Warned Bergdoll escape risk before arrest noted
Washington May 12. Special agent John F. O'Connor testified that warnings were sent to the department of justice that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Philadelphia draft dodger might attempt to escape while in custody. He said the warning had not reached military authorities. A letter from acting treasury secretary C Leffingwell discussed the Bergdoll gold withdrawal and that lifting the embargo on gold payments complied with treasury instructions.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Bergdol
John F. O'Connor
Department
Hoteo
O'Connor
Chicago
Railway Labor Today
Railroad Labor Board
Pennsylvania ‘Railroad
I. W. Greer
Southweat
St. Louis
Mr. Greer
Associated Press
T. H. Farrington
Columbus
Ohio
William Stubbins
Bradford Ohio
Frank P. Walsh
Bandits Hold Up Officer Escorting Bank Messenger
Five bandits robbed a State Commercial and Savings bank messenger and a uniformed policeman in Chicago on May 12. They forced the officer to walk away a block, then escaped with about 87 000 after threatening to shoot if he looked back.
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Chicago
State Commercial and Savings Bank
Week of Irish Attacks Reports 26 Incidents in Ireland
Dublin May 12 There were 26 attacks on crown forces in Ireland in the last week causing 28 casualties of which 18 were dead. The official weekly summary notes 79 court martials with 68 convictions. A separate report cites an engagement at Kilbrittain County Cork where one rebel was killed and six captured. crown forces had no casualties.
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Dublin
Crown
Ireland
Saya
Kilbrittain
County Cork
Operators Cited in Casper Court for Games of Chance
Police closed down gambling devices including baseball pools punch boards dice and cards in Casper after complaints of high percentages. About twenty to thirty business representatives were arrested with the case set for Judge Perry A Moarrla in municipal court this evening to determine the legality of these games.
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Paneball
Caspers
Casper
Perry A. Moarrla
National League Scores Include Seven-Run Cincinnati Rally
Baseball results show Cincinnati over Brooklyn 8 to 2 with Brenton Rogge and Wingo driving runs. New York beat St. Louis 9 to 1 as Sherdell Haines Schupp and Dilhoefer contributed. Philadelphia and Chicago game postponed by rain.
Fourteen Liquor Cases Dismissed In Wyoming Court
Federal grand jury actions in Cheyenne led to the dismissal of fourteen liquor cases originated by the government. Casper officers, Sheriff Lee Martin and Deputy George Mase, brought the information to Casper after attending the U.S. District Court spring term in Cheyenne.
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Federal Grand Jury
Cheyenne
Casper
Lee Martin
George Mase
United States Diatrict Court
Judge Lindsey Pays $500 Fine for Refusing to Betray Confidence
Denver May 12 Judge Ben B Lindsey of the Denver juvenile court paid a $500 fine and costs after a long dispute over his refusal to testify about a boy's court testimony concerning a 1914 murder case. Lindsey said the fight vindicated the principle of protecting confidences in cases involving public officials and clients.
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Lindsey
Lenvar
Newsboy
Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
George McLachlin
West Side
Plutite
Negro Legally Dead Is Taken To State Pen
Lonnie Eaton, a negro, was taken from Caddo parish jail to Baton Rouge to serve a life sentence. His death sentence was commuted after a sheriff failed to hang him on the date set, making him the only person legally dead serving a prison term.
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Shreveport
Way
Lonnie Eaton
Caddo Parish
State Penitentiary
Baton Rouge
Eaton
Grant
Ouachita Parish
Tov
John M. Parker
4000 Rubles For One Franc Telegraph Rate Set
Riga May 12 The Russian government fixes a tariff for foreign payments from Moscow valuing 4000 rubles at one gold franc. This establishes the exchange rate at 20000 soviet rubles to the dollar for international cable payments.
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Riga
Moscow
Bolshevik Plot Uncovered in Angora
In Angora on May 12 a Bolshevik plot to topple Mustapha Kemal Pasha and set up a Soviet republic was uncovered. Many people have been arrested.
