Three Men Offer Alibis in Chapman Trial
Hartford April 1 jurors hear three men testify to Chapman's alibi for October 12 in New Britain. They claim Chapman was in Brooklyn until 2 am, challenging the state's pistol expert testimony tying a bullet to his weapon. The defense will finish its case with two witnesses.
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New York World News Service
Hartford
Peterman
Moll
Chapman
James Skelly
New Britain
Skelly
Brooklyn
Walter KK. Shean
Squealer
Meriden
Conn
Holyoke
Mass
South Hadley
Hey Tol
Eeany
Muncie
Ind
Groehl
J. Henry Fitzgerald
Atwater
Shean
Brew
Francis Brew
Chastain
Albany Avenue
Pope's Horses Bolt in Vatican Courtyard
In Rome on April 1 Pope Pius IX faced a scare as Papal horses bolted in the Vatican courtyard while trumpets sounded for an afternoon procession to St Peter's. The driver was knocked down but uninjured, and the Pope continued to his private rooms before a rest and later a garden ride. The incident highlights horses unused to public noise.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Vatican Palace
Pope Pius
St. Peter's Cathedral
Vatican Gardens
N. Y. World
York World
Woodlock Sworn In As I C C Commissioner
Thomas F. Woodlock was sworn in as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The War Department announced additional rivers and harbors allotments totaling 30.6 million dollars. The State Department and the Netherlands envoy signed an agreement to arbitrate sovereignty over Las Palmas Island. Pacific Mail Steamship Company officials conferred on the sale of government vessels it has operated to the Dollar lines.
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Thomas F. Woodlock
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
War Department
State Department
Netherlands
Las Palmas Island
Pacific, Mail Steamship Company
Treasury realigns prohibition enforcement under new head
Washington April 1 The Treasury moves to place the prohibition enforcement service under one directing head. Lincoln C Andrews becomes head of customs the Coast Guard and the prohibition unit while Roy Haynes loses power though remains in office. Andrews a West Point graduate and veteran is seen as the new commander of enforcement with a stronger coast guard role against rum runners.
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New York World News Service
Washington
the Treasury
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Lincoln C. Andrews
Secretary of the Treasury
Customs
Coast Guard
Prohibition
McKenzie Moss
Internal Revenue
Moss
Andrews
Roy Haynes
Prohibition Unit
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prohibition Enforcement Division
Customs Service
Congress
Seaboard
Treasury Department
Prohibition Division
West Point
Army
New York State Universal Training Commission
New York Transit Commission
New York & Queens County Railroad Company
Minnesota
France
Haynes
Anti-Saloon League
Harding
White House
Trial of Maharajah in Slaying of Indian Merchant
A Bombay murder linked to the Maharajah of Indore and a rich Bombay merchant over a dancer sparks calls of ijjat. Mumtaz Begum, the dancing girl, is wounded. the case promises a landmark trial with India potentially reshaping its history.
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the Commercial Tribune
New York World News Service
Mumtaz Begum
Malabar Hill
Bombay
India
Indore
Mumtaz
London
Gordon Selfridge
Lansdowne House
Picadilly
Malabar HN
M Taz Begum
Nautch
Yale
Harvard
Abdul Kadir Baula
Baula
Rex Maxwell
Dreyfus
Marie Antoinette
Father and Child Killed as Train Strikes Auto
Dr. Plummer Alford of Mullins and his two year old daughter were killed when their car was hit by a Seaboard Air Line train near Darlington. Mrs. Alford was injured. They were returning from the funeral of Mrs. Alford's mother at Rockhill.
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Florence
D. C
Plummer Alford
Mullins
McLeod
Seaboard Air Line
Darlington
Alford
Dame Margaret Lloyd George Defends Necklace Report
Dame Margaret Lloyd George writes to the Daily Herald defending her necklace loss and criticizing the paper for its value report. She claims the jewel’s worth was overstated and defends her husband Ramsay MacDonald era earnings as a journalist.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
David Lloyd George
Daily Herald
Labor Organ
Margaret Lloyd George
Ramsay MacDonald
Lord Oxford
Herbert Asquith
Lord
Oxford
N. World News Service
World Press Pub. Co
Kirby Trial Jury Locked Up After Deadlock
In Cleveland April 1 the jury in the Josiah Kirby case failed to render a verdict after twelve days of trial. The twelve jurors were locked in a downtown hotel for the night as negotiations and reports of a split vote circulated. Early reports indicated eleven to one or ten to two in favor of acquittal as deliberations continued.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, CO
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Kirby
Eee
Duell Admits Planning Suit Over Gish Rumors
Charles H. Duell testified in his injunction suit against Miss Lillian Gish over rumors of an engagement. He said he consulted a law firm about suing a New York newspaper for publishing stories and acknowledged sending telegraphs with alleged falsehoods to Gish.
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New York
Lillian Gish
Italy
Charles H. Duell
Duell
Miss Gish
Florence
Charles Duell
Bar Association
Mexican General Slays Colonel Then Kills Himself
In Mexico City a gunman, General Agustin Maciel, killed General Abelardo Acosta as he entered the War Department. Maciel then shot himself after confessing to police. The attackers fled in a car, with two bystanders wounded by stray fire.
