Dawes Sparks Senate Clash With Firebrand Start
Vice President Dawes opens with sharp rebuke of Senate rules calling them a disgrace and subversive of good government He vows reform and triggers anger across both parties as he presides over the chamber during swearing in of new members and early ceremonial duties.
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Washington
Mar
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
Dawes
Wilson
Coolidge
Warren
Simmons
North Garglina
Norris
Nebraska
Walsh
Montana
Robinson
Arkansas
Inauguration Day Greeting to President Coolidge
A caller welcomes Calvin Coolidge to the presidency and urges a prosperous, opportunity filled term. The message stresses that the people can govern themselves and believes he will serve faithfully and demonstrate government soundness.
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Calvin Coolidge
The
United States
Coal Carriers Seek Electric Power for Trains
The Van Sweringen interests of Cleveland and Norfolk & Western push a House bill to empower the utilities commission to regulate electrification of steam railroads. The move supports plans for a new central terminal in Cleveland and electrification of lines within the state, with Norfolk & Western aiming to modernize its entire system. Electrification has already begun in parts of West Virginia. The measure advances to the Senate.
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Columbus
van Sweringen
Cleveland
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
House of Representatives
The
Utilities Commission
Central Terminal
Norfolk & Western Co
West Virginia
Harry E. Davis
Senate
Donahey
Norfolk & Western
State Utilities Commission
Davis
House
Common Pleas
Ramey
Gillen
Jackson
Garver
Holmes
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vorys
Davidson-Edwards
Hog Prices Rise on Cleveland Market Sharpened by 25 Cent Gain
Prices on the Cleveland livestock market moved higher with all grades advancing twenty five cents per hundredweight. Top quotations reached fourteen dollars as buyers surveyed steady demand.
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Cleveland
Toledo Hospital Cleared of Mistreatment Claims
Toledo State hospital was cleared of mistreatment charges against attendants after an investigation by State Welfare Director Harper. The case centered on Martin Luther Doll, once known as John Doe No 7, who was admitted in a demented state and later recovered, with deputies admitting they had not read the complaint statements.
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Columbus
Toledo State Hospital
Harper
Martin Luther Doll
John Doe
Mass of Bills Faces Solons for Final Action
In Columbus on March 5 legislators prepare to decide a mass of bills including a Sunday dancing ban and tax relief measures. The Senate will confirm Governor Donahey’s university trustees and then recess after a long calendar battle is expected in the House over packers.
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Columbus
Senate
Donahey
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Kent
Bowling Green State Normal
House
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Krueger
Boulay Keeps Ohio Roads Post After Talks With Donahey
Ohio governor and highway director held a two hour session over Boulay’s unsigned resignation amid controversy over a Butler county Cin cinnati Dayton highway project. Boulay remained in place as talks to resume tonight.
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Ohio
MR. Donahey
Columbus
Boulay
Donahey
Whole corps goes to meet Borglum
All De Kalb county law officers traced Borglum to Greensboro North Carolina after indictments for larceny and malicious mischief over stone mountain Confederate Memorial models. The sheriff deputy and solicitor general traveled with Borglum awaiting a habeas corpus hearing in Greensboro on Saturday.
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Atlanta
de Kalb County
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain
Greensboro
N. C
Borglum
Superior Court
Jardine Becomes Cabinet Member as Secretary of Agriculture
William A. Jardine of Manhattan Kansas, former Kansas Agriculture College president, sworn in as Secretary of Agriculture at 10 50 a m succeeding Howard M Gore who resigned to become Governor of West Virginia The oath was administered by R M Reece chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture.
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Washington
William A. Jardine
Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas Agriculture College
Howard M. Gore
West Virginia
R. M. Reece
Department of Agriculture
Baby Monoplane Invented by Edwin Allen
Edwin Allen, a test pilot in Washington, unveils a baby monoplane powered by a nine horsepower motorcycle engine. The craft has reached 1800 feet in altitude and weighs 205 pounds.
