Final arguments in 1926 Pennsylvania senate contest
Washington briefing on alleged 1926 Pennsylvania election frauds in Philadelphia Allegheny and other counties. William B. Wilson seeks seat against Senator Elect William S. Ware as final arguments are heard by the senate elections subcommittee amid a 173 507 margin and 822 187 to 648 680 votes.
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Secretary of Labor
Senate
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
William B. Wilson
William S. Ware
Wilson
Philadelphia
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Press access and secret roll calls spark Senate clash
Wisconsin Senator La Follette proposes extending floor visiting rights to press associations after a dispute over United Press access. The Capital Times editor defended publishing secret roll calls and urged accountability, while senators attacked the paper’s influence and questioned editorial motives.
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Madison
Wiliam T. Evjne
Capital Times
United ‘States Senate
Senate
Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
United Press Association
United Press
Irvine L. Lenroot
Curtis
Norris
Nebraska
Rules Committee
Barkley Democrat
Kentucky
Wis
Times
Blease
Democrat
South Carolina
Stocks Rally After Tariff Talk Dampens Losses
The New York Stock Exchange saw a broad rally with many issues up $3 to $11, led by utilities. Turnover stayed under 4 million shares as buyers absorbed earlier liquidations, with Case Threshing and Stutz trading notably before recovering.
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New York—iFi
New York Stock Exchange
Commonwealth
General Electric
Allied Chemical
Packard
American Power and Light
American Can
United States Steel
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Radio
Sears Roebuckt
United Aircraft
Case Threshing
Adams Express
Studebaker
Farm relief talks look near failure in debenture dispute
Washington D C indications grew that the farm relief conference committee may fail to resolve the debenture controversy between the house and senate. Representative Garner of Texas opposed recommitting the tariff bill with a debenture provision, signaling limited chances for a bipartisan path forward. The committee meeting was postponed to allow conferees to attend a Republican tariff caucus as pressure builds.
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Washington, D. C
Farm Relef
House
Senate
Garner
Texas
Ways and Means
Farm Relief Conference Committee
Death by poisoning shocks Eden area in Wisconsin
Mrs. Arthur E. Rayckow 28 of Eden Wisconsin died after a lunch illness and poisoning. Authorities opened an investigation and Dr Thuringer with three Milwaukee interns prepared to perform an autopsy.
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Pend du Bac
Wis
Arthur E. Rayckow
Eden
Thuringer
Milwaukee
China Strife Deepens As Chiang Feng Rivalry Shifts Balance
In South China a mystery surrounds political moves as Chiang Kai Shek and Feng Yu-Hsiang drift toward confrontation. Mohammedan support appears to bolster Chiang against Feng, potentially altering the balance between Kwangsi and Cantonese factions. Reports say additional dispatches are en route as tensions rise.
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Canton
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Kwangtung Province
Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
National China
Central China
Feng
Hsiang
Western
Chiang
Hankow
Kwangsi Movement Collapses as Canton Rejoices
Canton reports the Kwangsi military movement against the city and Kwanthung province has collapsed with the surrender of 5000 Kwangsi troops at Lupas, twenty five miles northwest of Canton. The city’s residents celebrated a victory attributed to supply failures and a successful Ky filack, ending a feared seizure.
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Canton
China
Kwanthung Province
Lupas
Here
Senate Debates Census Reapportionment and Textile Inquiry
In Congress today the Senate continues debate on a secret roll call and on the census and reapportionment bill with a 30 minute limit after 3 pm. The Manufactures Committee acts on a textile labor investigation resolution while the Interstate Commerce Committee continues hearings on establishing a communications commission. Privileges and Elections Committee hears final arguments in the Ware Wilson contest. In the House the Republican caucus discusses the tariff bill as general debate continues.
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Senate
Manufactures
Interstate Commerce Committee
Communications Commission
Privileges and Elections Committee
HOUSE
Republican
Shaw Urges Laws Before Liberty in Jugoslavia Interview
G B Shaw, staying in Dubrovnik Ragusa, tells Politika reporter that liberty requires good laws and enforcement. He praises King Alexander and Mussolini’s aims, notes magnesium deposits in Jugoslavia, and jokes England would claim them if aware. He denies the interview’s authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Politika
Belg
George Bernard Shaw
Dubrovnik Ragusa
Dal
Austria
Alexander
Aander
Mussolini
Shaw
England
Dry weather hoped to keep rivers within their banks
The Mississippi and its tributaries gave a hopeful outlook as flood stages rose and levee work continued. In Kentucky Missouri and Arkansas workers reinforced Mound Landing and Kennett levees while gaps between new and old embankments were filled to prevent further breaches. The St. Francis break at Kennett eased as crews defended remaining weak points.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Mounds Landing
Arkan
Red
White
Lo St. Francis
Hickman
Mound Landing
Greenville
St. Francis
Kennett
Consents to Appoint Mitchell Assistant Attorney General
John Lord O Brien of Buffalo consents to become assistant attorney general in charge of anti trust and commerce law cases. The action places him in Washington D C to handle enforcement duties and legal proceedings related to antitrust matters.
