Rail rate on wool called for hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered hearings on wool transport rates and related rules across the western United States. Examiners will hold sessions in Billings, Salt Lake City, Boise, Portland, and Phoenix from April 26 to May 14 to review reasonableness and propriety of rates, transit arrangements, and minimum carload weights for wool and hair traffic. Notices went to state railroad commissions, carriers, and shippers.
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Washington
West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Billings
Mont
Salt Lake City
Boise
Portland
Ore
Phoenix
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
Atlantic Sea Board
Wool growers to testify on interstate wool transport rates
Salt Lake City April 6 The National Wool Growers association will be represented at forthcoming Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on wool transportation Secretary F R B Marshall announced Salt Lake City expert on intermountain rates H Price t of Salt Lake City will be the association representative The case stems from 1921 when railroads sought lower coast to Boston rates to divert traffic from ships The ICC suspended the rate in February after Idaho Senator Gooding filed a complaint Hearings open on the commission's own motion and local conditions will shape state submissions The outcome could set long term rates and affect shipments by boat to Boston from Southern Utah
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Salt Lake City
National Wool Growers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. R B. Marshall
Marshall
H. . Prichett
Prichett
Intermountain
Boston
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Northwest
Utah
Alaska tackles tax problem on fishing and mining
In Juneau on April 6 the territorial legislature Ways and Means Committee heard a substitute bill proposing drastic tax increases. The plan raises canned fish taxes across salmon ranges and imposes a two percent levy on mining company net incomes up to 150000 dollars and two and a half percent on earnings above that threshold.
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Juneau
Alaska
Ways and Means
House
Territorial
Mayfield Seat Opposed by Senator Heflin
Senator Heflin of Alabama protests to the Washington Post over a story claiming a Senate poll showed most senators oppose seating Earle B. Mayfield of Texas. Mayfield’s election is contested by George E. B. Peddy who accuses Mayfield of Klan ties and election fraud.
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Washngton
Heflin
Alabama
Washington Post
Senate
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas
Mayfield
George E. B. Peddy
Ku Klux Klan
Weston Loses to Kansas City in Intercollegiate Tourney
Weston high of Idaho fell to Kansas City Kansas 33 to 30 in the national intrastate interscholastic basketball tourney at the University Center. Earlier Weston defeated Otage Iowa 26 to 25 to reach the semifinals. Springville Utah was beaten by New Tier Chicago 27 to 18.
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Muskegon
Mich
Otage
Universitieng
Weston High School of
Idaho
Kansas City
Kas
Springville
Utah
New Tier
Chicago
Hung Jury in Foster Case Delays Chicago Defendant
In St Joseph Michigan on April 6 AP reports a jury deadlocked after 31 hours 15 minutes of deliberation in the William Foster criminal syndicalism trial. The jurors announced 11 acquittals and 6 convictions on every ballot, with 38 ballots cast before dismissal. Mrs Minerva Olsen the sole woman juror voted for acquittal, a result seen as a Foster victory. A new trial decision hinges on Cleveland former communist party executive committee member involvement.
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St. Joseph, Mich
William Foster
Chicago
Minerva Olsen
Foster
Cleveland
Communist Party Executive Committee
Foul murder of two girls shocks New York area
Police report two young women Miss Bes sie McMahon of Utica and Mrs Irene Blandino of Jersey City were found murdered with throats cut on an isolated Staten Island road. A milkman discovered the bodies believed killed elsewhere and dumped from a car. One victim had an artificial leg.
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New York
Bessie McMahon
Utica
N. Y
Irene Blandino
Jersey City
N. J
Staten Island
Fourth Hanged for Same Murder in New Mexico
Francisco Vaisa was hanged at Farrancia New Mexico at 5 o clock this morning the fourth man to pay the death penalty for the murder of Anton Kruey a merchant of Durango. Vaisa went to the scaffold calmly and made no statement. Last night he said he was glad to get it over with. It was twenty minutes after the trap was sprung before he was pronounced dead.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Francisco Vaisa
Farancia
N. M
Anton Kruey
Durango
Vaisa
Deportation of German Leader Max Wallraf Reported
Cologne Apr 6 AP Max Wallraf of Bonn former reichstag leader and longtime Cologne lord mayor has been deported from the occupied area. German reports say more than 3 000 people have been deported, not counting families of the deportees.
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Cologne
Max Wallraf
Bonn
Reichstag
Michaelia
Woman roasts Premier as France honors Verdun capture
Paris reports Premier Poincare greeted by insults from a 28 year old woman during a ceremony at Place de la Republique. Police arrested Madeline Ferre, a radical labor sister of a noted agitator, who said she named the premier because she opposed him.
