Slow progress in selecting a murder trial jury
In Chicago on May 22 the Shepherd case shows slow jury selection for William Darl ing Shepherd accused in the death of his wife s wealthy ward William N McClintock. Defense accepts states chosen jurors while probes into juror tampering and witness vanishing continue. Seventy veniremen questioned. two peremptory challenges reduce tentative jurors to two.
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Associated Reser
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Milionaire Ward
William N. McClintock
Shepherd
Robert White
Philip Barry
James C. Callan
Barry
Callan
Grand Jury
White
Miami
Florida
Mrs Lake elected president of Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Des Moines May 22 Mrs John Fox Lake Shenandoah was elected president of the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs at the biennial convention in session here. Other results include Mrs Wm Milchrist Sioux City first vice president and Mrs S J Sayers Jefferson second vice president.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
John Fox Lake
Shenandoah
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wm. Milchrist
Sioux City
S. J. Sayers
Jefferson
W. G. Saunders
Emmettsburg
Galen Tilden
Ames
Wm. Larabee, Jr
Clermont
Eugene Cutler
H. C. Taylor
Bloomfield
General Federation
Iowa Federation of Business Women Meet in Dubuque
The sixth annual convention of the Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs opened in Dubuque with Frances Plath of Davenport as president. Delegates heard committee reports and speeches by Martha Pattie, Anna Lawther, and Aurelia Rolph. The annual banquet is set for tonight.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Frances Fe, Plath
Davenport
Miss Plath
Martha Pattie
Mason City
Anna Lawther
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Aurelia Rolph
Minneapolis
Married Man Beaten Tied to Tree Outside St Joseph
Floyd Atha a 24 year old married man was decoyed to a country school near St Joseph Missouri tied to a tree and severely beaten. Police hold three suspects Kenneth Warren Fay Thomas and John Holt all from St Joseph likely to be charged with felonious assault. Motive for the beating could not be learned.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph
Floyd Atha
Kenneth Warren
Fay Thomas
John E. Holt
Judge Wade III Adjourns Court in Des Moines
Federal Judge Martin J. Wade adjourned court this morning due to illness and will return home to Iowa City. N F Reed said Wade, who has been ailing weeks, collapsed on the bench two weeks ago. A replacement judge may hear remaining docket items this term.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Martin J. Wade
Iowa’ City
N. F. Reed
Federal District Court
Wade
Maye
Gibson
French cabinet backs Caillaux budget plans in May meeting
Paris May 22 The French cabinet approved Caillaux budget measures including extra taxation and diverting Dawes plan receipts to inter allied debt payments. The government said no note had been sent to Washington on US debts. The budget bill goes to the chamber Monday. Morocco credits for the campaign against Abd El Krim will be asked Monday, sparking anticipated socialist opposition led by Pierre Renaudel as Lyautey’s operations proceed normally.
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Associated Press
Paris
Caillaux
Germany
M. Caillaux
Washington
France
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
Marshal Lyautey
Pierre Renaudel
Painleve
Plane crash victim dies in Omaha injury case
Edgar Miller twenty from Clarinda Iowa died from injuries after a plane he rode here Wednesday afternoon fell. J A Johnson of Ardmore Oklahoma, Miller's brother in law and the plane’s operator, suffered minor injuries and is recovering.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Edgar Miller
Clarinda
J. A. Johnson
Ardmore
Okla
Miller
Severe Front Fighting Reported in French Morocco Front
In Fez on May 22 a French communique said severe fighting continued all day on the front against Abd-El-Krim tribesmen who invaded the French zone. French success was indicated by the report.
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Associated Press
Fez
French Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
Erdman Named Moderator of Presbyterian Assembly in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio May 22 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America began with overtures on issues from extending the New York presbytery to denying aid to divinity students who use tobacco. Dr Charles E Erdman was elected moderator with J M T Finney of Baltimore named vice moderator. The liberal modernists and fundamentalists face a lengthy dispute with charges against the New York presbytery referred for trial.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
New York
J. M. T. Finney
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Charles E. Erdman
Erdman
Diamonds valued at 40000 stolen in daylight robbery
Four men stole diamonds worth 40000 from a downtown Chicago jeweler in daylight. Detectives recovered the gems last night and arrested a woman whose flat held the jewels. Authorities search for her husband and the four male suspects.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Senator challenges governor over Holden highway appointment
In Des Moines on May 22, Senator Skromme of Story County questioned the governor’s right to name James W. Holden as highway commissioner after Holden was rejected by the Senate. Officials cited constitutional recess appointment rules and noted the governor may still pursue Holden, as he did not submit another candidate after the senate’s rejection.
