Three Chinese leaders slain in Vancouver feud
Three prominent Chinese figures die in Vancouver amid a feud between Communist and moderate factions of the Kong Meng Tang. Louie Men Har, publisher of the Canada Morning News and Hankow faction commissioner for Canada, is shot. Wong Park, a journalist, is killed. the assailant Wong Suey Sang reportedly shoots himself after the confrontation at the Morning News offices.
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Vancouver
B. C
Associated Press
China
Oriental Quarter
Totay
Kong Mang Tang
Louie Men Har
Wing
Wong Park
Sang
Wong Fang
Wong Suey Sang
Mounted police disperse parade amid Sacco Vanzetti tensions
A large late 1920s protest on a university campus and a Fifth Avenue parade ended with mounted police dispersing crowds. telegrams to President Coolidge urged action in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Five arrests followed for disorderly conduct as police contained scattered demonstrators and vehicle crowding.
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Union Square
Unies
Sacco
Venzetti
Wilson
Mooner
Federal Department
Sacco- Arnaetti
Traver
Department of Justice
Mooney
Vanzetti
Iutcome
Ros Baron
Sacco-Vanzetti
Ben Gold
The
Furriers’ Union
Lower East Side
Themen
Fifth Avenue
Alve Sacco
Crowe
Samuel Friedman
Brooklyn
Sacco Case Delays Police Revolver Match in Wakefield
A revolver meet planned in Wakefield with teams from Massachusetts cities and state police is postponed until Friday due to the Sacco and Vanzetti executions. Boston police mobilization would have kept sharpshooters away from the event tomorrow.
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Wakefield
Mass
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston
Paris Seethes Over Sacco Vanzetti Executions Clashes
French crowds protest Sacco and Vanzetti in several cities. Paris stays quiet though radical papers run strong headlines. Prominent French figures including Mme Curie and Dreyfus sign appeals to President Coolidge and Governor Fuller. A protest cable from the American Legion in Paris sparks rebuttals from Benjamin S. Connor and Bowman Elder. Public demonstrations spread through Havre and Bordeaux with letters to US authorities and warnings from police.
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Associated Press
Saaco
Vanzetti
Mme. Curie
Guy le Lasteyre
Lafayette
Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Commerce
Louis Loucheur
Caillaux
Coolidge
Full ‘Ler
Massachusetts
Benjamin S. Connor
American Chamber of Commerce
France
American Legion
Howard FP
Savage
Chicago
Bowman Elder
Sacco-Vanzetti
Canner
Elder
Sacco
Vanzeril
Amerian Legion
Bordeaux
Charles A. Uindbergh
M. Loucheur
Jean Fabry
M. Dreyfus
Deport the Reds speakers urges in Maine speech
Portland, Maine Aug 9. Associated Press quote Ralph M Ingalls at a Lions club luncheon calling for strong action against alleged radicals tied to the Sacco Vanzetti case. He urged mobilization and deportation measures while condemning sympathetic views as dangerous and violent.
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Portland
Maine
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Massachusetts
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Ralph M. Ingalls
Lions’ Club
Sacco-Vanzetti
Meriden Police Report Quiet City Amid Death Notice
In Meriden no disturbances were reported and no protests were registered as authorities continue investigations. Public buildings remain secure while officials urge calm and remind residents of ongoing safety measures.
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Meriden. Aly
New Haven Sacco Meeting Held Quiet as Police Guard
About 300 Sacco Vanzetti sympathizers gathered in Music Hall New Haven after a permit denial for a Central Green rally. Police guarded the doors and streets as resolutions denouncing the Massachusetts death penalty were drafted and sent to Governor Fuller and President Coolidge. An aid fund raised 93.50 to help five local youths arrested for distributing handbills.
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Associated Press
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Sacco-Vanzetti
Music Hall
Court Street
Sacco
Vanzetti
Coolidge
Fuller
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Defense Committee
J. Rosenblatt
J. Peirec
Massachusetts
Wooster Square
Thomas Leahy
Labor Lyceum
George Ziskind
Workers’ Party of
Connecticut
Reirand Sacco
Sheir
Sado
Sacro
Belef
Venzetti
Boston
Sacco and
Ernest C. Carpenter
Prisoners Await Death as Hunger Strikes Continue
Reports detail Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in extended hunger strikes while awaiting execution. Sacco has not eaten for weeks, though some meals are taken. Vanzetti intermittently eats. Mrs Rose Sacco visits, accompanied by Amila Cada, triggering photographers scuffle as guards restrain a rush toward the condemned.
