Earthquake and fire devastate Kinosaki Springs resort area
Reports from Tokio and New York describe a quake and fire at Kinosaki Springs with more than 200 believed dead and hundreds injured. A tidal wave along Lake Ontario caused property damage in Sodus and Crescent Beach, while tremors were felt near Ashiya and Kuniyama.
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Sodus
N. Y
A. P
Lake Ontario
Crescent Beach
Tokio
Department of Communications
Kinosaki Springs
Quake Hits Toyo-Oka Near Osaka Wrecks Homes
A strong earthquake near Toyo-Oka 80 miles northwest of Osaka collapsed about 200 houses and sparked fires. The tremor lasting several minutes caused post office and railroad station damage as relief trains head to Tajima Province where the quake was centered.
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Osaka
A. P
Toyo- Oka
Tajima
Casing Pull Aim After Heavy Gas at Dix Well West of Monroe
Unusually high gas pressure hindered testing six miles west of Monroe at the Dix et al site. The 2840 foot depth was not reached as planned, mudded gas and salt water escaped, and officials plan to lubricate and try to pull the casing deeper to reach the sand bearing interval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Et al
Monroe
Rum Ring Trade With Lobster Fish Label Revealed
Federal probe uncovers a large liquor distribution ring tied to maritime routes from Canada to Maine and New York. Sixteen arrested, liquor valued up to 450000 seized in Boston and New York, with a potential grand jury probe implicating up to one thousand dealers. Silent fleet of vessels used to move contraband under fish labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Canada
Maine
New England
Maine Coast and
Canada Steamship Company
Herman Winter
North End
Zeigin Tests In Urania Field Hold Out Hope
In Urania May 23 report, Zeigin and Columbia Oil and Gas push test wells Urania No. 1 sections 19-10-2E and 16-10-2E as saltwater troubles ease. Casing set at 19-10-2E. testing to start next week. nearby wells at 20-10-2E and 18-10-2E watched for oil sand gains. Surface casing completed on Rowe-Wallace Urania 1A. other rigs move toward late May test readiness. saltwater flow in Gould et al Harper well discussed with plan to mud and possibly abandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
George Zeigin
Zeigin
Columbia Oil and Gas Company
Rowe-Wallace Oil Company
Ford and
Banner
Helm and Burch Casing Planned Near Olla
Virgil Helm returned from El Dorado and arranged casing for Helm and Burch in section 28 11 2E southwest of Olla. Casing should arrive late today and be set by Monday or Tuesday. The test compares with the nearby Bur Ban well, which was lost due to unforeseen causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Helm
el Dorado
Helm and Burch
Olla
Meridian Double Bill Tomorrow at 2 O'clock
Tomorrow's double header against Meridian will start at 2 p m sharp. Secretary Feazel of the Monroe Drillers announced the plan as the local leagueers face the Cotton States league leaders. A large crowd is expected to back Manager Wise and his rejuvenated squad at Forsythe Park. Beginning Monday the Drillers meet the Jackson Senators in a three game series with Ladies Day free admission for all women each Monday.
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Meridian
Sharp
Feazel
Monroe Drillers
Wise
Drillers
Jackson Senators
Forsythe Park
Brooklyn Youth Loses Leg Dies in Missouri Pacific Accident
John Anderson aged 23 from Brooklyn New York was fatally injured near Rochelle Louisiana when he fell from a box car top as the Missouri Pacific train jerked. He died at 5 30 p m after being found conscious and naming Brooklyn relatives. Remains held in Rochelle awaiting word from family.
