Large Cotton Stock Burns in New Orleans Warehouse Fire
A fire at the Public Cotton Warehouse in New Orleans destroyed 200 bales and damaged about 1,000 more while forcing evacuations. The value of the stock, estimated at 200,000 to 250,000 dollars, consisted largely of uncertified stock on consignment. Firemen halted spread. cause undetermined. The steel concrete building held about 400,600 bales of cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
A. P
Ors Cotta Exchange
Els
Barns Loses Smackover Newspaper Plant to Fire
Word from the city reports the Smackover Journal plant and building owned by P. W. Barnes destroyed by a Thursday noon fire. Estimated loss is $10,000 with cause not yet determined but suspected from defective wiring. Printing will continue from a plant in Camden or El Dorado. Barnes, former West Monroe publisher, and his son Floyd Barnes previously operated the West Monroe paper.
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Smackover
Ark
P. W. Barnes
West Monroe
Camden
Fl Dorado
Barnes
Rail officials seek lost Roosevelt Simpson trophies in transit
Railroad officials across the trans Caucasus are ordered to find the missing trophies from the Roosevelt Simpson Field Museum expedition to Central Asia. The loss includes skins skulls and skeletons of birds and mammals plus ibex and Siberian ibex. The Ovis Poli Marco Polo Sheep were not among the items as they were obtained after departure from Andijan.
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Batum
Georgian Republic
A. P
trans-Caucasian
Roosevelt Simpson Field Museum
Central Asia
Andijan
Field Museum
Chicago
River river stages and changes across stations
River level readings show Mississippi at Memphis 14.0 with a 0.5 drop, Vicksburg 24.6 down 0.5, New Orleans 7.7 up 9.1. Red River at Shreveport 10.3 down 1.7, Alexandria 10.3 up 0.1. Ouachita at Camden 17.4 down 1.0, Monroe 22.8 up 9.4, Ohio at Cairo 19.5 down 0.7.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Quachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
Girls found riding in a railroad refrigerator car
Opal Kelly and Neva Defenbaugh, both students from Bradley Polytechnic Institute near Peoria, were found in a cold refrigerator car in New Orleans after traveling from California to Texas by foot and by train. They had started with $200 on June 27 and planned to return to Peoria.
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New Orleans
A. P
Opal Kelly
Peoria
Neva Defenbaugh
East Peoria
Ill
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Texas
Beaumont
Batton Rouge
Ten Injured In Wreck Of Fast Penny Train
Eight passengers and two train men were hurt when Pennsylvania Railroad’s No 82 the fast Penny Express derailed near Bennington Altoona. The engine and cars toppled down an embankment. a relief train ferried victims to Altoona Hospital for treatment and the rest continued their journey.
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Altoona
A. P
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bennington
Pittsburgh
New York
Pace
Pennsylvania
Here
Altoona’hospital
Washington Huskies Ready for Pasadena Bowls Trip
The University of Washington Huskies, champions of the Pacific Coast conference and Rose Bowl representatives, endure a heavy football training session after exams. Rain forced light scrimmage and focus on passing as Coach Bagshaw plans travel for Pasadena on December 28 to avoid warm weather before New Year’s Day game.
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Seattle
Washington
A. P
University of Washington Huskies
Pasadena
University of Alabama
Bagshaw
Huskies
Prohibition Officials Face Indictments Over Sacramental Wine Scam
The government links 500000 gallons of sacramental wine and hundreds of beer shipments to a scheme exposing former Prohibition directors Percy Owen and Ralph W Stone among twenty indictments. Payoffs totaling 60000 to Owen and 200000 claimed, with other sums and fake consignments tied to A. M Bennett Bernard Rumos Louis Acheson and George R Bruce. Beer moved from Waverly New York to Chicago suburbs for re‑disposition.
