Mystery surrounds Vincennes woman death as husband seeks truth
In Vincennes Indiana March 1 Jesse Lee Overton Culbertson reports his wife Mrs Russell Culbertson died by self inflicted actions amid prior suicide attempts and alleged murder suspicions. Coroner Weckert will resume inquest as authorities seek evidence involving a Chicago woman named Etta Longwell tied to the case.
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Vincennes
Ind
Jesse Lee Overton Culbertson
Pelle
Colbertson
Culbertson
Held
Chicago
Russell Culbertson
Etta Longwell
Tor West Madison Street
Tragic end of poker game ends in shooting
In Clairton near Pittsburg a poker game ended violently after the discovery of two aces of diamonds. Peter Marsh suffered two bullet wounds and is hospitalized in McKeesport with little chance of recovery while six others were wounded as projectiles and furniture flew. The shooter escaped after losing the hand.
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Pittsburg
Clairton
Peter Marsh
Clode
McKeesport
Closing of Shops for a Day After April First
Master mechanic Malone and General Superintendent Davis report that Southern Pacific shops at Ogden will close Saturday to cut costs during the closing war months. After March 1 further enforced shutdowns seem unlikely and workers will focus on repairs for the Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific. Officials have not confirmed extended closures beyond April 1.
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Malone
Butte
Davis
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Kent
Imiinen
Oreton Short Line
Uolon Pacific
Washington March 26 Acting Di Sconer General Hikejiro Wada
A brief dispatch from Washington notes Acting Director General Hikejiro Wada taking charge amid a reshuffle. Details are sparse but the change signals shifts in a key agency.
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Washington
Hikejiro Wada
Japanese Commissions to Visit America in 1917
Tokutaro Sakai and another Japanese commissioner, acting for the prime minister, head to the United States to study industrial and economic conditions. They are due in New York on Friday after arriving from Liverpool and will be hosted by the government in New York and other cities they visit.
Injured Woman Wins $7500 Judgment in Theater Claim
New York March 26 John M Springer manager of the Grand Opera House Brooklyn must pay Mrs. Clare F Thomas $7500 for injuries from a slide and frame struck in the gallery The defense argued the cat lien was operated by the company show but the court held a central manager liable for patron safety.
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New York
John M Springer
Grand Opera House
Brooklyn
Clare F. Thomas
Showle
Police Meet On Whitin Kidnaping Case In Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on March 26 Chief of Police Craig of Sharon and Sheriff Chase of Mercer county held a conference on the next move in the Whitin kidnapping case. James Boyle and his wife, the abductors, had been brought to the Allegheny county jail from Cleveland and rested well. Boyle appeared morose while Mrs Boyle seemed pleased with her headquarters and commented on its pleasantness. The prisoners were to be moved to Mercer county jail this afternoon to avoid unrest, with a daylight trip to Mercer planned to prevent violence at Sharon or Mercer when moving at night.
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Pittsburg
Craig
Sharon
Chase
Mercer County
Whitin
Jas. Boyle
Allegheny County
Cleveland
Ohio
Boyle
Mercer Couuty
Borles
Mercer
Aercer
Ite
James H. Boyle
Willie Whitla
Allegheney County
Eixteen
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Boyle
James P. Whitla
James Boyle
Chicago ties in Will Whitla kidnapping case emerge
March 26 reports reveal William McDermott the father of Mrs James H Boyle confirms his daughter Anna McDermott fled years ago with an unknown man amid quarrels and education. meanwhile James H Boyle and wife, charged with abducting Willie Whitla, are jailed in Allegheny County after transfer from Cleveland guarded by detectives, with extradition planned to Mercer County. Whitla’s father returns with ransom money paid to abductors. East Lake City notes no record of marriage between James Hoyle and Kenbauk.
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Chicago
William McDermott
Chicago Fire Department
James H. Boyle
Willie Whitla
Anne McDermott
Anna
East Lake City
Thi County
Jamen Hoyle
Kena Bauiknor
French Navy Debate Ends With Appointment Move
Parl March 26 The chamber of deputies yesterday adopted M Delcass to appoint a parliament to oversee naval affairs and outline a new approach for the French Navy's leadership.
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Parl
Chamber of Deputies
M. Delcass
Miouod
Aerial Flights in May at Fort Meyer Resume
Aerial flights at Fort Meyer will resume in May as government aeronautical tests restart after last summer. Orville Wright, recovering from injuries, plans to complete demonstrations if fit. The Wrights, with sister Catherine, aim to return to America around May 15 and have a Rome contract after leaving Pau.
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Washington
Fort Meyer
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
France
Wrights
Rome
Pau
Ming Catherine Wright
America
A. M. Herring
New York
Fort Mover
Wreck on Southern Pacific Traced to Broken Axle
Local SP officials contest reports of the Cosgrove wreck near Winnemucca. They say car No 3230 loaded with wine caused seven cars to derail though track was sound. Two trespassers named Vercomme and Varsney were killed. John Sanchez injured. track cleared by 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Southern Pacific Road
Cosgrove
Sparks
Louis Refrigerator Company
Winnemucca
Louis Vercomme
F M. Varsney
John Sanchez
Stag
Popova Arrested in Samara for Poisoning Hundreds
London dispatch reports from St. Petersburg that Popova, a woman arrested at Samara, is charged with poisoning at least three hundred people over thirty years. She allegedly offered to rid wives of their husbands for a fee.
