Thirty Indicted In New York For Vote Fraud
New York January 14 indictments from the August grand jury total near thirty in a city election fraud probe. ballots were mutilated and shifted votes, with 109 Governor Miller ballots moved to former Governor Smith and Socialist candidates losing votes. One indicted official, process server Patrick Harden, used the alias Patrick Hardy and faces $2500 bail.
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New York
Miller
Smith
Patrick Harden
District Attorney’s Office
Ninth Section
Fourth Assembly
Harden
East Side
Say Harden
Patrick Hardy
Iarden
Tammany Trail
Swann
John Nevins Sayre
Wilson
Francis Sayre
Teresa Malthiel
Assembly
Samuel Dickstein
Fusion
Tomes
Charles S. Whitman
New Fields
William A. Bailey
Whitman
Meier Steinbrink
Board of Estimate
Fur Manufacturers’ Association
Ife
Major Griffith surrenders after fatal shooting in Montreal
Major R W Griffith gave himself up after the fatal shooting of William Holland, manager at Gordon Strathy Co., in Montreal. Holland died of a heart wound after entering the office where Griffith had recently suffered stock losses and written threatening letters. Griffith, a prominent figure in social and financial circles, had earlier escaped custody while being taken to a sanatorium and returned to Montreal to sell bonds.
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Montreal
R. W.griffith
William Holland
Holland
Gordon Strathy & Co
Major Griffith
Stock Exchange
Griffith
Holme Wood
Guelph
Ont
Montrea]l
Otltee
Steck
Han Clearing House
Wood alcohol victim awarded 30000 in Chicago case
Blindness caused by wood alcohol leads to a Circuit Court verdict of 30000 in favor of Sam Greenberg against the Cohen & Aikin saloon partnership. It is described as the first such damages ruling in Chicago courts.
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Chicago
Circuit
Sam Greenberg
Cohen & Aikin
Mother and Children Die in Outskirts Fire Near Chardon
Mrs Louis Green 38 and her three sons aged 1 3 and 6 were burned to death when their two room house on wheels burned. A would be rescuer failed to reach Mrs Green as she remained with her children. Knights of Pythias members responded but arrived too late. Her husband had died two weeks earlier.
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Bown
Chardon
Knights of Pythias
Green
Canal water rights debt spurs suit over $60,483 payoff
Judge Frederick L. Hoffman ruled the Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners acted inadvisably in agreeing to pay Atkins & Pearce Manufacturing Company Carrie M. Fagin and the Kilgour estate $60,483 for canal surplus water seized when the Miami and Erie Canal was diverted to Mill Creek. The suit, led by John C. Rogers, seeks to prevent payment and potentially make the injunction permanent, potentially saving the city the sum in the loop project.
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Frederick L. Hoffman
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
Atkins & Pearce Manufacturing Company
Carrie M. Fagin
Kilgour Estate
Miami and Erie Canal
Broadway
Eggleston Avenue
Ohio River
Mill Creek
Hoffman
John C. Rogers
Kilgour
Saul Zielonka
Rogers
Frederick S. Spiegel
William J. Kuertz
Waite
Schimdel & Bayless
Leonard Defeats Mitchell In Six Rounds At Madison Square Garden
Benny Leonard world lightweight champion defeated Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee in six rounds at Madison Square Garden in a benefit bout for Devastated France. Mitchell showed grit, landing a fierce punch in round one but Leonard controlled the later rounds, victimizing Mitchell with sharp defense and a series of knockdowns before the referee stopped the fight.
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Leonard
Mitchell
Madison Square Garden
New York
Benny Leonard
Richie Mitchell
Milwaukee
France
Richie
Terrific
Benny
Léonard
Benn
Ritchie
Richie Landisht
Hkeforee Haukop
Daniels Orders Inquiry Court on Balloonists
Secretary Daniels ordered a naval court of inquiry at Rockaway N Y air station to probe the flight and loss of the naval balloon and the conduct of its personnel off base. Lieutenants Kloor Hinton and Farrell were carried to Hudson Bay shores in the incident.
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Washington
Jan
Naval Court of
Rockaway
N. Y
Kloor
Hinton
Farrell
Hudson Bay
Daniels
Miss Morgan Learns Boxing Fans Say Fight Is Fine
In New York on January 14 Miss Morgan watched preliminaries to a Leonard Mitchell bout from a ring side box. She described the scene as exciting yet tense and told Tex Rickard she was new to boxing but hooked on the sport.
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Bowe
Fifth Avenue
France
Miss Morgan
New York
General Pershing
Maurice Cussenave
Bill” Edwards
Internal Revenue
Princeton
Arthur Woods
Samuel Mather
Cleveland
Alfred E. Smith
Guy E. Tripp
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Charles Dana Gibson
Morgan J. O’brien
John Hail Jones
Wareham
Massachusetts
Joe Humphries
Anne Morgan
Smith
Humphries
Mr. Smith
Leonard
Mitchell
Willie
Pinkey
Leonard Mitchell
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden Sporting Club
New Bomb Plot Warning Triggers NYC Precautions
A bogus telephone warning claimed a bomb would blow up the federal Customs House in Manhattan at midnight. Police and federal agents swarmed the building and nearby sites but no device or threat was found. Officials denied any verified plot or organized group behind the warning.
