Harding Rumors Attacked as Personal Ties Cited
Washington dispatch argues President Harding’s integrity remained unquestioned while noting dangers from friendships with trusted aides. It cites Forbes and Falls as examples of how personal ties affected the administration and public trust, with quotes on confidence and warnings about the consequences.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Harding
New York World
Nesitzia
Dia
White
Hartingsgain
Ohio
Jess
Hardling
Fall
Forbes
Warren
White House
War Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Chicago
New York
Jude Carpenter
Grand
Will Trwin
Paper delivery notice for Courier before 5 30 pm
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Recess Abandoned by Oil Committee Hearings Set
Washington notices a dramatic shift as the senate oil investigating committee abandons its recess to hear subpoenaed New York stock brokers. Edward B. McLean associates participate in conferences while Harry Payne Whitney and Harry F. Sinclair are tied to the expected arrivals in Washington for questioning.
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International Nats Wire
Washington, D. C
Senate Oil Investigating Committee
New York
McLean
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Harry Payne Whitney
Harry F. Sinclair
Bavarian Leaders Kaiser Resign Powers Return
Berlin reports Dictator von Kahr and General Lossow resigned from Bavarian government. Official authority under their rule was handed back to Bavarian authorities today.
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Picpator von Kahr Antogen
Berlin
von Kahr
Gen. Lossow
Offica
Wheat Tariffs Justified by Council Data, Commission Nears Report
The tariff commission nears completion on wheat duties and, after hearing data from the Wheat Council of the United States and advocates led by Representative Anderson, expects to report to the president within two weeks. The independent inquiry into production costs suggests an increased rate may be justifiable, with current law set at 30 cents per bushel and potential modification up to 50 percent by executive action.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Tarif Commission
Council of the United States
Anderson
McCumber
North Dakota
Sullivan Pleads Guilty To Five Year Term
George Sullivan withdrew a not guilty plea to a robbery with aggravation indictment and pleaded guilty to larceny of $800 in property. He was sentenced to up to five years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, chosen over reformatory Anamosa. The crime occurred December 1, 1922, when three masked men robbed Mr and Mrs Frederick in their jewelry shop, binding them and taking $3,000 to $4,000 in jewelry and about $400 in cash.
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Feorge Sullivan
H. B. Boies
C. E. Frederick
Fort Madison
Boies
J. C. Atumagh
Sullivan
Walter R. French
Sulivyan
Iven
Anamosa
Thvo Pals
Frederick
Frederick Place
Harding Picked as League Aid for Hungary Loan
Geneva Feb 18 W P G Harding former Federal Reserve Board governor is unofficially chosen as high commissioner of the League of Nations to Hungary to supervise finances under the League plan He will accept if officially designated and selection said approved by all interested parties Theo Roberts actor Pittsburgh Pa Feb 18 revived better night physicians said
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Associated Press
Geneva
W. PL Og. Harding
States Federal Reserve Board
League of ‘Nations
Hungary
League
Nan Plaw
Hardings
Theo. Roberts Bettee
Pittsburgh
Theofore Roberts
State Insurance Probe Expanded to Cover Entire Business
A Iowa senate resolution proposes widening the ongoing insurance inquiry from the department to the entire industry. Senator Melntosh seeks to uncover stock acquisitions, commissions, and salaries in policy consolidations, with possible legal changes to curb improper practices. The committee gains a new fifth member as hearings begin and out-of-state insurers observe proceedings.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Fen
Browne
Jackson County
Senate
Melntosh
Insurance Department
MccIntosh
Teroi
Lfe
Hammill
Noink
State Insurance Department
Johnson Campaigns in Nebraska and Dakota
Senator Hiram Johnson of California, seeking the Republican nomination, told reporters en route to Lincoln that the decisive question is how to make invisible government visible. He noted the Teapot Dome matter will influence the campaign, and previewed a weeklong tour through Nebraska and the Dakotas before addressing Omaha supporters for the April primary.
