Tightening Volstead Act would make first offense jail mandatory
Washington reports General Andrews approved an amendment to the Volstead act making jail or penitentiary sentences compulsory for first violations. The change would remove the option of fines and prison and seek stronger penalties. The proposal awaits Attorney General Sargent’s approval before possible presentation to President Coolidge.
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Washington
General L. C. Andrews
Internal Revenue
Sargent
O. St
Radical faces blasphemy charge in Boston trial
In Brockton Massachusetts Anthony Bimba, a Lithuanian radical, is on trial for sedition and blasphemy. Testimony from shoe worker Anthony Bindaco says Bimba admitted plans for a revolution and a Soviet republic in America. He claimed workers would overturn the capitalist government and raise one red flag in Washington and Lithuania.
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Brockton
Mass
America
Anthony Bimba
Anthony Bindaco
Bimba
Russia
Endaco
Washington
Lithuania
Inquest Opens Into Nesbitt Murder at Troy City Hall
Coroner Hanes convened a full inquest in Troy Ohio into the murder of 26 year old Mrs Frances Nesbitt. Jacob Nesbitt testified his wife was found battered in the bathtub and he had discovered the body. County prosecutor Warvey and Dayton detective Fette were to testify as the investigation continues. Virgil Higgins was released after officials found his threat deemed unlikely and mentally deranged.
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Troy
Frances Nesbitt
City Hall
Hanes
Jacob Nesbitt
Ife
Nesbitt
Hance
T. E. Warvey
Aifter
L. QO. Fette
Dayton
Harvey
Virgil Higgins
Higgins
Lttle Stock
Belgian Senate Ratifies U S Debt Settlement
The Belgian Senate approved the chamber’s ratification of the Washington agreement for settling the Belgian debt to the United States. In Evansville Indiana the coal fields began larger scale production with mining camps set for potential disruptions, though the area remained quiet.
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U. S
Brusseia
Bellan Senate
Washington
United States
Evansville
Ind
On-Union
Indiana
Iitia
Mrs Kennedy Sets Out Her View On White Way Cost
Councilwoman Anna Kennedy states her regret over installing the White Way before costs were settled. She supports the project and urges fair public funding, noting residents and county visitors all should share the expense. She emphasizes city pride and asks neighboring areas to contribute their fair share.
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Chronicle - Telegram
Anna Kennedy
Three Youngstown Men Sentenced in Bribery Case
In Cleveland on February 24 United States Judge Paul Jones sentenced Guido O D Voc, Youngstown banker, to 120 dollar fine and 90 days at Darton workhouse. E T Christian, senior naturalization officer, received a fine and 60 days in the workhouse. John F H Thomas, clerk in Mahoning county common pleas court, drew an 80 dollar fine and 36 days in jail. Thomas was paroled later by Judge J I C Lyon.
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Cleveland, O
Youngstown
Dayton
United States
Paul Jones
Guido O
D'Vernucci
Darton
T. Christian
John FH. Thomas
Mahoning County
Common Pleas Court
Thomas
Common Pleas
Committee On White Way Meet Tonight
The fighting committee of the city council and the committee of property owners plan a council chamber session in City Hall to discuss provisions of a contemplated ordinance settling the White Way controversy. George Stevens, lighting committee chair, stated today.
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White Way
City Council
Committee of Property Own‘tre
Council Chamber
City Hall
George Stevens
Count Salm Von Hoogs Traiten seeks legal separation
Washington report says Count Ludwig Salm Von Hoogs traeten, who eloped with Millicent Rovers heiress to Standard Oil wealth, will pursue a legal separation and custody fight for 16 month old Peter. The count, here with his mother the Dowager Countess, arrived from Palm Beach after a court order kept him from seeing his son. He claims no reconciliation, laments a mystery causing estrangement, and faces possible deportation inquiry while living in a costly Washington hotel and dining at a $15.80 bill.
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Washington
Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten
Millicent Rovers
Standard Oil
Peter
Washington Herald
Palm Beach
the Herald
F. H. Laguardia
New York
Prince Carol May Withdraw Renunciation In Romania Crisis
Vienna reports say Prince Carol of Romania may withdraw renunciation and seek restoration as Bucharest faces a cabinet crisis. News indicates the Prince traveled to Paris where Irvine Caral may meet nationalist leader M. Jorga to discuss Rumanians affairs.
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Vienna
Carol of
Romania
Paris
Bucharest
M. Jorga
I Rvine Caral
Rhodes States Position on White Way Tax Plan
George Rhodes chairman of the Board of County Commissioners said he favored the 1925 city council plan that apportioned 70 percent to property owners and 30 percent to the city tax duplicate. He criticized the final Monday agreement as unfair to county residents outside the assessed base. Commissioners Richmond and Murray agreed, noting they spoke personally.
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George Rhoades
Board of County Commissioners
Rhodes
Richmond
Charles Murray
Lyons Boys Reported Seen in Elyria
A tip claimed Lyons boys were in Elyria and known by a resident. Police were told this afternoon and searched the area but found no trace of the two men. Police Chief B J Stankard said they followed up on the tip's possibility.
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Lyons
Elyria
B. J. Stankard
English Women Rally for Equal Rights in London
English women prepare a major campaign for universal suffrage and equal rights. A dinner next week marks the return of Mrs Timeline Pankhurst to England as organizers aim to secure voting at twenty one and seats in the House of Lords for women.
