Davenport Hears Death Penalty Request in Gabe Simons Case
County attorney C R Stafford asked for life imprisonment for Harlan Gabe Simons after his murder charge in the July 16 West Liberty tourist camp killing of Orton Ferguson of Atlanta Michigan. Defense attorney C P Hanley argued insufficient evidence. Trial to proceed after venue change from Muscatine.
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Davenport
C. R. Stafford
Murcatine County
Harlan
Gabe” Simons
Simmons
Orton Ferguson
Atlanta
Mich
West Liberty
Iowa
Stafford
Muscatine
C. P. Hanley
Campaign Gifts Listed by G. O. P.
The Republican National Committee reported up to Oct 21 contributions totaling 2.83 million dollars close to the 3 million target set by Chairman Butler. Spending for Oct 16–21 amounted to 291 thousand with 628 thousand received in contributions. notable donors included Joseph Widener, John and John D. Rockefeller families, and multiple Guggenheims, among others. Also noted: senatorial candidates’ expenditures to the secretary of the senate show U S G Cherry spending 3,327.06 with no contributions.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Butler
Senate Investigating Committee
Senate Committee
Joseph F Widener
Philadelphia
John D. Rockefeller
John DD. Rockefeller Jr
Murray Guggenheim
New York
Simon Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim
F. R. Guggenheim
Benjamin Mann
Joseph R. Brady
Bristol
Joseph R. Grundy
EB. T. Stotenburg
Benarr McFadden
Owen F. Roberts
W. R. Coe
John J. Millen
Henry Walters
Chauncey M. DePew
Flihy Root
J. H. Bartett
Edward W. Bok
Merton
Wm E Hull
Peoria
Til
Secretary of the
Senate
U. S
Funeral services for St Clair Lewis Thursday at 2 20
Funeral services for St Clair Lewis are set for Thursday afternoon at 2 20 at the Presbyterian church. Rev F W Eastwood and Dr W W Bowers will officiate. the casket rests at Jones and McElhinney funeral home until 10 30 Thursday morning and will be moved to the church by Knights Templar. Blue Lodge Masons will conduct a graveside service with Knights Templar providing cemetery escort.
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St. Clair Lewis
Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
W. W. Bowers
Jones & McElhinney
Knights Templar
Friends
Blue Lodge Masons
Death of Mrs Sarah Bailey Todd in Kalona
Marsh W Bailey was informed of the death of his aunt Mrs Sarah Bailey Todd aged 89 at her Kalona home yesterday afternoon. A Kalona pioneer, she will be laid to rest in Kalona Methodist church for services Wednesday at 2 PM.
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Marsh W. Bailey
Sarah Bailey Todd
Kalona
Kalona Methodist Church
Third Victim of Oil Research Work Is Dead in Hospital
A third victim of gas poisoning from Standard Oil Bayway lab in New York died in a hospital. Wm. McSweeney of Elizabeth New Jersey died after violent symptoms, with three dead and several others ill. Dr Yandell Henderson linked the poison to tetraethyllead used in a gasoline knock-out additive and urged sale restrictions. The plant was ordered closed yesterday.
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Associated Press
New York
Standard Oil Company
Bayway
N. Y
Wm. McSweeney
Elizabeth
N. J
McSweeney
Yandell Henderson
Yale University
Wheeler Campaigns in Michigan on campaign train
Senator Wheeler vice presidential candidate traveled a campaign schedule ending in Lansing Michigan. He planned several audiences in the state as part of his swing through the Midwest finishing a western campaign in Springfield Illinois before heading east toward election day.
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Wheeler
Lansing Mich
Lansing
Mich
Springfield
Lim
Dawes Returns to Central West for Campaign Swing
Dawes, Republican vice presidential nominee, closes eastern tour and heads to the Midwest. He attacks La Follette in Missouri and Indiana before Saturday's end, with stops in Chicago Evanston St Louis and St Joseph. Rochester rally speaker O Conner accuses La Follette funds of large undisclosed contributions.
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Associated Press
Dawes
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
Charlies G Dawes
Missouri
Indiana
T. V. O'Conner
United States Shipping Board
Rochester
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Ollie Corum Begins Life Term at Fort Madison Prison
Vinton Iowa October 28 Ollie Corum the man sentenced to life for the murder of Chas Hirschfield at Atkins August first was moved to Fort Madison prison last night. He joked about the 160 mile trip as his last long journey for some time and is expected to be a model prisoner.
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Associated Press
Vinton
Ollie Corum
Chas Hirschfield
Atkins
Fort Madison
Ile
Davis Declares Democratic Party Not Reactionary
In New York on October 28 John W. Davis, Democratic presidential candidate, released a statement outlining his campaign themes. He argues the party seeks progress and liberalism, rejects reaction, and aims to lead with a broad welfare agenda for all citizens.
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New York
John W. Davis
Davis
United States
Democratic Party
Party of Progress
Liberalism
La Follette Tours East In Final Presidential Campaign
Senator Robert M. La Follette leaves Baltimore for a cross country swing, speaking in Brooklyn Schenectady Boston Pittsburgh and Cleveland as he mounts the final week of his independent progressive bid against President Coolidge. He rails at the administration naming it the silent servant of the system and cites tariff and sugar duties as proof of corporate influence while touting small donor funding and pledges to rid the government of special privilege.
