New York Baby Farm Owner Indicted Over Infant Deaths
Mrs Helen Geisen Volk owner of a so called baby farm on East 6th Street was indicted for first degree manslaughter after a baby died from a fractured skull. The probe tied the death to a pattern of fatalities at two homes she operated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Helen Auguste Geisen-Volk
East &6Th Street
William Winters
Winters
Health Department
Geisen-Volk
Upper Park Avenue
Couch Plant Nearing Readiness at Sterlington
The Louisiana Power Company plant at Sterlington, first of several H. C. Couch interests projects in Louisiana, rises with steel frame and brick facing. Target completion is September 15, with first unit about 150 by 150 feet and sixty feet high, brickwork advancing as 200 workers stay on site. A riverbank site includes a switch track through the building to aid carload shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Power Company
Sterlington
H. C. Couch
Pine Bluff
Davis cleared by jury in first bribery case
Topeka, May 21 Former Governor Jonathan M Davis was found not guilty of conspiring with former state bank commissioner Cel J Peterson to solicit a bribe for a pardon for Walter Grundy. The jury deliberated three hours on four ballots. Remaining charges include accepting a bribe related to a Pollman pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
A. P.1
Jonathan M. Davis
Scandel
Mr. Davis
Cerl J. Peterson
State
Walter Grundy
Russel G. Davis
Fred W. Pollman
Disabled Veterans Guests at White House Lawn Fete
Disabled veterans from Washington hospitals were invited as guests of President and Mrs. Coolidge for a White House lawn fete. More than a thousand disabled soldiers were to be received, an annual reception begun by Presidents Harding and Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
Coolidge
White House
Band Concerts at Monroe Pool Begin Tomorrow Night
The Louisiana Training Institute will perform regular concerts at the Monroe pool starting tomorrow evening. Concerts will continue throughout the summer on Tuesday and Friday nights attracting large crowds to the popular amusement center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Natatorium
Scopes Arrest Highlights Evolution Trial Clash in Dayon
Darwin Trial Professor J T Scopes, Dayton high school teacher, is arrested for alleged violation of the state law against teaching evolution. Liberals rally, opponents seek William Jennings Bryan's services for the state. Both men are natives of Salem Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Scopes
Dayton (Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Professor Scopes
Salem
Confederate veterans debate reunions and parade bans
In Dallas and on May 21 Confederate veterans consider dissolving the general reunion in favor of linking with the Grand Army of the Republic and plan to exclude secret religious orders from the parade. Debates cover pensions, Stone Mountain board seats, and leadership posts for Forrest's Cavalry.
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Dallas
A. P
United Confederate Veterans
Confederate
Grand Army of the Republic
Resolutions Committee
J. M. Trout
Jackson
Tennessee
Knights of Columbus
Kx Klux Klan
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Hollins N. Randolph
Atlanta
Roger S. Winter
Winter
Wm. A. Collier
Memphis
Tenn
Forrest
John A. Johnson
Chattanooga
Felix Robertson
Western Department
River Stage Readings by Location and Change
Ohio Cairo records 25.2 feet with a 0.4 fall. Mississippi stations show Vicksburg 20.0 feet down 0.1 and New Orleans 3.5 feet steady. Red River at Shreveport 19.1 rising 0.6 and Alexandria 15.2 rising 0.4. Ouachita at Camden 6.0 falling 0.2 and Monroe 14.0 dropping 0.2.
