Philadelphia bootleg graft traced to police links in grand jury probe
In Philadelphia, a grand jury probes criminal conditions after two gang killings in a week. Audits from Marks Weinberg & Co. show large sums paid to police officials by bootleggers. Hoff questioned over bootlegging ties. Freedman missing amid warrants. police data on 22 gang murders reviewed to explain lack of convictions.
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Philadelphia
Monaghan
Marks, Weinberg & Co
Grand Jury
Max “Boo Boo" Hoff
Louis R. Elfman
Hoff
Elfman
Freedman
William ‘Sailor
Detective Bureau
Fourteen Indicted in Vote Fraud Case in Chicago
The August special grand jury found four indictments at the end of its report on the April primary election irregularities. Fifteen named including ex bailiffs Morris Krakow and Sam Meyer and ex policemen Joseph Z Slattery and Eldridge J Curran charged with conspiracy to violate personal liberty and other misconduct. Second indictment cites Clarence Delorme and others for conspiracy to steal a ballot box. third charges include previous defendants for alleged murder intent against a negro watcher. fourth covers kidnapping the negro. Jury calls Chicago police rotten to core and police neglect of duty appalling.
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Chicago
Morris Krakow
Sam Meyer
Joseph Z. Slattery
Eldridge J. Curran
Eharles S. Deneen
Clarence Delorme
Lamd
Grand Jury
Miss M G Hay Suffrage Leader Dies in New Rochelle
New York Aug 30 Miss Mary Garrett Hay a longtime national leader in the woman suffrage movement and former head of the Republican Woman's National Executive Committee died in a New Rochelle hotel at age 71 from cardiac trouble. She had been living with Carrie Chapman Catt and was to celebrate her birthday when struck down.
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New York
Mary Garrett Hay
United States
Republican Women’s National Executive Committee
New Rochelle
Miss Hay
Charlestown
Ind
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Republican Woman’s National Executive Committee
League of Women Voters of
New York City
Carrie Chapman Catt
Woman Dies After Auto Crash at Sixth and Broadway
Miss Emma Becker, a 60 year old tailoress of 1110 Hopple street, died at General Hospital after being struck by a car on Sixth street and Broadway. Herbert Fields, 22, of 1510 Elm Street, was charged with reckless driving. a woman, Mrs Katherine Faucett, refused to give information but was held as a material witness.
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Sixth Street
Broadway
Emma Becker
Hopple Street
General Hospital
Fields
Miss Becker
Whittaker
Arrand
Second District
Obregon and Calles Accused in 1922 Mexican Killings
Webb County records reveal District Attorney John A Walls accusing Gen Alvaro Obregon and Plutarco Elias Calles of involvement in the June 7 1922 murders of Gen Lucio Blanco Col Aurelio Martinez and Col Ramon Garcia in Laredo Texas. Prosecution against Obregon dropped due to his death. Calles and conspirators remain under charges.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Plutarco Elias Calles
John A. Walls
Washington
Obregon
Wallis
Calles
Webb County
Wir
Yalls
Lucio Blanco
Col
Aurelio Martinez
Ramon Garcia
Secret Service
Kellogg Receives Lavish Welcome in Dublin Ireland
Secretary of State Frank Kellogg arrives in Dublin after signing the Paris antiwar pact. He, Mrs Kellogg and Irish President Cosgrave are greeted by large crowds and honored with the freedom of the city. A state banquet at Shelburne and a Plaza ball follow a Gov Gen reception.
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Dublin
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Paris
Kellogg
James McNeill
Viceregal Lodge
Shelburne
Cosgrave
Executive Council
Dail
Eamonn de Valera
Berlin
Sean LeMass
Plaza
Mansion House
Ireland
Democratic Tariff Plank Is Bait at Williams Grove Picnic
Senator Curtis, Republican Vice Presidential hopeful, told Pennsylvania farmers that Democrats would restore the Underwood tariff, citing egg imports dropping from 53 million to 30 million dozen under the current law. He argued the party taxes and bonds during peace and warned that the Dem platform aims to weaken American business and labor. Curtis spoke without notes amid a rain shower and pledged to meet voters in the turnout drive for Hoover.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Curtis
Pennsylvania
Grangers
Williams Grove
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Fisher
Kansas
Cleveland and Son
Senate
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Re‘publican Party
Hoover Studies Situation in Smith State
Washington Aug 30 Herbert Hoover studied the Republican machine planning a national speaking tour and then examined New York state prospects. Walter Newton and local leaders discussed the New York fight, especially prohibitions in New York City, with plans for Hoover to appear in the home town of his Democratic opponent. The full speaking schedule remained undecided as discussions covered general strategy rather than personal itineraries.
