Plenary Session Held At Geneva Conference
Geneva July 11 The death of Irish statesman Kevin O Hanlon O Higgins prevented a collapse of the tri partite naval conference. Delegates decided to proceed with a plenary session requested by W C Bridgeman head of the British delegation to restate Britain s stand on the cruiser question and answer questions from the American delegation. The Americans declined to attend debates but would answer questions. Japanese and American observers viewed the session with caution to avoid provoking a wider clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Kevin O'Higgins
Mts
W. C. Bridgeman
Bridgeman
Dan
London
Hugh
Depew Says Life Worth Living at 93 Despite Blues
New York July 11 AP Chauncey Depew ex senator railroad press lawyer renowned wit and self described incurable optimist shared a recipe for reaching 93 years old. He says life is worth living and that continuing to think positively with willpower helps him stay content despite hereditary blues from his father and grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chauncey Depew
Railroad Press
As Press
Oklahoma July 11 Prison Sentence For Deputy Steerttf
A brief from Oklahoma on July 11 reports Matthe w WisenaT Li i stallbon silenced to imprisonment for fig last customer of Parry Chu i, deputy steerttf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okla
Matthew Wisen
Li i Stallbon
Fig
Parry Chui
Steerttf
Idaho Sees Record Potato Harvest Across State
Idaho prepares for a record potato crop with estimates of 25 000 to 30 000 carloads. Acreages and irrigation conditions are favorable, and the Snake river valley from Yellowstone to Twin Falls hosts Idaho’s largest district. Boise valley around Nampa and Caldwell remains famed for easy potatoes. Idaho potatoes enjoy national prestige and have featured at major events and banquets across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Snake River
Yellowstone Park
Twin Falls
Boise
Nampa
Caldwell
Twin Fells
State Chamber of Commerce
William E. Borah
Washington
Mayflower
Coolidge
American Legion
National baseball games delayed by rain in Chicago and Boston
Box scores note postponed games due to wet grounds with St Louis at Philadelphia and American League action showing Washington defeating Cleveland 9 to 1 and Boston beating Chicago 7 to 2. Detroit hosted New York in a late inning slugfest ending 8 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Chicago
Boston
American
Washington
Cleveland
Hadley, Marberry and
Ruel
Buckeye
Sewell
MacFayden, Harriss
Hartley
Hofmann
Blankenship
Connally
McCurdy
Crouse
Detroit
New York
Hoyt
Shawkey
Collins
Stoner
Holloway
Woodall
Gehrig Extends Home Run Lead With 29th
In Detroit Lou Gehrig tied Babe Ruth for the league home run lead by belting his 29th of the season in the seventh inning of the Yankees versus Tigers game. The Phillies were blanked 7 0 by Grover Cleveland Alexander as the Cardinals shut them out. Boston announces the purchase of Frank Welch from the Atlanta Southern League club. Welch will join the Red Sox within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Gabe Ruth
Tigers
Boston
Boston Red Sox Today
Frank Welch
Atlanta
Welch
Athletics
Tribune Broadcast Plans for Song Myers vs Stan Loyaza
The Pocatello Tribune will air the Myers versus Loyaza boxing bout from Cubs Park in Chicago tomorrow night. KLEX radio will provide blow by blow commentary from ringside with coverage to start in the evening pending final timing.
D'Autremont Brothers Turn to Bible in Prison
In Salem Oregon four years after a deadly dynamiting of a mail train the D Autremont brothers Ray Roy and Hugh now renounce Nietzsche and Huxley in favor of the Bible They told Rev D J Howe and Rev Charles Scoville they will devote the rest of their lives to bettering fellow prisoners Superintendent Meyers says they are adjusting to prison life and are willing to talk about their crime when prompted Ray says he pulled the others into trouble and their radical ideas helped drive the fatal act
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Ray, Roy
Hugh D’autrement
Siskiyou Tunnel
Neitzche
Huxley
D. J. Howe
Medford
Charles R. Scoville
Belle D’autremont
Howe
Pacific Northwest
Meyers
Ray
Roy
Hugh
Stop a Plane In Short Distance Invention
Washington July 11 A propulsion reversing device by C Francis Jenkins claims to stop an airplane within twice its length after landing. The gear cannot move in flight and a ground release allows rapid deceleration upon touch down, enabling airfields in cities or atop buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. Francis Jenkins
Jenkins
Vanderbilt Jr seeks divorce in Reno split from Mrs Littleton Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. a New York newspaper writer, travels to Reno to obtain a divorce from Mrs Rachael Littleton Vanderbilt after a two year separation. He says the split stems from mismatched marriage and denies any third party involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Cornelius Ibilt
Reno
Rachael Littleton Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Miss Littleton
Marion W. Littleton Jr
Vanderbilt
Dismembered corpses tie triple New York murder case
