Ohio Prohibition Case Tracks $525000 under Probe
Federal grand jury resumes work tracing $65 000 paid by Higgins to Hayner key shipments as part of a broader scheme to obtain protection against illegal liquor in Mahoning County. Several named defendants including Scanlon Eccles and Higgins face conspiracy charges. others await arrest as new enforcement chief Stone arrives in Columbus Ohio.
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A. EB
Bern- United States District Aftor
Enig
Bernsteen
Peter Higgins
Mahoning County
Ward J. Scanlon
Federal Grand
Youngstown
Nion
Patrickson
Frank J. Eccles
Chars Fleps
J. B. Roseell
Ohio
Copehia
Warren Barnett
Cobus
Grossberg
Gardos Higgins
Seamon
T Miller
Ngstown
Caid
Higgins
Pat Scanlon
Eccles
Furth
Jromberg
U. S
Underlei
Columbus
Thomas One
Attle Seaboard
Stone
J. E. Insell
John W. Harper
Cleveland
Russell
Merle Deland
Hayner
Ney
United States
Wright
Tragic Gate Crash Claims Hoffstadt on Train Track
In Shelby on March 2, a gate mechanism failed as Earl Hoffstadt rode a gang plow through, the gates down. A passenger train struck the machine, Hoffstadt was killed, wreckage scattered, and bystanders found his body amid the debris as rescue efforts began.
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Shelby
Earl Hoffoat
Hoffstadt
Vienna Hears Eckener Talk On Flight To America
Vienna listeners heard Dr. Hugo Eckener lecture on the dirigible flight to America. He warned fuel exhaustion would strand the ship if danger arose and described Americans as mostly ice cream photographers.
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Pyright
Canton Daily News
Vienna
Hugo Eckener
America
Germany
United States
Cantonians Seek Etiquette for Earthquake After First Local Quake
Cantonians question proper conduct during quakes as they recall the first local earthquake in recent years. The Canton club, with etiquette authorities, debates what to do when walls seem to dance and pictures shuffle. Continued on Page 13, Col. 6.
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Canton
Emily Post
Tia
Canton Club
First National Bank
Miss Post
May Wheat Surges Above $2 Mark to 2.01 in Trade
Chicago wheat futures leapt after the opening, May wheat rising to 2.01 per bushel as traders cited smaller than expected farm reserves as the main driver of the rally. The move underscored tighter supply fears in agricultural markets.
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Chicago
Confidence men warn Chicago area businessmen
The American Bankers Association cautioned merchants in Chicago and nearby towns about con artists who have taken about 100000 by posing as employees of financial agencies. They coax victims to sign rating cards and their business stationery, then forge and cash checks using notes on the stationery to prove legitimacy.
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Chicago
American Bankers Association
Pastors Protest Opening of Sunday Movies in Chillicothe
Chillicothe clergymen plan action today over the citys lax Sunday closing policy. Sunday moving picture houses and pool rooms were open with patrons unmolested, contrasting last Sundays enforcement when Mayor Minshalls order kept closes in place.
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Chillicothe
Minshall
Borglum Bids to Finish Stone Mountain Memorial Fight
New York March 2 Gutzon Borglum the sculptor sought in Georgia on a malicious mischief charge began what he called a fight to finish the Stone Mountain Memorial to the confederacy He arrived from Greensboro N C where he was arrested and posted bail He vowed he would rot in jail rather than be denied the chance to complete his nine year dream and conferred with wealthy friends on plans to proceed He blamed provincial minds for his discharge by the sponsoring association.
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New York
Enraged husband fatally harms wife and mother in law then kills self
In Anderson Indiana Kenneth Hunsinger 21 shot and likely fatally wounded his wife Lena Hunsinger 20 after failing to reconcile. He killed Lena’s mother Estelle Butler 51 and then shot himself. Lena is in critical condition and Estelle’s 12 year old sister ducked for safety.
Bills Approved in Columbus Move Civil Service Exemption and Installments
Gov Don Ahey signed two more bills increasing his present session total to three. One measure exempts deans assistants and research workers in state schools from civil service rules, the other allows suspension of sentences in non support cases if installments are paid as ordered by the court.
