Former Indiana Governor McCray testifies of $10000 Jackson bribe
Former governor Warren T. McCray took the stand in Indianapolis to accuse Governor Ed Jackson of offering a ten thousand dollar bribe. Witnesses E C Stephenson and William P Evans, McCray’s son in law, testified to conspiracies and threats tied to Jackson. McCray, recovering from prison illness, described financial problems that led to Evans’s resignation in 1923.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Ed Jackson
E.C
Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Jackson
McCray
William P. Evans
Marion County
Evans
Romanian Crown Prince Manifesto Found with Arrested Emissary
Vienna dispatches report former Crown Prince Carol's manifesto found on Rakowica, an emissary arrested at the border en route from Paris to Bucharest. The incident echoes a prior treason case involving Manoilescu as Romanians weigh royal politics amid peasant and liberal gatherings.
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Carol
United Press
Vienna
Rumania
Rakowica
Paris
Bucharest
Bratianu
Manoilescu
Prince Serol
Marie
Flagstaff Sheepman Injured Falling From Phoenix Hotel Window
Joseph P. Wilson a 38 year old Flagstaff cattleman was seriously hurt when he fell from a fourth floor hall window at a downtown Phoenix hotel and struck the garage roof three stories below. He was taken to St Josephs hospital with two broken legs and a severe scalp wound. Witnesses were absent. Police said the cause and circumstances were still unclear. Wilson was in Phoenix for the 22nd annual meeting of the Arizona Cattlegrowers Association.
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Joseph P. Wilson
Archited
Phoenix
Ariz
Flagstart
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Harry Felch
Wilson
Felch
Frienifs
The
Arizona Cattlegrowers Association
Twelve Escape Death When Seaplane Falls
Seaplane HK. G. Sewell arriving from Havana with twelve passengers fell into Biscayne Bay south of Miami. One passenger suffered a minor injury while others had only a severe shaking up. All aboard were rescued by boat and brought to Miami.
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United Press
Miami
Fla
HK. G. Sewell
Havana
Biscayne Bay
Ons
Coast publishers announce huge merger of newspapers
Sixteen Southern California papers will come under Colonel Iran C. Copley control on September 1 in a deal valued at about 2.5 million dollars. The Kellogg papers including Glendale Daily Press and Hollywood News pass to Copley. others transfer later. Glendale Press merged into Glendale News-Press, then joins Southern California Newspapers Associated.
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Angeles
Southern California
Iran C. Copley
Illinois
California
Kellogg
Copley
San Diego Tribune, Union and Independent
Kelloge
Alhambra Post
fEvening Post
Glendale Daily Press
Eagle Rock Daily Press
Santa Monica Evening Outlook
Venice Evening Vanguard
Culver City Star News
Redondo Daily Breeze
Hermosa Daily Breeze
San Pédro Daily News
Hollywood News
Glendale Press
Oth
Glendale News
Glendale News- Press
Glendale News-Press
Associated
S. G. McClure
News-Press
Jacob Funk
McClue
S. W. Kellogg
Copley Press
Elgin
Aurora
Joliet
San Diego Tribune and Union
500 Prospectors Build Tent City At Gold Strike
A week after a gold discovery at Skull Mountain a new Wahomei camp near Tonopah attracts 500 prospectors. Trucks bring lumber and supplies while water from Cane Springs satisfies needs. food and water prices surge with an isolated 149 mile trek from Tonopah.
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United Press
Cane Springs
Mark Lefler
Diggins
Tonopah
Las Vegas
Doctor's Testimony Aids McMillan Defense
In Los Angeles the autopsy surgeon testified Mrs. Amelia Appleby died from exposure, not a blow to the head. The body was found in a sack near San Fernando, with skull fracture and tied limbs, and the doctor said the fatal blow occurred at least 12 hours earlier.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Amelia Appleby
Chicago
Charles McMillan
San Fernando
Webb
Holbrook man elected grand master in Arizona Masons
L. C. Henning of Holbrook was chosen grand master of the Grand Lodge Mason ic Order in Arizona at a Tucson meeting. Other officers named include W. T. McDonald of Douglas as deputy grand master and A A Betts of Phoenix as senior grand warden. Dr Baughan of Florence as grand treasurer G J Roskruge of Tucson as grand secretary George A Bridge of Bisbee as trustee for four years Prescott was awarded the next state meeting.
