Borah backs limited arms talks but doubts success
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Borah after meeting with President Coolidge says a naval arms conference is a good idea to keep disarmament alive but doubts Europe currently has public support. He argues Russia must be diplomatically recognized before any deal and France blocks disarmament with its insistence on security. He would back Coolidge’s push to invite same nations to a fall meeting aiming to limit naval armaments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Coolidge
Russia
France
Fire kills three in Quebec blaze
In St. Phillippe De Neri Quebec three people died and a fourth is dying after a fire yesterday. Ciprien Chamberland 74 his daughter-in-law Mrs Wiltrid Chamberland and Marie Chamberland seven were killed with another daughter and a sister of the girl dying or dying from injuries. The blaze started when gasoline was poured into a stove causing an explosion that wrecked the house.
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Associated Press
St. Phillippe de Neri
Quebec
Ciprien Chamberland
Wiltrid Chamberland
Marie Chamberland
Mother of 38 in Jail as a Cheat
Philadelphia March 25 Mrs Anna Beswick formerly daytime wife of the father of her 18 children and nighttime wife of a Philadelphia banker was found guilty by a jury in quarter sessions court on charges of conspiring to cheat and defraud. Harry Schwartz was convicted with her.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Anna Beswick
Sas
Harry Schwartz
Mrs. Fifi Potter Stillman Denies Divorce Claim
Milwaukee report states Mrs. Fifi Potter Stillman wife of James A. Stillman, visiting en route to the Grand Canyon, denies seeking a divorce and says she would not seek reconciliation.
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Milwaukee
Fifi Potter Stillman
James A. Stillman
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Defense Ends Argument in Teapot Dome Suit
The defense in the Teapot Dome annulment suit closed its case in federal court in Cheyenne Wyoming with closing arguments by Martin W. Littleton famed for Thaw defense and Truman W. Newberry. Littleton denounced government fraud allegations tied to the turn of the contested matter.
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Cheverine, Wyo
Associated Press
Teapot Dome
Martin W. Littleton
Harry K. Thaw
Truman W. Newberry
Mr. Littleton
Rome Burns 100 Million Lire In Public Bonfire
A crowds gathers as 100 million lire in bank notes are burned in Rome in a government action to reduce paper circulation. Signor De Stefani attends the ceremony with other officials, signaling a policy move amid related economic debates.
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Associated Tress
Rome
Signor de Stefani
Finance
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Court Denies Shepherd Bail In Murder Case
Indianapolis report says William D. Shepherd, charged with typhoid murder of foster son William McClintock in Chicago, is denied bail as Judge Jacob Hopkins weighs evidence of guilt and conspiracy claims. Defense argues for speedy trial. discussion notes Farman testimony credibility as jury issue.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Martha Shepherd Hayden
William D. Shepherd
William McClintock
Chicago
Mia Hayden
Jacob Hopkins
Criminal Court
Ti Faiman
Hopkins
C. C. Faiman
Billy McClintock
Faiman
Farman
Sonny Willis fails to save mother in murder case
In Los Angeles on March 23 the murder charge against Harold Sonny Willis, who had confessed to spare his mother Margaret Willis from life imprisonment, was dismissed in juvenile court. The boy, who later recanted his confession, was ordered into school custody. His aunt Virginia Nelson will become his guardian. Margaret Willis had been sentenced to life at San Quentin for the last year’s murder of Dr. Benjamin B. Baldwin.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Harold
Sonny” Willis
Margaret Willis
Virginia Nelson
Willis
San Quentin
Benjamin B. Baldwin
Hubby Too Fond of Goats Sparks Wife Divorce Suit
In Spokane a divorce suit details fondness for goats with witness Eugenia V. Higgins saying Clayton Higgins milked a goat into his coffee and kept one in the house. Separately, Frank A. Bucey, 27, a deaf mute from Silverton Ore, was killed by a Santa Fe train near Ashford Ariz.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Clayton Higgins
Eugenia V. Higgins
Prescott, Ariz
Frank A. Bucey
Silverton
Ore
Santa Fe
Ashford
Ariz
Murphy Named State Purchasing Agent and Vidal Reappointed
Governor Erickson announced two appointments including J. E. Murphy of Silver Bow to be state purchasing agent for a four year term, succeeding J. E. Wood. Dr. C. B. K. Vidal was reappointed president of the state tuberculosis sanitarium. Vidal, from Cascade county, has long served in the post. Murphy, about 40, is married and has extensive purchasing experience with the Davis Daly Copper company. He led the speakers bureau for the Democratic state central committee during the last campaign.
