Viennese Braue Men and Weather Turmoil Stir Headlines
Chancellor Seipel urges law and order in Vienna after riots tied to a wage strike, while a Kansas City tornado and Missouri storm cause deaths and injuries. The piece highlights floods of public concern, heroic drownings in Chicago area, and U S Marines defeating Sandino’s forces in Nicaragua. It notes transatlantic flyers Byrd and Chamberlin returning home amid cheers in New York and touches on President Coolidge aide Everett Saunders’ routine and fatigue.
Dry forces lose momentum in political field struggle
Washington July 18 The drys face weaker fortune as Hearst papers shift from dry to wet attacking the Anti-Saloon League while Reed's Missouri seat gains clout. The Drys show lapse in activity with McAdoo's supporters idle and no unified drive to secure a dry Democratic nomination amid rising wet candidacies.
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Washington, D. C
Anti-Saloon League
William R. Hearst
James A. Reed
Missouri
New York
Hearst
Dity
Bos
Anti-Saloon’ League
Reed
Senator Reed
New Jersey
Gov. Smith
Ritchie
Maryland
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Conger facing nine charges in fatal Rock Island crash
C W Conger, accused drunken driver, was charged today in municipal court with manslaughter, operating while intoxicated and illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor in three informations. He allegedly caused the Friday night collision at First and Locust that killed Miss Fannie Chilberg of Rock Island. The death also involved A A Zimmerman and Miss Flora Chilberg. Conger remains hospitalized in satisfactory condition. bonds total 5650.
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Conger
Frank W. Edwards
Fannie Chilberg
Rock Island
Ill
First
Locust
A. A. Zimmerman
Western Avenue
Chilberg
Zimmerman
Flora
Albert Petersen
Petersen Bros
I Killed, 9 Hurt in Fall Down Mountain
A 50-foot fall down Mount Hood snow crevasse killed Dr. Stanton W. Stryker, a Portland dentist, and injured six climbers seriously while three sustained minor injuries. Ten hikers were pulled over the edge when one slipped, all members of a mountain climbing club.
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Portland
Ore
Mount Hood
Stanton W. Stryker
Sapiro Suit Against Ford Is Dismissed
Federal Judge Charles C. Simons signed an order to discontinue the $1,000,000 libel suit filed by Aaron Sapiro against Henry Ford. The order, filed in Detroit, was presented by Sapiro’s attorney William Gallagher, ending the case without further costs.
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Detroit
Fedral
Charles C. Simons
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Wiliam EH Gallagher
Sapiro
Alienist Dr William Krohn Dies After Nervous Collapse
Chicago July 168 Dr William Krohn one of the best known alienists in the country died yesterday at his home after a nervous breakdown He was a pioneer in mental testimony and served as one of the alienists for the prosecution in the Leopold and Loeb case.
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Chicago
William ©. Krohn
Krohn
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Local Tobacco Advert Says San Felice and Havana Ribbons
A vintage advertisement lists brands including San Felice Henry George Tholita Mare tin Havana Ribbon and Sc cigars, highlighting a selection of cigars and tobacco products in a period catalog style.
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San Felice
Henry George
Tholita
Maretin
Havana
Sc Cigars
Shot Thru Heart 14 Stitches Save Him from Death
Cor nelius Jackson, 20, of Lexington Kentucky, is reported recovering after a accidental shooting by a young woman named Sunny. Medics say 14 stitches were required to treat the bullet wound near his heart and he remains under care today.
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Lexington
Cornelius Jackson
Jackson
Sunny
Norwegian Song Festival at Ames Heads for July 24
Old Norwegian hymns from the twelfth century will be featured at the fifth annual Norwegian Lutheran church song festival in Ames. More than 200 singers take part and several thousand are expected to attend. Prof. Oscar Lydres directs the chorus with soloists Mrs Irving Knudson Ellsworth Rev W B Scarvie Story City Miss Alvina Holm Strom City and Eugene Fardal Stanhope. Mrs G F Johnson Story City will be the pianist.
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Alvina
Holm
Strom City
Eugene Fardal
Stanhope
G. F. Johnson
Story City
Search North Town for Killing Suspect Spirit Lake
William Hartman is sought in the fatal shooting of Charles Mitchell at Arnold's Park. The manhunt expanded to the northwest region with state agents aiding county officers. Mitchell, a summer resident, was shot at his doorstep. officials suspect a bootleg war. A coroner's jury could not determine blame.
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Spirit Lake
INS
William Hartman
Charles’ Mitchell
Mitchell
Arnold’s Park
Lutherans Hear Plans at Walther League Convention
In St Louis over 7 000 members of the International Walther league gathered for the thirty fifth annual convention. Gov Sam Baker Mayor Victor Miller and international president A A Grossmann led the welcome. The league unites 50 000 young Evangelical Lutherans from the United States and Canada.
