Notable Deaths Across Nations Mark End of Era
Frank Letts, sixty three, Red Cross supplies director during the war, died in Chicago of arteriosclerosis. Dean Worcester, Philippines secretary of the interior for 12 years, died in Manila of heart disease. Edward Leach, fifty eight, past grand exalted ruler of the Elks, died in New York. Mary Bolling Lee, seventy eight, widow of Gen W H F Lee and daughter of Gen Robert E Lee, died in Richmond. Frederick William Mulkey, fifty, ex United States senator, died in Portland, Oregon. Kate Claxton, famed stage actress, died in New York. Mrs Hubert Bland, poet and novelist, died in London, writing as L Nesbit.
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Frank
Letts
Red Cross
Chicago
Dean
Worcester
Interior of
The
Philippines
Manila
Edward Leach
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
New York
Mary Bolling Lee
Rooney) Lee
Robert F. Lee
Richmond, Va
Frederick William Mulkey
United States
Portland
Ore
Senate
John E. Mitchell
Klansmen parade through Herrin in long procession
News of the Week notes a two mile Klansmen procession in Herrin Illinois led by Glenn Young newly named East St. Louis Klan chief. Other items report a warehouse blast injuring soldiers at Schofield Barracks Honolulu and railways abandoned across eight years totaling about 8500 miles.
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Herrin
Mil
Glenn Young
East St. Louis
Klan
California and Indiana voters back Coolidge and McAdoo in primaries
California voters favored Calvin Coolidge for the Republican nomination and William G McAdoo for the Democratic nomination in the presidential primary. Indiana ballots show Coolidge winning the Republican primary decisively over Hiram Johnson. A Chicago report says McAdoo leads but Coolidge is endorsed in other states. Rockwell asserts McAdoo has 3800 delegates to the Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Calvin Coolidge
William MccAdoo
Indianapolis
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Indiana
David Ladd Rockwell
W. G. McAdoo
Chicago
McAdoo
World records set at Bradley interscholastic track meet
Two women set records in Peoria Illinois Katherine Lee of Chicago cleared 4 feet 115% inches and Dorothy Smith of Chicago ran 60 yards in .077 seconds. Thirty one cars are entered for the twelfth Indianapolis 500 mile race on May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Katherine Lee
Chicago
Dorothy Smith
Indianapolis
Coolidge commutes Bischoff sentence deportation to follow
President Coolidge in Washington commutes the 25 year term of Fritz W. Bischoff a German convicted in New Jersey in 1918 for attempted destruction of war munitions. He will be deported. Other items note a canceled international first aid and mine rescue meet due to coal industry depression ten speed boats contracted for coast guard anti rum running and education week dates November 17 to 23. Also mention nominating Harry Taylor as chief of army engineers Burton of Ohio meets with Coolidge about a Republican convention keynote and Daugherty seeks to block seizure of his telegrams. Coolidge vetoes the Bursum pension bill. Senate adopts surtax and normal income tax rates. Grain exports for the week ending May 3 totaled 3 847 000 bushels up from 2 029 000 previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
Washington
Fritz W. Bischoff
New Jersey
World and colonial unrest and treaties in brief
A memorial against Japan's exclusion of Chinese is given to Foreign Minister Matsui in Tokyo. The Swedish Ford company forms in Stockholm with capital of 1,000,000 Kroner. Syrian raids by French planes devastate sixty villages after a tax revolt. In Leningrad, 42 judges and prosecutors face life on trial for immunity grants. Chinese authorities shoot 38 piracy convicts in Hongkong with Hongkong police present. Cholera epidemic hits Behar Bengal with over ten thousand deaths this year. Bolshevik Russia scales May Day celebrations to Lenin's tomb. London signs an Anglo American treaty limiting search and seizure of rum runners. Five leaders of the Veterans and Patriots association denied habeas corpus after Havana revolt. Havana reports clashes near Cienfuegos.
Won Balloon Race by W. T. Van Orman at 1100 Miles
W T Van Orman piloting the Goodyear III won first place in the American balloon distance contest. He covered 1100 miles from Kelly Field in San Antonio Texas and landed near Rochester Minnesota earning a $1000 prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. van Orman
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Rochester
Minn
Iowa Notes on Roads Arts Schools and Farmers
A condensed Iowa recap cites Emmet county plans for road work across the Lincoln highway, LeRoy Vaughn of Clarion in a glider project, and a Des Moines cost note on a laundry letter. It reports Iowa State Fair premiums, teachers college commencements, and labor wage changes. It mentions county road bonds, 1924 project contests, and farming notes on corn, nuts, and soil health.
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Dlayine O
Emmet
Lincoln
Geave
LeRoy Vaughn
Clarion
Ton
Hagette
Des Moines
Mendy
State Teachers College
Oesa
Iowa
Cornell
Lege
David Leeka
Shenandoah
Department of Agriculture
Leslie M. Shaw
The
Treasury
Teachers’ College
Teamsters Union
Jackson
Muscatine, Burlington & Southern Railroad
Jong
Iowa State College
West Liberty Fairet
Viel Penses
State Faireu
Muscatine Ty. 1
Poohayground Ag
Ona Ipts
Humboldt
Daniel van Driest
Towa
Chambers , Merce Fn
Boone
Fort Dodge
State Board
National Congress of Nother
Thense
Air Schools
Ne Cr Zens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kate Claxton
Sarah Bernhardt of
America
Camille
Hubert Bland
London
Bland
L. Nesbit
Ralph H. Tate
Chemical Warfare Service
Sergi
Richard Williams
Papadimitrio
Schofield Barracks
Honolulu
Railway Age of
National Council of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Ohio
Signal
Cal
Long Beach
Golden State Limited
Lordsburg, N. M
Capital Trust and Savings Bank
St. Paul
Henry Ford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Montana Power Company
Wall Street
Woodrow Wilson
Devoe Park
Arthur B. Nelson
George L. Siegel
William G. McAdoo
Seattle Wash
Baltimore Dispatch
Maryland
Dallas
Washington Dispatch
West Virginia
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Gen
Harry Taylor
Army Engineers
Lansing H. Beach
Burton
Harry M. Daugherty
Senate Committee
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce
Japan
Matsui
Tokyo
Ford Company
Stockholm
Jerusalem
Leningrad
Hongkong
Police Department
Behar
Bengal
Patna
British India
Russia
Lenin
Moscow
King George
Veterans and ‘Atriots’ Association
Havana
Santa Clara
Cienfuegos
Trenton
Philadelphia
American Chemical Society
White House
John
Charles Knier
Elmira
N. Y
Tolstoy
Ilia Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Trowa
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Gen. Sherwood
Isaac I. Sherwood
General Sherwood
Congress
Sherwood
Samuel Roberts
Wilmette
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