Slain Olson Girl Buried as Hunt for Youth Slayer Continues
Clara Dorothy Olson 22, slain by an 18 year old college boy, was buried near a Norwegian church in Prairie Du Chien as sleet fell. A coroner’s jury named the suspect, with search and a public subscription planned to aid the hunt. another suspect was in custody in Springfield, Ill.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Clara Dorothy Olson
Erdman Olson
Martin Dommerwaess
Olson
Utica
Cutody
Springfield
Ill
Ford
France
Oil Conspiracy Trial Halted by Doheny Illness
Washington December 7 Illness of Edward L Doheny forced a halt in the oil conspiracy trial today though a resumption of testimony is expected tomorrow The 70 year old California magnate with Albert B Fall faced a second lancing operation and his condition was described as satisfactory Justice Hoehling suspended proceedings until Doheny could be present The defense plans to resume with J C Anderson Pan American Petroleum president as to leases on Elk Hills naval reserves and the Pearl Harbor contract amid government charges of conspiracy
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Justice Hoehling
Doheny
Elk Hills
Cal
Doheny Organization
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Fall
Anderson
Pan-American
Bank in Memphis Placed Under State Examines After Shortages and Death
The American Savings Bank and Trust of Memphis with deposits over two million dollars is handed to state bank examiners after assistant cashier Clarence Henochsberg confessed shortages of $300,000 and killed himself. Depositors of 1000 savings checks mailed for Christmas gathered at the closed doors as president Harry Cohn assured no losses. Earlier clerk Rush H. Parke vanished and $105,000 in shortages were found. he remains at large.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Savings Bank and Trust Company
Clarence Henochsberg
Harry Cohn
Rush H. Parke
West Union case awards $1 verdict in affection suit
In a $5,000 alienation of affection case from West Union West Virginia L Clark Furbee sued J M Brown an oil field worker. The jury returned a verdict of $1 for the plaintiff nominal damages after one hour of deliberation.
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West Union
W. Va
L. Clark Furbee
Pear
J. M Brown
Washington Day in Congress and Senate Addresses
President Coolidge’s message to congress was read in both chambers. Senator Bruce of Maryland attacked prohibition in a Senate address. The oil trial for Edward L. Doheny was paused by his illness. The House adjourned in memory of former Speaker Uncle Joe Cannon. Senator Trammell of Florida urged repeal of the World Court protocol. Senator Edwards of New Jersey pressed a referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment. The Senate ordered investigation into a $100 000 payment by Senator Gould of Maine to a Canadian official.
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President Coolidge
Congress
Senate
House
Senator Bruce
Maryland
Edward L. Doheny
Joe” Cannon
Trammell
Florida
Edwards
New Jersey
Gould
Maine
World Court
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Canyon
Coolidge
Mesenger
Joe Cannon
Arthur R. Gould
Canada
Bruce
Sheppard
Texas
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Prospect Farm Relief
McKeown
Oklahoma
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Democrats
Senate Finance Committee
Green
Ways and Means Committee
Tle
Simmons
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Representative Garner
Garner
State Department
Ernst
Kentucky
McDermott Seeks Calm With Venue Change in Slaying Case
Canton, Ohio December 7. Patrick Eugene McDermott, accused of killing Don R. Mallett, plans to file an affidavit tomorrow alleging Prosecutor C. B. McClintock pressured him to implicate Ben Rudne and Louis Mazer to secure a fair trial. Judge Diehl will rule on a venue change as jurors are selected amid widespread bias arguments and a nearly full jury pool.
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Canton
Ohio
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Don R. Mallett
Edwin W. Diehl
C. B. McClintock
Ben Rudne
Louis Mazer
Stark County
Dieh
McDermott
McClintock
Mellett
BE. L. Mille
Cheers Echo as Clown Shoots Himself in Bordea ux
Paris reports George Guitton a famed Bordeaux circus clown shot himself dead after another successful performance at the Amar circus. The entertainer was found in a corridor with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a double encore. No motive is known.
