Two Convicted for a Swindle on War Goods
Seattle report says aviator James J. Underwoead, 20, and F. A. Miller, 29, were convicted in a China war-goods swindle. They faced 30 and 18 months respectively after removal to McNeil Island. They allegedly sold counterfeit rifles to a north eastern China military chief for 14,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
China
James J. Underwoead
EF. A. Miller
McNie Island
McKinley
Miller
Forest fires sweep Pacific Northwest as heat and winds worsen
Western Washington endures peak fire danger with high temperatures winds and low humidity fueling blazes. Logging operations suffer massive losses including two trestles two donkey engines and 2.5 million feet of logs burned near Tenin while fires threaten areas from Dungeness to Lummi Island and Port Orchard. Eastern Idaho and Washington report smaller fires with lightning starting 26 spots near Wilbur and a Mapier Lumber mill blaze plus Vancouver Island damage.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
United States
Washington
Tenin
Gilberton
Manette
Kitsap
Port Orchard
Eagle Falls
Saginaw Lumber Company
Washington Forest Fire Association
Weather Bureau
Idaho
Cover D'Alene
Wilbur
Waeh
Mapier Lumber Company
Vancouver Island
B. I
Forest Department
British dancers clash with modern styles over ballroom decline
London notes George Chester, head of the British professors of dancing, joins critics of modern dance trends. He contends ballroom dancing has degraded into a general walk-around, with sixty percent of dancers not dancing and novelty havelagged untimed music worsening the situation.
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London
George Chester
British Professors of Dancing
New York Heat Surges as Temperatures Climb
In New York on July 10 the heat rose rapidly with forecasts predicting the 90s by early afternoon. Early temperatures reached 83 at 10 am after a 75 degree night, drawing thousands to beaches as authorities reported three heat deaths yesterday and one more in the early hours.
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New York
Father Knickerbocker
Weather Bureau
Woman Misreads Medicine, Takes Carbolic Acid
Mrs. Emma FE Lawrence of 548 North Twelfth became seriously ill Friday afternoon after taking a tablespoonful of carbolic acid by mistake instead of medicine. She endured dizziness and temporary blindness through the night, with doctors hopeful for recovery if no complications arise after she took antidotes.
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Emma FE. Lawrence
North Twelfth
Lawrence
Weather Takes a Freak Spell Across The Rockies
Denver heat relief turns cold as temperatures plunge across Colorado and neighboring states. Leadville drops to 36 while Denver records 71 high and 56 low, with Grand Junction 62 and other western states logging varied readings from 38 to 68 in Arizona and 41 to 62 in Utah.
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Denver
Grand Junction
Rockies
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pueblo
Colo
Montana
Wyoming
Arizona
Yuma
Flagstaff
Utah
Eight Bidders For Nelson Papers In Kansas City
Trustees of the William Rockhill Nelson trust studied eight offers for the Kansas City Star and Times. The successful bidder will be announced July 19 with proceeds to fund an art institute in the city. Bids came from Frank Gannett, Luke Lee, F G Bonfils, Walter Dickey, Irwin Kirkwood, and A F Beested among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Frank Gannett
Rochester Times-Union
Walter 8. Dickey
The
Kansas City Journal Post
Irwin Kirkwood
Kansas City Star
A. FP. Beested
Star
Boston at Detroit and other early baseball scores
Baseball card style summary of multiple games including Boston at Detroit with final 69-101 and hitters Gibson Dagas Johns Manion Harriss Wingfield Gaston. Philadelphia vs Chicago with 14 15 runs. Brooklyn at Chicago first game with Petty Hargreaves Milsteadt Kauffman Hartnett. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh with high scoring 38 18 points and Carlson Dean Henline Wilson Kremer Smith.
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Boston
Detroit
Haiti
Gibson
Dagas
Johns
Manion
Harriss
Wingfield
Gaston
Chicago
R. HE
Brooklyn
Petty and Hargreaves
Milsteadt
Kauffman and Hartnett
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Carlson
Dean and Henline
Wilson
Kremer and Smith
Proposed abandonment of branch line in Wash. set for Sept hearing
The Nevshern Pacific proposes abandoning part of a branch line between South Aberdeen and Bay City. The Interstate Commerce Commission has assigned the case for a September 15 hearing in Aberdeen, Washington, before the state Department of Public Works.
