Senators probe lobby power and tariff fights in Washington
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee opened hearings on lobbying in Washington, spotlighting tariff and beet sugar interests. William Burgess and other officials testified while political fault lines formed over evidence sharing. The probe expanded to farm board nominees and fed a broader push to broaden oversight authority. A major New Jersey liquor-smuggling syndicate raid followed, with 35 locations raided and hidden tunnels and radio control found. International disarmament talks saw Italy accept a naval conference invitation, signaling cautious engagement under the Washington treaty framework.
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Senate Committee
William Burgess
United States Potters’ Association
Thomas O. Marvin
Tariff Commission
IB. B. Brossard
Commission
F. L. Koch
Bar Langenbeck
Burgess
H. A. Austin
United States Beet Sugar Association
C. Evanson
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Hiram Bingham
Evanson
Prance
Atl
Great Britain
Paris
Rome
Washington
Stimson
Italy
London
League of Nations Preparatory Commission
France
Disparate World News From Across the Globe
A broad survey notes MacDonald’s Canada visit and U S goodwill, Oviеt forces push into Manchuria as Peng Yu-hsiang is detained, Afghanistan sees Nadir Khan named amir, the R-101 airship tests near London, AFL Toronto plans Southern laborizing, U S immigration debates persist, and Madame Curie visits the Hoovers amid ill health.
Freed convict musician inspires prison, public
Damascus Gallur, a former embezzler and killer, was released from San Quentin on health grounds after 14 years. The famed composer and bandleader, once backed by Sousa and admired by Presidents, now plans to lead a future band while claiming health will improve.
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San Francisco
San Quentin
California
Damascus Garcia Galler
Gallur
Damascus Gallar
Oakland
August Hotchkiss
Gallar
Johm Philip Sousa
America
San Quentin Band
San Quentin Orchestra
Board of
State Prison Directors
Musicians' Union of America
Jasin Philip Sousa
Gall W Courei
Philip Shapiro
Lnte
Paul Steingorf
Sousa
Cow From the Country Finds City Life Bad
A country cow visiting Maryville Missouri found urban life baffling. She wandered streets, sought a drug store, visited a courthouse, and failed to gain entry to the high school. Night Officer William Truttinger arrested the animal and returned her to her owner.
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Cow
Maryville
William Truttinger
Evicted Bees Trigger Barn Fire in Perry New York
Bees stung Joseph Webleski and his horses and cows prompting him to light a torch to burn the nest. The fire department saved the barn, but returning bees caused a second alarm. The barn survived, but the bees were driven away.
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Perry
N. Y
Joseph Webleski
Tail of Dinosaur Bone Found in New Mexico Desert
Smithsonian expedition uncovers a 13 foot dinosaur tail in the San Juan basin New Mexico. The site yields fragments of a horned dinosaur skull and more than 20 nearly complete turtles, with petrified bones scattered among sagebrush and desert sands.
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Washington
Smithsonian
San Juno
New Mexico
Saime
Charles W. Gilmore
National Museum
Chicago Origin of the Term Copper for Police
A Chicago origin story explains how police are called coppers or coppers. The book Chicago The History of Its Reputation notes the term copper arose in mid-1800s Chicago. Mayor Job C G Baines earned the nickname Copperstack Haines, and police were nicknamed coppers by locals before spreading nationwide.
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Chicago
New York
Bobby
Lierd Lewis
Henry Justin Smith
Jobe C G. Baines
Copperstack
Haines
Coppers
Polar Bear Labeled the Meanest Animal
New York readers note polar bears as the meanest animal after Col. Bill Hayward, famed sportsman and former U S district attorney, described their fierceness on his Arctic hunting expedition. He warns a polar bear is far more wicked than a Bengal tiger in its untamable nature.
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New York
Bill” Hayward
United States
Arctic
Octogenarian Digs Gold in His Own Back Yard
Independence, Mo. Samuel Boydston eighty six, aided by two friends, used a gold detector in his yard about five years ago. He has since dug small amounts of gold ore from shallow spots. A local expert estimates the paying ore lies around 47 feet deep, but Boydston says he is too old to dig that deep.
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Independence
Samuel B. Boydston
Boydston
Bardston
Educator Sees Modern Youth as Good Parents
Miss Justina Meich dean of women at Capital University Columbus Ohio said here that today’s youth are better at handling problems and are frank about them. She added that modern complexities test self-control but do not erode character.
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Los Angeles
Justina Meich
Capital University
Columbus
Ohio
Mistaken for Killer Lion Miner Slain in Colorado
Colorado Springs inevitable tragedy as Charles C. Schmidt, a miner, is shot dead after being mistaken for the infamous killer lion roaming Dead Man Canyon country. The man-eating beast, blamed for about thirty kills, remains at large despite efforts by wardens and ranchers. A $100 reward is offered for the lion's head.
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Miner
Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles C. Schmidt
Dead Man Canyon
Hwodceo
Mapping Drives Global Topographic Efforts in Americas
Dr. William Bowie of Washington, speaking in Mexico City for the Pan American Institute of Geography and History, urges coordinated topographic mapping to guide resource development. He notes only 43 percent of the United States has been mapped and cites aviation routes and industry needs as drivers for comprehensive surveys to prevent wasteful road and rail choices.
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MacDonald
New York
Niagara Falls
Canada
W. D. Ross
Torozio
United States
Atlantic
Toronto
American Federation of Labor
Unlted States
Coast and Geodetic
Bowie
National Geographic Society
Ants Menace Los Angeles Courthouse
Entomologist Gareth Ryan warned county officials that termites have invaded the courthouse halls. He warned drastic action is needed to stop damage to joists and beams or justice may lose its home. Last year termites caused millions in damage to wood foundations of several county offices behind the courthouse.
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Los Angeles
Califf County
Gareth Ryan
Bandit Keeps Promise and Also Victim's Watch
A bandit robbed Ralph Meyer and a companion on a lonely road near Lincoln Nebraska. Meyer reported the theft and says the watch has not yet been returned despite the bandit’s promise to do so.
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Bandit
Bincoln
Ralph Meyer
Lincoln
Meyer
Song of Solomon Suppressed in New British Bible
The National Sunday School Union’s new Bible edition bans the Song of Solomon citing it as likely to corrupt youth. Censors impose severe cuts on Solomon’s actions and utterances, suppressing a widely regarded work of literature.
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Solomon
New British Bible London
National’ Sunday School Union
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