Trial of Dr Harold Blazer on murder for pity in Littleton
Expert testimony continues as jurors and spectators watch the dramatic case charging Dr Harold Elmer Blazer with the alleged murder for pity of his mentally troubled daughter Hazel Ingrit Blazer in district court. Alienists amuse the courtroom with testimony as emotion and tension mark the proceedings.
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Michael F. Dacey Littleton
Colo
Harold Elmer Blazer
Hazel Ingrit Blazer
Denver attorney seeks church vote on death penalty
Denver lawyer Barney Haughey 66 a single tax advocate active in local politics asked his church congregation to vote on whether he should be put to death He is confined in a Denver hospital with what doctors believe is stomach cancer The Blazer trial at Littleton provides the backdrop for the note from Denver officials
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Denver
Colo
Littleton
Barney Haughey
Haughey
Defense Experts Contest Insanity In Humane Homicide Case
In a Colorado courtroom the defense and alienists sparred over temporary insanity as the tall defendant and his daughter Frances Bishop testified. Doctors Phillips and Pershing argued the man could not distinguish right from wrong when he smothered his mentally disabled daughter with chloroform soaked cloths. The defense rested after Pershing and plans for further alienist testimony paused for Armistice Day with a late jury verdict expected.
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Frances Bishop
Daniel E. Phillips
Denver University
Cyrus Pershing
Howell T. Pershing
Denver
Lewis D. Mowry
Colorado
Trial’s climax near at hand in Stephenson case
In Noblesville Indiana on November 10 the trial of D. C. Stephenson Earl Klinck and Carl Gentry over the death of Miss Wadge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis began its fifth week and defense promises a dramatic climax that could hasten the trial’s end.
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Noblesville
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klinck
Carl Gentry
Wadge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Ohio neighbor of Mercy Slayer not surprised by Dr Blazer deed
Steubenville resident Squire J C R White recalls Dr Harold E Blazer the self described old fashioned country doctor who believed death by chloroform was mercy for incurably crippled or afflicted patients White says Blazer felt no scruple about using chloroform in such cases White notes Blazer raised in Jefferson county and later practiced in rural areas before moving to Colorado White asserts Blazer acted from conscience and is not surprised by his recent action toward his own daughter Hazel born 189? in Brush Creek township Jefferson county born 1865 Blazer married Ida Potts and faced years of his daughter s suffering prior to the act
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Steubenville
Harold E. Blazer
Hazel
Squire J. C. R. White
White
Dr. Blazer
Jefferson County
Here
Colorado
Harzel
Dr. Blaser
Brush Creek Township
Ida Potts
Jonathan Potte Empares
Edwin M. Stanton
Lincon
Pinchot Moves to End the Hard Coal Strike
Governor Gifford Pinchot initiates steps to settle the anthracite strike by asking John L. Lewis and Major W. W. Inglis to meet separately in Philadelphia and Harrisburg. He may push for joint talks if he can merge differences and restart wage negotiations.
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Pinchot
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
W. W. Inglis
Lewis
Philadelphia
Inglis
Foreign nation gains foothold near Panama Canal defenses
War department witness Captain Robert Oldys told a court martial that the War department did nothing to block an alien invasion of Guatemala, though he noted two steps were taken after the American minister alerted officials to the risk to Panama Canal defenses.
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Panama
Department
Washington
Guatemala
Panama Canal
Robert Oldys
War Plans Section
War Department
Col
Wm. Mitchell
Mitchell
Oldys
Coolidge Mellon aim to settle Italy debt issue
Arthur Brisbane predicts President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon will find a way to settle Italy's debt question. The piece notes the issue's importance to the United States amid social unrest fears and discusses the potential consequences of American pressure on Italy’s lira and a panic scenario linked to Mussolini.
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Coolidge
Mellon
Italy
Mussolini
America
Proposal to Cancel Interest Charges Across Europe
In protecting Italy from disaster this country would save all Europe from serious danger. A key step would be cancelling interest charges totaling 500 million dollars as Belgium did. Interest should be fixed low, payments stretched over many years, with all possible consideration shown.