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Paris
Poincare
Place de la Republique
Panamera
Font du Aumount
Verdun
Madeline Ferre
Helena's Heaviest April Snowstorm on Record
Helena reports nine inches of snowfall since yesterday with the heaviest April storm on record for a two day period. Weather figures show Montana-wide precipitation generally, with farm impact noted and temperatures near freezing as the storm continues.
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Helena
Weather Bureau
Montana
New Governor Installed in Porto Rico
Borace Mann Towner of Iowa has become Porto Rico's eighth American civil governor, taking office in San Juan on April 6.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Borace Mann Towner
Iowa
Klan Fight Splits Into Three Factions In Atlanta
In Atlanta on April 6 the Ku Klux Klan dispute widened as a petition for a receiver was filed with Fulton County Superior Court by W H Terrell for insurgent faction members who were expelled earlier. Judge E D Thomas set April 14 for a hearing as the imperial palace remains in sheriff custody.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
E. D. Thomas
Fulton County Superior Court
W. H. Terrell
Harry B. Terrell
Thomas
W. H. Evans
H. W. Evans
William J. Simmons
Judge Thomas
Imperial Palace
Klan
Sheriff’s Office
Reclamation Project Tour Set To Probe Overhead Costs
Washington April 6 AP Special Assistant Secretary D W Davis and Director A P Davis of the reclamation service will start a tour April 14 to review western projects and examine charges of excessive overhead. The itinerary lists Carlsbad Rio Grande Salt River Yuma Newlands Yakima Umatilla Boise Minidoka American Falls Strawberry Valley Uncompahgre and North Platte under scrutiny.
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Washington
Coorstauy
D. W. Davis
A. P. Davis
Reclamation Service
Davis
Idaho
Western States Reclamation Association
Bomb Explodes at German Bridge Fails to Break Route
Essen April 6 AP reports a bomb at the railroad bridge near Duisburg damaged the structure only slightly. French guards fired on fleeing individuals but did not strike any.
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Essen
Duisburg
Former Springfield Bank Cashier Indicted on Funds Theft
August H. Penfield, former cashier of the Springfield National Bank in Ohio, was indicted by a federal grand jury. The indictment lists twelve counts alleging theft totaling $9,977.1233 from various funds.
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IND
Cincinnati
Ohio
August H. Penfield
Springfield (Ohio
Pacifists on Wrong Track in Washington War Debate
Washington April AP reports pacifists and propaganda groups in the United States were denounced by Secretary Weeks as misleading. He criticized a chart claiming 85 percent of the budget funds for military purposes and defended national defense as a small share of total expenditures, urging citizens to study facts before supporting or opposing military policy. The release compared U S force levels abroad with much larger armies in Europe and Asia to illustrate relative defense needs.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Republic
Weekes
Ifiat
America
Netife
National Council For the Prevention of War
Weeks
Harding
Mr. Weeks
Soratirs Tebaistes
Ibn Bureau
Veterans Bureau
Rotary Weeks
Russia
France
Japan
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Europe
Africa
Good Prot on Bootleg Good Prot on Bootleg
Property seized in enforcement of prohibition amounted to 2,000,000. 421.938 gallons of spirits and 75 gallons of malt liquors were seized. Fourteen agents were killed and 49 injured. 1,019 arrests. autos valued at 1.709 million. Illicit distilleries and sites numbered. searches valued at.
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Prohibition
Lee
Prohibition Ag
Slayers Reprieved in Alamogordo Murder Case
Albuquerque April 6 AP Carl H. Sm and G. W. Lafovars sentenced the charged at Alamogordo soa for the murder of Sheriff W. L. Themererford were not executed today. Reprieves pending as cases move to the state.
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Albuquerque
Carl H. Sm
G. W. Lafovars
Alamogordo
Soa
W. L. Themererford
Thas
France Would Discard Fleet If Allies Follow
Paris April 6 AP Gustave De Kerzug-Zeo president of the senate naval committee says France will scrap its fleet if other powers do the same and urges a new conference for naval disarmament. He proposes an international fleet with ten ships from the United States and England ten, France six, Italy six, as a path to world peace. He also says the League of Nations is useless while unarmed.
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Paris
France
Associated Press
Gustave de Kerzuc-Zeo
Naval Committee of the
Senate
Whic
de Kergue-Zeo
United States
England
Italy
League of Nations
Helicopter Nears Success at McCook Field Test Flight
Dayton reports progress as De Bothezat helicopter lifts more than twenty feet with new engine at McCook Field. Pilot Thurman Beane improves control while Dr. George De Bothezat notes potential for short point to point trips. First flight last year lasted one minute forty five seconds.
