Sudden Death Claims Jas. M McCabe Police Head
Police Captain James M. McCabe, 54, Monroe Louisiana, died at his home at 10:10 p m after a brief apoplexy attack following a day of usual health. He served as superintendent of police, succeeding Colonel Alex Young who died a year earlier in an accident.
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Alex Young
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Catahoula Parish
Monroe
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Louisiana Central Company
Bogalusa
Great Southern Lumber Company
U. S
Fall Doheny bribery indictments upheld by DC court of appeals
The District of Columbia court of appeals ruled the Fall and Doheny bribery indictments valid after earlier quashing. It overruled a plea in abatement by former Secretary Fall oil magnate Edward Doheny and son Edward L Doheny, rejecting claims grand jury room procedure voided the charges. The ruling allows continued prosecution under the special council and notes related cases, including conspiracy indictments involving naval oil leases, remain to be decided in DC supreme court.
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District of Columbia Court of Appeals
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Edward L. Doheny
George E. Martin
Alice
Special Council
Grand Jury
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District of Columbia Supreme Court
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River stages and drops on Mississippi basin report
River stages recorded for Mississippi at Memphis Vicksburg New Orleans and Red River sites with values shown. Noted falls indicate daily declines for several locations including Shreveport Alexandria and Ouachita Camden Monroe and Cairo.
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Seven Children Die in German Hospital Gas Poisoning
In Lemgo Westphalia seven children aged one to three were found asphyxiated in a children's hospital, death attributed to coal gas. The tragedy was reported today by Associated Press dispatches.
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Westphalia
Germany
A. P
Children’s Hospital
Grand Jury Urged to Probe All Public Officers in Texas
Judge J R Hamilton in Austin urges Travis County grand jury to investigate every public officer from governor to justice of the peace and to finish unfinished business including highway department records. He rebukes views of public office as a private snap and calls for indicting where evidence exists.
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Texas
A. P
J. R. Hamilton
Travis County Grand Jury
State Highway Department
Hamilton
Tom
Harry
Two Wives In Los Angeles Case Surface Of Brigham Affair
Marian Brigham visited her husband F. W. Brigham in his office and learned he was away, yet had sent candy to their baby. She discovered there was another wife, Ruth Brigham, prompting an inquiry into the situation.
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F. W. Brigham
Los Angeles
Marian
Firemen Quell Blaze Threatening Negro Block
Early Sunday a fire of undetermined origin broke out in the Negro section at 317 North Eleventh Street. Firemen confined the flames to three houses, with 315 and 319 North Eleventh Street also damaged. The loss was about 1200 dollars, with 317 fully destroyed including furnishings owned by Jim Steel and occupied by E Williams.
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North Eleventh
Rhinelander Case Strain Leads to Padded Cell
New Rochelle New York December 7 A man claiming to be Leonard Kip Rhinelander returned to his bride shocking Mrs Alice Rhinelander and prompting the police to detain him in a padded cell The visitor bore a faint resemblance and claimed she was Teddy Dorn of Newark New Jersey with a wife and two children in Newark.
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N. Y
A. P
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Albert. Miller
Alice Jones
Muller
Teddy Dorn
Newark
N. J
Forty Seven Killed and 2 500 Injured in Southern Week of Auto Crashes
A. P. survey of eleven southern states reports 47 deaths and over 900 injuries from car crashes in the just ended week. Florida leads with 14 deaths, Arkansas nine, Virginia zero deaths but 53 injuries, Tennessee 650 injuries, Georgia 42 injuries, Alabama two injuries. Major crash at Blytheville Ark killed two families. Atmore Ala and Tennessee also heavy.
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Hotel Monteleone Scene of Uproar
New Orleans December 7 Lee C Borah age 24 of Cleveland Ohio was arrested after causing an uproar at the Monteleone Hotel Police report says he was crazed and under the influence of a drug Borah denied narcotics in the hotel room and said he had whiskey.
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A. P
Lee C. Borah
Cleveland
Ohio
Monteleone
Borah
Grand Jury Session Opens in Lake Charles With 25-Case Docket
A federal grand jury in Lake Charles convened with foreman A P Frith. The criminal docket lists 25 cases largely involving prohibition violations. Wilbur LaCaze former De Ridder police chief seeks to quash on grounds the indictment is improperly drafted. Tina Dempsey former Barham post mistress pleads not guilty to eight counts of embezzling about 820,000 and is set for trial.
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A. P. Frith
E Sion
Western District of Louisiana
Ben C. Dawkins
Wilbur “Dutch” LaCaz
Tina Dempsey
Post
Girard Merchant Robbery Victim In Riverside Sanatorium
F M Binion a Girard Louisiana merchant and planter sustained a fractured skull Saturday night after being struck during a suspected hold up at his store. He was found unconscious on the floor. his pocketbook was missing and he was moved to Riverside sanitarium in serious condition.
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Girard
Babe Smother Death At West Monroe Bed
A two month old, James Floyd Woodruff, suffocated while sleeping with his parents in a rooming house at 118 Trenton Street West Monroe. The parents Graves Woodruff buried the infant themselves in a nearby country cemetery and then continued westward after the funeral.
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James Floyd Woodruff
Trenton Street
West Monroe
Monroe Yuletide Fund Seeks Donations for Good Fellows
Monroe News-Star urges community support to surpass a thousand dollars for the 1925 Good Fellows fund aiding local children with Christmas toys clothing and nourishing meals. Donations totaling 109 dollars already include gifts from N E Roberts J C Amman American Legion Auxiliary and others as the drive continues.
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Yuletide Fund
Good Fellows Fund
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Monroe News-Star
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N. E. Roberts
Edward Rootes
Hood
New Tax Bill Reported to House Cuts Levies on Incomes
The revenue bill proposed a large tax cut next year aimed at relief for nearly all federal taxpayers. The Ways and Means Committee reported it to the House, with Green planning to push passage to send it to the Senate soon. The package lowers rates, raises personal exemptions, and reduces the maximum surtax, while preserving some taxes and increasing board salaries.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Illinois
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Tennessee
Green
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Board of Tax Appeals
Son in law of Former President Wins Speakership
Congress opens after a long recess with Republicans holding a strong majority. Nicholas Longworth, son in law of Theodore Roosevelt, is poised to become speaker as the House and Senate organize and consider major issues including a possible repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Three women members are on the floor at the session start.
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New Jersey
Longworth Elected Speaker on First Ballot in House
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio won the speakership on the first ballot with 229 votes out of 420. Insurgent Republicans defected to Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin, while Finis Garrett of Tennessee led the Democrats with 173 votes. Cooper drew 143 votes and one member voted present.
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Cooper
Texas Leads in Divorce Figures Among States
Washington dispatch reports that last year 1,178,206 marriages occurred in the United States, down 3.7 percent from 1923, while divorces rose 3.5 percent to 170,867. Texas registered 15,375 divorces, the most in the nation, alongside 71,986 marriages. Illinois and Ohio also had high divorce totals, Nevada saw near parity, and South Carolina remained largely divorce free.
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Department of Commerce
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