Prussian Diet moves to dissolve Nationalistic Liberty Party
Berlin reports the Prussian Government will dissolve the Nationalistic Liberty party after an inquiry into former Lieutenant Rossbach tied to a planned reactionary putsch. Severing says Rossbach plotted a revolution by March 31, aided by liberal and Bavarian Socialist factions. Heavy arrests reported in Breslau as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nationalistic
Liberty Party
Herr Severing
Rossbach
Ruhr
Associated Press
Berlin
London
Ossbach
Ludendorf
Breslau
Four in lottery case fight for house prize in Cincinnati
Four men tied to a Sedamsville house raffle were arrested on charges of promoting and participating in a game of chance. James Bratton and James Horgan of the Big Four Railroad led the scheme to raise funds, with Harry Pfalzgraf of Price Hill denying involvement. John Meyer, owner of a West Sixth Street soft drink parlor, claimed the house prize and vowed legal battle after authorities seized torn tickets and pursued court action. All four posted $300 bonds and await Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Sedamsville
Cincinnati
James Bratton
Big Four Railroad
Harry W. Pfalzgraf
Price Hill
John W. Meyer
West Sixth Street
James P. Hiorgan
Wailshire Avenue
Hyderk
Bratton
Pfalzgraf
Meyer
Horgan
Samuel W. Bell
Kleemeier
Rolfe
Bahlke
Cincinnati Terminal Yardmasters' Association
Bratton and
Yardmasters’ Organization
City
Ohio River
Middle West
Price Hill House
The
John Meyer
Sixth Street
Mysterious Schooner Crashes Into Steamer in Fog
The American freighter Birmingham City reports a collision in heavy fog with a silent three masted schooner near the Ambrose Channel. The schooner, unlit and unresponsive, proceeded off amid the night, leaving both ships to deploy lifeboats as coast guards investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Birmingham City
London
Ambrose
Nel
Arnet
Ambrose Channel
Rum
Stella Larrimore to testify in Farrar divorce case
Stella Larrimore, nineteen, named as a corespondent in Geraldine Farrar’s divorce suit from Lou Tellegen, will appear in person to deny the charges. Attorney Louis Broadsky said she will testify and answer questions, seeking a public hearing or jury trial. The hearing focused on the corespondents and Tellegen’s defense. Schwartz did not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Larrimore
Farrar
Diva
New York
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Louis Broadsky
Metropolitan Opera
Tellegen
Riverside Drive
Larrimore
Francine
Mr. Broadsky
Miss Larrimore
Broadway
Samuel Untermyer
Miss Farrar
111Th Street
Arthur E. Schwartz
Renegade Piutes In Utah Fight. Truce Proffered Near Blanding
In a pitched battle near Washcomb Utah Cowboy Charley of the Allen Canyon band was killed and five braves with four squaws captured. Three renegades remain at large as Navajos carry a truce proposal to Blanding asking guarantees for captured members.
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Washcomb
Blanding
Utah
Cowboy Charley
Plute
Allen Canyon
Redskins
Here
Old Postey
Joe Bishop
Dutch's Boy
Tank
Charley's Bay
I:s
United States
J. Ray Ward
Blandi
Juan
Grand Counties
Posse
Congress to Revise Rail Act and Ease Immigration Next Session
St Augustine Fla March 23 James E Watson Indiana Senator says Congress will overhaul the transportation act and liberalize immigration laws as part of the administration's program. He notes no tariff change and warns against efforts to restore excess profits taxes and undistributed corporate surplus amid a closely divided Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Augustine
Fla
Congress
James E. Watson
Indiana
Senate
Harding
United States
International Court
Watson
West
Railroad Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida
Wave length chart for radio fans ready
Washington March 23 A series of wave length allocations for commercial broadcasting military naval and amateur use was nearly complete after today's executive session at the Second National Radio Conference Commissioner Carson of the Bureau of Navigation announced the findings would be released tomorrow President Harding may be asked to include the new schedule in an executive order
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carson
Bureau of Navigation
Harding
Jail Breakers in Padlocked Cells Push for Better Conditions
Glenn Bemis alias Jack Ross and Clay Mersnon along with five other prisoners allege harsh jail conditions after a botched escape last Sunday. Judge Fred L. Hoffman investigated and noted conditions were not improper given the circumstances as seven conspirators remain segregated in padded cells on bread and water. The men, charged with assaulting to kill and rob John Crane, jail trusty, were arraigned in Criminal Court after a grand jury probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Bemis
Jack Ross
Clay Mersnon
Fred L. Hoffman
Criminal Division
Common Pleas Court
Ross and
Mershon
Jack O’brien
August Socha
Robert Kerr
John
James Harris
Hoffman
John Crane
Trusty
Criminal Court
Hanl
Donahey Urges Assembly To Act On His Recommendations
Governor Donahey told the Ohio Legislature that none of his four recommendations have been acted on by the Assembly. He urged establishing bipartisan administration and parole boards, creating another state brick plant, and transferring auto license tag issuance to the State Penitentiary from the Secretary of State. The Senate received the message as it adjourned for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Donahey
Assembly
Bipartisan Board of Administration
Bipartisan
Parole Board
State Penitentiary
Secretary of State
Senate
Saunders Rejects All Price For Short Interests