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Washington
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
New York State
Walter F. Newton
Rockies
William H. Hill
New York
United States
New York City
Machold
Lorbers
Newton
Oover
Charles Curtis
William E. Borah
Idaho
Late three minutes for 125000 job despite air dash
Frank Downs of Downs Construction Company Canton was late by three minutes to file a 125000 bid for Youngstown water district work. An auto breakdown delayed him, then he flew in by air to try to beat the noon deadline, but the bid was refused as the time limit passed.
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Youngstown
Frank Downs
Downs Construction Company
Canton
Downs
Mahoning
New Gyp' Game IO Revealed To U S Officials
A clever gyp game in the used car trade left buyers with worthless notes. Allen C. Roudebush sought involuntary bankruptcy against Frank J. Burton of Norwood after a warrant was issued Aug 17 for conversion of a mortgaged car. Police search for Burton continued as complaints totaled about twenty from victims who sold cars to him. Burton allegedly issued promissory notes then sold cars for cash, with stings ranging from 125 to 1900 dollars.
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Allen C. Roudebush
Frank J. Burton
Norwood
Burton
Burton Automobile Sales Company
Highland and
Main Avenues
Roudebush
Thomas Q. Jenicke
Carrington Barger
Barger
Ault View Avenue
White Man Shot in Race Riot During Robinson Speech
Riot squads were sent to a Jacksonville recreation park to quell a disturbance between black and white listeners during Senator Robinson's acceptance speech broadcast. A black woman was hospitalized with head injuries from a lead pipe strike and a white man was shot in the leg. Several others injured.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Robinson
Ford to reverse history with museum village in Dearborn
Henry Ford plans a large educational museum village near Dearborn Michigan built from bought historic buildings. People will live in authentic old houses using period furniture and tools to demonstrate colonial and post colonial domestic and industrial life. The site mirrors his Wayside Inn and Botsford Inn concepts on a grander scale. It will include a tenth century English cottage and a Menlo Park replica showing Edison’s incandescent light experiments.
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New York
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
United States
England
Ford
Mr. Ford
Wayside Inn
South Sudbury
Mass
Botsford Inn
Grand River Road
Detroit
Samuel Crowthers
Ladies’ Home Journal
America
Cotswolds
New England
Menlo Park
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Ft. Myers
Fla
Rainy night marks Robinson’s nomination in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas on August 30 a large wet crowd gathered in front of the Arlington Hotel to witness Senator Robinson of Arkansas notified as the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Guards, flares and banners illuminated the night as bands played and the audience braved rain and umbrellas.
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Walter Chamblin
Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Arlington Hotel
Senator Robinson of
Akansas
Bath House Row
Mountain City
South Mountain
Arkansas National Guard
Senator Robinson
Hot Springs Mountain
Democrats Turned to Robinson The Nominee Statesmanship Address
Claude G. Bowers formally notifying Senator Robinson of his nomination as Democratic candidate for vice presidency at Hot Springs Arkansas. He cites seasonable statesmanship, critiques centralization and bureaucracy, and urges humane leadership. Cont. on Fifth Page.
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Robinson
Claude Bowers
Hot Springs
Ark
Claude G. Bowers
Senator Robinson
Houston
Army of Democracy
Augustus Garland
Arkansas
Jefferson
Robison denounces nullification claim as he campaigns in Arkansas
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas for the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination levels farm relief as the key issue and criticizes Hoover for alleged failure to advance farm relief. He defends amendments to the constitution and law, attacks nullification charges against Gov. Smith, and stresses the need for an equitable farm policy and a strong merchant marine amid concerns over political corruption.
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Hot Spring
Ark
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Herbert Hoover
Harding-Coolidge
Robinson
Congress
Democratic Party
Houston
Gov. Smith
Hoover
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Sailor” Freedman
M. G. Hay
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Mancha Macias
Walls
Macias
Free State
Europe
Smithstate
N. Y
U.S
Auto Czar
Smith
Joseph T. Robinson
Ozark Valley
Ozarks
Agency of Welfare
Ang
Flays
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