Bowen Seeks City Reform as Expenditure Probe Heard
West Side club to hear Bowen resolution demanding inspection of city records over 1923-24 payroll rise of 78 620 dollars. Wertz invites inquiry. Bowen asserts high per capita costs and urges publicity to inform taxpayers while stressing need for government curtailment and accountability.
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Bowen
West Side Business Men's Association
W. W. Wertz
Samuel E. Bowen
West Side Organization
Ax Peyern
Weat
Charleston
Department of Commerce
Washyogton
K. Bowen
First Hearings In Murder Case At Chicago Jail
Indicted for murdering his foster son the McClintock case, William Tarling Shepherd faces further hearings in municipal court. Prosecution details and defense remarks reveal cross examinations and funding notes as authorities pursue bail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Williem Tarling Shepherd
Accuracy
Gathionaire
Willi Liam
Moettintock
Robert E. Crowe
Jacob Hopkins
Justice Olson
Young McClintock
Garman
Shepherd
McChintock
Gormaty
Northern Trust Company
McCligtosk
Shepherda
McClintock
Wiliam
J.P. Marenand
C. ¢ Faiman
Thethia Real
Patrice J. MacMahon
P Thane
Tennessee Bars Evolution Theory in Public Schools
Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed a bill barring the teaching of evolution in public schools. In accompanying remarks, the governor described evolution as contrary to biblical creation and stated the bill upholds the Bible’s account of man’s divine creation, despite claims of religious liberty and church-state separation.
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Mnashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Austin Peay
New York Captain Sentenced for Abduction of 14-Year-Old
Captain Hubert F. Jennings, merchant marine officer, is given five to ten years in Blue Ring prison after pleading guilty to abducting Ane Brkhavsek, 14, from New York to Philadelphia Washington and Norfolk without her parents consent. The appeal to Intercede by ADA Geoghan prompted the girl to promise cooperation if Jennings is freed.
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Sing Sing
New York
Hubert F. Jennings
McLaughlin
Blue Ring
Bbrkhavsek
Philadelphia
Washington
Norfolk
Six Killed by Blast of Nitro in Kentucky Home
Monticello Ky March 23 A 65 year old Pater Franklin and his five children were killed yesterday afternoon when a can of nitro glycerine exploded in the Franklin yard near a nitro glycerine plant. The children, while playing, picked the can and carried it home. One child beat the can later as the family stood nearby when the explosion occurred.
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Monticello
Pater Franklin
Schildren
Frazer Yes
Franklin
Coolidge withholds guard funds amid inquiry
Washington march 23 president coolidge suspended $3,074,090 in national guard appropriations beyond congress recommendations awaiting an inquiry to assess need and impact on tax reduction. funds include $1,222,000 for armory drill work this year with remaining for next fiscal year.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
National Guard
White House
Senate
Special Grand Jury to Probe Slaying in Ohio
Huntington March 23 Jedee Fred G Roberts of Lawrence county Ohio common pleas court and Prosecuting attorney James Calder after a conference at Ironton decided to call a special session of the grand jury to investigate the death of Barrivon Wilkes and the wounding of Fred Base of Chesapeake yesterday In a fight between Jess Porky and Melvin Neff Lawrence county deputy sheriff in front of the Chesapeake city hall Both men were killed Wilkes and Base was wounded Base underwent an operation today at the Kernan hospital for a bullet lodged in his back after entering his chest and following a rib’s curve Relatives of Wilkes and Base planned to travel to Trenton to swear warrants charging Fos and Neff with murder and entering with intent to kill. no formal charges yet filed against the deputies
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Huntington
Jedee
Fred G. Roberts
Lawrence County
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
James Calder
Ironton
Grand Jury
Barrivon Wilkes
Keraler-tntdeld Hospital
Ala Jett
Formal ratification of Isle of Pines treaty secured
Washington reports a formal exchange of ratifications at the State Department. Secretary Kel loge and Ambassador Torriente affix signatures for the American and Cuban governments. Ratification includes Senate reservations and understanding, bringing the treaty into effect immediately with Cuban surcharge over the island after more than two years.
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Washington
Myereh
State Department
Kelloge
Torriente
Vortiente
Senate
Terogaiten
United Blaies
Prince of Wales Prepares for Six Month South Africa Tour
London dispatch says the Prince of Wales will depart Saturday for a six month tour of South Africa and South America. He will attend a lone public engagement at a South African luncheon club, visit Wembley exhibition, and clear up business affairs. He plans a fox hunt, avoids major racing events, and will broadcast speeches from Johannesburg Pretoria Durban. He attended a West End performance then met Barrymore afterward.
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London
Princé of Wales
South Africa
South America
England
Wembly Exhibition
Strand
Wales
Deilver
Cepstown
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Durban
Haymarket
John Herrymoore
Teralty
Amarivar
Barrymare
Road Contract Setting Today by State Road Commission
The state road commission announces bid openings and contract awards for a major road and bridge project. The first group seeks funding for 212 miles of road and 16 bridges with bids due at 10 AM today, followed by second and third group bid deadlines and awards over the next two days. Completion targets and openings stretch from Charleston to Logan and Ansted to Vitae with work planned to start around April 1.
