Miners Rebel Leaders Faced With Union Trial at Convention
At Tomlinson Hall the United Mine Workers convention adopted a resolution to bring insurgent leaders of the Springfield Illinois convention and the dual miners’ group before the international executive committee for trial on charges of rebellion and treason. Names include Alexander Howat John H Walker Harry Fishwick Allan B Haywood and others. The action also expands authority for provisional officers and treason trials while resisting calls for immediate pay or Lewis ouster.
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International Executive Committee of
The
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
Springfield (Ill
Dual Miners’ Organization
International Executive Board
Springfield
John H. Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
Harry Fishwick
Ilinois
Walter Nesbit
Carl Wright
Joseph Loda
Oral Daugherty
J. M.thurston
Fox Hughes
Adolph Gerner
George L. Mercer
Joseph B. Casassa
Allan B. Haywood
F. W. Wenschoff
Gust Fritz
Joseph Hartley
Brice Holland
George W. Stouffer
John L. Lewis
Lewis
International
Tried for Cop Killing in Florida Robin Watson Mchrope Case
A Duvall county jury will hear the case of Watson Mchrope and Rol and Lalone, escaped Connecticut convicts, charged with the January 17 murder of Detective W. D. Smith. Judge Daniel A. Simmons was to charge the jury this afternoon.
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United Press
Jacksonville
Duvall County
Watson Mchrope
Roland Lalone
Connecticut
W. D. Smith
Daniel A. Simmons
Five Japanese Girls Sail to Thank U S Citizens
Five young Japanese girls sailed from Yokohama aboard the President Pierce bound for San Francisco to spend a month thanking the people of the United States for aid after the great 1923 earthquake that devastated Tokyo and Yokohama.
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United Press Torio
Yokohama
San Francisco
United States
Japan
Tokio
Arson Ring Uncovered in New York Involving Many
United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle says an arson ring has drawn more than a dozen people into its alleged scheme in New York. Joseph Eisenstein reportedly admitted he was paid to burn shops for insured owners seeking claims.
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United Press
New York
United States
Charles H. Tuttle
Tuttle
Joseph Eisenstein
Close Shave Ends with Shorn Whiskers during Storm
In NTIGO Wisconsin a forty year grower Herman Meyers drove into a warehouse during a rainstorm his whiskers snagged in the steering gear and were shaved off though he was unharmed. Nearby Elizabeth New Jersey two beggars and a chauffeur used a ruse to escape police after signaling a move. In St Louis Henry P Schroeder a board of education member sent a beer delivery order to Budweiser. In Kankakee Illinois Frank McKinsey, confined to a state insane asylum, believed he hid $1400 in a trunk. his sister found the money and a petition seeks his release.
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Ntigo
Wis
Herman Meyers
United Prees. Louis
Henry P. Schroeder
St. Louis Board of Education
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
United Press
Kankakee
Ill
Frank McKinsey
McKinsey
Woman in Philadelphia Riot Box Demand
Mrs. S A Rhoades, angered by radio reception, pulled a police call box lever near her home. A riot car rushed to the scene as she shouted for action to get Amos and Andy on her radio.
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Philadelphia
Paint Stop Signs On Through Streets In City
The police department has begun painting stop indications on main east and west through streets after funds for metal signs were not secured. Safety board president Charles R. Myers said paint could not dry in cold or wet conditions earlier, with New York Street and Twenty-fifth Street prioritized. The Times noted the delays created a traffic hazard linked to several accidents.
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Police
Charles R. Myers
Safety Board
New York Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Myers
Times
Don Aims for World Speed Record at Daytona Beach
Repairs to Don’s car nearly finished by noon. He planned a 3 PM test run to try for a new world speed record between 3 and 5 PM. A new supercharger was installed after overnight work. Louis Coatelen, the car’s designer, supervised the adjustments as good visibility aided the attempt.
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United Press
Daytona Beach
Fla
Don
Louis Coatelen
Bread Lines Send Envo ys to Job Probe
Senate commerce committee hears about worsening unemployment as sixty unemployed led by James Eads How observe Capitol lawn. Senator Wagner supports a $154 million federal relief program and warns against denial of harsh conditions.
