Prisoners Indicted Enter Pleas in Court
Grand jury indictments led to pleas of not guilty or guilty as defendants appeared before Judge A. R. Webber. Notable names include Mrs. Edna Dechant and Mrs. Maude Boelzner charged with grand larceny, bond set at 500 each. Frank Miller and Jack Watson of Cleveland pleaded to auto theft, Watson later to driving without owner’s consent, both sent to Mansefield reformatory for an indeterminate term.
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A. R. Webber
Edna Dechant
Maude Boelzner
Mansfeld
Aroise
Frank Miller
Jack Watson
Cleveland Boys
Watson
Cuyahoga County
Mansefield Reformatory
Ed Fry
E. McAndrews
Lorain
J.C. Aldrich
Amherst
Ira Meeks
Fights Over Prohibition Hearings Stir Congress
Washington march 19 debate rages as senate wrangles on open hearings while Rep Somers proposes a national referendum on Prohibition and Rep Black urges President Coolidge to speak plainly. Somers would print sample ballots for all registered voters in the district.
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Washington
Senate
Counpress
Coolidge
Black
New England
Ross Fined for Blocking Firemen’s Route
James Ross was fined $1 and costs by Mayor Warry Hinkson after driving his car across in front of fire apparatus responding to a call. He claimed he was captured by the approaching fire truck and tried to cross to safety. Firemen discussed funding a warning device to prevent a repeat, aiming to improve apparatus clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ross
Warry Hinkson
Ross
Lorain man claims eighteen forms of life from chemicals
Lorain bacteriologist J F Mazur announces he has produced life artificially from chemicals and created snails and other forms, claiming five thousand snails in three experiments and plants and animals from basic elements. Professor Francis Herrick of Western Reserve University dismisses Mazur's claims as likely due to contaminated apparatus.
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Lorain
J. F. Mazur
Mazur
Cleveland, O
Francis Herrick
Western Reserve University
Herrick
Convicts Escape After Mutiny In Atlanta
Three robbers serving time attacked guards aboard a return truck, wounding a guard and a prisoner. In a clash and gunfire the truck ran over a prisoner. three prisoners fled with the vehicle and later hijacked a private car. Suspects named R L Travis Raymond Sisson and Dave Perkins with guard P P Newsome gravely wounded.
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Atlanta
R. L. Travis
Raymond Sisson
Dave Perkins
P. P. Newsome
Woman 13 elected mayor of Seattle
Mrs. Bertha K Landes won the Seattle mayoral race over incumbent Dr. Edwin J Brown by about 6000 votes. If the city manager plan survives potential litigation she may not serve long, as the manager would assume duties the day after her inauguration.
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Seattle
Wash
Bertha K. Landes
Edwin J. Brown
Landes
Priests Auto Goes in Lake in Cleveland
In Cleveland on a March day Father Thomas Barry of St. Patrick's Catholic Church saw his automobile break through ice into Lake Erie. Neighbors reported the scene as the car started in gear while he cranked it, but the priest jumped aside. Police pulled the car from the water.
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Cleveland
O. Mar
Thomas Barry
St. Patrick's Catholi
Lake Erie
Bandits Bully in Capital
In Washington on March 10 four masked youths robbed Mrs. J. H. Niver and Mrs. A. N. Leggs on the Capitol south steps, taking a handbag before fleeing. Police also seized a 3000 gallon still nearby as Congress argued over prohibition.
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Washington
The
Capital
J. H. Niver
A.N. Leggs
Capitol
Senate
House
Government seeks consent decree in Ward Food merger
Washington March 10 The Department of Justice is negotiating a consent decree to prevent finalization of the Ward Food Products Corporation merger. The government seeks to dissolve interlocking ownership and central control, restraining the firms from competing or consolidating in the baking and food trade. Ward Baking Corp and Ward No 2 are named defendants in the Sherman and Clayton Act suit filed in Baltimore.
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Washington
Mar
Ward Food Products Corporation
Department of Justice
Ward Corporation
Ion Bread
Baltimore
National Food Products Corporation
New York
The
Ward Baking Corporation
May Bond for Park Delayed by Funding Gaps
City council met in a special session to discuss enlarging and improving the park system. They voted to study the project as a committee of the whole. City Solicitor Myers said valuations must rise seven to eight million dollars for a 40 000 bond issue to pass. Without funds for pool fencing and two lifeguards at Cascade Park, the pool cannot open this summer. Service Director Hewitt warned the pool may remain closed if money is unavailable.
