Deaths From Tornado Hit Breckenridge School
A lightning storm struck a Breckenridge Texas school during a meeting on irrigation. At least three people were killed and many injured including a 9 year old, an 11 year old, and a 15 year old Brouls child. Many victims were taken to area hospitals as relief crews worked amid darkness. A 12 year old Clyde Perry near Cisco was reportedly dying. The death toll in Minnesota rose with one dead and twenty injured as the storm spread.
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Breckenridge
Texas
Associated Press
Carl Ledbetter
Brouls
Clyde Perry
Tsing
Cisco
UC. M. Caldwell
Oil San
Abilene
Scopes Spurns Offer To Pose For Movies
New York June 12 The Times will say Scopes who travels to Dayton Tenn for his trial refused offers totaling about 150000 while in New York conferring with lawyers A motion picture firm offered 50000 for rights to the trial and for his appearance in a produced film Other syndicate offers pushed the total beyond 150000 but Scopes declined all as he regards the trial as a serious affair and nothing else matters to him.
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New York
Associated Press
the Times
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
Scopes
Motion Picture Corporation
Grain men say Montana crops place top on world market
Montana grain dealers at the Northwestern Grain Dealers association convention report good crops and rising prices assured this year. Nominations and committees are named for the annual convention, with directors to be elected this afternoon. John McVey of Lewistown cites abundant moisture and strong carryover, while spring wheat prices may shift with Canada’s crop progress.
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Grainmien
Montana
Northwestern Grain Dealers Association
Minneapolis
Seattle
J. E. Patton
Great Falls
H. L. Clack
Harve
J. F. Babcock
Lewistown
J. Templeton
John McVey
A. J. Mary
A. F. Strobelin
E. M. Spencer
W. T. Greeley
August Schwachhein
Cascade
J. R. Swift
L. L. Dean
Conrad
We. G. Kirkpatrick
J. BR. Trigg
Miles City
Kalispell
Devereaux Company
Young wife to be killing defendant in Pleasureville
Shreveport La June 12 By the Associated Press the young wife of George W Gill 23 held here charged with the murder of Robert Read 23 was a participant in the fatal water battle at Pleasureville Wednesday night Searchers recovered Reads body from the Old River Read a Centenary College student showed three head wounds though the coroner said the wounds do not support Gill's confession indicating Read's head struck the boat
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Shreveport
Associated Press
George W. Gill
Robert Read
Pleasureville
Read
Gill
W. E. Paul
Caddo Parish
Paul
Boy and Girl in Pact for Death by Own Action
Sterling Mills an 18 year old high school student and Priscilla Amiden a 15 year old schoolgirl formed a death pact. Mills shot himself and is hospitalized in Newton while the girl lay dead in woods with her father’s revolver nearby. Mills says they chose death together to avoid separation when he leaves Natick for the summer. No prosecution planned unless further developments emerge.
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Wellesley Farms
Mass
Associated Press
Sterling Mills
Priscilla Amiden
Mills
Newton
Young Mills
Natick
Mr. Ranney
Kingsbury
Wellesley
Mill
Bingo Crook Returns Coin to Aged Victim
Atlanta June 12 Dock Gray a bunco artist tied to the Floyd Woodward gang admitted swindle of an 86 year old man six years ago. He apologized, returned 2500 dollars, repaid 800 to cover capture costs, paid a 10000 dollar fine in place of 12 months imprisonment, and left the court after acceptance by W D Hill Confederate veteran and Solicitor General Boykin.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Cour
Dock” Gray
Floyd [Woodward
Chicago
Mel
W. D. Hill
Boykin
Gray
Warren S. Stone Labor Leader and Financier Dies
Warren Stanford Stone 65 longtime labor leader and financier, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, died in Cleveland from kidney disease. Funeral Monday. Oberlin College to award MA next Monday. Stone declined political offers. three-department HQ under him. Brussels reports Belgium without a government asCatholic parties withhold support from a socialist-led cabinet.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Warren Stanford Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Kright
Stone
Oberlin College
Ohio
New York
Brotherhood
Mr. Stone
the Brotherhood
Painleve Visits Moroccan Front As War Works
Fez French Morocco June 12 Associated Press reports premier and war minister M Painleve spent the day along the front set by French forces against tribesmen who invaded the zone Tetuan Spanish Morocco June 12 rebels attacked a Spanish post at Ben Kar nich and were repulsed after relief from Teluan arrived
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Fez
French Morocco
Associated Press
M. Painleve
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Ben Karnich
Teluan
Jardine Day Honors Idaho Native Secretary of Agriculture
Idaho Falls June 12 William Jardine secretary of agriculture addressed thousands of home folk declaring optimism for agriculture. He praised improvements in production and European conditions while urging further reforms to sustain gains. The event at Jardine day celebrated Idaho's first native born cabinet member with continued coverage promised on page two.
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Idaho Falls
Ida
Associated Press
William Jardine
Jardine
Europe
Star's Double Lost in Coquille River Haze
R D Jones a Hollywood actor doubling for a star in Famous Players Lasky drowned in the Coquille River while filming a canoe rapids scene for a log drive feature. Twenty men from Myrtle Point aided in the search as the company under director Trying Willat stood by. Jones, described as a young married man, was inexperienced in canoeing and was warned against running the rapids. The crew has been at Marshfield since the week’s start and could not confirm which star Jones was doubling for.
