Probe of the Riggs bank may disturb Republican program
An application for a rehearing in the Midwest Oil case was filed in Washington by a Denver legal team led by Frank B. Kellogg. The Supreme Court decision Feb. 25 upheld Taft’s withdrawal of 4.6 million acres of oil lands in California and Wyoming from public entry, affecting the Midwest Oil Company and its holdings in Casper and other Wyoming districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riggs Bank
Harry Thaw
Washington
Midwest Oil Compenant
Wyoming
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Joel F. Vaile
W. F. MacAllister
K. C
Schuyter
Schuyler
Tyson Dines
Orville Pines
Denver
United States Supreme Court
Taft
California
Unap
United States
Midwesthil Company
Casper
Riner
Cheyenne
Midwest Company
Ball Creek
Supreme Court
Murder Cases Inquired Into In Lima And Bronx
In Lima Ohio Derance S Riddle 25 awaiting police court hearing is charged with the murder of 16 year old Susie Coleman whose body was found near the Lima railroad yards. Riddle confessed after arrest claiming she was about to become a mother. In New York City police renew efforts to identify a Bronx murder victim, with Mrs Claudia Hansbury of Troy asserting she is the dead woman and Rafaele Viallo held on homicide charges denying involvement.
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Lima
Ohio
New York
Bronx
William H. Burk
Claudia Hansbury
Troy
N. Y
Christopher Carr
Hansbury
Rafaele Viallo
Miner Dies After 3200 Foot Fall at Colorado Shaft
Edward Bonnell aged 49, lessee of the No 2 shaft of the Last Dollar Golf Mining Co, fell from a hoisting bucket and was killed while being raised from the 200-foot level. His body was recovered from the dump at the 860-foot level near Cripple Creek Colorado.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Edward Bonnell
Dollar ‘Golf’ Mining Company
Greatest World War Battle Defeats Russian Forces
Vienna reports the largest battle in history ended in a Russian defeat after a four week engagement with 8.5 million participating. The Russian offensive was halted and repulsed with vast casualties as 600 trains carried wounded to interior Russia.
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Vienna
Carpathians
Russia
Combatting Rodent Pests Most Serious Problem Here
An Archer Wyoming agricultural note explains prairie dogs and ground squirrels devastate western crops. Spring is best to attack with poisoned grain or alfalfa and astrychnine mix, prepared cheaply, placed at burrow entrances, with precautions to keep poisons away from livestock.
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Leroy D. Willey
Co-Operative Experimental Farm
Archer
Wyo
Great Plains
Althoit
Ume
Attempt to Destroy Kansas City Plant Suspect Arrested
April 16 report says John Mulvahill, a former Cudahy Packing worker, was arrested with cap fuse and four sticks of dynamite near the Cudahy storage plant in Kansas City Kansas. Two other men, Max Barren and R E Coley, were also held, as officials warned of planned further plots to destroy plant facilities and harm executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Cudahy Packing Company
Thomas Fleming
Kansas City, Kan
Cudahy
John Mulvahill
Mulvahill
Max Barren
R. E
Coley
Fleming
Mulvyahil
A. L. Berger
Cudahy Company
Rey
South
Omaha
Neb
Reno Swarms With Divorces
Reno last night became the center of a revived divorcee colony with cheers and festivities. Since the new divorce law took effect, about 150 seekers have arrived on trains and joined revelry in cafes and cabarets as the town mapped a lively night.
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Reno
Reno Wes
Huerta Not In Sympathy With Mexico
In New York on April 16 General Victoriano Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, was attacked in a statement by Francisco Urquidi consul general for the Villa government, claiming both factions are united against Huerta though Carranza representatives offered no comment beyond entering no protest against the former provisional leader.
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New York
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Francisco Uruquid
Villa
Huerta
Carranza
Minneota Steamship Stranded at Inland Sea Entrance
The Minneota lies fast on a rock at the Inland Sea entrance after a Sunday night strike. If weather permits, she may be treated in a fortnight. Dynamite 10 float steamer Toklo reports the situation as serious and in need of action to quell the hazard.
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North Sea
Northumberland County
North Seacoast
London
Toklo
Minnesota
Riggs Case Postponed to May 2 in DC Suit
Judge McCoy of the District of Columbia supreme court granted a postponement in the Riggs National Bank injunction case against Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams. The temporary order bars payment of 5000 dollars in interest into the treasury to cover penalties for alleged reporting failures and extends the injunction until hearings next month.
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Washington
McCoy
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Riggs National Bank
McAdoo
Williams
John Burke
United States
Treasury
Ruis. Brandeis
Submarine F-4 Recovery Work Advances
April 16 report notes continued work on lines to the wrecked submarine F-4, as divers press to reach the sunken craft.
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Ng Lines
Sage Caries $15,000 to Wildlife Protection Fund
Mrs Sage contributed $15,000 to the permanent wildlife protection fund as part of a drive aiming for $100,000 to safeguard game. The fund has raised $67,760 to date, including Mrs Sage’s total of $25,000. Trustees plan to create many game preserves in national forests and award a medal to Boy Scouts for meritorious wildlife service.
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Wild
Lipr
New York
Mre
Russell Sage
Permanent
Wild Life Protection Fund
Mre. Sage
Moy
Kansas Clean-Up Day Organizers Rally Statewide
A statewide cleanup drive in Kansas mobilized women’s clubs and youth groups for spring cleaning. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides coordinated inspection and assistance as free wagons collected refuse in numerous municipalities under Governor Capper’s proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Apel
Kansas
Capper
Desire for peace dominates Hungary as people seek end to conflict
A Budapest dispatch reports the overwhelming public wish for peace across Hungary. Newspapers reflect this mood with prominent editorials and opinion pieces, showing how deeply citizens are absorbed by the peace question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Hssup
Dutch Government Reports Submarine Sinking Katwyk Near North Hinder
The Hague April 16 government announced it was satisfied that a submarine sank the Dutch steamer Katwyk near the North Hinder lightship. The nation did not reveal the submarine's nationality but said an official inquiry into that aspect would continue.
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The
Hague
Rambonnet
Katwyk
North Hinder
Belgium neutrality question after German retreat from Belgium
Rome correspondent for Tijdays reports the German embassy in Rome asked Belgium through the Belgian legation to the Quirinal if Belgium would stay neutral for the rest of the war after German forces withdraw. Belgium’s reply remains unknown.
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Amsterdam
Vila
London
Rome
Quirinal
Belgium
Misconceptions on Rural Loans Debunked by Department
Officials in Washington stress there was no national program of direct government loans to carriers. A joint committee was tasked to draft rural credit bills, drawing on two years of department studies and European experience to propose a unified system suited to American farms.
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Holland
Emden
Cuxhaven
Zepline
Herne Bay
Kent
Thames
London
Canterbury
Sittingbourne
Faversham
Washington
Congress
Ceaste
House of Representatives
Department of the Problems of
Commission
Heme
Isaorla
Congreaa
Pura
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Stanford White
Tost
Supreme Court Appellate Division
New Hampshire
Justice Page
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Neuve Chapelle
France
No Man's Land
England
Aeroplanea
Zeppelin
Deal
Budapest
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