Northwest Progressives Brace for Wisconsin Senate Fight
With two Senate seats vacant by death President Coolidge faces a Northwest battle against La Follette forces. Wisconsin politics center on the La Follette successor as special elections loom in North Dakota and Wisconsin. Leaders convene after Senator La Follette's funeral to map strategy with Norris Brookhart Shipstead Wheeler and other progressives and regulars debating leadership and potential compromises.
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New York World News Service
Madison
Wis
Coolidge
Northwest
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Ladd
North Dakota
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United States
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Minnesota
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New York
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Iowa
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Milwaukee Sentinel
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Blaine
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Robert M. la Follette, Jr
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Bob
House Furnishings at Clearance Prices
Commercial Tribune classified promotes thrifty home purchases with special values on furniture sewing machines musical instruments rugs and floor coverings. Read the Furniture For Sale section on the Classified Page today and call an Adtaker to place an ad.
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Commercial Tribune
Boy Freed After Head Gets Stuck in Piano
A three year old boy wedged his head in a piano at 4155 Pitts avenue Northside. Fire crews arrived and freed him as three women fainted from shock and the mother and grandmother collapsed. No serious injuries reported.
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Robert Quinlan
Pitts Avenue
Northside
Kresge's marital row drives 7 million suit roots
New York June 22 Sebastian S Kresge once a tinware salesman now a millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores and department stores faces a $7 000 000 suit from his second wife in Supreme Court. She alleges a failed promise of 20 000 shares and a series of evasive gifts and abrupt separations.
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New York
Sebastian S. Kresge
Kresge
Detroit
Mr. Kresge
Supreme Court
Syracuse
N. Y
George A. Mercer
Pittsburgh
Joseph S. Klein
Mr. Klein
Stern Bros
The
Fair
Chicago
Palais Royal
Washington
Plants
Newark
N. J
Chicago Gunmen Kill Policeman In Bold Street robbery
Gunmen emerged from hiding to murder Patrick McGovern, a Chicago policeman, on Sheridan road. The attack left him dead and the money bag stolen from the escorting messenger. Three suspects fled in a car as hundreds witnessed the scene. Police vow swift justice. McGovern left a widow and five children after six years on the force.
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Chicago
Patrick McGovern
McGovern
George Haney
Sheridan Road
Haney
Collings
West Side
National Grocers’ Association
Philadelphia
Prohibition
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federal Grand Jury
Maywood
Spain and France agree on Moroccan blockade
Madrid reports a joint Spain France accord to blockade the Moroccan coast by sea. Warships from both nations will enforce the blockade while preserving independent command. The aim is to prevent landing of arms ammunition and other war materials in Morocco.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
France
Morocco
Moose Open Convention Sees Charity Dance and Prayer Moment
In Baltimore on June 22 the Loyal Order of Moose opened its 37th annual convention with members choosing a benefit theater or a street dance. A radio broadcast paused at nine as attendees faced Mooseheart orphans in prayer.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Confesses Plot to Kill Wife in Kansas City
Charles B. Davis a Concordia retiree confessed to hiring Kansas City gunmen who attacked his wife on Oct 14 1924 to gain control of her property. Concordia authorities charged Davis and seven Kansas City associates with assault with intent to kill after a lengthy questioning by Cloud County Attorney Leon Lundblade. The North Central Kansas crime saga involved a staged robbery and blackmail by the conspirators.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
The
Kansas City Journal
Charles B. Davis
Concordia
Davis
British Days Laud American Police Chief at Temperance Meeting
Edinburgh June 22 James Cavender Des Moines chief of police spoke at the Women's Christian Temperance Union session his remarks upset the schedule as British delegates refused to allow further talk He praised a decade of fewer arrests for drunkenness yet noted broad arrests for possession or smelling of alcohol Flora Strout an organizer countered abroad reports of American youth and said she saw little evidence of public intoxication at the Democratic National Convention.
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Edinburgh
James Cavender
Des Moines
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Cavender
Flora Strout
United States
Ceylon
Burma
Straits Settlement
New York
America
Senator Copeland Promotes Diet For Health At Funeral
Senator Royal S Copeland of New York arrived for Senator La Follette s funeral then left for the hundredth birthday of his uncle in Dexter Midh He said they have lived long because they knew how and what to eat and that one third of what we eat sustains us while the other two thirds sustain the doctors
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New York World News Service
Madison, Wis
Royal
Copeland
New York
Senator la Follette
Dexter- Midh
Senator Copeland
Moonshine Night Ends in Fatal Alley Fight in Cincinnati
Three coal shovelers gathered on Cherry alley near Plum street and Central avenue when a disagreement over missing moonshine led to a fight. John Schrop, 37, died at General Hospital from skull fracture after being struck with a knife. Gene Bockel, 55, of 85 Plum Street, is under arrest. William McDonnough of 35 Plum Street is a sought witness. Police found Schrop dead in the gutter as Bockel stood drunken nearby.
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Plum Street
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
John Schrop
General Hospital
Gene Bockel
Plum As Street
William McDonnough
Bockel
Schrop
McDonnouwgh
Dooley
Rechman
Flaugher
First District
Bernard Grant Dies After Operation In Murder Case
Bernard Grant died today while resisting a blood transfusion during surgery to save him from a death sentence for the murder of a policeman. Walter Krauser, the accomplice who stabbed Grant, is under guard in the county jail fearing rivals may kill him. Krauser claimed he killed Grant to prevent a plot among prisoners and testified to win a new trial. Krauser faces murder charges as state attorneys note he has drafted his own death warrant. Grant had been reprieved several times and was scheduled to hang in August.
