Explosions Hit Plants and Mine Kill Ten Plus
Series of blasts kills 19 men and injures 8 at Grassili Chemical Plant in Pennsylvania and Aemar Mine No 8 in Alabama. Five seamen injured aboard submarine H3 off Coronado Islands near San Diego. Fire and burns reported but no severe injuries.
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Simmahing
Associated Press
Grassili Chemical
Birmingham
Ala
Aemar
Alabama Fuel & Jramw Company
St. Claire County
Bureau of Mines
Los Angeles
Calif
Coronado Islands
San Diego
Miller
McCormick Appointed Guardian of Miss Matilda
Harold McCormick, millionaire head of International Harvester, named guardian for his daughter Miss Matilda McCormick in Chicago. Speculation swirled whether the move signals a path to cancel or hasten the Swiss rider Max Oser engagement.
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Chicago
Ill
Associated Press
Matilda McCormick
Max Oser
Harold McCormick
International Harvester Company
McCormick
Miss Matilda
Bryant Kept Set of Blackmailing Rules In Chicago
Chicago May 26 A list of socially prominent women names and a set of rules to guide alleged blackmailing operations were found in the room of Eugene Bryant 608 St Clair street a confessed writer of letters demanding money sent to Mrs A H Shotwell 223 Delaware Place wife of a confectioner Bryant arrested by detectives posing as bus boys at a downtown restaurant where $700 in currency was left for him addressed to G H Hines The list and rules support police statements Bryant has operated for about a year and at least half a dozen rich women have paid him Bryants claim of a mastermind named William Walsh remains unproven
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Chicago
Ill
Eugene Bryant
St Clair Street
A. H. Shotwell
Delaware Place
Bryant
Wilbur F. Bryant
Cedar County
Nebraska
G. H. Hines
William Walsh
Des Moines to Strictly Enforce Sunday Blue Laws
Des Moines Iowa May 6 The Sunday blue laws will be rigidly enforced next Sunday by the department of public safety, state ment by John McVicker said today.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Des Moine
Department of Publc Safety
John McVicker
Weather indications for Chicago next twenty four hours
Unsettled weather tonight and Saturday with possible showers in the east and south portions. Temperature expected to remain about the same.
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Chicago
Weather Summary for May 22 to May 26
Local observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley cover the period ending 7 am. May 26 with highs and lows noted for each day from May 22 to May 25. Rainfall amounts include 2.10 inches on May 25 and trace on May 26, with temperatures ranging from 60s to 70s.
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H. M. Stanley
Crane Convinced Conviction Error in Damascus Riot
Charles R. Crane former American minister to China says a French military court verdict in Damascus for inciting a riot was an error. He voiced confidence after addressing the League of Nations mandate commission in Geneva last week.
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Paris
Associated Press
Charles R. Crane
China
Damascus
Wilson Praises Rep. Pou in Letter from President
A letter from former President Wilson praising Rep. Edward W. Pou of North Carolina's Fourth District was released by Raleigh banker B S Jerman. Wilson commends Pou as conscientious and useful in the House and says his retirement would be a loss to the party and to the country.
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Raleigh
N. C
Wilson
KE. W. Pou
North Carolina
B. S. Jerman
Edward W. Poll
Cat Mothers Seven Baby Skunks
Shelton Nebraska May 26 Paul Niles proprietor of the Commercial hotel reports a cat acting as mother to seven abandoned baby skunks. The cat earlier had five kittens that were killed by a neighbor cat. A farmer nearby killed a skunk leaving seven motherless young. They were brought to town and adopted by the hotel cat.
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Shelton, Neb
Paul Niles
Commercial Hotel
Babe Ruth Declared Ineligible Pending Investigation
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees was ruled ineligible by American League president Ban Johnson pending a full inquiry into his dispute with umpire Hildebrand. Ruth was ejected from yesterday's game and climbed into the stands after boos from fans. A decision was expected by tomorrow.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Ban Johnson
Hildebrand
Johnston
Ruth
Mellon Will Drop Case of Iowa Man
Secretary Mellon after a White House conference with President Harding announced no further Treasury action in the case of A D Sumner of Iowa and C C Childs of Ohio. Both officials were removed from deputy commissioner and supervisor of collectors posts during office consolidations. Mellon called reports of reinstatement baseless and said the matter is closed. He did not discuss any future reorganizations of internal revenue.
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Washington
Mellon
Harding
White House
Treasury Department
A. D. Sumner
Iowa
C. C Childs
Ohio
Internal Revenue
Sumner
Childs
Pacific Coast
Bearded North Dakota Farmer Worlds Longest Beard Heads West
Langseth Hans N Langseth a 75 year old North Dakota farmer travels to California boasting a beard over sixteen feet long. He has not shaved since age 29 and keeps the beard tucked in a sack inside his waistcoat.
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Wahpeton
N. C
Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
North Dakota
Hans N. Langseth
California
Langseth
Norway
Iowa
Clay County
Minnesota
Storage and Fresh For Food Values Investigate
Detroit officials launched a scientific test to compare storage eggs with fresh eggs. The Board of Health obtained 40 dozen eggs from James Couzens, mayor of Detroit, to be kept at room temperature, in a refrigerator, and in cold storage. In September the three groups will be evaluated against very fresh eggs for nutritive value.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Board of Health
James Couzens
Lincoln Memorial to Be Dedicated in Potomac Park
Washington announces the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial on May 30. Architect Henry Bacon of New York designed the $3,000,000 marble statue of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French. The memorial features Gettysburg Address and a second inaugural address inscribed, symbolizing the Union. Construction began on Lincoln's birthday in 1914.
