Oil houses caught in Tennessee suffrage row and fraud cases
Washington June 24 Assist ant Attorney General Frierson advised Tennessee Governor Roberts that state legislature could ratify the suffrage amendment without a people vote. He cites a federal Supreme Court Ohio referendum ruling. Also New York indictments charge four oil firms ten brokerages and fifty individuals with using the mails to defraud investors via stock schemes. Firms named Ranger Oil Williams Oil Great Western Crown Oil. brokerages Bichhipy Rawhindon Col United Securities Holmes Pollock Thompson Crosa Sherman Lamb Greenbaum Bigelow.
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Frierson
Gov. Roberts
Tennessee
Federal Supreme Court
Ohio
Ranger Oil Company
W. P. Williams Oil ‘Company
Great Western Petroleum Corporation
The
Crown Oil Company
Biehhipy, Rawhindon and
Col United Securities Company
H. Kent Holmes Company
H. Morgan Pollock Company
Thompson, James Company
Crosa, Sherman Company
George A. Lamb Company
Greenbaum and Bigelow Greenbaum
Governor Roberts to Call Special Session on Federal Suffrage
Nashville Tenn June 24 suffrage hopes rallied today when it was learned Gov. Roberts planned to call a special session of the legislature to act on the federal suffrage amendment after a telegram from President Wilson urging action in the interest of real service to the party and the nation.
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Nashville
Tenn
Roberts
Wilson
North Carolina to hold special session on ratifying suffrage amendment
Raleigh June 24 The question of ratification of the federal suffrage amendment will be considered by the North Carolina General Assembly in an extraordinary session from July 20 to August 10 to receive the revaluation report from the tax commission. Governor Bickett's office stated the matter after a Democratic convention plank urged ratification at a special session.
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Raleigh
N. C
North, Carolina
Tax Commission
Bickett
Georgia Senate Defers Action on Woman Suffrage
Atlanta June 24 The Georgia Senate postponed final action on the proposed constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. An effort to table the amendment was defeated 18 to 19.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Senate
Boston Edison raises pay and cuts electricity price
Boston Edison Company announces a ten percent wage increase for all employees effective July first, affecting about two thousand workers. Simultaneously the firm lowers electricity prices by five percent for its 115000 retail customers.
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Boston
Mass
Boston Hdison Company
Bryan Discusses Presidential Names In The Commoner
Lincoln Neb June 23 Bryan discusses possible presidential candidates in The Commoner. He says McAdoo is handicapped by his close ties to the President and that Wilson need not be considered. Hoover is eliminated, Owen and Meredith are among the few named as possible. Palmer is seen as in the race but profiteers and public reaction shift momentum.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Bryan
The
Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Reagan
Wilson
Hoover
Owen
Meredith
Palmer
Alabama coal dealer killed in Chattanooga incident
Chattanooga June 24 Sea borne Hason a prominent coal dealer of Anniston Alabama was shot through the heart and killed this morning by Walter Lambert over the alleged turning up of a gambling game Lambert claimed had involved Hason's son in law who was captured and implicated in the dispute
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Seaborne Hason
Anniston
Alabama
Walter Lambert
Lambert
Eason
Prohibition Issue Heats Up As Convention Nears
In San Francisco on June 24 Carter Glass arrives fresh from Washington with Wilson’s draft platform while Charles Murphy of Tammany travels from French Lick. The convention hall finalizes preparations with an electric megaphone system as Murphy becomes a focus of prohibition speculation amid New York’s repeal push and widespread reports shaping the party tone.
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Carter Glass
Murphy
Wilson Won’t Address Convention Over Phone
Washington reports that President Wilson would address the Democratic convention by long distance phone, a claim denied by the White House. Party leaders including Chairman Cummings express confidence no plank will trigger a fight on the convention floor and discuss keeping Cummings as temporary chairman to speed proceedings.
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White House
Cummings
Jenkins Declares He Will Present McAdoo For Nomination
Kansas City clergyman Burris A. Jenkins in a telegram from Pueblo on a train carrying Missouri delegates announced he had decided to place the name of William G. McAdoo before the Democratic convention in San Francisco.
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Kansas City
Pueblo
Colorado
Missouri
San
William G. McAdoo
Suffragists won't picket Harding home
Marion Ohio June 24 suffragists deny the claim that National Woman Party members who picketed the Republican convention in Chicago plan to picket Harding's home in this city this summer.
