Landis Testifies Before Senate on Groseman Pardon Enigma
Judge Landis, former federal judge and baseball czar, testifies to the Senate Daugherty committee about Philip Groseman's liquor law case and the pardon granted by President Coolidge. He criticizes political influence in clemency, notes pre-war liquor remnants at Chicago dinner parties, and recounts witnesses and contempt findings.
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Associated Prem
Washington
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Senate
Daugherty Committee
Chicago
Department of Justice
Philip Grossman
Grossman
Coolidge
Fred Upham
Republican National Committee
Landis
House of Correction
Wheeler
Brookhert
Patient Clarke Hanecher Resting After Restless Night
Clarke Hanecher, a patient at the county hospital, is reported resting this morning following a restless night.
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Clarke Hanecher
Famous Scientist Nears End of Life at Mount Lowe
Edgar Lucien Larkin the noted astronomer and Mount Lowe Observatory director aged 77 lies in a hospital after an operation and says his life work has yielded nothing in worldly goods. He declares he longs to join the other side where his science has a place for his soul and notes he has 37 books ready but no penny to publish them.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Edgar Lucien Larkin
Mount Lowe Observatory
Here
Cuban Revolution Grows Tight Around Cienfuegos
Havana May 2 The government has 500 troops around Cienfuegos near the anti Zayas center while warships patrol coasts The regime reports Zayas asked the United States for ten airplanes to strike the revolters El Sol claims vets association ordered a nationwide uprising and authorities arrested five leaders plus others in Santa Clara to forestall action and censure dissent
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Associated Press
Havana
Cienfuegos
Zayas
United States
Santa Clara
el Sol
Veterans and Patriots Association
President Coolidge imposes arms embargo on Cuba
President Coolidge issued a proclamation declaring an embargo on arms to Cuba effective immediately. The action came at the Cuban government’s request due to the violence in Cuba.
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Coolidge
U. S
Cuba
Associated Press
Washington
Deny reports of Irish mobilization in Ulster
Belfast Ireland May 2 reports that the Ulster government ordered border sections of its special constabulary to mobilize have no foundation. Officials say the mobilization talk stems from the annual training period approaching for the special branch.
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Ireland
Ulster
Special Constabulary
Ulster Constabulary
Baker kills two daughters then kills himself in San Francisco
In San Francisco on May 2 Geo. Lohe a baker shot and killed his daughters Marion aged 8 and Beth aged 5. He perhaps fatally wounded his son Frank and then shot himself. A note left behind said his insurance had been taken care of and offered no motive for the act.
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Geo. Lohe
Marion
Beth
Frank
Uncle Joe Cannon to Speak at Danville Rally
Danville UL May 2 Uncle Joe Cannon 88 will come out of retirement for a May 16 speech at a local trade rally. Intimates say the former Speaker of the House plans themes based on recent public happenings.
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Danville
Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Joe
World Court Endorsed by M E Meeting
The Methodist Episcopal general conference voted to support the United States joining the world court for settling international disputes. Henry Wade Rogers presented the resolution, and it passed without a dissenting vote among 850 delegates.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
United States
World Court
Henry Wade Rogers
New York
United States Circuit Court
Methodist General Conference
Committee of Five
Washington
Nicholson
Chicago
Leonard
San Francisco
W. P. Thirkfeld
Mexico City
Mexico
Poisoning Case Probe Advances In New York
White Plains May 2 District Attorney Rowland leading the probe into the Clarence O Baring poisoning case expects to hear Miss Mildred Beam's account today The subpoena for her was withdrawn with agreement she would testify about being the other woman mentioned by Baring Prosecutors and defense counsel conferred yesterday
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Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Rowland
Clarence O. Baring
Mildred Beam
Baring
Earth Tremors Recorded in Chicago
Earth tremors were recorded on the weather bureau seismograph at the University of Chicago yesterday starting at 2 p.m. central standard time and peaking at 2:06 p.m. The tremor ended at 4:25 p.m. with an indicated distance of 1,975 miles to the south.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Weather Bureau
University of Chicago
Nine Bronze Life Saving Medals Awarded to Girl Scouts
The National Girl Scouts council reported in Chicago that on May 2, 1923 nine bronze life saving medals were awarded to Girl Scouts. Recipients hailed from Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, and Iowa, with four from Pennsylvania and two from New York and Ohio respectively.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National
Search for Person Who Killed Doctor Shallenberger
Police renewed today the search for the assailant of Dr. J. N. Shallenberger a 65 year old physician who died yesterday from injuries after an attack three weeks ago in the Board of Trade building The doctor was struck twice on the head while washing his hands in a lavatory
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Associated Press
Chicago
J. N. Shallenberger
Board of Trading
Man Attempted Suicide After Wife Leaves Him
Marshalltown May 2 Frank J Malachie aged 29 a laborer attempted death by own action last night with a rifle after his wife left him. The bullet entering the right breast was deflected by a rib causing a shallow wound not likely fatal.
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Associated Press
Marshalltown
Frank J. Malachie
Industrial use of bones of soldier shocks Paris
Paris reports claim that bones from Verdun battlefield districts were being collected to grind into industrial products. An official Verdun inquiry found no human bone identifications and officials said there was no evidence supporting wholesale bone collection despite public indignation.
