Rescue Worker Dies in Castlegate Utah Coal Mine Blast
Desperate efforts to reach 175 miners entombed by a blast at Mine No 2 of Utah Fuel Company Castlegate Utah. George Wilson head of a rescue crew died asphyxiated while others were carried out. Gas hindered operations as fans were repaired and air flow restored.
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Castlegate
Utah
Utah Fuel Company
George Wilson
Standardville
Joseph Carnley
Hiawatha
Kenilworth
United States Bureau of Mines
Dawson
N. M
Butte
Mont
No. 2
Winter Quarters
Scofield
Here
Greater Cincinnati Masons urged by ex Vice President to aid temple
Former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall addressed the Masonic Day crowd at Music Hall urging Cincinnati and Hamilton County Masons to contribute to a new $2,000,000 Masonic Temple. The parade drew over 10,000 Masons, with broadcasts via Station WSAI for those away.
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Greater Cincinnati
Masons
Temple
Thomas R. Marshall
Masonic Temple
Cincinnati
Music Hall
Cincinnati Masonry
Thomas Kite
Mr. Marshall
T. KR. Marshall
Hamilton County
Marshall
Elks Lodge Plans Relief Party From Salt Lake City
About forty entombed Castlegate miners are believed to be Elks Lodge members, says S. W. Tooke Exalted Ruler of Salt Lake City chapter. A relief party of lodge members will depart tonight.
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Elks’ Lodge
Salt Lake City
Castlegate
S. W. Tooke
Admits Smothering Her Baby Daughter in Brunswick Hotel
Mrs. Nettie M. MacLean of Tacoma admitted killing her infant daughter by smothering with a pillow at a Brunswick hotel on February 28. County Attorney Clement F. Robinson said MacLean and her husband, Kenneth Ross MacLean, are charged with manslaughter and that she later buried the body in snow, then moved it to Portland.
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Associated Press
Portland
Nettie M. MacLean
Tacoma
Wash
Brunswick
Clement F. Robinson
State Board of Charities and Correction
MacLean
Hunt is On for Vandals Who Wrecked Train
A posse led by Mohave County Sheriff W P Mahoney and Indian trailers began searching for vandals after train No 42 derailed in the desert seventy two miles north of Phoenix. One trainman was killed and another seriously injured when spikes were pulled from the right of way. The locomotive baggage car and a smoker fell over. No passengers were hurt.
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Phoenix
Ariz
W. P. Mahoney
Mohave County
Santa Fe
Northbourd
Desert
Here
Statistician in Critical Condition In St. Paul
Carl Hookstadt of Washington chief statistician in the Bureau of Statistics Federal Department of Labor is critically ill in St Paul with pneumonia and little hope is held for his recovery.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Carl Hookstadt
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Statistics
Federal Department of Labor
Archway of Water Saves Firemen at Beyers Plant Blaze
Cleveland March 8 Battalion Fire Chief McGuire and five men were trapped in a second floor room at the Beyers Manufacturing Company on East Fourth Street. They escaped when water streams formed an arch at a window opening on the fire escape. After ten minutes of battle the blaze blew two escape routes. The fire forced 100 employees into the street and caused about 1000 dollars damage.
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Cleveland
McGuire
Beyers Manufacturing Company
East Fourth Street
Missouri Democrats split as Reed and McAdoo fall short in Missouri
Missouri ward township and county conventions fail to give a general endorsement to Senator Reed or McAdoo for the presidential race. St Louis delegates lean Reed while rural counties are largely uninstructed or hostile to Reed and split for McAdoo or uninstructed. Reed cites principle and defeat as fighting for right. Long calls it a victory for progressive democracy and honesty in government. Oliver argues Reed’s view matches the nationwide sentiment and favors McAdoo as the leading candidate.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
United States
James A. Reed
William Gibbs McAdoo
Missouri
Reed
McAdoo
St.Louis
Breckenridge Long
Co. C. Oliver
Plane Crash in Ontario. Mail Pilot Killed in Snowstorm
Brooks Hyde Pearson, an airplane mail pilot, died when his plane crashed near Curwensville Pennsylvania after a snowstorm. The wreckage was found by M C Porter on the Porter farm, with the plane carrying about a half ton of mail from Bellefonte to Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Curwensville
Brooks Hyde Pearson
Porter Farm
M. C. Porter
Porter
Pearson
Official denies plane carried mail in Curwensville crash
Brooks Hyde Pearson did not carry mail on the flight when his plane fell near Curwensville Pennsylvania officials said. He had diverted mail to a train at Bellefonte and continued to Cleveland with no mail aboard. Pearson, about 30, was a former Curtiss test pilot with one year in air mail service and unmarried.
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Washington
Brooks Hyde Pearson
Curwensville
Post Office
Cleveland
New York
Bellefonte
Air Mail Service
Curtiss Company
Garden City
Long Insland
California
Plane crash in Allegheny Mountains kills mail pilot Brooks Hyde Pearson
Mail authorities near Bellefonte believe the pilot Brooks Hyde Pearson, flying a Bellefonte to Cleveland mail plane, struck trees in a heavy snowstorm high in the Allegheny Mountains. The wreckage was found on a high ground area. Pearson suffered burned feet and legs, and the plane was destroyed by fire. Local mail carried was minimal, not a large load.
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Allegheny Mountains
Bellefonte
Here
Brooks Hyde Pearson
Cleveland
Pearson
Unconscious Woman Found in Sewer Pipe
Gladys O Connor aged 22 was found nearly frozen in a 14 inch sewer pipe in Hamilton Ontario. Two boys heard her cries, retrieved axes, freed her, and she was taken to hospital in serious condition. She had been missing since Tuesday.
