League of Nations seals Memel pact amid peace push
In Geneva the League of Nations touted a record day as its council advanced Memel settlement, Hungary reconstruction, and Poland Germany arbitration while Davis earned an ovation for mediation. Lithuania accepted Memel terms amid sacrifice for league unity.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
League Today
Norman H. Davis
New York
Memel
Hungary
Souza Dantas
Brazil
Lord Parmoor
Great Britain
Poland
Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Rumania
Jaworzina
Danzig
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Europe
Davis
League
M. Galvanauskas
Lithuania
Baltic
Council of Ambassadors
Davis Commission
Elimination of Unfit By Artificial Means Urged by Ohio Savant
Prof Raymond C Osburn of Ohio State University urged artificial steril ity to curb the unfit and mentally inferior in society during the university winter convocation. He warned population growth threatens the food supply and said steril ity should be imposed on genetically unfortunate individuals.
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Ohio Savant
Columbus, O
Raymond C. Osburn
Ohio State University
Jury finds Gates killed Heaton justifiable in inquest
Coroner's jury in Louisville returns verdict that Illiam Gates was Heaton's slayer and the act justifiable. The widow Mary Leahy Wesson Heaton testified she knew of the plot to mutilate Gates and acknowledged Heaton studied hypnotism. She described acting as hypnotized to satisfy him.
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Louisville
Richard H. Heaton
Illiam Gates
Gates
Heaton
Mary Leahy Wesson Heaton
Eaton
Fleas Outshine Men in Sight Says German Scientist
A Berlin report cites a German scientist who says fleas possess far sharper sight than humans. He explains fleas perceive glow from a sleeping person under a blanket as brightly as a red hot stove appears in darkness, and notes humans miss many tone waves and UV signals unseen by fleas.
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Berlin
Senate probe sought into Ford Muscle Shoals lobbying
Senator Brookhart announced plans to introduce a resolution for Senate investigation into alleged lobbying for Ford Muscle Shoals. Senator McKellar cited Tennessee referendum returns on the proposal while Norris suggested money might have influenced a candidate dropping from a race.
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Washington
Senate
Brookhart
Ford
Tennessee
McKellar
Detroit
Norris
John Mack Auto Pioneer Killed in Collision
John M Mack inventor of the Mack truck and founder of Mack Motor Car Company now International Motor Company was instantly killed near Neffs Allentown Pa when his car collided with a Lehigh Valley Transit work vehicle late today.
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John Mack
Allentown
John M. Mack
Mack Motor Car Company
The
International Motor Company
Neffs
Lehigh Valley Transit Company
Thaw Mental-Health Trial Moves Forward in Philadelphia
Legal steps to free Harry K. Thaw proceed as Judge J Willis Martin grants a jury trial to determine his present mental condition at the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases. Thaw's mother Mrs Mary C Thaw and trustees are notified. no delay is expected. Thaw has been away from the asylum at his mother's Pittsburgh home for over a week under court order.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Pennsylvania Hospital For
J. Willis Martin
Common Pleas Court
Thaw
Mary C. Thaw
Walter Riddle
Howard Irish
John M. Patterson
Patterson
One Cent Income Tax Paid After Computation
A Cincinnati man visited the U S Internal Revenue office to file an income tax return and after calculations, exemptions subtracted, was told he owed one cent. He paid and left. The piece notes curiosity over retroactive tax proposals and their potential impact on returns.
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Uncle Sam
Charles M. Dean
United States Internal Revenue Collector
Federal Building
Sam
Congress
Pennsylvania Railroad Trainmen Wage Increase Approved
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a 6.2 percent aggregate wage rise for about 32 000 train service employees. Conductor and brakeman pay up 30 to 36 cents per day, yard workers 32 to 40 cents, with a new guaranteed minimum daily earning. The deal reflects a joint fact finding study and follows earlier notice of a 5 percent rise for engineers and firemen.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Pennsylvania
250 Rain Employees Benefit From Wage Increase
Local officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad expect about 250 Cincinnati employees to gain from a wage raise announced in Philadelphia. The increase, roughly six percent over the current scale, covers conductors brakemen baggagemen and switch tenders.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Random Bronx shelter fund offers dollar with plea
New Yorkers woke to a strange donation as 1000 people received a dollar with permission to use it or return it to aid children at the Bronx Day and Night Shelter. Names were drawn from a telephone directory.
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New York
Bronx
Senator Reed Blocks News Outlets in Daugherty Inquiry
In Washington on March 14 Senator Reed of Missouri used both physical and verbal force to bar a news bulletin door during the Daugherty Investigating Committee session. A ten year old copy boy exchanged sharp remarks with Reed as guards redirected the crowd and reporters. A new doorway route for the flying messengers was later arranged to resume reporting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Reed
Missouri
Reed
Daugherty
Capitol
Daugherty Denies All Charges In Senate Testimony
Attorney General Daugherty publicly rejects insinuations tied to Jess Smith and Roxie Stinson. He denies any personal or financial involvement with Western Oil Company or prize fight film ventures and labels the testimony as incompetent gossip. He asserts blackmail attempts against Roxie Stinson were rejected.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Senate Investigating Committee
Jess Smith
Roxie Stinson
Smith
James G. Darden
Western Oil Company
Roxie” Stinson
Senate Committee
Completon
Seiwaenmehnes
Miss Roxie
Stinson
United States
Wheeler
Committee of Investigation
Department of Justice
Columbus
Jess W. Smith
Darden
U S Marines to Land in Acapulco Says Huertista
Consul General A E Hegeswisch reports a telegram from General Candido Aguila stating American marines from the USS Cincinnati will land in Acapulco to aid in maintaining order. The message claims agreement between the Cincinnati commander and the American Consul.
