Burley Editor Named State Public Investments Commissioner
Stephen Parks of Burley was named by Governor Moore to replace D W Church as state commissioner of public investments. Parks, editor of the Burley Bulletin, will assume duties April 1. Church leaves to become receiver for First National Bank at American Falls and plans to return to Pocatello.
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Boise
Stephen Parks
Burley
Co. C. Moore
Parks
D. W. Church
American Falls
Church
First National Bank
Burley Bulletin
Cassia
Idaho
Albion State Normal School
Twin Falls High School
Four Die In A Tenement Fire In New York
A seven story West 57th street theatrical boarding house fire left at least four dead and several injured as residents were trapped on the top floors. Anna Fries aged 35 died from fatal burns while clinging to a top floor window ledge. Actress Margaret Lee, 19, suffered severe burns at a window as firemen arrived. The bodies of Margaret Lee, 65, and Emily Lee, 35, were found on the seventh floor.
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New York
West 57Th Street
Anna Fries
Margaret Lee
Emily Lee
Fire Sweeps Actors' Home in New York
A seven story Priceton apartments blaze on West 57th Street kills four and injures many. Victims include Anna Fries exhibition roller skater. Mrs. Margaret Lee 65 and daughter Emily stenographer. Miss Margaret Lee actress and daughter of Mrs. Lee. C Gaston Mizoula 26. Dr. John M Callahan and wife rescued after he jumped from a window. Firemen and policemen suffer burns while rescuing residents.
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New York
Priceton
West 57Th Street
Anna Fries
Margaret Lee
Emily
Lee
Grain Exports Rise For Week Versus Prior Period
Washington grain exports totaled 31,507,000 bushels for the week, up from 3,328,000 the previous week. Wheat 1,653,000 bushels, corn 1,065,400, barley 100,000, oats 406,000, rye 383,000, flour 230,000 barrels, according to the commerce department.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Noted Broadway Lobster House Closes Doors
New York March 26 AP Shanley's a famous Broadway lobster house and longstanding restaurant on Broadway shut its doors as manager John J. Moran said the big eatery cannot make money now with the lights going out.
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New York
Shanley’s
Broadway
John J. Moran
Homesick Tourists Are Easy Suckers
Paris police arrested a gang of confidence workers using colored drinks as signals to coordinate swindles. Eighteen men and three women, mostly Australians, are in custody for fleecing homesick tourists who trusted new English speaking friends and pledged financial guarantees.
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Paris
Eigh
Engish
Police closing in on motive in Dorothy Keenan case
New York reporters say police identify an unnamed blackmailer in the Dorothy Keenan murder intrigue. They allege the plot aimed to seize Miss Keenan's letters from John Kearsley Mitchell, with motive tied to undisclosed gifts and $100,000 in extortion.
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New York
John Kearsley Mitchell
E. T. Stotsbury
Philadelphia
Marshail
Dorothy Neenan
Mitchell
John H. Jackson
Wilson
Ella Bradford
Keenan
Miss Keenan
Palm Beach
Fla
FIXING PLAN TO PAY WAR BILL
Secretary Hughes answered the second allied proposal in Paris on repayment of costs for the American army of occupation in Germany. Washington may deduct the value of German property in American hands from the claims, about 53 million gold marks, and negotiations are expected to proceed satisfactorily.
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Washington
Mar
Hughes
Paris
Germany
Eliot Wadsworth
State Department
Robless Named Chief of Prohibition Agents 16th Division
R A Robless was named chief of general prohibition agents for the 16th division covering Wyoming Utah and Colorado with headquarters in Denver. He assumes the post amid federal enforcement efforts and will oversee agents in the three states.
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Dey
Washington
R. A. Robless
Prohibition
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Denver
Shippers Propose End to Government Run Merchant Marine
A committee of the American Steamship Owners association urged retirement of the Shipping Board from operations, scrapping inferior vessels, and selling remaining ships to American citizens without restriction. They warned foreign trade cannot be built by government ownership and called for private control with limited state aid. The proposal, signed by President Albert G. Smith, stresses market driven reform and protecting privately invested capital.
