Senate Cancels Naval Oil Lease Probes
Washington February 18 the Senate canceled further hearings on the naval oil lease scandal amid a flurry of new subpoenas for New York stock brokers. Lenroot and Pomerene planned an informal session behind closed doors to review broker records while federal action to recover the leases quickens with possible injunctions.
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Washington
New York
Senate Public Lands Committee
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Pomerene
Albert B. Fall
Sinclair and Doheny
Naval Reserve
Doheny and Sinclair
Walsh
Congress
Coolidge
Harry Payne Whitney
Harry F. Sinclair
Wheeler
Senator Walsh
Printing on Paper at Telegram Office Demonstrates New Tech
The Telegram installs a printing service that links a typewritten message to a printer via a line, enabling rapid, automated output. Remarks note speed around 38 characters per minute and potential hundreds of messages printed simultaneously. staff emphasize safeguards and invite patrons to observe the marvel at work.
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Telegram
Bell
Sitgey
Lephone
iicle-Telegram
Nevins and others from Flint Michigan obituary notes
Fragmented notices report Nevins age 18 in Flint Michigan death. family includes three brothers and four sisters. funeral plans at Jenkins Parlor with interment at Ridgelawn. Also mentions Kathern age six dying from nightgown fire accident. Warren Phillips 15 of Rochester City involved in a Saturday car incident. parents seeking information.
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Underhill
the Partment
Warren Phillins
Rochester City
Ware
Timken to head Johnson campaign in Ohio primaries
Cleveland reports H. Timken of Timken Roller Bearing Co Canton selected to head the Johnson Big Seven in the April Ohio presidential primaries. Senator George H. Bender, Johnson campaign manager in Ohio, announced the decision. Middletown report notes a death bed confession by Eva Sarver claiming Dr. Lewis Mundhenck performed a criminal operation on February 3, leading to Mundhenck’s arrest. Columbus dispatch adds Hocking Valley Railroad seeks state utilities commission approval to issue 6 million dollars in two year five percent secured gold bonds maturing March 1 1926.
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Cleveland
H. #. Timken
Timken Roller Bearwp Co
Canton
Johnson
Big Seven
Ohio
George H. Bender
Middletown
Eva Sarver
Lewis R. Mundhenck
Mundhenck
Columbus
Hocking Valley Railroad Company Today
State Utilities Commission
Third liquor arrest for Elyrian and Lorain raids
Officers found a quart jar of raisin jack in a Boston Lunch yard and arrested John Nieciecki and Len McDaniel. Nieciecki fined 500 plus costs in 1922 and 500 more slated for trial. McDaniel also fined 500 and costs. The Home of Hollis Brown was raided. nine gallons of liquor found and Brown arrested. In Brighton township Sheriff Underhill raided a 150 gallon still at C Simpkinson’s, arresting Simpkinson and Chas Martin. In Lorain John Handy charged with possession, Sam Myyas ki pled guilty with 700 fine, Julius Coben fined 100 possession and 900 transporting, John Roby bound over on disorderly conduct with revolver found.
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Southam
Brown
Boston
Lodi Street
John Nieciecki
Len McDaniel
Nieciecki
Mee! Daniels
Klady, Croyle
North
Hollis Brown
Pine Street
Lquor
Brighton
Underhill
C. Simpkinson
Brighton Township
Simpkinson
Chas. Martin
Akron
Wellington
Court of Common Pleas
Lorain
John Handy
Washington Avenue
Sam Myyaski
Oakdale Street
Julius Coben
78Th Street
John Roby
Zno Degree Murder Trial Opens Tuesday
Ohio v Godleth Gerber case in Lorain court remains active but will wrap today. Juror S L Adams of LaGrange fell ill. proceeding now to eleven jurors. Tomorrow the second degree murder trial of Badelia Cruz for killing Jesus Guzman at National Tube Co. begins. Next Monday Wellington man Lewis Cowles faces murder charge for killing his mate baby.
