Former Kansas Governor Davis acquitted in bribe for pardon case
Former Governor Jonathan M. Davis of Kansas is acquitted of soliciting a bribe for a pardon while in office. The jury deliberated three hours as prosecutors face a separate criminal action against him and his son Russell. Davis thanked Judge McClure and praised his wife in a brief AP statement.
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Topeka
Kansas
Associated Press
Jonathan M. Davis
Russell
Davis
James A. McClure
Johnathan Davis
Western Montana Floods Endanger Roads and Rivers
Missoula reports rivers in western Montana at flood stage with Blackfoot canyon roads submerged and travel hazardous. Temperature spikes melt snow, raising overflow risk. Addison Dishman drowns in Lolo creek but body unrecovered due to floods. Dan Rommel family survives a lightning storm that wrecks their home.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Montana
Blackfoot Canyon
Addison Dishman
Lolo Creek
Here
Mr. Dishman
Dan Rommel
Ellingson Girl Found Sane by Napa Hospital Doctor
Dorothy Ellingson, 17, charged with murder in San Francisco, is ruled sane by Dr. J M Scanland after over 30 days of observation. The report supports trial readiness as Assistant District Attorney Skillen plans to move to the county jail for a Monday murder trial.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
Dorothy Ellingson
J. M. Scanland
Napa State Hospital
Matthew Brady
Scanland
Harmon D. Skillen
Tral
Marquis De Brabant to Quit Railway Job
Marquis De Brabant, assistant traffic manager of the Union Pacific Railway in Los Angeles, will retire at end of May after holding the post since 1921. He cites duties arising after the death of his father-in-law former Senator William A. Clark as the reason for retirement. Mrs. Mary C. De Brabant, daughter of Senator Clark, is named as an executor in his will.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Father Says Mystery Man Really is His Son
The Rev. Charles Frazier testified in federal court that the man identified as Arthur Lopez-Frazier is his son Arthur Frazier. Family members, including two sisters and two brothers, affirmed the relation on the witness stand as prosecutors build their case. The mother Hannah Frazier is expected to testify next, with the government set to present its case after.
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Lopez- Frazier
Mary Raymond
Estelle Raincounter
Robert Frazier
Don Frazier
Three Die In Butte Rooming House Fire
Three lodgers in a Butte rooming house were severely burned and two escaped in night clothes as a blaze swept through the building. A third man was found overcome by smoke and taken to the emergency hospital where his condition remained serious. damage was about $3,000.
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Br Associated Preas
Butte
Odgers
Ethyl Gas Probe to Be Conducted
A commission to investigate alleged injurious effects of ethyl gas as motor fuel was recommended by a conference called by Surgeon General Cunningham. The Ethyl Gas corporation was praised for temporarily halting distribution. In New York, plans were laid for international intercollegiate tennis matches between American and English teams.
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Washington
Associated Press
Cumming
Public Health Service
Ethy! Gas Corporation
New York
Fundamentalist Presbyterians back McAfee for moderator
In Columbus Ohio leaders of the militant fundamentalist faction of the Presbyterian church approve L A McAfee of Berkeley California as their choice for moderator of the general assembly for the upcoming election. William Jennings Bryan favors Dr W O Thompson but Bryan confirms support for Thompson after remarks.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
L. A. McAfee
Berkeley
Calif
General Assembly
William Jennings Bryan
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Bryan
McAfee
Dr. Thompson
Lightning Kills Man In A Mine At Japan Mo
Lightning struck a steam boiler in a mine shaft near Japan Missouri on May 20 killing William Frie, 22, who stood near a pipe. Roy Fenix was dazed as TI Frizzell, Frie’s stepfather, heard him say I am killed before collapsing. Frie died from burns and shock. Frizzell survived.
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Roy Fenix
Hoster
William Frie
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Frizzell
Frie
WAGE BATTLE WITH FLAMES IN FOREST
Detroit May 20 The Associated Press reports Michigan conservation commissioner John Baird will request more state police and possibly other aid to fight forest fires until they are under control within 24 hours. In the lower peninsula firefighters won a first battle at Atlanta Bancroft Humbled Henric and Champion remain endangered. In the upper peninsula the situation is serious.
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Detroit
Mich
Associated Press
John Baird
Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Atlanta
Mont Morency
Bancroft
Humbold
Henric
Champion
Upper Peninsula
Abducting Her Niece Shocks Winthrop Cottage Fire
Bloodhounds track a man after a shooting at Maranacock Lake where Mrs Emma Towns was wounded and her 35 year old niece Miss Aida Heyward abducted. A fire gutted the summer cottage as witnesses say the suspect urged the woman to go with him and then returned to torch the dwelling. A closed automobile and a crown-inscribed cap link to a Mount Vernon dance hall employee, authorities say.
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Winthrop
Maine
Associated Press
Emma Towns
Aida Heyward
Maranacock Lake
Mount Vernon
Im an 83 leaps from flying train killed on rail line
A man aged about 83 identified as Patrick Donovan of County Cork Ireland died when he leaped from the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited near Columbus early Wednesday morning. Donovan was traveling with his wife to visit a son in Anaconda.
