Vivid story of five years in whiskey trade
Washington June 16 William Davison a former bootlegger told the house alcoholic liquor traffic committee of five years of wholesale bootlegging and attempts to expose banks as intermediaries in liquor deals. He said Prohibition Chief Andrews declined action and named bankers and officials in Los Angeles Portland San Francisco Detroit and Chicago involved in his schemes. He argued he would name higher ups if he could secure transport to Washington and described risks from hijackers over agents. He will undergo a stiffer cross examination tonight.
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Washington
William (. Davison
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Prohibition
Andrews
California
Laguardia
New York
William Caine
Los Angeles
Colonel Frith
Southern California
W. W. Anderson
Caine
Anderson
Frith
Vermont and West Jefferson Street
California Bank
Davidson
Bradshaw
H. W
United States Bank
San Diego
Calif
Northwestern Bank
Portland
Ore
Liberty Bank of
San Francisco
Memphis
Tenn
Monterey
Superior
Wis
Treasury
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Samuel McNab
Truman H. Newberry
West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
New Orleans
Record Peach Crop Forecast
The government bureau of agricultural economics forecasts a peach yield of 69,000,000 bushels this season, surpassing last year and marking the largest crop since 1973. The forecast spans the middle states, the southeast, and the far west, with very heavy production expected in those regions.
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Chicago
Bureau of Agricultural Economica
Middle States
Brazil Withdraws From League of Nations
Rio Janeiro reports indicate Brazil will stay free from European entanglements as deputies say withdrawal reflects a national desire to avoid European diplomacy. Government leaders claim the move strengthens ties with American republics, especially the United States, while Geneva observers note U S influence in Brazil's stance.
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Rio Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Brazil
League of Nations
Associated Press
Plinio Casado
League
Augusto Lima
Committee of Foreign Affairs
United States
Geneva
Barnardez
League Council
Hesitant Talker in Senate Probe
Grant Thomas Stephenson says with rest and treatment Mrs. Stephenson can fully recover and he seeks dismissal of a suit. He asserts his wife, a former Bellingham society girl, is insane and was sent to a sanitarium. An affidavit by Dr Otis F Lamson supports her lack of mental capacity to transact business.
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Seattle
Grant Thomas Stephenson
United States
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Gold Teeth Era Ends as Porcelain Reigns
In San Francisco on June 16 delegates at the College of Physicians and poena graduates annual reunion heard Dr. Albert Leland Lagro, former president of the Michigan State Central society, say porcelain now replaces gold and silver in dental coverings and fillings.
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San Francisco
Albert Leland Lagro
Michigan State Central Society
College of Physicians and Poena
Rescue Efforts for City of Naples Crew Face Severe Seas
Tokyo reports rescue of the British freighter City of Naples crew remains impossible due to high seas and gale conditions near Myake Island. The Japanese destroyer Urakaze and the steamer Shofoo Maru standby to evacuate about sixty crew from Yokohama to Kobe.
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Tokyo
City of Naples
Myake Island
Urakaze
Naples
Yokohama
Kobe
Thieves rob Garfield WEE Company safe in Salt Lake City
Thieves wrecked the Garfield WEE company safe and fled in a stolen car with about $2,000. Sheriff Harries was notified and requested Sam Goldstein, a fingerprint expert, to investigate. The culprits then entered a garage and stole another automobile to escape.
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Salt Lake City
Garfield Wee Company
Harries
Sam Goldstein
Senate rejects reconsideration of Pittman silver bill
Washington June 16 the senate refused by one vote to reconsider passage of the Pittman bill directing the treasury to purchase 14 500 000 ounces of silver at one dollar an ounce for coinage.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
National league results from today's games
New York defeated Cincinnati in a 4 to 1 score while Philadelphia edged Boston 4 to 1. Chicago beat Washington 3 to 2 and Pittsburgh routed Boston 8 to 6. St Louis and Brooklyn had games postponed due to cold conditions.
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National
New York
Cincinnati
New York_ At. Louis
Brooklyn
Ware Supporter Questioned in Pennsylvania Primary Expenditures
Washington reports the senate campaign funds committee pressed to uncover a two million dollar outlay in the Pennsylvania Republican primary. Vare campaign manager Harry A. Mackey was interrupted as Joseph N. Mackrell of Pittsburgh testified about a long distance call to Albert Cooper in Harrisburg. Mackrell claimed Beidelman backers faced penalties and questioned whether Beidkin was arranging to shield him.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Pennsylvania
Harry A. Mackey
Vare
Reed
Joseph N. Mackrell
Pittsburg
Albert Cooper
Harrisburg
Mackrell
Beidelman
Beidel- Kin
Trial of Magazine Editor Magee Opens With Bilingual Proceedings
In East Las Vegas New Mexico on June 16 the trial of Albuquerque editor C C Magee charged with the Lassiter murder began with a court interpreter translating every word into Spanish for ten jurors while twenty one witnesses prepared to testify. Former Judge David J Leahy and Harry Kelly are key prosecution figures and Magee faces a weeklong trial as two jurors understand English and others require translation.
