Coolidge Likely to Hold Stand Against Session
Washington, Sept. 13. President Coolidge plans to avoid a special session of Congress this fall if further investigation shows it unnecessary. After a cabinet meeting he weighed views against a session of the full Senate or the body itself. Republican leaders, including Curtis and Tilson, advise against convoking Congress until major measures are shaped. Some oppose a Senate session due to doubts about sustaining a quorum.
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Washington
Associated Preas
Congress
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
Senate
Smith and Ware
Curtis
Kansas
Tilson
Connecticut
House
Holt
Relic of Perry's Feet Found on Lake Shore
Perry Ohio September 13 A relic of a United States battleship once part of Commodore Perry's fleet during the Great Lakes conflict has been unearthed along Lake Erie shore. A ten foot wooden spar bearing the inscription Perry 1812 was dug from a sandy bed last Saturday by Pittsburgh and Cleveland businessmen, confirming historic ties to the 1812 naval actions.
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Perry
Ohio
Associated Press
United States
Commodore Perry
Great Lakes
Lake Evie
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
New
Longshoremen Demand 10 Cents An Hour Rise
In New York on September 13, longshoremen across the North Atlantic district renewed their contract with the Trans Atlantic Steamship Conference, seeking a ten cent hourly wage increase from the current 80 cents. The agreement runs until September 30, affecting about 30,000 local members and 15,000 port workers from Hampton Roads to Portland.
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New York
Associated Prvssi
North Atlantic
Trans-Atlantic Steamship Conference Committee
Hampton Roads
Portland
Maine
Extermination Decided On for Hippopotami
Nairobi dispatch reports Uganda game department plans to exterminate marauding hippos after multiple deaths and attacks. A canoe carrying game warden Matti Warne and four natives was overturned by a hippo, which crushed the craft with jaws. three natives were killed.
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Nairobi
East Africa
Associated Press
Game Department
Uganda
Matti
Warne
Aippo
Pershing Contender for American Legion National Commander
On the Leviathan bound for Paris for the Legion convention 1700 service members sail in fine weather. General John J. Pershing and Monroe Johnson of South Carolina are mentioned as candidates for national commander. Illinois delegates back Pershing if he runs. General Goreman lauds women auxiliary workers as the war’s winning force.
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Leviathan
Paris
American Legion
John J. Pershing
American Army
France
Monroe Johnson
South Carolina
General Pershing
Cat Bandit Braker Sentenced to One Year to Life
Chicago Sept 13 William Edd Braker the cat bandit was sentenced today to the penitentiary for one year to life on five counts. He pleaded guilty to three robbery charges and two burglaries, with all sentences to run concurrently. The case follows a week of prowler attacks on the north side against women.
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Chicago
Associated Press
William Edd Baker
Ested
Braker
Civil War Veteran Granted Parole for G A R Encampment
Henry Romine of near Columbus Indiana, a Civil War veteran, was granted a ten day parole from Michigan City state prison by Governor Jackson to attend the G A R encampment in Grand Rapids Michigan. He was sentenced in 1913 to life for a neighbor’s murder.
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Indianapolis
Associated Press
Henry Romine
Columbus
Ind
Michigan City
Jackson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Romine
Powers urged in Persia's behalf to curb opium
Geneva Sept 19 The United States France Germany Japan Holland and other drug producing nations should lead in curtailing narcotics says Colonel Daniel W MacCormack Boston technical adviser for Persia speaking to the League of Nations social welfare committee His remarks praise Persia for offering to reduce opium output 10 annually for three years and warn that Western addicts will need stronger measures He notes opium and coca leaf products loom large in trade and revenue and cites risks of synthetic drugs emerging.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
United States
France
Germany
Japan
Holland
Daniel W. MacCormack
Boston
Persia
League of Nations
MacCormack
Persie
Orient
Newtown Board Deliberates On Elector Qualifications
In Newtown on a Saturday, the Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk meet in Main Street offices from 10 am to 8 pm to assess qualifications and admit to the electors oath those on the Octob er list. The roster includes numerous residents across districts such as Sandy Hook Taunton Middle district and Huntington names like Agnes Bailey Ida Burkhardt Ernest Beck and Mary Clark among many others.
