Banker Morris Parker Found Dead in University Club
Morris K. Parker vice president of Equitable Trust Company was found dead in a locked University Club room with an ice pick near his heart. Officials say death by his own action and notes found near the body may reveal motive. Parker, 48, Yale ’01, lived with his wife on East Seventy Ninth Street. their daughter Alice attended private school.
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Morris K. Parker
Equitable Trust Company
University Club
Associated Press
New York
Bureau of Missing Persons Today
Exclusive
Robert C. Adams
The
Trust Company
Parker
East Seventyninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Alice
Parkers
Wall Street
Yale
Cincinnati Faces Freight Rate Dilemma Amid Revisions
A Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce report warns that revised and flat mileage based freight rates threaten the city’s industrial position. It cites loss of river rate breaks, lack of a union terminal, and shifting advantages to Chicago and Indianapolis, risking higher southern rates and weaker competition with Louisville and St. Louis.
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Cincinnati
Technical Advisory Corporation of
New York
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio River
J. B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Cleveland
Atlanta
Akron
Dayton
Toledo
Columbus
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Atlantic
Longworth Eyes 1928 Republican Nomination
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, Speaker designate, says Ohio is the mother of Presidents as Coolidge prepares for inauguration. He confirms no change in campaign methods and James Begg predicts he could run a 1928 campaign. Friends see Longworth as a logical 1928 GOP nominee if Coolidge serves through that year.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
James Begg
Mr. Longworth
Begg
Gift Completes 2 Million Endowment For UC College Of Medicine
Mrs. Betty Fleischmann Holmes provides 25000 to UC College of Medicine as part of a 2 million endowment project begun in 1919. The board set March 31 1925 as completion date for the 1300000 goal needed to trigger a 700000 pledge from the General Education Board.
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Betty F. Holmes
Education Board
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Betty Fleischmann Holmes
Christian R. Holmes
Frederick C. Hicks
University
Board of Directors
Oase
General Education Board
William Coover Procter
Holmes
Medical College
Hicks
Cincinnati
Whitaker Paper Company head A L Whitaker dies at 66
A L Whitaker president of the Whitaker Paper Company of Sixth and Lock streets died at his Menlo venue home in East Walnut Hills after a yearlong illness. Born in Hamp ton Conn he rose from teacher to leading paper dealer and founded the firm in 1903. He leaves a son H D Whitaker and a daughter Mrs Burch. Funeral services were planned.
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A. L. Whitaker
Whitaker Paper Company
Sixth and
Lock Streets
Menlovenue
East Walnut Hills
Whitaker
Tennessee
United States
Fourth Street
Elm Street
United States Printing and Lithographing Company
E Graham Paper Company
S. Louis
St. Joseph
Graham Paper Company
Cincinnati
John Church
Cincinnati Paper Cordage Company
Church
Lebanon
Business Men’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Fifth-Third National Bank
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Walnut Hills
British War General Linked To Wifes Affair In High Profile Suit
London court hears Mrs Dennistoun alleges she lent money to Lieutenant Colonel Dennistoun and that his ambition spurred him to expose her alleged misconduct with a senior British war General who died in 1921. Letters presented show him urging caution to preserve the General connection. Trial resumes tomorrow.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Ian Onslow Dennistoun
Lord Carnarvon
Paris
Jamaica
France
Supreme War Council
Dennistoun
N. Y
Coolidge to renew covenant of service today
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge to renew the covenant of service to the nation at simple ceremonies as the Sixty Eighth Congress winds down. Senate debates linger over pension measures while farm aid and dozens of bills fall aside in adjournment preparations.
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Coolidge
Congress
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Underwood Muscle Shoals
McFadden Branch
McNary-Haugen Export Corporation
House Inctorses World Court
Capitol
United States
Veterans’ Bureau
Representative Schall
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Labor
Girl Missing From Cleveland Sought From Parma to Cincinnati
Theodora O'Donnell aged 16, daughter of wealthy Cleveland Heights parents, disappeared yesterday. Police extended search to Cincinnati after traces showed she intended to reach that city, traced by her father to Parma J Village on the Wooster wike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Theodora O'Donnell
Cleveland Heights
Cincinnati
Parma J Village
Wooster Wike
Ohio Senate Passes Bender Jackass Bill
Senator George H. Bender's jackass bill sails through the Senate 24 to 2 in Columbus. The measure would repeal a General Code prohibition on driving jackasses or other animals faster than six miles an hour past Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati.
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Ohio
Senate
HOUSE
Columbus
George H. Bender
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati
Canada and U S approve anti smuggling pact
The Canadian House of Commons approved the treaty with the United States to suppress smuggling along the international boundary in Ottawa on March 8.
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O. K
Associated Press
Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
United States
Molten Metal Burns Two Steel Works Workers
Two Sawbrook Steel Castings Company employees were burned when molten steel spilled onto them from overhead during a crane lift. Foreman Harry Adler, 35, suffered severe burns and is notexpected to survive. Richard Ralls, 40, Negro, sustained serious burns and is expected to recover. Both were rushed to General Hospital by coworkers.
