Democrats Seek Heir to McAdoo in Convention Scramble
Washington dispatch outlines how McAdoo's rising delegate lead prompts other Democrats to search for a potential heir. Iowa and California are focal points as progressives and dry Democrats align to back McAdoo or a second choice like Senator Robinson or Senator Ralston amid party realignment.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
McAdoo
Iman
Neir
Thomas J. Walsh
New York
Col
George Harvey
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Hieonow
Underwood
Georgia
Democratic
Reed
Missour
Democratic Party
Gov. Smith
Iowa
Towa
T. Meredith
Clyde Terring
Altho
Democratic National Committee
Old Guard
Missouri
California
McAdoy
Ralston
Indiana
Whale
McAdop
Ralpton
New York Tribuned
Cleveland girl improves after mastoid operation
Mary Eleanor Cleveland daughter of Mr and Mrs M B Cleveland at 215 Prospect avenue continues to improve at St Francis hospital recovery assured physicians state she was operated upon for mastoid Monday evening
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Mary Eleanor
M. B. Cleveland
Prospect Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Men in Late News Cite Shifts in Politics and Claims
Dr Hugo Stresemann joins the People's party backing a democratic monarchy and the tricolor flag for Germany. James Lucey of Northampton Mass claims Coolidge will win the presidency amid cabinet scandals. Sadi Lecointe, famed French airman, seeks a seat in the chamber of deputies. Charles Beecher Warren, ambassador to Mexico, probes alleged expropriations and threats to Americans in Yuratan.
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Hugo Stresemann
German Republic
People’s Party
Germany
James Lucey
Northampton
Mase
Shoemaker
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Coolidge
Harding
Sadi Lecointe
France
Chamber of Deputies
Charles Beecher Warren
Mexico
Yuratan
Pilgrims on Flaming Steamer Fire Baffles Port Sudan
The British steamship Frangeston carrying 1200 pilgrims bound for Jeddah caught fire between decks at Port Sudan. The Lloyds dispatch reports the fire consuming cotton in hold No 2 and spreading. The Frangeston is accompanied by other vessels and Tangistan has departed Port Sudan to assist.
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Associated Press
London
Frangeston
Jeddah
Lloyds
Port Sudan
Tangistan
Sutt to Invalidate Commission Notes Ordered to Retrial
In Des Moines James and Lizzie Rice of Benton county face 20 notes for 390 each they say were an oppressive 12 percent commission on a farm sale, arranged by Midland Mortgage president F C Waples who allegedly hid 6 to 12 percent figures. The Iowa supreme court reversed a Benton county district court ruling and sent the case for retrial. Waples denies any commission and claims interest at 7 to 12 percent and fraud claims surround the notes.
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Bes Moines
James
Lizzie Rice
Benton County
Iowa Supreme Court
Benton County District Court
B. F. Cummings
F. C. Waples
Midland Mortgage Company
Waples
Small Nations Of Europe Wot Loans To Save Exchange
Washington April 2 Many small European nations are financing to protect currency exchange rates. They floated loans in New York to meet costs of goods purchased elsewhere, avoiding gold transfers and preserving creditors' gold reserves. Grosvenor Jones of the commerce department explained the short term credits tide nations over until exports rebound.
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Department of Commerce
New York
Movie House Fire Kills 26 in Tacubaya Strike
An electric wire in a Tacubaya cinema ignited a blaze after it fell into the main corridor. At least 26 people died and 56 were injured as panic and a stampede followed the fire. Witnesses describe a chaotic scene as patrons fled toward exits. The tragedy occurred in a suburb of Mexico City late last night.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Tacubaya City
Thes
Huerta Agent Seeks U S Policy Shift on Mexico
Alvarez Castillo Washington representative of the de la Huerta movement asks Secretary Hughes to revise U S policy toward Mexico. He cites confiscations by agitation by laboring class agitators and warns the United States cannot justify aid to those destructive and anarchistic elements that seize foreign property.
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Washington
D. C
Hughes
Alvarez Castillo
de la Huerta Revolutionary Movement
State Department
Mexico
Castillo
United States
Radio Committee Studies Way to Bar Ads in Broadcasting
A committee appointed by the American Radio association evaluates methods to remove advertising from broadcasting. Stuart Rogers chairs the panel and plans to work with the Associated Publishers' association and related groups to shield the public from ads presented as entertainment.
