Change Courts Plan Prompts Illinois Constitutional Debate
Springfield May 1. A tentative article for a new Illinois constitution favors elected over appointed judges outside Cook County. The plan keeps a seven member supreme court, four appellate districts, and district townships. judges serve six year terms and may be paid by the locality. A Chicago hearing is set for 180 p.m. today as lawyers present views on elective versus appointive plans. A separate reform would cut the grand jury to twelve and shift duties to the state's attorney, with preliminary hearings by a circuit judge and possible informations before proceeding to grand jury.
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Springfield
Ill
Cook County
Committee On Judicial Affairs
Amos Miller
Supreme Court
Townshops
Dudiomary Committee
Chicago
City
Lawyers’ Association of
Ihnots
Bill of Rights Committee
Cire
Stat
Jack
Attorneys to Seek New Hearing for Anson Best
PONTIAC Mich May 1 Attorneys for Anson Best held on a charge of murdering Vera Schneider a telephony operator a week ago announced they would seek a rehearing in Justice court where he had waived examination and been bound over to the circuit court Best allegedly confessed to strangling the young woman at her own request then repudiated the confession
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Pontpac
Mich
Anson Best
Vera Schneider
Justice Court
Best
Russia and Japan to Sign Russo-Japanese Accord Soon
TOKIO reports the war office announcing an imminent Russo-Japanese agreement that will concede virtually all Japanese commands.
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Russia
Japan
Tokio
War Office
Fire damages Gravois Foundry plant in St Louis
Sparks from an open blaze ruined the Gravois boundary manufacturing plant in St Louis tonight. The loss is estimated near eighty thousand dollars.
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ST. Louis
May
Gravois Foundary Manufacturing Company
Parisians Crave Movies From U S
Parisians oppose a decree banning import of American films. They admit a strong fondness for U S movies and a large fan base follows American stars. Many titles reach France after delays of a year or more.
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Paris
France
United States
Post Under Fire As Senate Hears Charges Brought
Washington May 1 The administration by Louis F Post assistant secretary of labor in charge of radical deportation cases was attacked before the House immigration committee. The panel contended government efforts to break up the 5000 communists arrested in nationwide raids were largely nullified through department releases led by Post. Post’s counsel Jackson H H Ralston defended him saying he exercised humanity and acted to keep families together. He assailed the Department of Justice for using drastic methods now frowned upon even in Russia under the parist regime.
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Washington
Louis F. Post
Retary of Labor
House Rotes Committee
Mr. Post
S Promittee
Jonmeon
Nates
Department of Labor
Fost
Jackson HH Ralston
Mr. Ralston
Department of Justice
Russia
Parist
Two Nominations For Inter-State Commerce Commission
President Wilson nominated two new members for the Inter-State Commerce Commission on Friday. Henry Jones Ford of Princeton University and James Duncan of Quincy Mass were named to two new seats created by the transportation act. A third nominee will be sent to the Senate after consent. Ford would serve until December 31 1925 succeeding J S Harlan whose term ended 1918. Duncan would serve until December 31 1924. The third term ends December 1923. Nominations go to the Senate committee. some senators privately oppose the picks.
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Washington
Inter-State
Commieres
Wilson
Senate
Henry Jones Ford
Princeton University
James Duncan
Quincy
Mass
American Federation of Labor
Ford
J. S. Harlan
Harlan
Duncan
Senate Inter-State Commerce Committee
Mistaken Burros Trigger Bridge Destruction Report
Washington May 2 Misplaced estimates say a dust cloud from burros led Federal troops to destroy steel railroad bridges. The bridges carried trams from the north toward Mazatlan. A suspected Senora revolutionary force near Moavar han prompted defensive orders. Bridges sustained about $100000 in damage.
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Washington
Allaneh
Mazatlan
Senora Revolutionary Army
Angel Pleres
Moavarhan
Americum
Golfers Meet to Discuss Changes in Golf Rules
Delegates from golf associations across the country met in New York to confer with the United States Golf Association rules committee on proposed rule changes. The committee plans to sail for England late in May to confer with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
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New York
United States Golf Association
England
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St. Andrews
Senator Knox Enters Race for Nomination
Philadelphia May 1 Senator Philander Cowes of Pennsylvania for mer secrees of state was endorsed Friday by Senator Bates Penrose of Pennsylvania for the Republican nomination for President.
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Philadelphia
Philander Cowes
Pennsylvania
Secrees
Bates Penrose
Penneylvania
Lowden Backed by Days Anti-Saloon League Endorses Governor
Westerville Ohio May 1 The Anti-Saloon League of America endorses Illinois Governor Frank O Lowden as a suitable candidate for prohibitionists though no firm stance on Warren G Harding is given. The league approves Lowden for his enforcement record while labeling Cox thoroughly wet and Edwards merely a partner to Cox seeking wet strength.
