Many Days Debates Over Insanity Question In Loz Loeb Case
Chicago July 39 The trial judge refused to admit defense insanity claims while the prosecution pressed to present mental condition evidence in the Nathan Leopold Jr Richard Loeb kidnapping and murder case. Judge Caverly overruled the objection, insisting the defense would not plead insanity as a legal defense, and the arguments continued with a possible extension into tomorrow as two lives hang in the balance.
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Chicago
John KR. Caverly
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Ragbert Franks
Caverly
Robert E. Crowe
Supreme Court
Judge Caverly
Crowe
Benjamin Bachrach
Officer Held Under Bond For Alleged Assault On Topsy Duncan
Chicago dates recall a high profile court scene as Officer Charles Widlock is held to the grand jury on a bond of 1000 dollars for assault with intent to kill. Rosetta testified of beating by Widlock and other officers after joking about arresting her brother during a Fourth of July drive. The Duncan party claimed injuries including a broken nose and a cracked rib while officers said Duncan was abusive and fought back.
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Topsy Duncan
Chicago
Henry G. Williams
Eyanston
Duncan
Comedienne
The
Justice
Rosetta
Widlock
Harold
Duncans
Cicero
Miss Duncan
Page Nine
Cheyney Elected President Of Bluefield Chamber
C I Cheyney was elected president of the newly organized Bluefield Chamber of Commerce at the board meeting. Claude Taylor and W A Bodell were named first and second vice presidents respectively with J K Alexander re elected treasurer and Conrad Brevick secretary manager. A large slate of committees was formed to push industrial and park development while a Roanoke trip was planned to press freight-rate concessions with Norfolk and Western to aid locating a coke by product plant in Bluefield Virginia.
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Co. I. Cheyney
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Claude Taylor
W. A. Bodell
J. K. Alexander
Conrad Brevick
R. B. Parrish
Appalachians
Congressional
Parrish
West Virginia
White Sulphur
Congressional Committee
Chamber
Bluefield
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Industrial Development Committee
Industrial Developement Committee
C. I. Cheyney
C. F E. Reese
N. H. Manakee
Herbert Markle
Democratic Candidate Speeding to New York
Democratic presidential nominee John W. Davis tours Maine and Rockland on the Bar Harbor Express en route to New York. He meets several hundred supporters, discusses campaign strategy with aides, and prepares to return to headquarters as New England Democrats gauge November prospects.
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Rockland
Maine
United States
John W. Davis
Davis
David
New York
Uptown
Clem L. Shaver
Daniel C. Roper
McAdoo
Walker D. Hines
Railroads
Railroads. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Made the Trip From Seven Hundred Islands
Rock
Robert H. Jackson
New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee
Jackson
New England
Train wreck injures twenty eight on LIRR near Woodside
An express train on the Long Island Railroad derailed nine cars near Woodside when a hand switch failed. Twenty eight people were injured, thirteen seriously, and transported to Bellevue hospital St. John's hospital and Flush ing hospital. Mayor Hylan arrived at the scene.
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New York
Long Island
Woodside
L.I
Pennsylvania Station
Bellevue Hospital
Pennsylvania Terminal
Port Washington
I.L
Wood- Side
Bellevue
St. John's Hospital
Long Island City
Flushing Hospital
Lafollette Convention Set for Fairmont August 11
Electors pledged to Senator Robert M. Lafollette for president and Senator Burton K. Wheeler for vice president will be chosen by a West Virginia state convention at Fairmont on August 11. The call for the convention was signed by C. H. Nassau of Montgomery.
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert M. Lafollette
Burton K. Wheeler
Fairmont
C. H. Nassau
Montgomery
Two Japanese Davis Cup Players Paroled After Ellis Island Hold
Takeo Harada and Masanosuke Fukuda of the Japanese Davis Cup team were detained at Ellis Island on arrival from England and paroled after an immigration order. A third member, S Okamoto, was admitted. The players, from Tokio, had spent ten months in the United States, returning from a six week trip to England and France for the Olympic Games. They proceed to Montreal to face Canada in a second round American zone match.