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State Road Commission
Elorlinias
Common Pleas
Jeourt Room
Road Commission
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Conpledon
Wquil Aliane
Sha State Toxicature
Wits Wll
Anracd
Read and Cortracta
Bulldine
HM Aniock
Road Commleciyn
Quitrier Street
Common Pleas Court Room
Midyland
Treland
Charleston
Logan
Anated
Vitae
Victor
Hica
State Rand
Ra Hin
Enominisaion St Imeans
Woman Battelle Dies in Washington G O P Setback
Mrs Anha Gordon Battelle a Columbus Republican national committee member and womens club leader died in the New Willard hotel Washington after a week there at age 64 She came to attend her brothers birthday with Bishop John W Hamilton present Her niece Mrs Wilbur Quincy and sister Miss Sarah Frances Battelle survive Her body to be taken to Columbus for burial Battelle also held directorships at American Rolling Mill Middletown Ohio and Talvid River company among others
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Washington
Anha Gordon Battelle
Columbus
New Willard Hotel
American University
Hamilton
Wilbur Quincy
Elizabeth
N. J
Sarah Frances Battelle
Woathington
Columbua
Third Death Sentence Hears Plea in Boone County Murder
Boone County authorities fear Tawrente Woods remains at large after a brutal ax murder of his wife in Greens. The case has drawn wide attention as a third death sentence hearing proceeds with authorities reporting no trace of Woods and the suspicion he may have fled.
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Tawrente Woods
Verroldlum
Greens
Boone County
Roonties
Hesse
Williams
Jeffett
Jeubuay
Wiliam
Uzz
Bend
Fairmont
P. Smith
Chapman Ready for Life Fight
Gerard Chapman, a notorious felon with a history of mail crime and prison escapes, goes on trial for the murder of Patrolman James J. Skelly in Hartford County Superior Court. He faces a life sentence and will be brought from jail under armed guard with restricted spectators as prosecutors prepare for a high-stakes case.
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Hartford
Cann
Mar
Gerard Chapman
Grammercy Square
Hartford County
James J. Skelly
New Britain
Chapman
Urison
Enarié
Chapaman
Muncie
Ind
Vendry
We Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Lonnie Cut
Hischvier Jt .Gunsel
Frederick J. Groehl
New York
Blugh MM. Alcorn
Choranan
Admits Making False Entries In Cleveland Discount Case
Cleveland dated report cites H Lane auditor now with Receivers testifying that he made entries inflating profits by 100000 dollars on instructions from Raymond L Poland. He said instruction date July 20 and that former president Jobiahi Wwirby approved the entries. Poland and Kirby charged in the case.
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Cleveland
Red H. Lane
Cleveland Discount Company
Pest
Rrymond
Man Confesses Slaying of Wife in Cleveland Case
Frank Linka confessed after three interrogations to strangling his wife Mrs Carthering Liska and then setting fire to a chicken coop where her body was found. Detective Lt. Harry Welgs announced the alleged admission and says Liska denied saturating her clothing with kerosene.
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Cleveland
Hig. Maron
Frank Linka
Carthering Liska
Tonish
Harry Welgs
Liska
Welss
Proclamation Invites States to Philadelphia Expo Start
Washington March 13 President Conlidan issued a proclamation inviting all 43 states and foreign governments to participate in the international exposition in Philadelphia from June 1 to November 30, 1926. The event marks the 180th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and will showcase progress in art, industry, and commerce as well as developments in products of air, soil, forest, and sea.
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Washington
Conlidan
United States
Philadelphia
Plane Tests on Ships Fail to End Dispute Over Effectiveness
Analyzes naval air bombing tests amid a war of opinions between the Navy and Army Air Service. Both sides claimed dominance after sinking ships and testing aircraft, with results cited yet controversy persisting over whether bombers could defeat battleships. The piece critiques biased judgments and stresses need for objective data from the tests.
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Army Air Force
Rmien
Malini
Petuilar
Generals Board
Navy
Air Service
Seraplanes
Pershing Named Plebes ite Head For Commission
President Coolidge appoints General John J. Pershing as head of the Tacomo Arica plebiscite commission charged with resolving the Chile Peru maritime dispute. Pershing, veteran of World War I, accepts amid duties expected to demand heavy responsibility and labor, signaling renewed U.S. involvement in regional affairs.
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Tatra
Arica Commission
Coolidge
South
Washington
Jo J. Pershing
Tha ‘Tacom-Arica
Didaute
Chile
Peru
United States
Army
White House
Par
Chant Thay
Miner death in woods linked to hanging suicide
Tony Boreukoe, 21, a mine worker from Oweka ville, was found suspended by a clothes line from a branch in Moundsville woods at 2:30 pm. Coroner J T McCormbs ruled suicide, citing depression as a likely factor.
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Tony Boreukoe
Owekeville
nWie
Borzukos
J. T. McCormbs
Marshall County
Hla
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