Nominating Speech Seeks Release of John Looney from Federal Jail
John Looney, charged in Illinois with Dyer Act violations and multiple state offenses, posted 10 000 bond signed by Frank Hamblin and Felix Garcia and left Santa Fe federal jail with his son in law and daughter for presumed ranch in Rio Arriba county. The arrest followed a long pursuit by federal and Illinois authorities after a winter capture in Helen New Mexico.
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Irene
Santa FE
N. M
John Looney
Illinois
State Penitentiary
Frank Hamblin
Felix Garcia
Lamberton
Rio Arriba
Looney
Helen, N. M
Public Utilities Benefit From Strong Iowa Public Relations
Iowa public utility companies enjoy improved relations with customers, said C A Sears president of the Iowa Electric Light association at the state convention in Fort Dodge. He noted service improvements and stable rates while press campaigns and newspaper advertising bolster public awareness and ownership efforts. The electric light convention continues with a joint meeting of electric Hehmien and the Iowa Railway association featuring top industry and press leaders.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
C. A. Sears
Iowa Electric Light Association
Iown
KE. F. Bulmahn
Joe Carmichael
Public Utility Information Bureau
Lowa
Sal
Electric Light Men
Electric Hehmien
Iowa Railway Association
B. P. Harrison
Iowa Press Association
Dwight N. Lewis
C. E. Tearst
Iowa Federation of Farm Bureaus
F.C. Chambers
Des Moines
Wills, Lenglen win at Wimbledon as Mallory exits
In Wimbledon action Miss Helen Wills defeated Miss P H Dransfield 6 0 6 2 in the second round of women's singles. World champion Suzanne Lenglen beat Miss E R Clarke 6 0 6 0. Mrs Molla Mallory fell to Kathleen McKane 6 1 6 0. Carl Fischer of Pennsylvania was eliminated by F G Lowe 6 1 6 3 6 3.
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Wimbledon
Helen Wills
P. H. Dransfield
Suzanne Lenglen
E.R Clarke
England
Molla Mallory
Kathleen McKane
Carl Fischer
Pennsylvania
F. G. Lowe
Montgomery Flagg Detained in Kansas on mistaken identity
Artist Montgomery Flagg and his wife Miss Dorothy Virginia Wadman were detained by Sheriff Zook in Larned Kansas after Flagg matched the description of a man who passed bad checks. Flagg, on a honeymoon trip, telegraphed that officials mistook him for a suspect. he was released after being found taller than the wanted man.
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Associated New York
Sades Montgomery Flagg
Pacific Coast
New York Times
Sheriff Zook
Larned
Kansas
Flagg
Dorothy Virginia Wadman
Zook
Great Head
Irv Cobb
Paducah
Hill Hart
Great Bend
Ottumwa Golfer Highlights Trans Miss Match Play
In St Joseph Missouri on June 25 match play began in the Trans Miss golf tournament with players split across the upper and lower brackets. Notable entrants include Eddie Heldt from St Louis defending champion Harry Leeg of Minneapolis and Des Moines golfer Robert McKee from Ottumwa plus other regional players. The Brock cup went to St Louis Midland Club team with 639, followed by Des Moines with 643 and Omaha Field Club with 653.
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ST. Joseph
Eddie Heldt
St. Louis
Harry Leeg
Minneapolis
Robert McKee
Des Moines
A. M. Bartlett
Ottumwa
Bf. Joseph
Des Moines Country Club
Omaha Field Club
Midland Country Club
German wrestler Schikat defeats Zbyszko in hour long bout
Richard Schikat, a German wrestler, threw Stanislawus Zbyszko in San Francisco last night in a match limited to two hours. The bout ended in one hour, 19 minutes and 19 seconds with no second fall before the time limit.
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San Francisco
Richard Schikat
Stanislawus Zbyszko
High Waters Flood Muscatine Farms
Floods from record rains across Muscatine overflow drainage ditches southeast of town, flooding 590 acres of farm land and damaging crops. Water depths exceed a foot in places, with carp losses nearly total. Officials say drainage may finish within 48 hours if rain subsides.
