Test Train to Roanoke Demonstrates New Air Brake
A hundred officials and railroad experts join a test run of the automatic straight air brake on a 9000 ton train of seventy 100 ton coal cars. The train leaves Bluefield at 7 46 to reach Roanoke with engineers testing brake applications and releases under heavy guard and public safety oversight.
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Bluefield
Roanoke
A. Kearney
Norfolk and Western
John A. Pilcher
Mr. Patterson
Bureau of Safety, Interstate Commerce Commission
Messrs Burgess and Rooney
Lehigh Valley Railway
George C. Davis
Glen Lyn
United States
I. J. Chapman
Radford Division
Ripplemead
Big Stony Bridge
East End
Lambert
Ans
Youth of Eighteen Is Given a Life Sentence
Edward P. Foley eighteen years old was found guilty of second degree murder by a Columbus jury after a three hour forty five minute deliberation in the hold up case that left New York Central detectives Louis Schroeder and A E Long dead. Fellow bandit Royce Richardson was sentenced to die for first degree murder with three others still at large.
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Edward P. Foley
Toledo
Columbus
Foley
Louis Schroeder
A. E. Long
New York Central Railroad
Austin Breed
Union
Breed
Royce Richardson
Omaha
Denver
Lieutenant W D Coney Paralyzed After Crash Near Crowville
Lieutenant W D Coney, a trans continental flyer, was badly injured after his airplane crashed into a tree near Crowville Louisiana while attempting a return flight from Jacksonville to San Diego. He was taken to Natchez for treatment and was conscious though developing a fever. doctors hope to determine the full extent of his injuries.
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Natchea
Miss
W. DD. Coney
Crowville
Monroe
Mose Lanier
Crowvile
Franklin Parish
Louisiana
W. D. Coney
Natchez
Coney
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Cal
Eisleben and Hettstedt Recaptured by Police
Berlin reports police recaptured Eisleben and Hettstedt from the communists after violent fighting. Communists held the Leuna nitrogen works near Halle with a reported 6,000 red army. Risleben leaders were overthrown and Mansfeld fighting ceased. Police will resume Eisleben work only after order, property return, and ammo surrender. Those who surrender voluntarily will not be punished.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Divorce petitions surge in St Gall court
So many divorce petitions have been filed in the local district court that the presiding judge asked the Cantonal government to appoint one or two special judges to handle the divorce cases.
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St. Gall
Switzerland
Cardinal Corrigan Named Interim Administrator After Cardinal Gibbons Death
Cardinal Gibbons dies in Baltimore as Bishop Owen B. Corrigan is believed chosen to administer the archdiocese until a new archbishop is named. The cardinal’s body lies in state as priests and dignitaries arrange a funeral plan with viewers limited to family. Messages pour in from Rome and Europe while American church leaders plan the service and procession.
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Owen B. Corrigan
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Charles Street
Christian Brothers
Patrick Burke
New Orleans
Dorothy Burke
Notre Dame College
Gibbons Burke
Georgetown University
Guard of Honor
America
Monsignor
John Bonzano
United States
Vatican
Glennon
St. Louis
W. Carrol Milholland
St. Mary's Seminary
Rome
Europe
Cardinal Mercier
Albert
Belgium
Ireland
France
Train Crash Kills Four In Hardin Ohio Family
Piqua Ohio March 25 The Lenox family from Hardin Ohio suffered four fatalities when a Big Four passenger train collided with their automobile at a railroad crossing. Milton Lenox his wife and two young children died instantly. two daughters aged nine and eleven survived.
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Piqua
Ohio
Milton Lenox
Hardin
Lenox
Hunters Arrested by Aerial Police in Rock Island District
Chicago report notes decoy ducks used by violators of the closed spring season attracting aircraft that carried officers of the law. Six hunters were arrested in the Rock Island district after an aerial police patrol intervened.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Survey on world production and consumption planned
Washington March 25. A planned survey of world production and consumption and gathering figures on visibles of all commodities is under consideration by the federal office of commerce. President Harding has endorsed the plan after educators representations and Secretary Hoover will develop the project to aid American commerce and agriculture with reliable world market facts for present and future. Hoover notes that current statistics on supply and stocks are incomplete without a solid base for production data especially for cotton which faces possible acreage cuts if world stocks are large.
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Washington
Plame
Department of Commerce
Harding
Educers
Cretary
Hoover
Swedish Engineer Claims Speaking Film Breakthrough
Stockholm reports M Sven Berglund a Swedish engineer has spent more than ten years on experiments and is said to have invented a speaking film that ensures absolutely simultaneous sound and picture production.
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Stockholm
M. Sven Berglund
Washington U S links with Soviet Russia halted over economic reforms
Secretary Hughes issued a brief note stating that resuming trade with Russia cannot be considered until fundamental changes occur in the Soviet economic system. The message demands guarantees of safety of life property rights free labor and contracts and requires convincing evidence of reforms before talks proceed. The note was released at the State Department after Harding and his cabinet discussed the issue for about two hours.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Hughes
State Department
Reval
Esthenia
Litvinoff
Harding
Congress
Train Hits Auto at Crossing in North Bend
Three o clock this afternoon a westbound Buffalo flyer struck a five passenger car at North Bend station. Driver Harry Brown and his daughter Annette jumped to safety while two younger children Bessie and Margaret Brown suffered severe burns. Bessie died en route to hospital and Mercaret’s death was expected minutes later.
