Law's Enforcement in America Declines
Lawyer leaders warn of weakening law enforcement as injunctive power grows, urging stronger training and morale for officials. Senator Pepper cites rising labor hostility to federal courts and argues for limiting court scope to constitutional design. Women lawyers urged to avoid gender bias, focus on merit. Secretary Hughes hailed at Pennsylvania bar meeting amid tribute to Calvin Coslidge Jr. death notice.
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Philadelphia
Jiris
Harlan Fo Stene
United Sass
Las
Anericay
Ita
Tinset
Vaiisses
Iscussing
Grenrge Wharton Pep
Ceutte
Anna M. Crass
New York
Women Lawyers’ Association
University of Pennsylvania
Sam
Miss Cross
Amon Ehead
Bar ‘Association
Hughes
Ieing
Bar Association
Calvin, Jr
Coslidge
Memorial notices and obituaries from a 1934 paper
A batch of obituary notices and funeral details. Entries include Lebaticchio and Burke families with services at churches, burial at Mt. Diablo cemetery, and public notices from Masonic lodge memorializing Stanley Klein. includes names, dates, and locations such as Newark Street and St Matthew’s Church with associated undertakers and dates.
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Toem
Ata
Raymond
Tramar
Catholic Arch Toppexite Wardman Ark Betel
Thigreda
Kaliment
Ease Cape Ataly
Newark Street
Marie Vovire
Charles B
St Thom
Thuesdas
Daly
Uomo Burke
Bom
Michael Pure
St. Marton
Tuewlas
Ryateavie
St Matthews Church
Ge+ters
MLEMN
Benjamn B. Fresch Lodge
Socialists Condemn Klan at Cleveland Convention
The Socialist party denounced the Ku Klux Klan by name amid a three day national convention debate in Cleveland. Resolutions condemned fascism in Italy and the Klan, backed child labor reform and proportional representation, and endorsed Debs as national chairman while pledging broader educational and financial reforms.
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Cleveland
A.P
Socialist Party
Ku Klux Klan
Morria Hillquit
New York
Hilquitt
George M. Goebel
New Jersey
William H. Henry
Indiana
Italy
Matteotti
la Follette
Victor Berger
United States
Europe
Mills
Eugene V. Debs
Elmhurst
Women vow loyalty to McAdoo at rally in New York
More than 160 women delegates gathered at McAdoo headquarters in New York on July 8. They pledged to stay loyal to McAdoo as he insisted he remains in the race. Prayers and hymns filled the reception room at the Vanderbilt hotel, where several attendees cried during the rally. Meanwhile, McAdoo’s lieutenants planned a late-night comeback effort to block Davis or any other objectionable candidate.
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Satan
New York
McAdoo
Vanderbilt Hotel
John W. Davis
West Virginia
2 Dead 6 Burned In Refining Explosion
Ernest Helens of Alton and Herbert Slater of Wood River died at St Josephs hospital after the Trubbia unit No 6 explosion at Roxana petroleum refiner Roxana TIL. Ray Sullivan of Wood River was seriously burned but expected to recover. Harvey Keene of West Alton William Berry and Eugene Webb Jr. of Alton suffered severe burns.
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Alton, Til
Jaf
Ernest Helens
Alton
Herbert Slater
Wood River
Price elected grand exalted ruler of Elks in Boston
John G. Price of Columbus, former Ohio attorney general, was elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at the grand lodge meeting in Boston. His only opponent was Charles Fr. McCue of Cambridge. The retiring ruler James McFarland of South Dakota urged a national welfare movement in his annual report.
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Boston
John G. Price
Columbus
Ohio
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grand Lodge
Charles Fr. McCue
Cambridge
Wika
James @. McFarland
South Dakota
U S Polo Association Invites Prince to Meadow Brook Match
The United States Polo Association plans to invite the Prince of Wales to attend the British American polo matches at Meadow Brook club, Westbury, Long Island. Walter W. Vick, secretary, said the invitation will be sent by L. E. Stoddard, the association’s chairman.
