First annual Shot Gun Roundup planned for Yoder Wyoming
The first Shot Gun Roundup will be held in Yoder June 28 24 and 25 with horse racing bucking aeroplane a saddle ride on Lt Toncray airship and a wild west show. Yoder a new town on the Union Pacific line expects large crowds.
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Wyoming
Yoder
Lieutenant Toncray
W. H. Smith
Cheyenne
Hanford McNider
American Legion
C. W. Young
Sheridan
Armistice Sought in China Civil War Between Wu and Chang
Reports from General Wu's headquarters say Wu Pei Fu and Chang T. Lin agreed to an indefinite suspension of hostilities in Manchuria. Chang requested the truce after defeating Hou Shih Chang and aiming to unify China and stabilize the government.
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Peking
Wu Pei-Fu
Chang Tee
Lin
Chang
Manchuria
Pachingfu
China
Hou Shih Chang
Dry Sleuths Seize Great Falls Brewery
State law enforcement officers seized the Montana Brewing company plant and equipment in Great Falls after a two month probe found evidence of illicit 4 percent beer and supply to northern Montana towns. Warrants were issued for Walter H Jensen and Fred Johnson and for numerous soft drink parlor proprietors. No arrests were made.
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Great Falls
van Wert
Montana Brewing Company
Montana
Walter H. Jensen
Fred Johnson
J. B. Leslie
North Idaho chamber backs irrigation and forest protection
Wallace Idaho resolutions urged Smith McNary reclamation bill and urged cooperation of Mondell in Congress. The group called for stronger timber protection and suggested airplane fire observation. They urged a book on Idaho industries and resources and favored promotion of the Columbia basin irrigation project with rights preserved for Idaho in Pend Oreille waters.
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Idaho
Pend Oreille
Matron Slain at Crittendon Home in Jackson
The body of Miss Alice Mallett age 40 assistant matron of the Crittendon home for girls was found near the Jackson Michigan facility with head crushed and throat slashed. An axe and razor were used and a long struggle indicated. Bloodhounds are being used to pursue the unknown assailant.
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Crittendon Home
Jackson, Mich
Alice Mallett
Wisconsin Flood Hits Green Bay Rail Lines Cut
Northeastern Wisconsin reels from a record flood after a cloudburst over the region. Rail transportation to the south is severed on all but one line as rivers rise and wash out bridges culverts and tracks. Crops in low lands are ruined and the area faces extensive damage.
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Wisconsin
Greenbay
Wis
Negro Mob Stabs Car Conductor in Richmond
P. L. Burleson a street railway conductor in Richmond was killed after attempting to eject a disorderly passenger from his street car. Several unidentified Black men stabbed him in South Richmond, authorities reported.
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Richmond
P. L. Burleson
Haven Heads Rotary International at 30th Convention
Raymond Haven of Kansas City Missouri was chosen president of the International Association of Rotary clubs during the final business session of the thirtieth annual convention held here District governors elected included No 5 Charles P McCarthy Boise Idaho No 6 Oliver Belden Lewistown Montana No 7 James H Watson Cheyenne Wyoming and No 8 Norman B Black Fargo North Dakota
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Los Angeles
Raymond Haven
Kansas City
Missouri
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Charles P. McCarthy
Boise
Idaho
Oliver Belden
Lewistown
Montana
James H. Watson
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Norman B. Black
Fargo
N. D
Doomed Ferris Wheel Tragedy Strikes New York Coast
A violent storm in the New York metropolitan area, with winds up to 88 miles an hour, caused at least six deaths when a massive Ferris wheel toppled at an amusement park. The storm brought heavy rain, lightning, and widespread property damage across boroughs and beaches. Seventy or more reports of injuries and many missing cited as waters near Long Island Sound were searched.
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New York
Long Island Sound
Central Park
Rickenbacker Abandons Flight After Third Crash
Eddie Rickenbacker’s air mail voyage halted near Omaha when his all metal plane stalled during takeoff for Denver. No injuries among the party. The craft was wrecked, forcing abandonment of the 15000 mile survey flight and message delivery to the Shriners convention. He left by rail for San Francisco after the Detroit lightning hit.
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Omaha
Nebr
Eddie Rickenbacker
Denver
Rickenbacker
U. S
Harding
San Francisco
Detroit
Irrigation Action Sought for Missouri Yellowstone Waters
The North Dakota Irrigation congress closed with resolutions urging federal action to link Missouri and Yellowstone watershed irrigation with flood prevention. They requested Harding and cabinet consider irrigation in Dakota and Montana, the Reclamation Service to survey feasibility of Missouri dam near Bismarck and small projects.
