Will Continue Legal Battle Over Standard Oil Fine
The U S government will pursue a rehearing and possible retrial after a Chicago appeals court reversed Judge Landis 29 million dollar fine against Standard Oil of Indiana. The ruling questions intent on rate concessions and may lead to new indictments totaling thousands of counts, with retrial steps directed by President Roosevelt.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
District Court
Seaman
Baker
Grosscup
Edward Rogardus
Alton Railroad
Holland
Alton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sims
Trans- Soan
Jurisdic
Mker
New York
Tennessee
Standard O
Trade outlook shows cautious improvement in early 1920s
Bradstreet reports better crop prospects and rising confidence in trade with moderate future buying at key centers, especially in the West and Southwest. Industrial revival trims idle labor, but overall curtailment persists and small immediate orders dominate. Retail remains fair amid price cuts. stocks move slowly in some cities. Best signals come from the central West, Northwest and Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
West Virginia Democrats Mull State Convention Agenda
West Virginia Democrats will hold a state convention in Charleston on Wednesday to place a slate in nomination for party roles and statewide offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Charleston
Chafin Promises Prohibition Enforcements Nationwide
Eugene W. Chafin the Prohibition party nominee presses campaign themes near Chicago. He vows to push through a prohibitory law and, if needed, mobilize militia and armed forces to enforce prohibition across all American territory.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Chicago
United States
Congress
Bishop Potter Dead in Cooperstown After Illness
Bishop Henry Codman Potter of the Episcopal diocese of New York died in Cooperstown New York after several weeks of stomach trouble and complications. For a week he had seemed to improve but suffered a relapse and death followed. Right Rev David Greer became bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York.
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Henry Codman Potter
Episcopal Diocese of
New York
Cooperstown
David Greer
Potter
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Hearst Declares He Is Not A Presidential Candidate
William Randolph Hearst, serving as temporary convention chairman in Chicago, reiterates he is not a candidate for the presidential nomination. He says the convention will nominate its own candidate and will run an independent campaign, with no fusion or endorsement from other parties.
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William Randolph Hearst
New York
Mr. Hearst
Democratic Party
Bryan
Chicago
Government Troops Secure Choluteca End Revolt
In Tegucigalpa on July 27 government forces occupied Choluteca, long held by revolutionists, with numerous prisoners taken. Officials say the uprising is effectively ended and reports across the republic describe the country as tranquil.
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Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Choluteca
Major Levee Failure Floods Jersey Island Area
A 200 foot section of the San Joaquin river levee collapsed near Antioch California flooding Jersey Island which spans 4000 acres and includes 200 acres of celery. Property losses are estimated at 5 060 000 dollars.
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Antioch
Cal
San Joaquin River
Jersey Island
Cuban Elections Set for Next Saturday
The Cuban elections will be held next Saturday, with voters choosing representatives and officials across the island in a scheduled civic process. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Abdul Hamid Grants Turkey a Constitution After Military Shifts
In Constantinople July 25 observers note Sultan Abdul Hamid II yields to popular reform after 32 years of autocratic rule. The Young Turks alliance, Macedonian mutinies, Albanian support for reforms, and army defections push the sultan to restore a Western-style constitution first proclaimed in 1876. The shift ends the theocratic absolute monarchy tempered by Koranic law and European pressure.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid II
Turkey
Abdul Asiz
Murad Y
Macedonia
Paris
Khalif
Privy Council
Europe
Jubilation in Constantinople Over Sultan's Constitution
Constantinople on Sunday held patriotic demonstrations as a new constitution was promulgated by the sultan. The Bosphorus steamers flew flags and about 10,000 people marched to the Yilderim Mosque and cheered the sultan throughout the procession.
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Constantinople
Bosphorus
Yilder
Distillers Seek Stay Over Alcohol Barrels Marking
Springfield July 27 A U S district court injunctive order blocks IRS collectors in Fifth and Eighth Illinois from enforcing marks on barrels labeling alcohol as alcohol or spirits. District Attorney Northcott sought ten day stay to appeal. stay granted.
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Springfield
Ill
Humphrey
United States District Court
Ilinois
United States Internal Revenue Collectors
Renneck
Internal Revenue District
Illinois
Mack Heads the Committee
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo named chairman of the Democratic national committee at a Chicago conference with Mr Bryan Mr Kern and the executive committee. Other officers named include Vice chairman Dr L P Hall Secretary Urey Woodson Treasurer Governor C N Haskell Sergeant-at-arms John S Martin. Headquarters to be in Chicago.
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Mack
Chicago
Bryan
Kern
Democratic National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
L. P. Hall
Nebraska
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
John S. Martin
St. Louis
Corset Stay Saves Woman as Husband Fatally Shoots Self
In Muncie Indiana on July 25 a despondent husband shot his wife three times and then killed himself with two more bullets. The wife, struck above the heart by a bullet deflected by her corset stay, suffered only a flesh wound and escaped. The couple had moved from Newcastle months earlier after factory work fell off. Relatives say the man was temporarily insane from unemployment and inability to provide for his wife.
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Muncie
Ind
Frank Williams
Williams
Newcastle
George
Sullivan County Auditor Dispute Over Office Possession
Theodore F. E. Slinkard orders Elijah Russell to surrender Sullivan county auditor duties to Ben C. Crowder. Russell hosts possession pending appeal to Indiana Supreme Court. Crowder argues constitutional issue blocks earlier transfer while Russell’s commission lasts until 1909.
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Sullivan County
Supreme Court
Sullivan
Ind
Theodore FE. Slinkard
Bloomfield
Elijah Russell
Ben C. Crowder
Supreme Court of Indiana
Russell
Crowder
Democratic editors convene in Indianapolis for Marshall reception
Democratic editors of Indians gather at the Grand hotel in Indianapolis on July 30 for a reception honoring Hon. Thomas R. Marshall as gubernatorial candidate. The next day the group travels by special car to Fairview for his address on duties of the press toward the party.