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Mexico City
Agustin Maciel
Espana Park
Maciel
Abelardo Acosta
Acosta
War Department
General Maciel
Nahum Soto
Counterfeiters Nipped In Massive Canada Raid
Montreal April 1 RCMP staged a major operation at a farmhouse near L Assomption Girard Parish seizing 150000 dollars in counterfeit ten dollar bills and arresting seven men in what is described as one of the largest raids against counterfeiters in Canada.
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Montreal
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
L’assomption
Girard Parish
Drug Addict Requests Jail Sentence to Break Habit
Robert Williams of Fifteenth and Plum streets was sentenced by Judge Hickenlooper to four months in the Miami County Jail at his request. Williams had aided federal narcotics agents by providing information to arrest peddlers and addicts and asked to be sent to jail to seek a cure.
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Robert Williams
Fifteenth
Plum Streets
Miami County
Hickenlooper
Williams
Juror Disrupts Manslaughter Trial Again
The trial of William Rosenthal Jr. for manslaughter in Mt Healthy, Ohio, was interrupted by juror Herman Schwietering who stood in a doorway during arguments. Judge Edward Hurley warned of punishment and stressed the sacred duty of jurors to be impartial. Rosenthal is accused of striking and killing Louise Fox as she and her husband walked along Springdale Pike.
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William Rosenthal, Jr
Mt. Healthy
Edward M. Hurley
Crim- Pee i CC Aes
Herman
Schwietering
Hatch Street
Hurley
Isa Rhyno
Rosenthal
Dudley M. Outcalt
Rhyno
Schweitering
Mr. Rhyno
Louise Fox
Nannesburg
Henry Fox
Alon Springdale Pike
Dooheny Exits as Oil Men Form Mammoth Corporation
Dodge Brothers sale to Dillon Read valued around 150 million dollars triggers a major industry shift. Morgan & Co. were bidders, but Dillon Read declares the deal reached with no merger, though observers see it as potential formation of a gigantic auto concern rivaling General Motors. Details of price not released. Detroit reports vary on final agreement.
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New York World News Service
New York
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Wall Street
Dillon, Read & Co
Semingly
J. P. Morgan & Co
Dillon
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read, & Co
Dodge Brothers
John F
Horace E. Dodge
Henry Ford
Dodge
General Motors Company
General Motors
Morgan & Co
Detroit
Morgan
Ka _Cochran
Dillon, Read &Sipo
A. C. Schwartz
Dillon-Read
Gould Wedding Set for Next Week in Cannes
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Gould youngest daughter of Frank Jay Gould to Swiss Baron Roland de Grafferied de Villars will be held in Cannes next week. The engagement was announced last Saturday by Princess Viola Miss Gould’s mother.
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Gould
New York World News Service
Cannes
Dorothy Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Roland de Grafferied de Villars
Viola
Miss Gould
Murder Is Laid To Liquor Feud In Passwell Killing
Police weigh two theories in the murder of Mack Passwell a reputed gambler and bootlegger found in a Park Avenue basement with a brick in his hand. One view ties the crime to robbery after Passwell deposited 8000 in a 60000 account hours before his death. the other to a liquor feud suggesting illegal wine dealing.
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Associated Press
New York
Mack Passwell
St. Louis
Passwell
St.aoe
Cleveland
Chicago
Broadway
Rose Fain
East River Savings Bank
Plan to reorganize Wilson & Co announced by committee
Chicago April 1 a plan for reorganizing Wilson & Co through a new company under a committee of bank creditors and bondholders would buy present assets via court decrees while adjusting about 51.8 million of obligations and leaving 40.97 million undisturbed. The reform issues 7 percent preferred stock Class A stock and common stock with equal voting rights, plus 2.5 million dollars in five year notes. It would reduce bank debts by 20 percent cash payoff and issue stock in exchange for remaining balances.
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Chicago
Wilson & Co
Farrar Car Seizure at Rouses Point Stalls Singer
Customs officials searched Geraldine Farrar’s private car at the U S side of Rouses Point finding two dozen bottles of assorted liquor and a dozen bottles alleged beer. The singer and party proceeded to Rutland Vt for a concert as no prosecution was indicated.
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Rutland
Rouse’s Point
Geraldine Farrar
N. Y
Montreal
Miss Farrar
Six Canadian bakeries sold to New York firm
Six leading Canadian baking companies have been acquired by Continental Baking Company of New York. The Northern Bakeries, Limited, incorporated in Canada with HQ in Montreal, now controls the Canadian firms operating ten bakeries in seven cities, after Continental Baking Corporation took over Northern Bakeries.
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N. Y. Corporation
Associated Press
New York
Canada
Continental Baking Opperation
George G. Barber
Ited
Montreal
Continental Baking Corporation
Northern Bakeries, Limited
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Standard of Indiana
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Pan-American Eastern Petroleum Corporation
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Chase Banking Group
Standard Oil of Indiana
Lord Inverforth
British- Mexican Petroleum Company, Limited
Walker
Elisha Walker
Blair & Co., Inc
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