Booth deposed as commander of Salvation Army
London January 17 The Salvation Army high council voted 55 to 8 to depose General Bramwel Booth for unfitness and will elect a new commander. Evangeline Booth leads a reform movement while legal steps may be taken to seize Army properties. The general plans a court fight to defend his position.
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Salvation
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Hay
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Reform” Movement
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Army
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Utah Legislators Seek Higher Pay and Longer Terms
Jan 17. Salt Lake City AP. A House measure proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the Utah Legislature to set pay and mileage for senators and representatives. Introduced by Democrat John Bennett urging higher compensation. Another resolution seeks to extend county attorney terms to four years, introduced by Republican Thomas H Burton.
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House of Representatives
Assembly
Representatives
John 8. Bennett
Irom County
Thomas H Burton
Juab
Neph
Earthquake Hit Cumana Reports Reach Caracas
Wireless advices from a steamer at Cumana describe a violent earthquake at 7 24 this morning that destroyed buildings in the seaport. The消息 was received in Caracas as the event unfolded and details remained sparse.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Cumana
Hoover to Take Rest in Florida for Month
President elect Hoover will depart Washington for Miami Beach Florida on January 17 to rest for about a month at the J C Penney Belle Isle estate. He will attend a statewide demonstration and then return to plan his inaugural address with Republican leaders.
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Hoover
Miami Beach
Fla
J.C. Penney
Belle Isle
Miami
South
Th Penney
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast Railway
Hoover Headquarters
Florida
Newry
National Capital
Hoover to address Brussels celebration via telephone
President-elect Hoover will deliver a long distance address to a Brussels celebration attended by Belgium's king and queen. His voice will be transmitted from his Mayflower Hotel desk or his Fifth Street home to listeners in Brussels via amplifiers.
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Washington
Hoover
Brussels
Belgium
Mayflower Hotel
Commission For the Relief of
Great Northern Railroad
Cascade Mountains
Northcott Defends Self in Murder Trial During Testimony
In Riverside on January 17, Gordon Stewart Northcott, on trial for murder, dismissed his counsel and conducted his own defense. He cross examined Sanford Clark, questioned blood evidence and claimed bones came from other sources. He acknowledged past mistreatment of Clark and recounted knife injuries and care given, while addressing the headless Mexican case and allegations Northcott killed a Mexican boy who knew too much.
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Riverside
Calif
Northcott Wineville Chicken Ranch
Sanford Clark
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Northcott
Sanford
Ganford
Navy cruiser bill sparks Senate debate in stalled vote
In Washington the Navy cruiser plan faces prolonged Senate debate as supporters push for 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier with a three year construction window. Opponents led by Norris and others fear the plan, while President Coolidge backs removing the time limit, risking a conference delay or defeat.
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Middle West
Norris
Nebraska
Brookhart
Iowa
Nye
Frasier
North Dakota
King
Utah
House
Coolidge
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Senate Quantiet
King’s illness praised as satisfactory progress at Buck Palace
AP reports from London that a royal bulletin described the king's condition as satisfactory, noting gradual improvement through his illness. It marks the first time physicians used this term, signaling definite progress and relief in palace circles.
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Buck! Palace
Palace
Babe Ruth Mourns Wife After Boston Fire Death
Babe Ruth viewed his wife Helen Woodfern Ruth's body in South Boston after a four day inquiry into her death in a Watertown fire. He wept at the casket during funeral services as friends and Yankees figures offered tributes. Ruth planned a private mass and burial at Calvary cemetery with Dorothy in attendance.
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Babe Ruth
Ruth
Joanna Woodford
Jaco Ruppert
New York Yankees
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Lou Gehrig
Herbert Pennock
Babe
Calvary Cemetery
St. Augustine’s Church
South Boston
New York
Dorothy
Academy of the Assumption
Wellesley
Robert T. Bushnell
George C. Neel
Rett
Helen Woodfern Ruth
Watertown
Esiiere
Torres
Woodford
Kelt
Richard A. Burke
Forest Hills
Errive
John P. Feeney
Cours
Section Crew Killed on Double Track in North Bound Collision
Two Baltimore & Ohio section workers were killed and five others injured when a southbound freight collided with a double track crew halted to watch a northbound train near Middletown. The workers were stationed at the site and the injured were taken to Middletown hospital.
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Poast Town
Beltimore & Ohio Section
Nmiddie
Neo
Witness testifies Keyes took money from Getzoff in shop
Los Angeles January 17 AP witness Jack Sherman, a former Getzoff tailor shop employee, testified he saw Asa Keyes, then Los Angeles county district attorney, receive a money roll from Ben Getzoff’s son Dave on February 2, 1928. The money came via Jack Rosenberg, brother of Ed Rosenberg, who had been prosecuted for fraud.
