Runners and cargo seized in Lake Worth bootlegging raid
Palm Beach Florida August five A P agents surprised a midnight bootlegging crew on Lake Worth at Twenty Sixth Street seizing 500 cases of liquor a fifty foot cruiser and two men. one captured as Raymon recognized the other escaped with carloads of runners and a small row boat used to land the load. value about 400000.
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Test
Palm Beach
Fla
A. P
Fed
Lake Worth
Twenty-Sixth Street
Day
Raymond
Harvey, Writer Cain's Financial School, Critically Ill
William H. Cain Harvey writer of Cain's Financial School and supporter of Bryan's free silver campaign is critically ill at Monte Ne near Rogers Arkansas. Blood poisoning in a foot endangers recovery at age 76. Reported August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H
Cain
Harvey
Financial School
William Jengs Bryan
Monte Ne
Pai Ark
Ang
Newspaper Home Burned After Blast
ENISON Texas August disaster fires gut the Herald plant causing tens of thousands in damage. The press room explosion may have triggered the blaze and plans for a new quarters are postponed. The Herald will publish from the Sherman Democrat plant ten miles away temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enison
Tex
Iron Herald
Herald
Herald Ia
Sherm Democrat
Nison
First 1926 Louisiana cotton bale ginned at Orene
Shreveport La August 5 The first bale of Louisiana 1926 cotton crop was ginned at Orene on Tuesday and shipped Wednesday to a brokerage firm in New Orleans. The bale weighed 610 pounds and came from a 200 acre field on Salter plantation.
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Shreveport
Louisa
Orene
New Ileans
Salter
Review of Libel Case Tied to 1911 Mississippi Race
Petition seeks Supreme Court review of a libel ruling involving Representative W. Collins. James E. Arnold, artist and minister, alleges Collins libeled him during his wife Gena T. Arnold’s Democratic Congressional campaign by calling him the son of a Virginia negress. Evidence suggested Arnold’s mother was a Cherokee Indian, but a jury found for Collins using Georgia art records to label her as a person of color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi
W. Collins
James E. Arnold
Sureme
Gena T. Arnold
Collins
Arnold
Georgia
Fear Famine After Flood Near Hankow
Hankow China Aug 5 The Yangtse River floods kill about 3000 people after dykes burst in Hupeh province. A quarter million farmers flee, thousands of square miles flooded, crops ruined. Hankow avoided disaster as waters drained. relief efforts fortify banks and refugees stream in, signaling possible famine rekindling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
A. P
Yangtse
Huheh
Chicago
Attorney Tied to Orphan's Missing Funds
L. P. Summers a former U S Attorney for Virginia faces an indictment for misappropriating 6895 dollars from an eleven year old orphan's War Risk Insurance compensation. Grand jury testimony included the child's grandmother and guardian sums cited. Summers already serves fifteen months in Atlanta for certifying false accounts and seeks executive clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
A. P
L. P. Summers
Abbingdon
U. S
Western District of Virginia
Atlanta Penitentiary
Violet Gwynn
Frankie Hattie Estridge
Charles Estridge
Summers
Coolidge
Supreme Court
Dismiss Church Suit After Wednesday Vote
Injunctions against Dr. George W. Clark over his role at First Baptist Church were dismissed in district court this morning on motion by Managan Haskell Ford. suit brought by church members contended Clark’s authority and possession of church property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
A. P
George W. Clark
First Baptist Church
Moss and Seiss
W H. Managan, Jr
W. M. Haskell
F. A
Ponzi Loser in Texas Court Extradition Battle
District Judge Charles Ash refused Ponzi’s habeas corpus petition and ordered his transfer to Massachusetts authorities. His lawyers immediately appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals set to meet in Austin next October, potentially keeping him in Houston pending higher court ruling. Gov Ferguson had ordered extradition earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
A. P
Charles Ash
Charles Ponzi
Boston
Ponzi
Massachusetts
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
John F. Mitchell
Ash
Supreme Court
Miriam Ferguson
Quarrel Over Telephone Tied to Memphis Death
Mrs. J. B. Evrard aged 31 of 408 South Second street died in Memphis after drinking carbolic acid following a telephone quarrel with her husband. The couple had six years of marriage with earlier troubles and were on separate visits before joining him in New York. She died hours after the 10:30 p.m. incident, burial planned in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Evrard
South Second Street
Memphis
New York
Metropolis
Evrard
Blytheville
Ark
Black Steamer Trunk Seized In $3 Million Narcotics Haul
Federal agents seized a black steamer trunk at 125th Street Station from the Montreal Express and found $100,000 worth of narcotics. Two similar trunks are believed en route to New York as watchdogs monitor railroad terminals. The three trunks total about $3,000,000 in contraband after two months of investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Montreal Express
125Th Street
New York Central Railroad
Slayer of 14 Wants to Pay Death Penalty
Thomas Johnson, a confessed killer of fourteen, insists on hanging and opposes return to Minnesota where capital punishment is not used. He prefers Iowa for execution. He confessed to Lenard Erndahl’s Minneapolis murder and described escape from a Missouri insane asylum. Minneapolis detectives verify details and await a first degree murder charge to move him to Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
A. P
Thomas Johnson
Minnesota
Iowa
Johnson
Lenard Erndahl
Minneapolis
Missouri
Wreck injures two on M P. train near Nettleton Ark
Two Missouri Pacific trainmen were hurt when passenger train 305 sideswiped a freight near Nettleton Arkansas. Brakeman C. J. McCue and fireman Lindemark sustained injuries, with Lindemark only slightly hurt. Passengers remained aboard as no coaches derailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
A. P
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Memphis
Nettleton
Ark
Arkansas Division of the Road
C. J. McCue
Lindemark
McCue
Twelve Taken in Warring on Prescriptions
Eleven men and one woman from the Broadway night club district were arrested and 77 doctors druggists and whiskey agents were indicted for dry law violations. Federal raids and a grand jury investigation had focused on prescription bootlegging and conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. investigators said druggists withdrew 500000 gallons of whiskey without valid prescriptions last year and more than four million fake liquor prescriptions were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Broadway
Klan Forces Suffer in Kansas Primary Returns
Kansas City July 5 reports show wets winning in Missouri while Ku Klux Klan supporters stumble in Kansas. Oklahoma’s Klan figure led a major state contest, and Montana trends favor the wet faction. West Virginia returns indicate renomination for five of six representatives, four Republicans and one Democrat. Representative Joseph T. Deal, Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
A. P
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Order
Montana
West Virginia
Congress
Joseph T. Deal
Notorious Hall Mills murder case sees new arrests
State Senator Simpson, special prosecutor, orders the arrest of Ralph V. M. Gorsline as an alleged choir member and singer in the Hall Mills murder inquiry. Warrants issued for two more arrests follow a new witness account, with one suspect linked as an accessory and Nellie Russell named as a material witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
A. P
Simpson
Hall-Mills
Ralph V. M. Gorsline
E. W. Hall
Brunswick Church
Atorney Somerville
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Mills
Nellie Russell
Jane Gibson
Hall
Mr. Simpson
Twenty Six Die as Brazilian Steamer Capsizes
A coastwise steamer Bitar sank after colliding with a pontoon near the Bay of Aras, drowning twenty six. Five of the dead were crew. the rest were passengers. Survivors include the captain and his mate arriving in Para.