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Hamilton
Ont
Gladys O'Connor
Alfred Smith Dies After Park Horse Accident
Alfred H. Smith president of the New York Central Railroad was killed in Central Park after being thrown from a horse. He died of a broken neck at Fifth Avenue Hospital at age 62, leaving a large railroad and financial industry background and a family in New York. Nearby Edward Hoopes witnessed the event as another rider spooked the horse leading to the fatal fall.
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New York Central System
New York
Alfred H. Smith
New York Central Railroad
Central Park
Chicago
Smith
Edward Hoopes
New York Central
Riding Academy
Mr. Hoopes
Sixty Sixth Street
Mr. Smith
C. M. Tenny
Hisenie Smith
and. S
California
Plaza
Road
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
United States
McAdoo
Ohio and
Potomac
United States Railroad Administration
Seaplane Record Falls in Curtiss Trophy Race
Miami Florida March 8 Lieutenant W F Grant United States Navy broke the American seaplane speed record by winning the Curtiss marine trophy race under National Aeronautical Association auspices with an average speed of 116.1 miles per hour over 200 kilometers.
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Miami
Fla
W. F. Grant
United States Navy
National Aeronautical Association
Want-Ad News Highlights: Sales Jobs and Vehicle Listings
Builder and general contractor seeks estimates while a local firm hires a vacuum salesmen. Three young ladies sought for city sales and travel work. Axminster rugs offered at value. Ford touring and Ford sedan advertised in Used Cars. 162 acre Blue Grass stock farm for sale. Auto repair business and bungalow for sale. business price only. Help Wanted notes seek salesmen for six cylinder car opportunities.
Arms Sent to Rebels in Mexico Tied to Fall and Oil Interests
Washington reports on the ongoing oil scandal inquiry centering on Edward B. McLean. Testimony links prearranged statements by Fall with a $100,000 loan, while Ira Bennett questions stir debate over White House access and a private telegraph wire. Senator Curtis testifies twice, denying Bennett's prior accounts and detailing discussions with McLean aides.
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Mexico
Daugherty
Associated Press
Washington
Oil Committee
Edward B. McLean
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Ira E. Bennett
Washingto Post
Ohn F. Major
McLean
Albert B. Fall
Fall
E.S. Rochester
Palm Beach
Department of Justice
Francis T. Homer
Baltimore
White House
the Post Here
Invasion of Bulgaria Feared by Jugo Slavs in Sofia
In Sofia tension rises as fears grow of a Jugo Slavia occupation of Bulgarian territory. The Bulgarian government rounds up Macedonian agitators while Belgrade reports the arrests as a mere pretense. The American diplomatic mission prepares for possible evacuation.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Associated Press
Jugo-Slavia
Serbia
Belgrade
Escaped prisoner shoots captor in Louisville raid
William Gates aged 31 held Richard Heaton 33 prisoner for three days in a residential Louisville home. Heaton fatally shot during an improvised operation scene as Gates escaped with handcuffs dangling. Mrs Mary Lee Heaton described jealousy motive and aided police with details from the household.
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Louisville
William Gates
Richard Heaton
Mary Lee Heaton
Gates
Heaton
Chicago
Walter N. Thomas
South State Street
Negro physician asked to perform operation in Louisville
In Chicago on March 8 Dr Walter N Thompson a black physician said a man he believes is Richard Heaton visited a year after losing surgical instruments and later asked for advice about placing a cousin in a sanitarium and then for a serious operation, asking for his card which the man took.
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Chicago
Walter N. Thompson
Richard Heaton
William Gates
Louisville
Heaton
Illinois
Nation looks to branches to uphold constitution says Coolidge
President Coolidge at the White House Correspondents Association dinner urged Americans to rely on the executive, judiciary, and Congress to defend the Constitution. He recalled journalism's role in informing policy and defended economy and tax reduction while noting ongoing debates over government spending and agency appropriations. Attorney General Daugherty spoke about retirement from the Cabinet and honor.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Executive
Judiciary
Congress
Legislative
Daugherty
Mr. Daugherty
Vermont
Boston
Boston Journal
New England
Income tax cut for 1923 hinges on revenue bill
Washington reports a proposed 25 percent tax cut for 1923 depends on passage of the revenue bill. House leaders favor keeping the cut within the revenue measure and seek quick enactment. Debate continues as senators tackle estate tax provisions and consider revisions to preserve revenue.
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March
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Coolidge
Green
Representative Porter
Rep
Senate Finance Committee
House
Finance Committee
Hynicka to be Called in Political Inquiry
The Senate inquiry into Attorney General Daugherty will hear from witnesses tied to the Mexican gun running and oil influence cases. Names include Rudolph Hynicka and other Ohio backers, with testimony likely starting next week as investigators probe Wood and Harding campaigns and related bribery indictments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Senate
Fall
Doheny and
Sinclair
de la Huerta
Mexico
United States
Department of Justice
Masteuss
Leonard Wood
Harding
Mr. Daugherty
New York
Gaston B. Means
Thomas B. Felder
Charles W. Morse
Brookhart
Wheeler
Means
Leonard Wood, Jr
Wood
Ohio
General Wood -P
Doheny
William J. Burns
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Frank H. Hitchcock
General Wood
Senator Johnson
Robert F. Wolfe
Columbus
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Grache
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Underwood
Robinson
Norris
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Logansport
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