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New York
Takeo Harada
Masanosuke Fukuda
Ellis Island
England
Department of Labor
Harada
Fukuda
Paris
S. Okamoto
Tokio
United States
France
Montreal
Zona Mach
British Representations On Ship Armament Shake Washington
London announced Britain protests any rise in battleship gun elevations under the Washington treaty and says such changes would breach the pact. The U S government offered no reply, while the Navy secretary called for the issue to be settled. The British claim hinges on treaty sections governing armor and gun calibers.
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Washington
London
United States
Japan
Navy Department
Wilbur
Hmaete
House of Commons
Arthur Ponsonby
France
Italy
Reform School Revolt Roils Rahway NY State Police Take Command
At the New Jersey state reformatory in Rahway the institution was under near martial law as hundreds of inmates fought guards in a race era riot. Three guards and two inmates were injured and the superintendent said a bullet wound risk could be fatal.
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Rahway
N. J
New Jersey
Moore
Woodbridge
Decomposed body found hanging on dogwood near Richwood
Stevie Dix, 30, was found hanging from a dogwood tree on the June Dix farm near Richwood West Virginia. Investigators ruled the death a self inflicted action after Dix disappeared about ten days earlier. He left a wife and one child and was from Calhoun County.
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Richwood
W. Va
Stevie Dix
June Dix
Dix
Ben Dix
Justice of the Peace
Calhoun County
Tragic Midway Accident Claims Four Year Old Billie Baugh
Four year old Billie Baugh was struck and killed by a Cadillac driven by Miss Margaret Lazenby near the Baugh and Painter store in Midway. Eyewitnesses say the driver could not stop in time despite braking, the truck parked nearby obstructing view. Life was declared extinct at the scene. funeral plans pending.
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Billie Baugh
Henry
Baugh
Bluefield Avenue
Mergaret Lazenby
R. K. Lazenby
Highland Avenue
Baugh and Painter
Midway
Adam Painter
Miss Lazenby
Virginia
Billie
Painter
Paul Barker
Barker
Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Baugh
Marion Painter
Bluefield
Peggy Hopkins Joyce recounts troubled marriage in annulment suit
New York reports Peggy Hopkins Joyce saying the Countess Margaret Hopkins Joyce Mor ner and her husband failed to share responsibilities as she financed the home. She claims he did not work, while she kept financial control and returned to the stage. She notes a taxi cap altercation and says she spent an evening away from home.
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New York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Margaret Upton Hopkins
Joyce Morner
Governor of Virginia Upholds Defense Day Cooperation
Governor Trinkle urged Virginians to cooperate with the War Department for Defense Day planned nationwide on September 12. He said participation is optional, there is no state expense, and the demonstration will do no harm while aiding national defense efforts.
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Richmond
Trinkle
War Department
Coolidge
French Proposal to Break Deadlock at Inter Allied Conference
France hands a compromise plan to Britain and others proposing the evacuation of Ruhr towns Hagen Dortmund Bochum and Essen after the Dawes plan loan issue. It includes an arbitration formula for reparation disputes and aims to secure support from bankers for Germany's loan. If rejected the French warn they have nothing further to offer.
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London
Hagen
Ruhr
Havas Lewes
Dortmund
Bochum
Essen
Reparation Commission
Herriot
MacDonald
Kellogg
Mom
House of Commons
Germany
Paris
Woman Found In Gas Filled Room In Denver
Mrs Gertrude O Reilly Ramsey Cooper was found unconscious in a gas filled kitchenette of her Capitol Hill apartment in Denver and remained between life and death as investigators sought the cause. Her mother and stepfather doubted suicide and a 13 year old son claimed he saw J H Cooper in Denver Tuesday night.
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Denver
Colo
Gertrude O'Reilly Ramsey Cooper
Capitol
Cooper
Casey
Coopers
Wichita
Kansas
North Dakota League Endorses Lafollette Wheeler Ticket
The non partisan league state conference meeting in Bismarck endorses Robert M. Lafollette for president and Burton K. Wheeler for vice president by acclamation with little opposition. Judge John C. Lowe notes no formal vote. The endorsement was welcomed by delegates.
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Fallon Gage 1A
Charles W. Bendigs
William J. Fallon
Fallon
Bendigs
Gregory
Henry Millard
Lafollette
Brengh
State Department
New Jersey Reformatory
Margaret Lazenby
Dount
Peggy Joyce
Rock Bottom
Inter Allied
Congress
Michigan
America
Calvin Coolidge
Alexander J. Groesbest
Groesbeck
Woul
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
North Dakota
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