Jelmel and Case Argued Before Judge Miller in Billiard Hall Case
Judge Hugh J. Miller presided over a Saturday session involving the closure of Samuel Jelmeland Palace billiard hall after an affidavit by Under Sheriff Whitsel alleging intoxicated patrons and liquor in the basement. Defense motions to quash were argued, witnesses testified on banking claims, and the matter was taken under advisement with ten days for briefs by each side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh J. Miller
Conrad
Shelby
Samuel J. Jelmeland
Palace Billiard Hall
Whitsel
J. F. O’connor
Chas. McDonnell
R. L. Lewis
Citizens State Bank
Clyde Buster
Sven Odland
Jelmeland
McDonnell
Harding to visit Canada on dominion soil
President Harding and party reach Campbell River aboard the Henderson after departing Sitka. He will land tomorrow at 10 am in Vancouver for a formal welcome, an address at Stanley Park, a luncheon, rest period, and a golf game at Shaughnessy Heights.
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Harding
U. S
Henderson
Campbell River
B. C
Sitka
Vancouver
Dominion
Stanley Park
Shaughnessy Heights Club
Colorado Priest Guilty In Federal Whiskey Forgery Case
The Rev. Father Walter A. Grace, former pastor of the Shrine of St. Anne near Denver, is found guilty by a federal jury of forging a nun’s signature on a government permit application to ship whiskey. He faces 1 to 5 years in prison and up to $10,000 fine. He awaits post verdict motions. another indictment for conspiracy to violate the Volstead act is pending.
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Denver
Walter A. Grace
Shrine of St. Anne
Here
Germaine
Mullen Home For the
Colorado
Father Grace
United States
William A. Collison
John McCann
United States District Attorney
Clerkc
Katherine O’connor
John R. Walsh
United States District
Granby Hillyer
American Wheat Growers sign 65 percent of states crops plan
Spokane reports the American Wheat Growers Associated with headquarters in Minneapolis aims to sign up 65 percent of the wheat production in 11 states by July 1, 1924 and form a price fixing board to set the price for home consumption. Washington producers back the plan with a 65 percent target by Oct. 1. Mr. Brown outlines the cost of production and exports to world markets. He will speak in Seattle and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
American Wheat Growers, Associated
Minneapolis
W. J. Brown
Washington Grain Growers’ Association
Washington
The
American’ Wheat Growers, Associated
Brown
Seattle
Portland
Dempsey Firpo Negotiations Hover Over Labor Day Fight
New York reports negotiations for a Dempsey versus Firpo heavyweight title fight in the coming months. Tex Rickard and Jack Kearns favor staging the bout in the United States, possibly at Boyle's Thirty Acres, around Labor Day, with Firpo weighing fighting before his countrymen versus greater financial gain abroad. Firpo weighs options and doubts his spring-ready form for a quick title bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Kearns
Tex Rickard
Kearns
Rickard
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Labor Day
Buenos Aires
Firpo
Widowed Mother and Four Sons Die in River Tragedy at Homestead
PLENTYWOOD Mont July 23 The drowning of a widowed mother Charles Turner and her four sons in the Muddy river near the Homestead home was learned today after ranchers reported the deaths of the 24 year old oldest son and the 10 year old youngest while attempting to rescue two brothers aged 12 and 14 overpowered by the swift current. Neighbors raised the alarm and bodies were recovered Friday night. The father had died recently in an explosion while lighting a stove with gasoline. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plentywood
Mont
Homestead
Charles Turner
Johnson Talks With Mayor Hylan At New York Luncheon
Senator Hiram Johnson of California met with Mayor Hylan and attended a luncheon at the National Republican club as part of his European trip aftermath. He refused to discuss political views or the European situation, though aides and attendees noted no stated political aims at the event. A dinner in his honor is planned, with expectations he may address political and European topics there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hylan
National Republican Club
Hiram Johnson
California
Europe
United States
Johnson
Ogdensburg
N. Y
William Randolph Hearst
New York City
George Henry Payne
City Hall
Payne
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Club
Soviet Russia
Jessica Brown Marries Earl of Northsk in Chicago Office
In Chicago July 19 the Earl of Northsk wed former Follies girl Jessica Brown in attorney Frank T. Jordan's office. Judge John R. Caverly officiated after delays awaiting the bride's mother. Jessica, divorced from Cyril Dewitt Reinhard of New York for cruelty, had earlier faced New York license issues.
