Warren Nomination Delayed as Senate Fallout Persists
President Coolidge urged senators to defer the Charles B. Warren attorney general nomination until Monday after talks with opposition leaders. Senator Curtis of Kansas said the vote would be postponed, with no definite withdrawal expected and possible new charges to be addressed in the record. Senator Pepper, defending Warren, opened remarks as leaders weighed whether a vote would occur today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Warren
Curtis
Pepper
Warren Washington
Vepper
Pennsylvania
Calvin Coolidge Sold on Public Life After Rum Question
New York March 4 The aversion of Calvin Coolidge to selling liquor played a part in his path to the White House Amherst College President George Daniel Olds recounts that John Coolidge wished to apprentice Calvin as a druggist clerk at 15 but Calvin resisted the liquor trade Colonel Coolidge later related the moment he asked Father sell rum Calvin then decided college was best and he graduated from Amherst in 1895.
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Calvin Coolidge
White House
Amherst
George Daniel Olds
John Coolidge
Colonel Coolidge
Washington
Mr Olds
Harding
Mr. Olds
Coolidge
Calvin
Flour Takes Tumble 65 Cents a Barrel for Best Grades
Minneapolis mills cut quotations for best grades of family patents by 65 cents a barrel. Quote ranged from 8.90 to 9.10, marking the first sub nine dollar price since December. Millers cited yesterday’s sharp wheat decline as the cause.
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Associated Presses
Minneapolis, Minn
Walter Camp Dies in New York Hotel Belmont
Walter Camp noted football coach and critic died of heart failure at the Belmont Hotel in New York. He attended a football rules committee meeting the previous night and retired to his room around midnight. hotel staff said he appeared in good health before retiring.
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Associated Press
New York
Walter Camp
Belmont
Camp
Four Illinois People Die After Auto Struck by Train
Four persons were killed and one injured when their automobile was struck by a Big Four passenger train between Cairo and Danville. The dead include Joe Akin 25 of Lawrenceville his wife Mrs Sarah Akin and their three year old daughter Race Akin 20 and an unnamed baby born after the crash. The infant died three hours later at the local hospital. Joe Akin was said to be blinded by a sewer rainstorm and the train could not be heard.
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Lawrenceville
Mar
Cairo
Danville
Joe Akin
Sarah Akin
Race Akin
Await Important Ruling in Oil Case Teapot Dome Trial
The Teapot Dome trial entered its first week’s end as Judge T Blake Kennedy weighs admitting Albert B fall bank records against Sinclair links. Government counsel argues records prove relevance for conspiracy, while defense claims no financial connection exists. Witness testimony and depositions included Theodore Roosevelt Jr and John G Shafroth.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Teapot Dome
T. Blake Kennedy
Society of Albert B Pals Bank
Kennedy
Fall
Harry PF. Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Liberty Bonds
Sinclair
Owen J. Roberts
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
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John G. Shafroth
Navy
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Kenneth G Heald
Salt Creek
Washington
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James F O'Neil
H E. Osler
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
A. E. Humphreys
Colorado
Texas
Humphreys
Charles S. Thomas
J. W. Lacey
Canadian Corporation
New York
Shepherd in Custody Over Rich Orphan Death
William D P McClintock, heir to rich orphan William Nelson McClintock, died under investigation. Foster father William Shepherd remains in county attorney custody as Robert Crowe's office probes the case. Grand jury action planned. habeas corpus sought for Shepherd’s release. Mrs Shepherd questioned then permitted to go home after hours of inquiry.
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Stokes Cleared In Chicago Court
In Chicago on March 14 W E Stokes millionaire New York hotel owner and Robert F Lee were acquitted of conspiracy to defame Mrs Helen Ellwood Stokes. Indictments against Nugent and Hattie Johnson were dismissed after the state failed to make cases.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. E
P. Stokes
New York
Robert F. Lee
Brookhart and Dawes Reconcile Amid Senate Cloakroom Meeting
In Washington on March 14, Vice President Dawes and Senator Brookhart ended their public feud after a chance meeting in the senate cloakroom. Dawes praised Brookhart as a “straight shooter” and said there were no hard feelings, while Brookhart expressed willingness to reciprocate. They also noted unity with Senator Wadsworth and hinted Dawes has aided Brookhart in the Steck contest, signaling a lasting settlement of last summer’s clash.
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Washington
Dawes
Brookhart
Senate
Wadsworth
Mrs Gonder Visits Daughter in Perlee
Mrs I M Gonder traveled to Perlee this morning to visit at her daughter's home and spend time there.
Miss Kathryn Richards Returns Home From Contest
Miss Kathryn Richards arrived back at her Grandview home this morning after attending a declamatory contest yesterday evening in the area.
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Kathryn Richards
Grandview
Unclear Allegation About Mrs Stokes and Everleign Club
The fragment notes a claim that Mrs Stokes was not an inmate of the Everleign club and did not associate with negroes. The text provides no further context or verification of these assertions.
