Insull funds politics and Ruth salary debate stir public
A column discusses Samuel Insull financing campaigns as a duty to protect big investors in utilities, amid Babe Ruth’s reported $100,000 next year pay and Yankee owner Ruppert’s private talk. It also notes summer political maneuvering, Whitman and Melville praise, crime costs at $16 billion, a Buenos Aires air crash, and views from Hilles and Butler on Western politics and Prohibition.
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Samuel Ancull
Insull
Babe Ruth
Col. Ruppert
The
Yankees
Babe
Ruth
Sponders
Bozo
West vs East in GOP third term and Lowden bid
Washington dispatch outlines Republican hopes for a Lowden candidacy on the farm relief issue. It notes Iowa Nebraska the Dakotas Indiana Minnesota and Illinois could tilt toward Lowden or a Dawes bid while Coolidge's renomination faces internal party doubt and a possible West vs East clash over the McNary Haugen bill and third term arguments.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
McNary
Haugen
Lowden
Coolidge
Iowa
Dakotas
Nebraska
Indiana
Minnesota
Ilinois
Senate
House Avil
McNary-Haugen
Dawes
Autos in January Show Less Mileage Than December
Des Moines reports January 1927 autos and trucks traveled less than December, per gas oiling tax figures released by state treasurer Ray E. Johnson. January tax total was 336,936.66, December 338,972.84, with January 1927 up over January 1926 which was 298,769.13.
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Des Moines
Ray E. Johnson
Marines Send 1800 Ahead of Sacasa in Nicaragua
American forces on Nicaragua's west coast total 1800 with small detachments landing at Corinto from destroyer tenders Altair and Melville. Henderson to reach Corinto in a week could raise total to about 3000. Six De Haviland planes and four two seat scouts support operations. The British cruiser Colombo pr otects nationals if needed. 350 marines ordered to Granada to guard the Managua to Granada railway and deter liberal attacks. Naval units may move toward Matagalpa as liberal General Moncada advances.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Corinto
Altair
Melville
Henderson
de Haviland
Colombo
Granada
Matagalpa
Monchada
Britain Declines Reply to Moscow Over Propaganda
London February 28 Foreign Secretary Chamberlain said in the Commons the government would not answer Soviet Russia’s reply to Britain’s protest note. The British note condemned Bolshevik propaganda citing speeches by leaders. Moscow retorted that British ministers called the Soviet government “a gang of assassins and robbers” and warned that threats to nullify the trade pact or sever relations would not intimidate Russia.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Russia
Lord Birkenhead
Britain
Gould Gets Seat in Senate After Review
Washington February 28 The Senate elections subcommittee upheld the right of Senator Gould Republican Maine to a seat in the Senate amid charges raised by Senator Walsh Democrat Montana. The panel found no fraud connected to a £100000 transfer to former Premier Fleming in relation to a railroad contract and recommended dropping the charges.
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Washington
D. C
Gould
Maine
Senate
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Walsh
Montana
Fleming
New Brunswick
Subcommittee
Klan Loses Appeal in Kansas Ouster
The supreme court dismissed the Ku Klux Klan of Georgia appeal from a Kansas ouster order saying the Klan had not complied with foreign corporation law. The court found it lacked jurisdiction. Klan attorneys had claimed the right to operate regardless of state law.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan of
Georgia
Kansas
Four Children Die in Gasoline Fire at Thetford Mines
A fire at a Thetford Mines home last night killed four children aged 10 years to seven months. The blaze followed the explosion of gasoline used by the father to start a fire. Victims were Vital Boy’s children.
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Quebec
Thetford Mines
Vital Boy
Britain Accepts Coolidge Naval Pact Conference Bid
Great Britain officially accepts President Coolidge's invitation to a five power naval limitation conference. The note says Britain supports the idea but warns the conference must adjust to inter imperial communications and food supply protections. A three power pact with Japan remains a separate possibility, with negotiations to begin soon. The London note confirms UK participation and notes the need to align with Geneva preparatory commission proceedings.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Coolidge
State Department
France
Italy
Japan
United States of America
Geneva
Washington
Preparatory Commission
London
Austen Chamberlain
House of ‘Commons
Foreign Office
Dominions
Prison Life Too Soft Declared By Sheriff
Des Moines Feb 28 an Iowa sheriff told Union Park Church of Christ members that parole should be the exception. Sheriff Park Findley said convict sterilization and harder labor would reform prisoners, claiming state prison life is too comfortable.
