Indictment Charges Stewart Refusal in Teapot Dome Probe
Robert W. Stewart chairman of Standard Oil Indiana was indicted for refusing to answer Teapot Dome committee questions about Liberty bond oil profits of Continental Trading. Warrant to arrest to be served in Chicago, as part of ongoing Teapot Dome Elk Hills prosecutions.
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Washington
Senate
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Stewart
Liberty Bond
Continental Trading Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Standard Oil
Gordon
Chicago
United States Marshal’s Office
District of Columpie
Albert B. Fall
Elk Hills Naval Reserve
Doheny
Fall
Teapot Dome Reserve
H. M. Blackmer
W. J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Henry Mason Day
Jennings Bailey
Cincinnati rapid transit plans spark official meeting
A City Hall gathering reviewed the Beeler report on a Cincinnati rapid transit system. Officials noted the cost split and debated who should pay until self supporting while planning further engineer checks and council approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Beeler
Street Railway
E. W. Edwards
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
Christian Schott
Walter Draper
Frank L. Raschig
C. O. Rose
Tyler Field
Hoover campaign aims to stay in Maryland primary
Herbert Hoover's campaign aides seek to remain in the Maryland Republican primary while keeping out of Wisconsin. Charles Hilles pushes for Coolidge renomination and Nebraska Governor McMullen urges a farmer-friendly candidate. Hoover aides cite Wisconsin's entry rules and lack of state organization as reasons to avoid contesting delegates.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Maryland
Wisconsin
Charles S. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
Commerce Secretary
Hoover
Morton P. Hunter
Milwaukee
Hunter
Kansas City
Rockefeller in Position to Oust Stewart Associates Say
New York March 2 Rockefeller Jr declined to vote on Stewart’s election as director of Standard Oil Company of Indiana. He is seeking facts and will take steps he deems proper in the matter after yesterday’s stockholders meeting.
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Rockefeller
Stewart
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Robert Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Massacre and Looting Reported in Leiyang China
Dispatch from Hankow notes a terror wave in Leiyang Southern Hunan with disbanded soldiers joining the Peasant Communist Union. A temple fire killed 300 Buddhist monks and widespread killings followed. Communists and troops reportedly retreating from Hunan. Kweliang captured in Kwangsi province.
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Hankow
China
Leiyang
Hunan
Communist Union
Kwelin
Kwangsi
Will of Hector Tyndale Directs Cremation and Marks Sale
The New York will of Hector Hilgard Tyndale, lawyer, directs posthumous cremation and ash disposal in open country or sea. It lists an estate valued over 10,000 dollars, including 143 trillion German marks. He directs executors to hold the marks until they can be sold at cost, about six thousand dollars.
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New York
Hector Hilgard Tyndale
Marines Kill Rebel Near Somozo During Nicaragua Patrol
American marines scouring northern Nicaragua in search of Sandino rebels clashed with a 15 man band about twenty miles southwest of Ocotal. One rebel was killed and another wounded in the engagement near Somozo, with no marine casualties. Eight Americans wounded were evacuated toward Ocotal for transfer to Managua by air. The five local rebels killed were buried near the scene.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Daraili
Somozo
Lieut. Lepage- Crowmiller
Maryland
Nicaraguan National Guard
Qocatal
Nuevo Segovia
Ocatal
Twelve Indicted in Arcadia Bank Embezzlement Case
Hancock County Grand Jury indicted twelve officers and directors plus one former director for alleged embezzlement of 273 61964 dollars from Arcadia Bank and Savings Company which failed November last. The list includes Conaway cashier Whalen assistant cashier and board members Myers Willis Ewing Whalen McCracken Huffman Hartman and Dish. One secret indictment also returned with charges including misappropriation tied to Arcadia Elevator loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Ebersole
J. H. Whalen
H. V. McCracken
Norman Huffman
G. M. Hartman
E. E. Dish
Arcadia
Conaway
Whalen
Fisher Granted Temporary Alimony After Legal Sea Marriage
New York reports that cartoonist Harry C. Bud Fisher and Comtesse de Beaumont were declared legally married by the Appellate Division. Fisher must pay $400 weekly temporary alimony while her separation suit proceeds. The court upheld Hartley’s marriage rite if valid, but said extraterritorial decree limits apply.
