Hard ing sought to sway senate races over league stance
The piece analyzes Harding’s potential positions on the league of nations in relation to Senate contenders Moses of New Hampshire and Brandegee of Connecticut. It discusses Democratic hesitations, Johnson’s stance, and the impact on Republican hopes for a senate majority, noting regional doubts and strategic considerations for Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sullivan
New Work Evening Post
Terloo
Evening Courier
Betts
Otoe
Democratic
League of Nations
David “Walsh
Organizans
Cox
Wilson
Rhode Island
League
Natons
Hi Son
Fesson
Sthaters
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Orvaeiongily
Ann” Necticut
Harding
Moses
Tolina
Brande
Johnson
Mosee
Brandegee
Reed
Missouri
California
March
Senate
New
League Unknown Quantity With 4 Great Powers Out
Brussels Oct 28 The League of Nations council adjourned after referring Danzig questions to the Geneva assembly and deciding plebiscites for Polish Lithuania territory. British representative A J Balfour warned that four great powers not yet members would soon enter, making outcomes uncertain.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Council
Vleague of Nations
Danzig
Poland
Free
Assembly of the League
Isi
Geneva
Lithuania
Supreme Council
A.J
Balfour
League
Democrats Charge to Defeat Cannite in Campaign
J G Brown campaign manager of the National Farmer-Labor party accuses Western states of a “huge jackpot” to buy out Farmer-Labor candidates. He cites Iowa and alleges Democrats push liberal candidates to withdraw and that Newberry tactics reappear. Evidence will be presented to state attorneys general if proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
J. G. Brown
National Farmer-Labor Party Today
Party
Farmer-Labor
Harry Cowles
United States
Lberal
Brown
New-berry
Fa La's Shy Expense Statements Reported
The Associated Press notes that the Nonpartisan League and Farmer Laboratory party faced required filings under the corrupt practices act. Campaign expenditures must be filed no less than 100 days before the election, with no communication received explaining a failure to file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ashington
T. C
American Federation For “Labor
Qoheue
Paar
Farmer-Labor .Party
Andi.tures
Politi A Ds
Jottie Ff Willam't
House
Page Caid
Palg
Building Trust Bribe Allegations Highlight Council Case
A contractor testifies before the joint executive committee investigating the Building Trust matter. He names William P Brindell, president of the Building Trades Council, accusing him of interfering with business to keep labor and complete work. The witness claims Brindell refused to produce $25,000 and mentions payments of 1,000 in $100 pills as part of alleged agreements.
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Dua
William P Brindell
The
Building Trades Council
Brindel
Iowa Scottish Rite Masonry Leader Henry Alverson Dies
Henry Alverson, head of Scottish Rite Masonry in Iowa and the state’s only active 33rd degree Mason, died at his home. Born in New York in 1843, his death was anticipated after a period of illness. The Associated Press report from Des Moines notes his long service and prominence in in state fraternal circles.
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Associated Presa
Moines
Henary
First Snow in Iowa Reported at Clinton
A light snow, the first of the season, began shortly before 9 this morning in Clinton and lasted about 20 minutes. Also noted is a report from Los Angeles that Jacob C. Denton’s estate is valued at 125000 with Frances Denton, 16, named as the sole heir. the estate relates to a murder case involving Mrs. Louise Peete.
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Iowa
Clinton
Associated Press
Clinton, Ija
Denton
Los Angeles
Cal
Jacob C. Denton
Louise Peete
Denver
Frances Denton
New England electoral votes and Cox odds discussed
The article notes that New England states hold 44 of the 531 electoral votes and argues Cox is unlikely to win five of them. It recalls 1916 when Wilson carried four of New England and won the election, and that year Wilson carried only two northern states east of the Mississippi, plus Ohio and New Hampshire.
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Shire
Brandegee
Connecticut
Cox AU
New England
Cox
Wilson
Mississippi
Ohio
New Hampshire
Unmarked ballots explained for simple voting across parties
A guide to marking ballots correctly to avoid confusion. Voters can vote straight by marking the circle at the head of a party ticket or mix by placing crosses in squares to select candidates from other tickets. Judges count votes based on voter intent, with caution about multi candidate offices like state representatives and supreme court justices.
