Senate fears over Coolidge probe and cabinet access
Washington April 17 The Senate worries about its standing with the country as reelection pressure grows for 82 senators nearly split between parties. It fears executive rebukes from Coolidge over income tax and other legislation and watches ongoing court reviews of investigations into Mellon and Daugherty. The conflict raises concerns about cabinet testimony and legal access to bank records.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D.C
Senate
Coolidge
Congress
Donate
Melton
Colidge
Cleveland
Sena ‘Te
Sinclair
Daugherty
Acess
Daugners’ Bank
Mellon
VICE PRESIDENTS ELECTED BY D. A. R.
Washington April 17 Meets the American Revolution vice presidents general Those elected for a term were Miss Anne Dallas Oregon Mrs Paul Chillicothe Ohio Mrs Logan Gil lentine Murfeesboro Tenn Miss Amy Gilbert State Center Iowa Mrs Norval Smith Warren Air Miss Edith Cott Magata Holyoke Mass and Mrs T W Spence Milwaukee Wis Mrs Franklin Cain St Matthews D C was elected for a two year term Mrs Rhett Goode of Alabama was unopposed for chaplain general but no election resulted for honorary vice presidents general another ballot will be conducted for this office tomorrow.
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Washington
Cmeets
Anne Dallas
Ore
Paul Chillicothe
Ohio
Logan
Gillentine
Murfreysboro
Tenn
Amy Gilbert
State Center
Iowa
Norval Smith
Warren
Air
Edith Cott
Magata
Holyoke
Mass
T. W. Spence
Milwaukee
Wis
Franklin Cain
St Matthews
D. C
Rhett Goode
Alabama
Vic
Germany urged to prepare war debt plan now
Paris April 17 The reparations commission told Germany to prepare enabling legislation to implement the experts reports and to be ready for blanket acceptance. It noted Germany's reply to the experts reports and approved the conclusions and proposed methods. The commission stressed preparing the groundwork for allied adoption of the plan by Dawes Young and other experts.
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Paris
Virely
Germany
Commission
Ure
Brigadier Dawes
Owen D. Young
Plan for Mexican colony irrigation debated in U S Senate
Associated Press report from Washington outlines a proposed compact to share the Colorado River with Mexico. Maxwell of the National Reclamation Service says ratification would guarantee water use while opponents question ownership and the impact on U S rights.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
George H. Maxwell
Nasional Reclamation Service
Maxwell
Sucrat
California
Chester Allison
Tokio
Allison
Gulf of California
Baer
Baker
Mr. Maxwell
Minister L. M. Smith’s Buffalo Home Bombed
The home of Rev. L. KM. Smith, minister of the Ontario Street United Presbyterian church in Buffalo, was wrecked by a midnight bomb. No injuries were reported. Smith had led federal and police raids on bootleggers and clashed with Mayor Schwab over enforcement of federal dry laws. The device was placed inside the glass veranda door.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
L. KM. Smith
Ontario Street United Presbyterian Church
F. Kk. Schwab
American Flyers Set for Japanese Coast Transit
American air squadron preparations intensify at Dutch Harbor Alaska as three of four planes gear to depart toward Unalaska. Major Martin stalled by a crank case leak while Lieuts Leigh and another prepare to proceed. Coast Guard vessels Gutters Haida and Algonquin ready to establish comms toward Japan with emergency station planned at Atka and duties set for Attu area.
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Associated Press
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska
Chignik
Leigh Ws
Frederick L. Martin
Kanatak
Alaska
Japan
Kurile Islands
Haida
Algonquin
United States Coast Guard
Clayton Bis Cell
Gay
Atka Island
Bisse
Ata Gid
Attu
Miioga
Washington Senate Advances Immigration Bill Amid Japanese Note
The senate moved toward final passage of the immigration bill while White House and state department weighed the Japanese exclusion note. Two percent of the 1890 census was approved as the basis for immigration apportionment, aligning with the house bill. Debate centered on quota exceptions and a nationality group survey due by July 1, 1927, potentially limiting the bill to three years. President Coolidge engaged with Lodge and Huger as opinions diverged on the note and its grave consequences.
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Washington
White House
State Department
Senate
Coolidge
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Secetary Huger
Hughes
House
Senate Immigration
Hanihara
Department
Tokio
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
American schooner Orleans sinks near Diamond Shoals
The American schooner Orleans was reported sinking seven miles north of Diamond Shoals light ship. Coast guardsmen from station 183 worked by power boats to rescue the crew as the vessel took on seven feet of water in its hold.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Orleans
Diamond Shoals
Coast
Lassen Volcano Again in Action
Lassen Peak, the United States' only active volcano, erupted for over an hour starting at 7:20 p m today in Redding California. The eruption produced smoke and steam heavily laden with ash.