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Angora
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Hold up trio receive life terms for Toledo murder
Three men were sentenced to life imprisonment for a holdup murder in Toledo. The victim, Edward Smith, was robbed of $38 after being struck with a blow to the head while riding a bicycle to work on April 2. Smith reportedly identified two female neighbors before dying.
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Toledo
Ohio
Jost
Edward Smith
Smith
Anarchists' Bomb Explodes In Turin Factory
Two anarchists attempted to set off a large Turin factory bomb. The device exploded prematurely, killing one bomber and seriously injuring the other.
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Turin
Convicts Shoot Guards as 25 Escape Texas Prison
At Huntsville state prison about 25 to 30 inmates mutinied and fled. Two guards were shot, one likely fatally, as convicts stormed the gate and armory to seize shotguns. Guards fired in return. no convict deaths confirmed.
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Texas
Huntsville
Tex
Huntaville State Prison
Enaal Rmaliway Cola
Polish Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses in Silesia Battle
Berlin May 1 Polish insurgents suffered heavy losses attempting to seize the Elly of Koset japp Silesia from German and Hapsburg forces. Reports indicate about 500 killed and wounded. Poles seek armistice to keep territory already in their possession.
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Berlin
Elly
Koset Japp Silesia
McEreins
Tere
Pole
Ex Governor Haus Visits Wyoming After Texas Venture
Former Governor Fran J. Haus, long linked with the Wichita Falls Texas enterprise, arrives in Cheyenne with his family for a brief visit. His health has improved and he expresses optimism about his Texas ventures since leaving office 28 months ago.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fran J. Haus
Wichita Palla
Recognition accorded Obregon government by Aus tralian commando
A telegram from Vienna reports that Australia recognizes the Obregon government in Mexico. The dispatch names Maridge Freiman, Mexican official for foreign affairs, as the contact.
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Mexico
Alay
Aus Iil
Maridge Freimang
Russian singer to visit New York stage in summer tour
The Moscow Tavor reports tenor Theodor Challapied will depart for the United States at summer’s start and perform at the New York opera house during a tour. Details of his whereabouts since returning to Pushchn and reports of time in Moscow near Kilov are unclear.
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Wiga
Moscow
Tavor
Theodor Challapied
United States
Coset Opera
Litto
Puschn
Kilov
Gun Battle on Virginia Line Near Merrimac and Sprigg
A gun battle along the West Virginia Kentucky border near Merrimac and Sprigg was reported to Mingo County Sheriff Pingon. One man, Harry Staten, a former magistrate and state witness in the Matowan gun fight, is believed killed while standing in front of his store. reports say the fight may still be in progress.
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Sprigg
Peasants Plan New Republic In Vienna District
A peasants congress intended to form a Croatian republic will meet in Agram next Monday, as reported in Vienna. The Jugo-Blav Government, preparing for the gathering, ordered measures to prevent it and to secure control.
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Wienna
Agram
Saya
Helgende Deapatoh
Jugo-Blav
FLIERS KILLED IN PLANE FALL
Arcadia California May 12 Lieutenant George R Bloom and Sergeant Harry J Westing army fliers attached to Carlstorm Field were killed yesterday in a plane crash and ensuing gasoline explosion A stalled engine caused the crash Bloom escaped the wreck but died two hours later after being badly burned Westing perished at once in the blast
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Arcadia
Frn
Liev
George R. Bloom
Harry J. Westing
Army
Carlstorm Field
Sloom
Himell
Neutrality Proclaimed for Constantinople and Straits
Allied officials announce the neutrality of Constantinople the Bosporus and the Dardanelles amid ongoing Turkey Greece hostilities. Greece loses use of Constantinople as a base. Meanwhile Chicago broker BK Schotter nets a $115000 suburban property sale.
