Idaho to steroid sterilization law and other measures signed
Governor C. Moore signed a sweeping set of bills including a sterilization law for morons and feeble minded individuals and a state eugenics board. The auto bus act imposes supervision and a five percent tax on gross earnings for highways. Several tax and county finance bills were approved along with capital improvements for state institutions.
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Tribune
Boise
Idaho
C. Moore
Oregon
Blaine
Custer
Idaho Technical Institute
Pocatello
The
Albion Normal
University of Idaho
Science Hall
Longworth Baby Reaches Capital in Washington Visit
Paulina Longworth, month old daughter of Representative and Mrs Nicholas Longworth, visited the White House yesterday. Mrs Longworth stopped at the state department across the street seeking her brother Kermit Roosevelt who is in Mongolia on a big game hunt. A market basket in the car cost 65 cents and rested near baby Paulina.
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Washington
Paulina
Nicholas Longworth
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Longworth
State Department
Kermit Roosevelt
Mongolia
Tariff Commission Sets Butter Cost Hearings
The tariff commission will start hearings on April 21 into the cost of producing butter in the United States and in Denmark and other foreign competitors. Denmark is named as the principal competing country for the investigation.
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Washington
Mar
The
Tariff Commission
United States
Denmark
Flask Toting Youth Menace Sparks City Debate
In Denver Dr. Albert A. Lowenthal says the core danger is youths who carry flasks. He criticizes jazz age excess and urges stricter punishment for underage whiskey holders, noting the burden of derelict children on state finances and calling for nonjuvenile penalties.
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Denver
Colo
Albert A. Lowenthal
Chicago
Fire destroys Saskatoon university engineering building
A blaze gutted the machinery section of the University of Saskatchewan engineering building in Saskatoon. Loss was put at 500000 dollars and authorities suspect a short circuit as the cause.
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Saskatoon
Sask
University of Skatchewan
Benny Leonard Egged by Spectator at Theater
Benny Leonard the retired lightweight champion and actor was egged by a spectator at a New York theatre this week. Three eggs were thrown, one hitting the stage another striking a spectator in the orchestra and a third dripping into the orchestra pit. The incident was discussed by the state athletic commission as part of riotous spectator behavior at bouts.
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New York
Benny Leonard
State Athletic Commission
Leonard
Teapot Dome Trial Defense Blocks Bank Record Evidence
In Cheyenne on March 13 the Teapot Dome trial sees Harry F Sinclair’s defense challenge a government push to introduce bank records of Albert B Fall. Wyoming attorney E Lacey argues there is no proven conspiracy and that bank documents are hearsay and irrelevant to Sinclair or the Mammoth Oil company. He cites circuit court rulings to block the bank testimony.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Harry F Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Sinclair
Mammoth Oilcomany
Y E Lacey
Wyoming
Owen J. Roberts
el Paso
Texas
Pueblo
Colo
Lacey
Mammoth Oil Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Legations Honor Memory of Sun Yat Sen
Representatives of foreign nations lowered legation flags to half mast today after word of Dr Sun Yat sen founder of the Chinese republic died yesterday The flags will fly at half mast for three days as the Chinese foreign office transmitted the news to the legations
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Sun Yat Sen
Legation
Sun
Dewey and Day Named Directors for Idaho Exhibit
Gov Moore nominates Honorable Ed H. Dewey of Nampa and Honorable Jerome J. Day of Wallace to Idaho’s board of directors for the Pacific Northwest Commercial and Industrial exposition to be held in Tacoma next year. A preliminary meeting and 4% centin will be held March 26 in Tacoma. Idaho has no appropriation. chambers of commerce and other groups will arrange exhibits.
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C. C. Moore
Ed H. Dewey
Nampa
Jerome J. Day
Wallace
Idaho
Tacoma
Chambers of Commerce of
Moore
Harvard Tomb at Giza Closed Pending Reisner Return
Cambridge Mass March 13 The Harvard Boston expedition tomb at Giza is sealed awaiting Dr George A Reisner head Egyptology professor at Harvard and director of the museum of fine arts. The closure aims to let Reisner use his expertise to record the discovery and its dating, believed to predate Tutankhamen by about 1700 years.
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Cambridge
Mass
Giza
George A. Reisner
Harvard
Theston Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Boxness
J. Reisner
Savery
Washington Senate faces slim chance on Lausanne treaty
Chair man Bo of the Senate foreign relations committee told President Coolidge action on the Lausanne treaty with Turkey remains unlikely this session. A vote on Canada US boundary and Lake of the Woods levels is planned. If the Warren nomination clears, adjournment is expected. quorums are uncertain and Turkish pressure looms.
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Washington
Mar
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Coolidge
Turkey
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Lake of the Woods
Warren
Senate
White House
Horah
Dempsey Silence Spurs New York Boxing Board
New York March 13 AP. The state athletic commission demands a response from Jack Dempsey to challenges from Harry Wills and Tommy Gibbons. Commissioner Muldoon calls Dempsey’s silence ignorant vanity. The board would object to anyone but Wills or Wibbons. a California match with either challenger would be acceptable.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
State Athletic Commission
Harry Wills
Tommy Gibbona
Dempse
Muldoon
Farley
Wibbons
Wills
Dempsey
California
Picture Hats Return for Spring in England
London reports the return of the picture hat for spring wear. Milliners say the cloche style must go and hats with sweeping feather or flower brims will frame fair faces. New Dolly Varden and Gainsborough styles will use straw, fine weaving, and bright garden colors.
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London
England
Moore vetoes breakage bill in liquor law case
Boise March 13 Governor Charles Moore vetoed house bill 176 which made breaking a bottle in officers presence prima facie evidence of liquor law violation The attorney general ruled the act unconstitutional since the act itself was not illegal and could not always prove guilt Without affecting the innocent The decision echoes a supreme court ruling that destruction of hides in a given time was prima facie evidence of cattle theft.
