Insane man arrested over Wall Street blast warnings
Edward P. Fischer is jailed in Hamilton Ontario on insanity grounds after Robert Pope claimed Fischer’s telepathic theory linked him to the New York explosion. Investigators and Miss Ethel Fischer, his sister, reveal fears of sanitarium threats and past hospital stays.
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Hamilton
Ont
Edward P. Fischer
Wall Street
New York
Robert A. Pope
Fischer
Pope
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Bank of Hamilton
Ethel Fischer
Justice Department
Robert Pope
French High Commission
Thomas Delahunty
Delahunty
New York Metropolitan
Maurice Casenave
George F. Ketchledge
Toronto
Canada
Lahey
Lifelong prisoner escapes to Ohio from West Virginia prison
Escaped inmate Matt Bright, a lifer, left the Moundsville penitentiary farm and is believed to have crossed the river into Ohio after being reported missing by local police this afternoon in Martins Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Martins Ferry
Matt Bright
Moundsville
W. Va
Logan's Trunk Finally Arrives in Athens
John A. Logan of Athens, a University of Chicago student and former first lieutenant in the 258t Aerial Squadron, received his military baggage after a long wait. The trunk and blanket roll had traveled from France, with the blanket roll arriving months earlier and Logan surprised by the trunk’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan
Athens
University of Chicago
Logan
France
Cox Goes Into Johnson State for the League
Governor Cox reaches California to campaign on ratification of the peace treaty as the main issue. He will speak in Sacramento and then in San Francisco, with a four day stay as he remains unbending on reservations but seeks early U S entry into the League. He sent a telegram to Yale professor Fisher explaining his stance.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Gov. Cox
Sacramento
Cal
Cox
California
Hiram Johnson
League of Nations
Johnson
Ton'sht
San Francisco
Reno
United States
Professor Fisher
Yale University
Bethel Fires Rock At Dog, Breaks Jewelry Window
Charles Bethel threw a rock at a dog near an iron post in front of the E. E. Jacobs jewelry store on Court street Friday morning. The rock glanced off the post and struck the plate glass display window, making a clean hole like a bullet. Bethel will replace the $235 gilt lettered window.
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Charles Bethel
Bethel
E. E. Jacobs Jewelry
Court Street
Turner to defend middleweight crown vs Olson at Ohio University
A large crowd is expected for the Saturday night wrestling bout at the Ohio University gym. Middleweight champion Joe Turner meets Thor Olson at 158 pounds, the first man to beat Turner at this weight. The match starts at 8 p.m.
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Joe Turner
Thor Olson
Ohio University
Olson
Turner
Republicans claim early leads in Illinois primary counts
In Chicago on September 17 Republican hopefuls backed by Mayor Thompson and Governor Lowden staked claims as official vote tallies were needed. Len Small led governor candidate Oglesby by 13 422 votes with 5 056 of 5 737 precincts reported, while Senatorial hopefuls McKinley and Smith led by 5 217 votes in 5 025 precincts including most of Cook County.
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Chicago
Wm. H. Thompson
Frank O. Lowden
Len Small
Thompson
John G. Oglesby
Cook County
William B. McKinley
Frank T. Smith
Federal investigation links New York explosion to bomb plot
Washington reports the U S government believes the New York financial district blast was a deliberate bomb plot. Justice Department searches radicals nationwide while Treasury White House and other offices boost guard. A waiter questioned as a possible early suspect. officials note reduced security timed with the blast.
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Washington
New York Financial District
Department of Justice
Treasury
White House
Treasury Secret Service
Department of Agriculture
William J. Flynn
New York
Financial District
Think Doctor Sedgwick Slain Wife and Babe
Muskegon Michigan reports renewed efforts to elicit a statement from Dr Otis W Sedgwick held in connection with the murder of his wife and three year old daughter at Whitehall. Investigators found letters suggesting a mental illness and temporary insanity. The wife and child were killed by choking. bodies found on the lawn of the Sedgwick home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
Otis W. Sedgwick
Whitehall
Michigan
Sedgwick
Herbert M. Sedgwick
New Haven
Lancaster Girls Are Attacked
Lancaster Ohio residents faced a scare after Dorothy Putnam 16 daughter of W E Putnam manager of the Bell Telephone branch was seized by a stranger from an alley while hanging clothes. A week earlier a woman said a man tried to kidnap Anna Louise Bauman 17 as she slept in her room.
