Tobacco trust story suppression cited in Moran letter
Norman Hapgood of Collier’s Weekly is quoted by the Times on Nov 5 stating Moran’s charge that a bribery tale involving the tobacco trust was suppressed and would not be published. The episode centers on Moran’s letter to District Attorney Jerome in Massachusetts politics.
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Tobacco Trust
New York
Norman Hapgood
Collier's Weekly
the Times
John J. Moran
Massachusetts
Jerome
Robbery by a Negro Desperado Wounds Logan Whitehead
Ardmore on November 5 reports Logan Whitehead a Missouri rider shot in the thigh and leg and robbed by a Negro desperado near Red River. He is in serious condition in a local hospital.
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Logan Whitehead
Ardmore
Missouri
Whitehead
Red River
Lucky Corner Cigar Store Burglary in Dallas
Burglars entered the Lucky Corner cigar store at Main and Martin in Dallas. They forced the safe and took about $500 in cash, $400 in checks, and $300 in notes, with no stock stolen.
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Dallas
Lucky Corner Cigar
Main
Martin Streets
Accidental pistol discharge wounds ten year old boy
In San Antonio on November 5 Arthur Mc Daniel ten year old son of Dr A W McDaniel was accidentally shot when a servant played with a revolver. The bullet entered the boy's breast lodging just over the heart and his condition was described as probably fatal.
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San Antonio
Arthur McDaniel
A W. McDaniel
Trusty Kills Guard in Beaumont Tent Death
The body of Arthur Carr, a convict guard, was found in a tent with the head blown away in Beaumont on November 5. H. Williams, a trusty, confesses to the deed saying he killed Carr to seize $35 the guard had and requests to hang.
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Beaumont
Arthur Carr
H. Williams
Carr
Depositions in Waters-Pierce Suit Set for St Louis
In St Louis on November 5 1920 deposition sessions will be held for the Waters-Pierce Oil company ouster suit from Texas Attorney General Davidson will oversee with Pierce expected to testify Skating Rink Destroyed in Victoria Texas Fire thought sparked by an electric wire owners named C J Jackson and J T Lee of Houston valued at $3000
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St. Louis
Davidson
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Pierce
Victoria
Tex
C. J. Jackson
J. T. Lee
Houston
Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Supreme Court affirms White Man's Case ruling
The Supreme Court on November 5 affirms the Court of Claims decision in Daniel Redbird et al. v United States, the White Man's Case. It involved long-pending claims by 2,000 to 3,000 white individuals who sought shares of Cherokee lands and funds due to marriages with Cherokee members.
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Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Daniel Redbird
Cherokee Nation
The
United States
Thomas Kinzey Finishes Nine Hundredth Atlantic Crossing
Thomas Kinzey purser of the American liner St. Paul completed his nine hundred and first Atlantic crossing. He holds the record as the most-traveled living mariner with about 2,978,000 Atlantic miles. A separate item notes Mexico sending its sixth commission to investigate the Salton Sea matter.
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Thomas Kinzey
New York
St. Paul
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
Kinzey
Atlantic
Mexico
Salton Sea
Tobacco Trust Story Delayed Until After Election
The paper states a forthcoming feature on the tobacco trust will cover its origins to today and its influence on legislation. The publisher regrets the delay and says the story would have run before the election if ready.
Bomb hurled by Black Hand members in Brooklyn
Police say three men named Frank Passaminate Antonio Passaminate and Balda Pianalife planned and carried out a dynamic bomb attack on a Brooklyn tailor Francis Co Messina s tenement resulting in 3000 in damage but no injuries. The incident follows several similar outrages fueling terror among Italian residents in the area.
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Black Hand
New York
Francisco Messina
Brooklyn
Frank and
Antonio Passaminate
Balda Pianalife
Utah Contested Election Ties Church Interference to Howell Bid
Salt Lake City reports that if Republican Joseph Howell wins Utah’s congressional seat a Democratic contest will allege ecclesiastical interference by the Mormon church. Democratic managers have gathered evidence and are coordinating with the Democratic national committee to push the matter to the House. The investigation could mirror the Smoot inquiry.
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Salt Lake City
the Herald
Democratic Party
Utah
Joseph Howell
Congress
Democratic Campaign
Griggs
Democratic National Committee
Howell
Investigation Committee
Smoot
Standard Oil Buys 42 Acres in Caddo City Field
The Standard Oil company has purchased forty two acres in the Caddo City oil field twenty miles north of Shreveport. A flowing well exists on the property and a pumping station pipeline and storage tanks will be built. Crude oil will be shipped to Beaumont refinery until full development, then a Shreveport refinery will be erected.
