Read tragedy leads to murder charge for Loyola student
Mrs Parsons Gill a 20 year old Loyola student from Shreveport is charged with murder after the death of Robert Read during a swimming dispute at Pleasureville. Gill was arrested with bond set at 5000 dollars and is represented by local lawyers Wilkinson Lewis & Wilkinson and Cook & Cook. The case hinges on alleged threats and a phone call to arrange a meeting and the fight that ended in Read’s drowning. Gill’s bail was posted and she was released within hours.
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Parsons Gill
George W. Gill
University
Shreveport
Pleasureville
Robert Read
den' College
Read
Gill
Old River
Jack Ns
Cook
T. Moore
Commercial Natal
Stephens
John D. Wilkinson
Wilkinson, Lewis & Wilkinson
Centenary
Gil
Warren S Stone dies after illness. funeral planned Monday
Warren S Stone 65 head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and trusts, dies from Brights disease after a hospital stay. Funeral set for Monday in Cleveland. he had been active at work and wrote editorials while ill. Stone leaves an empire valued around 150 million and was to receive an honorary master of arts degree from Oberlin College on the day.
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Cleveland
A. P
Warren Sanford Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Oberlin College
Stone
Bright
Brotherhood Organ
Mr. Stone
Brotherhood
Ieader
Fifty pound salmon record set in Swedish waters
The largest salmon in Swedish fishing history was netted near Gothenburg on the island of Honö by a fisherman who set a bottom net two days earlier. The fish weighed just over 50 pounds and surpassed the prior record of 47 pounds 4 ounces taken in the Gota river near the city. Swedish salmon fishing attracts international interest with English enthusiasts leasing river rights for fly casting each spring.
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Gothenburg
Hono
Gota
Sweden
North Sea
River Stage Readings by City and River System
Ohio Cairo at 16.0 feet with a 0.7 drop. Mississippi Memphis 10.5 rising 9.7. Vicksburg 10.7 up 0.1. New Orleans 1.5 steady. Red Shreveport 9.4 rising 1.6. Alexandria 4.6 down 6.1. Ouachita Camden 3.5 down 0.1. Monroe 13.4 steady.
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Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Rowe-Wallace Test Fails to Flow in Urania Area
Oil activity in Urania district reports Rowe-Wallace Test No. 1 failing to bring in flow after lining and washing. Operators still chase a producer from shallow 960 feet despite disappointing showings. other crews, including Helm et al and Gould et al, prepare or continue tests at nearby sections as casing and water control issues persist.
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J. B. King
Urania
Rowe- Wallace Oil Company
Rowe-Wallace Company
E. Cleve Love
Tremont No
Rowe- Wallace Company
Ford and
Banner
Helm Etal
Urania No. 1
Olla
Urania No. 6
Helm Et al
Gould Et al
Monroe Drilliz
Harper No. 1
George Zeigin
Urania No. 7
Urania Petroleum Company
Illinois Central Granted Right to Buy Gulf and Ship Island Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Illinois Central’s plan to purchase for 5 million dollars the Gulf and Ship Island railroad line in Mississippi. The Gulf Island Company will be taken over by Mississippi Valley Company, a IC subsidiary, with protections for Fernwood Columbia and Gulf railroad via reasonable joint rates and facilities, and IC to cover continuing services if Fernwood cannot pay expenses.
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Washington
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Mississippi
Illinois Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf Island Company
Mississippi Valley Company
Illinois Central
Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf Railroad
Fernwood Company
Gult Railroads
Columbia Fernwood and GulfRailroad Eyes Sale Victory
In Jackson Mississippi the Columbia Fernwood and Gulf railroad linked McComb City to Columbia and owned by Enochs Lumber. President A F Wortman hailed the Interstate Commerce Commission decision after the Gulf and Ship Island sale to Illinois Central was questioned by the Columbus complex. The line operates freight and passenger service and is said to be on a fair paying basis.
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Jackson, Miss
Columbia, Fernwood and Gulf Railroad Company
McComb City
Columbia
Enochs Lumber Interests
A. F. Wortman
Jackson
Gulf and Ship Island
Illinois Central
Hattiesburg
Garner W. Green
Intersate Commerce Commission
Columbia, Fernwood and Gulf Railroad
Columbia, Fernwood and Gulf
The
Columbi , Fernwood and Gulf
Commission
Railroad seeks control of six Texas carriers for 4.7 million
The New Orleans Texas and Mexico railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval to acquire control of six Texas carriers at a total outlay of 4,700,000 dollars. The San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf is the largest at 318 miles. others include Sugarland Railroad Asherton and Gulf Rio Grande City company Asphalt Belt and Live Oak Pipe Line.
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Washington
Jne
New Orleans
Texas
Plans For Paving Wood Street At Courthouse
A conference between Mayor Bernstein and Police Jury President Terzia led to early paving plans for Wood Street to finish by December 1 alongside the new courthouse. Consideration includes widening the south side and extending pavement onto City School and courthouse property. Current plan covers Grand to Jackson, with potential full length later. New streetcar tracks have been laid from Grand to Wood, and funds from a bond issue have been set aside to cover paving costs.
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Wood Street
Court House
Bernstein
Terzia
Grand Street
Jackson Street
Perfectly Good Rattlesnake Sought For Ouachita Lab Tests
Ouachita Parish Health Unit seeks a rattlesnake on loan for laboratory Wasser man tests. Laboratory Director J A Dieu asks anyone with a suitable reptile to lend it for a short period, noting a boa constrictor would be preferable but is hard to obtain in Louisiana. The aim is to use a venomous bite specimen for testing.