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Marshfield
Ore
Associated Press
R. D. Jones
Playera-Lasky Company
Coquille River
Jones
Myrthe Point
Net
Trying Willat
Sheridan Named For Montana Statehouse Postmaster
Colonel Charles L. Sheridan World War veteran and former adjutant general for Montana was unanimously recommended for the statehouse postmaster position by the board of examiners. Governor Erickson presided as the vote favored the veteran amid reports of prior efforts by Lieut. Governor McCormack and a mention of the Lanstrum-Dixon alliance in last campaign.
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Charles L. Sheridan
Montana
Post Office Department
Statehouse
Board of Examiners
Col. Sheridan
American Legion
Erickson
Foot
Stewart
McCormack
Placer Hotel
Q. M. Lanstrum
Yelena
Baker
Lanstrum-Dixon Machine
Chicago Pays Tribute To A Hero
Chicago in mourning as Walter O'Donnell from the O'Donnell gang is killed while attempting a Capital Tati hold up in Evergreen Park. A large funeral crowd and $50,000 in flowers surround the gangster and his associate Harry Hassmiller.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Walter O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Harry Hassmiller
Evergreen Park
Striking Miners Riot in Cape Breton Coal Field
A crowd of 1300 striking miners raided British Empire Steel stores at Dominion Mimes Nos 1 3 and 4 near Glace Bay on June 12. A troop train from Halifax arrived with infantry and artillery to aid in quelling the disorder as the Cape Breton coal field strike continues.
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Sydney
N.S
Associated Press
British Empire Steel Corporation
Dominion Mimes Nas
Glace Bay
Mitchell Melmyre
Sydneys
Halifax
Cape Breton
Senator La Follette Confined To Bed With Cold
Washington March 12 By Associated Press Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, after a spell of activity, again rests in his bed with a heavy cold. Physicians report improvement but urge complete rest for a full recovery. He turns 70 next Sunday. Dublin Butler Yeats urged the Free State senate for divorces in a stirring plea.
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Washington
Jame
Associated Press
la Follette
Wisconsi
Inshed
Dublin
Butler Yeats
Free State
Teuts Bare Offer for World Security Pact
Berlin reports confirm Germany’s February 9 security pact proposal summary. Germany would bind Rhine states to avoid war, with United States acting as trustee, and seek arbitration with France and others. Pact would preserve Rhineland territorial status, rely on individual and mutual guarantees, and include a future world convention to discuss security. The February proposal follows 1922 Cuno-era ideas and contemplates a plebiscite in war decisions.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Germany
Politische Korrespondenz
Rhine
United States
France
Rhineland
Politische
State Falls Down Hard In Shepherd Case Corpus Delict
The prosecution argues to prove corpus delicti before motive in a Chicago murder case against William Tarling Shepherd. Medical witnesses dispute guilt, saying typhoid killed Billy McClintock and no poison trace exists, while defense contends prosecutors must establish criminal cause first.
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Chicago
Associated Dpress
Wiliam Tarling Shepherd
Wilam Nelson McClintock
Thomas J. Lynch
Billy” McClintock
William Scott
Stewart
Wm. D. McNally
Shepherd
Dr. McNally
Estelle Gehling
Julie Shepherd
Miss Gehling
F. T. Breidigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Oscar Olson
Missions in China May Lapse Result of Present Revolt
Grave concern over the immediate future of Christian missions in China and pessimism about longer term prospects followed outbreaks and an anti foreign anti Christian movement. New York representatives of over 3,000 American missionaries reported to the Episcopal department of missions. Bishop A Gaiman of Takne cabled word of withdrawal of mission stations to guarded cities. Situation serious.
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China
New York
Associated Press
Celestial Kingdom
Clima Field
Tite Tist Wari
Tomaithang
Department of Missions
The
Episcopal Church
A. Gaiman
Tanke
Defense Day Criticism From Bozeman Church Delegates
June 12 Bozeman Mont critics of July 4 as National Defense Day by President Coolidge voiced in a resolution passed by the state convention of the Disciples of Christ. The delegates deplore martial ardor and urge peace and goodwill, sending the resolution to Governor Frick and to President Coolidge.
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Bozeman
Conlidge
State Convention
The
Disciples of Christ
War Department
Mont.eesalyy
Frick
Kellogg Warns Mexico Over International Obligations
Secretary Kellogg issued a formal warning to Mexico stating the United States cannot tolerate violations of international obligations or failures to protect American citizens. The statement followed talks with Ambassador Sheffield and notes relations are friendly but conditions are not entirely satisfactory.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States
Mexico
Kellogg
Sheffield
Bourquin Grants Cases Dismissal
Federal Judge George M. Bourquin of Montana faced dismissal of an indictment in a narcotic case after Assistant U S Attorney Graham sought it. The defendant was re-arrested as he left court, while Bourquin urged speedy trial rights and dismissed the case citing equal treatment and procedural rights.
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Associated Press
Seattle
George M. Bourquin
Montana
United States
Grahiam
Lowden
Graham
Bourquin
San Francisco
Foreigners struggle as China heated by clashes and strikes
Dispatches report rising violence in Shanghai Hankow and Canton as foreigners in the concessions fear encroaching unrest. Strikes by seamen and workers disrupt coastal shipping while British and other troops bolster forts. In Hankow barricades around the British concession surge amid deadly clashes with striking Coolies and attacks on Japanese shops.
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Peking
Shanghai
Hankow
Shanghai Lon
Canton
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