Union Pacific Opposes Oregon Rail Line Plan
Washington March 28 AP Railroads opposed Oregon demand for over 400 miles of new lines. Union Pacific General Solicitor A G Spencer said the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Co. is insolvent with 11 million dollars of accumulated deficit. He warned the plan imposes a burden on US government land and timber traffic already served by rival lines. The commission took the issue under consideration.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon
Cabenaceel
A. G. Spencer
Union Pacific
Oregon-Washington Railroad ‘and Navigation Company
United States
High Desert
Atchison
Spencer
Southern Pacific
Illness Worsens for Woodmen of the World Founder
Colonel B. W. Jewes of Omaha, a founder of the Woodmen of the World, was critically ill as of today after a decline at a hotel during the lodge convention in Powerinae Pla. He had been ill at the convention and his condition worsened last night according to attending physicians.
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Pla
B. W. Jewes
Omaha
Neb
Woodmen of the World
Murder case to go to jury in Tennessee
In Chattanooga a Hamilton county jury was sent with the murder case of W. H. Bennett and Mae Bennett, charged with killing Miss Auguste Hoffmann. The jury retired at 11:37 after a weeklong trial and a recess was called until 2 o'clock.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. H. Bennett
Mae Bennet
Auguste Hoffmann
Hamilton County
Estill
British Officers Fight Kidnapers in Bombay Rescue
In Bombay on January 12 four British officers armed with golf clubs fought a mob trying to abduct Mumtaz Begum, the Indian dancer and former maharaja’s favorite. A wealthy merchant was killed as Mumtaz escaped into an officer’s car. the battle left many injured in a crowded court session.
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Bombay
Malabar Hill
Mumtaz Begum
Indore
Mumtaz
Batley
Gurkha Rifles
Yibe
Tornado Traveled 155 Miles at Rate of Mile a Minute
Princeton Indiana reports meteorologists Laurence J. Root and W E Barron traced the March 18 tornado from Cataville to 11 miles southeast of Princeton. The storm crossed Indiana and Illinois for 115 miles with forward speed about one mile per minute and rotary velocity estimated 200 to 300 mph. The destruction path was roughly a mile wide with strongest damage on the southern edge.
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Princeton
Ind
Larence J. Root
Springfield
W. E. Barron
Cairo
United States
Cataville
Oatsville
Indiana
Illinois
West Ireland Faces Severe Crop Failures and Livestock Losses
Belfast report cites Colonel George O Callaghan Westroth describing massive cattle losses with 436 head valued at 20 pounds per head and all sheep dead in two townlands. West and other areas report extreme distress from wet weather, potato crop failures, and turf erosion. relief funds from Free State, America, and Britain.
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Belfast
County Clare
George O’callaghan Westroth
Ireland
United States
Free State
Burke Undergoes Surgical Operation
Washington March 28 AP Charles H. Burke commissioner of Indian affairs and former South Dakota congressman underwent a surgical operation today keeping him from duties for several weeks.
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Washington
Charles H. Burke
Indian Affairs
Congress
South Dakota
Passenger Train Overwhelmed by Huge Avalanche
Irkutsk area reports a passenger train bound for the city buried by a massive avalanche. Rescue parties work to extricate victims, many buried in snow. Several persons are believed killed or injured in the disaster.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Peter Given Jailed for Mail Fraud in Mines Case
Charles Peter of Salt Lake City was sentenced to eighteen months in Leavenworth federal penitentiary for using the mails to defraud in connection with the Consolidated Mascot Mines Co. Appeal filed and stay of execution issued until May 15. Prosecutor was David Nion of Los Angeles. Peter had ties to Pocatello and once operated offices in the Valentine Building.
