Extremist Reichstag Members Propose 1920s Reforms
In Berlin on May 26, 32 extreme nationalist Reichstag members met and proposed a program including immediate presidential election repeal of republic protection laws amnesty for Munich and Kuestrin revolt participants treason trials for November 1918 revolution collaborators expulsion and property confiscation of Jews entering Germany since 1914 special legislation for Jews General Imdendorff was absent.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reichstag
Munich
Kuestrin
Germany
Imdendorff
German government resigns as Ebert seeks new coalition
Berlin May 26 The German government has resigned after President Ebert accepted the cabinet’s resignation and asked Chancellor Marx to form a new government. Ebert will confer with parliamentary leaders on Thursday to select a new chancellor and establish the next administration.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Marx
Mayfield Blocks Clarke Testimony in Senate Inquiry
Washington May 26 The senate committee probing George E B Pettys challenge to Texas Senator Mayfield Democratic seat questioned Edward Young Clarke once a Ku Klux Klan leader now at odds with the group. Clarke acknowledged a Mann Act violation conviction in Texas as Mayfields counsel sought his testimony. Chairman Spencer postponed ruling while precedents are studied.
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Texas
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Mayfield
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Edward Young Clarke
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Dean Hamilton Urges Grads To Seek Health, Leadership
Dean J M Hamilton of Montana State College urged 206 Butte high school graduates to value health and leadership in education. He denounced speed driven youth behavior including fast cars and cheap entertainment and called for public schools to teach healthy habits.
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Yellowstone Park
America
Five Persons Die in Alberta Blaze
Four children and their father perished in a fire near Alderson Alberta on Sunday morning. The Guest family name appears in reports with Mrs Guest escaping from the barn where she was milking cows. An explosion of gasoline used to light the kitchen stove preceded the blaze.
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Associated Press
Medicine Hat
Alta
Alderson
Alberta
Guest
Suspect in Chicago murder slips through police net
Detectives hunting the slayers of 14 year old Robert Franks near Chicago pursued a man matching a police profile. A hotel lead failed as officers swarmed the area, while worn tortoise shell spectacles and a wreath buyer named George Johnson tied to the case. Rival theories centered on a nervous 6 foot 9 inch, 140 pound suspect and a wreath suspect who sought a $10,000 ransom from Jacob Franks.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Robert Franks
George Johnson
Jacob Franks
Tax reduction bill sent to President for final enactment
Congress approves the conference tax bill by large margins in both chambers and sends it to President Coolidge for final action. The plan cuts income taxes by 25 percent this year and trims other taxes, with further reductions slated after this year. Supporters call it fair and just while warnings about public disclosure provisions spark GOP opposition.
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Coolidge
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White House
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Board of Tax Appeals
Neff Named Texas Delegate to Democratic National Convention
Governor Wat M. Neff will serve as delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention, chosen by party leaders in Waco after negotiations. Neff had opposed McAdoo in the pre primary campaign, but supporters secured recognition for the Texas executive among the big twelve delegates.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
Wat M. Neff
William G. McAdoo
Neff
McAdoo
President Coolidge signs immigration bill amid Japanese exclusion clause
President Calvin Coolidge signed a broad immigration measure noting he approved its main features while regretting the exclusion provision for Japanese immigrants. The act tightens controls after June 30 when the current quota law ends, with total Japanese exclusion to follow. The president and Secretary Hughes opposed the exclusion but agreed the bill as a whole serves national needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Department of Labor
Hughes
Congress
White House
Ward Beaten by Prisoners After Evangelist Baptism Attempt
Florence Arizona May 26 William B Ward negro slayer was beaten by convicts at the state penitentiary after attacking evangelist Miss Stella Martin and Mrs J E Wright during a baptism. Ward, under death sentence for Grosh murder, confessed planning to seize the women for a cell captivity and demanded his freedom as payment. His 40 page confession of Grosh murder was released by the prison superintendent.
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Associated Press
Florence
Ariz
William B. Ward
State Penitentiary
Ward
Ted Grosh
University of Arizona
Stella Martin
J. E.» Wright
Grosh
Sims
Major Martin to Pass Through Butte on Olympian
Major Frederick Al. Martin former commander of the globe circling flight will arrive in Butte on the eastbound Olympian at 10 tomorrow morning. He travels with Seret Alva L. Harvey who aided him during the Alaska peninsula crisis and they head to Washington under orders from General Mason M. Patrick to proceed without delay.
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United States Army
Protestant Episcopal Bishop Brown Goes On Trial
The trial of William Montgomery Brown former Arkansas bishop opens in Cleveland with nine bishops as the court and several lay counsel. Brown admits radical views but says there is no legal basis for action. The charges allege teaching doctrines contrary to church beliefs and atheism based on excerpts from his post retirement writings.
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Associated Press
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Galion
Ohio
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Kalamazoo, Mich
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Vermont
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Indianapolis
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West Virginia
Bisho Brown
Cities May Prohibit Liquor Prescription
Washington May 16 The Supreme Court ruled that municipalities may ban the sale of intoxicating liquors on physicians prescriptions The decision by Justice McReynolds states that neither the Eighteenth Amendment nor the Volstead Act grants the right to sell intoxicating liquor within a state The case from California tested Los Angeles ordinance prohibiting druggists from furnishing more than half a pint on a doctors prescription Merlin W Hixson a Los Angeles druggist brought the suit
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Supreme Court
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California
Merlin W. Hixson
Los Angeles
Noted composer Victor Herbert dies en route to physician
Victor Herbert, noted composer and orchestra leader born in Dublin in 1859, collapsed on the stairs of his physician’s home after a day of preparing music for a Broadway venue. His notable operetta works include Prince Ananias Cyrano de Bergerac The Ameer and Fortune Teller.
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New York
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West Seventy-seventh Street
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Germany
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Prince Ananias
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Tornado Strikes Johnson Station Near Brookhaven
Red Cross reports from Brookhaven indicate eight killed and twelve injured as a violent tornado nearly wiped out Johnson station twelve miles from Brookhaven. Unconfirmed word said Summit may also have been hit. wires were down and details scarce.
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Johnson Station
Mississippi
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Brookhaven
Red Cross
Summit
Tornado Kills Three at Swains Plantation in Mississippi
A tornado late today demolished 11 buildings on W. B. Swain’s plantation near Greenville Mississippi injuring 12 and killing three people.
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Greenville
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Vicksburg Storm Damages Homes and Utilities
A rain and wind storm hit Vicksburg Mississippi causing several houses to be badly damaged. Electrical power lines were blown down and about 300 telephone lines were put out of commission.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg, Miss
Vicksburg
Danner Denied New Trial On Montana High Court Appeal
Helena May 26 Seth Danner alleged slayer of Mr and Mrs John Sprouse Mobridge South Dakota was denied a new trial by the Montana supreme court today. He remains under death sentence imposed by a Bozeman district court jury. His wife testified and later confessed after three years.
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Associated Press
Helena
Seth
Danner
John Sprouse
Mobridge
Montana Supreme Court
Bozeman
Presidential primaries open at high noon today
Voters will choose president vice president electors and delegates across the Democratic Republican former Labor and Socialist primaries. County official William Molley will distribute ballot boxes at 81 polling places and judges must be ready by 10. Light turnout anticipated with varied delegate tallies and rotating ballot names to ensure fairness.
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W. G. McAdoo
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