Geneva protocol seen as doomed after council talks
At Geneva the League of Nations council echoed doubts about the Geneva disarmament protocol as major powers including Britain France Italy Japan and Belgium aired mixed views. British Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain condemned compulsory arbitration while others urged defensive treaties and further study by the next assembly.
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Geneva
Mar
League of Nations
Tmeland
Ireland
Edward Benes
Associated Press
League
Mr. Champerlains
Great Britain
Austen Chamberlain
Foreign Affairs
Japan
France
M. Briand
Vittorio Scialoia
Chamberlain
Viscount Ishii
Tokio
Belgium
Paul Hymans
Brazil
Spain
Saint Quinones de Leon
Sweden
Uruguay
Grave of Stonewall Jackson kin disturbed at old burial ground
Hearing reports that youths desecrated graves at the Buckhannon cemetery where Mary Payne sister of Dolly Madison and Elizabeth Cummins Jackson mother of Thomas Stonewall Jackson are buried. American Legion post moves to convert the site into a park with memorials. The cemetery, long neglected, holds early western Virginia settlers including Elizabeth Cummins Jackson who died at 105 after Revolutionary War service.
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Mary Payne
Dolly Madison
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Thomas
Stonewall) Jackson
Trae American Legion
Buckhannon
Virginia
Suit Filed Against Stokes By Cab Driver
Chicago report states Joe Bruner, taxi driver, claimed to have driven W K D Stokes in the old tenderloin district while Stokes sought evidence against his wife. Bruner filed for 2950 dollars in municipal court claiming services rendered during the conspiracy trial. Bruner also sought a writ of attachment against Stokes hotel personal effects as security for the alleged claim.
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Chicago
Joe Surner
Stokes
New York
Tenderloin
Robert Lee
Bruner
Opponents in Lawsuit Differ Some in Size
In Youngstown Ohio on March 12 K L Coburn of Salem six feet four inches tall, 255 pounds. opposed by Marvin Hoyle of Columbiana four feet tall, 93 pounds in a Common Pleas suit over a land contract. Coburn is the plaintiff’s attorney. Hoyle is the defendant in the case heard today before Judge J H C Lyon.
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Youngstown
Ohio
K. L. Coburn
Salem
Marvinoyle
Columbiana
Common Pleas
Dundee J. H. C. Lyon
Hoyle
Coburn
Senate Passes Five Local Bills In Brief Session
In Charleston on March 12 the Senate and House moved quickly to pass five local bills. The actions include incorporating Kimball, expanding Logan units, amending Piedmont and Welch charters, and permitting Parsons to levy a five cent fire protection tax. A referendum concern on Kimball was resolved with resident support.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
House of Delegates
E. M. Keatley
S. M. Hodges
Reading Merk Virgil Friese
Kimbai
Logan
Parsons
Septimus Halil
Wetzel County
Cullen
Kimball
Hall
House
Weiss
Ohio County
Edmund Sehon
Cabell County
Nestor
T. N. Reed
G. L. Armatrong
Sptimus
First Circuit
Ohio County Criminal Court
Marshall County
Wyoming
Mercer
Braxton
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Grafton
Senate
Charles Coffman
Marriage License Clerk Dies After Fall Near Train
New York March 12 Thomas J McCabe deputy Bronx county clerk in charge of the marriage license bureau was killed late today when he fell or was struck before an elevated train on the Third Avenue line. He was to testify before the Bronx grand jury on investigations into underage licenses. Supreme Court Justice Tierney said the inquiry targets underage marriage broadly, not McCabe specifically.
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New York
Thomas J. McCabe
Bronx
McCabe
Bronx Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Tierney
Marriage License Bureau
Rrone
Stokes G S E Will Be In Hands Jury Before Nightfall
The trial of W E dD Stokes a 73 year old New York millionaire and Robert F Lee of Chicago ends tomorrow afternoon. Defense argues no criminal conspiracy while noting Stokes is an old man obsessed with truth and seeking to end a divorce dispute. A civil suit for 2955 for services rendered is filed against Stokes as he sits in criminal court.
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Chicago
Mar
W E Dd Stokes
New York
Robert F. Lee
Helen Ellwood Stokes
W. N. Gemmill
C. F. Rathbun
Stokes
Milton D. Smith
Themn
W. W. Smith
Gemmill
Rathbun
Mr. Stokes
Mrs. Stokes
Everleigh Club
Lee
Joe Bruner
Bank consolidation to merge Dayton Agricultural and Virginian Joint Stock
Plans to merge the Dayton Agricultural Bank with the Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank of Charleston West Virginia were announced by local bankers. The merger will issue 66 570 shares of the Virginian bank capital stock to finance the transaction. The consolidation aims to reduce operating costs and boost earnings across West Virginia and southern Ohio.