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New York
Prince of Wales
Meadow Brook Club
Westbury
Long Island
Walter W. Vick
United States Polo Association
Vick
L. E. Stoddard
Prince
Thaws Visit Barry Thaw at Virginia Home Kenilworth
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw of Pittsburgh arrived in Winchester Virginia to visit her son Barry K Thaw who recently bought Kenilworth the Stephenson homeplace near town She plans to spend much time at Wentworth after he takes possession later this month and praised the Virginia home and its historic grounds and a limestone spring.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Mary Copley Thaw
Pittsburgh
Barry K. Thaw
Kenilworth
Stephenson
Thaw
Wentlworth
Tos
Virginia
La Follette Denied and Independent Party Split
Indianapolis reports the National Independent Party will not endorse the Cleveland progressive action program. Executive chair John Zahnd says La Follette seeks absolute control and will not accept a party title, while the party contemplates a union with the Independent organization. St Paul notes farmers labor leaders urge united progressive support for La Follette, with earlier nominees listed as provisionals contingent on party guidance.
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Indianapolis
National Independent Party
Cleveland
John Zahnd
Independent Party
la Follette
St. Paul
Minn
United Support
William Mahoney
New National Farmer- Labor Party
Duncan McDonald
Springfield
William Bouck
Washington State
National Executive Committee
la Vollette
National Farmer-Labor Party
William 4. Foster
Chicago
Worker's Party
Gwathmey Divorce Fight Moves to Higher Courts
Mrs Isabel C Gwathmey seeks appeal after a jury absolved Archibald C Gwathmey Jr of improper conduct with Hetsy Judd. Counsel filed exceptions to the verdict and signaled intent to reopen the divorce action and pursue appeal to state high courts if needed.
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New York
Isabel C Gwathmey
Gwathmey
Archibald C. Gwathmey
Hetsy C Judd
Judd
Mal Daugherty Case Heads to High Court
Cincinnati filing reports the government seeks a writ of error to overturn Judge Cochran's June release of Mal S Daugherty banker Washington Court House Ohio. Assistant DA A Tee Reaty filed the petition with the Supreme Court to review the matter linked to the Daugherty banking records in the Justice Department probe led by Attorney General Harry M Daugherty.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Tuty
R. M. Cochran
United States District Court
Mal S. Daugherty
Washington Court House
Ohto
United States Senate
A. Tee Reaty
Cochran
Supreme Court
Daugherty
Daugherty’s
Department of Justice
Harry M. Daugherty
British Favoritism In Shipping Denied
Sidney Webb of the British Board of Trade told the House of Commons today that the British government treats foreign shipping without discrimination and that all vessels enjoy equal access to UK ports. The statement responded to a Senate resolution seeking details from the U.S. Shipping Board on alleged British favoritism toward British ships.
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London
A. P
United Kingdom
Sidney Webb
British Board of Trade
House of Commons
Senate
United States Shipping Board
Nicaragua President Cancels Candidacy
Managua reports President Martinez withdraws his candidacy for re election amid U S pressure. The American legation warned Washington will recognize only a president elected under Nicaragua's constitution which bars reelection.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Martinez
Colored Man Heads Veterans Hospital Appointment
Notice from Tuskegee Alabama informs of Dr Joseph H Ward a Black man from Indianapolis Indiana appointed medical officer in charge of United States Veterans hospital No 81 Ward served in the medical reserve corps in world war attaining the rank of major People and places include Dr Ward Indianapolis and Tuskegee Alabama hospital No 81.
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Tuskegee, Ala
Joseph H. ‘Ward
Indianapolis
Ind
United States Veterans Hospital
Ward
Itraeducal Reserve Corps
State of Seize Proclaimed to Nab Albanian Murderers
Tirana Albania July 8 Resident Fan Noli proclaimed a state of seize over Durazzo province to capture the murderers of American citizens Robert Louis Coleman of San Francisco and George B Delong of New York who were killed on the Tirana Scutari high road last April. The Albanian executive also outlined a program for political and financial reform to revitalize the country.
