Wrench Finds Signal Tap To S 4 Sinking Mystery
The wrench used by Lieut Graham Fitch to tap messages from the S 4 torpedo chamber is found. Investigators rule out farewell notes and detail how six entombed men survived three days. Fitch kept up tapping as oxygen ran low, dying at his post in a quiet, valiant death.
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East Guard
Paulding
Wilbur
Fitchburg
Mass
Navy Yard
Fitch
Provincetown
Graham N. Fitch
Lieutenant Fitch
E. L. King
A. C. Wilson
Prohibition Leaders Rally For Stronger Party To Back Dryness
Indiana prohibition leaders gathered at a convention to nominate a fall ticket and warn that public support for Prohibition is waning. F W Lough of Indianapolis attacked Senator Watson and Al Smith, urged a hardline Prohibition President, and recounted stinging criticism of liquor enforcement. The meeting endorsed a dry federation and stricter immigration limits as aids to enforcing liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
Indiana
Prohibition Party
F. W. Lough
Indianapolis
Lough
George L. Winkler
No-Tobacco League
James E. Watson
al Smith
Coolidge
United States
No- Tobacco League
Greece
Rome
Babylon
Hall
J. E. Thompson
Mooreville
Jim Watson
Watson
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Stafford E. Homan
Marion County Prohibitions
W. T. Lynn
Volunteers of America
Illinois St
B. L. Allen
Leigh Colvin
Prohibition National Committee
William H. Harris
Albert Stanley
Homan
H. S. Bonsib
S. A. Keiger
Kokomo
Moore Bribe Charge Trial Near End
The States case against City Councilman Boynton J. Moore, on trial for bribery in Criminal Court, nears completion as City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr. testifies about ordinances. Dorsett's trial on a similar charge is set for Thursday, with possible venue changes noted.
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Moore
Boynton J. Moore
William A. Boyce Jr
John L. Duvall
Walter R. Dorsett
Emsley W. Johnson
Dorsett
Doursett
Boyce
William H. Remy
Ira M. Holmes
Duvall
Paul G. Davis
Armitage
Farm Bill Fee Gets U. S. Vote
The House Agriculture Committee approved the equalization fee of the McNary-Haugen bill by 13 to 6 as President Coolidge objects. The fee supports marketing surplus handling with a $400 million loan fund and allows pools to borrow from it. a favorable report to the House is anticipated Wednesday.
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United Press
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
MccNary-Haugen
Coolidge
House
Haugen
Purnell
Indiana
Hall
North Dakota
Anderson
Minnesota
Adkins
Illinois
Menges
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Thompson
Ohio
Swank
Oklahoma
McSweeney
Kinchelow
Kentucky
Fulmer
South Carolina
Ruby
Missouri
Jones
Texas
Fort
New Jersey
Williams
Pratt
New York
Clarke
Hope
Kansas
Ketcham
Michigan
Aswell
Louisiana
Doyle
Miss Spring Arrives in Indianapolis for Warm Day
Fair weather greeted Miss Spring as she arrived in Indianapolis at 2 45 p m The Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Slack offered no welcome plans Weather Man J H Armington predicted it would be warmer tomorrow The day featured temperatures around 40s to low 40s with a mild afternoon and a hint of showers to come
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Miss Spring
Mademoiselle
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Slack
J. H. Armington
Polar Dirigible Ends First Leg Of Flight
The Italia dirigible arrived in Milan from Rome at 6 55 a m after a 24 hour test flight. Gen Umberto Nobile, ship designer, and 15 others planned a northward run to Spitzbergen within ten days.
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United Press
Milan
Italy
Italia
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Rome
General Nobile
Norge
Pole
Spitzbergen
Insane Judge Sat On Chicago Bench Exposed In Trial
Chicago March 20 Insane Judge endured two years on the municipal bench in Chicago as Chief Justice Harry Olson testified in the trial of Judge John Stelk charged with forging notary seals on a $500 000 fake deed Olson described Stelk as catatonic with an overactive mind and said he sent him to jury seats because that is a good place for an unbalanced judge.
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United Press
Chicago
Harry Olson
John Stelk
B. Olson
Stelk
Olson
North Dakota Holds Quiet Presidential Primary
North Dakota voters went to the polls to choose between Al Smith of New York for the Democrats and Frank O Lowden former Governor of Illinois for the Republicans. No other candidates were certified and state issues plus the gubernatorial contest were quiet.
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United Press
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
al Smith
New York
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Frank Prince Named Reed Publicity Chief
Washington March 20 Lee Merriwether announced Frank J. Prince of Indianapolis has been appointed director of publicity for Senator James A Reed’s presidential campaign. Prince helped expose corrupt political conditions in Indiana as part of the Indianapolis Times staff.
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Times
Washington
Lee Merriwether
James A. Reed
Frank J. Prince
Indianapolis
Reed
Prince
Indiana
Indianapolis Times
Senator Ferris in serious condition from pneumonia
Washington report notes Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris of Michigan remains seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia. Relatives say he had a fairly comfortable night and there is no change in his condition.
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Py United Pre
Washington
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Michigan
Mt Vernon Baptist Church Pastor Seizes Hymn Books
The Mt. Vernon Baptist church congregation in Atlanta faces a halt to hymns and sermons as Rev. William Jones withholds five song books, the organ, the Bible, and the collection box until back salary is paid. Deacons seek court injunction to stop further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
William Jones
Jones
Officers Demoted For Discourtesy To Motorists
Two tramk officers faced demotion by the board of safety for discourtesy to motorists. Robert Van Hoy was scolded by Ira M. Haymaker and transferred to a district after claiming nerves from a past accident. Barrett Ball was reduced from patrolman to second grade on Police Chief Claude Worley’s recommendation for discourtesy.
