Bomb at Sofia Cathedral Turmoil After Bulgarian Funeral
A bomb exploded at the Saint King cathedral during General Georghieff’s funeral in Sofia, killing and injuring many. officials fear a Communist upheaval. Martial law expected, 3,000 extra soldiers to be enrolled. King Boris narrowly escaped broader attack.
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Gen. Georghieff
Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Sveti Kral
Georghieff
Boris
Stamboulisky
Council of Ambassadors
Paris
Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Nicola Mileff
Manouleff
Mileff
Prof. Mileff
French cabinet formed as Painleve names Briand and Caillaux
Paris informs that Joseph Caillaux becomes Finance Minister and Aristide Briand is Foreign Minister under Paul Painleve. The new cabinet includes Steeg, Monzie, Schrameck, Chaumet, Borel, Hesse, Durand, Laval, Durafour, Anertiou, and Loucheur was offered Commerce but refused. Briand and Caillaux now dominate French politics with Herriot sidelined.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Aristide Briand
Paul Painleve
Briand
Senate
Painleve
Doumergue
Joseph CaHiaux
Jules Steeg
Anatole de Monzie
A. Schrameck
Charles Chaumet
Emile Borel
Andre Hesse
Jean Durand
Pierre Laval
Angtoine Durafour
Louis Anteriou
Louis Loucheur
President Coolidge Sets Record Handshake Milestone
President Coolidge greeted about 1 040 people in sixteen minutes in Washington. Tour agencies promote the gesture as a drawing card drawing crowds, with visits arranged through Congress or Senators. The White House did not indicate changes to the greeting method.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Caillaux The Bal dest Man In World Stirred By Jibe About Hair
Paris April 16 Joseph Caillaux newly named minister of finance in Painleve cabinet reacts to a taunt about his bald head. Surrounded by reporters he calls the remark tangled not inextricable and jokes about trading his portfolio for a hairier head.
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Caillaux
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Painleve
M. Caillaux
Ministry of Finance
Merger Scrutiny Highlights Van Sweringen Profits
Minority stockholders pressure the Nickel Plate merger with Chesapeake & Ohio as J. J. Bennet testifies the Van Sweringens controlled the merger process and score large gains through a holding company. The debate centers on financing, stock pooling, and fair treatment of Chesapeake & Ohio minorities.
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Washington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. J. Bennet
Nickel Plate
Henry W. Anderson
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cleveland Brothers
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
van Sweringens
Erie
Erie Committee
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Bennet
Guaranty Company of
New York
Pere Marquette
Anderson
Chesapeake & Ohio Mimority
Pere Marques Hock
Osler Appeals To Maintain Silence In Teapot Dome Case
Toronto April 16 H S Osler the alleged go between Harry F Sinclair and former Secretary of the Interior Fall seeks another legal obstacle to block Owens Roberts and Atlee Pomerene in obtaining evidence for the Teapot Dome inquiry He has ordered another appeal possibly to the Privy Council and argues the Wyoming case is academic Osler refuses to confirm plans while counsel for the United States urges immediate prosecution of the appeal
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Toronto
H. S. Osler
Harry F. Sinclair
Secretary of the Interior
Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
United States
Teapot Dome
Continental Trading Company of Canada
Mammoth Company of Wyoming
Osler
Privy Council
Sinclair
Justice Riddell
Wyoming
E. G. McMillan
Riddell
Three Die In Car Crash Near Beresford South Dakota
A car veered off the highway near Beresford and burst into flames killing three people and injuring another woman. The deceased are Mrs S N Hereford of Aberdeen Washington Miss Doreen Finnegan Yankton and David Finnegan aged 3. Passenger and driver names are given with the driver Miss Finnegan severely injured.
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Yankton
Beresford
S. N. Hereford
Aberdeen
Wash
Doreen Finnegan
David Finnegan
D. M. Finnegan
Hereford
Giant British airship torn from mooring and driven into North Sea
London reports the airship R-33 with a 20-man crew was torn from its mooring mast in a 50 mile gale and blown toward Holland. Officials fear a nose breach and dwindling fuel as crews battle heavy seas. transport ships and patrols monitor the drifting craft as it resurfaces toward England.
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North Sea
Johnl. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
England
Holland
Air Ministry
Sel
Pulham
Norfolk
Lowestoft
F N. Booth
Mrs Cunningham Confesses Poisoning Family in Crown Point
Mrs Anna Cunningham of Gary Ind fifty died in six years after she confessed to poisoning three of five relatives and poisoning another son who is ill in Chicago. Arsenic found in two bodies. she says she used arsenic or bread and butter while also poisoning Walter Isa Belle Charles and others but spared Mae. Hearing postponed after collapse. coroner inquest likely. murder charge expected with possible later exhumations limited to Walter.
