Atlanta Prison Bribery Trial in Federal Case Sparks Concern
Fletcher former deputy warden and Thomas P Harden former chaplain faced conspiracy to accept bribes from wealthy prisoners in a district court trial. Clerk W H Hall testified taking 2000 dollars from inmates while naming possible bribe amounts tied to Fletcher Hayden and Remue. Prosecution alleges a web of payments, with varying claimed shares, as defense argues jeopardy.
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Atlanta
Fletcher
Federal Prison
Thomas P. Harden
W. H. Hall
Hayden
Firibes
Munle Kessier
Morris Sweetwood
Hall
George Remue
Cincinmati
A. K E. Sarteln
Lawrence
Van Sweringen group balks at disclosing personal credits
The Interstate Commerce Commission delayed ruling on the Nickel Plate merger to determine how far organizers must reveal their financing and personal credit details. Amid vigorous testimony, minority stockholders argued against broad probes into ownership and private deals, while Van Sweringen counsel urged disclosure of relevant railroad securities and funds.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
G. P. Var Bweringen
Thomas R. Gay
Chesapeake and Ohio
van Gwartgen
Advics
Terminal Properties Company of
Cleveland
New York Central Railroad
Ven
Sweringen
Nickel Plate
Erie
Pera Marquette
Hocking Valley
Newton D. Baker
van Beeringen Group
Yareste
New York Centrel
van Sweringen
New York Central
Nfter
Hill
Beker
Ox Railroad
HB. W. Anderson
Commission
Counccl
New York Central Group
Twe van Sweringens
Clave
Land Union Terminale
Lander
Per
Baker
Cleve- Jewa Union Terminals
van Sweringe
Thin
Baker Mkewlae
Ayvary
Banking rivals vie for Lehigh Valley control line
New York Central and Lt. F Loree for Delaware and Hudson clash over stock stakes in Lehigh Valley railroad control. Each side seeks 20 to 25 percent as bidding raises prices but stock supply limits gains. The proposed line would run east from Easton Pennsylvania near the Delaware River, about 70 miles from New York.
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New York
Dirclss
San & Deadiock
New York Central
Lt. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pennaytyenia
Qores
Easton
Delaware River
Lehleh Valley
Coolidges In Summer Home Swampscott Arrival
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge arrived in Swampscott for a extended vacation at White Court and Red Gables. They toured Rex Gables with Frank W Stearns and Senator Butler and met local officials including Swampscott selectmen and Lynn Chamber president William Young. Photographers pursued every moment as the First Couple toured the grounds and posed for pictures before dinner.
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Frank W. Stearns
Long Landing
Stearns
Senator Butler
Massachusetts
Whitecourt
Balem
Stearnia
Butter
A. Plact Andrew
John Jacob Rogers
Lowell
Red Gables
Swampscott
William Young
Lynn
Eehls
White House
Bre. Cousides
Rod Rob Noy
Fearful China tensions threaten Americans abroad
Washington dispatches from Peking report heightened anxiety over anti foreign demonstrations in Canton and broader unrest in China. Officials wait for Mayer’s Soviet style notes as diplomats consider a joint conference on extraterritorial rights, with no immediate action expected unless a sharp American response is required.
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Washington
State Department
Peking
Canton
Ching
Mayer
Paking
Hiota
Olewhera
Ehanghal
Shanghai
Dora
Bir
China
Drop Injunction on Alaskan Fisheries
Washington June 24 The district supreme court today dismissed for want of prosecution an injunction suit brought in November 1823 by Dan Sutherland Alaska delegate to Congress against Secretary Hoover. He claimed Hoover favored corporate fishing interests over independent Alaskan salmon fishermen and sought a ruling on two presidential proclamations about Alaskan fisheries.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
Dan 4. Sutherland
Congress
Alaska
Hoover
Sutherland
Ife
Mountain slide dams Gros Ventres River in Wyoming
In western Wyoming a giant rock slide toppled into the Gros Ventres River near the Teton range, creating a temporary dam and a lake that may extend miles long and wide. The event, reported by Z R Jonas of Jackson, caused road closures, halted tourists, and potential danger but no injuries or deaths were confirmed.