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Washington
Nevshern Pacific Railway
South Aberdeen
Bay City
Wash
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aberdeen
Department of Public Works
Famous land case in court in Chicago
Twelve alleged relatives of Captain George Wellington Streeter gather to pursue a court right to claim 126 acres on Chicago shorefront once tied to Streeter. The land, valued over 450 million, was contested since 1889 with Streeter seeking sovereign state status under federal oversight. A related suit by Ma Alma Lockwood Streeter for 109 million against Chicago Trust Co. was dismissed.
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Chicago
United States
George Wellington Streeter
Lake Michigan Mariner
Streeter
Streetersville
Illinois
Alma Lockwood Streeter
Chicago Trust Company
Wilkerson
Ogden Citizens Lose Bid Over East Bench Paving
Ogden Utah July 10 property owners lost their case to block city commissioners from paving 18 blocks on the east bench with cement concrete. The court dissolved the injunction. Owners favored bituminous pavement at about 4,000 less than cement. The judge said promises were not binding but criticized surveying citizens for input if ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
Gotham Subway Strike Spreads to Power House Workers
In New York on July 10 trains ran in the underground despite a strike widening to Interborough power house staff. Replacements from other divisions and students from institutes of technology plus workers from General Electric and Westinghouse Electric filled in as strikers joined the motor men and switchmen at headquarters amid cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iday
Power House
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Institutes of Technology
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
Interborough
Atriking
Atrikera
Fraudulent Votes in Chicago Republican Ballots Scrutinized
Chicago reports reveal fraudulent counting of Republican votes in nearly a hundred precincts in April. County Judge Jarecke orders a broad recount of Democratic ballots and a flat check of Democratic balloting as investigators estimate over 150000 Republican votes affected.
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Chicago
Jarecke
Cattle Held by Americans Faces Mexican Suit
The American embassy protests Mexican court trial of a 7700 head cattle plot tied to the United States War Finance Corporation. American cattlemen with liens sue in Juarez across from El Paso, challenging U S government action. The embassy seeks return of a Juarez receivership to American courts.
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Mexico City
Mexican Foreign Office
United States War Finance Corporation
Chihuahua
Juarez
el Paso
United States
Foreign Office
U S L employee found dead at home
Joe Bonnett, a Short Line boiler shop employee, was found dead at his home at 331 South in the rear Friday night by his brother in law A P Grimaud. Post mortem attributed death to myocarditis. coroner declined an inquest. funeral planned at Bluefoot.
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Joe Bonnett
Short Line
A. P. Grimaud
Mr. Bonnett
J. R. Young
W. W. Brothers
E. N. Roberts
Justice of the Peace
B. G. Houde
Frida
Bonnett
Pocatello
Tie
Bennett
Blackfoot
McHan Undertaking Company
Bluefoot
Jones Takes Lead in National Open Round Four
Bobby Jones tops the field with 203 after four rounds and a 72 in the fourth. Joe Turnesa trails by one after a 43 on the last nine. Mehlhorn, Willie Hunter, and Chick Evans were also within striking distance with varying scores.
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Jones
Columbia
Julieteer
Bobby Jones
Joe Turnesa
Mehlhorn
Willie Hunter
Chick Evans
Death Notice From Jamestown Area
A death notice reports that a resident died at home in Jamestown. The fragmentary report identifies Newport and Marshall as locations or names and mentions an AP attribution.
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Newport
Jayl
Amycelal
Whuise Marshall
Jamestown
Arktik Region Colonized by Russians in Wrangell Island Plan
A Nyasian expedition sails toward Wrangell island to rename it Leninmitroff in memory of Lenin. The voyage carries 20 families, 100 dogs and 25 reindeer with provisions for six years. Previous sightings and rescues tie Wrangell to 19th and early 20th century Arctic exploration.
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Name
Alaska
Wrangell Island
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Leninmitroff
Kransy Oktibr
Hiberia
Bering Strait
Nicolas Lenin
Russia
Kransy Aktibrig
Jellett
Meraid
Wranwell
Thomas Russell
Niel
New London
John Muir
Wrangell and Herald Islands
United States
Herald Island
Robert Abram Bartlett
Vigus
N. F
New York City
Longstrait
Nome
Karluk
Stefansson
Lawyers Condemn Paid Witnesses In ABA Report
Denver report of the American Bar Association committee on jurisprudence and law reform condemns paid expert testimony. It urges court notification for all experts, disinterested witnesses, state pay for experts, and limits on fees to reduce bias in criminal and personal injury cases.
