Negro janitor linked to Dr Zoe Wilkins murder case
Kansas City AP reports police focus on Dillard Davies a Black janitor with alleged influence over Dr Zoe Wilkins in a killing tied to fear of a sanitarium deal and a quartet. Investigators pursue a web of circumstantial evidence while relatives Chas Wilkins and B F Tarley are held.
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Kansas City
Mar
Zoe Wilkins
Dillard Davies
B. F. Tarley
Dr. Wilkins
Chas
Wilkin
Wilkins
Davies
Arthur Wilkins
Colorado Springs
Coloe
Paroled Embezzler S. W. Ross From Utah Penitentiary
S. W. Ross formerly employed as cashier at the Utah State Land Office was paroled from the state penitentiary after serving nearly a year of an indeterminate sentence for embezzling 11 000.
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Salt Lake City
Mar
S. W. Ross
Utah State Land Office
State
Pretty bobbed bandit finally caught in dramatic arrest
New York reports the capture of a pretty bob-haired woman tied to a Manhattan hold up attempt. Identified by police as Betty Santos, wife of Albert Guimares, she matched descriptions from Brooklyn and Manhattan victims and posed in a decollete gown with pearls.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Albert Guimares
Dorothy Keenan
Former outlaw to tell story to tea potters
Al Jennings once a train robber now evangelist and politician plans to testify before Senate oil probers in Washington about a $1,000,000 payment alleged to have secured Warren G. Harding’s 1920 nomination. He claims an eastern ex-senator masterminded the scheme and will name him in hearings, citing oil interests as the payment source.
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Long Beach
Calif
Mar
al Jennings
Senate
Harding
Washington
J. B. Worley
Jennings
Jake Hannon
Oklahoma
Warren G. Harding
Worley
Hamon
Blizzard Grips Midwest As Spring Delays
Midwest buffeted by a heavy blizzard dumping four to sixteen inches, crippling telegraph and telephone services in parts. St. Louis reports worst wire traffic tieups while Muskogee Oklahoma records sixteen inches. Illinois towns, Paris and Peoria, endure several inches with Chicago traffic slowed by snow and slush. Forecasts warn of more snow in Indiana lower Michigan and upper Illinois. no immediate temperature changes expected. In Washington heavy snow blankets the area as spring seems delayed by whiteout conditions.
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Chicago
Mar
Midwest
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Illinois
Paris
Peoria
Indiana
Lower Michigan
Upper
People Blame Public for Oil Scandal Speech
Chicago March 21 W J Bryan told a crowd that the people of the United States are to blame for the oil scandal. He expressed hope no public official would be found guilty, but added that if that occurs the public will have only themselves to blame.
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Chicago
W. J. Bryan
United States
Laughlin Named Minister to Greece by President Coolidge
Irwin B. Laughlin of Pittsburgh has been selected by President Coolidge to serve as Minister to Greece, announced from Washington. The appointment follows Laughlin's career in public service and diplomatic circles.
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Greece
Washington
Irwin B. Laughlin
Pittsburgh
Qoolidge
Harbor probe at Los Angeles harbor lease case continues
Grand jury probes irregularities in municipal harbor land leasing to Doheny interests remain quiet as the next county investigator’s meeting is set for Tuesday. E. L. Doheny testified, denying improper influence and claiming the lease was obtained by regular means, and rejecting any gratuity claims or link to Edward McKee.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Grand Jury
Doheny
Boy
E. L. Doheny
Senate of Investigation
The
Harbor Commission
Edward McKee
Los Angeles Harbor Board
Casiana
Sailors Guard U S Legation in Honduras
American blue jackets remain in Tegucigalpa to shield lives and property until Honduran authorities provide adequate protection. A detachment will stay ashore to watch the legation and consulate amid revolutionary disturbances. movements followed instructions from the navy department after State Department consultation.
