Wardens deny allegation of board member
Fort Madison and Anamosa reformatories officials testified before the board of control denying inmates were kept in solitary confinement for excessive work. Warden Hollowell said punishment occurred only when inmates refused to work and that most inmates could handle assigned tasks.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Reformatory
Fort Madison
Reformatory
Alhamosa
Board of Control
J. O. Woodmansee
Board of Parole
Senate-House
Holowell
Baumel
Hollowell
Fort Madson
Hollower
Woodmansee
Kate Claxton Dead After Dramatic Stage and Personal Life
Kate Claxton, famed fifty years ago as Louise in The Two Orphans, died at her New York home. Born in Somerville New Jersey, she was 73. Her life included marriage to actor Charles A. Stevenson, a divorce in 1901, a long legal fight, and the suicide of her son Harold in 1904, after which she quit the stage.
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Associated Press
New York
Kate Claxton
Louise
Josephine Cone
Miss Claxton
Somerville
N. J
Charles
Senate Republicans Seek Tax Compromise
Senate Republicans at a Washington conference seek a compromise on surtax rates in the revenue bill with a maximum 32 percent and a fallback to 37 percent if needed. President Coolidge views amendments widening corporate taxation and income tax return publicity as more undesirable than changing surtax rates.
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Associated Trexs
Washington
Senate
Republicans
House
Coolidge
Mellon
Bank Robber? Wall Lake Banker Hangs Self
C. M. Herrung president of the Farmers State Bank at Wall Lake ended his life last night by hanging in his garage. Ill health for four years and the death of his brother about a week earlier are believed to have driven the act.
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Associated Presa
Sioux City
C. M. Herrung
Farmers’ State Befak
Wall Lake
Here
Democrats Oppose Premature Congress Adjournment
Democratic leaders in the Senate reached a conference decision that many important bills remain undetermined and adjournment before the national political conventions is not yet wise. The party is split on whether to adjourn before the Republican convention in Cleveland, while Republicans aim to adjourn by June 1 and have told the president it is possible.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Cleveland
Girl Bandit Celia Cooney Sentenced to Ten to Twenty Years
Celia Cooney and her husband Edward Cooney were sentenced by County Judge Martin to 10 to 20 years in prison for assault and robbery. Celia received Auburn prison, Edward Sing Sing. The pair admitted involvement in ten holdups and Celia warned other girls not to imitate.
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New York
Celia Cooney
Edward Cooney
Martin
Brooklyn
Cooney
Auburn
Jacksonville
Fla
Sherff
Celia
Mercury To Pass Over Sun May 7 Observed By AP
Williams Bay Wisconsin May 6 Mercury will cross the sun as a small black dot visible with proper telescope and naked eye observers. Edwin B Frost says the transit occurs about May 7 with precise timing across time zones and moves across the sun at the Mercury diameter every three minutes.
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Associated Press
Williams Bay
Wis
Edwin B. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
Mercury
Alaska
Asia
Frost
Venus
Doheny Jr. testifies before federal grand jury in fraud probe
Edward L Doheny Jr of Los Angeles, son of the lessee of Naval Reserve No 1, is questioned by a federal grand jury probing naval oil contracts. He appears for eight minutes and is placed on call. The case centers on a $100000 loan from his father to Albert B Fall, former interior secretary, with disputed notes.
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Washington
Edward L Doheny, Jr
Los Angeles
Naval Reserve No. 1
Federal Grand Jury
Naval Oifeases
Grand Jury
Senate Oil Committee
Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Frank J. Hogan
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Senate
Interior Secretary
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South Sea Island
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Pan-American Company
Major Martin Search In Vain During World Flight Effort
Lieut. Clay ton L. Bissell reported to the War Department from Dutch Harbor Alaska that no further Pacific side search could locate Major Martin missing since April 28. The Haida arrived at Unalaska and will sail Sunday to extend the search along the westward route as three Army planes continue the flight.
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Washington
Clayton L. Bissell
Army World Flight Expedition
War Department
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Pacific
Martin
Bissell
Algonquin
Bering Sea
Chugnik
Unalaska
Senate Leaders Favor Prolonging Mellon Inquiry
Senate Republican leaders signaled they would not object to continuing the investigation into the internal revenue service and Secretary Mellon. Senator Watson of Indiana said he had no plan to press the end of the inquiry while Senator Jones of New Mexico proposed a resolution to hire special counsel and other agents for the committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Special Investigating Committee
Jones
New Mexico
Couzens
Michigan
Radio talk by former governor to air from WOI Ames
Former Governor Leslie M. Shaw will speak on a special radio program broadcast from station WOI at Iowa State College Ames tomorrow at 11 am. The crowded wire-service dispatch covers politics, law, and regional events from Moscow to New York, noting a national monument decision and labor elections in St Paul.
