Mahoney Hight Radicals at Convention
William Mahoney leader of the conservative faction in the national farmer labor progressive convention and William Z Foster a communist assured delegates no bolt was imminent and that the capture of the organization was intended. They stated this in open session and then withdrew to debate in front of the committee on organization in which both served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Paul
William Mahoney
Farmer-Labor
William Z. Foster
Forry
Committee On Organization
Mass farmer labor convention vows decentralization
A Missouri era report says William Mahoney of St Paul leads a Minnesota delegates bloc at the national farmer labor progressive convention. He vows to guard against centralized control while amid pre convention fights and attacks on Mellon. Alice Lorraine Daley of South Dakota is elected permanent secretary and speaks on party unity and women’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Paul
William Mahoney
Farmer-Labor-Progressive
South Dakota
Washington
Nebraska
Montana
Minnesota
Mahoney
Organization Committee
A. Hathaway
Plains
Way
Minnesota Caucus
Mellon
Taylor
Andrew Mellon
Farmer-Labor Party
Duncan McDonald
Alice Lorraine Daley
Boy, 13 Shoots Father in Back at Smithfield
A 13-year-old boy shot his father, minister C. A. Bartells, in the back at their Smithfield home and fled. The boy surrendered after a 12-year-old companion told the sheriff. The father lay dying in a local hospital. the boy is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Canton
C. A. Bartells
Smithfield
Here
Bartells
Reverend I Van Dellen elected president of Christian Reform Church synod
In Kalamazoo Michigan on June 18 the Rev I Van Dellen of Denver was chosen president of the Christian Reform Church synod at its biennial convention. He succeeds the Rev J Manni of Sheboygan WA who was a candidate for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
I. van Dellen
Denver
Christian Reform Church Synod
J. Manni
Sheboygan
Senator Magnus Johnson Declines St Paul Convention Address
Senator Magnus Johnson, renominated on the farmer labor ticket in Minnesota, declines to address the national farmer labor progressive convention in St Paul. He says he will aid friends in the North Dakota primary and departs for Grand Forks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Paul
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor-Progressive
North Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Minnnesota
Rains Improve Corn and Oats in Nonwashed Areas
Des Moines reports in the weekly crop survey say corn and oats have greatly improved where storm damage was not excessive. Winds hail and heavy rains caused losses. hay yields disappointed. winter wheat headed well. strawberries and early cherries ripening. potatoes drought-resilient. greatest damage in Scott Muscatine Mills Lyon Kearokee Harrison Hamilton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Crop Reporting Service
Scott
Muscac
Mills
Lyon
Ase
C Kerokee
Harrison
Hamilton
Scott County
Chinese Governor Dismisses 147 Employees in Tsingtao Shakeup
Governor Kao En-hung launches a bold clean sweep in Tsingtao, dismissing 147 department officials and advisers. Police chief resigns after bribery probe. the only survivor is D. T. Lin, an American trained forestry and agriculture expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tsingtao
China
Kao En-hung
Germany
Japan
Kao
Rew
Thacy
Bin
D. T. Lin
Forestry and Agriculture
Weather Changes Plan For Continent Flight
Lieut. Russell L. Maughan postponed his dawn to dusk trans continental flight from Mitchell Field to San Francisco due to unfavorable western weather, especially in the Mississippi Valley. He said he might start Saturday instead.