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Harding
Woman’s Party
Chicago
Greeks Launch Offensive Against Turkish Nationalists
Smyrna report says the Greek army began an offensive against forces of Mustafa Kemal Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader, with official confirmation from Greek army headquarters on Wednesday.
Cartridge Plant Explosion Kills Two in Springfield
An explosion and fire at the Western Cartridge Company plant in Springfield Illinois today killed two men and seriously injured four others. Fire crews battled the blaze as responders rushed victims to area hospitals. Authorities investigated the cause of the blast.
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Springfield
Western Cartridge Company
League of Nations Council Meets in San Sebastian
Madrid reports the next Council meeting of the League of Nations will be held in San Sebastian on July 27. The announcement was made yesterday confirming the venue and date for the high level gathering.
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San Sebastian
Madrid
Council of the League of Nations
Thousands Huddle as Chlorine Gas Leak Fills East Side
Thousands spent a sleepless night on the East Side fearing chlorine gas after a carboy ruptured at a chemical plant. Deputy fire chief Henry Helm and four rescue squad members were overcome while sealing the leak and are hospitalized as vapors hung over streets.
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Carboy
Chemical Plant
New York
East Side
Henry Helm
Harding Said to Favor Irish Cause
Kansas City report that Frank P. Walsh released what he called a copy of a letter from Senator Warren G. Harding dated March 24 expressing sympathy for Ireland independence and Irish nationality. The letter criticizes Irish reservations in the League of Nations treaty and notes Harding voted favorably after incorporation.
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Harding
Kansas City, Mo
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Warren G. Harding
Ireland
Walsh
United States
Senate
Labor Board Split on Wage Controversy
Chicago reports the labor board divided three ways over wage awards. One faction supports a high award deemed exorbitant by company and public representatives, another rejects an excessive request by the company, while the public group terms the other proposal reasonable. A telegram from the President to the railroad labor board was clarified as personal and confidential.
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Chicago
Labor Board
Publc Group
Railroad Labor Board
Barton
Railroad Board Promises To Expedite Wage Awards
Washington dispatch June 24 says the railroad labor board in Chicago has promised to expedite the awards in the wage controversy. The message was sent in reply to the President's inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
West Palm Beach Census Surges with Big Jump
West Palm Beach Florida reports a census of 86 659 an increase of 60 916 or 396 8 percent The rapid rise reflects wartime migration and urban expansion impacting local services and planning.
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Washington, D. C
West Palm Beach
Fla
Cardinal Logue Says He Has Been Threatened
Dublin June 24 Cardinal Logue archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland declared at a magnetic college he had received warning that his time was set no source of the warning was given in the report
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Cardinal Logue
Dublin
Ireland
Guatemala Receives U.S. Recognition by State Department
The Herrera government in Guatemala, which followed Estrada Cabrera, has been recognized by the United States, as announced by the State Department in Washington, D.C. on June 24.
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Washington, D. C
Herrera
Guatemala
Estrada Gabrera
United States
State Department
American Defeats British Tennis Star at Wimbledon
William Tilden of Philadelphia defeated British star J C Parke in straight sets at Wimbledon in the British lawn tennis championship. The match highlighted American prowess in the open competition as the tournament progressed.
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Wimbledon
England
William T. Tilden
Philadelphia
J. C. Parke
Missouri Republicans Charge Past Delegation Sellouts Surface
Sedalia Missouri June 24 Former Governor Herbert Hadley asserts Missouri Republicans have long tried to control national convention delegations by accepting campaign funds from candidates. He cites 1908 1912 and 1916 episodes involving Babler Morse Cole and others and alleges similar efforts to sway delegates in 1920.
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Sedalia
Missouri
Herbert Hadley
Senata
Jacob L. Babler
St. Louis
W. L. Cole
E. L. Morse
Chicago
Hadley
Fairbanks
Foodstuffs Transit Ordered to Alleviate Shortage
Washington June 24. Surveys of foodstuffs and other necessities held up in transit due to the railroad strike were ordered by Howard Figg, special assistant to the Attorney General. Efforts will move necessities if large quantities are blocked and the public’s food supply is threatened.
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Washington, D. C
Howard Figg
Figg
Germany ruled by nobody in cabinet crisis era
Berlin reports Germany has been governed by a chancellor without a cabinet and a cabinet without a chancellor for forty eight hours. The anomalous situation persisted as party conferences sought solutions to the governing knotty problems.
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Berlin
Germany
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