Runaway Car Slays Candidate. Two Girls Hurt in Denver
In Denver on Colfax Avenue a runaway touring car owned by Dr J G Crabbe struck pedestrians near the Argonaut hotel. Candidate for U S senator Callicotte was killed instantly while two young women Miss Lorraine Burman and Miss Matilda Kleinman were seriously injured. Dr Crabbe and state senators L B Ghoyard and T Wilson aided victims.
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Denver
Callicotte
United States
J. G. Crabbe
State Teachers' College
Greeley
Colfax Avenue
Broadway
Argonaut Hotel
Sherman and
Grantatrerin
Pr. Crabbe
Colfax Hill
Capitol Grounds
Mr. Callicotte
Lorraine Burman
Matilda Kleinman
Miss Burman
Kreinman
Portorium Company
Henry Simons
Simons
Nerrit Hunt
Dr.Crabbe
Cname
Bert Monger
New York Captain Given Ten Year Probation For Larceny
Captain Raymond G. Winters, a World War I veteran and holder of the Distinguished Service Cross, pleaded guilty to larceny from customers of a brokerage firm. Judge Note suspended sentence, placed Winters on probation for ten years, and ordered repayment of $17,000 within the period.
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New York
Raymond G. Winers
Note
Winters
Food Prices Decline In February 1921
The bureau of labor statistics reports retail food prices fell from January to February 1921 by 9 percent. From February 1920 to February 1921 overall food costs dropped 21 percent. Of 44 staple commodities tracked, only hens rose in price in February.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Punish Guilty in Divorce Case in New York
Kings County District Attorney Lewis denounces domestic infidelity in divorce actions and vows to pursue criminal proceedings against parties admitting guilt. He argues that one or two convictions with penitentiary sentences would deter wrongdoing and uphold public morality amid society.
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Casas
New York
Lewis
Kings County
Wings County
Germany Faces New Penalties If Demands Not Met
London May 16 Germany faces further penalties May 1 if it does not meet reparations demands, and may endure continued passive resistance while awaiting U S policy clarity. The League of Nations council may review the Indemnity claim. customs posts in the American zone await establishment as General Allen says the Reich’s finances remain under dispute.
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Union News Service
London
Germany
United States Administration
League of Nations Council
Washington
Henry T. Allen
State Department
General Allen
Inter-aited Thine Land High Commission
Rhineland Commission
Allen
Board of Customs Control
Berlin
League of Nations
Rhine
Schoolboy Peddled Drugs in New York Bowery Alley
Fifteen year old Paul Sprofra was arrested by narcotics officers in a Bowery alley for selling drug decks for one dollar each. Police found narcotics concealed in his school books and a hidden cache revealed after removing a wall brick on the lower East Side.
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New York
Paul Sprofra
Bowery
Lower East Side
Boxer Sues Commission Over Suspension in Wisconsin Case
Milwaukee timber? Charley White of Chicago sues the Wisconsin Boxing Commission in Federal Court seeking $50 000 alleging the commission unlawfully suspended him after his bout with Sailor Friedman at Kenosha for stalling The action challenges the commissions contract logs and suspension authority in the case
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charley White
Chicago
Bus
Wsconsin Boxing Commission
White
Sailor Priedman
Kenosha
Ships Collide In Dense Fog Off New Jersey
In dense fog off Little Egg Inlet New Jersey the steamship Invincible bound for Norfolk collided with the transport Madawaska coming from Manila. The Madawaska was damaged severely and sent radio calls for help. it carried passengers and was struck by the Invincible in the fog.
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New York
Little Beg Inlet
N. J
Shipping Board
Invincible
Norfolk
Thenemy
Madawaska
Bcoming
Manila
English Naval Program Faces 1921 22 Estimates
London British naval estimates for 1921 22 total £1,186,849 gross and £82,470,000 net announced by Lord Lee of Fareham first lord of the admiralty. He explained the figures rest on government policy of maintaining a one power standard.
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London
Lord Lee
Farelan
Admiralty
Mormons Expel Fifty Members Over Doctrines
Official church announcements disclose that fifty Mormon men and women were excommunicated and disfellowshipped for practicing new teachings including a so called doctrine of wife sacrifice. Reports say several husbands took the wives of other members in the colony, prompting the expulsions.
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Salt Lake City
Wiih
Mormon Church
Jury Frees the Girl Hamon in Ardmore Murder Trial
Clara Sith Hammon was acquitted of murdering Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma Republican official and promoter. The verdict came after a short jury deliberation, amid family emotional reactions. The trial revealed alleged dying statements and a plot involving travel to Mexico and assistance from Hamon associates.
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Ardmore
Okla
Clara Sith Hammon
Jake L. Hinl
Oklahoma
B. F.C. Loughridge
Chiru Hannon
T. W. Champion
Yuen
Jimmie
Ens
Crien
Jake L. Hamon
Mr. Amon
Lira Fanon
Hamon
Frank J. Keteh
Keteh
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Texas
el Paso
Aumon
Clara Humon
Nora Humon
Clima Barton Smith
Prank Humon
Joke J. Hamnon
Spry and Winney Receive Recess Appointments
President Harding granted William Spry former Utah governor a recess appointment as commissioner of the General Land Office and Widward Winney of Kansas a recess appointment as first secretary of the interior.
