Defense Counsel In Hamon Trial Makes Sensational Charges
Ardmore Oklahoma March 17 J B Champion defense counsel opened his argument in the Smith Hamon murder trial charging Governor J B A Robertson and Attorney General Prince Frayling with using political influence to prosecute Clara Smith Hammon He labeled Jake Hamon as a seducer and attacked court figures while a courthouse confrontation occurred between Julien Mullen and Thwarted by sheriff actions
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J.B. Champion
Robertson
Freeling
Clara Smith
Hamon
International News
Ardmore
Okla
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Prince Frayling
Clara Smith- Hammon
J. B. Champion
Smith-Hamon
Champion
Jake Hamon
Wie
Ris
WTI Secor
Eradia
Wiley
Vo Mullen
Julien
Garrett
Mullen
Treadway May Hear His Fate Today
The trial of Treadway for the stabbing death of Henry T. Pierce moves toward a verdict as prosecutors plan to call few witnesses while the defense rests after Treadway testifies. Susan Boots Rogers, linked to Treadway and Josamt A. Moss, is slated as the star prosecution witness whose testimony could clinch the case.
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International News
Philadelphia
Ster Th Treadway
Henry T. Pierce
Plina
Treadway
Susan “Boots” Rogers
Josamt A. Moss
Moss
Sneisar
Canal Towage Plans 75 Boats for Season
G. J. Nicholson general manager of Canal Towage Company tours the waterway, announcing about 75 boats will operate this season. The canal has been patrolled and repaired, with no major setbacks expected. Rewatering will begin at Cumberland around April 1 as the first fleet of boats starts for the Chesapeake area.
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G. 1
Nicholson
Fhr Tt
Canal Towage Company
Williamsport
Witter
Aado
Death in wreck prompts early train collision toll
Beaton March 17 two killed and six injured when a passenger train and freight train collided near Norwood. Authorities and railway officials investigate the cause and hazardous conditions delay service.
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International News
Beaton
Mass
Aassenger
Creleht
Keaton
Norwood
Youth Held on Charge of Murder in Kosciusko
Virgil Decker aged 18 jailed in Kosciusko county on first degree murder charges for the death of Leroy Lovett 19 near Atwood Elkhart county officials probe a possible motive tied to about 30000 life insurance and a suspected conspiracy investigators weigh whether a game girl election dispute sparked the fatal attack in the squalid cabin near Atwood
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International News
Warsaw
Ind
Virgil Decker
Kosciusko County
Leroy Lovett
Elkhart
Cfurt
Lovett
Atwood
Decker
Failed robbery at Maryland Hotel telephone booth
An unsuccessful attempt to rob a hotel telephone money box was discovered by the clerk last night. The telephone in a booth was broken with a hole torn in the back, but the money in its compartment remained intact. The telephone company was notified and an investigation held, but no clues were found.
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Maryland
Harding asks AG to review Debs case in prison
Washington March 17 President Harding has asked the attorney general to review the case of Eugene V Debs Socialist leader now in the Atlanta Penitentiary The White House announced the president will take no action on the appeals for release until the attorney general makes recommendations.
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International News
Washington
Harding
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
White House
George Christian
Dabs
Democrats Celebrate Registration Gains in Fifth Ward
Registration on the last day showed Democrats achieving gains in the heavily Republican fifth ward where 749 Democrats, 777 Republicans and 462 colored voters were listed. The party recorded progress across reported precincts with noticeable improvement in registration efforts.
Kavanaugh Bill Becomes Law For Bribery Of Players
Albany March 17 Gov Miller signed the Kavanaugh Bill into law turning offering or taking a bribe to influence a game into a felony. The measure also makes soliciting or accepting a bribe by a player a felony and carries penalties under state law.
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International News
Lbany
Miller
Kavanaugh
Modify ban on booze in storage announced in Washington
Washington March 17 Internal Revenue Commissioner Williams announced a April 1 change allowing withdrawals of liquor from bonded warehouses by retail druggists while wholesale druggists remain barred. A separate May 16 effective date will close wholesale liquor dealers.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Wiliams
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Return to Husband Ends in Double Tragedy in Rockford
In Rockford on March 17 Mrs Helen Widholm a divorcee died from bullet wounds fired by Arthur Bauscher wealthy florist of Freeport who had proposed marriage after she refused to reunite with her former husband Arthur Widholm an automobile salesman. Bauscher died later from self inflicted wounds after the shooting as Widholm had filed for divorce six months earlier and Widholm had returned to his wife while Widholm had told Bauscher she would remarry Widholm.
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International
Rockford
Helen Widholm
Arthur Bauscher
Freeport
Bauscher
Rpee Veer
Arthur Widholm
Widelm
Wilhelm
Willolm
Efficiency of Fire Drill Demonstrated at the W. M.
At the W. M. Railroad station an 11 o'clock drill showed rapid building evacuation. In 93 seconds after the alarm began, upper floors were empty with women employees leading descent and men following. The system uses a one-minute clearance, with an alarm box on every floor and automatic sound via percussion cap. Frank P. Davis leads on the second floor and H. D. Rohrer on the third.
