Democratic Platform Stays Silent on Klan Issue
Madison Square Garden June 28 reports the Democratic platform committee votes 34 to 16 to omit the Ku Klux Klan name from the 1924 platform. Homer S. Cummings leads a tense session as Bryan prayers for unity and guidance amid a party crisis.
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International News Services
Madison
SQUARE_ GARDEN
Homer .S. Cummings
Platform Committee
Resolutions Committee
Cummings
William Jennings
Bryan
America
Uinternational
Madison Square Garden
K. K
Klan
International News Service
New York
Ku Klux Klan
Fighting over Klan reference stalls platform draft
Leaders of the resolution committee fail to resolve the issue after four days. Southern Democrats oppose naming the Klan fearing GOP gains. Senator Walsh leads a faction pressing to stamp the hooded order with its K K K. The League of Nations plank is seen as McAdoo’s victory amid calls for a referendum.
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David L. Walsh
Massachusetts
League of Nations
William Gibbs McAdoo
Smith and Ralston Lead Wall Street Betting Odds
New York June 28 Alfred J Smith and Samuel M Ralston continued to lead in the Wall Street betting odds with Smith at 2 to 1 and Ralston 344 to 1. Other names include J W Davis 4 to 1 Oscar Underwood 4 to 1 Carter Glass 6 to 1 and McAdoo 6 to 1 among many. Odds on President Coolidges reelection held at 9 to 5 as Smith money flowed while McAdoo support remained weak.
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Linternational News Sprvich
New York
Samuel M. Ralston
al Smith
Indiana
Ralston
Alfred J. Smith
Wall Street
A Smith
J. W. Davis
Oscar Underswood
Carter Glass
William Gibbs McAdoo
Alfred J. Ritchie
Royal S. Copeland
Joseph T. Robinson
Newton D. Baker
James M. Cox
John W. Houston
Gy W. Bryan
Ferris
Brown
Jonathan M. Davis
Saulsbury
Coolidge
Smith
McAdoo
Kidnapping tale ends in unexpected ride in Wilting
A frantic mother cries that her child has been kidnapped in Wilting Indiana. Motor Gep Sudurkowski chases the car with a pistol clenched in his teeth, but a search reveals the child riding on the running board with a smile, having been playing with a bucket and shovel when the driver started the car. The bizarre episode ends without harm.
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Wilting
Ind
Gep Sudurkowski
Witnesses Identify Men in Murder Trial
Boonville Indiana June 28 The state pressed its murder case against Robert Stanton and Tom Julian with witnesses identifying them as the men in a car that trailed Wesley Rogers and wife from the Smith Shelton mine. Andy Grandstaff a Boonville union miner testified he saw Stanton and Julian at the mine and later in the car procession.
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Boonville
Ind
Robert Stanton
Tom Julian
Wesley Rogers
Smith Shelton
Andy Grandstaff
Julian
Stanton
Rogers
Fred Davis
Grandstaff
Chautauqua to Open Five Day Program Next Week
A Mutual Morgan chautauqua opens Monday in the city with five days of events on the Main Street School lawn. Officials promise a stronger lineup, including the Croatian Temburica Orchestra, junior town parade, and a season ticket for two dollars. Tickets on sale until Monday noon.
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Mutual-Morgani Chautauqua
Mutual-Morgan Bureau
Croatian Temburica
Coal Stripper Alex Thompson Dies in Indiana Mine
Boonville Indiana Sunlight Coal employee Alex Thompson age 45 was found dead in the Sunlight Coal mine with a crushed skull and died yesterday afternoon. The cause of death remains unknown pending investigation.
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Boonville
Ind
Alex Thompson
Sunlight Coal Company
Assailant of Ted Reel Guilty of Assault and Battery
Sullivan Indiana June 28 Pauch Wilson found guilty of assault and battery in the third count of a riotous conspiracy and assault charge. He was fined 100 dollars and costs by Judge Walter F. Wood after a jury verdict. The case stemmed from an April 28 attack by six men claiming membership in Greene County Horsethief Detective association who halted a machine led by Jess Shepherd searching for liquor. Ted Reel, aboard the machine, was seriously wounded and hospitalised over a week. Five others face trial next. State prosecutors N K Harris and John W Lindley led the case with defense attorneys Jesse Weisman and Charles D Hunt.
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Sullivan
Ind
Pauch Wilson
Walter F. Wood
Jess Shepherd
Greene County’ Horsethief Detective Association
Ted Reel
Jesse Weisman
Linton
Charles D. Hunt
Miner James Neal Killed in No 16 Mine Disaster
James Neal of Cass, 54, was instantly killed in No 16 mine yesterday afternoon by a twenty foot slate fall. His watch stopped at 1 30 and he was last spoken to at 1 15. He leaves a widow and son Winfred, burial in Center Ridge Cemetery, Cass. He belonged to the Odd Fellows and Red Men lodges. funeral set for Sunday at 2 30.
