Illinois governor calls extraordinary session for reforms
Gov Small announces a special session between November 13 and December 15 to pass tax reform and street railway legislation, targeting tax dodgers and transport issues. The Brundage-Brundage probe widens as state records and Miller testify amid a major graft investigation in Illinois.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Gov Small
Srand
General Assembly
Chicago
Aitormay Mortimer
Treasury
Brundege
Brundage
Lnst All
Quintet Held For Gigantic Thefts In Four Counties
Milton Welch, under arrest earlier, forfeited a 504 bond posted by a relative. Sherrif Gray reports recovery of goods from the C. H. Welch farm including 400 pairs of shoes 460 tires of sugar and silk items. Welter Jones former Illinois Central brakeman and resident of 1218 Washington street is linked to the case. The thieves targeted items useful for a large car and were active across four counties.
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Milton Welch
Welter Jones
Ilinois Central
Washington Street
Sherrif Gray
C. H. Welch
Frederica
Robbers Take $19,060 From Horton Ice Cream Office
Five robbers held up the cashier and assistant cashier of Horton Ice Cream outside the company's East Twenty fourth street offices and fled in a car with $19,060 cash. The employees were on the way to deposit the money in a bank.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Horton Ice Cream Company
East Twentyfourth Street
Government to Probe Langley Bomber Crash Deaths
Officials from Langley field investigate a Martin bomber crash at Moundsville West Virginia where five airmen died and many were injured as the plane struck automobiles and vehicles on the ground. Officers from Dayton and Bollingfield head to Washington for statements on cause and responsibility.
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Moundsville
Wes V
Langlin Field
Martin
Dayton
Jand Bollingfield
Washington
C. R. Meive
T. H. Dunton
Langley
Virginia
Reland
Gip & al Pakeiin
Elks Committee Recommends Chicago as Permanent Home
A committee at the fifty-seventh grand lodge session announces Chicago as the location for the Elks national headquarters. The issue was reported as a unanimous decision by the committee amid greetings from President Harding read at the Los Angeles gathering.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
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Chicago
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
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Taft Sworn in as Chief Justice of United States
William Howard Taft was sworn in today as chief justice of the United States in Washington. Attorney General Daugherty presented the commission and praised his instal lation for the country, constitution and laws. Taft then went to the White House to pay respects to President Harding.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
William Howard Taft
United States
Teme Court
Daugher
Hoebling
District Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Mr. Taft
Henry W. Taft
New York
John T .Adams
Taft
White House
President Harding
Daugherir
Routine council session eyed for quick vote amid heat
The city council meets this evening in a short routine session as the thermometer hits 96 in the municipal courtroom. Main items include an amendment to the building code restricting filling stations near residences and public spaces, and liquor license applications. Most business is expected to be swiftly disposed of with 48 dealers now seeking licenses.
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Liicenses
Obr
Woman Struck by Bicycle Near Cortlandt Street
Mise Margaret Morgan of 221 Cortlandt Street was crossing a street at noon when struck by a bicycle rider on a single bicycle. She suffered serious injuries and was taken home by car for care.
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Mise Margaret Morgan
Cortlandt Street
Meyele Riden
Misa Morgan
Harding Calls for Armament Talks and Pacific Conference
President Harding moves toward limiting armaments and solving Pacific issues. He has informal talks with Great Britain France Italy and Japan to gauge interest in a Washington conference on disarmament. France signals possible acceptance if security from the east is assured amid tensions in Upper Silesia and anti Polish agitation.
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Harding
State Department
Far East
France
Paris
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House
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Whitehouse
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League of Nations
Leon Bourgeois
Upper Silesian
Germany
Upper Silesia
Ger. von Hoefer
Maj. Montalieres
Beauthen
von Hoefer
Nurse Says Kaber Accused Wife of Having Him Killed
F W Utterback, former nurse to Dan Kaber, testifies in the murder trial. He recalls finding Kaber stabbed 24 times and says in a dying statement Kaber alleged his wife was responsible. Midwife Emma Collavito, charged with arsenic, is recalled for cross examination as defense seeks to discredit her claims.
