Pitfalls of Politics Unmasked by Women Voters Meet
A Cleveland banquet highlights a National League of Women Voters symposium on political pitfalls. Mrs. A. B. Pyke and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton lead discussions, outlining how women can join party workings, overcome old guard resistance, and push for equal political footing with practical organizing and sustained suffrage-driven activity.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
National League of Women Voters
A. B. Pyke
Ohio
National Democratic Committee
Harriet Taylor Upton
Warren
National Republican Executive Committee
Pyke
America
Power of Senate. Foreign affairs body uncertain
The article analyzes the split within the Senate and Republican voters over isolationism versus cooperation with Europe. It notes President Harding could win support from Democrats and Congress if he shifts stance, while warning of the irreconcilables’ influence in Foreign Relations Committee and the likely House backing for the White House. Copyright 1927 New York Evening Post Inc.
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Lansing
Lloyd George
United States
Europe
Harding
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Congress
White House
The
New York Evening Post Inc
France Gratified at Return of Herrick
Premier Briand sent a message to President Harding accepting Myron T. Herrick as ambassador to France. France expressed gratification at Herrick's return to the Paris embassy.
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France
Herrick
Wnited
Paris
Briand
Harding
Myron T. Herrick
Ale
Kalamazoo Proposes Aldermanic City Government
Kalamazoo Michigan residents disapprove of the commission form and call for a return to aldermanic government. A charter commission elected April 5 will draft a new charter to restore aldermanic rule, while the current commission manager system remains in place until at least next November. Kalamazoo led Michigan in adopting the new system.
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Associated Press
Kalamazoo
Mich
Cty
Michigan
House Passes Young tariff bill amid party lines
AP dispatches report the House voting 269 to 132 with two present as Democrats and Republicans largely split along party lines over the Young emergency tariff act. Other items note strikes called off, graft allegations, union drives, and a memorial group forming for John Burroughs.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
House
London
Electrical Trades
Chicago
W. G. Bierd
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Legislative Building Investigating Committee
Washington, D
American Federation of Labor
Mexico City
War Office
Pablo Gonzales
Obregon
Tex
Ger Gonzales
Potsdam
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
New York
John Burroughs
Addie ADE Adventures Chapter Bee ee Addie
A fragment from the Minute-a-Day Serial features Addie and Tod Jackson in a Western setting. Tod muses on quitting drinking or becoming a Prohibition Officer after a Federal discussion at the Commercial House. A dad sells Hamlet to fund a watch dog for his wife and baby, with a traveling man purchasing the dog.
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Addie
Jaike
Tod Jackson
Federal
Tod
Lever Honest
France plans May Day march to collect war debt
Paris reports Premier Briand submitted complete plans for military and economic coercion of Germany on May 1. The plan includes occupation of the Ruhr and possibly Westphalia, recalls 1918-19 military close for three months, and a customs scheme to collect three billion marks annually from the Ruhr. Germany may seek counterproposals with the United States as mediator.
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United Press
Paris
Germany
Briand
Millerand
Foch
Petain
Lacheur
Ruhr
Westphalia
Locheur
France
United States
Berlin
America
European Council
Tornado Toll Rises Across Arkansas and Texas
A pair of tornadoes cut a wide swath from Texarkana to Hope and Dolph, Arkansas, and into Dallas area counties. Deaths exceed 50 with scores injured as relief teams race to reach remote communities under darkness and deteriorating road conditions. Uncertain fatalities include families near Lost Player and areas around Texarkana, Hope, Dolph, and Blevins.
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Charles Jones
Potter Plantation
Lost Player
Ninth Street
Texarkana
Acre
Boy Scout
Little Rock
Ark
Uldy
Miller and Hempstead
Arkansas
Cass County
Texas
Miller County
Hope
Hempstead
Futh
Sprudel
Rolph
Aringer
Dallas
Tex
Smith, Wood, Gregg
Cass
Bowie
Atlanta
United Press Hope
Hempstead County
Dolph
Blevins
Washington
Maribrook
Texar Jhana
Hope for Passage of Tariff Bill by Senate in Week
The House adjourned to Monday after passing the combined emergency tariff and anti dumping bill 269 to 112. Republicans and a few Democrats defected, sending the measure to the Senate where leaders hope it will pass next week. Debate touched on minority committee selections and immigration restrictions as the Colombian treaty faced continued Republican opposition.