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James Neal
No. 16
Neal
Cass
Winfred
Aikin & Son
Dugger
Odd Fellows and Red Men’s Lodges
Center Ridge Cemetery
Sullivan
Coolidge Names Personal Doctor in Museum Appointment
President Coolidge selects Major James F. Coupal curator of the army medical museum as its personal physician succeeding Brigadier General Charles Sawyer who resigned. Coupal had previously served as physician to Coolidge when he was vice president.
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Washington
James F. Coupal
Army Medical Museum
Coolidge
Charles &. Sawyer
Coupal
Pocahontas at Spencer Initiates 33 Members in Festive Drive
Thirty seven members of Chickeath Council and Maud Mullers traveled to Spencer last evening and initiated 33 candidates. An unusually good time followed with sandwiches ice cream and cake. Piano and saxophone music filled the event as Lindon guests praised Spencer hosts as splendid entertainers.
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Chickeath Council
D. of P
Maud Mullers
Spencer
Lindon
Sixteen Entered in Demo Derby Now On in N Y
The Democratic national convention roll closed late yesterday with sixteen teen candidates placed in nomination. Named were Oscar W. Underwood Alabama Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas William G. McAdoo California Willard Saulsbury Delaware Samuel M. Ralston Indiana Jonathan M. Davis Kansas Albert C. Ritchie Maryland Woodbridge N Ferris Michigan David F. Houston Missouri and New York Charles W. Bryan Nebraska Fred Hi Brown New Hampshire George Silzer New Jersey Alfred E. Smith New York James M. Cox Ohio Carter Glass Virginia John W. Davis West Virginia New York.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
William G. McAdoo
California
Willard Saulsbury
Delaware
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Michigan
David F. Houston
Missouri
New York
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Fred Hi Brown
New Hampshire
George
Silzer
New Jersey
Alfred E. Smith
James M. Cox
Ohio
Carter Glass
Virginia
John W. Davis
West Virginia
McCray Indictments Dismissed in Marion County Case
Warren T. McCray former governor had fifteen indictments in Marion county criminal court dismissed at the request of special prosecutor Clarence W. Nichols. Nichols and deputy Ph Inman then resigned. McCray is serving a ten year federal sentence in Atlanta for mail fraud related to a defrauding scheme.
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Indianapolis
Warren T. McCray
Marion County Criminal Court
James A. Collins
Clarance W. Nichols
Nichols
Ph. Inman
McCray
Atlanta
Editor Confined for Insanity Claims Arouses Debate
Philadelphia June 28 James E Macusker publisher of a local weekly newspaper is declared legally insane at night and sane by day A municipal court judge orders confinement in Friends asylum at Frankford with guardians controlling mercy He says the frameup stems from political enemies made via editorials and works in his downtown office by day without guards
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Philadelphia
James E. Macusker
Traveled salesman commits suicide at bridge fall in Indiana
Chester Males 36 a traveling salesman jumped from the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern bridge into the Great Miami river late yesterday afternoon near Lawrenceburg Indiana. He had become mentally affected after being gassed in World War I with the Rainbow Division and served overseas.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Chester Males
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Bridge
Great Miami River
Rainbow Division
Miss Helen Bland Weds Young Buckeye Lawyer
Judge Oscar Bland received a phone notice of his daughter Miss Helen Bland's marriage to Leroy McGregor of New Philadelphia Ohio. The private ceremony in Annapolis united the couple who will reside in New Philadelphia where Mr McGregor will practice law.
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International News Service
Washington
Oscar EB. Bland
Court of Custom Appeals
Congress
Second
Indiana
Annapolis
Miss Helen
Miss Bland
Leroy McGregor
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Mr. McGregor
Bland
Mrs. McGregor
McGregor
Alumni Form Linton Stockton High School Association
Former Linton Stockton High School graduates gathered at the public library to form an alumni association aimed at boosting athletics and school harmony. Officers elected include President Ethel Heitman First VP Adria Humphreys Second VP Russell Murray Treasurer Limer Sherwood and Secretary James Gill. Charter members listed and next meeting set for Monday at 4 pm.
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Linton High School
Linton-Stockton High School
Royal’ Boosters
Ethel Heitman
Adria Humphreys
Russell Murray
Limer
Elmer Sherwood
Abner ‘Taylor
Delimah Dixon
Arietta Denham
Willard Page
Hildred McDonald
Zelpha Noel
Ruth Owens
Edna Owens
Mary Brady
Stephenson Seeks Clues on Yacht Fire Suspects
In Indianapolis on June 28 D C Stephenson former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan asserts the yacht Reo Mar and Toledo were set by incendiary action. He vows to use all resources to pursue the culprits and bring them to justice.
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Indianapolis
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Reo Mar
Toledo
Justica
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