Progressive group to hold Chicago convention February 23
Executive committee of the progressives backing Senator La Follette votes 30 to 13 to call a national convention in Chicago on February 23 to decide the party’s future. The move follows a Cleveland pledge and invites labor, farmer, and existing party groups to send delegates. Robert M. La Follette Jr. attends in place of his father.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Washington
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Senator la Follette
Basil M. Manly
Edward Keating
Colorado
W. H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
Seaman
Manly
Cleveland
la Follette
Johnston
Railroad Brotherhood
Robert M. la Follette Jr
Fear 150 Men Lost On Japanese Ship Kwanto Sinks
The special service ship Kwanto sank in a western Japan blizzard. It carried 150 crew members and fears rise over high seas and loss of life. In the English Channel, the Italian steamer Laura collided with the British Lorenzo, sinking with Lorenzo bound for Yokohama from Dunkirk.
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FEAR
Associated Press
Tokio
Kwanto
Japan
London
Laura
English Channel
Lorenzo
Dunkirk
Yokohama
Minister and Woman Charged in Tomato Soup Poisoning Case
In Mount Vernon Illinois a deposed minister Lawrence M Hight and Mrs Elsie Sweetin face murder charges for the deaths of Anna Hight and Wilford Sweetin. Key testimony concerns a tomato soup offering to Wilford Sweetin and warnings from relatives about gossip surrounding the minister. The state argues the poison was served in soup.
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Associated Press
Mount Vernon
Lawrence M. Hight
Elsie Sweetin
Anna Hight
Wilford Sweetin
Mrs. Fisher
Elsie
Rev. Hight
Last Rites Held for Major Belmont
Funeral services for August Belmont father of the citys subways were held at St John the Divine in New York. Trains paused four a minute at 4 pm as social and financial leaders gathered. The casket lay in Gothic Chapel of the Saviour then to Newport R I for interment tomorrow.
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New York
Greater
August Belmont
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
First Lady Grace Coolidge Receives Boston University Doctor of Laws
Boston University awards an honorary Doctor of Laws to Grace Coolidge wife of the president, adding to her BA. The ceremony coincides with Lucy Jenkins Franklin becoming dean of women and Marion Talbot being honored. Old South Church hosts a representative gathering of educators and officials.
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Associated Press
Boston
University of Vermont
Boston University
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Lemuel H. Marlin
Lucy Jenkins Franklin
Middle West
Marion Talbot
University of Chicago
New Old South Church
Eight robbers steal 50000 from Nanaimo bank
A band of seven or eight robbers held up the Royal Bank of Canada in Nanaimo British Columbia at closing time and escaped with about 50000. They fled in two autos and planned to reach the United States by boat. Police hunted along the Gulf of Georgia and Vancouver Island coast.