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Omaha
Neb
Hiram Johnson
California
Lincoln
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Ile
Huerta Protests U S Succoring Mexico
Merida Yucatan February 18 Adolfo de la Huerta reader of the Mexican revolution has issued a statement protesting against financial help by United States financiers and declaring that the only way to his revolution is the scarce funds. Our cause is sustained by its own justice reinforced by public opinion and the self denial by our soldiers.
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Merida
Yucatan
Adolfo de la Huerta
United States
Fonds
U S War Debt Policy Remains Unchanged
Washington D C Feb 8 The debt commission failed to agree on funding proposals and left the U S approach unchanged. The conference ended without new steps or reminders to the debtor government about awaiting funding plans.
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U.S
Washington, D. C
Debt Commission
United States
Daughter of Fort Dodge Italian Is Barred from U.S.
In New York on February 18, Masta Ceccantini a 16 year old Italian girl living in Fort Dodge Iowa cannot enter the United States due to a health related immigration prohibition. The girl, afflicted with trachoma, must return to Italy aboard the next ship despite her father's offer to hire specialists for treatment. the appeal was denied by the secretary of labor.
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New York
Masta Ceccantini
Trelstre Girke
Luly
Gni Seppo Gievvantini
Mort Dodge
Secretary of Labor
Mellon Accused of Juggling Bonus Deal
New York reporters say American legionnaires renewed push for the veterans bonus after a spurt last night accusing the treasury department of manipulating figures. Col Thomas W Miller alleged a high official admitted changes to estimates as Congress pressed for revision. Rep Fairchild charged Mellon's actions misled Harding and Coolidge, claiming a $900 million deficit misrepresented the treasury surplus. Owsley said the bonus would pass the House by a five to one margin and then in the Senate, despite veto threats.
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New York
American Legionnaires
Treasury Department
Ben- Tetury Mellano
Harding
Coolidge
Thomas W. Miller
Youns
Congress
Boniaenty
Fairchild
Mellennis
Treasury
Alvin M. Owsley
House
Senate
Rush Cockburn to Prison as Lawyers Seek Appeal Bond
Anamosa Iowa February 18 Russell Cockburn a parroll padder started serving his determinate sentence at 3:20 p m today after being spirited away from Des Moines in a high powered car over icy roads to Ames loaded onto a Northwestern train and on arrival at Cedar Rapids was taken to a taxicab arriving here at 9:36 a m Deputy Sheriff Ball slotted the dash for the reformatory as Cockburns lawyer frantically sought a $14 000 appeal bond
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Anamosa
Russell Cockburn
Des Moines
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Lust
Bonner
Ball
Reformatory
Cockburn
Bess
Nashua boy loses thumb while chopping wood with father
A 14 year old boy in Nashua Illinois had the left thumb severed when his father’s ax slipped while chopping a limb from a tree. The accident occurred Saturday as they worked together. In Nasah Fa a separate note reports a firemen's ball at Grangers Opera House with proceeds of 2 59.
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Nashua
Ila
William Haller
Mr. Haller
NASA
Rey Grangers Opera House
Morning, Lincoln judge shot by alimony defendant
Lincoln district judge Morning was shot and killed by Wallace Wallick, a party to a divorce case for nonpayment of alimony. Wallick then killed himself after firing at the judge, his wife, and her attorney. The Wallicks had long been in arrears, and the judge had threatened to jail Wallick again before the shooting.
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International News Wire
Lincoln
Neb
W. We
Wallace ‘P. Wallick
Wallick
McAdoo Candidacy Backed by Era of Liberalism Rally
More than 300 advocates of William Gibbs McAdoo gathered in Chicago to back his Democratic nomination. Speakers attacked Coolidge record, tied Teapot Dome disclosures to Republican failures, and urged a sweeping oil-government reform led by McAdoo. Women and labor leaders attended as conference opens to decide McAdoo's status.
