Typhoid plot tied to McClintock inheritance revealed
Chicago reports state attorney Crowe prepared for grand jury action as Charles C. Faiman claims he supplied typhoid germs to W. D. Shepherd to kill Wm Nelson McClintock for a large estate. Faiman described meetings, proposed will timing, and Shepherd’s role in administering the illness. Shepherd denied the charges and contested Faiman’s narrative.
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Chicago
W. D. Shepherd
C. C. Farman
Wm. N. McClintock
R. J E. Crowe
William McClintock
Oreo
Darling Werd
Faiman
Robert E. Crowe
Mount
Shepherd
Iman
Billy
Scour Lake Beach in Hunt for Pair
Slidell Louisiana March 17 eight man search party combs Lake Pontchartrain beaches for Fred Rose lin and Albert Walls believed drowned after a squall Saturday night. Boat found beached near Le Chef with two life preservers missing.
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Slidell
Lake Pontchartrain
Fred Roselin
Albert Walls
le Chef
Wheat prices worsen in Canadian market
Winnipeg March 17 wheat prices on the local exchange continued a sensational decline. May futures fell to 1.553 12 dollars, down 18 cents before noon as traders faced a turmoil and could not execute stopless orders or dispose of holdings.
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Winnipeg
Bubb wins second annual horseshoe tourney in Biloxi
Alfred Bubb of Brooklyn Wis won first prize in the second annual horseshoe pitching tournament in Biloxi Miss defeating many state teams. Matthew McKeon of Calimine Wis took second and William Beatty of Black River Falls Wis secured third.
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Biloxi
Miss
Alfred Bubb
Brooklyn
Wis
Matthew McKeon
Calimine
William Beatty
Black River Falls
Fast courtship brings husband No 9 to Urania
Mrs Caroline Frost McDonald Walters Bronson Burgess Chevallier Gardner White Luigi, known as Aunt Carline, aged about 55 and illiterate, wed Hatfield of Ouachita parish after a two day whirlwind courtship. This marks her ninth marriage, with a history of multiple husbands and divorces in Urania Louisiana.
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Alexandria
Caroline Frost-McDonald-Walters-Bronson-Burgess-Chevallier-Gardner-White-Luigi
Hatfield
Urania
Carline
Caroline Frost
McDonald
Walters
Bronson
Burgess
Pomp Chevallier
Gardner
White
Luigi
Serbia
Mr. Hatfield
Ouachita Parish
Yeggs Break After Shots Halt Looting
Three men attempting to blow the Evangeline Bank and Trust vault at Pine Prairie fled when Virgil Johnson fired from a nearby garage. Tools left behind, wires cut, torch stolen from Oakdale. Pine Prairie in Evangeline parish lies about forty miles southwest of Alexandria.
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Alexandria
Evangeline Bank and Trust Company
Pine Prairie
Virgil Johnson
Johnson
the& Burglars
Forest Lumber Company
Oakdale
Evangeline Parish
Negro jail escapee sent to prison in Louisiana
Maliki Spencer, one of three men who escaped from the parish jail on February 26, was escorted to the state penitentiary in Baton Rouge to serve a three to five year term for grand larceny. His sentences run concurrently after being convicted on two counts. The other two white escapees remain at large.
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Maliki Spencer
Baton Rouge
Fred Childers
Spencer
Renwick’s Addition
Lenard
Kid McCoy May Face Extra Terms in Jail
Former champion Kid McCoy, sentenced to San Quentin for the slaying of Theresa Mars, faced possible 38 more years for assault counts stemming from a pistol melee in Mars antique shop. He was convicted on three assault counts including wounding W G Ross and both Mr and Mrs Schapp. Sentencing is set for Friday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mar
Kid McCoy
San Quentin
Theresa Mars
Superior Court
W. G. Ross
McCoy
Albert Mors
Port Wine Replacing Whiskey on Two Islands
London reports that heavy duties have reduced whiskey consumption in England and Scotland. An authority says port wine imports are three times prewar levels and whiskey losses run into several million gallons annually.
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London
England
Scotland
Cotton King Visited North Louisiana for Unified Cotton Standard
Councillor Fred Holroyd of England visited Monroe and LaSalle Parish to discuss a proposed one to two year universal standard for cotton. He chairs major spinner groups and cautioned Louisiana about labor shortages impacting textile development. He praised American mills, noting North Carolina and the Carolinas as benchmarks. The visit continues in page seven.
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Fred Holroyd
England
North
Louisiana
Urania Petroleum Co
Holroyd
Britain
Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Greenville
Carolinas
Rabbi Given Deadline to Answer Ritual Change Charges
Rabbi Solomon Goldman faces a midnight deadline to respond to a summons from the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America over changes at his Cleveland synagogue. A. A. Katz, leading the effort, says seating rules allowing men and women to sit together clash with traditional law, though Goldman denies belonging to the union and says he will not answer.
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Cleveland
Solomon Goldman
Jewish Center
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America
A. A. Katz
Katz
Goldman
Union of Orthodox Rabbis
German Birth Record Broken with 27th Boy
In LESSAU Germany on March 17 Frau Becker wife of a laborer gave birth to her twenty seventh child a healthy boy Eleven of the other children are still living Frau Becker is 47 and her husband 48 years old
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Lessau
Germany
Frau Becker
Breard to Be Sworn In as City Commissioner Today
Dan A. Breard will take office as city commissioner with the official commission received by mail this morning. A sworn oath is planned for late this afternoon at city hall.
