Hotel Lobby Bill Inquiry Clears Senators and Hotel Group
Ohio Senators J. J. Rowe and L. L. Marshall and the Ohio Hotel Association were cleared of corruption ties in the hotel liability bill inquiry. A prosecutorial report was sent for action on others, while the committee upheld the bill’s legitimate aims and recommended continuing its consideration on the Senate calendar.
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Associated Press
Columbus
J. J. Rowe
L. L. Marshall
Cleveland
Ohio Hotel Association Today
Marshall
Senate Today
John R. King
Franklin County
William W. Byers
Hotel Association
Ben J. Sawyer
Sawyer
Byers
Senator Rowe
Nickels
Ohio Hotel Association
Rowe
F. B. Burch
Akron
Joseph R. Gardner
Cincinnati
W. F. Garver
Millersburg
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Ex-Bell Boy Swindles Vanderbilt Hotel As Millionaire
William Liefer once worked as an ex bellboy and lived like a millionaire at the Vanderbilt Hotel for a week with two phone books and old newspapers as resources. He confessed to defrauding the hotel and received a sentence of six months to three years in prison. Probation officers noted similar swindles at other large hotels.
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New York
William Liefer
Vanderbilt
Liefer
First French-commuted death sentence in Ludwigshafen
The March 29 report states German railroad superintendent Gottfried was condemned to death by a French court martial for inciting sabotage but the sentence was commuted by General Degoutte to twenty years in prison. He allegedly indicated damage sites along the line.
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Associated Press
Ludwigshafen
Gottfried
Degoutte
Mystery Adventure Kicks Off Next Sunday
A regular detective tale begins in the Fiction Section of The Commercial Tribune next Sunday. The serialized story blends mystery and romance as the main characters confront intrigue.
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The
Commercial Tribune
the Commercial Tribune
Wives to Get Pay of City Employees
New Orleans March 29 Announcement by Commissioner Murphy that city workers will have pay mailed to home rather than handed in person. The move applies from the Mayor down and aims to keep money in the home. Some workers tried to use police station addresses. others rented post office boxes.
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New Orleans
Murphy
Auto License Branches Ruled Illegal by Attorney General
Columbus Ohio March 29 Branch offices of the State Auto mobile Department to issue license plates are unlawful and the Secretary of State is liable on his official bond for all money taken in. The ruling follows a $10 000 shortage found at a branch office run under Harvey C Smith after a 1917 law authorized branches which was repealed in 1919.
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Columbus
State Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Crabbe
Harvey C.smith
Smith
Itor
W. H. Brown
Oer
Henry M. Dawes Named Controller of the Currency
President Harding said he would appoint Henry M. Dawes of Chicago banker and brother of Charles G. Dawes as Controller of the Currency. Dawes will replace D. R. Crissinger, now Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, becoming the second Dawes to hold the post. He has extensive banking experience with positions at Central Trust Company of Chicago and Drovers National Bank.
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Associated Press
ST. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Washington
Henry M. Dawes
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Mr. Dawes
D. R. Crissinger
Federal Reserve Board
Dawes
Charles
McKinley
Central Trust Company of Chicago
Drovers’ National Bank of Chicago
Four Die of Exposure When Tug Is Wrecked In Albemarle Sound
Norfolk report says the tug Julian J. Fleetwood capsized in a Albemarle Sound storm near Elizabeth City North Carolina. Captain Clyde Walker William B Gray Vernon Leigh Garland Chance died from cold. Five crewmen were rescued, two reached the pilot house and fought the cold for six hours.
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Norfolk
Julian J. Fleetwood
Albemarle Sound
Elizabeth City
N. C
Annie Vansciver
Clyde Walker
Hertford
William B. Gray
Vernon Leigh
Garland Chance
Cook
Allies and Turkey To Resume Peace Talks At Lausanne
Geneva note says peace negotiations between the Allies and Turkey will be resumed at Lausanne between April 15 and 20. The Secretariat announced the dates after the powers left Lausanne at the end of the recent conference.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Turkey
Lausanne
Secretariat
Randle Brother to Seek War Dept Inquiry into Col Conger
Louis Karns, brother of Mrs Agnes Karns Randle, filed suit for 100000 dollars claiming defamation by Colonel Arthur L Conger of the 20th Infantry. He plans to seek a War Department investigation in Washington and has involved Indiana Senators Watson and Ralston.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Louis Karns
Agnes Karns Randle
Edwin H. Randle
20Th United States Infantry
Fort Sam Hoiuston
San Antonio
Tex
Arthur L. Conger
20Th Infantry
Randle
Washington
War Department
Conger
Mr. Karns
Karns
Watson and
Ralston
Indiana
Mrs. Stoiber Offered Reinstatement as Temple Leader
The Cincinnati New Thought Temple in Walnut Hills votes 270 to 143 to invite former leader Mrs May Cornell Stoiber to return. Board plans to formally extend the invitation after balloting, despite not showing full unity among members.
