Daugherty Asked to Explain Keenan Blackmail Plot Links
New York dispatch reports Acting District Attorney Ferdinand Pecora sent a letter to Major Draper M. Daugherty seeking all information he holds on a blackmail conspiracy involving Dorothy King Keenan and John Kearsley Mitchell. Pecora aims to connect facts with Mitchell to support the theory that blackmailers used the Broadway model case to lure victims.
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New York
Ferdinand Pecora
Draper M. Daugherty
United States Attorney General
Dorothy King Keenan
John Kearsely Mitchell
Philadelphia
E. T. Stotesbury
Daugherty
John Kearsley Mitchell
Blae
Atlantic City
Pecora
Mitchell
Frederick E. Goldsmith
Albert E. Guimares
Miss Keenan
Goldsmith
Mr. Pecora
Outlaws Led by Al Spencer Break Cordons in Oklahoma
Five men led by Al Spencer escape across the Cimarron River near Terrion after a twenty four hour battle with a posse of about forty and armed citizens. Four bandits hit Mannford State Bank before fleeing. one of the pursuing robbers is captured.
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Tulsa
Okla
al Spencer
Cimarron River
Terlion
Terrion
Spencer
Mannford
D. A. Intyre
France
Allies Ready to Resume Lausanne Peace Talks With Turkey
Landon March 27 The allies will inform Turkey within 48 hours that they are prepared to resume Lausanne peace negotiations. Delegates completed their review of Turkish counter proposals and will respond with minor form changes, maintaining unity on key issues. French delegates depart for Paris tomorrow, Italians on Thursday.
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Associated Press
Landon
Turkey
Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Paris
Officials To Force Trial Of Suspects In Morehouse Parish
The Associated Press reports that seven to eight men tied to hooded activity in Morehouse Parish will face trial despite no indictments from Bastrop grand jurors. The Louisiana Attorney General said information bills will be filed in the week of April 9 on felonies and misdemeanors. The hooded actions included warnings to leave, flag cries, kidnappings, at least one deportation, culminating in the August 4 abduction of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
L. A
Morehouse Parish
Paker
Bastrop
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richard
Spurning a legacy James Ossner dies in obscurity
In Beaverdam Allen County Ohio James Ossner 87 Civil War veteran who lived seven years in the Auglaize County Almshouse under the name James Grims died of apoplexy. A newspaper clipping found among his effects noted a $5,000 will from Mrs Sue Ossner to him if found. He was positively identified by his marked arm and Beaverdam relatives confirmed his identity.
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Wapakoneta,.o
Beaverdam
Allen County
James Ossner
Auglaize County
James Grims
Ossner
Sue Ossner
Prohibition on sending COD goods to unorders in mail
Washington March 27. Postoffice ruling bans parcel post COD shipments to prospective buyers unless orders have been received. The department cites abuse of COD service sending unordered articles as potential fraud and a violation of the law.
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Washington
Prisoners Escape From Federal Prison In Georgia Kidnap Local Driver
Two inmates from the nearby federal prison hospital escaped by sawing out and abducted W. H. Edwards, a Lakewood Heights railroad worker, after offering him $1,000 to help them flee. Edwards resisted, escaped on a streetcar, and the fugitives vanished several blocks later. Frank Grey, serving five years for forgery, and Gerald Chapman, sentenced to twenty-five years for mail robbery, were from New York City.
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Atlanta
Federal Prison
Here
W. H. Edwards
Lakewood Heights
Frank Grey
Gerald Chapman
New York City
Edwards
Chapman Sent to Prison as Head of New York Gang
Gerald Chapman and Frank Gray, figures in the 1921 lower Broadway mail truck robbery, were sentenced. Chapman, identified as the gang’s brains, received twenty five years in Atlanta after arrest in Gramercy Park with George Anderson. Gray drew a sentence for passing forged money orders.
