Indiana Governor Offered Ten Thousand Dollar Bribe in Testimony
Former Indiana Governor Warren T. McCray testified that Ed Jackson offered $10,000 to appoint a Marion County prosecuting attorney. McCray refused and said the offer would not sway his self respect. The trial also heard D. C. Stephenson recount his role in funding the bribe and denied lethal payoffs to gunmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Ed Jackson
McCray
Jackson
Marion County
Frea B. Robinson
Robinson
Remy
Wiliam H. Remy
Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Noblesville
Hiram Wesley Plans
Chicago
Methodists May Boost Pensions of Ministers
The Methodists propose to raise ministers pensions by paying doubles of current annuities. A permanent fund would be built by deducting 2 1/2 percent from each minister salary and taxing churches 8 percent of that salary. At retirement an annuity based on age and service would be provided from insurance or the pension fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodiet Ep
Board of Pensions and Relief
Kansas City
Speaker Attacks Optional Wives Idea at Lutheran Convention
Pittsburgh February 154 Parents urged to boost church involvement to calm youth unrest. Ref. William Young of Columbus assailed companionate marriage and urged selecting a Christian wife of sound character to live with unto death. Other speakers included Rev. W. E. Tressel and Arthur Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
William Young
Columbus
Ohio
Men's Missionary Conference
Evangelical Loutheran Church of Ohio
W. E. Tressel
Freemont
Arthur Schmidt
Wheeling
Plane Forced to Land on Ice Near Sault Ste. Marie
A Douglas C-1 army transport aircraft piloted by Lieut. Keith Roscoe and thirteen companions on a Northern Michigan tour was forced to land on Hay Lake ice ten miles south of Sault Ste. Marie after exhausting fuel. Lieut. Roscoe and six crew members were unharmed. the plane was not damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Keith Roscve
Michigan
Hay Lake
Here
Lieut. Coe
Frank E. Sogart
Detroit
Valentine Carries Saw To Death House Inmate
Baltimore February 15 4 Hack saw blades concealed in valentines mailed to Charles V Carey inmate on death row at Maryland penitentiary were found by Warden Brely The valentine was a ship model with a ten inch saw glued inside and a similar saw found on Careys person He and Benjamin F Spraging await a court of appeals hearing for the murder of guard Alfred H Walker at the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charles V
Carey
Maryland
Bre«ly
Benjamin F. Spraging
Alfred H. Walker
Court of Appeals
Court Upholds Labor Victory in I R T Union Case
New York court finds contracts barring joining outside unions invalid and refuses to bar AFL from organizing IRT subway and L line workers. Justice Waaser Vogel notes no subversive tactics and voids company union pledge. labor hailed as major precedent for organizing transit staff.
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New York
Organized Labor
New York Supreme Court
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
American Federation of Labor
Walker
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employee of America
A. F. of L
Subway
Amalgamated
Waaservogel
American chemist goes on trial for espionage
Dusseldorf Germany February 15 a chemist from Portsmouth New Hampshire named Meisel stood trial on charges of commercial espionage. The sessions were held in secret to prevent disclosure of German dye secret formulas. Meisel, detained since June, allegedly attempted to obtain a rubber treatment formula linked to German interests. He refused to discuss the case, warning that any statement could prejudice his defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusseldorf
Germany
Meisel
Slaying of Canton Editor Center of Lengel Trial
Testimony opened in the first degree murder case against Seramus A. Lengel former Canton police chief as the jury inspected the Don Mellett home the Canton editor shot in 1926. Mrs Mellett testified about a late warning telephone message corroborated by others while Floyd Streitenberger to testify from prison about Lengel's alleged knowledge of an underworld plot. This is Lengel’s second trial after an appeals court overturned a prior conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Ohio
Seramus A. Lengel
Canton
Don R. Mellett
Don Mellett
Lengel
Floyd KE. Streitenberger
Streitenberger
Mellett
Lengele
Court of Appeals
Judge Tells Hill Jury To Continue Deliberations
The Hill murder case jury remained deadlocked after 25 hours of deliberation as Judge Joe Davis ordered them to continue. Harry Hill, charged with matricide, faced the possibility of a verdict after a lengthy trial. his attorney Lee O Neill Browne drowned nearby while awaiting the outcome. Browne, a veteran Illinois legislator, had a long political career and notable bribery allegations in the Lorimer case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Lil