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United Preas
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
James Eads How
Capitol
Wagner
Dem
N. Y
Benjamin M. Squiers
University of Chicago
Capitol Lawn
How
Johnson
Rep
Cal
Smith
Byrd to Start Home From Dunedin on City of New York
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his polar crew prepare to depart Dunedin on the final leg of their homeward voyage aboard the expedition flagship City of New York.
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New Zealand City
United Press
Dundedin
N. Z
Richard E. Byrd
City of New York
Indianapolis Voters Lean Prohibition in Digest Poll
Vets lead 4 995 residents in Digest prohibition poll with two thirds favor change or repeal. Local figures show 1 518 for enforcement, 1 832 for modification, 1 645 for repeal. Separately in Poland, Warsaw reports the cabinet stays in office after resignations accepted, to govern until a new cabinet is formed.
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Indianapolis
Literary Digest
New York Today
United Press
Warsaw
Poland
Ignaci Moscicki
Morgan’s sun lamps coax Easter lilies to bloom
J P Morgan used 250 watt sun lamps to warm Easter lilies he raised on Long Island for display at the international flower show. The lilies, stubborn weeks earlier, opened to reveal blooms as the show began in New York.
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Times
New York
J. P. Morgan
Nature
Wall Street
Morgan
Long Island
Appraisal Hit in Merger Case Highlights Valuation Flaws
Cross examination by Commissioner Howell Ellis exposed issues in the public service commission appraisal for a $70 million utilities merger. Don Cook admitted labor and material figures were high for Terre Haute and that errors in addition saved 35 miles of wire, while other unit costs varied widely in Trenton.
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Public Service Commission
Howell Ellis
Trenton
Terre Haute
Commission
Ellis
Donald M. Cook
Spooner and Merrill
Chicago
Explosions Kill Three On Guthrie Freight Engine Breakup
A Louisville and Nashville freight engine exploded on a siding between Guthrie and Springfield, Tenn., early today killing brakeman Henry L. Russell and fireman Aaron Moss, both Evansville men, and an unidentified tramp. Engineer Joseph T. Crandall of Evansville was seriously injured as flames billowed and 31 freight cars burned nearby.
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United Press
Guthrie
Tenn
Louisville & Nashville
Henry L. Russell
Aaron Moss
Evansville
Joseph T. Crandall
Springfield
Nighttime fall claims life of Count Zilliax in Ontario
In Listowel Ontario Fred Zilliax aged 74 died after a somnambulistic episode caused him to fall from a bedroom window to the ground. Authorities report accidental death with no foul play suspected.
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Listowel
Ontario
Fred Zilliax
Snow Forecast Turns Cold Across Midwest Tonight
The United States weather bureau predicts light rain this morning changing to snow by night across northern Indiana with temperatures dipping below freezing. A mild cold wave will affect the middle west as southern areas see rapid thermometer drops. unsettled weather expected Wednesday with rising temperatures by Wednesday night said meteorologist J. H. Armington.
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United States Weather Bureau
Indiana
Middle West
J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Cutting Vents Ire At Smoot In Book Battle
New Mexico Senator Cutting denounces Senator Smoot for publicizing D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover to push a tariff amendment against censorship by customs agents. He argues widespread distribution follows Smoot's remarks and mocks the idea of censoring literature. Smoot previously circulated excerpts among senators for review.
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United Press
Washington
Cutting
Rep
New Mexico
Senate
Smoot
Utah
University of Mexico
Lady Chatterly
D. H. Lawrence
Harvard
Ophelia
Hamlet
Mercutio
Auto Hurts Fatal Fireman Charles Gleason Died
Charles Gleason 48 of Thorntown died at Methodist hospital from injuries after his car overturned near Thorntown Monday night. The volunteer fireman was en route to a fire alarm when the accident occurred and a passing motorist took him to the hospital.
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Charles Gleason
Thorntown
Methodist Hospital
Gleason
Moore's Estate Worth Over Million In Pittsburgh
Alexander P. Moore former Pittsburgh publisher and diplomat who served as ambassador to Poland left an estate exceeding 1 million dollars after filing his will yesterday.
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Pittsburgh
Alexander P. Moore
Poland
Texas Representative R Q Lee weakens after paralytic stroke
Washington March 18 Representative R Q Lee Democrat Texas was growing steadily weaker today after a paralytic stroke last week according to attendants at Emergency hospital.
