Illinois governor must face trial upheld by appeals court
The Court of Appeals today upheld a trial order for the Illinois governor, rejecting defense claims of prejudicial publicity, improper change of venue, and biased jurors. The ruling affirmed that no prejudicial error invalidated the acquittal or verdict, and noted the first count of deliberate murder and robbery charges supported a single verdict.
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Court OF Appeals
Qurderer
Roberto
Cewt
Wright
Atu
Elty
Torerto
Hha
Walter Wright
Harry
Biuke' Cummins
Hoberta
Ohio Penitentiary
Har
Conti
Anon Kaede Ceed
Notin
Roberta
Java
Tuehler Bros
Felix Caolabrese
Wayne Coal Co
Pittsburgh and West Virginian Railway Co
Steubenville
East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Co
Ward McHurd
Binislaw Kubinski
Et al
Joseph Grossman
Proposal to Limit Aircraft and Submarine War Roles
Washington December 29. A sub committee report on aviation urges unlimited aircraft construction but strict wartime use limits. The arms conference negotiates tonnage caps for aircraft carriers and restrictions on submarines. The American delegation, led by Root, seeks to bound submarine operations and possibly outlaw attacking merchant ships. Rhetoric centers on enforcing humane rules for submarine commanders and potential trials as pirates.
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A. P.J
Land Armaments ‘Committee
Sy A. BP
Naval Committee
France
Wuhu
Reat
Mr. Rool
Post Office Site Condemnation Moves in Steubenville
In Columbus, Ohio, December 1, 1920, Assistant US Attorney Ford filed federal condemnation in Steubenville to acquire 50 feet on Court Street rear to Washington and Fourth streets for a new post office and federal building. The act of Congress authorized the site two years ago and Castner property sale awaits deed recording.
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Steubenville
United States District
Ford
Court Street
Washington and
Fourth Streets
Sterbenville
Washington Street
Semple and Casinet Proaperties
Trial of Chinese General Demanded in Missionary Death Case
The American Legion protests to Peking for punishment of General Chang Ching You over the 1920 Yo Show church attack that killed American missionary Rev. W. A. Reimert. Washington notes formal protests and potential indemnity in September 1920, with details of the attack and claims of payment to the mission.
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Telehn
Dan
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Risnent
Che
Chen
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Hepcovines
Taiwan
Toop
Chang Widbrowski
Rink
Tia Fey
Mer
Thelmart
Reformed Church
Yo- Show
Yao
Tawa
PEON
Ammuers
Organization to Help Service Men To Be Formed Here
A meeting of county officials and representatives from the Red Cross Y M C A Jewish Welfare Knights of Columbus and various soldier and veterans groups is called by Prosecutor Stanton Pearce for Saturday at 2 PM. It aims to form a volunteer group to assist ex servicemen in filing state compensation applications. The meeting will be at the Prosecutor office in the National Exchange Bank building.
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Red Cross
Jewish Welfare
Knights of Columbus
Stanton Pearce
Exserrviga
Ainge
National Exchange Bank
Price
Divorce Splits McCormick Estate Amid Rockefellers Ties
Mrs Hadith Rockseter McCormick wins the Lake Shore Drive townhouse in Chicago after a rapid divorce from Harold W. McCormick. He keeps the Lake Forest estate as the sole division of their substantial financial holdings. Both remain financially secure with no settlement pressure.
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Hadith Rockseter McCormick
Harold W. McCormick
McCormick Town House
Lake Shore Drive
Gold Coast
McCormick
Lake Forest
Europe
Th i Financial
Milieniaire
Iternational Jarvester Company
John D. Rockfeller
Charles
Governor Davis Reports State Reorganization Impact
Governor Warry L. Davis outlines how the new state system accelerates operations and cuts department expenses. The seventh in a Herald-Star series explains public business efficiency under the reorganization, with further installments promised.
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Herald-Star
Warry L. Davis
Tas
Expert Sizes Up Burchs Mentality
The report details expert testimony on Arthur Burch’s alleged insanity in the murder case. Dr. Charles L. Allen, of the Los Angeles county lunacy commission, testifies that Burch is in a state of mental deterioration amounting to insanity and is to resume testimony at court reopening.
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Los Angeles
Cal
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Arthur
Burch
J. Bellow. Kennedy
Charles L. Allen
Los Angeles County Lunacy Commission
Cargo of Liquor Seized at Boston
Boston December 29 By AP The Nuitiah schooner Golden West with an area of alcohol and case liquor aboard was seized by the coast guard cutter Acushnet while at anchor outside this port. It was towed in this morning and turned over to customs officers. The liquor laden vessel, flying the union jack, was said to be owned by a former Boston bartender and bound for Boston from Halifax Nova Scotia.