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Sawbrook Steel Castings Company
Shephard
McWhorter
Lockland
Harry Adler
Box 56
Charlotte Street
Wyoming
General Hospital
Richard Ralls
Carlisle Avenue
Adler
Binces
Pershing Ill in Havana Hotel Cancels Engagements
General John J. Pershing is ill in his Havana hotel with engagements for tonight and March 4 canceled. The American Embassy said illness follows his long trip and keeps him in bed. Dr. D. T. Laine reports condition improved but not serious.
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Associated Press
Havana
John J. Pershing
General Pershing
Earthquake Felt Across Quebec Provinces After Shocks
Reports say tremors continued overnight across several points in Quebec after Saturday's quake. Bells rang at St Ele Calxton church as Rimouski noted ice loosened along shores and large floes moved by currents.
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Associated Press
Quebec
Church of
St. Ele de Calxton
Rimouski
Mrs. Jean de St Cyr Dies in San Mateo
San Francisco March 3 Mrs Jean de St Cyr society leader mother of Princess Miguel de Braganza of Portugal and William Rhinélander Stewart Jr of New York died at her home in San Mateo late tonight.
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Jean DE ST. Cyr
San Francisco
Jean de Sst. Cyr
Miguel de Braganza
Portugal
William Rhinélander Stewart, Jr
New York
San Mateo
Here
Coolidge Family Silence Theme Traced on Trip
On the Philadelphia train platform Colonel John Coolidge father of the President was interviewed about the origins of the Coolidge silence. He quipped that Cal was not a noisy baby and later joked about not thinking one day. In New York he declined to speak to the University of Vermont band saying some must be silent at times.
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Philadelphia
John Coolidge
Washington
Coolidge
Cal
New York
Collidge
University of Vermont
Plague Fears Prompt Fumigation of New Orleans Boats
Health officials in Cincinnati reacted to news that the steamboats Cincinnati and Queen City would dock without prior fumigation after leaving New Orleans where bubonic plague is feared. Authorities ordered fumigation on landing, with precautionary segregation of any ill passengers and cooperation with federal health officers. The Cincinnati boat arrives tomorrow with 250 passengers and the Queen City Friday night with 100 passengers.
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New Orleans
City Health Department
Cincinnati
Queen City
Ohio River
Louisiana City
William H. Peters
R. McMullen
United States
Peters
Hugh Cummings
United States Public Health Service
Washington
Cummings
McMullen
E. H. Ojeman
Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
Ojgman
A. C. Widemeyer
Dr. Dreyer
W. E. Rowe
Packet Company
Dr. Peters
Jack Lindenburn
James O’brien
Funds Diverted by Soldiers League, House Hears
The House special committee reports that funds raised by the National Disabled Soldiers' League were diverted to improper uses and personal gain. It urges presenting findings to a federal grand jury and questions management control, noting low cash deposits contrasted with large campaign receipts and possible misappropriation.
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Soldiers League
Washington
National Disabled Soldiers’ League
House
Department of Justice
Federal
Grand Jury
League
John T. Nolan
James F.cMann
Kenneth D. Murphy
Questio
Actor jailed in Havana for kissing society girl
Havana dispatches report Evgeret Hillard moving picture actor was sentenced to 180 days in jail by a Matanzas correctional court for jumping into an automobile and kissing a society girl during a carnival parade. Hillard had arrived from the United States to take a lead role in a local film.
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Havana
Cuba
el Mundo
Matanzas
Evgeret Hillard
Hillard
United States
Mae Allison Divorces Robert Eilis Peek for Desertion
Mae Allison a moving picture actress of Hollywood and New York was granted a divorce from Robert Eilis Peek a character actor on March 3 in Los Angeles. She charges desertion and cites their separation as grounds.
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Los Angeles
Mae Allison
Hollywood
New York
Robert Eilis Peek
Inaugural Quietly Marks Coolidge Dawes Oath
President Coolidge will take the oath at the Capitol noon with a simple ceremony and a Bible from his mother. Dawes will be sworn in as Vice President in the Senate chamber, as crowds gather sparingly in Washington for a restrained inauguration. Radio will broadcast the address to a national audience, with a long list of stations covering the event. Weather forecasts promise a fair morning and unsettled afternoon with possible showers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Capitol
Charles G. Dawes
Illinois
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Senate
House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Plaza
New England
South
West
Graham McNamee
Norman Brokenshire
WRC
WJZ
New York
WGY
Schenectady
WBZ
Springfield
McNamee
WEAF
WEEI
Boston
WJAR
Providence
WTIC
Hartford
Conn
WOO
Philadelphia
WCAE
Pittsburgh
WGR
Buffalo
WFBL
Syracuse
WEAR
Cleveland
WLW
Cincinnati
WSB
Atlanta
WWJ
Detroit
WMAQ
Chicago
WDAF
Kansas City
Des Moines
WCCO
Minneapolis
K&lz
Denver
KFI
Los Angeles
KPO
San Francisco
KLX
Oakland
Cal
WCTS
Worcester
Mass
KDKA
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Charles Nor
Olice Department
Abed
Norris
Willard P.er Memorial Hospital
N. W. Halsey & Co
Damilion Fund
Gif T
AL Wait Arch
Papch Company
Wyoming (Co
Province OF
Colonel Coolidge
Leiv Saes
Birmingham
Ala
Murphy
James
F. McCann
Glegel
Dawes
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