Coolidge Considers Sheffield Resignation Amid Mexico Tensions
President Coolidge weighs ambassador James R. Sheffield's possible resignation as tensions with Mexico grow over land law refusals and clergy expulsions. Sheffield, arriving for talks, has health issues and had urged stricter U S policy in Mexico. Meanwhile, Coolidge attends the Belle Fourche roundup where Dakota Clyde Jones wins a wild horse race as 15,000 Westerners cheer.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Rapid City
S. D
James R. Sheffield
Mexico
Coolidge
Sheffield
Paul Smith
United States
Knights of Columbus
Mr. Coolidge
Mexico City
West
Dakota
Clyde” Jones
White House
South Dakota
Marinette Complaint Against Street Rail Company Heard
The Marinette complaint against Menominee Marinette Light and Traction was heard by the state railroad commission amid claims the company halted essential streetcar service and tore up tracks without permission. City officials RB P Murray and L M Evers reiterated charges while the utility’s side argued it had right to abandon service, contending franchise had expired. Lake Mills Wis 11 Fire destroys a large barn at Fargo farm with $40900 loss and burns tenant A Thorman while attempting to save a vehicle. defective wiring suspected.
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Utility
FP. J. Trudell
Burt Vandervelde
Milwaukee
J. P. Pulliam
Truedell
State Railroad Commission
Marinette
Lake Mills
Wis
Frank B. Fargo
A. Thorman
Cincinnati Entry Leads the Air Tour
The Cincinnati entry a 2 Waco 10 plane piloted by John P. Wood led the air tour arrivals at Bowman Field Louisville Kentucky at 1 3 minutes after takeoff Central standard time. Other planes followed at short intervals.
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Louisville
Cincinnati
John P. Wood
Bowman Field
Byrd Polar Flight Sparks Navy Rift and Brazil Mission
Secretary Wilbur opposes Byrd South polar flight, favoring an officially sponsored mission with immediate aviation value for the navy. A United Press report notes Byrd discusses a future Brazil exploration by a multi motor seaplane fleet to map rivers and seek wealth, proposing three engines per craft and careful provisioning.
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Secretary of Navy
Byrd
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press Star
Washington, D. C
Navy
Wilbur
Com
Richard E. Byrd
Willian A. Moffet
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Brazil
South Pole
Amazon
Four Flyers Die in Two Air Accidents Near Pine Camp
Capt Curtis Wheeler 36 and Lt Carl Sack 26 of the Twenty-seventh division air service were killed when their trainer plane crashed at Pine Camp Watertown New York Their homes were in New York City Wheeler was assistant editor of The New York Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine Sack a Pennsylvania Railroad chemist The cause of the crash was not determined Lt Sack piloted the plane In a separate incident Wantington W Van Waller Shepherd and Paul Morgan drowned when their aircraft struck the Ohio River at Coxs Landing near here
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Watertown
Curtis Wheeler
Carl J. Sack
Twenty-seventh Division
Air Service
Pine Camp
Here
Wheeler
Sack
New York City
New York Herald- Tribune
Pennsylvania Railway
Crown
Wantington
W. van Waller Shepherd
Paul Morgan
Ohio River
Cox's Landing
Flooded for Second Time in Whitesburg Districts
Whitesburg Kentucky reports flood damage in Colly Millstone Thornton and Sergent for a second time in two months. No deaths reported though property losses run high and coal mines near Sergent may pause for weeks due to wrecked rail facilities. Across the state a lightning strike in Fairfield injured 12 year old Sterling Minor and killed a cow nearby.
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Whitesburg
Colly
Millstone
Thornton
Sergent
Fairfield
Wis
Sterling Minor
Sterling
Osborn of Oshkosh on Lake States Forest Research Committee
Agriculture announces new appointments to the Lake States Forest Research Advisory Committee. Henry C. Cowles of the University of Chicago and L. E. Weber of Sartell, Minn., replace E. F. Parsonage and A. T. Roberts, with two year terms. Other members retain service on terms spanning one to three years, including C. L. Harrington, D. C. Everest, John M. Bush, and Dean H. L. Russell among others.