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May Cornell Stoiber
Cincinnati
New Thought Temple
Walnut Hills
The
Temple
Woodburn Avenue
Board of Trustees
Two-Pound Babe in Incubator Dies After 22 Hours
A two pound baby born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati died after twenty two hours in an incubator. The infant, son of Mr and Mrs Edward H Lemker of Price Hill, was born three months early and initially appeared healthy. Dr Francis Kramer reported the baby’s fragile condition and effort to survive.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Edward H. Lemker
Seton Avenue
Price Hill
Francis Kramer
Baymiler Street
Lemker
Phototype Engraving Company
Government Place
Medical Science
Cincinati
Raisin Jack Ring Busted in Cleveland Prohibition Crackdown
Federal agents announce the arrest of five of six suspected conspirators in a large raisin jack operation. The ring planted stills in Cleveland homes and produced liquor at 2.50 a gallon. Among the accused are Mrs. Anna Schwartz and Harry Josef, father of six. Additional arrests expected as raids yield stills and alcohol.
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Cleveland
Charles J. Burns
Anna Schwartz
Harry Josef
Canton
Burke Acquitted In Beaver Falls Bank Robbery Murder Retrial
Grant ordered retrial by the Supreme Court after an appeal from a first degree murder verdict. George Burke of Cleveland was acquitted by a Beaver County jury for the 1919 shooting of Vincent Sakraida during the Beaver Falls State Bank robbery.
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Beaver
Supreme Court
George Burke
Cleveland
Vincent Sakraida
Beaver Falls
Foster Admits Presence at Red Convention in Missouri
William Z. Foster of Chicago testified in his criminal syndicalism trial in St. Joseph Missouri. He confessed attending the Ber Rien County convention last August but denied ties to the organization or possession of radical documents. He admitted sitting in one Presidium meeting during cross examination.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph,mich
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Berrien County
Foster
Presidium
Veteran Uncle Tom actor dies in bunk-house fire
Riverside California March 29 J J Barrow age 60 a veteran actor famed for the role of Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom's Cabin was burned to death in a bunk house fire at the Arlington Heights Fruit Company's plant near Riverside.
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Riverside
Cal
J. J. Barrow
Uncle Tom
Arlington Heights Fruit Company
Here
Mrs. Harding Orders Lilies for the Sick
Easter lilies from the White House conservatory will be distributed to all Washington hospitals next Sunday at the direction of Mrs. Harding who has just recovered from illness. Nearly five hundred lily plants and hundreds of roses and sweet peas are being prepared for transfer to the city's sick rooms.
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Washington
White House
Newport Wife Dies After Moonshine Joyride
Newport police sought Frank Doss as details emerged on the sudden death of Viola Freeman 34 of 431 West Sixth Street Newport. Miss Dora Brown said the two rode with a man claiming to be Doss to Cincinnati for moonshine then to Lawrenceburg Ind and back. Moonshine is blamed for her heart failure with the coroner planning further inquiry before verdict. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 pm. Surviving are husband Charles Freeman in Detroit the two children and her mother.
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Newport
Viola Freeman
West Sixth Street
C. & O. Bridge
Cincinnati
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Newport White
Alexandria Pike
Hughes
Freeman
Charles Freeman
Detroit
Women Develop Serum Cures Child of Influenza Meningitis
Ten year old Morris Geduldt recovered from influenza meningitis, a disease with a 96 percent mortality rate, after three injections of standard anti meningitis serum and three doses of a new serum. The serum was developed at the New York Health Department laboratories by Dr. Olga Povitsky and Dr. Josephine Neal at Willard Parker Hospital. The two cures are the only successes recorded in the city.
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New York
Morris Geduldt
New York Health Department
United Israel Zion Hospital
Brooklyn
Morris
Health Department
Willard Parker Hospital
Olga Povitsky
Josephine Neal
Neal
Hough Denies Oath of Office Taken in Private
Judge Benson W. Hough, named United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, denies taking his oath of office. A Cincinnati paper claimed he had been sworn in privately at his Columbus law office. Indications point to a public swearing in to occur Saturday at 10 o'clock.
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United States
Ohio
Benson W. Hough
Columbus
Cincinnati
Colonel Hough
Nova Scotia Plans 1000 Police Over Possible Strike
Premier Armstrong announced a 1,000 member provincial police force to quell disorders feared from a potential April 1 strike by steel and coal workers. The move followed appeals by the Sydney Board of Trade and local citizens who warned of dangerous radical influences and pledged cooperation to maintain law and order.
