Defendants Freed in Second Herrin Trial and Library Bond Vote
In Columbus Ohio the General Assembly recessed after a busy day, with the open-worked session solidifying bills including a $2,500,000 public library bond issue. The legislature moved toward Governor Donahey, while a conspiracy bill died in committee and a workmen’s compensation revision advanced. The piece also notes Penfield’s embezzlement indictment and a separate call to align a League of Nations issue with the 1924 election as Justice Clarke warns.
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Herrin
League
Clarke
Penfield
America
Gont Ruan Pri Uwianin
Associated Press
Columbus
General Assembly
Garver
Holmes County
Senate
Assembly
House
Redman
Hamilton
Fouts
Judiciary Committee
Representative Broadstone
Rep
Green County
Pike County
Frank B. Burch
Akron
Donahey
Representative Lipp
Hamilton County
Public Utilities Commission
State Welfare Department
Royston
Darke County
State Board of Clemency
Emmons
Summit County
Two Women Murdered on Lonely New York Road
James Blandino barber and Bragario di Lorenzo his assistant were jailed as material witnesses in the Utica woman Miss Bessie McMahon and Jersey City resident Mrs. Irene Blandino murders found on a Staten Island road. Police seek motive tied to jealousy or revenge with possible gang links.
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James Blandino
Bessie McMahon
Stapleton
Staten Island
New York
Bragario di Lorenzo
Malloy
Utica
Irene Blandino
Jersey City
Maloy
Blandino
di Lorenzo
Brandino
Miss McMahon
John N. Escher
Bessie Phillips
Frank Bongiovani
Bongiovani
Harding says international affairs no cause for worry in Georgia
President Harding told Augusta dinner crowds there is no vestige of Civil War sectionalism and warned against envy and blocs in the republic. He praised domestic progress, predicted Europe will deem the U S the most just nation, and prepared to depart for Washington after a farewell visit. Hitchcock predicted the league would not be an issue in 1924 campaign but U S would drift toward membership.
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New York
America
League of Nations
John H. Clarke
United States Supreme Court
League
Senate
Germany
League of Nations Non-Partisan Association
Justice Clarke
King
Utah
Democratic Party
Gath
Askelon
Washington
Womsens
Newapanies
Oscar S. Straus
Theodore Roosevelt
Clarke
Supreme Court
Turkey
Russia
England
France
Europe
Great Britain
Augusta
United States
Harding
Republic
South
C F
Republic of the United States
Ington
Coolidge
Hitchcock
Nebraska
International Court of Justice
Senator Underwood
Alabama
William G. McAdoo
Henry Ford
Governor Smith
James M. Cox
Youth Fires Bullet Into Brain and Walks Home
Benjamin Wright, 20, of Lyons Ohio, shot himself in the head with a twenty two caliber pistol. He crawled to his barn and walked home a quarter mile. Relatives say melancholia after starting a new job caused the attempt. He rallied at the hospital and asked for a smoke before losing consciousness.
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Wauseon, CO
Benjamin Wright
Lyons
John Sebring
Wright
Yovss
H. Sisson
Rebels Seek Receiver for Klan in Evans Simmons Case
In Atlanta arguments over the Simmons and Evans factions in the Ku Klux Klan concluded with a decision due tomorrow. A petition seeks a receiver for the Klan, citing alleged fund waste and questioning the legality of the current Imperial Wizard. Larceny charges against two Klan officials will be heard in Clarksburg and a separate corruption case unfolds in Springfield involving a bank cashier.
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Evans-Simmons
Atlanta
Simmons
Terrell
Z. R. Upchurch
Arthur E. Wooden
W. H. Evans
F. L. Savage
Brown Harwood
Caleb A. Ridley
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Tom Akers
Fred H. Johnson
Paul F. Etheridge
T. J. McKinnon
N. N. Furney
J. K. Skipwith
H. C. Montgomery
H. K. Ramsey
E. J. Jones
James I. Lowry
Evans
Klan
Sullivan
Imperial Palace
Kloncilium
Supreme Executive Committee
Imperial Klonsel
Emperor Simmons
Etheridge
Hathaway
Ten Cincinnati Firemen Burned by Acids in Wrecked Sixth Street Building
Ten members of the Cincinnati Fire Department were seriously burned by sulfuric acid while operating amid the wreckage of the Chemical Utilities Company on West Sixth Street. Two were out of duty for three to four months and the others for six to eight weeks. damage to the building and contents was about 75000 dollars.