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St. Louis
International Walther League
Sam Baker
Victor Miller
A. A. Grossmann
Walther League
United States
Canada
Girl 16 Drowns at Family Picnic in Iowa River
Gladys Hight, 16, of Walker Iowa, drowned during a family picnic near Troy Mills in the Wapsie River. She drifted into a deep hole and her body was recovered by divers several hours later.
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Cedar Rapids
Gladys Hight
Walker
Wapsie River
Troy Mills
Mary Field Weds KFNF Radio Man in Clarinda
Shenandoah Iowa July 18. A romance born at a radio station ends in a marriage when Miss Mary Field daughter of Henry Field telephoned from Clarinda she was married there Saturday to James Smith Kansas City a radio artist at KFNF Field's radio station.
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Shenandoah
INS
Mary Field
Henry Field
Clarinda
James Smith
Kansas City
Kfnf Field
Judge Solomon Prouy Funeral Held in Des Moines
Des Moines July 18 UP funeral services for Judge Solomon F. Prou y pioneer town legislator will be held this afternoon. Members of the Polk County Bar association will attend in a body.
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Prouty
Des Moines
Solomon F. Proutx
Pioneer Town
Polk County Bar Association
Yankee Gondul Aide Shot In Puerto Mexico
United States Consul William Chapman stationed in Puerto Mexico was shot and likely fatally wounded at his home Sunday morning. The attack occurred as he cooperated in a crackdown on rum runners based in Puerto. The Mexican government has been pressed for arrest and punishment, with the U.S. State Department in Washington notified. Chapman had recently been transferred from Torreon.
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Mexico City
United States
William Chapman
Puerto
Mexico
State Department
Washington
Chapman
Torreon
AFL Opposes U S Latin American War Warns Green
Washington July 18 INL American labor will not tolerate a war between the United States and neighboring Pan American countries. William Green president of the AFL declared at the Pan American Labor conference that labor is unalterably opposed to interference by any government into the political or domestic affairs of nations on the American continent.
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Washington, D. C
INL
United States
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Pan-American Labor Conference
Green
Pan-American Federation of Labor Conference
Salomon de la Silva
Nicaragua
Hankow Once More Under Martial Law
Hankow and Hanyang reportedly captured by Gen Ho Chien in a coup against radicals. Dispatches state Hankow was taken today with railway points secured, reflecting of internal factional strife in Hankow as martial law is imposed in the city.
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Hankow
London
Reuters
Shanghai
Hanyang
Ho Chien
Wuchang
World Soil Experts Pay Visit to Ames
Des Moines July 18. Several hundred soil experts from around the world will stop in Des Moines this afternoon on a trans continental tour of the United States. They will be entertained at Town State college at Ames this morning. Visitors include experts from Holland Hungary Russia Switzerland and Czecho Slovakia. They will be guests of E T Meredith former secretary of agriculture.
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Des Moines
United States
Town State College
Ames
Holland
Hungary
Russia
Switzerland
Czecho- Slovakia
E. T. Meredith
Abbot divorce granted by Seine court in Paris
Mrs Louise Lee Weems Abbot was granted a divorce from Frank Abbot by the Seine court in Paris. The couple wed in Quincy, Illinois on November 21, 1912.
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Paris
INS
Seine
Louise Lee Weems Abbot
Frank Abbot
Quincey
Marines in Seventeen Hour Battle With 400 Rebels
U S Marines fought 17 hours with 400 Sandino rebels at Ocotal Nicaragua with 39 Marines and 47 constabulary. Five bombing planes from Managua aided, killing about 100 rebels while 200 died from air attacks. One Marine killed, one wounded, one constable seriously hurt. Sandino fled northeast. Marina, his lieutenant, among the rebel dead.
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Sandino
Nicaragua
United States
U. S
Ocotal
M. A. Obelski
Roulette
C. S. Garrison
Asheville
N. C
Managua
United States Marine Corps
Logan Feland
Joyce
ae —_ spa
Michael A. Obelski
Charles Sidney Garrison
Constabulary
Sandno
Feland
Ross E. Rowell
Marina
San Fernando
Hatfield
1st Degree Murder Charge Is Filed Against Jas. Bostic
Information charging James Bostic of 114 Water street with murder in the first degree in the slaying of Louise Hopkins of 106 Linn street was filed in municipal court by county attorney Frank W. Edwards. The victim’s body will be shipped to Natchez, Mississippi for burial. The coroner said an inquest is unlikely. The Gates Park Civic club noted the killing occurred near Gates park, east of the Central Gun club grounds near Hawver avenue.
