Mystery confession links New York heiress disappearance
Cranston Rhode Island April 17 Edward Glennorris an inmate at the state prison claims he helped bury Dorothy Arnold the heiress of a New York importer in the cellar of a West Point area house. He says a wealthy stranger hired him and an accomplice to transport the unconscious woman from New Rochelle to West Point where she died after an operation. He describes payments and a cover plan but name details remain undisclosed.
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Asserta Hody
New York
West Point
Cranston
Dorothy Arnold
Edward Glennorris
Wetaily
New Rochella
A. J Davie
Little Louie
Seventh Avenue
New Rochelle
West Bort
Glennorria
Weat Point
Glennorris
Brooklyn
Broadway
Hennorrla
Francia R Arnold
Clomnorria
Clera
Arnon Lennorris Qald
Pan
Louie
Shea
Francis R. Arnold
Rhole Island State Prison
Arnold
Names of dead and wounded in Parral battle reported
Gen Funston to War Dept lists two Americans killed and six wounded in Parral fighting with Carranzistas. Killed are Private Herbert Ledford and Sergeant Joseph Bedgley, both of Troop M Thirteenth Cavalry. Wounded include Maj Frank Tompkins and Lieut James B Ord among others, with Charles Eichenberger missing.
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Funston
War Department
Parral
Herbert Ledford
Thirteenth Cavalry
Seegt
Joseph Bedgley
James B. Ord
Sixth Infantry
Slight
Benjamin McGehold
Walter EK. Willingham
Richard Taunaus
I. M. Schanberger
Charles Eichenberger
Army Bill Vote Today Defends National Guard Amid Debates
Rapid Senate votes on an army bill and amendments dominated by defense of the National Guard. Reed and Pomerene rebut Borah’s embezzlement charges while Brandegee’s amendment on regular army strength awaits action. Other measures, including training schools and manpower limits, were rejected or debated as the measure nears passage.
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Senate
Borah
National Guard
Reed
Pomerene
Guard
West Point
Annapolis
Lee
Maryland
Congress
Works
Pacific Coast
Brandegee
Clash Reported at Casas Grandes Between U S Troops and Civilians
Garrison commander received a message stating there was trouble between United States troops and Mexican civilians at Casas Grandes in the afternoon. Details were not provided in the communication.
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Casas Grandes
Jaree
Gavira
United States
Cases Grandes
Trooper Kirby Killed in Villa Fight by Williams
Maj. Robert L. Howse, commanding a battalion of the Eleventh cavalry, reported to the War Department the death of Trooper Kirby and the wounding of two others after several brushes with Williams last week near Palmdorf valley and Parral.
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Robert L. Howse
Eleventh Cavalry
War Department
Williams
Funstan
Paldorm Valley
Parral
Williston
Kirby
Tsop M
Petroski
Clinton
Maine Man as Baker's Aid
Special to The Washington Post reports Portland lawyer and former mayor William M. Ingraham is expected to be named Assistant Secretary of War. He was summoned from a West Indies tour to meet President Wilson and Secretary Baker. Senators Kern and Taggart oppose Meredith Nicholson of Indianapolis as a Democrat, though Kern believes Ingraham will be selected. Ingraham is a Bowdoin and Harvard Law School graduate.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
the Tribune
William M. Ingraham
Portland
Ingraham
West Indies
Wilson
Baker
Kern and
Taggart
Meredith Nicholson
Indianapolis
New Trial for Ambrose Embezzlement Case Reversed
Court of Appeals reversed the District Supreme Court verdict convicting William H. Ambrose of embezzlement and ordered a new trial. The opinion cites errors including admission of evidence about other fiduciary transactions and failure to admit settled claims, noting lack of proof of fraudulent conversion and preserving the presumption of innocence. The ruling directs a new trial with emphasis on proper evidentiary standards and jury evaluation.
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District Supreme Court
William HE. Ambrose
District Bar
Court of Appeals
Robb
van Oradel
Ambrose
Asa
Anther Bank
Mr. Ambrose
Jones
Easley-Smith
R. B. Fleharty
Aasistant
United States
McComas Hawken
Wilson approves reprimand in Goodier case and censors aviation chiefs
President Wilson today backed War Secretary Baker in disciplining Lieut. Col. Goodier over conduct at the San Diego aviation school court martial. Brig. Gen. Scriven and Lieut. Col. Samuel Reber also faced censures, Reber relieved as aviation section chief while a general staff review was ordered.
