Isabelle Pope to face severe cross exam in Shepherd trial
Isabelle Pope took the stand in the Shepherd murder case here Tuesday detailing alleged plots to obtain the McClintock estate through typhoid schemes and a marriage license. She described Shepherd and Mrs Shepherd’s behavior, her engagement, and Billy McClintock’s illness and death as the trial nears a lengthy cross examination and potential further testimony.
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Chicago
Oress Snephera
Isabelle Pope
Billy” McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Billy
McClintock
Miss Pope
Shepherd
Dartmouth College
Eph P. Savage
Thomas J. Lynch
Amante Rongetti
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Wis
Dwyer
Rongetti
Careful Planning of Premeditated Murder Charged
A Beverly Hills coroner's inquest found Grace Grogan's death caused by lethal gas and strangulation in a cottage cistern. Dentist Dr Young allegedly plotted to cover his tracks, with preparations including signed papers and forged notes. Witnesses identified the body as Grace Grogan, wife of Patrick Grogan, in a grisly case that also touches on a will dispute and a family history.
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Los Auguses
Grace
Patrick Grogan
Olive
Young's Door
Charles Riemer
Young Cottage
Beverly Glen
Young
Frank W Hunt
Young Grogan
District Attorney's Office
Dr. Young
Will Weigh Acts and Not Words in Deciding Course
Washington weighs acts over words in response to President Calles and Kellogg warning on American interests in Mexico. Ambassador Sheffield’s diplomatic efforts face slow progress as expropriations and squatters’ claims persist. Sheffield travels to New Haven for a degree, delaying visible results from Washington’s rebuke.
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Washington
Calles
Mexico
Kellogg
Coolidge
Foreign Office
French Morocco Front Improves as Detachments patrol
The official communique from Rabat says the western battle front has improved due to French patrols north of Ouezzan. Riffian forces press east toward Taffraut and Tacanaut but fail to advance, repulsed by French troops with little difficulty.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Ouezzan
Taffraut
Tacanaut
Federal income tax collections may reach 1.776 billion
Washington reports that for the fiscal year ending June 30 federal income tax receipts may total 1.776 billion dollars based on June installments. Payments due tonight expire and the forecast exceeds prior estimates by about 100 million dollars, with potential to rise to 115 million above the estimate.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Virginia Tech Again On Distinguished List
A message from the secretary of war to President Julian A Burruss of Virginia Polytechnic Institute confirms Virginia Tech has again been chosen as one of the distinguished military colleges of the United States.
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Julian A. Burruss
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Vincinia Tech
Memory of man Dorothy Perkins on trial for templeton killing
Seven teen year old Dorothy Perkins testifies in her murder trial in New York as cross examination nears completion. She recalls her father calling her a name and a gun going off after an argument, saying she loved Templeton and his memory. She cannot recall if she held the pistol when it exploded. She also describes a prior relationship with Mickey Conners and fear of telling her parents.
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New York
Dorothy Perkins
Thomas Templeton
Sydney R. Lash
Tommy
Templeton
Dorothy
Mickey Conners
Mickey
Lash
Rotary International Opens Sixteenth Convention in Cleveland
About 12 000 Rotarians from four corners of the earth gathered in Public Hall Detroit. Cleveland Rotary Club president George H Miller welcomed delegates and Canon William Elliott of Liverpool replied. Frank L Mulholland of Toledo delivered the memorial address. A 500 performer Rotary pageant followed, directed by Robert H Burnside. Business sessions begin tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Rotary International
George H. Miller
Rotary
Robert H. Burnside
New York
Arch C. Krumph
Molokai Sampan Capsize Leaves One Dead Five Missing
In Honolulu on June 15 a sampan carrying seventeen passengers capsized off Molokai. One person is known to have drowned and five remain missing. eleven others were rescued.
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Honolulu
Molokai
Death of Julius Kruttschnitt Shakes American Railroads
Julius Kruttschnitt former head of the South Pacific system died in New York after a brief illness aged seventy one. He will be buried in New Orleans after a private New York service and a private car will bear the funeral party from New York to his birthplace. The Southern Pacific will stop all trains and machinery for one minute on Thursday to honor him.
