Indian prisoner confesses in Seneca murder case
Buffalo police say Lillian Jimerson a 29 year old Seneca woman admitted inciting 66 year old Mrs Nancy Bowen to kill Clothilde Marchand wife of artist Henri Marchand The accused used ouija board to persuade Bowen claiming witchcraft linked to the Marchands death leading to the slaying and possible further killings
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Buffalo
Police Today
Lillian Jimerson
Henri Marchand
Clothilde Marchand
Miss Jimerson
Nancy Bowen
Marchand
Miss Jimerson J
Gadd Wounded in Gun Battle Amid Sports Notes
Leslie B. Gadd, county aviation officer, Princeton, wounded in a gun battle. Bluefield College loses to a North Carolina team in the Southeastern Junior tournament semifinals. W. Arms, inventor of the all concentrator, testifies in a damage case. William Z. Foster, Communist leader, held without bail after arrest. Chair MacDonald re launches naval conference. Oceana defeats Gary in Switchback Journey. Coalwood Welch and Elkhorn triumph.
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Ben
Oak Quek
Page One
Bluefield College
North Carolina
Page
W. Arms
Oawal
Mak’ Isha Sco Wareemene
Orleans
Tireah
London
MacDonald
Naval Conference
Oceana
Gary
Coalwood
Welch
Elkhorn
Prohibition Hearing Draws City Leaders and Clergy
Important figures attend a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on pro dry testimony. Mrs L L Yost introduces prohibition advocates while Canon William S Chase and Dr Clarence True Wilson are named witnesses.
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Tuer
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
Washington
Mre
L. L. Yost
Association of Organizations For
William S. Chase
New York
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Prohibition, Temperance and Public Morals
Strange Malady Strikes Forty In Oklahoma City
About forty people in Oklahoma City were hospitalized with a mysterious illness linked to suspected Jamaica ginger consumption. City physician Dr. W. H. Miles and nerve specialist Dr. E. Goldfain investigated, noting many victims lost use of feet and legs. No deaths reported, tests on Jamaica ginger samples were underway.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
W. H. Miles
Miles
E. Goldfain
Fac
Jamaica
E. Clifford
Taft Shows Continued Improvement in Health
Washington March 7 reports a continued improvement in the condition of William Howard Taft. His physicians, encouraged by his gains, have reduced home visits to two calls daily.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Flood Devastates Southern France Bridges and Fields
Desolation spans Southern France around Agen as floods overwhelm the Tarn and Garonne valleys. Farm villages mourn hundreds of deaths, with devastations likened to Flanders and Verdun. Rivers recede slowly, leaving ruin and heavy losses to farmers from Bordeaux to Lan.
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Agen
France
Flanders
Champagne
Tarn
Garonne
Bordeaux
Lan
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Guards Capture Armored Grutser on Lake Erie
Lorain Ohio March 7 a 63 foot armored motor cruiser with 3000 cases of whiskey and beer and its two man crew were captured after hours of pursuit by coast guards on Lake Erie. One prisoner Fred Hentric of Detroit was wounded. The ram boat struck coast guard boat No 106 and tore a hole above the waterline.
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Lorain
Ohio
Lake Erie
Fred Hentrie
Detroit
Coast Guard
Hentric
Hanna
Boas
Doheny 16 Ready to Stand Trial in Elk Hills Case
Washington reports oil operator Edward L. Doheny will testify Monday in the District of Columbia Supreme Court as his trial opens on charges of giving former Interior Secretary Fall a 100000 dollar loan later argued as a bribe for Elk Hills naval oil reserve lease. Fellow defendant Fall aids the defense with illness keeping him at home in El Paso.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Fall
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny
Frank J. Hogan
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Hogan
Elk Hill
Brookhart Says Officials To Lose Heads At Probe
Senator Smith W. Brookhart in McKeesport says high officers of the prohibition enforcement bureau will lose their official heads as Congress investigates the liquor law. Local church gathering notes the senator's sharp critique amid ongoing inquiries.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
McKeesport
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Congress
London naval conference revived as disarmament talks resume
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald leads the London talks with Briand Aristide as five chief delegates reassemble at St James Palace. Stimson and Wakatsuki push American Japanese talks while MacDonald predicts completion by April 14 as budget time approaches.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Reijiro Wakatsuki
MacDonald
Lawmakers Seek Views On Farm Relief Opposition
Senate Agriculture Committee pressed Legge to state views on opposition to the new farm relief program. Chairman McNary asked Legge and Secretary Hyde to report on charges of a worldwide plot to undermine the farm relief organization. Hearing on Senator Nye’s investigation resolution occurred in executive session.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Hyde
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Bullet Wounds Fatal to Former Ram King
Hoboken New Jersey March 7 Frankie Dunn a former head of a North Jersey beer running mob died at St Marys hospital from bullet wounds inflicted by three gangsters one of whom killed himself when cornered by police Dunn remained conscious for hours but refused to name his assailants His name links to past beer ring activity including Bugs Donovan and the Hoboken killing of James Veasey.
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Hoboken
Frankie Dunn
North Jersey
St. Mary’s Hospital
Dunn
Bugs
Donovan
New York City
James Veasey
Teacher's Illness Closes Hoover's Mountain School
Dark Hollow Virginia reports President Hoover's mountain school closed for a week due to teacher Christine West illness. She hopes to resume classes Monday. The Kentucky girl contracted flu and has kept only 13 year old Pauline Burraker as company in the schoolhouse.
