Judge Speer Condemned Not Impeached by House Panel
The U S district judge Emery Speer of Macon Georgia was severely arraigned for abusing office but spared impeachment after a House Judiciary Committee report found evidence insufficient to convict in the Senate. The panel urged dropping charges while condemning autocratic conduct and abuses of judicial discretion.
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Washington
Emery Speer
United States District Court
Macon
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Volstad
Minnesota
Speer
Webb
Fitzhenry
Dunkards raise record 20000 for foreign missions
Delegates at the Brethren conference in Meany hall witnessed a historic 20000 collection for the foreign missionary fund. Forty missionaries and families returned from service abroad joined the event after a two hour prayer and address by Elder H C Early. The open sessions on the university campus continued with plans to adjourn Friday.
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Meany Hall
Foreign Missionary Fund of the
Brethren
H. C
Penn Laird
Church of the Brethren Conference
Christ
David Metaler
Nappanee
Ind
United States
How to Banis Wrinkles Quickly
A home made wash lotion promises rapid wrinkle disappearance using powdered saxolite dissolved in hazel and water. The ad claims the astringent action tightens skin, offering a lasting effect and tonic benefits with daily use and no noticeable trace, urging invisible improvement.
Ed Fisher Sought After Copperfield Shooting
Sheriff Rand and a posse chased Ed Fisher through the mountains between Copperfield and Homestead in a manhunt linked to the previous day’s shooting of H. H. Stewart, a former Copperfield mayor deposed by Gov. West last December.
Suspected Bank Robber Is Freed In Canada Case
Martin Powell, arrested nearly a year ago for complicity in the Bank of Montreal robbery that netted $271,000, received a stay of proceedings and had the charge withdrawn in New Westminster. Powell was released after authorities found insufficient grounds for prosecution. He held a large number of stolen Bank of Montreal bills at arrest.
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New Westminster
B. C
Martin Powell
Bank of Montreal
Assize Court
Powell
Rate decision slashes western freight rates to Spokane
Spokane residents hail a Supreme Court ruling upholding an Interstate Commerce Commission order that cuts westbound freight rates from the East after a 25 year dispute. Reductions include 10 percent from Mississippi river points and New York, and 14 percent from Chicago territory.
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Spokane
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Chicago
New York
Sheriff Leads Posse in Copperfield Ambush Case
In Baker Oregon on June 23 Sheriff Ed Rand heads a posse seeking Edward Fisher brother of Copperfield city marshal. Fisher is believed to have shot and mortally wounded Henry M. Stewart former Copperfield mayor last January from ambush yesterday. Stewart's saloon was closed by Miss Fern Hobbs under Gov. West and a feud followed with Fisher alleged to have threatened Stewart.
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Baker, Or
Ed Rand
Edward Fisher
Copperfield
Henry M. Stewart
Stewart
Jester Shot by Night Officer. Fears of Jail Uprising
Hood River reports Louis Jester a leader of the J W W faction shot in the leg by Night Officer Smith after he refused to stop agitation for Ford and Stuhr in Mannell killing case. He will not leave the county jail and authorities fear a broader uprising.
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Hood River
Louis Jester
Smith
Fail
Ford
Stuhr
Ed Mannell
Western Oregon Fruit Distributors' Association Formed
Fruit growers from Willamette Rogue and Columbia river valleys have incorporated the Western Oregon Fruit Distributors' Association to cooperate in cultivating harvesting packing and marketing their crops.
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Portland
Willamette, Rogue
Columbia River Valleys
Western Oregon Fruit Distributors’ Association
Midnight Sun Festival Draws 1000 in Fairbanks
The Midnight Sun festival in Fairbanks last night, under the Sons and Daughters of the Golden North, drew over 1,000 attendees. The Marquettes and Van Dykes played a midnight baseball game, and the festival continues today.
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Fairbanks
Sons and Daughters of the Golden North
Marquettes
van Dykes
Greatest Blueback Salmon Run in 20 Years Reported
The Corbett's region on the upper Columbia reports the heaviest blueback salmon run in two decades with fishing craft catching a ton of fish daily and canneries operating day and night.
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Portland
Corbett's
Upper
Columbia
City Approves 125000 Light Fund for Steam Plant
The council approved a 125000 appropriation from the light fund to complete the first unit of the Eastlake auxiliary steam plant. The sum will be repaid from proceeds of a 425000 bond issue.
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Eastlake Au
Mullins Named to Grand Seris Financial Committee
Frank P. Mullins of the Eagles of Seattle is appointed to the Grand Series financial committee for the meeting in Kansas City next August. Henry Beck will serve as delegate to the convention replacing Crawford I. White who cannot attend.
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Frank P. Mullins
Eagles
Seattle
Kansas City
Henry Beck
Crawford RE. White
City Council Approves 100000 Loan for Penstock Project
The council yesterday afternoon approved a loan of 100000 from the municipal light extension fund Series H to build steel penstocks from the Cedar River dam to the power plant, replacing wooden pipes.
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Municipal Light Extension Fund
Cedar River
Police Probe Dismembered Girl Found In Schenectady
Police seek to identify a young girl's dismembered body found in Schenectady on June 22. Torso discovered with fine lace suggesting gentle birth. Burlap wrapping traced to a local coal yard, fueling murder in New York theory.
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Schenectady
N. Y
New York
Three New Telephone Franchises Sought in Centralia County
Three telephone companies filed applications for franchises to operate over county roads in Centralia. The applications will be heard by the county commissioners next month.
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Centralia
Odra Cleary of Everett Weds Rancher Rodolph Nelson
Miss Odra Cleary the first white child born in Everett married Rodolph Nelson a rancher at her Cedarhome home last Friday.
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Everett
Odra Cleary
Rodolph Nelson
Cedarhome
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