Skeleton Believed to Be Lost Northwestern Student Found
Chicago May 1 Northwestern student Leighton Mount who disappeared in 1921 after a class rush is believed killed by peers and his skeleton found at Evanston water front with a belt buckle bearing L M. The find follows a long search and a nurse friend’s note about his threats.
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Chicago
Ill
Leighton Mount
Northwestern
Northwestern University
Liggett
Evanston
L. M
Mount
Henry Warren
University
Wekes
Doris Fox
Young Mount
Baseball Standings and Schedule Chunk
Standings show Philadelphia FE and Boston 2 with St Louis 7 Cleveland 4 and New York 17. Game day lists New York at Washington Philadelphia at Boston Cleveland at Detroit St Louis at Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Detroit
Chicago
Tulsa
Wichita
St. Joseph
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Sioux City
Des Moines Ev
Denver
Des Moines
T. Joseph
Oklah City
Sio City
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
America
Desbes
Weather Outlook For Chicago Tonight And Wednesday
Chicago area forecast cites thunderstorms and unsettled conditions tonight. Cooler temperatures expected for Wednesday with a drop in humidity and brisk winds.
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Chicago
Weather Summary for late April and early May readings
Local observations show temperatures ranging from 30 to 92 degrees over several days. Rain was trace or none on most days, with highs on Wednesday 92 and lows around 41 to 47 across the period.
Governor Proclaims May 13 as Mother's Day
Des Moines May 1. Governor N. B. Kendall issued a proclamation aligning with the legislature’s resolution designating Sunday May 13 as Mother’s Day and urged observance across the state.
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Governor Fixes
Des Moines. In
N. BE. Kendall
You Did Your Part voters honored by President Harding
President Harding tells Spanish war veterans in a May 1 letter to W T Smiley that their service was not to be apologized for and that they did their part as earnestly as any war. He regrets missing Iola events June 5-7 due to conflicting dates.
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Ida, Kas
Harding
W. T. Smiley
Department of
Two Communists Killed in Milan Riot
Rome May 1. Two communists were killed and many wounded when attempting to block Milan railway workers from reporting for duty. A military guard was called out and halted the unrest.
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Milan
Rome
Baltimore dancer endurance record drama at 144 hours
Five of eight dancers who began the endurance test yesterday morning in Baltimore equalled the 144 hour mark at Youngstown last Saturday. Despite extreme exhaustion they continue shuffling as they pursue a 150 hour goal announced at the start last Tuesday.
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Baltimore
Youngstown
Police Clashes at Chicago Workers Meeting Debs Slated Speech
Police officers were forced to use clubs to maintain order at a workers meeting of the Amalgamated Clothiers in Chicago where Eugene Debs, socialist, was to deliver the Mayday address.
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Chicago
All
Workers of the Amalgamated Clothiers
Eugene Debs
Town School Teacher Acknowledges Abduction Murder Charge
Miss Rosie Fultz, 21, of Newellton Ia. admitted to U S Commissioner Leon Haas that she mailed a newly born infant from Scott La to a fictitious person in Duncan Okla. Sheriff Lauplais of Lafayette Parish sought her arrest on murder charges in Opelousas.
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Crowley
Rosie Fultz
Newellton
United States
Leon Haas
Scott, la
Duncan
Oklo
Lauplais
Lafayette Parish
Opelousas
Counsel asks death for George Cook in Huegle murder trial
In Des Moines on May 1 the assistant district attorney urged the jury to sentence George Cook to death by the gallows for the murder of Harry Huegle. The case was expected to go to the jury late that afternoon.
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Des Moines
Spencer
George Cook
Harry Huegle
Harding Urges Consumer Boycott Across Prices
President Harding urged nationwide consumer action to stop buying commodities priced excessively high. He framed the move as a boycott against what he called gamblers in the market, urging the public to refrain from such articles until prices ease.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Dempsey to defend title July 4 against Gibbons
Chicago report says heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey will meet Tom Gibbons of St Paul in Selby Montana on July 4 in a fifteen round title bout decided by the referee. State commander Lou Molumby said an agreement was reached by telephone with Jack Kearns and that signing of articles and referee selection remain.
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Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
Selby
Mont
Lou Molumby
Montana American Legion
Molumby
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Pioneering Mother Sees No Worsening World
Mrs. Charlotte Bennett of Battle Creek Michigan aged nine and a half says the world is not worse today than in her girlhood. She laments declining neighborliness amid commercialization but asserts every generation has faults and redeeming features and remains as virtuous as ever.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Charlotte Bennett
Michigan
Bennett
Mother Asks Return of Daughter in Waukegan Case
Mrs Ada Morris seeks the return of her 12 year old daughter Beatrice from Mrs Morris’ parents claiming harm in keeping her since 1911 after being taken from the Illinois Orphans Home. The defense says the child was placed with them by the mother and was taken from her after birth.
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Chicago
Waukegan
Ada Morris
Beatrice
Lasker Rules Government Ships Remain Dry
Shipping Board Chairman Lasker announced government owned ships will stay dry for some time despite a Supreme Court ruling permitting liquor handling outside the three mile limit. He emphasized ongoing prohibition and control over fleet operations.
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Washington, D. C
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Supreme Court
Bride in Oklahoma Drowns After Self harm Near Verdigras
Cora V. Fry 19, daughter of Zona Fry, was found dead in a water trough at her mother’s Verdigras area home in Claremore on May 1. Her throat bore slash wounds and left wrist showed minor cuts, but doctors ruled drowning as the cause. The victim, who was to wed “Buddy” Hak at 8 am, unexpectedly died in what authorities termed a culic idea.
