Tiger Woman Renews Innocence Claim Aboard Ship
Onboard the Copan en route to New Orleans from Puerto Cortez Clara Phillips, the California hammer murderess, tearfully asserts she sacrificed freedom for honor. She accuses a Honduran official of offering safety for a mistress role and says she will prove innocence in California. Heavily watched, she blames Jesse Garsen for aiding the escape and vows a sensational statement soon.
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International News Wire
Breamship
Copan
New Orleans
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Louisiane
California
Rigon
Clara
Pammer
Anil
Altho
America
Mississippi
Tiger Woman
Soong
Los Angeles
Jesse Garsen
Garsen
Carsen
Biscailuse
Gulf of Mexico
Wesfern
Phillips
Madia
Hammer
Puerto Courtez
Finso
Ike
Fragmented Local Notice of Delivery Deadline
Postal notice fragment requests delivery by 6 27 or 6 50 with errors. It mentions delivering to your home and a copy of the paper to be sent. Readers are asked to contact offices before the stated deadline.
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Garrer
Union Miners Strike at Coal River Collieries
Charleston W Va May 29 Union miners of the Coal River Collieries company are on strike, said Secretary Fred Mooney District 17 United Mine Workers. The company board is headed by Warren B Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, though the brotherhood is not directly connected with the company.
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Charleston
W. Va
Coal River Collieries Company
Fred Mooney
District 17
United Mine Workers
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Altho
World Court urged as cure for world ills at NC State
Senator Copeland of New York told graduates at North Carolina State College that the world needs work and an immediate world economic conference. He argued Harding missed his chance by backing a world court, saying it is only one ingredient and not a cure for hunger, disease, fear, and unemployment.
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International News Wire
Raleigh
N. C
Harding
Royal
Copeland
New York
North Carolina State College
Lasker Expects Bid for Shipping Board Fleet
Washington May 29 The Shipping Board will study a bid exceeding 1.05 billion dollars for the entire government merchant fleet. John W Slack of the Columbia Postal Supply Co presented the offer confirming an initial 51 million payment on Oct 1 1923 and 506 million annually thereafter until the total is paid.
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Washington, D. C
Shipping Board
Lasker
John W. Slack
Columbia Postal Supply Company
Silver Creek
United States Shipping Board
Fire shuts Chicago elevated lines. $50,000 damage at Film Row
A blaze near Loop Halls on elevated tracks disrupted traffic for over an hour. It damaged a six story Film Row building housing Gallant Mercantile and John M Smythe & Co, with damage estimated at 50 000 dollars. Fire hose spans across tracks to reach flames. One fireman injured.
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Chicago
Film Row
Loop District
Gallant “Mercantile Company
John M. Smythe & Co
Crosses blaze as Ku Klux Klan protests erupt in Delaware
Reports from Wilmington on May 9 describe Klan demonstrations across Delaware towns including Newport Farnhurst Shellpot Park Gilmore Stanton Newark New Castle and others. Fiery crosses burned while bombs exploded drawing large crowds and police inquiries.
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United Press
Wilmington
Del
Paria
Delaware
Plang
Newport
Farnhurst
Shellpot Park
Gilmore
Stanton
Newark
Naware City
Newcastle
Stops State Banks Opening Branches
The Associated Press reports Iowa Attorney General Gibson informally ruled against state banks opening branches. He says the law applies to both branch banks and branch offices, regardless of territory or location, as the aim is to foster local business but risks monopoly and harms independent banking.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Gibson
Robert J. Leach
Wester
Mse
America
Antisaloon League Drops Fight in Chicago Territory
May 24 Chicago Antisaloon league quits enforcement of prohibition in Chicago territory. E. J. Davis, former district superintendent, resigns to work with the Association for Better Government. He says the league nearly ceased to exist when prohibition took effect and local bodies now handle law enforcement in large cities.
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Chicago
Antisaloon League
E. J. Davis
National
Northern Baptist Convention Drops Fundamental Fight
Atlantic City N J May 29 The predicted contest in the Northern Baptist convention over creedal matters has faded into the background with today’s session mainly devoted to resolutions debate Delegates said fundamentalists have largely left the gathering and no effort was expected to force a creed nor to act on resolutions about Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick whose sermons sparked doctrinal disputes
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Atlantic City
N. J
Northern Baptist Convention
Harry Emerson Frosdick
Famous Desperado Caught in Oklahoma
Denver police announce the capture of Roy Sherrill a nationally known gunman train robber and escaped convict from Leavenworth federal penitentiary at New Alester Oklahoma. Sherrill a ringleader of the Lewis Jones gang terrorized Colorado Springs and Denver for two days in September 1918.
