Notable Cleveland financier Josiah Kirby sentenced in mail fraud case
Josiah Kirby, former president of the Cleveland Discount Company, is sentenced to seven and a half years in a federal prison and a $7,000 fine for mail fraud. Execution is stayed until June to allow settlement of personal affairs. Kirby plans to leave for New York. He faces separate charges of jury fixing, with trials set for June.
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Cavewoman faces burglary charge in Caine home
Red haired Inez Osborne, described as a cave woman, was charged with burglary for breaking into Beatrice Caine’s Chicago home at midnight after a heated divorce dispute. Mrs. Osborne, an instructor in a telephone girls’ school, had a continuance granted while bond remains unavailable.
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Farmer admits burning wife and mother in law to free burden
Special dispatch from Wilmington Ohio reports Thomas Hill a 50 year old farmer confessed to burning his log cabin home Feb 15 killing his wife 50 and her 91 year old mother in law after claiming they were a burden. He said he planned no premeditation. The confession was recorded and Hill was jailed awaiting Adams County Grand Jury action.
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Man found guilty of first degree murder in Ohio farm slaying
William Clark is convicted of first degree murder for shooting Ralph Hoffman and his wife Dorothea Hoffman during a February 6 raid on their Fremont area farm. Jury rejected intoxication and insanity pleas. mercy not recommended. A guard was placed over Clark in jail.
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Blind Slayer Cowan Begins Hunger Strike After Conviction
Harry W. Cowan, blinded by a head wound, was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Edith Burton last December. He announced a hunger strike in his prison cell and faces possible electric chair at sentencing on Monday. He later accepted food, claiming Burton killed herself.
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Autos for Sale in Commercial Tribune Classified Ads
Hundreds of used cars line the boulevards this morning promising miles of service and days of pleasure. The classifieds urge readers to act now to secure an affordable vehicle, with options to suit every income in the Autos for Sale column.
Whittemore gang described as highly organized crime ring
New York reports authorities describe Richard Whitte more and an eight member gang as running a near infallible criminal scheme that could threaten public safety if made public. Prosecutor Ferdinand Pecora cites prior cash seizures and armored car thefts totalling tens of thousands and links Whitte more to Baltimore murder and Buffalo heists.
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Victory over plotters in Matteotti case and Italian crisis
Prohibition debate in the U S House unfolds amid accusations over liquor permits and a former Justice investigator linked to bootlegging. In Rome a Rome dispatch reports King Victor Emmanuel may abdicate if Mussolini is ousted with Federzoni backing a Humbert restoration and a coup scenario looming as factions clash in government ministries.
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Harvard Senior Wins Bet by Eating Forty-Eight Soft-Boiled Eggs
In Boston on March 24, B Tracey Ansell, a 19 year old Harvard senior, ate forty eight soft boiled eggs in forty five minutes. He bet three fellow students ten dollars he could finish the dozen despite a rotten egg near the end and won the money plus the egg costs.
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Paes de Carvalho Sinks in Amazon Explosion Tragedy
The Brazilian river steamer Paes de Carvalho sank on the Solimoes River near Manaos after an explosion starting from a smoking passenger’s mattress. Eighty passengers and the captain plus chief engineers died, seventy eight passengers and several crew were rescued.
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Paes de Cavalho Steamer of 459 Tons Owned by Amazon Line
The Paes de Cavalho a steamer of 459 tons was owned by the Amazon River Steamship Navigation Company with home port at Para Brazil.
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Innocent Confession Echoes Before Executions
Milledgeville Ga March 24 Ted Coggeshall 21 of Clayton Indiana and Floyd W McClelland 20 of Brockton New York prepared for execution in the electric chair after Governor Walker refused to commute their sentences for the murder of Prof W C Wright Putnam County School Superintendent a year earlier Coggeshall letters his mother claiming innocence and Christian faith as final hours unfold while McClelland receives no family visit but writes a last message.
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Harvard senior Tracy Ansell wins bet by eating 48 eggs
Mrs. Ansell reports her son B Tracy Ansell, Harvard senior, ate 48 soft boiled eggs in 45 minutes to win a $10 bet. He is 6 feet 6 inches and 165 pounds, not fond of soft boiled eggs, and could have eaten more if prepared differently.
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Poisoning Probe In Dayton Seeks Union City Youth
Dayton Ohio police hunt a man possibly linked to the death of Martha Kennon 18 a Union City High School senior who fell ill after visiting relatives. Armand Jeffries of Union City was questioned and released denying involvement as investigators pursue the poisoning case.
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Down With Mussolini Posters Spark Protests in Italy
Verona Milan Turin and Genoa walls show posters accusing Mussolini of Matteotti murder and detailing the Chieti trial. Police remove posters as crowds read, while anti fascist arrests rise in four cities. Nine people nationwide jailed for derogatory remarks about Mussolini in the past week.
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War Debt Burden Laid at America's Door by Snowden and Churchill
London reports that in the House of Commons March 24 Winston Churchill and Philip Snowden joined to blame the United States for not cancelling interallied war debts. Snowden pressed for Britain to press continental creditors while Churchill warned of the vast ongoing burden Britain bears and the need to collect from allies sufficient sums to cover Britain’s own indebtedness to America.
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Lodge Solves Wireless Howling With New Receiver
Sir Oliver Lodge, noted physicist and spiritualist, claims to have devised a receiver that cannot howl as wireless oscillation occurs. The invention, developed over three years in Egham, Surrey, may require no more than current prices for new sets and abandons tuned aerials. Collaboration with Mr. Melinski followed patenting, with his supplementary device aiding the system, though dual wavelength operation remains uncertain.
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Stocks Fall Sharply as Bear Market Deepens on Wall Street
New York traders faced a violent stock decline on March 24 as many high priced issues dropped 5 to 22 points. Wall Street saw over 2.6 million shares trade with distress liquidation by speculators. Margin calls rose and call money spiked to 5 percent amid bank loan pressures and disappointing corporate news from General Electric Republic Iron and Steel and Pittsburgh coal. The day followed renewed selling and the sense that inflated prices have run their course.
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Italian Fascists found guilty in Matteotti murder trial
In Chiati Italy three defendants Dumini Volpi and Poveromo were convicted of unintentional manslaughter under intense provocation in the Matteotti murder. They face five years and eleven months but with amnesty and jail time deducted will be free in June. Acquitted defendants Viola and Malacra stand charged with fraudulent bankruptcy.
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Wounded Prohibition Officers In Columbus Gun Battle
Federal prohibition officer Sam Rosofsky and Joe Conrad exchanged fire in Columbus Ohio. Both were wounded but not seriously and Conrad remains at large. The clash followed a Delaware County confrontation earlier that week when officers ambushed Conrad's car and punctured its gas tank. No liquor was found.
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New Evidence Arises in Taylor Murder Case
Los Angeles reports two unnamed men, a real estate operator and a film actor, provided new information to the William Desmond Taylor murder inquiry. Baron Fitts said testimony from these sources comes after earlier statements downplaying Mabel Normand’s involvement, while Normand denied avoiding Keyes and claimed full cooperation.
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Women Enlist in Syrian Ranks Against French Rule
Reports from Syria via the Jewish Telegraphic Agency say battalions of Arab women are undergoing military training and taking part in battles near Damascus. Two women battalions are in training while women units helped in a recent engagement at Midan near Damascus.
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