Slow Man To Escape Operation
Louisville march 10 Circumstances linked up with statements today in which police held substantiation of the strange story of William Gates 31 that he killed Richard Heaton his former business associate to save himself from mutilation in revenge for the fancied violation of Heaton home Surgical implements rubber sheeting and an improvised operating table were found in the house where Gates says he was held captive two days and where Heaton s body was found Detective involved Frank Cordell 24 of the ONeill detective agency of Indianapolis was to undergo further questioning on his return from Indianapolis where he admitted to detectives that he expected to get it for this after his arrest on charges that he aided in the kidnapping of Gates Police believe that Heaton insanely jealous of his wife obtained Cordell s help in seizing Gates at the office of Heaton and Fisher brokers Prepare to operate From there Gates says he was taken to a house where preparations were made to operate on him Heaton held a funnel containing cotton to his nostrils and poured chloroform in it Gates says Feigning unconsciousness Gates continued he mumbled instructions that an aunt at Logansport be notified if anything happened to Phil gave him a reprieve and later he was forced to call his aunt by telephone The plans for immediate operation were suspended and he lay handcuffed for two days under guard Gates says that when being taken to a bathroom his handcuffs were removed and he seized an old revolver which he had concealed on his person He fired two shots at Heaton from the house he told SAS physician heard the shots and entered the house to find Heaton dead
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Louisville
Whit
William Gates
Richard Heaton
Heaton
Gates
Frank Cordell
O'Neill Detective Agency
Indianapolis
Indiana City
Neaton
Cordell
Logansport
Phil
SAS
Washington Letter and Political Banter on Optimism and Antiques
The Washington Letter notes Willis’s dinner table rule for optimism and a digression on Mrs Genevieve Clark Thompson potentially entering Louisiana Congress. It also highlights Newark, New Jersey owners with two 350 year old French watches, dating from before the Pilgrim era, described as antiques.
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Washington
Genevieve Clark Thompson
New Orleans
Champ Clark
Louisiana
Regular Teller
A bank teller refuses a colored man who says he deposited ten dollars six months ago. The teller dismisses him saying the interest has been eaten up and that he has no money in the bank. The exchange highlights racial bias in a financial setting.
Very Heroic Maud Major Is It True That One Enemy Died
A wartime exchange from Pearsons Weekly reveals Maj Bluntly confirming a heroism claim and bluntly stating I killed him as the reason. The dialogue presents a stark, grim answer to a noble question regarding life saving actions during conflict.
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Maud
Iajor
Pearsons Weekly
Coolidge Gains States as Gil Probe Goes On
Washington March 1 The Coolidge campaign has quietly built delegate strength for the Cleveland convention, claiming 184 delegates from ten states Virginia Kentucky New Hampshire Kansas Colorado Mississippi Minnesota and others. New Hampshire votes first tomorrow with Johnson lacking delegates there. The battle continues through South Dakota Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Nebraska Oregon Pennsylvania New Jersey Ohio Massachusetts Maryland California Indiana Montana West Virginia in May.
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George Ro Homes
Washington
Mitted
Naval Oil
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Virginia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Kansas
Colorado
Mississippi
New Hhompshire
Fram Johnson
California
George H. Moses
Moses
South Dakota
Johnson
Peter Norbeck
Coulider
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Baby Hamon Heads to Senate to Defend Dead Father
Olive Belle Hamon, 16, Jake Hamon's daughter known as Baby Hamon, leaves Chicago for Washington aboard the Capitol Limited. She carries a violin, plans to testify to the Senate that Leonard Wood Jr. lied, asserting her late father’s innocence amid a 1920 Republican convention backdrop.
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Chicago
Senate
Tius
Olive Belle Hamon
Jake Hamon
Washington
Capitol
Clara Smith Hamnon
J Kes
General Wood
Leonard Wood, Jr
Officials only Daugherty and Elkins traded Sinclair oil stock
Washington reports that Attorney General Daugherty and Senator Elkins were the sole officials shown to have dealt in Sinclair oil stock. Senator Walsh of the Senate oil investigating committee said accountants found no records of other officials trading Sinclair stock, and both men have admitted their dealings.
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Daugherty
Elkins
Washington
Mar
Walsh
Senate Oil Investigating Committee
Sinclair Stock
Des Moines Woman to Run For Congress
Des Moines, Ia, Mar 10. Mrs A H Hoffman county superintendent of schools announced her candidacy for election to Congress on the Republican ticket in opposition to Congressman C Dowell. She is active in Polk county women s clubs Chamber of Commerce Federation of Women s Clubs and Women s Rotary Club. She is a member of the D A R Eastern Star and American Legion Auxiliary.
