McAdoo’s Gallant Fight Shaped Democratic Destiny
Washington May 17 McAdoo enters the Democratic convention with more delegates than any other candidate and near the combined total of the rest. His comeback follows a February setback tied to a scandal, but his fighting spirit and energy kept him in the race amid desertions. The piece notes possible overstatement of his gains, including western states and Iowa, and hints at ongoing coverage on page two.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Heles
MacAdeo
Woodrow Wilson
Hife
Repubican
Doheny
the Treasury
Iowa
Heal Ae Laurant
Courier delivery by 5 30 every day notice
The notice states home delivery before 5 30 pm, and if the paper arrives late due to carrier error or other cause readers should call 5100 for a copy. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 pm.
Goulds' Paris suit denied in shared-property claim
Heith Kelis Gould lost her suit in French courts to obtain half of Frankly Gould's French property. The court ruled the Goulds' juridical domicile was in the United States where separate-property rules apply, denying any share in the France holdings.
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Paris
Heith Kelis Gould
France
Frankly Gould
Goulds
United States
Heiress Countess Returns to New York Alone
New York society circles report the heiress countess has returned to the city without her husband. Onlookers note her composed poise as she avoids distress, merely shrugging shoulders and offering a polite smile in public.
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New York
News York
Dawes is again named running mate of Coolidge
New York May 17 United Press detail reports Millicent Salm, née Rogers, amid New York social circles, and Count Ludwig Salm von Voogstraden, her Austrian husband, with family reactions as the engagement elicits headlines. Meanwhile Dawes is named as possible running mate for President Coolidge in Chicago. Oregon endorses Coolidge in state primary. McAdoo secures Democratic presidential nomination in North Carolina. Owsley to seek vice presidency if Texas convention endorses him. Socialist Labor to hold ratification rally in New York tonight.
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Standard Oil
Ludwig Salm von Voogstraden
Austin
New York
H. A. Rogers
la France
Havre
Adrian IH
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Salm
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Dontique
Adrian
United States
Pather Rogers
Chicago
Charles
Dawes
Reparations’ Commission
Coolidge
America First
Gen
Conkidee
Oregon
Hiram Johson
California
Charles I. McNarry
Congress
William G. McAdoo
Owsley
Kearney
Neb
Alvin M. Owsley
Dallas
Tex
The
American Legion
Iee
Texas
Reggion Post
Socialist-Labor Party
Cooper Union
Frank
Camina
McAdoo
International News Wire
Raleish
N. C
State Board of Elections Today
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
North Carolina
Choten
Walter Brock
Lune Iy
Wife Chases Angry Husband in Nightie in Chicago
In Chicago on a May morning, Mrs. Rider pursued Arthur Rider through Wilson avenue in a state of alarmed dress. Police intervened as Rider pleaded to be locked up while Mrs. Rider demanded danger explained. A taxi took the couple home, where the situation centered on a disputed visit by unfamiliar guests.
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Chicago
Two Big Forest Fires Threaten Timberland in Idaho
Missoula Montana May 17 Two large fires in northern Idaho threaten private timberland and federal areas. One blaze covers 1500 acres in Grouse Creek district destroying 200000 feet of logs four railroad trestles and several timber stands. The second 1000 acre fire along Sadler Creek advances under high winds toward heavy timber stands.
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Missoula
Mont
Idaho
Grouse Creek
Sadler Creek
Presbyterians in New Debate Over Rights of Women
San Antonio May 17 The Presbyterian church in the United States again faces a battle over the subordination of woman to man as a scriptural principle. The sixty fourth general assembly considers 3 overtures from presbyteries about excluding women from executive committees or opposing the 1922 action. A related issue is withdrawal from the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
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San Antonio
Tex
Presbyterian Church
United States
General Assembly of
Church
Assembly
Council of Churches of Christ
Amerita
Millyt Rogers romance ends as New York sees truth
Gossip confirms Millyt Rogers and the count’s romance collapsed after Col. Rogers appeared with his son in law and daughter in Paris then traveled to New York while the count went to Vienna. New York recalls the January municipal wedding and a swift, troubled union. Rumors of Europe trip and a $40 million heiress claim set the stage for public scrutiny and the final breakup as a newspaper story was retracted.
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Col. Rogers
Paris
New ‘York
Vienna
Millyt
Rogers
Europe
Tian T
Gal
Gray-Haired Bride Granted Divorce From Hubby Gill
In Bridgeport Connecticut Ada J Willson Gill widow of 14 years testified before Judge Banks that she married Francis J Hall Gill of Darien a year after a brief acquaintance Within two weeks of the wedding Gill obtained 12000 of her funds and she had to seek an injunction to stop further dissipation of her 44000 fortune.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Ada J. Willson Gill
Banks
Francis J. Hall Gill
Darien
Gill
Methodist bishops relieved from permanent duty at conference
Five bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church were relieved from permanent duty by the general conference in Springfield Massachusetts on May 17. Four retiring bishops named were William Burt Frank M Bristol William A Quayle and Hoser C Stuntz Omaha Neb Bishop George H Bickley Singapore was placed on the supernumerary list at his own request. Resolutions urging federal regulation of child labor were submitted to the conference by the committee on state of the church urging an amendment giving Congress power to pass such laws. The committee also called for broader support of Methodist theological schools and for loans under $500 to ease small church funding from mortgage requirements.
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Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
William Burt
Buffalo
Frank M. Bristol
Chattanooga
Tenn
William A. Quayle
St. Louis
Ho Jer C. Stuntz
Omaha
Neb
George H. Bickley
Singapore
Lowan
Schno
International News Wire
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Church
Congress
George Eliott
Detroit
Mich
John N. Hillman
Des Moines
Methodist Theological Schools
Committee On Home Missions and Church Extension
Colonial Theatre Iroquois Fire Site Ends Show History
The Colonial Theatre at Iroquois, known since December 1903, ends its run after a disastrous fire killed several residents and led to the site’s planned demolition. Townspeople foresee a new temple or monument on the former theatre site as part of redevelopment.
