Grand Jury to Probe Hooded Band Activities in Morehouse
The Louisiana grand jury in Morehouse Parish will begin its second stage tomorrow to hear evidence and consider indictments for 30 to 50 suspects tied to Ku Klux Klan activity. Attorney General Coco and aide George Seth Guion plan to present January open hearing materials as part of cases ranging from murder to assault.
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Bastrop
Associated Press
Morehouse Parish
Coco
George Seth Guion
John M. Parker
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richard
Mer Rouge
Lake la Fourche
One Killed Five Injured as Giant Bomber Falls
Lieutenant Stanley Smith, Army Air Service, was killed and Major Torrett Branley fatally injured when a crippled bomber from Mitchell field to Chanute field forced down in Brooklyn. Four student mechanics escaped with minor injuries after the craft, dropping from 5,000 feet, overturned on landing. Branley suffers serious condition.
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New York
Stanley Smith
Army Air Service
Torrett Branley
Mitchell Field
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Brooklyn
Stuent
Bragley
Smith
Bradley
Superintendent Kibbe Dies at Connecticut State School for Boys
Horace Warner Kibbe aged sixty six and longtime superintendent of the farm at the Connecticut State School for Boys in Meriden dropped dead in the kitchen after milking at six this morning. Born in Ellington in 1857, he is survived by three brothers Edward B and William H of Fyington and George F of New Britain.
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Meriden
Horace
Warner Kibbe
Connecticut State School
Mr. Stibbe
Ellington
Edward B
William H
Fyington
George F
New Britain
Party Policies Enacted Mondell Promises Broken Declares Hull
In a House farewell speech Representative Mondell praised the 67th Congress as diligent, economical, and productive against a bad era, while Cordell Hull labeled Harding’s first two years a trail of failed promises, accusing Republicans of lack of vision and leadership amid alleged propaganda.
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Hull
Washington
Mar
Congress
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House
House of Representatives
Harding
Cordell Hw
Democratic National Commitite
Republican Congress
Strains of Orchestra And Songs Fill House As 67th Congress Ends
The 67th Congress adjourned sine die at noon after a two year session noted for heavy activity. President Harding signed the Farm Credits bill and 98 other measures as Coolidge’s gravel fell and Congress closed amid a last day concert by Marine Band members. The final law was the better butter measure with a return provision for enemy alien owners of certain seized property.
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Capitol
Vicw
Coolidge
Senate
House
Marine Band
Mny
Congress
Senate Chamber
Abandoned Infant Found by St. Vincent's Hospital Nurses
Nurses at St. Vincent's Hospital found a six to ten day old baby boy abandoned in a basket near Hunting street gate at 10 pm. The child appeared healthy and affectionate, wrapped in warm clothes with a bottle of milk, no identification. He was taken to the hospital while authorities determine parentage or possible adoption.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Arena altercation ends in fatal knife wound at 35 Hallett Street
A violent incident at Mrs. Lucy Cannivzio’s shop on Hallett Street leaves a man fatally wounded by a knife. Rev. Davies preaches at Trinity M E Church addressing sins of parents not visited upon children. Irish clubs in the city mark Robert Emmett’s 146th birthday. An abandoned baby is found at St. Vincent's Hospital. State Police seize a liquor laden truck believed tied to a rum-schooner. Impostor Prince de Bourbon alias Schwarm captured by New Britain police. Dr. Shatler Lawton, noted psychologist, dies at 67. Congress adjourns as 98 bills are signed. Joe Cannon exits with ovation as term ends.
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Art Vewele
Arena
Heere
Aorner
Atore
Lucy Cannivzio
Hallett Street
Davies
Lin
Trinity M. ER
Robert Emmett
St. Vincent’s Hospital
State
Clinton
Prince de Bourbon
Schwarm
New Britain
Shatler Lawton
Congress
Joe” Cannon
New York
Morehouse Parish
Grand Jury
Second District Veterans Bureau
Citizens ‘Committee
San Antonio
Porto Rico
A. R. Davies
Trinity M. E
Sweet bill signed but veterans dissatisfied
Washington March 4 President Harding signed the Sweet bill easing the Veterans Bureau act. Captain C. G. H. Cook, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans, protested that Congress emasculated the measure by extending eligibility for hospitalization and compensation too little, leaving many veterans without full benefits.
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Harding
Veterans’ Bureau
Ater
CG. H. Cook
Disabled American Veterans
Congress
Storm warnings issued as gales sweep East Coast
Washington reports a storm central over New England moving eastward with gale force across the Atlantic coast. In Pittsburgh a 72 mph wind killed two and caused heavy damage, while a tornado in Missouri injured ten and damaged property worth about 300000.
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Mar
Weather Bureau
Virginia
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Maine
New England
Late
Middle West
Atlantic
Mercury
Washington, D. C
Pittsburgh
Burglars Raid German Embassy in Rome
An embassy secretary was shot in the face and badly wounded as two burglars broke into the German Embassy in Rome on March 4. They ransacked the safe but found only worthless papers. 600,000 in cash was left behind and not taken. The intruders were arrested after a duel involving the ambassador's son and several secretaries.
