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New York State, not wishing to have a gun-toting Herrin (Ill.) within its boundaries, decided to tighten its criminal laws last year. The result was a batch of legislation, known as the Baumes laws, which went into effect in July, which increase the penalties on various types of crimes...
Such reasoning caused a flare of protest in Mexico, in South America, in Europe. Last week alarm was sounded in Washington. President Coolidge's Official Spokesman said that he was deeply concerned. He called for Secretaries Kellogg and Wilbur; they conferred for two hours. Nothing was announced. Rear Admiral...
And all through the heated tangle, Mr. Woods has kept tactfully silent.
Last week when Senator Heflin of Alabama had become sufficiently steamed up commenting on the Fall-Doheny trial (see above), he kept going until he had run over the entire Harding coterie-including Jesse Smith. Said the heated Mr. Heflin: "Nobody else knew what he (Smith) knew and with him...
After a heated discussion which was taken up by the house, the Debating Union by a 31-16 vote decided last night in favor of the negative side of the question "Resolved: That this House believes that democratic government has failed."