State Board Recommends Death Sentence Commutation
The State Board of Pardons recommended commuting the death sentence of Lewis Page of Fayette County and refused clemency to Lazarus Bollin of Lawrence. Page faces execution the week of December 29. The board also referred Alexander Dale to an alienist and held other cases under advisement or for action, with an unusually long calendar and a night executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Pardons
Lewis Page
Fayette County
Lazarus Bollin
Lawrence
Page
Alexander Dale
Schuylkill
Patsy Affilito
Bradford
Joseph
Ralph Palumbo
Joseph F. Batteer
Philadelphia
Fedeno Castel
Notable Indictments and Cases Filed in Various Counties
Continued lists name several defendants across regions with charges including larceny receiving stolen goods forgery breaking and entering larceny assault and battery carrying concealed weapons burglary malicious injury to railroads and larceny murder. Proceedings show orders for examination for insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanea
Philadelphia
Daniel Hawk
Lawrence
Petro Roberto
Montgomery
Leon M Martin
York
Walter Witmer
Harold John Shaner
Washington
Edward Bourguignon
Washingon
Benjamin C. Fendall
Jack Ashton
Arthur E. Baluvelt
Abraham Miller
William Thurman
Philadephia
William Evans
Chester
Russell W. Potter
Franklin
A‘dolph Blau
Scranton
Harry G. Smith
Lancaster
Olive Smith
Nick Capp
John Taylor
Luzerne
Michaele Edouard
James Sistone
Northampton
Arthur J. Hughes
Susquehanna
Harry R. Ferry
Michael Dempsey
Rocco Martino
Allegheny
Louis M. Brown
Aaron Bonser
James Ford
Bucks
Elis Morris
Fred Hovington
Joseph Christian
Albert Prince
Edward Windemaker
George Geesey
Cumberland
Alexander Dale
Schuylkill
Martens Must Show Why He Should Not Be Jailed For Contempt
New York December 18 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Greenbaum ordered Ludwig C A K Martens self styled Soviet ambassador and Sante ri Nuorteva secretary to show cause why they should not be jailed for contempt. They refused to answer questions and to produce books and papers demanded by a joint legislative committee probing radical activities.
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New York
Supreme Court
Samuel Greenbaum
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
Santeri Nuorteva
Martens’ Bureau
New York County
Joint Legislative Committee
State Chief of Mines Seward Button Reappointed to Term
State Chief of Mines Seward E Button was reappointed by Governor Sproul and began a new term today with no department changes. Deputy Frank Hall remains. Button helped plan mine locomotive talks and chaired a committee on the matter.
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Seward E. Button
William C. Sproul
Frank Hall
Button
England
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Temple
Wyoming
Sproul
Snyder
Kephart
New York
Arnold W. Bruner
State Armory Board
Pittsburgh
State Compensation Bureau
Harry A. Mackey
Compensation Board
State Board of Pardons
State Compensation Board
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Germans Acknowledge Yankee Doughboys Won War
Miles J. Byrne recounts that German residents in the Rhine Valley acknowledge the American doughboys won the war. He cites German views praising the veracity and dash of the Americans and crediting them with the collapse of Germany’s armed forces morally and physically.
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New York
Europe
Miles J. Byrne
Knights of Columbus
France
Rhine Valley
Army of
Germany
Vinci Tonic Promises Strength for Delicate Children
“Delicate Children” touts Vinci Cod Liver and Iron Tonic as a remedy to boost frail youngsters. A mother from Aiken, S C shares her daughter’s recovery after pneumonia left her weak with poor appetite, praising the tonic endorsed by her doctor and local druggists.
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Vinci
Vinci Aiken
S. C
Leonard Borge
Knox Peace Plan Blocked In Senate Battle
Senate debate over Knox two peace resolutions stalls after a blocked effort to bring them to a vote. Democrats and Republicans discuss compromise while leaders like Hitchcock Underwood and Wilson loom in the background amid party politics and reservations.
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Washington
Senate
Knox
Pennsylvania
Smith
Georgia
Nelson
Minnesota
Myers
Montana
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Underwood
Alabama
Wilson
McKeller
McKellar
Tennessee
Christmas Trees Will Bear Jobs in Knights of Columbus Drive
A Broadway Christmas Tree by the Knights of Columbus will give ex service men jobs. Each morning 9 o clock two to five hundred veterans seek work at the K of C hut Broadway and 46th Street. Employers are urged to place openings on the tree at no less than $18 per week for unmarried men.
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New York
Broadway
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Santa
K. of C. Hut
46Th Street
Knights
Schools urged to help collect 1920 census data
Washington December 18 The schools are asked to aid the Census office in collecting the 1920 census which begins January 2 in an appeal to teachers by Dr P P Claxton United States Commissioner of Education A special circular for schools will be distributed to teachers in larger cities
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Washington
Census Office
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Census Bureau
Man Who Shot Weand to Face Court Martial
Carlisle officials report the investigation into Private Marvin Weand s death at the U S Hospital is not complete. Acting Corporal Stauba who fired the fatal shot will be court martialed at Camp Meade for careless handling of his revolver. Marriage licenses were issued to Clarence P Snake and Edwthe C Hale and to Earl Wilson and Minnie Zeller of Sid.
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Carlisle
Marvin Weand
Sunbury
U. S
Stauba
Weand
Camp Meade
Clarence P. Snake
Edwthe C. Hale
New Cumberland
Earl Wilson
Granham
Minnie Zeller
Sid
Suit filed against former state insurance official Ambler
Philadelphia December 18 suit was begun by the Commonwealth against Charles A Ambler former state insurance commissioner to recover money alleged owed to the North Penn Bank which closed last July The total claimed is 160000 dollars
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Ambler Philadelphia
Common Wealth
Charles A. Ambler
North Penn Bank
Piedra recovering after race track shooting in Havana
Alberto Piedra, shot Tuesday at the Oriental Park track, shows improvement under physicians care. He had accused H. D. Curley Grown, president of the Cuban American Jockey Club, of wounding him. Recovery hopes are entered as Dr Flowers resumes practice in Riverside Drive offices.
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Cr. J. B. Flowers
Estherton Apartments
Riverside
Drive. Bell
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Globe Xmas
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Mackinaws
the Globe
Department of Mines
Zane
A. Gorgas
J. Nelson Clark
Kennedy's
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C. F. Kramer
Ever Bre
League of Nations
Fred Taylor Pusey
Harrisburg Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
Groupner’s Select
Graupner’s Select
Robert H.graupner
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