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Mitchell
Washington, D. C
John Lord, O'Brian
Buffalo
At Enue
Little Entente Meets in Belgrade Under Watchful Eyes
Washington officials follow daily reports on talks among Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Roumania the Little Entente. They discuss a proposed arbitration and conciliation treaty reparations policy at the League council and joint economic cooperation with Russia and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington
Little Entente
Belgrade
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Roumania
Europe
League of Nations Council
Bucharest
Russia
Central
Williams Goes on Trial for Lindstrom Murder in Wisconsin
Earl Williams, moved from Leavenworth prison, faces first degree murder charges in Elkheim for the June 12 1927 killing of highway policeman Uans Lindstrom. The trial before Circuit Judge B Belden opened under heavy juror scrutiny with Norman Wallace to testify as the likely key witness.
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Elkheim
Wis
Leavenworth
Earl Willams
Uans Lindstrom
B. Belden
Racine
Arthur Thomson
J Miran
William Seymour
Alean Johnson
Whitewater
Walworth County
Belden
Norman Wallace
Wiliams
Willams
Williams
Leaenworth
Deputy Coroner Named for Racine Walworth Counties
Racine Wisconsin Pi already Deputy State Treasurer for Racine and Walworth counties. Frank Basinger today was named deputy coroner of the former by W S Kisow.
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Racine
Wis
Walworth
Frank Basinger
W. S. Kisow
Reparations talks hinge on Schacht efforts in Paris
Paris The German and allied reparations experts held two sessions today to seek agreement. Dr Hjalmar Schacht and Dr Ludwig Kasel met with Thomas W Lamont and creditor experts as German objections to Belgian mark redemption terms and the Dawes plan extensions persisted. The conference neared a crisis with Schacht’s move seen as decisive for the fate of almost fifteen weeks of negotiations.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Ludwig Kasil
Thomas W. Lamont
Belgium
Schecht
Schacht
Albert Veoegler
Ludwig Kastl
Associated Press protest over Senate access and roll call
The Washington bureau chief of the Associated Press sent a formal protest to Vice President Curtis after the Senate barred AP from the floor. The letter defends AP’s past conduct, rejects responsibility for a related leak, and asserts that publishing secret protection records is not beyond a free press.
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Washington
Curtis
Associated Press
Charles Curtis
United States Senate
Senate
T Know 7
United Pres
Thei Noerhat
Pionsi
Ron Price
Bureau
Tunney Given Thirty Days to Answer Breach of Promise Suit
Gene Tunney faces a $500000 damages claim from Mrs Katharine King Fogarty of New York in Stamford alleging breach of promise. Papers show Tunney’s assets and possible bank accounts attached, with thirty days to file an answer in Bridgeport court.
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Bridgeport
Conn
U.P
Gene Tunney
Katherine King Fogarty
New York
Stamford
Tunkey
France Expected to Ratify 1926 Debt Accord
Paris circles anticipate Premier Poincare asking parliament to approve the Mellon Berenger debt accord, keeping alive a plan for deferred US debts. If ratified, August 400 million payment would be merged, reducing this year's to 32.5 million, with gradual rises to 125 million by 1942 and final 118,000,090 in 1987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
United States
Poincare
Claudel
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt to Accept Porto Rico Governor Post
Washington reports Theodore Roosevelt Sr will be appointed governor of Porto Rico to succeed Horace M. Towner after accepting the tender. Kermit Roosevelt indicates Theodore Jr has decided to accept the governorship, as the expedition plans another month of hunting in Saigon before returning to the United States.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rica
Washington, D. C
Theodore Roosevalt, Sr
Porto Rico
Horace M. Towner
Shanghai
Kermit Roosevelt
Asta
Theodore, Jr
Roosevelt
President McKinley
Saigon
United State
New York
San Francisco
Senate panel votes to refer textile inquiry to FTC or Senate committee
The Senate Manufactures Committee voted six to five to refer the textile labor conditions investigation to the Federal Trade Commission rather than the full Senate committee. The resolution will be reported in that form, with further amendments expected as the panel meets again.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Montana
la Felicite
Efforts to Eliminate Disapproval on Tariff Bill Amendments
Washington D C. Republicans on the ways and means committee offered numerous amendments to ease discontent over the tariff bill. Proposals included boosting duties on butter potatoes dried skim milk blue grass seed and onions while raising or reinstating duties on hides leather boots and shoes removing several items from the free list and adjusting molasses prices and other commodities. The committee also floated free list changes for cod liver oil kale and meal while applying duties to wood tar wear tar and pitch.
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Washington, D. C
Republican House
Republicans of the
Ways and Means
Tate
Kellogg Receives Compliment From Chilean Minister
Former Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg today published cables with the Chilean minister Conrad Gallardo praising the Tacna Arica settlement reached after years of negotiations since 1927. Kellogg thanked Chile and Peru for their enlightened approach and said he was glad to help bring about the agreement.
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Chile
Peru
Kellogg
Weather summary for Great Lakes region cool and unsettled
Day May 23 reports cooler conditions with fair overall pattern. Unsettled southwest portions bring tonight’s frost risk in north and west areas. Winds shift from southwest to northwest across Michigan, Huron, and Superior with showers possible on Michigan and Huron and eastern Superior. Southwest storm warnings posted on Lake Erie and small craft warnings elsewhere.
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Sun Sun Vay
Associated Press
Michigan
Huron
Superior
Lake Fiie
Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
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