Government witness case in Teapot Dome suit advances
Albert B. Fall's Denver return prompts word from attorney Henry Wise that Fall will testify briefly. The former interior chief faces a Washington indictment over the Teapot Dome lease to Sinclair oil. Federal Judge Kennedy's ruling on bank records as evidence holds major interest today.
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Wyo
Albert B. Fall
Wise
Afr
Fall
Washington
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Slarry FF. Sinclair
Mam
T. Blake Kennedy
Sec
Four Witnesses Poison Case Set for Grand Jury
Four witnesses will appear before the Chicago grand jury to seek an indictment of William D. Shepherd foster father and heir to William N. McClintock the millionaire orphan in connection with the latter's death. The action followed a meeting of attorneys and State's Attorney Crowe with authorities also discussing Isabelle Pope fiancee of McClintock who may testify in Chicago. The four witnesses will be questioned by the grand jury and the report notes further details continue on page two.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grand
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Robert EB. Crowe
John J. Healy
John Lee
Isabelle Pope
McClintock
Los Angeles
Ten Prisoners Escape from Parchman Farm in Mississippi
Ten prisoners escaped from the state prison farm at Parchman near Tate, Mississippi. They fled as 85 inmates were in the stockade, disarming guards with pistols and seizing four more. The group, armed and white, included L. O. Nixon a life termer for murder. they headed toward Drew in two automobiles stalled by mud, with a posse reportedly locating them in woods near Drew.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Parchman
Tate
Drew
Mass
L. O. Nixon
J. M. Gilbert
President Coolidge Faces New Push on Warren Nomination
Washington March 15 The opposition in the Senate plans a second rejection of Charles B. Warren as attorney general and seeks to force a session to allow a new nomination. Leaders argue a recess appointment raises constitutional questions while Warren may accept such a move only until the Senate again acts. Four hours are set for debate before the vote.
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Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Senate
Warren
Robinson
Arkansas
White House
Tyler
Capitol
Mr. Warren
United States bars import of queer disease samples from abroad
Washington reports officials blocked an East African scientist and a Swiss tester from bringing hog blood and a foot and mouth virus into the United States for study. Experts will study abroad while Congress funds 75,000 dollars for research and the nation cites risks to hog and human health.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Suecess
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
John R. Mohler
East Africa
Mohter
Congress
Mohler
China
Mahler
France
Soldier of Fortune dies in Los Angeles amid war fame
Sam Dreben 47 a noted American adventurer and war hero dies in Los Angeles after months of illness. He collapsed in a doctor’s office and died in hospital. Known for Mexican and Central American revolutions and praised for World War I service. Dreben’s career spanned battlefield combat as both American soldier and freelancer.
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Los Angeles
Serat
Sam Dreben
General Pershing
Dreben
Longworth Baby Starts With 1000 In The Bank
Washington reports a bank account established for Miss Paulina Longworth, infant daughter of Representative Longworth of Ohio and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth. A $1000 initial deposit was presented by Mrs. Marshall Field of Chicago. On her wedding day, the principal and accrued interest will belong to her.
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Washington
Paulina Longworth
Representative Longworth
Ohio
Alice ‘Roosevelt Longworth
Marshall Field
Chicago
Besieged by wolves Canadians cut out all social affairs
A Vancouver dispatch reports Vilna Alberta northeast of Edmonton is besieged by a large pack of starving wolves. Police at Winnipeg confirm wolves threaten residents and have halted all social travel after a dancing party was chased by 20 wolves.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vilna
Edmonton
Alta
Vancouver Sun
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dispatch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Chamberlain Sets London Visit After Geneva Conference
Austen Chamberlain British foreign secretary travels by train to London for talks with Premier Herriot on European security. In Geneva he praised the League of Nations for its success and urged continued usefulness while observers note Poland and German Polish tensions as key topics. Washington’s stance on a new arms conference also draws interest.
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Geneva
Austen Chamberlain
Foreign Affairs
London
Premier Herriot
Chamberlain
Council of the
League of Nations
League
Iward
Genava
Poland
Mr. Chamberlain
al Werriot
Washington
House Leaders Differ on Postwar Fiscal Record
Washington with Madden and Byrns arguing over 1925 to 1926 federal appropriations. Madden says postwar spending neared a low water mark with cuts, while Byrns notes a large peace time increase masked by waning war obligations. Navy funding figures cited as example of broader trends.
