Clara Smith Hamon on trial for Hamon murder in Ardmore
Clara Smith Hamon testified in Ardmore Oklahoma that the pistol fired during the confrontation with Colonel Jake L. Hamon occurred when he struck or pulled the trigger while she was unable to pass and he attacked her. She described the assault and said she did not intend to shoot. The trial, held in Ardmore, included testimony about intoxication and a revolver found in Clara’s room as the case develops.
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Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Hannon
Hamnon
Hamon
Clara Ilamon
Jake l L. Hamon
Claras
H. HU. Brown
Oman
Clara
Weather Indications for Chicago Tonight and Wednesday
Chicago weather forecast for the next twenty four hours calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Colder tonight and in the eastern portion on Wednesday.
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Chicago
Weather observations and temperatures report
Local observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley cover the past 24 hours ending 7 a m. with highs and lows for March 9 to March 15. Temperatures range from a high of 58 to a low of 14, with no precipitation recorded. Current 1 pm temperature is 51.
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H. M. Stanley
White Sox 10 Have Hearing On Thursday
Judge William E. Dever refused to move the 1919 World Series fix case off the docket and ordered a new hearing for Thursday. Defendants include Claude Williams Buck Weaver Oscar Felsch and Charles Risberg with others represented by counsel.
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White Sox
Chicago
William E. Dever
Chicago White Sox
Dever
Claude Williams
Buck Weaver
Oscar Felsch
Charles Risberg
Eddie Cicotte
BI Burns
Joseph J. Sullivan
Rachel Brown
Chick Gandill
Abe Attel
Hal Chase
Barrett
American League
Joe Jackson
Fail to Abolish Highway Commission in Iowa Senate
In Des Moines March 15 efforts to indefinitely postpone in the senate the bill to abolish the state highway commission failed by a vote. Debates charged extravagance and dictatorial conduct while supporters argued the bill would weaken centralized road building. A Lake bill to regulate boxing bouts and create a state boxing commission was reported to the senate without recommendation.
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Des Moines
Friends of the
State Highway Commission
Senate
Highway Commission
Iowa
State Boxing Commission
U S Army Aircraft to Gather for Big Test
Information from civil aeronautic circles states nearly 11 bombing airplanes and many pursuit planes are being drawn from flying fields for concentration at Langley Field Virginia. It is understood over 100 airplanes and several balloons and divisibles will be mobilized there soon with large stores of bombs aerial torpedoes and lighting gear. The ammunition at Langley Field is said to be enough to blow up both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets.
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New York
Army Air Service
Langley Field
Pacific
Atlantic
Witness Describes Visit to Ardmore Hotel Rooms
The testimony details Mrs. Hamon placing her daughter Olive Belle with violin at an event, visiting Hamon and Clara in their hotel rooms, Clara allegedly tossing items, and a pistol taken from Clara's room. It notes meetings in Chicago and a train departure after a depot drop. The state pursues alleged dying statements from Hamon implicating the defendant in a fatal shooting.
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Hamon
Ardmore
Clara
Chicago
Olive Belle
Frank L. Ketch
Errel Dunlap
Train Fire Kills Five in Colorado Front Range
Five persons burned to death when a rear pullman car of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad caught fire between Pueblo and Walsenburg. The fire origin is undetermined. Two identified victims are Fr. S. Steelman, traveling passenger agent for Missouri Pacific, and A. BE. Jack, a La Jara stock dealer.
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Pueblo
Cola
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Walsenburg
Fr. S. Steelman
Missouri Pacific Railroad
A. BE. Jack
la Jara
Colorado
Cigaret Smoking Women on Steady Increase
New York reports that millions of American women smoke cigarettes in secret. A top manufacturer cites internal revenue data showing women smoking 20 billion cigarettes annually and responsible for a 66 percent rise in sales and production in the last year.
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New York
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prize for Best Design of Dewey Statue in Manila
The Dewey Memorial committee offers a $2,500 prize for the best statue design of Admiral George Dewey. The monument will stand at Fort San Antonio Abad on Manila Bay shore about five miles from central Manila, near the site where Dewey issued his famous order.
