Six convicts mount jailbreak from Joliet jail
Six condemned inmates aided by smuggled saws and guns burst from Joliet county jail at dawn. Five wounded, one still at large. Duchowski led $1,500 pay scheme. Mexicans Rizo Torrez and Roa captured after brisk manhunt. Torrez escaped but then fell.
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Chicago
Joliet
Ill
Charles Duch
Owski
Duchowski
Charles Schader
Walter Staleski
Supreme Court
Schader
Staleski
Indiana Harbor
John Krininch
Gregorio Rizo
William Frost
George Grant
John Marciniak
Rizo
Roa
Torrez
Faking Records Motivates Senate Protest at Utah Capitol
At the Utah state capitol on March 12 Senator Charles R. Hollingsworth publicly charged the House journal was faked to include post adjournment material. He, President Irvine, and Secretary Cummins confronted Clerk Cropper over a March 4 communication allegedly condensed from four letters. The clash followed debate over the lower body’s journal on the session’s last day.
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Salt Lake City
Journal of the House
Charles R. Hollingsworth
Ogden
State Capitol
Jollingsworth
Alonzo B. Irvine
Senate
Heber L. Cummin
Gar L. Reper
House
Tragic Suicide of Noted Artist Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts
Concord Massachusetts March 12 AP reports renowned artist Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts died by suicide at her home. She used two nurses who had cared for her during illness and tied a rope about her neck before leaping from a banister to the third story stair landing.
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Concord
Mass
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts
Pocatello Faces Sand Point In State Semi Final
In Moscow on March 12 AP reports undefeated Pocatello meets Sand Point at 2 PM in a state basketball semifinal. Boise faces Moscow at 2:30 PM in the other semi. Final intended tonight, but if Pocatello loses once more the title remains unsettled until Monday under the double defeat format.
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Moscow
Mar
Pocatello High School
Sandpoint
Boise
Pocatello
Woman Kidnaps Own Daughter in Cross Country Chase
Stevens Point, March 12. Mrs. William Brown snatched her 3 year old Joy Jean from her mother in law and fled in a car. A pursuit followed ending with Brown forcing a driver to surrender a vehicle. The pair returned to jail after a mud-filled chase, but Mrs. Brown later fled with the child. Police in St. Louis and California were asked to help locate her.
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Stevens Point
Wis
California
William Brown
Joy Jean
Brown
Old Timer Stabs American Consul in Buenos Aires
A dispatch from Sao Paulo reports American Consul Herndon W. Goforth is in grave condition after being stabbed by an American suspect, David Caffield, a long-time Brazil resident. Caffield, 73, claimed self defense and had recent passport troubles while pressing consular officials.
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Buenos Aires
la Naccion
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Herndon W. Goforth
David Caffield
Caffield
United States
Yesunday
Utah Assembly Responds to Swing Johnson Bill Debate
Salt Lake City reports Governor Dern and Speaker Jorgensen voiced split opinions on this session. Both praised Utah’s prompt action backing Congress to block the Swing Johnson bill adverse to upper Colorado basin states. Dern argued a finance department bill aimed to shift power from the governor. Jorgensen said key items were killed and little was accomplished.
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Salt Lake City
Dern
Jorgensen
House
Utah
Colorado River
Dehaser Candland
Department Ofinance and Purchase
Board of Examiners
Nevada Debates Open Gambling Bill Amid Weepah Gold Boom
Nevada lawmakers consider legalizing casinos by licensing gaming tables and taxing them one thousand dollars per year as Weepah reports a new gambling hall under way. The 20 to 15 vote leaves a two thirds margin uncertain and envisions roulette blackjack craps and related games.
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Arson City
Nev
Weepah
Nevada
State Assembly
Senate
Chinese soldiers raid Shanghai international settlement
About 500 Shantungese soldiers approached Shanghai's international settlement but 200 British Durhams rushed to the defense and the attackers withdrew. Guards were doubled as labor unrest and factory closures increased amid Sun Yat Sen anniversary observations. Cantonese forces reportedly plan a major drive to capture Shanghai within a week.
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Associated Press
International Settlement
Shanghai
Durham Light Infantry
Chang Teung-Chang
Sun Yat-Sen
Chang Tsung Chang
London
Wuhu
Yangtse
Zion's Wholesale Grocery Branch at Pocatello Founded 1915
Zion's Wholesale Grocery, a Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution branch, was established in Pocatello in 1915. The parent company, based in Salt Lake City, is a pioneer mercantile firm that expanded from nails and hardware to broad distribution across twenty counties in southeastern Idaho, employing 21 people with a 1926 payroll of $40,000.
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Zion’s
Pocatello
Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution
Salt Lake City
West
Pony Express
Missouri River
Idaho
Salt Lake
Lemhi
Montana
Denver
Butte
Zion
Watermaster Whitten Challenged Over Big Wood River
Boise March 12 AP James R. Chapman claims the watermaster post on the Big Wood river is his after being elected and vows Whitten has no right to the position. Chapman threatens arrest if Whitten acts and says Carter overstepped the people’s will.
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Boise
R. E. Whitten
Boise County
Big Wood River
George N. Carter
James R. Chapman
Carter
Whitten
Idaho Seeks Summer Visit by President Coolidge
Washington reports Representative Smith of Idaho urged President Coolidge to delay definite travel plans and consider Idaho Governor Laldridge's request. Idaho intends to invite the president either to visit or stay within the state during the summer itinerary discussions.