A crime trail from Battery Park led to a Brooklyn house where the torso of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Brownell was found as police linked a second body to Mrs Alfred Bennett. Ludwig Lee, 34, is held on homicide charges amid robbery motive theories. A separate discovery in Willet Street and a churchyard bundle deepen the mystery with a missing upper body portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Battery Park
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Sarah Elizabeth Brownell
Alfred Bennett
An Tceman
Iouch
Ludwig Lee
Miss Brownell
St. August's
Alabama to curb masks as flogging cases rise
Alabama officials consider a bill to ban wearing masks outside legitimate amusements while a third masked flogging in three weeks is investigated. Easton Murchison, 17, of Bessemer recounts a June 26 assault by five hooded men. Bertha Slay reports a similar attack. No arrests have been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Alabama
Birmingham Age-Herald
The
Age-Herald Today
Easton Murchison
Bessemer
Murchison
Ernest Smitterton
Colbert County
Bertha Slay
Brightman
J. F. Calloway
Oneata
Bibb Graves
Reservoirs Reach Capacity at Jackson and American Falls
Jackson lake storage stood at 828900 acre feet on Saturday up 14450 in a week as reported by the United States reclamation service. American Falls reservoir remained full near 1700000 acre feet since July 2 with current storage at 1671970 acre feet after irrigation releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Jackson Lake
United States Reclamation Service
State Department of Reclamation
American Falls
Pony Express Reenactment Delivers Wyoming Invitation
In Cheyenne on July 11 a rider carried a governor Emerson message to President Coolidge, reenacting the Pony Express era. A second rider followed and twenty seven messengers will relay the invitation to visit Wyoming to the White House, with Emerson boarding a flight to Rapid City afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Butch” Bell
Black Hills
South Dakota
Frank G. Emerson
Coolidge Fy
Deadwood
S. C
Capitol Steps
Bell
Emerson
Francis Warren
Senator Warren
Wyoming
White House
President Coolidge
Rapid City
Pony Express
Wage Increase Demand Heard
Chicago July 11 AP Two wage increase claims move through arbitration boards for 12000 maintenance of way workers at Chicago and Northwestern and 9000 clerks and handlers at Illinois Central with 50000 railway firemen seeking a 1 a day raise amid discussions with road executives on the firemen's demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boards of Arbitration
Chicago and Northwestern
Ilinois Central
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
Western Roads
Intermountain Democrats Convene Over Presidential Candidacy
In Ogden a preliminary conference among intermountain Democratic leaders forms around a possible bid by A Smith of New York. F W Johnson of Rock Springs Wyoming chairs and favors Smith. L E Dillingham Idaho backs Smith while Moyle Utah cautions about judging candidates. A quake in Madaba Palestine kills 20 and injures 250, reported by JTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Intermountain
F. W. Johnson
Rock Springs
Wyo
Johnson
A. Smith
New York
L. E. Dillingham
Idaho
James H. Moyle
Utah
West
Mr. Moyle
William Gibbs McAdoo
Treasury
Moyle
McAdoo
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Madblus
Palestine
O Higgins Killed by Gunmen In Dublin Assassination
Kevin O Higgins the strong man of the Irish State was shot to death as he walked to mass near Dublin Black Rock. He forgave his attackers and dictated his will before dying in his home. Eamon Fleming and Professor John McNiel were nearby and aided the wounded official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Rock
Dublin
O'Higgins
Irish Free State Council
Eamon Fleming
Finance
John McNiel
Fleming
Pacific Fliers Return Home After Pacific Hop
In San Francisco on July 11, Lieutenant Lester Maitland and Lieutenant Albert Hegenberger, after a successful flight from Hawaii to Honolulu and back to the mainland, prepare for a welcome in Oakland and San Francisco. Mrs Hegenberger and Mrs Maitland traveled from Boston and Burlingame to greet two celebrated pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Honolulu
Hawaii
Oakland
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
J. W. Maitland
Burlingame
Maitland
Bankers Stein and Barber Plead Not Guilty in Julian Stock Case
Los Angeles July 11 Charles F Stein and John E Barber bankers pleaded not guilty to four felony charges in the Julian Petroleum stock high financing case. Judge A L Stephens denied motions to set aside the indictments saying they were not issued in open court. Stein is president of the Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank and Barber heads the First Securities Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles F. Stein
John E. Barber
Julian Petroleum
A. L. Stephens
Stein
Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
Barber
First Securities Gm
Also Mentioned on This Page
Epew
Philadelphia
St. Louis Cards
Phillies
Grover Cleveland Alexander
D'Autremonth
Henry W. Meyers
Life Terrier
Jaye
Marie Kryl
Bohumir Kryl
Herald and Examiner
Lexington
Miss Kryl
Josephine
Paul White
Bourbons
Nortwest
Democrats
O’ Higgins
Free State
Ireland
Pacific
Hegenberger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!