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U.S
Mexico
Huertist
New Orleans
A. E. Hegeswisch
de la Huerta
Candido Aguila
U.S. S. Cincinnati
Acapulco
Hegeswisch
Cincinnati
Senate backs Poincare decree authority vote
Paris March 14 The Senate voted 154 to 141 to grant the government power to issue decrees in a confidence motion for Premier Poincare.
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Senate
Poincare
Associated Press
Paris
Ten Survivors Tell Tale Of Shipwreck S among Ward Line Santiago
Ten survivors, bleary and clad in plain clothes, arrived on the Norwegian steamer Cissy in Baltimore. They recount the Santiago sinking off Hatteras after a three day storm, with 25 seamen lost, including the captain lashed to the mast, and two officers who vanished during a chaotic hatch flood. The nine names given for the rescued crews include Bernardo Rais, Benello Martin, Carlos Britt, B. Murillo, Frank Mar chino, Herman Hughes, John Panos, Bertrand Porter, M. Martin and A. Marcetta. The lifeboats yielded eleven men who clung to gunwales as the ship went down, and one man remained missing. The survivors were dispatched to report to Ward Line offices in New York after consignment to rail.
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Smith
Oyler
Dawe
Royal Mail Line
Walter P. Warner
Dawes
Percy Foyle
Foyle
Orduna
Hamburg
New York
United States
Clark
A. N. Hand
Admiralty
United States District Court
Baltimore
Santiago
Hatteras
Bernardo Rais
Benello Martin
Carlos Britt
B. Murillo
Frank Marchino
Herman Hughes
John Panos
Bertrand Porter
M. Martin
A. Marcetta
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Baldwin
Captain Baldwin
John
Ward Line
Seven Tug and Barges Suffer Losses After Wrecks
Norfolk reports more than forty men missing due to shipwrecks off Virginia and Carolina coasts and the six masted Wyoming sinking off Chatham Massachusetts. Crews from seven tugboats and eighteen coal barges went to sea in calm conditions yesterday, raising fears for their safety.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Carolina
Wyoming
Chatham
Mass
Wreckage From Wyoming Reaches Nantucket Coast Guard
Nantucket mass March 14 coast guard crews recovered a 72 foot mast believed from the wrecked Wyoming. They also found a schooner stern fragment with hawser attached plus no bodies or lifeboats. Captain Clark reported seeing drifting wreckage including lifeboats near Handerchief Lightship.
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Nantucket
Mass
Wyoming
Coast Guard
Nantucket Island
New York
Tampa
Clark
Quincy
Sewalls Point
Handerchief
Spindrift Crew Rescued After Abandoned Schooner Storm
The four masted schooner Spindrift was dismantled in a Tuesday storm southeast of Cape Hatteras. All crew were saved after abandoning the ship. owner Walter E. Reid received word late today in Portland Me.
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Cris
Portland
Cape Hatteras
Walter E. Reid
Historic Burnet House To Remain Hotel Under Menke Lease
The Burnet House at Vine and Third streets will stay open as a hotel under a lease to local hotelman William H. Menke. Estimated price of about 600000 for the property, with plans for extensive renovations and added baths. The Burnet House, famed for Civil War era visits by General Sherman and Presidents Lincoln and Garfield, will continue as a first class hotel while neglecting the previously planned new structure. Menke also sold the lease of the Honing Hotel and its annex to Carl F. Cassin.
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Burnet House
W. H. Menke
Burnet
Vine and
Third Streets
William H. Menke
Burnet Hotel Company
Menke
W. E. Huenefeld
Fourth Street
Vine Street
Menkeaid
Burnet Hause
General Sherman
Grant
Cincinnati
Lincoln
Garfield
Ménke
Honing
Stag Hotel
Carl F. Cassin
Twelfth Street
Stag
Byrnes Opposes Inquiries On Bethlehem Shipboard Claim
In Washington on March 24 Representative Byrnes urged President Coolidge to study a Bethlehem Shipbuilding claim before Schwab’s White House visit. Byrnes cited a Bethlehem claim of 13.38 million and suggested the government’s net liability was about 11.0 million after Shipping Board review and cost-plus criticisms.
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Byrnes
Schwab
Coolidge
Ship Board
Washington
Representative Byrnes
Dem
S. C
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
White House
House
Shipping Board
Hem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Corporation
Aguinaldo Invited as Honorary Chairman of Independence Mission
Manila reports General Emilio Aguinaldo has been invited to serve as Honorary Chairman of the Independence Mission that will depart for the United States soon.
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Manila
Emilio Aguinaldo
Independence
United States
Means testifies he handled money for Jess Smith in Daugherty probe
Washington March 14. Gaston B Means former DOJ investigator testifies he was the money carrier for Jess Smith in schemes tied to whisky withdrawals and war contract overpayments. He says he collected up to 100000 dollars in 1922 and others totaling about 50000 for Smith and associates. He implicates no one as receiving funds and notes possible links to film profits and prosecutions.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Daugherty
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Jesse W. Smith
Smith
Mellon
Harding
Means
W. T. Underwood
Bellevue
Mitsui & Co
Standard Aircraft Corporation
Jap Muma
New York
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Will Orr
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Gaston Means
Miss Stinson
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