Spafford Elected National Commander of American Legion
Edward S Spafford of York was elected unopposed as national commander of the American Legion at its convention in Paris. The vote followed a heated debate on 45 resolutions, with Spafford receiving a standing ovation and promising to uphold the league's strong record. The gathering included remarks to French citizens and a message of well wishes for Myron T Herrick.
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Paris
Edward
Spafford
York
American Legion
Newark
Comer Spafford
General Pershing
Marshal Fochsident Doumergue
Poin
Neeves
New York
County Fife
Drum Corps
Ord
Jay Ward
Howard
Ittees
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
United States
Martial law ends turmoil after armed gang frees prisoner
In China on September 22 a gang freed a uniformed prisoner from a steamer amid heavy patrols. Fire was exchanged with a border escort. casualties occurred among guards and the prisoner. Authorities arrested several gang members and two Chinese soldiers from the steamer, with martial law declared and later lifted as order returned.
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Kow
China
Former Messenger Named President of Reserve System
Roy A. Young, who began as a bank messenger and rose to governor of the Minneapolis reserve bank, is named head of the federal reserve system. Appointed by President Coolidge to the board, he will be governor upon qualification, succeeding D. R. Crissinger who resigned. He will serve under a recess appointment until Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Roy A. Young
Minneapolis Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System of
United States
Coolidge
Federal Reserve Board
Young
D. R. Crissinger
Ohio
Mr. Young
Senate
Minister Jordan Faces Bigamy Charge in Multiple Marriages
Rev Willis T Jordan, a Columbus minister, faces bigamy investigations after disappearing and surfacing in a Grand Rapids hospital. Private investigator W T Glor sought warrants in Charlotte and tied Jordan to marriages in Washington Columbus Roanoke Winona Akron and Winding Gulf. Jordan says he went to Grand Rapids for a license and fell ill. he left his wife in Roanoke and plans to leave Ohio.
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Columbus
Willis T. Jordan
Grand Rapids, Mich
W. T. Glor
Glor Ham
Charlotte
N. C
Mr. Jordan
Emma Landbridge
Washington
Jordan
Winding Gulf
W. Va
Winona
Minn
Akron
Ohio
Grand Rapids
Roanoke
Idaho Grass Steers Sell At 9.65 In Ogden Auction
Five loads of Idaho grass steers sold at 9.65 per hundredweight in Ogden. The cattle were shipped from Murphy Idaho by J C Driscoll of Jordan Valley Oregon, with only a few rejected.
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Ogden
Idaho
Murphy
J. C. Driscoll
Jordan Valley
Oregon
Young Bride in Forced Marriage Sent to Albany
Elaine B Wayland a Albany New York bride was sent back east after her foster mother paid train fare. The girl who was abducted in Albany traveled via Echo canyon from Price Utah where the marriage to Carlton Beers was carried out. Beers remained at large while Henry Kelso who was arrested with the girl seeks work. Her young son is in Deputy Davis’s care.
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Evanston
Wyo
Elain B. Wayland
Young
Albany
N. Y
Sarah E. Tinker
Sheriff Hamilton
Price
Utah
Echo Canyon
Carlton Beers
Ales
Beers
Henry Kelso
Davis
Thomas R Horner Dies in Seattle Attendee and Writer
Seattle attorney and Democratic leader Thomas R Horner died here. Born in Clarksburg West Virginia in 1878, he edited the Clarksburg News from 1908 to 1902 and was a writer of scientific subjects. He was a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society of England.