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Associated Press
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Royal Bank of Canada
Vancouver
B. C
Boat Harbor
Vancouver Island
Gulf of Georgia
United States
Two New Plans For Muscle Shoals Question
In Washington the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill faced renewed Senate debate with two new proposals to settle the issue. A Smith amendment would strike the leasing provision and push government operation during fertilizer production trials, while Senators Jones and Wadsworth offered commissions to study disposition options. Underwood warned of a possible mild filibuster as the measure nears a final vote under an unanimous consent agreement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Smith
South Carolina
Underwood
Alabama
Walsh
Montana
Congress
Jones
Secretaries of War and Agriculture
Wadsworth
New York
National cloak and suit makers approve slender spring lines
The National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Association met in Cleveland and approved next spring and summer style directions. Skirts will average 19 inches from the ground, with a 15 inch extreme, and the new season favors sprightful color and a slender straight silhouette with tunic themes and circular cuts.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ Association
Mortimer Modifies Forbes Graft Allegations in Trial
In Chicago on December 12 Elias H. Mortimer retracted part of his Senate testimony about a March 1922 Atlantic City trip with Charles R. Forbes. Under cross examination in the Forbes Thompson conspiracy case, Mortimer admitted two Atlantic City trips and adjusted timing of conversations related to hospital contract profits.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Elias H. Mortimer
Veteran Bureau
Charles R. Forbes
Mortimer
Forbes
J. W. Thompson
Senate Committee
Atlantic City
N. J
James
Easby-Smith
Senate
Traymore Hotel
Thompson
Work submits complete reclamation plan to Coolidge
Secretary Work presents a full reclamation program to President Coolidge outlining a national policy for existing and future projects. He calls for a joint congressional committee to draft a reclamation code, coordination with states, amortized low-interest advances, land settlement reforms, and transfer of control of works to water users through irrigation districts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Work
Coolidge Opposed World Court on German War Claims
President Coolidge reportedly opposed submitting war claims against Germany under the Dawes plan to any tribunal including the world court. He favors continued claims collection by direct negotiations, believing U S position is clear and dispute with Britain can be settled through representative talks without a tribunal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Oer
Anay
World Court
Germany
Dawes
United States
France
United Staes
Great Britain
Fortune for Education Gift Surpasses Carnegie Donation
Tobacco and power magnate provides a trust fund of about 46 million dollars for educational religious and charitable causes. It stands as the largest single philanthropic gift in history, exceeding Andrew Carnegie's 40.7 million dollar endowment of 1911.
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Andrew Carnegie
Labor leaders suffer heat and crowds in Mexican inauguration
Delegates from the International Mine Mill and Smelter workers union, including John McMullen of Butte, report illness to Samuel Gompers after nine days of related union events in El Paso and Mexico City. They describe armored Mexican soldiers aboard trains, blistering heat, and crowded inauguration ceremonies for about 6,000 attendees.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John McMullen
Butte
International Mine, Mill and Smetter Men's Union
U. S. of L
el Paso
Onde
McMullen
Mexico
A. PF. of L
Mexican Federation of Labor
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Callens
City of
Livingston Mail Carrier Walks 95 200 Miles
Charles Dehaas, a postal carrier in Livingston for 18 years eight months, claims to have walked 95 200 miles during duty. He notes 1 359 400 deliveries, 28 dog bites, and 6 741 inquiries about the time.
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Associated Press
Livington
Charles Dehaas
Gompers Stricken in Mexico City Arrives in San Antonio
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor lies in a San Antonio hotel in grave condition after illness in Mexico City. Doctors say lower altitude may aid recovery though fatigue remains a major factor. He arrived by special car from Mexico City and was greeted by hundreds of union supporters.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mexico City
Gompers
Samuel Gompers Arrives in San Antonio After Cross‑Country Trip
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor arrived in San Antonio after a 46 hour ride from Mexico City. He appeared improved once on American soil and was taken to a local hotel where he would stay as doctors monitor his condition.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mexico City
Laredo
Gompers
Julius Auerbach
New York
Wife’s Sleep Talk Not Grounds for Divorce, Judge Rules
Chicago December report says a wife talking in her sleep about other men cannot be used as grounds for divorce on infidelity. Circuit Judge George Pred Kush ruled that testimony about asleep remarks is incompetent evidence in Doskocil’s case seeking a divorce.
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Associated Arenas
Chicago
George Pred Kush
Louis A. Doskocil
Rush
McCoy on Trial as Robbery Rampage Described by Witness
Witness Emden testifies Kid McCoy, accused of Theresa Marson murder, raged through Mors Inc antique shop on Aug 14. McCoy robbed patrons, forced disrobing, fired on several people, and threatened others before arrest near Westlake Park.
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Los Angeles
Mors, Inc
Kid McCoy
Theresa Marson
N. Shields
W. C. Emden
McCoy
Emden
Theresa
Mia
Mors
Eden
Wiliam Ross
Rotas
Ann
Sam Gouhoek
Eee
Sch
Westlake Park
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