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Washington
Madden
House Appropriations Committee
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Rytns
Burns
Byrne
Navy
Alaska Reindeer Meat To Be Placed On Sale In Large Quantities
Seattle Washington March 13 Alaska plans to ship 960000 pounds of reindeer meat to the United States this year Ralph Lomen Nome Alaska fur trades and reindeer packer said. Five artificial ice plants have been set up on the Seward peninsula to handle reindeer meat products The limit to reindeer raising in Alaska will be reached in 12 years at a 30 percent annual increase plus 10 percent slaughter. There is room for 4000000 animals to graze in northern Alaska The packing plants have capacity for 7300 head a year.
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Seattle
Wash
Mare
Alaska
United States
Ralph Lomen
Fur Trades
Reindeer Packer
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Lomen
Acae
John Palvettie Dies After Knife Wound in Basin
In Butte district, John Palvettie, about 52, died at Boulder hospital after slashing his throat with a pocket knife. He was found mortally wounded in a Basin lodging house room. A Finnish note claiming a gun and no shooting was found, but no motive was determined.
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Butte
Mont
John Palvettie
Basin
Bould
Palvettle
John Mountjoy
Boulder
Mystery ship distress reports surface near Puget Sound
Reports from Seattle and Bremerton claim a unidentified five masted schooner was seen ashore near Clallam Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The coast guard and radio stations relay no corroborating details and the reports are unverified and disputed by local authorities.
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Seattle
Wash
Strait of Juan de Puta
Pacific Ocean
Charlie Watson
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Clallam Tay
Bremerton
Puget Sound Naval Yard
Straits of
Juan de Fuca
Puget Sound
Clallam Bay
Despised Fortune Grows for Estate From Massachusetts
New York March 15 The tidy fortune of more than 900000 which Charles Garland inherited and refused to accept grew to 1200000 despite large expenditures. The American Fund for Public Service reported gifts totaling 117782 and loans 26738 for the year ended June 30 1924. Major gifts supported the New York Leader Federated Press and labor defense funds.
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New York
Charles Garland
Massachusetts
Wall Street
American Fund For Public Service
Garland
New York Leader
Federated Press
National Labor News Service
Minnesota Daily Star
The
Oklahoma Leader
Seattle Union Record
Polish People’s Publishing Company
Labor Defense Council
General Defense Committee
Chicago
American Civil Liberties Union
Leonard Ends Pro Career After Testimonial Dinner
Benny Leonard retired lightweight boxing champion announces at a Hotel Astor testimonial dinner he will not return to professional competition. He plans to devote himself to public service and physical development methods once used to become world champion. A separate civil unrest incident in Chicago disrupts a lecture by Abramovitz as police quell hecklers and crowds. An Interstate Commerce Commission hearing set for April 27 in Seattle will decide on reducing through passenger rates from Chicago and St Louis to the Pacific Coast.
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New York
Benny Leonard
Hotel Astor
Leonard
Chicago
Abramovitz
Russia
Women of
America
Berninw Theta
Randolph Street
Rialto Loop
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seattle
Northwestern Railroads
St Louis
Mid-Western
Pacific Coast
Subtaxes Trimmed Seen Favorable for 1926
Washington March 15 The outlook for a $300,000,000 tax cut in the 1926 fiscal year is favorable, with Green of the house Ways and Means committee stating a maximum surtax could drop to 25 percent and other rates lowered. He aims to have the law in effect for next year and notes a $373,000,000 surplus projected for 1926.
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Washington
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Treasury
Rum Runners to Be Combated by Coast Guard Convoys
Seattle March 13 Coast Guard officials say rum runners leaving British Columbia waters will face convoy protection along the US coast. Captain F G Dodge Pacific Northwest district reports the cutter Snohomish trailed the Stadacona after it loaded 11 002 cases of liquor at Vancouver. Stadacona tried to elude the convoy by steaming seaward but was followed and eventually steered toward a Mexican port. The Snohomish handed the watch to another cutter below the Columbia River and returned to Seattle.
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Wash
British Columbia
United States Coast Guard
F. G. Dodge
Coast Guard
Pacific Northwest District
Snohomish
Vancouver
Stadacona
Dodge
Columbia River
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