Hahn Defeats Nurmi Rival In Jasper Three Quarter Mile
Lloyd Hahn of the Boston A. A. set a record pace for the Jasper threequarter mile at Manhattan College games in New York, clocking 3 32 5 to beat Paavo Nurmi by a fraction. Fr L McCloskey sparked Boston to victory as Holy Cross Leo Larrivee and Abel Riviato faltered after six laps.
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New York
Mar
Lloyd Hahn
Boston A. A
Paavo Nurmi
Fr. L. McCloskey
Boston
Holy Cross
Walter Mulvihill
W. T. McKillop
P. M. Dillon
Boston College
Leo Laravee
F. J. Daly
Laravee
Mulvihill
McCloskey
Engineers
Hahn
Willie Goodwin
New York A. C
Thomas Vavanaugh
Leo Larrivee
Abel Riviato
Wilcoe A. C
Germany aims to resume Dawes plan with Republic
Baron Ago Von Maltzan, newly arrived German ambassador to the United States, declared Germany will fulfill the Dawes plan provisions and expressed confidence that the republic will continue. He spoke upon arrival today in New York.
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New York
Baron Ago von Maltzan
United States
Germany
Indoor track records fall at Manhattan College games
Willie Plant wins the mile handicap in 6 37 2 5 for New York. De la Salle relay quartet sets an indoor interscholastic mile mark beating Brooklyn Tech and Flushing High in 3 2 5. Boston College relay team clocks 4 54 3 5 for 2400 yards, breaking 1910 Irish-American A. C. record.
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Nurmi
Willie Plant
R. Remer
New York
Plant
de la Salle
Brooklyn Tech
Flushing High
Mercersburg Academy
Boston College
Holy Cross
Pennsylvania
A. C
Seeman Edges O Connell In Ring Drawn Thirty Rounds
Sally Seeman of New York defeated Charlie O Connell of Cleveland by judges verdict after fifteen scheduled rounds extended the bout at Madison Square Garden. The match ended in a draw after the judges extended it beyond the planned twelve rounds.
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New York
Sally Seeman
Charlie O'Connell
Cleveland
Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Goodrich
Buffalo
K. C. Jaekel
Toledo
Jaekel
Benny Valgar
Basil Galiano
New Orleans
Valgar
Galiano
Stribling Wins Ten Round Fight in Pittsburg
Young Stribling defeats Harry Fay in a ten round bout to secure a clear verdict. The Georgian dominated from start to finish, but many fans voiced disappointment at the decision and unbecoming crowds jeered as the result was announced. Stribling weighed 174 pounds for the match.
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Pittsburg
Mar
Stribling
Con
Harry Fay
Louisville
Georoon
Fay
Blair defeats Soloff in fourth round bout
In Portsmouth Ohio on March 9 Nig Blair of Portsmouth stopped Benny Soloff of Cincinnati in the fourth round of a scheduled ten round fight Soloff had substituted for Jack Shepherd who failed a medical exam Blair weighed 146 pounds Soloff 148 pounds in the bout referee or official details not provided by the source
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Blair
Benny Soloff
Cincinnati
Soloff
Jack Shepherd
Huntington
W. Va
Ritola Sets Two World Records In Milwaukee Event
Finnish distance runner Willie Ritola established two world records in Milwaukee on March 9 finishing 4000 yards in 10 41 5-10 and 2 1 2 mile race in 11 40 1-5 Paavo Nurmi also ran 1 3 4 mile in 8 03 1-5 as Ritola’s Olympic teammate in the meet at Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Willie Ritola
Paavo Narmi
Couzens Charges Treasury Effort to Discipline Him
Secretary Mellon defends Treasury actions amid Couzens criticism as he notes waivers and potential arbitrary assessment. He cites Atlantic Gulf settlement and copper case decisions, while Senate inquiries probe tax valuations and war amortization affecting Use and others.
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Mr. Mellon
United States
Couzens
Bureau
Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Steamship Corporation
Senate Committee
United Steel Corporation
Aluminum Company of America
Atlantic Gulf
Mellon
Treasury
Department
Overeating Labeled Greatest Evil by Doctors At AEA Conference
Chicago March 9 The high cancer mortality is blamed on superficial medical training by Dr James Ewing of Cornell before the A M A Congress. He questions progress in medical education noting four year courses may not teach essential knowledge as well as earlier schemes. Dr Gilbert Fitzpatrick predicts life expectancy rising to five score years in a century while warning overeating remains America s greatest evil. In other news, Ross sues a defunct corporation over a Rainelle mine output deal.
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Chicago
James Ewing
Cornell University Medical College
New York
American Medical Association
Ewing
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Gilbert Fitzpatrick
Gorgas Memorial Institute
Shepherd
Ross
Rainelle
Greenbrier County
Teapot Dome Scandal resurfaces in new oil contract details
In New York a conference was held after a Teapot Dome contract was signed. Government attorney alleged a 33 million barrel sale at 1.50 a barrel, guaranteed by Sinclair and ONeil. Standard Oil of Indiana’s Robert W. Stewart is reported abroad for weeks as a government witness in the ongoing trial.
