Prisoners Escape From El Dorado Jail Amidst Guard Turmoil
El Dorado Arkansas June 29 L L Smith convicted of forgery and L R Adcock awaiting trial on larceny escaped from the county jail when Smith forced two jailers at gunpoint to unlock the door and coerced a passing car to drive him away. Other prisoners halted their bids to escape when help was requested and the fugitives fled.
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Mreay
el Dorado
Ark
L. L. Smith
L. R. Adcock
Smith
Plane damaged in San Diego fog causing forced landing
Captain WH Smith and Lieutenant J Ber, attempting aviation records, were forced to land in San Diego at 4 40 p m due to a faulty gas line and heavy fog. The plane fell into water but the pilots were unharmed. aircraft slightly damaged and remained aloft for about twenty four hours, marking a second failed attempt within two days.
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Associated Press
Diego
WH. Smith
J. Ber
Army
San Diego
North
Endurarc
Fraud Charges Rise In O Brien Case At St Peter’s Church
Washington dispatch reports a tangled flow of cancelled checks notes and bonds as evidence in a $150000 scheme involving Monsignor Jus M OBrien former rector of St Peters Catholic Church. The case centers on investments for church funds and a West Virginia land deed to the parish as debts and lawsuits unfold.
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Wassington
Jus. M.brieh
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Marvignor -O'Brien
Baltimore
Monsignor O'Brien
Church
West Virginia
Jefferson County
A. J. Abbatchie
O'Nirien
Medicos Decline To Take Stand On Day Program In Frisco
At the American Medical Association convention in San Francisco on June 29 the group refused to take a record on prohibition. Four proposed revolutions targeting the Volstead Act were killed. A separate resolution urged allowing pharmacists to dispense whiskey in bonded original bottles for medicinal use. Dr. William Allen Pusey, dermatologist and UI College of Medicine professor, was elected president. Chicago was chosen as the 1924 convention site.
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Associated Prése
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Chalmers
William Allen Pusey
University of Illinois Medical College
Chicago
Fire threat endangers National Home for 500 veterans
Rains from surrounding cities assisted in fighting a fire that threatened the National Home housing 500 veterans in Ampton Virginia. Separate dispatches report railroad line adjustments involving Consolidated Coal and several regional routes in Sandy Valley Elkhorn and Mill Creek areas. Governor Walton proclaimed a day of mourning in Oklahoma County with a curfew lifted except within ten miles of Henryetta.
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Ampton
National One
Baltimore, Md
Baltire and Ohio Railroad Company
Consolidated Coal Company
Sandy Valley
Elkhorn
Mill Creek
Chesa
Ohio
Oklahoma City
Oklo
Marlow
Okvenlges
Walton
Henryetta
Salt Lake City Wins 1924 Disabled Veterans Convention
Salt Lake City Utah was awarded the 1924 convention of the Disabled Veterans of the World War at the annual meeting in Minneapolis. The conference date was set for June 28.
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Ry Associated Proas
Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
Utah
Harding Praises United Effort Behind Postwar Progress
In Butte Montana on June 24 President Harding outlined a postwar revival of business. He praised national mobilization by business, labor and government and noted steps to wipe out unemployment, restore confidence and avoid drastic economic shifts. He called the two year progress a foundation for a new era. The speech cited budget systems tax reforms and the ending of government control over bankers. The address was the first of two in Montana that day, with a second to follow in Helena.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Harding
Paricular
United States
Federal Reserve
Federal Farm Loan Board
The
Finance Corporation
Copper Souvenirs Welcomed at Butte Visit
President Harding and Mrs. Harding arrived at the Great Northern station in Butte at 10 o'clock to a cheering crowd of several thousand. Mayor Horgan welcomed the president and copper mining was highlighted with copper souvenirs and a painting of Harding Drive.
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Butte
Mont
Great Northern
Harding
Horgan
Beer Not Medicine for Shipboard Use
The treasury department states beer is not medicine and cannot be carried on foreign vessels as part of medical supplies. Dr. F. E. Sprague reports receiving the instruction from Washington.
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New York
Treasury Department
FE. K. Sprague
Washington
Miners Seek 20 Percent Wage Increase At Convention
A demand for a twenty percent rise in the contract wage scale plus a dollar extra per day for daily workers was presented at the anthracite miners convention in Scranton on June 29. The demands mirror those proposed in January 1922 and pursued for five and a half months last year, with submission to mine owners planned for next week.
