Sofia Cathedral Blast Kills 145 in Bulgaria Uprising
Reports from Sofia reveal a massive cathedral explosion during services, killing about 145 and injuring over 200 as a government crackdown and martial law restrict information. Prisons chief killed. Prime Minister Tsankhoff among the wounded. widespread arrests follow.
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Preas Temna
Bulgaria
Sofia
Tsankoff
Wee
George Kief
Boris
Premisr Zankhoff
U S Begins To Weave Web In Wheeler Trial
United Press reports in Great Falls Montana that the government opened its case linking Senator Burton Wheeler to oil permit matters for Burt Campbell. Witness R A Bennett testified Campbell secured the Phi Mce Gowan drilling permit in a Kelvin Surburst field north of town. The prosecution seeks evidence Wheeler would be paid ten thousand dollars for influence.
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United Press Eral
Great Falls
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
Burt Campbell
Montana
R. A. Bennett
General Land Office
Wheeler
Bennett
Campbell
Kelvin-Surburst
Here
Teapot Dome
Interior Department
John J. Slattery
Washington
Gordon Campbell
Slatery
Fecer Nyce
Capital
United Press
Fire damages home on Meridian Street
Firemen forced entry to the frame house of Mrs. EB F White at 625 S Meridian St at 9 am. Residents who sent the alarm were inside. Damage estimated at 1200 dollars. Firemen report the blaze started in the attic.
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Meridian Burns
EB. F. White
S. Meridian St
Ruth Undergoes Operation for Removal of Adnexa
Babe Ruth underwent an operation at St Vincent’s Hospital for removal of an adj extra item. The bulletin from the New York Yankees said the condition is satisfactory and the operation was successful. Dr Edward King reported anesthesia with ether for twenty minutes and noted pain is expected while predicting a speedy recovery.
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United Press
New York
Babe Ruth
St. Vincent's Hospital
Three Women Apply for Hungarian Public Executioner Post
Three women were among 600 applicants for a vacancy in Hungary's public executioner office, according to a Budapest dispatch. One applicant repatriated from the United States claimed leading the field as the list of hopefuls was released.
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London
Central News
Budapest
United States
R-33 Returns to Base After 32-Hour Fight
London April 17 A runaway airship R-33 spent over thirty two hours aloft after being torn from its mooring at 6 a.m. Thursday. It returned to Pulham at 2 p.m. under control with nineteen crew members aboard. The R-88 followed to its mooring mast shortly after.
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United Preas
London
Pulham
North Sea
Air Service
Burglary Entered Offices in Building in Ohio and Alabama Lt
Police report a Thursday night break in at a building in Ohio and Alabama Lts. A safe was opened and ransacked at the John Hancock Life Insurance Company office room 404 but nothing was taken. Other entered offices included attorney Frank Jeffery room 407 and advertising agent Samuel Frommer room 410. Three Onto. fan the Holliday.
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Ohio
Alabama
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Frank Jeffery
Samuel Frommer
Fan the Holliday
Strikers Remain Out After Wage Scale Clash
Structural ironworkers who began their strike on April 1 remain out today after failure to settle the wage scale with contractors. John J. McNamara, business agent, said the union seeks a 25 cent hourly increase over last year’s $1.25 rate, while contractors resist any raise.
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Structural
John J. McNamara
Daughter Victim Seeks Oberholtzer Testimony in Alleged Attack
The daughter of a presumed attack victim urged Oberholtzer to testify about the case. Her request centers on obtaining witness testimony to establish details of the alleged assault and the involved parties.
Nurse Witnesses At Coroner Probe In Bergholdt Murder Case
The coroner heard nurse Beatrice Spratley testify about wounds on Madge Oberholtzer after six bichloride of mercury tablets. George E. Oberholtzer, father of the victim, described on deathbed conversations and lack of immediate medical care. The mother, ill from nervous strain, could not appear.
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Oberholtzer
Sues
Miss Spratley
Miss Oberholtzer
George E. Oberholtzer
University Ave
Stephenson's Boast Told in Probe
In a deathbed testimony Miss Madge Oberholtzer recounts David C. Stephenson, ex Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan, declaring his words as law in Indiana. The inquest record notes her father George E. Oberholtzer asking if he could be jailed and her reply that federal action might be required.
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Indiana
Madge Oberholtzer
David C. Stephenson
Klan
Republican Party
Hammond
Ind
Miss Oberholtzer
Madge
George E. Oberholtzer
University Ave
Darrow Seeks Leniency for Munding in Murder Case
Attorney Clarence Darrow urged leniency for George Munding, a riding master found guilty of murdering his common law wife Julia Able Douglass. Darrow contends Munding’s mind was inflamed by alleged infidelity and alcohol, citing prior cases where mitigating circumstances spared the defendants.
