Taft Receives Sleeping Medicine As Health Worsens
Reports from Washington say former president and 73 year old William Howard Taft slept at night after arriving from Asheville and doctors planned a sleeping potion to aid rest. Bulletins note no fever, satisfactory pulse, but nourishment remains the greatest difficulty and no immediate danger is seen.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Taft
Charlee P
Robert A. Taft
Hoover
Supreme Court
White House
Policemen Seek State Help Amid Chicago Pay Crisis
Chicago police, unpaid on patrol, urge Governor Emerson for a special legislative session to end the city’s financial crisis. Teachers face an unpaid payday. total school salaries owed reach 4.455 million dollars. Officials debate taxes and warrants as Strawn rescue efforts hinge on cross-agency cooperation.
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Chicago
Emmerson
Wallace Caldwell
New York
William Hale Thompson
Silas Strawn
Strawn
Gann to Stand Trial Again for Slaying Relative
Charleston electrican James Thomas Gann, already serving life for the death of his estranged wife, will be tried in Kanawha county for killing her grandfather Richard Price. A jury convicted him of first degree murder for the December 13 shooting at Mrs. Gann’s home, with a life sentence recommendation. the state seeks the death penalty in the prior trial context.
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Charleston
W. Va
James Thomas Gann
Charleston Electrician
Kanawha County
Richard Price
Gann
Price
Mexico’s new president Rubio shot during inauguration
ASCUAL ORTIZ RUBIO, new president of the republic of Mexico, pictured at left. An artist’s sketches shows episodes in Rubio’s life in prison. The new chief of the Southern republic was slightly wounded by an assassin’s bullet a few hours after his inauguration.
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Ascual Ortiz Rubio
Republic of Mexico
Rubio
Southern Republic
Rubio Once Prisoner Becomes Mexico’s President
Mexico City reports Pascual Ortiz Rubio, once Prisoner No 431, has become president after a career marked by opposition activity, arrest, imprisonment, and a dramatic diary kept during four months in prison. Details reveal insights into his character and the political climate following Madero’s murder.
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Mexico City
Republic of Mexico
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Francisco Madero
Ortiz Rubio
Michoacan
Bers
Mexico
Rubio
Nine in Custody in Price Kidnaping Case
Nine people were held by New York and New Haven police in the kidnapping of Max Price the 62 year old real estate operator. Price was released after eight days in captivity and a ransom of up to 75000 was demanded. The New Haven suspects include Jacob Prober Hyman Orchowsky Solomon Bodek Herman Berman Isaac Katzman Morton Lessner and Mrs Emma Delmater.
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New Haven
Conn
New York
Max Price
Detroit
Price
Bridgeport
Springfield
Mass
Jacob Prober
Hyman Orchowsky
Solomon Bodek
Herman Berman
Milford
Isaac Katzman
Morton Lessner
Emma Delmater
Samuel Hendel
Harry Fleisch
Dancer denies effort to obtain artist's money
Dolores Salazar a 24 year old Spanish dancer testifies under cross examination that her involvement with Ferdinand Pinney Earle stemmed from love, not money, as she sues for 30000 over alleged breach of a prenuptial contract. She claims a 15000 trust promise was never fulfilled while Earle, living in Paris with his fifth wife, has deposition testimony read.
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Los Amseles
Dolores Salazar
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Earle
Paris
France
Aircraft collision claims Second Lt Orr near San Antonio
San Antonio Texas February 6 second lieutenant B Orr 32 reserve officer on active duty with the twelfth observation squadron Dodd field was killed today in an airplane collision. Lieutenant Carl R Storrie pilot of the other plane and Sergeant A F Farrar 33 who rode with Orr were not injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
B. Orr
Twelfth Observation Squadron
Doddfield
Carl R. Storrie
A. F. Farrar
Orr
Mexico City: Ortiz Rubio Undergoes Second Jaw Surgery
President Ortiz Rubio of Mexico had a second operation to remove a splintered jaw bone fragment after being wounded in the assassination attempt near the inaugural ceremonies. Police and military authorities detained about twenty individuals in a joint probe into the plot, while Daniel Flores claimed he acted alone.
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Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Daniel Flores
Flores
Brother visit Dague in prison
New Castle Pennsylvania February 6 relatives of W Glenn Dague Wheeling automobile salesman visited him in jail where he waits trial with Mrs Irene Schroeder for slaying a state police officer. Curtis Dague and an uncle Wilson retained attorney Thomas W Dickey of New Castle to represent Dague as part of the defense team.
