Andrews delays start of prohibition enforcement overhaul
Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury postpones the operative date of the revamped prohibition enforcement system. He cites the need to recruit capable administrators and iron out administrative details, aiming for a stronger program contingent on finding big, able men. He met with his board and Attorney General Sargent to review border issues as part of the overall plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andrews
The
Treasury
Prohibition
Board of Strategy
Winston
Sargent
Women Police Deny Decoying of Flirts
Lieut Mina Van Winkle head of the women s bureau denies policewomen use decoy men to trap arrests in Washington The police commissioner had criticized lures used to win court cases while urging no enticement of law violations The lieutenant says the force will continue its work to protect women.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mina van Winkle
The
Police Department
Frederick A. Fenning
Police Leutenant
Russell Scott escapes gallows as sanity hearing granted
In Chicago on July 24 Russell Scott, saved from execution twice, loses his death cell and mattress after a sanity stay is ordered. A former Canadian financier, convicted of murder, is moved to regular jail quarters. Governor Small denies clemency as Judge Joseph B. David stays execution to test Scott's sanity. family and supporters continue efforts.
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Detroit
Russell Scott
Governor Small
Illinois
Chicago
Scott
Associated Press
Cook County
Joseph B. David
Catherine Scott
Thomas Scott
Windsor
French Working On British Debt
Paris reports continued consultations on France's debt to Great Britain. Finance Minister Caillaux says details of a settlement should be ripe for discussion in September in London with Winston Churchill. The American debt commission preparation is also under way for talks with the United States.
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Associated Press
Paris
Great Britain
Missister Caillaux Y
London
Winston Churchill
France
Maillaux
Neva
Finance Misioten
American Debt Commission
$250 Dog Slays 55 Hens Is Execution Justified
A dog worth 250 is at the center of a case in which Helen Woody faces a felony charge for shooting a neighbor’s dog after a series of poultry losses on Yale avenue. Justice of the Peace McNamara will decide in the state case, with testimony highlighting neighborhood tension and the Woody's three months residence on the farm.
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Justice of the Peace
McNamara
Helen Woody
Yale Avenue
Fred Smith
Yale
A. ER. Bertogno
T. F. O'Connell
Clarense Hanley
Dawes Adopts Sioux Title Great White Father No 2
Vice President Charles Dawes was named Great White Father No 2 by the Sioux at a Frontier Days ceremony in Cheyenne. Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross received honorary membership as Princess Nellie Tayloe. The event drew over 15 000 spectators and featured broncho busting and steer roping as part of the Wild West celebration.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Associated Press
Cheyenne
Charles G. Dawes
Red Feather
Dawes
Nellie Tayloe
Mr. Dawes
Frontier West
Wes
Governor Rams
Executive Mansion
Denver
Billy Wilkerson
Martin Dawes
G N Extension Gets State OK to Start at Once
Helena July 24 with the state land board agreeing to grant right of way over state lands to the Great Northern railway for its extension from Scobey to Opheim work will start immediately Railroad representatives said the benefits from construction will offset any state losses and that adjustments will be made to secure right of way under lease or sale Contracts are on the ground and the first 10 mile section is planned for completion this fall
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Associated Press
Helena
State Land Board
Tdéday
Great Northern Railway
Scobey
Opheim
M. Brand
Transfer by Croker of Estate Is Void
In Jacksonville on July 24 Judge Rhydon M. Call voided Richard Croker’s lifetime transfers of Palm Beach estates to J. B. McDonald and Palm Beach Estates. The ruling classifies the Croker home stead at West Palm Beach as owned by his widow and his heirs from the first wife, despite earlier contracts and conveyances.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Palm Beach
J. B. McDonald
Croker
McDonald
Call Parley in Effort to Avert British Coal Strike
Mediation by W C Bridgeman persuades miners and mine owners to meet next Wednesday to smooth disputes over a looming July 31 strike. Prime Minister Baldwin to meet a trade union congress committee, while both sides hold firm. American dealers and the U S government watch closely for possible overseas coal purchases.
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Associated Press
London
Miners’ Federation
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Baldwin
Trade Union Congress
Washington
United States
Blind man risks life to save boy at Hebgen Lake
A Kansas fishing party at Drinkston ranch near Hebgen Lake saw 15 year old Bud Atkinson drown after cramps struck as he swam near their boat. His blind uncle attempted the rescue but could not reach shore. Crinkston, host of the group, directed rescuers as searchers use motor boats and even consider dynamite with game warden consent. The boy's mother travels from Denver as the body remains unfound.