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Associated Presa
Washington, D. C
House
Immigration Committee
Mondell
Wyoming
Garrett
Tennessee
Senate
Fordney
Ways and Means
Waters Poindexter
Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Man Named President Rotarian District
Luther A. Brewer of Cedar Rapids Ja was elected governor for the Sixteenth Rotary district at the convention in Dubuque Iowa. Delegates from 52 cities totaling over 1500 attended from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. The retiring governor William Coppock received a 500 gift including a silver cigarette case engraved Rotary name and date. Omaha’s Park Billings won the mileage prize a silver loving cup. The delegation from Omaha also had the largest number of attendees. The conference adjourned after the election and business.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Luther A. Brewer
Cedar Rapids
Rotary District
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
William Coppock
Sixteenth
Rotary
Oqmahz2
Fruit Damaged by Snow Hits Mid-April Visit
Reports from Iowa counties say frost and snow damage fruit crops. Butler County agent F R Winegar notes most fruit is backward but may weather frost if temperatures rise. Buchanan County orchards suffer heavy damage per R T Lee. Tama County agent J W Pendr declares fruit crop hurt, worst in southern orchards, northern areas less affected.
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Butler
Allison
F. R. Winégar
Butler counTy
Buchanan
Independence
Buchanan County
Rar T. Lee
Tama
Teledo
J. W. Pendrr
Department of Labor negotiates to avert ship strike
New York April 16. Dr. Frederick Davis, commissioner of the department of labor, was directed to pursue wage negotiations between the American Ship Owners Association and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association to prevent a further breach, it was learned today.
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Associated Press
New York
Frederick Davis
Department of Labor
Dodger Bergdoll Mails Reminder to Congressman Kahn
Washington April 16 The House military committee chair man Henry S Kahn reacts to a German mailed clipping about Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the Philadelphia draft evader. Bergdoll’s case renews calls for his return to the United States to face jail.
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Dodger
Bergdoll
Congressman Kahn
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Kahn
House Military Committee
Germany
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Mr. Kahn
Trains Blocked and Wires Down in Heavy Snowfall
Snow and storm threaten rail and wire lines from Denver to Cincinnati with reported heavy outages. Nebraska reports 10 to 14 inches of snow, near 20 degrees, hindering traffic and sparking fruit crop concerns. Chicago faces gale and cold rain as weather moves southeast.
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Denver
Dallas
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Shreveport
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Dubuque Stunned by Severe Blizzard Stranding City
Associated Press reports Dubuque is snowbound after a severe blizzard. City streetcar service is paralyzed and trains are delayed while telegraph lines are down. Seven inches of snow fell during the night and heavy branches caused further damage.
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iBy
Associated Press
Dubuque
Harding Appoints Three to Vacancies on Rail Labor Board
President Harding filled three vacancies on the railroad labor board by nominating Walter L. McMenimen of Massachusetts as labor representative, Samuel Higgins of New York as management representative, and Ben W. Hooper former Tennessee governor as public representative.
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Harding
Associated Frese
Washington, D. C
Railroad Labor Board
Walter L. McMenimen
Massachusetts
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Samuel Higgins
New York
New York ,New Haven & Hartford Railway
Ben W. Hooper
Tennessee
Six Women on Jury in Graves Trial for DeVault Murder
Six women sit on the jury for the murder trial of Alex R Graves in Des Moines. Opening arguments begin after evidence taking starts Monday. Defense cites unwritten law and home defense, while the state contends Clarence DeVault was innocent in the car with Mrs Graves and had met her through Fremont Whitney.
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United Press
Des Moines
Alex R. Graves
Clarence DeVault
Parsons
Harry Kk. Thaw
Graves
DeVault
Dian
Seeburger
Gompers Marries New York Artist in New York City
Samuel Gompers the 71 year old president founder of the American Federation of Labor wed Gertrude Ainsley Gleaves Neuscheler a 38 year old artist formerly of Zanesville Ohio in a ceremony at the Hotel Woodward performed by Judge Robert Wagner. The couple left New York at noon for a wedding trip to Toronto, Canada. The event occurred April 16 and involved the factory inspection commission records.
