Misdirected touring trio jailed over war relief postcard scam
Watson Carter and Hooper, traveling in a gun decorated truck, were jailed fifteen days for selling postcards claiming proceeds would aid Walter Reed Hospital veterans. Watson confessed he never served, claiming to help disabled soldiers through a Sergeant Lang tour. The trio faced additional local complaints and denounced their claims as a staged ruse.
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Albert Carter
Walter B. Hooper
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Recorder
Burch
Watson
France
Europe
Lamar Y. MccLeod Post
American Legion
Lang
Nea Automobile
Carter
Hoper
Argon
West Beach
Fla
New Chemistry to Revolutionize Science He Says
Dr BE E Free editor of The Scientific American told Lions Club luncheon in New York that a new chemistry could emerge from Einstein relativity era. He foresees transmutation of elements and practical uses to boost supplies of platinum iodine helium. He stressed the theory is established despite some opposition.
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New York
Free
Senate free speech clash over secret sessions nears head
In Washington on January 30, Senator Dill calls for a rules change to require a two thirds vote to hold secret sessions, while Senator Curtis plans to bar reporters from the senate press if they cover secret sessions. The dispute hinges on parliamentary prerogatives and press rights as lawmakers push for accountability.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Dill
Curtis
Kansas
Rules Committee
Senate Presse
Oon
Eprese Mei
Onn Fe
New
Heard
Btone
Patrolmen Ordered to Monitor Building Permits Under New Code
Chief Warren F. Burch directed all patrolmen to assist in enforcing the city building code. Officers may grant hours for permit intake, with longer periods for new constructions and shorter windows for repairs. Permits may be taken 8 10 am and 2 3 pm, except shingles under a special ordinance require immediate checks, weather permitting.
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Warren F. Burch
Tug Echo Raised After Sinking at Texas Docks
Work by Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co. raises the tug Echo five feet at the Texas docks at Virginia Street. Crews expect completion this afternoon and it is unclear if the vessel will go to drydock after lifting.
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Echo
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Texas Docks
Virginia Street
Fair and cool weather forecast for the week
The week office forecast continued cool conditions with heavy frost tonight. Saturday should bring fair and warmer weather after tonight’s frost and a low around 38 degrees.
Raisuli Besieged in Home Fortress
A dispatch from Tazarut says Raisuli the Moroccan bandit is besieged by tribesmen led by Abd El Erim, with the battle turning in favor of the rebels. The Paris agency reports Riffians burned Tazarut and Raisuli’s son and nephew were wounded in the attack.
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Paris
Tazarut
Raisuli
Weather forecast for Warner area
Fair tonight with heavy frost, Saturday partly cloudy. Temperature remains low as clouds increase later in the day.
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Warner
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans futures on January 30 show steady activity with March at 23.64, May 23.86, July 24.00, October 23.75, and December 23.77 bids. The report notes opening prices for the cotton futures contract lineup in the New Orleans market.
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New York
New Orleans
Prison Bribe Story Told To Jurors In Atlanta Case
Federal grand jury probes alleged bribes for special privileges at Atlanta penitentiary linked to former Warden Sartain and Deputy Warden Fletcher who have been indicted and seek Feb 9 trial. Rev Thomas Hayden named. postal inspector Johnson to investigate claims of tampered mail with evidence including a registered letter wrapper from Canton Ohio. Defense blames Washington intrigues.
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Edward J. Sweeney
United States
Fulton County
New York
Sweeney
L. J. Fletcher
A. E
Ge Rermtus
Cincinnati
King
Athens
United Press
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Sartain
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Thomas P. Hayden
T. H. Johnson
Sartain and
Canton
Ohio
Washington
Tennesseans To Clash In Curtiss Trophy Final
Dan Jarvis of Nashville meets E G Watkins of Chattanooga in the Curtiss trophy final in Miami Fla. Jarvis, who previously beat C A Roberts of New York, seeks a repeat after winning the 1924 tournament. Watkins beat C N Phillips of Atlantic City to reach the final.
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Fila
Dan Jarvis
Nashville
E. G. Watkins
Chattanooga
Jarvis
C. A. Roberts
New York
Watkins
C. N. Phillips
Atlantic City
Porto Rico Nights Grow Surprisingly Cool
San Juan reports unusually cool nights with temperatures as low as 64 at a mountain station and 65 in the city. The readings fall short of the 40 above zero record that has stood for 25 years.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Weather Bureau
Montenegrins Granted Imperial Amnesty Decree
Belgrade reports King Alexander signed an amnesty decree for Montenegrins condemned for political offenses. Fugitives who fled the country and were condemned in absentia remain excluded from the royal grant.
