Woman widow sobs as Hamon case goes to jury
Ardmore Okla March 16 defense waives final argument in Clara Hamon murder trial and asks immediate jury verdict after special prosecutor Brown completes opening. Judge Champion explains homicide and justified homicide laws and dying statements. Prosecution notes no personal motive, while widow Mrs. Hamon sobs as court adjourns for law review.
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Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Rannon
Jake L
Hannon
Oklahoma
H. H. Brown
Thomas W. Champion
Hammon
Clara Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Clara Hamnon
Smith
Clara
Brown
Hamon
C. Irwin
To Make Peace with God is Acquitted
Clara Hamon, in Ardmore Oklahoma, declares innocence and says she will seek baptism and join the First Christian church after being acquitted. She vows to cleanse her soul at the Baptist font and asserts she is innocent of the charged crime.
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Clara Hamon
Ardmor
Okla
Clara
Smith Hamon
Christian Faith
Truth Baptism
First Christian Church
Debs Pardon Query Raised at White House Meeting
Attorney General Daugherty presented facts of Eugene V Debs wartime conviction to President Harding at a White House conference. Officials foresee the administration resisting pardon pressure while weighing Debs health and the Socialist picketing campaign as factors. No commitment to clemency was announced.
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Telchard
Washington
Daugherty
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
White House
Socialisia
Wilton
Debs
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Debs Parison
Clara Hamon Trial Opens in Oklahoma Woman Accused
Opening arguments described Clara Smith Hamon as a home wrecker who lured a husband away from his wife and children. Special Prosecutor H. H. Brown compared her to a serpent as the case unfolds in Ardmore Oklahoma on March 16.
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Winifred AN Duzer
Ardmore
Okla
Oklahoma
Clara Smith
Hamon
H. H. Brown
Connecticut Will Get $8,000,000 for Road Building
The Bureau of Public Roads announced this year’s road and bridge funds totaling about $822.6 million from local state and federal sources. Connecticut is listed with $8,000,000, Massachusetts $5,000,000, New York $35,000,000, and Rhode Island $1,700,000.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
Missing American steamer Hewin reported. freight ship
London March 16 The American freighter Hewin, which left Sabine January 20 for Boston and Portland, was posted as missing today. The steamer has a normal crew of 54 and a press tonnage of 5398.
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London
Hewin
Sabine
Boston
Portland
Fight to Last Ditch Promised In Stillman Divorce
NEW YORK March 1 A bitter marital dispute pits James A Stillman president of National City Bank against his wife Ri Potter Stillman The couple has failed to settle out of court and a protracted fight is foretold Each side accuses the other of unfounded charges including questions about a son and legitimacy The July 1920 divorce suit began the long and public discord between the Stillmans and the family circle around Anne Branhart Stillman
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New York
James A. Stillman
National City Bank
Ri? Potter
Hac
Harvard Athletic
Belle of
Newfort
Dir. Stillanan
Anne Branhart Stillman
Anne
Elaseth
Tech
Guy
State Housing Loan Urged in New York
Nathan Hirsch former housing committee chair explains a $100 million state loan proposal to fund emergency housing relief in greater New York. Sponsored by Health Commissioner Copeland Samuel Gomper and labor leaders, the plan would finance two housing types and allow semi annual payments with loans up to a portion of land and building value.
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SW York
Nathan Hirsch
Hylen
Coptland
Samuel Gompera
Labor
Greater New York
Youth 17 Confesses to Double Murder in Cleveland Case
Justin Purpera, 17, confessed to killing two youths, George J. Fanner and Wilfred G. Sly, at WW Sly Manufacturing in Cleveland. Officers report Purpera made the admission, with authorities arresting him March 11 in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bam Purpern
Neverland
Chloe
Tong
George J. Fanner
Wilfred G. Sly
WW. W. Sly Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
Justin Purpera
Lobsters Fall to Forty Cents a Pound in Boston Market
Boston reports a Lent trend as 200000 pounds of Nova Scotia lobster arrive on the Jringo Arthur, prices dropping to 40 cents a pound. Eggs meanwhile dip to 25 cents a dozen. The shipment marks an unusually large early-season arrival. In St Louis on March 16 best bees sold at 25 to 19 cents wholesale, down 2.5 to 3.0 cents from February 1.
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Boston Mareh
Nova Scotis
Jringo Arthur
Priece
St. Louis
Bolshevists Lose Grip on Armenia in Relief Reports
Telegrams from Near East Relief describe a successful counter-regulation in Armenia. A new government formed in Drivan controls a wide area, Bolshevist officers are guarded, jails cleared, and a ministry installed. The country remains impoverished and in urgent need of food and clothing, with relief ongoing.
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New York
Armenia
Drivan
Clarence D. Usher
Erivan
Cabls
M. Tahtajian
Constantinople
Fire devastates estate building in Southbury strike
Fire tonight destroyed a three story residence on the estate of FE H Skelding, banker from Pittsburgh. Loss estimated around 3100. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary.
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Southbury
Conn
FE. H. Skelding
Rathea
Pittsburgh
Boston and Maine Pres Hustis Defends Rate Increase
Boston and Maine President Hustis refused to say if the New England railroads sought a ten percent rate rise to shield New York New Haven and Hartford from receivership. He said the initiative came from all New England railroads via the association of railroad executives and defended it as necessary to avert a receivership while noting wage cuts could not fully avert trouble. He warned that without credit restoration government ownership looms.