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Bismarck
N. D
Missouri
Yellowstone
North Dakota
Congress
Harding
North
South Dakota
Montana
United States Reclamation Service
Senate to Increase Navy Fund Net Rise in Naval Appropriation
Senate approves an annual naval appropriation totaling 204 285 000 dollars. The bill shows a net increase of 42 965 000 dollars over the House version but falls 181 251 000 dollars short of the navy department request.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
Marines Seize Liquor Stock in Norfolk Raid
Navy guards at Norfolk navy yard seized roughly 8 000 quarts of liquor worth over 40 000 in a raid on the transport Sirius ordered by Rear Admiral Ralph Andrews commandant of the yard.
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Norfolk
Marine Guards
Navy Yard
Sirius
Ralph Andrews
Norfolk Navy Yard
China Names Pekhlug Back to Presidency After Five Years
Pekhlug Li Yuan Hung returns to the top leadership of China five years after being forced out by militarists. The move signals a shift in the country’s political balance as party and military factions contend for influence.
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China
Pekhlug
Li Yuan-Hung
Sun
Indicted Klan Officials Face Felony Charges in Inglewood Raid
Los Angeles county grand jury charged three Ku Klux Klan officials and six others with false imprisonment kidnapping and assault with intent to murder in connection with an Inglewood raid on April 22. Bail set at 1000 for most. Nathan A. Baker bail 10000. Victims Fidel and Mathias Elduayen operated a licensed winery.
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Los Angeles
Ku Klux Klan
Nathan A. Baker
Inglewood
Fidel
Mathias Elduayen
Elduayens
Redondo Beach
Falls Submits Teapot Report to President
Secretary Fall personally submitted to President Harding a report on the Teapot Dome development contract with Harry F. Sinclair for naval oil reserves in Wyoming. He also sent 2,300 volumes of contracts and letters on national petroleum reserves to the Senate, covering withdrawals since 1912 and 1915.
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Washington
Fall
Harding
Denby
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Wyoming
Navy
Senate
Capitol
Canadian Opposes Reciprocity Pact Debate in Ottawa
Former Premier Arthur Meighen leader of the Conservative party said Canada should avoid a broad reciprocal trade pact with the United States. He argued the power to terminate lies with the U S and warned that Canadians would reject reciprocity if it were brought before them again.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Arthur Meighen
U. S
Harding asks Congress for 28 million tax refund
Washington President Harding asks Congress to approve a deficiency appropriation of 28,122,500 dollars to refund taxes illegally collected during the fiscal year ending June 30 1921. The move aims to rectify overpayments and restore proper revenue levels.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Death of ex secretary Ballinger in Seattle
Judge Richard A. Ballinger former secretary of the interior during Taft’s presidency died at his Seattle home after a brief illness.
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Seattle
Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
President Taft
Robertson Heads Locomotive Firemen President
D B Robertson of Cleveland Ohio has been elected president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in Houston Texas, after a formal election among union delegates. The selection marks a leadership change at the national railway workers organization.
Prober Heads War Fraud Division Lead Named
Attorney General Daugherty announces a new division for war frauds and appoints James Cameron of New York as head. Meiser Steinbrink of New York accepts a post as special assistant handling aviation contracts. Cameron gained national fame in 1907 for the Pennsylvania capitol frauds inquiry at Harrisburg.
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Washington
Daugherty
James Cameron
New York
Meiser Steinbrink
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Amundsens Party Sails for Alaska
The Maud, an auxiliary power echooner, leaves Seattle bound for Nome on the first leg of a five year Arctic expedition. Captain Oscar Wisting commands the Maud as Raold Amundsen leads the scientific voyage supported by U S Navy tugs and yacht-club flotillas for escort and safety.
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Amundsen
North Pole
Maud
Siberian
Seattle
English Forces Enter Erin in Ulster Crisis
Reinforcements pour into Belfast from Birkenhead as Scottish borderers arrive. Bulk commandeering of vehicles and boats noted while officers inspect craft. Rumors point to use of forces on the Belleek salient. Last week saw 18 killed and 74 wounded in the city.
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London
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Birkenhead
Belleek
Ulster Premier Warns of Testing Time and Shared Cause
In an interview Sir James Craig states Ulster faces a testing time and that England may share it. He says Ulster fights not only its own cause but that of Great Britain and warns that if Ulster goes down its flag goes down with it.
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London
James Craig
Ulster
England
James
Great Britain
Clayton Well Spouting 500 Barrels in Great Falls
The Cat Creek oil fields saw a major strike at Clayton No 2 by Mid-Northern Oil. Oil was found in the second sands at 1600 feet and gushed over the top requiring dikes to protect the output. Estimated production reached 500 barrels per day.