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Standard
Bud Atkinson
Kansas
Hebgen Lake
Drinkston Ranch
Butte
Hig
Crinkston
Denver
Montana
Cloudburst and Hail Cause Massive Sun River Damage
Great Falls July 14 A cloudburst and heavy hail battered the Sun River irrigation project in the Sun River section damaging the Fort Shaw division main canal. Irrigation disruption was expected to last, with wheat and corn badly damaged while sugar beets suffered hail impact though recoverable. Estimates of losses were not finalized, but figures were expected to be large.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Fort Shaw
Sun River Irrigation Project
G. O. Sanford
Sanford
Curzon's Will Targets Lloyd George in Literary Testament
London reports a statement in the Evening Standard claiming Marquis Curzon sent sharp remarks to David Lloyd George in a so called literary testament of his will. The document allegedly critiques Lloyd George for acting as foreign secretary during the Versailles peace treaty talks where Curzon served as his secretary of state for foreign affairs.
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Associated Press
London
Evening Standard
David Lloyd George
Marquis Curzon of
Kedleeton
Marquis Curzon
Lloyd George
Versailles
Curzon
Poison murder case ends without verdict in Gary
The jury in the Anna Cunningham murder trial failed to reach a verdict by 11 PM in Gary Indiana. The judge ordered any verdict to be sealed for return in the morning after deliberations on the poisoning death of her son Walker.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Walker
Veterinarians Demonstrate Vocal Cord Procedures
Portland July 24 two goats lost their bleats and a dog his bark during clinical demonstrations by the American Veterinary Medical Association. The four day convention featured operations on animals for instructional purposes and adjourned tonight. Dr C A White of Los Angeles performed the procedure on the goats and dog.
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Associated Press
Portland
American Veterinary Medical Association
C. A. White
Los Angeles
White
Montana
Hadleigh Marah
Helena
Truck Crushes Life From Billings Boy
A nine year old boy Leo Anderson was killed when a truck driven by Ernest Truesdale ran over his head. Police held the driver for investigation after the fatal accident in Billings this afternoon.
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Billings
Associated Press
Leo Anderson
Ernest Truesdale
Coolidge Affirms Policy On Tariff And Prohibition At White House
President Coolidge reaffirmed a policy of noninterference in Americas affairs except as a last resort or on request. He will not sanction revisions to the tariff act next Congress and backs free hand for enforcement of prohibition by Assistant Secretary Andrews.
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Swampscott
Coolidge
White Court
Shipping Board
United States
White House
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Andrews
The
Treasury
Benmatasy Andrews
Ragio Ona Officara
Tes
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Ney
Treeves
Preacher admits embezzling Klan funds in New Jersey case
Rev. R. Carl Ziegler pled guilty to embezzling Klan funds in Red Bank New Jersey. Miss Margaret Roberts of Trenton, also implicated, was not held. Ziegler defaulted on 10000 bail and was jailed while Klan records were returned. Chamberlain led investigators from Texas to New Jersey.
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Long Branch
N. J
Carl Ziegler
KE Paso
Texas
Wainwright
Redbank
Ku Klux Klan
New Jersey
Margaret Roberts
Trenton
Fi Paso
William Chamberlain
Ziexlier
Oath Altered on Evolution Debate in Congress
Washington observers expect full debate in the session over the evolution question tied to the District of Columbia rider. Loren H. Wittner’s case could fuel discussion in the new supply bill as Congress weighs whether evolution conflicts with biblical teachings while considering government oath language and policy questions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Loren H. Wittner
Congress
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Wittner
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Anc
Government of
Columbia
Jury Named to Try Pickford Kidnapping
Nine men and three women were impaneled in Los Angeles after almost three days of jury selection to hear evidence on a plot by three men to kidnap Mary Pickford and hold her for 200000 dollars. The court adjourned until Monday as testimony set to begin. The indictment names Charles Z. Stevens Claude A. Holcomb and Adrian J. Wood in a conspiracy to forcibly entangle and abduct Mary Pickford wife of Douglas Fairbanks.
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Biy
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Charles Z. Stevens
Claude A. Holcomb
Adrian J. Wood
Moors retreat as French offensive gains momentum in Morocco
Dispatches report Abd-El-Krim regiments withdrawing north after dissident tribes quit support. French troop concentration on Tasa and Onescan fronts, aided by cars, machine guns, tanks, and air bombardment, weakens Moroccans and prompts wider submissions to Lyautey.
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Associated Press
Fez
Abd-El-Krim
Tasa
Onescan
Lyautey
Morocco
Marshal Tain
Fes
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