Winds Leave Colorado Tragedy with Two Dead
Two people died and several were injured as high winds struck eastern Colorado this afternoon causing major property damage. Loren H. Bennett of Boulder was killed when a roof he worked on blew away sixty feet. Victor Fells, a three year old from Berthoud, drowned after a boat overturned while fishing. Donald Chalburn, seven, was rescued after grappling the boat. Fells’s body had not yet been recovered.
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Denver
Colo
Associated Press
Colorado
Loren H. Bennett
Boulder
Colp
Victor Fells
Fells
Donald Chalburn
Chalburn
Frazier Case Trials Identity of Arthur Lopez Frazier
In Minneapolis on May 21 the government opened its defense in the federal case of Arthur Lopez Frazier who claims to be World War I veteran Arthur Frazier and seeks compensation. Eight government witnesses testified that Lopez Frazier is not Arthur Frazier and bears no resemblance. they served with the South Dakota cavalry units in 1917.
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Minneapolis
Associated Press
Arthur Lopez-Frazier
Arthur Frazier
Arthur Brazier
Lopez-Franer
South Dakota
134Th Infantry
Camp Cody
N M
First
South Dakota Cavalry
Flandreau
16Th Infantry
Tim
Arthur
126Th Infantry
Lopez- Frazier
Troan D
Prospective Juror Approached on Shepherds Behalf in Trial
Chicago May 21 The defense urged speeding jury selection in the Shepherd case accusing tampering and pressuring jurors while the prosecution contested the move. A juror nominee was removed under a fourth peremptory challenge as defense vows to push a quick decision. A private detective and the grand jury probe the disappearance of material witness Robert White amid claims of threats and a coerced affidavit. Farman testified he gave Shepherd typhoid germs in exchange for influence over Young McClintock estate valued at $1.5 million.
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Chicago
Associated Press
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
William Scott Stewart
Defense Counsel
Gordon
Stewart
Philip Barry
Robert E. Crowe
Shepherd
Cal
Barry
Robert White
Arthur Byrne
White
Burnel
C. C Faiman
National University of Seiences
Byrne
Farman
Young McClintock
New York Chicago Airline Planned By Transport Inc
Chicago May 21 The National Ave Transport Inc backed by over 20 leading businessmen and capitalized at 10000000 organized to operate a night express and freight air line between New York and Chicago. The service will launch early fall with offices in Detroit and Chicago. Of the capitalization 2000000 already subscribed. Howard C Coffin president of Hudson Motor Car Co Detroit heads the concern. Poland Debt Funding Completed At Treasury Bonds Valued 178560003 Delivered To Acting Secretary Wingston.
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Chicago
National Ave Transport, Inc
New York
New York-Chicago
Detroit
Howard C. Coffin
Hudson Motor Car Company
Poland
CLYDS
Washington
Associated Press
Republic of Poland
Cs&s
Treasury
Wingston
Poltsa
Disabled Veterans Begin 2 Day Meet
The fourth annual Montana Disabled American Veterans convention opens at 10 in the Eddy Rose room with delegates from seven chapters including Bozeman Great Falls Helena Fort Harrison Missoula Butte and Billings. A 6:30 dinner in the Rose room features Governor John E. Erickson as principal speaker along with regional Veterans Bureau manager Tom Busha medical officer Dr W D Judkins and C E Pew Helena. A public dance follows at the Winter Garden with proceeds to defray convention expenses. Election of officers and site selection for 1926 are set for Saturday. State officers Harold M. Mady Great Falls and C W Tracy attended Thursday. Continued on Page Three.
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Montana Department of the Disabled American Veterans’ of the World War
Eddy Rose
Bozeman
Great Falls
Helena
Fort Harrison Hospital
Missoula
Butte
Billings
John E. Erickson
Tom Busha
The
Veterans’ Bureau
W D. Judkins
Fort Hospital
C. E. Pew
Romention
Harold M. Mady
C. W. Tracy
Clark Heirs Seek Ancillary Letters Testimentary
New York May 21 The Associated Press reports widow and children of late Senator William A Clark filed for ancillary letters testimentary in New York surrogates court. They state about 10 million dollars of Clark estate property in New York with four creditors owed four thousand three hundred dollars and list major holdings including four million seven hundred seventy five thousand dollars in New York City corporate stock two million five hundred thirty thousand dollars in Rochester city bonds sixty five thousand in Lion Match stock plus cash and other balances. Executors named in the Montana probate.