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Muscatine
Judge Denies Seizure Order on Berengaria Liquor
Federal Judge Knox denied an order to seize all liquors aboard the Cunard liner Berengaria after officials of the Neptune Association of Masters and Mates sought action by District Attorney Hayward. The ruling limits seizure to the ship under federal maritime regulation.
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Jitty
Associated Dream
New York
Knox
Neptunessociation
Masters and Mates
Hayward
Police Must Learn to Run
Los Angeles police are enrolled in a physical culture course led by Captain Walter Yant a former director at Camp Lewis He argues that many officers cannot run two or three blocks or climb a rope and that strength alone does not equal fitness Some members lack basic posture and breathing technique.
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Los Angeles
Walter Yant
91St Division
Camp Lewis
Yant
General Alfonso de la Huerta Killed in Battle
Mexico City reports General Alfonso de la Huerta brother of the rebel chieftain killed in battle according to a dispatch to Senator Cristobal Castillo.
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Mexico City
Mex
Alfonso de la Huerta
Cristobal i Castillo
Government sues fifty oil firms in sweeping antitrust case
The U S government filed federal antitrust suits in Chicago against fifty or more major oil companies. The complaint accuses a conspiracy restraining trade in gasoline, kerosene, and other hydrocarbon products across states and foreign nations. Primary defendants include Standard Oil entities and related firms. secondary defendants are named for license ties.
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Washington
United States
Chicago
Standard Companien
United States Invited to Allied London Conference
London reports the United States will be invited to send a representative to the allied conference planned in London in July in any capacity the American government desires. Japan will be included among the invited nations.
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London
United States
Japan
Explosion probe follows oil freighter blast at Brooklyn
Authorities continue the inquiry into the explosion aboard the Standard Oil freighter Bremen Castle at Brooklyn wharf. Five men are listed missing and six others may be fatally hurt. The missing are believed burned or drowned.
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Associated Vree
New York
Standard Oil Company
Bcremont Castle
Brooklyn Wharf
Building Collapse Injures Several in Chicago Hotel District
At West Van Buren and South Wells streets in downtown Chicago a roof coping collapsed from a three story hotel building. Initial reports of fatalities proved false as one woman died in hospital and six others were injured and hospitalized. The collapse sent debris onto bystanders as about fifty feet of coping fell from the roof.
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Associated Treas
Chicago
West van Buren
South Wells Street
Doheny Denies Contribution to McAdoo Campaign
David Ladd Rockwell, manager for William G. McAdoo, refutes a New York Evening Post report claiming E. L. Doheny contributed 10000 of 35000 dollars to the McAdoo pre convention fund. He says Doheny has not given any money and calls the assertion a flagrant misrepresentation by predatory interests seeking to block the nomination.
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NEW Yrk
David Ladd Rockwell
William G. McAdoo
E. L. Doheny
McAdoo
New York Evening Post
Curtis
Mr. McAdoo
EF. L. Doheny
Rockwell
Doheny defends funding McAdoo campaign in statement
In Los Angeles on June 25 E L Doheny billionaire oilman and former McAdoo client issued a reply to questions about financing the Democratic nomination campaign. He says he leaves campaign contributions to supporters who back a lawyer who deserts his client under attack after receiving substantial retainers for legal services. He adds those who deem such conduct ethical may think McAdoo would be a good U S president.
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A Los Ang
E. L. Doheny
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
United States
American world fliers reach Akyab
The American round the world fliers left Rangoon and stopped at Akyab on the Bay of Bengal coast en route to their next destination. Earlier reports said they reached Chittagong but that was corrected. Dr. W. W. Bowers went to Mt. Pleasant yesterday on business.
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Associated Press
Calcutta
Rangoon
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Americagp
Chittagong
Bengal
W. W. Bowers
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa prison industries to close June 30
Iowa prison industries will shut down operations on June 30 and not resume until after the next legislative session confirms the budget board, which must approve new labor contracts. Officials estimate the pause will cost about $2,000 to the state while the board meets garment manufacturers to pursue replacement contracts.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Prison Industries
Budget Board
A. B. McColl
Board of Control
Board of Control Today
Garment Manufacturers
Iown
Despondent carpenter ends life with shotgun
Daniel Neptash a 57 year old carpenter living south of Cedar Rapids killed himself by tying a shotgun trigger to a doorknob. He had been ill with the grippe for two weeks and was confined to bed when he used a string to discharge the weapon in an unused room. He died from a shot to the heart.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Daniel Neptash
Neptash
Walsh Denounces Republican Impotence At Democratic Convention
Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana proclaimed the Republican party impotent as he assumed the permanent chairmanship of the Democratic National Convention in New York. He warned that the nation faces an impending calamity and urged a return to Wilsonian ideals and moral leadership.
