Hiram Reed On Stand In Confession Contention
Hiram Reed testified in Ottawa on Feb 29 amid a legal fight to keep his repudiated confession from use as evidence in his dynamiting trial. He said State's Attorney Hanson pressured him with immunity promises to confess, which he later repudiated as untrue. The court weighed the confession's admissibility as jury deliberations continued.
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Ottawa
Ill
U.P
Hiram Reed
Mt. Pleasant
Tom Thadford
Reed
Russell O. Hanson
Miss Bradford
Hanson
Frank S. Hayes
David Cooper
LaSalle County
Pleasant Valley
Mins Tolan Bradford
Ilegally
Frank Hayes
Democrats of Missouri Unite Behind Reed for Presidency
St Joseph Missouri February 29 Senator James A Reed of Missouri stood unanimous choice of Missouri Democrats for the presidential nomination The state Democratic convention adjourned endorsing Reed and voted to send an instructed 36 member delegation to Houston to vote for Reed in the national convention The convention contrasted its stance with eight years ago when Reed was read out for feuding with President Wilson Their resolution praised Reed for his Senate service calling him a peerless champion of good government
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St. Joseph
U.R
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Houston
Tex
Wilson
United Senate
Colby Denied Divorce By Paris Court
In Paris on February 29 Bainbridge Colby, former United States secretary of state, was refused a divorce by a court citing lack of jurisdiction to hear the case. The ruling ends the proceedings without a divorce.
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Bainbridge Colby
Paris
Versailles
France
U.P
United States
Former Grand Dragon Testifies Before Grand Jury
D C Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon, testified before Howard county grand jury investigating the American Trust company bank crash in Kokomo Indiana. He spoke after a promised half hour with his lawyers before returning to state prison life sentence. He warned of “the worst tortures” on return. Judge John Marshall granted the conference.
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Kokomo
Ind
D. C
Stephenson
John Marshall
True Bills in $133,000 Mail Train Robbery Indictments
A federal grand jury in Chicago returned robbery indictments against five men in the Evergreen Park mail train raid last Saturday. Named were Charlie Limpy Cleaver leader, William Donovan Frank Meccia Virgil Litsinger and William Jackson with Cleaver’s wife and Donovan’s wife held as accomplices. Bail set at 100000 per man. New indictments also named three suspects including Cleaver Donovan and Mecca in a separate suburban case totaling $192 000. Debates over writs of habeas corpus followed as the panel met at night. In Tokyo, Yukichi Goto, a leading Japanese airman, died in a hill crash during a test flight. companion Yuchi Suwa and instructor Lieut Okamoto were burned.
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Chicago
Evergreen Park
Charlie “Limpy
Cleaver
William Donovan
Frank Meccia
Virgil Litsinger
William Jackson
Donovan
Adam C. Cliffe
U.P
Federal
Charley
Limpy" Cleaver
Frank
Bozo" Mecca
Katherine Cleaver
Tokio
Yukichi Goto
Seattle
Kyushu
Yuchi Suwa
Lieut
Okamoto
Notorious resort burned near Springfield victims tied to murder
Fire destroyed the Riley roadhouse three miles south of Springfield on the St Louis road. Damage was about 20000 dollars. The building had been the scene of the murder of Edmund Hansen a Chicago furniture dealer during a October holdup.
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Springfield, II
U.P
Riley
Here
St. Louis
Edmund Hansen
Chicago
Leap Year Pranks Hit Pocketbooks Across Nation
New York February twenty ninth sparks a witty debate on leap day economics. Landlords and moneylenders face altered rents and interest while government payrolls show a one day relief. The piece notes the calendar quirk could shift seasons without leap year. Turn to Page 6.
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New York
U.R
Leasime
Two Killed in Mine War in Pittston Pa
State police patrolled Pittston after a fresh insurgent mine union outbreak left Alex Campbell 45 and Peter Reilly 25 dead from ambush at night. The double killing marks a third and fourth death in months of insurgent activity, with a gunmen escape in a large touring car abandoned nearby. Witnesses cited rapid gunfire. no suspects found as authorities tightened control.