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Manila
P. L
George Dewey
Philippine Islands
San Antonio
Bad
Manila Bay
Dewey
Gridley
Day of reckoning boosts U S profits to 500 million
Washington reports show the annual excess profits collected by internal revenue stamps will enrich the government by about 500 million dollars. The funds are expected to be needed soon to roll over short term borrowing and certificates of indebtedness of equal value.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Melion
Socialists Routed in Davenport School Election
In Davenport Iowa on March 15 the socialist candidates were decisively defeated in a highly spirited city vote. Mrs Hilda Mathey a leader in social and welfare work and Harry Downer a noted educator and settlement worker were elected by wide margins.
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Davenport
Hilda Mathey
Harry Downer
High Cost of Living Shapes Dutch Minister Choice
The Hague March 15. A new Dutch minister to Washington to replace J. T. Cremer has ties to the Dutch foreign office due to the high cost of living at the American capital. Officials note the entertainment allowance is ample in most capitals, yet the Washington incumbent is seen as needing a personal fortune.
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the Hague
Washington
J. T. Cremer
Coen Brothers Visit Creston From Afton
Charles Coen of Afton is visiting Creston with his brothers Harry and Clarence Coen during the family trip.
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Charles Coen of
Afton
Creston
Brothers Harry and
Clarence Coen
Soldier Bonus Bill Passes After Senate Recedes
Des Moines March 15 The Iowa House unanimously refused to concur with the Senate amendment to the soldier bonus bill and stood for the original measure. The Senate then receded from the Stoddard amendment which would have admitted S A T C students to benefits. If the bond issue is approved in 1922 the law takes effect January 1923.
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State House
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Senate
Stoddard
Iowa House
House
Mason City Girl Dies After Bonfire Accident
Little Kate Holman aged about one year died at City hospital after clothes burned from her body when she joined a companion in jumping into a bonfire behind a drug store in Mason City Iowa. The blaze tore her dress from her. she ran screaming across a vacant lot as neighbors and bystanders aided her. Her hair remained untouched. The fire occurred about 10 o clock in the morning. Her father is a laborer at the Decker Meat Packing plant.
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Mason City
Kate Holman
Pete Holman
City Hospital
Decker Meat Packing Plant
Farmers Rush Cattle to Market Over Groundless Scare
In Pottawattamie County farmers lost thousands as an epidemic stock scare proved baseless. Authorities declared no disease existed but cases of for age poisoning. Hundreds of head were rushed to markets and hundreds of carloads of feeders moved to market.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Nepotism Ban Passed by Iowa Legislature
Des Moines notes that the Iowa House approved a nepotism ban by 76 to 21. The bill bars elected or appointed public office holders from naming relatives within the fourth degree as deputies clerks or helpers, with county officers exempt but subject to supervisor review.
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Des Moines
House of the
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Talaat Pasha Assassinated in Berlin Suburb
Berlin reports Talaat Pasha former grand vizier and minister of finance of Turkey was fatally shot in a west Berlin suburb today. The assassination marks a dramatic political act amid European tensions.
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Berlin
Talaat Pasha
Grand Visor
Turkey
Fie
Illinois to oil 150 miles of Sangamon County roads
Springfield March 15 900000 gallons of road oil will oil 150 miles of Sangamon county roads this year ending the mud hole reputation. County Highway Superintendent Truman Flatt signed the $56000 purchase and twenty of twenty six townships in the county underwrote the contract to improve major routes.
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Springfield
Sangamon County
Truman Flatt
Senate adjourns sine die after confirming nominations
Washington March 15 The extra session of the senate which began March 18 ended shortly before noon today. After confirming a few additional nominations by President Harding it adjourned sine die.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Harding
Flu Problem Still Unsolved in London
London report from the Ministry of Health on the 1918 19 influenza epidemic calls the disease an unsolved problem. It notes the illness caused massive casualties across Europe and Asia and states that until universal improvements in living conditions occur there is no prospect of reducing the disease.
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London
Ministry of Health
Europe
Asia
Two Million Legacy for John Dodge Jr
Detroit report says John Duval Dodge son of the late John F. Dodge will receive 2 000 000 of his father’s 80 000 000 estate. He pledges to keep working and said this is only a starting point. The will left him 1800 a year while other relatives received liberal allowances. The will’s litigation led to the $2 million settlement announced today. A reconciliation had been reported imminent before the elder Dodge died.
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Detroit
Mich
John Duval Dodge
John F. Dodge
John Dodge Sr
John
Texas
Market Roundup Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Mixed Across Regions
Cattle receipts 12 000 with slow opening and weak tone. Bulk beef cattle 875 to 10.00. cows 6.00 to 8.00. bulls 5.25 to 6.25. calves steady to strong. feeders steady. Hogs receipts 26 101. market slow with 25 to 59 cents lower. top early 11. later 11 19. Pigs down about 50 cents. Sheep receipts 22 000. market opened slow and later 25 cents lower. In Chicago and St Joseph markets cattle and hogs show varied declines with mixed regional quotes.
