Republicans bar LaFollette supporters from caucus
Washington Jan 29 Republican house leaders plan to bar all outspoken LaFollette supporters from the February 27 caucus to choose the next Speaker and floor leader. Indiana Rep Wood issued the call and warned he could ignore members reelected as Republicans amid debates on invitations. Wisconsin and North Dakota Minnesota dissenters are excluded for backing the LaFollette Wheeler ticket.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republican House
LaFollette
House
Wisconsin
Sinclair
North Dakota
Keller
Minnesota
Representative Wood
Indiana
Representative King
Illinois
Ma Wood
LaFollette-Wheeler
Bank Closed and President Gone in $700000 Bank Collapse
Police nationwide were asked to watch for Prospero Frazzini, president of an Italian American bank in Denver that shut its doors after it was found to lack cash or negotiable securities to cover half of $700,000 in liabilities. Frazzini disappeared from his home last night as authorities ordered a search.
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Denver
Colo
Prospero Frazzini
Fies
Frazzini
Communists Oust Trotzky From Army Position in Moscow
Moscow reports a decree by the central executive committee of the Communist Party dismissing Leon Trotzky from the army and navy commissioner post. It names M. W. Franse as his successor in the war ministry, issued January 29.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Leon Trotzky
Army and Navy
M. W. Franse
Central Executive Committee
Communist Party
Senate bill to replace primary with convention system
Sponsored by nine Republican and three Democratic senators the measure to repeal the state primary and adopt a convention system begins with a primary caucus and includes a referendum for voters. The state central committee would meet first Monday in July every odd year and call a state convention with a date set 40 to 75 days before the general election.
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Oliver
Peck
Brownlee
Survant
Delaney
Pomeroy
Church
Peterson
Linn
Speer
Cowan
Hazelbaker
Senate
State Central Committee
Probable Stone Confirmation Predicted By Senate Leaders
Washington January 9 Senate leaders predicted tonight that Attorney General Stones nomination to the Supreme Court could be confirmed next week and some opponents appeared to concede the fight was lost. Judiciary committee members signaled a vote at Monday's meeting and the full senate would be asked to act soon afterward.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Atitornes
General Stone
Supreme
Judiciary Committee
Oats and Corn Rally As Wheat Volatility Shakes Chicago
In Chicago on January 29 speculative buying surged on wheat and rye shortages abroad, driving prices near the 2.04 mark after a Winnipeg price dip. Oats and corn joined the rally with 3 cent gains, fueled by expectations of export demand from Europe and strengthened U S supplies, while corn sellers were driven from the market.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Europe
United States
Forbed Party 10 A Plot in Veterans Bureau Trial
Assistant Attorney General John W. N. Clint closed the prosecution's four hour review in the veterans bureau conspiracy case against former director Charles R. Forbes and co defendant J W Thompson. The jury will be instructed tomorrow as Crim argued evidence shows a conspiracy to allot hospital contracts to favored builders and Forbes' failure to deliver ended the scheme. Western junket review recalled the July 1922 western inspection trip with Elias J. Mortimer, Thompson's Washington agent and now chief witness, as a party member for most of the trip.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John W. N. Clint
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles R. Forbes
J. W. Thompson
Crim
Forbes
Western Junket No
Elias J. Mortimer
Thompson
Washington
Bhief
Sealed Verdict in Felder Means Trial Described
New York dated 29 reports the jury in the trial of Colonel Thomas B. Felder and Gaston B. Means found a sealed verdict on the charge of conspiring to defeat ends of justice in the Crager System Glass Casket case. Jurors were prepared to save their homes and the verdict is to be announced in court at 10 o clock tomorrow morning.
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New York
Dat
Thomas BG. Felder
Gaston BG. Means
Mary Miles Minter sues mother for accounting of funds
Mary Miles Minter, child star since age six, sues her mother guardian for an accounting of alleged millions misused. The complaint details transfers to Mrs Minter, including 700000 from Famous Players Lasky during 1920 to 1923, and seeks an immediate accounting of all money and property purchased in Miss Minters name.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary Miles Minter
Funda
Aliss Minter
Miss Minter
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Shelby
Stewart of Meagher Expert on Taxation Appointed to State Board
James J. Stewart, former Meagher county senator and representative, named by Governor Erickson to the state board of equalization. Senate confirmed unanimously and applauded. Stewart takes office March 1 for a six year term, succeeding A. J. Violette. A veteran tax specialist, he has long lived in Montana, taught, served as county assessor, served in the house and senate, and authored major tax laws. He is a rancher, Democrat, born 1874 in Wen, and a Spanish American War veteran.
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James J. Stewart
Meagher County
John E. Erickson
State Board of Equalization
Stewart
State Senate
Senate
A. J. Violette
Missoula
Dixon
Montana
House
Senator Stewart
Wenin
Jury acquits cashier on most embezzlement counts in California
In San Francisco on January 23, U S district court jurors acquitted H B D Tamecy, a former bank cashier, of 38 embezzlement charges and found him guilty on the 39th charge alleging he filed incorrect reports to federal bank officials. Judge G M Bourquin fined him $250 and told the jury their ears and eyes must have been closed during the trial.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
United States District Court Today
H. DB. Tamecy
G. M. Bourquin Offontata
Tiamsey
Family perishes in fire after gas explosion in Quebec
Rimouski Quebec January 24 Mrs Adelard Morneat and her five children died in a home blaze started by a gasoline explosion in a neighbor tractor shed. The mother died while trying to rescue the children who were asleep in bed. The flaming structure stored gasoline near the Morneau residence.