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London
St. Petersburg
Popova
Samara
Harriman to Arrive Sunday in Ogden Meeting Planned
Bancroft and Davis of the Oregon Short Line and Manson of the Southern Pacific will travel to Sparks Nevada by special train to greet President BE Harriman and officials of the Harriman system as they pass through Ogden Sunday evening or Monday morning on the way to New York. Mohler and Park of the Union Pacific are due at Ogden to escort the party to Omaha, with exact times depending on Harriman's San Francisco departure.
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Bancroft
Davis
Manson
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Sparks
Nevada
H Harriman
Calvin
Harriman
Plas
New York
Southern
Union Pacific Romana
Panama
Mohler
Park
Union Pacific System
Omaha
San Francisco
J. T. Campion
Union Pacific
Ogden Yards
Womans Ward
County Jol
Campion
Union Pacific Company
Rock Springs
Rio Grande
la Ualle
Placock
Navy procurement inquiry cites excessive costs and contractor monopoly
The finance commission report alleges navy funds were diverted without benefit to the navy. It accuses overpriced supplies and repairs to useless ships, claiming a contractor monopoly caused extortionate profits and high prices.
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Ary Commission
M. Brousse
Navy
Finance Commission
Cosby
Prominent Botanist Edward Gilly Dead at 60
San Francisco March 26 Edward Gilly aged 60 a leading Pacific coast horticulturist and botanical expert died at his West Berkeley home. Gill a New Jersey native was a familiar figure in eastern flower shows with a hobby of growing roses.
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San Francisco
Edward Gilly
Pacific Coast
West Berkeley
Gill
New Jersey
Win
Emory Daughter to Wed Japanese Lover in Tacoma
Helen Gladys Emery youngest daughter of Archdeacon Emery of Vall Fortis plans marriage to Gyojiro Aoki a Japanese former servant Officials fear hostile reception as Emery travels with her mother and a friend toward Tacoma where the wedding is expected to take place with no legal impediment in Washington state
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Portland
Helen Gladys Emery
Archdeacon Emery
Vallfortis
Gyojiro Aoki
Salem
Aoki
Emery
Tacoma
Union Depot
the &Merga
Washington
Gunjiro Aoki
Novel method of breaking a strike in Chicago tile workers
Delayers imported from across the country form a new union to oppose the strikers in Chicago tile contracting. The Amalgamated Encaustic Ceramic and Mosaic Tile Layers and Helpers Union of America has elected officers and signed 108 members, more than the number on strike.
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Chicago
Rifles With Electric Lights Tested At Springfield Arsenal
Springfield March 26 a rifle with an electric light for night aiming is being tested at the government arsenal. A small battery is carried on the stock underside and wires run to two bulbs at the barrel end. A button powers the light, allowing shooting in darkness. Two prototypes have shipped from the arsenal, rumored for President Hoover’s use in Africa.
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Springfield
Main
Hoosewelt
Helena Signs Two Players for Intermountain League
Helena Montana March 26. Manager Jack Huston of the Helena Basapall club signed Stle and Irby of the Ia coma club to play with Helena in the Intermountain league this morning.
Tragedy Shocks Washington Wife of Tobacco Magnate Dies
Washington March 26 Nothing so sensational as the death by own action here yesterday by asphyxiation of Mrs Fierre Lorillard Jr the wife of the tobacco magnate has occurred in the national capital for years. Coroner Nevitt said a sealed envelope pinned to her clothing read To be buried with Me unopened and another envelope left in the room. He will not disclose contents. Funeral plans unknown. Interment will be at Irvington New York.
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Washington
Fierre Lorillard
National Capitol
Nevitt
Irvington
N.Y
Endangered by a Blast at Ogden Canyon
Secretary Reynolds and a Standard representative toured the Lewis place area after a rock slide. A blast near the bend below the Peery place shook the river cut, sending large rocks and boulders across the gorge and onto the road within twenty feet of an approaching automobile.
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Ogden Canyon
Reynolds
The
Standard
Lewis Place
Peery Place
Real Estate Transfer in Section 7 Township 6 Range 2
William Higley and wife transfer part of the southeast quarter of section 7 to William M. Lemon and George Avans. The property lies in township 6 range 2 and includes 4.00 acres.
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William Higley
William M. Lemon
George Avans
World markets close mixed as stocks rise early then waver
New York March 26 trading opened with prices moving upward across many stocks with nine gains limited to small fractions. Activity remained brisk as shares below 50 drew demand on a normal scale led by industrials while Reading touched 34 and several utilities weakened later in the session. The market halted its decline at noon with no rally evident and profits remained uncertain.
