Rescuers Find Bodies in Crab Orchard Mine Disaster
Rescue teams at the Crab Orchard Improvement Co. No. 5 shaft recovered another body, raising the death toll to ten. A body was found in No. 6 mine nearby after gases from the blast swept through a connecting passage. 39 men escaped. Robert M. Lambie leads the WV mines department in the effort as crews press to reach entombed workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eccles
Wic
Debri
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
No. 6
Robert M. Lambie
West Virginia
Haiti Reports Cash Surplus and Stable Progress in 1925
Washington March 9 AP Brigadier General John P Russell American high commissioner presents Haiti annual report for 1925 noting a cash surplus of 1273568 and unusually favorable prospects for 1925 26. He cites peace with natives marine occupation forces and gendarmerie and growing rural prosperity.
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Washington
Haiti
State Department
John P. Russell
Marine Corps
Russell
Senate adopts house bill on arson and talent disputes
Washington March 9 The senate interstate commerce committee set aside its own draft and adopted the house approved Parker bill creating a new method to settle arson and talent disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Ecommittee
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley I Ain't Keer
A short, dialect poem titled Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley. The speaker observes people loafing and not standing firm while watching him work.
Man Whipped by Tampa Mob
Tampa, Fla. March 9 AP Dudley Reed photographer abducted from his home last night and severely beaten by unmasked men. He was taken to a lonely spot about 15 miles from Tampa, blindfolded, and whipped with a wide leather strap. Read's hips and back were swollen and bleeding. detectives estimate about fifty blows.
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Tampa
Fla
Dudley Reed
Read
Senate split over Pittman silver purchase act action
Six Democrats back Secretary Mellon as Republicans seek passage of Pittman’s bill to force treasury purchase of 14,060,000 ounces of silver, with Treasury accused of costing the government revenue while a Glass minority argues the act aimed to avert an Indian financial crash and coin 350,000,000 silver dollars.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Mellon
Pittman
Nevada
Treasury
Phipps
Colorado
Glass
Virginia
Far
the Treasury
India
Mystery around Battling Siki slaying in New York
Police linked 18 year old Martin Maroney to the December killing after a Ninth avenue lunch room brawl. Witnesses say Siki called eight men white trash and hurled a chair before the shooting. Detectives, posing as truck drivers, traced the escape plans from a telephone booth nearby.
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New York
Siki
Flell
Martin Maroney
Maroney
Ninth Avenue
Boise-Payette mill to resume operations in Emmett
Boise-Payette lumber mill in Emmett Idaho will resume Wednesday morning after repairs since December 24. Everett Barton, the manager, reports two shifts employing 350 men. The planing mill and box factory are already operating and about 75 percent of the workers live in Emmett.
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Emmett
Idaho
Boise-Payette
Everett Barton
Boise Pupils Propose Slang Word For Hard Boiled
Boise Idaho on March 9 pupils at Boise high school devised a slang substitute for hard boiled. Ben W Oppenheim head of education explains the term as bestos suggesting a likely connection is explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Ben W. Oppenheim
Boise Head of Education
Mr. Oppenheim
Germany Faces Permanent Seat Clash in League Crisis
Geneva March 9 delegates from Poland Spain Brazil and China press for permanent council seats while Germany demands installation before any enlargement. Britain France Japan and Italy hold current veto along with Sweden opposition. Briand's return and cabinet crisis loom over talks.
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Geneva
League of Nations’ Assembly
Germany
Poland
Spain
Brazil
China
League Council
Aristide Briand
Paris
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
South America
Austen Chamberlain
Viscount Ishii
Sweden
Alfonso da Coste
Portugal
Assembly
League of Nations
Luther
Stresemann
Britain
Oregon Slayer Sentenced to Gallows at Vale
Arch Cody, convicted of the 1924 murder of Austin Goodman in Harney county, was sentenced by Judge Dalton Biggs to be hanged on April 16. The case went to the state supreme court after initial convictions. Cody claimed self defense though evidence showed the sheriff fired after Cody fell. This marked Vale’s first such sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vale
Ore
Arch Cody
Austin Goodman
Harney County
Dalton Biggs
Cody
Supreme Court
Malheur
State Supreme Court
Mrs Yoakum Dies at Fifth Avenue Home
Mrs Elizabeth A Yoakum wife of Benjamin F Yoakum a director of the board Airline railway and St Louis and San Francisco Railroad died today at her Fifth Avenue home after a illness of several months. She was the daughter of W A Bennett a well known banker of San Antonio Texas.
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New York
Elizabeth A. Yoakum
Benjamin F. Yoakum
The
Board Airline Railway
St. Louis and San
New Golf Club Benefits Game
Father Alphon sus Gavin of Goldfield Nevada invents the whole in one a single golf club replacing a bag and multiple irons with a movable head. Joe Novak a San Francisco golf professional alerted him to the idea after seeing a prototype during a hot round in which heavy clubs burdened him.
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San Francisco
Examiner
Alphonsus Gavin
Goldfield
Nev
Gavin
Father Gavin
Joe Novak
Novak
Kendrick bill helps settlers in western projects
Senate without debate or recorded vote passes Kendrick bill to provide 500000 dollars from the federal reclamation fund for experimental financial aid to settlers on Spanish Springs Nevada Sun River Montana Owyhee Vale and Baker projects in Oregon. The measure will go to the interdepartmental appropriation bill for final funding.