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Ohio
Godleth Gerber
Lorain
Court House
S. L. Adams
LaGrange
Badelia Cruz
Jesus Guzman
National Tube Co
Lewis Cowles
Wellington
Baby
Mystery blast probes ignite four story building fire
Dayton police and fire crews renewed efforts to learn what caused a blast that damaged an upper floor late Saturday. Residents who were in rooms before the explosion reported no gas odor. Albany remarks quote Alfred E. Smith denying candidacy for any office amid presidential talk. Senate initiates inquiry into alleged land frauds tied to mail misuse in the lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Dayton
Washington
Senate
Rio Grande Valley
Judge Fatally Shot as Divorce Case Unfolds
Lincoln dispatch states District Judge W. M. Morning was killed during a contempt of court hearing in a divorce suit when Wallace P. Wallick drew a revolver and fired five shots at the judge, the wife, and her attorney. Wallick then killed himself. the wife and attorney were unharmed.
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Lincoln
W. M. Morning
Wallace P. Wallick
Wallick
Tragic suicide of John Toth at fairgrounds hog shed
At noon Sunday officers found 52 year old John Toth hanging from a beam in a hog shed on the fair grounds. Coroner ruled death by his own action. He had a troubled recent history including escapes from the county infirmary and a period in Lorain before his restraint. Funeral arrangements were not yet made.
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Southam
Brown
John Toth
Toth
Lorain
Hungary
Perry
Jenkins Funeral Home
Eleven Women and Man Dead in British Munitions Blast
Eleven women and a man were killed in a munition factory explosion in Eaith England today. The blast occurred at the factory, early reports said, as authorities investigated the cause and casualties.
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Eaith
England
Train Crash Kills Two Schoolchildren in Georgia
In Lithia Springs Georgia two children aged 9 and 13 were killed instantly when Southern railway train number 4 struck a Douglas County school bus near here early today. The victims Ruby Brown 9 and Virginia Walker 13 suffered severe injuries before death. Two other children were seriously injured in the collision.
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Lithia Springs
Southern Railway
Douglas County
Ruby Brown
Virginia Walker
Charles J Bright Qeo Dies At 44 In Elyria
Charles J Bright died at his parents home on Week avenue at 10 16 am after a year long illness He was 44 with full name Charles J Bright He leaves parents two sisters Mrs William Sabins Elyria Olive Cleveland and three brothers L H P J Bright Elyria and F M Bright Cleveland He belonged to Eagles Moose painters and decorators union Viewing at Sudro funeral home with private services Wednesday at 2 00 pm Rev B Davidson Baptist church officiating Burial Ridgelawn cemetery
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Nevins
Flint
Mich-urdar
Charles
Leon
Trett King
Mac
Mains
Elgin
New York Central
Ik- Jenkins
Oral
Edwin Kirby
Ridgelawn
Charles J. Bright
George Bright
Week Avenue
William Sabins
Elyria
Olive
Cleveland
L. H. and
P. J. Bright
F. M. Bright
Eagies and Moose Lodges
Painters and Decorators Union
Sudro Funeral Home
Rev. B. Davidson
The
Baptist Church
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Smoke House Fire Destroys Shed At Irondale Street
Fire department rushed to 110 Irondale Street at 1 PM today after a shed and smoke house owned by Alex Malik caught fire. Malik reportedly built a wash boiler fire on the floor and left, resulting in extensive damage and the loss of a hog kept in the smoke house.
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Irondale Street
Alex Malik
Malik
Foreign News Nuggets From Around The World
A collage of brief international items dated February 18 reports on Lenin’s mausoleum closure in Moscow due to embalming issues, a British M P asking about resuming the war debt settlement with the United States, and several other world notes. Drowned skaters in Scandinavia, Spanish officer trials over Morocco defeat, London dock strike crippling foreign mail, oil field claims in Chinese Turkestan, a French oil stocks scandal, a Dublin government scandal on wireless contracts, and MacDonald’s mediation efforts to end the dock workers strike with 120,000 out. Egypt may invite Howard Carter to resume Tutankhamen excavations under government control. Premier MacDonald to personally pursue dock strike peace and resumption of work.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Great
Miller backs bonus claim as Mellon defends figures
Washington, Feb. 18. Col. Thomas W. Miller, alient. property custodian, returned to Washington from New York to push the charge that treasury officials juggled figures to mislead Harding and Coolidge about a soldiers bonus. Mellon denied the accusation, citing plans to appeal to President Coolidge if needed. Miller vows to stand behind his charge and will address a New Brunswick, New Jersey audience Tuesday.