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New York
Dayton Agricultural Bank
Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank
Charleston
W. Va
Virginian Bank
West Virginia
Ohio
McDowell Marks Thirty Years at The Daily Telegraph
Wm. Kyle McDowell, city and associate editor, reflects on thirty years of newspaper making amid a era of vast global events. His photograph appears with the article commemorating his long tenure and ongoing public information work.
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IRTY
Kyle McDowell
McDowell
Daily Telegraph
Echoes of Senate probe of Justice Department 1924
Testimony in U S district court ties the Senate probe to the Dempsey Carpentier fight film rights. Promoters told by Muma they faced no prosecution, fearing involvement of top officials. Witnesses recount films shown at Washington gatherings before Harding Hughes and Daugherty.
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Trenton
N. J
Senate
Department of Justice
United States District Court
Thomas J. Spellacy
Albany
Department
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Tex Bird
Fred C. Quimby
William B. Randolph
New York
Roth
Quimby
Jasper C. Munn
Washington
Spellacy
Muna
Muma
Edward B. McLean
Harding
Hughes
Daugherty
Portners
Dividend Declared by Clinchfield Route
Directors of the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railway under joint lease to the Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville Railways declare an initial quarterly dividend of 75 percent per share on common stock, putting the issue on an annual basis.
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New York
Carolina Linchfiield and Ohio Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville and Nashville Railways
Fedey
Wage talks progress in Huntington wage parley
In Huntington West Virginia March 12 committees from Coal River Collieries Company and United Mine Workers of America met for two hours to discuss the Jacksonville wage agreement dispute. They reported progress and will reconvene after J T Dunigan returns from Washington. The meeting follows earlier Washington talks that failed to produce an agreement. The coal company, majority owned by Brothers of Locomotive Engineers members, operates nonunion mines though union laborers can apply for work.
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Huntington
W. Va
Coal River Collieries Company
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
Tetlow
Thompson
United Mine Workers
Mesers
Hoffman and Dunigan
J. T. Dunigan
Coal Company
Washington
Percy C. Tetlow
Diatrict No. 17
W. C. Thompson
Charleston
Brother of
Locomotive Engineers
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood
Bill in Equity Signed by Thirty-Five Railroads Attacks Coal Car Ban
A bill in equity signed by thirty-five railroad systems attacking the interstate commerce commission order prohibiting private coal cars was filed in U S district court. The railroads argue the ban is illegal and would hamper locomotive fuel supply and operation, with coal and steel firms already filing injunctions. Signatories include Akron Canton and Youngstown, Atlanta and West Point, Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Reading, Virginian, and Wheeling and Lake Erie among others.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States District Court
Coal and Steel Companies
Akron
Canton
Youngstown
Atllanta
West Point
Atlanta
Birm
Atlantic
Atlantic Coast
Baltimore
Ohio
Boston
Maine
Canadian National
Central New England
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Delaware
Kiudson
Teapot Dome case and Warren nomination dominate senate
Cheyenne and Washington reports show Teapot Dome testimony debates over bank records and double hearsay as judges defer ruling. Coolidge presses Warren nomination amid Republican splits and debate on senate confirmation timelines and committee handling.
Radio to Teach Ten Percent of Lessons Says Cleveland Official
Cleveland March 12 R G Jones superintendent of Cleveland schools predicts radio will deliver about ten percent of future lessons. He envisions hundreds of children studying by listening to J Paul Good on Africa while teachers project visuals, with radio dictation for penmanship and music to teach rhythm, but stresses that drill remains essential.
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Cleveland
R. G. Jones
J Paul Good
Africa
Barrymore Improves and Heads Home for Rest
Kansas City press reports Miss Ethel Barrymore, the actress, is somewhat better after arthritic pain. She remains confined to a local hotel for several days and has canceled a month's engagement. Plans were made for her departure tonight to Mammaroneck New York, subject to further update.
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Kansas City
Mar
Ethel Barrymore
Mammaroneck
N.Y
Barrymore
War
Loreal
N. Y
Mussolini Convalescence Nearly Complete
Rome March 12 reports say Premier Mussolini's convalescence from influenza is practically complete. circulating rumors that his condition was serious or that an operation would be needed were denied as unfounded.
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Mussolini
Rome
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