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Boise
Charles Moore
Supreme Court
Russia to Issue New Gold Coinage Based on Tchernontzky Standard
A report to the Russian information bureau states Russia will begin a new gold coinage era tied to the tschernontzky standard with a par value of 5146 dollars, recently quoted at 5.16 on European exchanges. The plan aims to coin the entire state bank gold reserve into the new currency.
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Washington
Russia
Russian Information Bureau
Idaho Falls Liquor Case Defendants Found Guilty
Pearl Vernon of Idaho Falls was found guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor in federal court after a day of testimony. Luther Minor was convicted on both counts of possession and transportation. Other defendants faced various liquor charge outcomes with fines or jail terms in Idaho Falls.
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Pearl Vernon
Idaho Falls
John Barton
B. B. Body
Lee
Bonneville County
Billy Keys
Vernon
Keys
Jes
Jim
Chi
Minor
Second Avenue
Moss
Imav
Miner
Intermountain Bees
Damon
Pebble
Luciano Mascasago
Awe Amesse
Bernice Jack
A. A
U. S
Lloyd A. Bentley
Gustino Deguilio
Bingham County
Deguilio
J. BE. Stanger
Guy. Winder
Cottrell
Wis Lea
Ain
Coeur d’Alenze
American Falls
Saal
Ditrich
Bonnevilleounty
Idaho
Couzens Faces Extra Tax Over Ford Stock Sale
Washington reports an additional federal tax of 10.86 million dollars was assessed against Senator Couzens for the 1919 sale of Ford motor stock. He claims the ruling rests on a two year old computation by Thompson & Black and cites political motives amid a Newberry controversy.
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Washington
Treasury
Couzens
Chigan
Senate
New York
Thompson & Black
Ford
Henry Ford
Senate approves world court proposal vote
Washington March 13 AP reports the senate agreed on December 17 next to consider the world court proposals by 76 votes to 2.
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Washington
Senate
County Agents Meet in Pocatello for Agricultural Discussion
Idaho county agents from southern counties and University of Idaho faculty met in Bannock hotel Banquet room for a general discussion. Topics included crop development to feed range cattle and sheep and the use of certified seed for potatoes alfalfa clover and wheat. The group planned a tour of Pocatello resources and Kraft cheese plant after a dinner.
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Idaho
Agricultural Faculty of the Unversity of Idaho
Rowanis
Bannock Hotel
Mississippi Valley
Kjosness
Pocatello
Poe
Dean E. J. Iddings
Miner to Recover Body of Floyd Collins
W H Hunt a miner who aided the rescue at Sand Cave near Cave City says he has contracted Homer Collins to remove his brother Floyd Collins. The body remains sealed in the crevice. Recovery work to start about April 1 and could last two weeks.
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Senator Couzens
Senate
Treasury
Couzens
Internal Revenue Bureau
Detroit
Central City
W. H. Hunt
Sand Cave
Cave City
Floyd Collins
Homer Collins
Protocol laid on the shelf at League assembly
Geneva March 13 AP The League of Nations disarmament protocol is deferred to the next assembly after Great Britain rejects it on behalf of herself and dominions except Ireland. Benes appeals to preserve the ideas behind the protocol while London press commentary questions its fate and Versailles treaty implications.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Assembly
Doctor Benes
League
Great Britain
League Assembly
Austen Chamberlan
Mr. Chamberlain
London
Europe
Wife slain and husband ends life after car dispute
Omaha reports Mrs. Georgia Rayfield died after being shot Tuesday night by her former husband Roy Rayfield of Atchison Kansas. The three cornered fight occurred in an automobile here. Rayfield's body was shipped to Atchison for burial after his suicide.
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Omaha
Mar
Georgia Rayfield
Roy Rayfield
Atchison, Kans
Rayfield
Atchison
Probing into Deaths of Osage Indians
Pawhuska Okla March 13 officials say state and federal inquiry into several Osage Indian deaths in 1922 continues with no results yet. Attorney C G Templeton reports James King assistant US attorney leading the inquiry has not returned and the Osage agency room was empty. No warrants have been issued from the inquiry.
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Pawhuska
Okla
C. G. Templeton
Osage
J.me King
Eral
Senate body declines approval in confirmation fight
The Senate Judiciary Committee votes against a favorable report on a presidential nomination. Republicans and some Democrats oppose after heated debate over the president's power to resubmit a nomination within the same session.
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Washington
Mar
Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebrasxu
Blicans
Coolidge
Felows
Cummins
Towa
Ernst
Kentucky
Jones Missouri
Means
Colorado
Arreld
Oklahoma
Deneen
Illinois
Gillett
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Overman
North Carolina
Reed
Missouri
Ashurst
Arizona
Walsh
Montana
Caraway
Arkansas
King
Utah
Neely
West Virginia
Senate
Ae Peeeence
United States
Gas Consumption in English Homes
A report on English gas use shows peak cooking times vary by town with Sunday noon dinners still common. Brighton spends cooking into evening near 8 pm, Nottingham shifts toward evening cooking, and Scotland observes Sabbath patterns by planning Sunday meals the day before.
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London
England
Brighton
Nottingham
Scotland
British budget heavy for navy in 1925 26 plan
London March 13 AP The British navy estimates for 1925 26 total 60 500 000 pounds 4 700 000 pounds more than the current year. The rise includes two new items 1 320 000 pounds and 50 000 pounds for air arm costs and Shoeburyness navy work. An additional 1 500 000 pounds covers uncontrollable factors like wage and price increases and reduced surplus war stores. No new construction is provided in the plan.
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London
Army Experimental Establishment
Shoeburyness
Pew
Bridgeman
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