Tornado toll rises in Texas county
A powerful tornado in Mitchell County Texas left 21 dead and about 200 injured with over 300 homeless. Damages are estimated between 500000 and 1 million dollars. The Standifer family suffered heavy losses including four fatalities in their farm home five miles southwest of Colorado.
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Texas
Associated Press
Colorado
Mitchell County
Odd Fellows
Westbrook
H. J. Standifer
Standifers
Here
Disastrous Floods in History List of Major Catastrophes
A chronological catalog from Associated Press details historic flood disasters. It lists cities such as Johnstown, Galveston, Monterey, Paris, and Fort Worth, with dates and estimated deaths and property losses spanning 1880s to 1920s, including Mississippi valley and Ohio-Indiana events.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Galveston
Texas
Pittsburg
Monterey
Mexico
Paris
France
Austin
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Indiana
Red Cross
Dayton
Hamilton
Columbia
Belton
Bryan
Brownwood
Marlin
Temple
Erie
Pueblo
Col
Swate
China
Fort Worth
San Salvador
Republic of San Salvador
Candelaria District
Flood and fire ravage Hot Springs business district
Associated Press report from Hot Springs Arkansas details a storm that produced a flood and a major blaze tearing through Central Avenue. Monetary losses exceed a million dollars with extensive property damage to the Marquette Hotel and numerous buildings. One seriously injured, Mrs Katie Christianson, crushed by floodwaters.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Katie Christianson
Central Avenue
Will Try Deserter for Rabbis Murder
Glada well Richardson alleged Navy deserter bound over to the Superior Court for trial on a murder charge in the beating death of Rabbi Alfred G. Lafee on April 4. Richardson admits fatally beating Lafee but says it was in self defense. He was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Gladawell Richardson
Navy
Superior Court Today
Alfred G. Lafee
Richardson
Rabbi Lafee
Phoenix
Ariz
Stapleton Leads Denver Mayor Race As Returns Grow
In Denver the late vote count pushed Benjamin F. Stapleton toward the mayoral victory over incumbent Dewey C. Bailey. With 165 of 211 precincts reported, Stapleton led by total first second and third choice votes, while George A. Carlson trailed in third. Results on charter amendments and bonds were not yet tabulated.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Benjamin FE. Stapleton
Dewey C. Bailey
Stapleton
Bailey
George A. Carlson
William F. Sweet
Carlson
Epileptic Axel Holmquist on trial for multiple murders
Axel Holmquist, accused of murdering his brother, ex wife, and son Thor on July 3, is described as a psychic epileptic incurable by Dr. Shotka. The defense and state witnesses debated his insanity defense as Holmquist testified about his life and suffered wrongs.
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Axel Holmquist
Thor
Shotka
Allen Granted Writ of Protection in Boston
Former Lieut. Jov. W. R. Allen of Montana was granted a writ of protection from arrest on civil processes while in Massachusetts. The supreme court acted on his counsel's request as he agreed to appear within days amid misconduct indictments tied to the Boston Montana copper project. Other indicted associates remain at liberty on bonds as a new grand jury inquiry is announced.
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Associated Press
Boston
Jov. W. R. Allen
Montana
Boston-Montana Corporation
Supreme Court
Allen
Chicago
Chinese government faces banditry and riots in four sections
Chinese government grapples with banditry in six provinces anti-Japanese riots in one province and piracy along the southern coast. The Suchow raid on the Peking Shanghai express endangered foreigners including Americans. Mutinies near Tangshan drew American troops to Tientsin. Bandits in Hupeh demanded cash and ammo from authorities, while Fukien and Kwangtung saw further outrages and ransom cases. Continuous piracy plagues rivers and coast from Hong Kong to Swatow.
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Peking
Shantung
Henan
Tientsin
Teter
United States
Hankow
Hupeh
Shaowu
Fukien
Christian
Kwangtuneg
Son Yat Sen
Pakhol
HH. C. Rowson
Maemipe Blamed in Fatal Wreck at Inquest
Coroner's jury finds Ernest Maempe, driver of a Ford truck, at fault for the crash that killed Steve Des Jardin. Maempe, hospitalized, testified by deposition that he traveled on the wrong side of the road and swerved to avoid Teppo, who allegedly turned suddenly. He claimed he was returning to Butte from the Five Mile House with companions.
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Steve Des Jardin
Ernest Maempe
Matt Teppo
Maempe
John Murphy
Teppo
Butte
Appointment of a New Montana Judge Delayed
Special Dispatch to the Standard Washington May 15 President Harding will not appoint an additional federal judge for Montana until Congress reconvenes in December. The move questions the power to fill a new judgeship while in recess, with appointments only for vacancies. Harding plans a western tour stop in Yellowstone Park entering at the west entrance and leaving via Gardiner, dates not fixed.
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Standard
Washington
Harding
Leavitt
Montana
Congress
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Fail to Extinguish Blaze at All Well
Corsicana Texas May 15 All efforts to extinguish the Hughes McKie oil well fire had failed this evening. Steam gas dynamite and water were of no avail and the blaze rose higher than before. The well is drilling itself in and oil and gas flow increasing hourly. No additional casualties since the explosion last Wednesday and the death toll remains 12 with two others possibly near the blaze. Work will continue through the night to cut off the flames.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
Navarro
Greatest civic job ever done in Butte
A new federal highway paving drive in Butte will see auto owners display a red and white pave sticker on their windshields by Saturday night to prove contribution. Five committees reported full attendance at a meeting, with high public enthusiasm and praise for the effort as the campaign to pave Montana Street and Holmes Avenue proceeds.
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Metals Bank
Montana Street
Milwaukee
Montana
Holmes Avenue
Holmes and
Harrison Avenues
Three Mile
Five Mile
Harrison Avenue
Uptown
Arizona
Front Streets
Butte
Silver Bow Club
James H. Rowe
War Will Follow Break Redsaver War Will Follow Break
Moscow reports the Russian soviet government awaits Britain's action on the Lityvinoff note with intense interest. Bolshevist leaders fear a break with England could trigger war sooner or later, though they do not expect a direct British attack. They see Britain's stance as a restraint on possible hostilities from Poland, Romania, or other border states.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Great Britain
Lityvinoff
England
Poland
Rumania
Dempsey Arrives in Butte for Shelby Title Fight
Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion, arrives in Butte Montana en route to Great Falls for training and a planned first workout after receiving a rush order from New York. He promises to train immediately and later visit Butte again, aiming to defend against Tom Gibbons in Shelby on July 4.
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William Harrison Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Shelby
St. Paul
Montana
Oregon
Jess Willard
Toledo
Great Malls
New York
Dempsey City
Utah
Butte
Great Northern
Dempsey
Jack
Gibbons
Disappearance of Mount Case Advances in Chicago
The Chicago grand jury probing the 20 month old disappearance of Northwestern University student Leighton Mount turned to other matters as prosecutors sift evidence of suicide voluntary disappearance and accidental death in a class rush. Witnesses include Dr Clarence Neymaniy sane and Christian Science practitioner Dr Herman Steinborn while Virgil Fitch arrives from Michigan to question his son Roscoe Conkling Fitch.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Henry Warren
Evanston
Clarence F. Neymaniy Sane
Herman Steinborn
Mount
Virgil Fitch
Ludington
Mich
Mason County
Roscoe Conkling Fitch
Louis Aubere
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