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Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Gary
Chicago
Benjamin Strong
Lafayette
Mrs. Cunningham
F. F. Hunter
Harry Cunningham
Mae
Ex Klansman Stephenson Denies Guilt in Oberholtzer Case
Indianapolis April 16 D C Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon and two alleged companions Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy to kidnap charge in the Madge Oberholtzer death case. Judge Collins said trial likely May 25 as grand jury reviews further actions. An inquest into the death continued with Dr Kingsbury and other physicians testifying.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Collins
Miss Oberholtzer
J. N. Kingsbury
Stephenson
Klinck
Gentry
Collings
Ten year old girl bound to relatives for dressmaking
Sylvia Sizeler, 10, was bound over to her grandparents for five years for $1 in an agreement signed by her father Philip Sizeler and grandfather Otto Sizeler. Approved by Civil District Court in New Orleans, the document commits the grandparents to teach the girl the trade of dressmaking. The elder Sizeler is a retired jeweler.
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New Orleans
Sylvia Sizeler
Philip Sizeler
Otto Sizeler
Civil District Court
Sizeler
Vassar Edict Bans Bare Knees and Knickers on Campus
Poughkeepsie N Y April 16 Vassar women told to avoid bare knees knickers and bloomers on campus and in dining rooms Hats banned at dinner while luncheon hats allowed. Rules urge proper dress for spring activities emphasize covering knees when wearing bloomers and not roller skating in town.
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New York World News Service
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar
Students’ Association
Lawyers Admit Handling Bonds in Rondout Robbery Case
In Little Rock on April 16 Frank Wallace Davis former Arkansas Attorney General and Tom Poe young attorney admitted handling Liberty bonds from MHervert Holliday's share of the Rondout mail robbery loot. They are on trial with charges of aiding in secreting part of the loot. Major James Pitcock Little Rock Chief of Detectives described a film showing Holliday and the Newton brothers en route to Tulsa just before the robbery.
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Little Rock
Ark
Frank
Wallace Davis
Arkansas
Tom Poe
Mhervert Holliday
Davis
James Pitcock
Poe
United States District Court
Major Pitcock
Holliday
Newton Brothers
Kansas City
Tulsa
Okla
Postoffice
Theater Fire Burns Cadiz Town, 4090 Homes Lost
A theater blaze in Cadiz Occidental Negros province destroyed 4090 small houses and left numerous residents homeless. The fire, started during a motion picture showing, injured several people as they fled the burning theater. Estimated loss runs about $100,000.
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Manila
Cadiz
Occidental Negros
Three Detectives Convicted of Conspiracy in Day Law Case
Jury deliberated six hours before verdicts found three detectives guilty of conspiracy to violate the day law. Reported by The Associated Press from Columbus Ohio.
Miss Muriel Vanderbilt Engaged to Boston Broker Frederic C Church
New York reports confirm the engagement of Muriel Vanderbilt heiress and society figure to Frederic Cameron Church of Boston. The couple will marry in Newport in July at the Vanderbilt home. Church, 27, Harvard graduate and Boston broker in group insurance, hails from Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Muriel Vanderbilt
F.C. Church
Boston
New York World News Service
New York
William Kissam Vanderbilt
Frederic Cameron Church
Vanderbilts
O. H. P. Belmont
Miss Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
James Fair
Lowell
Mass
Harvard
Mr. Church
Newport
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia
Fifth Avenue
Red Cross
American Capital Abroad Dominates World Industry in 1925 First Quarter
Department of Commerce figures show American investment abroad at over 11 billion by year end with annual interest potentially exceeding 660 million. Domestic funds continue shrinking while foreign loans rise, led by Europe with Germany and Poland receiving substantial sums and only a small Asian loan for Japan.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Department of Commerce
America
United States
Theodore R. Goldsmith
Finance and Investment Division
Commerce
Europe
Germany
Polish Republic
East Railroad
France
Republic of Finland
Cincinnati Detectives Convicted in Prohibition Ring Case
Jurors confer six hours fourteen minutes before finding Fred I Bullerdick James Hayes and Robert Kinney guilty of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act. Sentencing set for 9:30 this morning with possible two year prison and 10000 fine. Indictment tied to graft ring across West End police and agents and ongoing federal probe.
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Cincinnati
Fred I. Bullerdick
James Hayes
Robert Kinney
Bullerdick
Hayes
Kinney
Hickenlooper
First District
Nolle
Ciry
West End
William McHugh
United States Marshal
Davids. Ross
Richard T. Dickerson
Haveth’ B. May
United States
Edwin Sorrissey
Hic
Execu i Nat
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Edouard Herriot
Ministry of Commerce
Loucheur
The
Vast Stims
Putnam Air Station
Godetia
D. C
Donahey
Columbus
Miami University At
Oxford
State Fair Grounds
Bloom, Huffman, Hopkins
Archer
State Public Utilities Commission
Tax and Civil Service Commissions
Earl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
James W. Huffman
Utilities Commission
William A. Hopkins
Tax Commission
Cleveland
Civil Service Commission
Bloom
George T. Poor
L. N. Marshall
Chillicothe
S. E. Forney
Williams
Bundy
Athens
Virginia Fair
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