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Washington
R. Q. Lee
Dem
Tex
Big Top Unfurling as Circuses Prepare to Travel
The American Circus headquarters at Peru Indiana buzzes with activity as Sells Floto heads to Chicago for a month. Tom Mix and his horse Tony will headline a radio farewell program for the troupe before road travel. Dates for John Robinson Hagenbeck Wallace and Ringling openings are pending with potential May start.
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Peru
Ind
The
American Circus Corporation
Chicago
Tom Mix
Motion Picture Fame
Tony
Mix
Circus Quarters
John Robinson
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Ringling
Circus Corporation
Robinson
Hagenbeck- Wallace
Fragmentary Weather Table For Local Hourly Readings
Incomplete OCR shows scattered temperature figures across hours with 8 am and noon entries. Lacks clear locations dates or units, but indicates a historical hourly temperature listing.
Hoover Assails Office Selling as Trust in South
President Hoover said the office selling practice has ended and asked the justice department to review a senate committee report on patronage in the south. He cited a charge about a new advisory committee member in South Carolina and noted investigations by the justice and post office departments. If southern states fail to form trusted leadership, federal departments may seek other methods to pick federal employees.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Justice Department
Senate Committee
South
South Carolina
Justice and Post Office Departments
Georgia
Mississippi
Police quiz suspect in slaying of Zeller
Police investigate the murder of Charles Zeller 46 operator of the Butchers and Packers lottery at his home. A man unnamed was arrested after being identified by Don Cutshaw in a city police push. Zeller died after being robbed of 40 and a bag with lottery boxes. Zeller's will filed in probate court left two thirds to St Bernard’s Crawfordsville and one third to his widow Lida Zeller. Funeral services were held at St John’s Catholic church with burial at Holy Cross cemetery.
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Charles Zeller
East Southern Avenue
Butchers’ and Packers
Don Cutshaw
North Sherman Drive
Zeller
City Hos
Pital
St. Bernard's Church
Crawfordsville
Lida Zeller
St. John's Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Poison liquor myth debunked by Indiana professor
Indiana University biochemistry toxicology expert Dr. R N Harger says the lethal factor in alcohol is ethyl alcohol itself, not fusel oil or methyl alcohol. He notes fatalities rise with high consumption, while denatured industrial alcohols rarely cause deaths before ethyl alcohol does.
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R. N. Harger
Indiana University School of Medicine
Harger
Indiana State Medical Association Journal
East
United States
Capone Keeps Chicago Cops Gangs On Edge
Chicago officials and underworld figures were on alert as Al Capone, released from Philadelphia prison, considered returning to the city. Detectives planned to question him about seventeen gang murders, while new slayings and river body drops signaled ongoing Chicago racketeering, including the killings of Peter Bica and John Rita in linked gangland rackets.
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Capone
Chicago
Wille O'-the-wisp
Scarface
al Capone
Philadelphia
Underworld
John Stege
Stege
Florida
Peter Bica
University of Rome
North Side
John
Billiken) Rita
Divorce Granted After Husbands Affairs Stuff
Los Angeles March 18 Superior Judge Walter Hansley grants Mrs Martha Tyler separate maintenance for six months while ordering Walter Tyler to try to repair the marriage after he was caught kissing the neighbors wives.
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Los Angeles
Hubby
Walter Hansley
Martha Tyler
Walter Tyler
Officials seize Jamaica ginger poison outbreak in Missouri
Springfield Missouri on March 18 state and county officers moved to seize Jamaica ginger in stores after reports that more than thirty men and boys were suffering from poisoning believed to be caused by the liquor.
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Missouri
Springfield
Stowe sues hotel for unpaid wages
John F. Stowe nephew of Harriet Beecher Stowe sues West Shore hotel company in St. Joseph Michigan for 800 dollars claiming unpaid wages after abandoning a tour with his Uncle Tom's Cabin company to manage the hotel.
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Bu United Press
ST. Joseph
Mich
Middle West
West Shore Hotel
John F. Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hermit Leaves $40 000 Fortune in Shack Currency
Ottawa Illinois reports Frank Sawyer a 75 year old Mendoza recluse died leaving behind $40 000 in currency found hidden under floorboards and in a dresser drawer. No relatives survive as far as known and a pending settlement of the estate is noted.
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Ottawa
Ill
Frank Sawyer
Mendoza
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Coolidge
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Ventsire
Moore
Will of Pittsburgh
Texas
Stella Cronin
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