Unrest in Business Blamed on Democrats on Floor of Congress
The article reports a heated floor debate over widespread unemployment during the Wilson era. Speaker Clark criticized Republican figures as calamity howlers while Representative Mann linked the crisis to Democratic control and banking threats. Clark recalled drought and past panics to defend Democrats from blame.
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United States
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Clark
Middle West
High Jurists Coached by a Woman in Leehan Trial
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports rapid events in Toms River New Jersey as William J. Leehan faces murder charges for the Lakewood killing of Mrs. Caroline Turner on April 26, 1981. Mrs. Jasper Lynch leads the defense, guiding the accused while the prosecution argues its strongest points.
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Caroline Turner
Jasper Lynch
Lakewood Society
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Lawyers For
Boy Who Accused Seer Delays Trial In Sun Cult Case
Chicago authorities press serious charges against Oteman Zar Adusht Hanish leader of Mazdaznan Sun Worshipers. Trial delayed to December 23 as the complaining witness fails to appear fearing self incrimination. Hanish already appeals a federal conviction for sending objectionable literature interstate and faces a 2500 dollar fine and six months in a correctional facility.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Oteman Zar Adusht Hanish
Mazdaznan
Juvenile Protective Association
Henish
House of Correction
Naval Signal To Mark Old Year Transition
The Naval Observatory plans a time signal at 11 55 p m on December 31 to mark the old year’s death and new year's birth. The broadcast will travel via the Arlington navy radio station to ships shore stations and amateurs with receivers, inviting reports on reception.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
The
Naval Observatory
Atlantic
Navy
Arlington
Ye Lone Bachelors Win This Heiress and Get $500000
Miss Chaletta Hall, a nineteen-year-old Swift & Co stenographer, inherits $500,000 from her uncle Joseph Snyder with the condition she marry for love within a year. She remains focused on her work and says she will wait for the right man.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Swift & Co
Joseph Snyder
California
Stark Naked Maniac disrupts Royal Opera performance
A man stripped bare burst into the stalls during the third act of Lohengrin at the Royal Opera in Berlin. He climbed the orchestra barrier and pretended to conduct before attendants wrapped him in a sheet and escorted him backstage. The incident identified him as a madman.
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Royal Opera Tonight
Bombs Fail To Blow Open Holloway Jail Wall
A militant suffragette attack near Holloway Prison used two bombs placed in a nearby garden. The blasts damaged the wall and shattered nearby windows but did not breach the jail. Miss Rachel Peace, serving an eighteen month term for arson, is cited amid claims of forcible feeding and threats of retaliation from militant circles.
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London
Comonerciat Tribune
Ncon
Holloway Jail
Rachel Peace
Patri
Thirty Men Face Death in Arctic Crossing
Captain Louis Lane of the Polar Bear arrived at Shuttl e from Valdez after a trek by land with Heen Draper Dunbar Lockwood and Will Hudson. Others remained aboard to hunt polar bear and muskox while news from Stefansson’s Karluk hangs in doubt. Captains Lane and Pederson fear the Karluk crew of thirty are in grave peril as the fragile vessel drifts in ice.
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Commercial Tribune
Louis Lane
Arctic Ocean
Flaxman Island
Valez
Heen Draper
Boston
Draper
Massachusetts
Dunbar Lockwood
Will T. Hudson
Arctic
Circle City
Fairbanks
Valdez
George Silsby
John Heard
Samuel Mixter
W. Sprague Brooks
Joseph Dixon
Lane
R. D. Pederson
Rivira
Stefansson
Karluk
Herschel Island
Pederson
Bartlett
Hyde to Face Fourth Murder Trial in Swope Case
Dr B Clarke Hyde will stand trial a fourth time for the murder of Colonel Thomas H Swope. Floyd Jacobs county prosecutor announced the fourth trial follows a jury disagreement on January 6. The county court will again pay the trial expenses including high paid experts from Chicago and other eastern cities.
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Kansas City
B. Clarke Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Floyd Jacobs
Hyde
Chicago
Reports condemn George Junior Republic for immorality risks
New York dispatch from December reports the State Board of Charities harshly condemning William R. George and the George Junior Republic at Freeville. It urges removing residents, ending self governance, and stripping the colony of its core features amid questions of immoral acts and finances showing a deficit of $22,000 in the last year.
