Death casts shadow over Bodenheim protege death in Provncetown
Maxwell Bodenheim, sought for questioning in New York death by suicide of his protege Virginia Drew, was found in Provincetown. He denied knowledge of the circumstances, saying she grew morose after his criticism but urged he had tried to comfort her. Autopsy confirmed drowning with no charge against him.
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Provincetown
Mass
Maxwell Bodenheim
Virginia Drew
New York
Rodenheim
Pegry Cottage
Adenheim
Miss Drew
Bodenheim
Maga
Duos
Rand
U.R
Virginia Trew
Maxwell Badenheim
Anss Drew
Anti-Saloon League Criticized By Candidate in Newark
Graham J. Hunt of Cincinnati, seeking the Democratic short term senatorial nomination, accused the Anti Saloon League of producing drinking drys and pussyfoot politicians. He spoke before the Licking County Democratic club last night and said the league demands subservience from every candidate or they label him wet.
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Newark
AntiSaloon League
Graham J. Hunt
Cincinnati
Licking County
Jemocratic Club
Hunt
League
Candidas
Fifteen Passengers Saved As Train Plunges From Bridge
Fifteen passengers were rescued after a Long Island Rail Road train went off a draw bridge between Hammell and Broad Channel. Police and fire squads, aided by ambulances from Jamaica and Rothaway hospitals, reached the scene and removed passengers from the shallow inlet where the car had plunged.
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New York
Water Ville
Long Island
Inquiry Along Religious Lines Held In Obregon Killing
Mexico City July 21 ongoing inquiry into the assassination of President-Elect Alvaro Obregon continues as Josa de Leon Toral, the confessed killer, awaits a civil trial. The war department and police are blocked by an amparo like writ, uncommon for Mexico in such crimes where swift execution by firing squad followed earlier bombing attempts.
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Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Josa de Leon Toral
Toral
War Department
General Obregon
Romance of War Ends in Tragedy as Woman Is Charged
In Cleveland July 21 Mary D Oatman 35 faces manslaughter charges in the death of her husband Harry Oatman 38 a World War veteran after he died from stab wounds sparked by a domestic quarrel over grandmothers authority and child discipline. The couple who wed after meeting in wartime service had three children and a mother-in-law present during the dispute. Oatman formerly served near Bar Le Duc in 1918 as an observation balloon service lieutenant. the wife stated she loves him though she held him accountable for the bloodshed. The arraignment is set for today or Monday before Judge David Miller.
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Cleveland
U.P
Mary D. Oatman
Harry Oatman
Oatman
David Miller
Cleveland Heights
Huron Road Hospital
ST Pearse
Pearse
Ostman
Marie
West Vo Named by President
President Coolidge fills cabinet vacancy by appointing Roy O. West of Chicago as secretary of the interior. West succeeds Dr. Hubert Work who resigned to support Herbert Hoover’s campaign. West, a Republican national committeeman from Illinois, has played a key role in the 1924 race and recently met the president at Cedar Island Lodge.
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Superior
Wis
U.R
Coolidge
Roy O. West
Chicago
Interior
West
Hubert Work
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Commercce
Tlinois
Cedar Island Lodge
Paris
Kellogg
Bribe Money Said to Figure in Meigs Case
Pomeroy July 21 Staff Special Prosecutor D H Peoples will call a special grand jury likely July 30 to probe an alleged bribery case involving a Meigs county official. He also notes reports of campaign and official irregularities and vows to investigate all such matters during the summer session.
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Peoples
Indiana Prohibition Contempt Sentence Upheld
Dr. E. S. Shumaker veteran superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League loses again in his bid to escape punishment for criticizing Indiana Supreme Court decisions. The court orders a 60 day sentence and a $250 fine for contempt, stemming from a 1925 report that referred to court members in unflattering terms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Indiana Supreme
Shumaker
Japan Sees War Pact Acceptance by World
Tokyo expects the renunciation of war treaty to be accepted by the entire civilized world after Japan approved the American draft. Foreign Minister Tanaka said the imperial government is proud to be among the first to join a movement in line with universal hopes and confident of broad acceptance.
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Washington
U.R
Japan
Tanaka
Radio Campaigning Planned by Women
Washington July 21 U P radio campaigning will play a vast part in the Hoover headquarters program for getting out the women's role Mrs Alvin T Hert Kentucky vice chairman of the Republican national committee told the United Press today There are now numerous effective women speakers and we plan to use many in our work No elocution and no features are needed on the radio just plain direct persuasive talk.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
United Press Today
First One Daid Lawrence Political Dispatch Debuts
The Athens Messenger will publish David Lawrence interpretative political news dispatches beginning Monday July 23 on the editorial page. The series will continue through the current campaign for ballots next November. Lawrence is described as independent and nonpartisan, with a government class weekly and daily dispatches under Current Political History.
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David Lawrence
Athens Messenger
Lawrence News Dispatch
Angry farmer shoots four in Monticello murder spree
In Monticello Kentucky on July 21 a Wayne County farmer, W. W. Wright, shot and killed his wife Mary and two sons, 11 and 20, after a boundary dispute over a timber tract. He then killed the mother and wounded a daughter before neighbors intervened and Sheriff Tate arrested him.
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Monticello
W. W. Wright
Wayne Pounty
Mary
Stouter
Jesse
Wright
Laer
Misse
Vate Hill
Sherrif C. T. Tate
Operators Try to Mil Union Hall Charges
Ohio coal operators press to break the United Mine Workers District, with District President Lee Hall accusing moves to kill the union. The dispute follows a refused wage pact conference and a Jacksonville scale deadlocked for over a year. Meanwhile, more miners report to work in the district as output is expected to rise next week.
