Thomas W. Lawson Dies at Ston Hospital
Financier author and sportsman Thomas W. Lawson died after a bladder operation and a late coma. His sons Douglas and Arnold were at his bedside. Lawson had begun treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital in December and had shown some improvement before a downturn. The obituary notes his early rise from a Boston office boy to wealth, and a dramatic early fortune followed by losses.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Associated Press
R. W. Wakefield
Cam Mass
Tom Lawson
Passenger train wreck nearman Kansas kills five
Five people died and several were injured when Missouri Pacific passenger train No 104 derailed onto a standing freight train at Nearman Kansas. The dead include engineers and firemen from both trains and a Fort Leavenworth corporal. Witness W J Neely said the passenger engine struck the switch, rebounded, and rolled down a 10 foot embankment as bystanders rushed to aid.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Nearman
Kan
R. H. Jones
Falls City
Neb
D. R. Wires
Marvin C. Wodell
W. E. Gardner
Carlos Hall
Fort Leavenworth
W. J. Neely
Neely
Dam Breaks Wipe Out Houses North of Othello
Moses Lake dam burst 20 miles north of Othello in Grant county washing away several houses and ruin winter sown crops. The railroad reports tracks safe and warned families fled to higher ground as water rushed down Crab Creek valley.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Moses Lake
Othello
Grant County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Beverly
Corfu
Crab Creek Valley
Brother of Floyd Collins Faces Prolonged Cave Rescue
The trapped cave explorer Floyd Collins, imprisoned since January 30, remains without food or water eight and a half days later. Rescue efforts reach only a fraction of the required depth as Lieut. Gov. H. A. Denhart directs the operation with state troopers maintaining order in Cave City Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Collins
H. A. Denhardt
National Guard
Seek New Entrance To Floyd Collins Cave Rescue
In Kentucky the search for Floyd Collins continues with two cave explorations and a 25 foot shaft in a nearby mine. Rescue teams expect to find Collins possibly deceased as efforts extend with rope and light while plans for deeper probing proceed.
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Floyd Collins
Associated Press
Cave
Gity
Sand Cave
Houlder
Homer Collins
Airplane to Carry Antitoxin to Nome
An airplane carrying antitoxin to Nome will depart Fairbanks on Monday delaying by a day. Flyers Roy B. Darling and Ralph P. Mackie aim to cover 917 miles in two days instead of three, after the antitoxin aboard the Alaska railroad shipment is expected to arrive late tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
Nome
Roy
Darling
Ralph P. Mackie
Paroles Granted to 66 Inmates in Two Years at Deer Lodge
Governor Dixon and the board of pardons granted clemency to 66 inmates at Deer Lodge State prison over the last two years. The list includes 14 from Silver Bow county and crimes range from murder to larceny. Notable cases feature a train robber, a white slaver, arson, and eight violations of prohibition laws. D. C. from Silver Bow was paroled after an assault conviction.
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Dixon
Board of Pardons
Deer Lodge State Prison
Silver Bow County
Silver Bow
Legislative Assembly
D. C
Dorris
Polish Actress Freed After Not Guilty Verdict in Paris Murder Case
Mile. Stanislawa Uminska, once a renowned Polish actress, was acquitted by a Paris jury of murdering her lover and fiancé Jean Zysnowski. She claimed she killed him to end his suffering as he faced cancer and a failing recovery, saying she acted from mercy and obedience to his pleas.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mile
Stanislawa Uminska
Tan
Uminska
Paul and
Roussay
Zysnowski
Dempsey and Ida Taylor Wed in San Diego
World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and actress Ida Hstelle Taylor married in San Diego after obtaining a license. The couple planned a possible honeymoon delay due to business in Los Angeles, with hopes for a lengthy postwedding trip, possibly to Europe or around the world.
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Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Acress
San Diego
Ida Hstelle Taylor
Dempsey
Miss Taylor
Tijuana
First Presbyterian Church
Wallace M. Hamilton
Lee Seuloi
Ijoe Rey
Joe Benjamin
Eddy Conners
Helen Taylor
Benjamin
Los Angeles
Europe
Noted chemist Hillebrand dies at 72 in Washington
W F Hillebrand chief chemist of the bureau of standards since 1908 and former president of the American Chemical Society died in a local hospital after abdominal illness. Born in Honolulu 72 years ago he held national and international ranks in analytical chemistry and wrote on mineral chemistry.
