Trial Ended in Blazer Murder Case Verdict Questioned
In Littleton Colorado the jury in the Harold Elmer Blazer murder trial failed to reach a verdict after a week of testimony and argument. The 61 year old doctor was charged with chloroform staying his daughter Hazel Ingrit Blazer. Prosecution seeks a first degree murder verdict while defense argues a human act and lack of legal mens rea due to mental condition. The jury deliberated into the evening but appeared unable to agree.
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Littleton
Colo
Arapahoe District Court House
Harold Elmer Blazer
Hazel Ingrit Blazer
Joel Stone
Lewis D. Mowry
Gas Fumes Claim Life Of Young Cincinnati Couple
Two Cincinnatians died from inhaling heater fumes in their bathroom as coroner doubts adequate venting. Arthur Hensley 24 owner of a case shop and his 20 year old bride Catherine were found by coworker Edward Albers.
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Cincinnati
Armistice Day Reflections On War Lessons And World Court
A reader writes that Armistice Day passed with parades including disabled veterans and a moment of silence asked by the President. The piece warns against entering the League of Nations or the world court and urges caution about future entanglements.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
World Court
New Space Rays Outpace Ulra X Rays, Millikan Notes
The article discusses Millikan’s description of new space rays stronger and more frequent than Ulra X rays. It explains their constant ionization day and night and mentions Volta and Napoleon in tracing the origin of the unit volts.
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Job
Doctor Millikan
Wall Street Hits Record with 3.4 Million Shares Sold
A historic Wall Street day saw more than 3,400,000 shares change hands as records fell. The market warned in prior columns about risks, but many investors faced losses across several sectors.
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Wall Street
Lansdowne Widow Tests Navy At Shenandoah Inquiry
Mrs Zachary Lansdowne widow of Colonel Lansdowne testifies in a court martial about a Navy Judge Advocate allegedly urging her to read a false statement to the Shenandoah inquiry. She says she destroyed the letter and told the board the truth.
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Paul J. Ae
Shenandoah Inquiry
Russian Reds Behind Revolt in China Gains Control
London reports General Feng Ung Liang has seized control of China. President Tuan reportedly resigns or is a prisoner. Martial law may be in Pekin with Wu Kuan Lin also held. Tokyo eyes intervention. Soviet Russia backs Feng as Japanese consider protection measures.
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London
Feng Ung Liang
China
Tuan
Feng
Hong Kong
Pekin
Wu Kuan Lin
Tokio
New
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Professor at Loss to Identify Wrong Body in Chicago Death
James A. Boyce, a retired Denver college professor, cannot explain how a body cremated in Chicago as his matched his missing left arm and items from his trunk. His daughter Myrna Boyce, a Transylvania College historian, initially identified the corpse amid hysteria.
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Denver
Colo
James A. Boyce
Denver College
Chicago
Boyce
Myrna Boyce
Transylvania College
Lexington
Iowa City
Iowa
Hopkins Escaped Prisoner Fleeing from Moundsville
Police sought John W. Hopkins a February department store robbery convict after he escaped from the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville last night.
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Huntington
W. Va
John W. Hopkins
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Accommodated His Friend By Ending Life With Pistol
Joe Pickard aged 24 is jailed on murder charges after confessing he pressed a pistol to the head of Joe Stein 45 and pulled the trigger both men worked as window washers at Columbia hospital Washington Nov 123 Pickard said Stein named Little Joe wanted to die and begged for help he previously tried to shoot Stein but the gun failed then the second attempt succeeded ending Stein’s life.
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Washington
Joe Pickard
Joe Stein
Columbia Hospital
Big Joe
Pickard
Little Joe
Radio Will Augment America's Powers Says Atwater Kent
A Atwater Kent of Philadelphia, a leading figure at the national radio conference, says radio will drive the next civilization. He foresees the air as the chief campaign medium and a future where 26 million receivers spread voices worldwide. Visual radio may bring world events to homes within ten years. He notes manufacturers aim for improvements to current sets rather than radical changes.
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Washington
A. Atwater Kent
Philadelphia
United States
Kent
Congress
Tragic school trip truck crash leaves girls dead
A truck carrying thirty seven school children en route to a champion soccer game plunged down a hill near Westwood on Montana Avenue into West Fork road. Eight children are in serious condition as the driver, David Smith aged 26, reportedly released the gear. the truck overturned and fell 30 feet down an embankment.
