Word: rohrer
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...President's only Christmas clemency was a commutation of the sentence of one man, John Rohrer, sentenced for life for having shot a Chinese policeman while on duty as a legation guard at Shanghai. The sentence was reduced to 20 years. Rohrer had served nine, and was immediately eligible for parole...
...Continuing to take testimony on the Naval Reserve oil leases, the Committee on Public Lands called, among others, Mrs. Georgia Hamon Rohrer, widow of Jake L. Hamon, oil man who was supposed to have had a hand in the nomination of Mr. Harding in 1920. She traveled from Chicago at the public expense and entered the witness stand carrying a large calla lily in her hand. A colloquy ensued...
...YORK, N. Y., May 2, 1923. Pennsylvania University defeated Columbia 14 to 1 in baseball here this afternoon. The batteries were: Gehrig and Price pitching and Blattis and Rube Catching, for Pennsylvania, and Yadusky and Rohrer, pitchers and Goldblatt and Maher catchers for Columbia...