Father Kills Four Children in Missouri Tragedy
Maurice L. Gibson of Pratherville near Kansas City killed his four children with an axe while his wife was elsewhere in the house, then wounded himself and later slashed his wrist. The victims were Maurice Jr 7 Marjorie 7 Peter 5 and Helen 1. Gibson survived. No motive is given.
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Kansas City
Maurice L. Gibson
Pratherville
Maurice
S Jr
Marjorie
Peter
Helen
Gibson
Probe Affairs of Mississippi Insane Asylum
The East Mississippi Insane Hospital board led by Governor Whitfield entered the second day of its closed investigation into alleged irregularities. Today’s witnesses included C M Harrington, Aust Brown, A C White, Tom Scott, a Miss Weatherford, and Howard Johnson. the day also heard Jeff Graham, N E Cannady, Major Will Perry, and other current and former staff.
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Meridian
Miss
The
East Mississippi Insane Hospital
Henry L. Whitfield
C. M. Harrington
Aust Brown
A. C. White
Tom Scott
Florida men indicted after Negro slain in Cross City
A Dixie county grand jury indicted Thos. W. Higginbotham D A Parker E G Priest W G S Mclane Jno H Winburn chief deputy sheriff and Charlie Hart a Negro for first degree murder in the October 19 1924 killing of Lewis Baker, a Negro, in Cross City Florida.
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Cross City
Fla
Dixie County
Thos. W. Higginbotham
D. A. Parker
E. G. Priest
W. GS. Mclane
Jno
H. Winburn
Charlie Hart
Lewis Baker
Moose Temple to Cost 3 Million in Chicago
Chicago officials announced a combined Moose Temple and office building project valued at 3,000,000 dollars. J. J. Davis, secretary of labor and director general of the order, said the plan was approved yesterday in Chicago's downtown district.
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Chicago
J. J. Davis
Flour Drops at Minneapolis Mills Cutting Price 65 Cents
In Minneapolis on March 14 the largest mills cut family patent flour quotes by 65 cents a barrel. The price ranged from 8.90 to 9.10 dollars, the first sub nine dollar figure since December. The drop followed a sharp fall in wheat prices.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mullers
Revival exports lift wheat values amid grain revival
The revival of export buying spurred a upturn in wheat values in Chicago leading to firmer closes. May futures ranged around 1691 2 to 1693 4 and July 151 to 151 1 4 while the day’s low and high spread 91 4 cents. Winnipeg May wheat traded at 19 a bushel, down 341 4 cents in 16 days.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Senator James Couzens Hit With Ten Million Tax Demand
The United States Treasury Department demands ten million dollars in back taxes from Senator James Couzens of Michigan over the 1919 sale of Ford Motor Company holdings. Couzens claims the action is partly retaliation for his probe of the Internal Revenue Service and partly due to his fight against government corruption under any administration.
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United States
Treasury Department
James Couzens
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
Treasury
Internal Revenue Department
Camp Fire Girls Appeal For Aid Drives In Monroe Twin Cities
Camp Fire Girl groups of Monroe and West Monroe launch a week long fundraising drive starting Monday to raise 2500 for the year. The campaign funds cover an executive salary transportation and incidentals office supplies camp equipment and headquarters. Louis Hullum president notes a full time executive is needed to expand the movement similar to the Boy Scouts. The drive divides the city into zones and seeks civic and church support to aid growing girls and outdoor training.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Saenger
Camp Fire Girls
Louis Hullum
Boy Scout Movement
Twin Cities
Minor Injury Causes Mrs Pulitzer's Death
Mrs Jos eph Pulitzer Jr wife of the St Louis Post Dispatch editor died from a blood clot that formed after a car accident on Thursday The clot traveled from a neck vessel to the brain Doctors attributed the fatal outcome to the clot her husband was found at a Florida fishing trip and is now en route to New York to be with her
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New York
Joseph Pulitzer, Jr
St. Louis
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Press Publishing Company
New York World
Florida
Former Laurel Manager Signs with Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG Miss March 14 Boyd former manager and short stop for the Laurel club in the Cotton States League who is the property of no club but who will offer him a contract has signed a second baseman s contract to play with the Hattiesburg club this season Boyd is considered a strong addition to the local roster owing to his high fielding percentage and his hitting near the three hundred mark last season.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Boyd
Laurel Club
Hattiesburg
Coolidge Requests Delay on Warren Attorney General Nomination
President Coolidge asked that the senate delay the vote on Charles B. Warren's nomination as attorney general until Monday. Senator Curtis reported the White House hopes to avoid confirmation, while a full record of Warren's qualifications may still be issued. Some aides suggested withdrawal of the nomination.
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Washington
Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Capitol
Curtis
Kansas
White House
Senate
Mr. Warren
First Granite Laid on Court House Facade In Progress
The base granite work on the new court house began this week after a slowdown from setup. Architect J. M. Whitehead started facing the structure with stone as forms were completed. Officials expect completion on schedule for Christmas with doors opening January 1, 1926.