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Cincinnati
Montana Avenue
West Fork Road
Westwood
David Smith
Weather Forecast Accuracy Plays Into Holiday Planning
Statistics show the weather man is 80 percent correct, leaving 20 percent for holidays. The remark highlights how forecast reliability influences travel and leisure decisions during peak holiday periods.
Doctors report worsen Penitentiary conditions since 1904
A Columbus committee of physicians told Governor Donahey that prisoner sleeping quarters are insanitary and tuberculosis is more severe than in 1904. They urged temporary relief measures including limiting admissions, expanding the London prison farm to move inmates, and using part of its building fund for a segregation hospital at the penitentiary. They proposed holding sentenced inmates at county jails or renting temporary quarters until the farm is ready.
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State Penitentiary
Donahey
Columbus
Big
Committee of Columbus
State Health Board
London
London Prison Farm
Mitchell’s Court Martial Expands Witness List
The Mitchell defense issued thirty six subpoenas for new witnesses to testify on aviation disaster deaths as the trial extends toward December. Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne widow of Shenandoah commander is to testify about alleged pressure to alter her public statements regarding her husband’s fatal flight.
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Washington
William Mitchell
American Aviation
Mitchell
Ahhance
War
Navy Departments
Zachary Lansdowne
Shenandoah
Train collision near Monmouth Junction kills three
A Pennsylvanian train bound from St Louis to New York crashes into the Washington Express two miles west of Monmouth Junction New Jersey in dense fog. Three passengers are dead and at least a dozen injured with more expected. two cars were demolished and many others lightly hurt.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Washington Express
Monmouth Junction
N. J
Washington
Ohio votes defeat three constitutional amendments
Ohio voters defeated the classification amendment by 65,277, the debt limitation proposal by 85,033, and the office extender amendment by 117,732, Secretary of State Brown announced today.
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Ohio
Columbus
Brown
Weather alert as unexpected Northwest storm hits Columbus
The Columbus weatherman reports a low pressure system moved in unusually fast from the Northwest. Government meteorologist W. H. Alexander notes the storm arrived in under eighteen hours, quicker than the typical 36 to 48 hours, with speculation of a larger storm approaching from the Pacific.
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Columbus
W. H. Alexander
Mose
Pacific
Possible Ohio Legislature Reconvened to Ease County Finances
Ohio officials report county auditors in Allen Montgomery Belmont Clark Coshocton and others may urge lawmakers to reconvene the legislature to craft relief for a growing county funding crisis. About forty counties risk lacking funds after January 1 to pay operating expenses due to prior tax and budget laws. Counties expect relief only if city and school levies are cut to free funds for county government.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Allen
Montgomery
Belmont
Clark
Coshocton
Onco
Eckheel Districte
County
Trasny
West Virginian Arrested for Giving Worthless Check
Fred Wright 20 of Fairmont WV was arrested by Special Officer Harry Dalton after presenting a worthless $18.40 check to Wheaton Hardware for wire cutters. Wright claimed he loaned the money to a man at the telephone company and used the alias Ambrose Blankets. He pleaded not guilty and was jailed to await the January grand jury after posting bond.
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Fred Wright
Fairmont
West Virginia
Harry Dalton
Wright
Wheaton Hardware Company
Fred Wheaton
Wheaton
Dalton
H. J. Parker
Parker
Ambrose Blankets
Washington
R. W. Finsterwald
Southern
Mabe
Fairmont High School
University of West Virginia
Blale Edwin Pleads Guilty in Robbery Case
Huntington court records say Blale Edwin, 26, arrived on a stretcher and pleaded guilty to a robbery charge. He was sentenced to two years in the state prison.
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Huntington
W. Va
Blale Edwin
Radio Taught Bridge: A Splendid Alibi for Poor Play
A quirky quote notes bridge lessons via radio as a clever alibi to excuse weak play. The speaker, Beliefontaine Ezamiach, mocks how broadcast instruction could excuse errors and create a static excuse.
