England Bends Energy to Buy Abroad Outlook
Theodore H. Price reports on Europe’s buying power and Britain’s push to revive trade. The franc’s dip, Germany reparation talks, and a grand British Empire Exhibition in London are noted, with optimism for export demand and transport activity easing.
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Theodore H. Price
Commerce ,and Finance
New York
Poincare
Germany
France
General Dawe
Holland
Federal Reserve Board
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
London
A. S
Europe
Crestline Man Found Dead After Pistol Wound
A well dressed man with a head wound was found on the Lincoln Highway on Crestline's edge. A fired revolver lay nearby and an unsigned memorandum book with the note I am a lost man bury me with a small stone and 244 dollars. Officials say suicide is suspected but not certain.
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Crestline
Lincoln Highway
T. Am
Pair led by stranger in search for liquor hold up
Robert Gentry and Gentry Dunaway were approached by a friendly stranger who offered moonshine information on Yankee road. A highwayman then robbed Dunaway of 2.50 dollars and Gentry of 4 dollars and a silver watch, while the stranger vanished as shots were fired. The highwayman escaped.
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Stranger
Dispatch
The
Commercial Tribune
Middletown
Robert Gentry
Sherman Avenue
Gentry Dunaway
Crawford Street
Yankee Road
Dunaway
Gentry
Policeman fires after backfire mistook for gunshot
Chicago March 9 Policeman Michael O Hara shot and seriously wounded John Barlow, one of three men running to board a street car after mistaking a street noises for a pistol shot. Barlow and companions backed O Hara's backfire story. He claimed to halt them before the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael O'Hara
Sixty-eighth Street
John Barlow
O'Hara
Barlow
Congress faces packed action week with probes and bills
Washington March 9 Congress enters a decisive week with investigations extending beyond legislation. The House may vote on charges of improper influence by two members while the Judiciary Committee seeks procedure after Justice Department name gaps. Legislation pivots on Muscles Shoals, Ford properties, and annual supply bills as Senate weighs a wheat and cotton relief measure and Finance Committee refines the revenue bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Congress
House
Department of Justice
Chicago Grand Jury
Judiciary Committee
Henry Ford
Senate
Northwest
South
Senate Finance Committee
Bankers' League Calls Tax Conference in Asheville
The American Bankers' League based in Washington issued a call for a tax conference in Asheville, North Carolina, on March 20 to protest partisan framing of tax legislation. Southern states will attend as part of a series of regional meetings. The league cites the House's failure to craft a sound tax measure and Senate leaders' admission of the Senate's inability to improve the House bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers’ League
Washington
American Bankers’ League
Asheville
N. C
Congress
League
House
Senate
Rebel General Cavazos Negotiating Surrender in Hidalgo
March 9 Mexico City negotiations begin in Ixmiquilpan between Cavazos emissaries and General Arnulfo Gomez over terms of surrender. Cavazos led raids including Pachuca capture and disruption of the Mexico City Laredo line. Hidalgo Governor Azuara notes both sides have been inactive recently.
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Mexico City
Marcial Cavazos
Hidalgo
Ixmiquilpan
Cavazos
Arnulfo Gomez
Valley of Mexico
Pachuca
Mexico City-Laredo
Antonio Azuara
Orizaba
Antonio Rojas
Miguel Garcia
Manuel Garcia
War Department
Eugenio Martinez
Vera Cruz
Jose Zuno
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Mexican Knights of Columbus
Young Mexicans’ Catholic Association and
Agriculturists
Military Stalemate Reported Along Mexican Railway
Vera Cruz reports no major progress in military actions last week as government forces concentrate near the Mexican Railway to deter rebel activity. Officials announce plans to deploy more troops to assist in reopening the Isthmus Railway.
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Vera Cruz
Ten Bodies Found in Utah Mine Blast Toll Rises
Approximately thirty of 175 entombed miners in Castlegate Utah are known dead after yesterday’s explosion at Utah Fuel Company Mine No 2. Rescue teams report ten corpses recovered and twenty more seen, with gas and obstructions delaying access.
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Utah
Associated Press
Castlegate
Utah Fuel Company
George Wilson
Castlegate Canyon
Red Cross
Salvation Army
National Guard
Five Injured in Wellsville Blast Destroys Three Buildings
Five people were injured and three buildings demolished in Wellsville early morning when Charles Prezzia’s general store was blown from its foundation. The blast damaged nearly twenty homes, shattered distant windows, and caused structural displacement at Sterling China Plant. Police hold Prezzia and his son Dominick as investigators seek the explosive’s nature and cause.
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Associated Press
Wellsville
Charles Prezzia
John Crea
Stephen Crea
Sterling China Company
Prezzia
Dominick
Oil Plant Explosion Fatal After Injuries At Mt Pleasant
Jennings Bobbs died at Mt Pleasant Hospital after injuries from an explosion and fire that destroyed Freedom Oil Company and Atlantic Refining Company plants. Brothers Earl and Ray Stairs remained in serious condition as the fire burned for over twenty three hours causing about 125000 dollars in damages.
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MT. Pleasant
Jennings Bobbs
Freedom Oil Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Earl
Ray Stairs
Rector Stricken During Sermon in Altoona Parish
The Rev. James Bernard Egan pastor of St. Mark's Catholic parish collapsed at the altar while preaching to parish children in Altoona Pennsylvania. He was taken to his rooms and pronounced dead from heart disease.
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Altoona
James Bernard Egan
St. Mark's Catholic
Car Fire Tragedy in East Syracuse Kills One
A streetcar on James Street in East Syracuse burst into flames injuring twenty seven and endangering about sixty as passengers panicked. The dead woman was Florence E. Lotheridge of East Syracuse who leaped through a rear window to yank the trolley pole and died instantly. None of the injured were in serious condition.