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Columbus
Donahey
van Wye
Cincinnati
Ball
Sciotoco
Alcohol found by boys in Yorkville near tile center
March 2 Yorkville reports four gallons of alcohol found by boys in a building tile pile near the town center. The boys who sampled the liquid passed out and needed medical aid from a physician. John Ferguson seeks the owner of the substance.
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Yorkville
Marsha
John Ferguson
Scientists Disagree on Earthquake Origin Across North America
New York March 2 Scientists fail to agree on the earthquake source from Canada to Florida. Theories place origin near Saguenay river in Quebec Great Lakes region off New England coast or southeastern Pennsylvania. Professor Douglass W. Johnson of Columbia University notes a fault running 2350 miles Bay of Fundy toward Massachusetts.
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New York
North America
Canada
Mossissippi
Saguenay
Quebec
Great Lakes
New England
Pennsylvania
Douglass W. Johnson
Columbia University
Phytography Department
A. Cresey Morrison
Bay of Fundy
Massachusetts
Washington Set for Big Show Inaugural Parade Preparations
Washington March 2 The inaugural hosts descend on the capital as bleachers and a platform near the White House are completed for the parade review. Hotels are filled with senators and congressmen while the city anticipates a quieter inauguration due to new hotels and less fanfare.
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Washington
National Capital
Coolidge
Coolidge Farm Bill Abandoned by Senate Committee
Washington March 2 The senate agricultural committee abandoned President Coolidge's agricultural program by reporting the Dickinson cooperative marketing bill. The bill had passed the house and may be considered in the senate today amid opposition from the president's farm commission which called the measure subtle camouflage.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate Agricultural Committee
Dickinson
President's Farm Commission
House
Senate
President's Commission
Britain Has No Policy On German Commission Report
London dispatch reports the foreign office stating Britain has formulated no policy on publishing the German control commission report or the French demand for security or the Geneva protocol. The disarmament conference remains in abeyance awaiting action from President Coolidge.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
German Control Commission
Coolidge
Fire destroys four buildings in Mineral Wells blaze
Four buildings including the nationally known Crazy Hotel were destroyed by fire early today in Mineral Wells Texas. The estimated loss is $250,000. Other details indicate the blaze affected several structures on the city’s main thoroughfare with firefighters battling the flames through the morning.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
March
Crazy Hotel
Named Secretary To General Dawes
Washington reports that E. Ross Bartley, a Washington newspaper correspondent, has been named secretary to General Charles Gates Dawes in his office as Vice President. Bartley will handle Dawes's day to day affairs and communications in the vice presidential role.
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Washington
E. Ross Bartley
Charles Gates Dawes
Eberts death deepens French worry on German politics
Paris reports President Ebert death provokes pain in both government and opposition. French leaders including Premier Herriot express grief, noting Ebert's republican ideals helped ease Ruhr evacuation talks and influence German policy. Continued on page 13.
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Constantine
Brown
Canton
Newa
Paris
Ebert
Reich
Herriot
Herr Ebert
London
Ruhr
Akron sheriff seeks eight deputies resignations over liquor
Ohio briefs report Sheriff Jack Weaver in Akron demanded the resignation of eight special deputies after a conference with Governor Donahey alleging trafficking in liquor. Other items note a missing Warren teacher likely voluntary disappearance and mad dog bites in Kent.
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Akron
Donahey
Jack Weaver
Weaver
$300000 Fire Destroys Armour Plant At Stock Yards
A spontaneous blaze hit Armour and Company three story beef cutting plant at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The $300,000 fire razed the building as grease and lard explosions injured nine firemen, none seriously.
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Chicago
Armour and Company
Union Stock Yards
Fire destroys LIRR repair shops in Queens
A March 2 fire in Brooklyn New York destroyed the Long Island Railroad electrical repair shops near Morris Park Queens causing about 1 million dollars in property damage and leaving 500 employees out of work.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Long Island
Morris Park
Queens
Ohio Biennium Expenses Reach New High Total
Ohio state government expenditures are projected to total 76,820,000 for the next two fiscal years starting July 1. The general appropriation bill estimates 65,320,000 in spending, about 320,000 more than anticipated revenues, with gasoline tax and auto license fees adding roughly 11,600,000 for highway upkeep. The plan allows care for about 1,320 additional feeble minded patients in state institutions over the period.
