Rum row ships reduced as coast guard caps seizure efforts
Twelve ships remain of more than eighty rum row floating liquor warehouses after ten days of a coast guard blockade. An inspection cruise by Lieut. Commander Stephens Yeandle and newspaper observers found little contraband ashore via New York Long Island New England or New Jersey routes up to May 5. The effort, described as the most comprehensive look at the mid Atlantic rum area, labeled a national shame.
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New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Stephens Yeandle
Billard
Nantucket Light
Pequot
mid-Atlantic
Rui
Yeandle
Long Island
New England
New Jersey
Disappearance of Suspected Smuggler After Tucson Battle
In Tucson on May 16, authorities investigated the disappearance of Jose Reyna, alleged smuggler believed shot by customs officers during a gun battle with Mexican liquor runners. Customs Officer Carl Peterson was wounded. Ed Webb carried a wounded comrade after the clash as the scene cooled.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mexico
United States
Jose Reyna
Cusems
Carl Peterson
Ed Webb
Pump Station Explosion Causes Major Fire in Bayonne
Fire at the Tidewater Oil pumping line in Bayonne New Jersey destroyed the receiving house and gasoline in two stills. Damage estimated at 60000 dollars.
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Bayonne
N. J
Tidewater Oil Company
High Winds Hit Midwest With Damage Across States
Storms bring heavy rain hail and high winds across the middlewest and Oklahoma. Towns like Norman Tribbey and others suffer power cuts and property damage while Minnesota sees fires briefly flaring. Cold snap follows with frost forecast northward and several baseball games postponed.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Minnesota
Jamestown
N. D
Norman
Okla
Oklaoma City
Tribbey
Oklahoma
Coumbia
Booneville
Louisville
France Holds Largest World War Debt to United States
Washington reports France remains the principal debtor to the United States as debt settlement talks surface. Officials say Washington seeks concrete funding proposals and insists on avoiding distinctions between war loans and postwar debts while pressing for funded, fixed-term obligations.
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France
Italy
Belgium
Rumania
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo- Slavia
Esthonia
Tatess
Greece
Washington
Ambassdor Herrick
American Debt Commission
Treasury
Great Britain
Finland
Poland
Hunry
Lithuania
State Department
Debt Commission
Desperadoes in custody bound for San Francisco
Chicago May 16 AP Two prisoners said to be Eggers gang members were escorted through Chicago by deputy U S marshals from Philadelphia to San Francisco where murder charges await. Fearing a rescue, federal guards kept their names secret and 25 marshals guarded the convoy.
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Chicago
Eggers
San Francisco
United States
Philadelphia
Chicago and Northwestern
Fatty Arbuckle Marries Doris Deane in California
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and film actress Doris Deane wed at the bride's mother home in San Marino Pasadena honors the ceremony with a guest list of moviemakers. Judge Jo Hugh J Crawford of the Los Angeles County Superior Court officiated shortly after 9 o clock in the evening.
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Pasadena
Calif
Roscoe
Fatty’’ Arbuckle
Doris Deane
Charles R. Dibble
San Marino
Jo Hugh J. Crawford
The
Angeles County Superior Court
Amundsen Eyes Pole Flight If Weather Holds
Roald Amundsen plans an air dash to the north pole from Spitzbergen once meteorologists confirm a spell of good weather. He will detour Danes Island with planes in good condition though temperatures are frigid and fog and snow hinder daily testing at King's Bay.
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Oslo
Shipping Gazette
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Amundsen
Pole
Spitzbergen
Danes Island
King’s Bay
Ispitzbergen
Navy accepts Loening planes for MacMillan polar expedition
Mitchell Field test flights confirm two Loening amphibians meet weight, speed and maneuverability specs. Each plane carries 2200 pounds useful load and tops 122 mph. Pilots Schur and Reber flown to Philadelphia for outfitting before joining the Peary and Bowdoin voyage northward set to depart June 17. A third spare aircraft is nearing completion.
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Mitchell Field
New York
Navy
North Pole
R. E
Mary
4. Wy. Schur
Earl Reber
Naval Aircraft Fields
Philadelphia
Boston
Peary
Bowdoin
MacMillan
Loening
MIT Varsity Eight Beats Columbia in River Race
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology varsity eight defeated Columbia by three and a half lengths on the river in a mile and a half race. The winning time was 7 05.0.
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Massachusetts
New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Columbia
D River
Ae Coles
Idaho Agriculture Chief Seeks Economic Commission Study
Commissioner W B Kjosness urges a state economic commission to supervise an agricultural economic survey. He spoke in Pocatello with dairy director Ronald Wood and discussed cooperation with federal experts to lead a statewide study and guide Idaho toward better markets and manufacturing prospects starting in 1926.
