Mayors Enter Dark Horse Stage In Democratic Race
McAdoo and Governor Smith clash as they vie for the Democratic nomination with observers noting the race may avoid a two thirds decision. John W. Davis emerges as a strong contender while Chicago mayor William E. Dever gains backing from Illinois boss Brennan. The Ku Klux Klan issue dominates platform rhetoric and tensions rise between camps over alleged Klansman delegations.
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Linternational News Service
New York
William G. McAdoo
al Smith
John W. Davis
West Virginia
William E. Dever
Chicago
Brennan
Illinois
McAdoo
Press of
Georgia
J. Cohen
International
Schrwich
Jonathan M. Davies
Taxpayers Save $10,000 Under Indiana Public Contract Act
Lawrence Orr, chief examiner, told engineers in Indianapolis that Indiana’s 1923 act for examining public contracts saved taxpayers about $10,000. He urged extending examinations to officials with jurisdiction and warned against ending yearly audits.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lawrence Orr
State Board of Accounts
American Association of Engineers
Orr
Accounts Board
Bankers Endorse Dawes for Vice President
The Illinois Bankers Association adopted a resolution praising Charles G. Dawes Republican vice presidential candidate. They commend him as a fearless business man and advocate of right and credit his European economic plan with aiding world and agricultural interests.
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Decatur
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
U.S. Sends Three Carloads of Cows to Dakota Farmers
Financed by the 11 million dollar Agricultural Credit Corporation the first dairy cows were dispatched to North Dakota to aid diversification in one crop counties. Three carloads are en route two to Bisbee and one to Mantador with the plan for farmer support.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Agricultural Credit Corporation
North Dakota
Bisbee
Mantador
1000 Miners Forged to Seek Other Work in Clinton
Indiana state conservation department moved to ease a labor crisis near Clinton as mines run at 20 percent capacity. Dr. W N Logan, state geologist, sailed to Vigo county to locate local raw materials for new industries that could absorb idle miners. The Clinton Chamber of Commerce requested immediate steps to provide employment for about 1,000 workers and keep homes intact.
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Indianapolis
State Conservation Department
Clinton
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Richard Jieber
Indiana
Conservation Department
W. N. Logan
Vigo County
Clinton District
Logan
Lieber
Taggart Likely McAdoo Faction Yet Not Fully Won
Chicago reports Governor Davies opposes two thirds rule while Indiana’s Thomas Taggart, longtime Murphy Sullivan & Taggart ally, may tilt toward McAdoo as a second choice. He is seen as dry and fears Smith could lose Indiana and drag down the ticket.
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Charles I. Murphy
George E. Brennan
Indiana
French Lick Hotel
Taggart
Smith
Mr. McAdoo
Taggare
Saranac Lake Hen Decorates Eggs with Cissy Monogram
Adirondack hens lead the world in production and style. Daniel Lamica of the county’s north reports his Plymouth Rock hen named Cissy lays eggs each stamped with a clear C in Old English style. The piece highlights poultry pride in the region.
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Saranac Lake
Daniel Lamica
Cissy
Making It Tough on Good Democrats
New York report on prohibition power plans for the Democratic national convention. Palmer Canfield says efforts to suppress liquor sales will be made with Roy A. Haynes and E. C. Yellowley arriving with many agents. Canfield notes New York will not be entirely dry but aims to reduce traffic as low as possible.
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New York
Palmer Canfield
Roy A. Haynes
E. C. Yellowley
Mr. Canfield
Dawes Campaign Stops Include Lincoln Address
The general’s office announces Kilkenny who worked with General Dawes during the McKinley campaign and later as director of the National Budget will accompany him in the campaign. Dawes plans his first speech in Lincoln Nebraska where he once practiced law.
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Ager
Dawes
Kilkenny
France
Lincoln
Neb
Howat Elected Chairman of Farmer-Labor National Committee
Alexander Howat of Kansas was chosen yesterday as chairman of the national committee of the new Farmer-Labor party. The initial meeting, held behind locked doors, excluded all delegates to the convention and offered no additional announcements.
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ST. Paul
Mint
Alexander Howat
Kansas
New Farmer-Labor Party
Baptists Ban Dancing and Card Playing in Convention
In Cleveland on June 21 the national Baptist Sunday school and Baptist Young People's Union congress condemned dancing card playing joy riding and certain suggestive motion pictures. A committee was appointed to devise substitute amusements.
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Cleveland
Ohio
National Baptist Sunday School
Baptist Young People's Union Congress
Dawes Campaign Team Names Kilkenny as Manager
Francis J. Kilkenny, long affiliated with General Charles G. Dawes, the Republican vice presidential nominee since 1896, has been appointed campaign manager in Chicago on June 21. Kilkenny will coordinate Dawes's nationwide efforts and public appearances.
