Rum-Rumor Confession Ties Slaying To Train Hijack Case
On a Baton Rouge to New Orleans train stop, ex-pugilist Gus Tomes and “Jackie” Crosty confess to involvement in a double murder tied to rum runners. They recount a touring car, three trucks, and armed guards in the Violet Bridge incident, naming other suspects and alleged hijackings.
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New Orleans
Jackie" Crosty
Baton Rouge
Gus Tomes
Dateh” Gardner
J. Be Fstopinal
August
Fusilade
Violet
Jackie
Tomes
Exety
Enerd
Ted
Orleans
Adam Melerine
Arthur Masson
Frank Kodes
Phillips Land Canal
Sid Casmire Melerine
John Scott
Legro
Tom Favalora
Andrew Watson
Secord
James Wallace
Masson
Rhodes
Melerine
Ret
Krapp Works Executed in France Case
The report notes the Krapp plant involvement with German occupation forces in France. It mentions the French decree assigning ten years hard labor or voting penalties for Krupp officials tied to sirens and related military actions. Von Pohlen and other directors are named for forthcoming days in May.
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Gated
Gustav Krapp Halbach
Krapp
Mili
Rahr
Krupp
von Pohlen
Helena Riots End as Suspect Killed in Standoff After Fire
Abe Kaplan, alias berg, arraigned in federal court in Shreveport on a Louisiana district case and freed on 2500 bond with October term. In Helena, a lethal confrontation unfolded as a posse and officers battled gunfire, killing suspect John King after a house blaze and exchange of shots. The night drew 2000 residents from the city into a tense stand-off as authorities pursued the fugitive.
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Kaplan
Shreveport
Abe Kaplan
Berg
District of Louisiana
United States
Ohio
Ros
Southern
Abernathy
Helena
Ing
King’s
Woolley Boy
Sid Riuing
J. W. Roy
King
Iing
Illinng Phillips
Monroe Welfare Association Appeals for Public Support
Arnold Bernstein mayor proclaims the Monroe Welfare Association as the official city auxiliary for charity and welfare work. The two representative members from each denomination oversee funds formerly managed by the city and solicit public contributions to support ongoing relief efforts in Monroe. Officials urge generous civic backing from all residents.
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Monroe
Monroe Welfare Association
Monroe Welfar Association
Arnold Bernstein
H. R. Sieed
J. A. Bedenharn
Communists Killed in Milan May Day Riot With Militia
Associated Press reports two communists were killed and several wounded in Milan today as a clash with a national militia broke out while a group tried to hinder railway workers. May Day observances spread across Europe with parades strikes and protests though most countries expected limited disruption.
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Milan
Associated Press
Rome
Cemi
London
Europe
Ruhr
England
Labor
House of Commons
Memorial Cornerstone Placed in Tacuba for Haymarket Riot Victims
In Mexico City on May 1 organized labor lays the cornerstone of a monument to the Haymarket riot victims in Tacuba suburb. Speakers trace eight hour day progress in the United States and other reforms while the simple stone shaft bears the carved names of the victims of capitalism.
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Mexico City
Organized Labor
Mexico
Chicago
Tacuba
United States
Haymarket
Red flag of soviet hoisted over liner Reliance
May 1 report from New York describes 35 American miners sailing with families to Kuzbas to work in the autonomous industrial colony. Officials from American soviet headquarters attended the launch and witnessed the flag ceremony. A witness was Victor Berger, ex Socialist Congressman.
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Kuzbas
New York
Reliance
Russia
United States
Victor Berger
Congress
Milwaukee
International Congress of Socialists
Hamburg
Isthiam Republic
Woman plans to aid dumb animals after choir uproar
In New York on May 1 a society woman's bequest to a home for incurable children was redirected to a memorial hospital for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals after the Fifth Avenue Episcopal Church of St Thomas choir caused “screechings.” Mrs Sidmon McHie, wife of a broker, had visited police to complain and had pledged her fortune to an animal memorial hospital with the inscription The more I saw of humans the less I thought of dogs.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Episcopal Church of St. Thomas
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Sidmon McHie
Arkansas pipeline to ship oil to New Orleans by river barge
The Arkansas Pipe Line and Navigation Company at Smackover plans initial oil shipments by barge to New Orleans via Ouachita and Mississippi rivers likely starting May 15. W McKay Silver of El Dorado quotes readiness, with barges from McFadden Brothers of New Orleans for the first trip and storage tanks at Felsenthal.
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Arkansas Pipe Line and Navigation Company
Smackover
Ark
South Arkansas
Ouachita
Mississippi
W. McKay Silver
el Dorado
Felsenthal
Smackover Field
Ouachita River
Smack Over
Ritchie Station
Rock Island Railroad
Quinn
Ritchie
New Orleans
G. C. Stebbins
J. E. Head
N. D. Sendford
Parker Rejects Coco Advice On Judge Jones Resignation
Baton Rouge May 1 Governor Parker said he would not follow Attorney General Coco and would not return the resignation of Jas W Jones of Natchitoches as judge of the eleventh judicial district court. Jones resigned after a shooting incident and had asked for withdrawal before the April 30 effective date. The attorney general had said Jones could withdraw the resignation, but Parker declined to act on that advice.
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Baton Rouge
Parker
Coco
Jas. W. Jones
Natchitoches
Eleventh Judicial District Court
Jones
Judge Jones
Leaders In Strike Abandon Defense In Rail Shopmen Case
Chicago May 1 Leaders of the railroad shopmen strike abandoned their defense against a federal injunction. They claimed the government’s charges of conspiracy and unlawful strike were not sustained and that the nationwide walkout had ended, with only isolated disruptions remaining on about sixty-seven lines.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harry Daugherty
Blackburn Esterline
United States
American Federation of Labor
Donald R. Richberg
Defense Counsel
Frank Mulholland
Toledo
Ohio
James Esby
Railroad Labor Board
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Labor Board
Transportation Act
District Court
General Conference
Baltimore
Atlanta
Birmingham and
Atlantic
Missouri and North Arkansas
Maryland
Marathon Dancers of Baltimore at 157th Hour
Baltimore May 1 five survivors of the endurance dancing contest reached the 157 hour mark at the Fourth Regiment Armory. Four young men and a sixteen year old girl remained as the contest would continue indefinitely with short rests each hour.
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Baltimore
Fourth Regiment
Missing Northwestern student Leighton Mount found dead
Parts of a skeleton recovered from Evanston lakefront under a pier are identified as Leighton Mount, a Northwestern University student missing since September 1921 after a class rush. Police say Mount was killed in the class rush and his body buried beneath stones, with an inquest set for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Front
Evanston
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Leighton
Sophmores
Mount
Leggett d
Doris Fuches
Evanston Lake
Leggett
Louisiana teacher linked to newborn shipping case
Miss Josie Fultz of Scott, Louisiana, is charged by federal authorities with mailing the body of her newborn infant from Scott to Duncan Oklahoma. The state contends she is also charged with serious crime. She has been released on bond after waiving arraignment. The case involves a conflict between state and federal authorities over custody and jurisdiction.
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Opelousas
Josie Fultz
Scott
Newellton
Daugh
LaComme
Liberty
United States
Haas
Ethel Martyn
Duncan
Okla
Associated Press
Jesse Fultz
Okio
Jultz
Lafayette
Leon Haes
Worman
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Germany
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Fellenthal
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Young Men’s Dancing Club
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