Inside Details of Pennsylvania Political Machines
Senate campaign funds probe reveals cross examination of Ware Beidelman Pepper Fisher operatives. Witnesses include Harry A Mackey Joseph Mackrell and Mayor Charles A Kline as prosecutors seek sources of the two million dollar primary funds. Prohibition issues surface as Baird removal and saloon activity are discussed.
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Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Eeler
Reed
Missouri
Senate
Pennsylvania
Wheeler
Keystone
All-Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League
Ware-Beidleman
Pepper-Fisher
Harry A. Mackey
Representative Vare
Joseph N. Mackrell
Itesburg
Charles A. Kline
Pittsburg
PeppesJrahes
Mackerel
Mackey
Prohibition
William A. White
Frederick H. Kury
Philadelphia
Frederick C. Baird
Baird
Kline
Senator King
Utah
Pitgsburg
King
W. L. Mellon
Mellon
Allegheny County
Alleghany County
Vare
Mackrell
Senator Reed
Albert Cooper
Harrisbn Cooper
Belgian Queen Denies Hair Bobbing Rumor
Brussels reports Count P DeLannoy official denies the queen has had her hair bobbed. The denial explains the hairdresser shapes her majesty’s hair to look shingled rather than altered.
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Brussels
P. DeLannoy
House of the of Ae
Wur
Thirteen Years for Three Youths in Illinois Attack Case
Sycamore Illinois June 16 three former Northern Illinois State Teachers College students pleaded guilty to a criminal attack on Missothy Westervelt and were sentenced by Judge W J Fulton to thirteen years apiece in the Pontiac reformatory. The youths testified seeking mitigation and offered conflicting accounts of the April ride and the events at the secluded road. Westervelt and companion Lillian Gray testified to the trip while the defendants claimed consent was given and no one objected.
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Sycamore, Ill
W. Leonard Rich
Stanley Hurt
Emerson Wilson
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
DeKalb
Missothy Westervelt
Pontiac Reformatory
W. J. Fulton
Miss Westervelt
Rich
Lillian Gray
Miss Gray
Wilson
Hart
House Demands River and Harbor Legislation
Washington June 16 The senate commerce committee held a night session to hear defenders of the Illinois river improvement project amid threats of no adjournment without river and harbor legislation. Hearings on the omnibus bill likely close tomorrow as lake city representatives oppose water diversion citing potential shipping damage.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Debates McNary Farm Bill Amid Tariff Criticism
Washington June 16 The senate debate on the McNary farm bill centers on farm troubles blamed on the tariff and a government plundering system Senator Robinson Arkansas Democratic leader calls for a Democrat west coalition against the tariff and condemns Secretary Mellon as speaking for the administration Borah Idaho Republican questions the bill’s economic basis but sees Mellon letter as strongest argument.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Mellon
House
McNary
Borah
Idaho
Captain Pelletier D'Oisy Reaches Chita En Route Tokyo
Captain Pelletier D'Oisy arrived in Chita, Siberia, while flying from Paris to Tokyo. He departed Irkutsk late yesterday afternoon and reached Chita today.
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Woisy
Chita Chita
Siberia
Pelletier D'Oisy
Paris
Tokyo
Irkutsk
Cardinals Arrive in Chicago for Eucharistic Congress Welcome
New York dispatch reports a grand farewell as seven papal legates travel by special train to Chicago for the Eucharistic Congress. The arrival draws thousands at Grand Central and Chicago officials pledge a formal welcoming at the cathedral with city hall closures.
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New York
Chicago
William J. Lahey
Lahey
Walker
Smith
Cardinal Conzano
Cardinal Mundelein
Wm. FE. Dever
Cathedral of the Holy Name
Congress
Episcopal Diocese of
Joe En
City Hall
Grand Central Terminal
Cardinal Bonzano
Eucharistic Congress
Baltimore
Jugo-Slavia
Free Thinkers Society of
Editor Magee Not Aggressor in Las Vegas Fight
Testimony at the manslaughter trial says Carl C. Magee Albuquerque editor was the victim not the aggressor in a fight with former Judge David J. Leahy last August. Magee shot and killed John B. Lasseter as Leahy fought him in a hotel lobby. Lasseter was struck while Leahy was being pulled off.
