Reforming U S Courts through American Judicature Society
The American Judicature Society opens its Chicago headquarters August 1 with a board including Harry Olson and James Parker Hall. Model Acts will be drafted and sent to 300 top lawyers for review before circulating to state legislatures to modernize and improve court efficiency.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Judicature Society
Yester Herbert Harley
Harry Olson
Municipal Court of Chicago
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Michigan
James Parker Hall
Law School
The
University of Chicago
Herbert Harley
Frederick Bruce Johnston
Albert M. Kalnes
Northwestern University
Frederick W. Lehman
St. Louis
American Bar, Association
United States
Nathan William McChesney
Roscoe Pond
Harvard University
John H. Wingmore
Northwestern Law School
John B. Winslow
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Mr. Harley
New Law Officer Created In Land Office
Washington July 15 A new position law officer for forest appeals was created by Secretary Houston Shearman formerly of the forest service now handling Indian claims. The officer will be outside the forest service and report to Secretary Houston. Appeals about homestead claims in national forest reserves grazing rights and timber sales will go to him for decision review. He will work with a committee of agricultural experts L C Corbett E C Chilcott and T D Rice.
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Associated Press
Washington
Law Offiforest Appeals
Department
Hous- Shearman
Forest Serice
Souios
Forest Service
Houston
Forrester
Shearman
L.C. Corbett
Bureau of Plant Industry
E. C. Chilcott
T. D. Rice
Bureau of Soil Surveys
Mrs. Chivington Granted Divorce and Alimony
Chicago reports Mrs. Rosalie Chivington wife of Thomas McK Chivington president of the American Association of Baseball Clubs won a decree of divorce with alimony. She receives 5000 dollars with 1000 paid now and 500 dollars every six months thereafter, on the desertion charge. Chivington did not contest the suit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rosalie Chivington
Thomas McK. Chivington
American Association of Baseball Clubs
Chivington
Pierce Oil Company opens in Missouri
Jefferson City July 15 Pierce Oil Company of Virginia with 21 million capital won a Missouri license to transact business and may take over Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Clay A. Pierce of St Louis is president and H Clay Pierce a major stockholder. Much capital reportedly came from English and German Rothschilds. Kansas hot spell, 112 degrees at Clay Center, 110 at Concordia and Jetmore. Omaha recorded 104 degrees as hottest day.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Pierce Oil Company of
Virginia
Secretary of States
Missouri
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Clay A. Pierce
St. Louis
H. Clay Pierce
Kansas City
Kansas
Clay Center
Concordia
Jetmore
Snow brings relief as New Mexico drought eases
Heavy snow draped the Santa Rita range in northwestern New Mexico yesterday. torrential rain in valleys relieved a drought that had plagued the region for weeks, easing severe stress on livestock and range.
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New Mexico
Associated Press
Silver City
Santa Rita
Shenandoah at Royal Theatre Delivers Civil War Epic Feature
Kalem presents a three foot special civil war feature at Royal Theatre on Wednesday July 16 showing over 1 000 soldiers in battle scenes including Bombardment of Fort Sumpter produced on the exact spot and Sheridan's historic ride with daring feats. Admission ten cents and children under one year pay one cent.
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Shenandoah
Kalem
Fort Sumpter
Richmond
Sheridan
Ad‘mission
Ady
Rescue of Captain Olivera and crew from schooner off Azores
Captain John A. Olivera and ten sailors were rescued two hours before the schooner William A. Grazier sank 700 miles off the Azores after two days of pumping during a hurricane. They reached New Orleans aboard the German steamer Osage, having sailed from New Bedford June 19 with flour and lumber to Cape Verde. The ship’s seams opened in the storm and the crew survived on rain and seawater. the vessel belonged to John Silva of New Bedford and was uninsured.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
John A. Olivera
William A. Grazier
Osage
Azores
Shields
Olivera
New Bedford
Mass
Cape Verde
John Silva
Cherokee life-term er is freed by Wilson
William Philips, a Cherokee Indian, freed by President Wilson after serving the equivalent of 15 years for a 1902 murder at Tahlequah Indian Territory. The White House said the killing occurred at a dance where liquor was freely dispensed and ruled the act in self defense or at most second degree murder.
