Verdict Delivered In Harsh Hamon Case Here
Ardmore Oklahoma March 18 AP a jury acquitted Clara Hamon of murder in the death of Jake Hamon after a week long trial, verdict reached in forty minutes on first ballot. Prosecutors plan may pursue a statutory charge and an accessory after the fact count against Hamon estate manager Frank Ketch.
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Clara Hamon
Ardmore
Oklo
Mar
Clara Smith Hannon
Jake L. Hamon
Hamon
Carter County
Frank L. Ketch
Seaenet
el Paso
California
Jake Li Hannon
Clara Hanion
8. P.reeling
Packers Back Strike in Unanimous Ballot Across Mills
Official returns from eight cities show strong support for a strike by stockyards workers against the big five packers. Total counts indicate overwhelming favor toward striking unless wage cuts and hours are suspended pending arbitration. Reports from Chicago Omaha and Cedar Rapids highlight broad union backing and plant shutdowns to curb material costs.
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Chicago
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
St. Paul
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Neb
East St. Louis
Ill
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Lane
Middle-West
Amalgamated Order of Meat Cutters
Cleveland
Fort Worth
Cedar Rapids
American Institute of Meat Packers
Three burglars confess crimes in Salt Lake City
Three men Jim Herald Thomas Murphy and Charles Morris confessed to burglaries in Salt Lake City and said they formed a gang led by W C Parker who is also jailed. Herald and Murphy admitted parole violations from Leavenworth Kansas and claimed involvement in more than six burglaries in the past two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Mar
Fe Maee
Herbert Leichter
Jim Herald
Thomas Murphy
Charles Morris
W. C. Parker
Hierald
Murphy
Leavenworth
Kansas
Leichter
Ohio murderer extradition requested for Cleveland double murder
Governor Stephens grants Ohio’s request to extradite Sam Purpera and an alias John Doe charged in Cleveland with the December payroll robbery murder of Wilfred Aly. Purpera, held in Los Angeles, allegedly confessed to Bly’s killing and another man’s death per Los Angeles Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Stephens
Davis
Ohio
Sam Purpera
John Doe
Cleveland
Wilfred ©. Aly
Purpera
Los Angeles
Bly
French Office Denies Mexico Recognition Report
Paris on March eighteenth AP dispatch says the French office released a note stating that a recently written set by President Mil to President Obregon was only an acknowledgment of receipt of Obregon’s letter announcing his impending power.
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Paris
Mar
Mil
Obregon
Moex
Stapa
Mexico
Senor Obregon
Sugar Company Profiteering Indictments Quashed
Indictments against the Utah Idaho Sugar company of Salt Lake City and three local coal firms for alleged profiteering under the Lever act were formally dismissed in federal court in Sioux Falls. The charges referenced provisions declared unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Salt Lake City
United States Supreme Court
Cudahy Men Vote Tomorrow on Harmony Plan
Omaha march 18 AP employees of the Cudahy Packing company will vote tomorrow on a plan described by the company as a step for promoting industrial harmony. The plan resembles a recent declaration by Armour and company at Chicago.
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Omaha
Cudahy Packing Company
Armour and Company
Chicago
Two Mexicans Identified in Dividend Utah Store Robbery
Salt Lake City dispatch reports two Mexicans among jail inmates in Provo identified as participants in the Dividend Utah store robbery that killed John Westerdali, superintendent of Tintic Staine, and L P Peterson, shop owner, on March 8. Identification came from wounded witnesses John Manson and Jesus Hernandes who confronted the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Mar
Provo
Utah
Dividend
John Westerdali
Tintic Standine
L. P. Peterson
John Manson
Jesus Hernandes
Mexico to Establish Six Concentration Camps Says Official
AP reports from El Paso that Mexico will erect six concentration camps in states of the republic to aid mobilization efforts. The information was received by the American ConsulFP, Ae Ponqueira, from Francisco Sorrano in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Mexico
Republic
Oena
Ae Ponqueira
Mera
Francisco Sorrano
Pacifi c men fight reduction and labor board clash
Chicago reports show railroad unions presenting a bill of rights to the labor board while cross examining senior railroad officials. The action centers on working conditions, eight hour limits, health safeguards, craft definitions, and union representation disputes. The board session features Frank P. Walsh and B M Jewell detailing basic labor principles and organizational rights.
