Supreme Court to Decide Mitchell Case Soon
Representative Frank B. Reid says the Supreme Court will rule after the President reviews the case and the War Department pay issue heads before the Court of Claims. Army experts back Reid, arguing the court martial verdict is unconstitutional and excessive, with further action possible at the Supreme Court.
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Court of Claims
New York World News Service
Washington
Mitchell
Supreme Court of the United States
Frank B. Reid
Air Service
Army
War Department
Reid
Supreme Court
Speculation on Mitchell verdict stirs Washington
Rumors swirled in Congress and the army over what pension, rank, and allowances might follow Colonel William Mitchell's court martial. Resolutions sought to restore his brigadier general rank and suspend senior officers, while White House officials said no action would be taken until after review.
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Mitchell
Washington. c
William Mitchell
Army
Coolidge
Air Crusader
Capitol
Blanton
Dem
Tex
Fiorello la’ Guardia
Socialist
N. Y
Army Air Chief
Dennis E. Nolan
Hugh A. Drum
William S. Graves
Edward L. King
Authors can't make villains of Hudson's Bay Company workers
J Chadwick Brooks of Hudson's Bay Company in Winnipeg warned Northland novelists not to vilify HBC employees in their stories. He said authors who defame staff will be sued for libel and noted numerous references to alleged company misdeeds could harm the firm’s reputation.
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Winnipeg
Hudson’s Bay Company
J. Chadwick- Brooks
W. T. Allison
Canadian Authors’ Association
Chadwick-Brooks
Borah Attacks World Court As Senate Debates Reservation
Senator Borah closes a sharp World Court review with three reservations aimed at limiting U S membership. Other senators press legal points on court powers while Dawes and Swanson contest procedural duties.
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Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Washington
Borah
United States Senate
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Swanson
Virginia
League of Nations
Dawes
Harreld
Oklahoma
United States
Senator Borah
League
Plan to educate gifted children
California researchers led by Prof Louis M Terman say they have identified 1000 of the state s most gifted children and seek a 6 million endowment to create a university dedicated to educating geniuses. The plan includes an experimental station in genius with opposition from fundamentalists and a Los Angeles backed university threatened by reformers.
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New York World News Service
San Francisco
Louis M. Terman
California
Albert E. Wiggam
New York
Wiggam
Terman
Prof
Mr. Wiggam
Los Angeles
America May Take Part in League Conference on World Disarmament
United States weighs joining the Geneva disarmament preparatory commission without Congress approval. White House, State Department, and Senate and House leaders discuss participation while noting possible ministerial appointment and the need for congressional authorization before any plenary conference. The issue hinges on European scope and responses from Geneva and capitals.
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America
Congress
Washington
Preparatory Commission
Geneva
White House
Council of the
League of Nations
State Department
Senate
Kellogg
Borah
Rep
Ida
Porter
House
Hugh Gibson
Berne
United States
M. Paul Boncour
Europe
Lawmaker Blasts Dry Agents Spending on High Living
Washington reports Representative James Galligan accuses prohibition enforcers of waste in a Mayflower dinner case. He cites $866.90 hotel bill and $229 in liquor, arguing taxpayers funded lavish meals to obtain evidence. Treasury officials deny misconduct.
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New York World News Service
Washington
James A.galligan
Dem. Mass
Appropriations Committee
House
Treasury
Edward O. Birgfeld
Prohibition
Alaska
Congress
Birgfeld
E. C. Yellowley
Lincoln C. Andrews
the Treasury
Gallivan
Andrews
James E. Jones
Jones
J. J. Britt
House Passes Tax Reduction Bill Amid Party Split
Washington December 18 The House voted 390 to 26 to approve a $825 million tax reduction bill with President Coolidge backing the measure. The package faced a fierce debate over surtax and inheritance rate increases, with Rainey challenging the plan and arguing for higher levies.
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Washington
House
Coolidge
Senate
Tilson
Rainey
Dem
Ill
Two Automobiles Kill Man and Wound Another in Hamilton County
Early last night two crashes within five minutes claimed Conrad Liner, 80, and injured Louis Neukam, 70. Liner died at General Hospital from a fractured skull after being struck at Drake avenue and Madison road. Neukam, also with a fractured skull, was hit on Reading road near McGregor avenue. Driver Howard Carter, 29, and Dr. Clifford Straehly aided victims. Neukam remained unidentified for hours until his son identified him at the hospital.
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Conrad Liner
Lueders Avenue
General Hospital
Louis Neukam
Symmes Street
Hamilton County
Liner
Drake Avenue
Madison Road
George H. Thomas
Hamilton County Memorial Association
Gibson. Basil
Drake
An Avenue
Department of the Fourth and Central Trust Company
Hopkins
Harry Raubart
Neukam
Reading Road
McGregor Avenue
Clifford Straehly
Highland Avenue
Dr. Straehly
Louis E. Neukam
Warner Street
Walnut Hills
Judge English Faces Congress Trial For Federal Bench Acts
A special House Committee adopted a report declaring Judge George v. English of the Eastern Illinois District guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. The findings move to the House for presentation and referral to the Judiciary Committee to decide if impeachment proceedings should begin.