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Wilkesharre
U.P
Pittston
Alex Campbell
Peter Reilly
Wilkesbarre
Campbell
Pennsylvania Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Lillis
Big Sam" Grecco
Frank Gary
Reilly
Rtricken Pittston
Campaign activity heats up in Hoover drive across states
Washington memos report fresh tempo in peace and anti Hoover groups. Maryland moves to file Hoover on May 7 primary ballot. Senator Moses criticizes Iowa delegate counts and backs Edge to push a stronger campaign. Dawes stirs talk with McMullen as Norris drift appears likely. Nebraska filing deadline nears March 10. Maryland scene shows mixed support for Hoover amid club formation.
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Washington
U.R
Peace
Hoover
Maryland
Annapolis
Moses
New ‘Hampshire
Iowa
Edge
New Jersey
Charles G. Dawes
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
McMullen
Norris
Lowder
Illinois
United Press
Dawes
Lowdon
J. Craig McLanahan
Blood transfusion sought to save Heller after accident
Neighbors of William Heller of Malta rushed to city hospital for blood tests as doctors prepared a transfusion to stop repeated hemorrhages from a nose injury caused by a crank strike to the face last Saturday. Multiple men volunteered, with hopes the life fluid would prolong his life if the operation succeeds.
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William Heller
South First Street
Malta
City Hospital
Heller
Mr. Heller
Gasoline Laden Ship Ablaze Off Macedo
A Lloyd Brasileiro freighter named Atalaya carrying gasoline was afire off Macedo. Rescue steamers Voltaire Ayruoca Cantuari and Guimaraes rushed to the scene as a ministry dispatch reported the blaze spreading in the ocean.
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Rio de Janeiro
U.R
Lloyd Brasileiro
Atalaya
Macedo
Ministry of Marine
Voltaire
Ayruoca
Cantuari
Guimaraes
Circuit court docket set for February term trial
The docket was called this afternoon and the Haish contest suit placed on the calendar. A jury was ordered to be called for 12. Present indications suggest the suit will go to trial at that term.
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Dacoh Haish
Search Extends for Ellyson and Companions Over Chesapeake
Civilian hunters join ongoing effort after scores of army and navy planes failed to locate Commander T. G. Ellyson and two companions who set out from Hampton Roads to reach his daughter's bedside in Annapolis. Airships and aircraft comb Chesapeake Bay area as winds delay J-3.
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Chesapeake
Washington
Ellyson
Lexington
Hampton Roads
Annapolis
T. G. Ellyson
Chesapeake Bay
Girl Victim of Paralysis Improves Slightly
Miss Eva Balen, 16, daughter of Mike Baler of Market street, suffered a paralytic stroke on Sunday. Today she moves her left arm and leg slightly, but her entire right side remains paralyzed. A state board of health official is expected to review the case soon to aid the physician's diagnosis.
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Eva Balen
Mike Baler
Market Street
Balen
State Board of Health
Weather Outlook for Foreliners Tonight and Thursday
Mostly cloudy through tonight with rain or snow chances in the south and central areas. Colder tonight in the east and extreme south, with continued cool conditions into Thursday.
Senate Flood Bill Approved by Commerce Panel
Washington Feb 29 U P A compromise flood control measure providing 325 million dollars was approved by the senate commerce committee. It would have the federal government pay most costs with limited local rights of way, and create a supervising board including the army chief of engineers and the Mississippi River Commission president. The plan urges local contribution but sets specific federal cost conditions and retains authority to alter project details during construction.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Commerce Committee
Jones
Senate
Army Chief of Engineers
Misissippi River Commission
Congress
United States
DeKalb Wurlitzer Plans Large 1928 National Ad Campaign
The Wurlitzer Grand Piano company of DeKalb has launched its 1928 national advertising drive in House Garden. The program includes a full page four color ad and front cover spaces in three piano trade journals. About sixteen high class magazines will carry the ads including Woman's Home Companion Vogue Vanity Fair and Atlantic Monthly. Each ad lists DeKalb as the manufacturing place and targets both retailers and affluent buyers of grand pianos.