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Indianapolis
Grand Hotel
Thomas R. Marshall
Fire destroys Walkerton livery barn and connected structures
Fire at Walkerton Indiana destroys the livery barn owned by Jack and Curt Wofenbarger with thirteen valuable road horses. Loss listed at 3600 with no insurance. Wareroom adjoining Hyman and Dupler’s store and a Turner residence also burn with total losses around 1500 and damage unspecified.
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Walkerton
Ind
Jack
Curt Wofenbarger
Hyman & Dupler
Turner
Young man faces liquor license charge in Bloomington
Roscoe Byers, a Swiss City resident, was brought before U S Commissioner McPeeters in Bloomington on a charge of selling malt liquor without a United States revenue license. He waived examination and was jailed to await trial Monday. Byers sold malt liquor with over one half percent alcohol.
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Sam
Bloomington
Ind
Roscoe Byers
United States
McPeeters
United States Revenue
Byera
Brakeman Bartlett Killed As Head Ground to Pulp
Greencastle Indiana July 48 H L Bartlett a Big Four railway brakeman from Cincinnati was killed while switching cars on the Big Four tracks. He stumbled and fell with his head across the rail, was dragged several yards, his heel ground to a pulp.
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Greencastle
Ind
H. L. Bartlett
Big Four
Cincinnati
Bartlett
Jealousy Slashes Fatal Wounding in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana on July 25 Mattie Moody a colored woman slashed Rose Watkins with a razor injuring her fatally implying motive jealousy Moody fled arrest.
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Evansville
Ind
Mattie Moody
Rose Watkins
Moody
President Fallferes Sails to Reval for Talk with Nicholas
President Fallferes of Francs has sailed on the French gumboat Causini to Reval to meet Emperor Nicholas. The voyage signals a high level diplomatic effort between France and Russia.
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President Fallferes
Francs
Causini
Reval
Nicholas
Auditor in Charge Axtell Blamed for Bloomington Wreck
Bloomington citizens learned the Real Estate Building Loan and Savings Associa tion was insolvent under order from Auditor Billheimer to appoint a receiver. Former secretary Harry Axtell allegedly caused the downfall by missing funds, with $41,000 at the association and $7,000 still owed to the city. Axtell, indicted for embezzlement, is jailed on bond. In a separate note, farmer Hugh Brines suffered severe injuries after a bull charged him in his Princeton pasture, tearing muscles and ribs.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harry A. Axtell
Axtell
Princeton
Hugh Brines
Disgraced Indiana Justice Held on Heinous Charge
Elijah Harrell a 53 year old justice of the peace from Hanfield near Marion Indiana was seized by armed farmers after allegedly assaulting a 12 year old girl Miss Addie Botkin granddaughter of Mrs Deli lah Bone of Marion He was protected by neighbor Sate Pulley until deputies arrived and imprisoned in Marion jail Harrell a farmer of means had served nine years as justice of the peace.
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Marion
Ind
Elijah Harrell
Hanfield
Farrell
Addie Botkin
Delilah Bone
Harrell
Sate Pulley
Pulley
Investigation Aims At Fines Fees In Newcastle County
Newcastle Indiana July 27. Grand jury likely to hear voluntary testimonies on alleged prosecuting witness fees of 1 dollar charged in each fine. Several residents plan to testify about the practice. Authorities seek to determine legality and extent of the fee collection.
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Newcastle
Ind
Oil Prospects Near Princeton Indiana Laboring To Drill West of City
Arrangements are under way to start a test oil well ten miles west of Princeton on the Webash river. Much leased territory surrounds the site and the Gibson county field extension seven miles west will draw keen attention from oil men.
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Princeton
Ind
Webash
Gibson County
Ofl
Man Dead After Being Ground Under Train Near North Vernon
Samuel Ryckman, a middle aged man, was killed when he fell under a moving train while traveling by rail from Louisville to North Vernon Indiana. He carried a card showing membership in an Iron Workers' Union in Illinois.
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North Vernon
Ind
Samuel Ryckman
Louisville
Iron Workers
Mlinois
Family fishing trip at Blue River camp on Kamp Keller
Mr. Amiel Bullett and family Mr. Joe Bender and family from Corydon Indiana along with Rev E L Quade and Miss Ella E Rafter from New Middletown Indiana spent last week at Kamp Keller on Blue River White Cloud Indiana. About fifty or sixty fine fish were caught during the trip.
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Amiel Bullett
Joe Bender
Corydon
Ind
E. L. Quade
Ella E. Rafter
New Middletown
Kamp Keller
Blue River
White Cloud
Webster man John H. Hedges visits Corydon on business
Webster township resident John H. Hedges was in Corydon on business yesterday after returning from New Albany where he attended a term at New Albany Business College.
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John H. Hedges
Webster Township
Corydon
John
New Albany
New Albany Business College
Farm Sale Middling Size Iowa Farmers Close Deal
Mr and Mrs George Traub of Franklin township sold their 204 acre farm to George Lambertus and John Snider. The parties were in Corydon yesterday to close the deal. Mill feed and corn prices are discussed as rising and a push to act quickly.
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Red Mill
George Traub
Franklin Township
George Lambertus
John Snider
Corydon
Multitudes greet William J. Bryan on journey to Chicago
Thousands line the route to welcome William Jennings Bryan as he travels toward Chicago, drawing large crowds and spirited scenes along the route.
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William J. Bryan
Chicago
Ches B Kopp Visits City Friends Last Evening
Ches B. Kopp went to the city yesterday evening to visit friends, according to a brief social note.
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Ches. B. Kopp
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