Banker and Senator Escapes Gunfire in Park County Bank Robbery
In Cody Wyoming on April 25 Walter H. Nelson avoided injury when a gun misfired during an attempted robbery led by Ball and two accomplices at the bank. Nelson grappled with Ball as the weapon fired three times, injuring Nelson slightly. Ball was arrested and jailed on felonious assault with intent to murder, bond set at 12500. Ball, once a county treasurer candidate, faces ongoing divorce proceedings with his Powell wife and two children.
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My. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Ball
Hoe
Ball Bes
Powell
Women Die in Jail Break Attempt at San Francisco Hospital
In San Francisco an attempted escape by ten inmates from the city hospital isolation ward ended with two women dead. Jean Davis, 30, and Hunico Badino, 23, fell from a fourth floor window when a rope of sheets failed. No prisoners escaped.
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San Francisco
Jean Davis
Hunico Badino
City and Co Hospital
Jean Devise
Hunice Badino
Surplus Shown By British in Budget Report
London report shows Britain's revenue surplus over expenditure for the last year totaling 250,500,000 pounds. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Robert Horne absent due to other duties. budget introduced by Austen Chamberlain in the House of Commons.
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London
Great Britain
Austen Chamberlain
Houses of Commons
Chamberlain
Robert Horne
Germans Secure U S Patents Cites Krupp Ties
Secretary Weeks urged Congress to limit patents to foreigners after noting 201 German ordnance patents issued by the United States by July 1 linked to Friedrich Krupp of Essen. The items covered railway artillery and other ordnance reflecting American principles.
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Washington
Weeks
Congress
Cerman
Frederick Krupp
Essen
Two Men Shot Dead in Overturned Car in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles an overturned automobile in a distant district yielded two dead men. One, believed to be Dr. Joseph M. Durand, had three abdomen shots. the other, possibly Myron G. MacCauley, died from a heart wound. An automatic pistol with four spent shells lay near the wreckage.
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Los Angeles
Joseph M. Durand
Myron G. MacCauley
MacCauley
Caucus Names Seven Nominated to School Ballot
At the Saturday caucus held at the high school voters nominated seven candidates for school director seats expiring this year. Incumbents M. P. Wheeler I A Reed Sam Conwell plus F P C Nicholaysen Earle DL Holmes W J Bailey and Dr G M Anderson were named. Three directors will be chosen at the May election with polling at the Central school building.
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S . Preserve
M. P. Wheeler
I. A. Reed
Sam Conwell
C. Nicholaysen
Earle DL. Holmes
W. J. Bailey
G. M. Anderson
Island People Leave to Dodge Jugo-Slav Rule
A report from Sebeneco notes the Dalmatian islands came under Jugo-Slav control last week provoking heartrending scenes at Cittavecchia and Lesina. Many residents chose to flee rather than live under their hereditary foes and even carried coffins and tombstones. Mestaggero laments lack of effort to reestablish amicable ties with Italy.
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Sebeneco
Dalmatian
Cittavecchia
Lesina
Jugo-Slav
Italy
Demos Plan Fight On Floor For Knox Peace Measure
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported the Knox peace resolution favorably. A minority of Democratic members indicated plans to oppose on the Senate floor. Chairman Lodge aimed to bring up the measure for debate the next day amid a 9 to 2 vote with Republicans in support and two Democrats in opposition.
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Washington
Knox
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democratic Committee
Senate
Lodge
Pomrene
Ohio
Pittman
Nevada
Bill to Stop Sale of Beer Is Introduced
A bill introduced by Chairman Volstead of the house judiciary committee seeks to bar doctors from prescribing beer as medicine. The measure tightens the Volstead Act by restricting prescriptions to actual medicinal needs while not prohibiting wine use.
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Washington
Volstead
House
Judiciary Committee
Jener Palmer
Steamer Wenatchee Towed Into Yokohama After Maiden Voyage
The United States shipping board steamer Wenatchee on its maiden trip from the United States, carrying Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and other prominent passengers, is being towed to Yokohama by the freighter Edmore after the Wenatchee was disabled. The Edmore picked up the vessel about 116 miles out of Yokohama at 11 o clock last night.
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Yokohama
Japan
United States Shipping Board
Wenatchee
Leonard Wood
United States
Admiral Line
Edmore
Nevada inheritance tax law upheld in Miller estate case
Nevada courts decisions upholding the state inheritance and transfer tax law were affirmed today by the supreme court. The ruling reinforces tax policy in the Miller estate matter.