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New York
Harry C
Bud” Fisher
Comtesse de Beaumont
Commodore Herbert Hartley
Leviathan
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Fisher
Commodore Hartley
Comtesse
Justice McAvoy
Display of Alcohol on Floor Triggers House Debate
In Washington on March 2 a row over alcohol erupted as Representative Sirovich displayed bottles and test tubes containing grain alcohol on the House floor to illustrate poisoning of industrial alcohol. Dry Rep. Cramton objected citing disorderly conduct while wets pressed for recognition, with Linthicum Schafer and Black arguing for Sirovich's right to proceed.
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Washington
Congress
Sirovich
Dem
N. Y
Cramton
Michigan
Linthim
Maryland
New Qa
Schafer
Flep
Wis
Linthicum
Upshaw
Georgia
Governor Martineau Nominated to Federal Judge Post
Washington March 2 The Senate confirmed John E. Martineau of Arkansas as United States Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The nomination sent by President Coolidge was approved without opposition, a courtesy to Arkansas senators. Writtle Rock Arkansas March 20 29 Republicans express surprise Coolidge chose a Democrat over the party line after Judge Jacob Trieber's death.
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Washington
John E. Martineau
Arkansas
Senate
Aff
Or Coolidge
Martineau
Coolidge
Writtle Rock
Ark
E. Martineau
Toa
Jacob Trieber
Wallace Townsend
Little Rock
State
Republican Central Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Bert Hoover
Commerce
Hoover
Gov
Covernor
Chancery Court
Mississippi
Palm Beach, Fla
Farrington Maher
Washington, D. C
John E. Dana
New York
Rudolph Homan
Cincinnati
Bernard H. Kroger
Palm Beach
Control of New York Bank Carried in Bag Across Wall Street
A small frayed bag carried control of the Bank of America in cash value of 17 million dollars in capital stock. Leo V Belden of Banditary Corp moved the bag from Ralph Jonas after Jonas sold his controlling stake to A P Giannini. The bag will join other relics in the Bank of America's museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bank of America
Wall Street
Leo V. Belden
Banditary Corporation
Ralph Jonas
A. P. Giannini
McAndrew sues Thompson for libel over school row
Chicago scene in which former School Superintendent William McAndrew sues Mayor William Hale Thompson for 250000 claiming libel and slander. He accuses the Board of Education of targeting him for political reasons amid a five month trial and vows to seek a court ruling on the board decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William McAndrew
Willian Hale Thompson
McAndrew
Board of Education
Francis X. Busch
Thompson
Angus Roy Shannon
Dog sacrifices life saving owner in house fire
In Minneapolis on March 2 Bessie a pet dog died after awakening George Christy and prompting him to escape a burning home. Christy escaped after rolling down a flaming stairway but sustained burned hands and face.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Bessie
George
Christy
Curse as Gypsy Curse Blesses Frey Twins to Fortify Police
Cincinnati police sergeant Theodore Frey explains to his wife how he and Patrolman Halle captured a gypsy caravan in Cumminsville. Gypsy Mary Karolis curses him with eight sets of twin boys to bolster the force, with four named caravan members from Indianapolis listed.
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Theodore Frey
Cincinnati
Chicago
Mrs. Frey
Halle
Cumminsville
Northside
Provident Bank
Mary Karolis
Auto Hold-Up Loot of 360000 Shocks City
Three men in a car robbed Pacific National Bank messenger H Walker of 63000 in currency in Los Angeles. Guard Frank Floyd could not draw his weapon as the robbers forced the pair to surrender. The thieves switched cars and fled, abandoning the first vehicle.
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Los Angeles
H. Walker
Pacific National Bank
Walker
Frank Floyd
Floyd
Former Indiana bank teller arrested boarding Berengaria
George Besnyo a 23 year old former teller at Fedor State Bank of South Bend Ind was arrested as he tried to board the Berengaria today He had disappeared after a staged hold up in which 3400 was allegedly taken prompting a bank run The bank is in receivership Besnyo admitted his identity but denied involvement awaiting extradition papers for South Bend.