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News-Star
Rochelle
John Anderson
Brooklyn
New York
Missouri Pacific Railroad
New Orleans
Abd El Krim Formidable Foe Against French Forces
In Rabat French Morocco on May 23, reports say Abd El Krim and the Riffians remain organized and stubborn. French troops led by General Count De Chambrun acknowledge hard bayonet charges and artillery prep are needed to breach Riffian positions as they fortify forward posts into a defensive line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
French Morocco
A. P
Count de Chambrun
Abd-El-Krim
de Chambrun
Grant Venue Change in Oberholtzer Murder Case
In Indianapolis on May 23 a motion for change of venue in the murder case of D C Stephen son former Ku Klux Klan dragon Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry was granted by Judge Jas A Collins. The three men faces trial set for June 2 with removal to another county expected. Attorneys for defense and prosecution are to confer on the proper county for the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
A.P
D. C
New York Baptist Church Votes Fosdick Call with Conditions
Park Avenue Baptist Church in New York voted to call Rev. Tarry Fosdick after a heated debate. The church accepted three Fosdick conditions: no immersion baptism requirement, open membership to all Christians, and building a skyscraper church near Columbia University with living quarters and clubs. Seventeen of 400 objected. Anniebeck led the opposition. Rockefeller Jr. attended with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller Church
Tarry Emerson Fosdick
Fosdick
Anniebeck
Mountain Sliker
Fosdek
Columbia University
Marshall Clarke
Clarke
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Dr. Fosdick
Lone Star Route Hires Hardtner To Lead Highway Group
Lake Charles hosts annual Lone Star Route highway association meeting electing Henry E. Hardtner as president with W. D. Trotter Dermott Ark. as vice president and H. C. Wilhite of Alton Ill. as secretary manager. Re-elected officers include Mr Kardiner and Mr Wilhite resumes active duty amid plans to promote a first class highway through central Louisiana toward Cameron as an all year resort with state and federal aid pledged. Louisiana directors named include W. L. Bagwell Oak Grove S. M. Collins Monroe Henry E. Hardtner Urmia Dr. Clarence Pierson Alexandria T. E. Brown Oakdale Randolph Krause Lake Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Route Highway Association
Lake Charles
Henry E. Hardtner
DPD
Trotter
Dermott
Ark
H. C. Wilhite
Alton
Ill
C. L. Boren
Kardiner
Wilhite
Louisiana
State Highway Commission
United States Bureau of Roads
Cameron
Gulf
W. L. Bagwell
Oak Grove
S. M. Collins
Monroe
Uraia
Clarence Pierson
Alexandria
T. E. Brown
Oakdale
Randolph Krause
Sousa Sues Cigar Co. for Use of Picture
New York May 25 By AP John Philip Sousa, famed bandmaster, sues P Lorillard Co for 100000 dollars claiming his likeness was used to advertise cigars priced five for fifteen cents. His attorney says the conductor has been ridiculed by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
John Phillip Sousa
P. Lorillard Company
Pine needles linked to longevity in Japanese diet
Tokyo reports Z. Tanaka of the Japanese Diet endorses pine needles as healthful. He says seven years of consumption brought no aches, claiming protection against cerebral hemorrhage and relief for rheumatism and digestive issues. recipe includes boiling needles with black beans and sugar, taken before and after meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Z. Tanaka
Tanaka
Coolidge Sicks, Cancels Work Slated Today
President Coolidge suffered indigestion and will rest at the White House. Advisers expect no emergency in today’s schedule as a heat wave grinds Washington, with a summer White House planned for Swampscott next month.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Prominent Columbia Banker J R Brown Dies At 73
J R Brown, 73, a vice president of Caldwell Bank and Trust Co in Columbia, died this morning at St. Francis sanitarium in Monroe after throat troubles. Survived by widow and several children including Clyde R Brown, Monroe attorney. Funeral plans pending arrival of daughter Mrs Slagle from Lima. burial in Columbia.
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J. R. Brown
Columbia
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
Brown
Caldwell Bank and Trust Company
Caldwell
Clyde R. Brown
W. C. Slagle
Lima
Ohio
W. E. Godfrey
F. H. Mecom
Slagle
S. E. Brown
Baton Rouge
Terry Brown
Standard
Kenneth H. Brown
Louisiana State University
Plans to aid Amundsen subordinate to relief mission
Boston May 23 All plans of Captain Donald B MacMillan Arctic expedition will be subordinated to the relief of Roald Amundsen if he is not heard from before MacMillan ships Bowdoin and Peary leave in June. Amundsen and five companions are overdue after leaving Spitzbergen for the North Pole. The airships lack wireless and no word has been received. The Farmagge and Hobby crews express confidence in a safe return.
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Boston
Donald B. MacMillan
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
MacMillan
Bowdoin
Peary
New York
A. P
Arctic
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Norway
Pole
Alliance
Farmagge
Hobby
Kings Bay
Lincoln Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Fire tragedy at Lake Charles burns family during prairie blaze
At Lake Charles Louisiana on Thursday May 23 the eldest daughter of Amede Benoit of Little Chenier Cameron parish was burned to death and another daughter seriously burned. The father also suffered serious burns while attempting to save them as they battled a threatening prairie fire near their home.