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Lancaster
Dorothy Putnam
W. E. Putnam
Bell Telephone Company
Anna Louise Bauman
List of dead from Wall Street explosion in New York
Following is a list of the dead in the Wall Street explosion with names and home towns across New York and New Jersey. The roster includes Alexander Leith Manhattan W L Gillies Pelham N Y John W Wier Manhattan om K Smith Hempstead L I Margaret Bishop Brooklyn and others. Two unidentified. John Donovan New York died at Bellevue Hospital at 10 30 A M September 17.
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Anononenone
Renecee
Oneheeonanod
New York
Wall Street
Alexander Leith
Manhattan
W. L. Gillies
Pelham
N. Y
John W. Wier
Om K. Smith
Hempstead
L. J
Margaret Bishop
Brooklyn
Robert West Day
Charles Hanrahan
William H. Hutchinson
Garden City
L. I
Ludolf Portong
Jamaica
Ellsworth
John Johnson
William Joyce
McArthurs
Frank Miller
Raymond Miller
Col
Charles Neville
L. L. Roberts
Benjamin Soloway
BE. A. Sweet
Huntington
John Donovan
Bellevue Hospital
Bolsheviks face renewed unrest across southern Russia
Reports from the war office note anti Bolshevik activity spreading to Nikolaire and other southern regions with Ukraine also showing unrest. General Wrangel claims success southeast of Alexandriaskof with thousands of prisoners and loot, while his supporters seek Paris backing to sever Bolshevik grain region ties amid looming winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
War Office
Nikolaire
Ukrainia
Wrangel
Alexandriaskof
Paris
Hard Coal Miners End Vacation Return to Work
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania, Sept 17 The end of the vacation strike by anthracite miners was declared by the Hazelton policy committee. Miners idle since September 1 began returning to work today and thousands more planned to report tomorrow. By Monday all miners are expected back.
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Wilkesbarre
Hazelton
Cleveland guards guard mayor and governor hopeful
On September 17 guards were posted around the homes of Mayor Fitzgerald Police Chief Smith and former Cleveland mayor Harry L. Davis who is a Republican candidate for governor. The financial district received close police scrutiny.
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Cleveland
Fitzgerald
Smith
Harry L. Davis
Colonel Moore Secures Wilson Backing in Cox Campaign
Washington reports E. H. Moore known as the Colonel House of the Cox campaign has persuaded President Wilson to actively support Cox. Wilson will contribute through the finance committee and public statements while remaining limited to clerical work due to health. Secretaries Colby Baker and Daniels will campaign in his stead through the election.
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Moore
Wilson
Washington
E. H. Moore
House
Cox
League of Nations
White House
National Committee
Colby
Baker
Daniels
Wall Street Reopens After Deadly Explosion
In Manhattan on Sept 17 Wall Street resumed operations after yesterday’s blast. The Morgan Bank opened on time with staff at desks while windows were repaired and security tightened. Brokers traded as 150 police kept crowds moving and inspected passers by near Broad and Wall Streets.
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New York
Wall Street
Nation
Money Mart
Broad and
Wall Streets
Morgan Bank
Stock Exchange
Broad
Morgan
The
Post and Flagg
Stocsk Exchange
Troops Move to Protect Coal Mines in Strike Area
Brig. Gen. R. E. Steiner and staff left Montgomery for Birmingham to set up temporary headquarters for six militia companies. They expect to deploy into the coal fields this afternoon, with six more companies on standby to rush to the mine districts if violence arises during the strike.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. E. Steiner
Birmingham
Milittia
Parks Must Be Used Homes Are Crowded in City
In Cleveland on September 17, city forester Harry C. Hyatt ruled that park sexual activity would continue unmolested. After complaints from a civic committee, Hyatt toured lovers’ nooks and found couples holding hands and spooning, noting modern apartments push couples to parks.
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Cleveland
Harry C. Hyatt
City Forester
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hyatt
Packers plan to sell stockyards holdings to holding company
The Federal Trade Commission, in a report to Attorney General Palmer, condemned proposals by packers to sell their holdings in 15 large stockyards to a holding company organized by F. H. Prince and Company of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Palmer
F. H. Prince and Company
Bostop
Lost Baby Found Friday in Weed Patch Near Crematory
Clara Cirelli, 20 months old and missing since Tuesday, was found Friday in a weed grown spot at Union Hill New Jersey. Engineer Robert Potts heard a crying baby and located the child, who was weak and starved but revived after medical care. parents had endured sleepless days since the disappearance.