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New Castle
W. Glenn Dague
Wheeling
W. Va
Irene Schroeder
Pennsylvania
Curtis Dague
Wilson
Thomas W. Dickey
Senate tightens tariffs on chemical schedule amid party clash
In Washington on February 6 Democrats aided by independents pressed amendments to the tariff bill’s chemical schedule. Six of eight adopted cuts reduce duties below present levels while two erase increases, as Republicans rally to block further rate slips and prepare for conference with the House.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Senate
Watson
Indiana
House
Kean
New Jersey
Harrison
Mississippi
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Brady Jury Deadlocked in Highsmith Murder Case
Austin reports the jury in the John W. Brady murder trial has been deadlocked after 48 hours of deliberation. Ten jurors favor heavy punishment while two favor acquittal. Highsmith, a 28 year old capitol stenographer, was stabbed outside her rooming house on November 9. Brady pleaded insanity.
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Austin
Tex
John W. Brady
State
Civil Appeals Court
Couple from Sweden Wed in Air Over New York City
A Swedish couple Majken Lofgren and Percival D. Evans were married in flight 3,500 feet above New York City. They departed Curtiss Valley Stream field with Rev. Axel C. Helanger aboard. The couple said the aerial ceremony was spontaneous and without prior flight experience.
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New York
Sweden
Curtiss Valley Stream
Axel C. Helanger
Majken Lofgren
Percival D. Evans
New York City
Carnation Kid Shot in Tampa Gun Battle
In Tampa Florida W G Peeples alias Carnation Kid from St Louis was killed in a gun battle with Sheriff KR T Joughing. Joughing led ten deputies to a residence on the city outskirts where Peeples and two accomplices opened fire. One accomplice named L C Baulster from Kansas City Missouri was jailed. The other was so narcotics impaired he could not name himself.
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Tampa
Fla
W. G. Peeples
Carnation Kid
St. Louis
KR. T. Joughing
Joughing
Peeples
L. C. Baulster
Kansas City
Senate approves eight amendments to tariff bill schedule
The Senate adopted eight amendments to the chemical schedule of the tariff bill. The House considered a bill to move prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department. The House also voted to tax artificially colored cooking compounds under the oleomargarine act. William Howard Tatts condition shows improvement after returning from Asheville North Carolina.
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Senate
House
Treasury
Justice Department
William Howard Tatts
Asheville
N. C
Opposition fades as house weighs transfer bill and alcohol rules
Washington February 6 War of words over Hoover era ban enforcement shifts continues in the house with Williamson bill to move prohibition from treasury to justice department while wets and drys clash over joint regulator duties for permits. Wickersham and Pound defend commissioners plan to curb casual offenses pending senate critique by Wagner. March 5 set for Dyer beer feasibility hearing as commission awaits his letter.
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Washington
Williamson
Hoover
Prohibition
Treasury
Justice Department
House
Treasur
Attorney General
Secretary of the Treasury
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
House Judiciary
Wickersham
Roscoe Pound
Commission
Senate
Wagner
New York
Congress
Dyer
Missouri
Church treasurer's chain gang sentence suspended
Atlanta Feb 6 The two to three year chain gang term imposed on A A Hall for embezzling 2334.32 from Gordon Street Baptist Church was suspended today at the request of the church deacons. They sought relief so Hall could care for his family and make restitution to the church.
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Atlanta
A. A. Hall
Gordon Street
E. D. Thomas
Cigarettes Taken From Bond Jump in 1929 Figures
Washington reports that nearly 1,000 cigarettes per person were removed from bond in 1929 totaling 119,049,105,104. The total exceeded 1928 by 13,122,339,453. At 13 cents per 20 pack the annual cost would reach about 780 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Bond
Internal Revenue Bureau
Elevator death at Huntington hospital annex
William A. Stickler aged 37 of Huntington was killed when a descending elevator struck him at the annex to the Chesapeake and Ohio hospital under construction. Workmen said he leaned over the shaft edge to look down and did not see the elevator.
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Huntington
W. Va
William A. Stickler
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
Stickler
Lone Bandit Captured After Danville Bank Raid
C Roy Stark of Wheeling, 44, arrested within five hours after attempting to rob the Bank of Danville near Madison West Virginia. He pleaded guilty before Judge M Ward and faces 2 to 10 years. Bank cashiers Ferrell and Mullens aided in the aftermath with Mullens injured. Stark confessed he was broke and had worked as an oil driller in Michigan.
