Oil City Attorney Probes End of Life in Shooting Incident
Vicinity briefs report a man killed by a gunshot as prosecutors prepare to begin work. In Washington, Owen J. Roberts is confirmed as second assistant counsel to prosecute Teapot Dome cases. The Senate action targets blocking oil withdrawals and pursuing leases. Meantime, Denby resigns as Secretary of the Navy amid Teapot Dome fallout. President Coolidge accepts and letters outline reasons for resignation.
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Ted Ap
Roberts Connsisep
Senate
John C
Emery P
United
Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Fedéral Court
Senate Today
Owen J. Raberty
Republicarr
Ktun
Harry Sinclair
B. le. Dow Hiony
Buvle
Tol Diutirhange Gruilty
Teapot Dome Committee
Mebrunrye 25
Pell
Denby
Coollidge
Rowengelt Ale
Inji Ibesa
Roosevelt
Temple 6 000 Years Old Is Discovered
Philadelphia report from February 18 states a temple dating 6 000 years was unearthed at Tell el Obeid in Babylonia by a joint expedition from the Philadelphia Museum and the Landon Irish Museum. Dr George B Gordon says the golden head bears Kir Aauntpaddit’s name, reign around 4600 BC, and the temple is the oldest building yet found. Excavation aims to push Babylonian history back another thousand years.
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Union Pros
Philadelphia
Kir Aauntpaddit
Gronnd
Ip Pacall
Tut Anke
Gordon
Babylon
Odd Fellows Fish Dinner to Benefit Lodge Event
The Odd Fellows hold a fish dinner on Wednesday evening in February in their room at 8 o clock. After the feast the third degree will be conferred with attendees invited to witness the ceremony.
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ODD Fellows
Finn
Dane
Probing Death of New Castle Vet at Camp Humphreys
Army officials opened an investigation into a fatal fire at Camp Humphreys that claimed two soldiers, including Private Charles A. Grannis of New Castle. The blaze occurred yesterday and prompted the inquiry to determine the cause and circumstances of the deaths.
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New Castle
Wasilington
Camp Humphreys
Died Aboard P R R Train Wilbur Hull Dies On Erie Trip
Wilbur Hull, 40, a former Corry man long in Erie real estate and with Geneva Electric, died of a heart attack on a Pennsylvania Railroad train while returning to Erie from Corry. He collapsed after overexertion following a day of business and was unconscious from the stroke. Survived by wife, two daughters, six sisters, and a mother. Funeral in Erie with burial at Pine Grove cemetery after services in Corry.
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Erie
Willur Full
Corry
Hull
Wilbur
Wilson
Witton
Brie
Ted
Girard
Geneva Electric. Company
Hall
Addie Hill
Daytona
Pin
A. A. Nichols
Ping Valley
By, Brown
Cony
Rooma of Alexander and Company
of Dock
Pine Grove
Former Corry Man Succumbs After Long Illness
Matthew Schank 80, longtime Corry resident and active St Elizabeth’s church member, died yesterday at St Mary’s Home Erie after a period of declining health. Survived by son Franke Schualk of Bridgeport, Conn. daughters Josephina Pritt of New York City and Mina Tillit Shawls of Bridgeport, Conn. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Matthew Schank
Corry
St. Mary's Home
Erie
Chunk
St. Jiliabeth’s
Hatn
Franke Schualk
Bridgeport
Gonmi
Josephina Pritt
New York City
Mina
Tillit
Conn
Auneral Arinnunicersenty Vj
Check swindler arrested at Warren Warren
Charles Brooles, wanted in several cities for check swindling, was arrested here Saturday. Authorities say he targeted three Warren garage owners in the local scheme.
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Warren
Charles Brooles
Mntown
Recluse Found Dead Near Mayville Shack
A recluse named Lect Carrier, aged 05, was found dead in his shack three miles south of Mayville late Saturday. He was last seen Thursday. The cause of death is uncertain. authorities say exposure and a possible illness may have contributed.
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Mayville
Taxi Drivers Strike Over Pay Cut at Warren
Taxi drivers mounted a strike at Warren as ten workers from a single company protested a weekly pay drop from two to fourteen dollars. The move followed wage cuts that sparked union-like action and halted service in the area.
Soldier bonus advocates push with allied officials
Soldier bonus advocates in Congress will confer this week with Thomas W. Miller alien property custodian and Representative Vairchild New York regarding possible congressional investigation of charges that Treasury Secretary Melton hid President Hand in the effort to defeat the bonus. The group claims officials schemed to block the measure while continuing President Coolidge’s policy.
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Ly United
Washington
Congress
Thomas W. Miller
New York
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Melton
Hand Inehind
Coolidge
Milles
Farechild
American Legion
Capital Enforcement Heads Take Charge in Prohibition Fight
President Coolidge takes personal charge of 46th investigation into federal prohibition enforcement following the shooting of Senator Greens of Vermont by a stray weapon during a clash between dry agents and bootleggers in Washington.
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United Prow
Washington
Coolridge Tine
Senator Greens
Vermont
London dock workers strike paralyzes port system
United Press reports a nationwide dock strike involving about 110000 workers that halted loading and unloading at all UK ports except London. Cabinet to intervene under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald as meat shortages grow and port laborers refuse cold storage work, threatening a confrontation between union and non union labor.
