Politically charged week features LaFollette and Coolidge
The Week notes the Progressive Voters League of Michigan backing LaFollette for President and a Republican primary renominating Smith Wildman Brookhart. It cites Coolidge campaign figures predicting 1066 votes at the convention, and reports on numerous political moves, fires, and legal notes from across the nation.
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The
Progressive Voters’ League of Michigan
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
United States
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Town
William M Butler
Coolidge
Ohio News Roundup Shows Casualties and Civic Updates
A broad Ohio summary notes John Hensley killed in Cincinnati by Herman Wieland’s car. Other items include Nelsonville school head A D Ferree reelected at $3000 yearly, Mine No 266 near Glouster resuming work, Lucille Moody killed by auto in Glouster, and a new state reforestation project in Hocking county. Also: theft of copper wires, elected officers in the Ohio Chiropodists association, milk price cut in Cleveland, and multiple accidents and legal actions across the state.
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John Hensley
Cincinnati
Herman Wieland
A. D. Ferree
Nelsonville
Glouster
Sunday Creek
Lucille Moody
Ohio
Marion Township
Hocking County
Abe Michelson
Dark Hollow
Middletown
R. 8. Cooley
Lakewood
Ohio Chiropodists’ Association
C. P. Beach
Cleveland
Columbus
David 2. Thomas
Effie J. Sells
Pacelli
William A. Sells
Thomas Broderick
Fremont
Castalia
Sandusky
Lake Erie and Western
R. B. Daugherty
Newark
Daugherty
Frank Wierech
Marie Wiersch
Wiersch
John Maio
Columbus Country Club
Boulay
Springhill
Champaign County
Milliron Transfer Company
East Liverpool
Edward Houston
Carpenter
Robert H. Mitchell
Lincoln Junior High School
Youngstown
Lake Milton
George Wallace
Cleveland Fire Department
Safe
Loew's
Liberty Theater
Alliance Plasterers
James Harter
Aleron Council
Artie Barber
McArthur
Clarence Bramlage
Hamilton Catholic High School
Hamilton
St. Xavier College
John Whapham
Fisher Station
Athens
Harry Cleveland
Bolt Kills Two Lawyers In Charleston Golfing Accident
Prominent Charleston attorneys Barlow Avis and R G Altizer were killed by lightning while playing golf at Edgewood Country Club. Participant H G Scott was shocked as the bolt struck a shelter near the No 1 green, splitting a post and tearing Altizer’s shirt. Avis had no external injuries. Avis previously served as a congressman from the Third District. Altizer represented United Fuel Gas Company.
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Charleston
W. Va
B. Avis
R. G. Altizer
Edgewood Country Club
H. G. Scott
New York
No. 1
Green
Avis
Altizer
Scott
Congress
Third
United Fuel Gas Company
Senate Passes Reforestation Bill With 2.7 Million Yearly
The Senate approved a permanent national reforestation policy proposing an annual appropriation of 2.7 million dollars for the Secretary of Agriculture to allocate to state payments. The Clarke bill, already House-passed, replaced the McNary Senate version in the measure.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Clarke
House
Charles McNary
Gas Explosion at Loomis Colliery Kills Fifteen
Fifteen men died in a gas explosion at the Loomis colliery of the Glen Alden Coal Company in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. Five miners were seriously injured. Forty two men worked in the affected section with many believed entombed. Seven bodies were recovered soon after the blast.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Loomis
Glen Alden Coal Company
Captive Is Released Near Peking
Australian A G McKay kidnapped May 16 at Pichikow, 280 miles up the Min Kinaing River Poochow. Bandits freed him after failing to obtain a ransom. One kidnapper reportedly captured.
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Peking
A. G. McKay
Australia
Pichikow
Minkinaing
Poochow
Foochow
Rate Hearing Opened on Coal Freight Rates to Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner W. A. Disque opened a hearing on railroad rates for coal from Indiana Illinois and Kentucky to Iowa. Shipping interests protest proposed revisions while representatives of over 20 organizations from Minnesota Michigan Iowa Indiana and Kentucky attend to forestall any rate changes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. A. Disque
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Minnesota
Michigan
Minola
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