West Virginia clash as agents kill two
Two prohibition agents die and a third is wounded in a Camp Creek ravine near Huntington when federal and state agents mistake each other for moonshiners. J. F. Poe is charged with murder while Homer Joy is jailed on shooting to kill. Workman is hospitalized.
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Huntington
W. Va
Camp Creek
William F. Porter
West Virginia
Gheorge Ball
W. FE. Workman
Prohibition
J. F. Poe
Homer Joy
Workman
Joy
Porter
Balarid
Poe
Bill Porter
Bill
Ball
Cleveland raid ends in gunfire and beating on sidewalk
Hymen Weinberg, 32, was shot in the foot as four federal dry raiders and about fifty bystanders clashed with him in Cleveland. Government agents sought liquor, confronted a man carrying beer into a restaurant, and a lunch restraint followed the altercation. One agent fired after being attacked.
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Cleveland
Hymen Weinberg
Weinberg
Ciry
Mrs John Barrymore Plans Stage Debut in Salem
Mrs John Barrymore wife of the actor will debut on the professional stage with the American Theater Company in Salem Massachusetts next week. Known as Michael Strange she is a poet and novelist and will take small parts as the company prepares plays for North Shore society. Shaw advised her to relearn stagecraft after suggesting she act in St Joan.
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Salem
Mass
John Barrymore
American Theater Company
Barrymore
Michael Strange
North Shore
St Joan
Shaw
That will take you where you want to go
The line hints at a directive about reaching a desired destination or goal. It suggests guidance or navigation, implying a path to an intended outcome without specific details.
Fishing burglar nets clothes and cash in Mt Vernon
A Mt Vernon burglar used a fishing pole to lift trousers and $16 from Frank Trincenelli’s bureau after removing a window screen. He left his line and pole at the victim’s home, a June 20 report notes.
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MT. Vernon
Frank Trincenelli
Defense falters as Farman is questioned in typhoid germ case
Chicago June 20 The defense faces a flareback as Dr Charles C Farman testimony contradicts its claim that germs given to William D Shepherd were harmless. Prosecutor Crowe questions germ handling at the City Health Department lab and the ease of reculturing strains. Shepherd to testify next week denying ties to Farman or Marchand.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Charles C. Farman
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Farman
Frederick O. Tenney
City Health Department
Stewart
Faiman
McClintock
Dr. Tenney
Tenney
Crowe
Tonney
Dr. Tonney
City Laboratory
States
Fatman
Health Department
Whisky Leak Plot: Six Conspirators to Face Trial
Truck drivers receive $1000 fines for involvement in a whisky leak. Six conspirators are scheduled to depart for Atlanta this week as the trial judge rejects efforts to preachings.
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Atlanta
Nine Armand Drug and Candy figures get prison terms
In Cleveland federal court Judge Westenhaver sentenced nine of eleven Armand Drug and Candy Company figures for conspiracy to violate federal prohibition laws. Sentences range from one year to two years with fines up to seven thousand five hundred dollars. Two members received only fines. three defendants plan appeals.
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Cleveland
Westenhaver
Armand Drug and Candy Company
Troy (Co
Atlanta
J. E. Russell
Ohio
Merle B. Copeland
Russell
Warren E. Barnett
Columbus
M. B. Copeland
Harry A. Grossberg
Peter J. Higgins
Youngstown
Patrick J. Scanlon
Pais
Eigh
A. Gardos
Armand Company
Grossberg
Edward J. Scanlon
Patrick
Louis Glueck
Carl Felps
Higgins
Frank J. Eckles
Copeland
Barnett
Gardos
Glueck
Scanlons
District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Evans
Bernsteen
Charles
Carl) Fleps
Poisoned by sister in accidental play doctor
Ida Krupin aged 2 1/2 died in St Louis after a four year old sister Anna gave what was mistaken for medicine. The injury occurred when the child was playing doctor last night and administered poison.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Ida Krupin
Anna
Canton Bank Cashier Shot During Robbery Incident
Canton reports bandits shot the Japanese hospital cashier who withdrew 5 000 dollars from the Shameen foreign settlement bank. Officials say the act was not political and unrelated to broader anti foreigner strife. Western officials urge evacuation of women and children as tensions rise amid strikes.
