and Claude Williams admitted as evidence to the grand jury though the players claimed immunity. Testimony showed they signed immunity waivers and were told no consideration would be given by prosecutors.
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Chicago
Hugo Friend
White Sox
Cincinnati
Eddie Cicotte
Joe Jackson
Claude Williams
Charles A. McDonald
Cicotte
Jackson
Williams
McDonald
Eddie
Crowe
Friend
Bond
Mr. Replogle
Replogle
Repogile
Thirty millions for an airplane carrier
Washington reports Secretary of the Navy Denby recommends about 30 million dollars to build an aircraft carrier with a measure before the House Naval Committee. Senator King introduces a bill to convert battle cruisers Saratoga Lexington and Constellation into carriers and halt battleship construction on several ships and on battle cruisers Ranger Constitution and United States.
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Washington
Congress
Denby
House Naval Committee
Naval
King
Utah
Saratoga
Lexington
Constellation
South Dakota
Indiana
Montana
North Carolina
Iowa
Massachusetts
Ranger
Constitution
United States
Masked bandit robs post office employee in Wilkinsburg
In Pittsburg on July 26 a masked man robbed a seventeen year old Wilkinsburg post office helper of two mail pouches with registered letters. Police and county detectives have been assigned to the case. loss amount is unknown.
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Pittsburg
Wilkinsburg
P. H .Rhinehart
Conty
Wide Variation in Views of Experts on Fordney Tariff Plan
Washington July Senate finance committee hearings showed sharp disagreement among experts over the American valuation proposal in the Fordney tariff bill. Thomas Walker Page warned higher consumer prices, while William Burgess argued price pyramiding under the home value basis is no more likely than current methods. Burgess cited 25 percent undervaluation found in 1920 shipments and said home valuation is the only fair method amid exchange rate fluctuations. Page warned the change could disrupt chaotic commerce.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Thomas Walker Page
William Burgess
Tariff Commission
Page
Burgess
Fire on Mauretania Engulfs First Cabin
Fire broke out today in the first cabin of the Mauretania, Cunard’s sister ship of the Lusitania, spreading rapidly into a serious conflagration. By eight o'clock tonight flames still burned deep inside the great steamship as firefighters labored through the night.
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Associated Press
Southampton
Cunard Line
Lusitania
Disappearance Baffles Steubenville Missing Dealer Harry Cummins
Steubenville authorities seek Harry Hicks Cummins a 33 year old automobile dealer missing since Saturday afternoon. They focus on locating Howard Mitchell a 24 year old barber of Wellsville Ohio said to have ridden out in a demonstration car with Cummins.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Harry (Hicks) Cummins
Howard Mitchell
Barber
Wellsville
Cummins
Heavily Guarded Jail in Newcastle After Capture
A cordon of armed guards surrounded the county jail at Newcastle Pennsylvania after Thomas Verne Rydal, charged with assaulting 14 year old Clara Bell Lennox, was brought in from Mercer following his capture at Blacktown five miles away.
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Newcastle
Thomas Verne Rydal
Clara Bell Lennox
Mercer
Blacktown
Tax plan details emerge as three cent stamp eyed
Washington July 25 plans for a new tax law gain clarity as the ways and means committee prepares to begin revising revenue laws. discussion at a high level includes a possible three cent postage stamp tax and a tax on bank checks, with treasury officials wary of sales taxes. committee leaders expect a fifteen percent corporate levy with a two thousand dollar exemption, yielding about a half billion annually. opening hearings will cover all revision aspects, with four days allotted for sessions and a target of about three weeks to finalize the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Harding
House
Fordney
Mellon
Mrr
Ways and Means Committee
Post Office Department
Treasury
Longworth
Ohio
Treasury Secretary
Representative Mann
Illinois
Bergdoll Probe Ends Peacefully in Washington
The Bergdoll investigation closed without statement, focusing on Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the draft dodger and a separate case involving Major Bruce Campbell. Rep Luhring urged the alien property custodian to locate 105000 in gold alleged buried, a central mystery of the probe.
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Campbell
Luhring
Washington
Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Bruce Campbell
Emma C. Bergdoll
Indiana
Judge Delays Ruling on Ship Seizure Injunction
Vice Chancellor Lewis in Jersey City declined to grant a temporary injunction for United States Mail Steamship Co. to stop the Shipping Board from interfering with Hoboken sailing of the steamer America seized last week. He said he lacks power and will take the case to Patterson for decision.