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New York
Associated Press
William A. Clark
United States
Montana
Rochester City
Lion Match Company
First National Bank
Clark
Butte
Mont
Government May Now Search for Gasoline Trust
Federal judges in Chicago overruled objections to Interrogatories in petroleum cracking patent cases, allowing the government to present evidence to prove patents invalid. The next step is to argue that the patents are disalinated and that companies pool patents to extort royalties, restrain interstate and foreign commerce in cracked gasoline and related products.
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Wasaimegion
Associated Press
Anderson, Page and Evans
Chicago
Sion
Rise in Gas Price Forecast Tied to Basis Market Activity
New York May 21 The extraordinary demand for oil products nationwide, especially gasoline, is cited as the basis for market strength. The financial district expects a general gasoline price rise in a few days with sales by many companies running 20 to 40 percent ahead of last year.
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New York
Associated Press
Financial District
Polar flight: Amundsen Ellsworth seek North Pole
New York May 21 The Northern American alliance reported two Amundsen Ellsworth polar expedition flying boats departed from Kings Bay Spitzbergen at 5 13 pm heading for the pole Each plane carries three men One plane commanded by Roald Amundsen the other by Lincoln Ellsworth Pilot Reiser Larsen sails with Amundsen and Oscar Omdal sails with Ellsworth Navigator Lincoln Ellsworth Observation teams planned to locate the pole from the air If landing proves impractical the Norwegian flag would be dropped nearby.
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New York
Associated Press
Alliance
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Amundsen
Pole
Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
King’s Bay
Reiser Larsen
Oscar Omdal
Senorita Hortensia Cortez Wins Against Fate in Murder Trial
Mexico City May 21 The jury acquitted Senorita Hortensia Cortez of murdering Jose Concepcion Saucedo. She testified she hurled him after a wild party where they bet their lives in a car game while intoxicated. Judge Juan Correa Nieto dissented and the case was sent to a higher court, provoking riotous spectators. He left under military escort.
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Mexico City
Rby
Associated Press
Senorita
Ontario's 4.4 beer fuels cross border debates
A Niagara frontier report from Windsor and Fort Erie describes mixed reactions to Ontario's 4.4 beer. Americans and Canadians sample the new brew, with opinions split on its strength. Observers note few intoxications yet flag the drink's appeal and potential impact on liquor laws. Wayne Wheeler and Georges Fowler join the crowd, yet remain cautious of the beverage's true potency.
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Buffalo
Associated Fress
Fort Erie
Niagara River
Tuffalo
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Baloon League of America
Howeer
Georges Fowler
Wheeler
Tenight
Ontario
Fowler
Park bound tourists stranded by snow in Yellowstone
Tourists heading to Yellowstone faced snowbound conditions as authorities warned roads would reopen gradually. Superintendent Horace Albright said the park remains inaccessible to most visitors for several days. West to north entrances planned to clear by June 1, with east and south entrances opening June 18. Gas stations and stores to be ready by June 1.
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Calforna
Paris
Horace Albright
National Piag Fund
Mgr. Albright
Allright
Yellowstone
Gardiner
Riffian forces press French lines in North Africa
Reports from Algiers indicate Riffian tribesmen, possibly stronger than anticipated, concentrate across the Kifane Ouszian front. French troops totaling about 69,000 are largely on the defensive, while Ri ffian leaders loom to threaten rail links from Ouadi to Tez, aiming to sever reinforcement routes.
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Yaris
Oudi
Tez
Algeria
Tae Bul
Grand Jury Indicts Baby Farm Keeper in Tragic Case
Grand jury charges Mrs Helen Augusta Gersen Volk with just degree manslaughter in the death of 11 month old William Winters after a skull fracture. She faces prior indictments for substituting babies and for keeping more children than permitted. Volk pleads not guilty to substitution charges.