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Salt Lake City
Leavenworth
Charles Peter
Salt Lake
Consolidated Mascot Mines Company
Alley
Idaho
Peter
David Non
Los Angeles
Jury panel hears defense in Dorothy Ellingson case
In San Francisco on March 28 AP reports defense counsel refused to plead guilty to murder and urged manslaughter for 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson. The district attorney had pressed for a murder plea before halting the case as the trial proceeds with a nine man three woman jury.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Harold Louderback
Alexander Mooslin
Louderback
Jecgy Spon
Mooslin
Grateful
Wool Producers Protest Rail and Water Rates Shift
California wool growers testified at an Interstate Commerce hearing in Portland arguing against preferential rail and water rates to the Atlantic coast. W. P. Wing of the California Wool Growers association said discounts would curb competition, hurt scouring and warehousing in San Francisco, and favor Atlantic buyers.
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Portland
Ore
California
Inter-State Commerce
J. B. Campbell
Boston Wool Trade Association
Pacific Coast
Mountain States
Atlantic Seaboard
W. P. Wing
California Wool Growers Association
Wing
Atlantic Coast
San Francisco
Boston
Germans to Elect First President By Popular Ballot
The article explains Germany plans a two ballot system for a president in 1925 with seven candidates. It notes the first ballot on April 26 and outlines likely contenders including Karl Jarres Otto Braun and Wilhelm Helipach. It mentions women voting at 21 and the seven year term with reelection possible.
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Reichstag
Germany
Karl Jarres
Marx
Duisberg
Wilhelm Helipach
Democratic Party
Hie
Baden
American woman to sue Dennistoun for breach of promise
Paris reports an American woman plans to sue Lieutenant Colonel Dennistoun for breach of promise and defamation. Her identity is to be kept secret until court rules require disclosure. Dudley Field Malone represents the plaintiff, who is linked to allegations arising from Dennistoun's London trial.
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Paris
Dennistoun
Dennintoun
Carnarvon
London
Laintiff
Dudley Field Malone
Seir Carnarvon
Fireworks promised at trials in advertising suits
New York March 28 AP L A Vanpatten whose agency crews with the Democratic national committee over a fall advertising deal predicts fireworks in the trials of suits filed yesterday by both sides The DNC seeks to force accounting for a 50000 cash advance and return sums due Vanpatten counters with 84220 claiming agency spent 9220 over the limit and lost commissions on a 600000 contract subpoenas were issued for Clem L Shaver and George White with examinations set for April 3 Jones central to the case as a former McAdoo supporter Shaver calls the suit a dispute adjustment backfire for the DNC
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New York
L. A. Vanpatten
Democratic National Committee
Borah Committee
Vanpatten
John Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Vanpatten, Inc
Clem L. Shaver
George White
van Patten
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Jones
McAdoo
Shaver
Ancient Maya Island Ruins Found in Mexico by Tulane Team
In Vera Cruz state researchers from Tulane University's Middle American Research Department report discovery of a sacred island with Maya ruins in Lake Catameo. Dr. Frans Blom and Dr. Oliver La Farge also found carved piedra labrada stones, a large idol on an extinct crater rim, and documented ethnographic and linguistic notes.
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New Orleans
Lake Catameo
Vera Cruz
Department of Middle American Research
Tulane University
Frans Blom
Carnegie Institution
Oliver la Farge
Tuxtla Mountains
Piedra Labrada
San Martin
Japanese Suffrage Bill Reaches Compromise in Diet
A compromise agreement satisfactory to all parties was reached late tonight in joint conference of both houses of the Japanese diet on the long debated manhood suffrage bill.
Jury Guarded by Deputy Sheriffs in Chapman Trial
In Hartford on March 28 AP reports no session today in the Gerald Chapman trial for murder tied to a 194? store robbery. The jury is guarded by deputy sheriffs and 20 witnesses testified yesterday. Trial to resume Monday in connection with the New Britain policeman’s death.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
New Britain
Chapman
Communists Ready for Food in Hamburg Putsch Case
After a two week fast, 72 Communists serving sentences for the last year’s putsch in Hamburg notified the warden they were sane enough to take prison meals. Three were too weak and sent to the hospital.
