Attorney General OKs Kohler Corrupt Practices Probe
Atty. Gen. John W. Reynolds appointed two special counsels to seek removal action against Gov. Walter J. Kohler in state court, after finding probable cause of corrupt practices in the governor’s primary campaign. The move follows a petition by four Progressive leaders led by Philip F. La Follette, urging action in the name of the state.
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Willard R. Smith
United Press Star
Madison
Walter J. Kohler
John W. Reynolds
Walter D. Corrigan
Milwaukee
Harald M. Wilkie
Reynolds
Iemade
Philip F. la Follette
United States
Robert M. la Follette
William T. Evjne
Madison Capital Times
Glenn D. Roberts
Dane County
Alvin G. Reiss
Assembly
Kohler
Circuit Court
Omne
Supreme Court
Dane County Superior Court
Daniel H. Grady
Portage
Roberts
Corrigan
Republican Party
la Follette
Wilkie
Fumes Cause Death At Wisconsin Farm Home
Carl Olazewski died at his farm near Wausau after heating his bed with an oi heater to stay warm. Police report fumes from the heater were the cause of death in this fatal incident.
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Wausau, Wis
Carl Olazewski
Here
Olazewski
Plane takes off as trains fail in Manitowoc wedding rush
Snow and ice delay transport for Mildred Wetter and Thomas Ingersoll wedding. With trains stalled, Ingersoll organized a crew to clear a runway at the Manitowoc airport and flew to Chicago in an open monoplane to reach the ceremony at the Wetten residence on Lake Shore Drive.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Mildred B. Wetter
Albert Hayes Wetten
Chicago
Thomas
Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Wetten
Lake Shore Drive
Cops Driven From Ranch By Doukhobors
Two provincial police officers report they were forced to flee a ranch near Grand Forks as about 100 naked Doukhobor colonists refused arrest. The group, calling themselves the Sons of Irevaum, had earlier withdrawn children from local schools and allowed their return after dispute.
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Grand Forks
B. C
British Columbia
Irevaum
Brilliant and Glade
B. G
Mystery Deepens as Wood Offers Alibi Against Charges
Detroit analyst reports that Grace M Wood and her husband face a $75,000 Sturgis bank robbery link with Wood proposing an alibi. Mrs Wood set for Jan 9 preliminary assault hearing. Holt and Wood in Centerville jail on robbery bonds. Prosecution cites pre robbery checks by Wood and prior Holt employment as complicating factors.
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Wood
Detroit
Mich
Upi
Grace M. Wood
First National Bank
Sturgis
Leonard Schemanske
Cecil Holt
Centerville
Holt
Sturgis Bank
James Chenot
Good Samaritan Liner America Docks at Hoboken
The United States liner America arrives at Hoboken Pier at 2 20 P M after rescuing 32 crew from the Italian swamp freighter Florida near the Virginia capes.
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New York
United States
America
Hoboken Pier
Florida
Virginia Capes
Degree of Honor Confers on Baker of Lawrence
Appleton Wisconsin Dr Louis C Baker professor of modern languages at Lawrence College has received the degree of Honor from the royal order star of Roumatia The honor was conferred in recognition of his leadership of the American delegation to the international congress for secondary and college education at Bucharest last summer.
Worst traffic tieups hit Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
A severe cold snap and heavy snow caused widespread road closures and train delays across Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Dozens of trains stalled, buses halted, and cities isolated as crews worked to clear blocked highways amid zero to 25 below temperatures.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Manitowoc
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Houghton
Summer Cottage
Ontonagon
Northwestern Railroad
Newton
Sheboygan
United States
Samuel W. Randolph
Detroit
Northwestern Railway
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Fox River Valley
St. Paul Road
Deansville
Waterloo
Congress in recess as tariff hearings proceed and bills move
In Congress today the House in recess and Ways and Means continues tariff hearings. A cruiser construction bill is before the Senate. The Senate public lands committee reviews the Walsh report on Sinclair royalty leases in the Salt Creek field. Friday actions include passage of the District of Columbia appropriation bill and over 700 private bills, and Senate adjournment for former Senator Oscar W. Underwood. Farm products tariff hearing continues before the House Ways and Means committee.
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Associated Press
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Senate Public Lands Committee
Walsh
Sinclair
District of Columbia
Oscar W. Underwoold
Alabama
Ways and Means
Hoover Keeps Out of Race on Florida Fishing Trip
President Elect Hoover ends a Florida Keys fishing day and plans to head to his vacation home near Miami Beach. He may confer with party leaders next week on conferences and his inaugural address. Hemmed by reports of Republican activity in the south, a party reorganization is anticipated.
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Key Largo
Fla
Hoover
Florida Keys
Belle Isle
Biscayne Bay
Miami Beach
Glenn B. Skipper
Florida
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Horace A. Menn
Washington
South
Catholic Missionary Edward Young Kidnapped in China for Ransom
Washington reports Chinese communists seized Rev. Edward Young, a Catholic missionary, demanding 10 000 dollars within three days. The Hankow consulate and Nanchang urged action for his release. Young is listed in the 1927 Catholic directory with the Vincentian mission in Kiangsi at Kanchow.
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Washington
WPI
Edward Young
State Department
Hankow
Kanchow
Kiangsi
Mr. Young
Nanfukiangsu
Chu Ten
Mao Ghi Ting
Nanchang
China
Catholi
Vincentian Mission
President Lambastes Slow Interstate Commerce Board
President Coo lide criticizes the Interstate Commerce Commission for sluggish action and cites the three year delay in railroad mail-cartage rate payments, withholding $45 million back pay. A Senate subcommittee drafts a railroad consolidation bill to amend the 1920 Transportation Act, permitting voluntary mergers but not mandatory consolidations.
