Attack on American Legion worker shocks Pocatello
Arthur Fay a state American Legion representative in town for a membership drive was assaulted about 1 15 am near West Bonneville street. He received two knife wounds to the left shoulder and fought off a mysterious assailant before fleeing toward Center street. Police investigate while Fay resumes duties.
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Arthur Fay
The
American Legion
Pocatello
Mr. Fay
South Main Street
Arthur Avenue
Bonneville Street
Fay
Bannock Hotel
W. W
Tribune
Oriole
Betty McKnight
Short Line
Miss McKnight
Burley
Main
Arthur
Center Street
Lewis Street
Bannock
Bonneville
Legion
Dukhobort Relocation Hope Reemerges in Moscow Dispatch
A Moscow dispatch reports the Canadian Dukhobort sect, expelled from Russia circa 1885, seeking permission to return to Russia. The move signals potential repatriation negotiations and shifts in post exile policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Dukhobort
Russia
Moscow
Agreement splits over Dempsey profits in bankruptcy suit
Batavia May 12 A jury reported in the case of Frank P Spellman vs Jack Dempsey and Jack Kerns seeking 100000 dollars. Spellman claims a share of profits from motion pictures under a verbal contract with Dempsey as champion heavyweight boxer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
N. Y
France to Have Man at Ringside
Paris reports France will send an official representative to the July 2 heavyweight title bout between Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey in Jersey City. The government organises a voyage to New York departing June 18 with official guests. Gaston Vilda, under secretary for physical education, is likely the representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dempacy
Jersey City
New York
Gaston Vilda
Clara Smith Hamon Accepts Cash Settlement in Hamon Estate
Clara Smith Hamon relinquished all claims to the Jake L. Hamon estate in a settlement signed with administrator Frank L. Ketch. The deal provides $10,000 in cash and recognizes the transfer of oil rights and royalties from Hewitt Oil, Healdton field, and other holds in Stephens, Center, and Cotton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
J. B. Champion
Hamon
C. W. Ellis
Santa Ana
Cal
Champion
Fred Ellis
Ardmore
Okla
Chicago
J. D. Champion
Frank L. Ketch
Jake I. Hamon
Hewitt Oil Company
Healdton
Central County
Stephens
Center
Cotton
Jake Hamon
Labor Backs Bill of Borah in AFL Report
The American Federation of Labor released a voluminous report detailing bills from the current and last Congress affecting organized labor. It notes new measures: a West Virginia mining conditions probe and legalizing union representation solicitations, and endorses Borah's constitutional rights protection bill guaranteeing free speech and assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Legislative Committee
The
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Executive Council
Samuel Gompers
Congress
Council
Abor
Johnson
West
Virginia
Poindexter
Graham
Blanson
Borah
United States
Ratification of Grand Trunk Agreement With Canadian Government
London May 12. At a meeting of no shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway Company it was decided to ratify the agreement between management and the Canadian government providing for transfer of control of the railway to the government this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grand Trai Way
Texas convicts seize guns and escape from Huntsville prison
About 25 to 30 inmates mutinied at Huntsville state prison in Texas. Two guards were shot, one fatally. Convicts stormed the gate, entered the armory, and fired about 25 shotguns. Some were captured. 25 more surrounded near Dodge, with eight pursued toward Houston.
