Choice of Third Party Forced on La Follette Opens in St Paul
Paul Minnesota June 16 Independent candidate Senator La Follette is to be backed by a third party at a convention opening in St Paul. Mahoney says the convention would endorse La Follette and seeks a permanent third party to rival Republicans and Democrats. Wheeler may be named as running mate with Wheeler and Huddleston also discussed.
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LA Follette
Perrit M. la Folette
William Mahoneey
United Press Today
la Pollette
Nauhoney
Washington
Wisconsin
Mahoney
J. L. Beebe
the Peoples Church
Omaha
Neb
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Huddleston
Alabama
Coolidge Faces Intra Party Conflicts as Peacemaker
Washington June 16 President Coolidge must mediate two intraparty clashes threatening his campaign. One pits William M Butler against Slemp over convention handling and the vice presidential choice. The other splits the “old guard” senators from Coolidge supporters ahead of a December congress session.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Wiliam M. Butler
Chaiman
C. Bascom Stemp
Old Guard
Butler
Frank W. Stearns
Cleveland
Slemp
Dawes
Mr. Coolidge
National Committee
Congress
Reed Smoot
Happy Kid Will Be Buried In Her Best Lace Dress
New York date June 16 192? Mrs Margaret A Martin 22 private secretary to socialist leader Morris Hillquit found dead in Greenwich Village apartment locked doors windows shut gas turned on a note to her mother saying she was tired and hoped for rest a Bible verse is underlined near the scene a divorce decree from Frederick Martin granted for neglect and cruelty is on display the death appears self inflicted pending coroner findings
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New York
Margaret A. Martin
Morris Hillquit
Greenwich Village
Frederick Martin
J. H. Swan
Okmulgee
Okla
Isaiah
Fred
First Democrat Leaders In Ask Over Candidate
Arrival of early delegates at the Democratic national convention reveals a key question who will be nominated after McAdoo and Smith. Dark horse candidates gain attention with George Brennan Thomas Taggart and Ed Moore arriving, Taggart backing Ralston with Indiana likely to vote for him. McAdoo leads on first ballot with about 450 votes and may seek to change the two thirds rule, while John W. Davis emerges as a possible compromise choice among McAdoo supporters.
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United Press
New York
McAdoo
Smith
George Brennan
Illinois
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Ed Moore
Ohio
Taggart
Senator Ralston
Frank O. Lowden
Cleveland
Ralston
John W. Davis
Woodrow Wilson
United States
England
Davis
Man Killed by Train Near Oxford Junction Iowa
A unidentified man named Adolph, from Wilson Park Avenue, Chicago, was found by the C M & St P passenger train crew three miles west of Oxford Junction with severe injuries. He was in critical condition at a fecal hospital. his foot was severed, other foot crushed, and a scalp wound. He refused to reveal more about himself.
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Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
Adolph
Wilson Park Avenue
Chicago
Two West Point Cadets Capture Young Burglar
Two West Point cadets John Reite of Burlington Iowa and Ralph Norton of Kansas pursued and captured a 16 year old burglar in their hotel Astor room in New York. The event occurred early today and the cadets restrained the intruder until police arrived.
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New York
West Point
Hotel Astor
John Reite
Burlington
Ralph Norton
Kan
Wisconsin man 15 sought for killing bride
George Cummings is sought for the murder of his bride of a week whose nude body lay in a shallow grave near a Wisconsin tourist camp. He is believed to have fled with money his wife gained from selling a Grand Rapids house. Police think the name Cummings is an alias. the bride was about 40 and the husband younger.
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Wittenberg
Wis
George Cummings
Cummings
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wausau
R. H. Fisher
Milwaukee
Chicago
Here
Fisher
Bankers Gather for Convention in Mason City
E N Danzherty of Creston and Charles J Wohlenberg of Holstein are candidates for president of the Iowa Bankers association as the 88th annual convention opens in Mason City. C F Narey presides. notable guests include W H Head of Omaha and Judge Kenesaw M Landis of Chicago.
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Mason City
E. N. Danzherty
Creston
Charles J. Wohlenberg
Holstein
Iowa Bankers’ Association
C. EF. Narey
W. H. Head
Omaha
American Bankers’ Association
C. H. MacNider
First National Bank of
van Alstine
Gilmore City
E. H. Lauer
Iowa State College
Ames
Maj. A. P. Simmonds
New York City
H. E. Bryam
Chicago
Fred I. Kent
New York
Kenesaw M. Landis
Balloons Drift Over Warfields in Gordon Bennett Cup
Brussels June 16 contestants in the Gordon Bennett cup balloon race drifted over world war battlefields in the contest piloted by Capt. B H Honeywell and W G Van Orman The Dellesne took off from here.
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Brussels
B H. Honeywell
W. G. van Orman
Tne Dellesne
J P Rockwell Dakota City Official Dies After Illness
J P Rockwell of Dakota City dies after a year long illness. He settled in Dakota City with his parents in 1821 and served Dakota County as sheriff deputy sheriff county assessor and precinct assessor. At his death he was deputy sheriff and precinct assessor of D precinct. He leaves wife son Scott Rockwell of San Diego daughter Mrs Frank Mahon of Dixon County brother Stephen Rockwell and sister Mrs William Walters. Funeral arrangements pending.
