Sinclair Certified for Contempt Case by Senate
Senate certifies Harry F. Sinclair to the District of Columbia Supreme Court for contempt after he refuses to answer oil investigators questions. Vote 72 to 1 with Elkins dissent. possible government counsel take over prosecution. precedents include acquittals in 1894 of E. R. Chapman and John S. Shriver.
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Senate
Jones
Rep. Wash
White House
Atlee Romerene
Pomerene
Dill
E. R. Chapman
New York City
John 8. Shriver
New York
Sinclair
Walsh
Painted fish deceive buyers in Philadelphia markets
Harrisburg report says painted white salmon dipped in coal tar dye were sold as red salmon. Fish were painted in Chicago and shipped to Philadelphia, with officials ordering market inspections and possible prosecutions for fraud. The same period also saw discovery of boot leg candy containing intoxicating beverages in the state.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
John S. McKee
Mr. McKee
Robert M. Simmers
Bureau of Foods
Chicago
Plot claims threaten Edsel Ford over $1050000 debt in Detroit
Detroit police disclosed a death threat plot against Edsel Ford requiring over 1 050 000 dollars to be paid or his three children would be blinded. Waslav Simek and Mrs Annie Hladik were arrested. Simek was identified by a handwriting expert as the letter writer, under alleged coercion by Hladik who says she knows nothing of the plot.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Simek
Fox
Hladik
Flags raised after hissing at Northwestern rally
Chicago reports that flags were raised over fraternity houses at Northwestern University after a patriotic rally in front of the University Gymnasium. The disturbance followed Brent Dowison's address at the First Methodist Church of Evanston and involved John W. Gorby’s platform moment and a hissed audience.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
University
Brent Dowison
First Methodist Church
Evanston
John W. Gorby
American Legion
Allison
Gorby
Walter Dill Scott
University Today
Louisville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
Poison charge after chemist finds sugar tainted in Cleveland
Martin Lasan aged 39 was arrested in Cleveland on a charge of attempting to poison his wife Barbara. A city chemist reported finding poison in sugar tested for Mrs. Lasan.
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Cleveland
Martin Lasan
Barbara
Lassan
Witness Embraces Right Under the Constitution
Washington March 24. At Senate contempt proceedings Harry F. Sinclair refused to testify before the Oil Committee. C C Chase, Customs Collector at El Paso and son in law of Albert B Fall, also refused to answer, citing constitutional grounds. Investigators will not pursue court action. grand jury plans for April 10. subpoenas issued for Lewis W Baldwin of Empire Trust and other testimony on loans and political contributions. Tarbell and Powers diversely testified on Teapot Dome bids and naval oil leases amid party committee responses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Senate
Sinclair
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Elkins
Rep
W. Va
Ladd
Walsh
Moses
Oil Committee
C. Cc. Chase
el Paso
Albert B. Fall
Chase
Fall
Price McKinney
Cleveland
McKinney
Edward B. McLean
Washington Post
Coolidge
Lewis W. Baldwin
Empire Trust Company of New York
H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Harold Vivian
New York Times
Joseph J. O'Neill
Hays
New York
O'Neill
Vivian
Carmi A. Thompson
Ohio
Harding
Chicago
Charles E. Oelschlager
Michael Circelli
Philadelphia
Martin J. Powers
James G. Darden
John McGlynn
Powers
Wyoming Naval Reserve
W. W. Tarbell
Democratic National Committee
House Votes Two Inquiries Into Aircraft Industry and Bonds
The House authorized two investigations, one into the aircraft industry and another into alleged duplication of government bonds at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Rep. Lampert will head the aircraft committee, with Vestal Perkins Faust Reid Lea Croll O'Sullivan Rogers as members. Rep. McFadden leads the bonds inquiry with King Strong Steagall Stevenson as colleagues.
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Washington
House
Bureau of Engraving’ and Printing
Lampert
Rep
Wis
McFadden
Gillett
Vestal
Ind
Perkins
N. J
Faust
Reid
Lea
Cal
Croll
O’sullivan
Conn
Rogers
N. H
King
Strong
Kan
Steagall
Ala
Stevenson
S.C
House Approves 10 Million For Destitute German Children
The House voted 240 to 97 to appropriate 10,000,000 for food purchases for destitute women and children in Germany. The funds would buy supplies in the United States and ship them on Shipping Board vessels. Key amendments were debated and rejected, with supporters arguing relief and critics warning of policy implications.
