Philadelphia Lawyer Bar President Elect
The American Bar Association closed its annual convention with officer elections and a dinner. Hampton L. Carson of Philadelphia, former Pennsylvania Attorney General, was elected President. Secretary George Whitlock of Baltimore and Treasurer Frederick E. Wadhams of Albany were re-elected. Distinguished jurists attended the dinner, including Chief Justice Edward D. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
American Bar Association
Hampton L. Carson
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
George Whitlock
Baltimore
Frederick E. Wadhams
Albany
N. Y
Edward D. White
United States Supreme Court
George T. Page
Peoria
Ill
British Chamber of Commerce in U S Approved
New York September 6 Supreme Court Justice Jay approved incorporation of the British Chamber of Commerce in the United States with aims to promote trade between Britain and the United States, settle commercial disputes by arbitration, investigate standings of firms and individuals, and advocate British commercial interests in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British Chamber of Commerce
United States
England
Great Britain
Supreme Court
Jay
New World’s Record By Gelding Trotter
Ramco owned by Wilbur J. Myers Springfield Ohio and driven by Harry Stakes set a new world record for four year old trotting geldings at the Indiana State Fair winning the first heat of the 2:08 trot in 2:06.54 surpassing the previous 2:07.4 mark set by Uhlan in 1998 at Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ramco
Wilbur J. Myers
Springfield
Ohio
Harry Stakes
Uhlan
Huge Railroad Coal Pier Destroyed at Port Covington
Baltimore dispatch reports the Western Maryland coal pier at Port Covington, a 1,000 foot long and 90 foot high structure with cars and coal, burned Friday night destroying the harbor terminal near Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Raiica le Great
Port Covington
Stagehands Strike Widespread Hit Theaters Nationwide
A strike by stagehands in 169 theaters nationwide disrupts Shubert and other studios. The International Alliance of Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators ordered an immediate walkout, affecting productions and related services.
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TORIC
Shubert
Wate International Alliance
Wilson Speech in St Louis on League of Nations
President Wilson urged Americans to support the league covenant, warning against isolation. He argued only joint action can save world markets and rebuild Germany, urging continued U.S. leadership and adherence to the treaty as the path to lasting peace and justice.
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Wilson
St. Louis
League of Nations
Germany
United States
Herbert Hoover
Paris
Reparations Commission
League
Council of the League
America
Palmyra County Fair Draws Large Crowds in Marion
Palmyra Mo Sept 4 The Marion county fair draws large crowds with a field meet for county youths and premium contests. An advertised airplane flew in Wednesday and offered two flights with aeronautic stunts. Livestock, poultry, agricultural and floral displays are extensive, with Friday and Saturday slated for more aerial shows. Local residents and visitors attend events, marriages, and community notices fill the page amid updates on church associations, residents, and business.
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Palmyra
Maurion
Marion County Fair
British Chamber Of Commerce Now In U S
London reports drastic measures by the British government to curb American packers. A broker pool is to be established for firms sidelined by perceived packer influence, enabling British traders to gain a share of the import trade once controlled by American packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Herald
the Herald
Food Ministry
Kaiser Took 650000 Marks When He Fled
Berlin dispatch notes former Emperor William carried 650000 marks when fleeing to Holland. Prussian finance minister Dr Adbert O Suedekum says no evidence of imperial family capital abroad and plans to announce a settlement of the Hohenzollern finances, aiming for a fair resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
William
Holland
Adbert O. Suedekum
Suedekum
Gompers to Speak at Miners Gathering in Cleveland
Samuel Gompers president of the AFL and W B Wilson labor secretary arrive in Cleveland to address the United Mine Workers convention opening next Tuesday. Gompers to speak Friday with Cleveland Federation of Labor officials confirming the event. Wilson's exact date undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Samuel Ompers
American Federation of Labor
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Gompers
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Wilson
Wilson Replies To Gompers Over Steel Labor Telegram
President Wilson answered a telegram from Samuel Gompers on behalf of steel workers. The exact reply was not disclosed as his special train departed from the station.