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Canton
Foreign Settlement Bank
Shameen (Foreign Settlement) Bank
Shameen
Hongkong
Veteran miner heir to $3 million at 99
Spokane report states John Hackett, 99, a Couer D Alene mining pioneer, inherits $3,000,000 from a Venezuela based brother Pat Hackett who died at 104. John, Civil War veteran, famed for mining fortunes both made and lost.
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Spokane
Wash
John Hackett
Couer D'Alene
Venezuela
Kellogg
Idaho
Pat Hackett
Senator Ladd Ill in Baltimore Hospital
North Dakota Senator Ladd, 66, is seriously ill with kidney trouble in a Baltimore hospital. Medical staff report slight improvement but caution that the danger point has not passed. He entered ten days ago for treatment. details remain undisclosed. Secretary Douglas H. McArthur says he started for North Dakota but turned back at Cleveland due to rheumatic conditions.
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Washington
Senator Ladd
North Dakota
Baltimore
Ladd
Senate
la Follette
Republican Senate
Public Lands Committee
Teapot Dome
Douglas H. McArthur
Cleveland
Two drownings from Ohio rivers at Decoursey and Little Miami
Mary Ellis, 20, of Covington, was recovered by Covington Fire Department life squad after cramps sent her under while crabbing near Decoursey. John Wheeler, 15, of Madisonville, disappeared in the Little Miami near North Cincinnati Gym grounds, with divers unable to reach him as snags and deep water hindered search.
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Mary Ellis
Covington
Decoursey
John Wheeler
Madisonville
Little Miami
Licking
Mary ‘Ellis
West Seventh Street
Owasco Street
Louis Sal@hon
Madison Avenue
George Arnold
West Ninth Street
Miss Ellis
Fred Taphorn
Sadie Ellis
Wheeler
John W. Wheeler
Little Miami River
North
Cincinnati
Dugan
Plainville
Era
Milford Life Saving Crew
A. C. Christopher
Garnet Thorp
Thorp
Wheelers
Paddle Drive Likely to Alter Future Flying
Detroit reports James A. Horne of Estes Park Colorado tests a self-feathering paddle wheel propeller for aircraft. The four thrust units promise vertical lift and fast straight flight, with potential for roof landings and cheap family dirigibles at $5,000.
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New York World News Service
Detroit
Mich
James A. Horne
Estes Park
Col
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Ford Aeronautical
Aircraft Development Corporation
Horne
Cadillac
Mason M. Patrick
Air Service
Admiral Moffat
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington
Cneeks
Weereen Cockes
William B. Stout
Stout Metal Aeroplane Company
Ford
Fords
University of Michigan
Lindsey
Thomas A. Edison
Atlantic
Crowds Await La Follette Body in Madison
The train bearing Senator La Follette's body arrived in Madison at 1 42 p m. Crowds lined the depot and route to the Capitol where the casket lies in state until Monday's funeral. The body rests in the State House reception room under civilian guard, then moves to the rotunda for viewing until 7 30 p m. Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Monday in the Capitol. Robert M La Follette Jr and Philip La Follette accompany the casket. Mrs La Follette and daughters go to the La Follette home. The casket will be opened for public viewing while in state.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Senator la Follette
Capitol
Washington
State House
Rotunda
Capitol Building
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Philip La_Follette
la Follette
Mine Blast Kills Three at Gordon Coal Mine
Three miners were killed and two injured in an explosion at the Gordon mine of the Gordon Coal Company six miles northwest of Wallenburg Col. The blast occurred at the 6,000 foot level last night and the bodies were recovered.
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Associated Press
Wallenburg
Col
Gordon
Gordon Coal Company
May enter senate race
Des Moines Capital reports Ida B. Wise Smith, head of the W C C T U in Iowa, may seek the Republican nomination for United States Senator. The report says the idea was discussed at the State Central Committee meeting, especially among women members.
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Associated Proag
Des Moines
Ida B. Wise Smith
WCC
T. U
United States
Flyers Die As Plane Crashes Near Pontiac
Two aviators burned to death when the airplane they rode caught fire and fell 200 feet near Southfield eight miles from Pontiac Michigan. Frank Goddell the pilot and Charles Boffey his student were performing stunt flights for spectators. Goddell formerly lived in Chicago and had been an instructor at Detroit area fields.