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Washington
Nevada
Supreme Court
Mex Raiders Go On Trial In Columbus Murder Case
Deming New Mexico April 25 Jury selection begins this afternoon in the trial of 16 alleged Villista raiders charged with murder over the March 9 1916 raid on Columbus New Mexico A first panel of 36 jurors is being filled Mexican government aid in the defense appears faint Mexican consul Vincente Vincente arrived from El Paso to confer with the Mexican official on defense involvement District Attorney Forreat Fielder says he will seek a first degree murder verdict.
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el Pano
Mexico
Mystery Death in Wyoming Auto Ride Claims Ivan Sellers
Ivan Sellers dies after a joyride between Lemler and Dubois Wyoming when a passenger shifts seats and a gun on the car floor fires wounding him. Three witnesses George Lawton Mrs La Cross and Suale are in custody as investigators review the accidental shooting claim. Lawton and Sellers were longtime friends with Lawton a rural mail carrier and Sellers a night garage worker.
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Lander
Wyo
Ivan Sellers
Lemler
Dubois
Sellers
St In
Map
George Lawton
Bootlegger Burt Mitchell Arrested After Midnight Offer
A plain clothes officer arrested Burt Mitchell Saturday night after he offered to sell whiskey. Mitchell will be tried in police court tonight. Over the weekend twelve arrests were made, four tied to an auto smash-up in the business district.
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Burt Mitchell
Mitchell
Hopes Blasted Old Claimants Stick to Home
New York readers learn of a long running dispute over 600 million dollars in acres claimed by a family tied to a dilapidated Washington Heights shack. A steam shovel approaches the site as the Molonaer family persists to prove title rights despite a prior supreme court ruling.
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New York
Washington Heights
Martin M. Molonaer
Supreme Court
Thermopolis Artist Wins State Prize
Thermopolis Wyoming April 2. W T Newby, an artist from Thermopolis, won the first prize in the Cheyenne art exhibit for a snow scene of the Ulrich goat ranch near the city. Newby had several other works in the show, and locals Mrs Hants and Mrs Hick also submitted multiple pieces.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
W. Tf. Newby
Cheyenne
Newby
Ulrich Goat
Germany backs flexible reparations plan with long payoff
Berlin proposes about 200 100 million gold marks payment and a 30 to 42 year schedule. Germany offers economic pledges and industrial participation as guarantees while delaying U.S. debt assumption. Paris notes demand 1 billion gold marks by April 30. Morning Post critiques German moves.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
United States
Paris
London
Ownership of Abandoned Bulck Car Determined by Telegram
Sheriff’s office reports ownership of an abandoned Bulck found on Salt Creek highway established via a telegram from the secretary of state. The car was recovered Saturday after appearing abandoned for hours. Inside were a Bible and a high power rifle shell. Contact with Benjamin Franklin of Julesburg, Colorado, the registered owner.
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Sheriff's Office
Salt Creek Highway
Secretary of State
Benjamin Franklin
Julesburg
Colo
100000 Marine Men to Strike in New York April 25
The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association issued a strike proclamation to take effect May 1 after talks with the American Steamship Owners Association broke off. The union claims 100000 firemen oilers and water tenders support the move and warns the strike could widen internationally as British engineers delay negotiations until after April 29 awaiting the American outcome.
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New York
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association Today
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Cnion
Britigh Engineers
Truck Driver Fractures Arm In Kaycoe Road Incident
Jackson a truck driver for R. MN. Van Sant was brought to town today with a fractured arm from an accident on the Kaycoe road about 75 miles north of Casper, occurring yesterday at 7 o'clock.
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Jackson
R. MN
van Sant
Kaycoe Road
Casper
Slayer Tries to Cheat Gallows in Ohio Murder Case
Frank Soward of Chillicothe Ohio, wanted in Toledo for the murder of two detectives, is in a Fort Worth hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a fourth floor hotel leap. Police say two women and a man named Harry Savage are in custody. District attorney to seek Seward’s requisition in Texas for the $4,000 Texas & Pacific robbery holdup.
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Omaha
Frank Soward
Chillicothe
Ohio
Toledo
H E
Omuabe
Harry Savage
Fort Worth
Texas
Fr Seward
District Attorney's
Seward
PV. H. Peony
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Peony
Clark
Washington Fails To Receive Note From Berlin On Reparations
Unexplained delay in Berlin transmission of Germanys reparations counter proposals. The document had not reached the State Department by today despite being dispatched last night. President Harding and Secretary Hughes were to consider the German memo after consultations with allied diplomats.
