Three Army Enlisted Men Killed in Premature Explosion
Three enlisted men were killed and three other soldiers and one officer injured when a projectile struck a tree and exploded prematurely during practice at the camp range near Fayetteville North Carolina. Captain M A Dawson of Battery BE 6th Field Artillery was wounded. All victims were members of Battery BE 6th Field Artillery.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Assocated Press
Here
M. A. Dawson
Sth Field Artillery
6Th Field Artillery
Firemen Overcome by Chlorine Gas At Drake University
Nineteen of twenty Des Moines firefighters were overcome by chlorine gas while battling a fire in Drake University's science hall. William Mattson remained in serious condition at Samaritan Hospital after the inhalation. The blaze was found in Professor Kinney's laboratory and extinguished with minor building damage. Heat from a gas jet may have melted the chlorine tank cap, releasing the gas.
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Des Moines
Assocated Press
Drake University
Science Hall
William Mattson
Samaritan Hospital
Kinney
Whitman's Home To Be Preserved In Camden
A Camden committee decides Walt Whitman's modest frame dwelling will become a shrine to preserve his legacy. The city to fund restoration and keep the house on its original site to store Whitman relics. May 31 marks the poet's 103rd birthday observance plans.
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Camden
N. J
Associated Press
Walt Whitman
Frederick S. von Neida
Forest Hill
Whitman
New Aerial Harbor Planned for Gothenburg
Gothenburg Sweden May 25 Associated Press city with large marine facilities and a new free port plans an aerial harbor. The project forms a company to build and operate the air station with city cooperation. The city may buy the firm's shares after 10 years to take control. Founders include Governor Oscar von Sydow of Gothenburg and Bohus province and Dan Brositroem, Sweden’s leading ship owner, among others.
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Gotherburg
Sweden
Associated Press
Sky
Gothenburg
Oscar von Sydow
Bohus
Dan ‘Brositroem
Chicago Weather Outlook for May 25
Chicago forecasts show generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with showers in the extreme east portion tonight. It will warm up somewhat on Friday.
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Chicago
Weather Summary for May 19 to May 25
Observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley show daily highs and lows with no rain on May 19 and May 22, rainfall on May 23 and May 25. Temperatures ranged from 42 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit with 2.10 inches of rain by today.
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H. M. Stanley
George Lloyd George warns on arming Russia with German aid
London May 25 The Associated Press reports Premier Lloyd George in the house of commons stressed that rearming Russia with German help must not be considered and warned that the occasion to utter such a warning may never arise.
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London
Associated Press
Russia
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Phillies Pitcher Hurt After Bat Struck By Ball
Philadelphia May 25 Wilbur Hubbell, a lefthander for Philadelphia, was severely injured in the first inning of the opener with Brooklyn when struck on the head by a batted ball from T Griffith of Brooklyn. He was rushed to a hospital with a concussion and possible skull fracture.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Wilbur Hubbell
Ler
Philadelphian
Brooklyn
T. Griffith
Mayor McCaleb and Cox Arrested Over Alleged Bribe Offer
Bartlesville Oklahoma May 25 Mayor A F McCaleb and city finance commissioner Ralph Cox were arrested on warrants charging they agreed to accept a 2500 dollar bribe from R T Courtney of Tulsa. Warrants follow disclosures that specifications for Bartlesville’s 300000 Civic Center were altered. Commissioner Cox confessed and County Attorney H C Farrel implicated others.
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Bartlesville
Oslsa
A. F. McCaleb
Ralph Cox
R. T. Courtney
Tulsa
Bartlesvilles
Cox
H. C. Farrel
MecCaleb
Courtney
Perry Girl Shot by Father Recovers Hints of Improvement
Julia Hinds an eighteen year old Perry girl was shot by her father William Hinds who then killed himself. She is alive with a slight chance of recovery and hospital physicians report improving condition.
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Perry
Associated Press
Julia Hinds
William Hinds
Interurban Trolley Crash In Alabama Injures 32
Thirty two persons were injured, some seriously, when a crowded Birmingham interurban trolley car was split in two by a freight train. Investigators cited signal confusion at the crossing flagman as the likely cause of the collision.
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Birmingham
Ala
AsSociated Press
Hour Men Held After Cbr Attempted Mail Robbery
Mason City Iowa police questioned four suspects after an attempted mail truck holdup. Driver Carl Johnson was forced to halt by an armed robber. the vehicle sped away as two masked men tried to intercept, prompting police to arrest Watts Brown Paris and Sheridan. The truck carried registered mail, exact amount not learned.
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Mason City
Associated Press
Joe Watts
Brown
John Paris
Wm. Sheridan
Carl Johnson
Johnson
Railroads fear disaster from ICC rate cut
Chicago officials proclaim the interstate commerce commission freight rate cut issued in Washington will harm the railroads. Samuel Felton, president of the Chicago Great Western, calls the order a mistake and impossible to deliver. R M Calkins, VP of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, warns western roads cannot absorb further cuts without wage reductions.
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Chicago, II
Associated Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Samuel Felton
Chicago, Great Western
R M. Calkins
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Business shows an improvement reports havis
Washington May 25 Industry revival appears broad based says Secretary Davis in a Labor Department briefing. Employment reports show unemployment practically eliminated in New York state and down more than half in Pennsylvania over three months. He cites improving conditions in Minnesota Iowa Michigan Illinois Kansas and Missouri.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Pressi
Davis
Department of Labor
New York State
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
New Element Celtium Reported by Urbain at Sorbonne
Paris May 25 Georges Urbain and colleagues at the Sorbonne claim to have identified a new element named celtium after 15 years of study. He notes Celtium is extremely scarce and may possess healing qualities similar to radium if produced in quantity. work to isolate it will be costly.