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Chicago
Francis J. Kilkenny
Charles G. Dawes
Wilson's Last Will Presents League of Nations Endorsement
A Baltimore Sun dispatch reports Woodrow Wilson wrote his last will and party platform before death. It calls for United States participation in the League of Nations, abandonment of unofficial observation, and support for the permanent international court of justice. Domestic planks favor tax relief, tariff reform, farmer credit, and religious freedom.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore Sun
the Sun
Straighout
United States
League of Nations
Permanent
International Court of Justice
League
Ten Indicted in Chicago Mill Holdup Case
Federal grand jury indicts ten suspects over the June 12 holdup of a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train near Chicago. The raid yielded over 2 million dollars in cash and securities. Indicted on nine counts for robbery with a gun, mail robbery, and conspiracy. Named: James Murray, Walter McComb, Carlo Fontana, Ernest Fontana, Max Greenberg, Willis, Joe Newton, William Newton, Sam Grant, and Blackie Wilcox. All in custody except Greenberg Grant and Wilcox.
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Chicago
Milwaukee, & St. Paul
James Murray
Walter McComb
Carlo and
Ernest Fontana
Max Greenberg
St. Louis
Biyan’s Rats
Willis
Joe
William Newton
Sam Grant
Blackie Wilcox
Texas
Greenberg
Grant
Wilcox
Coal Mines Idle in Kentucky District
Central City Ky June 21 miners in Madisonville and Darlington districts were not operating yesterday according to Lonnie Jackson district No 28 United Mine Workers president. He denied reports that a 20 percent wage cut contract had been signed by withdrawing miners.
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Central City
Madisonville
Darlington
Lonnie Jackson
United Mine Workers
Jackson
Fines and Jail Terms Totals Over Prohibition Violations
Washington June 21 Prohibition enforcement has yielded about $19 500 000 in fines in federal courts for violations. The report notes the era and underscores the heavy penalties assessed against offenders.
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Washington
Prohibition enforcement totals and penalties in federal cases
A summary reports the prohibition movement's 1920s outcomes with 6,300 years in jail across 150,000 cases and since July 1922 federal courts imposing nearly $1,000,000 in fines and 450 years in sentences in 1,000 cases. Compromises amounting to about $3,500,000 have settled civil liabilities of breweries violating the law.
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Lation
Prohibition
Beggars' Soviet Tests Cheka Patience in Moscow
A Moscow beggars' soviet, about 3000 licensed beggars, emerged months ago demanding delegate rights equal to workers. Cheka raids revealed the network funds the operations with daily canvassing, employing children and crippled linguists across districted Moscow with working shifts.
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Riga
Moscow
Workers of the Soviets
Moscow Control Commission
Cheka
Moscow Izvestia
Reserve Coal Piles Reach Danger Mark
Coal Age reports a market mood toward danger as large reserves risk false bottoms in storage. Textile weakness in New England keeps demand low, while railroad earnings reflect reduced coal movement and business hesitancy persists ahead of upcoming conventions.
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New York
Coal Age
New England
Coolidge
Cleveland
Storms Sweep Cleveland and Midwest Causing Heavy Deaths
International reports from June 21 describe deadly storms across the Cleveland area and the upper Midwest. Nine to fourteen fatalities are reported with dozens injured and millions in damage across Ohio Indiana New York Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan as heat waves and tornadoes strike communities.
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International News Service
Fargo
N. D
Missouri
Linternational News Servigh
Cleveland
Ohio
Oswego
N. Y
Central
New York
Syracuse
Ononadaga Valley
Chicago
Peron
Bwmporg
Mississippi
Indiana
Michigan
Detroit
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ogle
Winnebago — ‘Counties
Racine
Wis
Stolen gems of Ford sought on his own estate
Detroit detectives intensified a search of Edsel B. Ford's estate for about 100000 dollars worth of jewelry stolen from the home last Saturday night. A jewel case with two necklaces was found hidden in a shrubbery and is guarded to preserve fingerprints on the case.
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Ford
Detroit
Mich
Edsel B. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Coal production in Alberta leads Canada in 1923 output
Alberta mines produced 6,849,000 tons of coal worth 28,279,000 dollars in 1923, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. Alberta accounted for 40 percent of Canada's total coal output, with Nova Scotia second at 6,596,000 tons.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Nova Scotia
Farm man near Triumph dies in self inflicted brain injury
Lew Wallace, a Dixon area farmer near Triumph, is reported at death’s door after driving a file into his brain during a personal crisis. Authorities consider poor health as a factor in the apparent self harm incident.
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Dixon
Lew Wallace
Triumph
Three Die and Nine Hurt in Auto Accidents
Indianapolis reports two automobile crashes within thirty minutes result in three deaths and nine injuries. William Lowes, 17, died when his speeding car overturned. Alonzo Whitaker, 21, and Fred M Hayes, 37, died after their vehicle struck a moving Monon freight train.
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International, News Service
Indianapolis
William Lowes
Alonzo Whitaker
Fred‘ M. Hayes
Monon
Reward Offered for Arson Slayers of Laporte Man
Reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the slayers of a Laporte Indiana man Sam ell hae 8 found dead with two bullet holes in his head. The coroner ordered the exhumation and the body was examined to determine the cause of death. Pinkerton agents were reportedly involved in the investigation.
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Laporte
Ind
Linternationad
Servich
Caron
Sam ‘Eill
Michigan
Pinkerton
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York
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