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Las Vegas
New Mexico
Carl C. Magee
Albuquerque
David J. Leahy
Magee
John B. Lasseter
Leahy
Lasseter
Three Nominees Named For Rotary International President
At the seventeenth Rotary convention in Denver three candidates were nominated for president Harry A. Rogers of San Antonio Arthur Epp of Huntington and Thomas J. Davis of Butte. The election is set for tomorrow with Rufus J. Chapin of Chicago unopposed for re nomination as treasurer.
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Denver
Col
Harry A. Rogers
San Antonio
Texas
Arthur . Epp
Huntington
Ind
Thomas J. Davis
Butte
Mont
Rotary International
Rufus J. Chapin
Chicago
Wets Overwhelmingly Defeated in New Jersey Primary Fight
Newark June 16 A single wet and dry contest for congressional nomination ended with a clear wet defeat. Senator Edwards in Washington says primaries cannot settle the wet dry issue. In the state senate race Adaline Lawrence beat James Hendrickson by three to one while Arthur Pierson defeated Herbert Pascoe in Unico. Congressman Randolph Perkins, a dry, won over McClare in the lone congressional race 25 305 to 15 619 amid the larger wet dry battles.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
United States
Edwards
Washington
Senate
Adeline Lawrence
James R. Hendrickson
Arthur N. Pierson
Herbert J. Pascoe
Unico
Randolph Perkins
McClare
Verbal Bombshell Hits Magnus Johnson in Senate Fight
Washington June 16 a verbal onslaught by Thomas D Schall Republican against former Minnesota senator Magnus Johnson stunned the senate. Schall labeled Johnson’s campaign a financed plan to defeat him and accused Johnson of dishonesty while Johnson’s attorney and actions were mocked as part of a broader attack.
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Senate
Magnus Johnson
Thomas Schall
Washington
Minnesota
Thomas D. Schall
Johnson
Ashuret
Schall
Saturday Arguments Set in Eli Watkins Case
Judge McClintic schedules Saturday morning June 19 to hear the remand motion in Eli Watkins Prohibition Officer case. McDowell County seeks state court trial while defense argues federal jurisdiction. Fines total 5570 and jail terms reach 19 years 3 months 1 day with 25 years probation set across Wednesday docket.
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Ell Watkins
George W. McClintic
United States Court For
Southern District of West Virginia
Eli Watkins
Storm leaves Dhanduka town in ruins after cyclone
A British dispatch reports a great storm at Dhanduka near Ahmadabad that flattened the town. Not a building escaped destruction and casualties are feared. Two children were carried 100 yards as roofs and railroad cars were blown along tracks for miles.
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London
Karach
West Virginia court moves through June term with new verdicts
In Elkins on June 16 Judge W K Baker oversaw rapid progress as 55 cases were disposed this week. George Oldaker and James Shanks from Monongalia county were convicted of possessing and transporting 63 gallons of liquor in a roadside vehicle, fined 500 dollars and jailed until paid. The grand jury returned 20 felony indictments, with five pleas of guilty but no sentences set. Jennings Tallman of Kings was placed on probation for three years for robbing the mails. Arguments over the sale of United States Window Glass Company property in Monongalia county were heard, the property valued at about half a million dollars. The criminal docket is expected to dominate the rest of the week and into next, with civil hearings set to begin July 6.