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Associated Press
Livingston
Patrick Donovan
County Cork
Ireland
North Coast Limited
Norther Pacific
Columbus
Mont
Berlin Regime Secures Reichstag Confidence Vote
Berlin reports the government won a confidence vote in the Reichstag by 214 to 129 with 25 abstentions or nonvoters. The result affirms the regime's political standing amid ongoing tensions and international scrutiny.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Illicit liquor ring under federal probe across states
Federal authorities investigate a Montana linked illicit liquor ring backed by over 1 million dollars with roots in the Twin Cities and branches nationwide. A stenographer’s confession and several wealthy backers are being sought as Montana Prohibition agents trace large shipments seized this year. St Paul and nearby cities are cited as centers for redistilling illicit alcohol, with Nebraska North and South Dakota Iowa Wisconsin also named as suppliers.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Maythorities
Twin Cities
St Paul
Althneanniis
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Montana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Chicago Jewelers Raided by Bandits
In downtown Chicago two jewelry stores were robbed separately by bands of three and four men. The first raid on Julius Heinsius offices yielded diamonds valued around 55 000 to 60 000 dollars. the second on three diamond merchants on Last Madison Street produced diamonds worth 25 000 to 50 000 dollars. An attempted shooting occurred as bystanders intervened. one robber was later captured by an elevator operator after fleeing eleven flights of stairs.
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Chicago
Associated 'Press
Wen
Joop
Julius Heinsius
Last Madison Street
Mob Fire On Dallas County Jail During Attempted Escape
A mob of about five thousand gathered outside the Dallas county jail as Prank and Lorenzo Noel, two Negro men charged with murder and criminal assault, faced a jail rush. Officers fired from guards at the jail met the assault with gunfire. the crowd dispersed after the volley. Fire personnel used water streams to keep the mob back while deputies inside reinforced with shotguns and ammunition.
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Dallas
Texas
Associated Press
Lorenzo Noel
AL Lack Prompth
Rand
Taft urges Chamber of Commerce to shape informed public opinion
Chief Justice Taft called for business leaders to inform and engage the public on key issues at the dedication of the Chamber of Commerce in Washington. He warned that intellect alone is not enough and urged active citizen interest to form public opinion and guide government decisions. The speech framed the chamber as a vital non official force in national progress.
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Washington
Associated Dpress
Taft
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Hin
Paramour of Her Daddy struck fatally by 15 year girl
A 15 year old Chicago girl Lucille Munach shot three times at Miss Agnes Simnick and then at her father William Maunsch after learning of his affair. Miss Simnick died. the girl and her mother were present as the shooting occurred in Riverdale suburb. the girl was jailed by police.
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Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Ellingson
Chicago
Associated Press
Lucille Munach
William Maunsch
Agnes Simnick
Munsch
Simnick
Libby Sheriff Kills Alleged Auto Thief
George Jorgenson was killed by Sheriff F. R. Baney near Libby Montana yesterday as he resisted arrest for allegedly stealing an automobile. The car, said to be stolen locally, was recovered. Sheriff Harry Clarke reported the incident after returning from Libby.
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Fress
Spokane
George Jorgenson
Sherif F. R . Baney
Libby
Mont
Harry Clarke
Confederacy Veterans Prepare to Surrender to Final Muster
Dallas May 20 AP Veterans of the Confederacy move toward surrender of the final form time and to discontinue annual reunions. Delegates would be sent to a three department structure with each department free to send delegates to a central convention in New Orleans as headquarters for the association.
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Dallas
Texas
Thesociated Press
Veterans of the Confederacy
Ltcumous
Hellan
New Orleans
the Association
Near Beers Eve as Four by Four Beer Arrives in Ontario
Windsor Ontario May 20 It was near beers eve as 13 hotels prepare for four by four beer in Ontario tomorrow Government authorities and wets declare the beer mild and non intoxicating The prohibition element believes otherwise The measurement system differs from the United States and the beer is rated 44 percent Canadian though it contains alcohol Continued on Page Flyé
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Windsor
Ont
Associated Press
Ontario
United States
Corpse tells of piracy on rum row
A New York report says a murdered man found off Fire Island bore no ID and showed violent death. Coast Guard CG-108 recovered the body, weighing anchor for a sea burial in a canvas bag, as officials confirm long reported battles and organized bands raiding ships along the rum route.
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New York
Associated Press
Fire Island
Coast Guard
Rum Row
CG-108
Church Closed by Fight Over Creed
Salt Lake May 20 The Emmanuel Baptist church suspended services until September amid internal disputes over fundamentalism. Members say the move amounts to dismissal for pastor Reverend Frank Hin Hulme.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake
Immanue Baptist Church
Board of Trustees
Frank» Hhin & Hulme
Grand Jury to Probe Witness Disappearance
Chicago May 2 The grand jury began a special session to investigate the disappearance of a key witness in the case involving alleged lethal germ research at a tiny institution. State's Attorney Crowe issued subpoenas to several officials as part of efforts to obtain statements from those tied to the Shepherd matter.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Pio Tre Wilhan Vailing
Wean
Nelson McClintock
Mon‘cay
Robert White
Testion
Farmar
National Universty of Sciences
Shepherd
Robert Crowe
Grand
John E. Jones
Detece Lane
Iis Emiploves
Crowe
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
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