Hays Bond Scheme Probed as Mellon Defends Silence
Washington March 13 A Teapot Dome hearing probes why Will Hays and former GOP leaders kept silent about Sinclair bonds and a 1923 plan to mask contributions to the Republican National Committee Secretary Mellon and William M Butler refuse to accept bonds linking to Sinclair while Hays defends his actions and asserts disclosures do not negate prior testimony
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Teapot Dome
Senate Committee
Will Hays
Aes
Treasury
Harry F. Sinclair
Mellon
Treasury Department
William M. Butler
National Republican
Hays
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Sinclair
Republican Party Treasury
Butler
Mr. Melton
Senator Walsh
Dem
Mont
John T. Pratt
New York City
Weeks
Andy
du Pont
Continental Trading Company
Butler and
Melfon
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company
Broadway Widening Plan Referred to Special Committee
City Council delays a 25 foot Broadway setback ordinance by referring it to a special committee chaired by Charles Essen with C. O. Rose and Edward T. Dixon. The move lets Broadway Garage proceed at Sixth and Broadway while the panel studies setback lines citywide, aided by Col. Sherrill and Erwin Kraemer and possibly outside experts. the survey could take months to a year.
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Commercial Tribune
Broadway
Charles Essen
C. O. Rose
Edward T. Dixon
Seasongood
Broadway Garage, Inc
Sixth and Broadway
Col. Sherrill
Erwin A. Kraemer
City Planning Commission
Wendell B. Campbell
Perkins-Campbell Company
Third
Fifth Street
Plum
Central Parkway
Secret East-to-West Atlantic Flight Reported From Cranwell
A new attempt to span the Atlantic from east to west launched at Cranwell Airdrome remains shrouded in mystery. Capt Walter Hinchliffe and companions, including Miss Elsie Mackay, were believed to be flying westward over the ocean as a ship sighted Hinchliffe’s plane off the Irish coast.
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East
London
Hinchliffe
America
Elsie Mackay
Stinson
Lord Inchcape
Egypt
The
Press Association
Capt. Hinchliffe
Ireland
Atlantic
Cranwell Airdrome
Walter Hinchliffe
House Launches Medium Navy Plan Amid Senate Delays
The House pushed through a fifteen cruiser plan for a medium navy as Senate delays on Muscle Shoals linger. Norris resolution for government operation of Muscle Shoals passed 48 to 25 after overtime debate with fertilizer and power amendments. Next, the emergency officers retirement bill moves to the Senate. Cotton market questions arise as Arthur Marsh and William Clayton face cross examination. Ohio wage talks surface in coal field inquiry as labor injunctive powers face Senate Judiciary scrutiny. Wheeler probes operator claims during the Steubenville strike writ review.
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Washington
House
Senate
Arthur L. Marsh
New York
William L. Clayton
Houston
Tex
Senate Coal Field
Ohio
Pennsylvania
S. H. Robbins
Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin
Equity Courts
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
Robbins
Benson W. Hough
Steubenville
Eastern railways pursue four line consolidation agreement
Baltimore Sun reports executives from the Eastern railroads including the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and Nickel Plate are near a four party deal to consolidate routes. The plan hinges on Loree dropping a proposed fifth trunk line and aims to end disputes over line allocations. Negotiations intensify ahead of a Friday New York conference.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
J. F. Issary
Washington
Philadelphia
Eastern Railways
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Loree
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Nickel Plate
Britain greets Afghan king with imperial pageant in London
King Amanullah of Afghanistan and Queen Souriya arrived in London to a welcome led by King George and the British royal state. Premier Baldwin, Austen Chamberlain, and the London mayor joined a grand procession as destroyers and planes met the royal party.
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Britain
London
John Balderston
New York World News Service
Great Britain
Russia
India
George
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Souriya
Syria
Moscow
Channel
Dover
Prince of Wales
Hoover Battle Moves to House Floor in Ohio Primary Clash
In Washington a House clash unfolds over Secretary Hoover as Ohio Republicans push rival outcomes. Brand calls for Hoover’s resignation citing misuse of funds to aid his candidacy, while Burton defends Hoover point by point. The floor hosts a crowded, partisan exchange with each speaker allotted thirty minutes.