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Washington
Coolide
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Court of Elai
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senators defy Coolidge on cruiser bill in open clash
President Coolidge urges scrapping the rush clause in the cruiser bill but Congressional leaders refuse to modify the pending naval construction measure. Senate and House naval chairmen push for a steel navy stance while debates unfold over nominations and a Walsh report on the Salt Creek leasing case.
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Coolidge
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Goolidge
Promised Reorganization of Democrats Proceeds
Springfield report quotes M. D. Lightfoot describing slow but steady progress on reorganizing the Democratic party. He says state organizations are outlining ideas for fundamentals and a unifying conference will follow. He cites the party's deficit and aim to win back the south and west from the new leadership.
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Springfield
National Democratic Party
M. D. Lightfoot
Hoover Democrat
National Democratic Committee
Lightfoot
Herbert
Hoover
Democratic Party
South Land West
Captain Fried Seeks Ambulances for Five on Ship
Captain George Fried of the steamer America wirelessed the United States Lines to have ambulances met the ship when she docked at Hoboken with thirty two men of the Florida. One American and four Thusians needed hospital attention. The America was due at quarantine before noon. Rockefeller's bid to oust Robert W. Stewart as head of Standard Oil Indiana was endorsed in the Senate by Chairman Nye of the public lands committee, who said Stewart defied and led the Senate and explained his record to the District of Columbia Juries.
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New York
George Fried
America
United States
Hoboken
Florida
Washington, D. C
John D.l. Rockefeller
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil
Indiana
Senate
Nye
Public Lands
Stewart
Benate
District of Columbia
Wires Clipped to Prevent Broadcast by Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes, former secretary of state, was blocked from broadcasting an attack on unethical lawyers when WMAC telephone wires were cut. Police link the act to opponents of a campaign to purge the bar. The Bronx Bar Association planned a testimonial dinner for Hughes before his departure to The Hague.
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New York
Charles Evans Hughes
WMAC
Bronx Bar Association
Hughes
World Court
The
Hague
Fireman Killed in Chemical Container Blast
Milwaukee resident Herman Priebe, 33, a fireman, was killed and fellow firefighter Harry Rogalska, 29, severely injured when a chemical container exploded at a five story building last night. The fire had been extinguished and crews were clearing equipment when the blast occurred.
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Milwaukee
Lpi
Herman Priebe
Harry Rogalska
Profits in Brew Case Highlight Domestic Strife
Vincent G. Ponie admits his wife earns more from beer sales than his law practice. She says she financed their son’s Notre Dame education by bootlegging. Judge orders Ponie to pay $25 weekly alimony and $880 toward their son’s tuition as the divorce case proceeds.
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Chicago
Ipi
Vincent G. Ponic
Notre Dame University
Fox Lake
Gimmill
Ponte
Not Dame Law School
King George expected to travel to resort in February
King George is anticipated to depart London for the seaside resort of Bognor in the first week of February, weather permitting. The exact date is unsettled, with travel likely on the first favorable day, as wintry conditions persist and forecasts call for continued cold and possible snow in the regions.
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King George
London
George
Bognor
Bodies recovered from Kingston mine blast in West Virginia
Rescue crews located three of eighteen miners trapped by a Kingston Pocahontas Coal Co explosion about 800 feet from the surface. Two bodies were badly burned. Seventy-one men were underground. one survivor recognized Blaine Parker. A witness saw a huddled bundle that may be another body. The blast was heard a mile away and blew over a small building.
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Kingston, W
Kingston
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
Blaine Parker
Birthday marred by absence of Hermine at Doorn ceremony
Doorn Holland former Kaiser Wilhelm celebrates birthday with glee club serenade but Princess Hermine is absent due to illness or rift with Wilhelm's children. Burgomaster presents benches funded by villagers and a sum for charity as guests include Frederick Wilhelm Sophie of Greece Paul of Greece and Woldemar princes.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Doorn
Holland
Herminie
von Mackenson
Wilhelm
Kaiser
Princess Hermine
Hermine
Doorn I
Frederick Wilhelm
Sophie
Greece
Prince Paul
Woldemar
Prussia
Vogel
Commission argues I C within rights on rail rate cuts
Washington brief to the Supreme Court contends the Interstate Commerce Commission had authority to order southern railroads to cancel a proposed reduced cargo coal rate. The southern roads challenged the rate cancellation after a federal injunction. The case is set for argument Monday.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroads
Commission
Th Supreme Court of the
United States
Southern Roads
Federal District Court For
Southern
Wes
Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Leader of Bandit Gang Shot to Death
In Norwood Ohio a cafe hold up ended with the gang leader killed and another wounded. Patrolman George Schultz intervened, entering the restaurant to thwart the robbery. The remaining bandit surrendered after attempting to hide in a nearby garage.
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Cincinnati
O.—Jp
Norwood
George Schultz
American Legion Meet at Portage Wisconsin
Members of the Wisconsin department gather for the ninth annual three day mid winter conference in Portage. A public mass meeting will open the events at the city armory with speakers including Paul V. McNutt national commander James F Barton national adjutant and other officials from the legion and auxiliary.
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Portage
Wis
American Legion
Wisconsin Department
City Armory
Paul V. McNutt
the Legion
James F. Barton
National Adjustant
Mal RB
McCap Sparta
Stabe
Laytor
Jain
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