Knight's Wife Alleged To Strip Wealthy Man In UK Suit
London March 17 Associated Press reports a sensational case in which Mrs Maiie] Waterhouse sues Sir David Wilson Barker Lady Wilson Barker and Sheldon alleging a conspiracy dating back over 16 years. The claim accuses fraudulent misrepresentations by Lady Wilson Barker to extort money from Alfred Francis Waterhouse, leading to insolvency of his widow. Evidence includes love letters and testimony from Mills and long-serving Waterhouse staff.
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Associated Press
London
Maiie] Waterhouse
David Wilson-Barker
Wilson- Barker
PL Sheldon
Hayden
Alfred Francis Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Lady Wilson-Barker
Sheldon
Sir David Wilson-Barger
Haydon
Sir David
Mills
Wilson-Barker
Sir Montagu Sherman
Walsh Again on Scandal In Washington
Senator Walsh of Montana, Teapot Dome prosecutor, spoke at length on the oil scandal in the Senate. He reaffirmed the convictions in his committee report from last June and dismissed the minority report by Senator Spencer as distorted and unread by many signers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Spencer
Missouri
Government rests in Teapot Dome case as defense counters
Cheyenne Wyoming March 17 With the Teapot Dome oil reserve lease battles finished the government rests arguing a conspiracy between Albert B Fall and Harry F Sinclair. The defense seeks to strike Liberty bond links and will call Mammoth Oil witnesses to rebut government testimony on bond movements.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Associated Press
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
M. T. Everhart Pueblo
Colo
Albert .B. Fall
Qwen J. Roberts
J. W. Lacey
Mammoth OW Company
Continental Trading Company
Sinclair
Sinclair Ot
Mammoth OS Company
Liberty Bond
Kennedy
Mammoth Oil Company
Fall
French Chamber Quits in Uproar in Alsace Debates
Paris reports a heated chamber of deputies debate over Alsace Lorraine's three departments reorganization. A censure vote targeted two members and the session adjourned amid rising tempers. In Strasbourg conflicting claims arise over a Catholic school strike tied to Herriot’s religious neutral schools policy.
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Paris
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Alsace-Lorraine
Strasbourg
France
Associated Fress
Alsace
Lisbon
Herriot
Norris says effort to influence vote on Warren nom
Senator Norris of Nebraska declared in the senate that no effort had been made to influence his vote on Charles Warren's nomination for attorney general. He dismissed propaganda from the Republican machine in Nebraska as unfounded and stressed his independence in the matter.
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Associated Press
Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Charles Warren
Res Publican Machine
Peru Peeved Over Tacna Arica Award Protest
Washington March 17 Peru expresses satisfaction over President Coolidge's Tacna Arica arbitration award. Disquiet grows as Peruvian protests mount. Lima reports guard at embassy after assault by anti-American demonstrators. Velarde potentially returning to Peru amid calls for a new hearing. Officials deny official advices. State Department withholds details.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Chile
Peru
State Department
Wheat and stocks tumble as market eyes slump and selloff
Chicago and New York markets report May wheat sliding 13 cents below yesterday and closing at lower levels, with July and September also down amid a broad price collapse. New York stock prices fall sharply as railroad and industrial shares hit new lows, driven by heavy selling and concerns over finances, inflation, and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Identifies Murderer Then Faints During Lineup
Chicago area man 17 Vernon Papkes 27 was identified today by Samuel Leseff a north side druggist as the man who shot and killed Archibald Murchie art student from Vancouver D C during a store robbery on March 7 The identification stunned police Papkes had been held on a disorderly conduct charge and others were being watched for the Murchie case Papkes and other prisoners stood in a lineup while the druggist pointed him out and fainted
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Associated Press
Chicago
Area
Vernard
Samuel Leseff
North Side
Archibald Murchie
Vancouver
D. C
Papke
Saraggier
Fapke
Cottage Fire at Michigan State Hospital in New Berry
A cottage at the Michigan State Hospital for the Insane in New Berry burned tonight. Officials believe all inmates were rescued, with telephoned reports confirming the blaze and surrounding damage.
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Marquette
Mich
Michigan States Hospital For the Insane
New Berry
Mine Blast Kills 33 at Bethlehem Mine 41 Near Fairmont
Fairmont West Virginia March 17 Thirty three men are believed killed after an explosion wrecked Bethlehem Mines Corporation Mine 41 three miles west of Fairmont between 9 30 and 10 00 p m The mine is on fire and rescue teams face debris heavy timber and steel in the shaft Officials report the electric light plant was restored and one of two main fans is operating The blast may have been caused by gas with initial reports suggesting a dynamite bomb being dropped into the shaft The mine operates on a non union basis with no recent labor troubles near the region The Baltimore and Ohio railroad serves the mine.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Here
Benton Mitchell
Fairmont Wining
R. M. Lambie
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Bride and Sister Held for Attack in Beverly Hills
Bernice L. Day and her sister Carlyn Lundstrom were arrested in Los Angeles after indictments charged them with a brutal acid attack on Darby L. Day Jr. seen by his mother Mrs Darby L. Day Sr. The assault outside the Day Beverly Hills home left Day Jr. severely burned and facing possible blindness. Lundstrom named as accomplice though not present at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Dress
Los Angeles
Bernice L. Day
Carlyn Lundstrom
Beverly Hills
Lundstrom
Bergdoll's Chauffeur Enters Guilty Plea
Eugene Stecker the chauffeur of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll pleaded guilty to aiding Bergdoll. Federal Judge Dickinson deferred sentence. Stecker had urged Bergdoll to return to face punishment while in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Eugene
The
Senator Oddie Urges Renewal of Gold and Silver Commission
Nevada Senator Hiram W. Oddie urged the Senate to extend the gold and silver commission as it neared dissolution. He warned that dissolving now would waste substantial work unfinished and jeopardize ongoing investigations by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Oddie
Republican
Nevada
Senate
Gold and Silver Commission
Smith waves off fortune in gems
New York March 17 Victor De Caro purser of the Leviathan was arrested on a charge of attempting to smuggle unset diamonds valued at 30000. Customs officials suspect he acted as carrier for an Antwerp Belgian merchant. Gov Smith denied ownership of the diamonds saying neither he nor Mrs Smith or anyone in his family owned such valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Victor DeCaro
Customs
DeCaro
Antwerp
Boyle
Alfred E. Smith
France
Pinchot presses united dry bill as Mellon weighs in
Governor Pinchot issued a telegram to Secretary Mellon urging quick Treasury position on the administration’s united dry bill. Mellon replied from Richmond that he has taken a position on the pending Pennsylvania measure.