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Paris
Georges Urbain
Institute
Sorbonne
Frederick Webb
San Francisco
Harvard School of Applied Chemistry
Dardanelles
Disorders in Belfast Leave Four Dead and Twenty Seven Wounded
Belfast reports total casualties for the night rise to four dead and twenty seven wounded. The Carnegie library on Falls Road was burned as a mob attacked fire crews and police. Two of the twenty two tram car bombing victims died overnight.
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Belfast
Carnegie Library
Falls Road
Hanged Bandit Cut Down By Woman 45 Years Ago
Tacoma residents recall a Missouri bandit captured in 1877 and hanged near Joplin. A woman who had befriended him cut him down, and he recovered. The tale in a Tacoma letter describes his move to the Pacific coast in 1879 and years of quiet life locally.
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Tacoma
Wash
Missouri
Joplin
St. Lawrence Canal Talks Open With Canada
The State Department announced it had communicated willingness to begin negotiations with Canada on a St. Lawrence canal project to allow ocean going vessels to reach the Great Lakes. No reply from Canada had been received.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
State Department
St. Lawrence Canal
Great Lakes
Attorney General finds Alabama Power contract invalid
An opinion by Attorney General Daugherty, sent to Secretary Weeks and the House Military Committee, declares the government Alabama Power Company contract invalid regarding the clause claimed to grant exclusive right to purchase the Gorgas plant in Alabama.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Daugherty
Weeks
Lay
House Military Committee
Alds
Alabama Power Company
Power Company
Gorgas
Alabama
Control of the Competitive Impulse Urged at Garrett
Evanston Ill May 25 The Bureau of Industrial Research director Robert W Bruere of New York urged regulating the competitive impulse for personality and a humane social order during a Conference on Christianity and the Economic Order at Garrett Biblical Institute Northwestern University. Bruere, treasurer of the Personnel Research Federation, formerly taught at the University of Chicago.
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Evanston, Ill
Associated Press
Robert W Bruere
New York
Bureau of Industrial Research
Garrett Biblical Institute
Northwestern University
Bruere
Bruey
Personnel Research Federation
University F Chicago
West Anuwn Attorney Dies in Wisconsin
Jamesville May 25 Associated Press Charles E Pierce age 62 prominent attorney in the middle west died early today after an operation in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Janesville, Wis
Associated Press
Charles E. Pierce
Middle West
Chilean Peruvian conference adjourns without action in Washington
Washington May 25. After an informal meeting lasting only a few minutes the Chilean Peruvian conference adjourned again today to await further instructions from their home governments. The next meeting will not be held until Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Willie White Injured in Railroad Work Accident
Willie White a carman helper at Burlington railroad shops was crushed between an engine and its tender while making a coupling at about 11 PM Wednesday. He was taken to his mother's home at 404 South Birch Street and then treated by a physician. doctors diagnosed broken bones with no internal injuries and he is expected to be out of work for some time.
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Willie White
Burlington Railroad
Wm. Hartman
South Birch Street
German Ambassador Otto Weidfelt Presented Credentials
President Harding formally received Dr. Otto Weidfelt the new German ambassador to the United States who presented his credentials as envoy extraordinary of the German republic and conferred briefly with the President and embassy attaches in Washington.
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Washington, D. GC
Associated Press
Otto Weidfelt
United States
Harding
Man and wife die and injure from gas in Cedar Rapids home
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on May 25 Frank Steffan 78 died and his wife 72 is in serious condition after gas poisoning from an open gas jet left burning overnight. Neighbors forced entry this morning and found the man dead on a bed and the woman unconscious on the stairs.
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Cedar Rapids
Associated Press
Frank Steffan
Boy Drowns Crossing Creek Near Leon Farm
The six year old son of Leon Leeper, a local farmer, rode a pony to ford a creek and was swept away by the current. His body was recovered this morning nearby in Leon, Iowa, after the drowning incident last night.
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Leon
Associated Press
Leon Leeper
Mornig
Two of Six Thousand Gassed Soldiers Die
Dr Lafayette Page reports in Indianapolis that at Hospital No 32 in France he oversaw six thousand gassed soldiers with only two deaths. He attributes fatalities to secondary inflammation and abscess drainage failures, noting oil solutions aided lung drainage and reduced coughing and throat spasm from war gas burns.
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Louis
Associated Press
American Medical Association
Lafayette Page
Indianapolis
Page
France
Debate rule change sought in Senate by Republicans
A conference of Republican senators opened a push to alter the Senate rules allowing unlimited debate. The movement, reportedly backed by many senators, aims to curb filibuster practices in Washington.
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Washingto
D. C
Senate
Next Assembly Tee Held at Indianapolis
Des Moines May 26. Next year's general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States will be held in Indianapolis. It will begin on the third Thursday in May and continue for ten days.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church of the
Indianapolis
Market Update from Des Moines and St Joseph Livestock Markets
Cattle receipts 11 000 in Des Moines with prices steady to slow for beef steers top 425 on heavy steers bulk 8.00 to 8.75. hog receipts 14 000 with 5 to 10 cents higher demand big packers quiet bulk 10.30 to 10.75. sheep receipts 15 000 market slow steady to 25 cents lower. Chicago numbers for grain and provisions listed. St Joseph cattle receipts 2 900 steady to 25 cents higher. hogs 8 500 with 5 to 10 cents gain. sheep 3 200 up 15 to 25 cents.
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Brothers
Roosters
Chicago
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel Bidg
Des Moines
Tel
St. Joseph
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