NY Supreme Court Justice James Cropsey drops out of the gubernatorial race, thanks to Sen. James Wadsworth’s objection to a state Prohibition enforcement plan, which Cropsey supports, being put in the Republican platform. At least according to an (unnamed) friend of his.
William Hays, “head of the motion-picture industry,” meets Pres. Coolidge and asks him to include films in the proposed Archive Building, although it sounds like this would be just for “historic” films, like the footage of McKinley’s inauguration.
Rhode Island State Police shoot at striking textile workers in Manville when they try to storm a factory, injuring god knows how many.
Prince Valerio Pignatelli, secretary to the Italian Legation in Mexico, fights a duel with one Alberto Meade, whoever that is. It’s pretty unusual to have a duel in a foreign country. Anyway, they both shoot and miss. The cause of their quarrel is unknown. Pignatelli turned later in life to writing pulp novels.