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Belgrade
Jan
Alexander
Executions Set for Two Men in Jackson Killing Case
In Jackson Mississippi on January date two Negro men Lee and Hurd are to be hanged today in the Hinds county jail for the December 1928 slaying of Ollie Lancaster Bolton town marshal. Governor Whitfield had declined to grant clemency.
New Coast Guard Patrol Boat 246 Expected Today
Officials on the waterfront expect Coast Guard patrol boat 246 to arrive in port today after rough seas delayed earlier schedule. The vessel, one of several built at Seninanthe, was due early in the week.
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Coast Guard
Seninanthe
River Packet Ships Prep for Up River Cargo Run
The packet Helen Burke was loading cargo today and is scheduled to sail tomorrow for points up the Tom bizgber river. The packet John Quirk sailed earlier in the week for up river points with general cargo.
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Helen Burke
Tombizgber River
John Qvuirk
Wheat Holds London Interest as Bread Price Rises
London reports wheat staying strong as bread prices set to climb by two cents per loaf starting Monday. The Daily Express blames a Chicago gamble for the rise and accuses Russia of driving global wheat prices through widespread purchases.
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London
International News Service
Daily Express
Chicago
England
Russia
Grand Duke Boris to Speak on WOR Radio in U S Visit
Grand Duke Boris of Russia, recently arrived in the United States, will address WOR radio listeners from New York on his impressions, scheduled for about 8 p.m. eastern time Wednesday from the New York studio. Madge Kennedy is set for a WEAF song recital in New York Saturday at 7 p.m.
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New York
Grand Duke
Boris
Russia
United States
WOR
Newark
Madge Kennedy
WEAF
Armament Report Expected From Allied Controls
Paris reports the inter allied military committee expects a definite armament report from the inter allied military control commission next week. The Versailles committee will forward the report and comments to the allied council of ambassadors, who will draft a note to Berlin to justify keeping the Cologne bridgehead occupation for the foreseeable future.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Military Committee of Versailles
Interallied Military Control Commission
Versailles Committee
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Berlin
Cologne
Dog Team Driver Delivers Serum Amid Fatal Dash to Nome
On the trail to Tanana Alaska January 30 Dan Green third relay man in the dash with diphtheria serum to Nome covered 350 miles. He passed Tanana at 12 30 after driving all night through 45 degrees below zero weather.
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International News Service
Tanana
Alaska
Dan Green
Nome
Bogalusa and Robert Dale Leased to Indiana Rider
Indianapolis Ind Jan 3? Scott a local horseman and breeder has leased trotting stallion Bogalusa 2.04 1-4 and pacing stallion Robert Dale 7.01 1-4 from Walter Candler of Atlanta Ga. The pair with a band of brood mares will stand at Scott's Crawfords ville stock farm in Crawfordsville Ind.
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Ind
Scott
Bogalusa
Robert Dale
Walter Candler
Atlanta
Tommy Gibbons to Concede 40 Pounds in Bout
Detroit report says St. Paul heavyweight Tommy Gibbons will concede about 40 pounds to Jim Herman of Nebraska in a ten round decision fight tonight. Herman expected around 226 pounds, Gibbons over 186, both men in excellent condition for the matchup.
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Detroit
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Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Tiny
Jim” ‘ Herman
Wah
Neb
Marieh
Herman
Gibbons
House Endorses Removal of Ocean Rate Preference
The U S House of Representatives backed the Shipping Board action abolishing the preferential ocean rate agreement that hurt Gulf ports. Frederick J. Thompson led the hearings, earning praise from Alabama's W B Oliver for removing handicaps and boosting Gulf trade routes.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Gulf
Mobile
Frederick [. Thompson
Mob Aa
Thompson
John Mepenis
Oliver.arene
Almon
Piane Board
Viala
Frederick J. Thompson
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Ports
United States Shipping Board
Frederick I. Thompson
W. B. Oliver
Alabama
House
Oliver
Admiral Palmer
Somergey Fleet
South Atlantic
Ty Oliver
Trouble Ends as State Troops Leave Herrin
Herrin, Jan 30. State troops departed after guarding the town since the slaying of 8 Glenn Young deputy sheriff Ora Thomas and two others. The coroner jury seeks witnesses in the shooting with a potential final session planned. Mrs. Ora Thomas testimony about armed men at Herrin hospital to be developed with new witnesses. Reports said two men were wounded in the fight. Young was buried yesterday as a Ku Klux Klan member.
