FIERCE FIGHTS FORECAST IN CONVENTIONS
Indiana political conventions loom with battles for Governor and other offices. Watson leads Hoover in presidential preference with about 25,000 delegates likely. margins shift as precinct returns come in. Republican and Democratic contenders claim momentum ahead of May and June state gatherings at Tomlinson Hall.
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Tomlinson Hall
United States
James E. Watson
Herbert C. Hoover
Indiana
Watson
Hoover
Albert Stump
Walter Myers
Myers
L. William Curry
Evans Woollen
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Frederic Landis
Thomas H. Adams
Charles W. Jewett
Harry G. Leslie
Jesse E. Eschbach
D. Burns Douglas
U. S. Lesh
Alvah J. Rucker
Charles 5S. Ewry
Frank C. Dailey
John E. Fredrick
Earl H. Crawford
George R. Dale
Samuel B. Wells
George E. Hershman
Olin R. Holt
Schortemeier
Landis
Leslie
Adams
Plan to Run State Mines on Court Order Fails
BICKNELL Ind May 10 United we stand though hungry is the miners stance as three Knox Consolidated Coal mines fail to reopen under a receiver's permit Judge Linn D Hay had issued Indiana National Guardsmen stood at each pit but no progress or work occurred miners living by charity refused wages around six dollars a day and receiver Logsdon abandoned the attempt blaming union leaders for promising work without delivering and closing the mines after thirteen months of shutdown.
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Times Special
Logsdon
Business Leaders of U S Aid John D in Stewart Fight
The U S Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution urging stockholders not to tolerate corruption and to reject profits from illicit dealings. Drafted after Col. Robert W. Stewart refused John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s demand to resign from Standard Oil Co of Indiana. Rockefeller planned to attend the chamber banquet as the clash over Stewart’s leadership unfolded.
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U.S. Aid
John D
Stewart
United Press
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Board of Directors
Col
Robert W. Stewart
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Chamber of Commerce
Stewart Declines Talk on Rockefeller Demand
Col. Robert W. Stewart says contempt proceedings in Washington render it untimely to reply to John D. Rockefeller Jr. demanding his resignation as chairman of Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. He adds that any stockholder communication will be given careful consideration and notes he arrived in Chicago today to issue the statement.
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United Press
Chicago
Washington
Col
Robert W. Stewart
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Stewart
Rockefeller Jr Seeks Ousting Of Standard Oil Indiana Head
Senate Teapot Dome investigators praised John D. Rockefeller Jr for attempting to remove Robert W. Stewart as head of Standard Oil Company of Indiana. U S Attorney Leo Rover planned grand jury action for perjury based on Stewart testimony to the inquiry. Senators Walsh and Nye commended Rockefeller, hoping for a broader business clean up.
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United Press
Washington
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
United States
Leo Rover
Rover
Senate
Rockefeller
Stewart
Teapot Dome
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Ford Lindbergh Confer over European Flight Plans
Henry Ford conferred with Col. Charles A Lindbergh in Dearborn about Lindberghs airman project using a Ford plane. The hour long meeting followed Lindberghs return from England and yielded no immediate public announcement of plans.
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Bay United Press
Detroit
Henry Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
Ford
Dearborn
Hypnotic Alibi Helps Forgery Suspect Get Suspended Sentence
Miss Helen Eichler aged 19 from Bridgeport pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery claiming she acted under the hypnotic influence of Cyrus F. Turner of Cold Springs New York. She received a six month suspended jail term as Turner faces one to three years in Wethersfield State Prison on related charges.
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United Press
Bridgeport
Conn
Helen Eichler
Cyrus F. Turner
Cold Springs
N. Y
Turner
Wethersfield State Prison
Furniture men appeal for daylight saving
T. B. Hessing of the People’s Outfitting Company led a delegation of furniture salesmen who urged Mayor Slack to sign the daylight saving ordinance. He warned enforcement would be difficult as hospitals oppose and many factories protest the change.