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Associated Press
Washington
William Philips
Wilson
Philips
Tahlequah
Indian Territory
President Grants Unconditional Pardon to Bank Officials
President Wilson issued unconditional pardons to William F. Kettenbach and George H. Kester. Each had been sentenced to five years for making false reports to the comptroller of the currency concerning the Lewiston Idaho Bank where they held top posts. Convicted April 4, 1911, they had not yet served any of their terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
William F. Kettenbach
George H. Kester
Lewiston
Idaho
Murdered farmer Mack Spain found in pond near Waycross
The body of Mack Spain, a prominent farmer missing for three weeks, was discovered in a shallow pond near his west Waycross, Georgia farm. A discharged shotgun lay nearby and money he reportedly carried was not on the body. Tom Bullard, a young white man who found Spain, was arrested and is jailed awaiting further investigation of the murder.
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Associated Press
Waycross
Mack Spain
Spain
Georgia
North Carolina
Tom Bullard
Confessed Arson Fiend Indicted On Manslaughter Charge
Raymond Raab fifteen year old who confessed to setting six fires on the north side was held for the grand jury on a manslaughter charge. The case stems from a December library apartment and office building fire that killed Colonel J L Taylor.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
Raymond Raab
J. L. Taylor
South African hero killed by wild horse in Battle Creek
Major Churchill Cockburn, one of three Canadians awarded the Victoria Cross for valor in the South African war, was killed yesterday on his Battle Creek ranch by a wild horse kick.
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Winnipeg
Man
Churchill Cockburn
Battle Creek
Too Much Profit in Candy Making Indicted in New York
A federal grand jury indicted Nova Adolhous Brown Harold Lewis Davis and Floy N Franklin of N A Brown and Company at No 1 Wall Street for using the mails to defraud by selling stock in Franklin Inc candy makers promising 50 cent profit per dollar in a year They surrendered pleaded not guilty and were released on 5000 bail each The government says they sold about half a million dollars in stock The case cites a contract with the Federal Advisory Bureau led by Elmer L Kincaid and mentions former post office inspectors as officers The contract allows bureau members to review advertisements and mail literature or assist in post office inquiries
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Associated Press
New York
Nova Adolhous Brown
Harold Lewis Davis
Floy N. Franklin
No. 1
Wall Street
N. A. Brown & Company, Inc
Franklin, Inc
Federal Advisory Bureau
Elmer L. Kincaid
Theenas M. Reddy
Abel I. Smith
United States District Attorney
Arthur M. King
Post Office Department
Public sale ordered for Michigan utility property
The Michigan Lake Superior Power Company failed to pay 6,285,000 to Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia as ordered by a U S court. A public sale of its property in Sault Ste Marie will be held August 26.
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Associated Press
Sault Str
Maria, Mich
Michigan Lake Superior Power Company
Real Estate Trust Company of
Philadelphia
United States
Detroit Man Killed When Auto Upsets Near Pontiac
Howard Co. Chandler, general materials supervisor at General Motors in Detroit, was instantly killed yesterday when his car overturned on a rural road near Pontiac. His wife, Mrs. Chandler, suffered serious injuries.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Crockett Denies Paid Speech Allegation In Gompers Plot Claim
Dr. George L. Crockett of Thomaston Maine rejects Col Mulhall's claim of a $500 payment for a speech against Samuel Gompers. He says only $10 from a Cleveland buyer bought ten books. He offered to testify before a senate committee about a 1906 plot to kill Gompers in Vinalhaven.
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Thomaston
Maine
George L. Crockett
Mulhall
Samuel Gompers
Frankel
Cleveland
Ohio
Gompers
New York City
Express Train Narrowly Escapes Destruction Near Rossport
The Toronto Winnipeg express on the Canadian Pacific was delayed after 95 feet of right of way slid into Lake Superior at Rossport, 150 miles east of Fort William, Ont. The last car barely cleared as telegraph poles, ties, and rails disappeared into the lake.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Man
Toronto
Winnipeg Express
Canadian Pacific
Lake Superior
Rossport
Fort William
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Omaha
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Lovers’ Lane
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Harvey's Lake
Marley
Johns
Horlick
New York Federal Grand Jury
B. Luscher & Son Paint CO
Dauphin St
Slater's
Oxfords
W. B. McAtee
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North Water ST
GUE Evans Chemical CO
Cincinnati
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Mobile
Alabama
Royal
Euphin
A. N.maumenee Optometrist and Manufacturing Optician
North Royal Street
Peerless Taxi Service
Water Street Southern Hotel
the Peoples Bank
Ala
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Wees Banking House
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Dr. F. LC
Tapia
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