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Madison
W. Va
Danville
Here
C. Roy Stark
Wheeling
M. Ward
Boone County
C. W. Garnett
Stark
Robert Ferrell
Otha Mullens
Ferrell
Mullins
Garnett
Rock Creek
Michigan
Grand Jury
Ward
Fourteenth Street
Dr Hillman Elected President of Methodist Episcopal Association
Memphis Tenn February 6 Dr J N Hillman president of Emory and Henry College Emory Virginia was elected president of the Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at the final session of the eleventh annual meeting tonight.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
Emory, Va
Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
Association
Resort to serum to save doctor in parrot fever case
Baltimore reports serum from recovered psittacosis patients will be used to treat Dr William Royal Stokes chief of the bureau of bacteriological diseases who is seriously ill. The serum is prepared from three Annapolis residents where the disease first appeared in the United States.
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Baltimore
Estate Health Department
William Royal Stokes
Bureau of Bacteriological Diseases
Health Department
Annapolis
United States
Stokes
Stimson Outlines Plan Of Progress At Parity Meet
The report details Stimson presenting progress plans at the Parity Meet in Name Alaska on February 6. The search for bodies of Carl Ben Bieleen and Bar Borland, two Alaska fliers missing since their wreckage was found ninety miles southeast of North Cape, Siberia, continues under Russian pilot Slipnev's direction.
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Stimson
State Board Ends In-House Construction Policy
West Virginia state board of control abandons building projects by its own staff and will let contracts to lowest responsible bidders. The shift aligns with Governor Conley’s critique of government competing with citizens. Bids open March 17 for a science building at Fairmont normal school and plans advance for a library at New River state school and a hospital at Weston.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Control
H. N. Bradley
Bradley
Conley
James S. Lakin
Lakin
School For the Deaf and Blind
Romney
Gore and
Hopemont
Rutherford Sanitarium
Beckley
Fairmont Normal School
New River State School
Montgomery
Weston
Mercer Man Wins Award in Corn Judging Contest
Final awards in the eighth annual corn and grain show were announced at a Farm and Home Week banquet in Morgantown West Virginia. Gov. William G. Conley spoke as 400 attending. Preston County won the corn judging contest with 560 points, Mercer County followed with 520, and Ohio County with 480. Top individuals were John M. Bailey Mercer County first William Gibson Preston County second and C A Craig Preston County third.
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Morgantown
W. Va
William G. Conley
Reid
Arthur Sheets
Lost Creek
W. D. Long
Enterprise
John Wilcox
Clarksburg
Preston County
Mercer County
Ohio County
John M. Bailey
William Gibson
C. A. Craig
Eight Men Attack and Beat Filipino in Portland
Vincent Catoda, a Filipino, was attacked by eight white men in a California-plate automobile in Portland on February 6. He was left injured with multiple cuts and abrasions after being forced to reveal the whereabouts of other Filipinos. police ordered heavy guard around local Filipino congregations to prevent riots akin to recent Watsonville incidents.
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Portland
Ore
Vincente Catoda
California
Catoda
L. V. Jenkins
Watsonville
U. S and Britain move toward immediate naval parity
London reports a U S and Britain push for immediate parity in every class of ship with roughly 1 200 000 tons each. The Stimson statement outlines aims to humanize submarine warfare and reconcile tonnage divisions as France and Britain debate the yardstick. Progress toward a London treaty expected within two weeks.
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Andre Tardieu
France
Stimson
MacDonald
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Hoover
Mac
Day Without Shots in Chicago Prompt Business Action
Chicago reports a quiet day after seven killings and two shootings in seven days. Landis Award Association posted a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the Meagher shooting suspect. Police officials blame insufficient staffing and underpaid officers, calling for a police force of 20,002.
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Chicago
Landis Award Employers Association
Philip H. Meagher
Robert Isham Randolph
Chicago Association of Commetree
James B. Forgan, Jr
William F. Russell
Military dictatorship in effect at Canon City prison
Canon City Colorado February 6 a military dictatorship was installed at the state penitentiary to end a long disorder run Col Patrick J Hamrock appointed special deputy warden with unlimited powers by the state board of corrections he took charge tonight A convict mutiny last October caused thirteen deaths vernon
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado State Penite
Patrick J. Hamrock
State Board of Corrections
Vernon
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House of Representatives
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Prige
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Lone Bandit
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DR. Hillman
Serun
Doctor
Board of Control
Mercer
U. S
England
The
Associated Press
London
Henry L. Stimson
St. James’ Palace
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