Grain Exports Jump in 1924 as Wheat Leads Rise
U S grain exports for 1924 reached 433 75 million dollars, up from 311 3 million in 1923. Wheat shipments totaled 166 302 million bushels worth 237 114 million, with wheat flour 15 99 million barrels worth 91 22 million and additional 3 million from wheat products. Meat exports fell from 149 968 million pounds valued 149 968 thousand to 113 844 thousand pounds valued 113 844 thousand.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Jury in Weehawken Prohibition Trial Is Discharged
In Jersey City on January 22, the jury hearing the conspiracy case against 10 Weehawken police and two civilians failed to reach a verdict after 19 hours of deliberation. Judge Egan discharged them. retrial slated within two weeks. Prosecutor Milton will present Hudson county rum running evidence to the grand jury next week implicating United States Senator Edwards.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Weehawken
Egan
Hudson County
John Milton
United States
Senator Edwards
Miner Kills Wife Father Then Shoots Self in Illinois
In Pana Illinois Bert Nordine a 30 year old coal miner shot and killed his wife Leone 19 and her father D A Marshall Jacobs before taking his own life. Authorities say marital trouble sparked the triple tragedy as the husband killed the two victims and then died by suicide.
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Associated Press
Pana
Bert Nordine
Hamself
Leone
D. A Marshall Jacobs
Nine Hurt In Rio Grand Wreck Near Mack Utah
Nine passengers were injured when the Denver and Rio Grande Western Trail No. 1 westbound wrecked near Mack Utah about 19 miles southwest of Grand Junction Colorado early today.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Denver
British leaders spar with American press over scandal stories
London. Premier Baldwin and Lord Birkenhead criticized American journalism after reports about his daughter Lady Eleanor touring the U S in 1913. Birkenhead denied the deacon cellar tale while admitting Mrs Eleanor smoked a cigarette and quashing other scandal claims. The remarks followed praise for the British press.
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London
Associated Press
Baldwin
United States of America
Ship
Eleanor
Strie
Jworld
Montana House Passes Interest Bill and College Course Resolution
The Montana House passed the 8 percent legal interest rate bill after December 1 1926 and approved House Joint Resolution No 2 asking the State Board of Education to establish a first year collegiate course at the State School of Mines Butte Representatives Kelly of Silver Bay county and Jeffray of Jefferson supported the measures. Keeley of Powell County urged against passing Hanging Bill No 62 arguing the state should avoid more hangings and noting Deer Lodge costs for a campus and university.
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A. T. Larsen
Sheridan County
Montana
House
State Board of Education
State School of Mines
Butte
Kelly
Silver Bay County
Jeffray
Jefferson County
Roy Walsh
Keeley
Powell County
Ways and Means
Tie
Deer Lodge
Watson 10 Have Sick Vote SIme as Those Absent
Senator Watson of Missoula county announced three bills to the Montana legislature. The measures extend absent voter rights to sick and crippled citizens, shift automobile license fee assessment from horsepower to weight, and require independent candidates to wait after a primary defeat.
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Watson
Sime
G. E. LA Follette
Missoula County
Florida
Costa Rica quits League of Nations
Costa Rica filed its resignation from the League of Nations and sent a check for back dues. A league official said the move was believed prompted by criticism over failure to pay assessments, though no official reason was provided.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Costa Rica
League of Nations Today
Het
League
Frenzied Trade in Pit Wheat Rises 5 Cents
Chicago dispatch reports sensational upturns in breadstuffs with wheat prices climbing in late trading. No. 2 red quoted at 2.05 1/2, May wheat near 1.93 1/4 as exports and shortages abroad drive speculative buying and Sterling strengthens toward gold parity amid war era tensions.
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Chicago
United States
Franzied
Bel
Sterling
Mystery of Fire at Sea Finally Solved
The two man fishing crew of Tel qiter were rescued by the fishing boat A-449 after their vessel burned to the waterline and sank offshore near San Pedro California. Vessels searched the area but found no trace of the fire or wreckage as the Hee burned and sank.