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Westterville, O
Lowden
Illinois
Anti-Saloon League of America
P. A. Baker
League
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Ohio
Johnson
Hiram Johnson
California
Equor
Lewden
Edward
Cox
James M. Cox
Edwards
New Jersey
Goveror Edwards
New Jersey to Send 16 Delegates Pledged to Wood
Newark New Jersey primary returns show Gen Leonard Wood leading with 52 497 votes to 31 405 for Johnson. Wood would claim 16 of the state's 28 Republican convention delegates with 12 of the 16 district delegates pledged to him and three unpledged.
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New Jersey
Gen. Wood
Newark
N. J
Leanard Wood
Chicago
Wood
Johnson
Bie Pour
New Wood
Pastor Cannot Qualify on Whisky Testimony in New York Case
In New York Dr. John Reach Straten, pastor of Calvary Baptist, failed to qualify as an expert on Scotch whisky. He testified about Seateh whisky served at Healy’s cabaret at Broadway and Sixty sixth street during an inquiry into vice conditions, but a U S Commissioner ruled he could not testify on whether the whisky actually was served.
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New York
Jobn Reach Straten
Calvary Baptish Church
District Attorney's Office
Police Department
Straten
Thomas Healy
Healey
Broadway
Sixty- Sixth Street
H M Johnson Named Opera Company Manager
Herbert M Johnson, business comptroller of the Chicago Opera Company, will succeed the late Cleofonte Campanini as executive director. Harald Po McCormick, president of the opera association, announced Gino Marinuzzi as artistic director responsible for stage direction and artistic details.
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Chicago
Herbert M Johnson
Chicago Opera Company
Cleofonte Campanini
Harald Po McCormick
Opera Association
Gino Marinuzet
Inte Miestro
Tha Renducters
Tha Reductions
Wood daughter to serve as chauffeur in France
Miss Leas Bass Wood, daughter of Mayor General Jean Wood, applied for no passport to accompany the American fund for devastated France. She said she will serve as no chauffeur in France in connection with the fund's work.
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Wiss Wood
France
Chicago
Leas Bass Wood
Jean Wood
Pranece
American Fund For
Peace Declaration Resolution Sparks Senate Debate
A Knox substitute to repeal war declarations with Germany and Austria-Hungary advances in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Leader Lodge presents it. Republicans argue it preserves Versailles rights and war powers while seeking diplomatic relations. Democratic opposition looms as talks extend ahead of the conventions recess.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Lodge
Wilson
House
Austria
Hungary
Bolsheviki Fall Before Polish Advance in Ukraine
AP dispatch from Warsaw reports Polish forces breaking Bolshevik resistance in South Ukraine. Mohilev captured. Poles push southeast along the Dniester, taking 15,000 prisoners, 60 cannons, machine guns, and 70 locomotives. Casnobyl stronghold seized after heavy fighting. Kiev may see Ukrainian, Polish forces enter with General Pilsudski.
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Associateds Press
Warsaw
Ukraine
Mohilev
Dniester
Pripet River
Belhevik
Red Fhatiy
Casmnobyl
Chernobyl
Kiev
Peles
Petlura
Ths
Pilsnski
Wootten Not Guilty in Bisbee Deportation Case
Associated Press reports in Tombstone Arizona that Wootten was charged with kidnapping tied to the Bisbee deportations. A verdict was returned Friday night after lengthy proceedings, with details indicating no guts in the initial charges and the case concluding on July 12.
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Associated Press
Tombstone
Arizona
Tf Ke Wootten
Gure
Mrs Archibald Roosevelt Detained by Detective in Chicago
Mrs Archibald Roosevelt daughter in law of former president was detained in Michigan Avenue by a detective sergeant who questioned her about contents of suitcases and boxes to an automobile before a railroad station. Identity confirmed she proceeded to New York to join her husband.
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Chicago
May P
Archibald Roosevelt
Michigan Avenue
Roosevelt
New York
Panama
Rebels Gain Ground Across Mexican Cities
Washington reports Americans may pay taxes to de facto authorities in Sonora and other rebel zones as international law allows. Vera Cruz conditions described as fragile with rising rebel coordination. Chihuahua City center of action with Gen Elias Carles announcing control and militia movements toward the city. General Calles confirms direct lines with Gen Enriquez amid shifting loyalties and telegraph links.
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Washington
Sonora
Mexico
State Department
Vera Cruz
Revolutionary Movement
Obregon
Meico
Valles
Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua
Eugenio Martines
Francisco del Arco
Chihuahua City
Hermosillo
Calles
Enriquez
Indict Chicago Firms On Profiteering Charge
Four Chicago produce dealers were indicted on charges of violating the Lever Act. Orrin K. Earl of Earl Brothers and L Starks and Company faced profiteering accusations in potatoes. Lyme Eagle and Company and See Moon and Company were accused of charging excessive prices for surplus. Profits ranged from 50 to 125 percent.
