World Planes Break Records by Hard Flight
From Kasumigaura Japan May 22 the American army aviators circling the globe by air completed two days of flying in one journey They landed at Minato and Kasumigaura after dawn to dusk hops and refueling The voyage drew thousands in Kushiro and Minato to witness the first foreign warcraft in their harbors The group planned rest and a Sunday continuation with naval aviation mechanics preparing their fleet
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Associated Press
Kasumigaura
Japan
Globe
North Pacific
Hitokaphu Bay
Yotorofu
Kuriels
Kushiro
Hokkaido
John D. Ford
Minato
Hondo
Tokio
Yetoku Island
Lowell H. Smith
Ford
Sendai
Minator
Tomioka
Naval Avaition
Navy
Nail Killed Famous Holstein Sire King Pierrje Ormsbee Pebe
King Pierrje Ormsbee Pebe a nine year old Holstein bull and noted Iowa sire died at the Hardgrove and Arnold stock farm near Des Moines after veterinary examination showed a nail had lodged in the heart following ingestion with feed. The owners had previously rejected large offers for the animal.
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Des Moines
Pierrje Ormsbee Pebe
Iowa
Hardgrove and
Arnold
Tax Reduction Bill Near Final Legislative Action
The tax reduction bill, praised broadly, is ready for final action after conferees adopted the report on differences between the senate and house. Senate approval is expected soon with a possible House agreement by Saturday, then it goes to President Coolidge. The measure cuts tax returns by 472.62 million dollars, below the surplus, and aims for presidential assent in its current form.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Coolidge
President Coolidge opens National Conference on Outdoor Recreation
President Coolidge tells delegates that outdoor life builds a common democratic base across diverse nations and cultures. He urges youth and workers to combine work with recreation, stressing health, nature, character, and community service as essential for national unity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
America
Lim Crim Calls for Simpler Justice Administration
Washington May 22 Special assistant to the attorney general John W. H Crim told the Daugherty committee there is too much work in Washington and too little outreach by country offices. He urged simpler processes and consolidation of roles, advocating two deputy attorneys general and reduced reliance on a large bureau of investigation. He criticized nine tenths of the bureau and warned against entanglements with special agents and politics undermining prosecutions.
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Associated Press
Washington
John W. H Crim
Senate
Daugherty Committee
Department of Justice
Veterans Bureau
Department
United States
Chicago
Brookhart
Mr. Crim
United States Attorney
Crim
Bureau of Investigation
United States District Attorney
Treasury Department
Stone
Italy Lays Unknown Soldier To Final Rest
Rome May 22. The Unknown Soldier was laid to final rest under the altar at the Victor Emmanuel monument with military and civil ceremonies. The coffin, borne by representatives of all service branches, was moved from the vestibule where it rested since December for completion of the monument.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mary
Victor Emmanuel
Robinson Crusoe Gun Auctioned for 250 Pounds
The old flintlock musket said to have been carried by Alexander Selkirk during his exile on Juan Fernandez was sold at auction for 250 pounds. The rough carved gun bore the inscription Alexander Selkirk Largo 1701 and references Selkirk's birthplace Largo Freshire.
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Associated Press
London
Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
Juan Fernandez Island
Defoe
Largo
Largo Freshire
Selkirk
World News Briefs From May Twenty Second
Seventeen people including two women are condemned to death at Zhitomir Ukraine for banditry, with ten others jailed for ten years. In Yakutsk northern Siberia large gold deposits are found and a technical commission is sought to study the area. In Washington the Texas Senator Mayfield election contest suffers another delay due to missing witnesses. In Des Moines Elsie Roberts and Harry Wiatt face investigation over a $131 alleged robbery at a party. In Shanghai bad weather aborts pilot A Stuart MacLaren's attempt to depart Akwab for Rangoon. Cora Foster is fined $2000 for violating the Harrison drug act with execution stayed.
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Associated Press
Kiev
Russia
Zhitomir
Ukrainia
Des Moines
Elsie Roberts
Harry Wiatt
A. C Tyler
Fort Dodge
Wiatt
Miss Roberta
Tyler
Cora Foster
Martin J. Wade
Panama Minister Elected Church Bishop
George A Mller of South America was elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church by the general conference on the fourth ballot. He received 579 votes versus 551 needed. Titus Lowe of Nebraska was second, George R. Grave of Depauw University third. Mil ler may be sent to the Mexico City resident. He was born in Mendon New York in 1868 and educated at Stanford. He served as missionary in the Philippines and joined the South American mission board.
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Hy Assor
Mller
Titus. Lowe
Nebraska
George R. Grave
Depauw Unversity
Indiana
Miller
Mexico City
Mendon
Leland Stanford Universty
Philippines
Board of Foreign Missions
Philadelphia
Panama City
Panama
Chinese Leader Talks To American Writer
Philadelphia May 22 The Public Ledger quotes Dr Sun Yatsen first president of the Chinese republic as saying he was moved by sympathy from America after false death reports He warned China harassed by other nations may trigger a world war He declared foreign powers including the U S must stay neutral in China to avoid disorder and a future world conflagration A stray line notes pen broody hens fed mash and milk or mash and water.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
The
Public Ledger
Canton
China
Sun Yatsen
America
Ledger
Dr. Sun
New Order
Judge questions Daugherty loyalty and evidence
In questioning, Wao says he must review the record with his own pencil before believing any claim that Harry Daugherty took crooked money through Jess Smith. He acknowledges faults but insists he will judge the evidence himself and doubts any sale of loyalty to the government.