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Tirana
Albania
Fan
Noli
Durazzo
Robert Louis Coleman
San Francisco
George B. DeLong
New York
Tirana-Scutari High Road
Twenty three arrested in Filipino mutiny at Fort McKinley
Manila July 8 Twenty three alleged leaders of a secret Philippine scouts clique seeking equal pay with white soldiers were arrested at Fort McKinley for investigation. Eight had been arrested earlier. They planned a August 2 petition to Gov Gen Wood for higher pay. Most of the 300 scouts returned to drills after being warned.
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Manila
A. P
Philippine Scouts
Fort McKinley
Leonard Wood
67Th Infantry
Cavite Navy Yard
Navy 2 Ials
Worker Nips Attempt To Blow Up Arsenal
A workman planted an infernal machine at the Lemberg arsenal in Warsaw and was seized by a fellow employee who stopped the explosion. The man, recently arrived from Prussia, had dealings with Bolshevik agents and was handed to the police. Authorities say the device could have caused a far larger catastrophe. Evidence points to a conspiracy hatched abroad.
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Warsaw
Lemberg
Prussia
Bucharest
John W. Steel Seeks Separation From Stage Wife
New York lyric tenor John W. Steel filed suit for separation from his wife Sidente Espero. A separate suit by Mrs Steel alleging drunkenness and cruelty was dismissed. Steel denied drinking problems and said his wife resented his lack of help with her stage ambitions. They have a son born in 1921.
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New York
John W. Steel
Sidente Espero
Steel
Steels
Former Railway Chief Kills Wife and Self in Indiana
Charles XN Wilcoxen former president of the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend Railway killed his wife 70 with an ax razor and potato masher then hanged himself at their Long Beach home between Chicago and South Bend bodies found tonight in Michigan City Indiana authorities said the incidents occurred Monday
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Michigan City
Ind
Charles XN. Wilcoxen
Chicago, Lake Shore and
South Bend Railway Company
Chicago
South Bend
Long Beach
Dr Cook Granted Appeal Costs Relief In Fraud Case
In Atlanta on July 8 the federal court of appeals allowed Dr Frederick A Cook to appeal without paying costs. Convicted of using malls to defraud, he faces 14 years in prison and a $12,000 fine. He will not gain bail unless he posts a $45,000 supersedeas bond set by the Texas district court.
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Atlanta
Frederick A. Cook
United States Penitentiary
Federal Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Texas
West Virginia Bans Deer Hunting in 1924
Charleston announces the State Fish and Game Commission has closed the deer hunting season for 1924 nationwide. A shorter season for squirrels is set from September 23 to November 30, and fishing is halted indefinitely in streams crossing game refuges. The action covers eight land tracts totaling 42,200 acres.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Fish and Game Commission
Fears of Ku Klux influence force Brooklyn venue shift
In New York on July 8 a Suffolk county trial for Patrick Ryan, charged with killing Frederick Downs while Downs hunted rum runners, was moved to Brooklyn. Supreme Court Justice Fussell Benedict cited fears of Ku Klux influence and alleged Klansmen in the jury pool, saying innocent men have been convicted under such conditions.
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New York
Suffolk County
Supreme Court
Fussell Benedict
Brooklyn
Patrick Ryan
Frederick Downs
Ku Klux Klan
Ryan
Ift
Inlata Moves to Quash Oil Indictments in Teapot Dome Case
The second motion to quash in the Teapot Dome oil cases was filed in criminal court by Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot Dome, linked to former Secretary Albert B. Fallon. Col. J. W. Zevely and others argue grand jury room exclusion by law, challenging the presence of government officials and special counsel during the grand jury proceedings.