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J. ©. Erickson
J. E. Murphy
Silver Bow County
J. E. Wood
C. B. K. Vidal
Murphy
Dr. Vidal
A. B. Murphy
Davis Daly Copper Company
Butte
Heis
Democratic State Central Committee
Lone Wolf burglar held in Boston under care
Boston's Lone Wolf burglar James E. Walters alias Frank Stevens is jailed under state doctors' care after being arraigned on burglary and weapon charges. He praises insanity as a defense, bail set at 90000, and police note a history from Brest wartime service to Boise and Seattle incidents.
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Boston
Mass
Back Bay
State Department of Mental Diseases
James E. Walters
Thas
Frank Stevens
Bishop
Walters
Richmond
Brest
Boise
Idaho
Seattle
Wash
Judge English Accused of Bribery in Impeachment Probe
In St Louis, March 25, the congressional inquiry into Federal Judge George Washington English revealed claims of tyranny and oppression on the bench and allegations that he shared money with C B Thomas who he had appointed to lucrative posts. Mrs Grace Thayer testified to alleged money division amid a heated committee session.
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St. Louis
Associated Press
Congressional Investigation
George Washington English
C. B. Thomas
Grace Thayer
Thomas
Earl Michener
Michigan
Earl of Balfour Visits Jerusalem
Jerusalem March 25 The Earl of Balfour former British foreign secretary visited the city and spoke to Moslem and Christian orators in mosques. Mounted gendarmes patrolled the streets but there was a marked absence of tension and no incidents were reported.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Earl of Balfour
Cult branding case shocks Oroville witnesses in March
District Attorney Rothe reveals confession from Anna Rhodes alleged to lead a group called Assembly of God in Gridley. Victim Herman R Sharlow volunteered as a sacrifice to the Holy Ghost while his lips and feet were burned with a hot iron in a nude Garden of Eden scene. Authorities seek insanity warrant against Rhodes and urge grand jury inquiry into the religious body.
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Associated Press
Oroville
Calif
Herman R. Sharlow
Edgar Rothe
Anna Rhodes
Rothe
Rhodes
Sharlow
Edward
Frank Rhodes
Edward Rhodes
Olive Humphreys
San Francisco
Pentecostal Church
Shartow
Hartford Trial Opens in Chapman Murder Case
In Hartford Connecticut the murder trial of Gerald Chapman, famed mail robber and jailbreak, begins with eleven jurors chosen. Counsel Frederick J. Groehkl notes questions about a woman rumored as “Mrs Beeswax,” linked to Chapman during his manhunt across the Midwest.
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Hartford
Chapman
Muncie
Ind
Beeswax
Foundling Orphan Inherits Vast Leeds Estate
New York March 25 A foundling orphan now Louise Leeds inherits a large fortune from Leeds jewelry interests. Warner M ward at Bellevue Hospital dies at 47 after long illness. The Leeds fortune includes a 2 000 trust and 250 000 added, plus other jewelry holdings. The will also references a 1924 adoption from a foundlings home and a death linked to a window incident at the Leeds residence.
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New York
Warner M
Bellevue Hospital
Leeds
The
Louise
Foundlings
Jazz Girl 13 Gone Murder Trial Begins In San Francisco
In San Francisco a 16 year old girl, Dorothy Ellingson, faces a murder trial after admitting she killed her mother to avoid a party. She fainted in court and spent the noon hour in a prison hospital, remaining uneasy and somber as jurors may be chosen tomorrow. The case drew a crowded courtroom as both sides prepared for jury selection.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Inc
Dorothy Ellingson
Bar of Justice
Mighty Fleet Fights Sham Battle Off San Pedro
Off San Pedro California March 25 the navies staged a simulative six minute fleet battle as 11 battleships 7 cruisers 38 destroyers and the Langley carrier joined 40 aircraft in a gunnery exercise observers saw no hits on sleeve targets towed by planes while a torpedo threat from destroyers tested evasive maneuvers and one dreadnought had to maneuver to avoid subs.