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Ouachita Parish
J. A. Dieu
Mr. la Dieu
Louisiana
New Orleans
la Dieu
Defense Hits Second Jolt in Shepherd Trial
Chicago June 13. Defense for William Darling Shepherd presses to erase Estell Gehling testimony and a letter confession of bankruptcy as pre judicial but relevant to motive. Prosecution must prove corpus delicti and that McClintock lived and was murdered.
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Chicago
A. P
Darling Shepherd
Nelson McClintock
Scott Stewart
Estell Gehling
Shepherd
Sunshine
Thomas J. Lynch
Robert E. Crowe
Young McClintock
Crowe
Lynch
McClintock
Rufus Stolp
J. Herrick
Stewart
Jerome Mattillo
Indianapolis
Texas
Willie
Lewis Sbarbaro
Civil Service
John Sbarbaro
Sbarbaro
Stella Carson
Linton
Iowa
McClintock- Shepherd
New York Banking Reserve Shows Week Increase
The clearing house banks and trust companies report an excess reserve of 41 80, a rise of 8 7,670 from the prior week. The data reflects the actual condition for the week ending in June.
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New York
Tax Revision Momentum Grows as Congress Looms
Washington reports rising momentum for federal tax reform with Senate leaders backing lower rates. Senator Underwood urges a flat two percent income tax and a 13 percent top surtax, while Senator Smoot cites a possible 25 percent cap. President Coolidge eyes inheritance tax cuts to ease the burden.
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Washington
Congress
Oscar W. Underwood
Montgomery
Ala
Coolidge
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Underwood
Democrate
Smoot
Judge Sandel Overrules Move To Quash Gas Well Case
Judge Percy Sandel in district court this morning overruled the defense motion to quash the bill charging Consumers Gas with overpulling Richie No. 2 well. The court found the district attorney’s legal process valid under both 1922 and 1924 acts. The Richie No. 2 well was drilled in December 1923 before the 1924 act.
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Consumers Gas Company
Richie No. 2
Percy Sandel
Sandel
Garrett
Mechanic Dies in New Basin Cruiser Explosion
New Orleans June 13 Tom Badeaux died from injuries after motor cruiser Kismet exploded in the New Basin canal yesterday. The boat was valued at $35,000 and Badeaux was trapped in the cockpit during the blast.
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New Orleans
Tomdeaux
Kismet
New Basin Canal
Badeaux
Canton Under Bolshevik Led Invasion Forces
June 13 Canton reports invasion by Kwangtung and Cantonese units led by bolshevik officers. 2000 troops landed at Tungshan. after surrender, advancing forces looted the city and brutalized civilians, with executions and killings reported among retreating Yunnanese forces and amid streets strewn with bodies. European observers saw revolting scenes and a suicide by a conquered soldier.
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Canton
A. P
Kwangtung
Tungshan
Kwangtuns
Kwantung
Shameen
China protests Hankow killings to Britain
The Chinese government protested to the British Legation over the recent killing and wounding of Chinese at Hankow. The note stressed seriousness of the situation and reserved full liberty to demand compensation later.
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Peking
A. P
Hankow
Missionary Withdrawals Signal China Tensions
Episco pal missionaries in the middle Yangtze are being withdrawn from outlying posts to guarded cities as protests and anti foreign demonstrations spread in China. Bishop Gilman at Hankow calls the situation serious in a cable message.
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New York
A. P
China
Yangtze
Gilman
Hankow
Weather outlook for week from Washington
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday across the East Gulf States shows occasional showers with temperatures near normal. The West Gulf States expect partly cloudy skies with possible showers and temperatures normal or slightly above average.
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Washington
East Gulf States
West Gulf States
Looting Runs Rampant Near Sydney Cape Breton coal fields
Miners from the British Empire Steel corporation seize control of Colliery districts in Cape Breton while raids strike New Waterford stores and company homes. A company official’s house is stoned and Rory D. McNeil, a mine official, is dragged from his home and severely beaten.
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Sydney
N. S
Ty A. P
British Empire Steel Corporation
Cape Breton
New Waterford
William Connors
John MacVarich
Rory D. McNeil
Death of oil man tied to Love Colony probes
George Schoefield died after a boxing bout in Harvard Illinois at Heaven City a love colony founded by J Albert Moore in 1923 Investigating attorney A H Pouse looks into colony affairs The case uncovers a romance with a 15 year old Virginia girl No arrests yet Moore linked figures Mrs Scrly Talcott aided Moore and her husband died by suicide after failing to persuade her to forget Moore s Life Institute
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Chicago
A. P
George Schoefield
Heaven City
Harvard
Illinois
J. Albert Moore
A. H. Pouse
Michenry County
Schoefield
Dabneys
Virginia
Oklahoma City
Schofield
Texas
Moore
Scirley Talcott
Life Institute
Three Children Die as Lightning Strikes Texas School
A bolt struck the flue of a schoolhouse fifteen miles south of Breckenridge Texas after a community meeting. Three children were killed and fifteen people injured, with several seriously, as storms hit the midwest and southwest.
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Chicago
A. P
Middle-West
Minnesota
Breckenridge
Texas
Lake Zurich
Wis
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Ben Moore
Atkins Quarters
Coverdale
St. Francis Sanitarium
Peters’ Company
Sterling Mills
Priscilla Amidon
Wellesley, Mars
I. C
Miss
Interstate Commerce Body Grants Authority
R. R. Purchase
Lumber Line
TEX
Sunshine Girl
Is Capital Report
Action By Gas Co
Defense
N. O
Feng
Yu-Hsiang Lele
Chang Tso-Lin
Feng Qo-Hsiang
U.S
Denver
Colo
J. Foster Symes
John Galen Locke
Colorado
Ku Klux Klan
Locke
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