Memphis March 23 Saunders declares no price will buy any further short interests. He says only 14 of about 25,000 shares due him were delivered. He lashes Wall Street as a menace and vows to sue the New York Exchange for alleged unethical conduct. He plans direct sales to the public and criticizes the five day extension as aiding shorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Clarence Saun
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
Saunders
The
Exchange
Short sellers settle at Saunders's terms in Piggy Wiggly case
Reports from New York say most shorts accepted the $100 a share offer for Piggy Wiggly stock as Clarence Saunders directed settlements through E. W. Bradford. Some trades occurred earlier at higher prices but the outside market fell to $90 bid and $100 offered after Saunders’s instruction to the National Bank of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorts
Saunders
New York Reports
New York
E. W. Bradford
Clarence Saunders
National Bank of Commerce
Mr. Saunders
Bradford
Washington
Flood Scoops Sioux City Homes as Ice Gorge Dams River
A massive flood and a ten mile ice gorge forced residents to flee Sioux City hours after a record flood surged through the area. The dramatic event swelled rivers and displaced families as emergency crews rushed to protect homes and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Court Hears Defense in House of David Suit
In Grand Rapids the defense in the 80 000 suit against the House of David cult opened. An anonymous letter warned of a double of Benjamin Purnell to be brought into court for the girls to identify while the real leader would be produced. Esther Hansell testified she and Purnell pursued crooked deals and perjured themselves, detailing harsh conditions for followers and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Purnell
Grand Rapids, Mich
John Hansell
Benton Harbor
Edwin Bulley
Colony
King
W. M. Nelson
Nelson
Benjamin
House of David
Esther Hansell
Purnell
Jamin
Parnell
High Island
Lake Ap Lgen
Humble
Fines Paid for Three Chiropractors Freeing Them
Unidentified persons paid the fines of three Cincinnati chiropractors convicted of practicing without licenses, freeing them after almost two weeks in jail. Dr. Bellem’s fine was paid by a unnamed woman. two others, Dr. Borke and Dr. Stoerker, had their penalties covered by a nameless man. The chiropractors planned to resume practice, claiming persecution, while a jail-treatment test and strategy discussions followed at the Cincinnati Association of Chiropractors meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Bellem
State Avenue
Bellem
Charles J. Dumont
St. Bernard
Peter Borke
Madison Jodd
Adolph Stoerker
Crown Avenue
Norwood
Hamilton
Beliem
Bell
State Medical Board
W. W. Jeffers
Cincinnati
Universal Chiropractors’ “Association
Chiropractors
Burke
Judge Bell
F. Morshauser
East Eighth Street
Marshall Avenue
Fow
Gusweiler
Marshauser
Morshauser
Jud Bell
Jeffers
W. N
Cincinnati Association of Chiropractors
Hotel
Gibson
George D. Me
The
Cincinnati Association
Sioux City Flood Menaces 400 Homes as Floyd River Rises
Four hundred homes in Sioux City's bottoms face menace as Floyd River overflows after ice jams from the Missouri River. Water reaches one foot in parts of the district while residents flee to higher ground. Police warn nearby residents to be prepared to move as the river rises to 16.7 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Sergeant Bluffs
Here
Great Gorge
Onawa
Sergéant Bluffs
Water Flood Threat Rises Five Feet in Hour at Homer
Efforts to dynamite an ice gorge in Omaha Creek near Homer Neb disrupted by rapid rise of creek water. Five foot surge in an hour endangers town and floods Main Street cellars. Heavy live stock losses reported from low lands between Homer and Dakotah City as Missouri River floodwaters advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Neb
Omaha Creek
Dakotah City
Ice Gorge Threatens Vermillion After 1881 Flood
Vermillion South Dakota reports an ice gorge forming three miles west of town on the Missouri River. A morning attempt to blow the gorge is planned as a previous 1881 flood at the same spot destroyed Vermillion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion, S. D
Missouri River
Vermillion
Gorge Farms Flee as Ice Gorge Forms Near Iowa City
An ice gorge three miles long formed four and a half miles south of Ona wa Ta today causing residents on bottom lands to flee to safety as water reached flood level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Onawa
Armed Bandits Rob Paymaster in Philadelphia Heist
Four heavily armed motor bandits robbed a paymaster and two guards in the Kensington Textile Mill district of Philadelphia and escaped with 8500 dollars. The money was in pay envelopes from H. W. Butterworth & Sons and was being transferred to the mill. shots were fired at the robbers but no one was hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Kensington
H. W. Butterworth & Sons Company
Howard Freeman
Turner Freed in Mexican Murder Trial
Benjamin H. Turner an American, aged 22, was acquitted by a Mexican jury of the killing of Ramon Arguelles two years ago. The case, the first murder charge against a North American in Mexico in years, followed a prosecution that sought the death penalty. Turner had shot Arguelles over 6000 pesos and was jailed as the “hermit” who refused to disclose his U S address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Benjamin H. Turner
Ramon Arguelles
Mexico
Turner
Argielles
Hea
United States
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Sedamsville House
Lot
Harry Pfalzgraf
James Horgan
Kapp
Vossische Zeitung
Reich
Prussia
Reichstag
Paris
Maginot
Chamber of Deputies
Essen
Salt Lake City
Ross
Ohio
Roy Haynes
Prohibition
Roy Goodwin
United States Prohibition
Frank Hight
F. K. Norwood
W. E. Jones
Hight
Jones
Middletown
Mr. Hight
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