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Chicago
Bernard Grant
Walter Krauser
Grant
Sam
Krauser
Small
Scopes
G. W. Rappleyea
The
Civil Liberties Union
New York
Rappleyea
Walter White
Rhea County
A. T. Stewart
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
Tennessee
Dayton
Stewart
Sue K. Hicks
W. C. Haggard
J. C.mckenzie
H. E. Hicks
B. G. McKenzie
Prohibition Enforcers to Be Reorganized Nationwide
Washington plans a sweeping shake up of the prohibition enforcement unit. The system will be decentralized with twenty four zones led by trusted divisional chiefs empowered to issue permits and run their districts. The change aims to ease legitimate business while tightening penalties for violators.
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Prohibition
Washington Force
Lincoln C. Andrews
the Treasury
Internal Revenue
David H. Blair
Roy A. Haynes
Andrews
Robert Scott
A. Mitchell Palmer
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
William J. Burns
New York
Illinois
New Jersey
Haynes
Prohibition Unit
Congress
Girl Student Ends Life Over Losses Despondent
Rose Freedman 22, a medical student and daughter of a former Australian lumber magnate, killed herself in a West Side rooming house after losses in a corporation investment. She had worked days and attended City College of New York evenings to fund her education.
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Associated Press
New York
Rose Freedman
West Side
United States
City College of New York
President pronounces Swampscott at summer resort
President states pronunciation of Swampscott as Swam scut during Washington remarks. Officials and social circles debate whether the term should be Swampscott or Swamp-scott, with the President affirming Swam-scut.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Swampscott
Swamscott
Convicts Strike at Kentucky Reformatory Ends Peacefully
About 800 white inmates at the state reformatory in Frankfort returned to work after a lunch hour walkout over food quality. Guards were placed, and the disturbance ended by 1 30 pm with prisoners choosing solitary confinement or returning to duties.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
State Reformatory
S. E. Mobley
Mobley
Bastin
Broom Shop
Bastih
J. P. Murray
Covington
Rail plan to build across Pennsylvania faces costly debate
At a Washington hearing the New York Pittsburgh and Chicago Railroad proposed a Pittsburgh to Easton line costing over 200 million dollars. L F Loree defended the project as essential to a New York Chicago system, while Daniel Willard argued existing trunk lines could expand to meet traffic with lower cost.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, Pittsburgh & Chicago Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Pennsylvania
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson Company
United States
New York-Chicago
Loree
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
New York, Pittsburgh & Chicago
Pittsburgh
Easton
New York Central
Buffalo
F. A. Molitor
W. B. Harris
Mr. Harris
Willard
H. O. Evans
Pittsburgh Company
Hughitt Era at Chicago and Northwestern Ends
The Chicago Daily News reports Marvin Hughitt Sr. and his son Marvin Hughitt Jr. will retire at a New York directors meeting. William N. Finley would become Chairman and Fred W. Sargent would become President. Hughitt Sr. nears eighty eight and began as a telegrapher before rising to chairman.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Daily News Today
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago. & Northwestern Railroad Company
Marvin Hughitt, Jr
New York City
William N. Finley
Road
Hughitt, Sr
Fred W. Sargent
Hughitt
Chauncey M. Depew
Cayuga County
New York
Illinois
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Finley Declines Comment on CNW Director Changes
New York June 22 William N. Finley president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad was the only reachable official and he declined to discuss alleged imminent changes in the directorate ahead of the meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New York
William N. Finley
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Oklahoma Seeks Referendum To Stop Anti Evolution Law Repeal
Oklahoma activists launch petition drive to block repeal of an anti evolution clause in the free text book act. Churches and the Farmers Union lead signatures to submit by June 26, aiming to place the issue on the next general election ballot.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
J. B. Rounds
Oklahoma Baptist Association
Oklahoma Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Methodist
Nazarene
John A. Simpson
Farmers’ Union
Trapp
East
W. J. Hollway
Senate
Brave 10 Year Old Saves Brother From House Fire
In Greenwich Connecticut on June 22 ten year old Philip Feldman rushed into a burning Bos ton Post road home to rescue six year old Herman Feldman. Firefighters could not reach Herman in time and he died. Firecrackers stored in back reportedly started the blaze.
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Greenwich
Conn
Philip Feldman
Cos Cob Fire Department
Gussie Feldman
Boston Post Road
Philip
William
Louis
Herman
Coolidge seeks further tax cuts and budget restraint
President Coolidge announced he would urge Congress to cut taxes in the next budget message and to clamp down on federal spending. He outlined a two year economy plan, aiming for a 3.08 billion dollar cap and a 290 million dollar surplus in 1926, with emphasis on restoring power to the people and reducing government excess.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
H. M. Lord
General Lord
Scopes Trial Officials Deny Publicity Scheme
Dayton, Tennessee June 22. Attorneys for the prosecution in the John T. Scopes trial deny charges of a publicity scheme by the state and Dayton officials. They issued a statement in response to critics alleging manipulation of media coverage surrounding the case. The defense offered no immediate comment.
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Associated Press
Dayton, Tenn
John Tf. Scopes
Tennessee
State of
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