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Jersey City
N. J
Jay
Lewis
United States Mail Steamship Company
Shipping Board
Hoboken
America
Patterson
Erroneous Report Of Bank Receiver In West Virginia
A dispatch from Parkersburg claimed a receiver was named for Central Bank and Trust Company, but officials denied any appointment and reported no recent bank failures in West Virginia. The receiver referred to was for Citizens Trust and Guarantee Company of Parkersburg, which officials said is not a bank.
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West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Central Bank and Trust Company
Citizens Trust and Guarantee Company of
Next Day of Two May See Attitude of Japan Defined
Washington reports anticipate Japan's stance on the disarmament conference will be clarified within a day or two. Officials expect a comprehensive communication from Tokyo about issues under discussion and confirm unreserved participation by Japan and others before formal diplomatic exchanges proceed.
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Japan
Washington
Japanese Advisory Council
State Department
Tokio
Department
Possession of nine steamships regained
The United States Mail Steamship Company won a temporary injunction in New York to regain nine ships seized by the United States Shipping Board for delinquent charter payments of 400000 dollars. The court blocks intereference by the Shipping Board and United American Lines as orders pending a hearing next Thursday. The ships total 145000 gross tons with an eight million dollar value and include the George Washington America President Grant Agamemnon Susquehanna Potomac Mount Vernon Pocahontas and Princess Matoika.
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New York
United States Mail Steamship Company
United States Shipping Board
State Supreme Court
Burr
Shipping Board
United American Lines
George Washington
America
Agamemnon
Susquehanna
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Pocahontas
Princess Matoika
Doctor Robert L. Brown Found Dead in Bed
Dr. Robert L. Brown a prominent physician and veteran of the Spanish American War and the navy was found dead in bed this morning in Parkersburg West Virginia Family members discovered him after waking. He had retired in apparent good health the previous night and likely suffered a heart attack.
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R. L. Brown
Parkersburg
W. Va
Robert L. Brown
Herman Regring Champs Bantam Weights in Fifteen Round War
New Orleans fighter Pete Herman regained the world bantamweight title by decision over Joe Lynch in Ebbetts Field after fifteen rounds. Lynch claimed two fingers were injured in round four. Herman dominated with effective rights and lefts, drawing cheers as fans paraded him to the dressing room. Other preliminaries saw Willie Spencer decision over Frankie Dailey, and Jack Delaney knock out Bert Colina in the seventh of an eight round bout.
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New York
Pete Herman
New Orleans
Ebbetts Field
Joe Lynch
Lynch
Herman
Stanley Ketchel
Billy Papke
Jack Britton
Ted Lewis
Jimmy Wilde
London
Jim Higgins
Patsy Haley
New York City
Willie Spencer
Frankie Dailey
Mrs Wansor Held as Witness in Abduction Case
Sharon Pennsylvania charges of conspiracy and attempt to extort against Eva Wansor Cleveland were dropped after she surrendered to police. She was released on $500 bail to testify against Thomas Randolph who claims he was abducted and held for ransom. Randolph is jailed in Mercer on multiple charges including mail fraud.
May Haul Small Into Court Today
Springfield Illinois July 25 unless counsel for Governor Small makes a new move tomorrow Judge E S Smith will order Sheriff Mester to serve captuses on the governor hauling him into court to face charges of embezzlement of state funds while he was treasurer of Illinois Governor Small remained unmoved in his determination to resist arrest claiming immunity The question on all lips tonight was what will happen tomorrowGovernor Small's counsel said he could call soldiers for protection and the governor changed his mind about standing trial on advice of his counsel
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Springfield
Small
E. S. Smith
Mester
Illinois
Smith
Pope appoints Curley archbishop of Baltimore
In Rome on July 25 the pope named Bishop Michael J. Curley of St. Augustine as the new archbishop of Baltimore. The announcement expands Curley’s leadership to the Baltimore see.