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Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Delayed Hearing in Ouachita Gas Case Over Wild Flow
Judge Percy Sandel delayed the injunction case against Ouachita Natural Gas and Oil Co to ten days after citations are issued. The state seeks to stop the Smith No. 1 well from wasteful gas flow that contaminates water and drains gas deposits across Ouachita and Morehouse parishes, impacting Monroe area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Sandel
Ouachita Natural Gas and Oil Company
Smith No. 1
Sandel
Percy Saint
E. R. Showalter
Allan Scholars
Quachita Natural Gas and Oil Company
Conservation Department
Everett
Rock Starium
Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
Monroe
Shreveport Golf Tourney Opens With 100 Entrants
Nearly one hundred players teed off in the sixth annual Louisiana State Golf Association championship qualifying round in Shreveport. Favorites include Fred Lamprecht, Bert Jones, Reuben G. Bush Jr., and Jule Lazard as Merriwether and Lazard posted low scores. The field lists many Shreveport entrants and New Orleans players in the morning start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Louisiana State Golf Association
Fred Lamprecht
Bert Jones
Alexandria
Reuben G. Bush, Jr
Nelson Whitney
New Orleans
Dorothy Ellingson to Be Returned for Trial
In San Francisco on May 21 arrangements were made to reopen the trial of Dorothy Ellingson a 17 year old known as the Jazz Girl charged with murdering her mother on January 13. She was declared insane about two months ago and is to be returned to the county jail after Napa State Hospital staff ruled her sane following 30 days of observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dorothhy Ellingson
Napa State Hospital
Kissed Girls and Gave Jewels to Test His Sanity
Henry Clay Moffatt of Brooklyn, known for kissing young women and gifting jewels, is in a hospital for mental observation after previously admitting giving two $1,000 bracelets to Judge Haskell’s daughter and niece. He described his impulses with a magnet analogy and was linked to multiple kisses at Brooklyn’s busy corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Clay Moffatt
Brooklyn
Reuben L. Haskell
Moffatt
Nashville Rally Defends Rachel Jackson From Slurs
A Tennessee committee denounces a Saturday Evening Post biography that mocked Rachel Jackson. The revised resolutions condemn the piece as indefensible slander and praise her influence on Andrew Jackson, noting she conveyed virtue and inspired devotion despite literacy critiques.
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Nashville
A. P
Meade Minnexcrece
New York
Rachel Jackson
United States
Saturday Evening Post
Walter Stokes
Ladies Hermitage Association
Betty M. Donelson
Andrew Jackson Society
Minnegerode
Old Hickory
Cerrral Jackson
Tennessee
Jackson
Mississippi barge system shows profit and expansion plans
The Mississippi division of the inland waterways corporation reports profitable operations with plans to add 20 boats to the Warrior river division. General T Q Ashburn announces the division carried 97 000 tons of freight in April, the highest for any month.
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New Orleans
A. P
Mississippi
Inland Waterways Corporation
T. Q. Ashburn
Ashburn
Warrior River
Well-Lighted Filling Station Robbery Shocks Gulfport
A lone bandit with a revolver and a red bandana robbed Red Field's filling station in Gulfport last night escaping with 65 dollars. The well lit station and heavy traffic of passing cars were noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Red Field
Southern Presbyterian Assembly Is Convened
Lexington Kentucky May 21 More than 300 delegates and commissioners are expected as the sixty fifth annual session of the Southern Presbyterian Church opens to discuss future growth and plans for the coming year.
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Lexington
A. P
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
South
General Assembly of the Church
Dallas Mob Attacks Jail Crowd Wounding Five Officers Hurt
In Dallas on May 21 a mob of about 300 attacked guards at the county jail as they tried to seize Frank and Lorenzo Noel. Five civilians were wounded and Sheriff Schuyler Marshall was hit by a brick. about 100 people were detained but not charged. Police fired roughly 30 rounds to disperse the mob.