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New York
Associated Press
Helen Augusta Gersen-Volk
Canadian Plowmen Tragedy Ties Alberta Farm Dispute
A Canadian Press dispatch reports that Alcide Sabourin was shot and killed by Louis Turcotte after Sabourin refused to sow wheat on Turcotte’s land near Blue Sky Alberta. Turcotte then killed himself. The incident appears linked to a rent dispute and agricultural grievance.
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Seattle
Wash
Associated Press
Alcide Sabourin
Louis Turcotte
Sabourin
Blue Sky
Alberta
Montana Revenue Collections Fall Short of 1924 Totals
Montana internal revenue collections for March 1925 fell by 2,281 dollars from March 1924, with 1923 figures showing 850,534 dollars versus 856,881 for the same month the prior year. Ten month totals to date show 2,005,485,362 dollars, about 995,403,564 less than the prior fiscal year, amid income tax rate cuts and expected year end receipts near 1.66 billion dollars.
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Washington
Associated Press
Internal Revenue
Montana
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Publi Tonight
Ecollervone
Bureau
Tnasmich
One Reason They're So Interested in Four Point Four Beer
New York May 21 The Associated Press reports rum runners, forced by a coast guard blockade, have shifted to peddling aboard incoming steamers. Captain Frederick M. Bertsch of the excursion boat Express said near the Jersey coast last night a small boat hailed the vessel offering to sell liquor cheap. The sellers persisted even after orders to depart.
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Prescott
Associated Press
Ontario
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Canada
New York
Coast Guard
Frederick M
Bertsch
Express
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Jersey
All Quiet in Dallas Negroes Safe in Jail
May 22 Dallas Texas reports state authorities tightened control after 24 hours of demonstrations against two Black men held for the murders of two Dallas men, Riad Adams and W L Steel, and for assault on women. Crowds gathered at the criminal courts building as efforts to storm the jail were unsuccessful. Police warned Dallas residents to refrain from further action while guards and troops remained on duty. Confessions to the murders were reported the following day.
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Dallas
Texas
Riad Adams
NoEmers County
Clt
Mégrees
Das
Wishnc Lucille Wunsch Freed In Court Verdict
In Chicago on May 21 a coroner’s jury exonerated 16 year old Lucille Wunsch from all blame for the fatal shot that killed Agnes Simneck. The girl testified she fired only to scare and said she kept a revolver for a month planning to end her father’s affair. Her parents were slightly injured during the struggle.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Lucille Wunsch
Agnes Simneck
Simneck Hoe
Agnes
William Wunsch
Wunsch
Won't Go On Trail Of Killer Incomplete Case
Winthrop Maine May 21 A.P. investigation into the shooting of Mrs Emma Towns by a man who abducted her nine year old daughter Miss Aida Hey ward after a fire at their cote lege. Deeka the police dog that tracked Lars Woodward and Lucile Chatter ton in Vermont will not be sent here by owner NG Peabody. Mrs Towns's condition critical. A cross bred German police teledoc trailed scent for a mile but lost it in a nearby barn. Barold Sprague son-in-law of Mrs Towns questioned without avail. alibi shown. he released.
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Winthrop
Maine
Associated Prese
Emma M. Towns
Aida Heyward
Deeka
Lars Woodward
Lucile Chatterton
Vermont
NG. Peabody
Peabody
New York
Cris
Housewives receive booklet promising savings and home tips
A garbled notice invites housewives to obtain a booklet titled Helps to Housewives. It claims practical egg, land, and labor savings ideas and promises immediate mailing after request with name, address, and two cents postage.
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Ioudas
President and Mrs Coolidge Host Garden Party for Veterans
President and Mrs Coolidge hosted a garden party on the Whittlo House lawn for veterans of World War I. Music actor Tan Mais performed with his sons Tony and others providing a light entertainment for the guests.
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Washington
Stilo Coolidge
Whittlo House
Tan Mais
Per
Tony
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