Bowman quits as Iowa Good Roads secretary after clash
Des Moines June 18 Senator M L Bowman of Waterloo resigns as secretary of the Iowa State Good Roads association after conflicts with directors. The group backs an $85 million bond to surface about 2000 miles of primary roads, while Bowman opposes the plan citing revenue timing from automobile licenses over 16 years. Bowman may form a separate group to oppose the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Des Moines
M L. Bowman
Waterloo
Lowa State Good Roads Association
Good Roads Association
H. B. Allfree
Newton
Bowman
Iowa
Aernen
Alex Fitzhugh
Great Des Moines
Allfree
Good Roade Association
Wohlenberg Named As Iowa Bankers President
J Wohlenberg president of the Holstein Savings Bank Holstein was elected president of the Iowa Bankers Association at Mason City. E N Dougherty Creston lost the bid. M C Sweeney Osage elected vice president M C Hoffman Murray treasurer Frank Warner Des Moines secretary. The convention ends after noon with talks by F I Kent and Jay Landis. Cedar Rapids withdrew its invitation for 1925 leaving the field to Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mason City
Dubuque
Iowa Bankers Association
Cedar Rapids
J. Wohlenberg
Holstein Savings Bank
Holstein
E. N Dougherty
Creston
Wohlenberg
J. Large
Sioux
F. I. Kent
Bankers Trust Company of New York
Jayde
Tammany Hopes To Sell Governor Smith
Tammany plans a mixer campaign to promote Governor Smith to convention delegates. George L Berry of the International Printing Pressmen union opened Waldorf HQ directing his bid for vice presidential nomination. A Harlem meeting of the national negro democratic convention backed broader democratic platform appeal to 500000 dissatisfied black voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
Smith
George L. Berry
Tennesee
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
International and Local News Highlights from June 18
Reports from Washington describe an exclusive control agreement between the Chinese and Russian soviet governments over the Chinese eastern railway. Marshalltown covers semil finals in a Central Iowa Golf Association tourney with Witter and Matthews advancing. Buffalo notes election of B S Harman as president of the American Association of Railway Supervisors and L O Brophy as first vice president. Mexican archives switch hands in Mexico City as the British embassy detachment faces expulsion. In Missouri, Rev. A Q Burns, convicted of assault with intent to kill, is granted a new trial set for July 11. Brooklyn reports Charles R Forbes, former head of the U S veterans bureau, gravely ill in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Marshalltown
D. W. Witter
Ames
A. H. E. Matthews
Edwin Cobb
R. C. Jones
Elmwood Country Club
Buffalo
N. Y
S. Harman
Terminal Raiwlay Association
East St. Louis
American Association of Railway Superintendents
L. O. Brophy
Omaha
B. B Polson
Waterloo
Mexico City
Herbert Cummins
Mexico
A. Q. Burns
Asault
Howard Conger
Lincoln, Neb
Brooklyn
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans Bureau
Forbes
Lutheran Synod Bans War as It Adopts Reform Agenda
The sixty fifth annual Lutheran Augustana Synod convention in DeKalb closes after adopting a resolution declaring war unjustified and condemning barbarism. A Iowa petition to allow women delegates fails. The synod adopts a common service hymnal and accepts a Stockholm World Conference delegate invitation. Elections include Joseph Alexis to the education board and A Norholm and F W Lindquist to ministerial pensions. Next year’s meeting will be in Mineapolis.
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Associated Press
Lutheran Augustana Synood
Iowa
Synod
America
New Synod
Stockholm
Sweden
Joseph Alexis
Lincoln
Neb
General Board of Education
A. Norrhom
Jes Maines
F. W. Lindquist
Gowrie
Board of
Ministerial Pensions
Mineapolis
McAdoo Receives 15000 Signatures on Train Waybill
Washington June 18 W G McAdoo Democratic presidential candidate travels from Los Angeles to New York. He is greeted by a cheering crowd at Union Station and visits the late President Wilson. At the station he receives a washbill from San Bernardino to Washington bearing signatures of 15000 railway workers. E C Davidson of the National Association of Machinists presents it saying from California to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
W. G. McAdoo
Los Angeles
New York
Union Station
McAdoo
San Bernadino
Calif
E. C. Davidson
National Association of Machinists
California
White House
Labor Moves to Repeal 35 Percent Primary Law
Waterloo June 18 delegates of the Iowa State Federation of Labor considered a resolution to repeal the 35 percent requirement for primary nominations. Morning sessions debated the women’s labor bureau, referred to the constitution committee, with Rev. Thomas Pettit and Arthur J. Burns among speakers. Other actions included resolutions on presidential primaries Rochdale stores and the National Kindergarten association. Dubuque and Clinton named for 1925 convention sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa State Federation of Labor Convention
Weomen’s Labor Bureau
Constitution Committee
Thomas Pettit
Fort Dodge
Arthur J. Burns
International Motormen’s Union
New Jersey Federation of Labor
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia College
New York
Resolutions Committee
National Kindergarten Association
Dubuque and
Clinton
Impeached Governor's Wife Seeks His Office
Temple Texas June 18 Miriam A Ferguson wife of former Governor James E Ferguson announced her bid for the Democratic nomination for governor to vindicate the family name and rebuke the senate that impeached him. She cited her grandson and the desire to elect the first woman governor in Texas as a key point. The impeachment barred James E Ferguson from holding future office after charges of personal gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Tex
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
James FE. Ferguson
Ferguson
State Senate
Senate
Senate of Texas
People of
Rhode Island Senate Endurance Test Prolonged Session
The Rhode Island senate continued in session forenoon with Republicans and Democrats locked in a stalemate after a floor fight. Lieutenant Governor Toupin remained at the rostrum since yesterday. Police stood guard to prevent further disturbances.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island Senate
Toupin
Brookhart to Deliver Two Fourth of July Addresses
Senator Smith W. Brookhart will speak in Oskaloosa in the morning and address Des Moines Fourth of July celebrations in the afternoon under the trades and labor assembly. He is scheduled to travel from Oskaloosa to Des Moines by air plane.