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Hoover
Burton
Brand
Washington
Ohio
House
Buckeye
Commerce
Senate
Newton
Minnesota
Poison said to kill widow in Chicago death probe
Chicago coroner announces poison in Mrs Mary Alice Dickinsons body after exhumation. He promises a formal inquest with a jury as relatives who left 5000 of her 100000 estate face questions. nieces Grace Johnson and Margaret Davies may be summoned.
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Chicago
Mary Alice Dickinson
Oscar Wolff
Wolff
Grace Johnson
Margaret Davies
Dickinson
Wall of Death Dam Break Sparks Valley Disaster
News from Newhall California recalls the St Francis Dam failure near San Francisquito Canyon. A 274 dead toll grows as 700+ missing, with vast property losses and fears of typhoid amid rescue and relief efforts. Rumors of leaks and dynamite prep near the dam are reported by motorists.
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Newhall
Cal
San Francisquito Canyon
St. Francis
A. M. Rumsey
Saugur
Hoosier Cops Sniff Out Kerosened Burglary Suspect
Indianapolis police trained as breath sniffers tracked a kerosene soaked burglar after a report of a theft. Clarence Dodd, facing grand larceny charges, was arrested after hours of searching. Max Stein 16 said he threw a kerosene bottle at the would be robber during the cash register theft attempt. The chase spanned the neighborhood before Dodd was found.
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Indianapolis
Clarence Dodd
Max Stein
Nicaragua House Defeats McCoy Bill on Election Supervision
In Managua on March 13 the Nicaraguan House rejected the McCoy bill that would allow American supervision of the October presidential elections. The final vote was 22 against and 16 in favor. National Guardsmen monitored the national palace as supporters packed the area.
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Managua
Nicaragua House rejects revised election law
Washington reports Managua rejected the revised form of the Nicaraguan election law meant to regulate U S supervision of the upcoming presidential elections. Officials affirm Washington will not back away from its pledge to supervise, despite obstruction by the Chamorro forces blamed for blocking progress.
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Washington
Managua
Havana
Pan-American Congress
Chammorroistas
Despondent 16-Year-Old Shoots Self After Job Struggles
William Endres 16, of 1025 West Liberty street, was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot in his kitchen. Relatives say he quit Bloom Junior High at Christmas to seek work after layoffs. despite numerous ads, he failed to secure employment. His niece Annetta Holthaus found him after hearing no reply while playing. The revolver belonged to his brother Herman and muffled the shot with a pillow.
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Bill
Annetta Holthaus
West McMicken Avenue
Arnetta
William Endres
West Liberty Street
Freda Holthaus
Fred Trinkle
Young Endres
Otto Endres
Bloom
Baymiller and
Dayton Streets
Holthaus
Annetta
Herman
Mary Endres
Savannah Endres
Hungarian Delegation Fomented Clash at New York Pier
Disorder erupted as 572 Hungarian protesters greeted by a Hungarian Government delegation clashed with anti-Horthy demonstrators at a New York pier. Police used clubs, shots were fired, and a photographer was injured amid rumors of a bomb prior to a monument unveiling ceremony for Kossuth.
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New York
Louis Kossuth
Kossuth
Can't Shine Those For Escape At Dayton Hospital
Donald Collins, 23, of Newport, escaped Speers Hospital by slipping out a window after an attack left him wounded. He headed to a barber shop, but a bootblack refused to shine his bare feet, then fled with customers ahead of him as police searched the city for the wounded man who fears pneumonia.
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Mr. Mellon
Rumsey
Great
Los Angeles
Canyon
Pomeroy
Bootblack
Speers Hospital
Collins
Dayton
Donald Collins
Monmouth Street
Newport
K. Collins
J. P. Allen
Madison Avenue
Covlington
Colling
Fourth and
Boone Streets
Collings
Old Jury Picking System as Political Machine Report Indorses Chief Justice Plan
A Cincinnatus Association report chaired by Russell Wilson condemns the old jury selection method as political and praises the Chief Justice system for expediting trials. It cites trials speeding up and judges handling more cases, noting 193 more cases disposed of in two months than suits filed.
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Cincinnatus Association
Common Pleas Court
aé_e
Russell Wilson
Wilson
Special Judicial Administration Committee
Association
Jerome Clark
George Hollister
Walter R. Keagy
Joseph W. Viner
Committee On the Administration of Justice
Cuyahoga County
Frederick L. Hoffman
Common Pleas
Common Pleas Courts
Hamilton County
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the Mail
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Sene
Nicaragua
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