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U. S. S. Concord
San Pedro
Calif
Associated Press
Pacific Ocean
Langley
Find Girls Body Lying in a Swamp
Newport Vermont March 25 searchers continued for the body of Charles H Hutchins drowned in a swamp. Miss Edyth Young was found dead after an autopsy to decide if foul play or accident caused the death. She and Hutchins were last seen November 24 1924 leaving a livery stable toward Orleans.
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Associated Press
Newport
Vermont
Charles H. Hutchins
Edyth Young
Miss Young
Hutchins
Orleans
Delaware Votes 10 Keep Whipping Post Grips State Law
Delaware legislators today voted almost unanimously to retain the whipping post as punishment for certain crimes. Only one lawmaker backed abolition while 34 favored keeping the penalty, preserving the long standing punishment in UVerer.
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Delaware
Associated Press
Uverer
Del
Mare
Fire at Cheyenne boys' dormitory caused by overheated furnace
Fire at the state home for dependent children in Cheyenne Wyoming threatened the boys dormitory. Twenty boys marched from the building in their night clothes as the alarm sounded. Fire was extinguished with minor damage.
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Isy Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
State Home For
Thompson Falls Man Sentenced In 1921 Paradise Shooting Case
Don Deshirla of Pocatello Idaho known as Yellowstone Jack and Jack the Ripper was sentenced to five to ten years in Montana state prison for first degree assault related to an attempted shooting of Special Police Officer Dave Brout at Paradise Montana in 1921. He escaped jail twice and was returned from Mexico last year for trial.
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Associated Press
Thompson Falls
Don Deshirla
Pocatetlo
Idaho
Dave Brout
Paradise
Mont
Deshirla
Yellowstone
Jack
Jack the Ripper
Yakima
Wash
Cent
Montana
Jie
Mexico
Baltimore Conference Votes Against North South Church Unity
Washington March 25 The Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South votes against unification with the northern church by a margin of 141 to 137 in a decisive church unity vote.
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Washington
Baltimore
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Woodlock Named to Interstate Commerce Board Amid Senate Fight
President Coolidge appoints Thomas F. Woodlock of New York to succeed Mark W. Potter on the Interstate Commerce Commission, despite the Senate's failure to confirm. Georgia Senator Harriss and Florida Senator Pletcher pledge opposition, signaling a likely clash next session over southern representation and confirmation tactics.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Mark W. Potter
Interstate- Commerce Commission
Congress
Harrig
Georgia
Pletcher
Oida
South
Woodlock
Young McCormick Works as Laborer at International Harvesters
Chicago March 25 Unknown heir to McCormick millions F. McCormick son of Harold McCormick and former wife Mrs Rockefeller McCormick has spent six weeks as a day laborer in Milwaukee shops learning the reaper business at $2.00 daily. His mother’s visit confirmed his employment and intent to gain knowledge of the business.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Fo Jer” McCor ‘Mick
Harold McCormick
Rockefeller McCormick
Milwaukee
International Harvesters Company
F. McCormick
Anne A
Fifi
Stillman
McCormick
Company
Three Forks Fire Destroys Block In Bozeman Area
Bozeman Mont March 25 An entire business block in Three Forks was destroyed by a morning fire causing property loss of about 59 900. Fire raced through a two story frame building housing Andersons soft drink parlor and living quarters. Firefighters and volunteers worked to save adjacent buildings as wind fanned sparks across the street and the Sacajawea hotel was endangered. The cause was unknown and state fire marshal W G Brooks investigated later.
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Bozeman
Mont
Three Forks
Anderson
Secni
Sacajawea
Ira
Busness
W. G.* Brooks
Helena
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