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Indiana
Berengaria
New York
Cee
Fedor State Bank of
South Bend
Ind
Hner Berengaria
George Besnyo
Besnyo
Five men arrested in Chicago for $20 counterfeit scheme
Federal Secret Service agents halted a plan to distribute about $30,000 in bogus twenty dollar bills tied to Minneapolis counterfeiting. About $500 in counterfeit notes were seized. Arrested: Carl Abbate and four others.
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Chicago
Federal Secret Service
Minneapolis
Carl Abbate
Giant Dirigible Los Angeles Fails Moor at Lakehurst
The dirigible Los Angeles cannot moor at Lakehurst New Jersey due to a thirty mile per hour southwest wind. Ground crews and civilians struggle to land as the ship sails away after arriving at 11 40 tonight. The voyage from Cuba covered about thirty seven hours ending the training cruise.
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Cuba
Two Killed in Steamer Senator Gordill Boiler Explosion
At the mouth of the Kanawha River in Pt Pleasant the main steam pipe in the Senator Gordill exploded. Two men, George Lipman of Wheeling and George McIlhose of Marietta, were killed. Captain George Beegle was seriously injured and several deck crew members were badly burned. The Pittsburgh owned Shippers Packet Company's largest passenger steamer on the upper Ohio River was damaged.
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Gallipolis
Senator Gordill
Kanawha River
Pt. Pleasant
Lipman
George
Wheeling
West Virginia
M’ilhose
Marietta
Ohio
George Beegle
Mecllhose
Cleveland
Shippers Packet Company of
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Deportation bid looms for boy linked to Boyer mystery
In Detroit a four year old child once housed as the grandson of Joseph Boyer faces possible deportation after immigration officials question the legality of the entry. Mrs Boyer fights to keep the child while Canadian records cast doubt on the adoption. Myron Boyer seeks to erase the boy from state records amid a custody dispute.
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Detroit
Joseph Boyer
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Joseph Boyer Ir
United States
Canada
Myron L. Boyer
John L. Zurbrick
Zurbrick
Boyer
Murder trial reveals brutal abuse of toddler in Kentucky
In Vanceburg, Marie Frazier testified about merciless beatings and torture she witnessed as Robert H. Pitts faces murder charges in the death of his three year old daughter Mary Magdalene Pitts. Pitts denies the accusations blaming Frazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanceburg
Marie Frazier
Robert H. Pitts
Mary Magdalene Pitts
Frazier
Pitts
Ashland
Peeping Tom jailed after periscope spying in San Francisco
Joseph Orlandini was sentenced to thirty days in jail for using a marine periscope to peep into homes in a fashionable residential district. His crimes were uncovered after night screams alerted authorities.
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Peeper
New York World News Service
San Francisco
Joseph Orlandini
Three RAF Flyers Die In Grain Isle Crash
In Chatham England on March 2 three Royal Air Force servicemen were killed when their plane crashed from about 2000 feet above the Isle of Grain. The machine belonged to a squadron stationed at East Church.
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Chatham
England
Royal Air Force
Isle of Grain
East Church
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Draper
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Follette
Hilles
Farm Views Plain
Nebraska
Willis
Ohio Institution
Bud Fisher
Qvernor Wind Likangas Pogt
U. S
N. Y. Bank
McAndrew Aka
Chigago
Big Bill
Kingstree
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Planters’ Bank of
Hemingway
D. L. Taylor
Taylor
Copper
Tal
Secret Service
Grand Trunk
Bery
Benton Har
Bor
Mich
Police
N.J
B. H. Kroger
BANK
W.B. Poynter
Bernard Henry Kroger
Guy
Cinisnati
Florida
Virginia
Kroger
Kroger Chain
Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Homan
Bernard H. Kroger, Jr
Irving Pettengill
Albert Byrnes
George Barnes
Chester Kroger
Maher
Henry P
Mary Farrington Flynn
Horace B. Maher
N. D. Maher
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Dana Maher
Mrs. Dana
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Mr. Kroger
Eastern Bankers
Leo J. van Lahr
William H.albers
Kroger Company
Queen City Club
Cincinnati Country Club
Maketeéwah
Cincinnati Club
Riding Club
Camargo Country Club
Rockwood Country Club
Gulf Stream Country Club
John H. Kroger
Mary Schlebbe Kroger
Northern Pacific Tea Company
New Western Tea Company
Mary Jansen
F. W. Jansen
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