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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1923
Page
2
A night train collision near Risty at a grade crossing injures Ellie and his wife, with their car demolished. The father dies at hospital. the son suffers a fractured thigh and broken ribs, later reported as deceased.
The prohibitories nominate Henry Ford for president amid a parade of names. Virgil Hinelaw of Washington, D. C. chairs the party, with J Qomemaltine and John J. Pershing also mentioned. Ford sails toward Europe aboard the Leviathan for a return from the Atlantic crossing noted in dispatches. Additional items report a Salt Lake City mayoral resignation, a deadly duck hunting accident near Stockton Lake, and a fireworks factory blast near Mevien City.
President Coolidge urged governors at a White House conference on law enforcement to assume full responsibility for enforcing prohibition. He said the Eighteenth Amendment and federal statutes do not surrender state duty and urged use of lawful means to enforce the laws.
Juneau schedules a special election on November 6 to decide dividing Alaska into two states as proposed by President Harding. Ketchikan requests district-wide referendums and commercial groups in Ketchikan Wrangell Petersburg and Juneau back division.
The Prince of Wales traveling as Lord Renfrew landed Saturday afternoon in London from the Manitoba Empress of France which arrived from Quebec. He appeared healthy with a bronzed complexion and proceeded to the palace in an ordinary train compartment. No official reception was held as he maintained his incognito until reaching the palace.
The grand jury reconvened to investigate five deaths from poisonous whisky last Saturday. Robert Smith, a chemist, was indicted for murder and held without bond. Manslaughter indictments were returned against Joan Tokoly, Stephen Tokoly, and Panl Tokoly. Each manslaughter true bill carries five counts.
Southern Pacific special agent Dan O Connell said on Saturday that the identity of the bandits who robbed a Southern Pacific express near Siskiyou Oregon, killing four trainmen, has been established. It is the first definite hopeful statement since he assumed charge of the search.
Idaho land and Amber land will be sold at auction in November to Northern Idaho. Nurses from Lewiston, Boise, Moscow, Nampa and St Maries passed the state board exam. Charles Chapman pleaded guilty to liquor charges in federal court and was fined. Potatoes for the Idaho Potato Growers Exchange sold. Lemb County shipping out. Automobile wreck injures two in Blackfoot due to barricade. Open deer season yields fine bucks, many taken near Mackay. Charles R. Frazier elected to National Economic League representing Idaho. Two bond issues passed for city hall and recreation park. Hartman reports clover seed record near Twin Falls. 600 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs attend Moscow grand lodge. Sheriff Riggs resigns in Emmett Boise area. Fourth ward L D Schapel dedication with Salt Lake officials. Idaho Watts Rotary donates six blankets to high school football team. 150 Ada County residents served tax notices. Verne Rodmore elected president of Idaho Osteopathic Association. Caldwell post office third-quarter gain. Nampa crews repair 200 miles of highway for winter. L W Case reports Idahoan reprieved under law. details follow. Local attorneys and county officials cited in miscellaneous notes.
An explosion at a St Louis hotel tonight injured several people and forced some residents to flee in night clothes. Witnesses reported shattered windows and a muddy street scene as emergency crews responded to the blast behind the hotel near the bus depot.
In the Rhineland a separation movement declared a Republic, with greens, reds and whites. Aix la Chapelle, Mayence, Dueren and other key cities seized by alleged agitators led by Leo Deckers and Dr Guthardt. French and Belgian forces did not interfere as Stresemann’s government faced Bavaria troubles. News disrupted as separatists aimed to outpace counterplanes. Aix La Chapelle posted proclamations signed by the leaders.
Governor J Walton is accused in an impeachment indictment of wilful neglect of duty incompetency corruption in offices and offenses involving moral turpitude. Read in the Oklahoma House Monday the 22 charge document cites exceeding authority amid a long battle with opponents including the Ku Klux Klan as a central issue.
The United States railroad labor board announced wage increases totaling 3,200,000 dollars annually affecting about 100,000 railroad employees including clerks storekeepers crews and station staff. Unions had sought 8 to 14 cent raises, but the granted rates rise 1 to 2 cents per hour retroactive to October 16. Sixty five railroads are directly affected with broader adoption likely.
Central Neva dispatch from Rome quotes Tripoli military advices reporting 440 rebels killed by Italian forces on Cyrensia while 10 Italians died and 60 wounded. Italian airplanes bombed native artillery as casualties and actions unfold amid a tense front. Moro Band Defies Officials Near Lana on Cotabato District in the Philippines with about 1000 adherents clashing with constabulary. teachers targeted in subsequent incidents.
A scrambled OCR fragment hints at names and places around Munich with garbled terms. The legible bits include personal initials and scattered phrases suggesting a local notice or note, but the exact event, date, or involved organizations remain unclear.
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