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Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company
DeKalb
DeKalb Wurlitzer
DeKalb Company
Woman's Home Companion
Vogue
Vanity Fair
House @ Garden
The
Spur
Better Homes & Gardens
House, Beautiful
Country Life
Etude
Children
Atlantic Monthly
Farper's
World's Work
Golden
Book
Review of Reviews
Scribner’s
House & Garden
Wurlitzer National
Pill Suspect Held on Concealed Weapon Charge in Mount Vernon
H C Haverfield remains jailed in Jefferson county on a 2000 dollar bond after default, with a March county term hearing set on concealed weapon charges. Investigators pursue links to the Aledo poison-pill plot that killed two members of an anti chicken thief group who allegedly blamed Haverfield’s wife for chicken thefts. Original detention stemmed from a traffic-violation technical charge used as a makeshift to hold him until poisoning case completes.
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Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon
H. C. Haverfield
Jefferson County
Aledo
Haverfield
Kellogg urges France to renounce war in new note
Secretary Kellogg calls on France to join the United States in a clear renunciation of all war, saying language is unimportant so long as the intent to abolish war among the powers is explicit. The note frames war as an assault on human society and rejects treaties with reservations. Meanwhile, the Senate committee moves to report the French arbitration treaty favorably, noting it does not affect the Bryan treaty, and aims to complete notes exchange before ratification.
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Washington
U.R
France
United States
Kellogg
Paris
Fhrst
Briand Jogge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
League of Nations
Leap year birthday celebrated by 96 year old in Chicago
Mrs. Caroline Zigahn, aged 96, marked her 32nd birthday with twelve grandchildren in Chicago. As a leap year daughter, she celebrates only every four years, and after 1900 did not have a birthday for eight years.
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Chicago
Caroline Zigahn
Two Boys Admit Murder in Hart Station Slaying
Rockford area reports that Morris Mahan and George Bligs both, aged 17, confessed to killing Floyd Stotler, the Hart oil station attendant, with Henry Olson previously convicted of the same crime and later released on bond on appeal. Olson fled town with his bride as his $10,000 bond was forfeited.
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Rockford
Morris Mahan
George Bligs
Floyd Statler
Hart
Henry T. Olson
Olson
Mehan
Bliss
Brian
Stotler
Chicago
San
Henry Olson
Ill
Floyd Stotler
Orville
Cmies Toetlees
City Election Set For April 17 By City Council
The council expects to pass an ordinance calling a city election for April 17 at Tuesday night meeting. The February session failed to approve a city primary, so all alderman candidates will appear on the regular ballot. Two petitions were filed with the city clerk, with Mr Blackman to return them to the petitioners for mailing to the clerk.
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Blackman
Movie Industry Defense Heard in Senate Hearing
Motion picture producers and distributors counsel C C Pettijohn defended industry methods before the senate interstate commerce committee on the Brookhart bill. He argued the bill would destroy the existing sales and distribution system and replace it with hearings and price fixing commissions.
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Washington
Fed
Senate Interstate Commerce Committees
C. C. Pettijohn
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Letter Misread Triggers Police in Two Cities
James Biffle, World War veteran, denied planning suicide after a Denver wife’s misread letter. East St. Louis detectives found him at home and learned his message warned at 11 pm. Authorities, radio stations, and press groups coordinated to broadcast a safety appeal.
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East St. Louis
James Biffle
Denver
Riffies
George
United Press
Riffie
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Mia
Colo
Ud— James Biffle
East St
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Pittsburgh
J. N. Langham
Rossiter
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