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Bascote N. Timmons
Washington
Daily Northwestern
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Henry C. Cowles
University of Chicago
L. E. Weber
Sartell J Minn
Lake States Forest
Minn
D. C. Everest
Rothschild
Wis
John M. Bush
Negaunee
Mich
L. J. Young
Lansing
CG. Hornby
Cloruet
H. L. Russell
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
A. K K. Chittenden
Michigan State College
W. C. Coffey
Department of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
Foretary Research Plan Meeting Announced by Lake States Station
Raphael Zon director of the experiment station announced a meeting early this month. The session aims to advise the research program and improve forest practices across the Lake States region.
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Federal Forestry 2
Lake States ‘Experiment Station
Raphael Zon
Intercity rail receivership fight opens before ICC
In Washington hearings on reorganizing the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad the plan to end receivership faced opposition from bondholders. Charles Mahaffie and Robert Swaine led a bid to introduce court and commission records, but Henry W. Anderson objected. Proceedings opened amid protests and procedural appeals as officials debated admissible exhibits.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago, Milwaukee , St. Pal Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles D. Mahaffie
Chicago, Milwaukee St. Pauls & Pacific Railroad
Robert T. Swaine
BE. C. Jameson
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
Swaine
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
C¢Commission
Toads
Anderson
Mahaftie
Commission
Madison May Invite California to Hawaii Flyer Visit
The Madison Association of Commerce plans to invite Lieut. Lester Maitland. The California-to-Hawaii flyer has accepted an invitation from Milwaukee’s junior association of commerce to visit Madison if war department rules allow. The local group hopes he can stop in Madison en route or after Milwaukee.
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Madison
Madison Association of Commerce
Lester Maitland
California
Man and Wife Robbery Case Put Over Week
Robert Holt and his wife Thoron Holt faced arraignment in county court on a Standard Oil service station robbery charge from June 9. Judge Doherty granted a one week continuance due to lack of funds and pending defense money.
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John M. Fitzpatrick
Holts Att
Milwaukee
Fitzpatrick
Watipun
Milwaukee Plans For Maitland Homecoming Reception
Elaborate plans began in Milwaukee to greet Lieut. Lester J Maitland, famed airman, after a cable from him accepting a visit, subject to war department approval. Officials awaited word from Maj Gen Mason Patrick as local committees assemble plans and aircraft squadrons for the reception.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee
Tieut
Lester J. Maitland
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Maittang
Mason
M. Patrick
Army Air Corps
Lieut
Maitland
San Francisco
Association of Commerce
Lien
Pacific Flyer
Mason M. Patrick
Albert Hegenberger
Honolulu
Army
Oakland
City Board of Supervisors
Citizens’ Committee
Tyers
Grace Ordered to Abandon Flight Until New Plane Built
Richard Grasn, whose plane was badly damaged returning to the Island of Zaual from a failed bid toward California, was ordered to return by steamer to California and abandon the current plans for the naiiland hop. Maj. Grant E. Doige, backer from Los Angeles, plans to build a new plane for a possible attempt on the Dole prize from California to Hawaii.
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Wondlulu
Richard Grasn
Zaual
California
Maj
Grant E. Doige
Los Angeles
Grace
Hawaii
Four Milwaukee Resort Proprietors Arraigned on July Fourth
Three lake resort proprietors arrested on the Fourth of July were arraigned before court commissioner Harry L Kellogg and bound over to the federal grand jury. Peter Etzel of the Old Mil in on Okauchee lake Anthony Alberts of the Lakeside inn on Okauchee lake and Joseph Komfar of the Silver Lake inn on Silver lake faced $500 bonds.