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Hamburg
Liquor Charge: Wilson and Leach Bound Over to District Court
John Wilson and A. Leach, held on intox liquor possession charges and released on $500 bonds, waived preliminary trial in Judge O J Bell's court yesterday and were bound over to district court. Bonds unchanged. both still at liberty.
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John Wilson
A. Leach
O. J. Bell
Man in Enoch Arden Case Ends Life in Omaha
John H. Wilson aged 45, entangled in a long marital dispute after his first wife returned after 11 years. He had remarried in 1919 and facing divorce from his second wife Jennie B. Wilson of Waverly, Neb. he killed himself at an Omaha hotel.
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Omaha
John H. Wilson
Enoch Arden
Lincoln
Néb
Wilson
Jennie
Waverly
Neb
Body of Naval Hero to Rest in Cathedral
The body of Admiral George Dewey was moved from Arlington to Bethlehem chapel at Washington National Cathedral for permanent burial. Full military honors featured marines bluejackets and the navy band, with Mrs. Dewey and son George G. of Chicago in attendance. He rests in the cathedral crypt beside Woodrow Wilson until a memorial is built in the transept.
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Washington
Admiral George Dewey
Manila Bay
Arlington National Cemetery
Bethlehem Chapel
National Cathedral
Navy
Army
Dewey
Wilbur
Arlington Cemetery
Washington Cathedral
George G
Chicago
Manila
James E. Freeman
Woodrow Wilson
Catte
Admiral Dewey
Ashington Cathedral
Defense Draws Onslaught Of Claims In Shepherd Case
Chicago mass trial updates reveal defense motions seeking bail relief for Shepherd while charging intimidation and bribery linked to C C Farman and Earl Clark. Affidavits claim Farman taught killing methods and illegal operations for disease treatment led to alleged confessions. Judge Hopkins postponed further bail arguments to Tuesday as authorities investigate immunity promises and threats tied to a bacteriology course note.
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Chicago
Jacob Hopkins
C. C. Farman
Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Hopkins
William Scott Stewart
Earl Clark
Farman
National University of Sciences
Clark
George E. Gorman
Stewart
Faiman
John Sbarbaro
Fairman
Iffant
President Ready Aid in Colorado Project Solving Probe
President Coolidge may be ready to back any constructively started plan to answer the Colorado River probe. He spoke in El Centro after a day with Interior official Hubert Work and reclamation commissioner Elwood Mead. The group planned to continue to Palm Springs and Riverside.
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Elcentro
Calif
Mar
Coolidge
Colorado River
Hubert Work
Importa Valley Sagon District
Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Dr. Mead
Palm Springs
Riverside
Death in Chicago Eye Hospital Fire Claims Patient
Chicago March 28 AP temporary blinded by an eye operation P J nm died in smoke during a fire that gutted the fourth floor of the Chicago Eye Ear Nose and Throat hospital in the downtown district. Nurses and staff rescued other patients as the blaze spread from the basement through an elevator shaft.
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Chicago
P. J. Nm
Hearing Held On Wool Rates In Portland
Portland hearing before the state commerce commission on Boston wool velering for rail water rates faced railroad opposition. Next hearing set for Chicago on April 3 as agents from Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Western Pacific argued the plan would strengthen intercoastal and transcontinental competition and shift tonnage east and west.
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Portland
Ore
State Commerce Commission
Boston
Railroad Representa
Chicago
Commission On Bank
Intercoastal Steamship Lines
Panama Canal
Transcontinental Lines
Berne Levi
Santa Fe
San Francisco
J. F. Bon
Western Pacific
Francisco
M.S. McKenna
Drumm Street
Bsouthern Pacific
San
W. A. Robbins
the Pacific
Paul Farrens
Southern Pacific
BW. Kain
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Burke
Pocatello
Valentine
Mexico
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