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Jewell
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ccal
Decapitation in Auto Crash: Callicotte Among Fatalities
Denver dispatch reports W R Callicotte candidate for U S senator and state fish commissioner was decapitated when an automobile wrecked into a street business area. Two others died in the crash and injuries occurred to additional occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
W R. Callicotte
United States
Auto Plunges Into Crowd Near State Capital Killing Man
An auto parked on a avenue near the state capital lost brakes and roared down Colfax into Broadway. It struck a crossing crowd injuring Loraine Burman 14 and Mathilda Kleinan, while Charlotte was beheaded by a wheel. The car crashed into a street car. occupants escaped injury. The injured were taken to the county hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ax Avenue
Colfax
Broadway
Charlicotte
Loraine Burman
Mathilda Kleinan
Bandit Zamora Dies After Rebel Fight
Mexican bandit Pedro Zamora, a longtime foe of federal troops, died of wounds after a clash at Zemzontia. Once allied with Villa and Zapata, he operated in Jalisco Michoacan and Colima, raiding Quatlan in August and capturing captives including seven Americans and several British subjects before his death.
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Mexico City
Max
Pedro Zamora
Mexico
Zemzontla
Talib
Villa
Zapata
Jalisco
Michoacan
Colima
Rutland
Quatlan
Zamora
Tobacco decline affects land values in 1920
The Agriculture Department reports a drop in plow land values across states. Kentucky averages 53 dollars per acre in 1920 versus 70 in 1919, while Iowa shows the highest price at 80 dollars. California plow land falls from 135 in 1919 to 120 in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kentucky
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Department
California
Cremon
Creane
Cal
President and Cabinet Discuss Foreign Affairs
Washington on March 18 the president and his cabinet spent two hours discussing foreign affairs and the situation of farmers. No decisions were announced though the press believed the time not yet come to frame a definite program regarding Europe and the Transituation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Unclear OCR Indicates Logging Incident In March Text
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a logger and a telegram received in a county area on a March day. The readable portion is insufficient for a full event summary or proper names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Jolly
Scesion
Rail chiefs quizzed by labor leaders at board hearing
Cross examination of railroad executives began before the labor board in Chicago. T Dewett Cuyler Robert Binkerd Carl Gray and W M Atterbury appeared as Frank Walsh led the unions to press that the railroads failed to deal sincerely on the national agreement and could have settled the matter in conference.
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Frank P. Walsh
R. 8. Binkerd
Association of Railway Executives Labor Committee
Mr. Binkerd
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Association
Boards of Adjustment
W. W. Atterbury
The
Pennsylvania
Atterbury
Walsh
Carl Gray
Union Pacific
E. T. Whiter
Roads Conference
Binkerd
Mr. Atterbury
Jewell
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
T. Dewett Cuyler
Association of
Railway Executives
Robert 8. Binkerd
Pennsylvania Lines
Frank Walsh
Labor Board
Passport laws in doubt after wartime repeal doubt
Washington officials doubt whether any passport laws remain on the statute books as state and labor departments decide if Congress inadvertently wiped them out. An early move to reenact alien restriction legislation similar to the last session’s bill, vetoed by President Wilson, is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Departments of State and Labor
Meat of Justice
Congress
Wilson
Noted naturalist John Burroughs fully recovers in Pasadena
Pasadena reports naturalist John Burroughs has recovered from a minor illness and will depart March 25 for Riverby New York to greet his eighty fourth birthday on April 3. He plans to return east to his home after the spring visit.
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Pasadena
Calif
John Burroughs
Pasadena Glen
Riverby
New York
Paris Chamber Adopts Universal Postal Convention
The chamber of deputies approved the universal postal convention from Madrid and France pursues talks with several South American nations to reduce the four centime postage specified in the pact.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
International Postal Congress
Madrid
France
Lecturer posing as naval man nabbed in Arizona
Prescott Arizona March 18 AP Fighting Bob Lawn who lectured in several cities against shevism is held on a charge of unlawfully wearing the United States navy uniform. He was arrested yesterday at Ashfork on information from the American Legion.