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Paris
Consantinople
Bosphorus
Dardenelles
Turkey
Greece
Saps m
Constantinople
Mise BK. Schotter
Chicago
Casper High Track Team Heads to Central Wyoming Meet
Casper high school track squad, coached by Dean Morgan, departs for Douglas to compete in the first annual Central Wyoming track meet with six other high school teams. Results will gauge Casper’s prospects against top state programs as the winner advances to participate in the Wyoming state meet in Laramie.
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Casper High School
Dean Morgan
Douglas
Taramie
Weathered Rain Delays Chicago Boston Game Postponed
Baseball scores show Detroit and Cleveland split strong efforts as Washington and Philadelphia list four and eight runs respectively in a mixed bag of innings. Rain caused the Chicago versus Boston matchup to be postponed, with St Louis and Philadelphia completing a 9 to 6 victory for St Louis aided by Harris and Keefe in a tight relief.
First Count of Red Indictment Is Set Aside
The United States circuit court of appeals in St Paul on May 12 set aside the final four counts in the indictment in which 25 members of the I W W were convicted and sentenced to varying terms in the Leavenworth federal penitentiary from the federal district coast of Kansas.
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ST. Paul
Mann
States Circuit Court of Appeals
Leavenworth
Kansas
Klan Branches Reported Across Missouri and Midwest
St Louis dispatch says branches of the Ku Klux Klan are being organized in Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. The announcement came from organizers meeting in St Louis on May 13.
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ST. Louis
O Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Missouri
Kanaii
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
North
Nnh
National emergency urged to man navy vessels in shipping strike
Winthrop L. Marvin said Pacific coast operators urged Hoover and Admiral Benson to seek Harding declaration of a national emergency over the nationwide shipping strike. A teleogram urged government to take over vessel manning if sailors refused to work within 48 hours. In Boston harbor tensions rose as engine crews and firemen quit last week in support of the seamen strike, threatening service on harbor lines.
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New York
Winthrop L. Marvin
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Commerce
Hoover
Admiral Benson
The
Shipping Board
President Harding
Voweris
Boston
George W. Willey
Loonl
Marine bin
Willvy
DRY BILL URGED TO PLUG LEAKS IN U S PROHIBITION
Wayne B Wheeler counsel for the anti saloon league urges passage of the Volstead supplemental act to end manufacture and import of intoxicants until current supply runs out. He speaks at hearings before the house judiciary committee. Wheeler and opponents discuss beer sales and whiskey production. An errant line notes A Wingham returns home from Cheyenne.
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United Press
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Anicon League
House Judiciary Committee
Whorler
Clara Hamon Awarded Ten Thousand in Settlement
In Los Angeles on May 1, Clara Hamon, widow of a man linked to a murder case, secures a settlement with the estate of Ger Gamena. Attorney J G Cham won says a payment of 610,000 plus other terms will be effected today as negotiations proceed.
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Los Angeles
Col
Chara Smith Mammon
Hamon
Oklahoma
Avon
J. GB. Cham
Patna
Gergamenia
Witeh Hamon
Clara Snotth
Hanon Goring
Todge
Killin
Manta Ava
Pee Ee
Roer Nan
Pod Hills
Arn
Mies
Diehe le
Chicago
Kelly Drives In 8th With Bases Loaded In Ninth
Giants batter Serge Wally hit his eighth homer with the bases full in the fleet inning against the St. Lawrence Nationals, while Babe Bath homered for the tenth time this season in Detroit Michigan with one aboard in the first inning.
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New York
Tserge Wally
Giants
Hts
St. Lawre Nationals
Dhveroit
Mich
Babe” Bath
Bane
Foreign hordes seek passports before new immigration laws
United Press reports from Europe indicate a rush of Europeans seeking entrance to the United States before restrictive immigration laws take effect. Immigration Commissioner Wallace Joday notes large numbers are applying for American passports as they fear delays and congestion at New York Harbor.
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Walmington
United States
Wallace Joday
Europe
Reael
New York
Thletory
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