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Rio DE Janiero
Brazil
A. P
Bitar
Bay of Aras
Para
Philadelphia Seeks Dempsey Tunney Bout at Sesqui-Centennial
Philadelphia interests renew talks with Tex Rickard to stage the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight title at the Sesqui Centennial Stadium if New York obstacles block the fight. Rickard notes mayor Kendrick backs the bid and says he will not decide until all hurdles are resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Philadelphia
Tex Rickard
Jock Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Rickard
Kendrick
Plan to Name Local Flying Field Smoot Field
Memorial for H Victor Smoot of Joplin Mo who died in a crash near Sterlington gives Monroe Aviation field potential new official name Smoot Field. Lt Harris Huff Daland head and Chamber committee member says government practice honors fallen fliers and three upcoming meetings will decide the naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Victor Smoot
Joplin
Morehouse Parish
Sterlington
Monroe Aviation Field
Smoot
Harold R. Harris
Huff- Daland Dusting Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Harris
Cookfield
Dayton
Ohio
General McCook
Winnsboro
Monroe
Aviation Committee
Smoot Field
The
Travis Oliver
P. M. Atkins
Airman's body shipped to Joplin for interment
The casket of aviator H. Victor Smoot draped in the flag and adorned with floral offerings was sent by Missouri Pacific last night to Joplin Mo his old home for funeral services and burial Friday. E R Smoot and Mrs H Victor Smoot accompanied the remains from Monroe after arriving by automobile from Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Victor Smoot
Sterlington
Joplin
Missouri Pacific Railroad
E. R. Smoot
Monroe
Shreveport
Insull Linked to Smith Campaign Funds in Illinois
Frank L. Smith, the Republican Senate candidate in Illinois, testified before the Senate campaign funds committee that he understood Samuel Insull had contributed to his campaign. He said it was common talk and became an issue, while a state commerce official had no definite information of such donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A.P
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Senate Campaign Funds
Samuel Insull
Smith
Reed
Springfield
Tennessee Goes to Polls Today in Primary Vote
Tennessee voters were to cast ballots for the gubernatorial and congressional nominations, plus state officials and judiciary positions. Polls opened with clear skies as forecasters predicted fair weather and a likely heavy turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
A. P
Public Utility
United States Weather Bureau
Knights of Columbus Protest Mexican Policy At Convention
The Knights of Columbus adopted a statement denouncing President Calles and Mexican policy, urging U S action to protect American citizens and religious liberty, and pledging up to 1,000,000 for an education campaign to end soviet influence. The document cites denial of civil liberties in Mexico and seeks coordination with the American Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
The
Knights of Columbus
Ainst
Calles i
Mexico
Calles
Lenine
Trotsky
Obregon
State Department
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Board of Directors
Soviet Russia
Rio Grande
Crusader Pipe Line Files 1.5 Million Mortgage
A 1 500 900 mortgage was filed with the clerk of court by Crusader Pipe Line Company of Arkansas as mortgagor and Continental Supply Company of St Louis as mortgagee. The lien covers the Crusader pipeline from the Smackover oil field near Norphleet to the Mississippi River near Ferriday, all lands the line traverses, and other Crusader properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crusader Pipe Line Company of
Arkansas
Mortgagor
Continental Supply Company of
St. Louis
Smackover
Norphleet
Mississippi River
Ferriday
Crusader Company
River Stage Readings ForMississippi and Ouachita Ohio Rivers
River stage changes reported for Mississippi with Sapa 59 rising 0.7, Vicksburg 8.7 unchanged, New Orleans 1.6 falling 6.1, Shreveport 17.8 down 4.4, Alexandria 18.5 down 1.4. Ouachita notes Camden 44 down 0.4, Monroe 18.0 down 0.4, Ohio Cairo 182 rising A 3.0.
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Mississippi
Sapa
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Rase
Ohio
Cairo
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Coin” Harvey
Rogers
Virginia
Texas
Higher State Tribunal
Slayer OF 14
M. P
KLAN
Okla
Williams
Gorsline
Griffin
Canary
Louisiana Power Company
Henry Curtis
Curtis
Airman
Insull
MEX Tactics
Vera Cruz
Crusader 6
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