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New York
Thomas 4. Walsh
Montana
Senate
Walsh
United States
Republican Party
Congress
Ooldge
League of Nations
America
League
Woodrow Wilson
Narcotic Evil Declared Greatest Peril by Lions Club Leader
Dr. M. M. Nielson of Salt Lake City told the opening session of the Lions clubs convention in Omaha that narcotics pose America’s greatest danger. He ranked prohibition as trivial next to the drug traffic, as Douglas Malloch of Chicago spoke in the morning session. Reports and committee actions filled the day with officer elections set for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
America
M. M. Nielson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho Lions
International Association of Lions Clubs
Douglas Malloch
Chicago
Lions Clubs Push Plan to Aid Blind Children Nationwide
Omaha report says the Nebraska Iowa Lions district calls for a national magazine for every blind child in the United States as part of a child welfare program. The move aims to subscribe 6 000 copies through the international Lions clubs body. Delegates also discuss potential officers and the 1925 convention city while Ernest L. Kraemer and John S Gebuler emerge as leaders at various district levels.
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Omaha
United States
Nebraska-Iowa
Lions District
International Convention of Lions Clubs
The
International
Varios
Illinois
Ernest L. Kraemer
Chicago
John S. Gebuler
Council Bluffs
Nebaska-Iowa
Senator Brookhart to Address Spanish War Veterans Today
About 400 members of the Iowa department United Spanish American War Veterans and wives attended the joint session opening the eighteenth annual convention of the men's and the eighth conference of the women's organizations in Waterloo. Senator Smith W. Brookhart, a veteran of the war with Spain, answered first roll call and will address the group and the public this evening.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Iowa Department
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Iowa
Spain
Firet
Six Men Die In Quarry Blast From Lightning Hit Shed
Six workers sheltering from a storm at a quarry shed were killed when lightning struck the structure and triggered a 150 pound dynamite explosion near Winston Salem North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Winston Salem
N. C
Restoration urged for wines and beer by homeopaths
Dr. Abraham R. Hollender of Chicago told the Eightieth annual convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy in Cleveland that restoring light wines and beers would curb the health wrecking spree among young people. He cited widespread indulgence in poisonous beverages as undermining health and fueling hay fever increases.
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Cleveland, CO
Abraham R. Hollender
Chicago
American Institute of Homeopathy
Missionary from India visiting here details
Miss Shana Clinton of Juggelpore India has stayed with Senator and Mrs Brookhart this week. She spoke at the Epworth Leagues at the Methodist church about India's political religious and educational life. Clinton, in India fourteen years, says India’s best minds are turning to Christianity and sees a chance to win India for the Christian faith. She was a delegate to the general conference at Springfield Mass.
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Shana Clinton
Juggelpore
India
W. Brookhart
Clinton
Epworth
Methodist Church
Springfield
Mass
Dr Masson Returns After Chicago Medical Course
Dr. H. F. Masson has returned from Chicago where he completed a month long special course in medical studies.
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H. F. Masson
Chicago
Iowa and nation split over Ku Klux Klan at Democratic Convention
Iowa delegation votes for McAdoo on first two ballots then distributes support. At Madison Square Garden a fierce Klan debate triggers protests and fistfights as Johnson reads anti Klan plank. Delegations scramble over state standards amid chants and demonstrations.
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America
Johnson
Platform Committee
John Keegan
St. Louis
Smith
Frank H. Farris
Rolla
Milford Riges
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Bond
Mrs. Mallory
Montgomery Flagg
Legger
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James D, Phelan
Doheny
M’adoo
Self
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Geuheer Walsh
Collidge
House of Commons
Duke of Buckingham
Charles
Coolidge
Charlies
Alvin Coolidge
Lions Clubs
Senator Brookhart
Hall — Walsh
Underwood
Davis
Wilbur W. Marsh
Madison Square Garden
Alabama
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