La Follette hailed as embattled prophet of a new democracy
Madison obituary notes Robert M. La Follette as a fearless, incorruptible champion of the poor and worker. Dr. Albert Eustace Haydon lauds his belief that government should guard all people and that statistics, not wealth, should guide policy. The tribute highlights his life fighting privilege and opening doors to a better life for laborers and seamen.
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Albert Eustace Haydon
University of Chicago
Unitarian Church of Madison
Haydon
Robert la Follette
Kier
Peranes
Simple ceremony marks last rites for La Follette
Robert Marion La Follette was returned today to the soil of the state that gave him birth. The last services for him were simple and modest.
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Madison
Wis
Robert Marion la Follette
Wight
Girl Sentenced to Auburn Prison for Killing Veteran
Dorothy Perkins, a young offender, received a sentence ranging from five to fifteen years at Auburn prison for killing Thomas Temple, a city war veteran. The judge expressed sorrow but cited her long troubled life and urged harsh punishment as warranted.
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New York
Auburn
Imyo
Dorothy Perkins
Duwith
Thomas Templey
Joffre Resting After Quin Sy Attack In Paris
Paris report says Marshal Joffre remains in improved condition though he had a chill two days earlier and doctors describe his ailment as a quin sy attack. No immediate danger is noted by physicians.
Eight Deaths in Radium Plant In New Jersey
Eight workers died over 18 months at the Deep Water plant in Orange New Jersey operated by E I Dupont de Nemours and as many as 200 were employed there. A federal inquiry is examining the lead tetraethyl poisoning linked to radium luminous paint and butterflies like hallucinations.
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New York
New Jersey
United States
Tion
Orange
N.J
N. J
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Company
House of Butterflies
Dupont
Duponts
I.s
Ruth Quits Farm for Florida Home
New York June 22 AP Babe Ruth announced he ordered brokers to sell his farm at South Sudbury Massachusetts and planned to build a home on Pasadena estates near St. Petersburg Florida. Ruth said farming is fine for a business man but not for an active player and noted financial losses when unsupervised. He described training in St Petersburg and mentioned swollen ankles from illness and a heavy leg for his date larger than most major leaguers.
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New York
Babe Ruth
South Sudbury
Mass
Pasadena Estates
St. Petersburg
Florida
Ruth
Sudbury
Chicago Rail Leader Marvin Hughitt May Step Down
Chicago reports say Marvin Hughitt veteran chairman of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway and his son Marvin Jr a vice president may retire at a directors meeting in New York. If Hughitt retires William N Finley could become chairman and Fred W Sargent would be president. Hughitt nears his 88th birthday and is a veteran railroad executive.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News Today
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago and Northwestern — Railway
Marvin, Jr
New York Or
News
William N. Finley
The
Road
Hugitt
Fred W. Sargent
Fie
Chauncey Mi Depew
New U S Reclamation Program Urged By Work
Cheyenne Wyoming June 22 AP Secretary Work urges a new federal reclamation program with enduring policy before new projects. He cites shared responsibility among communities reclamation service and Congress and warns against using reclamation as local money. He favors federal state cooperation and a shift from tenant to owner farming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Work
Reclamation Service
Congress
Department of Interior
Reclamation Bureau
Greatest Athletic Carnival in Intermountain Region Planned
Pocatello chosen for the first annual Union Pacific Track and Field meet set for September 6 to 8. Hundreds of athletes, special trains from Omaha Portland and Los Angeles, and events from track and field to boxing will be featured. Amateurs only with nine day employment rule to prevent ringers. Overland Park in Pocatello will host the event at a venue that can seat 1800 with room to expand.
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Union Pacific
A. Phil Nash
Pocatello Athletic Club
U. P
G. H. Griffith
Omaha
Portland
Los Angeles
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake
Nampa
George Slingerland
Pocatello Club
Overland Park
Chicago
College crews hold regatta at Poughkeepsie intercollegiate event
Seven colleges compete in the 28th annual intercollegiate rowing regatta on the Hudson. Penn leads varsity lanes with Cornell, Navy, Columbia, Washington, Syracuse and Wisconsin. Washington wins junior varsity by a length and a quarter, while Syracuse tops the freshman race ahead of Columbia and Cornell.
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N. Y. Jung
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Navy Columbia
Washington
Syracuse
Wisconsin
Columbia
the Hudson
University of Washington
Ithacans
Gabbana
Syracuse University
Sever Vania
Wile Cornell
Policeman Shot During Chicago Bank Hold Up
Two robbers fatally shot Policeman Patrick McGovern in Chicago after a hold up at North Shore Trust and Savings Bank near Pantheon theatre. McGovern died in hospital while escorting a theatre messenger with cash receipts.
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Chicago
Patrick McGovern
Pantheon Theatre
North Shore Trust and Savings Bank
Amenes
McGovern
Disabled Vets Meet in Omaha for Fifth National Convention
In Omaha on June 22 AP report describes the Disabled American Veterans gathering for their fifth national convention. The day featured prayer, tributes to fallen comrades, a silence and wreath laying at tombs in Arbnraen Rome London Paris and Brussels. Messages of felicitation arrived from President Coolidge Vice President Dawes General Pershing and others by telegraph and mail.