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Court House
J. M. Whitehead
Dempsey Opponent Uncertain as Kearns Plans Fall Fight
Jack Kearns, manager of champion Jack Dempsey, arrives in Chicago en route to New York and says he will fight either Gibbons or Harry Willis in the fall, likely on Labor Day, while noting the New York commission pressures to name an opponent. Promoters have offered from 2500 to 500000 dollars for a bout.
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Chicago
A. P
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
New York
Gibbons
Harry Will
Kearns
New York State Athletic Commission
Dempsey
Senate Bedlam Over Couzen Charges Sparks Senate Row
Washington March 14 The Senate erupted over Senator Couzens charges against the treasury department. Personal motives were impugned and misconduct alleged as one senator called another a wilful malicious wicked liar amid the chaos.
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Washington
Couzens
Treasury Department
Senate
Bedlam
League of Nations Ends March Sessions
The League of Nations council completed its March session in Geneva and adjourned late today. The next meeting is planned for June. A Havas despatch from Geneva says the German representative on the Sarre and Danzig questions indicated it would be advantageous for Germany to enter the League promptly rather than delay.
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Geneva
Mar
A. P
Council of the League of Nations
Paris
Havas
Sarre
Danzig
Germany
League of Nations
Coolidge Names Hoff man as Minister to Persia
President Coolidge designates Hoff man Philip of New York as ambassadorial envoy to Persia in a formal appointment announced from Washington on March 14.
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Coolidge
Washington
Hoff
Philip
New York
Persia
First Week of Oil Suit Trial Comes to Close
The Teapot Dome trial ends its first week with Judge Kennedy to rule on admitting A B Falls bank account records. A government path to proving conspiracy hinges on admissibility. Testimony covered include Theodore Roosevelt Jr and John G Shafroth plus Cal G. Heald and E C Finney. Senator Kendrick of Wyoming testified on secrecy surrounding the lease.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
T. Blake Kennedy
A. B. Fall
Kennedy
Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Mammoth
Teapot Dome
Liberty Bonds
Sinclair
Owen J. Rober
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
the Navy
John G. Shafroth
Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Kenneth C. Heald
Salt Creek Field
Washington
E. C. Finney
J. B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Hundred Missing After Jap Steamer Founders
Nagasaki Japan March 14 One hundred persons are missing from the Japanese steamship Uwajima Maru No 6 believed to have foundered in a storm Wednesday off Kabashima Island The purser and 15 passengers have been rescued and five destroyers are searching for other survivors The wooden 126 ton vessel was built in 1901 and home port Kishuku Kabashima Island lies fifty miles west of Nagasaki
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Nagasaki
Japan
Kabashima Island
Kishuku
Kabashima
Cold Wave Predicted for East Gulf Areas
The weather bureau forecast much colder weather for tonight across the east gulf states the Ohio valley lower lake region and the interior of the Middle Atlantic states with even colder conditions in the Atlantic states.
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East Gulf
Washington
Weather Bureau
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle-Atlantic States
Atlantic States
Senate Delays Lausanne Treaty Return to Committee
The Senate sent the Lausanne pact back to the foreign relations committee delaying action on reestablishing ties with Turkey while Cuba’s sovereignty treaty for the Isle of Pine was ratified 6 to 14 with minor reservations. The world court question also was postponed to December 1 as a special order.
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Washington
Senate
Turkey
Isle of Pine
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Coolidge
Idaho
White House
Kellogg
March Blizzard Moves into Mid-West Section
A March blizzard spread across the Midwest with rain turning to snow and high winds. Colorado saw heavy snowfall, Iowa reported snow and strong winds with plows clearing Sioux City streets, while Nebraska faced gale conditions as temperatures dropped. The storm was seen as moisture for upcoming crops.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Iowa
Sioux City
Nebraska
Brothers Freed of Slaying Father in Law
Earl and Frank Cain were found not guilty by a circuit court jury in Oxford Mississippi on a murder charge related to the shooting death of John W Perkins a planter and Frank Cains father in law during a basketball game on campus high school grounds several weeks ago Frank Cain was wounded in the incident
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Oxford
Miss
Earl
Frank Cain
John W. Perkins
Perkins
High School
Bandits nab payroll amid New Orleans holdup
Three armed men stopped a payroll wagon in New Orleans as it carried about 8500 dollars to the riverfront. They forced the driver and guards to surrender the satchel, seizing the money without firing a shot. Police and company officials reported the theft. one officer was present and not armed.
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New Orleans
Mar
Marks
Southern Stevedoring Company
River Front
Thalia
South Peters
J. A. Bartell
Fine And Jail Term Given Man By Local Court
Following a guilty plea to possession of whiskey for sale Raymond Murray was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined 200 dollars Judge Percy Sander presiding in district court Roberts also was fined 200 dollars in similar terms Both men were arrested in a West Monroe restaurant last Saturday night as five pop bottles of corn whiskey were found on Murray Roberts was said to have bought the liquor from Roberts by Jim Sheppard who was arrested on the same charge.