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Associated Press
Rimouski
Quebec
Adelard Morneat
Here
Leon
Morneau
Burning of the Big Vermont Hotel in White River Junction
A large blaze destroyed Hotel Conridge in White River Junction Vermont and surrounding areas on January 24. The hotel, described as the region’s largest hosteley, suffered an estimated loss of 2300 080 dollars and threatened the business district briefly. Eleven guests were believed to have escaped.
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Associated Press
White River Junction
Vermont
Conridge
Vilage
Broadway Brevities defendants found guilty on counts
The jury convicted publisher Stephen G. Clow and three Broadway Brevities advertising agents on multiple counts of using the mails to defraud, with Nat Kannes guilty on eight counts and Charles J. Greene acquitted. Sentencing set for Saturday. bail details noted. Notable witnesses cited include Countess Mornet, Tex Rickard, and Edith Babe.
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Associated Press
New York
Stephen G. Clow
Broadway Brevities
Publiation
Clow
Andrews Brown
Nat Kannes
Charles J. Greene
Julian Mack
Mack
Clovr
Mornet
Pegsy Hopinks Joyce
Tex Rickard
Edith Babe
Robert L. Tague
Standard Wil Company
New Jersey
Sfeten Lee Worthington
Riegfeld Tobles
Crow and Brown
House approves Erickson plan to cut state warrants interest
The Montana House approved Governor John E. Erickson’s plan to cut interest on state warrants from six to four percent, a move the paper says will save over $60,000 next year. The bill, House No. 23, passed on third reading after involvement in related measures and committee of the whole.
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J. Burke Clements
John E. Erickson
Montana
House of Representatives
House
Ruffcorn
Loble
Hanson
Davis
Holton
Bergstrom
Leavens and
Johnson
Fergus County
Addiiton
Duncan
Brandt
Nelson
House Hill
Burns
Fashionable Tailoring and Will Case Highlight Convention
The National Association of Merchant Tailors reports a fashion list including morning coats and silk hats, among outfits for a full dress wardrobe. A New York man’s will disputes a $510,000 estate and a dog income, filed in superior court in Cleveland. St Louis won the 1926 convention site.
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Associated Fress
Los Angeles
Mary P. Russell
Ted
Cleveland
Clarence A
Russell
Superior
Merchant Tailors of America
Charles Fe Wetzel
New York
Lpresident
St. Louis
Army of Lu Occupies Shanghai in Early Report
More than 15,000 troops of General Li Yung Hsiang's strong army who recently defeated General Chi Hsieh Yas west of here, fought were in complete control of Shanghai. Quiet prevails. Shanghai.
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Assori
Li Yung-Hsiang
Stelorigus
Ithe
Chi-Hsieh- Yas
Here
Foight
Shanghai
Underwood Bill Neares Senate House Conference Report
Indications the Underwood bill authorizing leasing of Muscle Shoals would be reported out within a week after conferees from the Senate and House met for the first time and found themselves not widely apart on its provisions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate
House
Submarine Misses Sight After Grounding Off Portsmouth
Lights failed as the United States navy submarine vanished from view after running aground near Jeffery Point at the port entrance. Coast guardsmen raced to deploy breeches buoy gear eight miles from Fort Stark through heavy snow, while two lookouts left their post to assist. Fate of the vessel remained unknown with hope lingering.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
N. AH
United States Navy
Swent
Jaffery Point
Wralhts Sands Coast Guard
Fort Stark
Famed drivers in rage with death
Fairbanks Alaska January 29 By the Associated Press a third relay team carrying anti toxin for Nome on the Seward peninsula was due in Ruby 250 miles from Nenana along the Alaska railroad between eight and midnight tonight. Exceptional time was being made by the relay teams carrying serum to relieve the diphtheria quarantined town of Nome. The race started at 11 oclock Tuesday night and by twenty hours mushers reached Tanana 150 miles from Nenana while at eight this morning the third team was 42 miles down the Yukon river. Drivers volunteered in sub zero temperatures over the frozen tundra: W J Shannon Edgar Kellan Jim Kalland Dan Green John Folger and Titus Nicolas Leonard Seppala who won the Nome sweepstakes was driving his team of Siberian dogs east to meet the west bound relays. Famed mushers predicted a few dogs might be driven to death to deliver 1300 units of anti toxin from Anchorage 386 miles south of Nenana at Nome in record time.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Byv
Associated Press
Nome
Seajward
Ruby
Nenana
Alaka
Tanana
Yukon River
W. J. Shannon
Edgar Kellan
Jim Kalland
Dan Green
John Folger
Titus Nicolas’ Leonlard Sep
Rift tribesmen burn Moroccan town as Raisuli bandit linked
Associated Press dispatch from Tangier reports Rift tribesmen set fire to the Moroccan town of Tagerut where Raisuli the famed bandit had been living. Raisuli’s son and nephew were wounded in the attack.
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Paris
Morocco
Tagerut
Raisuli
Lving
Tangiet
Jaisuli
Herriot Retains Power Amid Tight Parliamentary Balance
Premier Herriot deftly navigates a parliamentary split with a broad backing for his foreign policy. A near unanimous confidence vote signals solid support, apart from the Communists, yet insiders warn the unity may erode once internal politics resurface.
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