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Paris
George Guitton
Former Bethany grid star killed in crash at curve
Romeo Serafini a 25 year old former Bethany college guard and gasoline station proprietor was killed when an automobile driven by Burgess Lewis 28 struck a telephone pole at a curve in Yorkville Ohio late today Lewis who was driving the car was badly crushed and survived with injuries to his companion.
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Yorkville
Romeo Serafini
Burgess Lewis
Lewis
Serafini
Bethany College
W. Va
Day Sleuth Tells of Experiences on Ram Schooner
The Arsenal, a French rum schooner, faced weather and legal trouble as two government representatives went missing aboard for seven days. The crew of eight was left to guard the ship while authorities tried to determine its status under Mexican law. A gale and fuel shortages forced a long delay before plans to reach Tampico, Mexico, were abandoned and the vessel landed in Puerto Mexico.
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New Orleans
Puerton
Mexico
J. B. Mathews
Prohibition
Gulf Zone
Handley
Coast
Mathews
Arsenal
Puerto
Anchorage
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Tampico
Woman Acquitted in Husband's Shooting Death
Wellsburg West Virginia Brooke County circuit court jurors found 26 year old Mabel Graham not guilty in the September 6 death of her husband Albert Graham shot in an automobile on the Bethany road east of Wellsburg. Deliberation lasted about 50 minutes. The defense argued her husband abused her and a witness testified a revolver tied to the shooting was sold on the day of the incident.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke Cone
Mabel Graham
Albert Graham
Bethany Road
Here
William Wallace
Graham
Coal Loadings Rise for Week Ends November 27
The American Railway association reports weekly coal loadings at 227,936 cars, up 55,697 from the previous year. Total loadings for the week run 942,792 cars, down 136,020 from the prior week but up 19,585 over last year. Other categories show grain products 40,309, livestock 29,405, merchandise 233,142, forest products 59,157, ore 14,542, coke 12,793 with various decreases and increases.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Winter Storm Death Toll Rises in Northeastern Waters
The death toll reaches twenty eight as eight sailors drown when the Canadian schooner Ella M Rudolph breaks apart off Nova Scotia. Seven rescued from the W M Reinhardt near Provincetown. Three fishermen saved from a Nantucket sloop. Weather brings frigid cold with Oriole Pennsylvania at 26 below zero and a rise in temperature forecast.
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New York
Canada
Ella M. Rudolph
Nova Scotia
W. M. Reinhardt
Provincetown
Mass
Nantucket
Hillcroft
St. Johns
N. F
Tritonia
Prince Ward Island
Oriole
Christie Missing. Search Abandoned After Leads Falter
In Guildford England on December 7 a search for Agatha Christie was halted after reports her husband received a letter stating she would travel to a Yorkshire spa for rest. An abandoned car tied to the case prompted police to drag nearby ponds while search parties formed.
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Guildford
Surrey
Eng
Agatha Clarissa Christie
Yorkshire
Olson murder suspect Erdman Olson sought in Prairie du Chien
District Attorney J. G. Baril and successor A. B. Curran discussed the man hunt for Erdman Olson of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, wanted on a charge of murdering his sweetheart Clara Olson.
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Olson
J. G. Baril
A. B. Curran
Erdman Olson
Prairie du Chein
Wis
Clara Olson
Senators Argue On Prohibition In Senate Debate
In Washington on December 7 Democratic senators Bruce of Maryland and Sheppard of Texas debated the Volstead dry law. Bruce urged gradual modification within a year, while Sheppard asserted the law’s strong hold, as Edwards of New Jersey urged a national referendum after Christmas holidays.