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Jestino Madeiros
Sacco
Vanzetti
Siceo
Rose Sacco
No Clergyman for Sacco Vanzetti Executions Face
The three condemned men Sacco Vanzetti and Madeiros may walk to the death chamber without a priest present unless requested. Sacco and Vanzetti are atheists, Madeiros not a church member. Prison officials note few condemned go to the chair without chaplain, none requested thus far. Bacco appears weak from fasting, Vanzetti writes letters, contents undisclosed. A large crowd of reporters is expected. one official witness and a nearby telegraph link will relay the start. Guards brought meals as cells were kept quiet. Dr McLaughlin saw them walking and spoke briefly. Steel outer doors were left open to ease the heat.
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Venzetta
Madeiros
Venvett
Madetzos
Bacco
Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Joseph I. McLaughlin
Tramp Discovers Bomb Tick in Chicago Building
A tramp found a ticking time bomb in a vacant Chicago building set for 11 p.m. near a busy postal sub-station. Police increased patrols, cleared corridors, and prepared to quell demonstrations linked to Sacco and Vanzetti sympathizers. Four men were arrested nearby for driving with placards reading Sacco and Vanzetti must not die.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Sacco
Vangetti
Massachusetts
Sacco-Vanzetti
West Side
Vanzetti
New York State
Borah Not Moved by Foreign Protests on Sacco Case
Boise Idaho August 9 Senator William Borah replied to a Sacco Vanzetti defense committee plea urging President Coolidge to intervene. Borah said he could not appear before the President to press reprieve and would act only if innocence were proven. He dismissed international protests as irrelevant to his decision.
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Boise
Idaho
Associated Press
William E. Borrah
Sacco-Vanzetti
Coolidge
Rapid City
Fuller
Senato Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Puller
Wilkow
Mooney
Stolen diamond stick pin and watch reported by Walker
Arthur Mivelry Stoll reported to police that his diamond stick pin and platinum watch were taken from 494 East Main Street on July 31 while he slept on his front porch. Police are investigating the theft under a porch invasion report.
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Arthur Walker
East Main Street
Walker
Fragmentary note on memory aid and love for Bale Gage
A garbled fragment mentions a tool memory habit and chewing to forget. It also references love for Bale Gage and a cursory phrase about Tem ha buds, with unclear meaning and no identifiable event or person.
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Suse
Sargent Denies He Can Act to Save Sacco Vanzetti
The Sacco Vanzetti defense committee drafted a telegram to Attorney General John G. Sargent urging a federal investigation and a stay of execution. The telegram accuses DOJ agents of helping secure the conviction and urges President Coolidge to intervene with Governor Fuller. Sargent declined comment, saying he knows nothing of the appeal and considers the matter outside his jurisdiction.
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Associated Press
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John G. Sargent
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Sacco-Vanzetti
Coolidge
Sacon-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Department of Justice
Sacco
Vangzevtt
Massachusetts
United States
Fuller
Sargent
Palmer
Filer
Ludlow
Vermont
Sacce-Vanzetti
Defense Committee
Stamford Sacco Meeting Reports No Disorder
About 600 persons attended an orderly mass meeting in Stamford in front of the town hall. Mrs Mae Harris Mainland of the New York Sacco Vanzetti defense committee spoke and a telegram to Governor Fuller of Massachusetts urged freeing Sacco and Vanzetti. George Siskind of New Haven also spoke at the event.
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Aug. C
Associated Press
Town Hall
Mae Harris Mainland
New York
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Fulier
Massachusetts
Sacco
Vanzetti
Mainland
Union Square
Sperker
Boston
George Siskind
New Haven
Sacco-Vangetul Defense Committee
Moves in Sacco Vanzetti case extend into federal courts
Defense counsel outlined five possible moves through state courts and three federal avenues to block or stay the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti. They argued the delays aim to pressure a reprieve, while authorities sought to maintain security and proceed under the law. A sympathetic demonstration formed outside the state house as police reinforced precautions amid rumors of dynamite thefts.
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Vanvetti
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Hunger strike at prison as Sacco and Vanzetti warned of guards
Agents warned all to stay away from the prison as Sacco and Vanzetti, on hunger strike, remain in the death house. Mrs. Sacco visits daily while the prison physician notes both men able to walk about and in fair condition.