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Des Moines
Sheriff Park
Findley
Union Park
Pershing's Orderly Hanged in Missouri
Clayton Missouri February 28. Robert Johnson twenty eight years old a Negro once private orderly to General John J Pershing in France was hanged here shortly after sunrise for attacking a white woman. The trap was sprung at 620 am and physicians pronounced the Negro dead a few minutes later.
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Clayton
Robert Johnson
John J. Pershing
France
Shanghai Anxiety Eases as Defenders Build Battle Lines
Senate votes on cloture and public buildings and prohibition reorganization measures. Judiciary committee reviews pending bills. Ho use considers miscellaneous measures. Cooper impeachment discussed as part of ongoing congressional actions.
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United Press
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Housie
Cooper
Fatalities in Mexican Sunday clashs and raids tally
Mexico City February 28 Nearly 50 persons mainly rebels were slain in weekend clashes between federal forces and rebel bands. In Guanajuato near Cerro Prieto 24 rebels and seven federals died, nine farmers were killed at Suchitan Colima, rebels raided Ayochico Jalisco kidnapping an American creamery employee for 500 dollars ransom, one farmer was killed, and federal troops captured 35 Yaqui women and children in raids.
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Mexico
INS
War Department
Col
Martine
Cerroprieto
Guanajuato
Suchitan
Colima
Ayochico
Jalisco
Monsignor J T Noonan Receives Title in Des Moines
In Des Moines on Sunday John T. Noonan pastor of St Augustine Catholic Church was vested with the title Right Reverend Monsignor. Bishop Drumm preached the sermon praising his work for the church. Monsignor Noonan also serves as vicar general of the Des Moines diocese.
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Des Moines
John T. Noonan
St. Augustin Catholic Church
Drumm
Monsignor Noonan
Noonan
Iocese
Iowa Farm Land Prices Rise In Meyers Farm Sale
In Keystone Iowa Feb 28 evidence shows land values climbing as the 200 acre John Meyers farm sold to George Pickering for 300 dollars an acre in a cash deal totaling 72000 dollars. The sale underscores renewed demand for farmland in the region.
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Keystone, Tas
Iowa
John Meyers
George Pickering
West Hilles and Butler Clash on Coolidge Victory
Conflicting 1928 election forecasts emerge from Hilles and Butler as they report on West and Midwest sentiment. Hilles bets a sweeping Republican victory citing prosperity and low debt, while Butler cites strong Democratic push in the plains and middle west amid repeal sentiment and anti third term mood.
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Butler
Masters
New York
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Hilles
West
Dr. Butler
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York State
Lick
Coolidge
MuNdry-Haugen
Murer
Gov. Smith
California
Chang Tsung Chang Forces Help Restore Confidence in Sun Troops
Shanghai reports confidence restored among Shantung forces under Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang after reinforcements from Shantung. Defense works including battery positions rise as tension with Nationalists grows. Chang Tsung Chang, Sun’s northern ally, declares Shanghai safe with 250000 soldiers ready and 350000 in reserve, pledging unity to fight Bolshevism. The Woosung river entry to Shanghai is closed at night to protect the city, prompting consular protests.
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Chang Tsung Chang
Sun
Shanghai
Shantung
Sun Chuan-Fang
Shantung Province
Progetiv
Li Poa-Chang
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Yangtse
Amasistateeetharikk
Chang Tso- Lin
Sunkiang
Boy Confessed to Attacking Farm Girl. Committed to State School
Vinton Iowa February 28 The youth Lloyd Everett Fahnie aged 16 of Norway High School confessed to attacking 6 year old Sernice Weitz a farm girl near Norway. Judge Clarence Nichols ordered Fahnie committed to the state industrial school at Widora.
