Dictagraphs Cited In Dynamite Conspiracy Probe In Indianapolis
Indianapolis reports reveal dictographs in the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers office overhearing conversations involving Frank M. Ryan. Government agents remove the device as inquiries shift to arraignments on March 12 for Pacific coast defendants. Six of fifty four indicted remain in custody. McNamara brothers and McManigal not arraigned here, will testify later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Interational Association of Bridge Andtructural Ironworkers
Frank M. Ryan
Ryan
Pacific Coast
Chas. W. Mittler
West
McNamara Brothers
San Quentin
California
Ortie EK. McManigal
Los Angeles
McMangal
E. A. Clancy
Gist A. Trehmoe
San Francisco
Munser
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Lst
John J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
Ortie BH. McManigal
International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Herbert §. Hockin
New York
Patrick F. Farrell
Frank (. Webb
Daniel J. Brophy
Orust
Iianapolis
Michael A. Cupone
Structural Iron Workers
Philadelphia
Ainsworth Retirement Ends Controversy Prompting War Dept Inquiry
Washington reports former Adjutant General Fred C. Ainsworth retired on request after 37 active years. House War Department expenditures committee may probe the Ainsworth Wood clash and broader war department conduct, including Philippines administration, while consolidation moves seek to curb bureau friction and unify control under the Chief of Staff.
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Washington
Fred C. Ainsworth
Army
Hollay
House Committee On
War Department
B. B. Ray
Hoe
Woods- Ainsworth
Philippines
Ainsworth
Congress
House
Senate
Leonard Wood
Messages Urging Higher Prices Read in Armour Trial
In Chicago on February 17 dozens of Armour & Co. private telegrams urging higher beef prices were read to jurors. HH A Russell, Armour’s wholesale manager, explained buyers called “grave diggers” buyers who only purchase when branch houses face oversupply and must sell below market price.
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Chicago
Armour &Co
HH. A. Russell
Lales
Armour & Co
Women Clerks Resign Over Narrow Heel Order
Fourteen women clerks and stenographers at a Minneapolis publishing firm quit after head of the company PL Collins ordered them to buy new shoes or have heel heights cut. The workers left, saying the rule infringed personal liberty and office style. Collins hints at broader fashion controls for the office.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Collins
Rose Burkhardt
Fog Gause Of Fatal Wreck In Indiana Fog Daze Causes Fatal Wreck
Fort Wayne Indiana February 17 four railroad men died and eleven were injured when Pennsylvania limited train No five westbound collided with a wreck train at Larwill Indiana due to fog so dense a flagman was not seen by the engineer of the Himste ed wreck train the wreck caught fire and two of the dead were burned nearly beyond recognition the six victims named are E S Stump F Sportman A Bailey and Frank Wiggins all Fort Wayne residents and railroad men
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Larwill
Limited
E. ©. Stump
A. Bailey
Frank Wiggins
Consecration of Iowa Bishop Planned for March 19
Providence R I Feb 17 Arrangements for the consecration of Rev Austin Dowling recently appointed Roman Catholic bishop of Des Moines have been completed tentatively If papal notification arrives in time the ceremony will be March 19 in the cathedral of St Peter and Paul Bishop Matthew J Clarkins of Providence will act as consecrator George F B Lichty and daughter Jean Lichty and Mr and Mrs Wy MM Stewart plan a two months pleasure trip to Havana Panama Canal Zone and Bermuda Mrs Lichty will join the party in Chicago after visiting her son Robert at Morgan Park Academy The article notes Dowling has served as pastor at the cathedral in Providence}
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Providence, R
Austin Dowling
Des Moines
St. Peter and Paul
Dowling
Matthew J. Clarkins
Providence
George FB. Lichty
Stfiss
Jean Lichty
Cass
Wy MM. Stewart
Havana
Panama Canal Zone
Bermudas
Wolves Keep Sky Pilot on Derrick All Night
Duluth reports John Sornberger, famed sky pilot of Rev Frank Higgins, spent Saturday night atop a log derrick after wolves hunted the camp. He had moved from camp to camp along the Canadian Northern road north of Virginia, was refused by the foreman to hold a meeting, battled wolves with a lit branch and lantern, then spent the cold hours perched on the derrick.