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United Press
London
United Kingdom
Ramsay MacDonald
Telite
Stevallores Duce
Remai
Saturday Coldest Day in Four Years Across City
Weather records show temperatures plunging to as low as 20 degrees below zero. Thermometers across the city registered from 12 to 20 degrees below zero Saturday morning, with observers noting the coldest day in four years. Reports also compare trends to January and February lows from 1921 and 1922 as well as earlier records. Rif. Elston of Spartansburg spent the day in the city with Celene.
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Howard Tawns
Theo
and &Orelock
Cooperative Observor
N. R. Bickyon
Pebrudey
Inercury
Zere
Wits Resort
Pebrumey
Belo
Rif
Elston
Spartansburg
Celene Act
Pt Bua Eee
U.S. Mail Held Up By National Dock Strike
U S. mail bags were held in Plymouth England as the National Dock Workers strike halted a weekend shipment. About two thousand bags loaded from liners arriving from the United States remained stalled while striking deck workers refused to move them.
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United Prem Plymouth
Engluidy
Anuil
United States
Fines Paid After Rusken Brawl Outside Cooper Home
Willis Walker Jon Winie Ralph Ld Got and others released on $10 fines and costs after a Rusken brawl at the home of G1 Cooper on Saturday morning. Police Magistrate Vorter stated possible further assault charges for William Geertz who suffered a broken jaw and scalp wounds in the fratan ores 16 Droscento.
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Willis Walker
Jon Winie
Ralph
Ld Got
OVERTURES TO PROGRESSIVES TO SAVE TAX BILL
Washington February 18 The fate of the administration tax reduction plan hinges on a final conference between Republican and Progressive leaders If the eleventh hour compromise fails Democratic leaders predict passage of the Garner plan with 44 percent surtax top rate and normal income tax cuts in half Republican Leader Longworth agrees to a 7 1 2 percent surtax maximum He had pressed for 5 percent Previous Progressive Clague Minnesota favors 7 12 percent but seeks 4 and 8 percent normal tax cuts Longworth argues below three and one half percent would worsen the deficit Several other Progressives weigh Olague's proposal but Longworth insists on preserving larger cuts to avoid deficit
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United
Washington
Longworth
Clague
Minnesota
Olague
Mellon
Son of Former Residents Dies in Erie
Edmund Sweeney, son of former residents here, died at his Erie home Sunday evening after a brief illness. He is survived by his parents a brother Paul and sister Isobel. The body will be brought here for prayer services at St Elizabeth's cemetery after Wednesday afternoon train arrival.
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Edmund Sween
T. Sweeney
Erie
Paul
Isobel Sweeney
St Elizabeth's Cemetery
Local heating system inspection at M I Church
R H Feltwell of Philadelphia, rep of D T Manufacturing of St Louis, visited for a weekend inspection of the new heating system at M I Church. He approved the installation, noting a hot water system with 3 500 feet of radiation and a 410 capacity smokeless boiler from U S Redistor Company, installed by Barlow Hardware Company.
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R. H. Feltwell
Philadelphia
St Louis
M. I
Pmokeless Bolier
Tyne
U.S
Bootleggers to Face Trial Late This Week
Indicted bootleggers from this city are slated for trial in county court at Rice on Wednesday or Thursday. The state attorney’s office in Erie disclosed that liquor cases resumed today at 2 PM, with plans to hear local cases midweek or later. Over one hundred liquor cases are on the February term docket. Alderman G H Gordon attended prelim hearings on raids by state police and was summoned to Erie regarding confiscated liquor. Of nine alleged bootleggers moved to the wards, three were released by the grand jury and Tony Notte won parole.
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Pive
Rice
Wisitet
Erin
G. H. Gordon
Erie
Vaids
Tony Notte
Kiwanis and Rotary to Host Joint Kiwanis Banquet
Corry Rotarians will host the newly organized Kiwanis Club for a 4 joint banquet at the Presbyterian church basement dining hall. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society provides dinner at 6 30. Rev. Hanson of Jamestown will deliver the address.
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Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club
Corry Rotarians
Kiwanis Club
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Rotary Divt
Hanson
Jantéstown
Discharged Woman Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mea BL Kelly, released from Corky Hospital today, returned to Union City in improved condition following a period of temporary insanity linked to health issues. The incident involved an attempt not clearly detailed at home, with the public welfare act cited as context.
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Kelly
Union City
Corky Hospital
Contested Riots at Penitentiary Church Blast
Reported hold for riot suspects and a string of arrests tied to an attack on the Church of the Ascension near the Western penitentiary. Clergy and congregants in New York and Altoona, with Greek defendants named, face proceedings as investigations unfold.
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United Froks
New York
Pateey Stickney Grant
Ievens
United Pre Congregation
Wits
Altoona
Cresch
Church of the Azcensigin
Western
Thomas Mang
Grunts Abhleot
Bilin
Yorkene
Anna
Holden trial at Mayville next month
Ralph Holden formerly of the city and Carroll Blakesley of Jamestown were held for trial in Chautauqua court after pleading not guilty to charges of assault in connection with an attack on a Chinese laundryman at Juanestown. Trial dates were set for Monday, March 1, in Mayville, with additional trials announced for Chris Pallis for charges including second degree manslaughter and highway violations related to a fatal vehicle crash involving Chowtea Lovejoy, grandson of local residents.
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Juanestowi
Ralph Holden
Carroll Blakesley
Jamestown
Ual
Chautaugam
Mayvills
Chris Pallis
Alo Tan
Trourt
Mayville
Pallis
Chowtea, Lovejoy
Mac Donald
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Clareit
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Robert Dliff McGowan
Linesville
Jamestown—District
Woodin
Franklin
Postoffice
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Johnsonburg
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Warren Waren
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