Refund Checks Reach Monroe Telephone Patrons in Louisiana
Checks less than 25 dollars issued by Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone Co arrive in Monroe under Louisiana Public Service Commission ruling. Temporary armistice in Senate spares harding bill jam while filibuster quietus discussed. White House conference planned to energize Republican forces.
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Louisiana Public Service Commission
Monroe
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
White House
Deadly Kansas City blaze claims thirteen lives
A two story rooming house fire in Kansas City Missouri killed thirteen people and left five missing plus heavy property loss. Names named include Elisa Colston Violet Colston Vernon Colston and Leo Brown with families Sargeant Munyon and others among the victims. Fire officials probe origin and report about $20000 in damage.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas
Elisa Colston
Violet
John Vernon
Leo Brown
Bessie
Catherine
Arthur
Margaret
Leo
Jona
Alonzo Bradford
Lillian
Edgar Munyon
Munyon
Anna Sargeant
Donald
Kans
Kansas Avenue
Violet Colston
Vernon Colston
Lee Brown
Donald Sargeant
Munion
Colston
H. and H. Garage
John McNary
Hellen
Ella Sargeant
Letha
Doveld
Burke Lead Mine Fire Extinguished Without Loss
Fire on the 400 foot level of the Hercules silver lead mine at Burke Idaho was brought under control with all miners safe by morning. The Hercules crew used water to fight the blaze and expected completion within hours. The Day Brothers property has paid dividends since 1901 totaling over 14 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Wallace
Idaho
Hercules
Burke
Day Brothers
Caddo Parish Negro Hanged at Shreveport Jail
Clay Willis a Negro was hanged at 12 35 today in the Caddo parish jail for the murder of Evaline Batchelor a Negro woman killed March 21 1922 at a cabin where they lived with C Jones Willis walked to the scaffold and declared he was prepared to meet his creator The execution was the first in the jail since 1919 a white neighbor witnessed the crime.
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Shreveport
Clay Willis
Caddo Parish
Evaline Batchelor
C. Jones
Willis
Jones
Endurance test ends as shipping bill fight nears closure
Washington reports an overnight armistice in the senate filibuster over the shipping bill. An executive session adjournment to 6 pm followed by two hours of minor bills and a possible recommittal vote signals the bill is deemed effectively dead. Democratic and Republican leaders align to end the prolonged blockage. Continued debate noted as CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Rebellion Aims at House of David Cult of St. Joseph
In 1920 a plan to overthrow Benjamin Purnell and seize Shiloh headquarters was alleged in a federal suit. John W. Hansel of Nashville and eight others were named for a plot to loot $3,000,000 and form a new colony ruled by a queen Gertrude Bully on the St. Joseph river bank.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Benton Harbor
Shiloh
Nashville, Tenn
Purnell
Hansell
Hansel
St. Joseph River
Gertrude Bully
Bank Smasher Mareino Faces Ongoing Probe
US investigations widen into the operations of Joseph M. Mareino alias Joseph H Biata a barber turned bank buyer. He is linked to losses around 595 000 and a letter threatening self harm is reported as contained. Authorities in multiple states pursue leads with continued coverage on page six.
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Chicago
United States
Joseph M. Mareino
Joseph H. Biata
French Troop Fire on German Crowd Kills Civilian
In Bochum two French soldiers fired on a crowd watching occupation of the law courts building. One German civilian was killed and two others were seriously wounded. The incident occurs amid the Ruhr occupation and tensions over allied railroad and customs actions.
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Associated Press
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Bochum
Law Courts
Poilus
Poincare
Theunis
General
Reich
Germany
Gotham Nuts Protest Against French Move to Conquer Ruhr Area
About fifteen thousand people filled Madison Square Garden in New York to condemn France’s Ruhr occupation. The crowd cheered Germany and hushed France while police laid idle, with riot squads outside after the mass meeting adopted resolutions urging U.S. mediation. Reverend Henry Pinkham urged President Wilson to keep America out of war.
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Gotham Nuts
Ruhr
New York
Madison Square Garden
Germany
France
United States
Henry Pinkham
Boston
Association For the Abolition of War
Woodrow Wilson
Railroad officials plan court action over fare cut ruling
Railroad representatives before the Interstate Commerce Commission signaled they may seek court action to block the commission order reestablishing the interchangeable mileage book system and its twenty percent passenger fare reductions for travelers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Eamon De Valera Reported Captured in Ireland Raids
Dublin reports say more than twenty Irish Irregulars were captured in raids in Dublin last evening and today. Jean Fitzpatrick, said to be commandant of the Dublin Irregulars, was seized at Drumcondra. A meeting of the First Dublin battalion was in progress during the arrests. No confirmation of De Valera’s capture.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Jean Fitzpatrick
Drumcondra
Fitzpatrick
Therrest
Eamon de Valera
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Eamonn DE Valera
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Free State
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Christian Science
Paul Stark Seeley
Portland
Oregon
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
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