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Boston
H. Hustis
Boston and Maine Railroad
Newingland Railroads
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Drustis
Special Commission
New England
Queston
George G. Nutter
Rustis
Rutland
Bangor and
Aroostook
New
Hrstis
British Offer To Limit Naval Armaments In London
Lord Lee stated to naval architects in London that Britain would cooperate with the United States to curb battleship competition. He cited Secretary Denby’s remark that combined influence could control the seas and argued for a mutual agreement. He stressed practical, plain sense diplomacy over empty gestures.
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United States
London
Lord Lee
British Admiralty
America
Denby
Spirit of Murdered Wife Talks to Carl Wanderer
In a Wan Ss trial, Dr Hurntanger, a stage alienist, testifying, said Carl Wanderer reported that his murdered wife appeared nightly in her wedding gown holding their unborn child. The testimony described Wanderer’s belief and the wife’s spectral visitation as part of the mental state assessment.
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Carl Wanderer
Crigaro
Wie
Anne
Hurntanger
Wan- Ss
Jules Holdup
Singer
Wanderer
Wenders
Fireman Hummell Fined for Being Six Minutes Late
George J. Hummell of Inez company No. 8 was fined $250 after a board of police commissioners found neglect of duty. Dr Willam Hy Curley and Thomas Lee received penalties or leave actions. A lieutenant failed to respond to a 3 34 alarm. a shop employee sought a regulation change prohibiting on duty soliciting after hours. Continued on Page 13.
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Esis
George J. Hummell
Inez Company
Board of Police Commissioners
Willam Hy
Curley Denarment
Bae
Carey
Gratery
Beardssley Street
Beardsley Lane
Alderman Moore
De Valera to preside at secret Sinn Fein meeting today
Dublin March 1 Associated Press reports Kamonn De Valera leader of the Republicans and president of the Irish Republic gave a long interview denying England’s lack of principle and urging concrete aid for Irish rights. He described surveillance around him and spoke from Dublin about his impressions from America and the Irish struggle.
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DE Valera
Sinn Fenners
England
Dublin
Associated Press
Kamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
United States
Ireland
Mr. de Valera
America
New Haven Road to Stick to Daylight Time
Connecticut Legislature acts on standard time but does not affect New Haven Railway plans to switch to daylight time on April 24. General Manager C L Bardo says trains will leave terminals and arrive an hour earlier after the change.
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New Haven
New Haven. Conn
Connecticut
New York
Prison Visit Described In Mira A Quotid Diary Excerpt
A fragment from Mirra Aquotiths diary recounts a tense prison visit in Wormwood Scrubs where a woman prisoner confronts a matron and a nurse. The passage hints at coercive dynamics and a political revival context.
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Margot
Mirra Aquith
Prismier
Porary Poliical Reverson
St Patrick's Day Observances Curtailed by Irish Fund Drive
A campaign for relief funds for Ireland prompts cancelation of parade and public observances. Masses will be held in Catholic churches and a general appeal seeks donations to aid starving women and children through a Quaker relief committee. Evening events include the Ancient Order of Hibernians social and dances at local venues.
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Bt Patrick
Ireland
Patrick
St. Patrick
St Patrick
American Committee For Relief In
Order of Hibernians
Washington Avenue
St. Patrick's
St. Peter's
Colonial
St Charles’ School
Sinn Fein Leaders to Meet on Irish Struggle Path
Sinn Fein chiefs De Valera and Collins plan a secret Gen leave gathering on St Patrick's Day to decide policy and action. Leaders from Ireland and Britain attend as prayers are ordered by Canterbury and York archbishops for a peaceful settlement.
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Canterbury
York
Robert J. Prew
London
Sinn Pein
St. Patrick's
Freedom of
Ireland
de Valere
Michael Collins
England
Wales
Scotland
Sinn Fenners
Manchester
Liverpool
Glasgow
Birmingham
Cardiff
Newcastle
Dail Eireann
Sinn Tein
de Valera
Collins
Lloyd-George
Greenwood- Macready
Lioyd-George
Eco
Bridgeport Senators Push Amendments to Jitney Bill Today
Bridgeport senators plan to amend a jitney regulation bill debated in the legislature. The aim is to keep jitneys under Public Utilities control only if a local authority certifies public convenience and necessity. A key amendment would require local officials to recommend approval before the Public Utilities Commission can act.
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Bridgeport
Soro
Forday Morning
Strath
Pelaites
Hate Tonge
Tad Alpeiude
Chotlenzer
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Jake Hannon
N. Y
Hirsch and Gompers
Bolshevists
Relief Organization
Hustis
Boston and
Maine
Waeninaton
Toard
Sauate Dent
Hummell
Nient
Irish Republican Army
Pen of
de Valers Sii
Sone
Sion
Avith Asin
Joes
Ifn
Margot Asquith
Sevinty
Bridgeport Telegram
Sinn Fein
de Laney
Garlick
Challenger
Clin
Senacer Garlick
Lillites Commission
Stromaie
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