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Seattle
Thomas R Horner
Horner
Clarksburg
W. V
Boys Geographical Society of England
Campaigns to Open Senate Fund Fight Adopts Reed Plan
Washington AP report outlines Senator Reed's push to legalize the special campaign funds committee and continue its work during recess. The piece notes plans to assemble and move Pennsylvania ballots from federal custody to Washington for the Wilson versus Ware Senate contest, and potential authority given to the committee to count ballots and hold hearings. It mentions opposition from Ware backers and pending questions over committee leadership and contempt actions against Insull and Cunningham.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Democrat
Missouri
Special Campaign Funds Committee
Pennsylvania
Keystone
William B. Wilson
William S. Ware
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Reed Committee
Reed Committees
Privileges and Elections Committee
Wilson
Ware
Jim
Dave” Reed
Elections Committee
Samuel Inesull
Chicago
Thomas W. Cunningham
Pennsylvania State Republican Committee
Insull
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Cunningham
Vare
Girl Ready To Hop Off For Paris on Friday A. M.
Ruth Elder prepares for a dawn takeoff from Roosevelt Field for a Paris flight with Captain George Haldeman as co pilot. The mission aims to make Newfoundland before dark, traveling about 1150 miles in roughly eleven hours.
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Paris
New York
Ruth Elder
Roosevelt Field
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Atlantic
Miss Elder
George Haldeman
Haldemen
Newfoundland
Tragic Fire at Beauval Mission Claims Nun and 19 Children
A blaze at Beauval Catholic mission in northern Saskatchewan killed Sister Lea and 19 children, thought to be Indigenous. The dormitory fire began around midnight, while 46 children escaped. Rescue crews rushed to the scene as officials investigated the disaster and a visiting missionary was reported grievously burned.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Lac la Plonge
Saskatchewan
Beauval Catholic
Lea
Battlesford
Constable Bock
Saskatchewan Provincial Police
McKrimmon
Meadow Lake
A. Amyot
Regina
Ile A la Crose
Big River
Western Democratic conference opens in Ogden Utah
Fred W Johnson of Rock Springs Wyoming arrives to head a western Democratic conference at the Hotel Bigelow. More than 50 leaders from Rocky Mountain and Pacific states will attend, with participants from Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming Nevada California Colorado South Dakota Iowa and possibly Washington Oregon and Arizona. Isadore Dockweiler will attend with a Los Angeles delegation.
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Mountain
Coast States
Ogden
Utah
William Gibbs McAdoo
Wyoming
al Smith
Fred W Johnson
Rock Springs
Wyo
Hotel Bigelow
D. M. Draper
Joseph Chez
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
California
Colorado
South Dakota
Iowa
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Johnson
New Mexico
John B. McManus
George H. Hunde
McAdoo
Isadore Dockweiler
Los Angeles
P. J. Qualy
Kemmerer
D. P. Marshall
Two Applicants for Head Asylum At Blackfoot
SALT LAKE CITY September 22 AP members of the Church observe the 100th anniversary of the Angel Moroni's revelation at Cumorah Hill near Palmyra. The celebration includes services with hundreds of missionaries and a message praising the Book of Mormon as American scripture. Meanwhile in Blackfoot the Eastern Idaho Insane Asylum board met to discuss Superintendent Mitchell's resignation and consider two on hand applications, with further recruitment underway and a prosecutor to review the Laura Berg case.
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Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
Moroni
Joseph Smith
Cumorah
Palmyra
America
Tabernacles
Cumorah Hill
Heber Grant
Mutual Improvement Associations
Grant
Pelmyra
Blackfoot
Chas. F. Baker
Mackay
A. F. O Nielson
Oakley
Fred Gustafson
Idaho Falls
Eastern Idaho Insane Asylum
Baldridge
F. W. Mitchell
Baker
L. P. Gaertner
Montpelier
Idaho
George Williams
Independence
Caldwell
Nielson
Physicians Exchange
Chicago
Laura Berg
Constance Talmadge Divorce Action Set for Hearing
Edinburgh reports that all divorce action by Constance Talmadge against Captain Alastair M. MacIntosh will be heard by Lord Fleming in general sessions. The date of the hearing and specifics were not announced.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Constance Talmadge
Alastair M. MacIntosh
Lord Fleming
Beckwith Denies Involvement in Smith Presidential Fight
Former Governor J. C. W. Beckwith denies involvement in any fight over Governor Alfred E. Smith as a Democratic presidential candidate. Thomas R. Rhea, head of the state campaign committee, and New York dispatches prompted the denial.