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Washington
Edwin Allen
Hughes Returns to Law After Four Years as Secretary
Frank B. Kellogg becomes Secretary of State succeeding Charles Evans Hughes who retires to private life after four years leading U S foreign policy under Harding and Coolidge. Hughes, tall and imposing, exits the State Department to rest in Bermuda before resuming law practice in New York City.
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New York City
Washington
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Minnesota
Court of St. James
Charlies Evans Hughes
Ship of State
Harding
Coolidge
Pierce Butler
State Department
Congress
Kellogg
Bermuda
Justice Butler
Ohio Valley Shoe Dealers elect 15th treasurer in convention
In Cincinnati on March 5 L M Wright of Springfield was re elected treasurer for the fifteenth year at the Ohio Valley Retail Shoe Dealers association convention. Other officers named include Charles C Secidenfelt Murray City president P J Myers Dayton James J Henry Huntington W Va and Harry Zavits Columbus vice president L A Avery Columbus secretary John Rossino Sandusky H T Smart Marion and Arthur LaRose Cleveland directors.
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Cincinnati
L. M. Wright
Springfield
Ohio Valley Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
Charles C. Secidenfelt
Murray City
P. J. Myers
Dayton
James J. Henry
Huntington
W. Va
Harry Zavits
Columbus
L. A. Avery
John Rossino
Sandusky
Liquor Violators Fill Federal Prison to Limit
Warden S. P. Smith reports crowding at Moundsville Penitentiary as 45 new inmates arrive, bringing total to 1,651. Cells housing two prisoners each reflect severe congestion with no relief through road camps. Prohibition blamed for surge in inmates.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Legislature
P. Smith
Ontario to Allow Stronger Beer Under New Law
Ontario legislature approves 79 to 26 the legalization of 4.4 proof spirit beer while preserving the Ontario temperance act. The reform aims to curb illicit traffic by adjusting the law to permit stronger beer.
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Ontario
Toronto
Llavor
Rarest Finds Made Present Excavations Continue Across Wide Area
ST THOMAS NEV March 5 Puebla Grande Nevada's lost city linked to a giant stature primitive people may be largest prehistoric ruin in the western hemisphere. Excavations under M R Harrington of the Museum of the American Indian reveal eight mile wide area with thirty five mile spread along Muddy and Virgin River valleys. Burials show seven foot skeletons and circular planning with central ceremonial fire. Shell jewelry decorated pottery and dice in clay urns shown signs of gambling and art. Evidence of class distinction and multiple cities suggests later Pueblo and Piute habitation. Excavations to continue until Pueblo Grande riddle solved.
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ST. Thomas
Wnev
Puebla Grande
Nevada
Western America
M. R. Harrington
Museum of the American Indian
Heye Foundation
Harrington
Hemisphere
Pueblo Grande
Builders see strong spring and summer construction
A survey led by Philip P. Gott of Akron, secretary treasurer of the Ohio Association of Builders' Exchanges, forecasts a bright building season with residence construction dominating in towns under 260,000 population.
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Columbus
Philip P. Gott
Akron
Ohio Association of Builders’ Exchanges
22 Children Benefit Sparks School Tuition Debate
Oklahoma City milkman John Snider, residing near the city, has 22 children. The school board weighed a plan to admit 12 of them to city schools without tuition, warning it might set a bad precedent.
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Oklahoma City
John Snider
Hobbs Testifies in $750,000 Blackmail Case
William Cooper Hobbs took the stand in his trial on defrauding Sir Hari in the famed case. The elderly lawyer's clerk appeared weakened by coughing fits as he testified today.
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Bill Hobbs
London
William Cooper Hobbs
Hari
Calvin Coolidge Portrait Sent by Wire Across Nation
San Francisco early editions publish a photo of Calvin Coolidge on the White House steps with a California bouquet on his way to be sworn in as President. AT&T and Pacific Telephone and Telegraph relay lines carried the image across the country in fifty one minutes.