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Halifax
N. S.S
Armstrong
Nova Scotia
Sydney Board of Trade
Sydney
Q E D A Regular Detective Story Begins Next Sunday
The Commercial Tribune announces a regular detective tale by a guest author starting next Sunday in the fiction section. Readers are invited to follow the mystery as it unfolds in weekly installments.
Dayton Aviators Break World Speed Record At McCook Field
Lieutenant Lester Maitland and R L Maughan flew one kilometer at 240 and 237 miles per hour, surpassing Sadi Lecointe's mark. They faced head winds, with Maitland reaching a peak of 281.4 mph, and officials later validating the record amid possible prior misreadings. Hundreds watched as timing officials confirmed the feat.
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Dayton
Maitland
Maughan
Lester Maitland
R. L. Maughan
McCook
Sadi Lecointe
McCook Field
Otis Porter
Detroit
Frauleins Seek Mates Land in U S
A ship arrives in Hoboken from Bremen with German girls seeking marriage in the United States. Among 637 passengers eighty five percent were women, though many said they wanted jobs rather than husbands.
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New York
United States
Hoboken
Bremen
Resignations Sought for two Public Utilities Commission members
Gov Donahey asked attorney George T. Poor of Glendale and Frank B. Mauller of Chillicothe to resign from the Ohio State Public Utilities Commission. Democrats claim upstate pressure drives the move while Poor may resist due to a six year term. Hopkins nomination blocked over term length.
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George T. Poor
Glendale
Frank B. Mauller
Chillicothe
Ohio State Public Utilities Commission
A. Victor Donahey
Columbus
Poor
Harry L. Davis
Commission
Donahey
Hamilton County
Republican Organization
Cincinnati
Maull
Senate
William
Ohio State co-eds suspended for liquor bootlegging charges
President W. O. Thompson announced two of four Ohio State University students suspended for various charges including buying liquor from bootleggers. Names were not released. The report notes both suspended students are women from the campus in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
W. O. Thompson
Triangular pistol battle erupts near New York cigar store
In New York detectives and sergeants collide with two bandits in a street gunfight at a cigar shop. Detective John Cordes is fatally wounded as bullets strike multiple participants including Cordes, his brother, and a bandit. McDade and the clerk escape unharmed.
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New York
John Cordes
Harry
James McDade
Brooklyn
Cordes
McDade
No. 2
Senate Passes Bus and Truck Tax Measure
In Columbus Ohio on March 29 the Senate approved the Freeman Collister motor bus and truck line bill after amendments. It places all lines under Public Utilities Commission regulation and imposes excise taxes to offset highway damage. The bill goes back to the House for concurrence or to a Conference Committee.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Senate
Freeman- Collister
Public Utilities Commission
House
Train backs into auto. two die at Marion crossing
In Marion Ohio an Erie freight train backed into a car at a crossing. Theo dore V. Debauernfeind, commander of the Marion American Legion, was fatally injured and an unidentified woman was killed instantly. Debauernfeind died en route to the hospital.
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Marion, O
Theodore V. Debauernfeind
Marion
Marion American Legion
Erie
Debayernfeind
Autoist Arrested After Victim Severely Injured
Pete Papouras aged 382 years at 527 John Street suffered fractures of the left leg and bruises when struck by an automobile driven by Fred Snobel of 523 West Seventh Street at Seventh and John streets last night. Snobel was arrested later by police on a charge of failing to report an accident. He said he drove the injured man to a physician’s office and then sent him to General Hospital by taxicab, believing it sufficient.
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Pete Papouras
John Street
Fred Snobel
West Seventh Street
Seventh
John Streets
Snobel
General Hospital
Safety First Essay Contest Opens Today
The Safety First Committee of the Cincinnati Automobile Club opens its safety first essay contest today inviting participants to submit essays on safety topics.
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Safety First Committee of the
Cincinnati
Automobile Club
Woman Kills Contractor Burnham Then Dies in Terminal Shooting
Frederick W. Burnham, prominent riverfront contractor, dies from a bullet fired by Helena Zeigler after learning he was married. Zeigler also dies, shooting herself with an army derringer in Burnham's Grand Central terminal office. Police seek Ida Murphy. Burnham's wife rushes to his bedside.
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Erick W. Burnham
Helena Zeigler
Frederick W. Burnham
River View Manor
Dobb's Ferry
Burnham
Grand Central Terminal
Ida Murphy
Brooklyn
Crew of Five Masted Schooner Rescued Off Stone Horse Shoal
The five masted Dorothy Palmer went aground on the western edge of the New Channel off Stone Horse Shoal and was rescued late today by Monomoy Point coast guard station. The vessel, en route from Norfolk to Portland with 4,000 tons of soft coal, was reported full of water and likely to be a total loss.
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Chatham
Mass
Dorothy Palmer
New Channel
Stone Horse Shoal
Monomoy Point
Norfolk
Portland
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