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Newtown
Board of Selectmen
Ida M. Burkhardt
Middle
Myre
Ernest Beck
Hopewell
Mary Clark
Helen Casey
Elizabeth Casey
Pohtatuce
Helen Campbell
William Carson
Sandy Hook
Fred Clark
Middle Gate
Grace L. Conger
South Center
Lands End
Marion DL Viesta
Walkers Parms
Alfreda Fairchild
Jennie Honan
Taunton
Sarah Hampton
Huntington
Edna Jacobson
Emma Johnson
Anna Keating
Charlothe Lorenzo
Cornelius Mullen
Frank Metcalf
Wapping
Ella E. Pengally
Cecelia Richards
Christine Stanton
Florence Symonds
Charles Tinto
Jaosne Thibault
Isbelle Tiemann
Frank Witting
Yopley
Mon
Charles Ci. Burkhardt
Ernest M. Berk
Henry Beck
Pred Clark
Arthur Carmody
Edward M.conger
Patsy D. Vieste
Earl le Gregory
Orchard
Matthew Lorenzo
John Lorenzo
Clement Mays
Thomas F. Mahoney
Arthur E. McCollum
Albert Paulson
Middle Dstrict
Raymond Z. Finn
John R. Pencelin Honan
Joseph Retz
Earl W. Smith
Paul S. Smith
Richard J. Stanton
Wesley J. Stanton
Stephen Staudinger
Taunton Dstrict
Frank Vanek
Frank Vennett
U.S. Destroyers Meet Legion Transport at Cobh
The destroyers Borie and Tracy arrived at Cobh to meet the Leviathan carrying American Legion members. They will escort the Leviathan to Cherbourg, then return to Cobh for six days before proceeding to Bordeaux.
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Dublin
Associated Press
United States
Borie
Tracy
Cobh
Queenstown
Leviathan
Europe
American Legion
Cherbourg
Bordeaux
Undertaker McAuley Dies by Gas in Home
Christopher J. McAuley, a Chicopee undertaker and World War I veteran, was found dead in his bathroom with the gas on. Housekeeper Barbara Rose fainted from the fumes but was revived and taken to a hospital. brother John McAuley alerted police who found both.
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Chicopee
Mass
Associated Press
Chrristopher J. McAuley
Barbara Rose
McAuley
John Mcauley
Miss Ross
American Legion
Bank cashier ends life after claiming deceit in world
Carl D. Miller a 40 year old cashier at the Farmers State Bank of Eldorado in Eaton Ohio shot himself at his home last night. In a note to his wife he said the bank's financial condition was sound but that he was tired of living due to much deception and cheating in the world. The bank remained closed today as the State Banking department conducts a thorough check.
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Eaton
Ohio
Associated Press
Carl D. Miller
Farmers State Bank of
Eldorado
Here
Miller
State Banking Department
Fugitive orphans drown attempt across Hudson ends in death
New York dispatch reports two Massachusetts orphans fled Wrentham State School on August 11. While fleeing they tried to swim the Hudson to New Jersey seeking work. Floyd Lane, 20, drowned after a desperate struggle. The surviving brother hid his name, later admitting the ruse to avoid returning to the orphanage.
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New York
Associated Press
Hudson River
Floyd Lane
B& Massachusetts
Gotly
Hudson
New Jersey
Lane
Wrentham
Selle Ee Mass
Brothers Run Away From Wrentham School in 1924 Tragedy
Floyd Lane and his brother Paul, who was drowned in the Hudson, left the Wrentham state school on August 11. They had been sent there in 1924 after their parents died in Springfield, Mass. Floyd may be offered a home back there if he returns.
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Floyd Ift
Wrentham
Mass
Associated Press
Floyd Lane
Paul
Hudson River
New York
Wrentham State School
Auass
State Welfare Department
Springfield
Floyd
Man Jailed Two Months In Court Here
Joseph Lombardi thirty one of Stamford pled guilty to statutory offenses and was sentenced to two months in county jail by Judge Leonard J. Nickerson yesterday in Criminal Superior Court. Lombardi was arrested on July 7 after police found he lived with a married woman in Stamford. State’s Attorney Lorin W. Willis noted Lombardi’s past arrests for counterfeiting liquor law violations and carrying concealed weapons.
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Joseph Lombardi
Stamford
Leonard J. Nickerson
Criminal
Lombardi
Agslatant State
Lorin W. Willis
Panama Officials Repudiate League Envoy Action
Panama President Chiari and Foreign Minister Alfaro disavowed Dr Eusebio Morales for urging submission of Pan United States treaty differences to the World Court. They said Morales acted on his own initiative and would not have spoken without strong conviction. The government in Washington still lives.
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Panama
Associated Press
Chiari
Alfaro
Eusebio Morales
League of Nations Assembly
World Court
Morazes
League Assembly
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