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Chicago
Mark Cases Inc
St. Joseph
Sid
Local Cash Markets for Agricultural Commodities
The column lists prices for farm products including corn at 0c per bushel, timothy hay at 25 dollars per unit, straw at 9 dollars, wild and threshed hay at 12 and 12 dollars respectively, wheat at 1.80, clover seed 7 to 9, timothy seed 1 to 1.50, barley 85c, and assorted poultry prices from eyes 28c to ducks 18c, plus horse hides at 1.00.
Constitutional Conventions Voter By House
The Iowa House voted to meet a constitutional convention on the second Monday in May 1992. The bill as amended bans women delegates and sets delegates to be elected on political party lines from state senatorial districts. Delegates to be nominated at the 1962 primary and chosen at the November election if the Senate agrees.
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House
Iowa
Calhoun
Rankin
Senate
Oriental Note to Be Seen in Womens Dress
Paris reports that Mooriot style dominates spring fashion with turbans and hip swing. The Oriental note appears in turbans scarves and sashes, sequins on evening gowns and large gaudy artificial flowers as trims. A single bloom or garland worn low on the waist enhances the look.
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Paris
Daily Mail
Dentist in Fremont Pulls His Own Teeth
Fremont Nebraska March 15 Dr tb FE Ells a dentist who last week pulled two of his own teeth after administering a local anaesthetic says he will fill the cavities and do crowding and bridge work himself An X ray showed molars infected and he pulled them before a mirror with proper lighting He calls the act a test case for his own benefit and claims teeth can be extracted with pain if the patient is properly handled
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Fremont
Neb
Tb. FE. Ells
Kells
Ile
Harding Nominates Officials for Treasury Roles
President Harding nominates Eliott Wadsworth of Boston to be assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of foreign loans and Eugene Meyer Jr. of New York to be a director of the Net Finance Corporation for a four year term.
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Washington
DD. C
Eliott Wadsworth
Boston
Presidnt
Harding
Forign
Eugene Meyer Jr
New York
Net Finance Corporation
Corporation
Danish King Plans Summer Tour to Greenland Iceland
The Danish king, also ruler of Ireland, will tour Iceland and Greenland with Queen in the coming summer. It marks the first time a Danish monarch visits Greenland and related territories.
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Greenland
Penhagen
Denmark
Ireland
Wil
Iceland
Grenland
Thia
Hae
Greenstand
Loveland contradicts claims of mild Nebraska winter
Meteorologist George A Loveland of the government weather bureau presents a statement comparing temperatures of the last winter with fifty seven year records. He notes that 1920 21 was not the warmest Nebraska winter, citing warmer seasons in 1877 78 and 1881 82.
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Livedn
Netl
George A. Loveland
Government Weather Bureau
Tuath
Nebraska
Iowa Census Facts From 1920 Summary Of Population
A federal census bulletin reports Iowa organized as a territory in 1838 and statehood in 1846. It shows the 1920 population at 2 404 021, a gain of 8.1 percent since 1910, with 99 counties and 72 growing while 27 declined. Urban residents exceed 600 cities and towns, with Des Moines the largest at 126 468.
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Fedoral Census Bureau
Lowa
Isss
Union
Janary
United States
Iowa
Etron
Watch Des
Iown
Ruse of Woman Lands Insane Man in Jail
In Koarnes New Jersey on March 15 Anthony Peculllis fought police and volunteers as two policemen and two merchants were wounded. He held them off with a double barreled shotgun for over an hour until a woman neighbor entered to plead for mercy and drew the police to overpower him.
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Koarnes
Loot Recovered in Toledo Postoffice Robbery
Postal inspectors report recovery of 200000 dollars worth of loot from the February 17 Toledo postoffice robbery. Bonds amounting to over 145000 dollars are traced to New York City with 27000 dollars found in Detroit and 14000 dollars in Philadelphia.
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Toledo
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Jury
U.S. Army
Denver & Rio Grande
Illinois
John Dodge Jr
United States Bureau of Markets
Associated Press
Chicago Live Stock
Hardiing
Federal Census Bureau Issues Bulletin of Information
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