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Wao
Reral
Harry Daugherty
Jess Smith
Indiana Republicans Hold Final Convention Session
Indiana Republicans opened the final convention session with plans for a 14 delegate at large slate each with half a vote. Ed Jackson spoke to an ovation as Harry S. New delivered president Coolidge support, praising administration prosperity and international relations while defending party loyalty and enforcement of laws.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Resolutions Committee
Jackson
Ed Jackson
Committee Considers World Court Plans
The senate foreign relations committee reported progress after an executive session on proposals for U S adherence to a world court. The plan, forming in the present court with reservations to detach it from the league of nations, remained the focal point of discussion with no clear sign of an early committee report.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
League of Nations
Rickard and Partners Released on Bond in Film Charge
George L. Tex Rickard Frank B Flourner and Fred C Quimby surrendered on federal indictments charging transporting the Demp v Carpentier fight films in interstate commerce. United States Commissioner Hitchcock set bail at 2500 dollars each for hearings June 2 in Newark New Jersey.
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Associated Preve
New York
George L .Tex" Rickard
Frank B. Flourner
Madison Square Garden
Rickard
Fred C Quimby
United States
Hitchcock
Newark
N. J
Editors Urged to Restore Respect for Laws at Convention
Wallace Odell of the Daily News warned editors at the national editorial association convention in Oklahoma City that newspapers share blame for lack of respect for laws. He urged promoting reverence for the church home and flag, and defending prohibition statutes as crime and misery reducers.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wallace Odell
Tarrytown
New York
Daily News
Mellon Warns Tax Bill Rejected by President
Treasury officials say Secretary Mellon will urge a presidential veto of the tax bill. He calls the measure very unsatisfactory and a missed chance for tax reform, noting no justification for higher estate taxes and significant provisions omitted.
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Associated Pres
Wahington
Treasury
Mellon
Melon
Eleven Louisianians Guilty of Conspiracy
Mobile La May 22 The jury in the case of 44 defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act returned a verdict today of guilty against 11 of the defendants in the federal district court The other 233 were acquitted The convicted include Harry B O Connor Ben F Cody Perry Collins Thomas Carson James F Hayes G L Donaghue Dan L Geemi Percy H Kerns John H H McEvoy P J O Shaughnessy and Geronimo Perez Kerna O Shaughnessy is a former police chief and Donaghue a former deputy sheriff.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Federal District Court
Harry B. O Connor
Ben F. Cody
Perry Collins
Thomas Carson
James F. Hayes
G L. Donaghue
Dan L. Geemi
Percy H. Kerns
John HH. McEvoy
P. J O'Shaughnessy
Geronimo Perez Kerna
O'Shaughnessy
Donaghue
Burns' Companion Is Given Life Sentence
Eugene Shearer pleaded guilty to complicity in the December robbery of the University State bank at Des Moines and received a life sentence from District Judge Bonner. Scotty Burns also confessed and was sentenced to life. The pair obtained about $5,000 in cash and $14,000 in checks. Burns was caught in California and Shearer in Arizona.
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Associated Preps
Des Moines
Eugene Shearer
University State Bank
Bonner
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Shearer
J. T
Scotty
Burns
California
Arizona
Woman Pays Alimony To Cruel Husband
Mrs Emma Tillotson agrees to pay alimony to her husband John E Tillotson 78 in ill health and unable to support himself. Supreme Judge Sabath indicated a divorce would be granted on cruelty grounds. Alimony set at 15 dollars weekly and billed as a first in Cook county courts.
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Assoriated Press
Chicago
Sabath
Emma Tillotson
John E. Tillotson
Cook County
McAdoo Ends Campaign To Resume Work
W G McAdoo declares he will suspend campaigning between now and the Democratic National Convention to focus on his work. He plans to travel to Los Angeles tonight and then proceed to New York with Mrs McAdoo for the convention.
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McAdoo
Axsoemred Presa
Chicago
W. G. McAdoo
Los Angeles
Apple tree numbers fall sharply from 1910 to 1920
The record notes a drastic decline in apple trees from 151,322,840 in 1910 to 36,057,811 in 1920 in this country. It also mentions King Edward III purchasing his race horses for just over six pounds each according to old English records.
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Edward III
Water Fountain Presented to Creston by Travellers
Crowds gathered at McKinley Park as Creston’s United Commercial Travellers presented a nine foot fountain in a brown stone cone rising from a concrete basin. Fred C. Luce praised pioneer park builders while Dr. J. W. Reynolds urged community cooperation during the Spring Festival and Trade Exposition opening.
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McKinley Park
Creston Connell
United Commercial Travellers
Creston Merchants Trade Exposition
Creston
Owa
Fred C. Luce
Creston Council
Park Commission
Ed. C. Keith
Illinois
Goreston
L. J. Nickle
Joe Coodsell
Creston Chameber of Commerce
Brewery Raid Sparks Flood of Beer and Suspected Plan
Geysers of beer spurted five feet for over an hour flooding homes near the Manhattan brewery. Police believe advance warning of a raid was given. Over 100000 gallons drained from vats worth about $65 a barrel. A defense fund of 150000 dollars was being raised for those arrested. Thirty alleged beer runners were arrested last Monday.
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Chicago
Manhattan
Ilinois
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Italy
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Kolyma
Siberia
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Shanghai
A. Stuart MacLaren
Akwab
Burma
Rangoon
A Reuter
Calcutta
Coolidge Mesage
Harry S. New
Cleveland
Mr. New
Calvin Coolidge
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