Chamberlain Delivers Warning on Geneva Protocol
Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary, outlines objections to the Geneva protocol for security and disarmament before the League of Nations council. He notes Canada Australia New Zealand India and other dominions cannot accept the protocol and suggests Britain may oppose signing in its present form. The speech emphasizes imperial support for arbitration disarmament and international justice while warning of unresolved issues.
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Austen Chamberlain
Foreign Affairs
Council of the
League of Nations
Benes
Czechoovakia
Mr. Chamberlain
Dominions
India
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Permanent Court of International Justice
Chamberlain
England
Higginbotham Faces New Charge in Dixie County Case
Cross City Florida March 12 Thomas W Higginbotham held on a 20000 bond for a second trial in a death case involving Martin Kert a North Dakota youth at a Dixie county lumber camp. He is jailed with four others linked to the death of Lewis Barker missing since October 19 and whose body was found near Shamrock. Higginbotham had appealed the Tabert verdict claiming improper transfer to another county. The new trial was set for May 19.
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Cross City
Fla
Thomas W. Higginbotham
Liberty
Martin Kert
North Dakota
Dixie County
Lewis Barker
Ker
Shamrock
Putnam Lumber Company
Higginbotham
Tabert
Mitchell starts fight for unified air service
Milwaukee report cites Brigadier General William A. Mitchell denying retirement to run for Congress. He calls for a unified air service of 3 500 fighting planes within two years and says the army and navy block progress while he and Mrs Mitchell stay at the Mitch home awaiting a possible transfer to the Chicago area as his promotion to colonel nears.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William A. Mitchell
Congress
America
Rvice
Army
Navy
Mitchell
Mitch
Chicago
Taxpayers Get Additional Day for Tax Returns
The Bureau of Internal Revenue announced an extra day for filing income tax returns. March 15 falls on Sunday, so returns may be filed or mailed by March 16 under the law.
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Washington
Mar
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Wealthy Man in His Health Hangs Himself
Pawhuska Oklahoma March 12 AP subpoenas issued for a dozen persons to testify today in a court of inquiry about deaths of Osage Indians and a white lawyer in 1922. J Berry King and Eustice Smith lead the probe with expected arrests of several prominent ranchers within 24 hours. Court sessions will be private as officials pursue evidence of a possible gang in the murders.
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Pawhuska
Okla
J. Berry King
Eustice Smith
Department of Justice
Special Court of Inquiry
German Spy Graves Missing Since August
New York reports Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves a famed international spy has been missing since last August after a trip to St. Louis. Friends allege foul play and a private detective agency investigates. Graves claimed a royalist plot in Germany aimed at restoring the crown prince to the throne and warned of Ebert’s death within eight months.
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New York
Mar
Doctor Graves
Germany
Dr. Graves
Ebert
United States
Republic
Clemency bid in murder case heard for Harold Willis
Los Angeles March 12 AP Judge Harry D Archibald heard arguments on a clemency charge for Harold Willis fourteen accused of shooting Dr Benjamin M Baldwin last April The district attorney said the move aims to help his client while the boy was in school A ward of the juvenile court petition was filed and a Saturday hearing set The boy has been in custody with his mother Margaret Willis imprisoned for life for Baldwin's murder
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Los Angeles
Mar
Harry D. Archibald
Harold
Sonny) Willis
Benjamin M. Baldwin
Margaret Willis
Willis
Vigorously Driven Woman Plans English Channel Swim
Weymouth England resident Mrs Craven a nurse and grandmother announces her plan to swim the English Channel this summer. She has trained daily in Weymouth harbor over two winters despite fatigue and harsh conditions, seeking to prove endurance and skill.
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Weymouth
England
E. Craven
Craven
Aurse
Weymouthly
Sun Yat Sen Dies In Peking After Cancer Battle
Sun Yat Sen, China's longtime political leader and first president, died in Peking at 63 from liver cancer after a recent operation. He had led the republic since 1912 and during his later years opposed the central government at Beijing. His death ends a storied career with the Kuomintang, and his body was to be embalmed and lie in state. He expressed wishes for burial near Nanking and unity within his party.
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Peking
Sun Yat-Sen
China
Doctor Sun
Canton
Nanking
Rockefeller Hospital
Moscow
Lenine
Diplomat says Germany carries no arms surplus
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton stating Germany has no arms of considerable extent and no real surplus of war materials or productive reserves. He notes Britain’s state police are poorly equipped with only about one in three armed.