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VTP
Colonial
Chat HamMe
Hill Flees Process Server in Divorcee's Suit
May 17. Wathter J. H. St Paul, son of the late railroad king, eluded process servers in a divorce suit filed in circuit court on behalf of Mes. Hersie Fatt ipb, Chicago divorcees. Servers hurried to serve him but found he had left the city with Attorney Frank J. Tyrrell representing Mrs Gottlob. She seeks divorce alleging abandonment as the ground.
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Wathter J. H. St Paul
James J. WL
Northwest
Simmons
Mes
Hersie Fattipb
Chicago
Gour
Brank J. Tyrrell
Switchman Shoots Self After Deadly Train Wreck
London reports the simplon Orient express crashed into a freight train near Laibach Adelsberg on the Italian frontier killing four and injuring many. A switchman killed himself with a pistol after being accused of negligence in the accident.
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London
Adelsberg
Laibach
Ytalian
Vienna
Kentucky Girl Has Chance to Capture Oratorical Contest
Miss Eleanor Subter of Louisville Kentucky high school appears to have a chance to win the national oratorical contest in Washington June 6 by her victory in the final competition last night Archathala Carey of Chicago gained second place The national contest is an ante growth of the American War association effort to make the constitution more generally understood by the citizenry 400 leading attorneys foster it
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Chicago
Nay
Eleanor
Louisville
Washington
Arehthala Carey
American War Association
Skeletons of land slide victims found in Alberta
Calgary dispatch notes that road workers uncovered several skeletons believed to be a Clark family in the 1999 landslide that buried the mining town of Crow's Nest Pass in Alberta. The disaster killed 57 residents after a mountain face broke away, though many escaped warnings allowed others to flee.
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Alta
Rank
Blairmo Alta
Calgary Herald
Clark
Frank
Crow's Nest Pass
Here
Senator Pat Harrison Demps Named National Convention Chair
New York May 17 Senator Pat Harrigan of Mississippi was unanimously chosen as temporary chairman of the Democratic National Convention to be held in New York next month.
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New York
Pat Harrigan
Mississippi
Yankee Flies Cross Pacific in Arctic Storms
The United States Army flyers Liouts Wade Nelson and Smith completed a perilous 4940 mile journey from Attu to Paramashiru crossing the Pacific by air. They battled arctic winds and snow squalls, landing two planes in Kashiwabara bay and one off Shimshu. Celebrated as the first air crossing of the Pacific, the mission drew astonished reactions from crews aboard nearby ships. The long route began at Attu and heads toward Paramashiru with upcoming legs toward Bertohu and Yor LorofM.
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New York Member Reno Colony Tragedy
Mystery surrounds a Reno divorce colony death near New York as Mrs. Chester Grace Korn 25, daughter of Samuel Binswager, wealthy NYC clothing maker, is killed after being thrown from a horse. Her body and small Spitz dog were found by ranchers. officials seek cause.
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Chester Grace Korn
Samuel Binswager
New York City
House Passes the Bonus Bill Over Veto in 313 78 Vote
The U S House approved the government goldier bonus bill despite President Coolidge veto. Vote stood 313 to 78 with party lines erased as veterans and supporters push for passage. Debate focused on cost, deficits, and tax plans ahead of a Senate decision expected next week.
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Newton
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Greene
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Brand
Ohio
la Guardia
Acton
Senate and House Meet Over Tax Policy in Washington
In Washington, Senate and House committees meet to discuss tax policy. The Senate features a committee continuing hearings on the Mikelo Shoals matter. House panels proceed with their probing inquiries as the legislative session advances.
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Senate
House
House Committee
Cable Briefs From Across The World
Martial law was proclaimed at Lishon and Oparta due to labor unrest and a looming general strike. A lord reports a crowd attacked him and tried to strangle him. A member of parliament fought with a laborer on the House floor. Lady Cynthia Mosely, daughter of Lord Curzon, supports Oswald Mosley and joins the socialist Harrow movement. A Spanish-American college is decreed for Seville. Poisoned milk leaves twenty in serious condition.
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Oparta
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Red Way
Amer
al Lahorite
Commons
Jondon
Cynthia Mosely
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Oswald Mosely
Natal Harrow
Madrid
Seville
New Serum Aids Scarlet Fever Trials In Major Cities
Telegraph briefs report a new scarlet fever serum showing favorable results in hospital trials in New York New Haven Conn and Peking China. Other items note communists challenging socialists warnings to voters in the new chamber of deputies and Broadway cabaret liquor restraining actions filed in federal court. A marauder injured Edward Payson Weston famed pedestrian at his Kingston home. A Detroit man jailed after killing his bride s stepfather and a boarder. the wife witnessed the shooting. suspect at large.
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New York
New Haven
Conn
Peking
China
Varis
Cnuj- 4
Chamber of Deputies
Kingston
N. Y
Edward Payson Weston
Burbank Kluxers Given Credit For Victory In Caucus
Reports to Polk county caucuses show heavy turnout as the Ku Klux Klan campaigned for influence. Delegates chosen for the county convention. W. J. Burbank cited as the Klan candidate for governor with a claimed 163 delegates versus 63 for anti klan foes.
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Polk County
Associated Press
Ku Klux Klan
Des Moines Register
W. J. Burbank
Glenn C. Haynes
Weather Outlook for Week in Washington DC Begins Monday
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday for the Washington DC area. Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys show generally fair conditions with normal temperatures for the period.
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Washington, D. C
Upper Mississippi
Lower Missouri
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