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Associated Press
Ames
Leslie M. Shaw
WOI
Iowa State College
Prosecutor Disputes Judge in Crossman Case Testimony
Assistant U S attorney general Middlekauf argued Judge Landis misstated Grosman pardon facts. He said four witnesses testified on liquor sales, but only two testified about such tales and one was discredited for padding expenses. He asserted Chicago had many breweries and saloons, while Landis denied the claim.
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Washington
C. W. Middlehauf
United States
Chicago
Senate
Daugherty Investigating Committee
Landis
Philip Grosman
Coolidge
Middlekauf
Grosman
Ball
Middiehauf
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Grossman
Charman Brookhart
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Lands
Middlehauf
Din
Brookhart
Laindis
Barkley Bill Faces Uncertain House Action
Supporters and opponents of the Barkley bill to abolish the railroad labor board and create wage adjustment boards faced uncertain house handling after the measure left the commerce committee. Democrats and insurgent Republicans won floor passage by 194 to 181 and set a three hour debate limit, with Barkley planning immediate disposal while GOP leaders argued for a two week delay under new rules.
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Barkley
Railroad Labor Board
House
Commerce Committee
Sesson
Kentucky
Wallace Links Disease Spread to Travel
Secretary Wallace blamed travel from infected California farms for spreading foot and mouth disease among cattle. He argued that halting such movement would enable the Department of Agriculture and California authorities to stamp out the outbreak quickly.
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Associated Press
Washington
California
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Thousands Attend Twelfth Annual U S Chamber Convention
By Associated Press Cleveland May 6 Thousands of delegates from trade associations commercial organizations and chambers of commerce gathered for the twelfth annual United States Chamber of Commerce convention. The opening session followed a council meeting that adopted a soldiers bonus resolution and approved the convention program. Afternoon discussions will cover the Dawes report transportation issues cooperative marketing for agricultural products and the northwestern credit situation.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Chamber of
Northwestern
Senate Passes Vet Bureau Reform Bill
The senate approved a bill to codify and revise veterans bureau laws. It extends to five years after discharge the period for diseases linked to service and gives the director authority to authorize veterans organizations to handle claims. Tubercular patients may leave hospitals after one year and receive permanent total disability ratings for three years.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Senate
Oddie
Smutthels
Nevada
States Drawing Political Lines From Oklahoma to California
Reports from Oklahoma City and Indianapolis describe floor fights at the Democratic and Republican party events. McAdoo supporters clash over instructed delegations while Bryan’s name may surface. Indiana voters choose governors and congressional nominees. California presidential preferences focus on Coolidge Johnson and McAdoo factions amid a large Republican turnout.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
William Jennings Bryan
Garfield County
Bryan
Indianapolis
Indiana
President Coolidge
Johnson
California
San Francisco
Coolidge
Shaun W. Johinson
Texas precinct delegates pick nominees at county conventions
Dallas May 6 delegates elected by Texas precinct meetings met in county conventions to choose delegates for state and national conventions on May 27 in Waco and Dallas. McAdoo led in about half the precincts reported with Underwood far behind. many delegates remained uninstructed. Republicans showed little interest with all precinct meetings backing President Coolidge.
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Dallas
Texas
Waco
William G. McAdoo
Oscar Underwood
Coolidge
Three Die As Sand Steamer Sinks In Sandusky Bay
In Sandusky Bay the sand steamer Protection capsized and sank in the afternoon. Three men, all from Sandusky, were killed: engineer William P. Pettite fireman Norman Carroll and deck hand Peter Hemminger. Other crewmen were rescued by a boat.
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Sandusky, C
Protection
Sandusky Bay
William P. Pettite
Norman Carroll
Peter Hemminger
Sandusky
Bankers Meet Despite Weather in Iowa Group Session
The Iowa Bankers Association group No. 9 meeting drew 118 attendees and spouses despite light rain. Delegates from Adair to Warne counties welcomed bankers from Omaha Chicago Kansas City St Joseph St Louis Des Moines with talks on retrenchment tax relief and closer city county banking ties.
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State Asociation
Association
Stengel Fined and Suspended by National League
Casey Stengel veteran outfielder for the Boston Braves was fined 100 dollars and suspended indefinitely by NL president John A Heyler for disgraceful conduct during yesterday's game with Brooklyn Be lyn.
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Casey Stengel
Boston Braves
John A. Heyler
National League
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