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T. B. Hessing
People's Outfitting Company Today
Slack
Hessing
Mayor Walker Praised by Veterans for Lee Kin Honor
United Press reports in Little Rock Arkansas that Mayor James Walker of New York received praise from United Confederate Veterans and Forest Cavalry at a reunion. They credited him for appointing a descendant of General Robert E. Lee to the Bremen crew reception committee in New York and for his role in the Stone Mountain memorial dedication.
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Arkansas
Jimmy
Lee
United Press
Little Rock
Ark
James Walker
New York
United Confederate Veterans and Forest Cavalry
Walker
Robert E. Lee
Bremen
Stone Mountain Memorial
Ammunitions and gear damaged in Indiana National Guard Armory fire
A fire at the Indiana National Guard Armory on N. Pennsylvania Street destroyed or damaged ammunition, uniforms, and gas equipment. Authorities estimate losses at least 50 000 dollars with some items salvageable by drying. Firefighters suffered injuries. two guardsmen and a city firefighter were hurt while battling the flames.
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Indiana National Guard
Pennsylvania St
Adjt
William H. Kershner
Sergt. Lamon Schwinder
H. R. Cline
National Guard
150Th Field Artillery
Delays in Marion County Primary Vote Count
The Marion County election officials said totals will not be complete until Saturday or Monday. The canvassing board had results from all but three precincts at noon. A new precinct board was appointed for Forty-Fifth precinct Washington Township after illness. In Second and Third precincts Fourth ward heavy voting exhausted boards. work resumed and Second precinct finished at noon. Tally discrepancies in Second precinct Eighth ward required an inspector to correct the count.
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Marion County
Washington Township
Eighth Ward
Reed and Punk Reappointed to State Board of Pharmacy
Governor Jackson announced the reappointment of Charles E. Reed of Winchester and John A. Punk of Galveston to the State board of pharmacy. Both are Republicans.
Coffin faction seeks sweep in county GOP convention
Republican factions Otis Dodson and Boyce-McNay race to block George W Coffin as precinct committeemen deliver votes. Coffin aims to name district chairman after county chair and a split looms with anti-Coffin forces plotting possible recounts and court action. Democrats prepare to reorganize while Keach and McKinney vie for county chair.
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Otis
Dodson
Boyce-McNay
George W. Coffin
Coffin
Schuyler A. Haas
Clyde E. Robinson
George E. Winkler
Ira M. Holmes
Tomlinson Hall
Claypool
E. Kirk McKinney
Leroy Keach
City Hall
McKinney
Keach
Frank Woolling
Bremen Crew on Way to Chicago and Aunt in Air
Mrs Elizabeth Koehl Blume 71 leaves Peoria by airplane for Chicago to greet nephew Capt Hermann Koehl and his Bremen fliers Maj James Fitzmaurice and Baron Von Huenefeld. She will stay in a south side hotel until their arrival greeted by Chicago German societies.
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United Peoria
Ill
Elizabeth Koehl Blume
Chicago
Hermann Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Baron von Huenefeld
South Side
Koehl
Bremen
Peoria
Blume
Minnie E. Wing
Hermann
United Press
Baron Gunter von Huenefeld
Maj
Suante
Chicago to Welcome Bremen Fliers in Royal Program
Chicago prepares a two day fete for Baron Gunter Von Huenefeld Captain Hermann Koehl and Major James Fitzmaurice arriving at 4 30 p m from Cleveland. Officials plan a welcoming committee hotel stay and a South Shore Country Club visit with a boulevard tour. At Cleveland airport a 50 000 strong crowd greeted the Junkers as they landed en route to Chicago.
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Cleveland
William Hale Thompson
South Shore Country Club
United Press
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baron Gunther von Heunefeld
Herman Koehl
James E. Fitzmaurice
Aimee Semple McPherson Plans Zion City Revival Visits
Chicago reports Aimee Semple McPherson intends to drive the devil from Zion City by sending Essie Binkley Lacy to conduct revival meetings each Tuesday and Friday May 15 through May 25. The move raises questions with Wilbur Voliva, Zion’s overseer, now in Europe, about reception and authority.
