Heeter Guilty of Immorality and Strain on School Board
Pittsburg June 3 The superintendent of schools S L Heeter was found guilty of making improper advances and taking unwarranted liberties with three women by a citizens committee. Heeter faces suspension and a hearing today under school code provisions. The committee also found a dishonest proposal to use his office to settle a claim known as the Brewer letter. The board kept the testimony sealed, while rumors of related scandals circulated as a committee investigated. A local notice about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is also included.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
S. L. Heeter
Board of Education
Brewer
Heeter
W. H. Stevenson
Chamber of Commerce
J. Leonard Levy
Cortelandt Whitehead
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
A. Leo Well
Voters’ Civic League
Valentine Barre
Shelton
Regis Canevin
May collections by Police Department report
Police Clerk Barry filed a report showing May collections totaling 1,213.01 from fines in the recorder's court. The speeding arrests yielded 200, with 20 violators fined 10 each. twelve violators paid 2 for the standing clause. 465 prisoners were taken to headquarters, including 267 negroes and 198 whites, with nine white women arrested and three discharged.
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Recorder’s Court
Barry
Old Shoes Turned with Electric Machinery
Local shop promises to rejuvenate worn footwear using electric machinery. They invite customers to try their service with a money back guarantee and claim delivery across the town.
Society Women Conference on Sex Hygiene
Prominent society women and sociological workers urged laws for health certificate production with marriage licenses and compulsory sex hygiene teaching. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. William J. Bryan attended at Mrs. John Hays Hammond’s home, signaling a possible national campaign organization. Dr Elinora Folkmar and Mrs George M Sternburg led talks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
William J. Bryan
John Hays Hammond
Elnora C. Folkmar
George M. Sternburg
The
Army
Another Plan of Money Reform
A proposed currency reform plan would replace private led central associations or a semi official board with a national reserve division in the treasury. It envisions treasury deployed reserve divisions in cities, gold notes as elastic currency, retirement of gold certificates and national bank notes, and a two billion dollar gold base for treasury notes. Proponents argue government control adds stability while critics say it expands government banking.
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Asociated Press
Washington
Banking and Currency Committee of Congress
Central Reserve Association
National Monetary Commission
Central Agency
National Reserve Division
Treasury Department
Commission
Central Association
Treasury
Congressmen Not Crooked Says Champ Clark at League Event
Speaker Champ Clark told the Women's National Democratic league in Washington that politics need not be corrupt and praised reform over the past twenty years. He said no House member’s vote can be bought and predicted a new Democratic lease if promises from Baltimore are kept. Senator Vardaman and Mrs. William Gallop presided and many official society figures attended.
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Associated Press
Washington
Champ Clark
Women’s
National Democratic League
Congress
Baltimore
William Gallop
Indiana
Senator Vardaman
Mississippi
League
Counterfeit Currency Scheme Ties China Visit to U S
Liao Ngau Ton, Chinese republic envoy, arrives from Hong Kong to study U S monetary practices after revelations of a large counterfeit ring in Japan. He notes Chinese trust in their system shifted after counterfeit notes flooded China and plans to base future issues on American methods.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
China
United States
Liao Ngau Ton
The
Republic
Hong Kong
Liao
Japan
Washington
Insane Woman Admits Killing Child With Axe
In Frankfort Kentucky Mrs Clara McManaway told her son George Arm strong I have killed my boy with the ax after he came home from work The body of 7 year old Raymond McManaway was found with two gashes in the head The woman was held pending investigation of an accidental killing claim and doctors deem her insane.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Clara McManaway
George Armstrong
Raymond McManaway
Armstrong
U S Steel panels ore shortage amid antitrust trial
Judge Elbert H. Gary testified that United States Steel has a smaller ore reserve relative to production than rivals. He cited forty years of ore for US Steel versus five to six centuries for Pennsylvania Steel and hundreds of millions of tons for Bethlehem. He defended the Tennessee Coal and Iron acquisition as crisis management in 1907, not anti-competitive motive.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Steel Corporation
Gary
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Bethlehem
Judge Gary
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Rabago Denies Recall Moves Toward Mexico City
General Antonio Rabago, reported removed as Chihuahua governor, said he was not recalled and planned to confer with federal commanders in Mexico City about the Cerranza and Zapata campaigns. He claimed the constitutionalists lack funds and may halt operations soon. He also cited a $50 million loan to fund indemnities and support the war department, and argued U S intervention talk has sustained the revolution.
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Dallas
Tex
Antonio Rabago
Chihuahua
Mex
Mexico City
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Cerranza
Zapata
War Department
Rabago
United States
Wanted for Crime of Seven Years Ago
Deputy sheriffs Lynch and Cazalas arrested Samon Hail, a negro, on Monday night. He is wanted in Waynesboro Mississippi for an assault to murder and violating the prohibition law, alleged to have been committed over seven years ago. He was found on Dearborn Street near Adams. Wayne County authorities have notified and will send an officer for the prisoner.
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Lynch
Cazalas
Samon Hail
Waynesboro
Miss
Dearborn Street
Adams
Wayne County
Winchell resigns as president to serve as receiver
B L Winchell resigns as president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and of the St Louis and San Francisco railroads to devote attention exclusively to his duties as receiver for the St Louis and San Francisco road.
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Associated Press
Chicago
B. L. Winchell
Llinois Ailroad
St. Louis
San Francisco
Bold Negro Burglar Captured at Capital
Special to The Stem Montgomery police captured George Lewis in Montgomery on June 3. He is believed to be a bold burglar who entered two dwellings earlier that morning. He injured William M. Brown during a struggle and struck Jesse Glen’s family member unconscious with a lamp before escaping. He was identified by both families and arrested.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Lewis
William M. Brown
Brown
Jesse Glen
Chandler Street
Glen
Children buried in sand on New Jersey beach amid man’s alleged act
On a Chelsea Beach in Atlantic City three children of George Walls were buried under five feet of sand by an alleged man who then fought rescuers. Parents freed the youngsters before serious harm, as authorities consider his sanity in a will be examined.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Chelsea
George Walls
Four Robbers Beat and Loot Manhattan Jeweler
Four armed highwaymen invaded Mandel Greenhaus jewelry shop on the Lower East Side yesterday. They beat Greenhaus unconscious, robbed two safes containing four thousand dollars in gems, locked him in the shop, and escaped.
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New York
Mandel Greenhaus
Lower East Side
Greenhaus
Man Tries Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone, Gets Cash Back
A man bought Dodson's Liver Tone, demanded a refund claiming no relief, and received a half-dollar back from the druggist. He then admitted the guarantee test, praising the remedy as the best for constipation and lazy liver for the whole family. Dodson's Liver Tone is sold by every town druggist with a guarantee to start the liver.
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Dodson
Gentlemar
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Women's Democratic League
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