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United Press
Chicago
McAdoo
Tamer Ll. Cane Wings
Cummings
Republican Party
Coolidge
Democratic Party
Scch
America
Abrova
Newberry
Veterans’ Bureau
McAdon
Ona Min
Cumblings
Martin F. Ryan
Carmen's Union
Sheppard
Order of Railway J
Elizabeth Welch Dies at 83 in Charles City
Mrs Elizabeth Welch longtime Charles City resident dies at home of daughter Mrs An sipew Syumierfield aged 83 after 55 years in the city. She came to the United States from Germany six years ago.
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Elizabeth Welch
Charles City
Ansipew Syumierfield
Denby resigns from cabinet over lease scandal amid Coolidge talks
Washington Feb 18 President Coolidge takes personnel charge of a probe into prohibition enforcement after the shooting of Scuatter Creena ovi stray butler amid clashes between dry agents and bootleggers Denby resigns following consultations with the president Roosevelt denies resignation and Denby’s message to quit is accepted amid pressure from Republican leaders and pending court actions on the oil leases with debates over the legality of the Teapot and California leases and possible retirements in the administration
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Owen Joberts
Philadelphia
Roberts
Bilas Sr. Strawn
Chicago
Coolidge
Ashurst
Wheeler
Sheppard
Brookhart
Frazier
la Follette
John
Minnesota
Shipstead
Senatora Adams
Dill
Pomerane
Denby
Pres. Coolidge
Washington
Scuatter Creena
Versmaut
Uvi
Butler
J. Bascom Slemp
Fils
Associated Press
Edwin Denby
Navy
Goollige
Albert B. Fall
Stsatf
California
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Daugherty
Republican Organization
White House
Prac
Dawes Committee Hears Reichsbank Director in Berlin
Dawes committee chaired by Gen. Dawes met in Paris to discuss principles for their reparations plan. Herr Selbach, director of the Reichsbank, was to be heard this afternoon as Berlin evolved the plan after studying Germany’s fiscal and economic situation.
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Paris
Het
Ery
Charlen G. Dawes
Taiy
Uisrusseil
Hegin
Separations Commission
Ilerr Seliacht
Reichsbank
Berlin
Dawes
Try
Germany
Des Moines Declares War on Passers of Worthless Checks
Des Moines reports arrests of two women tied to check fraud at a department store, signaling a broader crackdown. Miss Mary Casson of Des Moines and Miss Clarz Wilson of Granger face hearings on February 25 over alleged counterfeit checks totaling about $2 in value.
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Des Moines
Mary Casson
Clarz Wilson
Granger
President OKs Honorary Chair of National Music Week
President Coolidge accepted the chairmanship of the honorary committee for National Music Week, with a synchronized national observance planned May 4 to 10. The president’s letter hopes the week will mark a milestone in broadening interest in and appreciation of the best in music culture.
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New York
Coolige
Amos D Huff Dies at Center Point
Center Point Ia Feb 1 Amos D Huff 78 died at his home last Tuesday from a paralytic stroke suffered Jan 27. Survived by widow two sons B J Huff Cedar Rapids and George Huff 51 Louis and a daughter Mrs Fred Siniumonsg Omaha. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday with Rev C F Grieve officiating. burial in Center Point cemetery.
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Center Point
Amos D. Huff
B. J
Cedar Rapids
George
Louis
Fred Siniumonsg
Omaha
Methodist Episcopal Church
C. KF. Grieve
Four Men Held in Chicago Forgery Ring
Four men linked to a large forgery gang were arrested in Chicago by detectives. Edmund Billson faces conspiracy charges, Jacob Rosen is charged with operating a confidence game and conspiracy, Solomon Hester and Samuel Jacobson are charged with disorderly conduct. The group is tied to forged checks yielding hundreds of thousands in recent weeks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Edmund Billson
Jacob Rosen
Solomon Hester
Samuel Jacobson
Billson
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