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MCADOO CLAIMS DEM. CONTROL
UNER KMMO TO SAVE 900 PASSENOEIS
SECRETARY MELLON
TO APPEAR AT TRIAL
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NEW YORK, June 21—A subpoena was Issued today for Secretary j
Mellon to appear before the United States District Court at the trial of j
Gaston B. Means. Secretary Mellon will appear Tuesday.
McADOO'S MANAGER < CLAIMS DKMOCKATIC C ONTROL
NEW YORK, June 21—Manager Rockwell declared tonight that
William G. McAdoo has 625 delegates pledged to him. thus giving him
complete control of the Democratic National Convention.
MAJOR MARTIN ASSSIGXED TO LANGLEY HELD
WASHINGTON, June 21—Major Martin, the former commander
of the American around the world flyers has been assigned to the tac
tical school at Langley Field.
SOI I II, BUTTERFLIES OBTAIN ( HOICK COSTS
WASHINGTON, June 21—Charges that choice naval posts have
befen parcelled out to the social butterflies, and none other, were laid
before the President today by Representative Britton, a member of the
Nava! Affairs Committee.
CLANK l\ S. FLYER DAMAGED IN COLLISSlON
RANGOON, British India. June 21—Following the arrival of the
American, flyers here yesterday, a cargo boat last night col 1 d• d with one
of the around the world planes damaging the wings, but it is believed that
repairs can be made to enable to bop off .Monday for Calcutta.
MURDERER OF MATTKOTTI CONFESSES
ROME. June 21—An agent of the Facesti Party named Dumiui has
confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Socialist Deputy Matteotti
recently.
SENATOR ROBINSON HARD TO GET ALONG WITH
WASHINGTON. June 21—Senator Robinson of Arkansas severely
Jarred the Chevy Chase Golf Links' etiquette yesterday aftern» .-n w hen he
felled Dr. Joseph F. Mitchell, with whom h** was playing, on the course
with & single blow of his fist.
WHAT NEXT?—PHOTOGRAPHS BY RADIO
PARIS, June 21—The first photograph ever transmitted by radio
which was that of General Ferrie, Director of the E.fel Tow r Wireless
station, was printed here today in the Matin.
ATTEMPT TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST AGAIN FAIL*
A
LONDON, June 21—In a tinal assault which failed to make the top
of Mount Everest, George Leigh Mallory and A. C. Ervine, two members
of the late expedition, expressed, however, that they had attained greater
height than ever before.
NEW YORK REPLACING I-ONDON AS MONEY CAPITAL W ORM)
WASHINGTON, June 21—New York is gradually leplacing London
as the money capital of the world-in the opinion of the Treasury Depart
ment officials who declare that the l..w interest rates in the United States
hacked by the largest stock of gold ever assembled in one country is at
tracting borrowers from all corners of the Globe. The United States
held four, billion four hundred million in Gold June 1st. and the Treas
ury Department forecasts the importation of four hundred million more
WIFE OF SENATOR CURTIS OF KANSAS DEAD
WASHINGTON, June 21—.Mrs. Curtis, the wife of Senator Curtis
of Kansas died here this afternoon after a Short illness.
CANADIAN LINER IN
SINKING CONDITION
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ST. JOHN'S. N. K.. Juue 21—Ta« Canadian Piicilio l.iu.'r Metagain'.j
with nine hundred passengers inbound from Glasgow collided with the
Italian liner Clara Camus off Cape Ran-. The Canadian vessel wa- very
badly damaged and in a sinking condition. She immediately fit on full
*peed ahead and in a dense fog su< > • eded in beaching herself on th*
shoals of St. John’s Harbor, tiius saving the lives of the passengers and
JAPANESE AM HASS\IM>K To UAVK WASHIM.TON
WASHINGTON. June 21—Ambassador Hanihara ;.nnounced today
that he intends to leave his post at Washington on July 11 He says
that he does not intend to return.
COMMUNISTS NOMINATE
BOUCK FOR VICE PRES.
ST. PAUL, June 21- William Houck of Snlro Woolly was nominat
ed for Vice President of the United States by the Communists.
COMMUNISTS WANT CONKEItENCE WITH l»R<>G It ESS I YES
ST. PAUL. June 21— Following adjournment las’ night. the .Na
tional Committee of the Communist Party drew up a formal plan today
for a basis of negotiations with the Committee of Fifty-Seven for a pro
gressive political demonstration to be started on July fourth.