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Coast Guard
Acushnet
Toston
Halifax
New Low Price in New York and Nevada Sugar Quotes
Refined sugar prices dropped to a new low as a cost refinery cut the list quotation by ten points to 4.80 for granulated sugar. The move marks a fresh record low in the market for refined sugar futures and immediate shipments.
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New York
Nev
Little Girl Dies After Burns At Home In Weirton
A four year old girl named Attonette Mankals died after suffering burns at her Weirton home. She ignited her dress on a gas heater while playing with Christmas toys. Neighbors extinguished the flames and rushed her to Gill hospital but she died at 7 this morning after more than 18 hours of agony. Her mother is gravely ill with pneumonia at Ohio Valley hospital. Father works at Weirton Steel and was overwhelmed by the loss. Burial arrangements have not been made.
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Attonette -Man- Kais
Ge. Mankals
Gill Hospital
Ohio Valley Hospital
Weirton Steel Company
Record Flood Drops Ohio River at Cincinnati Depot
The Ohio River at Cincinnati fell to 54.1 feet by 7 a.m., two feet below the crest, as trains to the Central Union depot resume at noon. Weather forecaster Deveraux predicts a rapid drop of about four feet in 24 hours and five feet the next day. The December flood matches the 1847 peak, when levels reached 63.5 feet.
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Devereaun
Big Italian Bank Closes Its Doors
Tome Dec 29 A P The Banca flatiana di Seenty closed its doors this morning after the government announced a modified moratorium allowing suspension of payments by certain corporations through court decree. The bank, taking advantage, suspended payments pending court proceedings. Reports had indicated worsening affairs and fears the measures with other banks might not save the situation. The government then introduced the partial moratorium to aid the bank in meeting pressing payment demands.
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Tome
A. P
Banca Flatiana di Seenty
Indictment for embezzlement upheld in Illinois court
Judge Callie C Edwards of Lak County circuit court sustains an indictment charging Governor Len Small with embezzlement of 3.6 million state funds and a separate conspiracy count against Small Lieutenant Governor Fred H Sterling and banker Vernon Curtis involving 2 million in state money. Several counts are quashed for technicalities as the case moves toward January trial.
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Callie C.edwards
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Laka County
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Fred H. Sterling
Vernon Curtiz
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Curtis
Sterling
Springfield
Santanion County Grand Jury
Edward
C. C. Leforge
Small
Charles W. Byers
Bangamon County
Judea Edwards
Edwards Caid
Five Men Charged In Brutal Murder Held Without Bond
Five men named Propifen Pentuck Bosher Bouni and Sochak were bound over to the grand jury on first degree murder charges after a preliminary hearing before Justice Adler. Mazarchik died after a brutal quarrel in a Piney Fork home. defendants pleaded not guilty. The victims lacerations and stabbing led to death in Martins Ferry hospital. Suspects were captured in Cleveland Pittsburg and Piney Fork.
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Stanislaw Mazarchik
Ploey
Fork
Justice of the Peace Adler
Mike Propifen
John Y Pentuck
Stave Bosher
Mike Bouni
Pete Sochak
Mazarchik
Murders in Five Days in Gotham
Five killed and four badly wounded in New York robberies over five days. Among the dead are two holdup men and a jeweler’s salesman. two police officers and a jeweler’s wife among the injured. The district attorney’s office defends this as not a crime wave.
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New York
Road meeting set with Governor on new county highways
A January meeting date was arranged by Hon. Harry M. Carpenter for delegations from this city and county to confer with Governor Davis and the State Highway Department on increased road mileage. The group plans to travel by train to Columbus to press a major highway and road facility program, stressing economic benefits for farmers and the region. The piece also notes Joe Bedore’s death and comments on Eugene Debs and Wilson’s birthday.
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Harry M. Carpenter
Thia Elty Gna
Davis
Coutubus
Jine
Ful
Capanceliona
Met City
Iin Uta
Drosverity
Ohio
Echia
Oho
Bandits Shoot And Kill Two Bank Employees
In Pearl River New York on December 29 four bandits raided the First National Bank during open hour killing assistant cashier James B Moore and clerk Siegfried Butz who were shot in the head. A railroad guard Otto Miller was wounded as he ran from a switch shanty and taken to Nyack Hospital. Three or four bandits fled in an automobile. no loot confirmed.
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N. Y
A. P
Carrler
First National Bank
James B. Moore
Siegfried Butz
Otto Miller
Nyack
Green Moonshine Drinkers Die in Pittsburgh
Coroner Jambeon investigates the deaths of seven men in Pittsburgh after they drank green moonshine claimed by authorities to be a poisonous brew. The victims, all unnamed, died after consuming quantities of the illicit liquor locally produced by amateurs.
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G. Jambeon
Corners
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