Landis criticizes Wilson for commuting Dorsey sentence
Chicago July 8 Judge Kenesaw M Landis publicly questioned President Wilsons decision to reduce James Dorseys prison term from eight to four years for using the mails to defraud by selling 12000 head of supposed pure bred Holstein cattle. He warned he would watch the case closely and noted the defendants before him.
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Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Wilson
James Dorsey
Gilbert
Rit
Dorsey
West
Landis
Tersey
Mexico
Alaska
Court of Appeals
United States
Suffrage Move in Louisiana Defeated at Session Adjournment
Baton Rouge Louisiana the suffrage fight failed as both houses defeated ratification resolutions during the biennial session adjournment sine die. Governor Cox urged ratification but attempts to suspend rules failed by 52 to 46. White woman suffrage bills also fell short while a Parker measure for a 3 million annual severance tax plan passed with little opposition.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Senate
Cox
Parker
Babel of Tongues Disrupts Zionist Parleys in London
In London on July 8 a group of delegates tried to force entry to a Zionist conference, triggering a brief disturbance. Chairman Louis D Brandeis of the U S Supreme Court suspended proceedings until order was restored amid multilingual protests over committee appointments.
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London
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court of the United States
Brandeis
Millionaire Crew Returns Aboard Frederick VIII From Hoboken
The so called millionaire crew from Denmark, aboard the Scandinavian‑American liner Frederick VIII, arrived at Hoboken in taxicabs and limousines and began sailing back home. They had come to fill in during the Copenhagen harbor strike, enjoyed two weeks ashore including a San Francisco excursion, and are the ship's first return voyage to Copenhagen in five months.
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New York
Hoboken
Stokehole
Forecastle
Copenhagen
Denmark
America
San Francisco
Wife of Chester Snow Accuses Husband in Murder Plot
Washington reports Mrs. Addis Hubard Snow testified at a federal preliminary hearing that her divorced husband, Chester A. Snow, a wealthy patent attorney, plotted to kill her. She named Edna Acker, Henry Davis, and chauffeur Langdon as key figures and described plans involving a fall, poison, and a staged car wreck. The hearing resumes tomorrow with Snow held on $10,000 bail.
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Washington
Chester A. Snow
Addis Hubard Snow
Missing Broker Blake Sought After Skiff Escape
Police and private detectives search for James Robert Blake junior partner at Abbott Hoppin and Co after he disappeared Friday night from Clason Point shipyard in a 14 foot skiff he bought. He planned to visit Fisher Island with his wife and son. Authorities weigh murder and robbery or drowning theories. Blake, a Princeton graduate, has a son who is a university freshman.
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New York
James Robert Blake
Stock Exchange
Abbott, Hoppin & Company
Clason Point
Mr. Blake
Fisher’s Island
New London
Conn
Princeton
The
University
Auto Electrified To Prevent Theft Causes Child's Death
Mansfield Ohio July 8 Sherman Helt and Clayton OHarrow Richland Public Service Company employees were held without bond on a manslaughter charge for the electrocution death of 7 year old John Renard last night. It is charged they connected a live 220 volt wire to a car chassis to deter theft of parts. Renard was instantly killed when he touched the vehicle.
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Mansfield
Officials of Oil Firm Ordered To Split Profits With Its Stockholders
Four Pelican Oil Company officials Charles E. Sticker J E Butterneck George Montz and E D Noe must pay about 135000 to 200 other stockholders after a Kentucky chancery court decision by Judge Arthur Wallace.
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Louisville
The
Pelican Oil Company
Charles E. Sticker
J. E. Butterneck
George Montz
E. D. Noe
Kentucky
Arthur Wallace
Chancery Court
Industries Protest ICC Order For Railcar Preference
Washington July 8 representatives from nearly a dozen industries urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to revoke or modify its order that railroad companies give priority to coal mines east of the Mississippi in open top car assignments. Speakers warned the move would shutter their operations and cost jobs, while Daniel Willard urged cooperation and warned against curtailing any single business. State highway officials and industry representatives will push the case further tomorrow.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Daniel Willard
The
Association of Railway Executives
Willard
W. P. Johnson
National Land and Gravel Association
Mr. Johnson
Court of First Resort
John Rice
National Crushed Stone Association
A. N. Johnson
Portland Cement Association
Thomas McDonald
Federal Bureau of Highway Construction
Tomerrow
Chamber appeals for more rail cars to speed road building
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce forwarded appeals to the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking additional cars for transporting road materials and a spot on the preferential list. It argued a half billion dollar statewide road program is imperiled by scarce transportation facilities and delays from construction firms.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Prohibition Party Eyes Ticket As Parties Split on Eighteenth Amendment
Chicago July 8 Virgil G Hinshaw chairman of the national committee says a prohibition ticket may reappear this fall after both major parties failed to endorse the eighteenth amendment. Decisions on a ticket will be made at the Lincoln convention opening July 1. A mass law enforcement session and a women's hour are planned, with world prohibition discussed.
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Chicago
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Re National Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Hinshaw
Prohibition Party
Safe blowers loot Carpenters Union offices
In Cleveland Ohio on July 8 two burglars damaged two strong boxes in Carpenters Union offices and stole 2000 dollars in cash. Local police investigated the spectacular late night heist and sought witnesses.
