Strong Fight Over Yosemite Water Reservoir Plan
San Francisco seeks use of a Yosemite National Park valley area for a city water supply reservoir. The Baker bill, already passed by the House, faces Senate action this Saturday. Objections focus on state rights and water apportionment in the San Joaquin Valley. Conservation groups warn the plan harms park beauty and utility.
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Associated Press
Washington
San Francisco
Yosemite ‘National Park
Senate
House
San Joaquin Alley
Yosemite National Park
Secretary Lane approves Boulder Canyon power site reservoir plan
An order issued with the president's approval creates a power site reservoir in Boulder Canyon on the Colorado River, about twenty miles east of Las Vegas Nevada. The project aims to develop 40 000 horsepower at a minimum expense.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lane
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
Las Vegas
Nev
Ted
Floating bars must meet city liquor laws, court rules
The Supreme Court decided that floating bar rooms in navigable waters inside harbor city limits must follow city liquor regulations. The ruling addresses William Rabb who argued New Orleans rules did not apply to an excursion steamer on interstate waters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
William Rabb
New Orleans
Thirteen Year Old Describes Mine Murder of Playmate
Cathleen Oka Simmon, aged thirteen, testified at court about the June 21 murder of nine-year-old Julia Jenex. She said they left home to gather dry roots, Jenex struck by a dead prairie chicken, leading to a quarrel, a shovel strike, and fatal beating. She has not yet been sentenced.
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Pianch Albert
Sask
Cathleen Oka Simmon
Julia Jenex
Jenex
Simmon
Supreme Court Upholds Railway Uniform Accounting System
The Interstate Commerce Commission's uniform accounting standard for railroads was upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday, affirming its authority and the consistency it brings to railroad financial reporting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Supreme Court
Counsel Goes Too Far In Arguments In Craig Knabe Murder Trial
Associated Press reports in Erldyville Indiana that prosecutor John Inman faced rebuke for discussing alleged intimate relations of Dr William Craig with women to establish motive in the murder of Dr Helen Knabe. Judge Blair limited remarks to proven facts while Inman claimed circumstantial evidence would implicate Craig. Craig and his daughter Marion listened as the state pursued a theory of motive beyond direct eye witness testimony.
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Associated Press
Erldyville Ind
William B
Agai Ram Inman
Craig
Helen Knabe
Henry N. Spaan
Inman
Mr. Inman
Blair
Knabe
William Craig
State Veterinary College
Dr. Knabe
Voodooism Rumor Surfaces in Cuban Island Case
Havana reports a supposed widespread voodooism network among black residents linked to witchcraft and a murder case. Authorities allege voodooists form a powerful trust with political ties shielding crimes as several offenses go unpunished. Calls grow for congressional remedy.
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Havana
Island
Congress
Fate of Leffingwell Causes Much Concern
University of Chicago faculty launched a search for Ernest De Koven Leffingwell, the geologist and Arctic explorer who vanished after heading north with Stefansson on August 25. His expedition aimed to return to Point Barrow by November 1, but no word has reached officials. His surveys are regarded as authoritative by the U S government.
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Chicago
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
Alaska
University of Chicago
Leffingwell
Stefansson
Point Barrow
United States
Improvements in Engineering at American Society Meet
New York Dec 2 Engineers gather for a three day annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at its West Thirty ninth street building. Dr C F M Goss opens with a reception and address and papers discuss boilers cement enameling turbine generators and vacuum cleaning among other topics. The session ends Friday night with college reunions and a German dinner with lantern slides recounting Leipsig.
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New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
C. F. M. Goss
West Thirty-ninth Street
Stevens’ Institute
Yale
Cornell
Grashof
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse
Verein Deutscher Ingeniemte
Leipsig
Deutscher Liederkranz
Diamonds Bought and Pawed by Paris Indicted Pair
A cablegram to District Attorney Whitman reports Antoinette Bonner and Joseph Brecher Kissinger arrested in Paris. They were indicted November 1 for obtaining diamonds worth about 250 000 dollars to sell on commission and then pawn them. A detective will travel to Paris with extradition papers. Bonner moved in fashionable circles and had wide solvent credit. Kissinger aided in the sale.
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Associated Press
New York
Whitman
Paris
Antoinette Bonner
Joseph Brecher-Kissinger
Miss Bonner
Supreme Court rules cut-rate book deals violate Sherman Act
Washington readers note a Supreme Court decision upholding anti resale price agreements as a Sherman Act violation. Justice Day said copyright protection does not shield such agreements. The case involved R. H. Macy & Co. and the American Publishers' Association shaping most U.S. publishers and major dealers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Day
R. H. Macy & Co
American Publishers’ Association
United States
Miss Bilz Speaks to Mission Society Event
Miss Bilz addresses the Mission Society in Cheyenne delivering a talk on faith and service. The talk highlighted community outreach and charitable aims with emphasis on local support and future plans.
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Miss Bilz
Mission Society
Tragic river deaths in Magnolia cemetery funeral services
Three victims of the Saturday river tragedy were buried in Magnolia cemetery on Monday. Walter Wilson eleven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H J Wilson had a 2 pm funeral at the family home with pallbearers and flowers. Leonard Gant a negro newsboy was mourned at Big Zion Baptist Church Bayou and Church streets with four young pallbearers. Claude Hamilton’s funeral followed Tuesday with ample attendance from Orange Grove schoolmates.
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Walter Wilson
H. J. Wilson
South Water Street
Walter P. Hines
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Claude Hamilton
Orange Grove
Anthropologists Hold Alabama Society Annual Meeting
At the Alabama Anthropological Society annual meeting in Montgomery, all former officers were re elected for year. Dr. Thomas M. Owen was named president with Dr. H. B. Battie as vice president Pp A Brannon as secretary and Buckner Beasley as treasurer all from Montgomery. J T Letcher presented a paper on Austossee an Indian town in Macon county on the Tallapoosa river destroyed in 1814 by General Floyd and his Georgians during a night fight on the Calebee.
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Ala
Alabama Anthropological Society
J. T. Letcher
Thomas M. Owen
H. B. Battie
Pp. A. Brannon
Buckner ‘Beasley
Letcher
Austossee
Macon County
Tallapoosa
Floyd
French Government Sued Over Four Million Dollar Inheritance
In Paris the civil tribunal of the Seine opened hearings in a landmark case filed by Mme. Cotton against the French government for twenty million francs left by her ancestor Jean Thiery died in Corfu in 1675. The fortune was tied up through court battles, held by the state bank of Venice, then seized by Napoleon in 1785 and sent to Paris. Judgment is expected next week.
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Associated Press
Paris
Seine
Mme. Cotton
Jean Thiery
Corfu
State Bank of
Venice
Napoleon
Alabama State Baptist Mission Board Annual Meeting Tonight
In Montgomery on December 2 the Alabama State Baptist Mission Board will review years of work and set plans for the next twelve months at its annual meeting in the city. The board includes members from across Alabama with W. B. Crumpton serving as corresponding secretary and headquar ters in Montgomery. he also leads the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Baptist Mission Board
W. B. Crumpton
Alabama Anti-Saloon League
Vicksburg Wins Bond Right for Waterworks System
The U S Supreme Court ruled that Vicksburg Mississippi may sell bonds now to build a municipal waterworks system for after November 1916 when the existing Vicksburg Waterworks Company franchise ends.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Vicksburg
Miss
Vicksburg Waterworks Company
California Syrup of Figs Promotes Inside Cleaning For Children
Mothers praise California Syrup of Figs as a safe pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping. It is recommended for fever irritability sour stomach and colic and is sold in a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages. Beware of counterfeit products and seek the genuine from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
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