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Tucson
Ariz
L. C. Henning
Holbrook
Grand Lodge Masonic Order
Arizona
W. T. McDonald
Douglas
Phoenix
Dr. Baughan
Florence
G. J. ‘ Roskruge
George A. Bridge
Bisbee
Prescott
Pendleton Officers Get Hickman Reward
Checks for 2500 dollars each were mailed to Pendleton chief Thomas Gurdane and Oregon motor traffic official Buck Lieu Allen for aiding in the capture of William Edward Hickman. The Los Angeles Examiner award totals 5000 dollars for the capture and conviction of Marion Parker's killer.
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United Press
Los. Angeles
Los Angeles Examiner
Thomas Gurdane
Pendleton
Oregon
Buck Lieuallen
Oregon State
William Edward Hickman
Los Angeles
Marion Parker
May Enjoin Building of Phoenix Railway
A tax payer’s suit filed in Phoenix superior court seeks to prevent the city, its manager, or any officer from paying funds from bonds or other sources to the Claude Fisher company of Los Angeles for rehabilitating the city street car system. W. A. Sensign files the action arguing the city lacks power to own operate build or reconstruct a street railway outside city limits.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Phoenix
Ariz
Claude Fisher Company
Los Angeles
W. A. Sensign
Oil Worker Fells From Derrick in Baldwin Hills Field
J. O. Tindel an oil worker died instantly today in Inglewood when he lost his balance and fell from the top of a derrick in the Baldwin Hills field.
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Inglewood
Calif
J. O. Tindel
Baldwin Hills Field
Ship Pres Cleveland Stricken by Smallpox Epidemic
Honolulu reports eight dead as the steamship President Cleveland battles a fierce smallpox and pneumonia outbreak among passengers and crew. Doctor Belden and the crew work around the clock to control the spread on the voyage from Yokohama to Honolulu, with more than 500 aboard.
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Honolulu
T. H
Cleveland
George Belden
Lindbergh Forecasts Rapid Aviation Progress
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh predicted aviation development will accelerate in the coming years, aided by radio and neon lights to conquer fog and sleet. He urged cities to push landing fields as the United States lags Europe in commercial flying, while Secretary Davis did not attend and did not comment on hazardous flights.
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United Press
Irs
ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
United States
Europe
Dwight Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Davis
Bettwy Announces Gubernatorial Candidacy in Arizona
State Senator Andrew Bettwy of Santa Cruz county declares he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor this fall if Governor George W. Hunt declines a seventh term. Bettwy, elected two years ago, may withdraw his bid to support Hunt if Hunt enters the race. Bettwy arrived in Arizona in 1912 as part of the 12th United States Infantry.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Andrew Bettwy
Santa Cruz County
George W. P. Hunt
Gettwy
Hunt
Bettwy
Arizona
12Th
United States Infantry
Quebedeaux Trial Opens in Flagstaff Court
Special to The Daily Mail reports the Quebedeaux trial in Flagstaff with F. L. Riley as first state witness. Prosecution and defense test jurors, with only two disqualified after extensive challenges. Phil Sawyer leads Navajo county in the case over alleged reception of deposits after insolvency of the Bank of Winslow.
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Daily Mail
Flagstaff
F. L. Riley
Phil Sawyer
T. M. Quebedeaux
Bank of Winslow
Navajo County
Senate Teapot Dome panel to hear New York brokers
The Senate Teapot Dome committee will resume investigations into alleged 1920 Republican campaign fund payments from Continental Trading profits. Two New York brokers, Joseph F. McMahan of Potter and Co. and James Bernieri of C. I. Childs & Co., will testify about Liberty Bonds given to Will Hays by H. F. Sinclair.
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Be United
Brece
Washington
Senate
Nye
Hays
Continental
Joseph F. McMahan
Potter and Co
James Bernieri
C. I. Childs & Co
Bitter Debates Over Federal Trade Commission Probe
Washington February 1 The Senate backed a shift to have the Federal Trade Commission conduct the investigation of the electric power industry over a special committee, amid bitter debate and lobbying complaints. A Walsh proposal would require lobbyists to register. Roll call shows 46 to 28 in favor of the FTC amendment with lawmakers listing senators by name.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Trade. Commission
Montana
Garithel
Enitien
Walsh
Massachusetts
A Walsh
Mont
Gingham
Curlin
Deneen
Edge
Fess
Gillett
Gooding
Gould
Greene
Hale
Jones
Unemployment Foreground Push Hits National Stage
Senator Wagner introduces a resolution to urge a federal study of unemployment conditions by the U S Department of Labor. Governor Smith backs investigations in New York as calls grow for a national unemployment index and possible future relief legislation.
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United Press
Washington
Wagner
New York
Smith
U. S. Department of Labor
Wester
Getonee
Senate
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St. _Louis
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