Executions of Three Convicted at Western State Penitentiary
At Western State penitentiary in Eddyville Kentucky three Black inmates were executed by electric chair after guards used tear gas to subdue Walter Holmes 41 of Chicago who resisted with an improvised weapon and water threat. A B Goaksey 24 of Madisonville and Charles Rodgers 23 of Chicago died peacefully.
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Eddyville
Western State Penitentiary
Newgroes
Walter Holmes
Chicago
A. B. Goaksey
Madisonville
Charles Rodgers
Holmes
J. W. Baldie
W. BF. Gillahan
Baldree
Bacdree
Ramey
Cooksey
John H. Ashby
Rodgers
Tom Tillery
Elizabethtown
Walter Dewberry
Rodgers and
Holmen
Tillery
Gold Rush Results Drive North Dakota Mining Plans
Minneapo lis April 29 A Chicago era tale of fowl gold hoarding spurs a North Dakota project. S C Robb president of Neel Robb Co said preliminaries done and placer operations to begin near Denbigh North Dakota within 60 days. The rush followed gold found in shipping market fowl. Thousands of acres leased or bought and claim stakes appear on government land.
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Minneapolis
North Dakota
S.C. Robb
Neel- Robb Company
Denbigh
N. DB
Chicago
Abandon Plan for Galveston Coast Artillery Camp
Plans for an edast artillery training camp for reserve officers at Galveston have been abandoned due to Tunis shortages. Reserve officers will be sent to the West Coast or Pensacola for training. Costs of moving troops and equipment from the Fourth Corps Area were too high. Officers nearer Pensacola go there. those nearer the West Coast go there. Two sessions to Pensacola run July 26 to August 8 and August 9 to August 22.
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Galveston
Edast
Tunis
West Coast
Pensacola
Eighth Corps
Coast Artillery
Fourth Corps
White Russians to Found Colony in Chaco Region
A group of about 370 White Russian Mennonites passed through Montevideo on a steamer en route to the Chaco region. They plan to found a colony under the sponsorship of the League of Nations, departing in June.
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Montevideo
Urnguay
Chaco
Juny
Polons
Leigne of Nations
Austin City Dads Vote Salary Cut
The Austin city commission voted to cut salaries of municipal employees by 10 to 20 percent. Salaried under 9300 were reduced 10 percent, those of 3000 and above cut 1 percent. City Manager Adam BR’s yearly 10000 stipend was reduced 20 percent with full effect from June 1. Residents report nearby creek closures and safety concerns around the neighborhood.
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Austin
Apti
Austin City Commission
Adam BR
Onlnsot
Tome
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