New Grand Jury to Dig Deeper in Ghaet Inquiry
A new Federal Grand Jury will be impaneled for the April term to pursue graft cases among police and city agents. U S District Attorney Haroth E. May said most work will cover routine federal offenses, with one or two graft cases likely. Several officers and dry agents pleaded guilty as others faced trial or nolle prossed due to weak evidence or errors in indictment.
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Ciry
Federal Grand Jury
Haroth E. May
United States
Hicken!ooper
Cincinnati
First District
Nolle
James F. Myers
Morris Roth
Canada
Mr. May
Frank W. Miller
Newtown Liquor Court
Arthur W. “Red” Murray
Murray
Ciru
Mr. Maunelle
Arthur C. Fricke
Arthur J. von Dohre
Owen Brissie
Urban C. Linkensdorfer
Robert Armstrong
Hickenlooper
George T. Pearcy
Harry L. Wuest
Adolph Brackmier
William Strieder
William Hammel
Cloyd H. Myers
Fred I. Bullerdick
James Hayes
Robert Kinney
Bullerdick
Hayes
Atlanta
Kinney
May
Aubrey Houston
John G. Joachim
John H. Heidenreich
Daniel Donovan
William A. Dubach
Everett Athey
John W. Hoffman
Harry Hoffman
Clifford Harding
Harry Haas
Harry
Joseph H. Laumann, Jr
George Sand
Peter Schaedle
Adrian F. Siereveld
Louis Sunderman
Alfred H. Wiese
Does a hen sit or set Coolidge answer
John M. Woods of Boston recalled President Coolidge explaining the hen question in Massachusetts Legislature. He said Coolidge defined sitting or setting by whether the hen is laying or lying when a hen cackles. Woods and his wife visited Washington. Woods noted he once camped near the Washington Monument as a Union soldier.
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Associated Press
Washington
John M. Woods
Boston
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Mr. Coolidge
Mr. Woods
Washington Monument
City seeks 75,000 signatures for 0.96 mill tax levy
Municipal Emergency Committee met to push a June vote with 500 solicitors in action. Officials warned progress may reach only about 45,000 signatures, urging widespread petitions with no district overlap and broad employer signatures to fund government operations after September 1.
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Municipal Emergency Committee
Froome Morris
Republican Executive Committee
Safety Department
Sol H. Freiberg
Chamber of Commerce
Freiberg
Joyride Ends in Tragedy Near Oxford
In Hamilton Ohio two Oxford College women and a traveling salesman gave a ride that ended when their car and another vehicle collided on Stillwell Road near Oxford. Mrs Laura C Black 61 of Brookville Indiana died at the scene. The salesman J M Stapleton 33 of St Louis was arrested on manslaughter charges after being released on 2000 bond.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Oxford College
Oxford Road
Stillwell Road
Oxford
Laura C. Black
Brookville
Ind
John Black
Stapleton
Mary Coghill
Pauline Porter
Epperson
Mrs. Black
College Corner
Secretary Visits Reclamation Projects and Parks Tour
Secretary of the Interior Work began a nationwide tour arriving in Grandcos Col April 20. He visited the Orchard Mesa and Grand Valley reclamation projects with Elwood Mead Reclamation Commissioner and Stephen T Mather Director of National Parks in his party.
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Grandcos Col
Secretary of the Interior
Orchard Mesa
Grand Valley
Work
Elwood Mead
Stephen T. Mather
British liquor runner admits failure of smuggling
London reports Sir Broderick Hartwell, famed British bootlegger, admits 30 000 bottles seized in U S enforcement. He cites losses, delays, and failed plan to ship more goods as authorities say New York waters blockade tightens. Continues on second page.
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Broderick Hartwell
American Dry Navy
Prohibition
New York World New Service
New York
London
Washington
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
American Prohibition Navy
Sir Broderick Hartwell
Broderick
United States
Orlando
Denver Life Institute Promotes Fasting for Longevity
The Denver Life Institute aims to teach scientific fasting to extend life beyond a century. Rev. Herman Arndt and Dr. Arthur Vos promise a rigorous, non cultish program in Denver with a secrecy around a benefactor who funded the project.
