Acquittal in Wyoming murder follows Brown arrest in Denver
Charles T. Brown was acquitted of killing Edward Bell Rodgers in Green River Wyoming on February 23. A few minutes after the verdict Brown was arrested for violating the federal white slave act. Testimony showed Brown lived with Rodgers' wife in the hotel where the shooting occurred. Brown claimed self defense. The jury had begun deliberations at 6 p.m.
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Denver
Charles T. Brown
Edward Bell Rodgers
Green River
Wyoming
Brown
Rodgers
Casper Growth and Cripple Creek Decline in Census Report
Casper Wyoming shows a population rise from 3 000 to 11 447 an 8 808 increase 333 8 percent Cripple Creek Colorado drops from 2 325 a 3 877 decline 62 5 percent Census Bureau notes two striking stories one oil boom in Casper the other gold decline in Cripple Creek war and cost of living factors surface in the report
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Casper
Cripple Creek
Washington
Wyoming
Colo
Rail executives urge Treasury funds for rail equipment
The Association of Railway Executives urged immediate use of part of the government's revolving fund to buy rail equipment to ease freight congestion. They proposed setting aside 12 million dollars for equipment purchases as the Senate asked the commission for steps to break the traffic jam.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Commission
Australian Labor Resolves to Snub Prince of Wales
The labor council in Sidney, New South Wales, after a heated debate, decided not to participate in the welcome to the Prince of Wales during his forthcoming visit to the state.
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Prince of Wales
Sidney
N. S.W
Labor Council
New South Wales
Prince Atsu No Hiya Graduates From Tokyo Military School
Prince Atsu No Hiya, second son of Japan's emperor, has graduated from the Central military preparatory school in Tokio and is prepared for further training aimed at eventual leadership of Japanese forces in case of war.
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Atsu-No-Hiya
Japan
Central Military Preparatory School
Tokio
Governor Coolidge Praises Jackson Wyoming Women Leaders
Boston May 14 Governor Calvin Coolidge praised Jackson Wyoming residents for electing women to all town offices and commended their sound judgment in a public address.
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Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Jackson
Wyoming
Weather watcher counts 2.40 inches above normal in Cheyenne
Six week precipitation totals show 7.20 inches since year start with 4.80 inch normal. Sunshine has lagged, with only eight clear days in 25 and some days nearly sunless. A Cheyenne policeman proposes stocking gutters with brook trout and carps in street puddles.
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Cheyenne
United States Weather Bureau
Water In Weather Bureau Short Circuits Roof Instruments
The report recalls a wet incident where water entered the weather bureau on the roof of a tall building and shorted a recording instrument for sunshine for about ten minutes. No flood reached the bank, but observers warn that continued wet weather could bring higher levels.
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Weather Bureau
Citizens National Bank
Admiral Sims blamed for credit loss in U boat battles
Secretary Daniels told the senate naval investigating committee that Rear Admiral Sims failed to pursue American sub battle reviews, leaving the matter to the British admiralty. He noted 265 U-boat attacks cited by Britain yielded only 24 credited to US forces, mostly "possibly slightly damaged." The destroyer Fanning earned full credit for sinking U-58 and capturing its crew.
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Washington
Sims
Daniels
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
United States
Fanning
Prohibition raid on Tropical Food Products nets thousands
New Orleans authorities seize over ten thousand persons implicated across the Gulf Coast in a national prohibition law violation. Agents confiscate hundreds of cases of malt hops and prescription guides for high alcohol home brew, plus company ledgers listing many customers.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast States
Tropical Food Products Company
Prohibition
Naughty Juan and the Carranzaist Threat
Juan Rios a Mexican laborer in a section gang is arrested after threatening Gonzales with a large butcher knife over Carranza’s defeat. Gonzales reportedly felt glad, Juan felt sorry, and a knife confrontation was halted by Union Pacific watch men. Juan remains in city jail.
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Carranza
Juan Rios
Juan
Gonzales
Garranza
Union Pacifi Watchmen
Gas Fumes Fatal to Three in Idaho Mine
Three men died and a fourth escaped in the Marsh mine near Burke Idaho from gas fumes. The victims, Fred Bergen superintendent Charles Johnson and an unnamed miner arrived from Butte Montana, were found beneath water in a shaft after rescue workers responded.