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United
Chicago
Aimee Semple McPherson
Zion City
Illinois
Essie Binkley Lacy
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion
McPherson
Voliva
Europe
Roman ruler visits the White House with daughter
President Coolidge welcomed Prince Guald Potenziani Spada governor of Rome and his daughter Princess Myrian at the White House. Italian Ambassador De Martino accompanied the official party during the May 10 encounter in Washington.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Guald Potenziani Spada
Rome
Princess Myrian
White House
de Martino
Buried Alive After Assault Aided by Escape and Hunt
Mrs. Marie Billings, 38, told police she was attacked in her home gagged and beaten, then buried alive in a road grave near Turnbull Canyon Whittier. She freed herself, crawled to a canyon road for help, and police seek her unidentified assailant as she recovers in hospital.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Marie Billings
California
Landslide Halts Baltimore & Ohio Trains at Doe Gulley
A massive landslide blocked all four main line tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Doe Gulley, forty six miles west of Hagerstown, delaying passenger service. The slide filled the cut to depths of fifty to seventy five feet over more than 500 feet, with clearance not expected for more than a week.
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United Preas
Butler University Senior Faces Court Record For Speeding
Miss Lois Pruitt a Butler University senior at 520 Southern Ave told Municipal Judge Clifton R Cameron today. Officers testified she was arrested Wednesday morning driving fifty six miles an hour. Judge Cameron took the charge under advisement saying he hated to give a girl of such character and education a court record.
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Lois Pruitt
Butler University
Southern Ave
Clifton R. Cameron
Cameron
Hoover Says Indiana Result A Moral Victory For Hoover
Governor Fred W. Green said Hoover’s showing against Senator James E Watson was a moral victory and that the Indiana result strengthens Hoover’s chance for the nomination despite strong opposition from Watson and the Indiana organization.
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United Press
Lansing
Mich
Fred W. Green
Indiana
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
James E. Watson
Watson
Flood control bill nears Coolidge for signature
The $325,000,000 flood control bill nears President Coolidge with engrossing and Senate, House officers signing. The Senate approved the conference report and the president is expected to sign, possibly after department reviews.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
House
Senate
Justice
Expenditures Show Al Smith Campaign Spending
Campaign manager George R. Vannamee testified before the Senate committee detailing receipts of 10330.1 and expenditures of 92090.28 for the Al Smith for President drive. Major outlays went to Justus H. Wargel, with other sums to Guffey, Christiansen, Johnson, Quinn, Hughes, Cony, McGlue, and King. Latent support came from Kenny, Lehman, Todd, Dowling, Battle, and Morgenthau among others.
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Fred W. Johnson
Rock Sp Wgo
Western States
William F. Quinn
St. Paul
Edward J. Hughes
Dickenson
N. C
Daniel Cony
Augusta
Charles H. McGlue
Boston
Mill R. King
Portland
Ore
William F. Kenny
New York
Cone Tractor
Smith
Herbert Lehman
William Todd
Robert F. Dowling
George Gordon Battle
Howard Cullman
James W. Gerard
Democratic National Committee
Frank O'Connor
Toronto
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Aaron Maumeburg
Franklin Dd Roosevelt
Anna E. Felix
Wannamee
Kenney
Speed Flier Promoted to Colonels Rank
Rome dispatch reports Major De Bernardi holder of the speed record at over 300 miles per hour promoted to colonelcy today.
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United Press
Rome
Major de Bernardi
Room for Rent Ad Boosts Mrs Freeman’s Income
Mrs L Freeman of 615 E Market St used Times Want Ads to fill a spare room in six days. The two line room for rent ad costs 1.00 and brings in extra weekly income. Call Main 3500 to place an ad.
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