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Washingtone
General Land Office
Marding
William
Spry
Utah
Widward
Winney
Kansas
Harding
Interior
Board Grants Back Pay for Railroad Workers in 1920
The railroad labor board allowed back pay between May 1 1920 and the wage award date July 20 1920. The ruling covered employees in railroad service May 1 1920 or who entered later and who died or left service before July 20 1920.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Republicans push anti dumping tariff plan in extra session
Washington reports Republican leaders back anti dumping legislation to shield U S industries from European competition in the upcoming special session. They favor permanent tariff revisions over temporary measures with a soldier bonus bill tied to the fiscal program and potential early passage. Internal tax relief and a new sales tax debate linger as Mellon outlines treasury needs for the coming year, around 8 billion dollars.
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Union News Service
Washington
Congress
Republiican
Senate Finance
House Ways and
Harding
Penrose
Fordney
Watson
Indiana
Finance Committee
Senate
House Committee
Pedroge
Treasury
Pordnney
Americans slain in Tampico amid Mexican crime wave
The State Department reports three American citizens Bri on F P Small Wil oper ana Brown were murdered in Tampico Mexico by robbers. The American consul at Tampico relays the killings and urges local authorities to arrest and punish the assailants.
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Washington
Tampico
Mexico
State Department
Taipico
Brion FP. Small
Wil Oper Ana
Nations Resume Trade Between Britain and Russia
Western Newspaper Union reports a signed trade agreement restoring commercial relations between Britain and Russia. Key terms include nonhostile propaganda limits, no blockades, equal harbor treatment, restored telegraph and postal links, and a dispute over Russia’s gold exports to pay imports. Official agents will reside in each territory under new provisions.
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Longson
Great Britain
Rissia
Moscow
Leonid Kras
Conanerce
Asia Minor
Persia
Afghanstan
India
Russia
Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic
British Hang Six Prisoners in Dublin Mountjoy
Six prisoners convicted of involvement in the killing of British intelligence officers and crown forces in Ireland were executed at Mount Joy prison. They were hanged in succession at intervals of an hour. A large crowd gathered from dawn, with an improvised altar near the prison doors and sacred images displayed on walls and trees around the yard.
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Dublin
Crown
Ireland
Mount Joy
Palia
Indictees Plead Not Guilty in Portland Cement Case
Sixty nine of seventy four corporations and all forty individuals indicted March 1 by a federal grand jury on Sherman act charges pleaded not guilty. Individuals were released on $5,000 bonds each.
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New York
U S Soldiers Battle Mexicans Near El Paso Border
United States immigration officers and border patrol soldiers clashed with Mexicans along the Rio Grande just beyond El Paso city limits. Two soldiers were wounded and an immigration officer was grazed by a bullet on the head in the long fight.
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U. S
Bl Paso
Tex
United States
Border Patrol
Rio Grande River
el Paso
Bandits Loot State Bank Vault in Uniontown Heist
Bandits in Uniontown Kansas blasted into the state bank vault, fired occasional shots as they packed nearly all currency and securities into sacks and fled in a totter car. Loot estimated between 40,000 and 80,000 dollars as residents stood by.
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Uniontown
Kan
State Bank
Two Killed In Nitro Explosion Near Charleston Mil Creek
Two oil workers died in a nitroglycerin explosion on Mil Creek seven miles from Charleston. Victims were Lloyd Thobertson of Charleston and an unidentified United Fuel Company employee, both employed by Marietta Oil Company.
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Marietta
Ohio
Lloyd Thobertson
Charleston
W. Va
Marietta Oil Company
United Fuel Company
Mil Creek
London Buys American Cable in Budget Announcement
The British government acquired a direct cable to the United States for £570,000, including £100,000 in stock and three stations at Bullino skelligs, Ireland Harbor Grace Newfoundland Rye Beach NL and Halifax. H. Pike Pease announced the purchase in the House of Commons while explaining posturesive constraints in the budget.
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London
United States
H. Pike Pease
Howse of Commons
Bullinoskelligs
Ireland
Harbor Grace
Newfoundand
Rye Beach
N, BL
Halifax
Wyoming Brief News Notes Highlights State Proclamations
Governor Carey readying a May 10 special election to authorize $1.8 million road bonds. Laramie opera house manager to build Green River theater for films and vaudeville. Fortynine citizens fined for 1921 auto licenses. Thermopolis bridge work resumes after red tape. Six men on a railroad speeder hit a cow. Oscar Nelson killed. George Hunt named naval academy cadet. Charles Carter pleads guilty to manslaughter in Rawlins. Carey vetoes carbon black bill. irrigation measure disapproved as unconstitutional. Wolves exterminated in northern Wyoming. jail fire in Casper suspected arson. Cheyenne Light rates gas up 10 percent. steam heating blocked. Safe attempt at Greybull Lumber. casings ransacked. Casper bans assessment collection in District No. 4. Buffalo hosts top amateur wireless operator. Postal savings show Cheyenne leading deposits.
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Carey
J.G. Burbank
Laramie
Green River
Lander
Oscar Nelson
George D. Hunt
G. A. Hunt
Senator Warren
Naval Academy
Annapolis
University of Wyoming
Charles Carter
District Court of
Rawlins
Tidball
Carter
Robert D. Carey
Casper
J. T. Mitchell
Denver
Joe de Frantz
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
Greybull Lumber Company
Oy Vuage U, Uy, Brown
Thie State
Cheyenne
Hanoa
Uheyeone
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Britain
Western Newspaper
Wyoming
Unb
Aws Service
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Christen
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Thermopolis
R. M. Templeton
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Williams
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