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Rome
Associated Press
Baron von Naurath
Jimmy Wielders Secure Jewelry and $70 Sunday
Timmy wielding burglars looted two houses, stealing jewelry valued at $120 and $70 in cash. A rear window at Frank J L Peck’s home, 85 Harlem Avenue, was forced, the place ransacked, and $35 cash along with jewelry including a wrist watch, turquoise locket, baby’s signet ring, gold earrings with pearl centers, two pearl necklaces, and a diamond scarf pin were taken.
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Timmy
Frank J L. Peck
Harlem Avenue
President Harding Heads to Florida for Month Long Vacation
Washington dispatch reports President Harding and Mrs. Harding plan a March departure for a Florida vacation with a group of friends. It would be Mrs. Harding’s first trip beyond the White House gates since her illness last September and the President’s first vacation in nearly a year, leaving Congress with a light desk and few recess appointments needed.
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Washington
Congress
President Harding
French Hold On To Money Seized From German Train
Cologne reports say General Degoutte will not return any portion of the 12,000,800,000 seized by France and demands Germany meet occupation army funding. Unrest in Essen follows occupation with looting and armed bands. a German worker killed by a French sentry amid suspected sabotage. Belgian seizure of 1 billion Reichsbank marks for Rhineland army costs.
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Cologne
Associated Press
Degoutta
Reichsbank
Degoutte
Aasen
Berlin
Reichbank
Duisburg
Rhineland
Germany
Truck of liquor seized by state police at Clinton
State police seized 250 cases of whiskey valued at 12500 on a truck en route to New Haven from Grove Beach near Clinton. Three men Fred Schwartz Harry Schatzman and James Lynch were arrested. Schwartz released on 500 bond others discharged. A search of Harold Burton’s Grove Beach home found four more cases. Burton arrested awaiting hearing. Police tracked a schooner believed linked to a prior runner.
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Clinton
Mar
Tiquor
Grove Beach
New Haven
Fred Schwartz
Harry Schatzman
James Lynch
Schwartz
Toda
Standard Defying Dissolution Edict Faces Probe
La Follette Oil Investigating committee reports that Standard Oil exercises subtle control over pricing from well to consumer in violation of the 1911 dissolution decree. The panel urges uniform bookkeeping, compulsory reporting, breakup of pipelines, interstate price safeguards, export limits, grand jury action, and patent scrutiny to curb manipulation.
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Washington
Standard Companies
Supreme Court
la Follette Oil Investigating Committee
Senate
Standard
Farmer Dies in Blaze at Hav erealt Farm
Masa March 4. Charles Leslie, 45, a farmer living near here, was burned to death today when his barn and carriage shop were destroyed by fire. A number of cattle and a horse perished in the blaze.
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Charles
Leslie
Store Keeper Slain After Knife Fight at Hallett Street
Mrs Lucy Cannizzio a 35 year old store keeper died after a ferocious noon fight in her grocery at 35 Hallett street Three men wielding knives and a razor clashed in a three cornered assault Her 16 year old son witnessed the attack One man was killed another severely wounded and she was stabbed twice She gave birth to a son at Bridgeport hospital both mother and child reported recovering last night
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Hallett Street
Bridgeport
Matteo Palumbo
Poe
Newflelg
Enife
Anthony Cannelli
Church Street
Palumbo
John J. Phelan
Fabrizzio Causo
White Plains
Fulton
Marge
Gayee
Digathy Caiads Yeaterday
Joseph
Allen
Charges of wasteful handling at Veterans Bureau raised
New York reports claim the Veterans Bureau second district mismanaged funds and staff, with high rent and slow hospital care. A 1922 Goshen hospital lease and a costly orphan’s asylum purchase are questioned. The Tonal district manager urged more veteran input on treatment and compensation decisions.
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New York
United States Veteran
Harding
Hines
Citizens' Committee of America
Coleen de Lancey Kountze
New Jersey
Connecticut
Goshen
Family of Six Die From Disinfectant Fumes
Chicago reports an entire family of six found dead from vapors of ax acid used as a disinfectant by Peter Vordachyak owner of the restaurant beneath their flat and O W Hall local manager of the National Hygienic Corporation. The dead include William Kratzenberg 80 and wife Mary 69 their son John 54 daughter Laura Szymanski 39 and son Henry 17. William Powers a state legislator who rented a room in the home discovered the bodies after leaving a window open and escaping the fumes.
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Chicago
Peter Vordachyak
O. W. Hall
National Hygienic Corporation of
Cleveland
William Kratzenberg
Pethad
Mary Kratzenberg
John Kratzenberg
Laura Szymanski
Henry Szymanski
William Powers
Kratzenberg
Powers
Sins of Fathers Doctrine Labeled bunk by Pastor
Rev A R Davies of New York called the sins of parents visiting children bunk during a Trinity Methodist service on North avenue and Remer street marking the 30th anniversary of the church building. He asserted God condemns no one and urged study of God's character over frightful passages. The 1874 first church and 1902 building were noted as context for the anniversary.
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New York
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
North Avenue
Remer Street
Mr. Davies
Jeallg
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