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Standard Oil Company
Shreveport
Caddo City
Beaumont
Fireman Killed in Brooklyn Tile Company Fire
New York November 5 A fire at the New York Vitrified Tile company and Pilgrim steam laundry in Brooklyn killed fireman J W McCoskey and seriously injured four others. Damages totaled about 75000.
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Brooklyn
New York
J. W. McCoskey
New York Vitrified Tile Company
Pilgrim Steam Laundry
Yellow fever delays on transport Sumner and illness of officer
Second Lieutenant Noble J Wiley of the Fifth Infantry contracted yellow fever aboard the Sumner causing a five hour delay before departure. His mild illness led to hospital care after arrival in Havana where he had gone home on leave. Congressman A A Wiley, his father, left Montgomery for Havana to be with him.
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Wiley
Fifth Infantry
Havana
Navy
Noble J. Wiley
Sumner
Tarnholm
Camp Columbia
Montgomry
Ala
A. A. Wiley
Montgomery
Fifth Immune
Cuba
Lawton
Record of Volunteering America's Year in Chicago
General Ballington Booth leads Volunteers of America in Chicago as officers meet. The group reports 3933 women housed, 27757 families aided, 280812 workers housed, 445544 fed at institutes, and 50000 in the Prison league with 70 percent now living lawfully.
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Chicago
General Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Prison League
Ketchum Dies in New York Hospital at 74
Congressman J H Ketchum of Dover died of apoplexy at a New York hospital Sunday aged seventy four. He served in the house from the eighteenth New York district 1865 73 1877 93 and 1897 1900 and later represented the twenty first district as a Republican candidate for re election. He led the Fifteenth New York Volunteers in the Civil War advancing to brigadier general and brevet major general.
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New York Hospital
New York
J. H. Ketchum
Dover
Twenty First
New York Voluntees
Locomotive Plunges Into Saloon Killing Two
A central railroad freight locomotive derailed in New York and struck a saloon. Engineer Albert Brown of Little Falls died from scalding while Fireman H L Grover of Syracuse escaped unharmed. Brakeman Robert B Vandervoort of Albany was crushed to death under the tender.
Mamma in Heaven Letter Reaches Atlantic City
A Philadelphia addressed letter to "Mamma in Heaven" was found in the Atlantic City mailbag. The note from a child signed Josie and Georgie asked the mother to visit with papa and prayed for her. No home or sender clues were found and the missive was sent to Washington.
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New York
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Mamma
Papa
Josie
Georgie
Washington
Bloodshed in Cotton Dispute Leaves Two Dead in Tulsa
Clarence Henderson, a Black man, killed Henry Jasper and W. L. Johnson after a weight dispute over cotton. Jasper was decapitated, Johnson shot in the breast, and Johnson’s body beaten and kicked.
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Henderson, Ky
Henry Hughes
James Murrell
Tulsa
I. T
Clarence Henderson
Henry Jasper
W. L. Johnson
Jasper
Johnson
Mrs Nye Dead Widow of Humorous Writer Bill Nye
New Orleans reports the death of Mrs Edgar W Nye widow of the late Bill Nye at her daughter s Avoca plantation home near Morgan City aged fifty six a former North Carolina resident. Also notes wage increases for railroad clerks in New Orleans and Hoboken memorializes Bill Anthony mother whose son s suicide weighed on her.
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New Orleans
Edgar W. Nye
Bill” Nye
BE. W. Pharr
Avoca Plantation
Morgan City
Bill
Anthony
New York
Maine
St. May’s Hospital
Hoboken
Loose Rail Cause in Atlantic City Rail Crash
Coroner Gaskill reports experts found a loose rail caused the Pennsylvania railroad accident last Sunday in Atlantic City New Jersey. In Sulphur Springs Texas minister Rev. T B Robinson hanged himself in his barn at Weaver on November 5.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Gaskill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sulphur Springs
Tex
T. B. Robinson
Weaver
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W. A. Wate
California
Tom Lee
W. H. Lawrence
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Burt Norwood
W.C. Bohanon
Zemo
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E. W. Ross Medicine Co
Harry Harper
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Olive Street
Prerarep
Dicine CO
ST. Louis, MO
M.h.jamb
S&s
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Cuard
Grice
DR. C.F. Vrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
T. R. Batte
Attorney At Law
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s Drug Store
Trust
Salvatore Volaz
East Side
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St. Petersburg
University of
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Ketchum
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
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Stew“Son
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