Prohibition Unit to Enforce to the Limit
Washingtn May 19 By Associated Press the prohibition army swings into action as the administration plans to enforce the dry law fully. A Senate committee transcript shows criticism of enforcement and calls for targeting main supply sources such as alcohol plants and breweries rather than minor police work. Senator Watson says enforcement will be intensified, with all agencies mobilized under the president to erase loopholes and strengthen the system.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Senate
Coolidge
Couzens
Watson
Indiana
French leaders discuss inter allied debts in Paris talks
Premier Painleve and key ministers including M Bri and A Caillaux analyzed France finances and the inter allied debts issue in Paris. An official Quai d Orsay spokesman said negotiations have entered a real official phase and progress is expected within days as foreign and finance ministers plan renewed talks in Washington. Meanwhile Gaston Means, famed in American scandals, surrendered in DC to begin a two year sentence for whisky withdrawals with a forgery case linked to Senator Brookhart.
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Paris
Associated Press
Washington
Ministers of Foreign
Gaston & Means
United States
Atlanta
Means
District of Columbia Supreme Courts
Smith W. Brookhart
Daugherty
Miles Lies at Rest on Quiet Slope Funeral for General Miles at Arlington
General Nelson A. Miles was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Presidents, officials, and veterans gathered at St. John’s Church and the White House vicinity as the gun carriage transported the flag draped casket. The ceremony reflected a long career and loyalty to the flag Miles handed on to the nation.
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Miles
Washington
Associated Press
Nelson A. Miles
Arlington National Cemetery
Old Fort Meyer
Virginia Hills
Tm Church
St. John's Church
White House
World Labor Meet Opens at Geneva
Geneva May 19 The international labor conference opened here with Dr Edouard Benes of Czecho-Slovakia elected president and Bello Codecido of Chile as vice president. Opening addresses urged progress toward reconstruction as the guiding task of the hour.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Edouard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Bello Codecido
Chile
U S Loses Out in Its Harvester Co Battle
St Paul Minn May 19 By the Associated Press Holding that the 1918 decision divesting the International Harvester company of three of its manufacturing lines had proven effective a special federal court of equity today denied the government's petition for supplemental provisions to that decree Three judges of the United States circuit court of appeals heard the case sitting as a court of equity in the federal district court Judges Robert E Lewis and Walter H Sanborn signed the decision and Judge Kimborough Stone dissented
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St. Paul, Minn
Associated Press
International Harvester Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Equity
Federal District Court
Robert E. Lewis
Walter H. Sanborn
Kimborough Stone
Fiend May Suffer For Killing Baby
New York May 19 The first indictment for baby substitution in 24% years history of the New York criminal courts was returned today against Mrs Sielene Augusta Geisen Volk former German Red Cross nurse and proprietor of an East 6th street baby farm by the Grand jury. An additional grand jury heard evidence on a manslaughter charge against Geisen Volk. The state board of charities moved to obtain legislation giving stricter control of infant boarding houses like hers. The maximum penalty for baby substitution is seven years imprisonment.
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New York
Associated Press
Criminal Courts
Sielene Augusta Geisen- Volk
Red Cross
East &6Th Street
Mar Grand Jury
Geisen-Volk
State Board of Charities
Street car crash injures twenty in public square
Twenty persons were injured in a rear end collision of street cars in the public square today. William Vaughn, motorman on the rear car, fainted just before the crash, according to police. Several victims were rushed to hospitals for treatment.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
William Vaughn
Secret societies barred in Italy approved by deputies
Rome May 19 The chamber of deputies approved a bill against secret societies by a vote of 101 to 0. The measure targets clandestine groups operating within the country, marking a decisive move by the Italian legislature to curb secret associations.
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Italy
Rome
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
T Today
Appointment of J. J. O'Donnell as Clerk in Purchasing Office
John J. O'Donnell of Great Falls is named by state purchasing agent Murphy to a clerk position in his office. A railroad veteran, he is 30 and will begin duties immediately. Mrs. Elsie A. Goodyer, a four year clerk, resigns effective June 1 to take another post.
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Ed Murphy
John J. O'Donnell
Great Falla
O'Donnell
Tutte
O Donnell
Murphy
Elsie A. Goodyer
Goodyer
BG Powder Plant Taken by Flames
A May 19 report from Chicago says one woman was injured and about 50 Liberty Works employees at Franklin Park exploded factory and nearby buildings during a massive fire sparked by series of blasts. The two story main office and 20 small buildings housed fireworks production as flames spread after the first detonation. Terre Haute Bud Taylor defeated Midget Mike Moran in ten rounds.
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Chicago
Associated, Press
Liberty ® Works Company
Tranklin Park
L Office
Terre Haute
Bud Taylor
Mike Moran
Philadelphia
Kermit Gunfight Over School District Vote Fatalities
In Willemson West Virginia near Kermit two men died and three deputies were seriously wounded in a gun battle at a local school election. Sherman Parsley and Buck Nick were killed. Ken Chapman and John Chaplin were injured. Police and state troopers responded as up to 200 shots were fired amid a dispute over voter qualifications for forming an independent school district.