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English
Congress
Washington
House
George v. English
Illinois
Judiciary Committee
Stay of execution granted for Campbell McCarthy
Chicago December 18 Ninety minutes before execution Campbell McCarthy a 19 year old negro was granted a stay after defense lawyers argued insanity The Par don Board had denied a reprieve The stay ordered by Judge John P McGorty rests on a possible insanity finding to be decided by a jury and follows a similar case in Chester Illinois where Russell Scott was adjudged insane by a jury The condemned man had admitted supporting capital punishment during his death watch
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Chicago
Campbell McCarthy
McCarthy
Springfield
John P. McGorty
Bricklayers Strike Over Dignity Demand
In London on December 18 forty bricklayers began a dignity strike refusing to lay bricks until Alderman Edward Price apologizes for claiming they take one minute and twelve seconds per brick. The stoppage affects 2560 carpenters painters and other workers as the municipal housing project stalls. Price stands by his figure that workers on the site lay about 400 bricks per day.
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London
Edward Price
Lambeth
Price
U S Seeks Probe Into Rubber Price Monopoly
Representative Tilson after talks with Secretary Hoover introduces a House Commerce Committee resolution to investigate what he calls an British Colonial monopoly driving up rubber prices. He cites $666 million in unfair profits and urges government action to protect consumers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tilson
Conn
Hoover
House Commerce Committee
United States
Capper
Rep
Kan
Ten Indicted in Prohibition Era Beer Plot linked to Erie Railroad
Federal Grand Jury in Chicago returns twenty indictments charging violations of national prohibition laws. The Erie Railroad and ten individuals face beer transport schemes from Waverly to Chicago suburbs, with several defendants named as former prohibition directors and others as wine dealers, police chief, and drivers. Bonds range from 1,500 to 10,000 dollars. bench warrants are issued for all.
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Erie Railroad
Associated Press
Chicago
Adam C. Cliffe
F. G. Robbins
Percy Owen
Illinois Prohibition
Ralph W. Stone
A. E. Benett
Bernard R. Rumps
Harry R. Schlau
Louis Abelson
Louis Cribari
Morris Zimbroff
George R. Bruce
Patrick F. Sullivan
Joseph Soltis
Andrew Botz
John Curry
Joseph Graffe
Frank T. Vanik
Emil Cerney
Joseph Lucas
Robert F. Adams
Sayre
William Dillon
Waverly
N. Y
Dillon
Erie
Adams
Botz
Summitt
Owen
Cliffe
Tragic Window Dangle on Broadway Limited Ends in Death
In Canton Ohio, nurse Michael Milavich and friend H. Sheffer clung to Paul Henderson as he dangled from the window belt of the Broadway Limited. The speeding train carried Henderson for fifteen miles through Canton and Massillon before both rescuers lost their grip and he fell to his death. Henderson, 38, a Chicago salesman, had suffered a nervous collapse while attending a salesmen convention in Pittsburgh.
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Canton, O
Broadway Limited
Paul ‘Henderson
Chicago
Féphy
United States
H. Sheffer
Henderson
Canton
Massillon
Milavich
Sheffer
Milovich
Pittsburgh
McQuade
Joe. Foley
Alliance
Crestline
Two Stags Lock Antlers In Battle To Death
In Bear Mountain woods two mature white tailed stags fought for hours under an oak. the older died after a broken neck and the younger perished from hunger days later. Park official John Tamsen retrieved the heads and had them mounted locked together for display at Bear Mountain Inn.
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New York World News Service
Newburgh
N. Y
James Johnson
Bear Mountain
Palisades Interstate Park
John Tamsen
Johnson
Tamsen
J. J. Fletcher
Fletcher
Bear Mountain Inn
Italians occupy Bergal in Somaliland campaign
An Italian official report states Bergal the capital of Misertins in Italian Somaliland has been occupied and destroyed after the killing of two non commissioned officers and an artilleryman by Sultan Osman Mahmud’s forces. A naval squadron blocks the coast as Italy asserts protectorate aims.
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Rome
Bergal
Sultanate of
Misertins
Italian Somaliland
Sultan Osmand Mahmud
Misertius
Obbia
Somaliland
Sultanate of Obbia
Osman Mahmud
Sultanate
Prohibition conspiracy verdicts hit three cities
Twenty three men from St. Louis Cincinnati and Chicago were found guilty in Federal Court of conspiring to violate national prohibition laws in the withdrawal of 30000 gallons of pre war whisky from the Jack Daniel Distillery at St. Louis. Among the convicted are several St. Louis political figures. sentence set for December 30 carries up to two years in prison and a $19000 fine.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Jack Daniel
John Marshall
Robert C. Baltzell
Arnold J. Hellmick
Internal Revenue
Nat Goldstein
Michael J. Kinney
Michael J. Whalen
William J. Kinney
Anthony Foley
Daniel O'Neill
Harry Levin
Morris
Isadore
Sidney Martin
John Connors
Edward J.o’hare
Robert E. Walker
Richard _ Fitzgibbins
Thomas F. McCafferty
Edward Meininger
Harry Stratton
Ben Doncaster
John Marcus
William Lucking
George R. Landén
Daniel
Indiana
Imogene Remus
Remus
Fred Essen
Missouri
Carlisle
Clifford Sampson
Bernard Brink
Essen
Goldstein
Kinney
Remus Ring
Internal Revenue Office
Remus testMied
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Hudson’s Bay
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Sam
G. A. R. Leader
Slayer
U. S
Tillson
Summit
Foday
Chickie
Meherin
the Commercial Tribune
Lucking
Landen
Gehrum
Independent Drug Company
Federal Distributing Company
Clinton Springs Avenue
Sidney H. Miller
Otto Katz
Miller
Katz
Péck
Linden
Death Valley Farm
Atlanta
Queen City Avenue
Clevespike
Warsaw Avenue
Price Hill
Walter
Walnut Street
George Remus
Hermosa Avenue
Indy
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