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Gompers
ST. Louis
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Pittsfield News Briefs From Portage to Quincy Ties
Charles Wills of Portage Wis spends days transacting business in Pittsfield. Ross Linville buys C D Vertrees residence for 7700. Pike county farm bureau hires Miss Bessie Chandler as stenographer. Miss Chandler earns top grade as Weaver serves on U S District Court petit jury in Quincy. Mr and Mrs Hile Tippetts visit Marceline Mo and Kansas City. Ben Niebur family from Chicago visit his parents. Dante Rhodes hosts Line Fourteen club. Pleasant Hill meeting to elect delegates for Mississippi River Scenic Highway in Memphis Tenn. Pike County committee named. Mrs George S Halpin visits Auburn. Mrs Myrtle Collins files for divorce from Henry Collins alleging statutory offenses. Velma Loveless resigns bank job to attend Eureka College. Hattie Booth files for divorce alleging cruelty. Paul Carlton to receive 30 dollar monthly pension for disability from Camp McArthur Texas. arm injury affected use after guarding a fight. County Clerk Heskey issues marriage licenses Roy Gregor Reby Hammer and Loyd Workman Maudie Anders. Mrs Sarah K E Henderson buys Harry Branch cottage, moves soon. transaction via G M Smith. Thomas Coulins Hayward Hough hired at Quincy manufacturing plant. Robert Wells buys Henry Usherwood residence for 3000. Faye Williams to teach in Felkhar Ind. Brun Mill to enlarge factory. capacity doubles. 15 employed in metal novelties. Aritham Beard of Quincy visiting Pittsfield. ex-police member. Dr Glenn Smith buys Charles H Nelson residence. to move.
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Pittsfield
Ill
Charles Wills
Portage
Wis
Ross Linville
C. D. Vertrees
Tommieita
Pike County Farm Bureau
Bessie Chandler
Peaci
I'red W. Niebur
Dante] Rhodes
Line Fourteen
Pleasant Hill
Memphis
Tenn
Pike County
W. E. Williams
H. Koehler
M’ Smith
C. C. Thomas
George
Halpin
Auburn
Earl Faust
Familly
Myrtle Collins
Henry Collins
Velma Loveless
First National Bank
Eureka College
Eureka
Sil
Hattie Booth
Barry
Charles C. Booth
Paul Carlton
Camp McArthur
Texas
Charles A. Heskey
Roy Gregor
Reby Hammer
Nebo
Loyd Workman
Maudie Anders
Naples
Sarah KE. Henderson
Harry
G. M. Smith
Thomas Coulins
Hayward Hough
Quincy
Robert Wells
Henry Usherwood
Faye Williams
Felkhart
Ind
Brun. Mill Company
Sam HF
David Ae
Felix
Melville
Ar Itham Beard
Glenn Smith
Milton
Charles H. Nelson
Local News and Social Notes Parade
Within green days the town lists property values at 7500 dollars and notes Dr. Smith resuming professional practice. Helen Anderson returns to teaching English and music in public schools, Kin derhook. Rev Charles Clarke preaches Sunday morning at the Syracuse Christian church after YMCA work with expeditionary forces. S Binns buys Dr Ville Moyer farm in Hadley township for 10 400 dollars. Richard Frazier and family visit St Louis. Mrs A C Matthews hosts Senior Ladies of the Congregational church Friday afternoon. Vincent Foreman travels to Dy ol Wilsh for a visit. Rev J C Brown to lecture on Peter Cartwright Sunday night at the Methodist church. Prof Frank Kane and Bernice Kane depart for Lincoln Neb after visit with Tim Kane family.
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Ste
Binns
Ville Moyer
Hadley Townak
Richard Frazier
St. Louis
A. C. Matthews
Vincent Foreman
J. C. Brown
Methodist Church
Peter Cartwright
Frank Kane
Bernice
Lincoln
Neb
Timothy Kane
Local residents visit kin and friends during a week
Miss Helen Sparks of Moberly visits Miss Nell Lewis and relatives. Ada Gibson of Hunnewell attends the fair and sees friends. Mrs M. Ball returns to Topeka after visiting her parents. Mrs Grant Devell travels to Roseville to visit kin. Oliver of Maurceline returns home after visiting his son. Several others, including Mrs Neil Cooper and Miss Phyllis Bailey, visit relatives in Quincy and Brookfield. Mrs Oscar Young leaves for Hutchinson after her father John O Nan's death.
