Poincare Accepts Verdict and Plans to Serve Until June 1
Paris May 12 Associated Press reports Premier Poincare accepts the country’s verdict and will not seek a mixed majority in the new chamber. He will carry on until deputies take duties June 1 and asks cabinet to endorse this resolve. A new government appears possible as elections shift power to the left with 342 seats to the opposition’s 261.
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Poincare
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Petal
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Ramaay
Mac Donata
France
Parti
Chamber of Pates
Alberta ends eight years of liquor prohibition in May
After eight years of dryness the province of Alberta ends prohibition as voters previously approved government sale of liquor. The change shifts control from prohibition decreed in 1916 to government liquor sales commencing this year.
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Calgary
Alberta
Langley Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Whiskey Deals
John W. Langley of Kentucky, a longtime congressman and former chair of the House Committee on Public Works, was found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy in whiskey dealings. He faces federal prison as a result of the conviction, ending a 17 year congressional tenure.
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John W. Langley
Congress
Kentucky
Langley
House Committee On
Langley Guilty On Federal Conspiracy Charge
A federal jury in Covington Kentucky found Congressman John W Langley guilty of conspiracy in a 1921 whiskey deal Milton Lipschutz of Philadelphia was also convicted The third defendant Albert Slater was acquitted The maximum penalty is two years and a 10000 fine but the judge indicated the fine would be omitted and sentence was to be set tomorrow
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Associated Press
Covington
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Milton Lipschuts
Philadelphia
Langley
Albert “S. Slater
Cochran
Billy Sunday Ill Ptomaine Victim
Memphis Tenn May 12 Physicians attending the Rev William A Billy Sunday who has been ill for several days reported his condition tonight as practically unchanged He has been confined to his hotel since Saturday when he suffered a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning but has fought his illness with vigor His physician said his temperature late today was 103 degrees.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
William A
Billy) Sunday
Sunday
Senate Moves to Cut Freight Rates for Farmers
Senate adopts a joint resolution urged by the farm bloc directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to adjust freight structures to lower rates for agricultural products. The measure aims to speed cheap transportation of crops and livestock, with GOP support and farm leaders pressing for action before adjournment.
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Senate
Maine
Congress
Reece
Tnt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Interstate Commerce Commution
Cummins Tepublicen
Intersate Commerce Commission
Farm Bloc
Mark
Interstate Commerce, Commission
Maintenan Transportation Service
Capper
Kansas
Postponed Bishop Coadjutor Election Marks Montana Diocese Meet
Indefinite postponement of electing a bishop coadjutor dominated the Montana diocese convention in this city amid routine reports from departments. Delegates toured the Anaconda Reduction copper works, heard talks by Bishop Tyler and Miss Moran, and attended a dinner at the Elks temple after a full day of meetings and committee reports.
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Montana
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May Case Moran
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Melander
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Wiliam F. Faber
Helena
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Billings
John Poynta Tyler
Fargo
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Eight Die in Burning Homes Across Two States
A dispatch reports Leonard Davenport and four of his children burned to death in a country home about 43 miles northeast of here. One child was saved by the father but severely burned. In Millinocket Maine Mrs John Bragan and four of six children died in a house fire. The father and two sons leapt from upper windows and were hospitalized with severe injuries. two of them expected to die.
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Stre Leonard Davenport
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Here
Bismarck "Triblune
Millinocket
Maine
John Bragan
Baptists Gather in Butte to Hold State Convention
The Montana Baptist convention opens in Butte at the First Baptist Church for a three day meeting. Church officials and men from West Montana cities attend as the state executive committee begins an evening session and conducts routine business including a review of activities in Montana Baptist churches over the past year.
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Butte
Montana
Montana Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Court rules veteran not disabled after Montana suit win
A Montana court held a veteran not disabled despite claims of partial oral disability. The ruling cited the veteran’s success in the suit as evidence the disability was not total, reversing a prior stance and noting government appeal procedures in San Francisco and Montana courts.
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Court Rules
Montana
San Francisco
Army flyers plan Pacific hop from Attu Island
Three United States Army airmen prepare to depart Attu Island in the Aleutians for a Wednesday flight to Marcus Island in the Bering Sea region. Lieut Lowell H. Smith will lead the expedition as acting officer in charge and pilot of Culver Chicago. The group will fly 960 miles north toward the western coast of the United States before heading westward toward the planned stop.
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Associated Press
Cordova
Alaska
United States Army
Globe
Attu Island
Aleutian
Anbiru Island
Lowell H. Smith
Culver Chicago
Attu
Atha Taland
United Ates Coast Guard
Maida
Eliot criticizes Butler on prohibition stance
Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, challenges Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler’s claim that prohibition failed due to overly strict laws. Eliot argues enforcement was tight and asserts neither party will back a wets plank in the presidential platform. The views appeared in a letter to Fred B. Smith of New York.
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Charles W Lot
Harvard University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Eliet
Butler
Dr. Eliot
Fred B. Smith
New York
Sly
Voters Defeat City-County Consolidation in Silver Bow
In Silver Bow county voters rejected the Walker-Roscow plan to merge city and county governments by 660 votes. Turnout reached 70 percent with 14,374 ballots of 20,300 eligible. Legal challenges and petitions loom as consolidation supporters plan further actions and new measures.
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Silver Bow County
W. D. Rankin
Charles R. Leonard
Herman Blank
Peter Potter
A. L. Wilkinson
Leonard
Modify Revenue Bill or Prepare for Veto White House Warning
The White House warns to modify the revenue bill or face a veto as Senate Democrats vow a fight to preserve key program features. Senator Simmons of North Carolina declares he will oppose conference changes without assurances the bill’s principal aims remain intact. Administration leaders say any reduction is unacceptable while pending special appropriation bills loom.
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