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Mercer County
Charles Johnson
Johnson
MacClintic
Huntington
Guthrie
Bluefield
Princeton
Woods
Charleston
James Perdue
Beecher Pennington
Senten
Greenbrier
Virgil Pennington
Elkins
W. Va
United States Court For
Northern District of West Virginia
W. K. Baker
George Oldaker
James Shanks
Monongalia County
Jennings Tallman
Ofkins
Baker
United States Window Glass Company
Witnesses Say Cox Fired In Self Defense
Martinsburg West Virginia June 16 testimony offered today at the trial of Welby C Cox charged with feloniously shooting Jesse G Frye a war buddy to show Cox fired in self defense The defense testified Frye approached Cox in a belligerent manner Frye weighed 210 pounds Frye had troubled over attentions alleged to have paid Mrs Cox by Frye Cox had just filed suit for 100000 against Frye alleging alienation of his wife s affections Frye and Cox served together in the war in the 119th infantry twenty ninth division Frye is a married man
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Welby C. Cox
Jesse G. Frye
Cox
Frye
Fry
Miss Chicago Bride of Former Grid Star
Joseph Pondelik Jr former University of Chicago football star wed Miss Margaret Leigh who was chosen Miss Chicago in 1924 The couple married March 25 at Crown Point Indiana The bride just finished her junior year at U Chicago and the marriage was kept secret until school ended Pondelik had been named on several All American teams.
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Chicago
Joseph Pondelik, Jr
University of Chicago
Margaret Leigh
Crown Point
Ind
Pondelik
Rescue of City of Naples Crew Near Tokyo
All 73 crew members of the British freighter City of Naples were rescued early today by the Japanese cruiser Kasuga and destroyer Urakaze. The ship went aground Tuesday about 150 miles south of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
City of Naples
Kasuga
Urakaze
Mavy Department
Five Die in Nevada Sleeper Fire on Continental Limited
Five persons died in a Crystal Siding Nevada fire on a cross country tourist sleeper of the Continental Limited from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. Mrs J G King of Drummond Montana was identified as the sole deceased woman. unidentified remains included two women one man and a child. King escaped by breaking a window believing his wife followed him. she was later found trapped. The fire forced evacuation as passengers jumped from windows and the car was later moved to Caliente Nevada for a coroner’s inquest.
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Los Angeles
Crystal Siding
Nevada
J. G. King
Drummond
Mont
King
Las Vegas
Nev
Mrs King
Continental Limited
Salt Lake City
Caliente
New
Labor MPs vow to resist Baldwin coal reorg plan
The Parliamentary Labor party voted to oppose Premier Baldwin's coal industry reform proposals. At a special meeting led by former Premier Ramsay MacDonald they condemned the policy as inadequate and a surrender to mine owners, risking prolonging the industrial dispute. MacDonald had warned that a partial suspension of the seven hour day would harden the miners' strike.
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London
Labor Party
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Royal Commission
MacDonald
Germany cannot pay reparations under Dawes plan says Urbig
Berlin reports Franz Urbig manager of Dispento Gesellschaft says a Europe and overseas boom is needed to fund Germany's 2.5 million gold marks yearly Dawes plan payments. He criticizes social and political tensions and tariff walls hindering a rapid recovery and warns of Europe's risk from farmer and worker industrial divides.
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Berlin
Franz Urbig
Dispento Gesellschaft
Europe
Germany
Bank Archiv
Herr Urbig
Rope
Herr Urbig Beves
Gary Lockout Hits Organized Labor in Gary Indiana
Gary Building Contractors Association declares a lockout against organized labor in Gary Indiana while material men block deliveries to job sites. Unions accuse contractors of using nonunion materials and refusing work on several nearby steel plant projects under construction.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Building Contractors’ Association
Tornado kills boy as dozen injured in Clarinda
A tornado struck this afternoon injuring about twelve people and killing Floyd Uer, twelve, in a pasture on a farm. Six homes were wrecked and several others damaged as the cyclone tore through the area.
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Clarinda
Bone Anne
Floyd Uer
Dugan Smith Widows Share Battle Held In Baltimore
Baltimore June 16 A jury in city court awarded Elsie Dugent a preliminary victory in her suit for a widow's share of the late G. Edgar Smith estate valued above 100000. The trial heard eight days of testimony and found the marriage occurred in February 1912 in Wilmington Delaware. Attorneys for the estate said they will appeal.