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Chicago
A. P
Percy Owen
Ralph W Stone
Prohibition
Vyne
Owen
Erie Railroad
William Dillion
Erie
Waverly
N. Y
F. G. Robbins
Adam C Cliffe
Stone
Louis Acheson
A. M Bennett
Bernard Rumos
George R. Bruce
Italians Destroy Bergal After Somali Officers Death
Rome reports Italian troops retaliated for the killing of two Italian non commissioned officers and one artilleryman in Italian Somaliland. Bergal, capital of the Sultanate of Misseris, was destroyed and Italian warships blockaded the coast. Italy moves toward a real protectorate as sultans and tribesmen reportedly welcomed some measures. An official note says loyalist Osman Mahmud tried to bar landing of officials from the Campania.
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Rome
A. P
Sultan Osman Mahmud
Somaliland
Bergal
Sultanate of
Misseris
Equatorial Africa
Campania
Author Erects Eve Statue In Front Yard
Fountain Inn South Carolina. Robert Quillen author and paragrapher has erected a monument to Eve in his front yard. The tablet proclaims Eve as the first woman and notes 6 000 years of history since such a tribute. Quillen says the work honors Eve and cites kinship and historical neglect by posterity.
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Eve
Fountain Inn
S. C
A. P
Robert Quillen
Mr. Quillen
Latest method of collecting guns revealed
A thief uses a pawn like ruse in Lexington Mississippi by driving to farms and asking for a gun to shoot a mad dog. The homeowner hands over a firearm and the culprit drives off to exact vengeance as the shot rings out in the distance.
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Lexington
Miss
A. P
Carbon company convicted for overpulling gas well
The Louisiana Department of Conservation won a conviction against Consumers Gas Company for overproducing Richie No. 2 in Monroe parish on November 11, 1924. Judge Percy Sandel fined $500 as the company faced no defense witnesses, while officials H. W. Bell and R. P. Webb testified they warned the firm of the excess.
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State Department of Conservation
Monroe
Percy Sandel
District
Consumers Gas Company
Richie No. 2
Conservation Department
H. W. Bell
Department
R. P. Webb
Supreme Court
Thrift Oil and Gas Company
Farmerville
Union Parish
V. K. Irion
Carson Carbon Company
Morehouse Parish
District Court of Parish
Eastern Illinois Judge Faces Impeachment Proceedings
Federal Judge Geo W English of the eastern Illinois district faces impeachment moves after a House judiciary committee report found him guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Hearings in St Louis, alleging unwarranted disbarment, improper bankruptcy referee actions, and improper handling of bankrupt assets and funds.
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Washington
A. P
Geo. W. English
Illinois
Judiciary Committee of the House
House
St. Louis
St. Louis, Where the Charges Against Judge English
Judiciary Committee
English
Thomas
Ex Envoy of Nicaragua Dies in Washington
Dr. Pedro Gonzales, former Nicaragua minister to the United States, died in Washington of arsenic poisoning at age 65. He resigned after the Chamorro Coup that ousted the liberal party from the coalition government.
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Nicaragua
Washington
A. P
Pedro Gonzales
United States
Liberal Party
Coalitio
Clemency Denied in Roberson Case. Board Refuses Favorable Action
New Orleans pardon board denied clemency for Howard Roberson of Ouachita parish who faces a January 15 execution for murder. In total, 44 petitions were considered with no favorable action, while six pardons were recommended and one commutation approved.
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Roberson
New Orleans
A. P
State Pardon Board
Howard Roberson
Ouachita Parish
Adolph Epstein
Luisiana Board of Pardons
Willis Johnson
Rapides Parish
Wilbur Ashley
DeSoto Parish
Edward E Wolfero
Edrie Poche
St. John the Baptist Parish
Co. D. Brigham
Tensas
Parish
Iddo Wascom
Washington Parish
George Watkins
Orleans Parish
Prison term given Henson for forgery charge
A three to five year state penitentiary sentence was imposed on C A Henson a confessed dope addict and forger by Judge Percy Sander in district court. Henson pleaded guilty to uttering several days earlier and was linked to a forged check ring broken up with Sheriff Coverdale and Memphis police. Marie Brasher said to be a confederate was arrested with bogus checks and stamping equipment. Fred McHenry pled guilty to forgery and drew eighteen months to two years in prison after cashing a bogus check at a local bank.