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Gros Ventres
Cheyenne
Wyo
Teton Mountains
Wyoming
Teton National Forest
Z. R. Jonas
Jocal
Jackeon
Aly
Jones
Jackson
Alde
Harrison Criticizes Senate Reform in Radio Address
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi denounces Dawes proposed debate limits in the U S Senate. He warns such rules would threaten American institutions and labor, praising Madison Hamilton and Jefferson for long standing debate and deliberation in government. He recalls over a century of open discussion as essential to rights and property.
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Chicago
United States Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Harrison
Senate
Madison
Hamilton
Jefferson
Frank
United Blalea Senate
Explorer Dies as Martyr to Science
Dr William Curtis Farabee renowned anthropologist and curator at Philadelphia’s American Museum died in Washington Pennsylvania from tropical fever contracted during a South American expedition three years earlier. He had lived a primitive life while recovering strength, endured numerous blood transfusions, and died after the June 19 operation. funeral set for Friday at 2:30 a.m. at Central Presbyterian Church with interment in Washington Cemetery.
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Washington, Pa
William Curtis Farabee
University Museum of Philadelphia
America
South America
Farabes
Milla
Washington
Central Presbyterian Church
Washington Cemetery
Coast Guard Denies Carousal By CG-149 Crew
District Superintendent K C Crowley announced after inquiry no evidence supported claims that Coast Guard cutter CG 149 crew were drunken in Erie Harbor Sunday night and early Monday. The crew denied the charges and no direct proof could be found.
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Hufvalo
K. C. Crowley
United States Coast Guard
Erie
Radio Plans Of Navy Met By MacMillan
Navy radio plans for the MacMillan Arctic expedition faced checks in Sydney. Bowdoin and Peary will test long and short wave gear to ensure three naval planes communicate, with Wilbur ordering standard long wave equipment or risk postponement. The party heads toward Etah before establishing a Greenland base.
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Associated Press
Sylandey, N
Donald B. MacMillan
Navy Yard
Howdoin
Paary
Wilbur
Navy
Boston
Winchraft
Sydney
Peary Ghd
Bowdoin
Battle Harbor
Labrador
Etah
Greensland
Avette
Washington
MacMillan
Mae
Utah
Greenland
I. G. Byrd
Anderson Starts Protestant Body Forms New Prohibition Alliance
New York June 24 William Anderson former New York Ant-Saloon League superintendent now on parole from Sing Sing announced creation of the American Prohibition Protestant Patriotic Alones a national Protestant movement aimed at resisting perceived tolerance and supporting true religion and patriotism. The alliance plans to express its views through the Fellowship Forum column in a Washington DC periodical.
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New York
william #. Anderson
Ant-Saloon League
Liberty
Sing Sing
Wil Ba
Mr. Anderson
Trial of Brockus to be heard in federal court
A writ of certiorari from the federal court at Charleston was served on Judge A T Preston of Raleigh criminal court, moving the murder case of Captain J B Brockus, Federal Prohibition Officer Gus Simmons, and Policeman M Argohast to the federal court for hearing. The defendants argue the case belongs to the U S court, and no trial date has been set.
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Beckley
W. Va
Cherleaton
A. T. Preston
Raleigh Criminal Court
Marshall R. P. Beasley
J. BR. Brockan
Gus Simmons
M. Argohast
Interhninal Court
Bao Lilly
Illy
United States
Jury Views Contrasting Portraits in Shepherd Murder Trial
In Chicago, jurors saw two stark depictions of William Darting Shepherd as both a magnanimous churchman and a diabolical plotter. Defense lawyer William Scott Stewart argued Shepherd’s innocence, while prosecutor George S. Ger-man portrayed him as a man who plotted to murder to gain wealth, including claims of typhoid germs used against his beneficiary, Billy McHintock, amid a factional court battle to break a will. The opening spanned nearly four hours per side, with testimony slated to continue.
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Chicago
William Darting Shepherd
William Scott Stewart
Shepherd
Billy McCintock
George 5
Geerman
Stewart
Fatman
Falman
Faimen
Gorman
Wrobahty
Ale
W. W. O'Brien
Crowe
Rovert
Harry Tub
Alexander F. Reichmann
Charles C. Faiman
Fairman
McHntock
Isabella Popes
Hig Autete
Chicago Moves to Withdraw From State
Chicago officials seek legal guidance on separating the city from the state due to failure to reapportion as required by the constitution. Alderman John Toman pushes a resolution asking the Corporation Counsel to present procedures for forming a separate state from Cook County and northern Illinois counties.