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HALL
Columbus
Ur— Qohto
United Mine Workers’ Union
Lee
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Jacksonville
H. Robbins
Leperators’ Association
Robbins
Donahey
New York Night Clubs Hit By Temporary Padlock
New York July 21. Prohibition officials hung a temporary padlock on eight well known night clubs as agents prepare to apply the measure to all twenty raided clubs. Governors Alfred E. Smith was nominated for president. The padlock bars liquor service while other entertainments may continue.
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New York
Federal Prohibition
Alfred E. Smith
Relatives Blamed For Kidnaping Girl in Cleveland
In Cleveland on July 21 U P H Mia Ella Williams of Springfield prepared to return home with her 16 year old niece Constance whom she says was kidnapped by the girl’s mother father and brother. Constance was found in a Springfield apartment after investigators traced her for 24 hours. Williams told police the child's parents and her brother came to her Springfield home on Thursday, and while the son held her, the parents fled with Constance. First Green Corn Released for Market in Athens The first green corn of the season reached Athens markets yesterday as Henry Sveretts of Peach Ridge delivered several dozen ears early. The early variety was small but reported good, believed to be the county’s first.
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U. PH
Ella Williams
Springfield
Constance
Athens
Henry Sveretts
Peach Ridge
Lawnside
N. J
Albert Hoskins
Philadelphia
Middleport
Stett
Kings Meeting
Hopkins
Anna
New York Central
M. Shields
Wilberforce
Ohio
Thomas Fork
Shields
Struc
Hopture
Notifica
Alfred E. Smith
Commercial Sture
Coal Rates Unreasonable Says Interstate Commerce Board
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the Reyieldsville Pittsburgh Connellsville coal shipments to East Rochester New Jersey were unreasonable and unduly prejudicial and ordered a roughly ten cent per ton rate cut effective October 1.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rey Iieldsville
Tittsburgh
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Rochester
N. J
Messenger plans blow-by-blow Tunney Heeney bout crowd
Hundreds of Southeastern Ohio fans are invited to the Messenger building Thursday night to hear a live blow-by-blow account of the Gene Tunney Tom Heeney heavyweight bout. Special features and UP dispatches will be broadcast via leased wire from Yankee Stadium with timing to be announced.
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Ohio
Messenger Building
Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
United Press Association
Yankee Stadium
New York City
Eggs blamed for poisoning 200 on Potomac excursion
Maryland and District of Columbia police investigate after about 200 people, mostly children, fell ill on an annual Potomac River excursion aboard the Charles McAlester. Eleven remained hospitalized, one in serious condition, with officials linking the illness to hard boiled eggs served by the Central Union Mission as the steamer returned to Washington.
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Washington
UPL
Potomac River
Maryland and District of Columbia
Marshall Wall
Charles McAlester
Central Union Mission
Trust of
John
Bennett
Mission Super Intendent
Calvin Coolidge
Trnabus Rutkoski
Rutkoski
Johnson Joins Hoover Campaign Aboard Fishing Plan
In California Hiram Johnson shifts to Hoover, inviting him to lunch as Hoover plans a fishing trip to rest and prepare for the campaign. Democrats organize a shirt-sleeve drive for Alfred Smith with regional HQs in St. Louis and Salt Lake City under John J. Raskob’s leadership.
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Alfred Smith
New York
Alfred EB. Smith
United States
John J. Raskob
National Committee
Smith
Democratic Board of Stratey
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Torn Breaks Wave of Heat and Storm Hit Ohio
A heat wave in southeastern Ohio was followed by a Friday night storm around 7 o clock. A small cyclone and heavy rain damaged flower beds, blew limbs from trees onto streets, and crossed wires temporarily. Rodeo at Athung county fairgrounds canceled. Rain, then sultry heat returned with a forecast of more thunderstorms.
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Ohio
Bardens
The
Elks
Athung County Fair Grounds
Wellaton
Epidemic in Lee Ends With No New Cases
Lee Massachusetts July 21 after a month of a strange illness that killed 38 people two more deaths in the last 24 hours authorities expect more fatalities but a full week with no new cases of septic throat doctors believe the danger is past the outbreak traced to an infected cow's udder from a herd brought from another state officials think the cow was diseased on arrival in Lee
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Lee
Mass
Beiner 18 Killed in Brad ley Mine Incident
Steubenville July 21 Rosita Donestes aged 23 a miner died after a fall of slate in the Brad ley mine operated by U S Coal Company late yesterday The accident adds to a string of hazardous conditions reported at the site and prompts investigations by local authorities and company safety officials.
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Beiner
Steubenville
UR —Rosita Donestes
Bradley
U. S. Coal Company
Thunderstorms May Bring Some Relief Over Eastern U S
Weather officials forecast slightly cooler temperatures and scattered thunderstorms across the eastern half of the United States. New York expected showers after a day of extreme heat with readings around 93 in official data and up to 104 in downtown areas.
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Washington
United States
New York
Coroner's Jury Recommends Hold Over Suitor in Plager Death
ROCKFORD July 21 The coroner's jury recommended that Paul Reed alleged suitor of Mrs. Vernon Plager be held to the grand jury in connection with Plager's death. The ruling follows the fatal incident on a starter and driver.
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Rockford
Paul Reed
Vernon Plager
Plager
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