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Claremore
Oklo
Cora V. Fry
Zona Fry
Verdigras
Malcolm Flannery
Culc
Pry
Buddy” Hak
Verd Gras
Who Will Be Nelsons Successor Speculation Grows in Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota speculation continues over who will replace United States Senator Knute Nelson who died on a train near York Pennsylvania. The selection will wait Governor J A O Preus return from Chicago with the body. Prominent names include Preus Putman Kellogg Hallman and Coffman. The Alexandria funeral is planned for Wednesday or possibly Friday.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States
Knute Nelson
Mintecota
Nelson
York
Penna
Minnesota
J. A. O. Preus
Chicago
Alexandria
Minnnesi
Preus
Fred W. Putman
State Railroad and Warehouse Chain Missioner
Frank B. Kellogg
Oscar Hallman
State Supreme Court
Lotus D. Coffman
University of Minnesota
Clar rissa Erkecht Jumped From Car in Dubuque Escort Arrested
Clar rissa Erkecht leaped to her death from an automobile to escape unwelcome escort. Clarence Smith was arrested and charged with her murder. The Erkecht girl worked in a local factory.
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Dubuque
Clarrissa Erkecht
Clarence Smith
Erkecht
Airship Scores New Triumph Plants a Forest
Air aviators sowed tree seeds over eight square miles in Hawaii under Maj. Gen. Summerall. department of agriculture view the venture as nationally valuable and likely to inspire similar experiments across the United States. The four aviators used two airplanes completing the seed sowing with less effort and cost than traditional methods.
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Washington, D. C
Hawaii
War Department
Charles P. Summerall
Hawaiiam Department
Department of Agriculture
Working People of England Meet in London
London May 1 The working people of London assembled early and marched to Hyde Park. They passed a resolution in sympathy with the German workers in the Ruhr district and another urging Parliament to recognize Soviet Russia.
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London
Hyde Park
Ruhr
Russia
Judge Hiram K Evans Nominated by Republicans for Congress
The Eighth district Republican convention selected Judge Hiram K Evans of Corydon on the tenth ballot as their candidate for Congress in the June 6 election. The crowded Willard Theatre heard five ballots without a decision before Evans secured the nomination unanimously and supporters pledged to campaign for him.
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Hiram K. Vane
Corydon
Eighth District
Congress
Evans
Charles H. Thomas
Creston
H. K. Evans
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
C. W. Huntley
Lucas
Early Ferguson
Page County
W. T. Davidson
J. C. Tuck
Bedford
B. W. Garrett
Decatur
J. T. McIntosh
Frank Payne
Appanoose
Vernon
Johnson
Fremont
Sth
Willard Theatre
Dan Turner
B. L. Eiker Af Leon
Vera Maus
Centervilla
America
W. ©. Securr
Goodsell
Frank C. Lowden
Counsel for Strikers Out of Hearing
Chicago May 1 The counsel for the railroad employees in the Federal Labor Shop Crafts case withdrew their appearance for the hearing due to be held before Federal Judge Wilkerson. The railroads seek to make permanent the temporary injunction issued last July. It was not stated if new counsel would appear.
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Chicago
Wilkerson
Girl Secretary Sentenced in $1 Million Fraud Case
Miss Goldie Skolnik secretary to Edward J. Ader surrendered to U S Marshal and began a six month term in Cook County jail. Ader received seven years and a $10 000 fine after conviction in the same case.
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Chicago
Goldie Skolnik
Edward J. Ader
Consumers’ Packing Company
United States
Robert R. Levy
Cook County
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Linn County Treasurer Dies At Home In Cedar Rapids
Linn County Treasurer George Yuill died at his Cedar Rapids home after a long illness. His duties have been temporarily filled at the courthouse by Frank Williams since Yuill became ill.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
George Yuill
Yuill
Court House
Frank Williams
United States Wins Priority in Rhine Bill Reimbursements
In Parla May 1 the allied delegates reached a compromise granting the United States partial priority in reimbursing Rhine army costs under the wartime reparation settlement. The key remaining legal point about America's position toward Germany was not specified but progress suggests a full agreement at the next meeting. Mr Wadsworth led the U S push to secure priority.
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Parla
United States
Rhineland
America
Germany
Wadsworth
Mr. Wadsworth
Bishop Oldham Claims America A Haven For Women
Bishop W F Oldham of Buenos Aires told the Methodist staff in Chicago that American women are far better off than peon women in South America. He cited landowner power, deplorable peon villages, and lack of hope as cruel contrasts, while praising U S women for safety and good homes.
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Chicago
United States
South America
W. F. Oldham
Buenos Aires
Committee On On Conservation and Advance
Methodist Church
Oldham
Mexico
America
Speeders Court Opens Again in Chicago
Chicago May 1. The speeders court will be opened Thursday as 700 persons crowded the room for hearings on speeding and traffic violations. Chief Justice Olson announced that another court will be added to continue the crackdown on reckless driving and enforce traffic laws.
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Chicago
Speeders
Olson
Municipal Court
Golson Sentenced to Hang for Attacks in Birmingham
Willie Golson, a Black man, was sentenced to be hanged after a conviction in Birmingham Alabama for an attack on two white women. The jury deliberated for one hour and fifteen minutes before returning the verdict late last night.
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Irmingham
Ala
Willie Golson
Birmingham
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