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Dallas
Frank
Lorenzo Noel
Negro Brothers
Schuyler Marshall
Dwight Stewart
N. E. Duncan
J. J. Young
Tim Jolly
J. C. Pullman
Stewart
Fosdick Ouster Before Meet of Presbyterians
In Columbus a doctrinal dispute reaches the Presbyterian general assembly with a fight over Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. Conservatives nominate Dr. McEwan and Dr. McAfee for moderator while Dr. Erdman seeks support from New Brunswick. William Jennings Bryan remains a potential moderator candidate as Fosdick’s case echoes into a broader debate on fundamentalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Clarence Edward Macartney
Philadelphia
William L. McEwan
Pittsburgh
Lapsley A. McAfee
Berkeley
Cal
Charles R. Erdman
Princeton
N. J
Mccartney
Presbytery
New Brunswick
William Jennings Bryan
First Presbyterian Church of
New York City
Harry Emerson Fesdick
Fosdick
Macartney
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Real beer goes on sale across Ontario borders
Ontario allows 4.4 percent beer sales for the first time in eight years under new rules. Americans in border cities from Niagara Falls to Detroit flock to Windsor and surrounding hotels. Tables-only service from 7 am to 11 pm, groceries for home use, prices ranging from 5 to 15 cents a glass and 25 cents a bottle, with a ten cent tax per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
A. T
Ontario
Dominion
United States
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
New York
Detroit
Windsor
Grand Jury Probes Whangdoodle Libel Case At LSU
East Baton Rouge grand jury revisits the publication of the Whangdoodle anonymous item from April 8 accusing LSU professors of defaming. Three men are out on bond. two charged with libel against faculty members and a third with libeling another. Some expect the case to be dropped as a schoolboy joke.
Test Slated In Gould No. One By Late Today
Liner set in Gould et al Harper No 1 section 23-10-1E this morning and will be bailed and tested later. Monroe Drilling Company heads the operation with Love Brothers in charge. drillers expect gas pressure to flow once opened, potential major event for Urania if no salt water trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
Gould Et al Harper
Zeigin
Columbia Oil and Gas Company
Meredith Davis Begin Test Drilling Near La Salle Land
Meredith Davis et al prepare to start a test in section 24-10-1E La Salle within the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter. The California type derrick is erected one mile from the Love test and three quarters of a mile from Bill Rowe’s site, adjacent to Tremont Lumber Co. lands. Drilling will commence shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis, Meredith Et al
la Salle
Tremont Lumber Co
California
Bill Rowe
Meredith
Monore Well Represented in Aims Through Combine
Hearing opened in Jackson as Illinois Central seeks to lease and control the Alabama and Vicksburg and Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific lines. President Markham testified control would improve Mississippi traffic and keep rates steady. Opponents include Kansas City Southern Railway officials and Mississippi Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Iliove Central Railroad Company
Alabama and Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific Railway
R. N. Trezise
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. H. Markham
Illinois Central System
Markham
Illinois Central
Mississippi
Jackson Traffic Bureau
Presdent Markham
R. V. Fletcher
Chicago
Ilinois Central
J. Blane Monroe
New Orleans
A. and W
C. W. Haywood
Sam Meyer
Meridian Traffic Bureau
L. F. Daspit
Brown Paper Company
West Monroe
The
Board of Trade of
Kansas City, Mo
Rush He Knox
State of
Kansas City Southern protests Illinois Central plan to acquire southern railroads
The Kansas City Southern files with the Interstate Commerce Commission a protest against the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley proposed acquisition of the Alabama and Vicksburg and the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railways. It urges joint control as alternative and warns of disrupted routes and rates harming southwestern traffic and carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central and
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Alabama and Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific Railways
Kansas City Southern
Texas and Pacific
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway
Illinois Central
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Shreveport and
Tinois Central
Kanesas City
Wealthy Wife Admits Buying Baby for 75 Dollars
Mrs Bass acknowledges to District Attorney Pecora that she purchased an infant from a baby home for 75 dollars and passed it off as her own to satisfy her husband who longed for a child. The admission centers on a scheme involving the wealthy clothing manufacturer and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Bass
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Babe
Kansas
Pool Start
Darwin
Prof
J. Scopes
Quachita
Dorothy Ellingson
U. S
Southern Presbyterian Assembly
London
Viscount Milner
England
Wales
William Cavalier
Pottsville
U.S
Gould
Davis
Interstate
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