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Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
George Munding
Julia Able Douglass
Darrow
Munding
Caillaux Set to Unveil France's Finance Plan Monday
Paris April 17 Caillaux new finance minister after five years in exile faces the nation’s financial crisis. The cabinet will present to the chamber Monday as Caillaux hints at a democratic solution possibly including a capital tax if needed, but prefers cutting government expenses.
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United Press
Paris
Painleve
France
Joseph Caillaux
Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Chamber
Temperature Rise Brings Clouds and Rain Forecast
Higher temperatures and cloudy skies in Indianapolis and across the state kept frost away Thursday night. The city recorded a low of 61 degrees, up from 45 the night prior, with statewide readings 6 to 8 degrees above Wednesday. Unsettled weather is expected today and Saturday with a strong chance of rain, per J H Armington of the Weather Bureau.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Mule Had Real Kick in Seymour Tragedy
Charles Hawkins of Cincinnati suffered a compound fracture of his left leg from a mule kick while visiting Seymour Indiana. He had returned home with his dead son, killed by a switch engine in Cincinnati, and stayed with his Hawkins relatives.
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Timea
Seymour
Ind
Charles Hawkins
Cincinnati
Dewey Hawkins
Hawkins
Jackson County
Death resolution condemns Madge Oberholtzer murder
The Seventh District Federation of Women's Clubs adopted a resolution condemning the murder of Madge Oberholtzer. They deplore the crime, protest the outrage, and urge that justice be served to protect Indianapolis women.
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Seventh District Federation of Women's Clubs
Madge Oberholtzer
Seventh District Federation of Clubs
Indianapolis
First arrests of season for operating a baseball pool
Police arrested five men on a charge of selling pool tickets on Thursday. The suspects identified themselves as Sam Kemp of 415 N. Delaware Et, George Anseld of 1422 Butler Ave, Walter Evans of 121% N. Alabama St, and Harry Neff of 33 Fulton St.
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Sam Kemp
Delaware Et
George Anseld
Butler Ave
Walter Evans
Alabama St
Harry Neff
Fulton St
Air Mail Route Tests Travel From New Orleans to Chicago
An air mail plane tested a New Orleans to Chicago route, leaving New Orleans at 5 40 a m and expected to reach Fort Harrison flying field by 2 p m. Pilot Lieut Vincent Meloy from Nashville and Lieut J E Parker at Fort Harrison oversaw stops at Montgomery Louisville Nashville and Indianapolis with Indianapolis board of trade aiding the effort. The plane reached Birmingham at 9 35 a m and left Nashville after noon bound for Chicago arriving around 4 p m.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Ft. Harrison
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Nashville
Indianapolis Board of Trade
William 4 H. Howard
Indianapolis
United Press
Tenn
Railway Express Valuation Set at 604,939 by State Board
The State tax board today fixed the 1925 tax valuation of the American Railway Express Company at 604,939 dollars.
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Railway Express
State
American Railway Express Company
Weather snippets show hourly temperatures and times
Readable fragments list hourly temperatures from 7 am to 1 pm with values 61 62 and notes unclear. No clear location or date, but indicates a temperature tracking snippet.
Large Gasoline and Oil Found in Ex-Klan Leader’s Irvine Home
Police and experts describe the explosion damaged residence as incendiary in origin. A large quantity of gasoline and oil was discovered, with officers noting an “interesting” assortment of belongings. The deposed grand dragon, angered, visited the scene with friends as state patrols investigated.
Developments in Oberholtzer attack case
Developments in the Oberholtzer case include damage to D C Stephenson’s Irvington mansion from an incendiary fire and gasoline explosion. A grand jury remains in session with no new Stephenson indictment despite expectations. George Oberholtzer testifies that Madge Oberholtzer spoke of Stephenson declaring his power in Indiana.
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Oberholtzer
D.C
Explosion at Stephenson home investigated amid arson clues
Police probe origins of a blaze at D. C. Stephenson's 5432 University Ave residence causing about $2,000 damage. Open gasoline cans, lit jets found later and officials label incendiary origin while the Oberholtzer case looms with an indictment possible for murder. Coroner's inquest continues and state fire marshal notified.
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D. C. Stephenson
University Ave
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Hammond
Ind
William H. Remy
Charles E. Cox
Oberholtzer
Remy
Robinson
Miss Oberholtzer
O'Brien
D. W. Hill
Pumper Company No
Washington St
Hill
No. 25
Newman T. Miller
Miller
Fred Drinkut
Jones
Klaiber
Earl Gentry
City Fire Prevention Department
Eph Inman
Fred Butler
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