Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-14
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LILLIAN w ALIEN, L ld.-AIIeE. uS
claring a mistrial in case of Frank
| Mcdowell, charged with murder Of
his mother, jury having reported it
was hopelessly split. Judge McMul
len orders second trial to begin Tues
day. Eleven of jury are reported to
have favored acquittal on ground OF
insanity.
NEW YORK.-Dr. Morris w.
Ehens, Chicago, was elected treas
urer of hte Methodist board of for
eign missions.
| ATHENS.-Irvin B. Laughlin, of
F., Pittsburg, new United States minis
ter to Greece, arrives.
| ON.-President Cool
| idge tunes in his radio on Cleveland
| convention and listens in on night
session.
NEWARK, n. Prohibition
agents discovered what they termed
a million dollar" distillery in a two
story factory building.
LOS ANGELES.-Mrs. John D..
| Sherman, Of Estes Park, Col, is
elected president of the General
Federation of Women's clubs.
D.-Wednesday night
session of convention is marked by
turbulent demonstration for Presi
dent Coolidge, in which Wisconsin
delegation does not join.
PARIS.-On eve of session of ma
tional assembly at Versailles to
elect chief executive radical leaders
are unable to agree upon candidate
for presidency of France to succeed
M. Millerand.
CLEVELAND. - Republican ma.
tional convention in night session
adopts platform, drafted by it's res
olution committee and rejects fatty
planks submitted by insurgent Wis
consin delegation.
CLEVELAND - Administration
leaders in conference agree upon
Senator Borah as vice presidential
nominee; when informed of action,
Senator Borah declares he is not
going to accept nomination.
HONGKONG.-L Lowell
H. Smith, commander Of the army
world flight aviators, was forced
down near Hue, capital of French
lndo-China, and has requested
new motor he sent him from Saigon.
PLYMOUTH, Vt.-John C. Coo.
idGe. father of president, hears, nom.
ination of his son over radio set.
placed in room of his Plymouth, VT,
farm house in which president took
oath of office in August, 1923.
NEW YORK.--At a drawing to de-
termine the order of preference for
New York recipients of $500 visitors
tickets to the Democratic national
convention, the name of George L.
TEX Richard was the first to be
picked.
ROME, Italy-Search is made
throughout Italy for Giacomo Mat
teotti, socialist deputy and an
avowed opponent of Fascist govern
ment, who, it is reported, was
forcibly kidnapped Tuesday.
NEW YORK.-Payment of slight
ly less than s69,O00,0O0, the next in
terest installment on the British
debt, falling due June 49,, will be
made almost entirely in cash, j. T.
Morgan and company. fiscal agents
for the British government, said.
LILLY, Pa.-Thirty one alleged
ku klux klansmen and residents of
Lilly, Ia, are found guilty of affray
and unlawful assembly at Ebens-
burg, Pan on charges growing out
of riot on April between visiting
klansmen and townsmen of Lilly.
CLEVELAND Platform of Re.
publican party is approved by reso.
lutions committee only after sharp
opposition to several planks, and
world court plank is not adopted I'M
til it is announced it was written by
President Coolidge
NORFOLK, Va.-State Democratic
convention instructs delegation to
national Democratic convention to
support Senator Carter Glass for
Democratic presidential nomination
as long as name is before conYen-
ton.
CLEVELAND Republican plat
form as adopted urges American ad.
herence to world court, prosecution
Of wrong-doers in official positions.
rigid law enforcement. and calls for
election of members of congress who
are faithful to tenets of the party.
RONDOUT, Ill.,, June 13.-Train
robbers hold up Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul mail train near Ron
dout, ILL.,, steal pouches containing
bonds and currency, valued at more
than million dollars and escape, one
bandit is known to have been killed
in flight