Shenandoah Transcontinental Flight Van Horn El Paso Log
The Shenandoah dirigible travels toward Fort Worth after passing Van Horn and El Paso while facing head winds and reduced fuel. Reports describe jettisoning gasoline, ballast drops, and a perilous journey toward Lakehurst New Jersey as it seeks Fort Worth mooring followed by Lakehurst departure.
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EL Paso
Texas
Ft. Worth
Rio Grande
Douglas
Arizona
Shenandoah
Arizona Plains
Paso
Lake Hurst
N. J
Possible grand jury probe into Charles Hotel fire
Shreveport Louisiana district attorney L S Blanchard says the Charles Hotel fire that killed a woman and two men may be scrutinized by the Caddo parish grand jury. He awaits state fire marshal data and will present evidence from the state attorney and fire departments if the panel accepts a probe.
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Shreveport
Charles Hotel
Caddo Parish
Grand Jury
L. S. Blanchard
Blanchard
Marchal
Smuggling Trial In New Orleans Faces Odell Plea
In New Orleans the case of Captain Henry Chlemutz and A Y Brecher against Wilfred Martin Odell arises from July smuggling of Chinese and European aliens. Odell pleaded guilty at arraignment as the trial opened in federal district court.
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New Orleans
Henry Chlemutz
Abeona
A. Y. Brecher
Wilfred Martin Odell
United States
United States District Court
Odell
Slush fund probes target Gotham bankers for campaign cash
Senate campaign fund investigators questioned New York bankers led by George W. Simmons and William B. Knox over letters urging contributions to influence Western states against La Follette. The drive added about 500000 to the Republican fund, nearing the 3 million cap, with individual gifts up to 12500 and a 20000 defalcation from Philadelphia’s Union League Club.
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Washington
Robert M. L Follette
Senate Campaign Fund
New York City
George W. Simmons
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
Simmons
Bankers Committee
William B. Knox
American Bankers Association
Frank P. Walsh
LaFollette
Chicago
William Nelson Cromwell
Union League Club
Philadelphia
E. T. Stotesbury
Irene Dupon
Wilmington
Delaware
Frank A. Munsey
New York
Ogden Mills
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Coolidge
Oil Field Slaying Mystery at El Dorado Ark
El Dorado Ark Oct 23 mystery surrounds the fatal shooting of James Jackson a cook at Laney oil camp near Smackover. His sister in law Jessie Jackson was wounded when a .45 caliber bullet shattered her left arm and lodged in Jackson's abdomen. Jackson died shortly after.
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EL Dorado
Ark
James Jackson
Laney
Smackover
Jessie Jackson
Jackson
Jury Deadlocks In Louisiana Murder Case Over Death Penalty
In Minden Louisiana the jury deliberated over fifteen hours in the murder case of Roger Haynes a Cotton Valley carpenter contractor shot while on horseback Prosecution seeks death for C C Derrick while Mrs C C Derrick and Mrs Madeline Davis face verdicts of guilty without capital punishment The defense argues unwritten law in response to an insult claim and Derrick admits firing the fatal shot
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Minden
C. C. Derrick
Madeline Davia
Roger Haynes
Cotton Valley
Robert Roberts
Madeline Davis
Derrick
Webster Parish
Haynes
Davis
Louann
Ark
Goltra Barges in Initial Trip Over Mississippi Route
The Goltra cargo voyage marks progress for New Orleans port and Mississippi river traffic as 875000 bushels of grain are loaded on six 300 by 50 foot barges from St. Louis. The Illinois towboat will bring Iowa in with six more barges, followed by Minnesota and Missouri in the same St. Louis to New Orleans service.
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New Orleans
St. Louis
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Five Men to Hang for Same Crime in Montreal
Five men condemned July 23 for the murder of Henri Clerouux chauffeur of the Bank of Hochelga collection car will be hanged on Friday in Bordeaux jail Montreal marks a first in the city’s criminal history with five executions for a single crime.
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Montreal
Bordeaux
Henri Clerouux
Bank of Hochelga
Trail of money to Fall case and Soviet church relief appeal
Court probes the $100000 cash trail tied to Elk Hills leases with Doheny interests as Blair and Company records are opened. In Kansas City Bishop Edgar Blake says Soviets seek return of churches and schools, urging aid to Russia and noting religious suppression under prior regimes.
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Los Angeles
Senate
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny
Albert B. Fall
E. L. Dohney, Jr
California
Atlee Pomerene
Graham Young
Blair and Company
New York Investment Securities
Mr. Pomerene
E. L. Doheny, Jr
Charles L. Little
Blair
Company
Doheny, Sr
Frank J. Hogan
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Doheny, Jr
Kansas City
Russia
Edgar Blake
Paris
Blake
Farm Loan Group Opens Alexandria Convention
The state convention of the secretaries and treasurers of the National Farm Loan Association closed in Alexandria Louisiana with S F E Bowers of Alfalfa, fair manager, elected president H A Lejeune of Kaplan named vice president and B E D Stanwood of Houma chosen secretary treasurer.
