Murder linked to King case by friend in Lawson tragedy
Investigators tie the deaths of Dorothy Lawson and her friend to the King case, with police noting the two were close companions who frequented upscale social circles. The Lawson apartment held $12,000 in stock, diaries, and addresses of prominent society figures, suggesting high‑society connections and possible involvement by their circle.
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Lawson
Wit King
Chia Cirator
Cetec
Crovhe
Dorothy King
Rob
Loutas Lawson
Dahl
Parsons
Bob Fransteco
Chicago
Texas
High
Comay
Inspector Coughlin
Countess De Perigny Named in Love Theft Suit in New York
New York February 9 An allegation by Mme Madeline Modi ca that her husband Emanuel Victor Modi ca was won by Countess Margaret Carnegie de Perigny sister of Harry K Thaw is filed in Supreme Court seeking 600000 damages. The suit claims affairs occurred between October 1922 and November 1923 while the couple lived in Paris and New York Woods Hall Mass and Pittsburgh. The countess is alleged to have given Modi ca money and other valuables and sent telegrams and letters to him. The court urgent action to compel the countess to testify precedes a possible Paris departure. The case is set for Monday morning.
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New York
Mme
Madeline Helen Modica
Gha
Supreme Court
Margaret Carnegie de Perigny
Harry K Thaw
Emanuel Victor Modica Geome
Count Ta Perigny
Plaza Hotel
America
Paris
Mme Mondicas
Countess de Perigny
Mme Modicas
Cauntess Algong
Modicas
Mved
Brooklyn
Paria
Emanuel Victor Modica
Mme. Modica
New York Woods Hall
Mass
Pittsburgh
de Perignys
Mme Modica
Candler party arrest shocks Atlanta social circles
Police arrested Mrs Mary Little Ragin Candler and two men at a fashionable Atlanta apartment for keeping a liquor drinking party. They faced charges under city code 1768 and were released on bonds. Mrs Candler claimed the party was harmless as she asserted, amid remarks from Police Chief James L Beavers and Capt A J Holcombe.
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Atlanta
James L Beavers
A J Holcombe
Mary Little Ragin Candler
Asa G Candler Sr
Milionaire
W J Stoddard
G W Keeling
City Recorder
Candler
Diamond found guilty of murder in bank messenger case
New York Feb 9 Morris B Diamond was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killings of bank messengers William Mctaughlin and William Barlow at a Brooklyn field station last November. The trial touched on his brother Joseph and others while Diamond denied direct involvement but admitted supplying the getaway car.
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New York
Morris B Diamond
Wiliam Mctaughlin
Willam Barlow
Brooklyn
Joseph
Anthiory Pantano
John Farina
Morris Chamond
Settler Doe
Diamond
Ice Blockades Town and Famine Threaten Snowbound Regions
Reports describe heavy snow in Europe closing Senkopane at 3475 feet and other Tatra towns. A two and a half mile ice mass blocks rail lines threatening famine as routes in Syria and Beirut Damascus are buried under snow and telegraph wires to Egypt are down for days.
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Europe
Warsaw
Senkopane
Tatra Mountains
Syria
Berut-Damascus
Berut-Tripoli
Egypt
Capt Willis Cleared of Scuttling Charge
Captain Browne Willis was acquitted in federal court on charges of scuttling the bark Maria Forges in Newport News harbor after a two day trial. Testimony by Geras and Eliag Coutevas claimed Willis ordered the ship sunk to collect insurance money, with both brothers alleging they would be paid. Willis testified the charges were a result of the Coutevas brothers seeking to blackmail him.
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Norfolk
Browne Willis
Maria
Newport News
Willis
Geras F Coutevas
Eliag Coutevas
Wills
Nile
Couteras Brothers
Five Day World Flight Talk By Major General Patrick
Major General Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, spoke in a radio address describing a possible five day around the world flight. He asserted speeds above two hundred miles per hour and a route spanning about thirty thousand miles over 23 countries, predicting a voyage that could rival Magellan’s historic circumnavigation in significance.
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Patrick
Army Air Service
Pinana
Magellan
Globe
Carter May Stop His Work at Luxor
Report from Cairo ministry circles says work at Tutankhamun's tomb may end this month. Howard Carter returned to Luxor with Bear to expedite the sarcophagus and removal of objects, but a last moment order halted activity and the tomb remained sealed. If Cairo plans hold, unwrapping may be deferred to 1825 under Egyptian authority. The article notes potential misplacement of the nar cophaga and hints at buried mysteries yet to be solved.
