Campbell to appeal oil syndicate conviction
Gordon Campbell was found guilty of illegal use of the mails to promote an oil syndicate. He will appeal to the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. He was sentenced to five years in Leavenworth, fined $1000 plus costs, with a five day stay of execution to file the appeal and a $2500 bond posted.
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Great Falls
Associated Press
Gordon Campbell
San Francisco
Calif
Carcuit
S.C. Ford
Helena
Campbell
Leavenworth
George M. Bourgin
Ford
France urges security before disarmament at Geneva talks
France through Paul Boncour, head of the French National Defense Commission, urged that national security precede disarmament at the Geneva conference. He called for a regime of mutual confidence, broader arms control, and measures to curb private manufacture of arms, warning that nations will seek greater power as long as insecurity persists.
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Geneva
Associated Press
France
Paul Roncour
French Commission of National Defense
M. Boncour
Informer System to Be Tried in Wet Fight Spies Will Receive Rewards
New York May 11 AP reports naval warfare against bootleggers as coast guard boats and seaplanes patrol the Atlantic coast. A new provision in the 1922 tariff law allows compensation for informers aiding prosecutions under prohibition. Federal authorities widen actions against inland speakeasies as padlocks expand across Buckner’s district. Coast guardsmen report success since blockade. cutters and chasers stand ready along the coast.
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New York
Associated
Jekner
Thackner
Forcrs
TR. Q. Merrick
Prohibition
New Jersey
C. Knox
Mr. Buckner
Oast
Staten Island
Atlantic City
Seid
W. V. E. Jacobs
New York Coast Guard
England
Canada
Hermuda
Turth
Oil Camp Clash Near Eldorado Ends In Shootout
In Eldorado Arkansas a white mob attacked a Standard Oil negro camp eight miles north of town. About 200 field workers marched to remove black workers triggering a rifle battle. One negro worker is dead two white men may die and several others wounded. County officers and deputies from Norplete quelled the clash after exchanges of up to 100 shots.
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Eldorado
Ark
Nesra
Here
Shin
Mississippi River
Megro
Gary Lana
Norplette
Old Lady Advises Perjury In Trial
Miss Kath Kern of Valley City wrote a letter to Roscoe Warren urging him to feign insanity to evade punishment. The letter, read in court, suggested Warren face a “very small sentence” and referred to a State sanitarium at St. Joseph. Warren, a huntsman and former Rocky Mountain club manager, stood trial for murder after a meeting of club trustees.
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Visas City
Roscoe TF. Warren
Warren
Rocky Mountain Club
Jones Creek
Wyoming
John C. Deskin
Deskin
Kath Kern
Valley City
Kern
St. Joseph
St. Joe
Forest Hanna
O. A. Lucas
Noted attorney of St. Paul is dead
By Associated Press Washington May 6 Friends here tonight were advised of the death at Pasadena Calif of Cordenio A Severance of St Paul Minn former partner of Secretary Kellogg and at one time president of the American Bar association He was 63 years old and had never held political office.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pasadena
Calif
Cordenio A. Severance
St. Paul, Minn
Kellogg
American Bar Association
Mrs Julie Shepherd Remains Free On Own Recognizance
Julie Shepherd and her husband William Shepherd faced charges in the slaying of their ward, William Nelson McClintock. Mrs Shepherd surrendered in Judge Jacob Hopkins's courtroom, was released on her own recognizance until Friday, with a $5,000 bond set for release on that day. She wept in the corridor as cameras flashed outside the courtroom while addressing reporters.
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Assisiated
Chicago
Julie Shepherd
Willian D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Jacob
Hopkins
Criminal Court
Womlan
Shepherd
Riffian Defenses Stiffen in Morocco Action
Paris reports French forces under General Colombat push along the Djebal Bibane flank as Abd El Krim strengthens his ranks with seasoned tribesmen. The French headquarters note unexpected stiffening from the Rif tribes, yet no fear of the final outcome.
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Paris
Associated Press
Morocco
Colombat
Djebal Bibane
Abd-El- Krim
Riffiamnes
Find Hawaiian Defenses Weak After Maneuvers
Honolulu May 6 The battle of Oahu and the most extensive army navy maneuvers ever conducted by the United States revealed defects in both island defenses and the fleet. A special report and recommendations to the secretaries of war and navy were issued by the chief umpires Admiral Robert E Cooniz and Major General John L Hines. They urged making the resisting power of Calim the strongest possible, saying these defenses are the key to the Pacific. The umpires noted the Blue fleet won the war game, but did not state the outcome on this page.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
Oahu
United States
Secretaries of War and Navy
Robert E
Move Town Contempt Orders Issued for Savaye Residents
May 6 Casper Wyoming A U S district court order requires all Savaye residents to relocate from the townsite three and a half miles away. Contempt citations have been issued for noncompliance and will be served by federal marshals. Attorneys for the townsite association say movement is being expedited and expect no criminal action if goodwill is shown.