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United States
W. B. Kjosness
the Tribune
Kjosness
Pocatello
Ronald E. Wood
Kjostess
State Department of Agriculture
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Idaho
Moore
Economic Commission
Idaho
Tribute Is Paid Obsequies for Lieut Gen Nelson Miles
Washington May 16 AP Every honor will be paid next Tuesday in the military funeral for Lieut Gen Nelson A Miles The army will lead with navy and marine corps joining The cortege will move from near the war department to Arlington National Cemetery where veterans of the three wars Miles fought await His coffin will be borne on a field piece while bugle and rifle shots sound Pershing called Miles exceptionally splendid and loyal saying his death ends a life devoted to national service The former commander inspired those who served with him in the Sioux campaign and on his Washington staff
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Geronimo
Caisson
War Department
Arlington
Rockenbach
Washington Department
Davis
Miles
Pershing
Pershin
Aged Confederate Wins Parole Hope at Kentucky Home
Sacramento May 16 AP Liberty and a home away from Folsom prison are planned for William Simpson a ninety year old Confederate veteran serving twenty three year of a forty year sentence for robbery committed in 1902 aided by the state board of prison directors a home has been found at the Kentucky Confederate Home in Pewee Valley Kentucky. The parole was denied at the April board meeting because no place to go and directors were opposed to releasing him into destitution.
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Sacramento
Calif
Liberty
Folsom Prison
Wm. Simpson
State Board of Prison Directors
Bimpson
Kentucky
Pewee Valley
Rum runners interview via megaphone off Montauk Point
A coast guard inspection aboard the schooner General Pau off Montauk Point features a loud interview with a super cargo denying liquor aboard while fish is shown as cargo. Crew and press photograph the scene as the blockade continues with shipments of whiskey and champagne allegedly aboard the Pellegrini.
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Coast Guard
Pequot
Montauk Point
General Pau
Liverpool
N. 8
Ramrow
Pellegrini
Plugs Win First Aid Contest At Boise Mosque
Boise May 16 AP A Boise based team called the Plugs of the telephone plant won the third annual first aid contest of the British States Telephone and Telegraph company with a 96 25 per cent score. Blue Prints from Boise were second with 96 15 per cent. Cross Arms of Twin Falls placed third at 96 per cent. Phantom from Nampa Caldwell scored 95 4 5 per cent and Heat Coils of Idaho Falls 94 1 5 per cent.
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Boise
Britain States
Nampa-Caldwell
Idaho Falls
Soviet Workers Gift 31 Airplanes to Moscow
The railway and river transport workers of Soviet Russia presented Moscow with 31 airplanes funded by popular subscription. The squadron is named the Dierjinsky Escadrille and two planes carry the names Baginski and Wiercorkiewicz in memory of two Polish communist officers killed en route to the Russian border.
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Moscow
Russia
Dierjinsky Escadrille
Baginski and
Wiercorkiewicz
Major Utah mining merger unites Park City lands and assets
A historic 4 306 acre mining merger in Park City Utah links Park Utah Mining Park City Mining Smelting Ontario Silver Daly Mining. The consolidation pools 150 miles of underground workings and creates Park Utah Consolidated Mines with 2 500 000 Park Utah shares plus 400 000 reserved for corporate purposes. Management remains unchanged as the combined entity joins the New York Stock Exchange.
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Salt Lake City
Western Mining
Park City
Park-Utah Mining Company
Park City Mining & Smelting Company
Ontario Silver Mining Company
Daly Mining Company
Ontario
United States
George Hearst
Park Utah
Antic
Virgin Territory
Consolidated Interests
Utah
J. O. Elton
International Smelting Company
Adolph G. E. Hawke
New York
Char. Lange
Cincinnati
Otto Edeking
Ndinnati
William Wraith
Anaconi Copper Mining Company
George Y. Lambourne
Park-Utah Company
Park City Mining and Smelting Company
Daly
Park-Uta Mining Company
Park-Uta Consolidated Mines Company
New York Stock Exchange
Penrose Dies at Salt Lake City Leader of LDS First Presidency
Charles William Penrose of the LDS Church First Presidency died at his Salt Lake City home after months of serious illness. Born in Camberwell England on December 4 1832 he joined the church in 1850 and emigrated to the United States in 1861. He helped drive an ox team across the plains and later served as a mission president and editor.
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Salt Lake City
Charles William Penrose
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
First
Church
Penrose
Camberwell
England
United States
Plains
New York
Utah
Sions
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Europe
America
Idaho Boy
Earl Sande
Flying Ebony
Ismuggler
Middle West
Fatty Arbuckle
Commissioner of Agriculture
U. S
Salt Lake
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