Ferris Will Be Buried Tuesday in Big Rapids
Senator Woodbridge N Ferris of Michigan died yesterday and will be buried Tuesday at Big Rapids his home town. The funeral train will leave Detroit Sunday for Big Rapids with a long escort of senators and representatives. Burial is set for Highview cemetery after services, with honors by the 126th infantry and state officials. Ferris Institute classes continue per founder's wish despite his death.
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Washington
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Michigan
Big Rapids
Congress
Pennsylvania Railroad
Couzens
Curtis
Fess
Robinson
Arkansas
Copeland
Barkley
Tydings
Dill
Steiner
Brookhart
Clancy
Michener
Hooper
Ketcham
Mapes
Hudson
Crampton
Vincent
McLaughlin
Woodruff
Bohn
James
McLeod
Hill
Rainey
Illinois
Green
Morida
Whitehouse
Virginia
Detroit
U.P
Highview Cemetery
Grand Rapids
Charles McCormick
G. K. Goltz
Fred W. Green
Ferris Institute
Deposition Set For Next Week In Sinclair Oil Case
George P. Hoover won permission to depose Albert B. Fall at his home next Thursday for the Sinclair oil conspiracy trial set to begin April 4. Justice Jennings Bailey ordered the order enabling N. E. Bull to conduct the oral examination and transcribe questions and answers for use in the case.
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Washington
O.R
George P. Hoover
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Jennings Bailey
District T of Columbia Supreme Court
N. E. Bull
el Paso
Texas
Fall
Hoover
Sinclair
Teapot Naval Oil Reserve
Auction Sales Thursday March 29 at Mt Pleasant area
Raymond Lippicont hosts a sale 4 miles east 114 miles south and 1 mile east of Mt Pleasant near Chippewa Town Hall listing stock, implements and feed with sale starting at noon. Davis and McCall are auctioneers. Sale list to appear in Times March 26.
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Raymond Lippicont
Mt. Pleasant
Chippewa Town Hall
Salt River Corners
Davis and McCall
Jessie Fox
Fox
Winn
Paul Binkley
Henry Yuncker Household Goods Sale Notice
Henry Yuncker will sell at his residence east and north of Weidman and west of Beal City a list of household goods. Sale commences at 1:00 o'clock. Davis and McCall, Wm. i. Schauppner, clerk. See sale on page 2 of this issue.
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Henry Yuncker
Weidman
Beal City
Davis & McCall
Wm. i. . Schauppner
Tax Reduction Predicted After Treasury Talks
Secretary Mellon met with President Coolidge to discuss a possible tax reduction this year based on income tax collections. Mellon said evidence supports a reduction but final size depends on all collections, while Coolidge signaled no reduction exceeding the prior $225 million plan.
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Washington
U.P
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of Treasury
Coolidge
Mellon
Colidge
Sinclair Refuses Private Hyva Records in Teapot Dome Probe
Harry F. Sinclair declined via his New York employee Harold Kennell to produce Hyva Company records to the Teapot Dome committees. Kennell testified Sinclair kept personal books, denying delivery of $233,000 to Albert B. Fall and $260,000 in bonds to Will Hays. Kennell offered no explanation for missing records.
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Washington
U.P
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Hyva Corporation
Harold Kennell
New York
Sinclair
Strange Continental Trading Co
Kennell
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Fall
M. T. Everhart
Kennwell
Enfwell
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
A. D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Harding
Republic
Lasker
Tie
Hin
Beulah Smelt Run Ends as State Bans Bucket Harvest
Lansing March 24. State conservation officials announce no bucket brigade for Beulah smelt this year. Spectators will watch from banks behind barbed wire while officers do the scooping. Last year's three day run drew 7,000 people who caught 40,000 pounds of smelt.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Beulah
George R. Hogarth
Conservation Department
Michigan
Missouri Town Kiddies Hidden From Kidnapper
Columbia residents hunted a dark complexioned man about 30 after three kidnaping attempts in three days. A forged note from Rucker Poalson prompted a school dismissal and the child’s safe return. Witnesses described a man matching prior abduction warnings, seen in a small green car.
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Columbia
U.R
Marion Parker
William Edward Hickman
Evelyn Poalson
Rucker Poalson
Don Cassidy
Mt. Pleasant Team Tops City Bowlers in Local Match
Sid D Thompson led Mt. Pleasant to a 2979 total as his team defeated St Louis captained by Glen Raycraft at local alleys. The Mt. Pleasant squad won by 579 pins, while Shepherd’s lineup failed to reach parity in the night’s two three game series.
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Mt. Pleasant
Sid D. Thompson
St. Louis
Glen Raycraft
Sid
Shepherd
Doubt Tire From Redfern Plane Raises Questions
Mobile Alabama reports aviators doubt the tire found near the Horn came from Paul Redfern’s aircraft on the goodwill flight to Brazil. Redfern committee chair Paul Warner said the tires measured 25 by 8.85 while Redfern’s were 32 by 5. Senator Ty dings noted the War Department sold 266000 dollars in munitions to Nicaragua. the claim was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Mobile
Ala
U.R
Paul Redfern
Brazi
Paul Warner
Redfern Flight Committee
United Press Today
Redfern
Washington
U.P
Tydings
Maryland
War Department
Nicaragua
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lindbergh Ends Taxi Run for Congressmen
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh planned a final day of air chauffeuring for aviation aid. He aimed to fly 210 people in 23 trips after carrying 611 since Tuesday, delivering over seven hundred passengers by nightfall in a self-imposed mission to support congressmen and families.