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Cuhicago
Chicago
Orrin Kx. Earl
Earl Brothers
L. Starks and Company
Lyme Eagle and Company
See Moon and Company
Kansas Judge Grants Injunction to Halt Strike
Pittsburg Kas May 1 Judge Andrew J Curran in Crawford County District Court ruled the new Court of Industrial Relations law constitutional and granted a temporary injunction preventing Alexander Howat and other United Mine Workers Kansas district officers from calling a strike. The judge declined a mandatory injunction, noting mines are largely at work, but said he would consider one if future idle mining is shown during the injunction’s term.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Court of Industrial Relations Law
Andrew J. Curran
Crawford County
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Federal agents seize 96 500 pounds of sugar hoarded
Federal agents seized 96 500 pounds of sugar stored in two Nebraska warehouses belonging to seven grocery firms amid hoarding allegations. Assistant district attorney Peterson said Lever Act prosecutions will follow and, if successful, the sugar will be released to the market. One firm reportedly held 62 500 pounds.
Shootings described in Denver altercation ends in deaths
In Denver a man named Cole Leary and his stepson fought over a business dispute Thursday. Leary shot his wife with a stray revolver shot by a butler, then killed himself, leaving the wife seriously wounded. Details and names appear partially garbled in the report.
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Denver
Cole
Mary
James Leary
Leary
Inauguration of Washington Reenacted on Wall Street
New York May 1 thousands of bankers brokers and clerks watched actors reenact the inauguration of George Washington as the first president matching the ceremony on the sub treasurys steps in Wall Street under the Constitutional league of America. The event marked the 31st anniversary of the Constitution's adoption with participants repeating the historic act.
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New York
George Washington
United States
Sub-Treasury Building
Wall Street
Constitutional League of America
Fuller Pension Act Raises Rates for War Veterans and Widows
Washington May 1 The Fuller pension bill aims to boost veteran and widow benefits after decades of reduced purchasing power. If enacted the act would add about 65 million dollars to current payments for Civil War World War I and Mexican War survivors, raising standard pensions to 50 a month for survivors and 30 for widows, with additional amounts for disabled, crippled, and dependents. Payments would commence with the quarterly July 4 August 4 and September installments.
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Washington
Body of one of murdered wives sought in Watson case
Los Angeles police probing Walter Andrew Watson alias James R Huirt seek the body of Nina Lee Delaney buried near San Diego county after a purported confession. Officials plan to take Watson to the site to confirm the grave while he faces accusations involving multiple wives.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Andrew Watson
James R. Huirt
Nina Lee DeLaney
Watson
San Diego County
Thomas Lee Woolwine
de Laney
DeLoney
Elizabeth Fo Wui-liamson
Sacramento
Delaney
Los Angeles County
Elizabeth Prior
Plum
Washington
Alice M. Ludvigson
Bertha A. Gowinch
Street Car Strike in Iowa Settled in Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa on May 1 a two month street car strike affecting transportation facilities was settled. Judge Reed of the U S district court observed the street car company holding leverage over the city and urged immediate settlement. City and company employees signed an agreement hours later setting an eight cent fare.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Mm Renaiis
Priday
Pudge Henry T. Reed
United States District Court
French President Sets Casual Dress for Tour
Paris reports President Deschanel will wear comfortable attire on his official tour with soft felt hats soft collars and lounge suits prescribed for himself and his suite. He is expected to be imprisoned Moyeth shirt and swallow tailed coat in transit.
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Paris
Deschanel
France
Moyeth
Officials Prepare for Reds May Day Demonstrations
Washington reports from May 1 state officials see no nationwide violence from May Day radical protests though local authorities must stay vigilant. Garvan notes possible sporadic acts at meetings while observing agitation. some leaders face threats, and large propaganda efforts are planned. Chicago authorities brace for protests with hundreds arrested, while clothing workers strike in protest of Debs and other prisoners.
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Washington
Garvan
Wisconsin
Chicago
John Jack
West Side
IWW
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
International Ladies’ Tail Bors’ Union
International Association of Machinists
Eugene V. Debs
Kate Richards O'Hare
Tom Mooney
A. Mitchell Palmer
National Socialist Committee
Palmer
Mrs Meade On Stand In Strause Murder Trial
In McLean county, Mrs Lena Meade widow of Berne Meade testifies again in the Strause murder trial. Prosecutors and defense prepare closing arguments expected to take a week to analyze evidence. Meade disputes claims she conspired to remove Strause from the Peoria bank presidency.
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Bloomington
Strause
McLean County
Lena Bo Meade
Berne Meade
Meade
Peoria Bank
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