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Most Governors' Conferences, started as annual affairs in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt, are more fun & frolic than work & worry. Last week's twenty-fifth meeting was no exception for the 14 Governors who enjoyed the hospitality of California's James (''Sunny Jim") Rolph Jr. Monkeyshines began when their special train was playfully "held up" at midnight as it crossed the State line. At Truckee, Calif, there was a rodeo and Idaho's Charles Ben Ross exhibited his skill with a lariat, ended by roping Governor Rolph around the neck. There was a picnic...
Married. George ("Fanny") Hearst, 29, fat eldest son of William Randolph Hearst: and one Lorna Pratt Velie; by California's Governor James Rolph Jr.; at the Hearst ranch in San Simeon, Calif. Last year Bridegroom Hearst was divorced by Mrs. Blanche Wilbur Hearst at Los Angeles...
Still unaffected was Mooney's prior conviction. All that he had gained was additional publicity for his case, perhaps grounds for a second pardon plea to unsympathetic Governor Rolph. His counsel held out the hope that last week's acquittal might provide cause for an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court on the assumption that Mooney is now deprived of his liberty without due process of law. Sticking out his hands for his handcuffs, Tom Mooney went back to San Quentin Prison to wait some more...
...Manhattan, Citizen Herbert Hoover made a hurried call to Pasadena, learned that his wife and Herbert Jr. were uninjured. From Washington President Roosevelt wired Governor Rolph: "If anything is needed wire me at once. Trust preliminary reports are exaggerated." The President ordered the fleet off San Pedro and San Diego to give...
...California Governor Rolph reprieved Peter Farrington, condemned murderer. Reason: doubtful legality of a hanging on a holiday...