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Mmocrat
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Union Labor Offers Co operation With Farmers in Strike
Washington October 28 delegates at a farmer conference backing a crop holding movement hope policy committees will outline a program for such action They doubt government relief after the federal reserve board announcement Others say Congress may be asked to help farmers facing credit shortages Labor joins the conference with Frank Morrison and William H Johnson stating engineers are ready to cooperate via Warren Stone administration backing mentioned
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Associated Press
Washington,d.c
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Mim
Frank ‘Morrison
Warren, Sr
Celluloid toys blamed for big Davenport fire
Davenport Iowa October 28 fire destroyed stock and fixtures of Woolworth's ten cent store and Plaza Cendy company. The blaze started in the Woolworth basement likely from celluloid toys near a steam pipe. Large Christmas stock was lost and total damage estimated high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Woolworth’s
Plaza Cendy Company
Ames
Woolworth
Sugar Cocoa Aid to European Poor Kids
New York October 28. European children born during lean war years will get sweets next Christmas for the first time due to price declines in the United States. The American relief administration announced it would add two and one fifth pounds of sugar and one pound of cocoa to all ten pound packages sent to Eastern Europe.
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New -York
Citizen Meetings Planned to Address School Problems
Regional citizen conferences on education will be held in 12 cities starting November 29 in Chicago. Sessions will cover educational problems with focus on salaries and teacher training. Dr. P. P. Claxton notes a large deficit in elementary education even if all former normal school graduates were alive.
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Assatiated Press
Washington, D. C
Get
Bureau of Education
Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Iichigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
New England
New York
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Elementars
Vigil at St George's Cathedral for Cork mayor MacSwiney
Silent vigil kept overnight at St George's cathedral over the coffin of Terence MacSwiney lord mayor of Cork who died after a hunger strike. The guard from Irish volunteers changed during the night and the funeral cortege to Euston station drew about 3000 participants in a peaceful Sinn Fein display.
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Associated Press
London
St. George's Cathedral
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Irish Volunteer Army
Sinn Fein
Daniel J. Mannix
Melbourne
Amigo
Southwark
Potter
Portsmouth
Euston Station
Ireland
Maryaress MacSwiney
Brixton
Republic
Irish Republic Army
Sioux City Editor Dies of Pneumonia
John Belly owner and editor of the Sioux City Tribune died in Sioux City Iowa from pneumonia after several days illness.
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Sioux City
Associated Press
John
Belly
The
Sioux City Tribune
Weather and highway report spans multiple Iowa towns in 1926
The bulletin lists towns including Albert Lea Mankato Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport Dubuque Mason City and Waterloo with forecasts of partly cloudy conditions and muddy roads likely for several days. A fair weather window is forecast for the next few hours across eastern.localities.
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Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Oot
Albert Lea
Mins
Algons
Charles
Mts
Cedar Rapid
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Maribault
Minn
la Tresse
Wis
Mason City
Marshall Town
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Muddy
Delivery deadline notice for Trw Courier service
Trw Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If due to carrier error you do not receive your paper by then, please phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
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Trw
Barbers Hike Hair Cut Prices Because Tonics Cost More
Chicago on October 28: The central executive council of the Master Barbers Association, representing 2,700 barbers, voted to raise a haircut with shave to $9. The move notes towels cost $2 more than prewar 190 towels and tonics now cost about $9 per gallon more than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Prema
Chicago
Central Executive Council
Master Barbers Sasociation
British Coal Strike Settled Pending Miner Ballot
The English and Welsh coal strike ends this afternoon as terms are submitted to a miners ballot. Terms include a two shilling shift rise for 18 year olds and similar for younger miners. A national wages board to be established by March end. Government says ballot starts immediately. Extra cost covered by coal export revenues.
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Associated
London
England
Wales
Frank Hodges
National Wages Board
Hodges
Wells Denies Report of Vanderlip Affair
Colby Corrects Wells Denies Vanderlip affair report. The dispute centers on claims by Evan B. Young, US commissioner for Baltic provinces, alleging conversations with Nikola Leaine about Vanderlip's proposal. Wells calls Young's information private and questions its source, with Colby issuing a statement on October 26 denying Harding's knowledge of Vanderlip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington D. Vanderlip
Russia
United States
Baltic Provinces
Rige
Hich
Wells
Nikola
Leaine
Vanderlip
Young
Colby
Lenine
Harding
Vander
Torchlight Parade to Crown Coolidge Campaign
The Torchlight Parade on Fifth Avenue will close the day’s campaigning with Gov Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts the Republican vice presidential nominee in attendance. Grand marshal Charles H Sherrill said the procession would include about 73 000 marchers and 100 bands.