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Syracuse
N. Y
East Syracuse
James Street
Florence E. Lotheridge
Tragic Bronx Wedding Car Crash Kills Three Women
A wedding party returning in a car crashed into a telegraph pole in the Bronx. Miss Grace Carney 26, Mrs Jose Curry and an unidentified woman about 35 were killed. Joseph Curry owner was injured and held on a homicide charge. Carnae Egan 38 suffered a likely fatal leg injury.
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N. Y
New York
Bronx
Grace Carney
Jose Curry
Joseph Curry
Carnae Egan
Mutiny Rumors Roil Dublin as Arrest Orders Issued
Dublin reports a mutiny in the Nationalist army after orders were issued for the arrest of Major General Liam Tobin and Colonel Charles Dalton. A by election meeting for a Dail seat drew about ten thousand people with extreme disorder and a nearby shop set ablaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
Liam Tobin
Charles Dalton
Cosgrave
Representative Green Pushes Quick Path for Soldier Bonus Bill
Washington plans to bring the soldiers bonus bill before the House this week via a special rule. A sub committee will finalize the bill offering paid up life insurance and a $50 cash option for veterans with lower entitlements. The group includes Republican Green Hawley Bacharach and Democrat Garner Oldfield.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Green
Hawley
Oregon
Bacharach
New Jersey
Garner
Texas
Oldfield
Arkansas
Amerind Legion
Daugherty Inquiry Uncertain As Hearings Loom
Washington dispatch says Senate plans to open investigations into Attorney General Daugherty this week face uncertainty with the AG still in office. Focus will shift to Mexican revolution arms and embargo actions at the border and possible ties to oil interests.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Fall
Doheny and
Sinclair Oil
Brookhart
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Marshal Walker
San Antonio
Walker
Leonard Wood
Jake Hannon
Oklahoma
J. M. Alvarez del Castillo
de la Huerta
Mexico
Obregon
John P. Green Dies At 85 Former Rail Executive
John P. Green, 85, retired Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died suddenly at his Philadelphia home of heart disease. He left active service in 1909 under pension rules. Green joined the railroad in 1869 and served as peer to the First Vice President, and he was a Civil War Union Army captain.
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Philadelphia
John P. Green
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad
Teacher Ends Life By Poison Amid Ill Health
Miss Lula Landfried 44 a teacher at the Sixth District School drank poison at her home on Ludlow avenue. Relatives describe a nervous breakdown lasting about three weeks and a prior suicide attempt denied by family. She died at Good Samaritan Hospital after being found semiconscious.
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Lula Landfried
Ludlow Avenue
Miss Landfred
D. C. Handley
Miss Landfried
Slayer of Louisville broker tells of torture by maniac
Indianapolis detective Frank Cordell is arrested in Louisville on kidnapping charges connected to the seizure of William Gates. Gates was held two days, then allegedly shot Richard Heaton who had instigated the seizure. Cordell admits aiding Heaton and was in Heaton's warehouse during the incident.
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Louisville
Maniac
Frank Cordell
Indianapolis
William Gates
Gates
Richard Heaton
Cordell
Louisville Courier- Journal
Heaton
Brooks
Thirty-fourth Street
Three Negroes Die in Fights as Police Hold Suspects
Police report three killings in as many days with two men shot and one stabbed. Victims include William West 30 at Fifth and Smith, Robert Verman 40 at Pogue and O'Brien, and Andrew Jackson ? at Richmond Street. Powell is under arrest for Verman’s shooting after admitting the gunfire in a dice dispute.
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William West
Carlisle Avenue
Fifth and
Smith Streets
Owen
Lee
West Fourth Street
Eutenant Krumpe
Fifth
West
Krumpe
Fifth Street
General Hospital
Robert Verman
Pogue Avenue
Pogue
Farrel
Dieble
Powell
Verman
Andrew Jackson
Richmond Street
Churches to Cross Ocean Recalling London’s Historic Spires
In London a plan by Edward Page Gaston proposes dismantling a number of unused church buildings dating to before and after the Reformation. The churches would be shipped to American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand cities to be re erected, preserving architectural and historic ties.
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London
England
Edward Page Gaston
Pocahontas
Virginia
Wren
Church of England
Gaston
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Sweeping Bankruptcy Reforms Urged to Eliminate Rings
Federal judiciary conference report urges sweeping bankruptcy reforms to root out so called rings that levy high fees and control estates. Proposals include creditor notice of funds received and disbursements, bans on soliciting creditor representation, and hearings for fees. Judge Henry Wade Rogers released the report to Chief Justice Taft.
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New York
Federal Judiciary Conference
Philadelphia
Henry Wade Rogers
United States Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Taft
Federal
Rogers
Federal Judicial Council
American Bar Association
Commercial League of America
National Association of Credit Men
Prisoner recounts capture and slaying of captor in Louisville
William Gates, stock salesman, told police in Louisville that he was held for forty eight hours by Richard H Heaton his captor. Gates said Heaton planned to mutilate him and disposed of a body if death occurred. Gates killed Heaton with two shots and surrendered. Heaton and Fisher brokerage ties are noted. Mrs Heaton denied suspicions as police assess motive and aid.
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Louisville
William Gates
Harrods Creek
Gates
Richard H. Heaton
Heaton & Fisher
South Thirty-fourth Street
Liberty
Jefferson County
Ly Clarke Otte
Commonwealth Attorney
James Edwards
E. A. Larkin
Heaton Jr
lJonely House
Heaton
South Side
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Atlantic
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Dito
de Valera
Rail
Good Samaritan Hospital
Indiana Farmer
Indiana
John Hearn
Edgewood
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Robert McElroy
Anna
Charles Hasselberg
Marion County Grand Jury
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