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Fasting Institute
Denver
Herman Arndt
West Chester (Co.) Presbyterian Church
Col
Arthur Vos
Split Fee Offer Laid To Wheeler In Montana Trial
In Great Falls Montana April 20 the government rested its case against Senator Burton Wheeler after a mystery witness George B Hayes testified Wheeler offered to share a fat retainer to help prosecute Campbell oil permit claims before the Interior Department in 1923 Hayes said Wheeler planned to split the fee and created the impression of a large payout Former Utah Governor William Spry testified Wheeler never personally prosecuted a claim Wertheimer a Campbell associate said he traveled to New York with another Campbell employee and avoided signing affidavits about a January 1923 hotel conference Walsh signaled plans for a directed verdict tomorrow.
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Great Falls
Mont
New York
Burton Ek. Wheeler
Montana
Government Department
Senate
George B. Hayes
Wheeler
Europe
Interior Department
Gordon Campbell
Hayes
Senator Wheeler
Walsh
Department of Justice
William Spry
Utah
General Land Office
Land Office
Campbell
Spry
Department
L. J. Wertheimer
Buffalo
Los Angeles
Washington
Wertheimer
Meeting of Reds in London Draws Scrutiny
A secret conference of British French and Belgian Communists with Russian agents reportedly took place in London. Scotland Yard was unaware until after delegates left. The meeting coincides with Bulgarian unrest and sparks calls for stronger anti Bolshevik action. An official from the Soviet Embassy in Vienna is said to have attended.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Scotland Yard
Third Internationale
Bulgaria
World News Service
Vienna
N. Y
Metropolitan Museum Declines Clark Art Bequest
The Metropolitan Museum of Art trustees voted to decline the William A. Clark collection valued around 3 million dollars. They said they could not accept the property under the will’s condition that the collection be housed as a unit, preferring to place individual objects elsewhere if needed.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
William A. Clark
Montana
Spent Night in Auto to Save Hotel Bill Robbers Get $12300
Cassius Rockwell of Allegan Michigan said sleeping in his car at a Goshen tourist camp saved hotel costs but led to a robbery. He reported $12,300 in cash stolen after being chloroformed. broken money wrappers were found near his sleeping spot as he headed home to Kendallville to buy a farm.
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Goshen
Ind
Cassius Rockwell
Allegan
Mich
Rockwell
Kendallville
Ohio governor orders gasoline tax refunds via coupons
Governor Donahey directed ten oil companies in Ohio to issue refund coupons to gasoline buyers to halt price increases before the tax bill is filed with the Secretary of State. The move comes amid pending litigation over the tax’s constitutionality and referendum, with attorney general actions expected tomorrow. Plans also aim to block tax collection pending court rulings, while possible fare hikes for taxis and buses emerge as a side effect.
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Columbus
Donahey
Secretary of State
J. E. Cross
Senate
Crabbe
H.H. Griswold
Ohio
Standard Oil Company of
Cleveland
Pure Oil Company
Craig Oil Company
Toledo
Solar Refining Company
Lima
Paragon Refining Company
Sun Oil Company
Canfield Oil Company
National Refining Company
Stellar Refining Company
Newark
Ohio Refining Company
Cincinnati
Ohio State Automobile Association
J. F. Atwood
C. D. Savier
Franklin County
Lewis
Harry D. Silver
House
Hindenburg Talks Dawes Plan and Germany’s Future
Field Marshal von Hindenburg outlined to The Associated Press that Germany cannot fulfill Dawes reparations without political and economic loyalty from former enemies. He said his candidacy would not affect Germany’s financial position and defended leadership choice and church-state questions. He dismissed rumors of a Crown Prince reception as a joke.
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Hanover
Germany
Marshal von Hindenburg
Associated Press
Dawes
Reich Bloc
von Hindenburg
Cles
Berlin
von Feldman
Cleveland Taxicabs Raise Fares for Gasoline Tax
Cleveland officials announce a five cent fare increase for taxicabs to cover higher costs from the Brown gasoline tax. The company manager says the tax raises annual operating expenses by seven to ten thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Taxicab Firms Respond to Ohio Gas Tax Increase
Cincinnati taxi companies show mixed plans after the Brown bill raises fuel costs. Some will not raise fares, some are undecided, while one is prepared to act if rivals do so. Officials say the consensus is that they must bear the higher gasoline tax.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Four Dibas Train Hits Auto at Crossing
Four persons were killed when a Wabash passenger train struck an automobile at a crossing in Dalton Missouri. The deceased are Kari Kuhlman a 6 year old and her two sons aged 17 and 22, and Tony Vernol 12.