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Los Angeles
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Los Angeles County
Ben Getzoff
Jack Sherman
Getzoff
W Keyes
Sherman
Scientist Joseph Goldberger Dies After Pellagra Study
Dr Joseph Goldberger of the United States Public Health Service died at Naval Hospital Washington after months of illness tied to his pellagra research. A post mortem was planned to determine the undefined fatal cause. Colleagues had offered blood for transfusions, and his work saved thousands from pellagra.
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Washington
Joseph Goldberger
United States Public Health Service
Naval Hospital
G. W. McCoy
The
Health Service
Goldberger
Public Health Service
Barnum's Wild Man Buried in Wisconsin Graveyard
The original Wild Man of Borneo was buried in Greenwood cemetery in Attsville Wisconsin. Sylvester Hendershot, aged 82, long known as Barnum's old man, died after domestic troubles left him estranged from his family. He spent his last years at the Grant county poor farm and was found dying in a shack near the farm last week.
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Attsville
Wis
Greenwood Cemetery
Sylvester Henderahot
Grant County
Hendershot
Barnum
Borneo
Coolidge Signs Kellogg Pact Ratification in White House
President Coolidge signs the Kellogg treaty ratification in the East Room as Senate members and cabinet officers look on. Two copies are signed by Coolidge and Kellogg, with Dawes at his side and Senate leaders nearby, while cameras capture the ceremony. The notice will go to the fourteen other signatories and exchange copies will be deposited.
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Coolidge
Senate
White House
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Harve
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Paris
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Kellogge
Moses
New Hampshire
Bingham
Connecticut
Sidney Y. Smith
Treaty Division
State Department
Benjamin Franklins Observe Birthday in Chicago Ceremony
In Chicago on January 17, a crowd of about a hundred men named Benjamin Franklin attended birthday tributes for their namesake. After a luncheon with the Union League club, they planned to lay a wreath at the monument to the printer of Philadelphia in Lincoln Park with Prof. Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh as principal speaker. In Paris, Marshal Ferdinand Foch showed slight improvement per his doctor after a three day trend.
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Benjamin
University of Iowa
Iowa State Historical
Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Idaho Sees Potato Overproduction Hit State Economy
Idaho reports a 10.7 million dollar loss in potato crops due to over-production. R E Shepherd of Jerome, president of the Idaho State Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the annual convention noting forest conservation support and a county unit school system review. An election for chamber officers is due this afternoon. Legislation seeks a market news wire extering from Salt Lake via Boise Portland and Spokane with about 60 thousand dollars in federal funds plus 90 thousand dollars from Oregon to extend the service.
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Idaho
R. E. Shepherd
Jerome
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Shepherd
Commissioner of Education
Chamber
Salt Lake
Portland
Spokane
John 8. Welch
Agriculture
John Thomas
Senat 1 Jones
Washington
Oregon
Evangelist Cleared in Murder Case in Indiana
Hi vey L. Smith a private detective carvas barker and evangelist was acquitted in Elkhart Superior Court of murdering Genevieve Stults a Mishawaka beauty parlor owner. The verdict followed a sealed midnight decision read at 9 30 AM. bones later found identified the missing woman. Smith and his father sobbed as the verdict was announced. The case included a paid attempt to scare Stults out of town and sightings of her leaving with two men.
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Elkhart
Ind
Hivey L. Smith
Cari Vas Barker
Genevieve Stults
Mishawees Ind
Smith
Thomas J. Smith
Hagerstown
Stultz
Mori
Rangers
Stults
Senate Debates Add 625 Million for Prohibition Enforcement
Washington January 17 AP Senate debate focuses on freeing 625 million immediately for prohibition enforcement. Senator Jones of Washington proposes a counter plan to provide 250000 for a nationwide appeal to promote law observance.
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Senate
Jones
Washington
Inmate Death Probed Over Twilight Sleep Drug Use
District Attorney Lujan moves toward charges against Bertha Lips and Dr. Evelyn Frisbie for Helen Haskew's death at the Girls Welfare Home. A coroner's inquest cited lack of water and administration of Twilight Sleep as causes. Legislative and governor investigations to follow.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Lujan
Bertha Lips
Girls Welfare Home
Evelyn Frisbie
Helen Haskew
KR. C. Dillon
New Mexico
Actress Sues Photographer Over Commission in Screen Deal
Photographer John Bree hoki claims in circuit court that Olmstead Miss Olmstead agreed to pay him half of a $10 000 Chicago contest prize for a movie opportunity. He says the LaSalle resident, wife of Robert Z Leonard, promised payment from the prize. The suit seeks $5,000 in damages.
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Sale
Lil
4Tieride Olmstead
Screer
John EB. Breehoki
Miss Olmstead
Chicago
LaSelle
Robert Z. Leonard
Utah Weather Pause in South Grounded by Clouds
Partly cloudy conditions linger in the south while the north faces unsettled skies tonight and Friday. Temperatures show little overall change as conditions shift through the period.
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