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Duluth
John Sornberger
Frank Higgins
Sorndberger
Virginia
Yuan Shi Kai Weighs Republic Move Cut Queue
President elect Yuan Shi Kai had his queue cut yesterday to symbolize unification of republican customs and constitutions. He had kept the queue during throne abdication talks and imperial plans, and requested no public rejoicing over his election as president of the new republic.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Republic of China
Vandalia mail train hold-up attempt near Terre Haute
Posses scouring the country found no trace of the Vandalia line No. 1 bandits near Iiggett Indiana six miles west of Terre Haute after a late night attempt to stop the train. Bandits fired at the engineer and were believed hidden in a deep cut but failed to fire the signal with the helicord and fled.
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Terre Haute
Ind
New York-St. Louis
Iiggett
Here
Jearry
Walsh
New York Clearing House Banks Report Weekly Reserve Shifts
The New York weekly clearing house banks show a reserve shortage of 344 24,959 with a decline of 5 520 850 in cash reserves from the prior week. Loans and deposits fluctuated with increases in loans and specie, while legal tenders and net deposits fell.
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New York
Bexerss Jawsut
New York House
Topeka Murder Case: Clara Belle Stickney Likely Victim
Evidence mounts that Clara Belle Stickney, 34, was murdered by Rickels who then shot himself. Nickels, the stepfather, died earlier. A third person search ends. Coroner's inquest set for today as officers push toward a prearranged plan theory.
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Topeka
Kan
Clara Belle Stickney
John J. Nickels
Rickels
Sedani
Warmest Day in Two Months Spreads Spring Mood
After weeks of cold and snow, temperatures near fifty degrees melted much of the snow and thawed ground. City crews opened storm basins and cleared streets while snow from business blocks was hauled away. Residents appeared outdoors for the first time in days as warmth persisted with no immediate cold snap in sight.
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Azare Peame
Sleigh and wagon relics reveal early American craft
A fragmentary record notes a sleigh made in 97a by an ancestral craftsman, possibly owned by Joseph Smith of Austintown Ohio, a brother of E J Smith of Waterigo. The slate sleigh dates from 1784 in eastern Pennsylvania, eight years after independence. The relic and a 100 year old family wagon link to early industry.
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Joseph Smith
Austintown
E. J. Smith
Waterigo
Pennsylvania
Usc
George W. Barnes
Sylvester Bagg
Fords Confort
City rocked by a wave of robberies and diamonds stolen
A diamond dealer on West Thirty-fifth Street was robbed of unset stones valued around 1000 as a gang of mobile highwaymen struck in broad daylight. Police, led by Commissioner Waldo, scramble for witnesses with no one coming forward. Suspect Abraham Sobel, a chauffeur, arraigned in connection with related Bowery case.
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New York
Waldo
Geo. Horth
West Thirty-fifth Street
Ravbers
Abraham Sobel
Bowery
Irvin Beckerman
Sobel
Deposition in Kimmel Insurance Suit Read
The deposition of Henry T. Kimmel father of missing Geo A. Kimmel was read in St Louis as the plaintiff’s case closed in the banks of Niles Indiana receivership suit against an insurance firm. The father testified he is not dead and has heard nothing from anyone claiming to be his son. Estella Kimmel his wife faced sharp cross examination while R M Snyder Jr of Kansas City opened defense by challenging earlier Swinney testimony claiming Kimmel was killed in Oregon. If living he would be 45 today.
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St. Louis
Henry T. Kimmel
Geo. A. Kimmel
Arkansas City
Kan
Banks
Niles
Mid
Kimmel
Chicago
Andrew J. White
Kimmel Quigzed
Estella Kimmel
R. M. Snyder, Jr
Kansas City
John B. Swinney
Oregon
Chinese New Year Celebrated in Francisco
In Francisco on February 17 the Chinese celebrate the new year with enmities set aside. The festival marks the first year under a new calendar aligned with January 1 as the start of the Chinese year. Firecrackers flood the streets and the new Chinese flag appears among decorations.