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Sacco
Vanzetti
Prosecution Due In Food Probe
New York dispatch reports former Justice Charles H. Kelby found widespread corruption in the city Health Department food inspection service. The Kelby-Meyer Walker inquiry submits 148 criminal offenses tied to Health Department staff during Monaghan’s tenure and mayoral era. Evidence, prepared for grand jury, points to prior corruption under Commissioner Louis I. Harris.
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Associated Press
New York City Health Department
Food Inspection Service
Supreme Court
Charles H. Kelby
Meyer Walker
Kelby
Health Department
Frank J. Monaghan
Hylan
Kelly
Health Administration
Louis I. Harris
Woman Falls While Fleeing Spouse in Fairfield
Mary Sarko, 34, of 203 Willard Street, was hospitalized with a fractured arm after fleeing her husband Joseph Sarko who allegedly beat her and she fell during the escape. Sarko is charged with assault and breach of the peace at Second Precinct. An ambulance took Mary to Bridgeport Hospital under Dr Sydney Mooney. Fairfield driver William Smith, of Fairfield, was arrested by Sheriff Elwood on a warrant from July 23 for failure to assume responsibility and is held at Third Precinct.
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Mary Sarko
Willard Street
Bridgeport
Joseph Sarko
Sydney Mooney
Fairfield
William Smith
Elwood
Third Precinct
Claire Windsor Wins Divorce From Bert Lytell
Actress Claire Windsor obtained a divorce from Bert Lytell in Los Angeles on grounds of cruelty after testifying a mystery woman influenced their marriage. Windsor spoke of jealousy, public quarrels, and a preexisting affair as factors. A property settlement was reached out of court. terms were not disclosed.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Claire Windsor
Timstar
Bert Lytell
Ais
Lytell
Attendant Who Beat Patient Is Sentenced
Herbert Weir a 28 year old hospital attendant pleaded guilty to killing Hen ry Wetzel a 76 year old patient. In quarter sessions court Judge Monaghan sentenced him to three to six years. Weir a former vice consul to Batavia Java attacked the elderly man as he tried to leave the hospital for home.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Herbert Weir
Kiing
Henry Wetzel
Monaghan
Weir
Batavia
Java
Weisel
Inmate Attacked by Dog at Hillside Home
Sixty nine year old Fred Barron was bitten by a dog at Hillside home yesterday. An emergency ambulance took him to hospital where Dr Sydney Money treated the man for injuries.
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Fred Barron
Hillside Home
Institution
Sydney Mooney
Watchman's Body Found in Shaft at Naugetuck Coat Shop
The body of John Ostroskh, 70, of Union City, was found at the bottom of a three foot elevator pit in the Naugetuck Coat shop where he worked as watchman. Medical Examiner Dy. Edward H. Johnson of Mangetuck ruled heart failure. Relatives had requested a search after he did not appear for supper.
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Waterbury
Associated Press
John Ostroskh
North Main Street
Union City
Naugetuck
Edward H. Johnson
Mangetuck
Ostrocki
Lacking Windshield Wipers Fined in Farmington Court
Thirty one drivers paid a total of 434 in Farmington borough court after pleading guilty to operating vehicles without windshield wipers during yesterday rainstorm. Five others who did not appear will be rearrested and tried later.
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Farmington
German woman flyer plans Binghamton trip for port campaign
Fraulein Thea Rasche, Germany’s woman stunt flier, announced she would depart tomorrow morning from Curtiss Field in New York to join a campaign in Binghamton for a municipal port.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Associated Press
Fraulein Thea Rasche
Germany
Binghamton
Oklahoma Legion Praises Fuller Guthrie Resolution
The Oklahoma American Legion convention adopted a resolution praising Governor Fuller of Massachusetts for refusing clemency to Sacco and Vanzetti. This report notes the event occurred in Guthrie Oklahoma with Associated Press attribution.
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Guthrie
Okla
Associated Press
American Legion Today
Fuller
Massachusetts
Bacco
Vanzetti
Woman Burned To Death In East 117th Street Fire
Mrs Frances Chrystal, 45, died when a three story rooming house on East 117th Street burned. The blaze began while she slept in her room and the origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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New York
Associated Press
Frances Chrystal
East 117Th Street
Bull gored Sheffield farmer in Great Barrington farm
Frederick Misner a prominent Sheffield farmer was gored by an enraged bull at his Great Barrington area farm. He was hospitalized with a broken rib and a punctured abdomen.
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Maze
Associated Press
Frederick Misner
Sheffield
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