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Associated Presse
Des Moines
Mays
Skromme
Story County
James W. Holden
Holden
Senate
Iowa Heat Wave Persists with 95 Forecast Across State
Temperatures yesterday topped 90 in the western half and 80 in the east as the U S Weather Bureau predicted peaks near 95 across Iowa today. Forecasters warned of cooler conditions tomorrow, with cooler air arriving in the west and far south tonight.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
Chamber of Commerce backs FTC publicity rules
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States unanimously approved a resolution supporting the Federal Trade Commission for adopting new and stringent publicity rules on cases before the commission.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States Today
Federal Trade Commission
Washington's Mayflower Hotel a Paying Proposition
NEA service writer reports on H. L. Merry's push to run the Mayflower Hotel in Washington as a major enterprise. He reworks kitchens and spaces for efficiency while bondholders fear it will not attract enough guests at high rates. Merry remains confident it will pay next year.
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NEA
Washington
H. L. Merry
Hie
May Flower
Merry
Buckingham Palace
New York
Erry
Scott
Nerry
Sioux City Cops Nab Nebraska Bank Robbers Within H
Forty five minutes after a daylight bank robbery at Goodwin Nebraska cash and travelers checks totaling about six thousand were stolen. Sioux City officers captured two men as they crossed the Missouri river into Iowa. Names given were M. Wibe and Dan Hynes. Sheriffs and detectives recovered about 1651 in coins currency and travelers checks.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Goodwin
Neb
Missouri River
Jackson
Waterbury
Dakota County
Wibe
Bluff Street
Dan Hynes
Isabella Street
Paul Beardsley
Bert Luke
Fred Spencer
Americans cross border for beer joke over Fergie foam
Thousands of Americans along Ontario border tried Ontario beer under a 11 PM law close. Testers found no intoxication after seven hours and one Detroiter called it lacking kick. Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League observed but did not drink.
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Toronto
Ontario
Ferguson
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Llarning Detroiter
Windsor
Wheeler
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League of America
Port Erie
Buffalo
Two Men Indicted for 1923 Low Moor Murder
Clinton county grand jury returns two true bills indicting William Buck McLaughlin and Dan O Neal for first degree murder in the 1923 double slaying of Mr and Mrs Homer Brownfield at Low Moor cross roads store on the Lincoln highway. O Neal remains jailed in Clinton County and McLaughlin serves a Kansas prison term for robbery.
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Associated Press
Clinton
William
Buck) McLaughlin
Dan O'Neal
Cedar Rapids
Clinton County
Homer Brownfield
Low Moor Corners
O'Neal
Jait
McLaughlin
Lansing
Kansas
Iowa Republican Committee Meets in Des Moines
Iowa Republican leaders meet in Des Moines on May 22 to discuss steps in the Senate contest over Senator Brookhart. Reports say the committee's books were subpoenaed by the Senate elections committee and inquiry may require a representative to Washington. Some say the meeting also aims to discuss federal appointments and resolutions for Senator Cummins.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
B. B. Burnquist
Republican State Central Committee
Brookhart
Senate Elections Committee
Washington
Cummins
Will File Suit for Damages Against Harold C. Andrews
Bates the University of Iowa secretary will sue Harold C. Andrews Cedar Rapids coal dealer for damages on behalf of students injured when his car hit a crowd in Cedar Rapids on April 28 The University Glee Club members were among the injured three cannot return to school one stays in hospital.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Bates
University of Iowa
Harold C. Andrews
Cedar Rapids
Andrews
University Glee Club
Severe Storm Hits Southern Illinois Toll Report
A severe storm last night in Hamilton and Saline counties southern Illinois caused fatalities and extensive damage. Reports say one man died in McLeansboro and eighteen houses were leveled in Harrisburg with wires down and communications disrupted. In Centralia an electrical storm killed M. D. Kesterson and his wife Laura, injuring three others and unroofing several houses.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Hamilton
Salin
Illinois
Harrisburg
McLeansboro
Centralia
M. D. Kesterson
Laura
Amundsen-Erickson Polar Flight Under Uncertain Report
News from New York and Oslo state no word yet on Roald Amundsen and five companions after their two planes departed Kings Bay Spitzbergen en route to the North Pole. Weather and wireless limits delay updates while explorers chase possible pole landing or an overland return to Cape Columbia Greenland.
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Associated Press
New York
Alliance
Amundsen
King’s Bay Spitzbergen
Olson
Norway
Amundaen-Erickson
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Pole
Cape Columbia
Greenland
Roald Amundsen
Kings Bay
Lincoln Ellsworth
Grettir Algarsson
Bloodstained shirt key clue in Des Moines murder case
Des Moines detectives say a bloodstained shirt found in J. F. Thomas's room is a major clue in the murder investigation. The death victim, a night clerk at the Central State hotel and former real estate dealer, was found bound and gagged in a closet. The shirt lacks a laundry mark and is larger than the clerk's, with a suspect who befriended Thomas under surveillance in another city.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
J. F. Thomas
Central State Hotel
Port Dodge
Thomas
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