Fight to obtain new Townley trial launches in Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court weighs a new trial for A C Towley and Joseph Gilbert, leaders of the National Nonpartisan League, convicted under the 1917 sedition law. Attorney Hoke argues defense claims of political motivation and suppressed evidence. state officials counter that Towley and Gilbert conspired to undermine war efforts with anti war rhetoric.
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Bt Paul
Minn
Minnesota State Supreme Court Today
State of Minnesota
A. C. Towley
Joseph Gilbert
National Nonpartisan League
C. Dean
Jackson County
George Hake
Townley
Nonpartisan League
Gilbert
Martin County
Hoke
Minnesota Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Townley Brothe League
Eigen
League
Charles Patterson
St. Paul
Patterson
Funda
Attorneya
Conretpim
Teague
Hilton
Markham
H Nscolin
Josaly
Atate
Germany
Minnesota
Denver & Rio Grande Sold to Trust Company for 5 Million
In Denver on March 28 judge confirms sale of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad to the Western Pacific for 5 million dollars. The sale, made last November to satisfy a judgment by the Equitable Trust Company of New York, was upheld by U.S. District Judge Robert Lewis.
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Denver
Col
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific Railroad
Haquitable
Trust Company of New York
Robert Lewis
Remarkable Recovery After Second Accident
Northville Michigan March 28 A dramatic tale of spinal injury healing after unconventional treatment. Roy Cramer division foreman for Edison’s fine department fell from a pole striking a live wire and breaking spinal joints. After prior hospitalization and casts he was involved in a rescue where a live wire shocked another worker and threw him to the sidewalk. He then suffered further spine damage but soon began rapid healing and weeks later was pronounced well and active as a pole climber and employee athlete.
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Northville
Mich
Roy Cramer
Edison Company
Fine Department
Detroit
Cramer
Interstate Commerce Commission to Hear NP and GN Plans
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced it will hear reports from Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways on April 11 regarding a 230 million dollar project. The plan finances the lines using Chicago Burlington & Quincy stockholding as collateral, with governors of Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa South Dakota North Dakota Montana Washington and Oregon notified of the hearing date. Meanwhile Morrin Hones, a negro arrested in Superior in connection with the murder of Falls Hooks, appeared in Minneapolis municipal court and demanded a trial for grand larceny tied to the theft of a motor vehicle found in Superior.
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Washington
Intera
taté commerce = commission
Northern _ Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Minnesota
Winconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Oregon
Minneapolis
Morrin Hones
Superior
Ka ‘Falls Hooks
Minneapolia Motor One
Oanswer
Incendiary Fires Prompt British Mobilization of Fighters
A nationwide campaign of incendiarism triggers mobilization of motorists and lorry crews across Scotland and elsewhere to rush aid. The Evening Standard reports Sinn Fein plotting to burn farms near London. Detectives guard government buildings and Downing Street as fires scorch Newcastle district, St Albans, Hertfordshire, Beaconsfield, and Buckinghamshire.
