Illinois Senate Seat Sparks National Fight Over Smith
Illinois appoints Col Frank L Smith to fill McKinley seat as U S senator. opposition grows in Congress with Ashurst proposing oath withheld until scrutiny of 1926 campaign expenditures. Governors, newspapers and party leaders clash over Smiths eligibility and seat tenure.
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Washington, TD
Frank L. Smith
Ilinois
Ashurst
Arizona
Washington, D. C
Reed
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Illinois
Smith
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Ernst
Senate Elections Committee
Ashursit
Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner Today
Ten Small
United States
William T. McKinley
Washington
Small
Court orders repayment of mayor and judge salaries
District Judge Maines orders Mayor Benham and Police Judge Horst to repay within 10 days half their increased salaries after a council action post election. Wiley won, arguing raises illegal during this term. city must repay $350 total with 6 percent interest and faces further court rulings.
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Bert C. Benham
H. D. Horst
W. R. Maines
R. J. Wiley
Frank Drake
Mr. Wiley
J. G. Kammerer
Drake
J. F. Devitt
Benham
Horst
Maines
Wiley
America's Most Exclusive Club
The lame duck session of Congress blends joy and sadness for outgoing lawmakers in the Senate. Fraternizing on the floors with back-slapping and handshakes, Republicans Democrats and progressives mingle as old ties renew. The piece notes this scene reveals the finer side of American politics.
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Frederic William Wise
3. C
Congress
Washington
Senate of the United
Girl Bank Robber Believed to Have Planned Another
Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers, already charged with arson and robbery at Buda Texas, is at liberty on bonds. Police link a Round Rock fire ruse to lure bankers to a later robbery, with an automobile description matching the Buda case. Investigators say she admitted the Buda theft for a thrill.
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Austin
Tex
Farmers’ National Bank
Buda
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Liberty
Buda Bank
Rogers
Round Rock
Tom Nelson
Farmers’ State Bank
Nelson
Three boys injured in dynamite stove blast
Honey Creek reports Floyd Belt Kenneth Belt and Fred Brewer were seriously hurt yesterday after starting a stove fire in which three sticks of dynamite had been concealed.
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Honey Creek
Floyd
Kenneth Belt
Fred Brewer
Attack on German cabinet over secret arms fund in Russia
Berlin dispatch reports Philip Scheidemann denouncing Defense Minister Gessler in the reichstag for a hidden budget line funding manufacture and hoarding of arms and airplanes in Russia. Nationalists shouted traitor as diplomats attended, Scheidemann argued Allies knew of militaristic German conditions and urged self correction.
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Berlin
Bedlam
Reichstag Talay
Philip Scheidemann
Social Democrats
Defense
Gessler
Russia
Blackguard
Schurman
Herr Scheidemannn
Marx
Germany
Warehouse Fire Hits Union Dock Warehouse in Blizzard
Buffalo N Y Dec 16 AP A furious blizzard shattered the Union Dock Warehouse plant on the Blackwell canal with an estimated 400 000 loss Fire threatened nearby docks grain elevators and flour mills as flames raged through the warehouse complex.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Union Dock Warehouse Company
Blackwell Canal
Death of Former Tennis Champion Larned At Club
William A. Larned, former national tennis champion, died by shooting in his Knickerbocker club room New York on December 16. Reported nervous breakdown for two years and his last match was Forest Hills in 1922 during the Metropolitan championship.
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New York
William A. Larned
Knickerbocker Club
Fifth Avenue
Larned
Forest Hills
N. Y
Shenandoah Kiwanis Plans Mexico Tour For Farmers
The Kiwanis club of Shenandoah announces a February 12 to 25 Mexico tour offered at bargain prices. The trip, following earlier Springfield Niagara Falls and London excursions, will cater to farmers and others unable to join summer jaunts. Travel includes St. Louis Brownsville Monterey Laredo and return via San Antonio and Hot Springs.
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Shenandoah
Mexico
Kiwanis Club of
Springfield
Niagara Falls
London
St. Louis
Brownsville
Monterey
Laredo
San Antonio
Hot Springs
Modale Robbers Captured After All Day Chase
Bray and Dave Harding were arrested in Omaha after a long pursuit across ice and river routes. Bray confessed to the Modale Savings Bank holdup in which $4,500 was taken and $3,151 found in their possession.