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William R. George
State Board of Charities
Weda
George Junior Republic
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Freeville
National Association of George Junior Republics
Condi
Colleagues Back Junior Republic Head Cites Support Across States
Beecher Stowe, secretary of the National Association of Junior Republics, defends the program after a State Board of Charities report. He notes eight existing Junior Republics in six states and one in Ohio, with a Little Commonwealth in Dorset, England. Stowe warns the board’s reforms could end the juvenile republic concept and insists George enjoys broad trust among colleagues, save for Eben Olcott.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Beecher Stowe
National Association of Junior Republics
State Board of Charities
George
Cincinnati
Ohio
Little Commonwealth
Dorset
Brigland
Earl of Sandwich
Republic
United States
State Board
National Association
Eben. £. Olcott
Cincinnati Visitor Sparks Gift for Boys Junior Republic
George visited Cincinnati and spoke before clubs and the conversation led a Cincinnati millionaire to donate an eighty acre farm to be used as a Junior Republic for Cincinnati boys.
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Cincinnati
Buffum murder case widens as wife denies guilt
In Buffalo on December 17 a new twist in the Buffum murder case emerges as Mrs Buffum denies killing her husband and plots with her paramour Ernest Frahm to murder the six children to secure freedom. Doctors battle to save Buffum’s young daughter Laura while jail officials note the emotional pleas as the trial, likely in early February, draws near.
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Commercial Tribune
Buffalo
Buffum
Ernest Frahm
Laura Buffum
Hen. Tol
Raugus
Letta
Eight year old Corena Gwathmey to testify in damages suit
Eight year old Corena Gwathmey of Whitestone Queens is allowed to testify in a $10,000 damages suit against Knickerbocker Ice Co. Judge Veeder ruled she is competent after she explained she feared punishment if she lied and recounted a past lie about finding six cents. The suit stems from injuries when struck by a Serence Co wagon in June.
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New York
Corena Gwathmey
Whitestone
Queens
Knickerbocker Ice Company
United States
Veeder
Cuff
Serence Company
Hands Off Civil Service as Currency Bill Near Passage
Washington dispatch reports the Democratic leadership claims the currency bill is near final passage in the Senate after defeating the last opposition amendments. House leaders Speaker Clark and Majority Leader Underwood expect the measure to reach the President for signature by Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
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Clark
Underwood
Danbury Hatters Case Upheld In Favor Of Loewe Company
United States Court of Appeals rules the antitrust act applies to union boycotts. Loewe & Co. awarded 252120 plus interest and costs totaling 272900. Judge Coxe states unions lawful but must obey the law. decision confirms interstate business and union affiliation in the case.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
United States Court of Appeals
Danbury Hatters
D. B. Lenewe’& Co
United Hatters of North America
D. B., Loewe & Co
Hatters’ Organization
Coxe
American Federation of Labor
Spanish Air Bombing Slaughters Moorish Forces in Morocco
Special dispatch from Madrid reports a massive bombardment by Spanish aviators that routs Moorish strength at Muley Abselam in Spanish Morocco. Spanish troops, aided by artillery and infantry, killed thousands and incurred heavy losses themselves in a fierce battle marked by air delivered bombs and bayonet charges.
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Signal Corps Experts Elated Over Results
Washington dec 18 experts in the signal corps at the War Department welcomed the Spanish air bombardment report. Colonel Samuel Reber highlighted the aeroplane’s value in reconnaissance and offensive warfare. Officers noted prior Italian Turkish War bomb drops and discussed bombing chances against ships vs ground troops.
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Signal Corps
Washington
War Department
Avia
Grand Duke Boris Cleared of Cowardice Allegations
The Grand Duke Boris of Russia testified in the Lord Chief Justice's Court to deny cowardice claims from a magazine article. He had sued the Frank A. Munsey Company for libel, with a December settlement, asserting there was no basis for the charges and noting his service during a siege near Liao-Yang in Mongolia.
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Russia
Emperor
Lord Chief Justice’s Court
Frank A. Munsey Company
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Liao-Yang
Womuria
Duke
Munsey
Chek
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