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Las Vegas
N. M
C. C. Magee
Albuquerque
John B. Lassiter
David J. Leahy
Magee
Lassiter
Leahy
New Mexico
Harry Kelly
Kelley
Veniremen
Kelly
James Wheaton
Carl C. Magee
Edmunds urges Idaho to adopt Oklahoma spirit
Ralph Edmunds president of the Idaho Falls Real Estate board urged Idaho to embrace Oklahoma's spirit at a Bannock hotel chamber meeting after returning from Tulsa. He contrasted Oklahoma's rapid growth with Idaho's slower gains, noting Oklahoma's statehood two decades ago and population surge.
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Edmunds
Idaho
Oklahoma Spirit
Oklahoma
Ralph Edmunds
Idaho Falls
Woman Burned to Death in Car on Continental Limited
Union Pacific officials report a tourist sleeper on the Continental Limited caught fire at Crystal Siding Nev at 5 15 this morning. One body believed to be Mrs J G King of Hammond Mont was burned to death. Forty passengers escaped unharmed with two more missing from the burned Pullman car. King, a Northern Pacific employee at Hamilton Mont, escaped by leaping a window. his wife is believed to be in the wreckage.
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Los Angeles
Union Pacific Railway
Continental Limited
Crystal Siding
Nev
J. G. King
Hammond
Mont
Salt Lake City
King
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hamilton
Salt Lake
J. L. King
Mel Berry
Riverside
Calif
Ten Weeks Spent Among the Indian Head Hunters
Cleveland June 16 The people of the United States must return to old principles in community life to enjoy the more perfect union outlined by the constitution writers, says Judge Florence E Allen of the Ohio supreme court at Western Reserve College. She warns that liturgical philosophers have drifted to sovereignty, contradicting constitutionalism, and urges a moral framework for public officials and politics.
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Cleveland
United States
Writers of the Constitution
Florence E. Allen
Ohio Supreme Court
College For Women of Western Reserve University
Allen
Noted Scientist Reaches South American Head Hunters’ Lands
Dr. Bert Dickey and his bride Elizabeth Parker completed a ten week exploration from Guayaquil across the Andes by mule to Ecuador jungle and the Jiveros country. They filmed head hunting rites and saved a local Indian after venomous bite, earning a head as reward during the journey. Concluded on Page 20.
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Para
Brazil
Bert
Dickey
Elizabeth Parker
South America
Andes
Muleback
Senador
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Ara
Greek Border Guards Shoot Tulgarian Peasant At Frontier
Sofia Bulgaria June 16 two Greek border guards are reported to have shot a Tulgarian peasant at the frontier Bulgarian officers alleging the shooting was without provocation and that the peasant was on Bulgarian territory at the time have demanded a meeting with Greek officers for the purpose of an Investigation.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
First Train on New Natron Cutoff Connects Oregon Line
Rails of the Natron cutoff of Southern Pacific were joined at Odell Lake marking a major postwar project completion. The 120 mile line from Eugene to Klamath Falls includes fourteen tunnels, the longest 4000 feet, with passenger service to start in about sixty days. Construction began October 11, 1923, delayed by Harriman's death and World War I.
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Klamath Falls
Ores
Natron
Southern Pacific
United States
Southern Pacie
Eugene
Cascade Mountains
Odell Lake
Edward H. Harriman
Jersey City Mayor Blocks Klan Parade Over Rioting Fears
Mayor Tague refused permission for the New Jersey Ku Klux Klan to hold a parade in Jersey City asserting that crowds ranging from 10 000 to 80 000 would provoke rioting and lawlessness.
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Jersey City
Tague
New Jersey
Ku Klux Klan
Johnson Behall election contest dismissed by senate
The election contest brought by Magnus Johnson former Labor against Senator Behall Republican Minnesota was dismissed today by the senate without a record vote and without opposition.