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Associated Press
Pontiac
Mich
Southfield
Frank Goddell
Charles Boffey
Goddell
Chicago
Detroit
Dry agent shot to death in raid near Hamilton
William F. Jacobs a 38 year old dry raider and chief constable of Seven Mile liquor court was shot and killed at 11 15 PM as raiders including Mayor Shuler entered a Coke Otto house six miles north of Hamilton Ohio Ten men and a woman were arrested on suspicion names not learned Jacobs survived by a widow and two children
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
William F. Jacobs
Seven Mile
Shuler
Mayor Shuler
Coke Otto
Jacobs
Go Congpirator in Chime Tab Bernard Grant
Walter Krauser, condemned for murder, stabbed Bernard Grant during jail visitors in Chicago. Grant, near death after five knife wounds, had been under death sentence. Krauser claimed Grant threatened him. Grant later died. Krauser’s retrial date pending.
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Tab Bernard Grant
Chicago
Walter Krauser
Bernard Grant
Krauser
Wesley Westbrook
Grant
Westbrook
Calppesa
Ralph Sonders
Supreme Court
Maine Town Bids Godspeed to Arctic Expedition Leader
The Bowdoin and Peary departed from Wiscasset at 2:42 PM with Donald Baxter MacMillan and two crews heading toward the Arctic aboard two ships and two Navy Eagle boats. A large Maine and national crowd lined the Sheepscot River for exercises on the Town Hall lawn, as Lieutenant Commander Eugene F. McDonald read a broadcast farewell from the Peary. The message thanked locals for hospitality and hinted at a possible September 20 return.
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Wiscasset
Bowdoin
Peary
Arctic
Donald Baxter MacMillan
Sheepscot
Maine
MacMillan
Navy
Eagle
National Geographic Society
Whale Wharf
Daughter Accused After Man Found Dead in Alley
Michigan City Indiana June 29 Mrs Frank Skibo held in connection with the killing of her husband believed slain Thursday He accused his daughter Mary Putz 19 and brother Charles 22 while police doubt the daughter's guilt The body was found in the alley behind the home after Skibo reportedly celebrated his birthday with drinking The mother said she saw the daughter kill the father but the daughter denied the accusation
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ind
Frank Skibo
Mary Putz
Charles
Arrest Italian Doctor for Attack on King
Rome reports Dr Cesare Sforza brother of Senator and former Foreign Minister has been arrested for circulating pamphlets attacking King Victor Emmanuel. Police found large volumes of material in the Sforza villa along with two portraits of the murdered Matteotti displayed in the chapel during a memorial service marking Matteotti's death anniversary.
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Associated Press
Rome
Cesare Sforza
Senator Sforza
Victor Emmanuel
Sforza
Matteotti
Bowdoin Tide: MacMillan Visits Monhegan Island Friends
Lieutenant Commander MacMillan and the Bowdoin anchored at Monhegan Island Me to allow ship securement and a shore visit with fishermen. The island’s population gathered on the dock as fireworks lit the hill and cheers filled the harbor. The voyage from Wiscasset was delayed by compass boxing delays from Boothbay Harbor.
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MacMillan
Associated Press
Monhegan Island
Bowdoin
Monhegan
Wiscasset
Booth Bay Harbor
Robison Seeks Early Retirement From Navy
Rear Admiral J. K. Robison, tied to the Teapot Dome inquiry and denied promotion twice, has applied for early retirement from the navy. Approval is likely, with President Coolidge expected to act favorably, potentially retiring as Rear Admiral if granted before October 1. He remains chief of the Engineering Bureau, having helped plan transfers and leases related to reserve forces and Sinclair and Doheny.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. K. Robison
Teapot Dome
Navy
Navy Department
Interior Department
Harry F. Sinclair
Edward L. Doheny
Navy Board
Senate
Coolidge
Navy Selecting Board
Robison
Journey Divorce Granted in Chicago Case
Prof. R c Journey of North Carolina State Agricultural College won a cross bill divorce from Mrs Helen Journey in Chicago. The judge awarded Mrs Journey custody of two children while granting limited visitation for Prof Journey. The case cited cruelty and alleged misconduct by the professor with law student Oscar Harmon who denied the charges and testified about attempted compromise.
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Chicago
R.c. Journey
North Carolina State Agricultural College
Sabath
Helen Journey
Mrs. Journey
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W. E. Barnett
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Britain
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Shanghai
Foreign Office
Diplomatic Corps
W. W. MacKenzie
Baltimore Hospital
Colorado
Wisconsin
Wpmillan
Godspeed
Girl
Iron Bar
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