Congress Opens with Clark and Sherman Presiding
Washington dispatch details the 62nd Congress opening at noon with Speaker Champ Clark and Vice President Sherman presiding. Galleries filled with spectators as members and staff arrive. chants and prayers mark the start.
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Washington
Dee
Champ Clark
Sherman
Manley
Salta
Senate
House of Representatives
Agrese
Eaker
House
Jim” Mann
Champirk
Henry N. Couden
Darrow Bribery Rumors Stir McNamara Case
United States authorities widen probe into McNamara bombing cases with threats to arrest or implicate top figures including Clarence Darrow as juror bribe details surface. Reports say nine men may be arrested. prosecutors pursue conspiracy, illegal shipments, and mail fraud charges amid high profile warnings from District Attorney Miller.
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Indianapolis
Der
United States
Miller
Gompers
Los Angeles
Fredericks
Balh
Clarence Darrow
McNamara
Darrow
James
John J
McNamaras
Atate
Robert Bain
Franklin
Leneiney
Bain
Young's Court
Gage
Namaras
Thear
Ex-State Treasurer Webb Portrait Gifted to La Grande Odd Fellows
The La Grande lodge of Odd Fellows received a life size portrait of Uncle George Webb of Pendleton from ex-state treasurer George W Webb born September 4 1824 in Washington County Maryland. The presentation at the roll call night featured Past Grand Master H C Coolidge and recalled the lodge’s early 1867 charter and struggles.
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Kellows
George Webb
Pendleton
Webb
Portland
Sovereign Grand Lodge
H. ©. Coolidge
Mr. Webb
la Grande Lodge
George
Cooldge
George W. Webb
Washington County
Maryland
Hannibal
Graig Aogault on Chum Before Justice Court Today
George Craig appeared for a preliminary hearing before Justice Williams to answer for an assault on James Slack at the AmAlgamated Sugar factory boiler room. Witnesses say Craig, drunk, attacked Slack with a knife while Slack tried to restrain disturbance. Slack’s condition is now out of danger. Attorney H Finn represents Craig. PF Ivanhoe prosecutes. hearing continued after 2 o'clock.
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George Craig
Justice Williams
Jamesy Slack
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Craig
Slack
H. Finn
Ivanhoe
Mystery Man Eages HS Fate In Noted Court Case
In St Louis a federal suit over a New York Life policy tied to George A. Kimmel, the man called the “man of mystery,” heads to trial. His heirs seek payout while questions remain about whether he died or vanished in 1898, sparking a long-running national intrigue.
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St. Louis
George A. Kimmel
Kummel
New York Life Insurance Company
Kimmel
Trisl
Miles
Mich
Chas A. Johnson
Omaha
Farmers’ State Bank
Arkansas City
Kas
Topeka
Provisional Head Elected in Nanking Capital of New Government
Shanghai reports a provisional government meeting selecting Nanking as capital of the proclaimed republic. Huang Hain is named president with General Li as vice president. 13 of 18 provinces represented and a national cabinet chosen. Armistice in effect. Tokyo dispatch notes Japan eyeing intervention during the three day truce. Wingland, Russia and France back Japan as peace approaches.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Huang Hain
Tokio
Doungellor Matsui
Foreign Office
Peking
Min
Ister Tjuin
China
Wu Chang
Wingland
Russia
France
Japan
Race clash in Manford as killings spark call for troops
In Manford Oklahoma on December 4 a race battle leaves two whites and two blacks dead. A petition to the governor to deploy troops circulates as blacks reportedly arm themselves and fear another fight grows. The violence stems from two black men attempting to hold up whites.
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Manford
Okla
Packers File Demands In Supreme Court Review
Attorneys for the Armours and nine other Chicago packers charged with criminal conspiracy under the Sherman law flee a motion in the United States supreme court seeking review of habeas corpus proceedings.
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Washington
Deco
Armours
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
Wolter Death-Row Appeal Heard Before Court of Appeals
Albert W. Wolter, inmate on death row at Sing Sing for the murder of Ruth Wheeler, appealed his first degree conviction. The 16 year old girl was lured to his rooms on a false hire, sexually assaulted, murdered by strangulation, dismembered and partly burned. the body was found in a fireplace.
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Albany
N. Y
Albert W. Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
New York
Wolter
Sing Sing
Allowed Wife Slayer on Trial in Sherman
Louie Coffman stands trial in Sherman for the murder of his wife at their Me Vissta home about two years ago. The case moved from McKinney on venue. His first trial ended with a guilty verdict and death sentence, later reversed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Sherman
Texas
Louie Coffman
MccKinney
Jones
Fifteenth Distriot Court
Coffman
MeVissa
McKinney
Court of Criminal Appeals
Fair Association Holds Annual Meeting in Chicago
The American Association of Fairs and Expositions opened its annual session in Chicago on December 4 with leaders from major state and provincial fairs in the United States and Canada in attendance.
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Chicago
American Association of Fairs and Expositions
United States
Canada
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Clerk
Taft
Frank Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iront
Hin Wasanameara
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
Ryans
Times
Government Printing Office
Arests
Cleveland
National Erectors’ Association
H. B. Brady
Burns
Bombay
Queen Mary
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
A C. Humphreys
Stevens Institute
Roegers
New York Herald
Webb Portrat
First Noble Grand
Graig Aogault
Mystery Man Eages HS
Hung Hsin
Oklahoma
Packers
Supreme Court
Fair Managers
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