Graft Trials Loom as Prosecution Vows Hard Line
The government signals they will pursue every offender in a graft ring involving 48 police and 23 village liquor court agents on charges of conspiring to violate prohibition and narcotic laws. Indictments foresee trials before Judge Hickenlooper starting mid next month with defense teams preparing motions to quash or demur.
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Ments
District Attorney's Office
May
Washington
Hickenlooper
District Court
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Shook
Morrissey
Terry
Thomas H. Morrow
Gwynne
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R. T. Dickerson
Chester R. Shook
Joseph Bird
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Frank R. Gusweiler
Amos P. Foster
Aubrey Houston
Raymond Ratliff
Court Calendar for Today Scattered Dockets in Common Pleas
Listings show multiple cases across rooms 3 4 5 7 and 8 with judges LeBlond Hoffman Struble Darby Ryan and others. Proceedings include Pittsburgh Foundry vs A O Railway Cincinnati Rail Crank vs C N O J P Railway and several domestic relations and criminal cases scheduled around 9 to 10:15 o clock.
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Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Company
A. & O. Railway Company
Frank ‘Lea and Spice Company
L. Schreiber «&Sons Company
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Judge Darby
Aimae
Brown
Charles Shannon
August J. Ritzer
Steptimus A. ‘Shnompson
Mamie Greenwald
U George P. Sonngen
Marx
Chicagoy Lumber and Coal Company
Sophia Haberer
C. W. Hoffman
Lienore Woodward
Cora Hradley
Frank Bradley
Leo Wessel
Marie Wessel
Max C. P. Fingas
Minnie Fingas
Ida B. Winstead
George N. Winstead
Hisad Osborn
Thomas J. Osborn
James QO. Sebree
Alisha Sebree
Poolroom killing in Coke Otto sparks murder charge
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports Sir Edward Daniels, 45, proprietor of the Colored Masonic Hall in Coke Otto, shot James Hurley, 49, also of Coke Otto, during a pool dispute. Hurley died. Daniels surrendered to a local constable. A preliminary hearing is set for tomorrow afternoon.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Edward Daniels
Coke Otto
James Hurley
Colored Masonic Hall
Daniels
Holley
Mt. Sterling
Detroit
Luther Epperson
William Simpson
William Harney
Fall Fatal to William Apgar at Home
William Apgar 67 of 2139 Eastern Avenue died at General Hospital from a fractured skull after a March 8 fall down stairs at his home. Coroner Handley ruled the death accidental. Apgar was uncle to Policeman Thomas McCollum, who lived with him.
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William Apgar
Eastern Avenue
General Hospital
Handley
Apgar
Thomas McCollum
Reforming Child Marriages Across States
A Russell Sage Foundation report led by Mary E Richmond and Fred S Hall outlines a ten point plan to end child marriages. It calls for raising the minimum marriage age to sixteen, five days notice, banning Gretna Greens, ending out of town marriages, empowering license officials, removing license fees, requiring independent age proof, documentary age proof, in person appearance for both parties, and aligning marriage, work, and school laws.
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New York World News Service
New York
Russell Sage Foundation
Mary E. Richmond
Fred S. Hall
Gretna Greens
MacDonald Links Scandals to Society Decay in Speech
In a Glasgow address defending the Labour party from materialism charges former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald cited blackmail and social scandals before British courts. He warned such reports shame decent people and reflect deterioration among those not doing decent work.
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London
Labor Party
Glamorgan
Ramsay Macdonald
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Girl Who Killed Mother Goes On Trial Today
Dorothy Ellingson, 16, to face murder charges in San Francisco after shooting her mother Anna Ellingson on February 13 in a bedroom at home. She admitted love for night life and named youths from a cafe orchestra as associates. Three were held for contributing to delinquency but later released. No death penalty due to age.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Ellingson
California
Consciousness Seen During Fall In Parachute Tests
Army airmen in the Mitchell Field tests proved a fall from height does not erase consciousness. Sergeant Bose and Corporal Bergo went up in a bomber and made four delayed jumps, remaining aware during the descent and until impact, confirming they stayed conscious after opening parachutes.
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Associated Press
New York
Mitchell Field
Army
Bose
Bergo
Two Miners Feared Alive in Barrackville Mine Blast
In Fairmont West Virginia rescue crews surge to save two possible survivors from the Barrackville mine explosion that trapped 33 workers. Four more bodies pulled from the toll, including night foreman Harry Marston, as state police detain three suspects linked to the Bethlehem Mines incident.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Barrackville
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
T. R. Dehart
Sinals
West End
Harry Marston
Charles Grqves
Norton
Pat O’connor
Groves
Corporation
Steamship Seized Off Ambrose Channel With $150,000 Cargo
The steamship Robert C. Clowry carrying liquor valued at about $150,000 was seized by coast guards near Ambrose Channel on Saturday night and brought to the Battery. Sixteen crew members including Captain Daniel OConnor of New York were held pending hearings. The vessel, formerly a Western Union cable ship, was taken after a small motor boat was captured southwest of Ambrose lightship.
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New York
Robert C. Clowry
Ambrose Channel
Coast Guards
Daniel O’connor
Western Union
Ambrose Lightship
President Arrested in Broadway Grand Larceny Case
James E. Morrison a 60 year old resident of Seattle claimed to be president of the Puget Sound Spokane and Northwestern Railroad was arrested on Broadway on a grand larceny charge filed by Eric Klein. Morrison allegedly sold Klein stock worth 1200 dollars that proved to be virtually worthless.
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RAW
New York
James E. Morrison
Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound, Spokane & Northwestern Railroad
Eric Klein
Morrison
Klein
Paris Women Embrace Kobe Smoking Dinner Jackets
Paris fashion buzzes as women experiment with a masculine dinner jacket look called Kobe Smoking. The trend features a vest-style lapelled jacket with white collar and black tie, paired with a straight plain skirt. Critics urge women to remain feminine while rivals push the bold new style. Cecile Sorel calls it sacrilege, while designer Andre de Fouquieres warns against eroding womanhood even as the trend spreads.
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Paris
Kobe
le Sport
Cecile Sorel
Comedie Francaise
Andre de Fouquieres
N. Y
Paris Suspects German Motives Behind League Offer
Well informed Paris circles question Germanys conditional offer to join the League of Nations. Officials doubt a decision before the German presidential elections and fear Germany may trade concessions for guarantees. Confirmation from Berlin is sought before accepting the report as fact.
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Reich
League
Berlin
German Government Seeks Reich Admission to League Without Reservations
The Havas News Agency reported that an authoritative source said Germany was prepared to demand admission to the League of Nations without any reservations.
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Havas
League of Nations
Lake navigation opens Cleveland to Detroit season
Lake navigation between Cleveland and Detroit opens for the season with the freighter Sultana from Detroit arriving and reporting no ice. Passenger service starts April 1, marking an opening a week earlier than last season.
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Lake Navigation
Cleveland
Former Empress Charlotte Improves After Illness
Brussels March 22 physicians attending upon former Empress Charlotte widow of Maximilian of Mexico announced her condition much improved and that they believe she will recover from influenza.
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Brussels
Charlotte
Maximilian of Mexico
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