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House
Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Senate
United States
Oe Ee
Shipping Board
Jones
Dem
Tex
Fitzgerald
Rep
Ohio
Underhill
Mass
Representative Business
N. D
Wefalled
F.L
Minn
N. Y
Conally
Orton
Tucker
McEween
Okla
France
LaGuardia
League of Nations
American Archbishops Hayes Mundelein Raised to Cardinals
In Rome on March 24 Archbishop Hayes of New York and Archbishop Mundelein of Chicago were elevated to the cardinalate after a secret consistory. Emissaries delivered the biglietti, the Pontiff praised American charity, and the two prelates received the red hats amid formal rites.
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Hayes
Mundelein
Rome
Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Cardinal Daugherty
Philadelphia
United States of America
Vatican
Propaganda
Clement VIII
Bighetti
Mgr
Gervasi
Gasparri
Tani
Cavaliere Riggi
American Colleges
Holy Father
Mgr. Mundelein
Congressional
College of the Propaganda
Archbishop Hayes
American College
Biglietto
Sacred College
P Mundelein
Mgr. Gervasi
Mer. Marchetti Selvagiani
Congregation of the Propaganda
Rumanians poised to strike at Russia over Bessarabia
Reports from the Bucharest frontier indicate Romania is massing troops and mining the Danube mouth as protests spread in South Russia. The Vienna conference faces a Bessarabia dispute with Russia demanding evacuation and return to Bessarabians, while Romania may break negotiations if the issue is raised.
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Moscow
Rumania
Danube
Bessarabia
Russia
Bucharest
Vienna
Sinking of Glyndon Claims Skipper and Two Crew
New York report says Captain Nielson and two officers of the Atlantic Fruit liner Glyndon drowned when the ship sank sixty miles off Cape Hatteras Saturday morning. Twenty four crew members were saved by the steamer Cananova at noon. Norfolk reports the schooner Florence B Phillips with seven men in distress off the New Jersey coast.
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New York
Nielson
Glyndon
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk
Florence B. Phillips
Weigandt
New Jersey
Mystery Man Surrounds Ravine Near Miamitown Ohio
Newport police chase a tall well dressed man suspected after two attempted break ins at Mrs. Louis Baker's Newport home on West Thirteenth. A gardener-turned-neighbor Lee Hoofman intercepted the prowler twice with a revolver fired once. Baker fears further attacks and a related threat case ties to Miss Eleanora Slater near Fifteenth Street.
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Newport
Louis Baker
West Thirteenth Street
Miss Slater
Reductions Proposed to Toll Bridges Under Interstate Body
A. B. Rouse proposes placing all toll bridges crossing state lines under the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plan would cut Ohio River tolls between one half and one third, with a new schedule listing maximum charges for passengers, vehicles, trucks, and livestock. Shinkle notes the proposed rates exceed current charges in many cases. Rouse’s bill faces unknown opposition, while legal expert Nelson urges expert rate-structure review before passage.
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Rouse
Interstate
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Arthur B. Rouse
Covington
House of Representatives
A. Clifford Shinkle
Suspension Bridge Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shinkle
R. W. Nelson
The
Central Bridge Company
Mellon Income Tax Schedule Voted Into Revenue Bill
The Senate Finance Committee approved the Mellon income tax rate schedule by an 8 to 7 vote replacing the Longworth plan. Proxies counted for absent members, with Democrats largely opposing the change and Republicans pushing the Mellon plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
McCormick
Illinois
la Follette
Wisconsin
Smoot
Gerry
R. I
Reed
Mellon
Curtis
Kan
Stanfield
Ore
Treasury
Longworth
Jones
Senate
Prisoner's Wife Held in Jail Delivery Plot
Steubenville Ohio March 24 Investigation of an attempted delivery of prisoners at the Jefferson County Jail led to the arrest of Mrs Samuel Irwin 37 charged with delivering saws to her husband yesterday Irwin is serving six months for bootlegging There are 110 prisoners in the jail.
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Associated Press
Steubenville, O
Jefferson County
Samuel Irwin
Edward Lucas
Irwin
Manhunt Foils Escape from Harrison Barricade
A large posse of farmers and officers surrounded a wooded ravine near Miamitown and hunted William Everhart, suspected Lima gang member, who escaped after a clash at a log cabin. A day earlier Everhart fired on deputies near Harrison, prompting a nationwide chase into Ohio farms and a roadside confrontation.
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Miamitown
William Everhart
Lima
Harrison, O
Virgil Lewis
Everhart
Miami
Harry Everhart
Columbus
James Loos
Harrison
Indiana
Roscoe Lewis
Virgil
Roscoe
George Lewis
Lewis
Lewises
William E. Fagaly
Metzger
Nes
Vine
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