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Denver
Colo
New Alester
Okla
Roy Sherrill
Leavenworth
Kan
Sherrill
Lewis- Jones
Colorado Springs
Illinois House OKs $10 Million Omnibus Bill
Springfield May 29 The Illinois house passed a $10,000,000 omnibus appropriation bill by a strong vote. Representative Castle of the Brundage Republican faction said the bill adds more than 100 new jobs and authorizes hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary expenditures as it moves to the senate.
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Springfeld
House of Representatives
Iti
Senate
Representative Castle
Brundage Republican
Smiles and Kinks Off Today’s Wires
A New Jersey judge fines William Scovine for one handed motoring while admonishing that a driver should not pet a passenger. In Chicago, 233 couples rush to secure marriage licenses as fees are set to jump from 1,540 to 3. Theosophical delegates joke that bootleggers will satisfy liquor cravings in the next world. Heirs of Albert P. Boikes win $15,000 against David P. Wilson over a 1911 estate deal worth 1,600.
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Timmonton
N. J
Justice Mischlich
William Scovine
Chicago
American Theosophical Society
Albert P. Boikes
David P. Wilson
Boikes
Blood and Riots Grip Berlin as Communists Provoke Turmoil
Mass meetings of Ruhr miners vote to stay out amid feared riots. Reports from Dresden say 11 killed and 60 wounded after clashes between communists and police. French ban public assemblies in Ruhr and Dresden, mobilizing troops to restore order. A 10,000‑strong miners’ rally in Gelsenkirchen plans to reject settlement offers as 300,000 Ruhr workers strike.
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United Press
Berlin
Iia
Dresden
Stoppenberg
Solingen
Duesseldorf
Associated Press
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
War Dead Honored in Nationwide Proclamation
Indianapolis May 29 Alvin Quownley national commander of the American Legion issued a proclamation calling Americans to pay homage to war dead. He urged rededication of lives to defend humanity and the cause of right, citing soldiers who faced death to preserve freedom and ideals across races and creeds.
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Bess
Indianapolis
AmMerva
Alvin Qownley
American Legion
Natron
Ameridh
America
Criminal Action for Grafters in Veterans' Bureau
Evidence from the senate committee probe into the veterans' bureau has been turned over to the department of justice for possible criminal action. Charges to date concern alleged dental work frauds in veterans' hospitals, with possible action against individuals related to hospital sites and other property purchases by the bureau.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee
Veterans’ Bureau
Department of Justice
Veterans’ Hospitals
Justice Department
Bureau
Davenport Kiwanis Quartet Wins Prize
The Davenport Kiwanis Club quartet won first prize in the Kiwanis clubs international convention competition in Atlanta, defeating eight other groups including Worcester Singers who took top honors in the green division. Competing quartets hailed from Lexington Kentucky Opelika Alabama Oskaloosa Iowa Elizabeth City Raleigh Chattanooga and Wilkes-Barre. Chattanooga earned second place and Wilkes-Barre third.
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Atlanta
Davenport
I Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Clubs' International
Worcester
Mass
Nashville
Wilkesbarre
Chattanooga
Wilkes-,varre
Free-for-All Race for Nelson's Place in St Paul Mina May 29
Three more Republicans joined the scramble for the late U S Senator Knute Nelsons seat at St Paul Mina May 29 With entries closing at 5 o clock tonight the field may reach eight to ten candidates Former Gov J A A Burnquist and Joan J Marlin Minneapolis attorney announced today Halver Steenersons filing was in the mails and would arrive in time An advertisement for Premier Salad Dressing promotes Premier Coffee.
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St. Paul. Mina
Tu. S
Knute Nelson
J. A. A. Burnquist
Joan J. Marlin
Minneapolis
Halver Steenerson
Japan Not Giving Much Consideration to U S Dry Ship Law
Tokio May 29 Japan s representation as opposing the recent dry law interpretation of the United States supreme court against foreign ships were stated today to be in the hands of Ambassador Hani hara and their presentation to Secretary of State Hughes is imminent An important figure in Japanese shipping circles said that the Japanese take it for granted that the interpretation against even locked oars in American waters will be withdrawn and said Japanese interests had hardly given it much consideration yet believing treaty changes would be necessary before it could be applied
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Tokio
Japan
United States Supreme Court
Hanihara
Hughes
Police Believe Five Youths Drowned in Quarry Pool
Davenport authorities search quarries near Thishertown for five missing boys named Louis Dudley 15 Stanley Smith 10 Norman Atwood 15 Glen Atwood 12 and Carl Tinsey while reports of sightings near the quarries suggest they were drowned in a stone quarry pool.