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Willemson
W.va
Associated Press
Kermit
Sherman Parsley
Merchant
Buck Nick
District Board of Education
Ken Chapman
John Chaplin
Alex Bishop
Mass meeting urged over Post article on Jacksons
Nashville residents called a mass meeting to condemn The Saturday Evening Post story about General Andrew Jackson and his wife. John T. Moore cites desecration of the dead and inaccuracy, while Major M. Stahlman wired editor George Lorimer protesting the montage and urging steps to counter the article’s impact.
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Nashville
Tenn
Associated Press
Saturday Evening Post
Andrew Jackson
Meade Minnegeirode
John T. Moore
Jackson
Alr
Moore Sain
M. T. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
Today
Wired
George J. Lorimer
Saturday Evening Cost
Meade Minnegerode
Girl Supposed to Have Been Stolen is a Happy Bride
New Orleans reports William Rumsey, 33, who pursued a kidnapping claim, abducted Corinne Walter, 20, to force marriage. They were located in a bun galow. the pair appeared cheerful, with Mrs. Rumsey wearing a pink gingham apron as a bridal gown. The police noted no signs of a victim’s distress.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
William Rumsey
Corinne Walter
Silver Jubilee for Rev Dr Stephen J Sullivan at Holy Cross
The Rev Dr Stephen J Sullivan rector of Holy Cross Townsend celebrated the silver jubilee of his ordination with High Mass. Bishop John P Carroll assisted. numerous clergy attended from Helena and other dioceses. Remarks note his former teacher and brother among those present.
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DR. Sullivan
Stephen J. Sullivan
Holy Croat Church
Townsend
Helena
Father Sullivan
Holy Cross Church
R. Coopman
St. Paul's Church
Anaconda
Ambrose Sullivan
S. 1
Seattle
J. M. Nolan
Somers
J. J. Lehane
St Mary's Church
Trerena
Victor Day
V. G
J.C. Willging
Meltena
N.C. Hoff
J. H. O'Neill
J. A. Collette
B.D. Curley
John O'Connor
E. J. Riley
Fox. Harrington
OF. McVeigh
J. J. Sheerin
E. J. O'Neill
J. McCormick
J. A. Kelly
Mount St. Charles College
J. G. Tougas
A. H Allard
A. Meithoff
C.A. Scullon
East Helena
A. D. Leitham
Lambertus
Ronan
UL LeClair
Ringling
M. J. Lync
Three Forks
J. A. O'Shea
Toston
J. M. Gimore
D. Whitehall
Peter Marnane
Drummond
Taehnan
St. Ignatius Mission
Father Taciman
Poisoned by vanity bad hair brains say doctors
Dr Edward James Sulft told a Washington University class that admired crowded hair styles can cause nervous disorders in women. He said constant attempts to rearrange hair create a habit leading to neurode tendencies and possible mental illness.
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Associater Press
St. Tauls
Edward James Sulft
Washington University
Huift
Davis Parole Bribe Case Headed to Jury Today
Topeka Kansas May Associated Press reports the Davis case moves toward jurors as lawyers argue and a verdict is expected after an alleged bribe offer to secure parole while Kansas governor. The trial hinges on if Jonathan M. Davis sought a bribe and what evidence supports a parole grant.
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Davis
Topeka
Kans
Associated Press
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Make-up of C. Chaplin His Peculiar Property
Charles Spencer Chaplin won a court ruling recognizing his makeup items balloon pants snaky cane and flapping shoes as his private property. The decision bars Charles or Amador from using them in future productions or marketing and discusses restraining alleged intrusions into Chaplin’s affairs in Los Angeles.
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C. Chaplin
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Tory
Charles
Amador
Esceare
Charles Aphin
Open Door Maintained at World Arms Meet
May 19 United States pressed to maintain open door principle at arms conference. Theodore E Burton led American delegation opposing Dutch plan to exempt shipments to exporting nations. Publicity for arms exports urged to keep door open for all sellers of arms. Poison gas condemnation faced no opposition from the United States though non manufacturing nations cautioned against banning until worldwide consent.
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Gena
Associated Press
United States
Theodore E. Burton
Arrangement With Continental Oil on 1923 Taxes
Tom Arthur of Continental Cocaine and state etherals arranged to pay gasoline taxes for the first quarter of 1923. Continental Oil, Montana’s largest gasoline distributor, had paid 31 in 1924. A state supreme court ruling on the 1925 gasoline tax amendment prompted several firms to resist payment. The company seeks protection from legal action for wholesalers, anticipates tax payments, and notes its Montana operations moved 18200 bank cars of gasoline, about 20900000 gallons, through 29000 cars.
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Tom Arthur
Comppany
Continental Oil Company
Montana
Supreme Court of Thenited
Continental
Sof
General Sand State Treesuter
Yetthur
Foster
Cndrt
Oda
James G. Stanley
Denver
New York
Mutual
Lente Citjoy
Monsata
Panic in New York Subway Traps Passengers in Smoke
About 100 people were trapped in a smoke filled unlit subway tunnel after an electrical short circuit ignited a car near Grand Central Terminal just after rush hour. Eighty six were treated at improvised first aid stations in nearby hotels and hospitals. Most passengers were Bronx residents heading to Manhattan. A loud report and flame erupted at Forty First Street as the cars shorted and lights failed.
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Bronx
Middle
Lower Manhattan
Forty-First Street
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