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Huntsville
Texas
Huntsville State Prison
Dodge
Houston
Paddock Skips Eastern Sprint Meets This Season
USC star Charles W. Paddock will miss planned eastern races next month. He will likely compete at the Pacific Coast Conference championships in Eugene May 21, with possible appearances at Boston June 25 and Chicago June 18 canceled due to study obligations. If he runs at Eugene he aims to break records in 150 and 200 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles W. Paddock
University of Southern California
Eugene
Ore
Dean B. Cromwell
Paddock
Boston
Chicago
Cromwell
Bank Investment Power Widens
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board issued regulations allowing federal reserve banks to buy bankers acceptances maturing up to six months, expanding beyond the prior three month limit. Governor Harding said the change aims to ease the foreign trade emergency while banks normally prefer shorter maturities and the board will monitor effects for possible further adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Allied forces halt Ruhr occupation orders in Rhine advance
General Degoutte, commander on the Rhine, arrived at Duesseldorf from Mayence and ordered preparations for occupation of the Ruhr to stop. Officers noted the order states the operation is finished but not entirely abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duesseldorf
Degoute
Rhine
Mayence
Ruhr
Verdict Set Aside in I W W Case
The U S circuit court today set aside the first of four counts in the indictment against twenty five I W W members convicted in Leavenworth. The cases arose from the federal district court of Kansas and involve a real estate matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
United States Circuit Court
Leavenworth Federealensiany
Federal District Court of Kansas
Gypsy Princess Funeral Opens With Solemn Breakfast
In Sharon Pennsylvania on May 12 AP reports Powonia Miller known as gypsy princess lies in a silk burial robe on a catafalque in a tent mortuary awaiting burial. Mourners include a 14 year old father from Chicago. They shared a solemn funeral breakfast at daybreak, seated on the ground near the bier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Powonia Miller
P . Louis Iphell
Cicago
Ing
SP Chief On The Bace Before Board
Julius Kruttschnitt chair of Southern Pacific testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. He said freight rate increases did not cause a general rise in railway costs and argued the rise in prices reflects middlemen and retailers, not rail operation, and urged reduced labor costs as the first relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Company
Agen
Pepekisaaaan
Townsend
Panama Canal
Oregon grocers official speaks to Southern group
Mrs Phoebe Felcher Jones secretary of the Oregon Wholesale Grocers association addressed the Southern Wholesale Grocers association meeting. The talk touched on national food brokers and interstate commerce issues within the trade network in Cincinnati Ohio May 12 AP report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Phoebe Felcher-Jones
Oregon Wholesale Grocers Association
Southern Wholesale Grocers Association
Great North Oe
Roeble
Ationa Food
Tion
BE. E. Clark
Interstate Commerce Sion
Senate Postpones Vote On Binkr Nomination To Internal Revenue
The Senate Finance Committee postponed decision on David B. Binkr of Winston Salem North Carolina to be Internal Revenue commissioner awaiting printed testimony. A further meeting is planned for next Saturday or Monday.
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Washington
David B. Binkr
Winston Salem
N. C
Internal Revenue
Wag
Senate Finance Committee
Judge Lindsey Pays Fine and Wins Contempt Case
Denver May 12 AP Judge Ben B Lindsey of the Denver juvenile court pays a $500 fine and costs to end a five year controversy. He refused to reveal a boy ward Neal Wright’s statements about a 1916 murder, saying testimony would betray a child’s confidence. He said the fight vindicates the principle of protecting confidences in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Lindsey
John Perry
District Court
Neal Wright
Bar Associations
Boys’ Clubs
Colo
Denver Juvenile Court
George McLachlin
West Side Criminal Court
Twenty Wobblies Freed by Decree
Twenty of the twenty seven I W W members convicted in December 1919 in Kansas City Kansas and sentenced to Leavenworth will be freed by a decision of the United States court of appeals in St Paul. The district attorney's office announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Leavenworth
United States Court ‘of Appeals
St. Paul
United States District Attorney's Office
Austrian Republic Recognizes Obregon Leader in Mexico
Mexico City May 12. The Austrian Republic has recognized the Obregon government. A cablegram to the Mexican foreign office from Vienna states Enrique Freimann, the Mexican chargé d'affaires, received the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Obregon Gazette
Mexico
Ust
Enrique Freimann
Vienna
Foreign Office
Drive Friday for Funds to Equip Pocatello Campsite
Tourists gain a good impression of Pocatello as a donated campsite ground nears fitting up. The effort, led by Bannock County women and city clubs, forms a large community drive with committees from each group and C B Onderdonk overseeing coordination.