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Chapman
New York
Gerald Chapman
Atlanta
Lower Broadway
Frank Gray
George Anderson
Rochester
N. Y
Gramercy Park
Frank Mavernack
Anderson
Ohio House tables gasoline tax bill as session nears end
The Lower House tabled the Brown gasoline tax bill by a 56 to 63 vote, effectively killing it this session after earlier adopting a one cent per gallon excise tax. The Senate postponed Taft tax measures until tomorrow while Albaugh and Robinson bills pass the House. The Gifford probe of highway material “stranglehold” is set for tomorrow. overall legislative work will wind down with a planned weekend recess.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
State Senate
Albaugh
Robinson
Gifford
Donahey
Senate
Kent Normal School
McGilvrey
Auto Club Hails Defeat of Gasoline Tax Bill
W. M. Perrin president of the Cincinnati Automobile Club voiced great satisfaction after the lower house defeated the Brown Gasoline Tax bill by a 56 to 53 vote and tabled it for the present session. The club had opposed the measure since its introduction and urged Hamilton County delegation to oppose.
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Auto Club
W. M. Perrin
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Mr. Perrin
Hamilton County
French Lose Taxes As Germans Collect At Secret Bureau
French authorities in the Ruhr disclosed a secret German customs bureau where German shopkeepers paid taxes to Germany. Twenty five German officials and several shopkeepers were arrested. The report also states Lieutenant Otto Steinbrinck, named on the allied extradition list as commander of U Boat 18, who torpedoed the Sussex in 1916, was arrested in the Ruhr.
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Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
London
Otto Steinbrinck
Sussex
Av id landlords blamed for housing trouble in Cincinnati report
Bleecker Marquette told the annual Better Housing League meeting that avaricious landlords drive Cincinnati housing woes. The league housed 260 families, noted fewer tenements, and cited rising rents from 3.24 to 5.35 dollars monthly. A wave of speculation and crowded conditions were described alongside progress by the Housing Bureau and league efforts.
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Better Housing League
Cincinnati
Bleecker Marquette
Mr. Marquette
Housing Bureau
Marquette
League
Inmate Delays Tax Return Cited in Letter
An inmate claimed he could not file his income tax return because the jailer blocked access to the filing period. Revenue official Charles M. Dean verified the claim and noted the man had indeed been jailed, describing the situation as a good excess.
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Charles M. Dean
Internal Revenue Collector
Dean
Boy Saves Brothers From Mother in Ohio Farm Incident
Carl Morrow seven years old prevented his mother Mrs. M H Morrow from drowning his two younger brothers Kenneth 16 months Wayne 4 1 2 years in a stock tank on the Morrow farm in Greenwich Township Ohio The boy tied by his mother and locked in a grainary cut bonds freed himself and alerted others saving his brothers He held onto his mother to stop her from drowning herself until Robert Morrow nine arrived Mrs Morrow was ordered to Toledo State Hospital.
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Norwalk
Carl Morrow
M. H. Morrow
Greenwich Township
Kenneth
Wayne
Morrow
Robert Morrow
Farmer Cla in ambush arrest in Kentucky killing
Montgomery County Ohio? No, Kentucky. Floyd Cockerham, 40, a prominent farmer on Cane Creek, was shot and killed Monday night. Wesley May, his companion, was arrested after saying ambushers killed Cockerham and that he fired at them. May’s pistol with five empty chambers was found nearby. May, who is married with three children, claimed innocence and was jailed in Montgomery County.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Sterling
Floyd Cockerham
Cane Creek
Montgomery County
Wesley May
Cockerham
Kidnappers Free Wealthy Cuban Near Matanzas
Cuban sugar magnate Jose Batista Canizo was kidnapped while traveling from Porvenir Mill to Matanzas with his wife and relatives. After a ransom of about 50,000 was paid, Canizo was released near the Bellmar Caves. Police had long pursued the bandit Arroyo known as Arroyito, famed for escapes and robberies.
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Havana
Cuba
Jose Batista Canizo
Matanzas
Senor Canizo
Porvenir
Senora Canizo
Senor
Bellmar Caves
Ramon Arroyo
Arroyito
Arroyo
Wife sentences husband to long absence and alimony
In Yonkers New York on March 27 Mrs I S Bingle sentenced her husband I Bingle after he was found guilty of assault for slapping her during a quarrel over whose name would go on the family bankbook. She imposed three months probation away from her and ordered $10 weekly alimony and that her name Rose appear on the bankbook.