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State Penitentiary
C. A. Henson
Percy Sander
Henson
Coverdale
Memphis
Tenn
West Monroe
Marie Brasher
Fred McHenry
Eal
Home National Bank of Cleburne Closed by State Regulator
The Home National Bank of Cleburne did not open at the usual hour in Texas. A door notice said the bank has been placed in the hands of the national bank examiner by order of its board of directors. Details were not released beyond that statement.
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Cleburne
Texas
A. P
Home National Bank of
National Bank Examiner
Good Fellows Urgently Need Donations Before Christmas
The Good Fellows fund nears the thousand dollar mark with five days left before Christmas. Donations so far total 888 dollars including a variety of individual gifts and a request for more support to aid destitute families and children awaiting Santa.
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Good Fellows Fund
Santa Claus
Prosecution Leaders to Organize State District Attorneys
Lake Charles LA December 19 After a year of talks led by John J Robira district attorney of the 14th sub division a meeting of state prosecutors will be held December 28 29 to form a district attorneys association. The group aims to speed trials and punishment and features a port concept talk by Guy Beatty and a public session with A P Pujo Percy Saint St Clair Adams and Ernest Phelps. Twenty six district attorneys and assistants are invited with strong statewide interest reported.
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Lake Charles
A. P
John J. Robira
14Th Judicial
Louisiana
Robba
Association of Commerce
Calcasieu Ship Channel
Blender’s Ferry
Tig Waterway
W. P. Weber
Guy Beatty
Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal
Robira
Gas stations in Miss close state fixes prices at 16
Jackson Mississippi December 19 Standard Oil of Kentucky and Texas company filling stations closed today pending a hearing on an injunction secured by Attorney General Knox to compel sale of gasoline at 16 cents a gallon including state tax. Managers said closures are indefinite and no deliveries will occur until the hearing.
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Jackson
Miss
A. P
Standard Oil Company of
Kentucky
Texas Company
Mississippi
Knox
Ban on Whiskey in Use Extracts and Syrups
Treasury order forbids the use of whiskey brandy tequila in making medicinal preparations or flavoring extracts and syrups after February 1. The prohibition applies to alcohol-based ingredients in the production of medicines and flavorings nationwide.
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Washington
A. P
Treasury
Mitchell Case Faces Tangle Before Finale
The army court suspended Colonel William Mitchell for five years, but the case remains unresolved as options unfold from Capitol Hill to the White House. Mitchell will push for an air board, with the board of reviews in the judge advocate general's office to receive evidence. President Coolidge will decide on possible resignation, which could amount to a pardon if accepted. Congressional actions rally to Mitchell’s aid while the War and Navy departments face criticism.
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Washington
A. P
Army Court
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Capitol Hill
White House
Judge Advocate General
Coolidge
Capitol
Laguardia
New York
Blanton
Texas
Reid
Illinois
War
Army
President Coolidge
Unconstitutional to search hunter game bags declares judge
Judge Calvert ruled in a Missouri circuit court that game wardens cannot search game bags. The Savage case ended with dismissal after J. H. Savage refused to let a deputy view his game on return from a hunting trip. Attorney General Gentry assisted the prosecution. case appealed to the state supreme court.
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Warsaw
Calvert
J. H. Savage
Savage
Allen
Gentry
Supreme Court
Many Husbands Missing in London Data Shows
London officials report 11 998 husbands missing while 877 298 married women and 865 800 married men are counted in council jurisdiction. The article asks where the missing bedicts are and reflects on the imbalance in marital status figures.
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London
A. P
London County Council
Comprehensive Survey Urged For Incal Gas Fields And Monroe Industry
Commissioner of Conservation Dr. V K Irion proposes the most expansive survey of the Incal gas fields to assess adaptability for varied manufacturing. He backs a national advertising campaign and a possible $360,000 state appropriation to fund the plan and urges a dedicated body to run it.
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V. K. Irion
News-Star
Conservation Commission
Tells Girls to Abandon Rouge at Beverly High
Beverly high school students were urged by Dean Florence Whittemore to return after Christmas without rolled stockings garters lipstick and face powder. She told the Agita that such items are not indispensable to attractiveness and urged students to resume studies.
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Beverly
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Miss Maud Selig
Virginia Faulk
Barbara Faulk
Graham Surghnor
H.C. Eckhart
H. R. Speed
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