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Board of Safety
Ira M. Haymaker
Robert van Hey
van Hoy
Barrett Ball
Claude M. Worley
Worley
Fred Connell
Ball
Msgr Gavisk Improves at St Vincent's Hospital
Msgr. Gavisk, chancellor of the Indianapolis diocese and pastor of St. John's Church, was described as considerably improved at St. Vincent's Hospital today. Attendants report his condition as fair after a serious episode since March 3 when he was hospitalized for a cold and heart attack.
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Francis H. Gavisk
Indianapolis
The
Catholic Church
St. John’s Church
St. Vincent's Hospital
Msgr
Gavish
Tax board to value utilities starting week of April 2
The State tax board will begin first with telephone companies, settingValuation hearings will follow weekly on telegraph, sleeping car and pipelines, electric, gas and water utilities and financial establishments, electric railroads and steam railroads.
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State Tax Board
Mysterious Washington shooting leaves Blair serious
Matthew Blair is in serious condition after a shooting at his home in Washington Indiana. Police have not solved the case and Blair’s mother, brother, and sister present did not talk to investigators.
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United Press
Washington
Ind
Matthew Blair
Blair
Oppose Soviet Arms Proposal At Geneva Summit
Representatives of three major powers opposed immediate action on the Soviets disarmament proposals. Lord Cushenden England Count Claudel France and Signor De Maminis Italy deplored the insistence of a quick yes or no from the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission on the Soviet project.
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Geneva
Lord Cushenden
England
Count Claudel
France
Signor de Maminis
Italy
League of Nations’ Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Winkler Leads Parke County Liquor Raid Sweep
Federal agents led by George L. Winkler began the third wholesale liquor raid in Parke County, with thirteen dry agents armed and thirty warrants. Sheriff and prosecuting attorney cooperated in the sweep.
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Parke County
Cheorge L. Winkler
Pool Tickets Seized In Indiana Ave Poolroom Raid
Lieut Ralph Dean and squad seized eight pre season baseball pool books in a raid on a poolroom at 239 Indiana Ave late Monday. Ralph Altemeyer 28 of 427 Hancock Sr and Herman Dodson 40 Camby Ind were charged with keeping gaming devices. At the Speedway bar 254 Indiana Ave William Kretsch 58 proprietor charged with keeping a gaming device and Charles Dwyer 31 of 348 Orange St and Charles Cramer 44 of 2435 N New Jersey St charged with selling pool tickets.
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Ralph Dean
Indiana Ave
Ralph,Altemeyer
Hancock
Frantic appeals to save McDonalds from gallows
Montreal report on Doris and George McDonald facing execution for the murder of taxi driver Abelard Bouchard. Their supporters press clemency efforts, including an affidavit exonerating Doris, as families travel from Chicago and Sydney to await a possible commute before Friday’s expected hanging at Valleyfield prison.
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Montreal
Quebec
Doris
George McDonald
Abelard Bouchard
Valley Field Prison
Ottawa
McDonald
Hazel Greco
Chicago
George
John McDonald
Sydney
N. S
Cape Breton
Mrs. Greco
Department of Justice
Stork Delays Train Brings Newborn Passenger
Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train No 11 arrived twenty minutes late at Muskogee Oklahoma and carried an unexpected passenger a nine pound boy born to Mrs Florence McClure while the train was held at Mc Alester the event delaying the schedule briefly and causing local interest.
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Muskogee
Okla
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Florence McClure
McAlester
Woman seriously hurt in bus crash
One woman was critically injured and four others bruised when an automobile collided with an Indianapolis Street Railway Co bus at Twentieth and Delaware Streets. Mrs. Cora Myers, 37, of 1449 W Twenty-Sixth St, suffered internal injuries. The driver Esta Emerick, 22, faced charges.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Twentieth and
Delaware Sts
Cora Myers
W. Twenty-Sixth St
Marie Chappel
Prospect St
Junior Chapple
N. Delaware St
Esta Emerick
Fulton St
Louis Ciccone
Washington St
Ella Kent
Thirty-First St
Edith Shelton
New Jersey St
William A. Coeppers
Violation flagged in G O P campaign donations
Washington March 20 Senator Walsh said a possible violation of the corrupt practices act appeared in two Republican campaign contributions from the Corn Products Company and Congress Hotel Corporation. He will pursue whether prosecutions are warranted, noting limits on such actions by statute of limitations. The hearings also touched Sinclair and Smith connections, with ongoing inquiries into party fundraising and the Teapot Dome affair.
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Washington
Chicago Teapot Dome
Walsh
Montana
Corn Products Company
Congress Hotel Corporation
George W. Lamb
Congress Hotel
John Burke
Martin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Sinclair Refining Company
Chicago
Wilbur Marsh
Waterloo
Towa
Democratic National Committee
Merritt Baldwin
Meriden
Irl Hipsle
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Marsh
Baldwin
Sinclair
Robinson
Smith
Nye
Senate
Will Hays
Borah
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Hull
Crusader
Winkler
Evansville
Jim
William H. Armitage
Henry H. Winkler
U. K
Spitzbrogen
N. Dakota
Lowden
Frank Prince
Ferris
Pu United Press
Gavisk
TAX Board
BY Henry Coop
McDonalds
James R. Kelly
STORK
N. Y
Probers
Senate Teapot Dome Committee
Harry Sinclair
Oi Man
Continental Trading Company
Rep
Marion
Harding
M. B. Frederick
Express Company
Washington, Ill
Frederick
Sinclair Oil Company
D. C
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