Dark horse Hull could win Democratic nomination
Washington dispatch argues Cordell Hull, Tennessee congressman and Democratic chairman, as a likely party dark horse. It credits Hull with reviving the party through debt payoff, Victory Clubs, and constant outreach, claiming his leadership unites rival factions and boosts governors, senators, and representatives toward a 1924 nomination win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Dark Horse” Brigade
Cordell Hull
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Hull
Tull
Watts
Iowa Girl Struck on Leg By Fish Spear
Springfield Mass May 23 With four bishops chosen when the Methodist general conference resumed its session today balloting began for five prelates to be named. The eighth ballot showed Rev R J Wade of Evanston leading with 484 votes, 452 needed for election. Rev R G Ward second. Bishops chosen include Rev Dr George A Miller Rev Dr George Lowe Omaha Neb Rev Dr George R Grose of Greencastle Ind and president of DePauw University Rev Dr Benton T Badley of India. New bishops will be ordained at services at the municipal auditorium Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Methodist General Conference
R. J. Wade
Evanston
R. G. Ward
George A. Miller
George Lowe
Omaha
Nehr
George R. Grose
Greencastle
Ind
DePauw University
Benton T. Badley
India
Municipal Auditorium
Water War Fallout Exposes Owens Valley Dynamite Plot
LA reports a water war archive as eleven Owens Valley residents vehicles are tied to dynamiting three boxes of dynamite aimed at destroying the aqueduct that feeds Los Angeles. Arrests are expected, with Bishop and a lawyer linked to the case. A love letter at the scene and a passing couple’s observations provided clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Owens Valley
Bishop
Luzerne Theft Raids Net Robbers for Hundreds
Bandits raided Luzerne Tuesday night including CC Waterman’s general mercantile store and the Chicago & Northwestern depot, taking clothing, groceries, and freight consignments. Officials link George Johnson alias TH Williams to attacks on Dr. Lucast and Dr. Yagorsky offices in Belle Plaine. Johnson held for September grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzerne
John Ruhl
General Mercantile
CC. W. Waterman
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
George Johnson
TH. Ll. Williams
Race riot erupts in Shenandoah after street brawl
In Shenandoah Virginia on May 23 a fight between three black men and white man Clement Escne sparked a race riot as armed whites chased the trio. Escne was cut and fatally wounded with knife blows while a running gun battle left at least one white man wounded and a brother of Escne, Emil Fscue, firing on suspects before ammunition ran out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Clement Escne
Escne
Emil Fscue
Clement
Vinton Seniors Vanquish Foes In Flag Fight
Tension rose at Vinton High as seniors and juniors clashed over flag supremacy on the Lincoln school roof. The junior group captured the senior colors, then the seniors retook the staff later, ending with a tug of war planned for today amid lingering class-day tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton High School
Lincoln School
Cc. B. Vernon
Iowa Officers Slay Bad Man in Barons Department Store Raid
Moville Iowa May 23 Art Kyriss a storied Midwest criminal died from wounds after Sheriff Paul Beardsley and two deputies surprised him during an attempted robbery of Barons department store. He had a long police record and faced arson charges in Macy Nebraska for burning a pool hall with a victim cremated.
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Moville
Art Kyriss
Midwest
Paul T. Beardsley
Barons
Kyriss
Macy Nebr
Bae Hamid
Poppy Sale Planned by American Legion Auxiliary
Locals expect strong support for tomorrow’s poppy sale in Winton as the American Legion Woman's Auxiliary schedules workers in the business district from dawn to late evening. The minimum contribution is ten cents, with larger gifts welcomed to aid World War veterans and families. last year about $275 was distributed to needy ex-service men, this year about $100 has been given so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Woman's Auxiliary
Winton
America
Baby Poisoned by Gas Heater in Sioux City Home
Physicians say Fred Shannon aged one will recover from carbon monoxide poisoning after being found unconscious in a bedroom where a gas heater was burning. The incident occurred yesterday in his home in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Fred Shannon
Coolidge Cleared After Cabinet Meeting
President Coolidge, recovering from a cold, received chlorine gas treatments and held a cabinet session in Washington on May 23. He planned several additional engagements afterward.