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Columbus
Ohio
Blast Horror Still Growing in Rio Explosion Toll
Rio de Janeiro officials estimate at least 600 people killed and over 2000 injured after a massive blast on Caju Island involving dynamite and gasoline. A governmental bulletin lists 316 dead identified and 1811 injured. Many bodies were feared burned in the resulting fire.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Caju Island
Police c
Sualvader
Coneceicao
Trio Held for Murdering Man in Charlestown Mine Row
Charleston March 2 state police arrested Crockett Mullens Hill Trump and Penny Pritt miners in Mammoth strikers tent colony charged with the brutal murder of Dewey Graham non union miner. Mullens and Trump confessed saying Graham was held while Pritt cut his throat near his Blakley home Saturday night. Pritt remains at large.
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Charleston
W. Va
Crockett Mullens
Hill Trump
Mammoth
Dewey Graham
Mullens
Trump
Penny Pritt
Graham
Blakley
Kennedy Habeas Corpus Case Targets Naval Sanity Question
In Napa California on March 2 Lieutenant Frank E Kennedy USN faces a habeas corpus hearing over alleged insanity and hospital confinement. His wife Mrs Kennedy accuses superior officers of pressuring him due to affection for her, while navy officials say a court martial could follow if Kennedy is found sane. He contends he was railroaded to hospital for shielding his wife and for not being Annapolis trained.
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Napa
Cal
Whoether
Frank E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Mare Island
Navy
Annapolis
Bandits Take 700 From Newark Shoe Company Cash
Two bandits robbed the Newark Shoe Company store in Cleveland grabbing $700 from the cash drawer and holding clerk Edward Rhine at gunpoint with automatic pistols.
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Cleveland
Mar
Newark Shoe Company
Edward Rhine
Condemnation Of Tubercular Cattle At Fairmount Home
The Fairmount Children's Home herd of 28 Holstein cows was condemned after Dr. Gillie and Dr. Schneider found every animal tubercular. Milk from the herd had been consumed raw by children. destruction of the herd and disposal of hides and tallow planned. Officials forecast about $3000 loss to the county. barns to be fumigated and new, tested cattle to replace the herd.
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Fairmount Children's Home
the &S Holstein
Gillie
G Qa. Schneider
Canton
A. Fromm
Walter G. Agler
Stark Co Board
EB. EB
Webb
Fromm
Fairmount Home
Farmer Relief Bills Delayed For Year In Congress
Canton Daily News reports that farm relief measures are stalled as Congress jams bills and braces for a yearlong postponement. Coolidge will not call a special session, leaving McFadden and Crampton proposals facing filibusters while Borah urges action for farmers.
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Coolidge
Antra
Congress
McFadden
America
Crampton
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Borah Insers
War Finance Corporation
Husband shoots wife then turns gun on daughter in Woodlawn
Angered by her refusal to leave, Samuel Kish, 40, shot his wife Elizabeth, 38, in Woodlawn, Pa. He then fired at his 12 year old daughter as she fled, and shot himself in the head. Both Kish and the girl were taken to Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, Pa, where Kish was reported to have a chance to recover.
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Woodlawn
Samuel Kish
Elizabeth
Kish
Rochester General Hospital
Rochester
Mitchell Denies Order Violation in Magazine Articles
Brigadier General William Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air service, strongly denies in a letter to the House Aircraft Committee that he flouted orders of President Coolidge and the War Department in writing articles for a weekly magazine. Secretary Weeks told the committee Mitchell violated orders by not submitting the article for superior approval.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
House Aircraft Committee
Cooldge
War Department
Weeks
Mitchell
U S Protest Over Chinese Seizure of Steamer Chichuen
The United States files a strong protest with China after the river steamer Chichuen was seized on the upper Yangtze. The captain and passengers were arrested and barred from leaving the ship for several days, prompting the protest at the American legation.
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Peking
United States
China
Upper
Yangtze
Cardinal Leads U S Pilgrims to Rome Journey Begins
The first American pilgrimage of the holy year, 450 people from New England, arrived in Naples led by Cardinal OConnell. He toured Posilipo and Pompeii today, plans to motor to Rome Tuesday for a three week stay, while others stay three days for sightseeing before joining him. The cardinal expressed gratification at guiding the first American pilgrims.
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Canton Daily News
Naples
New England
Posilipo
Pompeli
Rome
Cardinal O'Connell
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