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W. M
Frank P. Davis
H. D. Rohrer
United States Sends Sharper Note To Panama
Washington March 17 The State Department dispatched a new and sharper note to Panama demanding that it stop quibbling with Costa Rica and accept Chief Justice White's boundary award. The note says the United States will view with disapproval a continued dispute and urges Panama to indicate its compliance and to arrange with Costa Rica for a commission of engineers to physically lay down the boundary line per the Porras-Anderson treaty.
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United States
Republic of Panama
Costa Rica
International News
Washington
Panama
State Department
Antha
RAI
White
Baseball Scandal Case Is Dropped
Chicago March 17 cases against seven Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series were dismissed by State's Attorney Robert Crowe who appeared personally before Judge William E. Dever. The move ends state prosecution as to these defendants.
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International News
Hicago
Chicago White Sox
Robert Crowe
William E. Dever
Good Roads Meeting Planned by County Commissioners
The County Commissioners will hold a good roads meeting after the current court term to discuss road improvements and state takeovers. Chairman John M. Mackall of the State Roads Commission will attend to outline plans to take over the Middleburg and Williamsport pikes and to rebuild and improve both routes this summer.
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John M. Mackall
State Roads Commission
Middleburg
Williamsport
Mackall
Germans Protest Polish Troop Massing on Frontier
London March 17 Germany protested to the Allies against the massing of Polish troops on the German frontier. The protest was contained in a note from Berlin. Poland is reported to have concentrated large forces on the Upper Silesia border where a plebiscite will decide if the territory remains under Germany or is annexed to Poland.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Poland
Upper
Sileasia
Explosion Mystery Baffles Sheriff and Police
Sheriff Duffy and officers report no clues from Tuesday night explosion behind Mrs. Anna Kline’s North Jonathan Street home. No bomb evidence found beyond pipe fragments. They suspect a prank to create a scare rather than Bolshevik bombers.
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Duffy
Anna Kline
North Jonathan Street
Kennedy ends bid for comptroller nomination
State Racing Commissioner Joseph P. Kennedy eliminated himself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for comptroller and declared support for Comptroller FE Brooke Lee. Kennedy said he will not pursue the post, reiterating he cannot accept it under any circumstances.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Brooke Lee
Major Lee
Baltimore man and relatives tour in Buick
Thomas Dautz of Baltimore drove a seven passenger Buick touring car with Mrs Minute Harne and cousins Mrs Lilian Shineing Mrs Anna Waldorf and Mrs Brooks. They spent the day with Mrs Harne's mother Mrs Canton Travinger at 908 Potomac Avons.
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Thomas Dautz
Baltimore
Minute
Suitcase Note Triggers Hagerstown Death Probe
Two women find a suitcase along Western Maryland tracks with a grim message claiming the owner will die in a box car. The note is signed F W Leach of Mifflintown Pa and carries a postscript about being out of work. Police and railroad men sweep yards for a body or clue to the man’s fate.
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Hagerstown
Ufa
Maryland
Pangborn
Mary Stevens
Archie McCulliston
F. W. Leach
Mifflintown
Juniata
Leach
A. R.ec
Barber
Po- Hce
Western Maryland Railway shows large net income for year
The Western Maryland Railway expects a net income of about 3 77 000 for the last year, including federal compensation and private operation revenue, with fixed charges of 2 823 000 leaving a 924 000 surplus. Board re-elected. Byers and Barlett are the only Baltimoreans. Early 1900s document references are noted with March figures and year-to-date totals.
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Western Maryland Railway Company
M. C. Byers
Baltimore
Byers
Lawrence Greer
Edward D. Adams
J. Kemp Barlett
Ct. Byers
Henry E. Cooper
Bertram Cutler
Frederick T. Gates
Alvin W. Krech
Edgar K. Marston
E. H. Smith
W. A. Wilbur
John N. Willys
Mr. Barlett
Soviet Forces Take Fortress Kronstadt
Riga reports that Russian soviet forces have captured the fortress of Kronstadt from counter revolutionary forces. The wireless dispatch from Moscow confirms the seizure today as March 17.
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Riga
Kronstadt
Moscow
Rioting in Belfast as St Patrick's Day escalates
Belfast March 17 rioting flared during the St Patrick's Day celebrations. Police used batons and troops in armored cars restored order after looting and clashes with Sinn Fein supporters. Five civilians were killed in the past 48 hours, four not involved in attacks. Troops patrol streets. soldiers remain on alert.
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International
Belfast
Sinn Fein
Dr Gunsaulus Dies Suddenl y An Armour Institute Founder
Chicago March 18 Dr Frank Gunsaulus president and founder of the Armour Institute of Technology died at 4 am after a heart attack. He was longtime pastor of Central Church for twenty years and later devoted himself to the Armour Institute.
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Sy International News
Chicago
Frank Gunsaulus
Armour Institute of Technology
Gunsaulis
Armour Institute
C C Dinner Big Chamber of Commerce Event Tonight
One of the largest local chamber dinners and meetings occurs this evening at 6:30 in the chamber auditorium with George T. Reavis as chief speaker addressing county and state educational needs. Bevy Bailey presides, C H Rhoderick leads singing, Alana Snyder at piano, dinner ends at 8 to allow night city activities. Also notes last ride for a year for three colored men taken to the House of Correction.
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Chamber of Commerce
George T. Reavis
Bevy i Bayley
C. H. Rhoderick
Misa
Alana Snyder
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