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Myers
Cascade Park
Service and Safety
James A. Hewitt
Council
Canal Via New York State Opposed by Delegation
Washington, March 10. A middle west delegation protested to President Coolidge over Secretary of War Davis backing of an all American ship canal through New York State. Senators Willis of Ohio and Lenroot of Wisconsin led the group arguing the New York route would cost 600 million to build and 30 million annually to maintain versus 270 million to build and 2.6 million to maintain for the St. Lawrence option, with Canada sharing half of those costs.
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Washington
Middle West
Coolidge
Davis
New York State
St. Lawrence
Willis, R
Ohio
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Canada
AIAN AGAIN DELAYS FLIGHT IN DAYTON
Official forecast of overcast skies at noon Wednesday postpones Lieut John A MacReady second attempt to beat the altitude record held by M Cazillo. MacReady plans a midweek takeoff from McCook Field aboard the XCO-5-A plane he helped design with Orville Wright as observer. Intermittent cloudiness yesterday and today blocks the spaceflight, as the craft must stay aloft two to three hours.
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Dayton
Lieut
John A. MacReady
M. Cazillo
Lieut MacReady
McCook
MacReady
Orville Wright
Cloudhanka
Italian Navy Adopts Plane Launching Device
Rome March 10 The Italian navy adopts a new device for launching airplanes from warships in rough seas. Invented by young naval engineer Major Cagnoito, the system aims to improve aircraft operations at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talian Navy
Rome
Major Cagnoito
Marines ban alcohol for officers after dinner incident
In San Diego March 10 1 officers of the United States Marine Corps were urged to abstain from alcohol. Brigadier General Smedley D Butler reported to Washington about cocktails served at a Coronado dinner honoring the new base commander Col Alexander Williams. Butler reprimanded those involved and notified Maj General Lejeune in Washington the next day.
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San Diego
Calif
United States Marine Corps
Smedley D. Butter
Marine Base
Washington
Coronado
Alexander Williams
Butler
Officr
Eleventh Naval District
Lejeune
Neville
San Francisco
Col
Willams
Mrs Kaiser Breaks Down At Husband Funeral Services
In Lorain Ohio on March 10 with 600 neighbors and curiosity seekers present Stella Kaiser, accused of killing Harvey Kaiser, broke down at his funeral. She leaned over the coffin sobbing and kissed his face while accompanied by Sheriff Fred Underhill, crying I want my Harvey back.
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Lorain, D
Stella Kaiser
Harvey Kaiser
Fred Underhill
Deadlock in League of Nations at Locarno talks
Geneva March 11 The League of Nations deadlock remained tight after a three hour conference of Locarno powers. Sir Austen Chamberlain guided the session in his hotel suite and left without any sign of progress as the impasse persisted among the signatories.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Austen Chamberlain
Great Britain
Chamberlain
President Talks to Father Daily by Phone in Vermont
Plymouth March 10 Colonel John Coolidge father of the President remains cheerful despite a weak condition and heart irregularity. He is confined to bed and has lost use of his legs. A long distance telephone talk with the White House is a daily comfort as winter drifts delay travel. Dr Albert Cram of Bridgewater braves the snow with horse and sleigh to visit the elder Coolidge.
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Plymouth
John, Coolidge
Ain
White House
Vermont Hills
Coolidge
Ludlow
Plymont
Albert Cram
Bridgewater
Physician not liable if sponge left in patient
An appellate court reversed a $9,000 damage verdict against Dr. Vance A. Funk, ruling a physician cannot be held responsible when a sponge is left inside a patient after surgery. The ruling overturned the Owen circuit court decision in favor of Mrs. Arta Bonham of Bicknell. The case arose from an operation at Vincennes.
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Indianapolis
Owen Circuit Court
Arta Bonham
Bicknell
Vance A. Funk
Vincenges
Briand is Sworn In As Premier Of France Ninth Time
Aristide Briand resumes the premiership for the ninth time and keeps the foreign portfolio amid a new cabinet lineup. He vows a clear cut policy and invites Parliament to accept or reject with responsibility resting on opposition members. Briand, aided by younger colleagues, announces a brief precise ministerial declaration and immediate cabinet meeting.
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Briand
France
Paris
Aristide Briand
Mhambers
Chamber
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Doumergue
Lewis Maly
Raoul Peret
Paul Painleve
George Leygues
Lucien Tamoureux
Amatatole de Monale
Lean Perrier
Antoine Durafour
Daniel Vincenc
Jean Durand
Paul Jourdain
Geneva
Still No Clue In Murder At Troy
Troy Ohio March 10 investigators admit defeat in the Nesbitt murder case. Mra Frances Drake Nesbitt OSU co ed body found Feb 19 in her bathtub. Special prosecutor Alka W Campbell says three weeks of work yielded no leads and the investigation is practically at a standstill with no new evidence forthcoming.