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Italy
Europe
Belgium
Mussolini Faces Fate Like Rienzi in Thought on Immortality
The passage weighs Mussolini against Rienzi, noting his imagination and daring along with statesmanship. It questions where he might assemble three men of similar renown, Petrarch, Byron, and Wagner, to make his name immortal amid a likely assassination.
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Mussolini
Rienzi
Petrarch
Lord Byron
Richard Wagner
Is Taking Human Life Justified in Colorado Case
At Littleton Colorado a controversial case emerges as Dr Blazer killed his two year old daughter by chloroform while she slept. The child is described as armless legless weak minded deaf and dumb prompting moral and legal debate on justification and intent.
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Littleton, Col
Dr. Blazer
Weathered workers voiced on life’s great mystery
The prosecuting attorney quotes laborers, asserting that hardy mechanics and farmers grasp life’s fundamental mystery beyond philosophers. He frames their convictions as rooted in practical reality rather than theory, challenging scholars to match their understanding.
Ways and Means to Recommend Abolishing Gift Tax
A committee proposal urges scrapping the gift tax as common decency. The speaker argues every man should provide for his wife and children before death, asserting government has no right to tax decency.
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Ways and Means Committee
Star witness in divorce case reportedly kidnapped
Dayton police say Viola Reed, 18, a star witness in the divorce suit of Mrs. Oscar Reeder, was abducted at night from her home by her step brothers Oscar and Charles Reeder, according to statements from her aunt Mrs. Joseph Zimmerele.
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Dayton
Viola Reeder
Oscar Reeder
Oscar
Charles Reeder
Joseph Zimmerele
Mitchell Scores Heavily In First Round Of Defense
Colonel William Mitchell, before a jury of generals, resumed his defense against War and Navy Department aviation criticisms. He sought to prove his charges of an almost treasonable administration justified to spotlight aviation issues. Major Carl Spatz endorsed many of Mitchells sensational accusations from the air services planning unit.
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Washington
William Mitchell
War
Navy
Mitchell
Carl Spatz
The
Air Service
Donahey appoints doctor to probe penitentiary health
Governor Donahey announced he has asked Dr. C. O. Probst of Columbus, a lung specialist and former state health board secretary, to join the committee of local physicians examining sanitary and health conditions at the penitentiary. The move follows a suggestion from other committee members.
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Columbus
Donahey
C. O. Probst
State Health Board
Anti Saloon League Holds Chicago Conference Plans Drive
A conference of all Anti Saloon League workers in Chicago maps a 1 250 000 fund drive to fight liquor violations. Sections will meet behind closed doors to organize regional efforts and the legislative division led by Wayne Wheeler will push deportation of violators and jail terms for liquor buyers. The group also plans budgetary support for the World League against alcohol.
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Chicago
All Workers
The
Anti Saloon League of America
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
World League
World League Against Alcohol
Anti- Saloon League
Atalcohol
Painleve Convenes Cabinet For Urgent Session
Paris November 10 Premier Painleve summoned his cabinet to an urgent noon session. The meeting could decide the government’s fate as Painleve resists a capital levy, risking defeat in the chamber unless the plan changes.
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Painleve
Paris
Chamber
U S Auto Industry Dominates World Output in 1924
Washington reports a rapid growth of American car and truck production. In 1924 US manufacturers built 3,640,000 vehicles, versus 330,000 in Britain, France, Italy and Germany combined, cementing mass production and export strength for American automakers.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
France
Germany
Europe
Eugope
America
Canada
Department
Italy
Heavy fighting near Damascus as siege threat looms
Nov 10 reports from Cairo say heavy fighting between French forces and Syrian rebels continues outside Damascus. Druse chieftains warn they will not attack the city while French authorities conduct broad arrests in Damascus of suspected rebels.
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Cairo
Damascus
Milk shop raided. proprietor arrested in Huntington
Federal prohibition agents raided a Huntington milk depot late last night and found gallons of moonshine disguised in milk bottles. Proprietor Hershel Johnson was arrested on charges of violating the prohibition laws.
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Huntington
W. Va
Hershel Johnson
Death Loses In Race With Fast National Limited
Six year old Ellene Sinnett of Harrisville West Virginia was saved when a driver and crew on the National Limited rushing through Parkersburg enabled a swift rescue. L. C. Sinnett and Mrs Sinnett begged Charles Donnelly to take their daughter to Cincinnati doctors for an emergency operation. A conductor five physicians and a nurse joined the effort as the train paused at Winton Place.
