Reed and Heflin target Smith as campaign funds inquiry grows
Washington reports rapid Capitol Hill moves as the Campaign Funds Investigation invites candidates and managers to testify. Senator Reed criticizes third party talk around Alfred E. Smith’s nomination. Heflin demands Smith's campaign managers appear and cites the fund as the “hugest” in history.
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Capitol Hill
Senate Campaign Funds Investigation Committee
Reed
Missouri
Alfred E. Smith
Senate
Theflin
Alabama
Alabama On Gov. Smith
Andrew
Massachusetts
Kansas City
House
Hoover
Congress
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New York
Ritchie
Maryland
Democratic Party
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Wilson
Wilbur Legette
California
Reed Or Borah
Idaho
Daniels
Legette
Borah
Republican Party
West
South
Ted
Heflin
Smit
Children’s Home Names New Superintendent Dr John Bayne Ascham
Dr John Bayne Ascham, former Avondale M E Church pastor and Turkish educational program director funded by Arthur Nash, will succeed Rev Carroll H Lewis as Superintendent of the Children's Home. Fred A Geier, Board president, announced the appointment. Dr Ascham helped reestablish interfaith ties in Turkey and will lead one of the nation's largest children’s homes.
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Avondale M. E
Turkey
Arthur Nash
Carroll H. Lewis
Fred A. Geier
Ascham
Avondale
Nash
Br Ashham
Dr. Lewis
Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association
Children's Home
United
Dr. Edgar F. Smith Dies in the East at 72
Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, former provost of the University of Pennsylvania and a leading chemist, died in Philadelphia at the University Hospital of pneumonia aged 72 after a three day illness. He was famed for his teaching, writing, and popular letters to students and was a National Academy of Sciences member and former American Chemical Society president.
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Edgar F. Smith
U. of P
Philadelphia
Edgar Fahs Smith
University of Pennsylvania
University Hospital
Smith
America
National Academy of Sciences
American Chemical Society
Elderly Man Fatally Struck by Auto on Central Parkway
In Hamilton County yesterday morning, Michael Risselmacher 66 baker of Court and Elm was struck crossing Fifteenth Street and Central Parkway. He died in General Hospital afternoon, the thirty sixth motor death this year. Witnesses provided license number for fleeing driver Eliga Lee 45 iron worker former officer charged with reckless driving.
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Baker
Court
Elm Streets
Fifteenth Street
Central Parkway
General Hospital
Hamilton County
Risselmacher
William M. Hux
Spring Grove Avenue
Richard Kyle
Findlay Street
Alms Place
McMillan Street
Pohl and O'Leary
Eliga Lee
Poplar Street
Sergt. Huber
Kyle
Willie Secor
Robert Secor
Lincoln Avenue
Woodburn Avenue
Chapel Street
Richard Lowery
Ingleside Place
Carl Snow
Richmond Street
Mound Street
St Mary's Hospital
Kuyper and
Davis
John C. Willig
Ballen Avenue
Price Hill
Nora Davis
Harding Avenue
Cheviot
Harrison and
Fairmount Avenues
Korn
Second
Plum Streets
Leonard Blackburn
Garrard Street
Covington
George Holzmiller
Queen City Avenue
Bruce Jones
Marburg Avenue
Gilbert
Florence Avenues
Harold Rouse
Panama Avenue
Fred Suter
Carthage Avenue
Norwood
Madison Road
Allston Avenue
Minnie Suter
Diamond Hold Up Nets Six Men
Six men held up the Halzberg Diamond Shop near police headquarters in Kansas City Kansas and escaped with jewels valued at 17800 after disarming a policeman. Clerks lay on the floor as three robbers looted 280 diamond rings and fled in a car before patrols arrived. The bandit car was later found abandoned under a viaduct to Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Kan
Homer Lucas
Supreme Court Justice Stuns City With Stay Promise
Justice Stone assured Mayor Walker a May 14 hearing on the city’s stay motion to block a 7 cent fare rise for Interborough rapid transit. He warned he will grant an immediate temporary stay if the 7 cent increase is attempted before the full court rules.
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Interborough
New York City
Stone
Supreme Court
Walker
Charles L. Craig
C. D. Williams
Rapid Transit Commission
New York
Justice Stone
William L. Ransom
J. L. Quackenbush
Interborough Company
District Statutory Court
Police Interference Alleged by Dry Agents in Chicago
Federal authorities in Chicago question possible interference by city police with prohibition agents. A district court hearing featured testimony from two dry operatives about jail holds and threats while surveilling a location for evidence. Judge Wilkerson noted the testimonies as serious but ruled out their impact on Myron Caffey’s assault to murder case.
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United States District
James H.“Wilkerson
United States District Court
Myron Caffey
Prohibition
Wilkerson
John E. Northrup
Corporation Counsel
Police Department
Northrup
Airship Loto Bearings Over Finland Heading to Vadsoe
A airship named Loto is reported flying over Finland toward the Gulf of Bothnia, then heading to Vadsoe with an expected landing at 8 30.
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Gulf of Bothnia
London
Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Nobile
Italia
American ends Lindbergh record as Thomas forces down
Lieut Royal V Thomas ended his 35 hour 24 minute 69 second endurance flight near Mitchel Field after the dump valve released gasoline. He shattered Col Lindbergh’s 33 hour 30 minute mark in a Bellanca monoplane, reporting the ship worked fine despite the crash.
