Forbes Stricken With Paralysis Months Before Appeal
Former U S Veterans' bureau head Col Charles R Forbes collapsed with left sided paralysis in Brighton Boston. Doctors say brain inflammation a year earlier may have caused the stroke and prognosis is uncertain as he lies in Hart private hospital Roxbury. He had been expected to stand trial in Chicago next month on conspiracy charges over wartime hospital contracts.
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Associated Press
Boston
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Harry Judkins
Brighton
John H. Cauley
Edward A. Tulidge
Philadelphia
Hart Private Hospital
Roxbury
Mass
Col. Forbes
Judkine
Cauley
Chicago
Hopkinton
Early Butte plumber Louis Eschle dies at 60
Louis Eschle a pioneer plumber of Butte and a key figure in bringing organised baseball to the mining city died yesterday at Deaconess hospital from bronchial pneumonia at age 60. He lived 39 years in Butte and owned Eschie Plumbing and Heating at 51 East Broadway. He helped organize the old state league in 1900 and promoted semi professional baseball, employing many Butte players.
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Louis Eschlie
Butte
Deaconess Hospital
Buttert
Eschie
Kie
Eschie Plumbing and Heating Company
East Broadway
Old State League
Butte Club
Montana
Alienists Examine Girl Before Murder Trial
San Francisco reports that 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson faces a pending trial for the murder of her mother. Defense seeks insanity evidence while prosecution insists on second degree murder as the least plea. A nine man three woman jury was sworn, with trial set to begin tomorrow.
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Associated Presse
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Fred P. Clark
State Hospital For the Insane
Stockton
Sylvester J. McAfee
Matthew Brady
McAtee
Mob Enacts What Is Described as Rough Justice in NC
In Williamston North Carolina a mob seized travel salesman Joseph A Needleman from the Martin County jail and hauled him into the woods where an operation was performed. The crude act left him in the woods and later he was taken to a Washington hospital after being found by a deputy sheriff and a posse. Needleman, who said he was 21 and from New Jersey with headquarters in Kinston, faced assault charges regarding a 17 year old girl.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Joseph A. Needleman
Martin County
Williamston
Luther Peel
Needleman
H. T. Robeson
Washington, N. C
New Jersey
Kinston
Destructive Fire Sweeps Pike's Peak Region in Colorado
A forest fire raged from noon to 6 pm in the Pike's Peak region burning over 1900 acres before 100 firefighters contained it. The blaze, started likely by a campfire near Black Canyon two miles north of Manitou, threatened the Garden of the Gods and Glen Eyrie before winds shifted. Crews from Manitou Colorado Springs and Cascade aided in suppression as the burn area included cedar pinyon and scrub oak forest.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Pike's Peak
Black Canyon
Manitou
Queens Canyon
Garden of the Gods
Glen Eyrie
Cascade
Husband and Wife Guilty of Manslaughter in Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee on a March day a jury convicts Mr. and Mrs. W H Bennett of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Miss Augusta Hoffman. Each defendant faces 16 years in the penitentiary. Judge Floyd Estill convened court after midnight to receive the verdict. The trial spanned a week with jurors allowed to return home before midnight due to Tennessee law. The Bennetts and their two sons attended the proceedings and bonds totaling 7500 dollars were posted.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ecloeck
W. H. Bennett
Augusta Hoffman
Tennessee
Floyd Estill
F. Clifford Bickers
Court House
Hamilton County
Estill
Harding Memorial Dedicated by Elks
Washington Elks dedicate a Harding Memorial in Woodlawn Park Seattle marking July 23 1925 when President Harding administered the oath to 360600 Washington boys. The sculptured panel depicts the event and funds were raised mainly by Washington boys via the Boy Scouts with Seattle Lodge No. 192 BPOE overseeing ceremonies.
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Associated Preas
Seattle
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
State of Washington
President Harding
Woodiland Park
Alaska
Harding
Washington
Boys of
Boy Scouts
Seattle Lodge No
Curran Declares No Discrimination Against Irish
Immigration Commissioner Henry H. Curran stated there is absolutely no discrimination against the Irish. The claim followed a National Catholic Welfare conference report noting 145 Irish youths rejected for heart trouble since August 1924.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry H. Curran
Commissioner of
Immigration
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Washington
Floods Sweep Vermont New Hampshire Cause Heavy Losses
In Vermont and New Hampshire floods from days of rain wash out roads and rail lines. A Manchester New Hampshire three story building collapsed under flood load. Randolph Vermont reports $50 000 plus in damages as two dams and six buildings were carried away. White River rises to 15 feet at White River Junction.