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James Bostic
Water Street
Louise Hopkins
Linn Street
Frank W. Edwards
Bostic
Natchez
Miss
Sidney D. Smith
Gates Park
Fourth and
Lester Streets
Hawver Avenue
Central Gun Club
Herrick in Hospital Following Operation
Myron T. Herrick United States ambassador to France is recovering in a Cleveland hospital from a minor operation performed yesterday. The 73 year old was stricken at his Chagrin Falls estate and rushed to the hospital. His condition was described as greatly improved and no complications were expected.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Chagrin Falls
Here
Iowa's Pride Welcomes Clarence Chamberlin Home
The small Iowa community of 20 prepared today to greet police recorder and famed flyer Clarence Chamberlin returning from his record flight to Germany. The event drew plans for thousands, with parking space arranged for 5,000 cars at nearby Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
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New York
Richard §. Byrd
Clarence Chamberlin
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Paris
Teterboro
N. J
Teterboro Airport
Germany
Know Your City Elston Avenue
Elston Avenue carries heavy city traffic yet few know its existence. The paved street from Columbia Circle extends a block toward Byrnes Park and the Byrnes Park golf course entrance. It runs straight from Fletcher Street and is just north of Fourth Street with a signpost obscured by tree limbs.
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Elston Avenue
Columbia Circle
Byrnes Park
Fletcher Street
Fourth Street
Four Bandits Raid Three Marshalltown Stores Over Sunday
Marshalltown Iowa July 18 A quartet of well dressed young bandits battered three stores over the weekend and escaped with about 1300 after opening safes in each. They bound night watchman Henry Essen at Weisman Higgin dry goods with picture wire before cracking the safe. Ryder Furniture yielded 300 and J D Palmer Dry Goods 1000. Police learned the Weisman Higgin safe check may reveal further cash.
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Marshalltown
Weisman-Higgin
Henry Essen
Essen
Ryder Furniture Company
J. D. Palmer Dry Goods
Weisman- Higgin
Closed Hawkeye Bank Officers Held for Fraud
West Union Iowa July 188. H Bevins president of First State bank Hawkeye which closed in April and M W Henderson its cashier this afternoon gave bond of $5 000 each in district court to appear at the September term and defend charges of conspiracy to defraud the bank Henderson is a former state superintendent of banking and Bevins has been prominent in Democratic politics in this section He at one time was a candidate for state senator The charges were brought as result of investigation made by the directors.
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Courier Special Service
West Union
H. Bevins
First State Bank
Hawkeye
M. W. Henderson
Henderson
Bevins
Three Held in Killing Plan Their Defense
Franklin La July 18 Informed that Dr Thomas E Dreher Mrs Ada LeBouf and James Beadle prepared defense for looming jury trial next Monday over the murder of James LeBouf Dreher reportedly plans insanity defense Beadle, the trapper, allegedly involved in dismembering LeBouf seeks release arguing familial ties to LeBouf's sister could influence motive or guilt
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Franklin
INS
Thomas E. Dreher
Ada LeBouf
James Beadle
James LeBouf
LeBouf
Two Bootlegging Gangs Kill Man in Sioux City Fight
In Sioux City Iowa on July 18 a gun battle between rival bootlegging gangs at Thomas Mitchell’s home left Mitchell dead while defending corn whisky stored in a rear shed. William Stearns, a Black man, was seriously wounded. Police believe a second man was killed.
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Sioux City
Thomas Mitchell
Mitchell
William Stearns
Bound Body of Man Found In Canal Puzzle Police
The bound body of a man with hands and feet tied and lips sealed with adhesive tape was found sewn in a burlap sack in the Calumet canal. The corpse, about 40 years old, had been in the water for roughly a month with no identification on the clothing. Police faced a murder mystery as they investigated.
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Chicago
INS
Calumet Canal
New York Welcomes Byrd and Crew After Atlantic Flight
Crowds at the Battery and Broadway greet Commander Richard Byrd and five crewmen returning aboard the Macon from Europe. Medals are pinned at City Hall by Mayor Walker as rain pelts the celebration. Clarence Chamberlin and partner receive praise for pioneering cross Atlantic flight.
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New York
Europe
Macon
Noor
Querantina
Richard B. Byrd
America
Clarence Chamberlin
Columbia
Governor’s Island
Graham” McNamee
National Broadcasting Company
Manhattan
Byrd
Financial District
Broadway
Grover Whalen
City Hall
Battery
Walker
Chamberlin
Atlantic
Charles A. Levine
Lindy
City
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Walter
Charles Jarmuth
Beverly Hills Savings Bank
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Ind
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Saunders
Coolidge
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S. C
McAdoo
Mark Sullivan
Democratic Organization
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Richard H. Byrd
North Pole
Bert Acosta
G. O. Neville
Ford
Loeb- Leopold
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Herrick
Iowa
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