Prohibition Move Tightens Canada Liquor Imports
Prohibition officials in Washington moved to curb illegal liquor imports from Canada and tighten U S enforcement. An agreement with customs brokers aims to stop smuggling of whisky and beer across the border and Detroit will have a deputy customs collector to combat liquor smuggling after estimates of more than 40 000 cases entering Detroit in a week ending May 21.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Detroit
Garter Snake Joke Sparks Big Damage Case
Warsaw Indiana June 4 A 10 000 damage suit is on trial alleging a garter snake caused permanent injuries. Ernest Humes sues Nickle Plate railroad claiming two years ago a co worker flung a garter snake at another worker whose bolt struck the plaintiff, fracturing two bones in the leg.
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Warsaw
Ind
Ernest Humes
Nickle Plate Railroad
Indianapolis Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Indianapolis dispatch June 4 reports hog receipts at 7 000 with prices 8.76 to 9.50 per hundredweight across weight ranges. Cattle receipts 200 with steady market, beef steers 9.50 to 10.75 and heifers 11.00 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 200 with market steady to strong and top fat lambs around 10.50.
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Indianapolis
Paralyzing Stroke Fatal for Sandborn Woman in Florida
Sanborn, June 4. Word reached here of the death of Mrs. Sarah Neirste of Jacksonville, Florida. She died Thursday night at eight o'clock after suffering a stroke of paralysis the previous Friday. She was seventy seven years old last February.
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Sandborn
Sarah Neirste
Jacksonville
Florida
Neirste
U B Minister Killed in Auto Accident
United Press Dispatch reports a Portland pastor Rev. J Swain of United Brethren was killed when his car crashed into a telephone pole near Newcastle Ind after striking gravel. Four others were hospitalized with injuries.
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U. B
Newcastle
Ind
J. Swain
United Brethren
Portland
Indiana Editors Back Evans Woollen in Nomination Drive
Indiana editors plan to back Evans Woollen for the Democratic presidential nomination. The move will be proposed at the Indiana Democratic Editors Association summer outing at Wyandotte Cave next Friday and Saturday, announced by I Parke Beadle of Delphi, president of the association.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Evans Woollen
Indiana Democraticditorial Association
Wyandotte Cave
I. Parke Beadle
Delphi
Germany Enacts Death Sentence in Snyder Murder Case
Cologne June 4 Death by the guillotine was the judgment against Dr Joseph Broecher who plays Judd Gray in Germanys Snyder murder case His mistress the blonde Emily Oberreuter counterpart of the blonde Ruth Snyder gets five years in jail for enticing the amorous doctor to administer mercury poisoning to her husband who was sixteen years older than herself
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Cologne
Joseph Broecher
Judd Gray
Germany
Snyder
Emily Oberreuter
Ruth Snyder
Radio and plane search for southern killer in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi on June 4 radio, an airplane, and bloodhounds were used to trace an unidentified man who invaded the home of O S Reese near Jackson yesterday. He assaulted and killed Reese's sister and seriously wounded his wife. Doctors doubt she will recover.
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Jackson
Miss
O. S. Reese
Waller admits part in Paris Green murder plot
Waller confesses involvement in a murder plot tied to Clifford Cox in Paris Green case. He recalls drinking poison lemonade with partner and warns Dorothea after Cox’s death. He says poverty spurred the crime and insurance funds were sought. he laments, “I wish I had never helped poison him.” The state plans to charge that the murder was premeditated for over a month and could have harmed Waller’s baby or Clifford Cox’s sister Helen if not the victim.
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Clifford
Dorothea
Clifford Cox
Walser
Helen
Breakout in Jail Sparks Smallpox Quarantine in DC
In Washington on June 4 a prisoner fled the DC jail amid a smallpox outbreak. Fifty inmates scheduled for Criminal Court remained in custody as a quarantine was imposed. Doctors began vaccinating 200 plus prisoners while the visiting list was suspended. The breakout involved a detainee slated for release after a 15 day term for intoxication.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Two French Aviators Hop Off for Tokio Record Flight
Lieutenants Regnet and Costes, French aviators, took off from Le Bourget at 9:09 a m today bound for Tokio. The plan was not nonstop, aiming to reach Tchita in Siberia, about 4 435 miles away, before their first landing, a potential new distance record.
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LE Bourget
France
Regnet
Costes
Tokio
Tchita
Lake Baikal
Tehita
Siberia
Transhaikalia
Fire follows mobs riot in Tampa ruins cottage
A riot in Tampa triggered a fire that left a three room cottage in ashes as flames swept through a residential block. Residents described chaos from the disturbance that occurred yesterday, with emergency crews scrambling to control the blaze and assess damages.
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Tampa
Flan
Baturday
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