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J. P
Jeff Kwell
Dakota City
Rockwell
Dakota County
D. Precinct
Scott Rockw
San Diego
Cal
Frank Mahon
Dixon County
Neb
Stephen Rockwell
William Walters
American Reply to Japan Handed to Ambassador Hughes
The American reply to Japan’s protest against the immigration law was handed to Hanihara by Secretary of State Hughes at 11 o’clock this morning. The note will be cabled to Tokyo and publication of the text will occur simultaneously in Washington and Tokio, likely Thursday morning.
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Washington
Japan
Nihara
Hughes
Hanihara
Tokio
I W W Clash Blamed For Vessel Blast In San Pedro
San Pedro Cal June 16 A violent struggle between sailors alleged I W W ends with thwarted dynamiting of the undertakers holding the U S S Mississippi crew of 48. A man fled from the rear of the funeral home with a large package as navy guards chased him across streets. Rumors of a tar and feather protest by I W W sympathizers circulated yesterday.
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San Pedro
Cal
U. S. S. Mississippi
Navy Guard
I. Ws
Murder Denial by Fascist Ruler in Matteotti Case
Rome reports the fascist government denies involvement in the disappearance of Socialist Deputy Matteotti. Mussolini’s lieutenants resign amid rumors of cabinet changes as socialists push for protests. A fascist manifesto defends the regime and calls attention to alleged fascist martyrs.
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Rome
Matteotti
Mussolini
Won derlich recovering after race injuries in Altoona
Altoona reports Jerry Wonderlich injured in Saturday automobile race is on the road to rapid recovery at the hospital today.
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Altoona
Jerry Wonderlich
Three Flyers on Round World Flight Rejoin In Indo China
Lieut Lowell Smith commander of the American round the world flight arrived at Tourane and joined companions. The trio planned to depart for Saigon together. Smith was forced down on a French Indo China coast town by engine trouble and a destroyer ferried him a new motor while pilots Nelgon and Wade continued to Tourane.
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Pekin
Lowell Smith
Tourane Yesserday
Saigon
Indo-China
Gly
Lieutsa
Nelgon
Leigh Wade
Teuranc-ee
Smith
Two Drownings Mark Sundays Toll in Sioux City Area
Two pleasure seekers died Sunday in drowning incidents near Sioux City. Tieter Nygaard, 30, of 723 Riverside Drive, drowned after a rowboat capsized in the Big Sioux River near the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul bridge while he, his wife, and Albert Downs, 8565 Glenn Avenue, were aboard. Magnus Olson, 23, an immigrant from Denmark, drowned at Blue Lake near Onawa after cramps followed a heavy meal.
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Sioux City
Tieter Nygaard
Riverside Drive
Albert Downs
Glenn Avenue
Big Sioux
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Nygaard
Downs
J. L. Nycaurd
Story City
Cornelia Bondi
Los Angeles
Vern Lambodin
Kansas City
Blue Lake
Onawa
Magnus Olson
Denmark
Fourteen Dead in South Dakota Storm Toll
News reports indicate fourteen deaths and over twenty injuries from a severe storm in South Dakota on Saturday. Damage includes downed lines, destroyed buildings, and a total estimate of half a million dollars amid high winds and heavy rainfall.
Allen to Face Fraud Charge in Mail Conspiracy
Federal Judge George C. Scott denied Charles R. Allen real estate dealer McAlester Oklahoma relief to quash an indictment charging him with using the United States mails to defraud. The grand jury accuses an $50,000 conspiracy to defraud Alfred D. Holton Hawarden Iowa and others by obtaining illegal real estate loans.
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Charles R. Allen
McAlester
Okla
United States
George C. Scott
Allen
Alfred D. Holton
Hawarden
Holton
Another Effort To Save Idle Vessels
Washington June 16 one more effort to save the 375 idle Shipping Board vessels from rust and decay in harbors and roadbeds where they lie is to be made by the board it was announced. With funds provided by Congress diesel type internal combustion engines are to be installed on 60 of them while private enterprise will be encouraged by the Shipping Board to take over and similarly equip the remainder on a 50 50 basis.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Congress
Schoolteacher Testifies in Bootlegging Case
Sioux Falls report June 16 Miss Norma Lucas 22 a pretty school teacher testified against bootlegging suspect Mrs Mar a G Hardingdon after buying alcohol from her.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Norma Lucas
Mara G. Hardingdon
Peerd
Stunning blow to Des Moines night life
Des Moines officials announced at police headquarters that jazzless Sundays will be in vogue and dancing is banned on Sunday nights in hotels and cafes. Weeknight dancing after 11:30 p m will be strictly enforced.
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Des Moines
Dawn to Dusk Flight: Hensley and Elliott Land in Iowa
Major William N. Hensley and Lieut. M. L. Elliott completed a 1388 mile dawn to dusk flight from Mineola New York to Columbus Nebraska arriving at 7 23 p m. They began at 4 30 a m eastern time and plan a return if weather allows four stops were made Belle Fonte Pennsylvania Chicago Illinois Iowa City Iowa and Omaha Nebraska including repairs and a visit to Mrs J R Paul. Major Hensley’s parents reside in Columbus.
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Columbus
Neb
William N. Hensley
M. L. Elliott
Mineola Flying Field
New York
Hensley
Belle Fonte
Chicago Air Maii Field
Iowa City
J. R. Paul
Omaha
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L.cted
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Ensign William George McCrea
William George McCrea
Renevo
Thomas Edward Zellars
Grantville
Marcus Erwin, Jr
Asheville
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Ensign Marcus Erwin, Jr
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Hell and
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Mrs Dawes
Hell
Maria” Dawes
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J.P. Rockwell
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Brule
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Aurora
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