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Kaber
United Press
Cleveland, O
Catherine Eva Kaber
F. W. Utterback
Dan Kaber
Lakewood
Utterback
Emma Collavito
Kaber Will
Girls Hurt When Car Hits Telegraph Pole in Keokuk
A light coupe carrying Lotta Davis Des Moines and Mary Dennison Grinnell struck a telegraph pole on the road into Keokuk. Dennison was cut on the arm by windshield glass while both women suffered minor injuries from the crash.
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United Press
Keokuk
Lotta Davis
Des Moines
Mary Dennison
Grinnell
Gold watch stolen at Sil Illinois Central shops
At noon today Griggs Woods reported a theft of a valuable gold watch from his coat at the Illinois Central shops located at 304 Sumner Street. The incident occurred in a public area, and authorities have begun investigations to identify the suspect and recover the timepiece.
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Griggs Woods
Sumner Street
Sillinois Central
Local notes and travel in city brief
Miss Hattie Nelson visits family in Lyle Minnesota while F A Sporle returns from Spirit Lake trip. L A Murray forfeits bond after speeding charge in police court. Grandparents host Isabelle Jewell in Cedar Falls at 323 Fremont. Bruce Gates and wife vacation in Minnesota lake region by car. Harry Angeles discharged after liquor nuisance warrant. pays costs. Gertrude Schmitt and Alice McLaughlin vacation two weeks in Denver and Colorado Springs. Robert B Hardy to Chicago for medical care after multiple operations. J F McSweeney family depart for extended lake region motor trip. daughter will stay in Duluth until fall. Mrs W Reed to Minnesota then Pendleton Oregon. farewell Cedar River park picnic. Mina Magee Reed previously Waterloo resident. George Yenner undergoes operation. condition satisfactory. E F MacDonough to speak at fourth annual summer conference in Clear Lake Indiana July 25. A drunken man booked as John Smith bonds out, later fails to appear. bond forfeited. John Fitzsimmons to move to St Paul for paving contract. local paving to use heavy truck traffic concrete base and asphalt topping.
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Hattie Nelson
Lyle
Minn
F. A. Sporle
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
L. A. Murray
Isabelle Jewell
Cedar Falls
William Adrian
Fremont Street
Bruce Gates
Bayard Street
Minnesota Lake Region
Harry
Angeles
J. N. Sweitzer
Gertrude Schmitt
I. C
Alice McLaughlin
American Railway Express Company
Denver
Colorado Springs
Robert B. Hardy
Columbia Street
Illinois Central
Chicago
Hardy
J. F. McSweeney
Ralph
Helen
Lake
Miss McSweeney
Duluth
W_. Reed
George Reed
Minnesota
Pendleton
Ore
Cedar River Park
Georges. Yenner
Third Avenue West
Yenney
Town Chamber of ‘Commerce
Patriarchs Militant Park
Clear Lake
Mystery vanishes as owner calls for auto
A mystery car left with Carl Stevens on Front Street reappears when its owner requests it. Registered to Decker & Sons of Mason City Ta a salesman, rushing to Chicago, handed the vehicle to a trusted man handling the U S mails. Police recovered the car. officials initially suspected theft but found no crime.
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Carl Stevens
Front Street
Decker & Sons
Mason City
Chicago
U. S
H. H. Young
Woman Nominated Land Registrar at Las Cruces
Washington D C July 11 Miss Nomencia Ascarate was nominated by President Harding to be registrar of the land office at Las Cruces New Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
Hawkins Faces Forgery Trial In Iowa Extradition
Joseph Hawkins a Kansas City suspect arrested for passing forged express money orders drawn on American Railway Express will be extradited to Black Hawk County Iowa. He signs to waive contest and will be tried in Des Moines area for a July 1 1920 forgery involving a $48 cash gain. Hawkins alleged ties to Stanley Davis also known as Ted Gates link to a Waterloo shooting. he admits involvement in a Luebbering Missouri postoffice robbery two years earlier but claims not to have been present at the subsequent shooting.