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Fast National Limited
West Virginia
Cincinnati
National Limited
Baltimore and Onto
Parkersburg
W. Va
Winton Place
Ellene Levon Sinnett
L. C. Sinnett
Limited
Indian fighter more than bandits’ match
William Harris a 69 year old Stanford Oil attendant in Cleveland fended off two armed youths in a gas station holdup. Gallagher alias Lyons 19 and Voyle Garrison 20 from Whitney Point N Y were wounded with Gallagher likely to die and Harris reported to have arrested both bandits after a brief exchange of gunfire. Harris previously paroled in May from a reform school and had attempted to stop robberies three times before this incident.
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Cleveland
William “Dad” Harris
Stanford O
Mt. Luke's Hospital
Wiliam Gallagher
Lyons
Voyle Garrison
Whitney Point
N. Y
Gallagher
Ito
Harris
Garrison
Harrie
East Bsth
Luther Avenue
Harria
Standard Ol
Radio meet tackles broadcasting jam and station limits
Secretary Hoover outlines the radio crisis and expert committees to report on air use, advertising, superpower, interference, and interconnection. A drive to curb the number of stations seeks limits on small hometown outlets to 26 watts, with local option for communities on whether to permit these stations.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Extradition Set for Albert Carelli in Pittsburgh Robbery Case
In Columbus on November 10, arrangements advanced to send Albert Carelli back to Pittsburgh to face a robbery charge. Carelli had been paroled from a Pennsylvania state prison where he served a life sentence for murder when Pennsylvania’s attorney general ordered his return to prison.
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Columbus
Pittsburgh
Albert Carelli
Cleveland
Carelli
Pennsylvania
Careldi
The Man Who Refuses Honest Work
A man who declines honest labor aims to pursue honest work from reliable workers, reflecting a clash between personal resolve and practical duty. He seeks steady employment and trustworthy colleagues to sustain his livelihood and reputation.
Labor Fears Europe Debt Cancellation Could Lift Tariff Pressure
The American Federation of Labor urges canceling Allied war debts to prevent tariff cuts and wage deflation. Matthew Woll argues debt relief aligns with workers’ interests, while critics say debt settlement could push eight hour days and labor standards aside to keep prices low in America.
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U. S
Europe
David Lawrence Washington
American Federation of Labor
America
Federation
Matthew Woll
Coolidge
Addison Fryburger Dies After Year Long Illness
Addison Fryburger 65 died shortly after 7 pm at 215 West Union Street after a year long illness from complications of diseases. Funeral at 8 pm tomorrow at the home. burial in Union Street Cemetery. A Baltimore and Ohio railroad veteran of 44 years, 36 years at Athens depot. member of Odd Fellows Athens and Railroad Telegraphers. His wife and son Roy of Columbus survive. Roy trained as telegrapher under his father and became a dispatch boss for Hocking Valley.
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Addison Fryburger
West
Union Street
Warren County
Fryburger
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Athens
Baltimore & Ohio
Ad Fryburger
Odd Fellows Lodge
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Roy
Columbus
Hocking Valley Railroad
Debt Pact Nears Acceptance in Italy Funding Talks
In Washington reports say talks between American and Italian commissions on Italy’s 2 128 000 000 war debt have progressed. Both sides privately expect a settlement within 48 hours with details withheld while Mellon and Volps subcommittees reconcile differences.
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Washington
Italy
Mellon An Volps
Wealthy Vermont youth sparks deadly chase in New Hampshire
Dell Fellows, 26, an escaped convict from Nashville Tennessee, shoots Chief Dow in Ashland New Hampshire as a massive manhunt blanks the mountain region. Authorities post a 300 dollar reward dead or alive while towns close schools and stores for the search.
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Ashland
N. H
Dell’ Fellows
Fellowes
Ecton
Veremont
Stateé
Nashville
Dow
Fellows
Big Poste
Gee Orden Wellows
Canaan
Vermont
Dell
Granelny
Michael Noolan
Marine Corps
Ja Luneburg
Marton Bunnejl
Dell” Fellows
Tennessee Mountains
Dell* Fellows
Tenessee Penitentiary
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