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Denver
Colo
Committee On
American Bar Association
Association
Sur Ates
Battleship Californian Wins Fleet Gunnery Trophy
Washington dated report says the battleship Californian has been awarded the annual battle fleet gunnery competition trophy marking a victory in the naval gunnery tests.
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Washington
Lawyer Roy Bebier Barred by Supreme Court
Roy Bebier of Moline Kansas was disbarred today by the Kansas Supreme Court for possessing intoxicating liquor. Justice John H. Dawson wrote the opinion stating an attorney should aid the forward move toward suppression of intoxication.
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Recope
Roy Bebier
Moline
Kans
Supreme Court
John H. Dawson
Case Concludes After 599 Years Over Grazing Land
Aix en Provines France July 10 The appeal court delivers final judgment in a land dispute first heard in 1827 involving 16 000 acres of grazing land near the Allan frontier claimed by four parishes. The old property of the House of Anjou is again settled under a scheme prepared by experts.
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Aix En Provines
France
Allan Frontier
We House of Anjou
Elpimants
Court Voices Sharp Caution On McPherson Abduction Inquiry
Los Angeles July 10 AP Judge Arthur Keitel criticized the McPherson kidnapping probe for its show like aspects and testifying procedures. He urged the grand jury to treat the case as a plain criminal investigation and not a public spectacle. Federal and state investigators pursue multiple leads including a Santa Ana woman and a Mexico City linked narcotics ring.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Arthur Keiteh
McPherson
Mei’herson
Hall of Justice
Angelus Temple
Grand Jury
Keiteh
Velipe
Virginia Lee Cookson
Santa Ana
Joe Ryan
Charles Reimer
California
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Ryan
Reimer
Felipe
Fresno
E. F Huggins
Kennedy
Huggins
Utah Kindergartners Await Swedish Royal Visit
In Salt Lake City on July 10 on the University of Utah campus kindergarten pupils lined up to greet royal visitors from Sweden. The children, eager to glimpse royalty, asked if the visiting prince was an elephant like Utah's own Prince Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Universit of
Greal
Allied Forces Attack Near Peking Amid Heavy Fighting
Reports from Peking describe a general allied assault on the Kuo minchua near the capital. Intense fighting continues with gunfire muffled by distance, as shelling and clashes unfold around the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
People's Army
Robbers Steal $22,000 Diamonds From Jewelry Salesman
In Lima Ohio today three bandits forced an automobile stop two and one half miles south of Lima and robbed Jack M Werst a Dayton Ohio jewelry salesman of diamonds valued at 22 000. The crime occurred in the early morning darkness and the amount stolen is reported as twenty two thousand dollars.
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Lima
Ohio
Jack M. Werst
Dayton
Cooler Weather Promised by Weather Bureau
Washington dispatch reports the weather bureau pledges relief from extreme heat across eastern states within the next four hours. General and material relief measures are promised to lessen the heat wave's impact on affected communities.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Mutinous Kansas prison long refuses to yield
At Lansing Kansas Star Penitentiary 375 inmates seized the 730 foot mine level and held 13 guards as hostages. Warden W H Mackey refused arbitration and faced demands for release of solitary prisoners and changes including meals and cellhouse moves. A threat of prolonged rebellion followed as mutineers warned of barbecued mules if not fed.
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Lansing
Kans
Kansas State
Penitentiary
Whithey
W. H. Mackie
W. den Mackie
Mackie
Wareden W. H. Mackey
Kansas Star
Mackey
Avernor Ben Paulen
Kansas
Star Penitentiary
Min
French Debt Not Discussed
Washington reports say Finance Minister Caillaux claimed France was negotiating with Washington on war debt but officials in Paris say no recent talks have occurred. They deny any change to the partially ratified Franco American agreement.
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Washington
Fhe Nance
Caillaux
French
Chamber of Deputies
France
Paring
Congress
Ambassador Bersenger
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Underwood
Tientsin
Gotham
Metropolis
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountain States
New Mexico
Leadville
Colorado
Nelson Papers
Luke Lee
Nashville Tennessean
F. G. Bonfils
R. H.E. Eee
Blank
Conally
Thurston
Steengrafe
Schalk
Grouse
Grove
Gray
Pate
Walberg
Cochrane
Perkins
Fox
Smith
New York State
Newburg
Michigan Lake Front
Gotham Subway
War Finance
U. S. L. Employe
Arctic
Eskimos
Aimee
Prince and Elephant
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