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Washington
Mar
Germany
Alanson B. Houghton
Great Britain
Senator Cope to Fight Isle of Pines Treaty on Floor
Connecticut Democrat Senator Cope land indicated he may hold the Senate floor all day in opposition to ratifying the Isle of Pines treaty. He arrived with maps blueprints and reference books to argue the rights of American citizens who became property owners on the island.
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Washington
Mar
Isle of Pines
Copeland
Connecticut
New York
Woman Claims Poisoning Case Shocks Kansas City
Kansas City reports a woman claiming she was poisoned by a man identified as Gage. Investigators say the man allegedly sent a note about insurance and administered a drink, leading to the woman’s illness and his subsequent death. Police pursue details as the case unfolds.
Airplane Flippers Delicacy for Cows
Charles Mayse a Tucson commercial pilot spent two days in Saf ford after cows ate tender parts of his airplane while it rested in a pasture near his mother’s home. He noted cows gnawed the tail flippers and the linen covering, warning aviators that livestock pose a hazard in the region.
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Tucson
Ariz
Charles Mayse
Safford
Mayse
Moore aims to clear slate by end of week in Idaho
Boise March 12 Governor Moore will finish reviewing most bills this week with until Tuesday night to act. He holds all senate bills and has approved 66 of 84 passed, vetoed 9 of 194 senate measures. In the house 344 bills, 181 passed both houses, Moore approved 119 and vetoed 23. Key items pending include the educational appropriation, a 360000 capital bonds bill for the University of Idaho Teck and Albion, dairy inspector, fish and game, Lewiston Normal deficiency, Ballard bridge, bee inspector and several small appropriations.
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Tribune
Boise
Mar
Moore
Senate
House
University of Idaho, Teck and Albion
Lewiston
Ballard
Wheeler Case Set for Trial in Montana
The United States case against Senator Button K Wheeler of Montana charging accepting employment in a matter involving U S interests was set for trial in the U S court at Great Falls on April 16 Judge C N Pray announced the date Senator Walsh will serve as chief counsel for Wheeler and the move comes as advices report Montana trial already set for the same day
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Great Falls
Mont
United States
Button K. Wheeler
Montana
U. S
C. N. Pray
Wheeler
Senator Walsh
Formation of Electric Power Corporation to Acquire Assets
New York March 12 AP formation of the electric light and power corporation to absorb assets of Utah Securities and common stock of Electric Bond and Share of New Orleans along with stakes in several Texas utilities, announced after Utah Securities directors met.
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Power Corporation
New York
Mar
The
Electric Light and Power Corporation
Utah Securities Corporation
Common
Electric Bond and Share Company of
New Orleans
Texas
Utah Securities Directors
Tribute paid to General Joseph Wheeler in Capitol statue ceremony
A bronze statue of General Joseph Wheeler was unveiled in a Washington state hall. Representative Edward B. Almon of Alabama, who served Wheeler’s district for 20 years, presided. The ceremony honored Wheeler as a soldier statesman with a storied career from U.S. Army officer to Confederate cavalry leader and later U.S. Volunteer major general.
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Washington
Joseph i
Edward B. Almond
Alabama
Capitol
Alman
Wheeler
Julia Wheeler Harris
Senator Harris
Georgia
Allman
United States Army
United States Volunteers
Sybcales
West Point
Kansas
New Mexicr
Cuba
Stokes Case Nearing Jury Deliberations
March 12 AP reports the Stokes trial for conspiracy to defame his wife continued as Milton D. Smith urged jurors with a two and a half hour arraignment aimed at proving perjury and wrongdoing by W. D. Stokes and co-defendant Robert F. Lee. Smith attacked Stokes and questioned affidavits while defense and Judge Gemmill challenged the remarks.
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W. & D. Stokes
New York
Milton D. Smith
Mr. Stokes
Robert F. Lee
Chicago
Stokes
Kennedy Case Update Seaman Kennedy Transferred for Observation
Lieutenant Frank E. Kennedy U S N was moved from Napa sea asylum to begin a trip to Washington. He will be placed in the naval general hospital for observation after a dispute over his confinement sparked by his wife’s charges of persecution by naval officers.
