Evidence Against Boykin Ruled Out in Atlanta Probe
In Atlanta on May 2 the council committee overseeing police and detectives ruled out evidence aimed at showing Solicitor General Boykin knew of two gambling houses and took no action. The session reviewed bond reductions and other charges as the new grand jury reopens to probe fake pool rooms and swindles tied to over 1 million dollars in the past two years. W L Peel led the civic group and became foreman of the new grand jury.
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Atlanta
Boykin
Councilmanic Committee
Houston Street
Floyd Woodward
Sans Souci
Defens
W. L. Peel
Citizens’ Committee
Council
Grand Jury Urged to Probe Peonage in Georgia
Judge Beverly D Evans directed the federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia to investigate reports of peonage in two counties where three or four cases are suspected. Assistant District Attorney E Clem Powers, in charge of evidence, noted no official information from Laurens county though a newspaper source mentioned possible peonage there. The grand jury’s report is expected Wednesday night, and the John Williams farm case at Monticello will be looked into tomorrow. The judge explained peonage differs from voluntary labor or debt payment, stressing coercion by a creditor-employer constitutes peonage under U S law.
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Macon
Beverly D. Evans
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
District of Georgia
E. Clem Powers
Laurens County
Atlanta
Powers
Grand Jury
John “. Williams
Monticello
Williams
Evans
United States
Noell Indicted in Attack Attempt in Danville
A Danville grand jury returned two indictments against W. Y. Noell a prominent leaf tobacco dealer charging attempt to attack a young white girl in the city.
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Noell
Danville, Va
Corporation Court Today
W. Y. Noell
Congo Village Replicated for Local Film
A Congo village replica rises on Mill Creek near Winston-Salem as about 2,000 local Negroes in grass skirts perform for a film depicting life in Africa. A lion will attack the village triggering a stampede in the production by a local company this week.
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Winston-Salem
Associated Press
N. C
Congo
Mill Creek
Africa
May Pressure Panama Over Coto Territory Surrender
The United States, in a public note from Secretary Hughes, says Panama must surrender the disputed Coto area to Costa Rica or risk U S action to enforce the transfer. The note emphasizes Costa Rica ownership and warns of possible measures to seal the boundary as defined by the Loubat and Porras Anderson awards.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama
United States
Coto
Costa Rica
Hughes
State Department
Republic of Panama
Republic of
Pacific
Loubat
Atlantic
Nervy Little Woman Reforms Badu Island
Mrs Zaher, a small but energetic figure, acts as governor, teacher, and religious leader on Badu Island in Torres Straits. Appointed after the Aboriginal Protection Act, she banned liquor and barred undesirables, helping natives learn to work and raise the island’s standing.
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Associated Press
Sidney
taxi driver may help identify Louisville robber duo
Police in Louisville report a taxicab driver may provide a clue to the two bandits who held up a young station agent last night and escaped with 2000 dollars. The driver says he hauled a man across the river to New Albany soon after the robbery and the description matches one of the robbers.
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Associated Press
Louisville
New Albany
Trouble Between French and Greeks in Asia Minor
Constantinople May 3. A clash has erupted between French and Greek forces in Asia Minor over alleged ill treatment of French aviators and the destruction of their plane near Brusa after cruising over the Marmora. The Greeks say the airplane was bound for Angora and that Greek troops rushed the aviators and smashed the machine.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Girl Rescued From Sixteen-Year Wire Cage
Jen nie Hall, 31, was freed from a ceiling suspended wire cage in a Ballston home after sixteen years of isolation. Humane officer William Hennessy reported severe malnutrition and confinement. case opened to evaluate family mentality.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Jennie Hall
William Hennessy
Saratoga Springs
Hennessy
Miss Hall
Utica State Hospital
Hall
Pittsburg Post Reports Fight by Wireless Telephone
The Pittsburg Post used wireless telephone to report live round by round action of Johnny Ray of Pittsburg versus Johnny Dundee of New York. Instant news service sent the blow by blow ring details to streetside readers minutes after the final gong. An Associated Press dispatch noted Hartford listeners heard the bout through wireless sounds including the gong and crowd shouts.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Post
Johnny Ray
Johnny Dundee
New York
Post
Hartford
Bankers Gather for National Association Meet in Pinehurst
Officers and members of the executive council of the American Bankers Association arrive in Pinehurst North Carolina for a meeting beginning tomorrow through Friday. Discussions will cover the financial and industrial situation and a golf tournament is planned at the event.
