Riot and prison break in Oregon end with multiple escapes
A dramatic riot near a state hospital and arsenal saw convicts seize weapons, kill and wound guards, and kidnap a hospital attendant. John Sweeney Jones Lute Savage and others led the breakout, hijacking a taxicab, fleeing toward the hills, and sparking a manhunt. Several convicts were later recaptured.
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A.P
John Sweeney Jones
Lute Savage
Ellsworth
James Willos
Tom Murray
Walter M. Pierce
Portland
Salem
Econ
Arsenal
A. M. Dalgrymple
John In
Jones
Reelen Sweeney
Holmanes
Willis
Kelly
Medeor
Murray
Troops Move In To Break Up Reading Klansmen Clash
State troops from four barracks arrived in Reading Massachusetts to quell a disorder at a Ku Klux Klan meeting. Tear gas bombs and rocks injured Klansmen and anti Klansmen. two men, Louis H Davidson and Henry Morash, were arrested for carrying dangerous weapons.
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Reading
Mass
A.P
Gee
Louis H. Davidson
Malden
Henry Morash
Brookline
Frank Slack
Readingolice Force
Black
North Main Street
Combined French Spanish Forces Press Riffling Riffian Tribes
Information from French headquarters reports early results of joint Franco Spanish operations in the Fez region. Dissident tribes including Gherbaoua and Beni Mestara begin negotiating while the Moors are pressed toward Chechaouene and Ouezzan. Sherifian cavalry clear the center as reinforcements arrive.
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Fez
French Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
Gherbaoua
Beni Mestara
Ouezzan
el Araish
Ovuegzan
Chechaouene
Taza
Beni Oartel
Morocco
ICC Rules Rice Rates Unjustified for Southeast Shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission on August 13 held proposed February schedules to raise less than car load rice rates through the southeastern territory unjustified. The plan would have increased rates 10 to 25 percent, and future rates for such shipments were set to be fixed pending a broader decision on classified freight charges in the southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Pickford Kidnapping Case Heads to Jury
A Los Angeles jury was to hear final arguments in the case involving two truck drivers and a salesman amid charges they plotted to kidnap Mary Pickford or were used by detectives for publicity. The trial was to go to the jury about noon after a juror’s illness delayed proceedings.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A.P
Mary Pickford
C. Z. Stephens
Claude Holcomb
Adrian Wood
Getwith
Miss Pickford
Dakota continues fight on gasoline price drop
South Dakota moves to reduce gas costs. Beginning today Huron Madison Brookings Mitchell and Watertown will sell gasoline at 21 cents per gallon while Mitchell sees some stations matching the state price. The Am price drops to 21 12 cents. A new note mentions the Swiss navy steamer built 97 years ago by American Edward Church then U.S. consul in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Church
United States
France
Briand and Chamberlain talks raise hope of German peace meeting
London reports Briand and Chamberlain in talks on security guarantees with Germany. A Franco British plan aims to invite Germany to conference and pursue a final settlement. In New Orleans raids target bootleggers with large liquor seizures and grand jury to review results.
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Briand
Grand Jury
London
Orleans
France
Austen Chamberlain
Beerpine
Chamain
The
M. Briando
Germany
M. Briand
Mr. Chamberlain
Foreign Office
London Times
Great Britain
New Orleans
A.P
Gulf Coast
E. C. Yelléwhey
Prohibition
Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Treasury
Andrews
Biloxi
Miss
Britains Cabinet Endorses Briand Chamberlain Talks on Security Pact
London dispatch notes that the cabinet approved the Briand Chamberlain outline for a German security pact. Ambassador Houghton’s unofficial influence is cited as shaping U S views toward a mutual bilateral pact rather than a unilateral one. Britain signals readiness to negotiate terms with Germany alongside France and the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Flory
International News Service
London
Germany
United Oes
Houghton
Briand
United States
France
Reich
Chamberlain
Victoria Station
M. Briand
Paris
Herr Stresemann
Europe
Champlain
Great Britain
Riot Strife in China Causes Heavy Losses and Deaths
Rioting in Nanjing leaves more than a million dollars in property damage. Thousands march with anti foreign banners as troops arrest suspects after clashes. Ten thousand involved. troops fire on crowds, eight killed and forty wounded. many jump into the river seeking escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nen Tsin
Ching
International News Service
New Master Takes Command of Steamship Bowden
New master R H Nicolayson assumes charge aboard the steamship Bowden of the United Fruit Company. The vessel sails from Mobile today for Cristobal via the Panama Canal, succeeding Captain A Ande who is on leave to return to Norway.
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R H. Nicolaysn
Bowatm United Feust Company
Mobile
Cristoba’ Canat En Gon
A. Ande
Norway
Nicolaysa
Second big flood sweeps Korea in summer disaster
Tokyo reports North Korea has suffered a second flood this summer after three days of rain. The Sei sen river overflowed, Shinanshu town reportedly destroyed, traffic suspended across the flood area with unknown but heavy property and likely loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
International News Service
North Korea
North
Heian
Seisen
Shinanshu
Athens Struggles With Death by Own Action Epidemic
Athens faces a self harm epidemic with ten deaths weekly. Authorities limit access to the Acropolis to curb the surge and prevent further tragic acts.
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Rene of
Rane
Prisor
Bayer
Grove’s
Heckman
Bluff
Iowa
Atlantic City
Eleanor Hoffman
Bennams
Lee Bartlett
Hazel Williams
Myrtle Marshal
Massachusetts
Annapolis
Washington, D. C
Korea
Athens
L.H. Meyer &Sons
the House of Kupperh
Dauphin Street
Southern
South
Southern Railway Company
Raleway
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