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Dark Hollow
Hoover
Mountain
Christine West
Kentucky
Pauline Burraker
Lobbying Probe Focuses On Senator Grundy Office Use
Washington hears Warren Doane say he served on Senator Grundy’s staff at 500 a month and used the senator’s office for research. Faubel denies drafting most of Senator Goff’s tariff speech. Goff later retorts Faubel did not prepare a large portion of the speech.
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Washington
Senate
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Senate Lobby Committee
Warren F. Doane
Philadelphia
Manufacturer
Alo
Arthur L. Faubel
American Tariff League
Faubel
Goff
West Virginia
John Lerch
New York
Doane
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senator Grundy
American Tariff League News Bureau
American Tariff News Bureau
A. L. Faubel
Hoover Says Market Crash Recession Likely Near End
President Hoover states that a careful study of business and employment conditions shows the worst effects of the stock market crash have passed for now and a return to normal activity is expected within thirty to sixty days. He notes unemployment is mainly in twelve states while most others show normal seasonal patterns.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Auigre Ie Vase
Freakish winds leave huge losses across three states
Severe winds struck Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi causing four deaths and about 50 injuries. In Claiborne parish eight injured as cabins collapsed. Gregory Arkansas wiped out with $20000 damage. J W Adams 65 Kosciusko Mississippi Vera Gibson Homer Louisiana among victims.
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New Orleans
Natchitoches
Claiborne Parishes
Louisiana
Gregory
Ark
Kolivar County
Miss
J. W. Adams
Kosciusko
Vera Gibson
Homer
Bolivar County
Claiborne Parish
Athens
W. EB. Whittaker
Natchitoches Parish
Judge rules purchase of liquor not a violation
In Boston on March 7 Judge James M. Morton quashed a federal grand jury indictment charging James F. Farrar of Watertown with buying two pints of liquor in the presence of undercover men. He ruled that the cited prohibition section targets licensed sellers and that the Volstead Act enforcement section nullifies liability for the mere purchase.
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Boston
James M. Morton
James FE. Farrar
Watertown
Morton
Farrar
National Prohibition Agi
Foster Denied Release in NYC Riot Case
In New York on March 7, William Z. Foster a Communist leader and four lieutenants were held without bail on incitement to riot charges after Union Square unemployment protest. Talbot’s death potential charges loom. habeas corpus motion to free them heard in Supreme Court.
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New York
William Z. Foster
Union Square
Crain
Arthur Talbot
Talbot
Supreme Court
Deaf man released after march attempt near city hall
Police freed Samuel Wolfe aged 25 amid arrests during an attempted march on Los Angeles City Hall. The incident prompted trials and further coverage on page four.
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Angeles
Samuel Wolfe
City Hall
Planes Land At Fairbanks With Bodies Of Aviators
Frussian and American planes escorted the bodies of aviators Carl Ben Kiel son and Karl Borland to Fairbanks Alaska landing at 1 30 p m on a Arctic coast of Siberia casualty. The bodies were flown from the Arctic coast to the Alaska Airways field in a brief ceremony.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Carl Ben Kielson
Karl Borland
Arctic
Siberia
Alsaka Airways Field
County Oay Agent Shot By Fugitive In Gun Battle
Princeton officer Leslie E. Gadd, a county prohibition agent, was wounded in the thigh and shot at during a gunfight with Paul Rose at Giotto while seeking to capture escaped prisoner Rose. Rose was chased, captured in a nearby thicket, and taken to jail. Gadd’s condition improving at home in Princeton.
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Princeton
Daily Telegraph
Leslie E. Gadd
Prohibition
Paul Rose
Giotto
Rose
Gadd
Rove
Matoaka
Walter G. Burton
County
Shelby Rose
Bodies of Flyers Found After Mountain Crash
Western Air Express officials recovered the bodies of pilot James Eccles and two companions thirteen days after they disappeared in a San Bernardino mountains storm. The plane struck a mountain tow and was not burned. John W. Slaton the steward was found first, with Doles and A W Bieber recovered after cutting open the fuselage.
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Los Angeles
Western Air Express
James Eccles
San Bernardino
Fred Goodcell
Western Air
Dudley Steele
Goodcell
Doles
John W. Slaton
A. W. Bieber
Kingman
Ariz. Tor
Bluefield Robbers Escape With Cash At Two Stations
Two adjacent Bluefield avenue filling stations were robbed by unmasked bandits who fled west in a suspected six cylinder Chevrolet. They took about 40 from cash plus two pistols after forcing attendants into back rooms and cutting telephone wires. Police pursued with officers from nearby towns aided by radio alerts.
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Bluefield Avenue
W. Lewis
Lively
Bluefield
J. W. Haldren
Lewis
Texaco
Tri-State Refining Company
Lynn
Beach Streets
George G. Kitt
Tri-State
B. DD. Tynes
Haldren
Princeton
Tazewell
Welch
Bramwell
Mercer
McDowell
Guna
Justice Holmes to celebrate eighty ninth birthday
Washington March 7 Oliver Wendell Holmes the grand old man of American jurisprudence will celebrate his eighty ninth birthday tomorrow. A Civil War veteran three times wounded he remains active in duties and has not missed a term. He has served on the court twenty seven years and three months and has acted as chief during Taft's illness.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Taft
Hughes
Holmes
Taney
Marshall
Story Field
Harlng
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Ar- Washi
Reed Ann Washington
Weate Express
No-Man's Land
Grutser
Brookhart
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St. James Palace
Ram King
Hoover’s Mountain
TAFE
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Salon
Committee
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South States
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Edith Briscoe
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