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Jess Swearingen
Helen Sparks
Moberly
Nell Lewis
Ada Gibson
Hunnewell
M. Ball
Sen
Topeka
Kang
Irs
C. W. Coard
Grant Devell
Roseville
Oliver of
Maurceline
C. M. Oliver
Neil Cooper
Clarence
Charles Miles
Ida Miles
A. Corder
Walter Clagett
Quincy
Phyllis Bailey
Jose Misses
Mayme
Nan Bailey
R. A. Ork
C. H. Huaerle
Walter White
Ida Forman
Brookfield
J. M Forman
Barney Bledsoe
Hannibal
Co. A. Jordan
Oscar Young
Hutchison, Kas
Young
John O. Nan
Arrest Man Believed To Be Paul Haverly
CHICAGO September 6 police were notified of the Sparta Wisconsin arrest of a man believed to be Paul J B Haverly missing grand keeper of records and seals of the Hiinoistrand lodge of Knights of Pythias charged in a $52000 shortage in the order’s funds The prisoner denies being Haverly but matches the description and a member of the order travels to Sparta to confirm identity
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Chicago
Sparta
Wis
Paul J. B. Haverly
Hiinoistrand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Haverly
Order
Crippled disturbance arrest at Majestic cafe
Carl Krutcher was arrested by Officer Wittler on a peace disturbance charge after a rumpus in the Majestic cafe on Hampshire street. He became unruly and the management used force to eject him, resulting in the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Krutcher
Wittler
Majestic
Hampshire Stret
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NTO Congress
National Socialist Party
Committee On International Relations
Moscow
Svar
International Socialist Congress
J. Louis Engaahl
Russia
Mexico
Pan- American Socialist Congress
My. Melms
Milwaukee
William Brandt
Willam H. Henry
John Hagel
Oklahoma City
George KE. Roewer
O. Cc. Wilson
James Aa
O'Neall
New York City
Victor L. Berger
Communist Labor Party of America
L. A. Watterfield
Kansas
Alexandrsilan
Jack Carney
Duluth
Minn
Max Bedacht
California
Philadelphia Lawyer Bar President
U. S
Europe
J.-H. Wahle
Washington
Crisco
Mazda
E. C
Russell Young
Madison, Mo
Mia
H. A
Hollyman
Dorothy
Jane
Parksville
One Bates
Ethel Vickery
Hanni- Leo N. Dehmer
Mary M. Schneider
Jerry M. Beaver
Belle Talley
George M. Nixon
Letha M. Billings
Henry T. Starks
Nelie Gottman
Marion County
Eit E. Brown
Irene Lowe
Hannial
Cyrug
Lease
Mabel Badgley
Barry, Sr
Henry Scott
Kate Honeykamp
Bethel Baptist Association
Ebeneezer Church
W. B. Hall
McClintic
Monroe City
Thad R. Smith
D. M. Proctor
Philadelphia Baptist Church
RE. Church South
Boone
Mitchell
A. V. Ely
Thomas Glendinning
William Stevens
Frank Tate
P. A. Weyand
Henry Starks
Nellie Gottman
Frey
Ralls County
Weidermeyer
Dora Zink
Canton
Til
Norton Willis
Virgnia Gosney
Burlington Railroad
Ben Bross
Jacksonville
Gerard, I
Frank Sehneider
Tinele Sam
A. Stevens
Kartsag City
Stevens
Trenson
Sumford
Pal Imyra
Leonard Rothweiler
Detroit
Mich
Berehater-Rothweiler Gulag
J. C. Weller
Arthur Jacob
Lane the Fair
R. I Winn
Kaiser
Ier
Mazda Oil
J. H. Brown & Son
Maine Street
Shelbina
Paul Haverly
Highland Park
Rialto Jazz Band
Horst
Lenox Soap
Melons
Washington St
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