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Col. Goodier
San Diego
Wilson
Secretary of War
Aviation Service
Chargea
Baker
Scriven
Signal Corps
Samuel Reber
Aviation Corps
Aviation
Praia
Arthur 8. Cowan
3Ieutenant
Atil
San Francisco
Cowan
Col.Reber
Col. Goodler
Col. Reber
Army Aviation
General Staff
Capt. Mitchell
General Staff Committee
Gen. Scriven
Ufe
Halts Use of Others Names in Patent Office Ads
A Senate bill passed by the House yesterday forbids using the names of senators representatives and other government officials in advertising the business of individuals practicing before the patent office. The measure aims to curb endorsements or implied authority and strengthens compliance rules for patent practitioners.
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Senate
House
President to attend season opener at local ball yard
President Wilson will throw out the first ball as the Nationals open the season against the Yankees at the local ball yard on Thursday. He has canceled other engagements to enjoy the national pastime and will likely stay through the game, a longtime ardent baseball fan.
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Wilson
Nationals
Yankees
U S Willing to Negotiate on Recall With Carranza
A foreign relations committee after a conference with Secretary Baker voiced caution on reports of Villa's death but urged restraint. The United States considered negotiations for recalling troops, with possible instructions to Special Agent Rodgers in Mexico City. Villa casualties cited. 3 American dead, 13 wounded, 1 missing. 40 Carranza or civilian deaths at Parral. Two American women held by Yaqui Indians rescued. 90 Indians killed. 50 Mexican captives freed.
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Ahe Foreign Relations Committee
Baker
Carranza
Villa
Lansing
Basia
A. S
Bpecefal
Rodgers
Mexico City
United States
Parral
Mexico
Ira A. Rader
Express
State Department
Quist
Monterey
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Gueymaze
Ican
Lehr
Guaymas
Rochdale Coopesetive Giory
Southern
Paul F Grove
Dupee
E Anderson Printery
New York Ave Nw
Baek Auaite
Arts Bhede CO
Frese
Tnt
Tompkins Warned by Written Threat
Army officers say Major Frank Tompkins received a written threat from Gen Lozanto of Parral warning American troops would be attacked if they advanced to the city at Parral. The Parral fight followed alleged treachery as Tompkins’ men were ambushed by Parral soldiers.
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Pershing
Mexico
Columbus
N. Mex
Frank Tompkins
Lozanto
Carranza
Parral
Tompkins
U S Army Forage Seized in Mexico
Gen George Bell reported that a trainload of hay and oats sent from Juarez to Chihuahua for U S Army purchasing agents was seized by Mexican authorities. An appeal by Consul Letcher and the consigning merchants was ignored. The issue has drawn strong objections from officers amid Carranza garrison tensions.
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Chihuahua
U. S
Cinternational News Service
Bio Paso
Tex
George Bell
Juarez
Chihuchua
United States Army
Conaul Letcher
Carranza
Villa
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New National Museum
Pacific Ocean
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Cleveland Abbe
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University of California
Pacific
William FB. Davis
California
Jacques Loeb
J. Metzer
Rockefeller Institute
Edmund B. Wilson
Columbia University
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University of Michigan
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W Clarke
Whitman Cross
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Arnold Hague
Joseph P. Iddings
Frederick L. Ransome
David White
Smithsonian Institution
Charles D. Walcott
Charles G Abbot
Miam H. Dall
William H. Holmes
Bureau of American Ethnology
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Bureau of Standards
William F. Hillebrand
Edward B. Rose
Bureau of Plant Industry
Erwin F. Smith
Weather Bureau
Alexander Graham Bell
Robert Woodward
Arthur L. Day
C. Hart Merriam
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Parrel
Ashby
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Feasody Ea Er Tn
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Bacco
Fede Dep Utthanuy
Eee Iy
Ural
John H. Magruder
Conn. Ave
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Society For the Encouragement of Kindness
Lady Smith-Dorrien
Cheirman
Sir Ernest Flower
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Red Crosh
Blue Cross
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Italy
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Arthur J Coke
Victorie St
London
England
Tyree & CO
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N. Ww
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