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Kansas City
American Railway Express Company
Iowa
Missouri
Black Hawk Country
H. Curnett
Des Moines
Ex- Ipress
Hawkins
H. T. Wagner
Express Company
I. B. Walston
Regen
Wagner
Altho
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Ted Gates
William Goodenbour
Wilgins
Waterloo
Davis
Luebbering
St. Louis
Gates
Leavenworth
Kan
London Fad Born From Suzanne Lenglen Stocking Trick
London reports a new craze among women who roll their stockings down using a coin to grip the fabric. The idea, inspired by tennis star Mlle Suzanne Lenglen, spreads to charms like tiny horseshoes and racquets in precious metals, worn as garters or decorations.
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London
United Press
Mlle
Suzanne
Lenglen
Farmers Want Trusts Probed By Commission
Washington July 11. Farm leaders urged a congressional commission to probe operations of the federal reserve board the Chamber of Commerce and large trusts including steel coal credit and money trusts. They argued profiteering by middlemen restrictive farm credits and poor foreign markets have driven agriculture toward bankruptcy while farmers supplied half the deposits in national banks yet earned little net revenue. They favored a cooperative banking law to empower farmer banks regulate loans and restore credit to harvest and market crops.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Steel, Coal, Credit and Money Trusts
C . Barrett
National Board of Farm Organizations
National Farmers Union
Charles A. Lyman
Smith Brookhart
Smith W. Brockhart
Iowa
National Farmers’ Union
Federal Reserve Banks
Chicago Board of Trade
Brookhart
Europe
Chicago High-Ups Hit by Gov t Probe of Bootlegger Ring
Chicago officials report warrants issued by United States Commissioner James A Glass for Miles Canavan and John E McGrath amid a probe into bootlegging conspiracies at protests and saloon operations. Removal warrants seek Detroit brings suspects back to Chicago as investigations name prominent locals.
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Chicago
Gov't
Associated Press
John Doe
United States
James A. Glass
Miles Canavan
Leity
John E. McGrath
Detroit
James A Walsh
Mortuary notices for several local residents
Funeral notices and burial details for Catherine Schrock Leona Genevieve Jones Robert Horace Gerry infant David T Williams and David Hollins Jr include church services, residence addresses, death dates and places, and interment plans, with survivors and officiants listed where provided.
Carpentier Signs Contract to Defend Title in October
New York report that Georges Carpentier signed a contract with Tex Rickard to defend his world light and heavyweight titles in October. The opponent will be chosen later, with Carpentier to meet any heavyweight name selected by Rickard.
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Carpentier
Associated Press
New York
Georges Carpentier
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Foreign Trade Drops Over 3 Billion in Last Fiscal Year
Washington July 11 America’s foreign trade fell by more than 3 billion dollars during the fiscal year ending June 30. The decline was roughly split between exports and imports, according to a Commerce Department summary issued today.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
America
Department of Commerce
Harding attacked by Harrison over bonus bill visit
President Harding faced public rebuke in the Senate from Senator Harrison as he accused the president of interfering with congressional prerogatives by urging deferment of the soldiers bonus. Harrison cited executive interference and warned Republicans they would tell soldiers they shifted on the issue due to the president. Edge defended the party, calling it a political byplay and urging alignment with the administration without appearing servile.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Hereicon
Harron
Edge
New Jersey
Legion Reminds President of 191 Valley Action on Compensation
By the Associated Press Chicago July 11 a letter from the Mississippi valley department of the American Legion to President Harding expresses disappointment with his stance on the adjusted compensation bill. The letter recalls 1917 pledges to support veterans and urges reconciling the pledge and expediting passage of the bill.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harding
Mississippi Valley Department of the American Legion
Congress
America
Naval Appropriation Bill Approved and Sent to President
The conference report on the naval appropriation bill was adopted by the senate and house and sent to the president, funding the navy for the current fiscal year. The senate dropped its push for Pacific coast bases and carriers, though Poindexter cited a carrier in a separate bill in planning.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
The
Senate
House
Pacific
Poindexter
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