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Sixth Street
Cincinnati Fire Department
Chemical Utilities Company
West Sixth Street
Stewart Hagen
Barney Balkenhohl
Company No. 17
St. Michaels
Neave Streets
William Lindsay
Hook and Ladder Company No. 6
Hagen
Company No. 6
Walter Shaaf
Herman Brockman
Frank Lammers
George R. Hauser
Mr. Bishop
Chapman
House Physician
Conan Doyle Presents Spirit Pictures At Carnegie Hall
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wowed a large audience at Carnegie Hall with photographs he called the greatest spirit pictures. The images show hundreds of faces around the cenotaph of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day, with Doyle claiming they are dead soldiers. He cites time exposure and immediate development to dismiss fraud and envisions a worldwide Church of America uniting science and religion.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Carnegie Hall
New York
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur
Sir Arthur
Sherlock Holmes
Church of America
Federal agents take charge of hunt for Chapman in Athens
Department of Justice operatives under William J. Burns direct the search for Gerald Chapman, the million dollar mail robber and Atlanta Penitentiary escapee. Chapman was found in a hospital basement by guard Harry Bishop before slipping away again, with investigations planned into the escape and reports of possible accomplices.
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Hunt
Chapman
Athens
Department of Justice
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Gerald Chapman
Federal
Atlanta
Burns
Agguard
Frank Gray
Gray
Harry Bishop
Joe Morelli
Morelli
Collectors Rush Egyptian Antiques to British Museum
The death of the Earl of Carnarvon sparks panic among private Egyptian artifact collectors who rush mummies hands feet and statuettes to the British Museum fearing the pharaoh's ka killed him. Most parcels lack sender names and the museum faces a flood of often nonvaluable gifts.
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British Museum
Tutenkhamun
London
Earl of Carnarvon
Daily Express
Great Britain
Asey
Carnarvon
Express
Six Her rin riots defendants cleared in Marion riot verdict
The six defendants in the second Her rin riots case were found not guilty by a jury that deliberated six hours and 65 minutes. Judge Hartwell read the verdicts as the courthouse square was dark and quiet.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ill
Herrin
Hartwell
Williamson County
J. C. Caughlin
Hugh Willis
James Brown
Oscar Howard
Philip Fontanetta
Otis Clark
Bert Grace
W. C. Middlekauff
A. W. Kerr
Foreman Caughlin
Grace
Fontanetta
Delos Duty
Middiehauf
Antonio Malkavich
Photographer Dailey Kills Colleague Then Ends Own Life
In Trenton on April 6 Ralph K. Dailey a photographer for the State Labor Bureau shot and killed Ruhamah English a bureau stenographer before taking his own life. Police say Mrs English who was 30 had separated from her husband and was not living with him.
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Trenton
N. J
Ralph K. Dailey
State Labor Bureau
Ruhamah English
English
Meate
Paymaster Robbed of 23000 on New England Road
Boston police reported the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company paymaster was robbed of $23,000 while driving payroll for the Brighton plant. Peter A. Gaddis said two men jumped onto his running board in Roxbury, pistol threatened him, seized the bag, and fled via another car.
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Boston
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Peter A. Gaddis
Brighton
Roxbury
Plane lands in Lincoln Memorial pool in Washington
A naval seaplane landed in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington today coming from Anacostia. It carried an officer with dispatches and departed for Hampton Roads. The pilot was Lieutenant David Rittenhouse. The pool measures about 2000 feet long, 120 feet wide, and three feet deep.
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Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Anacostia
Hampton Roads
David Rittenhouse
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Nation Now
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kent Ogden
Wallace
Ogden
Ku Klux Klan
Ohio
Commercial Tribune
United States Grand Jury
Augustus H. Penfield
Springfield National Bank
Springfield
W. A. Robson Company
Libby
Amenia
Carnarvon End
Hastings
Sir Rider Haggard
Hastings Rotarians
New England Road
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