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Pocatello Campsite
Pocatello
Bannock County Women's Association
C. B. Onderdonigs
Fr. O. Graham
Dead Man Sentenced to Life in Louisiana Prison
Lonnie Eaton, a Black man, was taken from Caddo parish jail to Baton Rouge to begin a life sentence. He was originally condemned to death for murder, but his sentence was commuted by Governor Parker after Sheriff Grant failed to carry out the hanging, making him the only legally dead man serving a prison term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Lonnie Eaton
Caddo Parish
State Penitentiary
Baton Rouge
Eaton
Grant
Ouachita Parish
John M. Parker
Geer denies writing letter before railroad labor board
In Chicago on May 12 AP reported I W Geer general manager of the southwest division Penn railroad denies ever writing a letter allegedly ordering defamation of labor organizations to obtain information. He says he found no trace of the letter in office files and witnesses Farrington and Stubbins testified they had no knowledge of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railway Labor Today
Railroad Labor Board
Pennsylvania Railroad Operal
I. W. Geer
Southwest
Pennsylvania Lines
Geer
St. Louis
Hawaii House Backs Beer and Wine Manufacture Vote
Honolulu April 20 The Hawaiian House of Representatives approves a resolution by Evan da Silva to ask Congress to permit making and selling four and a half percent beer and fifteen percent wine in the territory. The measure, passed by the judiciary committee and the house, goes to the territorial senate. The committee cites a desire for refreshing strengthening beverages and cites ancient writings about wine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
House of Representatives
Evan da Silva
Island of
Hawaii
Congress
Judiciary Committee
House
Territorial Senate
Shipping strike prompts call for national emergency
Winthrop L. Marvin, secretary of the American Steamship Owners association, said Pacific coast operators urged Hoover and Admiral Benson to ask President Harding to declare a national emergency. He proposed government take over vessel manning if workers do not return within forty eight hours.
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New York
Winthrop L. Marvin
American Steamship Owners Association
Pacific Coast Operatona
Commerce
Hoover
Admiral Benson
The
Shipping Board
Harding
Allies to Take Hand in Affair Paris Declares Neutral Constantinople
Allied high commissioners and generals plan to proclaim neutrality of Constantinople and the Dardanelles. The Turkish capital reports ongoing warfare with Crete disputes, impacting use of Constantinople as a base.
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Paris
Constantinople
The
Phorus
Dardanelles
Turkey
Cireoes
Sayd & Havan
Theece
Four Husbands Noted as Casualty in Idaho Poison Plot
Lydia Meyer also known as Mrs. Southard is accused in Twin Falls murders as prosecutors link five deaths to a single poison. Extradition papers await in Idaho while Meyer is held in Honolulu. Insurance payouts totaled thousands across the victims.
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Salt Lake City
Lydia Meyer
Edward PF. Meyer
Twin Falls
Idaho
Honolulu
Salt Lake
W. H. Ormsby
In Falls
Los Angeles
Stephan
Sambard
Meyer
California
W. J. Trueblood
Kimberly
Robert C. Dooley
William G. McHaffie
Harlan C. Lewis
Edward F. Meyer
Edward Dooley
Tiertian Harms
Edwin PF
Ian Utah
Hardin
Mont
Harlan ©. Louis
Billirs
Denver
Elc
Billings
Blue Lakes Ranch
Twin Falls County
Pocatello
Twin Falls Hospital
Southard
McHaffie
Dooley Brothers
Mra Dooley
Harlan, Lewis and
Tis
Policeman Aids Messenger in City Case
A Chicago scene on May 12 describes a police officer who helped a messenger cope with a near confrontation. The officer guided the messenger to safety after a tense incident, using restraint and quick thinking to defuse the situation.
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Jack
Clara
LABOR
Bank Investment Power
BACE
Austrian Republic
Obregon
C. B. Onderdonk
H. M. Wolf
Leon Molinell
Sportsmen's Association
H. R. Bucks
R. H. Turner
Fred Caldwell
Kiwanis Club
BE. C. White
Lyman Fargo
Joe Young
Rotary Club
Walter Newcomb
Harry Scanion
Clarke
Chamber of Commerce
Mesdames B
C White
A. M. Newton
W. P. McDonald
Dod Ray As & Committee
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