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Washington
Senate
Bruce
Maryland
Sheppard
Texas
Edwards
New Jersey
Mars
Senate 10 Probe Goulds Election
The Senate voted 70 to 7 to investigate Arthur R. Gould Maine Republican senator on charges from Senator Walsh Montana about alleged bribery twelve years ago related to a railroad contract. Gould welcomed the inquiry and said politics did not enter the case.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur R. Gould
Maine
Congress
Gould
Walsh
Montana
Senator William B. McKinley Dies at 70 in Indiana
Martinsville Indiana reports the death of Senator William B McKinley of Illinois at Homeland Sanitarium at 4 10 p m He was 70 and had prostatic cancer Relatives were by his bedside Flows note his long public service dating to the Roosevelt era and leadership in Taft 1912 campaign Funeral set for Champaign Illinois Friday He was known for substantial philanthropy including University of Illinois gifts and the McKinley Fund Defeated for renomination in a spring primary by Col Frank L Smith of Dwight
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Martinsville
Ind
William B. McKinley
Illinois
Homeland
McKinley
Champaign
Ill
Roosevelt
National House
William Howard Taft
Congress
C. A. Willoughby
University of Ilinois
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Weston Prosecutor James M. Foster Dies in Paralyzing Illness
Weston West Virginia December 7 James M Foster 63 longtime county prosecuting attorney died this evening after a paralysis He was a graduate of Ohio State University and West Virginia University The funeral will be Thursday
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Weston
W. Va
James MM. Foster
Foster
Ohio State University
West Virginia University
Dempsey Says He Was Poisoned Before Fight
New York American reports Jack Dempsey told a Los Angeles correspondent he believed he was poisoned before his title loss to Gene Tunney. He said a doctor examined him after the bout and warned of possible organic trouble, though he refused admission to avoid seeming to frame an alibi.
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New York
The
Dempsey
Tunney
French inventor records 300 photos a second
Paris reports that M. Nogues has achieved 300 photographs per second, capturing the sight of a shell in flight. He aims to reach 600 images per second, promising a revolution in high speed cinematography and aiding aeronautics by better studying bird flight.
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Paris
M. Nogues
Hubbard Defense Fails In Baring Girls Character Suit
Pittsburgh judge sustains objections to proving Miss Anne Caldwell’s character through the company she kept in 1921. Witnesses include Max Williams of a New Jersey cabaret and Norman Bel Geddes, with Geddes and Genthe testifying about interactions tied to Caldwell’s breach of promise suit against John W. Hubbard. A ring with 23 diamonds linked to Hubbard is presented as alleged engagement evidence.
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Pittsburgh
Anne Caldwell
John W. Hubbard
Hubbard
W. P
Thomson
Max Williams
Atlantic City
Miss Caldwell
Norman Bel Geddes
New York
California
Geddes
Arnold Genthe
Hrd
Nts
C. C. Beldle
King Ferdinand to Undergo Second Surgery
In Bucharest on December 7, King Ferdinand is set for a second operation to complete the procedure begun yesterday. Doctors hope he can withstand the Thursday operation. The king slept well and progresses satisfactorily, while crowds outside the palace await news.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ferdinand
Hartmann
President Urges Sound Farm Relief and Tax Reforms
President Coolidge asks Congress for a measured set of recommendations focusing on temporary tax relief and farm marketing aid. He favors a Great Lakes canal plan, railroad consolidation, preparedness, and enforcement measures while warning against government price fixing. The message signals difficult prospects for major enactments this session.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Hones
Senate
Nasmuch
Coolidee
Great Lakes-to-the-seas
Department of Commerce
Mississippi
Colorado
Geneva
Philippines
Great Lakes
World Court
Harrison
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
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President Submits Hundreds of Names for Federal Posts
President Coolidge submitted hundreds of nominees for federal offices as Senate sparks fly over nominations. Renominated are Edward Broussard of Utah and Sherman Lowell of New York to the tariff commission, both on recess appointments. William Tilson of Atlanta is renominated for federal judge in Georgia. Robert Bryson of Indianapolis named postmaster despite opposition. Glassie case unresolved. No action on U.S. marshal for North Dakota amid senator protests.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Coolidge
Edward B. Broussard
Utah
Sherman J. Lowell
New York
Tariff Commission
William J. Tilson
Atlanta
Georgia
Tilson
North Dakota
Cc. P. Mudgett
Nye
Fralzer
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Slayer
Short
Bank Examiners
Mellett Gage
Pair
Clown
Bethany Grid
Sen
WM. B. MT Kinley
N.Y
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