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Cleveland, CO
Carpenters’ Union
Palmer welcomes Senate inquiry in Portland
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer told reporters in Portland that he would welcome Senate probes into pre‑convention campaign spending. He insisted none of his funds were spent and questioned the value of starting investigations while on his way home from the Democratic National Convention.
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Portland
Ore
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate
Bubonic Plague Cases Rise at Beaumont and Galveston
Eight plague cases have developed in Beaumont with three deaths to date, and three cases with two deaths in Galveston. Health officers note 20 percent of Beaumont rats were infected and call the rate considerably high. Extermination efforts continue with 15,000 more traps requested.
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Galveston
Austin
Tex
Beaumont
Texas
Elwell murder probe centers on payroll and later will
New York July reports say the DA seeks payroll records kept by Joseph B. Elwell and a later will allegedly filed for probate. Investigators examine disbursements to two women and potential light on motives while consulting attorney Frederick Ingraham about a 1916 will that left the estate to Elwell’s parents.
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New York
Joseph B. Elwell
Elwell
Talley
Richard
Frederick Ingraham
Two Republicans Win Over Non-Partisans In North Dakota Race
Fargo July 8 Two Independent Republican candidates for Congress and one Non-Partisan candidate were nominated in state primaries while the Non-Partisan candidate for U S Senator was nominated on near complete returns. Baer and Sinclair defeated by Independent Republicans. Ladd leads Gronna for Senate.
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North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Congress
United States
John M. Baer
O. B. Burtness
George Young
Thomas Pendray
James Sinclair
P. D. Norton
E. F. Ladd
A. J. Gronna
John Steen
R. H. Walker
Oliver County
Thomas Hall
J. I. Cahill
Hall
Cahill
Harding meets Progressive leaders amid 1920 bid
Marion Ohio July 8 Senator Harding receives Walter F Brown of Toledo head of the Ohio Progressive Committee and discusses campaign plans and how Progressives will back his ticket They cite old Roosevelt leaders support and private dinners backing the George ticket The day also covers family news and plans for the campaign trail.
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Marion
Senator Harding
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Ohio
Will H. Hays
National Republican Committee
T. Coleman duPont
Delaware
duPont
Hays
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Harding
P. A. Leberman
Harrisburg
Ill
P. F. Callahan
Politics Put Back on Peace Basis With Maneuvering at Conventions
San Francisco dispatch notes both parties retreated from Wilson era tensions. Old bosses like Penrose Murphy and others reasserted influence while West ward delegates gained leverage. The piece predicts a direct, issue driven campaign centering on liquor, the League of Nations, and postwar policy with Cox vs Harding as the focal clash.
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Lawrence
Chicago
Cox
Jimmy Cox
Senator Harding
League of Nations
Wilson
Hiram Johnson
Harding
Europe
Cox Seeks Washington Meeting As Campaign Develops
Governor James M. Cox indicated he might travel to Washington for a conference with President Wilson as the Democratic presidential nominee. He discussed farm life experiences, met reporters on his boyhood farm near Dayton, and addressed questions on farming, while anti saloon league issues and a congratulatory telegram from Senator Reed drew attention.
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Dayton
James M. Cox
Washington
Wilson
Cox
Tumulty
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Hobson
Harding
America
Supreme Court
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
Reed
James A. Reed
Missouri
Ohio
Middletown
Cox Views
General Wood to Confer With Senator Harding at Marion
General Leonard Wood plans a conference with Senator Warren G. Harding Republican presidential nominee at Marion Ohio following a meeting with the party chairman. No date was announced.
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General Wood
Senator Harding
Marion
Chicago
Leonard Wood
Warren G. Harding
Hays
Ohio to Separate State and National Tickets in November
Columbus announces that in Ohio the national and state tickets will appear on separate ballots this November. The move ends years of attempted consolidations and could place U S Senator and Congressmen on the state ticket headed by the Governor. Republican leaders may seek a different ballot arrangement with the U S Senator at the top of the state page.
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Columbus
Cox
Roosevelt
Harding
Coolidge
Ohio
Secretary of State
United States
Smith
Third Party Splits as Single Taxers Refuse To Support LaFollette
Liberal and radical groups rally for a united third party but Single Tax members refuse to back Senator LaFollette. They threaten a separate ticket while other groups press ahead with conventions in Chicago Madison and New York report. Delegates from Eastern States head to Chicago for the Single Tax convention with potential presidential nominees discussed.
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LaFollette
Chicago
United Third
Single Tax Party
Robert M. LaFollette
Single Taxers
Amos Pinchet
George Ll. Record
Madison
Wis
Triple Alliance of the Northwest
National People’s League of
Minne
New York
Brand Whitlock
Amos Pinchot
Frank Crane
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Tani
GARD
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Willis
N. M. Miller
E. Mont Reily
Ohio State Progressive Committee
Mr. Brown
Pdprites
Zataing Googe
Frank B. Willis
Kansas City
Frank Marshman
California
Y David Lawrence
the Commercial Tribune
Penrose
Charlie Murphy
Tammany Hall
Cve
Murphy
Brennan
Illinois
Nugent
New Jersey
Moore
Marsh
Stanley
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
McAdoo
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Tammany
Burlesons
Creels
Warren Harding
Taft
East
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Sota
World War Veterans
National Public Ownership League
Committee of Forty- Eight
J. A. H. Hopkins
Hopkins
Progressive Party
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