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Luxor
Egypt
Tutenkhamun
Cairo
Howard Carter
Bear
Horun
Gasoline tax bill faces House showdown and fate
Opponents predict the gasoline tax measure to renew District Maryland auto reciprocity will die in the House after a committee report. Proponents resist forecasts, while Blanton offers a substitute tied to withholding federal road aid unless reciprocity is recognized. A defeat would curb the Districts reciprocity plan and affect Senate support and a possible Lincoln Birthday holiday proposal.
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Maryland
House District Committee
Frederick N. Zihlman
Thomas L. Blanton
Texas
Aswell
Louisiane
Zihiman
Senate
House
Ritchie
Zihlman
Lincoln
Blanton Ikewine
Blanton
Mayor of Herrin Put Under Arrest by State Troops
Seven men including Mayor C Anderson and Hugh Willis were taken into military custody in Herrin after the death of Constable Caesar Cagle during liquor raid clashes. Restricted martial law imposed. militia controls city police powers while civil courts operate.
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Herrin I
C Anderson
Hugh Willis
State Miners Union
Herrin
Caesar Cagle
Williamson County
S Glenn Young
Young
Cagle
Anderson
Willis
Jim Davis
John Murrey
J W Brown
Alvin Thomas
Hezzle Burn
M J Trout
Pete Smith
James Johnson
Ora Thomas Sherif
George Galligan
Albert Culbertson
Iisitora
Col Culbertson
Wan
Adjt
Black
Springfield
National Guard
Culbertson
Williamson
Ku Klux Klan
Glen Young
Knights of the Flaming Circle
John Layman
Anti
Resignation Possible For Secretary Denby Tomorrow
Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby may tender his resignation to the President as Senate acts on the Robinson resolution. Reports say Denby discussed the move with Secretary Weeks and the President, but White House comments remained unavailable. Attorney General Daugherty returned from Miami and did not discuss a resignation while noting health concerns in Florida.
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Secretary of the Navy
Edwin Denby
T In
Senate
Robinson
Denby
White House
Weeks
Secretary of War
Federal Daugherty
Washington
Miami
Daugherty
Florida
Department of Justice
Eleven-year-old boy escapes four attacking dogs near Langley area
An 11 year old boy was chased mauled and bitten for 16 minutes by four dogs while walking near Langley Junior High. He fled to a woods edge and was knocked down a steep bank before neighbors heard his cries. Treated for a deep thigh bite and shock, he returned home to his father Julian Gabler.
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Robert Gabler
Park Place
Langley Junior High School
Julian Gabler
Boya
Rama Reelected In Cebu In Philippine House Return
Vi canta Rama, a Democrat from Cebu, won a special election to the Philippine House of Representatives defeating a coalition candidate who backed Gov Gen Leonard Wood. Rama had been unseated last December for not residing in his district. The legislature also passed a bill moving the annual session from October 18 to July 16 to shorten Gov Wood’s potential appointment window.
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Manila
Vicanta Rama
Democrati Party
Aanes
Philippine Rouse of Representatives
Cebu
Rama
Leonard Wood
House
Waould
Gen Wood
Candidates Named By Single Tax Party
New York Fed 9 William J Wal lace of Newark New Jersey today was nominated for president of the national convention of the Commonwealth Land party formerly the Single Tax party J E Lincoln of Cleveland Ohio a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln was nominated for vice president The party slogan in the national campaign will be The Rent of Gand Belongs to the People The 60 delegates from 17 States adopted a platform whose five basic planks are Proportional representation the Initiative referendum and recall public ownership and operation of public utilities collect an of rent for use of land to obtain funds for public expense and the abolition of all taxes levied on private property and incomes.
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New York
Merchants of Akron Demand Street Car Service
Akron merchants demand resumption of street car service at 6 cents fare to replace the inadequate current bus system. They warn of layoffs as sales drop 33 to 50 percent and present a resolution to Mayor Ryba and city council.
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Akron
Ohio
Akron Merchants Association
D . Ryboit
Scouting Council Seizes City Offices For an Hour
Meadville observers note Boy Scouts acting as councilmen during a brief municipal takeover. The event repealed an ordinance permitting coasting and saw scouts fill every city office for about an hour in a staged government transfer.