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Radio Committee
New York
American Radio Association
Stuart Rogers
Associated Publishers’ Association
Associated Advertising Agendas
Publc
Final Tests Planned for Air Armada Run
Plan to test United States air cruisers today precedes start of leg to Prince Rupert with Major Frederick Le Martin confirming possible weather delay to British Columbia. The 25,000 mile flight will continue if conditions improve.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Prince Rupert
B. C
Frederick le Martin
Fieht
British Coumbia
Florida Special Derailed Near Woodford Virginia
Atlantic Coast Line train Florida Special traveling south from New York derailed near Woodford Virginia. Engineer W. L. Snelson killed, Fireman S. G. Gravatt seriously injured, several passengers shaken up. Eight coaches and the locomotive left the track.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Trailroad
New York
Woodford
W. L. Snelson
S. G. Gravatt
Taile
Daugherty Names Raise Indictment Call in Aircraft Case
Washington April 2. Witness Scaife urged indictments of Daugherty Weeks and others in the Wright Martin Aircraft case. He testified Mitsui links and Bosch Magneto sales were mishandled and accused Wickersham and Paler of improper favors.
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Associated Presa
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Daugherty Investi| Kaling Committee
H. K. Scalfa
Department
Scalfe
Hig
Comerba
Luke McNamee
Navy Intelligence Service
Mitsui Company
A. Mitchell Palprer
Kera
George W. Wickersham
Mitsui & Co
Scaife
Justice Department
Harry M. Daugherty
John W. Weeks
Wright-Martin Aircraft
Wright-Martin
Moses
New Hampshire
Weeks
Daugherty
Charles Hayden
Wright- Martin Board
Guy J. Gott
Jhharges
United States
Wheeler
George B. Chamberlain
Bhoth
Pastor Missing But Church Pays Wife
First Swedish Baptist church in St. Paul allocates half of Rev. Fritz Hamlitt’s salary for April and May as he remains missing since February 1. The pastor vanished seven years ago in a similar case but was found weeks later with amnesia.
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St. Paul, Mion
Bank Officials to Testify in McCray Embezzlement Trial
Officials from banks tied to Gov McCray describe his financial obligations as he faces trial for embezzling 155000 dollars from the state agricultural board. Witnesses include bank officers and McCray associates among farmers and business partners.
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McCray
Indianszpolis
Til. Aprila
Gov McCray
Hi Financial
State Board of Agriculture
Susan Shedd Named Head of Near East Relief Orphans
The Presbyterian board of foreign missions announces Susan Shedd, niece of the Navy secretary, as director general of Near East Relief orphans for the Persian area centered in Tabriz. The appointment honors her feat moving 400 Hamadan children 400 miles overland to Tabriz.
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Thiliatelphia
Agail
Presbyterian Board of Foreign’ Missions
Susan Shedd
Wilbur
Tabriz
Hamadan
Secret of Archduke Johann Hidden by Ward for 30 Years
The 30 year mystery centers on Archduke Johann Salvator who lived as O N Grow with his ward Miss Grace Wakefield in Columbus Ohio. Wakefield, last to know the secret, killed herself after destroying papers while the ward and man reportedly died amid a grim scene including smothered parrots and a drowned dog.
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Johann
United Press
New Falk
Johann Salvator
Austria
Columbus Hospital
Grace Wakefield
Miss Wakefield
O. N. Grow
Archduke Johann
Vienna
London
Buenos Aires
Trs
O. N. Orlow
Tanding
Tiss Wakefield
Ake
Mises Wakefield
Barbers Association Sets Haircut Price In Chicago
The South Side Barbers' Association raises haircut prices in Chicago to 1.40 with a 1 dollar trim, claiming minimal extra effort. Opponents argue the increases are excessive and unnecessary for standard shaves and trims.
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Chicago
South Side Barbers’ Association
Pries General
Bob & Wormt
Halr Ag
Etred Opty
White Flays Mellon as Jonah to G. O. P
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, calls Secretary Mellon a sinking ship if he remains in the cabinet. He accuses Mellon of prodding toward lax prohibition enforcement and favoring tax policies that burden the poor while protecting wealth.