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Davenport
Thishertown
Louis Dudley
Stanley Smith
Norman Atwood
Glen, Atwood
Carl Tinsey
Gun Mounted Aft On Rum Flagship Sparks Protest
Norfolk May 29 The steam yacht Istar called flag ship of the rum running fleet has a mounted gun aft. Authorities say it is either a six pounder or a three inch rifle and the matter has been referred to the state department. The nearby rum fleet has sailed again and reports place it about 50 miles off the capes as the Istar seeks coal, possibly Bermuda.
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Cointernational News
Norfolk
State Department
Washington
Coast Guard
Mascoutin
Bengoing
Capes
Bermuda
Atlantic
Starvation claims dog private hospital water cure
Chicago reports state investigators probing the deaths of two women who left a suburban private hospital after alleged starvation and a water cure using a garden hose. Relatives said patients were denied food for weeks and hydrated only with water, as doctors disputed the charges.
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Chicago
State Department of Registration
John W. Folhmer
George B. Hoffenmeyer
Jollner
Boffenmeyer
Anna Kodar
Gertrude Klasges
Sue
Josephine Youbail
Kolar
Follmer
Doctors Remain in House with Lenine in Copenhagen
Prominent doctors were summoned to attend Nikolai Lenine Sunday and asked to stay in the kremlin, Moscow dispatch reports. Leonid Kraysin is to succeed Vorowsky as Russian representative at Rome once Anglo-Russian differences are resolved, with Krassin sailing promptly.
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Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Moscow
Kremlin
Leonid Kraysin
London
Vorowsky
Lausanne
Rome
Krassin
Harding to Hold Governors Parley on Prohibition
Washington May 29 A conference of state governors on prohibition enforcement will be held in Washington before President Harding departs for the west. A White House spokesman said the meeting aims to improve cooperation between federal and state authorities in enforcing the dry law.
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Harding
Washington, D. C
Stife
Warding
White Mouse
Powder Explosion Kills Five at Hercules Plant
Five men were killed and three injured in a gelatin packing plant blast at the Hercules Power company. The explosion wrecked the gelatin mixing area and damaged nearby bindings, with property losses estimated at $8,000.
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Tha Associaieil L'Resa Fayvie
Hercules Power Company
Public Rebuke Likely For P R R By Federal Board
Chicago May 29 A public rebuke for the Pennsylvania Railroad was expected from the United States Railroad Labor Board for insisting on direct dealings with its men instead of via the board and organized unions. The road resisted ordering an election among clerks not employed by the road to appear on ballots. Samuel Fes, president of the road, testified that the company would deal only through its own unions and refuse any clerks representatives.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
United States Railroad Inber
Pennsylvania
Samuel Fes
Peady
Treasury Official Urges Silver Purchases Postponement
Washington May 29 Assistant Secretary Gilbert of the treasury urged postponement of further purchases of silver under the Pittman act until June 15 at a hearing before the senate committee on gold and silver. He said a formal treasury announcement would follow soon.
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Washington, D. C
Gilbert
Treasury Department
Senate Committee On Gold and Silver
Treasury
Memorial Day Parade to Honor Veterans in Waterloo
Waterloo marks Memorial Day with a citywide observance led by Col. Amos H. Wheat. a parade at 12:15 pm featuring veterans from Civil, Spanish, and World Wars, followed by graveside services and a chimes dedication at Lincoln Park.
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Waterloo
Batte
Courier
Living Soldiers of the Republic
Cal
Amos H. Wheat
F. R. Fisher
Roland B. Netcott
Charles G. Crabtree
C. W. Cotton
Glenn Bown
Verna Newsome
Memorial Hall
Fifth Street Bridge
Franklin Street
Fourth and
Fourth Street Bridge
Washington
Plaza Than
Tre
M. G. G. A. R. Drum Corpa
Lone of Veterans Escort
Veterans of Grand Arms
Postofice
Drum Corps
Veterans of Spanish War West School Band
American Legion Veterans Rainbow Division
Veterans Austin-Talliver Colored
Veterans Ladies of G. Alr
Woman's Relief Corps
Helen Gould Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Rainbow Circle
Auxiliary
Daughters of Veterans
Boy Scouts
Fire
N. MacDonald
Robert N. MacDonald
Plaza Theatre
Idrum
Two Women Tie for New Knitting Record in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee Wisconsin on May 29, Pearl Bennett aged 19 and Mrs Robert Staub aged 33 claimed a new world's knitting record of 36 hours. Bennett started 45 minutes ahead but gave up at 12 15 a m, while Staub continued the final three quarters hour to tie the record.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Alay
Pearl Bennett
Robert Staub
Bennett
Staub
Tleing
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