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Lake Charles
Amede Benoit
Little Chenier
Cameron Parish
Protesting Jackson Laurel baseball game referred to league directors
Jackson Mississippi May 23 The protest over today’s Laurel game as part of a double header is sent to Cotton States League directors. President Brannon and Secretary Farrel arranged the appeal and Brannon will submit data to all eight directors promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Laurel
Jackson
Cotton States League
Brannon
Farrel
National Association
Dempsey Nose Strength Defended by Surgeon
Dr Balsinger of Chicago who rebuilt Jack Dempsey's nose arrives in San Francisco and criticizes Dr George Warren Pierce. He says cartilage from behind the ear was used to reshape and reinforce the nose improving breathing and claims the nose will not be a weak spot in future fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dempsey
Balsinger
Chicago
George Warren Pierce
Dayton Set for Monday Hearing in School Case
Dayton Tenn faces a rapid test of the ban on teaching evolution as lawyers and anti evolutionists prepare for a major courtroom showdown. Prof J T Scopes returns to Dayton to lead the case with Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone among the defense, and William Jennings Bryan aiding the prosecution. A grand jury session is set for Monday with a special court term to follow.
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Dayton
Tenn
A. P
Tennessee
Supreme Court
J. T. Scopes
Clarence Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
Wm. Jennings Bryan
John T. Raulston
Raulston
May Heat Wave Sets Chicago May Record as Central Area Sizzles
A strong May heat wave swept the central area with temperatures reaching a Chicago high of 94 degrees tying a May 26 1911 record. Milwaukee logged a 28 degree rise in 20 minutes while Danville Illinois hit 103 degrees the day before. Local forecasts called for cooler weather and scattered thunderstorms.
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Chicago
A. P
Mercury
Middlewest
Duluth
Minn
Nebraska
Michigan
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Fairmont
Plains of
Milwaukee
Danville
Ill
River Stage Readings for Ohio Mississippi and Ouachita Regions
River stage readings show Cairo 24.0 falling 0.8. Memphis 17.4 rising 0.7. Vicksburg 19.9 steady. New Orleans 3.2 falling 0.2. Shirveport 18.4 falling 0.8. Alexandria 16.6 rising 0.6. Camden 5.8 falling 0.1. Monroe 13.0 falling 0.7.
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Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shirveport
Fall
Alexandria
Rise
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Murder Connects Lake Marancook Abduction to Pine Point Find
Miss Aida Heyward, abducted from a cottage near Lake Marancook, was found dead at Pine Point on a bed cot with signs of strangulation. Her aunt Emma L Towns was killed earlier when the assailant set fire to the cottage. Maine authorities pursued Harry Kirby of Water town, Mass., linked to the case. Kirby had occupied the cottage near the body site and worked at a Winthrop oil cloth factory. He was last heard heading toward Augusta after a postcard directed mail to Augusta. Officers monitor the Augusta post office as the search continues.
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Winthop
Maine
Aida Heyward
Lake Marancook
Emma L. Towns
Jennie Gray
Pine Point
Miss Heyward
Harry
Kirby
Watertown
Mass
Augusta
Winthrop
Fred Bearce
Baccalaureate Service Set for City High Sunday
The Monroe school commence season opens with a baccalaureate service for City High at the First Methodist Church tomorrow at 11 am. The church will be decorated and the graduating class will attend in a body. Rev. F. M. Freeman to deliver the sermon. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
City High
First Methodist Church
F. M. Freeman
Monroe Reserve Officers Attend Lafayette Convention
Members of the Monroe chapter of the Reserve Officers Association of Louisiana traveled by motor to Lafayette to attend the state convention. Delegates from Monroe include Lt. Linton King Lt. Joe Isaacman Capt. I W Merton Capt. R L Wood Capt. H F Seeley Capt. P M Gayle Lt E McKenzie and Capt W A Cooper. A varied program runs today ending with a military ball in Lafayette tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Reserve Officers Association of
Louisiana
Lafayette
L. Mitton King
Joe Isaacman
I. W. Merton
R. L. Wood
H. F. Seeley
P. M. Gayle
E. McKenzie
W. A. Cooper
River Bank Cleaned To Improve Public Safety
Commissioner Will Atkinson reported rapid progress on the river bank cleaning project begun two weeks ago at the foot of Louisville avenue. A street gang cleared the bank to the Jefferson street railroad bridge and will continue to Wood street under Fire Chief Body supervision to remove trash and inflammable materials.
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Will Atkinson
Louisville Avenue
Jefferson Street
Wood Street
Atkinson
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Tokio States
Rochester
London
Evening News
Kinosake
Ashiya
Ikuno
Kuniyama
Fukuchi
Toyo-Oka
Dixon
RUM Ring
Tullos No. 1
Helm
N.Y
Park Avenue
Hardtner
Lone Star Highway Assn
Capt. MacMillan
NEW May
Freeman Will
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