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Idaho
Wallace
Marsh
Burke
Fred li
Bergen
Charles Johnson
Butte
Montana
Kansas Gov Henry Allen May Seek Republican Dark Horse Nomination
Washington May 14 Friends of Gov Henry J Allen of Kansas plan to place his name before the Republican national convention if no one secures the nomination on the first ballots Delegates led by William Allen White aim to portray Allen as a potential deadlock breaker while Kansas delegates will back Major General Leonard Wood on early ballots White, pledged only to Allen, may back Wood first then Allen as votes shift The Allen camp touts his public policy record and his handling of strikes as a path to nomination
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Washington
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
William Allen White
Allen
Republican Leaders As To the Availability of Gov. Allen
Chi
Leonard Wood
Mr. White
Gen. Wood
White
Henry
Gov. Allen
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
New York
Atlantic City
Five Die in Riot Over High Prices in Sardinia
Rioting after a meeting in Iglesias Sardinia left five dead and several injured as protests against high living costs spread in a Reuters based Rome dispatch.
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London
Iglesias
Sardinia
Reuter
Rome
Mexican rebels press to outflank Carranza lines near San Marcos
Mexican rebel forces push to outflank Carranza loyalists near San Marcos Puebla as Generals Aguilar and Sanchez plan a grand attack. In Juarez, the new congress meets in Mexico City on May 24 to appoint a provisional president, with General Enriquez as gubernatorial candidate for Chihuahua.
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Congress
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Carranza
San Marcos
Puebla
Higianio Aguilar
Guadelupe Sanchez
Inquest into Death of Baby After Disinterment
Miss Allimillo had the infant's body disinterred in the presence of officers to pursue an inquest to determine if the child's death was natural. She alleges Uberto Allimillio as the father and claimant of marriage, while he denies the allegation.
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Miss Allimillo
Uberto Allimillio
Owen Attacks Fed Act Ties to Liberty Bond Prices
Senator Owen of Oklahoma released a letter to Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board arguing that higher discount rates would lower Liberty and Victory bond values. He warned that cheap money keeps bonds at par, while banks' high rates reduce market prices and threaten public confidence and industrial morale.
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Washington
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Owen
Stock dividend tax dodging opens way to get bonus fund
Washington May 14 Taxation of stock dividends was virtually agreed on today by a majority of the Republican members of the house ways and means committee as a new plan for raising part of the money to pay the cost of proposed soldier relief legislation. Final action is expected to be taken tomorrow, committeemen said. Republican committeemen were said to have been unable today to agree on the amount of the tax, or whether it should be retroactive and if so for what period of time.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mexican money seized by U S
Eighty thousand dollars brought across the border from Matamoros by the Mexican collector of customs today was seized by United States Department of Justice agents. They deposited the money in a local bank pending determination of its ownership.
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Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
United States Department of Justice
Carranza Consul Refuses Transfer at New Orleans
Jose J. Pesquiera, consul for the Gar ronan government in New Orleans, declines to surrender the consulate to Moises Gereia, representative of the revolutionary government, stating he will not comply.
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New Orleans
Jose J. Pesquiera
Garronan
Moises Gereia
Peace Treaty Terms Reach Constantinople
A digest of the Allied peace treaty for Turkey has arrived in Constantinople with a translation prepared for the sultan. Turkish newspapers fear loss of Thrace and Smyrna, while Angora criticizes Damal Fieri ed Pasha and pledges not to be bound by Damaf Fleried Pasha’s government.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Paris
Turkey
Thrace
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal
Angora
Damaf Fleried Pasha
Harry New Drops Appeal in Frieda Lesser Murder Case
In Los Angeles on May 14, Harry New, convicted of second degree murder in the death of his sweetheart Frieda Lesser, will not continue the fight. His counsel LeCompte Davis announced the appeal will be dismissed tomorrow before briefs are filed.
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Los Angeles
Harry New
San Ouentin
Frieda Lesser
Appelate
LeCompte Davis
Davis
Carranza Breaks Rebel Lines and Flees into Mountains
President Carranza with 1000 loyal troops broke through rebel positions near San Marcos Puebla and retreated into the mountains between Puebla and Oaxaca after destroying war materials. Generals Murguia and Urquiso remain to cover the retreat and contend with rebel forces nearby.
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Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Carranza
San Marcos
Puebla
Oaxaca
Richie Wen
Balad Amlvaaeleles Olacos
Murguia
Urquiso
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