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Osler
Teapot Dome
New York
Sinclair
J. E. O'Neil
Frairie Oland Gas Gas Company
J. M. Blackmer
Midwest Oil Company
A. E. Humphreys
Mexia
Texas
Denver Oilman
Continental Trading Company
Humphreys
Pomerone
O'Neil
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
South America
Mexico
John D. Clark
Inna
Ross awarded 56565.55 in breach of contract suit
In Huntington West Virginia Judge Thomas R Shea awarded J J Ross a judgment of 56565 55 in a 159 00 damage suit against Lake and Export Coal Corporation for alleged breach of contract on a coal deal This follows three prior entries with the latest ruling by Carney M Layne confirming the award and continuing litigation heat
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Huntington
W. Va
Thomas R. Sheard
J. J. Ross
Lake and Export Coal Corporation
John T. Graham
Supreme Court
Carney M. Layne
Telephone Girl Now Well After Pinkham's Remedy
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped a Marshalltown Iowa telephone operator relieve two years of bearing down pains and cramps enabling walking and work. She also used Liver Pills and urges friends to try the medicine. A Dover New Hampshire case reports improved strength appetite and sleep after taking the Vegetable Compound.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
P. E. Everts
Senate Approves Demotion. Warren to be Attorney General
Formal approval for the demotion insurgent group is reported as the inter state commerce committee chair is chosen Senator Watson over Lafollette. Roll call shows seven Republicans, three Democrats and Shipstead voting against. After organization, Warren to be confirmed as attorney general and the Isle of Pines or Lauzanne treaties to be brought up.
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Watson
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Committee
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Shipstead
Minnesota
Senate
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Isle of Pines
Lauzanne
American Pilgrims Adressed by Pope
Cardinal O Connell led nearly 500 Boston pilgrims into the presence of Pope Pius in Rome. The pope, dressed in white, kissed each ring and gave a Holy Year medal, then offered apostolic benedictions to the Americans and their families. O Connell praised the pilgrimage as spiritual renovation.
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Rome
America
Boston
Cardinal O'Connell
Ae Pius
Thei
Resolution to Amend Senate Rules Seeks Faster Action
Washington March 9 A resolution to amend senate rules to speed action was introduced by Democrat Senator Copeland of New York. It follows a prior Democratic proposal by Senator Underwood of Alabama to impose cloture under certain conditions. Copeland’s plan would require two seconds to an objection by one senator to prevent unanimous consent, and would need objections from three senators to block such procedures.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Copeland
New York
Dawes
Underwood
Alabama
Public Printer Job Under Review by Coolidge
Washington March 9 President Coolidge will decide on the fitness of George H. Carter to hold the public printer post after a wave of layoffs at the Government Printing Office. Carter denied any impropriety in the dismissal and said funds were insufficient to continue operations at the large plant.
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Washington
Coolidge
George H. Carter
Government
Carter
Water Improves With New Warwood Filtration Plant
Wheeling reports that water from the Warwood filtration plant now carries two to six bacteria per cubic centimeter in the first bacteriological tests. No colon bacteria found in six local samples. The prior city supply averaged 1,800 bacteria per cubic centimeter.
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Wheeling
W. Va
New City
Warwood
J. 8. Butts
G. E. Rickard
Ancient Egyptian Tomb Find Near Giza Sparks Debate
Dr Reisner's Boston Harvard expedition reports uncovering a tomb near the Giza pyramids dated to around 4000 B C. The find is called important but not likely the tomb of Seneferu as claimed, according to Professor Reisner in Cairo.
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Cairo
Mar
Reisner
Boston-Harvard
Giza Pyramids
Senefernu
Boston
George A. Reisner
Boston-Marvard
Seneferu
Columbia student Henry Mead commits suicide in dorm leap
Henry Mead, 25, a Columbia University graduate student, leaped from a sixth floor Hartley Hall window after failing to conquer death anxiety. He held a Brown University PhB from 1922 and was pursuing a doctoral in dramatic literature. Police found poison bottles and notes to a neurologist and his mother.
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New York
Henry Mead
Columbia University
Hartley Hall
Brown University
Fall River
Mass
Brooklyn
Mead
G. Alfred Lawrence
Girl of Sixteen Finds Brother's Dead Body
In Dayton Kentucky coroner investigates Wilsur Bold sixteen found dead in his kitchen with hands tied and a gas cap over his head. His sister Charlotte Bold fifteen discovered the scene when returning from school. Parents were away. cause of death undetermined. Bold worked nights as a copy boy for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Dayton
Walter Hughes
Wilsur Bold
Charlotte Bold
Hughes
Bold
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Fire Devours Beacon Oil Plant Vats in Everett
Fire at the Beacon Oil Company refining plant in Everett spreads to five distilling vats holding 10,000 gallons of crude oil each. Chelsea Malden and Boston fire departments responded after a general alarm as flames rose to 200 feet with no wind aiding containment.
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Everett Mass
Beacon Oil Company
Chelsea
Malden
Boston
Large Fire Destroys Plant Forcing Evacuation Of Families
A massive blaze swept through a manufacturing plant near the community, driving fifteen families from company houses as firemen battled the flames. Despite midnight flames, authorities expected control within two hours as thousands watched the dramatic scene unfold.
Duke of Veragua Refuses Offer for Columbus Documents
Madrid March 9 The Duke of Veragua refused an American collector’s offer of 2 250 000 pesetas for his Columbus documents. He said the collection should stay in Spain and noted he has completed cataloging them. The duke, last descendant of Columbus, kept the documents intact.
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Madrid
Mar
Veragua
Spain
America
Seismographs Fail To Register Earthquake
Washington dispatch reports five instruments at Georgetown University seismological laboratory recorded no quake signals overnight. Father Tondorf, the seismologist, announced when in doubt persisted.
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Washington, Mar
Georgetown University Seismological Laboratory
Father Tondorf
Shocks Reported in Manchester Southern Industrial Section
Slight shocks were reported in the southern industrial section of Manchester New Hampshire according to local reports.
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Manchester
N. H
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