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Washington
Senate
Kendricks
Dawes
Kendrick
Wyoming
Gerd Haea
Whchh
Spanish Springs
Nevada
Sun River
Mont
Owyhee, Vale
Baker
Oregon
Federal Reclamation Fund
Marital Rows Are Patched Up In High Profile Cases
New York reports kiss and make up endings to separations as Kresge versus Kresge diverts to the New York Supreme Court where a trial was adjourned and the couple sought a pastor. Paris hosts Mr and Mrs James A Stillman on a second honeymoon amid past charges. Bermuda sees Lord and Lady Craven extending a second honeymoon after cross continental marital turmoil and England suits. Countess Cathcart wins right to enter this country.
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New York
Sebastian Kresge
Doris Kresge
Supreme Court of New York
Paris
James A. Stillman
Bermuda
Lord
Lady Craven
England
Countess Cathcart
Spinal Meningitis Reported Across Idaho Northwest
Boise March 9 Meningitis is spreading through the northwest with reports from Washington and other areas. Idaho records show ten cases for the week ending March 6 in Wallace Tocatello Idaho Falls Hayden Lake Post Falls and American Falls. Dr. R M Fouch, medical director, compiles weekly contagious disease summaries for the U S Public Health Service.
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Boise
Northwest
Idaho
Wallace
Tocatello
Idaho Palis
Hayden Lake
Post Falls
American Falls
Germany Rejects Trading Points for Poland's League Admission
In Geneva on March 9 a German spokesman dismissed hints that France would trade Rhineland troop reductions for Poland joining the League of Nations. He said Germany seeks admission to the council with no preconditions and rejects a so called deal. The discussion followed behind the scenes criticism of Entente coverage and ongoing questions about Austria and Hungary financial reconstruction.
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Geneva
France
Rhineland
Poland
League of Nations
Luther
Stresemann
Germany
League Council
Entente
League
Ermany
Assembly
Austria
Hungary
Austen Champerlain
Farmers charge board is biased
H L Hartshorn of Hartford Kansas testifies before the senate agriculture committee that boards of trade in Kansas and other western states discriminate against farm cooperative associations He backs a Capper bill to bar trade bodies from excluding farmer cooperatives The law would let excluded persons sue in federal court for admission to boards of trade and similar bodies.
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Washington
Boards of Trade
Kansas
H. L. Hartshorn
Hartford
Kas
Cooperative Grain Dealers’ Association
Senate Agriculture Committee
Capper
Republican
Briand Accepted to Form New French Cabinet
Aristide Briand accepted a mandate from President Doumergue to form a ninth cabinet amid France's financial crisis. The nucleus includes Briand as Premier and Foreign Minister, Painleve as War Minister, Leygues as Marine Minister, with Raoul Peret likely finance minister. Briand to meet Doumergue for final acceptance before presenting the cabinet.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Doumergue
M. Briand
Elysee Palace
M. Doumergue
Paul Painleve
Georges Leygues
Raoul Peret
Chamber of Deputies
Finance
Geneva
Navy to Tow Sunk Submarine 8 51 From Ocean Grave
New London Conn March 9 AP The navy will tow the sunken submarine 8 51 from its ocean grave off Block Island to Brooklyn yards about 150 miles away. Twenty five of the 33 victims of the collision between the submarine and the City of Rome last September are unaccounted for. Some crew may have been washed overboard but most bodies remain imprisoned in the hull and will not be removed until 8 51 is in drydock.
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New London
Conn
Navy
Block Island
Brooklyn Navy Yards
City
Rome
Injunction Fails as Chicago Saloon Is Raided
Police with hatchets raid a near north side saloon defying an injunction aimed at stopping beer sales. Officers smash mirrors pour beer into a sewer, while the owner and alleged politician-linked attorney dispute who obtained the writ. Captain Murphy orders a "creditable" job despite the injunction.
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Chicago
Near North Side
Carrie Nation
Daniel Murphy
Captain Murphy
Seattle voters face mayoral clash and manager plan
Seattle voters prepare to choose between mayor Edwin J. Brown and council leader Bertha Landes in a nonpartisan race while a city manager plan seeks to replace the mayor’s office. Landes touts sane enforcement and reform skepticism. Brown backs charter revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Edwin J. Brown
Bertha K. Landes
Landes
Brown
Congress Lacks Courage, Says Former Senator Taggert
Shreveport Louisiana March 9 AP Thomas Taggert former U S Senator from I says many members of congress lack courage to stand on the prohibition question. He notes unpopularity of the Volstead amendment nationwide and says the south could gain more legislation if lawmakers spoke out. He predicts the next president will be a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Congress
Thomas Taggert
South
Gigantic Telescope Under Construction in Paris
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports Professor George Willis Ritchey is building a telescope more than twice as large as any existing instrument in Paris. He hopes to view stars 16,000 times farther than current records and to see the moon at ten miles distance, vastly expanding the observable universe. The reflector will be 19 feet in diameter and is nearly ready for the baking process.
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New York
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Today
George Willis Ritchey
Paris
Capper Bill Favored In Truth in Fabrics Measure
Senate interstate commerce committee ordered a favorable report on the truth in fabrics bill sponsored by Senator Capper. The measure requires clothing containing any percentage of cotton mixed with wool to be plainly labeled.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Truth In
Capper
Republican
Kansas
Stammer Adrift Near St Johns After Gale Breakaway
Reports say the French freighter Kentucky separated from the steamer Sylvana about 65 miles from St Johns Newfoundland during a southbound gale. The ship drifted landward as the gale subsided this morning.
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St. Johns
N. F
Kentucky
Nice Lawn T tournament news with player changes
In Nice on March 9 Helen Wille withdraws from the singles due to a severe cold while planning to play three matches tomorrow in the event at the Nice Lawn T tournament.
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Nice
France
Helen Wille
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H. Dyermont
E. J. Huston
Pate Safety
Lada E Lyman
Sthamer Adrift
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