Republicans Raise Half Million to Campaign Fund in Week
The Associated Press reports that about $500,000 was added to the Republican campaign fund between October 10 and 15, bringing total contributions near $3 million. New gifts include $20,000 from the Union League Club of Philadelphia and $10,000 from Irene DuPont, Frank Mimsey, Representative Ordenis, and Frank Searns. Disbursements in New York and Chicago during October 11–15 totaled $254,186, including substantial allocations to Cook County and state committees.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republican
Senate
Wm. WY. Hodges
New York
Chicago
Wm. Nelson Cromewell
New York City
Union League Club
Philadelphia
Edward T. Stotesbury
Pennsylvania Ways and Means Committee
Republican National Committee
Irene DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Frank A. Mimsey
Ordenls
Frank W. Searns
Boston
Doheny Oil Suit Details Emerge In Federal Trial
In Los Angeles on October 23 the court examines the $100,000 cash delivery linked to the Doheny family and the Elk Hills lease plot. Blair and Company witnesses recount how E. L. Doheny Jr placed the sum in a small black satchel and carried it to Blair and Company for transfer.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Doheny
California
Atlee Pomerene
Graham Young
Blair and Company
New York
Ecounse
Pomerene
E. J. Doheny, Jr
Charles II
Little
Dohenys
Doheny, Jr
Argentine educators oppose Orlando lectures on dual loyalty
Argentine university figures protested former Italian prime minister Victor Orlando's lectures arguing they foster double nationality for children of Italian immigrants. Dr. Juan Rebora and Dr. Alfredo Palacios refused to attend, citing loyalty to Argentina and opposition to a doctrine tying birthright to paternal blood.
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Buenos
Argentina
Victorio RK
Orlando
Law
University of
Buenos Aires
Signor Orlando
Italy
Juan C. Rebora
Alfredo L. Palacios
Juridical and Social Sciences
University of la Plata
Signor
Prince Humbert
Rebora
Armstrong County S D Sees Lone Precinct Vote Surge
Pierre S D Oct 23 Armstrong county South Dakota reports strong turnout in a state wide get out the vote campaign. The unorganized county with thirteen townships on cattle ranges hopes for a record ballot needing only nineteen votes from its single precinct. The population includes Sioux Indians and there is no post office or resident politicians.
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G&ingle
Armstrong County
Italian Wrestler Poggi in Serious Condition After Match
Nazgzarene Poggi, Italian wrestler, suffered a neck vertebra dislocation after a bout with Jim Londos in Philadelphia. He remained unconscious for hours and was taken to a hospital. doctors warned surgery may be needed though recovery was hoped. Londos won by flying headlock at 44 minutes 22 seconds.
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Philadelphia
Nazgzarene Poggi
Jim Londos
Londos
Doeheny Case Faces Test Over Elk Hills Money Link
Frank J. Hogan notes Doheny Jr had deposits from his father and a $100,000 payment contested by the defense. Judge McCormick warned the sum could be struck if government cannot tie it to Elk Hills leases. Navy witnesses testified about friction among officers over lease grants to Doheny interests without proper authorization.
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Frank J. Hogan
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Doheny, Jr
Hogan
Paul J. McCormick
Elk Hills
Pomerene
Doheny
H. A. Stuart
U.S. N
Navy
Eerment Fuel Oil Bureau
Erwin F Landis
Naval Oil Reserves
California
Harvester Trust Dissolution Sought By Attorney General
Attorney General Stone seeks dissolution of the International Harvester Company's farm equipment monopoly in federal court. The brief argues the 1918 consent decree failed to ensure competition, citing increased market share for Harvester in 1922 and calls for reversal of prior decisions or full dissolution under Sherman and related acts. Proceedings include testimony since 1923 with unprecedented record proportions.
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Associated Fees
ST. Paul, Minn
International Harvester Company
Stone
United States
Brief Addy
Harvester Company
Congress
Supreme Court
Hook, Sanborn and Smith
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago
I Saw Your Ad Fin the Journal Merchant Reminder
A reminder urges readers to tell merchants I saw your ad in the Journal to track advertising exposure. The note emphasizes mentioning the newspaper when engaging local businesses.
Hatfield Clan Feud Claim Adds New Death in Tug River History
In Bluefield West Virginia Oct 23 1935 officials investigate the killing of Alex Hatfield son of the Hatfield clan leader amid a disputed election argument. The former Matewan postmaster was shot during a struggle over a pistol after a punch exchange with Thurman Chambers who called him a liar. The Hatfields and McCoys feud dates to a long running conflict along the Tug River in Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Hatfield
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tug River
McCoy
Mingo County
Alex Hatfield
Alex
Thurman Chambers
Chambers
Matewan
Floyd Harriets
McCoys
China Builds Roads Ditches and Dykes to Avert Famine
A report by the China International Famine Relief Commission joint with the American Red Cross details preventive works in famine areas. It cites 2000 miles of new roads 750 miles repaired and costs around 2 million gold dollars. It notes irrigation drainage river dyke projects wells and Yellow River confinement at Lichin.