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Washington
U.P
Chas
A. Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Ambiguous Fragments On China and Missionaries
Fragmentary remarks discuss China, marriage, and missionaries with no clear events or names, conveying a miscible, overheard sentiment rather than a reportable incident. The incoherent text offers no verifiable details to summarize as a news item.
Delegates to Missionary Conference Housed on Mount of Olives
Four hundred sixty delegates to the International Missionary council’s conference arrive in Jerusalem marching to tents on the Mount of Olives. Bishops and officials from diverse Christian denominations prepare to discuss Christian relations with non Christian religions, under Dr. John R. Mott, head of the Y M C A world committee.
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Hutson
Mount of Olivés
Jerusalem
W.R
International Missionary Council
Biblical Mount of Olives
Jerusand
Edinburgh
John R Mott
Portrait of Pingree Hangs in Capitol
In Lansing on March 24 a Capitol painting swap replaced Eber Brock Ward with Hazen S. Pingree on the walls. Visitors frequently seek Pingree’s portrait, while Ward’s image rests in the state museum. Pingree governed 1897 to 1901 and fought railroads. He appointed Fred W. Green adjutant general after the Spanish American War.
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Lansing
U.P
Eber Brock Ward
Capitol
Hazen S. Pingree
Pingree
Wolverine
State Museum
Great Lakes
Princess DeChimay
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Firefighters Injured as Four-Story Building Collapses in Chicago
Six firemen were seriously injured when a four-story Chicago apartment building collapsed during a rescue. The crew had reached the fourth floor porch when it gave way, triggering a total collapse that sent them into the backyard.
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Chicago
U.R
Disarmament Talk Faces Rejected Move in 1928 Meeting
Geneva March 24 The preparatory disarmament conference of the League of Nations rejected Count Johann von Bernstorff's bid for a full disarmament conference before end of 1928. Delegates argued progress was too slow and the plan lacked enough groundwork to succeed.
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Geneva
U.P
League of Nations
Johann von Bernstorff
von Bernstein
Lord Gushenden
von , Bernstorff
Lord Fisher
Arms Shipment Seized by Border Nations In Transit
Belgrade reports that thirty cars of Italian ammunition bound for Wingary were seized at Subotica by Yugoslav authorities. Vienna dispatch notes 22 carloads of munitions destined for Romania were seized en route from Italy via Hungary. Investigators worry over possible St Gothard affair and World War era armaments tensions.
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Belgrade
U.R
Wingary
Subotiza
Juga-Slaviin
Vienna
U.P
Politika Notvosti
Cuge
Hungary
Italy
St. Gothard
Immunization Against Diphtheria Proves Highly Effective
Reports to Dr. Don M. Griswold show no diphtheria deaths in 1d counties with immunized school children last year. Overall death rate among immunized areas was half that of non immunized counties. Barry Mojtcalm Wexford Presque Isle and Alger counties had no diphtheria deaths. Officials plan to immunize preschool children as well due to favorable results.
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Lansing
U.P
Don M. Griswold
Barry
Mojtcalm
Wexford
Presque Isle
Alger
Griswold
Disarmament Conference Ends After Nine-Day Session
The preparatory conference adjourned after nine days with no tangible results. Major outcomes include universal condemnation of the Soviet plan for immediate disarmament, refusal to allow a second Soviet proposal by Litvinoff, rejection of the German 1928 disarmament plan, and a suggestion from the United States that the second draft be read only when nations are ready to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Marquette Club Holds Annual Banquet and Elections
The Marquette club held its annual spring banquet at the Park Hotel with 24 of 25 members present. Officers were reelected: President Walter W. Russell, Vice-President M. F. Brandstetter, Secretary Fred Warner, Treasurer E. E. Palmer. New members Bert M. Gould and M. T. Kenney joined. Fred Westerman spoke on state conservation efforts, noting 22 million trout planted in 1927 and outlining future hatcheries, centers in Isabella county, and plans to revive the grayling. Walter Bissell received oil related equipment, and doodle bugs were presented to Russell for oil exploration purposes.
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Marquette Club
Park Hotel
Walter W. Russell
M. F. Brandstetter
Fred Warner
E. E. Palmer
Bert M. Gould
M. T. Kenney
Fred Westerman
State’ Department of Conservation
Michigan
Isabella County
Westerman
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Conservation Department
Walter Bissell
Russell
Borah Fund Disposition Up To 70 Donors Say Supporters
Senator Borah says contributors may decide how to use the 160000 fund raised to repay Harry Sinclair. He would return the money to Sinclair if the donors wish, or redirect to detectives or a leper colony, noting lepers do not vote. Fund inflow remains slow but expectations stay high.