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Milwaukeele
Lake
Harry L. Kellogg
Peter Etzel
Okanehee Lake
Anthony Alberts
Okauchee Lake
Joseph Komfar
Silver Lake
Bull
Doheny and HLL Must Stand Trial in Oil Bribery Case
Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and E. L. Doheny Jr. along with his son must face trial on bribery charges linked to a 1921 $100,000 oil scandal. Indictments accused Fall of accepting and the Dohenys of giving the bribe. judge ruled indictments valid despite defenses about naval reserve powers and a 1921 executive order. Trial date not set due to term.
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Washington
Dohenys
Justice Hill
Harding
Naval Oil Reserve
Interior Department
Elkt Hills
Doheny
Hitz
Fall
The
Dog that followed Sergeant through world war dies with him
Fort Sheridan reports the death of a small dog that served with Sergeant Michael Tierney from the first American troops in France through Champagne Marne and Argonne battles. The dog, aged veteran, was euthanized as Tierney requested and his wife Anna and son Allen prepared to bury him at the Presidio in San Francisco after a military funeral.
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Fort Sheridan
Serg
Michael
Tierney
France
Tommy
Champagne- Marne
Annse-Marne
St. Miciel
Argonne
Allen
San Francisco
Presidio
French Girl Presents Byrd Bouquet in Paris Kiss Scene
A modest French woman presented Commander Richard E. Byrd with violets at a Paris luncheon. Byrd blushed and, on impulse, kissed the girl on both cheeks as a crowd watched near the restaurant.
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Paris
Richard E. Byrd
America
Painter Albert Wertz Dies After Train Stop in Milwaukee
Albert C Wertz 56 a painter for the Milwaukee Road died here Tuesday night shortly after leaving a train in Beloit Wisconsin He resided in Milwaukee and the death was reported as sudden with no further details given by authorities or the railroad company
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Beloit
Wis
Albert C. Wertz
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Taft Seventieth Birthday Reflections On Court Life
Washington correspondent John Suter profiles Chief Justice William Howard Taft as he nears 70. Taft says he prefers the bench to politics, plans to stay on past eligibility, and contrasts duties of the presidency with the Supreme Court. He recalls Roosevelt and discusses health, tenure, and retirement choices.
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John T. Suter
Washington, D. C
Wiliam Howard ‘Saft
White House
Associated Press
Taft
Washington
Canada
Wyoming Avenue
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Philippines
Geneva naval talks stall as delegates seek compromise
In Geneva the tripartite naval conference stalls as American British and Japanese delegates hold private talks. Japanese envoys press for a 400000 ton ceiling and a two-tier submarine plan while Britain pushes to keep many larger cruisers in reserve, aiming for a private accord with Britain on small cruisers to avoid exceeding overall tonnage.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Hugh S. Gibson
Viscount Ishii
Japan
Mr. Gibson
W. B. Bridgeman
Lord Cecil
Frederick Field
Hilary P. Jones
Henry Wood
United Press
United States
America
Britain
Maiy
Great Britain
Washington
London
Tokyo
Hugh 5
Gibson
Downingstreet
Real Wife Is Awarded Divorce From Coffey
Mrs. William N Coffey was granted a divorce today from William N Coffey who is serving a life sentence for murdering his bigamous wife Hattie Sherman Hales Coffey. The court awarded the estate of Hales Coffey the automobile Coffey rode in and held that Coffey bought it with money from Hales. Mrs Coffey was granted custody of their three children.
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Preliaent Hill
Ottawa
Can
Governor General's Guard of Honor
Osborn OF Oshkosh ON
Lake States
ST. Paul Plin. I
Gity
Wisconsin Metropolis
Pacific
Frank Maitland
Thomas G. Lamphier
Selfridge Field
William McChord
Chanute Field
George P. Johnson
de Laviland
Douglass
Hll
William Hitz
District Court of Columbia Supreme Tribunal
Justice Taft
Hel Ts
Answ
Coffey
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