Cardinal Mercier Dies Bill Seeks World Court Reforms
Marines, Belgium report Cardinal Mercier died after a life of church reform efforts and a public vigil for the prince of the church. A will addressed to the archbishop of Canterbury hints at a union of Roman and Anglican churches. Thousands file by the bier as condolences pour in from around the world. President Coolidge sends a message via Kellogg praising his courage for humanity. The cardinal’s funeral is set for Thursday at Saint Rombau cathedral with Belgian royal and church leaders in attendance.
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Cardinal Mercier
Brussels
Coolidge
Kellogg
Cathedral of
Saint Rombau
Belgium
Albert
Primate
International Broadcasting Test A Success Despite Quake and SOS
The third international broadcasting test opened with higher success than last year as 1200 fans heard music from England South America and Mexico from U S points as far west as St Louis. An early Fordham quake caused fading and a later SOS halted US stations prompting stand by while interference and noisy receivers troubled the broadcast. Continental Europe planned to join tonight with broadcasts from Germany Spain Austria and Czecho Slovakia with Barcelona the sole continental station scheduled for tomorrow.
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New York
Radio Week
England
South America
Mexico
United States
St. Louis
Fordham University
Solvang
Delaware
West Coast
Germany
Spain
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Barcelona
Corbett Refuses Challenge From Idaho Farmer
James J. Corbett declines a challenge from 73 year old Nampa farmer FE Rankin. The former world heavyweight champion, now in vaudeville, says he has no plans to return to boxing and has never met Rankin.
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New York
James J. Corbett
Corbett
FE. J. Rankin
Nampa
Idaho
Rankin
Unanimous Senate Panel OKs Nomination of Judge Anderson
In Washington on January 25 the Senate judiciary sub-committee unanimously approved the nomination of Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson of the western Tennessee district after investigating charges against him.
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Washington
Harry B. Anderson
Tennessee
Senate Judiciary
Rail chief Ivanoff released in Manchuria by Chang Tso Lin
Moscow reports M. Ivanoff general manager of the Chinese eastern railroad was freed at Harbin Manchuria by orders of Chang Hsiao Lin who had him arrested last week.
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Moscow
M. Ivanoff
Chineseeastern
Har, Manchuria
al Chang Tso Lin
Coolidge To Act On Mitchell Case
A report says President Coolidge will act on the Mitchell case with unconfirmed word suggesting potential sentence mitigation.
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Coolidge
Mitchell
Liners Battle Atlantic Gales Heading to New York
Stormy seas grip the Leviathan and Aquatania as they struggle toward New York. The Leviathan will not dock before Wednesday while the Aquatania, the faster ship, returned to sea and is due Thursday. The Leviathan carries 1200 passengers and the Aquatania 1022 aboard.
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New York
Leviathan
Aquatania
Russian play ends in real tragedy in Ogden
Jan 25. John Francis Stephens 64 a retired Ogden business man and his wife Elizabeth Ann Rowe Stephens died within hours of each other yesterday from pneumonia.
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Ogden
Francis Stephens
Elizabeth Ann Rowe Stephens
Stamp Case Decision Limits Recovery of War Stamps
Washington Supreme Court rules unregistered War Savings stamps cannot be recovered in suits against the United States. The decision stems from a case brought by Sidney Mandelbaum of De Moines Iowa, who sought restitution for lost money through theft of the stamps.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Sidney Mandelbaum
Dea Monies
Iowa
Supreme Court declines Arizona mining vein case
Washington January 25 the supreme court refused to pass on the dispute between Arizona Commercial Mining company and Lion Copper company over rights to follow a vein of ore from Arizona onto the other claim.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arizona Commercial Mining Company
Arizona
Iion Copper Company
Volcanic Activity In Alaskan Range Continues
Seward Alaska reporting ongoing volcanic activity in the Alaskan range with Shishaldin smoking on Unimak Island 500 miles southwest of Seward. Mount McKinley 20300 feet high Mount Saint Elias 18024 feet Shishaldin 9370 feet continues after a November eruption as summerlike weather returns to southern Alaska.