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Washington
Magnus Johnson
Behall
Minnesota
Senate
Lost Boy Shows Presence of Mind in Mount Manitou
A nine year old boy named Junior Wheelock vanished on Mount Manitou overnight. He wrapped himself in a blanket and waited for daylight rather than wander further, leaving a message saying he would be back. Searchers led by bloodhounds found him safe at home after nightfall.
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Colorado Springs
Mount Manitou
Junior Wheelock
Junior
Dog Duke Protects Child From Venomous Snake at McCook
In McCook Nebraska Duke a pet dog belonging to Billie Garrison shielded two year old son of I and Mrs W L Garrison from a poisonous viper for several minutes. A nearby Irving gang responded to the dog s barking and drove the snake away. Duke repeatedly placed himself between the child and danger and lunged at the snake to keep the infant safe.
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McCook
Duke
Billie
W. L. Garrison
Jrving
Nugent Endorsed for U S Senate by Owyhee County
The Democratic central committee of Owyhee County endorsed John F. Nugent for United States senator at a Murphy meeting. They also discussed state and federal races and suggested W. J. Hinton for state senator and J. P. Wood for representative.
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Homedale
Idaho
Democratic Central Committee
Owyhee County
John F. Nugent
United States
Murphy
W. J. Hinton
Grandview
J. P. Wood
Investigations on Motor Bus and Truck Operations Hearings Planned
Washington announces dates and cities for interstate commerce hearings. Railroads must present evidence on how motor passenger vehicles affect railroad business. Hearings set for Chicago St Paul Portland Los Angeles Denver New York Dallas Washington and other cities.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Chicago
St. Paul
Portland
Ore
Lanoes
Los Angeles
Denver
Saton
New York
Dallas
City
Reach
Flynn
State Treasury Note Issue Sold to Chicago Firm
Boise Idaho June 16. Art en Co of Chicago and Smith Camp Co of Portland bid jointly for Idaho treasury notes. They won the $500000 note issue after eight offers. They bid 2.70 percent with a $25 premium. Highest other bid was 4.15 percent with a $25 premium.
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Treasury
Chicago
Boise
Idaho
Ftanarten & Co
Areman, Smith & Camp Company
Portland
Utah man named president of engineers group
Charles J. Ullrich of Salt Lake City was elected president of the American Association of Engineers in Philadelphia on June 16.
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Utah
Philadelphia
Charles J. Ullrich
Salt Lake City
American Association of Engineers
Papal legate travels in regal, guarded train to eucharistic congress
Cardinal Bonzano leads a nine-cardinal party from Grand Central to Chicago for the eucharistic congress. Over 1,000 railroad police guard the special, with roped stations and brief stops at Albany Schenectady Utica Syracuse Rochester Elkhart South Bend.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Chicago
Cardinal Bonzano
Vanderbilt Hotel
Cardinal Faulhaber
Munich
Father Kunig
Brooklyn
Cardinal Hayes
Cardinal O'Donnell
Armagh
Ireland
Cardinal Cashanova
Toledo
Cardinal Charest
Rennes
Dubois
Paris
Piffl
Vienna
Czenoch
Stringonia
Faulhaber
New York Central
Grandentral Terminal
Joes
Albany
Schenectady
N. Y
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Elhart
South Bend
Pia
Buffalo
Bonzano
Aviator Bernardo Duggan Sought by Brazilian Warships Coast Patrol
The ministry of marine orders two warships to sail along the coast from Para to search for the Argentina aviator Bernardo Duggan and his two companions missing for several days. They were flying from New York to Buenos Aires and were last seen over Cayenne French Guiana.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Ministry of Marine
Para
Argentina
Bernardo Duggan
New York
Buenos Aires
Cayenne
Frenee Guiana
Oregon Short Line seeks injunction over $100000 road bonds
Boise Idaho June 16 The Oregon Short Line Railway Company filed in U S district court Tuesday for an injunction to stop Clark County highway district from selling $100000 of road bonds authorized at a May 12 election The railroad alleges the proceedings are unconstitutional and violate its rights and interests in railroad property as a lien against highway improvements in which the railroad does not benefit
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Boise
Idaho
Oregon Short Line Railway Company
States District Court
Clark County
Board of Commissionery Sarer
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B. Solth
Genewieh
Mogridge
J. Taylor
H. EB
Johnson and
Ruel
Lyone and Crouse
Tate
Ware
Hee
Adelaide Anderson- Sanford
Pocatello
Miss Baird
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Ozarks
Arkansas
Union Pacific Continental Limited
Nevada
Ohio
KLAN
Lost Boy
Nugent
R. R
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