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ArBnraen
Rome
London
Paris
Brussels
Are
Star Span 4
Mme Schumann-Heink
Colidge
Dawes
Pershing Marshall Fochad
Explorers Cheerful at King's Bay Amid News Delay
AP reports Norwegian expedition members at King's Bay in good health and cheerful spirits after returning from the Amundsen Ellsworth polar expedition. News was withheld at King's Bay due to the Norwegian Aero Club agreement restricting syndication of expedition updates.
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King’s
Bpitzbergen
Associated Press
King’s Bay
Amundsen
Aero Clubs
The
Aero Club
Fire destroys cargo on British steamer Low erther Castle
Aboard the British steamer Low erther Castle fires in Havre France on June 22 destroyed nearly 2000 tons of cotton lumber and grain and caused damage to the vessel.
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Havre
France
Sanitation in Meat Industry Report Urges Reforms
Washington June 22 AP The department of agriculture urged better sanitary practices in the meat industry and elimination of misleading advertising in a study of conditions in about 20 cities. It found most cities had adequate retail food sanitation but weak enforcement and cited New Orleans Cleveland Oklahoma City Baltimore Chicago and Detroit as examples lacking sanitary methods.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Ei Am
Oklahoma City
Baltimore
Ington
Chicago
Detroit
Baseball Scores From The Day's Games Across Cities
A rundown of scores from many games including New York Philadelphia Boston Washington Cincinnati St Louis and Pittsburgh. Key pitchers and lineup notes appear for each contest with final tallies and hit totals.
Casper publishers to stand trial for criminal libel
Casper publisher M M Levand and Sam H Day managing editor of the Herald face trial in Torrington, Wyoming next Wednesday on criminal libel charges tied to an October 1923 editorial. They were arrested November 1, 1923, by warrant from Judge O O Brown at Douglas.
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Casper
Wyo
M. M. Levand
T Herald
Sam H. Day
Torrington
Earle Canlin
Natrona County
Nellie B. Newcomb
Levand
Day
O. O. Brown
Douglas
Explorer Grottier Algarsson Sails for Far North Pole Attempt
Grottier Algarsson of Victoria B C sails from Liverpool aiming to reach the farthest north in a small dirigible. The Canadian explorer announced the goal during the Mersey departure on a June afternoon.
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Eng
Grottier Algarsson
Victoria
B. C
North Pole
Mersey
Strikes and Siege Around Shameen Island Canton
Canton reports Shameen island under siege as two gunboats guard approaches and sandbag defenses rise. French sailors arrive, Europeans urged to seek safe lodging while a general strike drives anti foreign sentiment amid Kuominatang pressure. Americans reportedly receive improved treatment.
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Canton
Shameen
Kuominatang
Peoples Party
Ome
Anti foreign movement spreads as Chinese unrest grows
Reports from Canton describe an extremely grave anti foreign sentiment with a native worker strike in Shameen and walkouts by servants and clerks. Hong Kong authorities impose emergency rules tightening postal telegraph and police control while a labor commission demands freedom of speech eight hour workday and end to racial discrimination.
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Macao
Canton
Shameen
Makadsky
Labor Commission
Ies
Shanghai
Paris
Chengled
France
Legation
Paris Labor Riot Sparks Chinese Arrests
Paris reports say Interior Minister Schrameck ordered arrest and prosecution of all Chinese involved in a legation scene yesterday. He warned against foreign interference as authorities hunt roughly 100 youths who invaded the Chinese legation and pressured the minister to sign documents backing anti force movements.
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Paris
Schrameck
France
Chin
Nee
Prisoners Revolt at Kentucky State Reformatory
Guards at the Kentucky State Reformatory in Frankfort faced a disturbance as 800 prisoners balked at returning to work after lunch. The incident occurred this afternoon and security teams worked to restore order.
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Frankfort
State Reformatory
Ting
Non- partisan Leader Ladd Dies in Baltimore at 60
Edwin Fremont Ladd of North Dakota, longtime chemist and administrator, dies in Baltimore at 10 20 am. He served as World War I federal food administrator and led North Dakota Agricultural College before becoming a U S senator in 1920. His family gathered as his son Milton studied law at George Washington University and Virginia attended Washington high school.
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Baltimore
Edwin Fremont Ladd
North Dakota
Senator Ladd
Owa
Todd
Washington
Milton
George Washington University
Virginia
Ladd
Douglas H. McArthur
Mr. Ladd
Maine
United States
Dr. Ladd
Starks
John
Rosa Lock Ladd
Somerset Academy
University of Maine
New York State Experiment Station
Northwest
North Dakota Agricultural College
Eectoral College
Young Slayer Chooses Death Over Life Support
Bernard Grant, facing execution for the 1929 holdup killing of Policeman Joh Saunders, refused a life-saving operation and died thirty minutes later at the house of correction hospital. Walter Krauser, his fellow condemned man, had been granted a new trial while Grant insisted he was innocent and believed Krauser guilty. Grant had petitioned for clemency from Governor Len Small amid widespread appeals.
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Chicago
Bernard Grant
Len Small
Walter Krauser
Grant
House of Correction
Frank Jirka
Krauser
Joh Saunders
Gstows
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