Some of the Dead Identified.

Reserve Bank Practices Coolidge Economy; Cuts Its Expenses in $14,000,000 Home Here

Norman (SS) upsets near Memphis; 18 to 20 lost

18 TO 20 ARE LOST AS VESSEL UPSETS IN THE MISSISSIPPI; The Norman, Carrying Mid-South Engineers, Suddenly Goes Down Near Memphis.

SCIENTIST'S FIANCEE MARRIES EX-HUSBAND; Mrs. Laura Curtis, Who Was to Have Been Bride of Harrison Williams, Springs a Surprise. COUPLE GO TO THE COUNTRY Jilting Recalls Former Broken Engagement -- Wed in 1912 and Divorced in 1924.

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Estimates Govt's loss in Pearl Harbor tanks

WOULD MAKE HAWAII GREATEST SEA BASE; Chairman Butler of House Naval Committee Will Seek Legislation in December. DECLARES DEFENSES WEAK Visiting the Islands With Colleagues, He Will Gather Data for Fortification Program. WOULD MAKE HAWAII GREATEST SEA BASE

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Fleet ordered to shoot to kill if necessary; officials say seige of rum row follows sabotage campaign by rum runners; many enlist; rum fleet unable to land liquor

RUM-RUNNERS TAKE REPRISALS ON FLEET; REAL WAR DECLARED; Guard Ships Crippled, Men Kidnapped, Officials Threatened in Sabotage Campaign. FATALITIES ARE LOOKED FOR Armada Gets Orders to Shoot to Kill, if Necessary -- Hundreds Enlist for Adventure. LIQUOR TRADE PARALYZED Smugglers Lie 30 Miles Out, Unable to Land a Case -- Are Using Carrier Pigeons. RUM-RUNNERS TAKE REPRISALS ON FLEET

Bd of Estimate's authorization of increase for additional groups assumed to be Hylan's refutation of Prial's charge of hand-picked class

5,390 CITY WORKERS TO GET HIGHER PAY; Increase Is Voted to 2,390 and Authorized for 3,000 Others, Subject to Their Chiefs. LABORATORY AIDS RAISED Go From $560 to $1,200 a Year -- Inspectors and Clerks in Recommended Class. 5,390 CITY WORKERS TO GET HIGHER PAY

Burning oil creates hothouse atmosphere on Alberta prairie, making wild flowers bloom ahead of season

Burning Oil Creates Hothouse, Making Alberta Prairie Bloom

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WEATHER STOPS AMUNDSEN.; Expected Snow May Hold Up Dash to North Pole Several Days.

Investigation into deaths; more complaints; defended by Rev G F Schmidt; attacked by Mrs M Cooper, mother of child

22 BABIES HAVE DIED IN MRS. GEISEN-VOLK'S CARE WITHIN A YEAR; Relatives of Six Complain to the Police and Bodies Probably Will Be Exhumed. ONE EXPIRED YESTERDAY Malnutrition Takes Its Toll in Hospital as Woman Fumbles Over Identity Cards. A MOTHER ATTACKS HER Pulled Away, Screaming, by 4 Men -- Pastor and Lawyer Defend Accused as Victim of an Enemy. 22 BABES DIE IN YEAR IN WOMAN'S CARE

Bulgar Army Courts Sentence 20 to Death; Same Fate Is Asked for Cathedral Bombers

S at natl oratorical contest of school children

ORATORS COMPETE IN NATIONAL FINAL AND HEAR COOLIDGE; Seven Contestants, the Pick of 1,400,000 School Children, Strive for Prizes. CONSTITUTION THE THEME President Ascribes La Follette's Defeat to Reaction on Elders of Children's Study. PAPERS STARTED CONTEST First Prize, $2,000, Won by Youngest Speaker, Aged 15, From Birmingham, Ala. ORATORS COMPETE IN NATIONAL FINAL

Steel cable breaks throwing boom 12 stories from new bldg of Bank of Amer; 4 hurt

5-TON BOOM PLUNGES 12 STORIES; INJURES 4; Crashes Into Heart of Financial District When Cable Breaks on New Building.

Coolidge to Start His Vacation on June 25, Returning From New England About Sept. 7

Jailed in Paris for perjury over small debt

French Millionaire Jailed For Perjury Over Small Debt

Reception at Oudtshoorn; will extend tour to Chile

May 9, 1925

Headlines from May 9, 1925

Some of the Dead Identified.

Reserve Bank Practices Coolidge Economy; Cuts Its Expenses in $14,000,000 Home Here

18 TO 20 ARE LOST AS VESSEL UPSETS IN THE MISSISSIPPI; The Norman, Carrying Mid-South Engineers, Suddenly Goes Down Near Memphis.

SCIENTIST'S FIANCEE MARRIES EX-HUSBAND; Mrs. Laura Curtis, Who Was to Have Been Bride of Harrison Williams, Springs a Surprise. COUPLE GO TO THE COUNTRY Jilting Recalls Former Broken Engagement -- Wed in 1912 and Divorced in 1924.

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