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Raymond Murray
Percy Sander
George Roberts
Roberts
Murray
West Monroe
Tom Hicks
Clyde Mitchell
Jim Sheppard
Memphis Man Held on Charge Misuse Mails and Bond
A. E. McLendon also known as L Kilparrick and Lon Kilpatrick of Memphis Tenn charged with using the mails to defraud in an alleged sale of dogs not as represented. He was indicted by the federal grand jury, arrested in Memphis, then released on a $5,000 bond after a preliminary hearing.
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Shreveport
A. E. McLendon
L. Kilparrick
Lon Kilpatrick
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Philip H. Mecom
McLendon
Ford Car Upset On Millhaven Road Near City Limits
A Ford sedan carrying P. F E. Williams J. E. Morris B. L. Low ery and J. M. Smith of Monroe turned turtle on Millhaven road just outside the city limits at about noon. The occupants suffered only minor cuts and bruises. no serious injuries reported.
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Ford
Millhaven Road
P. F E. Williams
J. E. Morris
B. L. Lowery
J. M. Smith
Monroe
Millhaven Roa
Seven and two women killed in Hale clash in Germany
A clash in Hale Germany left seven dead including two women after police confronted communists over translated speeches by French and British activists. Police reported shootings without provocation and thirty six people were wounded.
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Hale
Germany
London
River Levels Report Across Mississippi Basin
The data shows river stages at St. Louis 13.0, Memphis 17.5 with a 0.6 drop, Vicksburg 32.0 down 1.0, and New Orleans 9.0 with a 0.0 fall. Red River readings list Shreveport 7.8 down 0, Alexandria 5.8 down 0.1, Ouachita readings Camden 6.8 down 0.2 and Monroe 11.6 up 0.7 as water rises.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Warren’s Attorney General Nomination Faces Senate Rebuff
The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Charles Warren’s confirmation as Attorney General marking another setback in Coolidge’s effort. Earlier a full Senate vote also failed 41 to 89 with Vice President Dawes absent at the decision moment.
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Coolidge
Charles Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee
Warren
Senate
Dawes
Riding Master to Sue Rich Bride Detained
Jerome W. Bradley riding master files a $250,000 suit against his wife Emily Forster’s parents Charles G. and Mrs. Forster claiming they detained his bride. Bradley says Emily proposed to him. Forster lumber dealer says he would not have recognized his son in law.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Jerome W. Bradley
Charles G. Forster
Emily
Bradley
Emily Forster
W. B. Rubin
Forster
Coolidge Objected to Assisting Rum Sale
New York dispatch reports Col Coolidge told Amherst alumni that he opposed sending Calvin Coolidge to college for fear he would be apprenticed to a pharmacist. The elder Coolidge recalled Calvin, then fifteen, asking father if he should “sell rum?” and noting the drug trade’s liquor stock as a factor. Calvin later graduated from Amherst in 1895.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Amherst
George Daniel Olds
John Coolidge
Col
Coolidge
Washington
Mr. Olds
Calvin
Smoot May Be Able to Cast Vote for Warren
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah who was carried to his home after a collapse on the senate floor spent a comfortable night and may vote on Charles B. Warren’s attorney general nomination if the measure reaches a vote. If not he will remain in bed.
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Chicago
Charles Farman
Wm. D. Shepherd
Nelson McClintock
Robt. E. Crowe
Shepherd
Farman
Young McClintock
Crowe
Edwin Hedwick
Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate
Charles B. Warren
Coupe Stolen in Ark. Found at Rayville
Rayville officers recovered a new Dodge stolen from Claude Beeson of Chatfield Arkansas. Two men were in the car. one fled when approached, officers fired but the suspect escaped. The other suspect, Will Hawkins, was taken into custody.
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News-Star
Rayville
Parish
Geo. L. Bryan
F. S. Simpson
Claude Beeson
Chatfield
Ark
Gav
Will Hawkins
Walter Camp dies in New York at Hotel Belmont
Walter Camp famed football coach and critic died of heart failure in New York at the Hotel Belmont after attending a rules committee meeting. He helped remake football with rule changes and served Yale as athletic adviser and treasurer. His all American selections and athletic leadership shaped the sport’s evolution.
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New York
Walter Camp
Belmont
Camp
Hotel
Pennsylvania
Bill Roper
Princeton
Roper
E. K. Hall
Yale
Intate Football Committee
University Athletic Committee
Yale Financial Unon
The
Financial Union
Majo
Yale Field Corporation
University Council
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James Couuzzexs
Camp Fire Girl Organization
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Couzen
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McClintock
George Fosberg
John P. Marchand
Itter
Faiman
Senate Clearing Foreign Affairs
Bandits
Chartes
B. Warren
J. W. Bradley
Smoot
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