Harding’s Senate Backing and Preconvention Moves
Harding lags in convention chatter as Ohio’s senator faces rivals Wood and Johnson. Party leaders worry more about loyalty than victory while Daugherty and aides push for protection of political debts. military martial law talks spark legal battles ahead.
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Owashington
Harding
Lowden
General Wood
Johnson
Ohio
Wood
Buckeye
Harry M. Daugher
Militia Commanders Face Civil Suit Over Authority
G V Sanders editor of the Houston Press sues Colonel Billie Mayfield and three Texas National Guard lieutenants for 25000 alleging an attempted July abduction to Galveston under martial law. Sanders claims Brig Gen Jake Wolters opposed his articles criticizing rule in Galveston and the press demanded an end to martial rule.
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Ayfield
Goanmamades
Sanders
Mayfield
Houston
Texas
G. V. Sanders
Houston Press
Billie Mayfield
Texas National Guard
Galveston
Jake Wolters
National Guard
Wolters
War experiences blamed for aviator's death
Lieutenant Pat O'Brien of the Royal Flying Corps, a World War I veteran, shot himself at a Los Angeles hotel last night. A police report cites a "nervous and wrecked" life, with Dr. Seager noting war experiences likely caused his mental decline. His widow Virginia Drie, once a Washington, D C newspaperwoman, was Prostrated in the same hotel. Close friend Mrs. Sarah Ottis said Mrs. O'Brien believed her husband planned to kill her and had not included her in a will-like message found among a series of labeled mementoes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pat O’brien
Royal Flying Corps
Seager
Sarah ‘Ottis
Springfield
Borg
No Definite Result From Spokane Conference Ban Lift Talks
Reported after a Spokane meeting on quaran tine lifting against Idaho alfalfa hay by five other states. Newell S. Wight and E. Powers returned and said any action by foreign states would require Idaho to reestablish the local ban. Chronique notes ads seek results.
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Spokane
Idaho
Toys and gifts sale prompts shoppers to visit store
A store advertises numerous holiday gifts with low prices on felts, Ouija boards, tea sets, bath robes and more. Items include $3.65 felts, $2.75 felts for women, $1.75 children felts, a full size Ouija board for $1, tin tea sets at $1.39, brass ash trays at $9, boudoir caps, muslin gowns, and hand bags ranging from 50 cents to $4 as part of a window display set for inspection.
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Thomas H. Bell
F. M. Etheribridge
Dallas
John H. Crocker
Evenston
American Legion
India
Daniel Green
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Childre
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Tinker Toys
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Lax
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