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Associated Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Charles H. Sherrill
Nebraska Woman Killed and Husband Injured in Lincoln Streetcar Crash
Mrs. Sherman Willey of Norfolk Nebraska died from a temple gash after their auto collided with a Lincoln highway streetcar near town. Her husband was badly crushed but conscious and expected to recover. The couple, en route to Florida for the winter, had been visiting relatives in Vinton.
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Tama
Sherman Willey
Norfolk
Neb
Lincoln Highway
Willey
Althe
Harding Election Costs and Upham Estimates
The Republican national committee lists campaign outlays for Warren G. Harding totaling 3,442,992.32 dollars with 3,062,892.32 spent by Oct 24 and an estimated 400,000 more in the final week. Contributions total 2,914,706.08 with many large donors including Harding and Coolidge and numerous individuals. donations include unusual sums such as many 1,000-dollar gifts and 50,000 smaller ones. Democratic receipts to Oct 25 reach 878,831.24 dollars, reported by Wilbur Marsh under the corrupt practices law for Kenyon committee review.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Republican ‘National Committee
Warren G
EU Presidant
Fred W. Uphai
Party
Senate Committee
Business
Upham
House of Representatives
Washington
Up Rain
Senate
Mani Will H. Haye
Hawikon Club
James Panee
San’ Francisco
Winker
Orda
Ieee
Percy E
Magee
Teedoré Cogvelli
Aberdeen
Lewis
Fargo
James
Davidson
Bay City
Mich
Charles
Crocker
San” Francisco
H.‘B
Hodge
Detroit
Spreckles Familie
San Francisco
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Fred Upham
T& T
New York
Democratic National Committee
Wilbur
Marsh
Kenyon Committee
Dubuque Girl Shot as Slayer Kills Self Before Crowd
Irene Grajme, 22, was killed by Charles Christman, 23, in an auto on Cooler Avenue during a noon confrontation. After firing three shots into her, he turned the gun on himself and died. Hundreds watched the incident on a busy city street.
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Dubuque
Associated Press
Cat
Iréne Grajmme
Charles Christman
Cooler Avenue
Christmas
Courier Journal Admits Harding Election Lead
Chicago reports straw polls from newspapers and firms raise doubts among Democrats about poll reliability. Louisville Courier Journal claims a comfortable Harding majority, while Cincinnati Enquirer poll indicates Harding ahead of Cox among Ohio voters.
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Courier-Journal
Louisville
Harding
Chicago
George White
Democratic -National
Louisville Courier- Journal
South
Attai
Cincinnati Enquirer
Democratic
Cox
The
Enquirer
Ohio
Harding Denies Giving Vanderlin Any Introduction Letter
Cleveland Oct 28 Harding asserted he never gave Vanderlip a letter of introduction to anyone and Vanderlip is not his agent. He dismissed reports of Vanderlip using such a letter in negotiations with Russia as solely a formal note. Harding also denounced a Harvey’s Weekly cartoon depicting Cox in an agricultural role.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, D
Washington Vanderlin
Russia
Senaor Warren
Harding
Vanderlip
Vanderlin
Bet
Usewater
Harvey's Weekly
Gov. Cox
Garrity Called to Tell What He Knows About Booze Ring
Chicago on October 28 John J Garrity chief of police was summoned before the federal grand jury investigating the liquor ring to disclose what he knows about alleged police department corruption. Garrity had been subpoenad after refusing to surrender affidavits from his probe and the papers were turned over to the district attorney’s office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
John _J
Garrity
Federal Grand Jury
District“Attorney’s Office
Wrangel's Position Held Against Reds in Crimea
Paris dispatches report French Foreign Office says General Wrangel, anti Bolshevik commander in south Russia, has withstood Bolshevik drive and now holds a secure position. He is expected to defend Crimea and part of Taurida through winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
French Foreign ‘Office
Wrangel
Russia
Crimea
Taurida
Cox charges Post with partisan tactics in Ohio
Dayton Ohio October 2 Gov Cox Democratic presidential candidate issued a new statement accusing The Saturday Evening Post and editor George Lorimer of unfair partisan practices cloaked as nonpartisan methods for a decade or more He said the publication issued statements four days before the election when they could not be corrected and cited the Curtis Publishing company found guilty by the federal trade commission of unfair distribution practices as evidence of opposition to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dayton
Saturday Evening Post
George Zoraceé Lorimer
Curtis Publishing Company
Federal Trade Commission
Gov
Cox
Harding’s Ohio Swing Highlights Roosevelt Tribute
President Harding outlines unity and national service in Ohio campaign stop. He honors Theodore Roosevelt and kinship with McKinley, urging Americans to unite for the nation’s growth and shared prosperity.
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