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Calif
Weesday
Calvin Coolidge
White House
California
Capitol
United States
American Telephone and Telegraph
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Companies
French Writers Bitter Over No Comment On Debts
Paris editors vented disappointment over President Coolidge not mentioning inter allied debts in his Washington inauguration speech. They argued only new loans can restore finances and criticized Dawes and Coolidge as delaying payments while citing political constraints and immigrant pressures.
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Paris
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Mar
Washington
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France
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America
Germany
Logan man killed stepping in front of train near Enterprise
Leonard Smith 22 of Lancaster was killed instantly when he stepped from a northbound freight onto a southbound passenger train one mile north of Enterprise. Witnessed by his brother Joe, the accident halted by a curve restricting the engineer’s view. The body was taken to the Logan depot for burial preparation and will be returned to Lancaster.
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O’grady
Itta
Logan
Harden Co
Lancaster
Brothers Captured After Three Day Siege Near Bellefontaine
Ray Wren and his brother Harry were captured after a three day siege near Rushsylvania, Ohio. Sheriff Wooley and ten deputies arrested them on lunacy warrants, with Ray wounded in the thigh during the confrontation. The brothers, farmers, are jailed pending trial.
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Ray Wren
Harry Wren
Farmers Wing
Rushsylvania
Harry
Wren Brothers
Wooley
Ray
James Chamberlain
Former Congressman and two allies plead not guilty in Ohio removal case
J F Russell former congressman and ex federal prohibition director for Ohio Merle Copeland Athens former executive secretary in the prohibition office and Attorney Warren Barnett Columbus entered not guilty pleas before U S Commissioner Wright. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Cleveland for conspiring to violate dry laws and released on 2500 dollar bonds each. A March 14 hearing was set and removal to the Northern Ohio Federal district court in Cleveland was to be challenged by their lawyers.
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Columbub
Harch
J. F. Russell
Prohibition
Ohio
Merle Copeland
Athens
Warren Barnett
Columbus
United States
Wright
Cleveland
Commission Wright
Russell
Copeland
Druggan
Barnett
Beecher W. Waltermire
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Federal District Court
Waltermire
Miner Guilty of Officer's Murder in Ohio
George Siebenschuh, 36, a Byesville coal miner, was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Sheriff Charles W. Moore during a 1924 liquor arrest in Caldwell. Co-defendant Elmer Farra also guilty and serving life. defense filed a new trial motion.
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Marietta
George Siebenschuh
Byesville
Caldwell
Charlies W. Moore
Siebenschuh
Elmer Farra
Ohio
Barricaded Home Threatens Officials During Standoff
A suspect barricaded themselves inside their residence and issued threats to harm law enforcement officers, prompting a police response and ongoing negotiation efforts to resolve the standoff.
Wooster College Votes For Authorized Dances
Wooster Ohio college students approve dancing by 450 to 253, with plans for four annual campus dances and supervised events. Proponents argue dances are needed and supervised. opponents fear interference with church values and student preparations for work in religious institutions.
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Wooster
Wooster, O
Mar
College of Wooster
Button
Aubrey Dennis
Stability Returns: Europe Sees Best Year Since the War
London dispatch reports 1926 improving European finances and trade led by Dawes plan. France shines with strong production and low unemployment, Germany edges toward stability as Ruhr issues loosen, Britain starts fiscal year with surplus chances, Russia expands trade treaties amid unclear internal conditions.
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London
Europe
Great Britain
France
Pas-de-Calais
Germany
Ruhr
Sana
Russia
President Takes Oath Of Office In Historic Moment
The President pledges to faithfully execute the office and defend the Constitution as the nation marks a solemn transfer of power. The Washington Bureau offers a free booklet with the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Articles of Confederation for two cents to cover return postage.
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United States
Washington
Haskin Seeks Constitution Booklet Offer
Frederic J. Haskin, director, invites readers in Washington to obtain the Constitution booklet by sending two cents to the designated address. The item promotes civic information and public access to the constitutional document.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Fae Ath Boreas
Washington, D
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