Democracy in Grave Danger at ABA Opening
Distinguished judges and lawyers from across the nation warned of threats to American democracy at the opening of the annual American Bar Association meeting in this city. Elihu Root Judge George T Page and Dr. David Jayne Hill cited growing tendencies to discard restraints of law and conflicts between capital and labor over the commonwealth.
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American Bar Association
Elihu Root
New York
American Bar
George T. Page
United States Circuit Court of Illinois
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Commonwealth
Will Live on Special Train for 29 Days to Columbus
Mrs. Wilson accompanies the president on a new stage war push as the Actors Equity dispute widens. Howard Kyle, founder and leader of the Fidelity League, leads a drive for membership in Columbus amid heavy rain after the union dispute escalates with the Producing Managers' Association refusing to recognize the Actors' Equity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Producing Managers’ Association
Actors’ Equity Association
Actors’ Fidelity
Police Crisis Looms After Court Case Statement Expected
Commissioner Edwin A. Curtis plans to break days of silence with a statement on the police controversy. The exact content is not disclosed, fueling talk of possible discharge of union officers tried or their capitulation to the ongoing allegiance to the AF of L.
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Edwin A. Curtis
A. F. of
Police union statement teased by commissioner
Commissioner Curtis declined comment on the police union issue saying to await tomorrow for a full statement. He offered no immediate details when pressed for a suggestion of what his promised statement would be.
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Curtis
Oil Leasing Bill Passes Senate In 12 Hour Session
The Senate by a voice vote after a 12 hour session approved a bill to authorize leasing of public lands containing oil coal gas phosphate and sodium deposits without a recorded vote.
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Washington
Senate
Former Senator W Murray Crane Backs Peace Treaty Ratification
Crane announces support for ratification and criticizes Lodge and Knox for their fight against the treaty. He warns that current management harms the Republican party and urges backing the agreement.
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Washington
W. Murray Crane
Lodge
Knox
Former Senator pressed treaty ratification amid Republican push
The former Senator spoke for two days to Republican colleagues amid expectations his views reflect many leaders. His visit to Washington for swift ratification sparked talk, though he says his task is mainly to obtain the War Department's help in recovering a Marine's body from France. The foreign relations committee chairman led discussions.
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Crane
Lodge
Washington
War Department
France
Fires Son After Strike At Riverside Watch Case Firm
John Miller Jr son of Key stone Watch Case Company head was fired after a 4000 worker walkout amid allegations he aided unionizing. Miller reportedly helped unionize over 70 percent of the workforce while his family’s industrial relations remain tense yet socially cordial.
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Riverside
N. J
John Miller
Keystone Watch Case Company
Miller
Passengers In Safe Air Trip Ends In Buffalo
The Lawson airship carrying nine passengers arrived in Buffalo from Cleveland after a three hour flight. Alfred W. Lawson of Milwaukee, owner of the machine, said it is the first of a projected squadron for trans country travel. He is inspecting landing stages for a Chicago to New York route.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lawson
Cleveland
Alfred W. Lawson
Milwaukee
Chicago
New York
War Risk Bureau Seeks $13 Million More
Officials of the War Risk Insurance Bureau asked the House appropriations committee for 13 million dollars for the bureau expenses including payments to soldiers and sailors or their dependents for the remainder of the fiscal year. Seventeen thousand employees were estimated needed to run the bureau's work.
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Washington
War Risk Insurance Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Miss Bjurstedt Weds Franklin I Mallory in New York
Molla S Bjurstedt the former American women's tennis champion married Franklin I Mallory a New York broker in New York on September 3. She aged 27 and he 42 as their wedding was announced.
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Miss Bjurstedt
Franklin I. Mallory
New York
Molla S Bjurstedt
Prohibition agents drank seized whiskey in Winchester killing case
Testimony by Herman Goode describes W. C. Hall and three other dry agents drinking whiskey seized from the auto of R. C. Shackelford and Lawrence W. Hudson, who were mortally wounded. The trial of Hall centers on the legality of the killing, not guilt, with Harry E. Sweet named among the group. The verdict could affect enforcement limits of prohibition laws.
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Manassas
W. C. Hall
Prohibition
R. C. Shackelford
Lawrence W. Hudson
Herman Goode
Hall
Winchester
Goode
Winchester Hospital
Hudson
Harry E. Sweet
Commonwealth
Williams
Houdson
Wilson leaves on Western speaking tour for peace treaty
Robert L. Norton reports from Washington that President Wilson departed last night on a Western speaking tour to promote the peace treaty. The president expresses confidence that the Senate will ratify the instrument without amendments or destructive reservations needing renegotiation.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Weather Forecast For Boston And New England
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Thursday clearing with moderate west to northwest winds and Friday fair conditions. Southern New England will clear Thursday and be fair Friday, while northern New England remains fair Thursday with rain in eastern Maine and Friday fair. Atlantic coast winds north of Sandy Hook will be fresh NW and diminish by Thursday to clearing weather. A tropical disturbance south of Puerto Rico near 17N may be near the Mona Passage moving west northwest, though no definite information was received yet.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Maine
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Porto Rico
Mona Passage
Heroic Act By William F Tanner Of Chicago
Letter to the editor recounts William F Tanner, a Baltimore & Ohio cashier in Chicago, dying while saving his wife from a train after her foot became trapped by a frog. The couple were thrown and killed as the fast train struck them, raising questions about the act's heroism.
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William F. Tanner
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Tanner
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