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SY Associated
San Pedro
Cal
Telqiter
Coal Baron Loses Wife and Fortune in Utah Divorce
Salt Lake City district court grants Mrs. Sarah E. Mays a divorce from former Congressman James H. Mays on desertion grounds. She receives property valued at about 150000 dollars. Mays is a wealthy coal mine operator in Utah and Wyoming.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Sarah _E. Mays
James H. Mays
Utah
District S Court
Mays
Wyoming
Prohibition Officials Linked to Shrine Liquor Delivery Trial
In Norfolk West Virginia January 2 1925 federal court heard testimony in a conspiracy case against William Baker Rex Sheldon alleging a ring smuggling liquor into Washington for the Shrine convention. Baker and Sheldon denied any link to rum running while police officer Stopmonger testified that Baker claimed officials Haynes and Blair fixed the pair.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
W. Va
Prohibition
Haynes
Internal Revenue
Blair
Washington
Wil' ‘Liam
F. Baker
Rex D. Sheldon
Baker
Sheldon
Groner
World Wink
W. Stopmonger
United States
Shrine
Wool Growers urged to unite for better wool sales
At the National Wool Growers Association sixtieth annual convention in San Francisco speakers urged cooperative wool marketing associations as in Oregon to avoid buyer domination. Dr Hecke favored uniform quarantine laws and an annual federal state livestock official conference funded by USDA. Professor Wilson outlined wool prices and university extension support.
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San Francisco
Oregon
National
Wool Growers’ Association
G EL Hecke
California
Tea to Take Stand in Defense of Self
Great Falls Montana January 22 Tex funter a well known figure who admitted causing the death of his wife in a September shooting at Sweet Grass is expected to testify for himself in Shelby court tomorrow He faces a first degree murder charge the state case closed today and defense asks adjournment court will reconvene tomorrow morning for defense testimony to begin
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Tex Funter
Montana
Sweet Grass
Shelby Tomorroy
Typhoid scare halts Virginia oyster industry
Richmond, January 22. W McDonald Lee, fisheries commissioner, says about 25,000 people are jobless as packing houses close and roughly 15 million dollars in losses follow a typhoid scare in the Midwest that paralyzed Virginia's oyster trade.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
Middle-West
W. McDonald Lee
Commissioner of Fisheries
DOJ Steps in on Wheeler Indictment Case
The Department of Justice has begun assembling evidence in the Wheeler case, aiming to move the proceedings to Washington. Investigators seek to reassemble testimony about charges Wheeler accepted a fee after election for work before a government department on oil land leases. Witnesses from the Montana case have been summoned, with grand jury review in the District of Columbia set for February.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Montana
Department
District of Columbia
Pekin girl dies after confession of murder suicide
Miss Mary Eitenmaler, 20, died amid a confession by Fredi Lichtenberger to Sheriff Neuhaus and State's Attorney Dunkebberg. He said he shot the girl and himself Tuesday after she pleaded for months to live given her illness. He has not been informed of her death. Buckets shops ruling supports legality of certain cotton futures operations in Atlanta.
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Associated Tress
Pekin
Ill
Neuhaus
Tazewell County
Dunkebberg
Mary Eitenmaler
Fredi Lichtenberger
Frey 71 Disarms Robber in Missouri State House Corridor
Jefferson City January 22 Representative Frey 71 grappled with a robber in the state house corridors, disarming the gunman after a brief struggle. Frey sustained a cut to his hand as the assailant fled down the capitol steps and escaped.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
State House
Frey
Mr. Frey
Capitol
French Debt Repudiation Seen As Real Issue In Senate
Senator Borah of the foreign relations committee declared the French debt dispute centers on repudiation. He cited Marin's French chamber remarks suggesting no settlement or payment is expected, noting five years with no offer or payment and no explicit settlement proposal. The discussion continued with quotes from Marin.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chiatrman Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
French Chamber of Deputies
Marin
Boral
France
Farsh
M. Marin
Urge All States to Battle Fires at Forestry Meet
Chicago January 22 The American Forestry association marks its fiftieth anniversary with calls for coordinated fire prevention and reforestation efforts. William T. Greeley explains Clark McNary forestry aid while E T Allen cites half a billion dollars in annual forest fire losses. The convention urges states to adopt forest loss prevention programs to access government support.