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Washington
Mar
Shipping Board
American Steamship Owners Association
Steamship Owners Association
Albert G. Smith
American Steamship Owners
Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation
the Shipping Board
Ajfew
Association
Mr. Smith
R. H. Robinson
The
United
Gail H. Carter
Acific Mail
E. J. Je and
McCormick
E Munson Line
C. N. Keylo Winthrop Ly
Senator Nicholson dies in Denver ending brief Senate tenure
Denver Colorado Samuel D Nicholson U S senator from Colorado died Saturday night at 9 15 o'clock The loss shifts the Senate balance to 52 Republicans 43 Democrats and one farmer laborer weakening the administration He was popular in the chamber with a focus on farm legislation naval affairs and mining and was appointed to the gold and silver inquiry committee.
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Denver
Colo
Samuel D. Nicholson
Colorado
Nicholson
Sweet
Senate
Chamber
Civil Service
Committee of Gold and Silver
Committee On Mines and Mining
Pan American Armam Pact Conference Nears Conclusion
At Santiago on March 26 AP reports the Pan American meeting expects a foregone conclusion as Fletcher heads the U S delegation to chair the committee on armaments. Argentina and Brazil clash over terms while Argentina signals willingness to accept the status quo. Plans to refer differences to a committee persist.
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Santiago
Pan-America
T. Fletcher
United State
Brazil
Argentina
Precautionary Measures In Foster Syndicalism Case
In St. Joseph Michigan on March 26, precautionary steps were ordered as William Z Foster of Chicago faced the Michigan syndicalism law trial. Court adjourned with c E Ruthenbure still on the defense witness stand and ordered to resume testimony.
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St. Joseph Mich
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Michigan
C. E. Ruthenbure
Cleveland
Dr Jacobs on Trial for Murder in San Diego
Captain Jovis L. Jacobs, Kearney camp physician, stands trial for first degree murder in the death of 20 year old Frits Mann. Courtroom crowds filled the San Diego venue. attorneys predict a two day effort to select a jury. Mann's body was found on a beach near Torrey Pines January 4. Jacobs appeared at the start, seeking to clear the mystery.
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San Diego
Calif
Jovis L. Jacobs
Camp Kearney
Frits Mann
Daffees
Atteor
Miss Mann
Torrey Pines
Divine Sarah Bernhardt dies after long frail life
Paris March 26 AP Mme Sarah Bernhardt dies at 7 59 in the arms of her son Maurice after a day of opiates and rallies as doctors warned she might pass tonight. The dying stage icon faced extreme unction and watched friends and kin at her bedside while film crews moved from the house.
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Paris
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Bernhorit
Maurice
Doeses
Bernhardt
Edmond Rosiand
L. Auric
Mme. Bernhardt
Lysiane
Madame Lin du Bocage
Mile
Louise
Tl Am
Associated Press
Seeres Normand
Sarah
Claims case frames up alleged misconduct in Israelite colony
Grand Rapids, March 26. Defense testimony sought to prove the Israelite house of David and John Hansell are targets of a conspiracy. Esther Hansell discussed enlisting Ku Klux Klan aid against the colony and pressuring Rosetta to join a smear to extort money.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
House of David
John Hansell
Nashville
Tennessee
Esther Hansell
Ku Klux Klan
Quinto Rosetta
Mergy
Benjamin Parnell
Rosetta
Parnell
Missed the Dog but Had Spill
Los Angeles report states J. J. Smith and three companions avoided a dog in the street by brake locking, causing a car turnover. All four were freed, two women and a man were transported to a hospital where bruises and possible internal injuries were found for one woman, while the dog survived.
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Los Angeles
J. J. Smith
Smith
Nurses Brutally Attacked by Germans in Hagen
Two Belgian nurses Irene Geudeng and Nymphye Gillis were attacked and insulted by a German crowd in Hagen while transporting four German women from an asylum. Both nurses were arrested briefly, held by police, then released as Belgian protests vow penalties in the occupied area.
