Governor Small Siege at Illinois Capitol
Governor Len Small faced a courthouse standoff as Sheriff Mester and detectives attempted to serve indictments for embezzlement totaling half a million and conspiracy to defraud the state of two million. Small locked himself in the executive office while deputies surrounded the Capitol in Springfield, with a prolonged standoff expected to end in capitulation.
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Small
State Capitol
Gamon County Grand Jury
Final attempt to serve governor with warrants in War Rants case
In Sangamon county Illinois final test of strength loomed as Sheriff Henry Mester vowed to serve Governor Len Small with warrants charging larceny and embezzlement of state funds. Small declined to submit to state judicial jurisdiction and warned of possible damages actions against the sheriff’s bondsmen if an arrest proceeds.
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Springfield
Ill
Sangamon County
Len Small
Henry Mester
C. F. Mortimer
Mester
McKeown released from Irish Republican MPs list
London Aug 8 John J McKeown a member of the Irish Republican parliament was liberated after an earlier exception to the release order for imprisoned MPs. He had been convicted by a court martial of murdering District Inspector McGrath prompting Sinn Fein protest and warnings from De Valera about delaying peace negotiations.
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London
John J. McKeown
McKeown
McGrath
Hamon de Valera
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
McGrath Murder Charge and Court Martial Sentence
The text discusses resentment over a murder charge against McKeown in the killing of district inspector McGrath, deemed an act of war. It notes McKeown was convicted by a court martial and sentenced to death, though the sentence awaits confirmation and possible commutation to a long prison term if confirmed.
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McGrath
McKeown
Public scolding allowed for husband over wife suitor
Kansas City judge frees John Griffith after beating Clyde Johnson at Union Station. Griffith says he struck Johnson because he was with his wife Vanicelle, noting two recent whippings in a week. Judge Fleming orders no fine and warns Griffith to stay in his district, while Mrs. Griffith pledges to remain with him and not meet Johnson again.
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Kansas City
Edward J. Fleming
South Municipal Court
Fleming
John Griffith
Clyde Johnson
Union Station
Vanicelle
Zion leader vows mega bulletin boards for sermons
Wilbur Glenn Voliva of Zion City Illinois declares immediate work on three story bulletin boards to display entire sermons after protesters burned large signs declaring Zion City for Zionists only. He promises to build ten more boards for every sign burned and to shield them with searchlights.
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Zion, Ill
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zionist Organization
Zion City
Bandit snatches $10,000 from bank messenger in Chicago
Leonard Murray, 2d years old, a messenger for Jefferies State Bank, was held up in the La Salle street financial district yesterday afternoon. A bandit pressed a gun against his side and seized a jacket carrying $10,000. The suspect fled into the crowded loop.
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Chicago
Leonard Murray
Jefferies State Bank
la Salle Street
Russian breadline numbers six millions
Washington reports six million Russians are moving out of pestilence and poverty areas in a record mass migration. Officials estimate 1.476 billion pounds of breadstuffs needed in ten worst districts and forecast 60 million poods of grain for sowing a new crop in the Volga region. Migration toward Siberia and the south continues with up to 10 million short of food within two weeks.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Kemenoff
All- Russian Commission
Saraton
Vyatka
Volga
Ukraine
North Caucasus
Ural
Riga
Moscow
Siberia
Train wreck tragedy leaves fifteen dead near De Quincy
Houston dispatch reports the Gulf Coast Line freight No 32 wreck near De Quincy Louisiana resulted in the belief that fifteen men were burned to death. Authorities received advices stating the loss may be larger as details remain incomplete and rescue efforts continue.
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Houston
Texas
Gulf Coast Line
de Quincy
Bicknell Woman Killed By All At Shades Of Death
A historical report notes eight inspection districts with a total of 31,858 men employed in mines during the first half of 1920. It records 70 fatal accidents and shows declines in days worked and outside mining workforce, with a 13 percent rise in fatal accidents and a 35 percent drop in tons produced per accident.
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Bicknell
Woman Falls to Death at Shades of Death Resort
Mrs. Martha J. Elliott aged 68, wife of mine operator George Elliott of Bicknell, fell over a 59 foot precipice at Shades of Death near Cransfordsville while a camping party of four women prepared to stay two weeks. She died within an hour of the mishap. Survived by husband and three children.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Martha J. Elliott
George Elliott
Bicknell
Cransfordsville
Elliott
William Grammer
Elsie M. Grammer
Terre Haute Water Company
Martha Munsterman
Vincennes
Kentucky Coal Output Falls in First Half of 1921
Kentucky's coal production for January through June 1921 dropped by 5,633,150 tons, or 29.23 percent, from the previous year, according to L Blenkinsop chief inspector of mines. The six month total reached 18,782,872 tons, with the year 1926 total shown as 38,192,014 tons in the report released yesterday.
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Lexington
Kentucky
L. Blenkinsop
LaPorte Man Sells Patent for Million Dollar Royalty
LaPorte Ind August 9 Walter Bunton a machinist sold a patent for handling copper to United States Steel Corporation for 1 000 000 and two cents per pound royalty as long as the patent lasts the report confirmed Bunton yesterday and notes the royalty feature remains in force pending patent duration
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Laporte
Ind
Walter Bunton
United States Steel Corporation
Bunton
SODA FOUNTAIN TAXES TO BE ABOLISHED IN REVISION
Washington August 9 Republican members of the house ways and means committee planned further tax reductions in a revenue revision. They agreed to abolish the soda fountain and lux ury taxes on wearing apparel and cut transportation levies by fifty percent. The move would cost about 160 million dollars and aims to ease business costs while delaying excess profits and higher surtaxes until next January 1.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cabinet crisis feared in Spain reports Madrid dispatch
Paris Aug 9 King Alfonso asked former Premier Maura to form a new cabinet. Maura is said to have accepted with reservations while the King continues talks with political leaders. Dispatch predicts a ministerial crisis within a few days.
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Paris
Alfonso
Maura
Spain
Madrid
Outlaw Liquor Kings Profit From Prohibition Fraud
Federal sources reveal bootleggers combine finance with crime to flood markets with illicit liquor. Profits reach up to 6000 per cent per case, with the Harry Brolaski conspiracy in California cited as a leading example of political influence and bonded whisky control. Brolaski is convicted of conspiracy and jailed after boasting of vast gains. More such figures are believed active nationwide.
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Washington
Federal
Prohibition
Harry Brolaski
California
Brolaski
Brolaskis
America
Weather Report Sees Warmer Night and Midweek Rise
A weather note predicts warmer temperatures tonight and again on Wednesday. Warmth centers in the south and east portions, with the outlook favoring a continued warm spell through midweek.
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Lair
Senate Fights Over Beer Prohibition Amendment
The Senate approved a Campbell Willis bill banning physicians from prescribing beer as medicine and amending the Volstead Act. A Stanley amendment imposing penalties on enforcement searches drew fierce dry opposition but was adopted, signaling a major anti prohibition victory though its fate in House conference remains uncertain.
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Washington
Senate
Stanley
Kentucky
Willis
Ohio
Sterling
South Dakota
Nelson
Minnesota
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
House
Senate Seats Senator Newberry in 1919 Controversy
The senate committee seated Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan after reviewing accusations that he bought his way into the senate. The case, tied to Henry Ford and contested on partisan grounds, drew national attention as Newberry was seated following the inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Senate
Henry Ford
Newberry
Secret ballot ordered for Pennsy shop committee vote
In Chicago on August 9 the United States railroad labor board ordered a secret ballot by Pennsylvania railroad shop employees to select a committee for negotiating working agreements with the road’s officials.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Railroad Labor Board
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