M’DONALD NOMINATED
FOR PRESIDENT
BY COMMITTE
I
ST. PAUL. June 21—Duncan McDonald of Illinois was nominated
for President of the United States by the Communist wing of the so- j
called Farmer-Labor Convention.
CANADIAN LETTER CARRIERS ON ST1UKH
OTTAWA, June 21—Obeying a strict order issued this morning, j
every letter carrier in the Dominion of Canada went on a strike at five I
o’clock tonight. The letter carriers demand an increase ir. pay, and
after numerous but unsuccessful efforts to obtain this increase from
the Government, determined to strike as a last resort. The strike will
cause a complete demoralization of the Postal service.
WEALTHY BANDITS GO SCOT FREE
SEATTLE, June 21—Prosecuting Attorney Gilbert of Skaggit !
County Indicated today that D. C. Nadeau. Lawrence H. Lee, W. L. Rid- !
ley and Russell R. Evans, would be set free in the early part, of next j
week. These men were arrested and charged with the robbery of the
Bank of Anaeortes about a month ago. The bandits secured loot to
the value of eighteen thousand dollars. It is understood that most of
the money has been repaid to the bank.*
COCO COLA KING BEEN TREATED ROUGH
ATLANTA. June 21——Asa G. Candler, the Coco Cola King and mul
timillionaire has filed suit for divorce from May Little Candler, alleging
ruel and inhuman treatment.
ALASKA FISHERIES
RESERVES ABOLISHED
* WASHINGTON. June 21—'T»i; Alaska Fisheries Reservations b we
lit«-n it-.-niisbod by Executive Order >igned by the Presided in muse
'•ueiice of the passage of the Fisheries Law. The Fisher os Law covers
the erics sought by the reservations.
VALE WINS FROM HARVARD ON THAMES
NT5W LONDON. .1 un*- 21 The Vale Crew defeated Harvard ou the
Thames River this afternoon by three lengths, rowing four miles in
twenty two minutes.
< OOIIIM.E REVOKES EISHEKIES RESERVES
WASHINGTON. June 21 --President Co**lidge's recent Executive
Order >p.-. i ,.Hy revokes the fisheries reserves on the Alaska Peninsula and
Southwestern Alaska created by President Harding in February 1022 ^
TRKET DRIVE HHl E.\-SERVI< E \ H 'E-PKESII>KNT
NEW YORK, .lun** 21 Ex-Service mm who an* Delegates to the
National Democratic Convention to open here next week, are conducting
a street drive to put an ex-service n.-m on the Democratic Ti t as a
<<M>|.||M,E ORDERS INVESTIGATION "IH'TTEREI.Y RIND’
WASHINGTON. June 21 -President Oolidge will order an investi
gation Of the charges that "a select butterfly ring of Washington line
officers have dominated the Navy”, and further charges that favoriteism
has been practiced in the promotion of Naval officers, will also be in
vestigated to the bottom, it was announced today.
WILSON’S WILL—A IMM I NENT PARTY PRIM IPLK
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tin- Baltimore Sun says
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group of h s followers
forward inemliership of
an abandonment of the
by this nation to a peri
tie 21 A copyrighted dispatch from New York to
! "Woodrow Wilson's last political will and testa
partv principle and policy and »s to be laid by a
before the Resolutions Commit:.-., when the time
nocratic Platform.” A memorandum m the will
Foreign Relationship as "straight out and straight
the railed State- in th.- League of Nations and
farcical policy of unofficial observations adherent
manent Interstate Court of Justice under the aus
Nations with no nullifying reservations.”
LIBERALS WIN MAJORITY IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT
EVANOVBR, England. June 21—The General Election in Provi
dence gives the Liberals seventeen and the. Conservatives thirteen seats
in Parliament. This gives thd Liberals a majority.
HEAT WAVE STORM HITS MLSSlSSEPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS
CHICAGO. June 21—Twenty nine deaths, scores of injuries and
property damage to the extent of three million dollars are some of the
results of a heat wave storm which swept the Mississippi and Ohio River
Valleys yesterday.
pershim; arrives in London
LONDON. June 21 — General John J Pershing. Commander of the
American Army in the Great War. arrived in London today at'the head of
the Rattle Monuments Commission which will inspect cemeteries contain
ing the American soldier dead in France.
RHODE ISLAND SENATE ST1IX DEADLiMKFJD
PROVIDENCE. June 21—The Senate deadlock which has been in
■>xistence since January is still unbroken in today’s proceedings which in
clude a conference of the Party leaders. The Democratic Minority has
been filibustering because the Republicans will not approve cf the Con
ititutional Amendment measure.
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