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Dayton
Obis
April
McCook Field
de Bothezat
George de Bothezat
Thurman Beane
McCookfield
Hand picked jury is thrown out
Los Angeles April 6 AP The meeting of township justices to study a grand jury probe of veniremen for a bootlegger trial was called by Presiding Justice J Walter Handy after it was found every member of a 27 person panel belonged to either the Y M C A or the W C T U and had been subpoa ened through those groups without proper notice. The entire panel was discharged over concerns the jury was biased toward prohibition. A similar case against J D Casida was dismissed when a like panel produced a hung jury.
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Los Angeles
Veniremen
J. Walter Handy
C. W. Benjamin
A. P. Krevike
J. D. Casida
Browning Invents Powerful Gun At Utah Dinner
John M. Browning, noted Utah firearms inventor, announced a new weapon at a dinner in Ogden. The gun reportedly fires 120 rounds per minute, has a six mile range, and can pierce air plate armor. Development began at the request of the United States Army chief of ordinance.
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Utah
John M. Browning
Ogden
Browning
United States Army
Six Largest Cities Hold Their Places in 1923 Estimates
Washington reports census estimates showing most large cities retain rank with New York near 5.93 million and Chicago close to 3 million. Philadelphia and Detroit near 2 million and 1.01 million respectively, while Baltimore rises to seventh and Los Angeles to ninth as San Francisco climbs to eleventh amid shifting urban sizes.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Buffeau
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Columbus
Gie
Providence
Birmingham
Lan Ae
Dallas
Berantoy
J Borlaghta
Jena Tass
Veland
St. Louis
Low
Fitziharah
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Washau
Newark
Kansas City
Seattle
Indianapolis
Ind
Rochester
City
Fornland
Ore
Denver
Toledo
Louisville
St. Paul
Oakland
Akron
Atlanta
Omaha
Birm- Ty
Ala
Worcester
San Antonio
Syracuse
Richmmond
New Haven
Memphis
Dayton
Bridgeport
Norfolk
Houston
Hartford
Grand Rapids
Youngstown
Field Mass
Fort Worth
Des Moines
Scranton
Paterson
New Bedford
Trenton
Salt Lake City
Camden
Nashville
Fall River
Wilmington
Del
Albany
Kan
Lowell
Cambridge
Reading
Yonkers
Spokane
Five bandits loot St Louis bank of bonds worth millions
Bonds of St Louis Federal Land Bank totaling about 2.14 million were stolen by five gunmen who robbed a downtown bank vault. They also seized ten pouches of registered mail and avoided signatures on two bank signatures. Stolen bonds include various denominations, while an estimated 245 thousand in other bonds missing. Postal authorities expect bandits to forge signatures to cash the bonds.
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St. Louis
Apr
St. Louisa
Federal Land
the &J. Leoutsa Post-Dispatch
Washington
Polish Catholics Protest Moscow Executions Spark Warsaw Rally
In Warsaw on April 6 an immense meeting voiced outrage over Monsignor Butchkavitch’s execution in Moscow and the imprisonment of other Catholic dignitaries. Police set cordons around Soviet regions to prevent disturbances as protesters urged coordinated action with other nations.
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Warsaw
Poland
Monsignor
Butchkavitch
Moscow
Montana unclaimed estates totaling over sixty eight thousand dollars
Montana treasurer holds more than 68000 dollars in unclaimed funds awaiting heirs. Most cases involve unknown or deceased individuals, with estates tied to county and state treasuries. Many heirs are distant or unlocatable, and funds await contact before distribution.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Yeasa
State Treasury
Krupp Officers Confer With Chancellor Over Essen Shooting
Berlin April 6 AP three Krupp factory council members and three union representatives met with Chancellor Cuno who has resumed duties after illness. They discussed the Essen plant shooting and the overall situation at the Krupp works amid volatile labor tensions.
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Berlin
Krupp
Cuno
Lory
Essen
City Election Registration Opens Across Idaho Wards
Notice outlines voter registration requirements for the April city election. Registrants may sign up until April 19 20 or 21 with registrar hours 9 am to 5 pm and 7 pm to. Each ward lists the registrar and district boundaries including centers Center Street and Portneuf river references.
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State of Idaho
First Ward
Adeline Courtney
South Ninth
Center Street
W. BR. Blalock
North Fifth
Pauline Bryan
Garfield
Portnenus
Ella Taylor
Cats En Bereee
Sherman
Portneuf
Fifth Ward
Maine
Ie Downing
North
Sherman Street
Portneuf River
Shoshone Avenue
Pocatello Avenue
Sixth Ward
C. D. Amphlett
West
Fremont
Portmeuf River
Ce Det
Istr
Wass Eh
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Weston
Avionei 5. H
Order
Elien Sonnenthal
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