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Great Falls
Cat Creek
Clayton
Mid-Northern Oil Company
Medal presented to Verdun for French valor in war
Myron T. Herrick, ambassador, presented Verdun with the first U. S. community medal. Premier Poincare and the ambassador toured the burial ground in the red zone, vowing to honor the thousands who perished and to preserve the devastated area for future generations.
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Verdun
American Congress
Myron T. Herrick
United States
Poincare
Belt Scalp Injury at Spokane Laundry Fatal Risk
Mrs Olive Cousins a laundry shop worker in Spokane was completely scalped when her hair caught in a belt. Attending physicians say her injuries may prove fatal and she is hospitalized in critical condition.
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Spokane
Olive Cousins
Brig. Gen Sage Dies at 68 After Fort D A Russell Command
Brig. Gen. William H. Sage age 68, commander at Fort D A Russell Wyoming, died in a hospital after a stop at Fort Crook en route to Walter Reed. His body was shipped to Washington for interment at Arlington. Sage earned the Medal of Honor for service in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and was to retire next month.
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Sage
Omaha
William H. Sage
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
General Sage
Fort Crook
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Philippines
Shriners Break Sod For Portland Hospital Ceremony
Shrine representatives from across North America turn the first sod for the Portland Shriners hospital for crippled children led by W Freeland Kendrick. Assisting were Hella temple Dallas and Kader temple Portland bands and patrols with hospital trustees Dr Cochran Bishop Keator and Dr Lanstrom. The facility will admit crippled children in the Northwest regardless of race color or creed whose families cannot cover medical costs.
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Portland
Ore
Railway Chiefs Deny Strike Threats Amid Union Influence
Chicago railway presidents from six lines issue a joint statement denying any strike talks. They accuse union leaders of inspiring threats while noting workers anticipate wage reductions and are preparing to meet the new scale.
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Chicago
H. BE. Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Hale Holden
Burlington
W. H. Minley
Northwestern
J. BE. Gorman
Rock Island
OC. H. Markham
Tjinois Central
S. M. Felton
Great Western
United States Railway, Labor Board
Rickenbacker Starts Tour From Minneola Flight
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, leading American war ace, began a cross country air tour from Mitchell Field to Detroit on the first leg toward a 15,000 mile survey. He carries a Harding letter to Shriners in San Francisco and plans a three month journey for the army air service.
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Minneola
N. Y
Eddie Rickenbacker
Mitchell Field
Detroit
Union
Rickenbacker
Harding
Convention of Shriners
San Francisco
Army Air Service
Sinclair Arrives in Casper for Teapot Dome Inspection
Harry F. Sinclair of New York president of Sinclair Oil arrives in Casper to establish headquarters during a government inspection trip of the Teapot Dome lease. The lease was granted to the Mammouth Oil Company, with Sinclair as the leading figure, under exclusive terms by the United States government.
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Casper
Harry F. Sinclair
New York
Sinclair Oil Corporation
United States
Teapot
Mammouth Old Company
Prison Break At Lincoln Heights Jail Freeing 88 Inmates
In Lincoln Heights city jail a night picture show was interrupted when a inmate sawed three bars from a window of the darkened room. The jailer on duty discovered the attempt and 88 prisoners had already escaped before capture.
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Los Angeles
Lincoln Heights
Settlement Doctors Quit Spokane
Nine doctors resign from the Hutton settlement orphanage medical staff after refusing to permit Christian Science treatments by attendants, citing inability to be responsible for the children's health.
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Spokane
Hutton Settlement
Midwest Torpedo Company to Build Plant Near Casper
The Midwest Torpedo company has secured a site west of Casper Wyoming and will begin construction of a factory to manufacture nitro glycerin for use in shooting oil and gas wells.
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Casper
Wyo
Midwest Torpedo Company
National Commander McNider to visit Western states
Am Legion national commander Hanford McNider, 18, plans a June to July tour starting in Montana, then Cheyenne Wyoming for a state convention, with stops in Idaho and Oregon before returning.
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MecNider
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hanford McN
Amr Legion
Montana
McNider
Borington
Idaho
Oreguss
Comstock Heads Idaho Bankers Rally in Hayden Lake
Rosy J Comstock of Rexburg was elected president of the Idaho State Bankers Association at the close of its two day convention in Hayden Lake Idaho.
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Idaho
Hayden Lake
Rosy J.comstock
Rexburg
Idaho State Hankers’ Ase
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