22 May 1924
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
1
A long disjointed column recounts Barbour's 1000 pay for blackmail from a Cambridge man after a suspected affair, discusses prohibition lobbying, media honesty, a Long family murder in Ruston, and a gun's historical tale with Frankenstein implications.
John H Crim told the Senate committee he never found grounds to doubt Harry M Daughertys honesty amid graft charges Crim recalled his long association with the former attorney general saying he would require substantial evidence before believing Daugherty took crooked money Jess Smith figures were involved in the discourse.
Advertising notice urging readers to place want ads by phone to No 4 before 11 00 A M for same day insertion. Reminder that duplicate copies not accepted after deadline and that ads will be charged to individual accounts. Emphasizes prompt handling and quick sales through timely submissions.
New Orleans dispatches report the Justice Department probes the May 17 telegram signed Kuntz to H G Burkhalter amid Shreveport postmaster bid. Emile Kuntz denies authorship and calls telegram forged as Burkhalter rejects negro candidate conditions. A civil service reexamination for Shreveport postmaster is ordered, with Burkhalter certified previously.
Ed mund D. Barbour testified in Middle Superior Court that he paid $362000 in cash bonds and stocks to disbarred Boston lawyer Daniel H. Coakley for a 1916 petting party with a woman called Mrs Daley. Coakley and ex District Attorney William J. Corcoran face conspiracy indictments.
American aviators circling the globe by air completed a rapid leg into Kushiro and Kasumigaura in Japan after departing Hitokappu Bay. They landed at Kasumigaura after a 3380 mile hop, drawing thousands of spectators and no ceremonies.
The Gates Flying Circus to present Sunday afternoon show features Diavalo the world’s greatest aerial acrobat. He performs dangerous stunts and speaks of living in the present moment while defying mortality as crowds gaze in wonder at the perilous feats.
London reports the sale of Robinson Crusoe’s old flintlock musket believed carried by Alexander Selkirk during four years on Juan Fernandez Island. The authentic weapon, linked to Defoe’s famous tale, fetched 250 pounds sterling at auction yesterday.
A historical feature previews Diavalo the acrobat at a Sunday circus. Known for dangerous stunts he claims fearlessness after surviving near death in gusts and wing lock incidents. He will perform wing walking, plane changing feats, the Standing Loop, and a Breakaway alongside fellow flyers Panghorne Brooks Krantz and others.
Washington May 22 strong signals from the treasury indicate Secretary Mellon will urge a veto when the tax bill goes to the president. Officials say the measure is unsatisfactory and omits reform provisions while raising estate tax rates. They believe income tax return disclosures and public board proceedings will hurt business and credit conditions.
The secretary argues the anticipated deficit would force an entirely new fiscal program. He says new funding arrangements for existing debt would be needed and increased security issues to cover current needs once receipts fall short under the bill’s provisions.
John O Leary drew revolvers and opened fire in a crowded Montana federal courtroom after being asked to stand for sentence on a liquor charge. N E Baynham tackled him, eleven shots missed, the twelfth wounded O Leary in the head, possibly fatally. Over 100 spectators caused a panic as Judge Pray stayed calm at the bench.
The News-Star arranges pilots to drop envelopes from the air containing prize tickets. A concealed word contest offers prizes including ten free brides and two admission tickets, with Pangborne or Brooks named in the promotion.
In Ville Platte Louisiana Euzebe Vidrine confessed to killing Leo Wiggins son of Sheriff Wiggins during a drunken rage. He asked Evangeline parish officials not to hang him and pleaded for life imprisonment for his mother.
A cotton grower warns that the heaviest losses fall on those producing low yields and urged adoption of boll weevil control measures. The piece emphasizes practical steps and the need for action to protect crops.
Dr W E Hinds of Louisiana State University led a district cotton growers meeting at the city hall with about 150 farmers and seven parishes represented E R Strahan spoke on boll weevil machines listing Perfection Niagara Root and Feeny as trusted models The program included a money from farming talk by W R Perkins and A L Smith was elected presiding chairman Meeting adjourned at 1 o'clock from Baton Rouge Louisiana.
Seven members of the Boston club board including President James P. Butler Jr and the secretary were due to post bonds of 500 dollars each before US Commissioner Carter in New Orleans. The bonds stem from a raid on the exclusive Boston Club on Canal Street alleging a rum sale violation.
Phillip J. Crossman of Chicago, jailed for a year for contempt after refusing a court order not to sell liquor, was rearrested when the U S District Court held the President lacks pardon power in contempt cases. Judge Lardis oversaw the initial sentence. Crossman had been pardoned by a president later disputed.
Three anti Ku Klux Klan measures were introduced in the Louisiana legislature. One would require removal of masks in public and on highways, another would make masked crimes a felony, and the third would end the secrecy of secret organizations including the Ku Klux Klan.
Evelyn Sue Rickner testified amid sobs about the shooting of her husband Lieutenant Jamie Rickner. She described events before the tragedy, fainted in court, and said she could not recall how she obtained the pistol. She recalled marriage in 1918 at Alexandria and her husband’s infidelity and threats regarding their daughter.
The draft bill aims to reach all secret organizations including the Ku Klux Klan without constitutionally discriminatory flaws. Luzenberg and Esmond Phelps revised the measure with Labor unions exempted. It requires annual membership records starting January 1 1925 and imposes penalties on file holders. Hangmen are exempt and masked crime is felony with heavy penalties. Joint hearings likely next week.
Chicago expanded its radio network to eight stations with the opening of Station Award on May 22. The new outlet will operate on 447.5 meters and share airtime with MAQ.
Captain Charles Craig testified that a shot rang out minutes after Mrs Rickner arrived at the officers quarters. Rickner cried out that a woman shot me and asked to be taken away. Lieutenant M Y Myley said Rickner handed him the pistol after the shooting and exclaimed Ive shot Dick, go get him. The defense pleaded insanity at the time of the act.
The Rev. A. A. Little of Meridian Mississippi, commissioner of the sixty fourth general assembly of the Presbyterian church, suffered a fractured hip after being struck by a bicycle in San Antonio yesterday evening He will remain in hospital for several weeks, according to physicians.
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