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Associated Fresco
Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Trades and Labor Assembly
Men Doff Hats as Knightly Tradition Echoes
In a nod to history the act of removing hats is described as echoing the old knightly custom of doffing helmets. The piece connects modern manners to medieval etiquette and ceremonial gesture.
Confession of 14-Year-Old Girl in Plaza Del Rey Fire
Josephine Bertholme, 14, an inmate of the juvenile hall, confesses to starting the Hope development school fire at Plaza Del Rey near Los Angeles on May 31, killing 24 people. She says she acted alone and gave no motive. District Attorney Aza Keyes says investigators are checking the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Josephine Bertholme
Hope Development School
Plaza del Rey
Aza Keyes
Keyes
Alice
Probing Death at Mt Pleasant Hospital Inquest
Iowa state board members plan a rapid visit to the Mt Pleasant hospital for the insane to investigate the attack on Dusenia Cassell of Centerville by a fellow patient. Autopsy reports align with inquest testimony, stating Cassell was struck and died hours later.
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Wy Associated Press
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Dusenia Cassell
Centerville
Casset
A. M. McCool
E. J. Hines
Cassell
M. C. Mackin
Cassett
Italian inmate death prompts new inquiry in Iowa case
Centerville reports county officials naming Max Kinney to lead a further probe into Dugenia Caseech’s death at Mt. Pleasant state hospital after an inmate attack with a floor polisher. A second autopsy revealed extensive internal injuries, delaying funeral services as officials scrutinize circumstances.
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Associated Press
Centerville
Max Kinney
Henry County
Dugenia Caseech
Mt. Pleasant State
Appanoose
Cassell
Mt. Pleasant
Cagse
Ourial
Mail Bandits Loot Recovered Expected After Chicago Heist
Police and postal inspectors announced recovery of most of the three million dollar mail train robbery loot near Chicago. Four bandits are in custody, four more sought, with securities worth millions and $75 000 in currency recovered. The crime was planned in East St Louis Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Here
Ohio Supreme Court Judge Ends His Life
Columbus dispatch reports Judge R M Wanamaker, 58, associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, leaped from a hospital fourth story window amid a nervous breakdown. Wanamaker was known for advocacy of legal reform and his death occurred today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus
R M. Wanamaker
Democrats Face Broad 1925 Vice Presidential Possibilities
The piece argues the Democratic ticket will mirror the presidential field, listing figures such as George Berry Huston Thompson William D Upshaw Carl Vrooman and Alvin M Owsley as potential running mates. It notes the vice presidential pick could become president if no candidate wins a majority and the House deadlocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Berry
Huston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
William D. Upshaw
Georgia
Carl Vrooman
Knofe
Agriculture
Wilson
Alvin M. Owsley
Texas
American Legion
House of Representatives
Senate
McAdoo Campaign Nears Final Phase With Arrival
In New York on June 18 William G McAdoo leads the Democratic nominating bid as his Los Angeles rival arrives to take advisory charge amid a crowd expected at the station National committeemen back Senator Thomas J Walsh of Montana as permanent convention chairman though full ratification by the committee remains. Debate over whether to drop the two thirds rule continues with McAdoo camp favoring majority rule and Smith supporters opposing it Houston boom gains traction from Circuit Judge Ewing Cockrell while headquarters for Cox Davis Underwood and Smith line up at the Waldorf Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Tammany
Smith
William G. McAdoo
Los Angeles
McAdoo
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Walsh
David F. Houston
Secretary of the Treasury
Indiana Professor Estimates Nationwide Coal Use for Steam
Dr. Foley of Indiana University calculates that 2,434,026 tons of coal are consumed annually to generate steam for locomotive whistle blowing across the United States.
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LaFollette
Magnus
Roads Club
Iowa Bankers
Nationa Democratic
Harlem
Oscar H. Watters
National Negro Democrat Convention
Lutheran Synod
LABOR
Rhode Island
Brookhart
Irl
State Hospital
Ee P. Stewart
Balor
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