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Seward
Alaska
Alaskan
Aleutian Islands
Mount McKinley
Tinent
Shishaldin
Unimak Island
Aleutians
McKinley
Mount
Saint Elias
Laska Range
North America
Chiropractor confesses in dismemberment case
David L. Marshall a Philadelphia chiropractor confessed at Media DA William Taylor office to dismembering Anna May Dietrich whose body was found wedged under a railroad trestle. He claimed she poisoned herself after a jilted affair with a wealthy New York man and broke down after weeks of questioning.
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Philadelphia
David L. Marshall
Anna May Dietrich
Marshall
Norwood
New York
William Taylor
Media
Bywood Heights
Taylor
Montgomery Ward Earns Large 1925 Profit
Montgomery Ward & Company reported 1925 net profit of 12,908,498 on sales of 170,592,642, up 23.72 percent from 1924. The 1924 net profit stood at 10,433,501 on sales of 150,045,065, as stated in the annual report released today.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Company
Heiress Foils Count In Baby Custody Battle
New York court action by Count Ludwi Salm Von Hoogstraten to compel his wife Millicent to baptize their infant Peter was postponed after the child had already been baptized in West Palm Beach on December 1, 1925. The countess, staying in Florida, evaded service and offered no comment as Sheriff Beker reported a brief, courteous reception.
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New York
Ludwi Salm von Oogstraten
Millicent
Rogera
Peter
New York County
St Anne's Catholic Church
West Palm Beach
Fls
Millicent von Hoogstraten
Bobker
Palm Beach County
Beker
Court Recess Scheduled From February First to March First
The Supreme Court announced a recess from February 1 to March 1. The note sets the period for all pending sessions and filings to pause during the interval.
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Washington
Sueme Court Today
Postmasters Nominated in Washington on Jan 25
Washington announces federal nominations for postmasters with Kirby G. Hoon named for Helena and others listed for various districts. The outreach marks the administration’s staffing moves in January.
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Washington
Kirby G. Hoon
Helena
Meut
Beet Growers Seek Higher Sliding Scale Prices
Twenty beet growers from the Idaho Falls area met at the county courthouse and passed resolutions opposing six dollars a ton as the minimum sliding scale price for next year. They cite a $77.50 per acre production cost, a 12 ton per acre yield, and argue mills’ varying extraction percentages justify a higher price. Delegates to the upcoming state convention in Pocatello will carry these claims.
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Idaho Falls
Court House
Pocatello
Lincoln
Navy department appropriation bill passes House
Washington January 25 the House approved the annual Navy Department appropriation bill after amendments and sent it to the Senate carrying about 308 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Navy Department
Quake Near Japan Shakes Vancouver Area
An earthquake lasting about five hours was recorded at Gonzales Heights Observatory in Vancouver. The center of the disturbance was estimated around 5,100 miles away near Japan destined to be felt in the region yesterday afternoon at 4 49.
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Japan
Vancouver
B. C
Gonzales Heights Observatory
Canada to protest US river channel bill
Ottawa reports Charles Stewart minister of the interior announced in the house of commons that Canada will protest to the American government against a senate bill authorizing a ninety foot navigable channel in the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
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Ottawa
Ont
Charles Stewart
House of Commons
United States Senate
Illlinois
Mississippi
Noorlander confession ties Fred to Scadden murder
The state rested in the Noorlander murder trial as Sheriff Henderson testified Fred Noorlander admitted striking Walter Scadden with a flashlight. Fred reportedly confessed en route to Pocatello and again at the hospital, telling his brother Mike he did kill Scadden.
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Mike
Fred Noorlander
Ogden
Walter Scadden
Inkom
H. W. Henderson
Bannock County
Ogden Lice Stadion
Fred
Frank Norton
Sheriff Henderson
Pocatello
General Hospital
Henderson
H. McIntyre
Sooth Seventh Avenue
Sharman Auto Company
Salt Lake
Utah
Noble
U. S. Has Evidence to Refute Cook Pole Claim
In Omaha on January 25 the U S government publicized documentary evidence that Frederick A Cook did not reach the North Pole. Sylvester Rush noted Seattle postal inspector J Swenson aided the months long investigation. The material aimed to rebut any pole claim during the trial.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Sylvester Rush
Dr. Cook
Rush
J. Swenson
Seattle
Wash
Lamp overturns injures infant in Washington home
An overturned medicated lamp intended to aid an ill infant’s breathing caused a fatal fire in a Washington home. The 11 month old child was fatally burned after a lamp ignited a sheet over the crib before a nurse reached the scene.