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Dalton
Kari Kuhlman
Kuhlman
Tony Vernol
Slugs From Cartridges Tie Bomb Murder to suspect
Cleveland police linked the death of 33 year old Stanislaus Levandowski to a bomb explosion in his car after finding lead slugs from shotgun shells in a suspect's trunk. The suspect admitted using shell powder in another device but denied making the bomb. The blast resembled a prior fatal incident involving a labor leader.
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Cleveland
Stanislaus Levandowski
Lake Huron
Lewandowski
Joseph Nestor
William O’brien
Structural Iron-Workers’ Union
Gates Heiress Sells Mansion at Lake Forest
Mrs Del lora Angell Norris heiress to John W Gates fortune and wife of artist Lester Norris sells her Lake Forest mansion to Frank Hixon of Chicago and Lacrosse for about 300000. She had pledged a simple life at St Charles after marriage three years ago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dellora Angell Norris
John W. Gates
St. Charles
Ill
Lake Forest
Frank Hixon
Lacrosse
Wis
Lumiberman
MacMillan Arctic Expedition Expands to Two Ships
The MacMillan Arctic expedition set to sail June 20 from Wiscasset Maine will use two ships and add a Dundee whaler to carry naval planes and personnel led by Lt Commander R E Byrd. Scientists named by the National Geographic Society will join on the Bowdoin to study plant and fish life glaciers and weather as the polar region is mapped from the air.
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Washington
Wiscasset
National Geographic Society
Donald B. MacMillan
Geographic Society
Navy Department
R. E. Byrd
MacMillan
Bowdoin
Polar
High Court Fed Up on Rum Review
The New York World News Service reports the Supreme Court said it is tired of examining liquor cases and will refuse to review some brought before it. It noted that nearly every aspect of prohibition enforcement has already been decided.
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High Court
New York World News Service
Washington
Supreme Court
Traffic signal in Brighton square draws thumbs down
Thousands of drivers protest a small poorly visible traffic signal in the Brighton Bank and Trust square where five streets and five streetcar lines converge. Police and a traction inspector assisted during ball park events as frustration with the signal grows amid heavy jam conditions.
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Brighton Bank and Trust Company
Brighton
Colerain Avenue
John Street
College Hill
Westwood
Cross ‘Town
Reds
Ball
Traction Company
McMillan Street
Little Colerain
Harrison Avenue
Central Avenue
White Terror Beset by Censorship in Bulgaria Revolt
A diplomatic dispatch reports fighting between armed Communists and government troops in Eastern Bulgaria. Censorship blocks details from Sofia while the British note the revolt began last week and may need 10,000 militia arms. The message ties the uprising to a Moscow linked Communist plan and mentions figures like Schlesinsky and Nedelikoff in Vienna.
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London
Bulgaria
Sofia
Great Britain
Tzankoff
Philipolis
Zagora
Burgas
Black Sea
Communist International For
Balkans
Vienna
Schlesinsky
Katherine Nedelikoff
Red Cross
Moscow
Kasmickoff
Department For Foreign Relations
Communist International
Balkan Center
Vratza
V. V
Communist Internationale
Samuel Goldwyn to Wed Frances Howard Actress
Samuel Goldwyn, film producer, will marry Frances Howard in ten days after obtaining a Jersey City marriage license. The actress known for The Best People and The Swan met Goldwyn four weeks ago at a Conde Nast dinner and chose to marry the same night they first met.
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New York
Samuel Goldwyn
Frances Howard
Flapper
Richard Dix
Jersey City
Conde Nast
Two Die and Two Missing in Arizona Fire Sweep
A Cottonwood fire near Jerome, Arizona, killed two people and left two others missing. property losses ranged from 590000 to 1000000, with thirteen stores, one hotel and ten residences burned after the blaze started in a restaurant. C L Brooks of Los Angeles perished in the hotel blaze as investigators worked to identify another victim.
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Jerome, Ariz
Cottonwood
C. L. Brooks
Los Angeles
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Judge Hickenlooper
Tak Tobe
Paign
Baronet
America
Sir Broderick
Daily Mail
Hartwell
Star
West Chester
Life Institute
Denver Life Institute
Ben
Metropolitan Museum
Clark Art
Donarey OnDtha
Hindenburg
Gates
Colerain and
Harrison Aves
Russia
Arizona Fire
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