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Washington
Mar
Tegucefgalpa
Honduras
Milwaukee
Navy Department
State Department
Franklin Morales
Teguelalpa
Wrs
Siitweehesco
Morales Ssinghen
Slain Osteopath Feared Plot Inquest Hears
Kansas City March 21 AP Dr Zoe Wilkins a slain osteopath feared a plot against her life by her brother Charles Wilkins and another man named Smith or James. Attorney J B James testified she warned of two men demanding money and threatening murder. He noted $70,000 cash and other securities in trust and a will she questioned, with police being asked to arrest the unnamed man.
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Kansas City
Zoe Wilkins
Chas. Wilkins
J. B. James
Dr. Wilkins
James
Charles
Arizona Enters Strong Protest In Arid River Hearing
A telegram to Governor Hunt and committee officials accuses river irrigation plans of being ignored in a House arid lands hearing. The message questions the Colorado River project and implicates lobbying influence and power concerns.
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Phoenix
Ariz
T Guillernia
Colorado River
Hearluga
House Committee On
Arid
Hunt
Arigens Vide
Addison
Teapot Dome case challenged over congressional inquiry
Washington debates over the right of the Senate oil committee to question Harry F. Sinclair. Sinclair’s counsel argues Walsh resolution ends committee jurisdiction and voids leases, while government lawyers push for testimony amid pending civil and potential criminal actions.
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Washington
Oil Committee
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Walsh
Congress
Martin W. Littleton
Sinclair Counsel
Congressional
Littleton
Sinclair
Dill
Wyoming
Mammoth Oil Company
Ce Pital
Lena
Bootlegging Money Split Across Many Hands in Prohibition Era
Washington report outlines John Goroni's testimony on whiskey profits and withdrawal permits. He described payments to Howard Mannington, Will Orr, the druggists, and Attorney General Daugherty's circle, with figures up to $150000 and $50,000 sums tied to influence and permit fixing.
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Washington
Mar
John Goroni
Howard Hannington
Daugherty
Little Green House
K Street
Geroni
United States
L'Esperanto
New York
Willy Orr
Owen Murphy
Mannington
Orr
Jens Smith
Alps Drug Company of
Will A. Orr
Howard Manninton
Goroni
Amse
Thomas B. Felder
York
Em Goroni
Shpanies
Murphy
Pittsburg
Sherwood
Baltimore
Kentucky Distillery Company and
Isf
Eee Murphy
Jones
Felders
Murphy’s
Columbus Crow
Smith
Attorney General
Prohibition
Howard Mannington
Felder
Haynes
Lincoln Legion Opposes Klan in Youngstown Rally
In Youngstown Ohio on March 21 Ku Klux Klan leaders stated that the Negro Klan edition is the first of its kind. The group is called the Loyal Legion of Lincoln and claims to mark the first occasion of its kind.
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Youngstown
Ku Klux Klan
Negro Klan
Avery
Loyal Legion of Lincoln
Army Aviators Prepare for Ordeal Ahead
Four Army airmen led by Major Frederick L. Martin rest for days before continuing the 25 000 mile circumnavigation. Lieutenants Lowell H. Smith Leigh H. Wade and Erik H. Nelson accompany him as crews convert air cruisers into seaplanes at Gand Point field Seattle. Test flights expected soon.
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Seattle
Globe
Frederick L. Martin
Martin
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Lowell H. Smith
Leigh H. Wade
Erik H. Nelson
Gand Point Aviation Field
Major Martin
Santa Monica
California
Loz
Mehep
Missing Man Arthur Burdell Believed Detained by Doctor
Police probe two anonymous notes about Arthur Burdell a Brooklyn contractor who vanished a week ago in Miami. Mrs Burdell received a call from a man claiming to have given him dope and taken him to Atlanta. An anonymous letter warned Mrs Gardiner Burdell would beraptured if she appeared to a grand cyclops in Atlanta.
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Miama
I la
Arthur Burdell
Brooklyn
Burdell
Here
Atlanta
B. J. Gardiner
Burdells
Grand Cyclops
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