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Baltimore
Elea Dugent
G. Edgar Smith
So called Education Harms American Farmers, Senator Claims
Washington June 16 Senator Blease Democrat of South Carolina charged in the senate that a so called education ruins the farmer. He said educated men avoid work and that mothers send money for college only to see their children leave home for other pursuits. He cited cotton hands turning toward preaching medicine and other professions.
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Washington
Educaticon
Senator Blease
South Carolina
Senate
Briand Moves to Form Non-Partisan French Cabinet
Paris June 16 Briand agrees to organize a non partisan cabinet to address France financial and political problems. He seeks national union with Poincare possibly handling finance while Moderates back stringent currency policy. Existing ministers may stay including Painleve Leygues and Durand with Briand keeping foreign affairs.
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Paris
sAatride
Briand
France
Chamber of Deputies
Doumergue
National Union
Herriot
Poincare
Louis Marin
Old Bloc
M. Filandin
Dariac
Painleve
Leygues
Navy
Durand
Monument to Victims of First Gas Attack
Survivors of the first gas attack on the Yser front plan a monument for the dead. Duchess of Vendome leads a committee raising funds for the memorial.
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Paris
Germany
Yser
Duchess of Vendome
Cupid’s plea ignored as Romanian stowaway sent home
New York immigration officials denied Mme. Melen Dasu’s appeal and ordered her to depart aboard the Conte Biancamano, despite her intent to reunite with fiancé Dr. Mark J. Longacre of the University of Pennsylvania. She traveled back to Italy on the same vessel she arrived.
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New York
Cupid
Mme
Melen Dasu
Ca N
Professor Longacre
Mme. Dasu
Trial Date Set for Alleged Klansmen in McDowell County
Court in Welch prepared for July trial of ten men charged with felony flogging Conductor Charles T. Barker and conspiracy, with three misdemeanor defendants. Bond set at 5000 for felonies and 1000 for conspiracies. several defendants released, others remanded tonight as Crumpler Ku Klux Klan unit charter voided.
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Klux Klan
McDowell County
Welch
Mente
Charles T. Barker
Bluefield
Crumpler
J. A. Strother
George Witt
R. A. Bryant
Joseph McChrickard
Bill Ratliff
W. R. Handy
Fred
R Jesseston
H. L. Dillon
Albert Preston
Senter
W. R. Shelton
Ku Klux Klan
Barker
Strother
Culpepper
Criminal Court
B. F. Howard
Third Dupont Heiress to Marry Poor Man
Elizabeth F ees Dupont daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip F Dupont of Fairm a announces engagement to Richard D Morgan a Bell Telephone clerk in Philadelphia The match noted as the third Dupont heiress union with a comparatively poor man The piece also references a Reno divorce suit by Alicia Dupont and a recent marriage of Margarette L Dupont to Crawford Hallock Greenwalt Both names and places reflect Dupont family ties and Philadelphia area connections.
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Willmington
Del
Elizabeth Fees Dupont
Philip F. Dupont
Fairma
Richard D. Morgan
Bell Telephon Company
Philadelphia
Morgan
Dupont
Alicia Dupont
Alfred I Dupont
Reno
Nev
Harold Glendennin
Dartmouth College
Norwalk
Conscription Debate Shapes Disarmament Meeting
Geneva reports that conscription and the potential for France and other nations with large armies to aid disarmament by limiting conscription dominated the meeting. France argued the issues are political and must be addressed by the full committee. The reserve training question draws interest as nations seek peace time armament limits under the Versailles framework.
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Geneva
France
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G. L. Counts
J. Frank Maynard
McClintic
Northern District of
West Virginia
119Th Infantry
MISS
GRID
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Ockout
Harts
Eloa Dugent
C. Edgar Smith
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