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Meadville
Boy Scouts
Lake
Goelet Files Divorce Suit in Paris Court
Paris Feb 3 Divorce proceedings against Robert Goelet of New York were filed by his wife formerly Princess Fernanda Riabouchina. The couple wed October 22 1919 at the American Church in Paris. Goelet’s mother Mrs Ogden Goelet opposed the union. a reconciliation with their son Robby followed a year ago. Goelet had prior marriages including Elsie Whelen of Philadelphia in 1904. Riabouchinsky daughter of Prof Fochli of Perugia was noted for beauty. They married Russian financier Prince Nicholas Riabouchinsky in 1914 and divorced in 1916.
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Paris
Robert Goelet
New York
Fernanda Riabouchina
Goelet
Princess Riabouchinsky
Paria
Ogden Goelet
Gos _lets
Robertr
Gorlet
Oelet
Elsie Whelen
Philadelphia
Peter
Ogden
Newport
Prof Fochl
University At
Perugia
Italy
Nicholas Riabouchinsky
Ice water craft crew missing near Pelee Island search begins
Leamington Ontario February 9 authorities seek eight feared lost after a Thursday departure for Pelee Island in a hybrid ice water boat. Heavy seas have damaged telephone cables isolating the island as Lake Erie remains rough. The party led by Guy McCormick used a gasolene launch with runners to reach the 17 mile distance, supplying the island through winter trips.
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Leamington
Pelee Island
Point Pelee
Lake Erie
Guy McCormick
Bill seeks Navy ships for rum patrol and new cutter
A House Commerce committee measure proposes transferring all ships not needed by the Navy to the coast guard for chasing rum runners under a resolution introduced yesterday by Chairman Winslow. He also urged replacing the coast guard cutter Bear in Alashan waters with a vessel costing no more than 925000 dollars.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Charman Winslow
House Commerce Committee
Bear
Alash&n Waters
Separatist Movement Largely Ends in German Cities
Berlin Feb 9 report states restoration of public buildings in Wiesbaden Worms Bingen and Alzey virtually ends the separatist movement with only Mainz and a few villages remaining. Separatists have evacuated Treven.
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Cologne
Germany
Wiesbaden
Worms
Bingen
Alzey
Mainz
Berlin
Treven
College Students Charged with Murder in Oklahoma Riot
Indictments for murder and rioting were returned against Roy G Dock David D Zink and Hart Nutter students at Oklahoma A and M college over the death of Matilda Hodges shot accidentally February 1 during a fraternity backyard target shoot. Mardi Gras celebration details and reduced rail fares are listed among other items.
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Stillwater
Okla
Roy G Dock
David D Zink
Hart Nutter
Oklahoma A and M College
Matilda Hodges
Hones
Denby resignation vote amid Teapot Dome hearings
The Senate agrees to halt talk as McAdoo hears, while a huge oil world plot is charged by alleged rulers. Denver figures, Doheny Sinclair and Stancard affiliates feature in the Teapot Dome scandal testimony, with discussions of leases and monetary claims totaling around 1,000,000 in various accounts.
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OIL World
Chee
Denis
Sera
Walsh
Doheny Sinclair
Stancard Oi
Sinclair
Tng
Doheny
Naval Reserve
Mid West
Eubslataries
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Sinclair Company
Chalman Learoot
Stack
Bonfils
Hanfis
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Tony Am
Tirln
Kimpser
Atmach
Walnet
Farmach-Wiami
Pullman and
Ning Care
Otte
Macdonald
Baavere
Mra Candler
Stoddard
National Association of Dyers and Cleanarg
Sapresarg Sond
Keeling
Po Uce
London
Poincare
Great Britain
Alr
Canater
Thomson
Asa G Candler
Morris Diamond
Carter
Rerrin
Klan
Q Rrong
Carbondale
Leonard Sterns
Cyclops
Sam Sterns
Cuba
South
Ithru
Ady
Feréake
Mr. Coolidge
Pili
Single
Merchants of
Los Angeles
Theodore Weig
Po Jce
House Bill
Mam Ane Mobile
Jon Ek Cone
Southern Railway Oe
H Street
McAdoo
Chaimran
roDenver Cole
Mares
Rewsny
Denver Pac
Ara Qediaree
Denver
Ander Cortraris
Stataru
Orn
Theo
Romira
Lenroot
Sinclair Teage
Witncss
Denver Post
Colorado
Lenreet
Sinclair Legae
Eee Balan
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