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Des Moines
A H. Hoffman
Congress
C. Dowell
Polk County
Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Womens Clubs
Women's Rotary Club
DP A. R., Astern Star
American Legion Auxiliary
Woman Electrocuted While Taking Bath and Curling Hair
In Pomeroy Iowa on March 10, Mrs W J Julius wife of a prominent local businessman was found dead in her bathtub. A curling iron with its cord attached to a lighting socket was submerged in the water, the coroner says the likely cause. She was active in welfare work and a member of the women's club. Julius runs a drug store and is a director of the Pomeroy band and the Sioux City Shrine band.
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Pomeroy
W. J. Julius
Women’s Club
Julius
Pomeroy Band
Sioux City
Four Boys Confess Attempt on Train Wrecks in Muscatine
Four juvenile offenders, the oldest 12, confessed to the juvenile court that they tried to wreck the Muscatine Burlington Southern train by spiking rails and blocking switches with steel. Proceedings will be instituted. names withheld by officers. March 10 Muscatine.
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Muscatine
Dhool
Burlington
Southern
Iti
Wheeler Lays Down Fight In Mexico Revolution Tale
New York reports EL L Doheny, head of Pan American Petroleum, rebutted Senator Wheeler's charge that oil magnates funded revolutions in Mexico. Doheny denied aiding revolution, claimed lending Obregon government 5 million dollars, and called Wheeler a senatorial liar. He cited the Walsh Lenroot inquiry and urged Wheeler to retract or prove his claim. He asserted the accusations were reckless and false.
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New York
Mexico
Obregon
EL L. Doheny
Pan Americum Petroleum Company
Wheeler
Montana
Doheny
Arry FP. Stielair
United States Department of Justices
Moscow
Senate
United States
Harry Sinclair
Edward BH
McLean
Daugherty
Sedentary Pursuits Advertises Egg Hatchery at Low Cost
An town man advertises in his home weekly offering to hatch eggs at cents a dozen. The message appears in the Kaun sas City Star, noting a home based service promising economical poultry incubation.
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Kaunsas City
Direct election proposal for federal judges in senate
Washington reports a constitutional amendment introduced by Senator Dill proposing direct people’s election of federal judges and the appointment of Supreme Court justices from elected inferior court judges. A second, unrelated anecdote features a boy and his uncle debating a sheltering savings plan.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Dill
Supreme Court of the United States
Jndges
Propagandist Warns Taxes May Break Back of Public
A fervent advocate argues proposed levies push the burden too far, claiming that mounting taxes threaten to break the camel's back. The remark reflects heated opposition to fiscal proposals amid public debate.
Hear Ralph Bingham Next Thursday Night
The Vinton community hosts Ralph Bingham at the M E church next Thursday evening for an entertainment program of stories and music as part of the Winter Lecture Course. The event, organized by the Vinton Federation of Women's Clubs, helps reduce a deficit with support from the Redpath Bureau.
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Vinton
America
Ralph Bingham
M. EL Church
Seismograph Records Two Local Earth Tremors in Seattle
The University of Washington seismograph recorded two considerable shocks today in Seattle Washington. The first occurred at approximately dawn and the second shortly after sunrise. Both were single instantaneous jars of local origin traveling north to south.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Western Union Won't Have to Pay Damages For Unsent Message
Washington March 10 The Supreme Court of the United States upheld Western Union Telegraph Companys appeal denying damages to J A Czizek Oakland California for a telegram filed at Boise Idaho that was never sent Lower courts found negligence due to non delivery but the high court reversed ruling that sent message provisions protected the company and relieved liability
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Supreme Court of the United States
J. A
Marines Withdrawn From Cela Honduras
United States Marines have been withdrawn from Cela Honduras while the destroyer Denver remains in the harbor to protect American interests, the State Department announced today.
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Washington
United States
Cela
Honduras
Denver
State Department
Grain on Farms Worth a Billion Dollars
Washington reports that the value of wheat corn barley and oats on U.S. farms is about a billion dollars. Estimates show March 1 1924 stocks and percentages of the 1922 and 1923 crops, with farm holdings of corn wheat and oats and projected outflow and merchantable shares. The data include bushel counts and ten year averages for comparison.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Marek Jong
Mrs Byfield Loses $100000 Suit in Ga Court
Deratur Georgia March 10 Mrs Clyde Byfield an Atlanta beauty lost her 100000 damage suit against Walter Candler when the jury returned a verdict in favor of the millionaire She charged a bodily attack aboard the steamship Berengaria in 1922
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Deratur
Clyde Byfield
Atlanta
Walter Candler
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