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New York
Hawley Group
Lela Ware and Hudson
Miscouri Pacite Wis
St. Louis
Sanfrancisco
Chicago and Alton
New York Stocks Mixed Amid Active Trading
Amalgamated Copper 70 7 8, American Car 41 4, American Locomotive 54, American Smelting 36, American Smelting pfd 121 2, American Sugar 140 4 4, Anaconda 40 7 4, Atchison 104, Atchison pfd 104, Baltimore and Ohio 109, Brooklyn Rapid Transit 7 1 2, Canadian Pacific 167 5 8, Chesapeake and Ohio 69 14, Chicago Northwestern 174 1 4, Chicago Mil and St Paul 145, Colorado Fuel 34 1 8, Colorado and Southern 64 1 2, Delaware and Hudson 176, Denver and Rio Grande 45 3 4, Denver Rio Grande pIu s 1 2, Erie Railway 36 6 8, Great Northern pfd 144, Great Northern Ore Ciss 65 1 2, Illinois Central 44, New York Central 129, Reading 132 5 3, Rock Island 24 -4, Rock Island pfd 64 14, Southern Pacific 120 4 , Southern Railway 243 8, Union Pacific 1807 8, United States Steel 45, United States Steel pIa 111, Wabash 153, Western Union 60 1 2, Standard Old Co 654.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison Railway
Atchison
Baltimore and Ohie
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Reading Railway
Rock Island Co
Pfd
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Pla
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Standard Old Company
Live Cattle and Sheep Markets Reported in Chicago Chicago March 26
Cattle receipts estimated at 1,000 with market strength. Beeves priced 465 to 467. Texas steers 94.40 to 95.35. Western steers 94.00 to 95.50. Stockers and feeders 3.35 to 5.50. Cows and heifers 32.00 to 5.60. Calves 36.70 to 6.50. Hog receipts about 15,000 with higher outlook. Lambs and sheep receipts around 4,000 with market steady. Native lambs 4.25 to 4.50, western 3.60 to 5.76. Yearlings 6.16 to 7.26. Lambs 7.50 to 8.26. Western lambs 5.75 to 8.29.
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Chicago
Texas
Lambe
Nalivo
Western
Wheat and grain futures overview from Chicago market
Chicago markets show closing quotes for wheat with March and July contracts, corn with March May and July prices, and sought-after oats and rye. Pork, lard, ribs, and barley values alongside timothy and clover for March contracts are listed with month-specific figures.
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Chicago
First Ball Game of Season for Ogden and Salt Lake
The season opener features Ogden versus Salt Lake at 2 30 p m on the Inter Mountain Fairgrounds. Lineups mirror last year with both teams from the Utah Blaze League. White Sox arrive Monday, Butte players due April 11 for three weeks of training in Ogden.
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Inter-Mountain Falr Association
Ogden
Salt Lake
Hansen
Lumley Murphy
Dofeens
Hunt Cutlip
Hummel Gresnwell
Margetta Wensler
McConnoil Taylor
Ccessesee
Donavon Fifa
Utah Blaze
White Sox
Butte
Criticism of Payne Bill in House Debates
Representative Pou of North Carolina attacked the Payne tariff bill in Congress saying it worsens the Dingley law. He faulted wool and glove duties, warned higher tea prices, and claimed the lumber reduction favors special interests while harming everyday Americans.
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Washington
Pou
North Carolina
Butt
Poll
America
Local Water Mains Progress and Court Briefs
Ten city workers extend water mains along Twenty eighth street to the west of the railroad yards with a six inch pipe to serve about thirty families and provide fire protection. In Union Depot the nurse Mrs Snyder from Salt Lake City is appointed matron of the ladies waiting room. The State of Utah robbery case against Framlett McGuire Garrett faces dismissal, then judge’s entry of judgment favors First National Bank against Richard and John Taylor. Park Commission changes, Stillwell resigns, Van der Schuil to fill vacancy. council may boost commissioners’ pay to ten thousand dollars. County Attorney Jonsen interrupted by a visitor who swears out assault and battery charges against Bouwhuis, Cape, and Wham. case set for police court tomorrow.
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Twenty-eighth
State of
Utah
M. K. Framlett
B. J. McGuire
Jon K. Garrett
Harris
David Jonsen
Fred Bouwhuls
Kanoesyaile
Christian Bouwhuis
Whuse
Jacob Cape
Governor Gillett Signs Bill to Protect State Lands
Sacramento March 25. Governor Gillett signed the bill to prevent manipulation of state lands so they may not be absorbed by land grabbers rings. The measure aims to shield public property from private seizure and protect state resources.
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Gov. Gillett
Sacramento
Gillett
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Helena
Pin
Cincinnati
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Payne Bill
Snyder
Saalt Lake City
First National Bank
Richard L.taylor
John L. Taylor
Park Commission
W. T. Stillwell
Herend van der Schuil
Dear and
Blind School
Park Commissioners
Seavon
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