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Bankers
Associated Press
Pinehurst
N. C
The
American Bankers’ Association
Steamer Morgan Floated After Grounding Off Block Island
The Portuguese steamer Morgan, grounded in fog off Block Island last Friday, was floated by tugs and began sailing to New London under her own power today.
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Associated Press
Block Island
R. I
Morgan
New London
Change in express lines shifted to Southeastern Express
New Orleans May 3 change in companies handling express over the Southern railway and Mobile & Ohio lines was completed today when American railway Express surrendered the business to the Southeastern Express company recently organized.
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New Orleans
Southern Railway
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
American Railway Express
Southeastern Express Company
Allies to Consult US Before Any Naval Action in Germany
The Allied supreme council agreed not to take naval action against Germany without US consultation after talks with French and British admirals. They advanced Ruhr occupation plans and proposed German bonds as reparations guarantees for 37 years at 5 percent plus 1 percent sinking fund, fixing reparations at 32.142 billion dollars with Germany having nine days to respond.
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Associated Press
London
Allied Supreme Council
Germany
United States
Ruhr
Harding Launches Drive Against the Dangerous Trend
Washington May 3 President Harding issued identical letters to cabinet members launching a drive against the dangerous tendency of departments to live beyond congressional appropriations. He cited deficiency appropriations totaling 216000000 and warned deficits will exceed this, insisting departments must live within funded limits to achieve economy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Prominent Man Killed by Automobile in Columbia
J W H Duncan a 60 year old retired merchant and former Columbia City Council member was run down and killed last night. Coroner Scott held A C Russell taxi driver and two female occupants Mrs A J Cordell and Mrs J S Jackson awaiting inquest tonight.
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Columbia
S. C
J. W. H.duncan
Columbia City
Scott
A. C. Russell
A. J. Cordell
J. S. Jackson
Safe Robbers Net Ten Thousand in Liberty Bonds
Robbers blasted the Hart Coal Corporation Victoria plant near Madisonville Kentucky and took about $10,000 in Liberty bonds plus $225 in cash. They used the office telephone battery to set off the explosion.
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Associated Press
Madisonville
Hart Coal Corporation
Victoria Plant
Severe Central American earthquake recorded in Washington
A strong earthquake, likely originating in Central America, was logged on the Georgetown University seismograph starting at 11 46 this morning and continuing until 2 00 a m The peak intensity occurred at 12 59.
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Associated Press
Washington
Central America
Georgetown University
Kentucky thieves profit as guards laid off at distilleries
Authorities report 100 guards were removed from Kentucky distilleries and thieves seized about 121 cases and two barrels of whisky from distilleries in Newport Lawrenceburg Bardstown and Louisville.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Newport
Lawrenceburg
Bardstown
Georgia Woman Aims to Lead State to Republican Shift
Mrs Helen D Longstreet widow of a Confederate general declares Georgia women will push the state toward the Republican column. She brings political experience including work as Gainesville post mistress and support for Theodore Roosevelt before joining the Bull Moose party.
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Georgia
Helen D. Longstreet
Old Grudge Blamed in Double Brother Deaths
In Whitesburg Kentucky on May 3 Eli and Ed Shepherd brothers were shot during a feud at Leatherwood Creek near the Perry county border. Eli is dying from his wounds and Ed is reported dead or dying with no hope for recovery.