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Francisco
Temperature records and notable ranges from a past date
A clipped weather note recalls Buchanan Optical Co. data with markings for a syndicate block. It notes night readings and a comparison to a year ago when the minimum reached 37 below zero and the maximum 35 degrees.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister Nearing Death
Vienna reports Count Alois Lexa von Ahrenthal the Austro Hungarian minister for foreign affairs is dying after receiving the last Sacraments this afternoon. Count Leopold von Berchtold, former ambassador at St Petersburg, appointed foreign minister.
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Vienna
Austria
Alois Lexa von Ahrenthal
Leopold von Berchtold
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt Drawn as Trail Juror in Nassau County
Feb 17 Mineola NY Col Theatore Roosevelt of Cystic Way is drawn among Nassau county residents as jurors for the term of court. Most others are farmers or local tradesmen serving as jurors.
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Mineola, X.Y
Col
Theatore Roosevelt
Cystic Way
Nassau County
Servecus
Bitter Attacks Hit Hobson in Congress Debate
In a tense session, Representatives Hobson of Virginia and Shipherd of New York faced sharp charges from colleagues. Milverton claimed he met Hobson to discuss the attack planned, while Fitzgerald alleged Alabama’s Rep. Ellis sent a message to the people as his defense. May criticized the army reorganization, condemning the insinuations as cowardly.
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Washington
Pitten
Representativg Hhig
Virginia
Representa Pivareratd
New York
Chrirman
Appropriations Committee
Aly
Milaveratd
Yau
Viay
Jobson
Aviator Graham Calmour Killed In Brooklands Crash
London reports Graham Calmour, a renowned British aviator, died when his monoplane buckled and plunged 480 feet at Brooklands aero drome. He traveled about 60 mph when the aircraft collapsed, leaving witnesses to find him entangled in wreckage.
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London
Cgrahanm Calmour
Brooklands
Wife Would Take Labor Leader's Place in Jail
Mrs Henry W Leghcitner whose husband is held in the county jail for removal to Indianapolis to answer an indictment linked to a dynamite conspiracy would take his place if freed. She cites his broken health tuberculosis and need for wholesome food as reasons to spare him. Legimonner traveled from Pittsburgh for health reasons last November.
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Denver
Coto
Henry W. Leghcitner
Inedianapolis
Legicimner
Pittsburgh
Rapid Rise in Farm Land Value in Black Hawk County
The former E. M. Smith farm in Orange township sold yesterday to George M. Saul of Reinbeck from Lewis Miller for $155 an acre. The 160 acre tract, bought by Miller in 1912 for $177.40 an acre, has $10,000 in improvements. Smith rents at $8 per acre. the sale signals land value growth in Black Hawk County. Charles F E Bratnacher of Minneapolis visited Waterloo and stayed at the EL B Lichty home. Smoke Martin's Standard cigar noted.
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E. M. Smith
Orange Township
Lewis Miller
George M. Saul
Reinbeck
Mr. Miller
Afr. Smith
Black Hawk County
Charles FE. Bratnacher
Minneapolis
Waterloo
EL B. Lichty
Women React To University President Comedy In Chicago
Chicago Feb 17 The Chicago Women’s club heard Dr George E Vincent president of the University of Minnesota speak on The City Sense He jabbed at social exclusiveness city plans and wealth arguing individualism aids success while exploration of steerage ruins pride His clever critique left listeners unsure what point he made before declaring they had been Kidded.
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Chicago
George EB
University of Minnesota
Lake Shore Drive
Society
Chi |Eagn
Eige
Br. Vincent
Athens
Venice
Acropolis
Coures
Dr. Vincent
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M. Ryan
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Hantern
Yuan Shi
SUOUR
San Felice
Sc Ctgar
TICE
Robert B. Miler
Varina Oy
Pella Stafford
Tse
Henry T. Kimmet
Roosevelt
Treae
Hobson
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