Davis Acquitted in Bribery Case by Jury
Former Kansas governor candidate Jonathan M. Davis is acquitted by a Topeka jury on a bribery charge connected to a pardon scheme. The verdict came after three hours of deliberation with four ballots, as Davis expressed relief and said he expected vindication, while still facing another pending case involving him and his son Russell.
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Davis
My the Arociare Press
Topeka
M. Davis
Kansas
Russell
Mattu
Petwate
Daten
A. Medi
Ontario to permit four by four beer in Ontario
In Windsor Ontario May 20 preparations were under way for the introduction of four by four beer in Ontario. Authorities and wets differ on whether the beer will be intoxicating. The beer measures 4 4 per cent by Canadian standards but 2.2 per cent by American standards. Prohibition officers will monitor its impact on bootlegger activity along Detroit.
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Associated Press
Windsor
Ont
Iear Beer's Eye
Ontario
United States
Detroit
Geneva
Jugs Slavia
Armenia
Ome
Fire at lodging house injures three residents
Early yesterday three lodgers at 66 East Park Street alerted flames in a lodging house. Mich swept the Tong corridor, Harold Holmes and Bernard Gully escaped burning rooms before fighting through heat to the street. Dan Buck was overcome in a smoke-filled area as rescue efforts continued.
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Loaming House
Harold Holmes
Bernard Gully
East Park Street
Morey
Dan. Buck
Col Arms
Fishing season opens in lakes and streams today
The fishing season opens this morning with restrictions. A seine is illegal without a special license from the state game warden. Poison bait or explosives are barred. Some waters require permits and strict handling rules. Certain creeks are closed by the fish and game commission. Alien or resident nonresident must pay $50 in possession while fishing. A large turnout is expected.
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Montana
Yellow
Stone
Miscouri
Fish and Game Commission
Hoyt Creek
Rosa
Orandy
Powell County
Sour Dough Creek
Story Creek
Reland Reek
Gallatin County
Sioux Charley Lake
Joan
Trane
Eight years after Meaderville shooting a renewed search for Pendretti
Deputy sheriffs renewed the hunt for Felix Pendretti after a tip placed him in Brown's gulch near Meaderville. Eight years earlier he allegedly shot his wife during a reconciliation attempt and fled into the hills, with searchlights from the Black Rock mine illuminating the terrain as officers scoured gullies and crannies. Mrs. Prendrett expressed fear and urged immediate arrest.
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Felix Pendretti
Meader- He
Meaderville
Black Rock
Brown's Gulch
Pendretti
Main Street
Ward
Mary
Peadecy
A. St. Bert Plaine
Sasa
Jack Mella
Hie Fe Est
Eulch
Girl Kills Woman to Break Triangle in Chicago
Laeivie Munsch, a girl, shot Miss Simnick three times then wounded her father and mother in Riverdale suburb. Police held the girl on murder charges as the victim died and the family disputed who fired the shots.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Laeivie Munsch
Urder
Willian Munsch
Agnes Simnick
Munsch
Bimnick
Miselmnick
Mrs. Munach
Voubter
Lucille
Riverdale
Jazz Girl Declared Sane to Face Murder Charge
Dorothy Etlgnson a 17 year old San Francisco matricide is declared sane and must stand trial on murder charges. Dr J M Scanland and seven Napa state hospital physicians report after over 30 days of observation that she is mentally responsible. Assistant DA Harmon Skillen said she would be returned to jail and ready for trial Monday.
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Jazz Girl
Scanland
Associated Press
San Francisco
Dorothy Etlgnson
J. M. Scanland
Napa State Hospital
Matthew Brady
Dr. Scanland
Harmon D. Skillen
Conviction Reports From Federal Court Include Insanity Finding
A Federal Court term saw numerous jury trials with 38 cases involving prohibition offenses. 19 defendants pled guilty and nine were convicted, while a few faced charges under the national motor vehicle law. A girl was committed to hospital after a jury found her insane during a murder trial, with an insanity hearing replacing the trial. Dorothy Ellingson, linked to a liquor party dispute, shot her mother on January 19 after being refused permission to attend the party, and was arrested the next day.
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Trisma
Piear
Seani
Vata
Groat Lenath
Dorothy Ilingson
Jaxe- Mad
Dr Scanland Noted Expert on Insanity
Dr Scanland, former superintendent of the California state hospital for the insane, previously led the Montana hospital at Warm Springs where he earned a substantial reputation as an expert on various phases of insanity. California officials offered him his current post immediately after his retirement from Warm Springs.
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DR. Scanland
M. Heanland
California State Hospital For the Insane
Montana
Wari’ Springs
Warm Springs
California
Grand jury called to act in Shepherd case
Chicago May 20 Grand jury investigation into the disappearance of a key state's witness overshadowed efforts to assemble a jury to try William Darling Shepherd for the alleged murder of Liam Nelson McClintock. Three tentative jurors were questioned again, with appointments and subpoenas issued for others as investigators pressed to force testimony.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
Liam Nelson McClintock
Robert Ah
Robert
John’ Benen
Tend of
Grtective’ Agency
Hs Employen
$1,000,000 booze ring linked to Montana supply chain
Federal authorities claim a million-dollar booze ring supplied Montana and neighboring states. Alleged stenographer confession places key figures at the network, with investigations targeting higher-ups backing the operation across Nebraska, the Dakotas, Montana, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
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Tonighington
Nebraska
North
Montana
Towa
Wisc
Robbery Attempt Shocks Arizona Cafe Scene
Detectives Thosi Calpin and Walter Wade intervene at 216 East Park Street as a gunman targets diners and staff in a pre dawn robbery attempt. A patron, wounded, was struck by a bullet through a window and later hospitalized. the bandit was captured after the volley. Continued on page 13.
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Arizona Cafe
Arizona
East’ Park
Thosi
Calpin
Walter ‘Aiee
East Park Street
Warren
Offi
Cate
M. EH. Corkas
King
Gis
James Hompltal
Fires Ravage Michigan Forests Across Lower Peninsula
Fragmented OCR notes describe rapid fires in the lower peninsula with multiple sections of timber burning. Several rail lines and communities along the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic railway are mentioned as threatened, with urgent efforts to control the blazes and prevent spread.
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Peninsula
Soueat
Mostmarene
Bancroft, Humboldt
Champion
Duluth
South Shore
Atetic
Mapauatin
Newnance
Anaconda Copper Mining Board Holds Stockholders Meeting
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company held its annual stockholders meeting in Anaconda with Vice President James A. presiding. Three vacancies on the board were filled, terms of several directors noted, and the annual report approved. Of 3 000 shares outstanding, 1 701 601 were represented. Officers to be elected later at the New York offices. Present directors listed include Percy A Sockett, Thayer, George Nicholas, Brady, John Cornelius F Kelley, Charles Piers, Andrew J. Miller, and Albert Simons.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda Yeater
James A.presias
John
Hus
Kelley
Ings
Kether
Chumneys
Wubatlin
Predten Hobbine
Frederick “Latst
Georgs G. Tachson
Anaconda
Anaconda Reduction Works
B. M. Kelly
Legst
Malph DB. Cote
Beryyamene
Airseiors
New York
Percy A
Thayer
George Nicholas
F- Brady
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Jonathan M. Davis
Kanna
Candate
Butte
Brown’s Gulch
Slayer OF Mother IS Sane
Rokophy
Montana Asylum
California Institution
Ellingson
Grand Jury
ACT Shepherd Cse
White
Mena
Aarne
Tle
Michigan
Anaconda Company
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