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Washington
W. F. Hillebrand
Bureau of Standards
American Chemical Society
Hillebrand
Honolulu
National College of Pharmacy
National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Gottinggen Gesellschaft
No Progress In Poison Mystery Stuns Columbus Officials
Officials investigating the poison capsule incidents at Ohio State University on January 29 and 36 remain without evidence for a probable explanation. Police Exeutor John J. Chester Jr. said the inquiry, after a week, is no nearer a solution and remains fruitless at day's end.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
John J. Chester Jr
Plans Advance on Farm Probers Spark Flarebacks
Washington February 7. Flare backs rose on the agriculture commission recommendations as Secretary Mellon and Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Aitchison sent letters to President Coolidge. Mellon noted Commissioner Cooper would leave to gather firsthand credit needs of livestock and questioned what aggressive steps to open credit channels meant.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Mellon
Cooper
Farm Loan Board
Aitchison
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peace Pact Aims to Peacemaking in Williamson County
Marion Illinois February 7 officials pledge to cooperate to the limit in pacifying Williamson county. The treaty between the county board and Sheriff George Galligan, drafted with help from Governor Branl and others, requires Galligan to leave the county but keep the sheriff title and salary. He may not return without the governor's consent except to face pending indictments.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ill
Williamson County
County Board of Supervisors
George Galligan
Branl
Black
Carlstrom
Illinois
Weeks Criticism Sparks Army Air Policy Clash
Brig. Gen. Mitchell’s statements on air service policy drew renewed criticism from officials. Secretary Weeks issued a candid rebuttal without naming Mitchell, citing supercilious critique of Pershing and other policymakers. The House aircraft committee pressed the inquiry as Captain Joffe warned of court martial if Mitchell disobeyed orders.
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Johnson
Army Air Service
Associated Press
Washington
Mitchell
Weeks
General Mitchell
General Pershing
House Aircraft Committee
A. W. Joh Fe
Virginia Capes
Army
Pershing
Harbord
American Expeditionary Forces
Hines
United States
Navy Department
Western railroads resist livestock rate cut
Kansas City reports that Western railroads tell the Interstate Commerce Commission they cannot afford a livestock freight rate reduction. Closing testimony places the loss at 3.36 million dollars for the Chicago and Great Western for 1923, with further hearings scheduled in March, April, and at Galveston.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Railroads of the
West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Galveston
Texas
Cleveland
Chicago and Great Western
Francis Silver Butte Attorney Named Assistant U S District Attorney
Great Falls Feb 7 Francis Silver Butte attorney has been appointed by Attorney General Harlan J Stone as assistant United States district attorney to succeed Ronald Higgins of Missoula who resigned the office of District Attorney John J L Slattery was advised today
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Stone
Ronald Higgins
Associated Press
Great Falls
Francis Silver
Butte
Harlan J. Stone
United States
Missoula
John JL. Slattery
Young Attorney in Practice Since 1916
Attorney Francis Sliver, a prominent Butte lawyer practicing since 1916 except during World War I, has been named assistant United States attorney to succeed Howald Higgins. The appointment was announced by W Mele acting U S district attorney and Attorney General Btone in Washington. Sliver is a native of Butte and 24 years old.
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Francis Sliver
Field Artillery
Hkutte
Silver
Candler and partners sued for 100000 in Raid Case
Harriet Witchford sues Asa Candler his wife W J Siddard and G W Keeling for 100000 claiming raid on her apartment house caused loss of income and tenants leaving. Alleged pain and weight loss from publicity and court sale followed.
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Atlanta, Ga
Asa Candler
Atlanta Capitalist
W. J. Siddard
G. W. Keeling
Harriet W. Witchford
Charges of brutal prison torture in Colorado case
Amended bill of particulars filed with the state civil service commission reveals alleged brutalities at the Colorado penitentiary. Warden Thomas J. Tynan accused of permitting the flogging of Neil Robertson and naming 25 other prisoners subjected to cruel treatment.
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Associated Press
Denver
State Civil Service Commission
Sweet
Thomas J. Tynan
Colorado Penitentiary
Civil Service Commission
Thomas Mott Osborne
Tynan
Osborne
State Auditing Board
Neil Robertson
Shaebe Oe
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W. A. Mitchell
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U. S. Post
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