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Redding
Cal
Lassen, Peak
United States
Federal courts discredit means palmier asserts
The piece portrays a heated defense by Gaston B. Means against Senate charges, arguing the allegations are false. It cites past government actions on alien property custodian matters under Francis P. Garvan, praising a Delaware court ruling and suggesting Bosch Magneto wrongful conduct lacked evidence, with a belief indictments would fail in proper court.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Wilson
Gaston D. Means
Senate
Francis P. Garvan
Bosch Magneto Company
The
Chemical Foundation
United States Court For
District of Delaware
Department of Justice
Means
Desert motorists stranded at Colorado River border
An appeal from Centro to Governor Richardson asks relief for nearly 600 automobile tourists stranded in the desert near the Colorado river after Arizona bars entry over a foot and mouth disease quarantine. Deputies tally 250 California licenses as water shortages ease when a Southern Pacific train delivers a water tank car.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Colorado River
Yuma
Arizona
Coverno Richardson
Centro
Los Angeles Times
el Centrol
California
Imes
Southern Pacific
Talks From Car Platform At Milwaukee Depot
McAdoo, former treasury secretary and Democratic nomination hopeful, addressed a crowd from an observation car platform at Milwaukee. He praised democracy and the world war effort, thanked autograph seekers, and introduced his executive secretary Brice Claggett before delivering a brief five minute speech.
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Milwaukee
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Stewart
Tom Arthur
Pat Carney
Sta
Railways
Brice Clagget
Claggett
United States
Butte
Josephus Daniels Out of Contest in Democratic Convention
In Raleigh on April 1, Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy failed to secure endorsement as Sapirant to the Democratic convention. New York Governor Cameron Morrison and state chairman John G. Dawson also failed to split evenly among delegates, each receiving one-half vote.
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Associa
Raleigh
Josephius Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Cameron Morrison
John G. Dawson
Lve
Little war orphan Mona to travel to Butte for adoption
A British-born girl named Mona, whose father died in World War I, is set to travel from London to Butte with rescue efforts by Mrs. Byers of 115 West Gold Street and the local American Legion auxiliary. Immigration rules delay entry until after July 1, with plans to have Mona sail from London to New York and then westward, aided by volunteers. A welcoming party of Butte residents is hoped.
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Onake Aeite Land
James Byers
West Gold Street
Mona
London
Butte
National Council of the
W. CA
New York
Pioneer Pastor F A Riggin Dies Near Hinsdale
The Rev F A Riggin a pioneer Montana Methodist minister died Wednesday night at his Hinsdale area home His career spanned circuits in Montana Wyoming and the Northwest He married Ida Jordan in 1870 and leaves three sons Harry Guy and Kent The obituary notes his birth in Baltimore September 7 1848 and his early church work including building the Mountain View church in Butte and serving as presiding elder of the Butte district 1877 1880 He studied at Dickinson College and entered the Philadelphia conference in 1871
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F. A. Riggin
Hinsdale
Jean Jordan
Miner
Riggin
Montana
Ida Jordan
Walter M. Jordan
Butte
Whitehall
Harrisburg
Fifth Street
Minnesota
Two U S Sailors Slain by Bandits Near Tirana
In Athens on April 17 rumors spread that two men from the steam yacht Corsair owned by J P Morgan of New York were killed by bandits near Tirana. The Corsair with J P Morgan and Mrs Morgan aboard had sailed from Naples last month through the Adriatic and Mediterranean, cruising among Greek islands. Robert L Coleman of San Francisco and George B Delong of New York were reported murdered by bandits near Tirana.
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Associated Press
Athens
J. P. M Kan
Tirana
J. P. Morgan
Wheeler denial noted as Senate probes Montana case
Washington April 17 The special senate committee heard witnesses deny knowledge of any irregular or illegal deals by Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana. Telegrams show Wheeler discussed a Campbell permit with the interior solicitor and planned a conference. Campbell testified payments to Wheeler’s law firm covered state court work and no federal appearances were promised. Booth testified Wheeler was a longtime friend and that the Campbell permit talk concerned Campbell’s finances, not government matters.
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Associated Pro
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States Senate
Senate
Wheeler
Interior Department
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Edwin 8. Booth
Department
Booth
Senator Wheeler
Cambell
Borah
Rejaho
James H. Baldwin
Tom "Stout
TA. Haste
Vanderlip Secures Heney for Tax Investigation
Frank A. Vanderlip of New York said at the City Club that he helped persuade Francis J. Heney of California to conduct the internal revenue bureau investigation. He cited Gov. Pinchot and Sen. Couzens in discussing the effort and noted the importance of engaging Heney despite distance.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
City Club Today
Francis J. Heney
California
Internal Revenue Bureau
Vanderlip
Couzel
Heney
Ike
Californis
Mr. Heney
Losator Couzens
Gerlip
Shelley enters battle for delegation to G. O. P. meet
Helena dispatch reports 11 delegates pledged to a promise for president and to reelect O. H. Shelley as committeeman in Montana’s primary. Shelley, 1920 campaign manager for Hiram Johnson, notes unopposed top-ticket candidates Coolidge and McAdoo. Delegates’ individual preferences hint at opposition to the three presidential candidates. Continued on later page.
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Shelley
Associated
Helena
Mont
O. HP. Shelley
Montana
Hiram Johnson
Deperson
Coolidge
Concerne
W.G. McAdoo
George 1. Gobel
Benator
Johnson
Calator
Sh Tne
Elma
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Berlin
Agiatic
M’adoo
Montana Democrats
SCH
Lassen
Palmier
New York Gathering
Josephus Daniels
England
QF Butte
Northwest
Wyoming
Pastor Rigs
Rocky Mountain Conference
U.S
Scions
Land Office
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