Harry Hill
Joe Davis
Hill
H. C. Hill
Pacific Coast
Lee O'Neill Browne
Fox River
Browne
Illinois
Charles McNamara
Chicago
Illinois Assembly
William Lorimer
United States
C. S. White
Lorimer
Senate
House votes down poison booze ban in first roll call in years
Washington Feb 15 The House rejected an amendment to bar funds for permits on denatured industrial alcohol by poisonous drugs raising 287 to 61. The vote, not a wets versus drys test, came as the chamber sent the treasury and post office appropriations bill totaling 2.29 billion dollars to the Senate for the coming fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Treasury
Linthicum
Democrat
Maryland
Volatead Law
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Post Office
Prospects of Closing T B Sanatorium in Marshall County
Moundville West Virginia February 15 public subscription raised five thousand dollars immediately but Marshall County tuberculosis sanatorium must close funds exhausted and twenty patients face discharge by March 1 unless new funds arrive The state health department designated four point seven thousand dollars already refunded for cattle tuberculosis losses be used only for county health unit needs The sanatorium is not state controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundaville
W. Va
Marehall County
State Health Department
Scantily Dressed “Wild Man” Terrorizes Brooke County
Sheriff Robert M. Lowe and Brooke County deputies hunted the mine district for a reportedly bare man of about 200 pounds with a luxuriant beard who has terrorized the region for days. He is said to live in an abandoned mine and has taken milk and provisions from back porches. The search will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
Robert M. Lowe
Brooke County
Senate Directs Utility Probe Vote Splits Senate Lines
The Missouri Senate narrowly approved directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate financing of public utilities power companies. The George amendment backed by Walsh led to hearings with 46 to 31 final vote and a 28 to 18 division on the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
George
Georgia
Walsh
Montana
Watson
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Committee
Bruce
Maryland
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
The
Trade Commission
Commission
Bingham
Curtis
Deneen
Edge
Fess
Gillett
Gooding
Gould
Greene
Hale
Jones
Keyes
McLean
Metcalf
Moses
Oddie
Phipps
Pine
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Steiner
Scholl
Shortridge
Smoot
Werren
Waterman
Willis
Bratton
Broussard
Povard
Caneland
Edwards
Ferris
Heflin
Kendrick
Mayfe'd
Overman
Pittman
Ransdell
Arkeneas
Steck
Stephens
Thomas
Tydings
Blaine
Canper
Cous
Cutting
Johnson
LaFollette
eMaster
McNary
Norbeck
Nye
Battle to Save Killer From New Sentence Trial Begun
Defense lawyers in Los Angeles begin jury selection for William Edward Hickman and Welby Hunt in the murder trial of druggist C Ivy Thoms. The case tests a dual not guilty and insanity plea with a separate sanity trial for Hickman after his Parker slaying conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
William Edward Hickman
Welby Hunt
C. Ivy Thoms
Hickman
Marian Parker
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Asa Keyes
Hunt
Nerl
Wey
Teum
Thoma
Alfred Hickman
William
Rose Hill
Parker
Thoms
Vare Representatives Walk Out From Count
Representatives of Senator-Elect William S. Vare walked out again during the Senate elections recount in Washington amid clashes with the committee of seventy from Philadelphia. William B. Wilson, the Democratic opponent from 1926, remained represented. Vare counsel was summoned to discuss next steps. The committee of seventy is a Philadelphia group tied to earlier 1924 election irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William S. Vare
Pennsylvania
Senate Elections Committee
Committee of Seventy
Philadelphia
William B. Wilson
Vare
Ware
Pay or Jail Edict Reaches Bremen Councilmen
Six Bremen Ohio councilmen threaten to serve thirty days in jail as the Ohio Supreme Court orders payment of a 96200 judgment plus interest to Sarah H. Turner for sewer damage. The village refused funding options, including a tax levy or bonds, and faces a sixty day deadline to resolve the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Bremen
Fairfield County
Ohio Supreme Court
Sarah H. Turner
Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
W. W. Kemper
Local Police Lieutenant Reports Chickens Stolen
A. B. Lilly, deputy police chief, says thieves took several of his chickens over the past few days. He fears possible sickness in his family if any fowl from the pen, now believed infected with cholera, is eaten.