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Duondan
Scotland
London
Evening Standard
Sinn Fein
Downingtreet
Lometat
Lloyd George
Bank of England
Newcastle ‘District
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
Beaconsfield
Buckiiihamehire
Dismiss Appeal For High Wages In Railroad Row
Chicago March 28 The United States railroad board dismissed appeals for wage increases filed by fifteen railway labor unions on sixty seven short line railroads affecting about four thousand employees. The decision does not affect wage increases in effect or existing agreements. negotiations may continue for further wage talks.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Board
United States Railroad Labor Board
Association of Railroad Executi
United States ‘Railroad Administration
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
Copper Range
Dutch & Northern Minnesota Railway
Escanaba and Lake Superior
Green Bay & Western Railroad
Manistee and Northwestern
Minnesota, Dakota 4
Western
Mississippi River and
Bonne Terre
New Arrests Made in Murder Case Three Held
Superior Wis March 28 Ma Goey friend of murdered Marie Davis arrested as material witness in the murder investigation Ruth Miller another friend taken by police at Minneapolis The Miller girl offered to come to Superior at once Chief of Police Onborn In peat Minneapolis police to arrest J aire Josephine Deal Mount Pleasant Iowa mother of the murdered girl viewed the body today She blamed Louis Pontilo and said a crazy man killed the girl Pontilo held without bail in connection with the crime
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Superior
Wis
Ma' Goey
Marie Davis
Supe
Ruth Miller
Minneapolis
Miller
Cohen
Peek
Pontito
Cooperative Grain Market Plan Advances Across Conferences
Chicago March 28. Conferences to unify several large scale plans for cooperative grain marketing by farmers of the country began today and will run through the week. A single plan to be presented to a ratification conference next week is hoped, as explained by Aaron Sapirlo of San Francisco. Sapirlo represents the Northwestern Wheat Growers Exchange operating in Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana. He noted W H McGreevy of Whita Kansas national secretary treasurer of the Wheat Growers Association of America would arrive tomorrow. Clifford Thorn of the American Farm Bureau Federation attends for the committee of seventeen with Jewett of Spokane Washington Northwest Exchange general manager slated for Friday. Other lenders expected. preliminary conferences focus on attorney discussions.
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Chicago
farmers grain marketing _committee of
Aaron Sapiro l
San Francisco
Sapiro
Northwestern Wheat Growers’ Exchange
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
W. H. McGreevy
Whita
Kansas
Wheat Growers’ Association of America
Clifford Thorn
American Farm Bureau Federation
Jewett
Spokane
Northwest Exchange
Attorne
Typhoid Epidemic Reported At University of Minnesota
Minneapolis March 46 A fever at the university, with a state health department inquiry led by Dr A J Chessey, began an investigation into the source. Sixty four cases have been identified or isolated for further study. Madison March 28 Ray Funk, former county treasurer, sentenced to seven years in Waupun prison for embezzlement of 16249.13. parole granted. sentence commuted from seven to four years. to be released tomorrow. Shreveport March 28 The body of John Tinglia, 60, grocer, found in his Colfax store after being shot last night. witnesses said he was shot on his knees while pleading with the attacker.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ani
Ander
A. J. Chessey
Madison
Wis
Ray Funk
Waukesha County
Waupun
John I. Blaine
Philipp
Shreveport
John Tinglia
Colfax
Here
Independent convention may back North Dakota bond reform
A constitutional amendment to make state industrial bonds direct obligations could be proposed at the Devils Lake independence convention. Such a change is seen as key to securing bond sales and financial rehabilitation, despite opposition from the Nonpartisan League and current bond arrangements with mills banks and state industries.
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North Dakota
Devils Lake
League
Nonpartisan League
Chisthas
New removal order likely in Wehe case
In Bismarck on March 28 the Herald reports no new developments in the L J Wehe removal saga. Governor Frazier seeks to oust Wehe from the workmen's compensation board amid hearings held without Wehe present and possible judicial actions pending by the governor.
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Herald Special Service
Bismarck
N. D
L. J. Wehe
Workmen's Compensation Board
Frazier
Wehe
Nuessla
District Court
Jony
Frasier
Nuessteis
Theodore Koffel
Wrehe
Rural cleanup in spring urged in Michigan
Lansing March 28 Dr R M Olin commissioner of health urged rural districts to hold spring cleanups to boost public health and economy. Mayors and village presidents should call mass meetings and appoint committees to arouse public sentiment and drive action. He said a clean town signals progress and supports school hygiene through cleaner buildings and grounds.
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Lansing
Michigan
R. M. Olin
Maine
Ronda
A. Ty Achoral
Allies plan meeting in Italy on Poland Germany frontier
Paris reports that representatives of allied governments will meet in Italy soon to exchange views on establishing the frontier between Poland and Germany in Upper Silesia. Rome dispatches to Paris newspapers say. North Dakota: generally fair tonight and Tuesday with rising wintry conditions in the east and south portions Tuesday.