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Associated Press
Whitesburg
Leatherwood Creek
Perry County
Eli
Ed Shepherd
Shephed
Oceanside High Girl Leaps From Window
Virginia Sisson sixteen died after falling from a second floor window in Oceanside Long Island. She asked a classmate to help open a window and vanished when her grip failed. Principal F Taylor Johnson suspects suicide as the sill was shoulder high and an accidental fall seemed unlikely.
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New York
Virginia Sisson
Oceanside
L. I
Virginia
Rockville Center
F. Taylor Johnson
William L. Sissons
South America
Woman Preacher Leads Service in London Churches
Maude Royden, prominent campaigner for women preachers in the Church of England, conducts a weekday service at St. Pauls and St. Botolphs amid protests by Bishop Ingram. Crowds gather as the rector defends the proper authority of appointing preachers under the 1860 act.
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London
Maude Royden
Church of England
St. Paul’s
St. Botolph’s
Arthur F. W. Ingram
W. Hudson Shaw
Revenue Collector Elwood Hamilton Resigns in Kentucky
Louisville May 3 Internal revenue collector for Kentucky Elwood Hamilton forwarded his resignation to Secretary Mellon. He published the Mellon request and said he cheerfully sent it, calling it exigencies of politics.
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Louisville
Elwood Hamilton
Internal Revenue
Kentucky
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Hamilton
Italy Mourns a Second Keats
Rome reports the death of Ercole Morselli a young Italian poet and journalist famed for his two poetic dramas and his simple harmonious verse. He battled long illness and hardship while pursuing poetry writing on love and renunciation. He was jailed briefly in Milan in 1918 over missing papers but maintained dignity noting life’s tests. His tomb bears Menandro's line Whom the gods love die young.
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Rome
Ercole Morselli
Keats
Italy
Morselli
Glauco
Carducci
d’Annunzio
Pascoli
Milan
Menandro
John F Robinson Dies at Winter Home
John F Robinson retired circus owner died in Miami Florida at his winter home aged 77. Born November 4 1843 in Linden Alabama he rose from performer to founder of the John Robinson Circus which travels by train and uses fifty eight cars. He served as a Civil War naval officer and helped form the United States Playing Card Corporation and United States Lithographing Company.
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Miami
Fla
John F. Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Linden
Ala
Robinson
John Robinson
Federal Navy
United States Playing Card Corporation of Cincinnati
United States Lithographing Company
Cincinnati
Six Civilians Killed in Five-Hour Battle
Limerick Ireland May five hour clash leaves six civilians dead and fourteen wounded in a mob versus crown forces encounter. Two soldiers are wounded, one seriously.
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Associated Press
Limerick
Ireland
Crown
Brainstorms Rejected as Defense for Murder
London April 16 The English court of criminal appeals refused Ford Quarmby’s plea and upheld his death sentence for the Blackpool murder. A brainstorm or subconscious impulse defense was rejected as unproven theory. Justice Darling noted the law recognizes the conscious mind, not subconscious impulses.
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London
Ford Quarmby
Manchester Assizes
English Court of Criminal Appeals
Quarmby
Smith
Blackpool
Leeds
Darling
England
Patrolman Stops Runaway Horse Chasing Children
Patrolman John E. Musgrave of the Simpson Street station halted a runaway horse attached to a street cleaning wagon on Longwood avenue near Kelly street. He shielded children, jumped on the horse, and used a blanket to subdue it, though he sustained a knee injury and body bruises.
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New York City
John E. Musgrave
Simpson Street
Longwood Avenue
Kelly Street
Department of
Musgrave
Agaan
Charles Brandt
British withdrawal from Persia reported by Moscow message
A Moscow wireless message states Britain has withdrawn from Persia. It notes a Russian diplomatic mission has arrived in Tehran the Persian capital.
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Riga
Moscow
Persia
Terehen
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