Edith Bolling Wilson Resumes Public Role at Democratic Club Meeting
Mrs Edith Bolling Wilson widow of former President Wilson returned from a year of retirement to attend the Women s National Democratic Club annual meeting in Washington on March 7 She received club members at her home after a Pilgrimage to Bethlehem chapel and presided over a dinner table The former president had urged her to aid the organization which he believed offered vast party service Kellogg lauded as cabinet sport star and noted as a leading golfer in Washington golf circles The piece also mentions Governor Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming and the prominence of golf among leading figures in politics and diplomacy
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Edith Bolling Wilson
National Democratic Club
Bethlehem Chapel
March Storm Grips West With Bitter Cold Sweep
A March blizzard moves into the Midwest bringing rain turning to snow and a sharp temperature drop. Colorado Iowa and Nebraska report heavy snow winds and drifting. Des Moines records 15 above and Sioux City 10 above as rail service slows. A Des Moines family escapes a house fire into blowing snow, while Fort Dodge and Mason City regions report six inches of fresh snow and plummeting temps.
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Lowa
Sioux City
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Weather Bureau
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Mason City
North
Fort Dodge
Snow or Rain and Cold Weather Is Week's Forecast
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday. Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Snows or rains early part and at intervals during remainder of week. Cold most of the week.
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Washington
Mar
Mississippi
Missouri
World Flier Receives Clove at Worcester Banquet
Lieutenant Eve Nelson, noted world flier, was presented with a silver clove by the Swedish speaking people of New England at a Worcester banquet last night. Congressman Carl L. Chidiom of Chicago was among the speakers.
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Mass
Eve Nelson
World Flier
New England
Carl L. Chidiom
Chicago
University of Iowa President Jessup Returns from Illness
President Jessup of the University of Iowa arrives back in Iowa City after months of recuperation from typhoid fever. He fell ill December 10 and will resume duties today for the first time in over three months after his New Orleans recovery.
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Iowa City
Walter 4. Jessup
Universit of Iowa
New Orleans
Air Mail Service to Resume Today
Iowa City reports air mail service will resume from Chicago to Omaha today after a Thursday night suspension. Weather delayed pilots due to two nights of poor visibility but the railway postal route carriers will handle the mail in the interim.
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Omaha
Carrie
Influenza Epidemic Hits Andrew Iowa Town
An Andrew Iowa report details a sweeping influenza outbreak that has closed schools for a week and confined about thirty pupils at home. One doctor works around the clock to care for patients as Maquoketa remains distant due to muddy roads. no deaths reported but several are critically ill in the area.
Attack on G O P Central Committee Draws Senate Fire
In Des Moines March 14 a debate flared over the Iowa state central committee. Senator Bowman described the panel as unrepresentative and called for cleansing from within. A motion to reconsider a bill to eliminate state central committeemen passed with few votes. the bill had been defeated previously.
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Iowa
Republican State Central Committee
Smith W. Brookhart
Bowman
Blackhawk County
Senate
Towa
Huser
Masestine
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Brookbhart
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Osceolay
Buser
Father in Missouri kills four children with axe
Maurice L. Gibson of Prather Hill near North Kansas City killed his four children with an axe early today while his wife was away. He then attacked himself and slashed his wrist but survived. The victims were Maurice Jr., Marjorie (twins) aged seven, Hazel and Helen Onev, aged one and a half. No motive is given.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Maurice Ll. Gibson
Prather Hill
Maurice, Jr
Marjorie
Hazel
Helen
Warning letter warns Jasper youth after attack
Jaspar Alabama March 14 Geo Tallant Jasper youth received a threatening letter after an attack. The note warned him to keep quiet or suffer the consequences and was signed K K Ko. The postal authorities were notified.
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Jaspar
Ala
Geo Tallant
Jasper
Brough
K. KX. Ko
Des Moines Senate Debates Gasoline Tax Bill Compromise
A special senate committee will meet tomorrow to seek a compromise on a gasoline tax bill with a report due Tuesday. Three members favor the Bergman plan for a larger primary fund, while opponents back the Bowman bill favoring faster township road development. The vote on the plan is expected to hinge on tax money distribution.
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Des Moines
Senate
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Bowman
State House
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Muscatine
Seven Die in Communist Riots at Halle Germany
A clash between police and communists in Halle Germany last night left seven people dead, including two women, with thirty six injured as police objected to translations of speeches by French and British communists.
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Halle
Germany
London
Mexican President backs Mexican National baseball league
President Calles of Mexico expressed pleasure at the idea of forming a Mexican National baseball league in line with Hal Chase’s plans. A telegram from Mexico City reported Chase’s assertion received yesterday.
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Ariz
Calles
Mexican Republic
Hal Chase
Chase
Mexico City
Long and Short Haul Bill Passed in State House
The Iowa State House approved a bill to equalize railroad freight rates between points where one line is shorter. The measure, offered by Representative Mathews of Burlington, passed by 88 votes to 7 yesterday.
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