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Y Associated Press
Scranton
Anthracite Miners Convention
Convention
French Chamber Approves Large Aeronautics Appropriation
Paris June 29 the chamber of deputies approved an appropriation of 211 000 000 francs for aeronautic establishments and material. Socialist deputy Migtrat questioned the necessity while government officials defended the sum as needed amid German aviation activity. Deputy Berazel warned against any inference of a French intent to attack England and was supported by the deputies in applause.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Migtrat
Met
Fioe
Stanley Baldy
London
Berazel
Imperial Wizard Promotes Klan Meeting in Dallas
Dr. H. W. Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan arrived in Dallas to address a tonight gathering. He urged unity saying there is no disloyalty among Texas Klansmen and warned against dissension, noting Indiana leads in membership and enthusiasm.
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Dallas
Tex
H. W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Evans
Texas
Kl Klux Klan petition hearing postponed
In Atlanta a hearing on the petition filed by D. M. Rittenhouse and others for the appointment of a receiver for the Ku Klux Klan was postponed indefinitely before Judge John D. Humphries in Fulton superior court. In Houston Mayor Oscar H. Holcombe and several prominent citizens were banished from the Ku Klux Klan at a meeting last night, per the Houston Chronicle story.
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Atlanta
D. M. Rittenhouse
Philadelphia
Ku Klux Klan
John D. Humphries
Fulton Superior Court
Houston
Tex
Oscar H. Holcombe
Houston Chronicle
Wage raise demand filed for Southern Railway clerks
Chicago June 29 E H Fitzgerald president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers and Station and Express Employes filed with the United States railroad labor board today. The clerks agreement covers employes seeking a flat nine cent per hour increase in pay.
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Chicago
Southern Railway
United States Railroad Labor Board
E. H. Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Britain Rejects Liquor Solution and Seeks Legislation
Washington June 29 Great Britain's flat rejection of the American proposal for a prohibition twelve mile limit leaves administration officials no alternative but to await Congress action on law revision and to refuse admittance to ship liquor stores under seizure penalty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Congress
Curzon
Marquis Orzon
United States
Supreme Court
Daugherty
Lord Birkenhead
Patriarch Denies Reports of Russian Jail Abuse
The former Russian patriarch Tikhon, freed to await civil trial for counter revolutionary activity, denies torture claims and says he was treated well in prison. Officials debate his refusal to recognize the living church and possible reentry to religious duties if he repents before civil authorities.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tikhon
All Russia
Deistey
M. Kyvasinitski
Living Church Council
Kidnapped Woman Found Unconscious Near Hammond
Miss Genevieve Sprague of South Holland was found unconscious on a rural road after two men abducted her from an automobile near the Indiana state line. Police chased the suspects into a marsh. Frank Kelly of New York and James Karr of Munsie Ind were captured. Sprague identified the pair.
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Chicago
Genevieve Sprague
South Holland
Hammond
Ind
H. A. Trussell
Dalton
Tils
Indiana State Line
Trussell
Frank Kelly
New York
James Karr
Munsie
Calles Seeks 1924 Presidency If Sufficient Support
General Vltterry Elias Calles secretary of the interior will seek the presidency in 1924 if the majority desires him. Dispatches from Torreon quote Calles en route to Tampico for August stay. He returns from San Francisco where he underwent medical treatment and says he is fully recovered.
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Preas
Mexico City
Vluterry
Elias Calles
Interior
Torreuno
Monterey
General Calles
Tampico
San Francisco
Air Lane Crash Ends Four Day Flight Attempt
Army aviators Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant J. B. Richer crashed their De Haviland in mud flats near Coronado while seeking a safe landing in dense fog during a four day air endurance attempt. Hines and Zeifert had refueled the racers earlier and tried to contact the downed crew as fog halted progress.
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Asseated
San Diego
Lowell H. Smith
J. B. Richer
Army
Coronado
North Island
Virgil Hines
de Haviland
Smith
Richter
Rockwell Field
Hines
Zeifert
Lieutenant Hines
Efforts to Clear Up Mobile Mystery Made by Authorities
In a six hour conference in Mobile, officials questioned county jail prisoners about the December 1921 murder and cremation of William Drue Connor in Chortaw county. Officers say the death stemmed from a moonshine war. a shotgun linked to the case was brought to Mobile with a pine box said to contain Connor’s bones. The probe widens to similar killings tied to prohibition. A stranger believed to be a horse trader died in the same district.
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Associated Tress
Mobile
Connor
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Lieut. Richter
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