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Paris
Italy
Poland
Germany
Upper Silesia
Rome
North Dakota
Transcontinental Flyer Improves Amid Rescue Efforts
March 28 reports from Notches Mies indicate lieutenant W. D. Coney, the transcontinental aviator, shows improved condition after a fall near Crowville last Friday. His temperature is lower and his mind is rational with pneumonia symptoms clearing.
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Notches
Mies
W. D. Coney
Crowville
Jat
Wife Gadded All Day Claim He Gets Decree
Flint Michigan March 28 A wife failing at house duties meals and child care and habit of swearing was cited in Judge Black's court. Zecll MacDonald granted a decree to her husband on grounds of extreme cruelty.
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Flint, Mich
Walter MacDonald
New Tax Rulings Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court ruled profits from increased value of assets held in trusts and investments are taxable under the 1916 revenue act. The decision affects thousands of cases and centers on gains from corporate bonds and trust estates including the estate of Arthur Ryerson. It affirms taxation on actual gains and reverses lower court views on depreciation and credit in dividend payments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
Arthur Ryerson
Imnois
Upreme
New York
David M. Goodrich
Internal Revenue ‘Durnan
Connecticut
Tower Court
New York Life Insurance Company
Charles W. Anderson
Internal Revenue
Steen Begins Calling 1920 Hail Warrants Across Counties
Treas John Steen has begun calling 1920 hail warrants for Williams Wells Ward Walsh Tranl Towner and Stutsman counties, with total collections of 489798.04 and notes on Bank of North Dakota payment refusals. The effort starts with lower alphabetical counties, reversing the 1915 order.
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Steen
Herald Special Service
Bismarck
N. D
John Steen
Willams
Wells
Ward
Walsh
Tranl
Towner
Stutsman
Bank of North Dakota
Bee
F. W. Cathro
Harding's View Finding Favor In Britain On Russia Pact
London reports that Britain will back Harding's stance against Bolshevik diplomacy while supporting opening trade with Soviet Russia. The Daily Mail notes America's rejection of Lenin's overtures and warns Britain may diverge from Bolshevik aims, urging full disclosure of treaty terms affecting India and Afghanistan.
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London Daily Mail
Russia
London
Charles B. Hughes
Daily Mail
America
Harding
Great Britain
India
Afghanistan
Postal Officials Not Entitled To Capture Rewards
Minneapolis March 28 Delbert Smith an alleged mail car robber was captured in Salt Lake City March 23 by postal inspectors. Since inspectors are not entitled to rewards, no one will receive the $2000 offered by Smith, postal inspector BL Jackson declared on his return from the west.
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Minnepolis
Lince
Delbert Smith
Salt Lake City
Alade
Smith
BL. Jackson
Fifteenth District Rotarians Gather in Fargo for Conference
Fargo N D March 28 Grand Forks Rotarians arrived in Fargo last night and after a morning start in the Masonic Temple at 10 oclock the conference opened. Women guests were warmly entertained by the Fargo committee while the men hosted Fargo and other Rotarians. The program featured Jimmie Kaye of Marquette Mich governor of the district and Tracy Bangs spoke at the dinner. More than 800 delegates had registered for the two day session with representations from Duluth Minneapolis St Paul and other cities.
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Fargo
N. D
Grand Forks Rotarians
Masonic Temple
Farco Committee
Farco
Grand Forks Stockmen
Williston Cowboys
Duluth Highlanders
St. Paul Sainta
Devila Lake Devils
Duluth
Jimmie Kaye
Marquette
Mich
Fifteenth
Tracy Bangs
Associated Press
Minneapolis Rotarians
Hradecar
Peiborge Mackinews
Aor
St. Paul Weiss
Aera
du Lac
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Interstate Commerce Commission
N.P. And.g. N
Railway Labor Board
University of Minnesota
Grocer
At Peement
Mill and Elevator Association
Uncle Sam
Allies
Mingeeta
By Morris
Hardings
Milwaukee
Twin Cities
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
Williston
Lawn
Robert H.timmons
Wichita
International Organization
Rotary
Schoolimr i Boys
Siia
Axe
Poritl
James H. Kaye
Ene
Aen
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