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United Press
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gertrude Ainsley Gleaves Neuscheler
Zanesville
Ohio
Gombers
Toronto
Canada
Woodward
Robert Wagner
Gonzales Reported Hidden in Mexico Amid Revolt Talk
April 16. Gen Pablo Gonzales, former leader of the Mexican army under the Garza regime, reportedly in Mexico again. A Laredo bank telegraphed that his temporary home remains unclear as reports spread he planned to lead a revolt against Obregon. His family, in several U S cities, was unaware of his whereabouts.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Pablo Gonzales
Obregon
Chicago
Detroit
Gonzales
Laredol
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Bebe Daniels Jailed for 10 Days Over 56 MPH Speeding
Santa Ana dispatch reports film star Bebe Daniels jailed in Westminster Abbey cloisters for 10 days after a jury found her guilty of speeding on county boulevards at 56.25 miles per hour. Police revealed gasoline soaked materials in the car inspection, with Daniels claiming she would not wait for appeal results.
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United Press
Santa Ana
Cal
Bebe
London
Daniels
Daniela
Soldier Confesses Killing Major Cronkhite at Camp Lewis
Tacoma April 16 Rosland P Pothier charged with slaying Major Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis in October 1918 confessed to federal authorities that he was ordered by Capt. Robert Rosenbluth to bring out a loaded gun and get Cronkhite Prosecutor J W Selden announced five alleged confessions by Pothier The claim centers on a superior officers orders in a WWI era case The report names Camp Lewis and the involved officers and the time of the crime
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Rosland P. Pothier
Alexander Cronkhite
Camp Lewis
Robert Rosenbluth
Mrs. Jane Kirkwood Much Improved by Doctors Report
Mrs Jane Kirkwood widow of Iowa's great war governor is expected to celebrate her 100th birthday next Sept 1 physicians report her condition greatly improved after an illness that threatened her life Doctors say she backed the boys at the front in Mexican Civil Spanish American and world conflicts as Iowa's original war worker
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Jane Kirkwood
United Press
Iowa City
Kirkwood
Iowa
Mondell Predicts Sales Tax Will Fail in Congress
In Washington April 16 United Press reports Representative Mondell predicting no sales tax enacted by this congress. He says if the senate approves a tax the house will not agree to it, signaling strong opposition from Republican leadership.
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Mondell
United Press
Washington, D.C
Congress
Mont Gall
Wyenting
House
Senate
Ford
Repass Automobile CO
Waterloo
Iowa
Minnesota Man Heads College Deans
Prof. Edward EB. Nicholson of the University of Minnesota was elected president of the National Association of University and College Deans of Men in Iowa City. The next annual convention will be held at Lexington, Kentucky.
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United Press
Iowa City
Edward. EB. Nicholson
University of Minnesota
National Association of University and College Deans of
Lexington
Pythians to Honor Vets With Special Lodge Night
Eighteen members of Helmet lodge Knights of Pythias will receive the veteran's jewel Monday night at lodge rooms in a special evening of entertainment. The jewel honors members with 23 years or more in the organization. Knights wives and Pythian sisters are invited. program includes dancing and refreshments.
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Pythians
Helmet Lodge
Knights of. Pythias
Thei
Hellen Eyes Federal Post As Iowa Prohibition Director
C W Hellen, ex Dart Manufacturing president now in Marsh Place, seeks appointment as federal prohibition director of Towa under the new administration. Backing from influential friends noted. Others vying include H M Havner Des Moines former attorney general C O Rock Logan long time state agent R N Holsaple state Superintendent of the Anti Saloon League and Robert Wallace Council Bluffs attorney. Inside sources say Rock leads among contenders.
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C. W. Hellen
Dart Manufacturing Company
Marsh Place
Iowane
Towa
Mr. Helsen
H. M. Havner
Des Moines
C. O. Rock
Logan
R.N. Holsaple
Anti-Saloon League
Robert Wallace
Council Bluffs
Rock
Beers Nearing Legal Status Under New Regulations
United Press reports in Washington that medicinal beer regulations have advanced toward confirmation by the acting Internal Revenue commissioner and Secretary Mellon. The latest steps place the rules closer to final approval as officials resend the regulations to the revenue office.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
FEAR FOR CAR FERRY OVERDUE FROM LUDINGTON
Milwaukee reporter notes grave fears for Pere Marquette car ferry No. 19 with a 20 man crew overdue from Ludington Michigan. The vessel left Ludington this morning and was due in Milwaukee at noon, last heard from hours earlier.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Ludington
Mich
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