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Coolidge
Washington
Thirty Strains of Corn in Test Plot in Van Horne
Thirty corn strains are planted in a county yield test plot on Sam Rieke farm three miles north of Van Horne. Each strain occupies three 36 hill rows with five kernels per hill and thinning to three per hill planned in June. Harvest will average three rows to yield per strain. Entrants include Pat Cantwell Frank Kouba A C Kluss Sam Rieke George Stwudt George Steen A Lipsius Chris Kinsel W C Kading Henry Bross J T Hill Greaser Brothers Lou Schlotfelt RE Fisher M D Fry B J Charter R G Meister W Johnson F A Haerther Henry Schmuecker Geo Grovert T B McCandless Gilmer Christianson Milo Heck Fred McCullough Ed Hanson S B Cuttin G Van Nice Charles Bruch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rieke
van Horne
Pat Cantwell
Frank Kouba
A. C. Kluss
George Stwudt
George Steen
A. Lipsius
Chris Kinsel
W. C. Kading
Henry Bross
J. T. Hill
Greaser Brothers
Lou Schlotfelt
RE. O .Fisher
M.D. Fry
B. J. Charter
R. G. Meister
W. Johmson
A. Haerther
Henry Schmuecker
Geo. Grovert
T. B. McCandless
Gilmer Christianson
Milo Heck
Fred McCullough
Ed. Hanson
S. B. Cuttin
G. ©. van Nice
Charles Bruch
Luncheon Club of Vinton Physicians Discuss Patient Welfare
Vinton doctors form a weekly luncheon to talk about issues affecting public health and the medical profession. The article praises their progressive spirit and sympathetic approach to care, noting the commitment to patients even when payment is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton Physicians
Vinton
Small Child Struck by Car On First Avenue
Keith Mossman three son of Attorney and Mrs Hugh Mossman was knocked down by a car driven by Logan Price on First Avenue late last evening. He was playing on the sidewalk when he dashed into the street. He suffered facial head and leg bruises but no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Mossman
Hugh Mossman
Mossman
First Avenue
Logan Price
Keith
Alice
Coming Events at Bear Creek Church This May
Lectures by Rev. L R Norton pastor of the Church of Christ Mt. Auburn run May 18 25 and June 1 8 with the June 3 to 9 Vintes Chautanaqua offering various talks and gatherings at Bear Creek Church.
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Bear Creek Church
L. R. Norton
Church of Christ
Mt. Auburn
World Court Election Issue Dominates Senate Debate
Washington May 23 American participation in the permanent court of international justice will be an issue in the coming presidential campaign. Senate foreign relations committee resumes work on four proposals to join the tribunal. Republicans split with democrats over method, some backing a separate court while democrats press for U S entry under Harding Hughes terms.
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Washington
Permanent Court of International Justice
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democratic League of Nation Advocates
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Feague
Swanson
Virginia
United States
Harding
Hughes
Wadsworth
New York
League
Murder of Pretty Girl Stirs Maine Citizens
Amherst Maine May 22 The entire male population today banded into posses of unofficial deputy sheriffs in the search for the slayer of Louise Gerrish 19 year old school teacher. Pending an autopsy it will not be known what treatment the girl received before a charge of buckshot destroyed her life.
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Amherst
Maine
Pretty Louise Gerrish
Bootleg Slayer Goes to Prison 25 Years
Newton Iowa May 23 Sheriff Baker of Red Oak arrived here to take John Stewart 29 son of a Montgomery county farmer into custody and deliver him to the Anamosa reformatory to begin a 25 year sentence for his part in the slaying of Albert Gerardi Omaha booze runner in Montgomery county January 22, 1923.
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Newton
Baker
Red Oak
John Stewart
Montgomery County
Anamosa Reformatory
Albert Gerardi
Omaha
Fire at Vulcan Metal Factory in Barcelona destroys plant
A fire in Barcelona on May 23 gutted the Vulcan Metal factory which had been recently acquired by the Krupps. No injuries reported as crews fought the blaze.
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Arms
Barcelona
Spain
Vulcan Metal
Krupps
Not So Bad Hale Report Contradicts Washington
May 23. Secretary Wilbur’s report on the U S navy shows a weaker fleet than claimed. Rep Britten Illinois presents the analysis to Congress noting a 5-4-3 ratio with the US second, while Hale Maine counters that the navy is nearer 5-5-3. Hale’s Senate briefing surprised attendees with its cautious findings.