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Alexandria
National Farm Loan Association
S. FE. Bowers
Alfalfa
H. A. Lejeune
Kaplan
Be, D. Stanwood
Houma
Uncover Body of Miner After Kentucky Blast
In Madisonville Kentucky the body of Paul Wheeler aged 19 was recovered from the Hart Coal Company mine after a gas and dust explosion entombed at least fifteen miners. Two more men are missing and believed buried under slate while fourteen entombed men escaped during the night.
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Madisonville
Paul Wheeler
Hart Coal Company
Pair Remanded to Jail for Central La attack
Arthur and Newton Guy were remanded to jail without bond after a preliminary hearing on criminally assaulting a 16 year old Melder girl. The victim described kidnapping and three days of confinement in a cotton gin by the Gay brothers and Ivay Morgan Jr who is also jailed.
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Alexandria
Arthur
Newton Guy
Melder
Gay Brothers
Ivay Morgan, Jr
Tong War Spreads Across American Chinatowns
Reports from Sonora to Chicago indicate intensified Chinese Tong disorder with raids in multiple cities, 114 arrests in Sonora and attempted deportations while New York police brace for potential Tong reprisals. In Chicago a Chinatown laundry bombing interrupts a lull with two injured and one death in earlier attacks.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Sinaloa
New York
Newark
Cleveland
Chinatown
Chicago
Bell closes up well in Cotton Valley section
Shreveport Louisiana October 23 The Minerals Division of the Department of Conservation sealed Hyde and Barnes Wells numbers 1 and 2 in the 22 21 10 Cotton Valley field over oil gas production practices After injunctions were filed Acting Commissioner Frank T Payne was cited to appear at Minden October 28 to justify continuance An order may set seven days for operators to decide if a well is an oil producer or a gasser
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Shreveport
Hyde
Barnes
Cotton Valley
Minerals Division
Department of Conservation
H. W. Bell
Frank T. Payne
Minden
Department
One Dead and Four Wounded in New Orleans Duel Shootings
In two gun battles in New Orleans, John Dorsey 48 saloon keeper died after being shot twice in the body and once in the hand. Wm Patterson 23 was shot in the hip and Lee Smith in the left ankle. Dennis Mullin 21 was struck by a stray bullet in the leg. The other incident left Vincent Matasa 49 with wounds to the knee and elbow, and Ciro Vellanove 27 with a stray forearm bullet. August Sciortino wounded Matasa in the left knee and elbow.
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New Orleans
John Dorsey
Charity Hospital
Wm. Patterson
Lee Smith
Dennis Mullin
Vincent Matasa
August Sciortino
Ciro Vellanove
Oldest Mason Levi Henshaw Gorrell Celebrates 104th Birthday
Levi Henshaw Gorrell of Wichita Kansas is the world’s oldest living Free Mason. At 104 he resides in the Kansas Masonic Home after returning from a visit to his son in Oklahoma. Made a master Mason in Morgantown Indiana in 1845 he worked as a blacksmith until age ninety. He reads without glasses and has perfect hearing.
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Levi Henshaw Gorrell
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Gorrell
Oklahoma
Morgantown
Ind
Davis Seeks Cleveland Rally After Midwest Tour
In a two week final campaign drive, Davis travels aboard his train toward Cleveland to frame the race against Coolidge. He attacks the Harding Coolidge era as radical and targets Secretary Weeks and Governor Bryan as political maneuvers.
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Davis
Cleveland
Indianapolis
A. P
Middle-West
Indiana
New York
Evansville
Vincennes
Princeton
War
Harding-Coolidge
Mr. Davis
Weeks
War Department
Dawes
Coolidge
Senator LaFollette
Bryan
Fuqua appoints Odom to circuit court of appeal
Governor Fuqua names Fred M. Odom to the second circuit court of appeal from the first district to succeed D. N. Thompson. The move, unexpected to Odom and Sandel, may accelerate Odom’s rise while docket crowdedness prompts the appointment.
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Baton Rouge
Fuqua
Fred M. Odom
Circuit Court of Appeal
Second Circuit
D. N. Thompson
State Supreme Bench
Odom
Monroe
Court of Appeal
Percy Sandel
Judge Odom
Sandel
Central Bank
Grand Street
Jud
Rovern Os Mota
Bastrop
Ivan Parke to Race in New Orleans Winter Meet
Ivan Parke one of America’s top jockeys will ride in New Orleans for the winter racing season under contract to Harry Payne Whitney. He will join the Whitney stable in New Orleans for the Southern division and also ride for the Greentree stable owned by Mrs. Payne Whitney after finishing his Eastern engagements.
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New Orleans
Ivan Parke
America
Parke
Harry Payne Whitney
New York
Jockey Parke
Whitney
Greentree
Payne Whitney
New York Society
Old Hatfield Feud Flare Reopens With Fatal Shooting
BLUEFIELD W VA Oct 23 An old Hatfield feud resurfaces as Alex Hatfield son of Floyd Hatfield is shot during a dispute over an election He dies in a Williamson hospital The killing echoes past feuds between the Hatfields and McCoys and follows a confrontation after a allegation of lying by Thurman Chambers
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Bluefield
W. VA
Hatfield
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tug River
McCoy Clains
Mingo County
Alex Hatfield
Alex
Thurman Chambers
Chambers
Williamson
Matewan
Floyd Hatfield
McCoys
Kentcky
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