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Associated Dress
Casper
Wyo
Savaye
United States District Court
United States Marshal
William B. Cobb
Townsite Association
News butcher is awarded damages after train incident
Washington May 6 Charles J Seymour known as news butcher was beaten by a railroad detective in April 1918 for smiling at a woman passenger on a Southern Railway train at Danville Virginia A jury in Washington awarded him 5000 in a damage suit against the director general of railroads based on the incident.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles J. Seymour
Southern Railway
Danville
Director General of Railroads
Labor AFL plans nationwide non union worker campaign
The American Federation of Labor and 108 international unions approve an extensive 40 week campaign to organize non union workers. About 123000 dollars are pledged for preliminary costs with public meetings movies and radio use. The drive also aims to promote union labels on products from organized shops.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States
American Federation of Labor
British soap magnate Leverhulme dies at 74
Viscount Leverhulme, famed soap king and multimillionaire, died this morning in London at age 74 from pneumonia. His factories and enterprises spanned Port Sunlight to the Congo, China, South Africa, Australia, the United States and Switzerland under the British flag.
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London
Associated Press
Viscount Leverhulme
Lord Leverhulme
Port Sunlight
English
Congo
China
South Africa
Australia
United States
Switzerland
Fall of Owow in Rich Farm Areas
Snow fell in northern Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin and Michigan following freezing temperatures that wiped out a large share of the Iowa strawberry crop and caused damage in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Lowest readings reached 24 above in Iowa and 26 above at Duluth, Minnesota, the coldest May temperature in 14 years.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Minnoia
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Towa
Sac
Sioux City
Duluth
Minn
Ex-Governor Davis Must Face Trial
Topeka Kansas May 6 District Judge James A McChure today denied a plea by attorneys for former Governor Jonathan M Davis to quash the criminal proceedings against the ex governor. The trial on a charge of light dealings in extensive clemency is scheduled to start next Monday in McClure's court.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
James A. McChure
Jonathan M. Davis
Davis
Talking Films of Coolidge Sell Stock Investigation
Washington May. Alleged use of a talking motion picture of President Coolidge in a stock selling campaign in New York prompted a Justice Department inquiry at White House direction. The film shows the president delivering an address and includes his words in an attachment. The matter recalls a prior 1924 probe into a similar film.
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Washington, May
Associated Press
Coolidge
New York
Department of Justice
White House
Merald‘Tribune
Deforest
Phonofilm Corporation
James W. Wilcott
Lee Deforest
TIFF OVER TEA PEEVES COUNCIL OF WOMEN
Fresh grief rose at the Inter national Council of Women session as delegates discussed patroness cards and seating while a White House greeting loomed. Reports of slighted guests and a later review of the Negro singers seating by a commercial firm sparked controversy and calls to reconsider the arrangement.
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Washington
White House
Icato
International Council of Women
Moon
Coolidge
National Association of Colored Women
Council OF Women
Keyhole Sleuth Testimony in Mac Clintock Death Probe
Gladys Roberts of Chicago testified at the in quest into William Mac Clintock’s death that W. D. Shepherd faces indictment. She said Jol Jones, head of a detective agency, told Shepherd to “stick to one story and they’ll never get you” after overhearing the digested exchange through a keyhole in the detective’s office door.
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Gladys Roberts
Chicago
William MacClintock
W. D. Shepherd
Jol Jones
Shepherd
Mysterious Search For Major General Patrick Thang
Five planes of the Pine Bluff Aero Club prepared to fly at daylight from Vine Bluff Arkansas to search for Major General Patrick, Chief of United States Army Service, escorted to Pine Bluff from Little Rock yesterday. An aviation unit will cover the area he is believed to have traversed as authorities use a communications agency to locate him.
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Py Associated Press
Vine Bluff
Ark
Tine Bluff Aero Club
Patrick
United States
Little Rock
City Treasurer in Butte Found Short
Butte May 6 the finance committee reported discrepancies in the city cash account totaling 245 and 93 933 in special improvement district funds. City Treasurer Joseph Rites faced notification to the bonding company. Riley cited clerical errors from partial tax payments under a new two option system and expects correction this month.
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Butte
Mons
Joseph €. Rites
Riley
Train wreck near Richmond derails four coaches
Richmond Va May 6 Four Chesapeake and Ohio coaches derailed and an engine overturned when a fast train struck a faulty switch just outside Richmond. No lives were reported injured though authorities suspect tampering, prompting an official investigation by state officials.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Chesapeake and Olio
Nolo Lones
Amundsen May Profit From Fine Weather Trial Near Spitzbergen
Roald Amundsen may profit from favorable weather as a trial voyage proceeds. A Reuter dispatch notes the steamer Farm seeks a landing, reporting position two miles west of Amsterdarsie with a northern breeze and snow squalls. Temperature is about 23 degrees below zero Celsius.
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London
Associated Press
Reuter
Osteo
Shipping Gazette Asiser
Roald Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Amsterdarsie
Free Booklet on Meat Selection and Cooking
A free booklet details meat selection, nutrition, care, and home cooking. It includes a temperature table, charts of beef veal pork and lamb cuts, vegetable pairings, seasonal menus, and over one hundred tested recipes. Request by sending coupon two cents and postage stamps to the Washington Information Bureau.
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Washingtom Information Bureau
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Patrick Thang
Noowwnx
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