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North Bend
Buffalo Flyer
Harry Brown
South Renovo
Annette
Bessie Brown
Margaret Brown
Bessie
Mercaret
Debs Returns to Atlanta Prison After Washington Trip
Eugene V. Debs resumes life at the Atlanta federal penitentiary after a Washington conference with Attorney General Daugherty. Debs, serving ten years for wartime espionage act violations, expresses mixed views on his chances and praises the justice system. The Georgia American Legion condemns recent pardons and asks national leaders to oppose Debs’s release.
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Atlanta
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Washington
Daugherty
Debs
Department of Justice
Samuel Castleton
Castleton
Buford
Atto
A. L. Henson
Georgia Department of the American Legion
JF. W. Galbraith
Indianapolis
Georgia Department
Hugene Debs
Man Sentenced for Throwing Baby on Fire in London
James Todd was jailed for six months after ill treating his infant by throwing it on a fire following a quarrel with his wife. The baby was badly burned but survived. The crime occurred amid a dispute over punishment of their children.
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Baer
London
James Todd
Wage Reduction Order Stands in Atlanta Rail Dispute
Judge Samuel H. Sibley denied the petition of striking workers from the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway. He refused to rescind the wage reduction order or refer the case to the Federal Railroad Labor Board for action.
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Atlanta
Samuel H. Sibley
Federal District Court
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
Federal Railroad Labor Board
Griffith Case May Go To The Jury Late Today
In Moundsville West Virginia March 25 the prosecution linked Holly Griffith to the killing of fellow convict Henry Lewis after Griffith escaped the state penitentiary on February 5. A penitentiary physician testified Griffith allegedly admitted striking Lewis with a knife.
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Moundsville
W. Va
R. A. Ashworth
West Virginia
Holly Griffith
Henry Lewis
Griffith
State Penitentiary
Lewis
Mystery surrounds Norwegian billionaire Dahl in mid ocean disappearance
New York detectives led by Assistant District Attorney Banton probe whether Thor Dahl vanished from the steamship Bergensfjord during a March storm or slipped into the United States unseen. Subpoena servers were ready at the pier for Dahl’s appearance in an extortion and perjury case against Detectives Gunson and Maloney, but Banton says there is no proof Dahl did not disappear as reported.
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New York
Banton
Thor Dahl
Bergensfjord
Process
Dahl
John J. Gunson
Joseph Maloney
Railroads Seek $250 Million Bond Issue and Burlington Hold
The Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad request ICC approval to issue 250 million dollars in joint fifteen year six and one half percent gold bonds secured by 97 percent of Burlington stock and 33 million dollars of new bonds for each line. The plan serves as a substitute for a rejected Burlington surplus capitalization.
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Washington
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington
Denies Killing Eleven Negroes in Peonage Charge
John Williams of Jasper County, detained in Fulton County, denies murdering eleven enslaved workers after claims of peonage. Prosecutors cited a confession by Clyde Manning detailing killings, while Williams calls the accusation a frame up amid ongoing investigations in Covington and Newton County.
Wilson Suffers Acute Indigestion in Washington
Former President Wilson is recovering satisfactorily from an acute indigestion attack today. Dr. Cary T. Grayson said it will likely be another day or two before full recovery. Only family and servants present as Dr. Sterling Ruffin and Dr. Grayson treated him at his S street home.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Sterling Ruffin
S” Street
Kayson
Ruffin
Mr. Wilson
Rehearing Set in Bergdoll Case in Kansas City Court
Rehearing for Erwin Bergdoll brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll is scheduled tomorrow morning in the federal district court in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Erwin Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Federal District Court
Kans
Hope Still Clings For Balloon Crew Missing Off Gulf
Rescue efforts continue around Pensacola as air, sea, and submarine craft search a missing balloon crew of five led by Chief G. K. Wilkinson. Pigeons sent from the craft carried messages about drift and position as officials assess chances of survival near St Andrews Bay.
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Pensacola
Fla
Baloon
G. K. Wilkinson
Naval Air Station
Gulf
St. Andrews Bay
Naval
Rockaway
L. Ll
Trepassy
New Foundland
Wilkinson
Houston
Texas
Russell V. Eland
Belleville
Edward L. Kershaw
Rayne, Jr
John C. Elder
Lebanon
N. Y
William H. Trefrey
Salem
Mass
True Bills Against White Sox To Be Voted
Chicago March 2 True bills and probable indictments against the White Sox players alleged to have thrown the 1919 World Series will be voted tomorrow Assistant State's Attorney George B Gorman said The state recently dropped suits against several players but indicated new indictments may follow and other men not named earlier could be added The grand jury investigation continues as officials pursue the case
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Chicago
White Sox
George B. Gorman
Gorman
B. Johnson
Robert E. Crowe
Claude Williams
Eddie Olcotte
Joe Jackson
Buck Weaver
Swede Hisberg
Fred MacMullin
Joscar Felsch
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Eisleben and
Hettstedt
Leuna
Pope
Air Police
Soviet
Georgia
Department of American Legion
John Williams
Jasper County
Fulton County
Williams
Covington
Clyde Manning
Williams Plantation
Clyde Freerman
Manning
Newton County
Leverett
Dave Leverett
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