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Peking
China International Famine Relief Commission
China
American Red Cross
Drouth
Commission
Yellow River
Lichin
Dawes Presses Dawes Against La Follette Policies in East
Dawes continues campaign swing through the middle Atlantic states as republican vice presidential nominee. He rallies in Lancaster Pennsylvania and Wilmington Delaware then plans three days in New York City area with speeches in Newark and Brooklyn while staying with former Nebraskan C. J. Hanna. He assails the La Follette independent movement and cautions against budget changes away from a strong leader like Calvin Coolidge.
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Associatedress
Dawes
Wilmington
Del
West Virginia
John W. Davis
Charles G. Dawes
Middle Atlantic
Lancaster
New York City
Newark
N. J
Brooklyn
New York
C. J Hanna
la Follette Independent
Non-Stop Flight Abandoned Over Texas Route
The Shenandoah attempting a coast to coast non-stop flight from San Diego to Lakehurst was halted after passing El Paso due to unfavorable winds. An extra ton and a half of gasoline was sacrificed to reduce weight for high altitude flight. Navy officials in Fort Worth expect delays in arrival. The ship also crossed Van Horn at 11 40 a m mountain time.
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Preas
U. S. S. Shenandoah
Ft. Bliss
Texas
San Diego
Lakehurst
Shenandoah
el Paso
Rockies
Fort Worth
Tex
West Texas
van Horn
Here
Suspect Identified in Little Sioux Bank Robbery Case
Authorities in Council Bluffs identify a suspect in the Little Sioux bank robbery as Henry Carroll alias Harry Raymond, linked to previous robberies in Manhattan Kansas and other towns. They describe a long crime career and note possible ties to Tom O Connor.
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Council Bluffs
Percy Lamson
Henry P. Carroll
Harry E. Raymond
Little Sioux
Central West
Galt
Truesdale
Wall Lake
Lone Rock
Towa
Raymond
Robert Lott
Raymond Lot
Lott
Hi Yackey
Kansas
Carroll
Manhattan
Coe College Defeats Oxford in Prohibition Debate
The Coe College debate team beat Oxford University England on the negative side of prohibition with a 437 to 95 vote. Local members Vernon Mellraith Warren Kehn and George Simpson formed the winning squad while Malcolm MacDonald led the visitors and drew crowds with humorous references to American aridity.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Oxford University
England
Coe
Vernon Mellraith
Warren Kehn
Burlington
George Simpson
Knoxville
Malcolm MacDonald
Peking Is Cut Off From Rest Of China
Peking's gates were seized and communications disrupted as portions of the eleventh division under Feng Yu hesiang revolted. Telegraph and telephone lines and train service were blocked, isolating Peking from Shanghai and other points.
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Peking
China
Associated Press
Tien Tsin
Chinese National Army
Feng Yu
Hesiang
Shanghai
Goney
Fang
Feng
Sun
Nominee Davis Heads East for Final Campaign Drive
Democratic presidential hopeful John W. Davis travels toward Cleveland on the last leg of a two week Midwest tour. He criticizes Secretary Weeks and Harding Coolidge policy, and pledges a progressive liberal approach benefiting laborers and farmers alike. Weeks counters with remarks about Governor Charles W. Bryan as a potential rival for the ticket.
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Associated Press
Davis
Cleveland
Ohio
John W. Davis
Middle West
New York
Indiana
Evansville
Vincennes
Pri
Evans
Vlle
War Week
War
Harding-Coolidge
Mr. Davis
Weeks
Charles W. Bryan
War Department
Dawes
Coolidge
la Follette
Bryan
Democratic Party
Dynamite blast dries Lemont water well near Chicago
Lemont, 20 miles southwest of Chicago, bought water from milkmen after a quarry blast caused the town artesian well to go dry. The only free supply is a spring in an abandoned quarry until pipes reach a distant spring a mile and a half away.
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Chicago
Lemont
Here
Bank of $140000 last May Carroll escapes jail in Kansas
The report states that Carroll, identified as Henry P. Carrell, fled from jail after a robbery arrest in Kansas. He is said to have been captured in Kansas City on April 24, 1917 and forfeited a $3,000 bond on May 17.
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Kansas Bank
Carroll
Henry P. Carrell
Kansas City
Forces of Peking Suffer Setbacks in Mukden Battle
Shanghai reports indicate Chinese forces under Peking suffered serious setbacks after an all night battle with 15 000 Mukden troops. Left bank advances and right flank pressure on mine fields led to thousands killed, with defeats also claimed inside the great wall and on the Jehol front.
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Shanghai
Peking
Mukden
Mtk
Great Wall
Jehol
Seats for All at Republican Rally in Des Moines
Des Moines crowd will hear United States Attorney General Harlan F. Stone speak at the Des Moines Coliseum tomorrow night. B. B. Burnquist announced there would be seats for all who wished to hear him, despite earlier ticket misunderstandings. Stone comes from Washington as a representative of President Coolidge.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
B. B. Burnquist
Republican State Central Committee
Harlan F. Stone
United States
Des Moines Coliseum
Burnquist
Stone
Washington
President Coolidge
President to Deliver Final Campaign Address Tonight
President Coolidge faces two engagements today with a noon White House talk to the New York Business Men's Protective Committee and a late evening address at a Chamber of Commerce gathering. The speech, to be radiocast nationwide, is billed as his last extended campaign address, with emphasis on government affairs and farm policy ahead of a forthcoming agriculture conference.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
New York
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