FUE ADMINISTRATION MAN 16 PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR GRAFT
James A. Wood, employee of the Nevada Board of Control, is taken into custody in San Francisco on charges of bribery tied to Elko Roller Mills. The case details a wide scheme involving flour sales and alleged illicit commissions, uncovered by W. Percival, manager of a local company, with records of meetings in Reno and San Francisco, and a planned pay setup for Wood to control Nevada flour sales. The investigation included a dictaphone recording and involvement of U.S. Secret Service officials.
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James A. Wood
Nevada Board OF Control
San Francisco
Elko Roller Mills
Asamrehu
Elko
Jamed
A. Wood
Nemployer
Nevada State Pood Rministration
Yesway
Eiko Rollerts Company
W. Percival
Condem
Wood
Independent
Vereival Gate
Daleresta
Lid
Percaval
Bin
Ely
Nevada
Elke Holler Mills
Niles
Vereval
Gaile
Copper City
Mervival
All Company
Verelval
Leo
Bereival
Elk Mills
Percival
Wood Told Bins
Vereival
Dy, Rath
McGil al Bly
South Fork
Dod
Ily
Dercival
Reno
Mill
Relverside
Mr. Mercival
Jone
Linociates
Mil
Lowell
United States District Attorney's Office
San Fran
United States Secret Service
San Frankivco
Vercival
Hira
Che
Mr. Percival
Secret Service
McNear
Food Department
Te Story
Hayden
Department of Justice
Lemmon
Kansas City
Foodmen
Food Administration
Lenton
Hunt
Middleton
Ke Ely
United State
Pope calls for special prayer on St Peter's Day
May 10 report notes Pope Benedict urges a global, special prayer to end evils that torment humanity to be offered on St Peter's Day during Mass. The item then shifts to Nevada and California coverage detailing Wood's arrest, charges over mill bribes, and food administration intrigue including statements by Middleton and Percival.
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Pope
British Troops Regain Trench Sector Northwest of Albert
London may 10 official report that British forces recaptured a small section of the front trench northwest of Albert, a gain from the prior day. Paris may 10 the war office says French troops captured Crivesnes Park five miles northwest of Montdidier. activity elsewhere reported limited.
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London
Albert
Paris
War Office
Crivesnes Park
Montdidier
Tornado sweeps over north Iowa kills and injuries rise
Chicago May 10 reports say a tornado swept central to eastern Iowa late yesterday, killing at least eleven and injuring over one hundred fifty. About a hundred farm buildings were blown down and property damage was heavy in many localities. Death toll later reported eighteen with eleven in Iowa and seven in Illinois, as wire outages hinder further totals.
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Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Governor refuses 6 PM bar closure as war measure
Washington May 10 casualty list shows twenty one names four killed in action one died of wounds three died of disease three severely wounded seven slightly wounded and one missing Hartford Conn May 10 Governor Marcus H Holcomb refuses to order saloons closed at 6 PM as a war measure to boost state war effort.
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Washington
Ay 10
Sen
Hartford
Conn
Marcus H. Holcomb
State Grange
Sub-Lieutenant Rene Fonck Downs Six German Planes
Paris May 10 an official war office report states Sub-Lieutenant Rene Fonck shot down six German airplanes yesterday in aerial combat. He increased his tally and contributed to the air force’s efforts over the front.
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Downs
Paris
War Office
Sublieutenant
Rene Fonck
Wife deserters punished in Manitowoc court
Man itowoc Wis May 10 Wife deserters punished in court here John Gross a father of five received a year of hard labor for failure to support his family Murray Pherson was given twelve months in Waupun for a similar offense The judge noted the sympathy of the case but enforced the sentence.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Coourt
John Gross
Murray
Pherson
Waupun
P RAILWAY WINS BIG SUIT
In San Francisco on May 10 the government’s bid to reclaim 162000 acres of rich southern California mineral lands from Southern Pacific company and others was called the billion dollar suit. The lands along the railroad’s Fresno and Kern counties right of way span a hundred miles. The action, involving 234 defendants, merged six suits tracing to land grant acts intended to aid railroad opening of new territory. Attorney General Wickersham began the case in 1910 to stop oil development, charging the lands were mineral in nature and not agricultural.
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San Francisco
Californi
Southern Vacific Company
Fresno
Kern
Wickersham
Joba
Bureh
D. Justion
Department of Justice
Benjamin F. Bledsoe
United States District Court
Los Angeles
British Navy Blocks Ostend as Vindictive Sunk
British naval forces blocked Ostend port in a raid sinking the obsolete cruiser Vindictive across the harbor entrance. One motor boat was lost. English casualties were light. The move aims to cripple German U-boat access from a key Belgian port.
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London
Ostend
Admiralty
Belgium
North Sea
Strait of Dover
English Channel
England
Germany
Federal Grand Jury Finishes Probe in Bisbee Deportation
The federal grand jury investigating the deportation of 1186 mine workers from the Bisbee and Warren districts last July has completed its inquiry. The jury will report to Judge William H. Sawtelle of the United States district court this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Tuscon
Federal Grand Jury
Bisbee
Warren
William H. Sawtelle
United States District Court
McAdoo's War Revenues Bill Faces Strong Opposition
Washington May 10 Secretary McAdoo's plan to immediately raise war revenues met firm opposition. After talks between House and finance leaders a revenue revision before next December was called very doubtful. The preliminary hearing of and Broderick will be held Monday, with Ed Caine defending the accused.
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Washington
McAdoo
Congress
House
Broderick
Ed Caine
German man jailed for unpatriotic remark in Sedalia
Fritz, Sedalia, Mo., May 10. Fred Esser, a German, allegedly said he favored the Kaiser and detested Uncle Sam. Fifteen minutes later he began a six months jail term for his unpatriotic remarks. He is married with a family.
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Sedalia
Sam
Fred Esser
Fred
Legal Battle Over Land Grant Lands Ends In Court
The case reached Judge J C Biggs in Raleigh with Judge Riggs and Albert Schoonover among counsel. Southern Pacific faced claims of fraud despite asserting land patents followed the land grant laws. Expenditures agreed at about 500000. Hiaval reserve Taft withdrawal of 1909 affected ownership argument as government pressed public ownership.
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J. C. Biggs
Raleigh
N. C
Riggs
Albert Schoonover
United States District Attorney
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
F. W. Henshaw
California Supreme Court
Charles R. Lowers
Dikgs
Bureh
Hiaval
Soldiers killed when train falls near Camp Jackson
Between ten and fifteen soldiers were killed and many fatally injured when three passenger coaches carrying members of the 21st infantry and the 317th machine gun company fell from a trestle near Camp Jackson. The wreck occurred as they en trained for Camp Sevier. two wooden coaches jumped the track first, the steel cars collapsing on them. Details are scarce.
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Columbia
21St Infantry
317Th Marhine Gun Company
Camp Jackson
Camp Sevier
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Paramount Picture CO
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Jack and Jill
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A. P. Railway
California
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Fritz
Hunt's Candy Shop
Hoover
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Streef
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