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San Francisco
Frank E. Kennedy
Napa
Mary Island Navy Yard
Anourney
Washington
Naval General Hospital
Chinese raid at Foochow hits fish stores and merchants
In Foochow American firms sold Berlin after a student union issued a protest against traffic restrictions. Rioters wrecked a street selling fish damaging herring stocks and wounding five Chinese dealers. The American consul reported arrests among rioters and said the action aimed at deterring American merchants.
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Peking
Foochow
Berlin
Mece
Noted cartoonist of Post dies after short illness
Albert Wilbur Steele a widely known West figure in cartoons and art died in Denver after a brief illness He was 63 and long served on the Denver Post staff Obituary note confirms his prominence in Denver and regional journalism
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Denver
Colo
Albert Wilbur Steele
West
Denver Post
Steele
Navy fleet sails toward San Diego after Pacific drills
The U S fleet led by Admiral Robert E Coontz heads toward San Diego after a nine hour night battle off the Lower California coast. Submarines from Panama complete a 2400 mile dash and penetrate enemy lines as scouts join battleships and cruisers in a major fleet maneuver. The force will hold a big gunnery exercise March 25 then review off Point Loma before joint army navy maneuvers beginning May 1.
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San Diego
San Pe
Seog
Point Firmin
San Pedro
San Francisco
Munn’s Brother to Star on Caldwell Team in Idaho Tourney
Glenn Munn brother of world heavyweight claimant Wayne Munn is expected to star for Caldwell high school as it leaves Caldwell to compete in the Idaho State tournament at Moscow. The 17 year old pore center, six feet five inches tall and 180 pounds, has played a key role in Caldwell’s Southwestern Idaho scholastic title run.
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Caldwell
Mar
Glenn Munn
Wayne Munn
Moscow
Munn
Timberman dies as rock falls at Utah Apex mine
Pillar Vigil, 33, a timberman, was killed and two other miners injured when rock fell on them at the Utah Apex mine in City. Vigil was unmarried. This marks the third fatal accident in the mine in the past 12 months.
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City
Mar
Utah-Apex
Republicans Maintain Patronage Rights in Senate
Washington March 12 AP Republicans in conference rejected a plan to cut patronage for four insurgents removed from their standing committee ranks. The action preserves existing appointments and keeps the insurgents in their current positions.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Osbourne Sailor Reported Aboard West Chetac Bound For Tampa
An agency from Cadiz says Osborne Wood the former American army officer who left Paris and Biarritz last month has sailed on the steamer West Chetac bound for Tampa Fla His financial affairs and travels have attracted attention since leaving France
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Paris
Cadiz
Spain
Osborne, Wood
Biarritz
West Chetac
Tampa
Fla
Chicago cab driver sues bookies in Stokes case
Bru ner the cab driver who testified he drove W E D Stokes to the old restricted district while Stokes prepared evidence against his wife filed suit for 2950 dollars in municipal court.
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Chicago
Bruner
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Stokes
Bookes
Warren nomination for attorney general again sent to Senate
President Coolidge submitted Charles B. Warren’s nomination again as attorney general and left the decision to fight it out to Warren. Senate leaders and backers pledged renewed resistance while Warren’s supporters urged a committee appearance and another roll call to determine fate.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Charles B. Warren
White House
Warren
Andrew Johnson
Butler
Republican National Committee
Reequily
Henry Cabot Lodge
Cooltge
Bauer
Cope
Walsh
Montana
Reed
Missouri
Puppertens
Judiciary Committee
Mussolini Era Newspaper Suppressed Before Release
In Rome a new paper claiming to continue the Journal of 1248 was blocked by the government censor. Authorities seized all copies before they could reach newsstands, preventing its first broadcasts to the public.
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Ily
Rigorgimento
Rome
Newsnores
Cavour
Cannot Touch The Nest Egg In Divorce Suit
London March 12 AP says if Mrs Jan Onslow Dennistoun wins her suit against her former husband Colonel Dennistoun for a loan alleged before their divorce she cannot access any money Lady Carnarvon settled upon him during marriage. Cross examination of A A Fyzer, solicitor for the defense, revealed Lady Carnarvon set aside 100,000 pounds when she married Colonel Dennistoun after his 1921 divorce. The witness conceded Lady Carnarvon's wealth was vast. The case references Colonel Dennistoun and his relation to Carnarvon.
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London
Mar
Jan Onslow Dennistoun
Coonel Dennistoun
Dennistoun
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Joyce
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Lee
Kennedy
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Great Fleet
Wood
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