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Paris
Mort d'Hommeau
Verdun
Senator Wilson Dies at Centerville at 57
James W. Wilson state senator from the Ap panoose Davis district from 1913 to 1921 died of blood poisoning from dental complications. A prominent Republican lawyer, he ran four years ago for lieutenant governor. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Associated Press
Centerville
James W. Wilson
Appanoose-Davis Counties
Wilson
Walker From Frisco to Detroit Seeks Ford Job
John William Walter, 74, walked from San Francisco to Detroit to meet Henry Ford about a job. Penniless and with no relatives in the U.S., he arrived after starting the journey February 25 and plans to discuss work with Ford. Walter, born in Hanover, Germany, says four of his children were killed in the San Francisco earthquake.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
John William Walter
San Francisco
Henry “Ord
Walter
Henry Ford
Hanover
Germany
Senate Rejects Tax Deduction Limit on Tax Exempt Bonds
The Senate rejected a treasury provision to limit tax deductions on income from tax exempt securities by a 6 to 3 vote. Supporters argued it would raise revenue by curbing evasion, while opponents said it taxed bonds at multiple government levels. The same Senate also approved a finance committee measure to publish tax returns and opened a fight for full publicity of all tax returns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Revenue
Senate
Finance Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Governor Parker Asked to Provide Troops for Hanging
Baton Rouge May 2 Governor Parker faced a request to send a company of the Louisiana National Guard to Amite on May 9 for the execution of six Italians convicted in the murder of Dallas Calmes. Officials expect the move, though the governor did not confirm. Orleans Parish prison head Archie Rennysen received a threatening note promising payment if the executions proceed. An anonymous caller also inquired about the bribe.
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Parker
Louisiana National Guard
Amite
Dallas Calmes
New Orleans
Archie Rennysen
Orleans Parish
Carnegie Tech Baseball Team to Disband and Sever Ties
The Carnegie Institute of Technology varsity baseball team will be disbanded after the athletic council recommended cancellation of remaining games and letters. The action follows a report that student management knowingly used an ineligible player under an assumed name in the first three games. Connections with baseball coach Albert Irwin are to be severed.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Athletic Council
Albert Irwin
Carnegie
Coolidge Chooses Official Campaign Portraits
President Coolidge selected official campaign pictures by Chicago photographer Charles Walinger approved yesterday. The single chosen image comes from nine shots taken ten days earlier after the president posed for about an hour.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Street Car Men Get Pay Increase Des Moines May 2
Street car workers in Des Moines receive a five cent per hour wage rise. The settlement also includes insurance and a pension plan. Platform workers with three or more years of service now earn up to 59 cents hourly, up from a 10 cent maximum.
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Des Moines
Illinois Sheriff Probes Arrest Power After Plane Crash
Waukegan Illinois May 2 Sheriff Edwin Mahlstrom contemplates using arrest power for airplane recklessness after a crash at Deerfield. The plane darted at cars and roofs, struck a Public Service line, electrocuted a dog, and damaged a 20 acre fence area. Aviator Loren Savage and a companion escaped injury.
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Associated Press
Waukegan
Edwin Mahlstrom
Deerfield
Public Service Company
Loren Savage
Campaign to Get a Running Start for Coolidge Campaign
Washington leaders see President Coolidge’s selection of William M. Butler of Boston as national chairman as a move to accelerate the Republican presidential campaign. Advisers expect Butler to begin pre convention work while the convention may name Senator Wadsworth as permanent chairman and Borah to present Coolidge’s nominating speech.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Wm. M. Butler
Boston
Butler
John T. Adams
Iowa
California
Senator Wadsworth
New York
Borah
Idaho
Mrs Coolidge To Give Lawn Parties At White House
Mrs Coolidge wife of the president will continue the White House lawn party custom revived by Mrs Harding Invitations will be issued for a series of events this month More than a thousand guests will be invited to each party on May 15 May 22 and May 29 at the executive mansion.
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Washington
Bank President Seeks Congress in Fifth District
Garwin May 2 W N Townsend, president of the Farmers Savings Bank, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fifth district. Townsend previously represented Tama county in the 34th and 35th general assemblies and currently faces no opposition.
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W. N. Townsend
Farmers’ Savings Bank
This
Townsend
Tama County
Townley Charge Dismissed by Court in Embezzlement Case
Fargo, May 2. The joint embezzlement charge against A. C. Townley and J. J. Hastings, former Nonpartisan League officials, was dismissed by Judge Leigh Monson due to North Dakota statute of limitations.
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N. D
A. C. Townley
J. J. Hastings
League
Leigh Monson
North Dakota
Missing Major Martin Commander In World Flight Search
Washington reports Major Frederick L. Martin and his mechanic Alva Harvey remain missing after departing Chignik Alaska for Dutch Harbor The search effort centers on Dutch Harbor and Unalaska with Coast Guard cutters and the Pioneer vessel aiding while weather and seas hinder progress Citizens express concern over the perilous voyage and return hopes rise with calmer conditions
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Patrick
Army Air Service
Lowell H. Smith
Dutch Harbor
Clayton L. Bissel
Martin
Bremerton
Wash
North Pacific Ocean
Frederick L. Martin
American World Flight Expedition
Alva Harvey
Chignik
Alaska
Unalaska Island
Coast Guard
Haida
Alconquin
Coast Survey
Pioneer
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Aleutian Islands
Lator Martin
Associated Press
Estevan
B. C
Frederick L. “Martin
Walls Pass
Aleutian Range
Unalaska
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