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Louisville
J. C. W. Beckwith
Alfred E. Smith
Thomas R. Rhea
New York
Megaphone and Radio Coverage for Big Fight Tonight
The Porter Dempsey big fight at the navyweight bout will be relayed from the ringside via Virgil Sparks and the Tribune staff. Prelims at 6 15 PM Pocatello time, main event at 7 30 PM. Fans can hear blow by blow updates at The Tribune office and on radio KSEI through the Associated Press wire.
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Pocatello
Tribune
Virgil Sparks
Associated Press
KSEI
Rings
Planes in national air derby listed missing at Spokane
Four planes entered in the New York to Spokane and Pacific coast races were reported missing. Flyers Banks Dake Bookwalter Borne were unlocated with crews searching from Glendive to Spokane while Rinehart repaired a forced landing in Roseburg. Vernon Bookwalter later walked into Eugene saying his plane crashed near there and was too damaged to fly.
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Spokane
A. M. Banks
Philadelphia
Pitcairn
Chicago
R. E. Dake
Pittsburgh
Waco
Glendive
Mont
New York
Verne Bookwalter
Vancouver
Wash
Art Borne
Los Angeles
Medford
Oregon
James Rinehart
Portland
Ore
Roseburg
Bookwalter
Borne
W. H. McMechan
Yakima
Fargo
N. C
Missoula
Gerald Smith
Tacoma
R. R. Johnson
J. B. Sidowski
Coffeyville
Kans
A. Litzenberger
Erie, Pa
A. W. Stephenson
Dillon, Mont
Eugene
Vernon Bookwalter
Here
Ile
National and city baseball scores from today’s games
Box scores show New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago victorious in multiple matchups. Key performances include Fitzsimmons, Taylor and others combining for wins, while Philadelphia and Cleveland split two games with big scoring outputs.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Benton
Plitt
Faulkner
Taylor
Kremer
Smith
Fitzsimmons
Aldridge
Dawson
Perry
Gooch
Chicago
RHE
Philadelphia
Pruett
Wilson
Root
Hartnett
Dempsey Favorite of Crowd in Titanic Title Fight
In Chicago on September 22, Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey faced off for the heavyweight title at Soldiers Field. Crowd estimates neared 150,000 with gate receipts and radio coverage setting records. Dempsey entered as a crowd favorite while many experts backed Tunney, and purses totaled over a million for Tunney and more than 459000 for Dempsey as part of a historic money-spinning event.
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Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
Chicago
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Soldiers’ Field
Dempsey
Tunney
Newspaper and Press Association
Rumor of Liquor Controls Sparks League Assembly Rumpus
Geneva September 22 The League of Nations assembly heard a report by Dr Fridtjof Nansen on liquor traffic in mandated territories like Togoland and Cameroons. The report was pulled from the agenda as not in final form, signaling likely wording changes. The assembly approved a report on the August press experts conference praised by French deputy Serot for American and Latin American journalists.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Togoland
Cameroons
League of Nations Assembly
Fridjof Nansen
League Council
Assembly
Serot
France
United States
Istin-America
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Reserve System
Thomas R. Horner
L. D. S. Church
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Megaphone
Big Fight
Spokane Derby
R.H. E
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Petty
Henline
Luque
Hargrave
R. H. E. Cleveland
Phila
Miller
L. Sewell
Walbere
Quinn
Perkins
Powers
Ehmke
Cochrane
McKain
Underhill
Myatt
Rommel
Detroit
Carroll, Holloway and
Basler
Moore
Pennock
Grabowski
Boston
Faber and Crouse
MacFayden and Moore
St. Louis
Jones
Dixon
Burke
Braxton
Tate
King
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