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United Press
Emporia
Wen
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
White
Myr
Vaugharty
Denby
Mallon
Supreme Court Rules Railway at Fault for Crossing Crash
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a Feb 19 1921 ruling blaming the Lown Railway Light Co for a crossing accident at Gorescent Street. Frederick McClosky and others were injured when his Ford sedan overturned after a trolley hit by protruding bricks. the court held the railway not liable and that the motorman had time to stop.
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Dex Moines
Lown Railway Light Co
Cadar Rapids
Frederick McClosky
Gorescent Street Crociing
Lown Supreme Court
Linnenunty
McClosty
Asiestear
Ricke & Dennis
Death From Harmless Remedy Declared Accident by Iowa Court
Iowa Supreme Court rules that death from a usually harmless remedy is accidental and Accident Insurance must pay. Oscar Gohlke of Marshall county died after taking a remedy at a hotel, leading to a policy payout to widow Mary Gohlke after court reversal.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa Supreme Court
Oscar Gohlke
Marshall County
Hawkeye Commercial
B. F. Cummings
Hrigh Court
Mary Gohlke
Widow Wins Suit Over Real Estate Exchange in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids widow, Mrs. Eile Doty, won a property exchange dispute as the town supreme court upheld her claim of being wronged by real estate man Dennsted. The court affirmed the lower decree favoring Mrs. Doty, noting two mortgages and rental income that could not cover the expected mortgage payments.
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Nes Moines
Town Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Eile Doty
High Court
State House Debates Taxation Bill Convict Labor Road Work
The house approved a taxation measure with amendments funding a soldier's bonus and easing mortgage tax. counties may vote trust funds for traveling roads and use convict labor on road projects under board control. Debates continued on widow pensions and board of control provisions.
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Board of Control
Les Maines
Bowman
Black Hawk
County
Ciby Boards of Supervisors
Mehovsa
France Offers Prize to Recapture Plane Speed Record
The French government offers 200,060 francs to return the world's airplane speed record to France. The current holder is Lieut. A. J. Williams U.S. Navy with 266.59 mph set at Mitchell Field last November. Prizes also include 160,000 francs for the hydroplane record, 100,000 for a new distance flight with 50,000 extra if duration is broken, and 25,000 for altitude.
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Paris
France
Lieut. A. J. Williams
U.S. N
Mitchellfeld
Bram
Frances
House Committee Hears Opinions on McNary-Haugen Bill
Washington April 2 Members of the tariff commission testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee debated provisions of the McNary-Haugen agricultural export bill. The measure would authorize the president to adjust certain duties to balance farm costs abroad and at home. Some committee members argued the proposed powers to the president and Agriculture Secretary are too broad.
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Washington, T. C
Tariff Commission
House
Ways and Means
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Prince Otto von Ismarck to sit in new Reichstag
Berlin April 2. Prince Otto von Ismarck grandson of the iron Chancellor will sit among German nationalist deputies in the new Reichstag He has lived in retirement at Friedrichstag near Hamburg and made his political debut at a Hamburg nationalist convention He is seen as leading the patriotic German youth into the camp for the coming election General Ludendorff is expected to be nominated by the anti semitic nationalist party
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Associaged Press
Washington, D. C
Kerlan Fiske Stoie
New York
Corlidge
Stone
New Hampshire
Columbia Uoversity Law Schools
New York Law Looe
Sutterles
Canfield & Stotw
Hin Kaw Education
Amherst
Columbia
New York Barrists
Atlanta
E Coolidge
Stans
Forwalls
Arthur H
Associated Press
Berlin
Otto von Ismarck
Wil
Reichstag
Friedrichstag
Hamburg
Eadliner
ReMi
von Bismarck
Ludendorff
Witra Nationalistic Anti-Semitia
Iowa Delegation Struggle Shapes Seventh District Fight
Davenport April 2 The race for national committeemen in Iowa rivals the push for an instructed delegation to the New York Democratic convention. McAdoo backers and Herring Marsh factions clash over Polk county seats while the state central committee weighs preconvention actions and potential floor battles.
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Davenport
Iowa
New York
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Black Hawk Hotel
N. B P. Reed
Ottumwa
David Ladd Rockwell
Tormer
Sterring
Wilbur ‘W. Marsh
Waterloo
Herring
Marsh
Herrings
Polk County
State Central Committee
Sre
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