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Washington
Thomas W. Miler
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Miller
International News Service
Treasury Department
Harding
Coolidge
Treasury
Col. Miller
Congress
American Legion
New Brunswick
N. J
Mrs J M Kirk Nee Blauvelt Dies After Illness
The body of Mrs J M Kirk nee Blauvelt, age unspecified, is expected from Ashville North Carolina. She died after several days illness with pneumonia. She is survived by George Blauvelt and James Blauvelt and Mrs L A Blauvelt daughter. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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J. M- Kirk
Ashville
North Carolina
Kirk
Wiligmses Street
George Blauvelt
Charlescourt
James Blauvelt
Se*h Street
L.A. Blauvelt
East Avenue
Minnesota
Lfe
Lorain County
Lofgren Divorce Suit Filed In Lorain
Hedwigh Lofgren of Lorain sues Cat Lofgren for divorce alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. She seeks alimony and custody of their child Roy J. Owens obituary: Roy J. Owens died Sunday at home 2 Woodford Apts Woodford Ave. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 at home. Ridgelawn Cemetery interment.
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Hedwigh Lofgren
Lorain
Cat
Roy J. Owens
Intent
Mathew and
Lucy Owens
Woodford Apts
Woodford Avenue
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Denby resigns as Navy secretary over oil leases
Washington date Feb 18 Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby resigns amid the naval oil leases scandal. The move aims to spare the administration further embarrassment. Rumors tied to Charles B Warren as Denby’s successor, with Roosevelt’s status unclear but not resigning after meeting the President.
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Washington
Edwin Denby
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Denby
White House
Charles B. Warren
Detroit
Warren
Secretary of the Interior
Sinclair and
Doheny
Den
Bulletin of scattered political and naval updates
Senator Frank L Greene remains in serious condition after a head injury from a shooting by a prohibition agent. The ships Wyoming Utah Arkansas and Florida be reported back to the States from Panama for boiler issues. Kansas farmers urge Gov Pinchot to run for president on the Republican ticket. The American Debt Funding Commission acts to fund indebtedness to the United States. In Columbus the government prosecutes Dolling Co officials for misusing the mails in stock sales with exhibits identified.
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Washington
Frank L. Greene
Vermont
Civicago
Kansas
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Ti. R. Greene
Moline
Eas
Chicago
Nahonal Farmer Congress
Columbus
Sater
William G. Benham
Dwight Harrison
Dolling Co
Ohio
Three Hurt In Freight Train Derailment Near Whitmer
In Charleston West Virginia on February 18 three C and O freight train crewmembers were injured when a freight derailed near Whitmer. Engineer C T Numath suffered scalp and back injuries, fireman H L Lawson sustained severe scalds, and conductor Gaston Foster had a leg injury. Traffic was halted for hours.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. and O
Whitmer
C. T. Numath
Hinton
H. L. Lawson
Les
Gaston Foster
Probe Death of 2 in Army Fire
Washington Ford special board at Fort Humphrey investigates a fire that gutted the quartermaster building on Sunday. Preliminary findings point to defective heating equipment and faulty wiring as the cause. The fallen are Sergeant John Miller 42 of Blakeley Street Lewiston Maine and Private Charles Grannis of New Castle Pennsylvania.
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Wee Se Preton
Washington, Fod
Fort Humphrey
Bat
Rae
John Miller
Blakeley Street
Lewiston
Maine
Charies Grannis
New Castle
Body of Nellie Gourley Found Near Denver
Telegrams to W J Gourley report the body of their 16 year old daughter Nellie found in a lake near Denver, Colorado. Uncertainty remains whether death was murder, suicide, or accident. The Gourley family moved to Cincinnati last December and Nellie’s whereabouts at the time she left for work are unknown.
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Cincinnati
W. J. Gourley
Nellie
Denver
Coto
Gourney
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