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Yonkers, N
I. S. Bingle
Bingle
Rose
Ganna Walska Sails for France on Paris
New York March 27 Ganna Walska wife of Harold McCormick will sail for France on the liner Paris tomorrow. She cut short her American concert tour and returned with her husband who may join her overseas in the spring. They have been living at their Park Avenue home for a week.
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New York
Baby Found On Asylum Steps After Mysterious Call
A week-old baby was found on the steps of St. Joseph's Foundling Asylum Norwood wrapped in blankets and a silk cap. A mysterious telephone call warned that a child had been left there as police trace possible suspects, including two young women seen with a infant in Bond Hill.
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Baby
Asylum
St. Joseph's Foundling Asylum
Norwood
Ridge Exchange
St. Joseph's
Weatherly
Seventh District
Bond Hill
St. Joseph’s Foundling Asylum
Death by Action Ends Life of Hyde Park Executive
George Hoelscher aged about 50 shot himself at his Hyde Park home after leaving a note for his wife Florence Fischer Hoelscher. A secretary and credit manager at Charles Meis Shoe Co he had feared loss of sight due to diplopia and had gone to consult an oculist earlier that day. Coroner Handley call concluded suicide. family listed surviving widow, three sons, and two brothers.
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George
Sarita Place
Hyde Park
Florence Fischer Hoelscher
Hoelscher
Charles Meis Shoe Company
Wake Street
Mr. Hoelscher
Handley
Covington
Fred Hoelscher
Fred W. Hoelscher
Mound Avenue
Norwood
Albert Hoelscher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Webster
Miami
Fla
Robert
University of Cincinnati
Howard Hoelscher
Hart agrees to pay child support after Los Angeles charge
Los Angeles report says actor William S. Hart executed a trust to pay 50 dollars a month for an infant son Asa Keyes after a Boston accuser claimed paternity. The case stems from a December 1918 accusation. Hart denies other paternity claims and defends his son.
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Wm. S. Hart
Los Angeles
William S. Hart
Boston
Asa Keyes
Los Angeles Examiner
Hart
Woolwine
Acum
Chi
New York City
Winifred Westover Hart
Dayton Man Clings to Engine Pilot to Survive Auto Hit
Lawrence Kaylor, 31, escaped death when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train in Dayton Ohio. He climbed onto the engine pilot as the train dragged the car, suffering a fractured hip and probable internal injuries. He was rushed to a hospital and credited the perilous grip with saving his life.
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Dayton
Man
Lawrence Kaylor
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kaylor
Harding Orders Tariff Commission Sugar Price Inquiry
President Harding directs the Tariff Commission to probe how sugar tariff rates relate to rising prices. The move aims to verify if duties contribute to higher costs after sugar jumped from 5–6 cents to around 12 cents per pound.
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Harding
Cole Proposes Extra Session to Stop Gambling in Staples
Representative Cole Ia proposes an additional Congress session to curb gambling in staple foods including sugar if current laws fail. He cites $110 million lost by sugar buyers per price rise and urges DOJ action and Chamber of Commerce awareness. He suggests extending the grain gambling prevention act to other food products.
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Cole
Iowa
Congress
ST. Augustine
Fla
United States Tariff
Harding
Thomas O. Marvin
Tariff Committee
Tariff Commission
Department of Commerce
Seymour
Washington
Department of Justice
Florida
Fordney-McCumber
Uban
Ladd
Republican
North Dakota
Marvin
Fred Starck
War Finance Corporation
Starek
South
Hotel
Ponce de Leon
Durbin
Indiana
Philip Campbell
Kansas
House
Augusta
Staples
Representative Cole
Rep
United States Chamber of Commerce
Daugherty
Blizzard Strands Traffic Across Michigan Storm
In Sault Ste Marie Michigan on March 27 a blizzard halted railroad street car and nearly all highway traffic. The storm drove temperatures below zero and created a fifty mile per hour wind, leaving streets and routes effectively blocked.
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Sault Ste Marie
Mich
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Mannford Bank
Harry M. Daugherty
Keenan
Major
C.O.D
W.H. Edwards
Clainum
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Hanoum
Jose Canizo
The
Ganna Walska
St. Joseph’s
George Hoelscher
Michigan
Mercury
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