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Vinton
Little Sernice Weitz
Norway
Lloyd Everett Fahnie
Widora
Clarence Nichols
Bomb blast in taxicab area injures two men in Des Moines
Two men suffered severe burns when hundreds of rifle rounds exploded behind a taxicab in Des Moines Sunday. Cab driver C. B. Scott, 36, and an infantry sergeant from Fort Des Moines were taken to hospitals as the cab burned and was demolished. Police planned a full investigation into the incident.
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Des Moines
Hern
C. EB. Scott
Forties, Moines Army Post
Smith
Mrea
Transactions tainted with fraud court rules against plotting against gov
A Pioneer National Bank clerk notes farm buyers have cash to meet interest payments, outpacing past years. Ira W. Blough, assistant cashier, says farmers are not increasing loans and show better financial condition.
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Gov't
Pioneer National Bank
Ira W. Blough
Blough
Golfers Gripped by South Carolina Blue Laws
In Columbia on February 28 four golfers en route to the Oaks in Greenville were arrested as South Carolina enforces the century-old Sunday blue laws. The crackdown extended to major cities with stricter enforcement than a week earlier, drawing opposition from citizens who see the law as a personal liberty infringement.
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Columbia
D. C
Senate votes cloture to push Andrews bill on prohibition
Washington, Feb 28. The Senate, by 55 to 27, invoked cloture on the Andrews bill for reorganizing the prohibition department. The move ends a prolonged filibuster and gives the measure precedence, despite earlier failure to vote cloture on the public buildings bill.
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Washington, D.C
Sénate
Prohibition Department
Senate
Public utilities figure cited for contempt by senate panel
Washington February 28 Samuel Insull millionaire utilities operator his attorney Daniel Schuyler and Philadelphia court clerk Thomas Cunningham were cited to the senate for contempt for refusing to answer questions before the Reed senate elections investigating committee. Senator Goff Republican West Virginia reported and urged prosecution of the witnesses.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Insull
Rountimillionaire Public Utilities
Daniel Schuyler
Thomas Cunningham
Philadelphia
Senate Today
Reed Senate Elections Investigating Committee
Goff
West Virginia
Burglars Steal From Safe as Watchdog Snoozes
In Rock Island Illinois on February 28 a dog dozing beside Odiel Oliver's safe in a soft drink parlor slept through a break in. Burglars opened the safe by forcing the combination and escaped with three gold pieces and cigars from San Felice, Henry George, and Idollta Martin as advertised.
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Rock Island
Ill
Odiel Oliver
San Felice
Henry George
Idollta Martin
All Good Fe Cigars
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The notice states the Courier will be delivered before 9 o'clock at home. If the paper is not received by then due to carrier error or other causes, call 4060 and a copy will be mailed. Calls should reach the office before 6:80 p.m.
Supreme Court voids Elk Hills leases in oil scandal ruling
Washington February 28 1920s ruling voided Elk Hills naval oil reserve leases and Pearl Harbor contract as tainted by fraud and secrecy. The decision cancels the agreements despite a local jury verdict dismissing conspiracy charges. Doheny and Fall faced no criminal conviction in the case. Officials of Pan American Petroleum react with disbelief.
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Washington, D.C
Oifl
Edward I. ‘Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Senate
Oili
Doheny
Cour
Cohen
Washington
Dity
Harry
Dom Court of Appeals
INS
Sion
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Jerry
Jan
Wwalsh
International “News
Los Angeles
Cal
Pan American, Petroleum Company
Edward. J. Doheny Company
Elk Jills
Pan American Petroleum Company
Janitors Clean Upsweep in State Legislature
Des Moines reports janitors swept through the town house and the senate in the absence of members. Cleaning will continue through the spring recess with members returning for the final lap of the session. Most lawmakers began returning home Saturday while a few stayed to finish odds and ends this week.
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Res Moines
State House
Town House
Senate
Gen Butler Headed for Chinese Trouble
Washington February 28 General Smedley Butler the star trouble man of the Marines is ordered to embark from the west coast this week to join his outlet in China He had previously left the Chinese area but is now reassigned His service includes Hats Vera Cruz and the Boxer uprising in China and he holds the congressional medal of honor PMID not provided
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Washington, D. C
U— Bris
Smedley Butler
China
Ryder
Vera Cruz
Ching
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