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Chicago
Associated Press
United States
American Forestry Association
William T. Greeley
E. T. Allen
Portland
Ore
Tho Forestry
Means Concludes Testimony in Bribery Trial
Gaston B. Means, former justice department agent, and Col. Thomas B. Felder faced trial over alleged government bribery rumors. Means finished his defense by identifying a letter to U S District Attorney Hayward denying authorship of a rumor that Hayward and others would be fixed by Felder.
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Gs Associated
Jess
New York
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Thomas B. Felder
United States District Attorney
Hayward
Jewer Hey
Ol. Felder
Felder
Owens and Dalton Mann Act case dismissed for lack of evidence
In Los Angeles, January 22, removal proceedings against John R. Owens a Toledo Ohio sportsman and Irene Dalton motion picture actress were dismissed for lack of evidence. The two were sought by Ohio authorities for trial on Mann act charges arising from an alleged 1921 trip to Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Jos Angeles
Calif
John R. Owens
Toledo
French Debates on inter allied debts praise Martin speech
Paris reports praise for M. Martin's chamber of deputies remarks on inter allied debts. He argued it would be immoral for France to pay the sizable demands from the United States, drawing unanimous applause and differing press takes on the debt issue. The Journal Des Debats lauded his courage, while the Paris Soir criticized continued debt collection as a dollar kings business.
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Paris
Associated Press
M. Martin
Chamber of Deputies
France
Unitedites
Journal Des Debats
Paris Suir
Justee
Suir
Willard In Minor Auto Collision In Glendale
Former heavyweight boxing champion Jess Willard was in a one round auto clash on a boulevard in Glendale on January 22. His car collided with a vehicle driven by Glendale businessman William Geitz, causing both cars to be badly smashed. Willard sustained cuts and bruises, and Mrs Geitz was slightly injured.
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Glendale
Cal
Jess Willard
William Geltz
Gott Wars
Willard
Attorneys Called in High Cheating Scandal
In New York on January 22 William J. Ransom former public service commissioner and city court justice now law partner of ex Governor Whitman was summoned to the District Attorney s office to explain receiving 245 from Moses Turman who yesterday confessed to 1300000 of forgeries in a get rich quick scheme Assistant District Attorney Pecota will also question Haven and Archibald Palmer attorneys shown by cancelled checks to have received 212379.99 and 11205 respectively from Turman Relatives of Turman who were partners and victims handed over 123 cancelled checks to the authorities
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Associated Press
New York
William J. Ransom
Public Service
Charles §. Whitman
Moses Turman
Pecota
Mr. Haven
Archibald Palmer
Senate Deliberates Tax Rise Proposal amid Party Clash
The Senate debated an administration measure to raise rates in a point of order fight. Senator Swanson, a Democrat from Virginia, argued revenue bills must originate in the House. Senator Jones of Washington presided as a close vote was anticipated.
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Senate
Coolidge
Swanson
Virginia
House
Jones
Washington
Child Labor Amendment Defeated by Oklahoma House
Oklahoma City January 22 The Oklahoma house of representatives defeated ratification of the child labor amendment to the U S Constitution by a 0 to 24 vote. The Associated Press reports the setback in the ongoing national issue.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Associated Press
Okla Homa House of Representatives
Luther Government Wins Probationary Confidence Vote
Berlin reports Dr Hans Luther's nonpartisan cabinet won a probationary confidence vote 246 to 160 in the Reichstag. 160 Socialists and Communists opposed the motion while 39 Democrats and Fascists abstained. Clericals largely supported the cabinet, signaling a fragile parliamentary base dependent on clerical tolerance.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Esche Associated Press
Hans Luther
Reichstag
Wirth
Luther
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