Exhumations Sought in McClintock Case. Shepherd Denied Bond
In Chicago on March 26 exhumations of Mrs. Wm. McClintock and Dr. Oscar Olson were ordered to gather more evidence in a 17 year conspiracy tied to Billy McClintock's typhoid death. William D. Shepherd was denied bail and sent to county jail pending trial for murder of his foster son.
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Chicago
Wm. Mclintock
Billy McClintock
Oscar Olson
Harry Olson
McClintock
Billy
Circuit Court
Willam D. Shepherd
Punty
Shepherd
Jacob Hopkins
Criminal Court
Robert B.rowe
William Scott Stewart
Crowe
Maimed Beauty Tells Her Story in Bombay Trial
Mumtaz Begum, once called the most beautiful Nautch girl in India, testifies in Bombay about ten years as the Maharajah of Indore's mistress, a visit to England, a child born there, and its murder. She is the first witness in the preliminary trial of ten men accused in her lover's murder and her own mutilation.
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Bombay
Indore
England
Mumtaz Begum
India
Mumtaz
Babe Chokes to Death in Cleveland Breakfast
Four year old Albert Sabados of Cleveland choked on bread and coffee at breakfast. Physicians removed the obstruction but could not save his life.
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Cleveland
Albert Sabados
New Comet Copenhagen Sighted Between Leo and Virgo
A comet of the eleventh magnitude was located between the borders of Leo and Virgo, reported from Copenhagen on March 27 by Prof. Schorr Bergdorf.
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Copenhagen
Leo
Virgo
Schorr Bergdorf
Flapper Bandit Steals From Stable Watchman
Hubert Elliott, a stable guard in Dayton Ohio, testified in common pleas court that a white girl about 19 in a bobbed hair and boy’s cap held him up at midnight. She brandished a pistol, escorted him two blocks, took $25 and his watch calling it “no good,” then vanished down an alley after a running chat.
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Dayton
Hubert Elliott
Common Pleas Court
Elliott
Four Bandits Surrounded In Abandoned Mine Near Mingo
In Steubenville Ohio on March 26 a posse surrounded the Bret Tell Coal Mine near Mingo after four post office bandits fled to the mine following a shooting that wounded dry agent Jos. B. Boom. A loot haul of $1,000 was found in the fired car. Police planned a starve-out, with 30 men closing in from two directions. The car was listed under William D. Irwin of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh address records.
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Steubenville
Tala Serge
Brettell
Mingo
Jos. B. Boom
Boom
Wm. Allison
Allison
Frank A. Hawkins
Dick Carter
Harrisburg
Wm. D. Irwin
Baxter Street
Pittsburgh
Hogon guide named co respondent in Hendricks divorce
In Brooklyn on March 26 Jo Secakuka Hopi guide is named co respondent in a divorce action filed by millionaire sportsman Clifford Hendricks against Ida May Hendricks. The complaint alleges sensational charges akin to the Stillman case filed in supreme court.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Jo Secakuka
Hopi Indian Guide
Clifford Hendricks
Ida May Hendricks
Kenmore
Stillman
Hendricks
Dr. Albert C. Jones Dies in Marion Ohio
Dr Albert Cornell Jones a retired Episcopal rector and former faculty member at Ohio Central College Iberia died of uremic poisoning at his Marion home He was born December 28 1857 in Doylestown Wayne County and served churches in Cleveland Delaware Pennsylvania and Wisconsin He retired from ministry a year ago due to ill health
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Marion, O
Albert Cornell Jones
Episcopal
Old Ohio Central College
Iberia
Warren G. Harding
Jones
Doylestown
Wayne County
Cleveland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Burke denounces plan to abolish party primaries in Ohio
Former State Senator J F Burke Elyria labels the proposed Algier resolution to end primary nominations an act of supreme impudence. He says the people would repudiate such power grab at the polls, and notes the house caucus is split on the three fifths votes needed for adoption. The next calendar day before a three week recess is pivotal as leaders weigh amendments to retain primaries for most offices.
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Columbus
J. F. Burke
Elyria
Big Eytes
Aigler
Ohio
United States
House
America
Burke
Mr. Burke
Repulse Fanatics Drive Back In Nejd Conflict
Fanatic tribesmen under Ibn Said clash with government troops near Cairo. Government dispatches from Jeddah report 390 deaths in the attack. The pursuit continues as authorities consolidate control in the region.
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Cairo
Ibn Said
Nejd
Jedeh
Miss Virginia Cockrill Crowned Canton Beauty
Miss Virginia Cockrill of 2433 Winfield NE was chosen as Miss Canton by Miss Ruth Malcolmson, Miss America winner, after a three day engagement. Competitor Mrs Bessie McKimmey of 802 Lith St NW was her runner up. height and presence decided the vote. Cockrill received a large loving cup as the prize.
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Virginia Cockrill
Winfield Way
Canton
Ruth Malcolmson
Atlantic City
Miss Cockrill
Malcolmson
Bessie McKimmey
Cockrill le
Mrs. McKimmey
Death toll and aftermath of West Frankfort cyclone
Jerry Sullivan, after funeral services for a baby he believed was his son, learned another infant at the home of J. K. Whittaker looked like him. Sullivan later identified the boy at Whittaker's home as the lost child. His wife and a daughter remain in hospital. another child was killed in the cyclone. Mayor Bert Bagley called for volunteers to help clean up the district, with over a hundred workers joining the effort.
