Late Judge Woods Eulogized by Mercer Lawyers
Mercer County Bar Association held a special session to honor Charles A. Woods senior judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, noting his fair decisions and deep service. Judge George W. McClintic lauded Woods as a phenomenal jurist and spoke of their personal friendship and Woodrow Wilson's role in Woods's appointment.
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Mercer County Bar Association
Charles A. Woods
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
Florence
D. C
United States Court Room
Arthur F. Kingdon
Kingdon
John Kee
Woods
George W McClintic
Charleston
United States Court For
Southern District
West Virginia
MacClintic
South Carolina
Sates
Weote
South
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
United States District Court
Bluefield
Mercer Bar Association
United States District Court Room
Mercer County
Mercer Count Bar Association
President Coolidge Heads to Swampscott Summer Home
President and Mrs. Coolidge travel aboard a special train toward Swampscott Massachusetts to set up the summer White House. The trip includes Cabinet aides and a plan for occasional coast cruises aboard the Mayflower with a stop in Plymouth Vermont for a hoped extended vacation.
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Coart
Massachusetts
Marblehead
Swampscott
Plymouth
Everett Sanders
New York
President Coolidge
White House
Mass
Pennsylvania Station
Elisha Leeen
Mr. Eagen
Chinese Are Fired On By Marines As Tensions Rise
Reports from Canton and four other Chinese cities describe anti foreign protests with machine gun fire from British and French marines in Canton injuring and killing demonstrators. Attacks on Japanese were noted, with unrest spreading to Ningpo Chin kiang Wu Chow and other interiors as diplomatic exchanges continue in Peking and Tokyo.
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Sritich
Canton
Bund
Shameen
J. Pasquier
San Francisco
China
New York Stock Exchange
Manila
Far East
Wuhu
Chinkiang
Chunkiang
Wu Chowan
Yangtse River
Ningpo
Chekiang
Shanghai
Way of
London
Manchuria
Peking
Ghai
Tokio
Japan
Dorothy Perkins Mercy Appeal Foils Trial Verdict
A dramatic portrait of Dorothy Perkins after she killed her lover Tommy Templeton at a New York party. Judge McIntyre sentences her to five to fifteen years as the story recounts her emotional journey from defiance to humility and mercy sought.
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Dorothy Perkins
Dot Perkins
Tommy Templeton
New York
Dorothy
McIntyre
Tommy
Radical shakeup in U S enforcement machinery planned
Treasury officials announce a major reorganization effective August 1 under Assistant Secretary Andrews. State lines will be abolished with federal directors eliminated, new districts drawn along judicial lines, and decentralization. Twenty two district offices will govern regions from designated headquarters cities.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Andrews
Treasury
Hawaii
Portoco
Veeaniany
McCarl
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Baltimore
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Delaware
Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Dutch Anderson Identified as Bank Robber in Toledo
In Toledo on June 23, Claire Langmaid, bank teller, identified Dutch Anderson as the man who held up Union Savings Bank last week and escaped with 3800 dollars. Anderson, a lifelong pal of Gerald Chapman, is already under death sentence for murdering a Connecticut policeman. Police said the identification was positive. Anderson had escaped from the Atlanta penitentiary two years ago.
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Toledo
Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
Union Savings Bank
Claire Langmaid
Central
Atlanta
William Darling Shepherd Testifies in Murder Trial
On Tuesday William Darling Shepherd testified in his own defense regarding the alleged murder of ward Liam Nelson McClintock. He denied all twenty two counts as the evidence phase closed and jury arguments began.
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William Darling Shepherd
Liam Nelson McClintock
Shepherd
Municipal Report Shows Finances In Great Shape
City directors in regular session May report show deposits of 269,948.65 on June 1 with funds split among general paying and bond accounts. A surplus of 40,000 in general and 20,000 unincumbered in bond fund expected when new administration begins August 1. Election officers for July 7 approved from Republican and Democratic lists. names of precinct officers announced for wards one through four. Turn to Page Two.
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Bluefield
Thos. H. Scott
Jesse Ball
James Sar
Ira C. Wills
Ecinct
A. Chambers
John Land
J. McMutlin
Frank Mastin
W. R. Warlick
H. Speiden
W. G. Ferrell
Booker
Ernest Witt
Nathan Matz
C. B. Wilson
C. O. Stahlman
F. M
Sinks in Chesapeake Bay After Explosion
Alfred Wage of Palm Beach, Fla., and nine others escaped a deadly blast near Chesapeake Bay. The only injury was to the engineer, badly burned. Five passengers and five crew members used lifeboats. the first lifeboat sank, the second carried everyone to safety until a tug rescued them. Wage serves as president of the Palm Beach Yacht Club.
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Norfolk
Jane
Alfred Wage
Palm Beach
Pia
Chek
France Premier Painleve Wins Morocco Confidence Vote
Paris June 24 Premier Painleve secured a strong confidence vote in the chamber on his Moroccan policy with 510 to 30. He received broad support and a mandate to pursue the war against the Rif until peace with dignity is achieved. A clash in the chamber followed Deriot's attack on the government, leading to a scuffle involving Colonel Picot and others.
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Paris
Painleve
Chamber
Union
Tweny
Morocco
Ouergha
Picot
Doriot
Deriot
Dawes Defends Senate Rules Reform During Manchester Speech
Vice President Dawes told Manchester Chamber of Commerce that lack of effective cloture in the Senate tends to increase lawmaking. He cited five Congress statistics showing the Senate passes more bills than the House when debate is constrained by rules and urged modifications to allow limited discussion on state rights issues.
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Dawes
Senate
Manchester
N. H
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
House
Representatives
House of Representaives
Cloure
Shepherd Denies All State Charges in Murder Trial
In Chicago on June 23 William Darling Shepherd denied every count in the indictment for the murder of Billy McClintock. A brief denial followed by hour and a half of cross examination left the accusation untouched. The trial opened with a demand for the death penalty as prosecutors sought the harshest sentence for the “coldly calculated, brutal and atrocious murder.”
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
Murer
Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Billy McClintock
William Scott Stewart
Billy Intock
Faiman
John P. Marshand
National University of Sciences
Amante Rongetti
Rt E Crowe
Emma McClintock
Aeames
McClintock-Shepherd
Ale
Sineherd
Aero C. A. Naumess
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Shepherds
Billy
Miss Pope
George E. Gorman
Gorman
Requin
Stewart
W. Offrien
Ieeeteeita Crowe
John Sbarbaro
Sitorneys
Illinois
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