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Washington
U.R
Borah
Harry EF. Sinclair
Republican Party
United Press
Sinclair
Borahfi
Sam
Mt Pleasant Country Club Elects Directors
Mt Pleasant Country club members met last night and elected directors E O Harris A E Gorham Dr M F Brandstetter P G Laritz C A Gorham Oscar McEwan and Evan Weidman The treasurer Oscar McEwan reported the finances and the dues for the year were discussed but no action taken A directors meeting is planned for Friday night March 30 to elect officers and set policies for the year.
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Mt. Pleasant
Honor Roll Students Named for February March 1928
Report cards issued Friday March 23 list M P H S high school honor roll for Feb 6 to Mar 16 1928. Names include A students Ackerman Gwendolyn Francis co Verona Hawkins Margaret Hunt Ruth Minor Francis Wille Ardath and others with A and B averages and junior high honorees Brandstetter Freida Emerson Brooks Emerson Billy Grabach Lipice Hawkins Jane Johnson Shirley Monroe Maxine McClintic Jean Prissing Arnold Spalsbury Markeith Starkweather Doris.
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Ackerman
Gwendalyn
Francisco
Verona
Hawkins
Margaret
Hunt
Ruth
Minor
Francis
Wille
Ardath
Allyn
Ruth Barnes
Barnes
Mildred
Baumgarten
Campbell
Atwood
Coffin
Imogene
Harry
Neches
Pope
Grace
Sage
Verl
Sanders
Bernice
Schmidt
Lucile
Smith
Irma
Spalsbury
Vivian
Stebbins
George
Turti
Bull
Marjorie
van Dyne
Edwinns
Walling
Leona
Aviators Jump to Safety Near Quincy
Two navy pilots leapt from a failing aircraft over Atlantic Massachusetts on March 24. Lieut. S Samuel Caldwell landed in water off Squantum shipyard and drifted ashore before rescue. Lieut. Walter G C Green landed in a street. he struck a window, suffered minor cuts, and the plane crashed between two houses in a residential district.
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Atlantic
Mass
U.P
Navy
Quincy
S. Samuel Caldwell
Squantum
Walter GC. Green
Streck
SCRIPPS CASE GOES TO TRIAL JUDGE
The trial of Mrs. Josephine S Scripps against Robert E B Scripps, executor of E W Scripps, ended with final defense by Newton D Baker and rebuttal by Charles Evans Hughes. Judge F Hickenlooper will rule after briefs. The suit seeks 6 to 10 million dollars claiming a partnership between James G Scripps and his father. Robert J Scripps says no partnership existed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.P
Josephine S. Scripps
Robert EB. Scripps
E. W. Scripps
Newton D. Baker
Charles Evans Hughes
F. Hickenlooper
Scripps
James G. Scripps
Robert J. Scripps
Veterans Hospitals Bill Passes House Veterans Committee
The House veterans committee favorably reports a bill seeking a 15 million dollar appropriation for construction and improvement of veterans hospitals nationwide.
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Washington
U.P
House’ Veterans Committee Today
Mother of Nine Die After Severe Burns
Mrs Peter Horning of Shepherd died in an Alma hospital after her night clothing ignited from the stove. She was 85 and survived by husband and nine children. Funeral Monday at 10 in Shepherd Christian Church with burial in Midland. The husband was severely burned rescuing her.
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Peter Horning
Shepherd
Alma
Horning
Midland
Government To Rest Liquor Case In Detroit Trial
The government will rest its case Monday in the Jackson liquor ring trial in Detroit after brief documentary evidence. District Attorney John R. Watkins said additional evidence included statements made by some defendants in the district attorney's office. The trial recessed last Friday for the weekend.
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Detroit
Mar
U.P
Jackson
John R. Watkins
United States District
Attorney’s
la Stijbriday
Michigan tragedy and political update cross paths
East Lansing report details the Montgomery family incident with a fatal house fire and a patrolman injured during rescue. Concurrent Washington note: Rep Roy Woodruff will seek re election to the House and backs Arthur Vandenburg for Senate.
Chicago gangland slayings probe widens arrest of cousins
Chicago police detained Tony Carlo and Louis Bor Sellino, cousins linked to the Diamond Joe Esposito murder, as officers pursued a sedan tied to the shooting. Alibis conflicted, prompting ongoing questioning and the arrest of three gangland suspects.
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Chicago
U.R
Diamond Joe” Esposito
Gangland
Diamond Joe
Tony Carlo
Louis Bor‘Sellino
Addison Dunbar Dies. Noted Democrat Former Probate Judge
Monroe March 24 Addison Dunbar aged 98 prominent state Democrat, former probate judge of Monroe County and late representative, died at his home today after a long illness. He is survived by fifty children.
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Monroe
Mar
U.P
Addison Dunbar
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Missouri
Doubt Tire
Lindbergh
China
Eber Brock
Ward Pioneer
Golf Club
Yywo
Alma Hospital
East Lansing
Humboris W. Montgomery
Jurgen
Raeda
House. Co
Montgomery
Robert
Michigan State
Raymond
Roy 0. Woodruff
Bay City
House
Arthur H. Vandenburg
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