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Newspaper
Keota News
Location
Keota, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
4
McCloud Williams and Lopez faced murder and grand larceny charges in a Canal Zone district court. The courtroom in the Masonic temple drew crowds of anxious locals as tensions rose with the accused alleging mutual blame while three leading lawyers mounted vigorous defenses.
Eighteen days after the killing of Barbadian William Blackett, Daniel McCloud Eduardo Lopes and James Williams were tried in the Canal Zone and convicted within six hours. Prosecutor called the crime the most dastardly in the Zone. The men plotted to steal dynamite and caps, killed night watchman Blackett, and loaded 12 boxes of dynamite onto a boat before fleeing.
By ten o clock that night two of the murderers were in custody, the third was apprehended next day. Most people on the Zone believed capital punishment did not exist, but three men have been hanged since the American occupation of the Canal Zone in 1908 and 1900 for murder in the first degree. Residents on the isthmus felt strong opposition to the act.
In Columbus two escaped convicts swapped outfits at a dry cleaning shop. The proprietors found two suits of convict clothing and two customers’ clothes left on the rack after reopening, revealing the overnight exchange by the escapees from the state prison farm.
Ten 6000 franc scholarships fund by Mrs George Blumenthal of New York and Paris honor French thought and art. Juries of ten prominent professionals will select young writers artists sculptors musicians and others for two year terms with potential renewal. Premier Millerand expresses profound gratitude in a telegram praising the American French friendship and the memorials to war heroes and independence.
Lloyd's register shows UK ship construction at 8,578,000 tons, 1,072,000 tons more than the United States. The London Times notes the surge follows wartime measures and comments on the persistent US lag in shipbuilding despite heavy output.
Albert Inmer reports on-farm costs showing 1 acre of corn cost 31.40 while oats cost 18.13, a 13.00 saving per acre in favor of oats. Western Canada land yields 50 to 60 bushels per acre, with higher yields and top oats weighing up to 45 pounds per bushel. 85 percent exceed standard weight.
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