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Prescott
Ariz
Bob'’ Lawn
United States Navy
Ashfork
American Legion
Farmer Burns Signs with Chautauqua Lecturing Tour
Omaha date March 18 AP reports former heavyweight wrestling champion Farmer Burns aged 60 has joined a chautauqua organization as a lecturer. He is described as taking on the role after a long wrestling career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Mar
Burns
Plebiscite Commission Halts Telegraphs in Upper Silesia
Berlin reports the inter allied plebiscite commission ordered a suspension of telegraphic and telephonic traffic with Upper Silesia until Monday. A plebiscite on sovereignty between Poland and Germany is set for Sunday. Real telegrams exempted but require Silesia authorities' approval. wine and spirit sales likely prohibited during the period.
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Berlin
Upper Silesia
Poland
Germany
Silesia
Sugar price hike at San Francisco refineries
San Francisco reports refined cane sugar at the refineries rose by 25 cents to 8.50 per unit today, marking a continued ascent over the past ten days.
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San Francisco
Salt Lake City Lands Lease Oil and Salt Venture
Salt Lake City March 18 The state land board has leased 700 acres under Great Salt Lake to C O Beardsley to drill for oil and gas and mine globular salts. Royalty is 25 cents per ton of salt and 12 1 2 percent on all oil and gas produced.
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Salt Lake City
Mar
State Land Board
Great Salt Lake
C. O. Beardsley
Beardsley
Miners Union Vows to Fight Wage Cut Across US
Indianapolis March 18 AP The United Mine Workers of America executive board approved a policy to resist any wage reductions for coal miners. John T. Lewis said current contracts run until March 31 1922 and wage cuts proposed in Washington state southern Kentucky and Tennessee are to be opposed with full union support.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
John T. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Kentucky
Tennssee
Wash State
Lewis
Kencky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers
Girl Burglars Come to Grief in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City on March 18, Jcrothy Dorrity aged 18 and Annette Boston aged 17 were arrested on robbery charges. Police say the pair specialized in raiding branch laundries and offices while in possession of railroad tickets for Chicago when jailed.
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Salt Lake City
Jcrothy Dorrity
Annette Boston
Chicago
Battle on Rio Grande Border Leaves Injured
An American immigration officer, two U S soldiers, and two liquor smugglers were hurt in a clash two miles from El Paso on the Rio Grande. The fight lasted hours with gunfire from both sides. authorities reported about 57 quarts of whiskey seized. Additional details on those involved were incomplete in the report.
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el Paso
Tex
Mar
United States
Rio Grande River
Cannes
M. J. Kolar
John Petrowski
Rafael D. Davila
Chirhuahuaepeennan
Ball and posse in Idaho pistol duel ends with cabin fire
A gun battle near American Falls and Ball ranch left Ball wounded in the left arm and a posse retreating after heavy fire. Sheriff Mabey and local farmers joined the pursuit, the cabin was stormed and set afire, with reports of a ball exchange and a man shot in the abdomen.
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Ball
Leeds
Bian
American Falls
Torrance
Pauline
John Ka
Ova Dasasi
Geo. E. Mabey
Tee Soaein
Carry Lee
Jasixsen
Guy Ni Song Wheeler
Falls
J. E. Poling
Ball Ranch
Poling
Poling Home Ee
Pocatello
St. Anthony's
Blue
Cry
Sal
F. Brant
Bi Ball
Geo. B. Mabey
Kan Falla
City
Rates Suspended In Phoenix Freight Charge Inquiry
In Phoenix on March 28 the state corporation commission announced it received word from Ralph Cameron that railroads would suspend new rate requests for ninety days on freight. The move preserves existing rates while the inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Arie
State Corporation Commission
Ralph Cameron
Hound Freigh
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Packers
St. Louis, Mo
Milwaukee
Wis
Sugar Company
Cudahy
U. Pacific
United States Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Jms Ki
Haeed
Farmer Burns
Heavies
Salt Lake
Miners Union
Posse
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