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A. B. Lilly
Lilly
Cuban American seaplane crashes in Biscayne Bay injuring one
A Cuban American Airlines seaplane with nineteen aboard plunged into Biscayne Bay near Miami. Rey Jackson, 38, suffered a serious hand injury when he grabbed the still turning propeller during the crash. Pilot Charles A. Rowe and most passengers escaped with minor injuries as the plane sank after a dual engine failure during a test flight.
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Miami
Fla
Charles A. Rowe
Jackson
A. B. Chalk
Causeway Airways
Randon
Leo ©. Wilson
United States District Aviation
Bliene
Britain Praises Herbert Asquith In Mourning and Service
Sutton Courtenay England February 15 eminent men and the press of Great Britain praised the Earl of Oxford life of service mourned his death as the aged statesman died today his body was carried to the parish church for interment he will be buried privately a memorial service will be held at Westminster Abbey February 21 messages of condolence praise his parliamentarian leadership and forthright stance against German aggression be ready to defend Belgium and European rights
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Sutton Courtenay
England
Great Britain
Earl of Oxford
Westminster Abbey
Lord Oxford
Mary of Oxford
Asquith
Germany
Belgium
France
Europe
U S Pays for Black Hills Entertainment
A $10 000 federal warrant to reimburse South Dakota for expenses during President Coolidge's stay at the state game lodge last summer was deposited with State Treasurer A J Moodle by C M Robertson. Senator Peter Norbeck arranged the payment, noting the president enjoyed his vacation but the state should be reimbursed for actual lodging costs.
Consolidation Coal Firms Plan Massive Merge by 60 Million Tons
A West Virginia coal field merger aims to unify 25 plus companies producing about 60 million tons yearly. The plan, led by executives from Consolidation Coal and Pocahontas field firms, seeks joint operations, appraisers, and railroad cooperation with meetings in Clarksburg Morgantown and Fairmont.
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New York
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Fairmont
New York Central Railroad Ee
Plana
Baltimore and Ohio, Western Reent Aegibes
8. H . Jer
Pittsburgh
Frank Hans
Philadelphia
Pursglove Mining Com
Aegantown
H. BB
Clark
Clark Coal and Coke Compan
Howard W. Showalter
Hines Interests
John H. Jones
Bertha Consumers Company
Consolidated
Watson
Consolidation Coal Company
Clarkeburg
Monogana County
J. H. Jones
Samuel Pureglove
Ernest Gilbert
Marion County
John F. Phillips
WH. Jenkins
J. O. Watson
C. E. Smith
Harrison County
A. L. White
Car
Soft Coal Institute
South
Pocahontas-New River
Virginia
Eald
Isaac T. Mann
Pocahantay Fuel Company
Consolidation Company
Massachusetts Goa Company
American Coal Company
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Herwind-White Coal Mining Company
General Coal Company
Slab Fork Cau Company
Crozer Pocahontas
Veteran river pilot dies in Clarington Ohio
P J A Sinema aged 74, a longtime river pilot, died at his home in Clarington on Tuesday. He spent many years navigating boats between Pittsburgh and New Orleans and was heavily involved in the lumber trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarington
Ohio
J. A. Sinema
Pittsburgh
Orleans
Senate to Probe Big Guy of Coal Business
Senate inter state commerce committee recommends an inquiry into conditions in the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia where a strike is underway The Johnson resolution seeks a broad study by the committee or a subcommittee with field work if needed It aims to cover injunctions against miners and broader coal region issues including freight rates and wage contracts reported with emphasis on potential legal and labor implications
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Johnson
California
Senate
American Federation of Labor
House Judiciary Committee
William Green
Federation
la Guardia
New York
Schaefer
Wisconsin
Senator Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Senate Judiciary Committee
Indianapolis
Interstate Commerce Committee
Reed Republican
Watson
Reed
Baltimore and
House Judic Committee
Green
Vania
Ers
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Valentine
Mason Mellett
Warning
Lee Browne
T. B. Sanitarium
Neely
Goff
Ashurst
Black
Barkley
Dom
Gerry
Harris
Harrison
Hawes
Jayden
McKellar
Missouri
Sheppard
Swanson
Trammell
Wagner
Killer
NEW Sanity Quiz
Biscayne Bay
Britain
Herbert Asquith
U. S
Black Hills Entertainment
Ouon
Tigate
Greer
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