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Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Interior
Albert B. Fallon
Col. J. W. Zevely
Martin W. Littleton
George P. Hoover
3. T. Stanford
Edward L. Doheny
Edward J. Beeheney, Jr
Grand Jury
Allen Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Peyton Gordon
Oliver EB. Pagan
Sinclair
Department of Justica
Regent of Ethiopia King George's Guest
Ras Taffari prince regent of Ethiopia arrived in London and was received with royal honors by King George. Life guards and gentlemen at arms escorted him to Buckingham Palace where he was formally welcomed. The Ethiopian prince and his suite attracted attention for their dress and bearing. They are interested in modern inventions and seek civilization for their country.
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London
Ras Taffari
Ethiopia
King George
England
George
Chicago
Germans Condemned For Killing Belgian Lieut Graff
In Duisburg area last year two Schutz police sergeants were sentenced to death for the murder of Belgian Lieutenant Graff before the Ruhr occupation. Corporal Schwirrat was acquitted while the court urged pardons for the condemned, citing patriotic motive.
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Stettin
Germany
Kaws
Engeler
Schutz
Lieut
Graff
Duisburg
Ruhr
Schwirrat
Two Soviet Officials To Die for Grafting
Leningrad July 3 reports two officials from the Leningrad State Clothing Trust were condemned to death for defrauding the state in the purchase and sale of manufactured goods. The director and a salesman were sentenced, with a legal adviser receiving ten years in prison.
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Leningrad
AL Pi
Rittenberg
Shaulgin
Markoff
Castellane Nullity Case Near Decision
In Rome the 12 year Castellane nullity case nears ruling by the highest Catholic ecclesiastical court. Marquis Roni de Castellane, named by the Pope in 1932, seeks a rehearing to annul his marriage to Anna Gould as Pope Pius X authorization is requested for the action.
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Rome
Castellane
Roni de Castellane
Pius X
Anna Gould
the Chic
German Flier Takes Air Mail to Turkey
Berlin today sees air mail labels reading Air Mail for England Roumania Turkey Moscow Siberia and China as Berlin marked the first German air flight to Constantinople and Angora. The hydro airplane journey to Constantinople took hours and to Angora about 3½ hours along the Danube and Black Sea before landing apparatus was used.
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Turkey
Berlin
Daaly &Tetter
England
Roumania
Moscow
Siberia
China
Constantinople
Angora
Danube
Black Sea
Chicago Tribune
Agreement With Macdonald Predicted By Herriot
A Paris scene shows Mr. Macdonald ignored by crowd as Herriot carries on with the British ambassador and other officials. Talks at the Quat d Orsay extended from 5 to 8 p.m. with a planned continuation at the British embassy and foreign office. A reparation plan was proposed to Macdonald involving a separate body to decide voluntary default and a note on France’s reparations attitude was approved by Herriot’s cabinet.
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Mr. Macdonald
Poincare
M. Herriot
Macdonald
Foreign Office
Quat Ad Orsay
Eyre Crowe
Ronald Waterhouse
Count de Peretti de la Rocca
W. H. M. Selby
M. Jacques Seydoux
M. J. V. Parmentier
M. Gaston Bergery
M. Camerlynck
Reparations Commission
Dawes
Germany
Mier Herriot
London
Tahoe Dock
Poanes
Rasing Vannot
League of Narans
Avidate
Impresa
Trerman
Briish
Aods
United States
Parte Brussel
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Justice Head
Stone
Bar War
Pepper
Vabheor
Ctedi Im
Great Britain
Thamselves
Norval K
Lincoln
J. William
Erssons
Penn
Anb
Thos
S. Sergeon
Speare
H Street
N.W
Gawler Service
Funeral 7
GEO
C. Shaffer
Tonga
Cs Aj
Nan
Morris Hillquit
Debs
Walter Thomas Mills
California
Eiseman
Studebaker
M’adoo
Elks
U. S. Polo Association
Wales
Harry Thaw
Independent
Mahoney
Mal Daugherty
Veterans’ Hospital
State of
Seige
Fifty-Seventh Infantry
Dulles
Inglata
Doheny
Nourh
Learm
Springs
Hot Springs
Genfille
Herriot
Formal Cfoyer
Furniture
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