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West Frankfort
Jerry Sullivan
Sullivan
J. K. Whittaker
Whittaker
Bert Bagley
Todls
Man Kills Wife Then Wounds Self in Cincinnati Tragedy
Pearl Smith, 25, a World War II veteran, killed his wife Minnie Smith, 30, by cutting her throat after separation. He slit his own throat and wrist and is dying. He left five notes accusing another man and relatives of causing marital troubles and requested a double coffin with no access for the other man.
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Cincinnati
Pearl Smith
Minnie
Smith
Winston Named Washington World War Debt Funding Chief
Secretary Mellon announced Garrard B. Winston as secretary of the world war debt funding commission. He succeeds Assistant Secretary Elliot Wadsworth who is retained in some role.
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Debt Funding Commission
Washington
Treasury
Mellon Today
Garrard B. Winston
World War Debt Funding Commission
Elliot Wadsworth
Thorpe's Wife Seeks Divorce and Custody
Mrs. Iva Thorpe files suit for divorce from Jim Thorpe on abandonment and desertion in Tulsa Oklahoma. She seeks custody of their three children. The Thorpes married in 1913 and Mrs. Thorpe is a Cherokee Indian. Thorpe rose to fame at Carlisle and played pro baseball and football and was Olympian.
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Tulsa
Okla
Iva Thorpe
Jim Thorpe
Five Year Old Boy Kills Girl in Dayton Tragedy
In Harsh manville near Dayton a five year old boy shot four year old Mildred Grice in the chest with a .22 revolver. The child, daughter of SEB Grice and wife, died instantly. coroner rules accidental wound.
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Dayton
Harshmanville
Payton
Mildred
Seb, Grice
Billy Bower
Billy
Ohio Senate to vote on purge of red professors
Ohio lawmakers prepare to vote on a resolution to purge state universities of red professors. Senate leaders forecast a stormy session with opposition from Senator George Bender who calls it an attempt to gag independent thinking. The measure would create a six member joint committee to investigate faculties at three state schools and potentially cut salaries of those found affiliated with socialist or communist groups.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Wls
Senate
George Bender
Cleveland
James K. Hopley
Bucyrus Republican
Hopley
Ohio State University
Lieutenant Kennedy to resign from Navy amid family troubles
Lt Frank Kennedy A N says he will resign from the navy. He cites unspecified troubles and a furlough condition of silence. Kennedy recently had a frame regarding his wife’s fight to rescue someone from a California hospital, and he is visiting relatives in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Frank Kennedy
Navy
House Curbing Delays With Five Minute Debates
Columbus reports House leaders moved to speed up sessions ahead of a Friday recess. Acting on Speaker Harry B. Silver’s push to value time, Republicans Taft proposed a five minute debate limit and two speaking per bill. Silver warned members to stay seated and vote on the first roll call.
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Columbus
House
Harry B. Silver
Robert A. Taft
Silver
Cal Wright Sentenced for Obscene Valentines Mailings
Calvin Wright received a thirty day jail term in federal court for sending penny valentines in lurid colors with profanity. He mailed them to a friend in Sardis Ohio, who reported him leading to his arrest.
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Columbus
Calvin Wright
Fedrel Court
Wright
Mamn
Sardis
Ohio
Measure Clears Canton Municipal Court Bill in Lower House
The Ohio House approved by 103 to 2 a bill to create a Canton municipal court. The measure, already passed by the Senate, now goes to Governor Donahey who is expected to veto, as he favors a general state law rather than local courts. Backers hope for a veto override.
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Columbus
House
Canton
State Senate
Donahey
Ohio Bell Investigation Funding Cut by Ohio House
Columbus March 26 The city soldiers for an Ohio Bell Telephone Company probe saw their funding slashed by the House finance committee from 200 000 to 35000. Of the cut 15000 goes to the utilities commission 10000 to the attorney general for special counsel and 10000 remains with the board of control. Lawmakers may reconsider and restore funds.
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Columbus
City Soldier's
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
House Finance Committee
Senate
McCreery
The
Utilities Commission
Attorney General
Board of Control
Dykeman Quits. Harper Named Acting Prohibition Chief
Henry A. Dykeman of Elyria resigns as federal prohibition director for Ohio Indiana and Michigan to pursue private business. John Harper in Cleveland is named acting divisional chief as the case of J B Russell’s indictment looms and James A White is considered for the post.
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Cleveland
Henry A. Dykeman
Elyria
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Dykeman
Roy Haynes
Washington, D. C
John Harper
J. B. Russell
James A. White
Anti-Saloon League
United States
Haynes
Toledo Society Belle Wins Divorce From Millionaire Sportsman
Mrs Florence Owens of Toledo won a divorce from John Raymond Owens, awarded by Judge Austin on grounds of neglect and extreme cruelty. Alimony of 150000 and custody of their daughter with a 50000 trust fund. Irene Dalton of Hollywood named as co respondent in the divorce case.
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Toledo
Florence Owens
John Raymond Owens
Austin
Owens
Irene Dalton
Hollywood
Coolidge Sees Healthy U S Business Amid Stocks Speculation
President Coolidge, urged by cabinet members, asserts U S business remains healthy despite stock market swings. Secretary Mellon reports broadly sound conditions with strong industry. Labor figures show unemployment steady and a tendency to preserve current wage scales. Tax policy and agricultural plans dominate upcoming government agenda as Coolidge contemplates a busy year and possible Swampscott summer capital.
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David Lawrence
Canton Daily News
Washington
Coolidge
United States
New York
Mellon
Davis
Department of Labor
Mr. Coolidge
Congress
Treasury
Potomac
President
William Jardine
Kansas
Swampscott, Mags
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