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Troy
Mra
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Ohio State University
Miivate
Alka W. Campbell
Miami County
French troops suffer heavy losses in Druse clash near Damascus
Paris March 10 The war ministry announced that several French soldiers were killed and a colonel of infantry seriously wounded in a major engagement with Druse tribesmen near Damascus The Druse losses were extremely heavy according to the ministry.
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Paris
Damascus
War Ministry
Bad Check 15 Cached Here in Coal Scam
Mrs Anna Kennedy, councilwoman, was victim of a shell game by a check forger who fleeced Kennedy Coal Co out of 33 dollars. A man ordered 600 pounds of coal to 640 Lodist, asked for change for a 32 dollar check, then delivered the fake check after delaying the coal. The forged check bore the name Carl Taylor. The delivery address had not ordered coal. A similar trick occurred in Lorain, with surrounding towns alerted by telephone.
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Anna Kennedy
Kennedy Coal Company
Kennedy
Carl Taylor
Lorain
Lorain Power
Elyria High Students Earn National Honor Society Status
Elyria High School gains recognition as Elsra enters the National Honor Society marking a shift from local honor clubs to a national framework. The society, founded in 1921, now includes over 300 chapters and operates under a faculty council to select members, signaling new standards of merit.
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Elyria High School
Elsra
Nyria
Phi Beta Kappa
United States
Hundreds Dead from Starvation in Honan China
A Central News dispatch from Tlentain reports hundreds dead in Honan and thousands more dying of famine. The famine has swept the region, with many able to flee the district leaving, while thousands remain helpless.
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China
London
Honan
Tlentain
Fiveyearold Feher Dies From Bonfire Burns
Bonfire accident near Lorain claims the life of Mary Feher five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Feher of 2302 Hast 29th Street. Flames enveloped her clothing after a gust blew fire from the blaze. Neighbors extinguished the flames and she died at St. Joseph's Hospital. Funeral services set for Roumanian Home Thursday at 9 AM.
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Lorain
Mary Feher
29Th Street
Nick Feher
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lyons Brothers Held in Michigan After Shootout
Alpena Mich March 10 James and Leonard Lyons brothers captured near Alpena by armed farmers posse will be held by local authorities while awaiting the outcome of wounds suffered by Chief of Police Dougal McKenzie Police say James Lyons shot McKenzie when challenged after abandoning an automobile Lyons is wanted in Ohio for the February 18 murder of Frank McGrath a special officer of the American Railway Express James confessed to the McGrath killing but not his brother He remained defiant saying he is not afraid of the electric chair and can die only once
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Alpena
Mich
James
Leonard Lyons
Dougal Mc
Kenzie
James Lyons
McKenzie
Ohio
Norwalk
Frank McGrath
American Railway Express Company
McGrath
Caen
Leonard
Juror Mooney Excused From Marshall Murder Trial
In Philadelphia on March 10 juror No. 1 Joseph Mooney in the murder trial of chiropractor David L Marshall, who confessed to dismembering Anna May Dietrich, was excused by Judge Harry S McDevitt after a brief conference with defense and prosecution. It was noted Mooney had business relations with Marshall's counsel.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Mooney
David L. Marshall
Anna May Dietrich
Harry S. McDevitt
Abraham Wernick
Marshall
Charles Fox
Mooney
Defense In Rich Case Argues Before Jury
Defense attorney W J Barnard told the jury that Miss Louise King invited the attack with her actions and attire, in the Arthur Rich case involving a millionaire's son accused of assaulting the college co ed at the Battle Creek country club.
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Mason
W. J. Barnard
Arthur Rich
Louise King
Miss King
Battle Creek Country Club
Ballot probe on 1924 Brookhart-Stock race ends today
Washington March 10 senate elections sub committee completed the senatorial ballot probe from the Brookhart Stock race but postponed a final decision until tomorrow. In Youngstown March 14 prohibition agents found a complete whisky plant in a six room house with a 150 gallon still and seventy barrels of mash.
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Washington
Mar
Brookhart-Stock, Town
Senate
Youngstown
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Thomas Gilbert
Willam Taylor
Ridge Run
Here
Justin de Selves
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Druse
Lyons Brothers
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