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Washington
Mar
Smith
Idaho
Coolidge
Laldridge
Fight for control of Moffat tunnel pits three railroads
New York AP reports three Arthur Curtis James controlled lines and Union Pacific vie to control Denver and Salt Lake railway and its 50 year tunnel lease. The 6.02 mile Moffat tunnel shortens Chicago to coast routes by 70 miles and Denver to Salt Lake by 173 miles, with broader connections to several western lines and proposed Craig to Provo route.
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New York
Moffat
Arthur Curtis James
Union Pacific
New York World
James’ Roade
Denver and
Salt Lake
Gensger
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Western Pacific
Denver
Craig
Colo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Provo
Utah
Pacific Coast
Pueblo
Burlington
St. Louis
Denver and Galt Lake
Weepah Gold Discovery Draws Nevada Prospectors
Towopth Nevada March 12 Evidence that Weepah a new gold boom town north of here rests on a golden foundation was shown as 200 onlookers including an Oakland reporter watched Frank Horton pry rock from the claim. His son Frank Jr. broke it and the sample yielded two spoonfuls of gold. Fred Gilbert said the find would deter talk of high grade ore and cited past riches near the area. Others said they had never seen such gold bearing rock before. Concluded on Page 3.
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Towopth
Nev
Weepah
Northwes
Oakland
Frank Horton
Frank Jr
Horton
Fred Gilbert
New York
Yukon
Peru
Cripple Creek
Hudson Bay
Gilbert
Autopsy Planned In Landry's Paralysis Case
Chicago March 12 autopsy will be held to study Landry's disease following the death of Albert Frick a 22 year old man who survived 108 hours with aid from friends. Medical experts confirm the diagnosis of acute ascending paralysis and a full microscopic examination of the spinal cord liver kidneys and brain will be conducted to learn more about the ailment. Frick's mother initially opposed autopsy but consented hoping science will advance understanding of the disorder. Drs Conley Reed and Fisher along with H H Conley report the remote cause was Landry's paralysis following intestinal influenza with the diaphragm and respiratory muscles paralyzed.
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Chicago
Albert Prick
Landry
Frick
Crystal Lake
T. E. Conley
H. H. Conley
Charles F. Reed
Hart Fisher
Public Service Company
Conley
United States Invites Britain Japan to Geneva Naval Talks
Washington on March 12 informally invites Great Britain and Japan to participate in the naval limitation conference at Geneva. The United States expresses hope France and Italy may join informally and sets June 1 or soon after as the conference date with no definite disarmament formula proposed. The note emphasizes that France and Italy would be welcome to be represented in some informal manner.
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Washington
Great Britain
Japan
Geneva
United States
France
Italy
Salt Lake City Hotel Manager Dies After Graft Allegations
James H. Watters, manager of the Newhouse hotel and state racing commission member, died after traveling from San Diego to demand an investigation into graft allegations. He was injured in a Union Pacific train wreck near Whittier, California, and his health had been poor.
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Salt Lake City
James H. Watters
Newhouse
State Racing Commission
Watters
San Diego
Union Pacific
Whittier
Calif
Red Cross Sends Relief Fund to Japan After Earthquake
The American Red Cross issued fifty thousand dollars from its relief fund to the Japanese Red Cross for earthquake aid in central Japan. Funds were wired to Ambassador MacVeigh in Tokyo for transfer, with no use yet made by the American organization.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Japanese Red Cross
Japan
General Red Cross Relief Fund
MacVeigh
Tokyo
Idaho Legislature Approves 32 Enactments in One Day
Governor H C Lald ridge signed 32 measures from the nineteenth Idaho legislature including uniform motor vehicle anti theft acts licensing used car dealers and a $2 350 000 ad valorem tax for 1927 and 1928. Other actions authorize a constitutional amendment paying legislators 106 per day create a corporate code committee aid Washington bicentennial participation and expand police jurisdiction in liquor and narcotic cases.
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Boise
Idaho
H. C. Laldridge
See Anew Educational Institutions
Washington
Southern Idaho
Burley
Department of Agriculture
State Land Board
Board of Examiners
Colorado Recovers From Two Day Storm With Deep Snow
Denver reports a two day storm left feet of snow in some areas and blocked highways and trains. Wray endured its worst blizzard since 1914 with drifts six to fourteen feet deep. Forty eight local students were kept home as buses failed and townspeople housed them overnight.
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Denver
Tsun
Colorado
Wray
Love Cult in Bad Situation
Oakland reports reveal a secret group called the Sacred School of White Brotherhood seeking a “superman” through illicit love. Five or more members are questioned as Lloyd Alley and Miss Caroline Merwin face alleged misconduct, with charges against adults for fostering immoral relations and branches cited in Chicago and San Antonio.
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Oakland
Calif
Sacred School of White Brotherhood
Superman
Bay City
Lioyd Alley
Russell Alley
Los Angeles
Caroline Merwin
Young Alley
Alley
Omar
Organization
Gertrude Wright
Erma Gibbs
Mra Wright
Mervin
Chicago
San Antonio
Bay District
UAH Weather Notice Indicates Fair Night and Sunday
The report states fair weather for tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions in the western portion.
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Sweden
Vatican
Gustav V
George
Pocatello Vs. Sandpoint
Utah Assembly
Watermaster
RED Cross
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