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Washington
New Indictment Ordered in Osage Murder Case
Oklahoma City January 25 AP Judge Cotteral sustains demurrers to the indictment charging W K Hale and John Ramsey with the Osage Indian Henry Roan killing. He rules the present indictment is insufficient and the federal case must proceed on a fresh indictment on restricted Indian lands.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
W. K. Hale
John Ramsey
Henry Roan
John (. Cotteral
United States District Court
John Cotteral
Secenean
Final Senate Vote Sets Stage for World Court Issue
The senate invoked cloture 68 to 26 to limit debate on the world court, ensuring a final vote within days. The chamber received the protocol and statute copies from President Coolidge after Reed requested documents, while Senator Robinson urged immediate action and noted partisan pressures and propagandist stances.
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Senate
Farmer-Labor
Coolidge
The
World Court
League of Nations
Reed
Missouri
Robinson
Arkansas
Eich
Cadena . California
Johnson
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux
Resort keepers vow to uphold laws in Ogden
Ten Ogden soft drink parlor keepers raised their right hands before Mayor George E. Browning and two city commissioners and pledged to uphold the laws if granted licenses. Police Chief Jonathan Jones had urged caution due to the applicants’ prior records. the solemn promises were required before permits were issued.
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Ogden
Utah
George E. Browning
Jonathan Jones
Pioneer Resident of Idaho Falls Fatally Burned
Idaho Falls Jan. 25 Pat Kelley 82 a city resident for thirty years was badly burned this morning while attempting to start a fire with coal oil in his Cliff street home behind the Johnson planing mill He managed to roll in quilts and extinguish the blaze but despite mill men helping him he failed to recover and died soon after in the hospital
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Idaho Falls
Pat Kelley
Johnson
Cliff Street
Kelley
Haugen Bill Creates Division of Cooperative Marketing
The Haugen bill to establish a division of cooperative marketing in the department of agriculture was taken up by the house today with debate limited to two hours.
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Washington
Haugen
Department of Agriculture
House
Senate halts probe into Aluminum Company case
Washington January 25 the senate judiciary committee abruptly terminated its investigation of the charge against the Aluminum Company of America with Secretary Mellon reportedly interested in the case.
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Washington
Senate
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon
Judiciary Committee
Rail strike averted in Britain by union vote
London January 25 union leaders narrowly voted to accept the national wages board award avoiding a planned Friday strike. The decision followed a conference of union officials and ends the immediate threat of a rail walkout.
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London
British Rail
Hotel Fire Toll Rises to Seven in Allentown Blaze
In Allentown Pennsylvania the Lafayette hotel fire that broke out Saturday claimed seven lives final victim identified as Edward Kitchey of Serentom. Fire officials said the blaze began early Saturday and the toll increased as missing guests were accounted for.
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Allentown
Edward Kitchey
Serentom
Siven
Lafayette
Mining Boom At Leadfield In California
Leadfield California a budding mining camp near Death Valley grows to over 200 residents as six mining firms move in. The deposit located in 1924 by Ben Chambers and Frank Metts is described as a major surface lead find with assay ranges from 40 to 60 dollars per ton. An auto highway runs toward Leadfield and several operators push development of claims in the 18 mile area.
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Leadfield
Calif
Desert
Death Valley
California
Baby Camp
Operas Hills
Ben Chambers
Frank Metts
Western Lead Mines Company
John Halsberry
Bishop Glass In Serious Condition
Right Reverend Joseph Glass bishop of Salt Lake City is gravely ill in a Los Angeles hospital after a restless night. He has been suffering from a liver complaint and has been gradually weakening in recent days according to his attendants.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Glass
Salt Lake City
Bishop Glass
Mrs Wilson attends senate debate in private gallery
Mrs Woodrow Wilson watched the senate debate from a presidential section with Mrs Claude Swanson as an escort. The event marked the second such attendance in a week.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
World Court
Claude Swanson
Virginia
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