11 Mar 1924
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1924
Page
1
Doheny and six lawyers head to battle front as Sinclair plans legal aid. Telegrams from Three Rivers New Mexico will be read in secret by the Senate board.
Special government counsel head to Wyoming and California to seek annulment of Sinclair and Doheny leases. The Oil Committee resumes hearings, seeking injunctions to halt production in Wyoming and ban new wells in California while receivership, royalty impounding, and accounting under federal courts are arranged.
In Castlegate Utah March 10 officials expressed belief that by tomorrow all 173 miners in Utah Fuel Company Mine No 2 may have been entombed after Saturday’s explosion. Fifty one bodies had been recovered by 10 45 p m tonight rescue crews labored through the escape way while governor Mabey appealed for relief funds for families. Picked crews worked day and night and the dead were moved to the morgue as residents sought word of missing loved ones.
Olive Belle Hamon a 16 year old daughter of the late oilman and Republican leader Jake Hamon left Chicago for Washington to ask the Senate to accept a denial to charges of a political deal with Major General Leonard Wood. She carried only a violin and left a note for her mother saying she would tell the Senate about her father.
Ed win Denby surrendered his navy portfolio in a March 10 ceremony and remains on the Marine Corps Reserve payroll. Acting Secretary Roosevelt takes over as President Coolidge searches for a successor. Denby will depart Detroit Wednesday, with a homecoming planned.
Rome March 10 The Vatican has installed a wireless receiving set in Pope Pius apartment and set up a Rome broadcasting station for Italian amateurs enabling listening to European programs. The Vatican expects recreation from concerts and speeches once the Pope’s receiver is fully operative. A new broadcasting station in Piazza Alfieri broadcasts concerts news and speeches.
March 10 New York ACQUIRE WATERWAY LINK reports the sale to the government of Harvey Canal which connects the Mississippi River with Bayou Baratar in the intercoastal waterway for about 500000 dollars. The canal runs five and a half miles in length.
A Wall Street report says France arranged a 50 million dollar credit from U S banks and a London credit to buy francs and halt their decline. J P Morgan & Co leads the American group underwriting three month notes to fund foreign exchange operations as bankers note the psychological moment to support the franc.
Paris reports show the franc sliding to a new low after France pledged no further loans or inflation to spur recovery. Prices quoted: franc 3.554 cents, dollar 28.13, pound 119.80. curb trading halted as officials, including Premier Poincare and the Bank of France, sought to halt depreciation.
Alfred H. Smith president of the New York Central Lines was killed when he was thrown from his horse in Central Park. Mrs. Smith is speeding from California to attend the funeral, with a special train expected to reach Chicago tonight and Westchester County tomorrow. The Los Angeles to Chicago run aims for about forty eight hours, twenty four hours faster than regular trains.
Judge William E. Smith of Dougherty County returns after five months away claiming a West Indies ship wreck kept him on an unnamed island. He finds his wife running as a candidate for his office in the March 19 primary.
March 11 New York dispatch reports the French freighter Tours, 2501 tons, driven onto rocks near Neuvitas Cuba by a gale. S O S requests two tugs. Tropical Radio Station Florida and Naval Communications in New York relay alerts. Federal Fisheries? No precise position given yet.
Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett testified at the Wakefield police trial in New York that prohibition is a failure and Washington is the wettest city. He described navy district efforts to clean up liquor zones and noted federal injunctions to padlock venues were not acted on.
Governor Donahey declares enforcement will continue despite 110 local card inspectors being discharged under a legal ruling. Sheriffs, constables and city, county, and township officers are urged to act, with the Prohibition Department advising and gathering evidence on noncompliant officials. Private citizens urged to help enforce the law.
Mrs Emma Cc Resler aged 67 was found dead today after neighbors petitioned police. Coroner Smith ruled gas fumes from a coal stove caused death. Burial planned at Casstown Cemetery on Wednesday.
About 2,000 Masons and supporters gathered at the Hotel Gibson as a fifteen day fundraising drive began for a proposed 2 million dollar Masonic Temple. Pledges were anticipated to total around 400,000 with memorial gifts of 2,500 and 1,000 noted.
Seventeen crewmen from the collier Obernai were rescued off Newfoundland by the Kungsholm after drifting fifteen hours. A pocket flashlight signal helped locate two lifeboats in fog, with most survivors from Halifax.
Louisville detective Mrs Jennie Moore says a derringer was in Mrs Richard H Heaton’s dresser drawer before the Saturday night killing. William Gates, held two days, confessed to the murder saying the pistol was overlooked by kidnappers. Indictments were returned for Cordell and Conrad. Gates arraigned on murder, bonds set.
Two young robbers held up Harland Deily on Melrose Avenue Walnut Hills while he warned a neighbor Richard Byrne about the crime. Byrne was robbed of 15 dollars a 20 dollar watch and a gold basketball medal before the car passed. Deily’s watch valued at 50 dollars was taken by the robbers.
Chicago March 19 Dr Herman N Bundesen city health commissioner led 100 inspectors in an anti noise campaign while Chief Justice Harry Olson Municipal Court announced creation of a Special Anti Noise Court. Bundesen said he would target drivers of trucks and automobiles who make excessive racket with sirens and horns.
David Foster of Pittsburgh spent four days trapped in a locked refrigerator car he entered at Detroit to force his way to Chicago. He set a fire in the Chicago Great Western Railroad yards to draw attention and gain his freedom. firemen rescued him.
Chief Justice Curtis Wilbur of the California Supreme Court says a Cabinet post was discussed with President Coolidge at the White House last week. He would consider serving if offered but declined to confirm any specific offer or which post, whether Navy Secretary or Attorney General, was proposed.
Dr. Fred W. Streibh, a Canadian emigrant who moved to Cincinnati to work at the Branch Hospital for Tuberculosis Patients, contracted tuberculosis himself. Despite praise from veteran physicians for his intellect and dedication, his condition was serious but not critical, with hopes for recovery in months.
The heaviest snowfall this season measured four and one tenth inches in a 24 hour period starting Sunday noon. Forecaster William C. Devereaux notes March totals rival 1906 when 6.07 inches fell in a day. Cold snap continues with lows near 24 above zero and yesterday morning’s low at 30.
Florence Emily Dickerson a sixteen year old of Atlantic City died in the Atlantic City Hospital after swelling of the face and a failing condition following use of lipstick. Doctors operated but the poison spread through her system. Chemists study the cosmetic for poisonous ingredients.
The House approved the McKenzie bill by 227 to 142 authorizing acceptance of Henry Ford’s 100 year lease for Muscle Shoals nitrate and power works. The measure includes Madden amendment to replace the Gorgas plant and sell related properties to Ford, with final Senate action uncertain.
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