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Associated Press
Vermont
New Hampshire
Manchester
N. H
Randolph
White River
White River Junction
Connecticut
Merrimack
Moscoma
Grafton
Concord
Canaan
Jarres Leads German Presidential Ballot in Berlin
In the first popular ballot for Germany’s president, Dr Karl Jarres led with about 10.8 million votes, Otto Braun trailed with 7.84 million, and William Marx had 3.99 million. With 27.3 million ballots cast, a second ballot will be held April 26 to elect the president. No disorders were reported as weather kept voters away.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Republic
Karl Jarres
Otto Braun
William Marx
Ernest Thaeimann
Helbach
Leud Daociat Rty
New York Industrial Conference Forecasts Stable 1936 Business
A March survey by the Ne Industrial Conference released in New York predicts stable, sound, and even business flow through 1936. It notes rising interest rates for loans and a tendency toward lower prices in some industries, with no boom expected but a steadier climate overall aiding railroads and key sectors like electrical, automobile, coal, and lumber, while wool and other sectors face weaker demand.
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New York
Ne Industrial Conference
Eight Prisoners Escape From Western Penitentiary in Pennsylvania
Eight convicts from Riverside branch of the Western penitentiary escaped late today by burning through a metal ceiling and roof with a wire rope. Two were recaptured, one shot in the leg but not seriously wounded, six remain at large in a stolen car. Authorities believe the plan may have involved outside help.
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Associated Press
Riverside
Western Penitentiary
Officilaia
Lawrence O'Leary
Blue Bandana Gang
Harry Bernstein
Philadelphia
Reading
Robert Slattery
Bernstein
Freeom
Bandit Pair Loot Express Car on Illinois Train
Two men boarded an eastbound New York Central train from Englewood to Laporte Indiana and looted the express car. They fled toward Chicago in a car after tying express messenger Howard Youn and seizing packages valued between 700 and 10000 dollars. Train crew found Youn bound at Laporte and the train continued east with an estimated loss up to 60000 dollars. Youn was questioned in Cleveland about the permit the robbers claimed to carry.
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York Central
Chicago
Laporte
Ind
Howard Youn
Sonne
Young
Cleveland
Express Company
Kindness of Aged Woman Repaid by Brutal Attack
Columbus dispatch reports John Miller, 36, held in city jail on assault and battery charges after attacking Mrs. Hattie Rickenbacker, widow of famed aviator Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Neighbors overheard the struggle and alerted police who arrived after Miller confronted the woman in Garhoest Street.
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Associated Press
Columbus
John Miller
Hattie Rickener
Eddickkenbacker
Rickenback
Miller
Garhoest
Robbers Stop Express Messenger in Cleveland Hold Up
Two robbers who held up Howard Young the New York Central express messenger last night escaped with less than 1000 dollars in currency. M. F. Muldoon, special. (Continued on Page 2 col 1)
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Young
Associated Press
Cleveland
Howard Young
New York Central Express
M. F. Muldoon
Rancher Beauregard Dies by Own Hand After Bank Losses
Louis Beauregard, a Frenchtown area rancher, reportedly took his life by hanging in a granary following a series of bank-failure losses estimated in the thousands. A Montana arrival in 1876, he freighting earlier in life and settled near Frenchtown 35 years ago. Survived by his widow, two sons, several stepchildren, and siblings in Canada.
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Associated Press
Mirboula
Maren
Louis Beauregard
Frenchtown
Beauregard
Montana
Corrinne
Utah
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Religious fanatic shoots wife then kills himself in Springfield
In Springfield Ohio, John Bircher 73 and his wife Ida 69 were found dead in their cottage. A coroner's jury ruled Bircher shot his wife and then killed himself, a note on the mantle suggesting the date of the crime was March 20. Bircher belonged to a local Saint's Mission and had prayed publicly for his wife's conversion. He was a widower with nine grown children. Ida had 11 children from a previous marriage.
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Associated Press
Springfield
John Bircher
Ida
Bircher
Tragedy in Los Angeles: Hickey Killings and Suicide Attempt
Police report a 24 year old woman Mareh Irene Conway Hickey and her 4 year old son James Jr found dead. husband James J. Hickey of the Los Angeles Police Department claims the murders arose from a quarrel and that he shot after being wounded. He says he then tried to kill himself but a defective cartridge stopped him.
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Los. Angeles
Mareh
Irene Conway Hickey
James, Jr
James J. Hickey
Loe
al Alayer
Hickey
Fear for Safety of Air Photographers
Sebring Florida March 29 Year that Capt R A Smith and B B Lott aerial photographers of York were lost in the Indes expressed here are when no had been received from them since they left Saturday morning for a of days trip They left for the purpose of making photographs for damage maps and expected to return Saturday night Hugh both men We experienced fears, serious condition expressed for their safety show they be forced to a landing in Everglades.
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Sebring
Fia
R. A. Smith
BB. P. Lott
York
Sinc
Purpe
Hugh
Everglades
Rain Drenches Montana Ahead of Spring Seeding
A steady rain and snow swept Western and Central Montana with Butte recording over 24 hours of rainfall turning to snow then showers. Farmers welcomed the moisture to aid early seeding while Montana Power stations reported lighter precipitation elsewhere from Billings to Hebgen. Weather records show March warmth and cold snaps, with ongoing forecasts for more rain or snow today.
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Butte
Montana
Billings
Hebgen
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