Plaintiffs press defense plot claims in Shepherd murder case
In Chicago on April 2 Judge Jacob Hopkins kept William D. Shepherd in jail pending trial for the murder of his foster son William McClintock. Prosecutors said defense witnesses were offered money to alter testimony, including assertions by Earl Clark and Charles Farman that Shepherd planned germ attacks. Affidavits from city health officials and others dispute Farman's allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Jacob Hopkins
Hopkins
Shepherd
CD. Shepherd
Wm. McClintock
Earl Clark
Jacob Mopkins
Clark
Charles C. Farman
Science
McClintock
Faiman
Hermann Bundesen
City Bacteriological Department
City Health Department
Oscar McAdams
St. Louis
Detroit
St. Paul
Fosberg
Monroe seeks 1926 Louisiana Medial meeting start here
After the 1926 Louisiana State Medical Association convention in New Orleans, the Rotary club of Monroe urged bringing the next meeting to this city. A noon gathering at Hotel Monroe passed a unanimous resolution supporting Monroe as host with adequate facilities. The present sessions occur in New Orleans in a few days, and the club aims to attract physicians to Monroe in 1926. The nominating committee for the Rotary election, due in two weeks, was named, with a ballot set for April 16. George M. Wessell spoke on Sales and Service, delivering one of the best addresses in city memory, sharing merchandising ideas as a guest of honor from Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Louisiana State Medical Association
Rotary Club
Hotel Monroe
New Orleans
Rotary
George M. Wessell
Wessell
Rotary Club of
Shreveport
Quarrel Over $2 Charge Ends in Garage Shooting
In New Orleans a dispute over a $2 repair bill led to a fatal shooting at a garage. T. B. Horton died after his assailant Nick Colletti was struck with a hatchet by Horton's brother. Colletti was hospitalized and his son Henry reportedly fired the revolver, facing murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
T. B. Horton
Nick Colletti
Colletti
Horton
Corporation Plans Packard Packer Reorganization
A new 119 million dollar corporation would take over Wilson and Company packers in receivership, under a federal court order within four months. The plan exchanges securities between new and old companies, preserves key bonds, fixes debt allocations, and yields projected 1924 earnings of 8.8 million with post charge profit of 1.13 per new common share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wilson and Company, Packers
Wilson and Company
North Trend of La Salle Field Brightens Olla
Urania April 2. Olla citizens and business leaders welcome Monroe Chamber of Commerce office promising prosperity. Monroe wholesalers will serve Olla as development expands toward Urania oil fields with well locations near Olla and Imperial Oil and Gas Company planning a nearby site three miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Salle
Olla
News-Star
Urania
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Bill Rowe
Imperial Oil and Gas Company
Chapman On Stand Denies Store Where Skelly Murdered
Gerald Chapman testified in his own defense in Hartford on April 2 denying he was in the Davidson and Leventhal store in New Britain at the time Patrolman James Skelly was killed there October 12. He discussed meetings with Walter Shean and the New York mail robbery link, while admitting four prior convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
A. P
Gerald Chapman
James Skelly
New Britain
Chapman
Davidson and Leventhal
Skelly
Frederick J. Groehl
Walter F. Shean
Springfield
Mass
Anderson
New York
Hugh M. Alcorn
Alcorn
Daring Robbery Reported At Lucedale Store
In Lucedale George county Mississippi thieves used a truck to steal about 2000 dollars worth of high priced goods from the Lucedale Commercial Company between midnight and 7 am. The loot included shoes gloves suits silks and a pearl necklace. Police in Mobile and New Orleans were asked to aid in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
Mobile
New Orleans
Lucedale Commercial Company
Lucedale
George County
C. T. McLeod
Wheat Prices Tumble On Market Slide
Wheat prices fell six cents a bushel with May delivery dropping to 1.40 1 2 as trading opened. Rain and a drought break in the southwest and west are cited as the main factors behind the nationwide tumble. Four inches of rain in parts of Texas were reported helping relieve drought conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Southwest
Texas
Indictment Won Woman for Hog Stealing in Louisiana
Leesville Apr 2 The grand jury adjourned Saturday and returned a bill against Mrs. M H Shehane of Burrs Ferry for hog stealing Shehane is believed to be the first woman in Louisiana charged with this offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesville
M. H. Shehane
Burr's Ferry
Louisiana
Turkish Troops Pushing Raid on Insurrection
Constantinople dispatch says Turkish troops have pushed to the center of the Kurdish insurrection area. Pala, about fifty five miles north of Diarbakir, is reported likely to fall soon as the advance continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Pala
Diarbekr
River Stages and River Gauge Readings
Mississippi levels show St Louis 11.4 with a 0.6 fall and Memphis 24.5 with a 0.9 fall. Vicksburg 2.0 rises 0.3, New Orleans 7.7 rises 0.3. Red River at Shreveport 7.6 unchanged and Alexandria 5.2 rises 0.2. Ouachita at Camden 4.9 falls 0.1 and Monroe 11.6 falls 0.5. Paps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
St Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Urania Loses In Thrilling National Tourney OT
Torrington Conn defeats Urania La 23 to 19 in the University of Chicago National Basketball Tournament, the first game to go to overtime. Szaszkowski stars for Torrington with clutch baskets while Urania struggles with weak defense and missed short shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Urania
Torrington
Conn
University of Chicago
Connecticut
Billy” Suczkowski
Louuisiana
Sueszkowski
Visconti
L. Gaharan
Gaharan
McCartney
Okes
Briggs
Maine
W. Gaharan
A. P
Szaszkowski
Cs Reinives
Szoszowski
PTI
Vistonte
James
Rat
Nap Epsteeie
Gwhitaty
Tnt
L. Gasharan
C . McCartney
Baste
Enduba Fannehill
Directors Oust Houston Oil Co in Gas Line Row
Four Houston Oil Co of Texas directors resign in protest of moving into natural gas. HB Lake and Donald B Geddes of New York resign along with A H S Post and E G Baerger of Baltimore. Discontent follows formation of Houston Pipe Line and a 700000 dollar note issue for a 200 mile gas pipeline from Live Oak fields to Houston and beyond. Eastern directors deem expansion into gas unwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Houston Oil Company of Texas
HB. Lake
Donald B. Geddes
A. H. S. Post
E. G. Baerger
Baltimore
Houston Pipe Line Company
Live Oak County
Texas
Houston
British Naval Leader Seymour Passes Today
London April 2 Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme Seymour second sea lord and chief of naval personnel died today He was born August 29 1867 and was the son of the third baronet Sir M Culme Seymour His death marks the loss of a senior Royal Navy leader with a long service record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Michael Culme Seymour
M. Culme Seymour
Reduction in Corning crude price in Buckeye lines
Pittsburgh April 2 purchase agents announce a 15 cent per barrel cut in Corning grade crude oil in Buckeye lines bringing the price to 7.10 dollars. Other grades remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
New York Star May Sue Over Breach of Promise
Lois Meredith of New York is reported to have engaged Dudley Field Malone to file a breach of promise suit against Colonel Ian Onslow Dennistoun. The case concerns alleged plans with Dennistoun and involves his connections to the Dowager Duchess of Carnarvon and a recent London suit by his first wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Meredith
New York
Dudley Field Malone
Paris
Ian Onslow Dennistoun
Duchess of
Carnarvon
London
Farrar Party Says Car Had Near Beer On Tour Stop
Geraldine Farrar's party said the private car search at Rouse's Point New York yielded near beer and no champagne. The manager denied any liquor in the vehicle and called reports of wine and real beer smuggling absurd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Geraldine Farrar
Rouse's Point
New York
Farrar liquor seizure faces possible prosecution at Rouses Point
Ogdenburg New York April 2 The fate of Geraldine Farrar after a private car liquor seizure at Rouse Point hinges on forthcoming deputy reports. Collectors note that for small contraband imports the standard action is confiscation rather than prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdenburg
N. Y
Geraldine Farrar
Rouse’s Point
Mystery Cracking Earth Draws Crowds Near Miss Village
In Brookhaven Mississippi crowds gather around Union Church area as the ground cracks and sinks a quarter mile long and up to 40 feet wide. Some cracks are described as bottomless with 1 to 15 feet of subsidence. The ground sinks about a foot daily. Arrowheads and pottery fragments are found in the area. A local theory links underground chambers dug by ancient inhabitants to the current caving, while a nearby explosion once rattled homes and windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Miss
Union Church
Here
C. C. Coleman
Board of Supervisors
Harriston
Cuban Correspondent in War-Time Dies in Calif
W. R. Snow 55 police judge and former editor of the Tulane Advance died at Tulane California after taking poison mistaken for medicine. An Associated Press Cuba correspondent during the Spanish American War in 1898 he later joined Cuban forces and started the first English language newspaper on the Isle of Pines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulane
Calif
W. R. Snow
Tulane Advance
Associated Press
Cuba
Snow
Isle of Pines
Urania Oil Boom Boosts Towns and Jobs in 1930s Louisiana
The Urania oil field activity centers on a $2 000 lease by Dixie Oil Co. near Urania No 6 with drilling expected. Missouri Pacific employs up to 800 on sidings, while lots sell fast in Urania Olla and Tullos as oil field growth spurs business growth and new subdivisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Oil Co
Urania No. 6
Urania
Urania Lumber Co
Henry E. Hardtner
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Hardiner’s
Raysel and Wife Sentenced in Whiskey Possession Case
Joe Raysel received sixty days in jail and a $200 fine for whiskey possession. in default of payment, 30 additional days. His wife, also charged, was discharged due to youth. The arrests followed the discovery of a gallon of whiskey in Raysel's car in West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Raysel
Percy Sandel
Raysel
Clyde Mitchell
Weat Monroe
Illinois Central to Spend Large Sum on Southwest Lines