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Baltimore
Rome
Michael J. Curley
St. Augustine
Japan takes no action over Turlock deportations
The Japanese foreign office announced it will request a probe and a report from the San Francisco consul but will treat the Turlock Calif deportation of Japanese workers as a local affair. Officials voiced regret and urged calm while urging mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japanese Foreign Office
Turlock
Calif
San Francisco
Foreign Office
Japan
United States
German WWI casualties revised totals reported
Berlin reports revised German war losses from 1914 to 1918 amount to 1,792,368 killed and 4,246,874 wounded with about 200,000 still missing. Navy losses are included in these figures at 34,256 killed and 31,085 wounded.
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Berlin
Germany
Broadening Powers for Finance Board Ahead of Congress
Washington on July 25 President Harding plans a special communication to Congress to broaden the war finance corporation. The letter will focus on railroad settlements but may extend the agency to farm credits and export financing. Hoover said the plan has approval and aims to tackle the triple problem facing the economy.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Harding
Congress
Hoover
Mellon
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Finance Corporation
French Union of Combatants approves ecards for veterans
Paris reports the French National Union of Combatants approves a plan for ecards for allied veterans, granting them all benefits in allied countries that they enjoy at home. The group claims a membership of 800000.
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Paris
French National Union of Combatants
St Louis Plans New City Subway Boulevards Between Landscape Borders
Harland Bartholomew, city plan commission engineer, outlines a new St Louis project embracing subways and grand boulevards with artistic terminals. The plan estimates a $60,000,000 total cost upon completion.
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St. Louis
Harland Bartholomew
City Plan Commission
Governor names six to water power commission
Governor Morgan appointed six members to the water power commission: Edgar B. Stewart state senator Morgantown Julius K. Munroe Preston county Samuel T. Spears Elkins J K Anderson Charleston former chief engineer of public service commission C W Dillon Fayetteville former state tax commissioner The commission created in 1921 will study state owned water power sites and report proposed legislation for 1923 development.
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Charleston
W. Va
Morgan
Water Power Commission
Edgar B. Stewart
Morgantown
Julius K. Munroe
Preston County
Samuel T. Spears
Elkins
J. K. Anderson
Public Service Commission
C. W. Dillon
Fayetteville
Assassination in Mexico City Attributed to German Agent
Police believe the July 25 killing of General Maximiliano Kloss in front of his home was the work of a German agent sent to Mexico to avenge Kloss’s publication of alleged German military secrets. Kloss, head of artillery under Carranza, had authored a book on asphyxiating gas.
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Mexico City
Maximiliano Kloss
Mexico
Kloss
Germany
Carranza
President W. and J. College on Honeymoon Trip
Samuel C. Black president of Washington and Jefferson College died in Denver after a two week illness from influenza complications. Born 1869 in Monticello Iowa he studied theology and served as telegraph operator while earning degrees. He led churches taught Hebrew at Colorado and commanded wartime religious work before becoming college president in 1919 and marrying twice.
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Denver
Colo
Samuel C. Black
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington
Washington and Jefferson University
University of Colorado
Georgia
Black
Dr. Black
National Parks
Monticello
Iowa
William S. Black
Parsons College
Schofield
McCormick Theological Institute
Chicago
Blackburn University
Tartanville
Fairfield
Des Moines
Kawanee
Ill
Clinton
Bolder
Collingwood Presbyterian
Toledo
Ohio
United States
New York
Grace Wescott
Colinda
Mary Leal Harkness
Tulane University
New Orleans
Fairchild
West
Second Thompson Dividend Declared for Thompson Estate
In Uniontown Pennsylvania the second dividend for the Josiah V. Thompson estate will be paid this week. The total amount is 1 008 142 32 dollars with 105 599 70 dollars to the referee for expenses. The remaining sum will be distributed among 1 781 creditors, representing a five percent payment of the claims.
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Thompson
Uniontown
Josiah V. Thompson
Busines
Slaying Suspect Search by Armed Farmers Near Smithfield
A posse of farmers with rifles and pitchforks hunted the hills around Smithfield, Ohio for the assailants who attacked Mrs. Ray Day, 32, at her home. Bloodhounds from Brooke County were used in the effort to follow the trail, as of this evening.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Smithfield
Ray Day
Brooke County
W. Va
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Thos. W. Page
Wm. Burgess
Mauretania
Herman Regring
Bell
Champion
Broaden Powers Finance Board
Water Power Board
W. & J. College
Samuel
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