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Washington
Berlin
State Department
Harding
Hughes
Germany
Loring Dresser
Germany Delays Public Note on Reparations to U S
Berlin advises delaying public release of Germany's reparations note to the United States to allow President Harding time for inquiries before sending it to the allies. Reichstag to receive the text Tuesday. Foreign Minister Simons will outline foreign relations status without new counterproposals. Paris reports the French supreme war council will meet this afternoon at the Elysee Palace chaired by President Millerand with Foch Joffre Petain and generals Buat Weygand Degouter involved.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Reichatug
Morning Post
United States
Ruhr
Harding
Associated Preas
Reichstag
Simons
Paris
Associated Press
French Supreme War Council
Marshall Foch
Joffre
Petain
Buat
Horse Bolts Track as Girl Is Killed and Five Injured
In Picher Oklahoma Olda April 25 a race horse broke through the fence into a crowd at a local track killing five year old Mildred Willis and injuring five others including jockey Claude Stone and others. Police investigate a report the horse was given a stimulant to boost speed.
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Edna Criss
Claude Stone
EB. T. Roe
Joseph Duncan
National League Scores From Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston St. Louis
Baseball results across the National League with New York beating Brooklyn 8 to 4, Cincinnati and Boston each scoring nine runs, Philadelphia over Massachusetts, and St. Louis in ten innings with a 11 to 2 count in the reported games. Batteries listed include Nehl Ryan Sallee Snyder Reuther Miller Martin O Farrell Wingo Watson Oeschger O Neil Ring Winert Keenan Betts Braggy Carlson Glazner Ponder Schmidt Pertica Clemons Dilhoefer.
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Brooklyn
New York
Nehl, Ryan
Sallee
Snyder
Reuther and Miller
Boston
Sodena
Philadelphia
Watson
Oeschger
O'Neil
Ring
Winert
Keenan
Betts
Braggy
Carlson
Glazner
Ponder
Schmidt
Pertica
Clemons
Dilhoefer
Baseball scores and pitching notes from the American League games
Philadelphia and Boston played 9 innings with a 2 to 3 scoreline. Detroit beat Cleveland 13 to 5 while New York defeated Washington 7 to 5. Chicago vs St. Louis was postponed due to rain.
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Chicago
Cruiser Olympic Sails From Venice to Naples in Adriatic Tour
The American cruiser Olympic, flagship of the American naval unit in the Adriatic, departed Venice on Saturday for Spalate then Naples and back to America, marking a final withdrawal from Adriatic service.
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Naples
Venice
Olympic
Athuitle
Spalate
America
Wealthy farmer shoots wife then kills himself in Antonito
James T. Keeney, 47, of Antonito Colorado, shot and killed his wife Pearl Keeney, 32, and then shot himself after a confrontation over reconciliation. Mrs. Keeney had been living with her mother Mrs. M D Wells at Fourteenth and Navajo stress. Keeney died a few minutes later.
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Denver
James T. Keeney
Antonito
Colo
Pearl
Eastern Crude Prices Climb Across Regions
Venutvants and other crude oil prices rose from 18 to 25 cents a barrel in an announcement by the principal of the puts chasing agency. Poupesyvalve EASTERN CRUDE PRICES CLIMB lists Crude $3.0 and Cabell $2.15, Somerset S10R $2.10, Somerset light $2.20, Hagland $1.23 with increases ranging from 10 to 25 cents per barrel.
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Puptsel
Ue Perincipal
Puts
Pouseylvaule
Somerset
1200 Sheep Die in Storm at Milward Utah
Salt Lake City April 25 Twelve hundred sheep recently shorn froze to death at Milward Newhouse and Blackstock Utah Dr W A Stephenson state veterinarian reported the loss The National Wool Growers secretary RR Marwinl said sheep men favor driving flocks from winter to summer ranges to avoid high freight costs.
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Salt Lake Duty
Utah
Milward
Newhouse
Black
Dublin execution shocks crowd at prison gates
In Dublin on April 25 Thomas Tae Nor was executed for the murder of Cades Farrell, killed near a bus stop on March 14. Farrell’s wife and ten children stood in the crowd outside the prison, their cries said to be heartrending.
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Dublin
Thomas Taenor
Aountioy Orisam
Cades Farrell
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