22 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1921
Page
1
Augusta man found guilty in slaying case. LeSurg man also sentenced for the Aledo killing. Both verdicts reflect ongoing homicide prosecutions and penalties in their respective counties.
Trial concludes in Mercer county with Russell Woods of Gusta and Quintan Sherman of Jesburg charged in the murder of Robert Swearingen, chief of police. The case drew weeks of testimony, detailing a hold up at a Mercer county fair last fall and subsequent investigations.
Mournful garbled snippet indicates Morris Low attended an event of the Knights of Pythias in Washington. Vy Harris to deliver address. note mentions no markets today and a Board of Trade in a cryptic context.
Lt Coney, the transcontinental flyer, was forced to land at Bronte Texas due to engine trouble but was not injured and planned to resume toward Florida. Reported sightings say a plane matching his crossed Yuma Arizona and Santiago California corridors as he aims to fly 2,070 miles across eleven states with a single stop at Dallas Texas for a 24 hour crossing.
Springfield Feb 22 The head of Tony Mone 30 Kincaid was almost severed and M Buggary seriously injured when an auto left the road near Deerens corner and crashed under a telephone guy wire. The driver was uninjured and the crash knocked out wire service until repairs were done.
A Socialist party statement from Chicago denounces the justice department and President Wilson over Eugene V. Debs being denied writing and visiting privileges at the Atlanta federal penitentiary. The group claims the order extended to letters to his wife and pledges solidarity with Debs as a voice for the voiceless.
President Wilson told a Harvard Woodrow Wilson Club delegation at the White House he would bend his efforts to the last in supporting world peace. The address, delivered February 22, emphasized long term commitment to peace as a national goal.
County Superintendent B E Decker announces two teacher meetings for McDonough county. The annual session at the Normal school Friday March 4 will include observation classes, a program by the Green Door Dramatic club, music, an address by Prof Hursh and motion pictures. Industry hosts a local meeting at the high school on Saturday February 26 featuring music and talks on attendance, language, reading habits, and teacher duties.
A Moscow report states Cossack troops attacked the railway train carrying Leon Trotsky, Russian Soviet war minister, along the Moscow Orenburg line. Several of Trotsky's traveling companions were wounded.
The court martial at Pokio returns a not guilty verdict for Coshigera Ogasawara the sentry who shot Lt Langdon of the U S Albany in Vladivostok last month on a charge of accidental murder according to an official War Department notice.
A By-Stander reports a phone main issue at Mews, seeking guidance on next steps. The brief note requests assistance from city utilities and mentions unclear service disruption impacting residents.
A Berlin wireless report via Swiss sources claims Montenegro has declared a holy war on Serbia. Two Serbian regiments reportedly occupy Jeppinge Monteniggo and the situation is described as grave.
McDonough county Republican committeemen will meet in this city February 25 at 2 30 p m to select delegates for the circuit judicial convention in Galesburg April 7. Delegates are allocated by votes for President elect Harding with one per 400 votes, totaling 18 for the county, and for the supreme judicial convention in Monmouth March 30 by Governor Small votes at one per 500, totaling 14. The March 21 meeting occurs in each district county.
A tenant strike led by the Chicago Tenants Protective Association launches with plans for meetings to enlist 100,000. Striking tenants would refuse to move or pay high rents and seek eviction cases to be delayed until next year, with signs reading The owners of this apartment are unfair and This apartment will not be vacated May 1.
A Detroit area draft record lists ten male residents connected to Navy service or related roles. Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew Mellon, and John Weeks are named with biographical highlights, including birthplaces, ages, education, and careers in law banking and government.
Secretary of War Edwin Denby of Detroit is profiled with career milestones from Ohio roots to statewide politics. Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty’s rise in Columbus and his Chicago convention role are noted. Secretary of Interior Albert Fall is linked to Three Rivers New Mexico with a broad public service background. Continued on Page 8.
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