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Associated Pres
Harrisburg
Pinchot
General Assembly
Onight
Richmond
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Jacob Gould Schurman Named New Envoy to Germany
President Coolidge nominates Jacob Gould Schurman, then American minister at Peking, to succeed Alanson B. Houghton as ambassador to Germany. Senate confirmation appears likely, completing Europe’s major diplomatic realignment. Unclear timing for Schurman’s Peking successor and potential nomination of Van A. McMurray as China envoy.
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Associated Press
Washington
President Coolidge
Jacob Gould Schurman
Peking
Alanson B. Houghton
Germany
Senate
Europe
Ambassador Schurman
Shepherd to Face Murder Charge as Counsel Withdraws
Chicago March 17 The grand jury reported true bills charging murder in the death of William Nelson McClintock last December amid typhoid fever. Foster father Willand Shepherd faces indictments while his attorney Edwin Hedrick withdraws, citing case stage. Exhumations planned for Emma McClintock and Dr Oscar Olson amid ongoing inquest and testimonies.
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Shepherd
Chicago
William Nelson McClintock
Robert E. Crowe
Willand D. Shepherd
McClintock
Wooland C. C Faiman
Faiman
Harry Olson
George Fosberg
Emma Nelson McClintock
Shepherds
Oscar Olson
Judge Olson
Edwin Hedrick
Former Maid Tells of Naughty Play by Gay Mrs Dennistoun
London reports detail a Paris hotel drama in 1929 during a lawsuit between Mrs Jan Oislow Dennistoun and her ex husband Lieutenant Colonel Dennistoun. Witness Marguerite Pyronnene described intimate incidents, telegrams, and a planned elopement with Oscar Senhouse, with mentions of Sir John Cowans and a chauffeur's testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennistoun
Associated Press
London
Jan Oislow Dennistoun
Colonel Dennistoun
Marguerite Pyronnene
Carnarvon
Sion
Paris
Hotel Vie
Pyromene
Lhe Spaniard
Bolin
Death of Dreben Due to Nurse's Mistake
Associated Press reports from Los Angeles that autopsy results reveal Sam Dreben died after a nurse misread or altered medicine given at Dr. Wal Them's office. Dreben known as a soldier of fortune, reportedly suffered paralysis and died last Sunday due to the mishandled drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Capruner
Natice
Sam Dreben
Mani
Wahabi tribesmen severely defeated in Hedjaz clash
Cairo dispatch reports Hedjaz forces on Sunday severely defeated Wahabi tribesmen near Jeddah, with Wahabis losing 300 dead. Hedjaz casualties were nine killed and 30 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Jeddah
Kingdom of the Hedjaz
Goal Miners Must Accept and Cut in Pay
Washington reports a wage cut of about 33 1 3 percent took effect today in the plains of four independent coal and coke firms in the Connellsville field. Notices show a return to the 1917 wage scale after operating under the 1920 scale since last December, with several other independents already reverting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Connellsville
Sargent Named Attorney General In Coolidge Senate Accord
Washington reports the controversy over the attorney generalship ends as John G. Sargent of Vermont is nominated and quickly confirmed after Charles W Warren declined a recess appointment. Sargent lives in Ludlow Vermont birthplace noted. The Senate approved the nomination amid brief debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Torney
John G. Sargent
Vermont
Sargent
Charles W.warren
Michigan
Ann
Warren
Ludla Dent's
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul rails to seek receivership
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway company faces a possible receivership after a board of directors decision in New York on March 11. Voluntary receivership proceedings are expected to begin in Chicago tomorrow, with H B By ram, the president, en route to the city. Protective committees have been formed to safeguard interests as the move unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee, and Pant Railway
Hay
H. B. Byram
Senate adopts call for probe of alleged conspiracy
The senate adopted a resolution urging the federal trade commission to investigate alleged interference and obstructions in the development of cooperative marketing associations. The move, reported by Associated Press, notes concerns over fair competition and cooperative efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
The
Senate
Oregon School Law Faces High CourtReview
Supreme Court arguments in March questioned the Oregon law mandating school attendance for children aged 8 to 16. The state, appealing federal court enjoinments, faced opposition from religious and military academy groups represented by attorneys Moore Chamberlain and Pitt, while Catholic and parochial schools were defended by Guthrie Kavanaugh and Veatch.
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Oregon School Law
Washington
Supreme Court
Oregon
Federal District
Court For
Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
The
Hill Military Academy
WS. Moore
George
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