New Jersey Legislature Enacts Prohibition Privacy and Utility Reforms
New Jersey's 141st legislature prioritized public utilities and prohibition enforcement. Laws overhauling the Public Utilities Commission, jitney regulation, and election methods passed despite gubernatorial vetoes. Medical and women's welfare measures expanded, including board reforms and juror and elector provisions.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Senate
United States
Edwards
Jennie C. van Ness
Essex Assembly
van Ness
Uailiftex Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Jersey City
ADM
Senator Wallworth
Camden
James A. Hamill
Joseph S. Hoff
Princeton
Harry Bacharachy
Atlantic City
Republian
Hamill
Hoff
Harry V. Osborne
Essex
John J. Treacy
Public Service Corporation
Judiciary Committee
Newark
New York
House
Secretary of State
Parry
Morris Canal
State Board of Chiropractors
State Board of Medical Examiners
State Board of Education
State Board of Health
New Jersey Briefs Cover Fire Alarms to Street Plans
Multiple New Jersey items report an electric siren installed at Cedarville, fishing and poultry events across towns, fund drives for hospitals and aged homes, road and bridge concerns, plant relocations, and local elections. Notable items include Wenonah fund drives, Ocean City toll bridge action, and a Salem court forewoman appointment.
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Cedarville
Anglers’ Club
Ocean City
Wenonah
Ocean Grove
Young Men's Progressive League
State Highway Commission
Somers Point
Superior Thread and Yarn Company
Kensington
Gloucester City
Welsbach Company
Ordnance Department
Washington Park
Delaware River
Republican Club
Democratic Club
National Park
Atlantic County Mutual Poultry Association
Egg Harbor City
Hammonton Association
Atlantic County
New Jersey
Swedesboro
Sandtean Creek
Brookville
Gilbert St. Lowe
Trenton
Trenton Country Club
Salem
Isabel Grey Chew
William H. Chew
Supreme Court
Black
Monroeville
Salem Sk
Pumah
R. Curtis Robinson
Central Avenue
Eighth Street
Otis M. Townsend
Twentieth Street
William H. Bush, Sr
United States
Westfield
Mr. Bush
Scranton
American Bell Telephone Company
Bush
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Lavina Goodsall Bush
Newfield
Catawba
Boulevard Avenues
Salem County Board of Freeholders
Churchtown
Clayton Shoddy Mills
Joseph Tamar
Philadelphia
Lambertville
Camden
Mullica Hill
Lambertville P. O. S. of A
Ringoes
Patterson
Edge
Sturgess
Charles Wolverton
Westville
John Scolski
LeRoy Bantam
Seventh
Sycamore
Kates
Pitman
Railroad Company
Lincoln
Monroe Township
S. B. Conver
Atlantic City
Edwards
John W. Hughes
John J. Mooney
Jersey City
Harry A. Stout
State Board of Medical Examiner
Ushers’ Union
Morgan-Ranch Post
American Legion
Queen City
Charles Henderson
Pedricktown
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Thomas G. Hill
Smyrna
Del
P. E. Church of Our Merciful Saviour
Carney
Cooper H. Prickett
Burlington
Gloucester and
Woodbury
Millard Fillmore Ross
New Brunswick
Ross
Jonathan Dixon
Harding Refuses Germany Plea to Mediate Reparations
The United States rejects Germany’s request to mediate and set reparations, stating it cannot act as umpire. Secretary Hughes emphasizes interest in immediate resumption of negotiations and a just early solution.
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Washington
Republic of Germany
State Department
Harding
Germany
Hughes
United States
America
Berlin
United States of America
Fehrenbach
Simons
Big Bill Haywood Flees I W W Leader Reaches Moscow
Haywood, jailed I W W leader, escapes bail and reaches Moscow via Soviet Russia. Chicago report cites United States Attorney Charles F. Clyne. Belief grows that about sixty co defendants also fled, abandoning Fort Leavenworth sentence plans.
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I. W. W. Leader
Soviet Russia
Chicago
Big Big Haywood
I. W.W. Leader
Fort Leavenworth Federal
Moscow
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Haywood
Boston Cashier Admits 40000 Dollar Shortage
Audit of the City Treasurer's accounts reveals a $40,000 shortage under Thomas J. O'Daly, cashier of the department. O'Daly, 35, confessed to taking the funds, was arrested and released on $20,000 bail.
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Boston
Thomas J. O'Daly
O'Daly
Drastic Prohibition Liens Target New York Saloon Property
New York officials under the Mullan Gage law move to place liens on properties tied to dry law arrests. John A. Leach says about 1,000 liens will be issued with notices to 150 additional owners. Most liens will hit Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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New York
John A. Leach
Leach
Sun
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Washington Highlights Trimmed by War and Policy Shifts
Debates on the Wall Street bombing probe yield first concrete results with Tito Ligi’s arrest in Scranton. Western Senators form a bloc on Japanese immigration, while estate taxes could nearly double under a House bill. Russia’s mail service to be resumed, and charges returned from Mexico City. Mail clerks to bear armed shotguns. Colombia treaty terms eyed for $30 million, plus a 400 million federal rail bail-out request.
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Scranton
Tito Ligi
Department of Justice
Wall Street
Johnson
House
Evans
Nebraska
Post Office Department
Russia
George T. Summerlin
Mexico City
Hutches
Mexico
State Department
Ransdell
Colombia
St. Andrews Islands
Caribbean Sea
United States Railroad Administration
Representative Good
Iowa
House Committee On Appropriations
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Assembly
Anti-Satoon League
Barker
Martens
Kays
Case
Somerset
Senute
Ford, Bacon & Davis
Othilles Commission
Mackay
Jersey
Middle West
State Board of Agriculture
Illinois
Kansas
Union
U. S
Joseph 8. Frelinghuysen
Julius Forstmann
Country Club
Dignity
Junior Breeders’ Association
Julius Levy
State Bureau of Child Hygiene
Passaic
Rahway
Woodbridge
Kearny
New Jersey State
Way
Reputy
Big Bill Haywood
Charles C. Fitzmorris
Charles C. Fitmorris
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