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Beliefontaine Ezamiach
Tongue'Tied Heir to Millions Faces Fatal Romance
White Plains dispatch outlines Kip Rhinelander suing to annul his marriage to Alice Jones, a taxi driver’s daughter with alleged mixed blood. The article frames Rhinelander as a rich social scion haunted by an inferiority complex and a first smile from a woman of unknown ancestry, calling it a love story amid aristocratic crisis.
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White Plains
N. Y
America
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Alice Jones
Iaaac Mille
Hit
Kip Rhinelander
Logan Mardi Gras parade marks armistice anniversary
Logans Mardi Gras celebration drew thousands for a parade led by Capt. C. F. Lauer with American Legion and Breman bands. Fraternal groups and clubs entered, women in Scotch kilts won a prize, and Uncle Sam with Miss Columbia drew cheers. Afterward, dancing and wrestling followed on Main Street as bells tolled to honor fallen soldiers.
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Logan
American Legion
Bremen
Union Furnace Knights of Pythias
Order
Knights of Columbus
Kiwanis
Phi Sigs
Betas
Rotary
Knights of Pythias
Presbbyterian Church
Knights of St. John
Legion Club
Main Street
Mulberry
Cynic Skeptical Of Gratitude To Miina
A terse remark questions a cynic’s failure to recognize how much he owes Miina, suggesting a satire of ingratitude and social expectations. The line contrasts cynicism with owed gratitude in a pointed, humorous tone.
Voter’s ballot ruled invalid for improper marking in Nelsonville
State election officials overturned an Athens county ruling, saying a voter who intended to back two Republican candidates for councilman at large and one Democratic candidate mis-marked the ballot by placing an X at the top of the Republican ticket and a cross beside Democrat candidate Pierce, prompting the need to mark each desired candidate on the appropriate ticket. Secretary of State Brown cited Ohio law requiring separate marks for each ticket when voting for candidates on more than one ticket.
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Columbus
Nelsonville
Athens
G. W. Pierce
T. C. Green
Fred Johnson
Pierce
Brown
Woman in Sandusky to face murder charge for poisoning daughter
Mrs Mary Keller 47 confessed to poisoning seven year old Mary Keller and hiding the body in a shack on Big Island near East Sandusky. She said death was better than poverty and planned reconciliation after the act. Authorities say she can be held legally responsible.
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Sandusky
Mary Keller
Wholmieshke
East
Mary
Big Island
Hedge Fence lightship crew saved after collision
Six men including the ship's captain and crew of the Hedge Fence lightship were rescued by Relief Boat Number 5 after the vessel was rammed and sunk off Martha's Vineyard.
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Woodshole
Man
Hedge Fence
Martha’s Vineyard
Italy and United States Reach Debt Settlement Deal
Washington reports Italy the third largest U S debtors agreed to an easier settlement on a note exceeding 2 billion dollars after ten days of talks. The accord reduces interest and terms for discharging the debt while acknowledging Italy’s weak financial and commercial position. Officials plan to finalize figures this afternoon after expert review.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Press Coullage
American Debt Commission
Mob threatens to seize elderly man from jail
In Cleveland on November 13, 83 year old Fred Strobel was guarded in Cuyahoga county jail awaiting arraignment on a charge after a mob gathered at the South town hall last night threatening to take him away. A girl walking home reportedly screamed when Strobel drove up in his car and accosted her, drawing assistance from bystanders.
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Cleveland
Fred Strobel
Cuyahoga County
South Town Hall
Strobel
Klansmen Fate to Jury Soon in Oberholser Case
Noblesville Indiana November 13 three more witnesses were called today in the trial of B C Stephenson Earl Klincken and Earl Gentry charged with murder in the death of Madge Oberholser last March The judge set a maximum eight hour period for final arguments and the jury will be asked to decide after the final address
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Noblesville
Ind
B. C. Stephenson
Earl Klincken
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholser
William Parks
Pekin Martial Declared Under Control
London reports martial law declared in Pekin as dispatches reach officials. The declaration follows tense negotiations and military moves in the Chinese capital amid unrest and foreign involvement.
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Pekin
London
Po J
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Dr. Blazer
Littleton, Colo
Pharaoh
Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
Volta
Napoleon
Kingdom of
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Wm. Mitchell
Navy Department
Naval
Chinese Republic
Raffles
Atwater Kent
Mitchell Gage
Ohio Assembly
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Legion
Miina
State Board
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