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New York
Puneral
Julius Kruttschnitt
South Pacific System
New Orleans
Ratls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Presbyterian Hospital
Kruttschnitt
Harriman
Western Transportation
Kruttschaitt
Southern Pacific
Harrimannes
Mr. Kruttschnitt
San Francisco
Calif
Southern Pacific Company
Clarksburg Man Guilty of First Degree Murder
Ralph Wynne, a Black man, was found guilty of first degree murder in Clarksburg West Virginia after a drunken brawl in the Kelly Hill area left Thomas Howe dead. The jury deliberated 30 minutes, recommended mercy, and the trial ran from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Ralph Wynne
Thomas
Spot) Howe
Wynne
Howe
Kelly Hill
Gov Smith Urges Defense Day Observance Proclamation
Albany June 15 Governor Smith called on state military authorities and local officials to plan a Defense Day observance on July 4 a test of mobilization plans prepared by the War Department. He said the republic must be defended and citizens should encourage young men who volunteer for service.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
War Department
Three Time Governor Of Wisconsin Dies After Illness
Tees governor of Wisconsin died at a hospital after a daylong illness. Philipp first served as Wisconsin governor in 1914 as a Republican. He was aligned with Robert M. La Follette and opposed the presidential bid of his rival. He is survived by his widow, a son Cyrus, and a daughter Josephine.
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Tees
Wisconsin
Philipp
Dur- AK
Philippas
Cyrus
Josephine
Warren S Stone Buried After Simple Funeral in Cleveland
Warren S Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was laid to rest at Lake View Cemetery following a simple funeral. He died Friday of acute Brights disease after doctors warned him to lighten his work. The service included readings from Psalms and Rev Blanchard’s tribute, with a thunderstorm interrupting a grave ceremony. William B Prenter is expected to assume leadership after the advisory board meets.
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Cleveland
Warren Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
America
Lake View Cemetery
Garfield
Mr. Stone
Brotherhood
Stone
William B. Prenter
Wrestling Bout Postponed Due to Rain in Cleveland
The scheduled wrestling show in Cleveland featuring Ed Strangler Lewis and Mike Romano was postponed because of rain. No new date was announced.
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Cleveland
Ed (Strangler) Lewis
Mike Romano
Bland County Bonds Win Support for Road Upgrade
Bland County voters approve a $150,000 road bond under the Robertson Act to improve the Bastian to Rocky Gap route. An early six precinct tally shows a safe majority of 483, with remaining districts unlikely to reverse the result. Bluefield and local business leaders praise the decision as key to regional growth and access.
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Bland County
Telegraph
Mechanicsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Burke's Garden
Bluefield
Bland
Abshire’s Gap
State Road Commission
Bastian
Rocky Gap
Robertson
Atate
Virginia Road Commission
West Virginia
Bastion
W. C. Warlick
Chamber of Commerce Road Committee
East River Mountain
McKenzie Death Shocks Shanghai Foreign Quarters
W W McKenzie a British electricity department employee was killed by Chinese snipers on the Great Western Road in Shanghai. His companion Miss Mary Duncan was wounded as crowds react to anti foreign sentiment and calls for action from Peking and foreign legations.
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Washington
W. W. McKenzie
Mary Duncan
Shanhai
Canton
State Department
Peking
Peking Legations
International Settlement
Shanghai
China
Eudicent
Chang Tsoijn
McKenzie-Duncan
San Francisco
W. W. MacKenzie
Electricity Department
Tientsin
Great Britain
Hankow
Yangtse
Kiu Kiang
Kuling
Taiwan
Sasebo
Japan
Kwangtung
William M. MacKenzie
Electric Department
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W. D. Shepherd
Thomas Young
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Beverly Hills
Morocco
Rotarians
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Reward
AL Smith
Govenor
Warren S. Stone
W.W. McKenzie
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