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Chicago
Busch
John Toman
Stata
Cook
Illnois
Woodmen Re Elect List of Officers at Chicago
June 24 reelection of all but one officer and a by law revision were the chief achievements of the twentieth quadrennial head camp of the Woodmen of America at Woburn. William Jennings Bryan was briefly a candidate for head director but withdrawn by head consul A K Talbot. EC Sprigg of Grand Forks N D was elected to succeed R C Bellew, who retired. The prohibition amendment simplified the law banning membership for those dealing in intoxicants.
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Chicago
Woburn Woodmen of
America
William Jennings Bryan
A .K. Talbot
Bryan
Kentucky
Talbot
Ofce
EC. Sprigg
Grand Forks
N. D
R. C. Bellew
Britton Starts Auto Drive With Latest Accident
Police investigate a traffic crash where a driver loses control and veers onto a sidewalk, pinning victims to the side of a building. One injured person, a Black man, faces potentially fatal injuries while the driver is held without bond.
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Britton
U S May Change Mexican Envoy in Diplomatic Shuffle
A Mexico City telegram to Nogales officials says diplomat Sheffield may be replaced by George Summerlin as ambassador to Mexico. Summerlin, a former charges d'affaires, is credited with shaping U S Mexico relations. Jam es F Sheffield, U S ambassador to Mexico, was admitted to St Luke's Hospital in New York for a minor operation with undisclosed details.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico City
oMfcisis
Sonora
Hinesa
Sheffield Willlnk
George Summerlin
Lkely
Mexico
M. J. Bierra
Sheffield
Mexican oMfciaia
State Department
Washington
Summerlin
Bummeriin Wes
United States
New York
Jamce F. Shefield
St. Luke's Hospital
Amundsen Polar Flight Ends With Return of Airplane N-25
Kings Bay Spitsbergen June 21. The Amundsen Ellsworth polar flight ends with the N-25 returning to base at Kings Bay after a brief last leg from Singa Bay. Explorers Amundsen and Ellsworth prepare to depart aboard the Gallter Selmar for Fredrikstad and Horten en route to a polar flight continuation. Rescue planes N-2e and two Norwegian airplanes will be carried on the collier deck for possible further service.
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Amundsen Polar
Kings Bay
Spitsberger
Ite
Gunetts
Singa Bay
Sagt
Nps
Eath Kenivan
Amundsen
Eleworth
Fyera
Fredriketad
Horten
Qale
Reckless driving crash injures pedestrians near Dawley Motor
A reckless driving incident in Charleston left Henry Jones in critical condition and Newell injured after Georgn Tweel lost control near the Dawley Motor company. Tweel was held for investigation as Chief Britton plans a 10 day enforcement drive to curb dangerous driving.
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Georgn Tweel
Reynolds
Fin
Vite
Einiu End Traplow
Dawley Motor Company
Pennine
Henry Jones
Hallett Letrest
Mountain State Hospital
Newell
Motor Company
Jom Britton
Atnaag
Jack Way
Tweel
Uayellag
Dawley Building
Cale
Virginia
Aia Trunlow Streets
Chief Britton
Charleston
Britton
Chiss Britton
Reckteas
Twell
Chick Britton
Bondholders Storm Reichstag In Berlin Uproar
On June 4 in Berlin a large crowd of bondholders attempted to force their way into the Reichstag to demand protection for German government bonds and state securities. They shouted for Marshal von Hindenburg to head the republic and accused political opponents of aiding the entry, while lobbies filled with demonstrators and a tense session endured amid protests.
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Bdalin
Burard
Mela
von Hindenbdure
Count von Wentarp
Rhichate
Four Drowned In Idaho Mine Shaft
Wallaced Idaho June 24 A rescue attempt at the Ajax mine in Burke failed as miners broke through an old shaft wall unleashing thousands of gallons of water. A 70 foot rock debris wall hindered efforts to reach the entombed men, with officials abandoning hope for two of them. The tomb is about 6000 feet from the tunnel portal.
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Wallace
Idaho
Ajax
Burke
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