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Chicago
Earl of Northsk
Jessica Brown
Follies
Frank T. Jordan
John R. Caverly
A. W. Stark
New York
Jessica
Hher
Cyril Dewitt Reinhard
Insane Father Tries To Butt Street Car in Lima
Charles Voorhees, 60, father of six, stood in Pine street car tracks Monday night aiming to kill himself. Lima police ruled him sane enough to sentence to 24 hours in the morgue with a $15 fine. he began serving at 6 o clock tonight. He announced his plan to family and neighbors before taking his stand.
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Lima
Ohio
Charles Voorhees
Pine Street
Voorhees
Emmet Jackson
I W W Turmoil Sparks Federal Inquiry in Texas
Federal agents interviewed peace officers over alleged mistreatment of I W W organizer James Holland in Port Arthur as the I W W tidoes through New Orleans organizers questioned. The four I W W members on trial faced another postponement in city court.
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Port Arthur
Texas
A. C. Sullivan
James Holland
Sullivan
Sidney Terry
John McCollister
New Orleans
Terry
Charles Shuskie
New York
The
New York to bid for next Democratic convention
Chicago July 20 New York will mount a strong bid for the Democratic national convention. George E. Brennan Illinois Democratic leader said on return from French Lick Springs with Charles F. Murphy and Thomas Taggart. Murphy said New York City will fight hard to win the meeting next year. Brennan noted Chicago will also bid and Kansas City St. Louis and San Francisco may join the invite. He added the meeting place is usually decided in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
George E. Brennan
French Lick Springs
Charles F. Murphy
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
New York City
Murphy
Brennan
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rev Joseph Pope to Lead Anti Saloon Work on West Coast
After two years in Montana Rev Joseph Pope of Billings leaves for Seattle to head anti saloon forces in Washington and Idaho. He will be succeeded in Montana and Wyoming by Rev W L Wade of Des Moines Iowa. Pope cites sunstroke and health concerns, plans for Helena base, and a meeting with Wade in Butte to transfer duties.
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Livingston
Joseph Pope
Montana
Billings
Yellowstone National Park
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pope
League
Wyoming
Des Moines
Wade
Helena
Mr. Pope
Butte
All Park Records Are Broken In Playground
Yellowstone Park narratives credit enhanced accommodations and transport to a record 14 500 visitors inside the gates last Thursday. Harry W. Childs, president of Yellowstone Park Hotel and Transportation, cites 3 800 riders aboard buses and says capacity and service kept pace with surging crowds despite growth beyond prior peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Yellowstone Park
National Playground
Harry W. Childs
Gare
Yellowstone
Childs
Bozeman
Yellowstone National Park
Helena
Mr. Childs
Hog Raiser Converts Cabin Into Ark During Flood
BILLINGS July 25 Eliphalet Price a hog raiser saw his Alkali creek cabin become a Noahs ark as a cloudburst flooded the area. Awake he watched water two feet deep on the lower floor and saved his prize brood sow and later several hogs rescued and placed in safety. By dawn rescuers found the bed full of hogs and note Price had shipped a hundred to market Monday.
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Billings
Eliphalet Price
Price
Wylie
Parker
Wyoming towns connect with outside world after flood
Riverton Wyoming reports record flood damage as Wind River rose twice cresting at levels never seen. Bonneyville half washed away while fifteen miles of Burlington track washed out and five bridges lost between Shoshone and Riverton. Reclamation camp and ditches damaged. $15 000 in project losses. roads to Yellowstone park open.
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Riverton
Wyo
Fremont County
Bonneyville
Shoshone
Chicago & Northwestern
Burlington
Bonneville
Lysite
Reclamation Camp
City
Dry Creek
Reclamation
Riverton Reclamation Project
Riverton Valley
Wyoming Tie and Timber Company
Anderson
Yellowstone Park
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Jelmel
Case
H. J. Miller
Philip Phillipson
Jesse E. Pope
Robert C. Stong
Ethel Prather
Wells-Dickey Co
Maude C. Marrs
North American Mortgage Co
John D. Montgomery
Ellen G. Peterson
Horace S. Davis
Alice
Edna G. Peterson
Oscar H. Daseh
Isabel Dasch
A. L. Phillips
W. D. Richards
Canadian
States
Uncle Sam
West Coast
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