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Baltimore
Robert M. la Follette
New York State
Brooklyn
Schenectady
N. Y
New England
Boston
Pittsburgh
Ceveland
Coolidge
Tariff Commission
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Sugar Trust
Robinson
Maryland
Address Schedule Prompts in America Visit
A prominent figure declares that nothing in the world is worth more than what America stands for and plans to deliver two addresses in the country today. The remarks emphasize national unity and resolve as the itinerary unfolds.
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America
Smoot Denies Charges In Sugar Duty Controversy
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah denies La Follette’s charges about sugar duties and a meeting with tariff commission members. He offers to sell 440 shares of Utah Idaho Sugar Co stock to La Follette for $3 a share, noting costs and methods used by the commission. The Salt Lake City market shows Utah Idaho Sugar stock at 3.05, with 5.15 asked, per local exchange figures.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Reed Smoot
Utah Today
Mr. la Follette
Steck
Utah Sugar Company
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Culbertson
Tariff Commission
Congress
Smoot
Cuba
United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Susar Company
Fleures
Nebraskans Beat Bridge Proposal Defeated in Dakota County
Sioux City Nebraska October 3 The $200000 special bond issue to build a free toll bridge over the Missouri River at Sioux City fell short by 394 votes of the required three fifths. Dakota county cast its heaviest vote ever with 3911 total ballots 1952 for the bridge and 1959 against it.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Missouri River
Dakota County
Nebraska
Tickets Prepped For Last Night's Meet Sales Records
Tickets were prepared for the recent meet and sold from fifty cents to two dollars. Each ticket bore headlines with the purchaser address, and the sale collection automatically yielded the required record.
Commander in Chief of Confederate Vets Dies in Louisville
General W. B. Haldeman, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, died of a heart attack at Churchill Downs. Funeral services were set for Wednesday at 3 PM at First Presbyterian Church, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery in full Confederate Veterans uniform.
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the Associated Press
Louisville
W. B. Haldeman
United Confederate Veterans
Haldeman
Churchill Downs
First Presbyterian Charch
Confederate Veterans
Cave Hill Cemetery
Flory to Be Tried in Poweshiek County
Lawrence C. Flory, charged with poisoning his wife Alvina Flory at South English in 1922, will face a second trial in Montezuma Poweshiek county after a venue change. The case, previously tried in Sigourney with a life sentence, was remanded by the state supreme court over a ruling on death certificate evidence.
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Associated Presa
Sigourney, Ta
Lawrence C. Flory
Alvina Flory
South English
Montezuma
Poweshiek
Robert Shaw
Flory
the Supreme Court
Persia to Explain Attitude With Extraordinary Envoy
The Persian government will dispatch an extraordinary envoy to explain to the United States its position on punishing the murderers of Vice Consul Robert W. Imbrie. Dagher M. Kazemi, charge d affaires, says friendship with the United States is essential. Washington has pressed Tehran over delays in executing the guilty men amid tensions. No date was given for sending the envoy.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Robert W. Imbrie
Teheran
Dagher M. Kazemi
State Department
Iowa's Onion King Dies in Train Crash Near Davenport
William Schutter of Pleasant Valley Iowa known as Iowa's onion king was killed when his car was struck by a freight train near Davenport. Death was instantaneous.
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Davenport
Wm. Schutter
Pleasant Valley
Iowa
Here
Japanese Move to Protect Citizens in Threatened China Clash
The Japanese cabinet orders two more infantry companies with a machine gun corps from Manchuria to Tianjin to guard Japanese residents amid tensions between Feng Yuxiang and Wu Peifu. Wu Peifu forces move toward Beijing as anti aircraft guns and artillery are ferried north. US Marines depart for Peking to bolster guard duties. Edward Bell, American chargé d affaires counselor in Peking, dies suddenly. Ferdinand Mayer to assume duties.
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Manchuria
Tien Tsin
China
Feng Yu-Hetang
Wu Pei- Fu
Wu Pei-Fu
Peking
Chingwanetao
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Tien Tamn
Pukow
Kiang
United States
U. S
Washington
Foreign Service
Revival at West Chester Draws Record Chester Crowd
The largest crowd ever to attend a Chester revival met last night to hear Rev. P B Gray preach on Hell. He argued that salvation and judgment are literal, likening hell to an eternal mad-house of memory, with Ewart leading songs including Mother of Mine. the meeting closes next Sunday night.
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Chester
P.B. Gray
Hell
Rev. Gray
Heaven
Ewart
Local Court Sentences Mob Participants in Tar and Feathering Case
In Frederick Maryland Judge Harmon Urner sentenced one woman and eleven men for mob violence against Dorothy Crandon, 20, of Martinsburg. Mrs Mary Shank pleaded guilty and received nine months in Frederick County jail for tearing clothing and tar and feathering Crandon. The men received one to two years for rioting.
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Frederick
Dorothy Crandon
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harmon Urner
Mary Shank
Miss Grandon
Frederick County
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