Three in car wreck held after chase on East Princeton
Lacy Romans at St Luke's Hospital and Robert Morris with Bernice Duncan are being detained after a crash on East Princeton Avenue. Romans car, a Chrysler Six, collided with M L Rigney's Chevrolet near the second east end bridge during a police pursuit. Romans injuries are not considered serious. all three face drunkenness and liquor possession charges. Trial arrangements were not finalized.
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Lacy Romans
St. Luke's Hospital
Robert Morris
Bernice Duncan
Princeton Avenue
Romans
Morris
Bowen
East End
Roman
Chevrolet
M. L. Rigney
Bramwell
Chrysler
Trila
Campaign Echoes Continued From First Page
Morning activities set Sunday school and union services at the tabernacle. John Brown to preach to men and boys. Mrs. Loren Jones to address women and girls. Invocations by Rev. Samuel W. Moore noted, with emphasis on persistent believers amid the crowd.
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Tabernacle
John Brown
Loren Jones
Solemn Protest on Immigration Treaty Exclusion Clause
The United States reserves immigration matters from the treaty scope. Japan argues discrimination but the clause excludes all non citizens. Tokyo hints it may honor the gentleman's agreement until exclusion takes effect next July 1. Officials expect a carefully worded American reply balancing assurances and opposing Tokyo's positions.
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United States
Hanihara
Tokio
Japan
Burton to Nominate Coolidge for Republican Nominatio
William M. Butler announces Marion Leroy Burton president of the University of Michigan will place Calvin Coolidge’s name before the Republican national convention. Burton, linked by a 1910 friendship, is chosen to avoid partisan office holders or factional quarrels. Coolidge reportedly approves.
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Washington
Marion Leroy Burton
University of Michigan
Calvin Coolidge
William M. Butler
Coolidge
Burton
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
White House
Youthful Sons Of Millionaires Slayers Charged In Franks Case
Leopold and Loeb confessed to kidnapping and murdering Robert Franks after planning a ransom. They lured the boy, struck him with a chisel, burned clothing, and disposed of evidence including a ransom letter and glasses linked to the crime. The motive was spur of the moment with a $10 ransom plan. A chauffeur’s remark about the car’s whereabouts led to their admission. In Washington, McNary Haugen farm relief bill adjourned without final vote.
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Franks
Johnson
Leopold and
Loeb
Crowe
Robert
Leopold
Chicago
Brooklyn
State's Attorney
Washington
House
Voight
Wisconsin
Agricultural Committee
LaFollette Returns to Lead Progressive Bloc in Congress
Senator LaFollette resumes leadership of the Progressive group in Washington. He calls a Senate Interstate Commerce Committee meeting on the Howell Barkley bill to abolish the railroad labor board and urges quick House and Senate action. He plans a statement on presidential prospects and pushes freight rate reductions and farm relief measures.
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Washington
Senatr LaFollette
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Howell-Barkley
Railroad Labor Board
LaFollette
House
Senate
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Woman Ideals Stir Petersburg Audience
A Petersburg preacher urged women to uphold home making and motherhood, denouncing immodest dress and social drift. He praised biblical great women, warned of divorce and double standards, and urged restraint, faithfulness, and child rearing as core duties.
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Buddie
Jubilee
Lee Leads as Primary Returns Grow Across State
In the Republican primary Alfred Agriculture led with 21 090 votes, Wetzel 2 010, and Miller 17 941 among 1 266 precincts. George W Sharp led for secretary of state with 35 131 to 22 706 for T P Hill. Bond Huffman and other Republicans posted large counts for treasurer and attorney general. Legislative nominations list Democratic and Republican picks by county, including Cabell Kanawha Mineral Hampshire Gilmer and Gilmer counties.
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Alfred
Wetzel
Miller
George W. Sharp
T. P. Hill
Ce Bond
Huffman
Johnson
Rathbone
Barnes
Cummins
Lee
Smith
Stewart
Broadwater
Ford
State Senate
Ben H. Ashworth
W. Wesley Wilkes
Cabell County
Sehon
Hawkins
Armstrong
Davis
Cavendish
Robinson
Ash
Mineral County
William Farris
Hampshire County
C. V. Cowgiis
Gilmer County
J. M. Hays
Kanawha County
E. M. Keatley
Harold Mathews
Fred Mooney
J. F. Meadows
J. H. Hundley
L. A. Edwards
Windup of Means Daugherty probe features new testimony
Washington reports detail a final windup of the Means case in the Daugherty investigation. Senator Lodge denies aiding whiskey transportation permits and A L Fink demands to testify, claiming he could reveal a frame-up against President Coolidge. Fink links Wheeler to liquor, while Means defends past payoffs and false names, and heads to New York for upcoming federal court trial.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Senator Lodge
A. L. Fink
Senator Daugherty
Brookhart
H. M. Daugherty
Fink
Frank Vanderlip
Coolidge
Senator Wheeler
Roxie Stinson
Wheeler
W. T. Underwood
Means
New York
Senate Committee
Daugherty
Republican National Convention Opens With Tentative Day One Plan
John T. Adams, chair of the national committee, outlined the tentative program for the first day of the Cleveland convention opening Tuesday June 10. The full agenda remains unspecified and proceedings will be guided by developments, with the convention called to order at 11 a.m. by Adams followed by the call reading, a prayer, and introduction of Congressmen.
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Cleveland
John T. Adams
Towa
National Republican Committee
Adams
Cong Qraman
Burton to Keynote as Convention Opens in Indianapolis
Theodore B. Burton will speak as temporary chairman and keynoter before noon with a brief address on the party creed and future program. After the keynote the convention will adjourn for the day as national committee members arrive to hear delegate contests. Colonel E L Thayer and William M Butler are en route with A J Kennedy noting about 15 000 attendees at larger hotels.
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Theodore B. Burton
Obie
Indianapolis
William M. Butler
Prest Coolidge
A. J. Kennedy
Convention Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Great Removal Sale Draws Big Crowds in Bluefield
Business boomed at Schlossberg's Great Removal Sale as crowds packed the store all day. Prices were marked low to clear most stock before the move to a new location at 446 Priceton Avenue, near East End Drugs beside Bluefield Furnitude Co. The ocean depth fact appears unrelated.
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Bluefield
Schlossberg
Khlossberg
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Samuel W. Moore
Evangelist
Lorain
Bluefield Gas & Power CO
Uccess
Petersburg
Norfolk and Western
J. Fred Reynolds
Gaston B
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