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Thomas
Lindbergh
Mitchel Fieind
N. Y
Royal V. Thomas
Flyers Greeted by Crowds on Return to New York
The Bremen flyers Baron von Iiuenefeld Capt. Koehl and Major Fitzmaurice returned to New York after visiting Washington. They landed at Miller Field on Staten Island and were ferried to Manhattan where about 6 000 people gathered outside the hotel for a Merchants' Association luncheon that honored them.
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Bremen
Washington
Baron von Iiuenefeld
Koehl
Major Fitzmaurice
Miller Field
Staten Island
Manhattan
Merchants’ Association
British Iron and Steel Leaders Urged to Consolidate and Tariff
Charles M. Schwab urged British iron and steel magnates to consolidate and push a protective tariff to restore prosperity. He hinted at a British American finance group chaired by Sir Alfred Mond and American director Schwab, eyeing an amalgamation if leaders unite. British manufacturers press Parliament for a protection bill, hoping a Tory election win would boost their tariff drive.
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Arthur E. Mann
New York World News Service
London
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
British Iron and Steel Institute
Wei Ching the Pekingese Dogs Keeps Alive by Breath
Wei Ching, a Pekingese and hotel pet at the Belmont Hotel in Chicago, survived a taxicab strike and remains out of danger after doctors started artificial respiration and saline injections. The dog was expected to recover fully once meals are back on track.
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Chicago
Wei Ching
Belmont Hotel
North Side
Herman Motner
Knapp Case Opens as Stepdaughter Testifies
In Albany on May 3, the trial of Florence E. S. Knapp opened with her stepdaughter Clara Blanche Knapp as a key prosecution witness. Clara Knapp testified she never worked on the state census, did not know she was on the payroll, and did not authorize checks drawn in her name totaling thousands. The day featured her impeachment of a Le Boeuf affidavit and defense admissions that Mrs. Knapp indorsed seventeen checks and two drafts with Miss Knapp’s name.
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Florence E. S.knapp
Clara Blanche Knapp
Miss Knapp
Middlebury
New York
Knapp
Randall J. le Boeuf, Jr
Moreland
Gov. Smith
Kroger Admits Giving Million for Each Child Before Wedding
Cincinnati magnate B H Kroger admitted yesterday that he gave each of his six children a million dollars before his marriage to Mrs Farrington Maher. He said the gifts were meant to train them in handling money and to keep him involved with the family.
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Chester Kroger
George Barnes
Albert Byrne
Irving Pettengill
Rudolph Homan
Cincinnati
Slantacres
Stanley Avenue
Vineyard Place
Japanese and Chinese clash leave many dead in Shantung
Reports from Tsinan say forty six Japanese soldiers and numerous civilians were killed as fighting waned. The Japanese commander remained hopeful for order with Chiang Kai Shek. Six officers and forty soldiers died among Japanese losses. Chinese casualties unknown but believed heavy. Tokyo ordered a 2000 man mixed brigade from Dairen to Tsingtao due to the seriousness of Shantung.
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Tsinan
Shantung Province
Chiang Kai Shek
Dairen
Manchuria
Tsingtao
Shantung
Equitable Trust Leader Alvin Krech Dies in New York
Alvin W. Krech, chairman of the board of Equitable Trust Company, dies suddenly in his New York office. A railroad and finance figure, he served as director of several major lines including Denver and Rio Grande Western and Wabash, and led Equitable Trust as president after its 1903 renaming. He was born May 25, 1858, in Hannibal Missouri and began as a bookkeeper before rising to banking leadership.
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Alvin W. Krech
theEquitable Trust Company
Hannibal
Minneapolis
West
Union Pacific
Traders’ Deposit Company
Equitable Trust Company
Krech
Equitable
Canadian Officer Slain in Peterboro Hotel Shootout
Two provincial officers Norman Maker and J Stewart were trying to arrest David Montgomery at the Hotel Montgomery when Montgomery opened fire. Maker was killed and Stewart grazed, while city officers killed Montgomery as he attempted to flee.
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Peterboro
Ontario
Montgomery
Norman F. Maker
J.stewart
David Montgomery
Maker
Stewart
Schwab jokes on prohibition at London steel talk
In London May 3 Mr. Schwab told British steelmen he never drank until prohibition and recalled a past visit when a friend offered a drink and he quipped walk? Hell lets run. The anecdote drew laughter.
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New York World News Service
London
Coal Trade Talks End In Stalemate Over Lake Cargo 25c to 45c
At a three hour conference among coal producers and railroad presidents from Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky no agreement was reached. A proposed 25 cent differential to lure lake cargo to Northwestern states failed as sides balked at raising to 35 or 45 cents. The dispute underscores a fifteen year trade war shaping the region's coal market from Cincinnati outward.
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Harold W. Coates
Ohio River
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Daniel Williard
Baltimore & Ohio
Patrick Crowley
New York Central Lines
W. M Duncan
Wheeling & Lake Erie
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Lines
W. R. Cole
Louisville & Nashville
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Lake Cargo Coal Committee
Southern
Pennsylvania and
Cincinnati
Mystery Veil Over Broker Winant's Death in New York
Cornelius R. Winant broker and brother of John G. Winant former New Hampshire governor died at the Princeton Club under mysterious circumstances. A doctor and nurse were called after his friends found him ill. autopsy ordered. Scratches on his face noted but unlikely cause. He was 32.
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Cornelius R. Winant
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Princeton Club
Winant
Charles G. Norris
Norris
McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Passes House in Vote
The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill with the equalization fee passed the House 204 to 121. It now goes to the Senate for differences and could face a possible veto by President Coolidge. Debate tied political rhetoric to prospects for Lowden and Dawes.
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Coolidge
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Ita
Vone
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Louisiana
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Jardine
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
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