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Customs House
New York
Manhattan
George L. Lamb
Department of Justice
Lamb
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Lamb
American Defense Societ
New You Peepee
Dancing Ban Enforced at Bethany College
Bethany West Virginia officials publish new rules banning dancing at Bethany College. The rule prohibits dancing between girls and boys and also bans girls dancing together as well as boys and requires coeds to be in the dormitory by 7 PM.
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Bethany
West Va
Bethany College
Panama protests U S land seizure near Colon
Panama issues a formal protest after U S officers occupied a 250 acre tract east of Colon near Bahia de las Minas. The Panaman government condemns the action as undiplomatic and warns it could set a dangerous precedent for canal policy.
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Panama
United States
Colon
Washington
State Department
R. J.alfaro
Interior
Justice
Republic
Foreign Office
Do. A. McIlvaine
Canal Zone
McIlvaine
Alfaro
Porras
Panaman Republic
Hay-Varilla
Senate Votes to Cut Army to 150000 Men
Washington January 14 Senate passes a resolution directing the Secretary of War to stop recruiting until the regular army is reduced to 150000. Senator Phelan seeks reconsideration to hear Pershing and Baker objections. Pershing favored 200000 as minimum. If not reconsidered, the measure goes to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of War
Phelan
California
Marshall
Pershing
Baker
House
General Pershing
Military Affairs Committee
Shooting of U S Officer to Be Lifted in Court
Admiral Gleaves appointed a naval court of inquiry to travel from Manila to Vladivostok on January 20 to investigate the fatal shooting of Lieutenant W. H. Langdon by a Japanese sentry. The Navy expressed confidence Japan would provide adequate reparation, in a note to Tokyo after General Oi's actions were reviewed.
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Washington
Gleaves
Navy Department
Naval Court of
Manila
Vladivostok
W. H. Langdon
Langdon
Department
Tokyo
Farmers pledge corn for Europe and China relief
Chicago January 14 Farmers of America offer to donate surplus corn to feed the starving in Europe and China if cities arrange transport to famine victims. J R Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation cites state assurances and Hoover coordinating European relief. within minutes 65000 bushels were volunteered.
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Chicago
America
Europe
China
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois Agricultural Association
Howard
Herbert Hoover
Farm Bureau
Ohio
Missouri
Indiana
Mr. Howard
Government faces $500 million hit if court cases lose
Washington January 14 The Justice Department warns that a loss in two Supreme Court cases could force Congress to raise as much as 500 million in taxes. The invested capital and Ryerson estate cases center on capital gains versus profits and how heirs income are taxed. If the government loses, new laws or Treasury rulings may be needed and a special session could follow.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Treasury Department
Ryerson Estate
Chicago
Merchants’ Trust Company
Treasury
Trust Company
Ryerson
Securi
Hughes
Coal Lands‘company
Wilson
J.harding
Union Leaders Plan Campaign to Organize Steel Workers
National and international unions in the steel industry agreed in Washington to launch a new campaign to organize iron and steel workers nationwide. The executive council, affiliated with the AFL, will replace the old committee and coordinate efforts with about fourteen unions.
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Nation’s Steel Workers
Washington
Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
Campagn
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
National Committee For Organization and Steelworkers
M. J. Tighe
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Wiliam H. Hannon
Chicago
International Association of Machinists
Hannon
San Francisco
Machinists’ Organiza
The
Detroit election board officials dismissed after recount irregularities
The City Election Commission announced the dismissal of election board officials in Detroit Michigan. An investigation followed discrepancies between the official canvass and a recount outcome in a local judicial contest.
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Detroit
Mich
Election Board
City Election Commission
Lake Blanchester Runs Aground Off Florida Coast
The American freight steamer Lake Blanchester, 2346 gross tons, sailing from New York to Havana, is aground near Hillsboro on the Southern Florida coast. Owned by the United States Shipping Board and operated by the New York Vessel Steamship Company, the vessel left New York in January with a general cargo.
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New York
Havana
Hillsboro
Florida
Naval Communication Service
United States Shipping Board
New York Fi Ce Vaght Steamship Company
Marital Tangle Preyed on Murray During Trial
Witnesses testifying at the Campbell County Circuit Court described a fall from normal behavior in Justus Murray after his partnership with How ard Phillips dissolved. Minneapolis hotel owner G R Andrews recalled threats against Murray if he returned to Cincinnati, while other locals spoke of Murray's nervous burden and fading spirits before the shooting of Howard Phillips.
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Justus Murray
Campbell County
Howard Phillips
Murray
Phillips
G. R. Andrews
Minneapolis
Andrews Splave
Walter Allen
Cincinnati
Burkamp
Neville
Andrews
Commonwealth
McLaughlin
Luella Selph
Evansville
Ind
Selph
James Campbell
John Campbell
Plains of Iowa
Philips
Campbells
Ralph B. Stevens
Chicago
Iowa
J. A. Hurst
Emma Campbell
James Haney
Maquoketa
Howard Philips
Haney
Blaine McLaughlin
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Obu
Rapid Transit Commissioners
Gotham Society
Milwaukee Boy
Fifth Avenue Reception
John Haukop
Brooklyn
Tommy Shortell
Brookee Joe Ruddy
U. S
David Lawrence
Hapnon
Frank Morrison
Council
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