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Abe
Associated Press
Glenn Young
Ora Thomas
J.T. Black
Herrin Hospital
Young
French Ambassador Presents Credentials to President
Ome Kruee Daschner, the new French ambassador, presented his credentials to President Coolidge in Washington. The ceremony drew attention as officials expect him to begin negotiations with the United States on the French war debt totaling around four billion dollars.
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Washington
Ome Kruee Daschner
Coolidge
M. .Daeschner
Mother and five perish in flames in Quebec home
RIMOUSKI Quebec Jan 30 Mrs Adelaid Morneau and her five children perished in a blaze that destroyed their home near here last night authorities reported.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Adelaid Morneau
Christian Power in Missions Emphasized at Conference
Washington Jan 20 The foreign mission conference of North American heard speakers stress Christian education’s role in mission fields. Dr James M Henry Canton China warned of a new orient world era led by trained Christian leaders. Miss Helen Hunt Judson College urged Asia’s future rests with college women. Dr Arthur J Brown cited 28,000 Protestant missionaries and 6,146,286 Christians, 26,610 Sunday schools, 70% hospitals, 1,234 dispensaries serving over three million patients yearly.
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Sessio
Foreign Mission Conference of North American
James M. Henry
Canton Christian College
Canton
China
Orient
Helen Hunt
Judson College
Marion
Ind
Christian College Women of
Asia
Far East
Arthur J. Brown
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Trunk Causes Fatal Auto Crash in Lake City
The body of Mrs. Henry B. Scott of Atlanta, formerly Miss Cora Murray of Huntsville, was returned for burial after dying in a Lake City hospital from injuries in an auto accident near that area. A heavy steamer trunk loosened from its mooring struck her when the sedan skidded off the road, the car overturning and causing fatal internal injuries. The husband, J.M. Van Harlengen, and another passenger survived with minor injuries.
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Gainesville
Fla
Henry B. Scott
Atlanta
Lake City
Scott
Cora Murray
Huntsville
Ala
Orleans Report on Trade Is Compiled
New Orleans report shows bananas, grain, lumber and cotton as top commodities by rail in 1924, constituting twenty percent of freight. The New Orleans Association of Commerce Bureau notes 622,915 freight cars moved, with 305,608 received and 217,237 forwarded.
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New Orleans
Five Men Cling to Beached Vessel Off New Jersey
Daylight shows the captain and four crew clinging to the rigging of the four masted schooner Commack from Norfolk to New York. It went aground on a reef half a mile offshore during a gale. The foretopmast and cargo were swept away. Five men were rescued last night, but high winds hinder further rescues.
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Seabright
N. J
Commack
Norfolk
New York
Debt gesture by France awaited by capitol citizens
Washington expects France to open funding negotiations on its 4 billion dollar debt. Premier Herriot faces hostile public opinion as talks begin in Paris and Washington. Officials weigh US assurances, bankers’ stance, and Borah’s speech to avoid pressuring debt cancellation while Emile Daeschner engages with Secretary Hughes before presenting credentials to President Coolidge.
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Lupweia
Denny
Washington
Paris
Herriotto
United States
Min SN Seelal
Washingto
Borah
Cubic
France
Emile Daeschner
Hughes
Daeschner
President Coolidge
Expulsion Keeps GOP Speakership Race in Spotlight
The expulsion of 12 La Follette rebels from the Republican Party tests the balance between Nick Longworth and Martin Madden for speaker of the 69th Congress. Madden is favored by the insurgents, hoping to sway votes away from Longworth, Roosevelt’s son-in-law and veteran party figure.
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Y Atrip
Washington
International News Service
la Follette
Nick Longworth
Ohio
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
Madden
Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Nares
Submarine Stranded Off Jaffrey's Point In Heavy Snow
The Portsmouth navy yard reports a submarine in a dangerous position off Jaffrey's Point after heavy seas and a snowstorm. Radio communications stopped after 11:51, and rescue attempts failed as crews, coast guards, and Fort Stark troops race seven miles through snow to reach the vessel.
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Allother Possi Dunne
Wasington
Fehis
Navy Department
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Department
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Jaffrey's Point
Fort Stark
Jaffrey’s Point
Coast Gu
Fort Constitution
Collectors Rush for Mountain Memorial Half Dollar
Washington collectors flood Philadelphia mint with souvenir requests for the Mountain Memorial half dollar. The surge comes amid rapid interest in the coin's release and recognition of its commemorative value.
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Washington
Philadelphoia Mint
Grant
Ee Associati Lanta
Donar
Chinese Leader Pei Yet Extremely Ill
Chinese leader Pei Yet is reported seriously ill in the hospital this morning with cancer. Sun Yat Sen's faction notes his condition as critical, with medical efforts to stabilize him ongoing.
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Pei
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