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Omaha
Neb
Modale
Savings
Missouri
Iowa
Bray Harding
Dave
Harding
Module
Bray
Hi Sigler
R. S. Sassaman
C. O. Dair
Sassaman
A. C. Schuelmeister
Dair
Sigler
Charles Jackson
Jess Middletown
Nebraska
Misouri
Blair
Woman shoots restaurant owner in self defense claim
Des Moines dispatch reports Lulu Jordan, 25, black, shot and killed Perry Williams, a restaurant proprietor, after Williams fired at her first. Williams, married with two children, was killed as Jordan recounts self defense. a year earlier she was acquitted in the slaying of her husband based on self defense.
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Des Moines
Lulu Jordan
Perry Williams
Nego Restaurant
Williams
Waterway bill nears passage after river channel compromise
Washington reports a Senate-House accord ends three year clash over the Illinois river channel provision. The $50 million bill moves toward passage with a pledge that no water will be diverted from Lake Michigan. Western lawmakers also adjust plans to share Missouri river improvements costs.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
House
Ilinois River
William E. Hull
Illinois
Great Lakes
Willis
Ohio
Lake Michigan
Missouri River
Kansas City
Sioux City
Japanese Ruler Relapse Triggers Nationwide Mourning
The Japanese emperor, long critically ill, has relapsed and cabinet members along with royal family have been summoned to his bedside as the nation braces for possible death.
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Japan
Congress Reassembles With Key Bills Ahead
Congress meets at noon as the House takes up the alien property bill. The Fali-Doheny trial reconvenes awaiting the jury report. In the Senate, the supply bill and the rivers and harbors measure are under consideration.
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Congress
House
Treasury Post
Senate
Catholics Carry Mexican Fight to People of America
New York dispatch reports the US Catholic episcopate issues a 12000 word pastoral letter decrying Mexican religious restrictions. It warns Christian civilization is under attack and broadens outreach to 30000 clergymen and Catholic groups. The letter follows President Calles’ diplomatic actions in the American forum.
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Ameoinca
New York
United States
Mexico
Cardinal Hayes
Glennon
St. Louis
Dowling
St. Paul
Schrembs
Cleveland
Kelley
Oklahoma
Calles
Dynamite Victim Dies in Hospital
Kenneth Belt, 15, of Honey Creek Iowa, died in a Council Bluffs hospital after five sticks of dynamite exploded in a stove. Fred Brewer suffered shrapnel wounds to arms and legs but rested easily. Vloyd Belt was only lightly hurt and remained at home.
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Council Bluffs
Kenneth Belt
Honey Creek
Fred Brewer
Ames man on trial for embezzling railway funds
Nevada Iowa December 16 AP reports William H. Earp of Ames is on trial charged with embezzling about 7500 dollars from the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Railway. He served as ticket and freight agent at Ames and is accused of mishandling funds over three years.
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Nevada
Whiliam H. Earp
Ames
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
Earp
Upper River Advocates Win Victory With Additional Appropriation
The advisory board of the inland waterways corporation urged Secretary of War Davis to request a $2,000,000 supplemental budget to fund unpaid capital stock and allocate $1,000,000 to the Upper Mississippi Barge Line. The plan would add 45 barges and one tow boat, enabling a five day through service from the head of navigation to New Orleans and reduce reloading at St. Louis.
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Washington, D. C
Upper Mississippi
The
Inland Waterways Corporation
Davis
Upper River
Newton
Minneapolis
Coolidge
Congress
T. Ashburn
Corporation
Northwest
S. S. Thorpe
Jury Verdict in 1920s Oil Bribery Case Leaves Charges Pending
In Washington DC Albert B Fall and Edward L Doheny were acquitted of conspiracy in the 1921 22 oil leasing case connected to the Teapot Dome disclosures. Ninteen hours of deliberation produced a unanimous acquittal on the conspiracy charge while bribery indictments for the same individuals remain active. The ruling allows continued prosecution in the bribery case and related indictments involving Doheny and his son.
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Washington, D.C
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Senate
Doheny
Fall
Justice Hoehling
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Elk Hills
Dohenys
Senate Oil Committee
Supreme Court
Teanot Dome
Elk Hillis
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