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Washington
Wilbur
United States Navy
Congress
Britten
Illinois
House Naval Affairs Committee
United States
Hale
Senate
Maine
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Great Britain
Japan
Presbyterian Head Wars on Modernists in Church
Grand Rapids Mich May 23 The ousting of Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick from his New York City pulpit and a total rout of modernists in the church were predicted today after Dr Clarence E McCartney moderator elect named ultra fundamentalists to chair important church committees representing a sharp power shift within the Presbyterian General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Presbyterian
New York City
Clarence E. McCartney
Presbyterian General Assembly
Boy Poisoned In Chicago Slaying Mystery
Chicago police conclude 12 year old Robert Franks son of multimillionaire Jacob Franks was poisoned most likely by mercuric compound. The body was placed in a car and dumped into a sewer opening after lured to a distant location. Authorities describe the crime as baffling and brutal with no abrasions on the body.
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Chicago
Robert Franks
Jacob Franks
Weather Outlook Mixed Rain Showers And Cool Temperatures
Rain this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions this evening. Saturday will be fair and cooler in the west and northern portions. Illinois forecast shows showers and thunderstorms tonight with a chance of Saturday morning activity and cooler conditions thereafter.
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Linois
West
Amorth
Senate Passes Farm Bill With 60 Million Dollar Budget
Washington May 23 The 1924-25 agriculture department appropriations bill totaling 60,000,000 dollars passed the Senate this afternoon and now proceeds to a conference between the two houses of Congress.
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Senate
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Wheeler exonerated in Senate vote on Montana indictment
Washington May 23. Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana, a Democrat, was exonerated in the Senate by a 56 to 5 vote after a Borah led inquiry found no evidence of expulsion. The Sterling motion for delay failed 58 to 5. Missouri Senator Spencer’s seating plan was rejected.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Wheeler
Enat
Justice and the Republican
National Committee
Montane
Interior
Sterling
South Dakota
Starling
York
Warren
Wyoming
Willis
Ohio
Stitute
Spencer
Missouri
Forced Sale Looms on Benton County Farm Lands
Warnings of low farm prices accompany a forced sale of 108 acres in Polk township to satisfy a $2,669.85 judgment against Henry H. Bower. Acting Sheriff John Ruhl conducts the sale, with Mrs. Ermina J. Pitts holding the first mortgage. Bower has one year to redeem by paying the judgment. A separate 99 acre Jackson township farm was redeemed by Farmers National Bank officials to protect their second mortgage of $2,548.65, with redemption totaling $10,831.14 paid to Vinton Savings Bank. The estate of Mrs. Nanna K. Brown originally owned the property, with A. Brown as administrator, who has until August 23 to redeem the first and second mortgages plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton County
John Ruhl
Henry H. Bower
Ermina J. Pitts
Polk Township
Bower
Pitts
Jackson Township
Farmers National Bank
Vinton Savings Bank
Nanna K. Brown
Vinton Savings Bank. Co
A. Brown
Turbulent Capitol Row Groups Over Satchel Theft Link
Washington May 23 A heated Wheeler Brookhart committee session aimed to tie Hiram C Todd, aide to the attorney general and ally of Harry M Daugherty, to the theft of Gaston B Means famous satchels of evidence Senators clashed fists waved names. Todd testified on Wheeler with sharp remarks. Also note Emma Janet Ray visiting Grinnell with Dorothy Bickel president of Grinnell College over the weekend.
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Washington
Wheeler- Brookhart Committee
Hiram C. Todd
Harry M. Daugherty
Gaston B. Means
Todd
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Emma
Janet Ray
Grinnell
Dorothy Bickel
Ptls Dent
Grinnell College
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Washington, D. C
al Smith
McAdoo
Underwood, Davis and
Ralston
Iowa
Aver City
Vinton Seniors
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
C. Francis Jenkins
President Coolidge
American Telegraph & Telephone Company
World Court
Bootleg Slayer
Boy
Solon
Bulletin
Capitol Row
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