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Union Hill
N. J
Clara Cirelli
Robert Potts
Potts
Wife admits hiring man to kill husband near Clay
Warrants for first degree murder to be issued for Frank Lyski of Lisbon and Mrs Estella Puchaelski after police confirm confessions. Lyski says the woman promised $500 to kill her husband George Puchaelski at their farm home. A second participant allegedly hesitated.
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Warren
Frank Lyski
Lisbon
Estella Puchaelski
George Puchaelski
Here
Syski
Thomas
Lyski
House Teams With Cox Roosevelt Campaign in New York
Colonel E M House will actively participate in the Cox Roosevelt presidential campaign as announced by George White Democratic national chairman in New York.
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New York
E. M. House
Cox
Roosevelt
George White
Public health endangered by profiteering and housing shortage
Cleveland health commissioner Dr H L Rockwood says overcrowding fueled by rent profiteering endangers thousands. Two to three people share rooms in crowded areas as price gouging worsens conditions. He urges landlords to act humanely and calls for action against profiteers to curb disease spread.
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Cleveland
H. L. Rockwood
Rockwood
Temptation Ends In Haunted Onion Incident
Grant Harrell tempted and fell when a freight car stopped before his home. Detectives found him an hour later, surrounded by onions both outside and inside the pile of tops. He was brought to the police station and pleaded guilty before Judge Kennedy.
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Kansas City
Grant Harrell
Harrell
Kennedy
Wall Street terror attack terror in New York
Police and agents hunted a former French high commissioner aide linked to the Wall Street bombing that killed and wounded many. The blast at Broad and Wall streets disrupted activity as investigators pursued a time clock bomb theory and fortified key sites including Morgan offices and St Patrick's Cathedral.
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New York
Wall Street
Department of Justice
Volunteer Hospital
Broad Street Hospital
Humber
Maurice Casenave
Arnaud
Ions
Loumur Canpiana Oka
Commission Warning
Wall Viteut
Etter
Ives
Tae . Flynn
Department of Tce
W. J. Burns
Cae Bean
Witneses
Broad and
Wall Streets
Burns
Ist ‘de
Assay Office
Morgan
Sub-Treasury
Stock Exchange
Broad
J. P. Morgan's Bank
J. P. Morgan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Constitution or Covenant Main Issue in 1920 Campaign
Warren G. Harding argued from his Marion porch that the constitution or covenant is the paramount issue and that the two are irreconcilable. He warned against being governed by Geneva and Washington and asserted opposition to entering the League of Nations as proposed by Wilson. He favored Hague tribunals and an international association based on justice rather than power.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harding
Geneva
Washington
United States
League of Nations
Wilson
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
New York
Hague Tribunal
Conference of Nations
Y Sailles
Paris
May Again Challenge Seats of Socialists
Albany Sept 17 The five expelled Socialist assemblymen were reelected in yesterday's special election in New York. The right to their seats will be challenged when the house reconvenes in a special session Monday night. Some former expulsion supporters have changed views making the outcome uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York
United Press
House
Officer Never Saw His Baby
Mrs. Joseph Snow, mother of four days, mourns as Sheriff Snow of Brazoria County is killed in a raid on Oscar Beasley. Beasley is dragged from Angleton jail by a mob of about 400 and hanged in the courthouse square after confessing to Snow's killing.
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Houston
Tex
Joseph Snow
Snow
Brazoriy County
Oscar Beasley
Beasley
Angelton
France Warns It Will Quit League If Germany Joined
Paris reports the Echo de Paris states France will withdraw from the league of nations if Germany is admitted at the Geneva conference. Also noted is a Parisian invention for towing heavy trailers behind cars, a motor operated capstan and spring buffer coupling.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
League of Nations Council
Leon Bourgeois
France
League
Germany
Geneva
Denison University to raise funds after grant offer
President Clark Chamberlain announced in chapel that the General Education Board of New York offered 490000 dollars to Denison University on the condition the institution raise 800000 dollars more, a goal the university has decided to pursue.
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Granville
Clark Chamberlain
Denison University
General Education Board of New York
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Gox
Johnson State
Illinois
Doctor AG
Lancaster Girls
X. Charles A. Lindroth
Great Kills
Staten Island
Bernard J. Kennedy
Margaret Drury
Colin N. Barr McClure
Yonkers
Ee M. Dickinson
Elmhurst
Thomas M. Osprey
Joseph Arranbury
Bartholomew Flannery
Joseph Schmitt
Bayside, N. Y
Mildred Alexander
Reginald Ellsworth
West Orange
Lenine
Clay
May
Denison
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