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Brussels
Hagen
Prussian
Westphalia
Irene Geudeng
Nymphye Gillis
Gheel
Belgium
Germany
More Relics of the Romans Unearthed in North Africa
In Sfax Tunisia Mrs Helen Joannes a former Wellesley student unearthed a second century Roman basilica in an olive garden near Mahares. The site yields mosaics peacocks and birds at a drinking fountain well preserved altar columns and Roman crosses. The find spurs broader excavations in Tutans and Algeria.
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Sfax
Tunis
Sahara Desert
Helen Joannes
Wellesley
Africa
Joannes
Eugene Regnault
Japan
Siberia
Tutenkahmun
Mahares
Tutans
Algeria
Oregon to Get New Railroad
Formal application to the Interstate Commerce Commission seeks authority to build 118 miles of track from Oakridge to Kirk Oregon on the Natron cut off. The Central Pacific estimates a ten million dollar cost and says the line will give direct access to the Willamette Valley and Portland and offer an alternate route for traffic between Springfield Junction Oregon and Weed California.
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Washington
Oakridge
Kirk
Oregon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Wilamette Valley
Portland
Springfield Junction
Weed
California
Train crashes through bridge near Madison dead, injuries rise
A Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul passenger train number 516 crashed through a burned out bridge one mile south of Poynette between Portage and Madison. One person was killed and three injured in the wreck.
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Madison
Wis
Chicago
Record Flight Sets World Speed Mark At 234 MPH
Dayton March 26 Lieutenant R L Maughan flew over a one kilometer course at Wilbur Wright Field averaging 233.87 miles an hour to establish a new world record surpassing the previous 233.01 miles per hour held by French ace Sadi Lecointe.
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Dayton, O
Wilbur Wright Field
R. L. Maughan
Sadi Lecointe
Chief Poseys scalp hunt by Utah posse
In southeastern Utah near Blanding, possemen pursue Chief Old Posey, leader of the Allen Canyon Piute band, with a $1000 state reward. U S Marshal Ward travels with interpreters to seek surrender after clashes and arrests of several band members. Posey reportedly wounded, one youth killed, and a barbed wire stockade built in town.
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Salt Lake
Mar
Blanding
Utah
Old Posey
Allen Canyon
United States
J. Ray Ward
Bishop's Boy
Cowboy Charley's Boy
Marshal Ward
Old Povey
Unitaten
Allen
Joe Bishopster
Peace Conference Aims at Turkey In Constantinople
Paris March 26 AP The peace conference aiming to secure peace with Turkey will meet in Constantinople around April 12. Britain will be represented by Lt Gen Sir Charles Horace British high commissioner France by General Pelle United States by Rear Admiral Mark L Bristol as observer Ismet Pasha Turkish prime minister says Turks seek definite peace but reject commercial concessions at foreign business expense.
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Paris
Turkey
Constantinople
Lord Curzon
Great Britain
Charles Horace
France
Pelle
United States
Mark L. Bristol
Ismet Pasha
Vast Utah land to open for WWI veterans on April 20
About 400 000 acres in western Grand counties Utah will be opened to entry by World War I veterans on April 20, with remaining unentered land by July 1923 to be available to the general public. The tract near Elgin on the Denver Rio Grande line includes mineral rights such as coal withdrawn. prospective homesteaders must file waivers.
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Washington
Evean Grand
Utah
Interior Department
Elgin
Denver and
Saunders Takes Up the Shorts
Clarence Saunders, president of Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc., will accept delivery from shorts caught in last week’s jam. The move follows a suspension of class A Piggly Wiggly stock trading on the big board. He withdrew a telegram and will set conditions on the acceptance.
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Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc
Piggly Wiggly
Mr. Saunders
Ichange
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Pocatello
Gate City
Dorothy Keenan
Pyn Palm Bene Yra
J. A Aggeley Mitchell
John Kearn
Ey Mitchell
Marshall
E. T. Stotesbury
Boston Society
F. Lothrop Ames
Boston
Auts Guild
Bay State
George R. Fearing, Jr
Sam Nicholson
Armam
DR. Jacobs
Benjamin
Mrs. Hansell
Nirtota
Rossetta
Hansell
Purnell
Hansel
Leona John
Posey
Piate
Saunders
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