Supreme Court Rules Oklahoma Literacy Test Violates Fifteenth Amendment
The Supreme Court rules that Oklahoma’s race based literacy test and grandfather clause violate the Fifteenth Amendment. The decision, unanimous with McReynolds abstaining, protects voting rights and upholds counts in election prosecutions in Maryland and Oklahoma cases.
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United States Supreme Courts
Oklahoma
Washington
Supreme Court
White
South
Justice McReynells
Maryland
Annapolis
Marylandenan
Entabliatin
Ponthat
Medell
Ilegal
Justicn White
Federal District Court of
Oklutima
Maing County
Oklahawa
Ald
Lamiar
United Bintee
Special Legislative Session Debates Grandfather Clause Fate
Report on a special legislative session amid Democratic calls to amend or replace the grandfather clause. Governors and lawmakers weigh constitutional changes and potential voter referenda. Political circles expect extraordinary measures as discussions center on extending or altering long-standing clauses.
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Democratic Party
Caitietat
Wallane
A. McCrory
Frank's Sentence Commuted In Georgia Clemency Action
Governor Slaton commuted Leo M Frank's death sentence to life imprisonment after a lengthy public statement. The case centers on the 1912 murder of Mary Phagan at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. The governor cited circumstances and clemency concerns while detailing the process and backdrop of the commutation.
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Atlanta
Felerde
Amutdy
Jolie M. Slaton
Overnor
Georgia
Leo Veank
Mary Viana
AL Marlette
Mary Phiveat
Dacamy
Slatin
Cooreia
Traline
Leo M. Frank Jae Beeun
Georgia Yeieon
Mary
Pragk
Atlanta Juil
Milledgeville
Slaton
Whyle
Teo Mrank
Hite
Frank
Mary Mhagan
Nav Nena Powell
Prask
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Parliamentary Vote Enables Large War Credit
The House passed a bill authorizing a war credit up to 1.7 billion pounds with a vote of 200 million pounds for immediate war needs. The measure covered spending authority but not valuation methods for the credit.
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Tomtom
Hove
Commons
Incomplete text on wartime loan authorization debate
Fragmentary report discusses an authorized involution empowering government to borrow vast sums for war costs. It notes daily limits of pounds sterling and an extended period, with the challenger presenting a lengthy explanation of the proposed loan and its implications, including timing and necessity.
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Challonner
Janwerour
Angles Desert General Villa Rift Deepens in Mexican Strife
Reports from Washington say General Felipe Angeles, Villa ally and artillery expert, travels to the United States amid rumors of a split with Obregon and Carranza factions. Unclear official briefings follow resignations of four cabinet ministers and Carranza’s transfer to Vera Cruz fortress as tensions mount. A separate incident in Hempstead county Ark details a lynching of a Black man by a mob near Little Rock after a fatal shooting of Roy Lester.
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Pelipe Anestom
Francisco Villa
Jose Bie
United States
Hostorl
Mans
Javed
Angeles
Wilson
Rome
Obregon
Carmasn
Oficiale
Vere Crna
Carranza
Vera Crus
Little Rock
Texarkana
Hempstead County
Ark
Lewisville
Roy Lester
Bear
Oleomargarine Fraud Under Oleomargarine Law Probe
Secretary McAdoo reveals a sweeping Internal Revenue probe into oleomargarine frauds that allegedly deprived the government of millions in taxes and special assessments. Commissioner Osborn led the inquiry, tracing schemes back to the law’s early years and noting long standing violations.
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McAdoo
Osborn
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Com
Winslouer
Lemberg 5 Now Doomed Amid Eastern Front Strife
Amid Austro German advances in Galicia and a shifting eastern front, Lemberg again faces danger as German and Austrian forces press toward the Galician capital. Russian withdrawals and heavy alpine fighting accompany battles along the Italian frontier as Berlin and Vienna claim gains and hope to strike before July.
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Galicia
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Lemberg
Moncike
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Preemyel
Galnn
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Preemyal
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England
France
Italy
Germany
Mary
Poland
Holehity
Trent
Riva Howerte
Gore
Tirwdiyea
Pew Sramunition
Toll Bind
Ital Auten
Artus
Warneford Killed In Aerial Accident With Needham
Lieutenant Reginald Warneford, famed for destroying a Zeppelin over Belgium, died when his airplane crashed near Paris. Passenger Henry Veach Needham, American writer and magazine correspondent, also fell to the 500 foot plunge. Needham's body was taken to an English hospital after the crash.
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Paris
Reginald A
Warneford
Belgium
Fio
France
Henry Veach Needham
Jeutenant Warnefond
Needham
Leutenant
Legion of Honor
Trianon Vercaillon
Europe
New York
Commons Votes Big War Credit
The house approved a further war credit of 1 250 009 dollars, adding to previous appropriations. Premier Anguish noted April 1 to June 12 spending ran about 14 million daily and warned that daily costs could reach at least 1 000 000 000 as Britain’s wartime financial obligations to allies grew with the war’s spread.
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Looton
House of Summons
Great
Copenhagen Dallah folkthing backs neutral policy
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Denmark’s lower house unanimously endorses the policy of absolute neutrality. The conservative press attacks on the radical cabinet’s stance prompt the government to seek a confidence vote on its policy. failure could lead to political upheaval.
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London
Reuter
Copenhagen
Dallah Folkthing
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