Turmoil at Naval Conference Over Cruiser Plan Sparks Row
At a secret executive committee session Lord Cecil slammed the table shouting This is perfect nonsense amid a heated debate over cruiser policy as Rear Admiral Jones of the American delegation presented a proposal. Hugh Gibson warned Cecil that if the remark stood he might quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevacy
Triue Naval Conference
Executiv Committee
Lord Cecil
Jones
Hugh
Gibson
Cecil
Admiral Field
Steel rod pierces man's head yet he survives
Kosty 31 foreman at La Salle Steel in Hammond remains conscious after a 28 foot steel rod pierced his neck mouth and head, protruding outside. He pulled the rod through his head and ate a full meal despite skull fractures and a neck hole. His wife and three children stay by his bedside as surgeons treat him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Redcot
Kosty
la Salle Steel Company
Stee
Conscous
Sheep Shearers Pen Convention In Butte Tuesday
Butte the mining town and railroad center hosts the International Hand and Machine Sheep Shearers union annual international convention at Carpenters Union hall on West Granite street starting Tuesday July 12. Delegates represent Canada Mexico Australia and the United States from Arizona California Oregon and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Canada
Mexco
Australia
United States
International Hand and Machine Sheep Shearers’ Union
Carpeners’ Union Hall
West Granite Street
Mexico
Arizona
California
Oregon
Marrying Parson Suspended for Acts in Elkton
The Rev. Hiram McVey, a 70 year old retired Philadelphia conference minister, was suspended from the ministry by seven Wilmington clergymen for ministerial misconduct and defiance of church authority. He arrived in Elkton amid an investigation of another clergyman, the Rev. Richard T. Western, who faces a magistrate’s hearing on charges of illegally performing marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Reer
Elkton
Hiram McVey
Wilmington
J. W. Colona
McVey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Richard T. Westren
Colona
Westren
Europe Celebrates Byrd as He Ends Atlantic Flight
Commander Byrd and his four man crew received honors in Dunkirk Calais and Paris before departing for Le Touquet. crowds packed the stations and a final banquet with the mayor and American Chamber of Commerce marked the farewell as they begin the coast leg of their voyage. villagers along the Channel welcomed the aviators with enthusiasm recalling Normandy reception. The party prepares for Tuesday’s leg toward Cherbourg with little further news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Uly
Richard Byrd Conight
Dunkirk
Calais
America
Parle
le Touquet
France
American Chamber of Commerce
Byrd
Caen
Channel
Atlantic
Normandy
Cherhere
Court Action on North Butte Receiverhips Wednesday
A court orders show cause hearings for Neukom and Essig to show why they should not be ousted and the North Butte property restored to officials. Judge Bourquin refused to approve the receivers’ actions and vacate prior orders, citing improvidence in appointing the receivers. The petition details proposed leases and payments to several individuals and miners, indicating concerns over management and mineral shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Butte
John W. Nii
Matt L. Essig
Quin
Neukom
Essig
Bawin' M. Lamb
Bourquin
Aproval
Francis H. Hardy
North Butte Mining Company
J. L. Coady
M. Cross
Tony Thomas
John Collins
J. C. Ball
Ben Favero
W Bruyn
Minne
Sensational Move Against Coolidge Defeated in 1925 Vote
The New York American reported the Anti-Saloon League executive committee in Chicago debated and defeated 4 to 5 a 1925 resolution charging President Coolidge with misfeasance and malfeasance. Bishop Thomas Nicholson recalled only a single critical paragraph and called the incident not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres
New York
New York American
Isue
Coolidge
Anti- Saloon League
Chicago
Detroit
Anti-Saloon League
Thomas Nicholson
League
Mother and son flogging case yields conviction in Georgia
W Acree schoolmaster and five indicted men tied to a series of floggings in Stephens county face trial. Acree was convicted of assault with intent to kill Mrs Bowers and awaits sentences as prosecutors prepare to bring the other four defendants to trial for flogging Bartow Singleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansley Bowers
Lloyd
Associated Press
Toccoa
W. ©. Acree
Acree
Stephens County
Ns County
Estonolie
World campaign urged for equal rights for women
Miss Dorothy Evans urged a global push for complete equality of women with men at the national woman's party convention in Colorado Springs. She called for a tightly organized international alliance to press the issue before international bodies and conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
Woman's Party
Dorothy Evans
London
International Advisory Council
Miss Evans
Flight 10 Tokio Postponed to Spring 1928
The St Paul to Seattle to Tokio flight slated for September is postponed to spring 1928. Louis W. Hill of St Paul, Great Northern railway chairman, backs the event as weather and plane construction timing require delay. Charles Speed Holman of St Paul, air mail pilot with Northwest Airways, will be pilot.
Pittman Purchase Bill Again To Be Given To Congress
Senator King of Utah outlined a legislative program for the next congress including a half billion dollar tax cut a flood control commission development of the Colorado river and revision of mining laws He also favored enactment of a Pittman silver act requiring the treasury to purchase 14 500 000 ounces of silver at the agreed price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colorado
King
Utah
Treasury Department
Pittman
John Drew Francisco Deveraux actor dies after long illness
John Drew Francisco Deveraux, famed actor and uncle of Jack Deveraux and John Barrymore, dies after a 39 day battle with arthritis and rheumatic poisons. Last rites held in a private Cypress lawn chapel. body cremated. ashes to be sent to New York for memorial service and crypt burial in Philadelphia. Dozens of telegrams and flowers mark the farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ancisco
John Drew
Iittie Cypress Lawn
Wasena
Drew
Louise
Webster W. Jennings
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
San Francisco
New York
Deveraux
Associated Press
Immea 2
Explosion kills mother and six children at Bernville farm
Reading Pa July 9 Mrs Pather ine Fair 35 and her six children aged 1 to 15 were burned to death when a terrific explosion and ensuing flames destroyed their farm home at Bernville 15 miles north of Reading. County police blamed a nt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avandate
Reading
Patherine Fair
Bernville
Here
Flood Devastates Saxony Towns In Sudden Widespread Flood
A night rainstorm swept across Saxony, killing about 150 people and causing massive property damage. The Elbe, Mulde, and Gottleuba valleys were hit hardest with rail and telecommunication disrupted. Hundreds of cattle drowned raising health concerns as Glashütte and Pirna suffered major losses including a 400 year old bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Saxony
Elbe
Muegitz
Gottleuba
Pirna
Glashuette
Death Penalty Sought for Wife and Doctor in Louisiana
In Franklin Louisiana a death penalty will be demanded for Mrs Tha Abouet Dr Thomas Dreher and James Beadle charged with slaying Emile Leboeuf A special St Marys parish grand jury session will probe the Morgan City case Beadle denies the shooting while sheriff Pecot plans to confront him with two witnesses who saw him destroy the boat involved in Leboeufs death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Franklin
Tha Abouet
Thomas Dreher
James Jeadle
Western States Crops Report Buoys CoolidgeVisit
Western states crop prospects are described as the best in history as railroad officials report expectations of a record crop. Chicago Burlington & Quincy president Malc Holden and other leaders tell President Coolidge of strong western yields stored in Nebraska cars. Coolidge spends a quiet day at the summer White House lodge, reading and observing the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pier “Erry
Uly
White House
Coolidge
Beir
Malc Holden
Charles E. Perkins
Eral
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railroad
Burlington
Northen’ Pacific
Great Northern Ines
Missouri River
Mr. Olden
Nebraska
Rapid City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lord
Silas Strawn
James R. Sheffield
Strawn
China
Sheep Shearers
Europe
Commander Byrd
O. A. P. Belmont
Tokio
Congress
Mar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!