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London
Timeline Pankhurst
England
Daring Holdups Shake Baltimore in Broad Daylight
In Baltimore three bandits shot an assistant cashier of Western Maryland Dairy and a police guard, then fled with a watch containing $16,000 in an automobile. The bold robbery marks the era’s most audacious heist to date.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Dairy Company
Governor Donahey to open probe behind closed doors
Columbus February 24 Governor Donahey announced an investigation into charges against state prohibition enforcement officials and their employer will be held privately despite calls from cabinet members and friends to allow public coverage. A star chamber probe was suggested to avoid accusations of a whitewash.
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Columbus
Iis
Donahey
State Prohibition Enforcement Department
Star Chamber
Prohibition Department
No. 2
Federal probe makes swift progress in rum ring case
Cleveland February 24 federal investigators pressed the nationwide $140,000,000 rum syndicate inquiry. The grand jury studied jury tampering in Josiah Kirby's cases while DOJ agents lined up witnesses for the afternoon session. James Donovan, Mansfield politician, waited to be arraigned on tampering charges as the probe widened to unsolved murders linked to the ring.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Department of Justice
James F. Donovan
Mansfield
Oho
Donovan
United States
H. H. Yomken
Los Angeles
Calif
G. A. Stauffer
Federal
Department of Justicé
D.C. Westenhaver
Grand Jury
Tonis Rosen
Adolph Adelson
Sam
Harry Rosen
Detroit
Mich
A. E. Bernsteen
Local woman sustains shoulder injury after slip on ice
Mrs. Kilcher of Gulf Road slipped on icy pavement while her husband Mr. Conrad Kilcher cleared the sidewalk. She dislocated her right shoulder and was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Conrad Kilcher
Gulf Road
Stunt Flier Dies in Film Jump Near Buffel Tower
Paris reports Lieutenant Cottot a war ace, 34, killed while performing stunts for an American film company. His plane struck tower wires, crashed and burst into flames, burning him to death.
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Paris
Ren
Cottot
Buffel Tower
Indictment Filed in Death of Nathan Bell at Wheeling
Mrs. Jessie K Hoge is indicted for first degree murder after Bell’s death. A special grand jury found a true bill naming Hoge as buyer of the fortune and exhumation of Bell’s body revealed arsenic in his stomach. Attorneys from Ireland may aid the prosecution. reference to prior poisoning case in the area.
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Wheeling
Jessie K. Hoge
Nathan Bell
Iriahman
George Coleman
J. J. P. O'Brien
Ann Ae
Bell'a
Treland
Doge
Laura Farsaworth Schenk
John QC. Schenk
Milllonatra Meat Packer
Chicago
Akron Woman Seeks Life Saving Blood Transfusion
Carrie Wartren, 68, lies at Chiy Hospital as Akron volunteers offer blood to save her life. Dozens have volunteered, but none yet meet the required blood standard for the transfusion. More offers expected as doctors confirm it is the only hope.
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Akron
Feu
Mre
Carrie War- Tren
Chiy Hospital
Willis T
Suspects Not Lyons Brothers Named By Cleveland Police
Canton February 24 A probe by Janief of Pobce Ertle of Massailon reports that after a conference checkup with Cleveland police the two youths arrested as possible Lyons brothers were not the murderers. They gave the names John and Joe Uiley of Joliet Illinois and remain held for further examination.
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Canton
Janief
Pobce
Ertle
Massailon
Cleveland
Lyons Brothers
John
Joe Uiley
Joliet
Minois
Fires on New York waterfront destroy freight and piers
Three fires along New York waterfront cause more than 2 million dollars in losses to two piers a loft warehouse and contents. Fire crews from midnight to noon battled flames at Clyde Line pier Dominion Line pier and Hast River loft building with extensive damage and residents forced to flee.
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New York
Clyde Line
North River
Old Dominion Line
Jefferson
Harm's Way
Hast River
Atreoia
Revenue Bill Clears House Sets Stage for Senate Passage
Washington February 24 President Coolidge is poised to sign the new tax reduction. The bill passed the House 354 to 38 and moves to the Senate where supporters expect little opposition. Insurgent efforts to revise the bill were largely appeased by restored state levies and auto tax curbs. Senators Smoot and Simmons forecast minimal resistance in the upper chamber.
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Washington
Coolidge
House
Senate
Draatts
Smoot
N. Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
N. C
Countess Cathcart Case Not Reopened by Authorities
Immigration officials refused to reopen the Countess Cathcart case and said the future status of the attractive reformer will be determined by the courts. A second item reports 14 year old George McDonald died from injuries in a coasting accident in Youngstown and George Harvey hospitalized with a fractured skull after a sled collision.
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Washington
Countess Cathcart
Coaster Jil
Youngstown
George McDonald
George Harvey
Precedent set by Coolidge changes White House social rules
Washington report notes a new etiquette precedent as President Calvin Coolidge attends a formal dinner unaccompanied by the First Lady Mrs Coolidge due to illness. Mrs Jardine, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, accompanies him after an invitation, marking a historic moment in White House social custom. Bankruptcy petitions filed in federal court include Elyria residents Theodore Navins and Samuel Weinert.
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Washington
White House
United States
John G. Sargent
Elyrians
Cleveland
Ledia Federal Court
Elyria
Youngstown
Dover
Theodore F. Navins
Samuel C. Weinert
Lorain Man's Death by Own Action Revealed
Coroner reports causes of death for Frank Furik 28 of 1660 East Bist Street who cut his throat with a razor and bled in the basement after being found by landlady Mrs Andrew Vigh following a shopping trip. Furik left a wife and child in the old country and a cousin Mrs John Palazzi in Whiting Indiana.
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Lorain
Fel
Frank Furth
East Bist Street
Furik
Mra
Andrew Vigh
John Palazzi
Hven
Whiting
Indiana
Palazzel
Perry
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