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Lincoln
Daniel Chester French
New York
Hig
United States
Potomac Park
Washington Monument
Man slain and woman assaulted near Waco by a Negro
In Waco Texas Harold Bolton was killed and Miss Margaret Hayes was attacked by a negro on a road near the city late last night. Hayes says the assailant halted their car bound for Fort Worth and shot Bolton then assaulted her. A mob is pursuing the suspect.
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Waco
Tex
Associater Press
Harold Bolton
Margaret Hayes
Here
Bolton
Miss Hayes
Miss Slayes
McAdoo Attacks Fordney Tariff Bill at State Convention
Willan G. McAdoo former secretary of the treasury denounces the administration's tariff plan as isolationist and harmful to the economy at the Democratic state convention in Hutchinson Kansas on May 26. He calls the tariff bill the most iniquitous and defensive ever presented to the American people.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Bute
Willan G. McAdoo
Th Treasury
Senate
Bankers Postpone Investigation Pending German Reply
International banking committees suspend investigations awaiting the German government's reply to the ultimatum. The session was adjourned this afternoon until May 1st.
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Paris
Associated Press
International
Hylan Declines Governor Nomination at Staten Island Rally
Mayor Hylan rejected a gubernatorial bid at a Staten Island mass meeting saying he would not accept a certificate of election to Albany. He denounced papers hostile to him and warned the move was a trick to force him from City Hall.
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New York
Hylan
Staten Island
Albany
Civil Service Commission Seen As Honest But Old Fashioned
The Civil Service commission is honest but old fashioned, says Herbert D. Brown chief of the Bureau of Efficiency in a 115 page report transmitted to the House by President Harding. The report notes the commission was run largely along lines laid down almost forty years ago.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Herbert D. Brown
United States Bureau of Efficient
Hardie
Geelarine
Vasa
Chaplin May Stay In United States For Treatment
Mrs. Hanna Chaplin author of Charlie Chaplin may be allowed to remain in the United States temporarily as an alien seeking treatment for mental disorders, per an immigration bureau solicitor’s opinion to Secretary of Labor Davis.
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Washington, D.C
Associated Press
Hanna Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
United States
Labor
Davis
Immigration Bureau
Baseball Tournament and Big Night Show Postponed
A chamber committee postponed indefinitely the Baseball Tournament and Big Night Show planned for July 1 through 4. They cited a $10 000 cost and the need to include a Sunday performance, which would offend local observance and render proceeds inadequate.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lea Pringle Murdered in Valley Junction Home
Des Moines reports Cleo Pringle aged 25 was shot and killed at Mrs. Lark Sloan's Valley Junction home. Neal OConnell, a close friend, is jailed for investigation and charged with first degree murder after allegedly shooting through a door during a quarrel. He pleaded not guilty and awaits Polk County grand jury action.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Cleo Pringle
Lark Sloan
Valley Junction
Neal O'Connell
Pringle
Sloan
O'Connell
Polk County Grand Jury
Unitarian Praises Hollywood and West Coast Growth
Carl Wetherell, field secretary for the Pacific coast of the American Unitarian Association, told the Women’s Alliance meeting that Hollywood is a quiet, maligned community not as painted. He noted 9,500 miles of travel, recent Unitarian church organization in Hollywood, and urged closer ties between eastern and western churches.
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Boston
Hollywood
Carl Wetherell
Pacific Coast
American Unitarian
Women's Alliance
Wetherell
Unitariana
Unitarianiam
Propose to Vaccinate 10,000,000 Russians
London May 26 A sanitary spring offensive by the American Relief Administration aims to inoculate 16 million Russians against five diseases. Typhoid paratyphoid cholera and smallpox are targeted as vaccines arrive and distribution begins with central and local authorities aiding public cooperation.
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London
Medical Department
American Relief Administration
Ir Russia
Russia
Train service paralyzed by agloudburst washouts
Train service on the north Iowa side of the Mississippi River was paralyzed today due to wash outs after a cloudburst in the northern Clinton county region late yesterday afternoon.
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Clinton, Ja
Associated Press
North
Iowa
Mississippi River
Clinton County
Robbers Blow Bank Vault in Nebraska Town
The Waterbury State Bank vault at Wat erbury Nebraska twenty five miles west of Sioux City was dynamited and robbed of 3500 dollars in cash and contents of safety deposit boxes. Explosions woke residents who could not raise the alarm until daylight. The vault was wrecked and robbers fled toward Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Waterbury State Bank
Waterbury
Neb
Chicago and St Joseph Markets Roundup of Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market data from Des Moines and St. Joseph shows cattle receipts around 4 000 in Des Moines with beef steers firm and canners weaker while hogs run up to 10 55 and lambs rise. grain futures quote Wheat May 126 75 July 122 July 126 May pork 24 00 lard July 11 45 ribs July 11 90. St Joseph reports cattle steady to strong and hogs 5 to 10 lower with receipts 8000 and 1500 sheep. overall mixed movement across livestock and grain markets.
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Chicago
Lamson Bros. & Co
Des Moines
Tel
Walnut
St. Joseph
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Pou
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Fordney
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Brady Food Market
Carters of Consumers Grocery
Tccane
Creston Buick Co
Creston Auto Co
Creston Iron & Metal Co
Dage
Garrett Bros
Renate
Ff. P. Martens Syndicate Clothing Co
Summit Market
E. K. Smith
F. J. Strance & Sons
Seine Porter Drug
N.Y
Ivil Service Commission
Chaplin
United
Lea Pringle
Valley Jot
Unitarian
U. S. Bureau of Markets
Cattli
Peetew ci
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Ieee
Cash Market Report
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