New traffic routes into the southwest open via acquisition of the Alabama and Vicksburg and the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railways. Stockholders approve leases to Illinois Central which will guarantee dividends over 15 million dollars in securities. Several millions more will be invested to upgrade and expand to compete with Missouri Pacific and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Alabama and Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central
Missouri Pacific
Pan-American Petroleum Change Sells Control in 40 Million Deal
The Doheny family loses control of the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Co in a roughly 40 million dollar sale to Blair and Company with British interests and Standard Oil of Indiana. The purchase forms Pan-American Eastern Petroleum Corp with 250 000 preferred shares and 1 000 000 common shares. Edward L. Doheny stays as chairman of the Pan-American Petroleum board but leaves the main Pan-American organization. New stock of Pan-American Western Petroleum Corp will offer California properties and future branch details. Elisha Walker chairs the Pan-American Eastern board. Fred M. Wickett becomes president and later chairman of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Doheny
Blair and Company
Chase Banking Group
Lord Iverforth
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Pan-American Eastern Petroleum Corporation
Edward L. Doheny
Mexico
Pan- American Petroleum Company
California
Pan-American Western Petroleum Corporation
British-American Petroleum Company
Great Britain
Elisha Walker
Pan-American Eastern Petroleum Company
Fred M. Wickett
Dixie Oil Company
Hunter S. Marston
Edward F. Hayes
Herbert G. Wiley
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport
Mr. Wickett
Bur Ban Well No 3 Location Near Olla Draws Attention
Geologist W R Julian announced the Bur Ban Well No 3 location in section 28 11 2 near Olla. The No 2 well drills at 2617 feet toward 2742 feet seeking a productive sand under cap rock. if not found, the crew may move to tap St Maurice sand at 1500 feet, five miles from Urania No 6. nearby Cane Hill near Columbia prepares to set casing at 3390 feet awaiting a producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Julian
Bur Ban Well No
No. 3
St. Maurice
Olla
Cane Hill
Columbia
Clemson College Agricultural Building Destroyed by Morning Fire
Fire discovered early morning completely destroyed the Clemson College agricultural building with losses estimated over 90000 dollars. The origin is unknown and records from the agricultural research department libraries and several laboratories were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College
Agricultural Research Department
French War Debts Loom in the Senate
In Paris the finance minister Clemente told the senate that France faces a grave financial crisis and will liquidate debt through a general plan. He asserted France will pay its war debts and cited assurances to Hughes and Kellogg. He said exact amounts cannot yet be fixed but a satisfactory arrangement is on the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Senate
Clemente
France
M. Clemente
Hughes
Kellogg
Witness Testimony Fallout: Witness Confesses in Leesville Case
In Leesville Louisiana William Hunt awaiting to testify against James Stephens for the attempted murder of Joe Stephens confessed to the crime and received a three year penitentiary sentence. Paul Cleveland, who swore he saw James Stephens shoot Joe Stephens, was arrested for perjury. Joe Stephens was shot last summer while returning from Neame and survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesville
William Hunt
James Stephens
Joe Stephens
Paul Cleveland
Neame
Hunt
Texas
Navy Vice President Named by Illinois Central
CHICAGO April 2 J L Beven, once a messenger boy in New Orleans in 1899, has been elected vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, after serving as assistant to president Charles H Markham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. L. Beven
Charles H. Markham
Ilinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Rotary Creed Is to Live Like Men in Omaha Talk
Donald A. Adams vice president of Rotary International told the Nineteenth District Rotary Conference in Omaha that the true purpose of Rotary is to teach members to live like men and to stress fidelity to truth and ideals. He called Rotary expansion a blend of conquest exploration and crusade spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Rotary Club
Donald A. Adams
New Haven
Keystone Co Receivers Named In Shreveport
Federal Judge Dawkins appointed General H. C. Rogers as receiver for Keystone Ranger Development Company a Delaware corporation with Pennsylvania stockholders owning Louisiana acreage. Assets in Louisiana valued at 100000 with liabilities over 50000 an injunction blocks sale of holdings to satisfy a judgment. Sale to satisfy the Buklock and Warren judgment was set for April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
C. R. Sunshine
Pittsburgh
Ben C. Dawkins
General H. C. Rogers
Keystone Ranger Developing Company
Penna
Delaware
Sabine Parish
Louisiana
Buklock and Warren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helders of Securities
N. Y. Palin
Houston Oil CO
Texas Fields
Seymour
Meredith
J. B. King
South Urania
Tullos
Q. T. Hardtner
Urania Lumber Company
Urania Petroleum Company
Bank Group
Navy
Inl. Cen
Keystone CO
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