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Dan A. Breard
D. A. Breard
Waste of Money Heard Again in Senate Halls
In Washington on March 17 the Senate debated federal expenditures with Senator McKellar arguing the next year’s budget totals 4 122 789 787, four times prewar levels and accusing the administration of waste. Senator Smoot countered that a saving of 24 800 000 in appropriations for the next year is possible despite the overall rise.
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Senate
Washington
Mar
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Smoot
Utah
McKellar
Coolidge
Warren
Five of ten escapees captured near Tchula Mississippi
Five of the ten convicts who escaped from Parchman surrendered to S. T. Cole and a posse three miles south of Tchula. Led by L. O. Nixon the group included James Sullivan Joseph Vital Thomas Fitzpatrick and Calvin Moran. They were brought to the sheriff to await guards from Parchman. Tom Stewart returned to the farm earlier. One man was arrested after emerging from a woods when a patrol stopped to inspect a parked car.
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Tchula
Miss
Mississippi
Parchman
S. T. Cole
Quinn
L. O. Nixon
James Sullivan
Joseph Vital
Thomas Fitzpartick
Calvin Moran
Nixon
Vicksburg
Moran
Sullivan
Tom Stewart
Relative of A B Fall to Be Witness in Teapot Dome Case
In Cheyenne Wyoming March 17 the court allowed government use of Everhart as a witness to link Fall with Sinclair by a possible bond transfer. Everhart a Pueblo banker and Fall’s son in law declined to answer a deposit question fearing self incrimination. He later testified his possession of Liberty bonds and left the stand. A bank official then described a 1922 bond transaction involving Everhart valued at 140 506 dollars.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
A. P
M. T Everhart
Pueblo
Colo
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
T. Blake Kennedy
Teapot Dome
Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Wyoming
Everhart
Sinclair
Pueblo Bank
First National Bank
United States
Owen J. Roberts
Kennedy
A. S. Roth
First National Bank of Pueblo
M. D. Thatcher
Estate Company of Pueblo
M. T.everhart
Boy recants crime claim in Baldwin murder case
Harold Sonny Willis, 14, admitted to the district attorney that his earlier confession blaming him for the murder of Dr. Benjamin Baldwin was false. His mother Margaret Willis had faced a life sentence with a stay of execution delayed after the plea. He said he was in school at the time and knew nothing of the killing.
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Los Angeles
Harold
Sonny” Willis
Margaret Willis
Benjamin B. Bald
Sonny
Dr. Baldwin
San Quentin Penitentiary
Cattle Raisers Association Reports Member Loss at Convention
SAN ANTONIO Texas March 17 The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association shows a net loss of 680 members year over year though the group still numbers 2294 members overseeing 1 299 000 head of cattle. Beef consumption rose slightly but per capita meat intake fell about one pound as cattlemen from five states gather for the convention.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Moonshine raid targets Issaquah judge and son
Deputy sheriffs file a complaint alleging Justice of the Peace Robert Hunt and his son produced illicit moonshine on their ranch in Issaquah Washington during a bench recess. Mrs Hunt reportedly poured liquor on Deputy Harrah han during the raid.
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Seattle Wash
Robert Hunt
Issaquah
Washington
Joe Harrahan
Robert Gibson
Believe Heart Attack May Have Caused Rail Fatality at Ruston
The body of Sam Jones a well known Ruston resident killed when struck by a Rock Island passenger train near the city on Sunday evening was buried at Riser cemetery. A coroner jury led by Justice of the Peace J S Roane found a verdict and suggested heart trouble may have caused the accident as Jones had suffered recent heart attacks and felt ill shortly before the incident.
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News-Star
Ruston
Sam Jones
Rock Island
Riser
Depp J. S. Roane
S. L. White
L. B. Breed
J. Ween
O. K. Davis
Speeding Fines Raised in Ouachita Parish Court
Judge Charles Schulze increased the maximum fine for speeding in Ouachita parish. For every mile over 40 mph, an extra five dollars is added to the base 25 dollar fine plus costs. The police jury plans to raise parish speed limit to 35 mph, amid complaints that 30 mph is too low. District Attorney David Garrett agreed not to prosecute drivers over 30 mph and 85 mph pending the ordinance.
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Chas. Schulze
Schulze
Ouachita Parish
David Garrett
Vermont’s Sargent Nominated for Attorney General Post
President Coolidge sent John G. Sargent of Vermont to the Senate as attorney general after Charles B. Warren declined a recess appointment. Sargent, a former Vermont attorney general, is a Tufts graduate and longtime friend of the president. He is about 50 years old and known for outdoor hobbies.
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Washington
Mar
Charles R. Warren
Coolidge
John G. Sargent
Vermont
Sargent
Capitol
Charles B. Warren
Senate
White House
Ludlow
Plymouth
New England
Warren
Judiciary
Curtis
Robinson
Tufts Counge
Pracice
St Patrick's Day Parade Draws 25000 in New York
New York plans a Fifth Avenue St Patrick's Day parade with 25000 participants. Governor Smith serves as grand marshal and Cardinal Hayes will review the marchers from a grand stand at St Patrick's Cathedral steps.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Governor Smith
Cardinal Hayes
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Senate orders FTC probe of cooperative marketing interference
The Senate adopted a resolution calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate alleged interference and obstruction in the development of a cooperative marketing association. The action was taken on March 17 in Washington.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Cooperative Marketing Association
Senate
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi Basin
River stage data shows levels for St Louis Memphis and New Orleans with rises and falls. Readings include Vicksburg Shreveport Alexandria Ouachita Camden Me and surrounding changes.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
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McClintock
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