Phantom Stabber Case Sparks Police Doubt and Fear
Rumors swirl around the South End stabbing case as police doubts rise and Mrs. Sarah Driscoll questions publicity. Neighbors fear a “third degree” attack while the alleged assailant, dubbed the Phantom Stabber, remains at large. Alice Driscoll is among the injured.
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Sarah Driscoll
Warren Street
Driscoll
Alice Driscoll
Myrtle and
South Avenues
Thura
South End
Lenroot and Darrow Clash Over World Court Debate
Wisconsin Senator Irvine Lenroot urged U S entry into the permanent court of international justice in a Princeton debate with Clarence Darrow who opposed the court saying it adds nothing. Lenroot argued the court is independent of the League though the League named judges and paid salaries. Darrow dismissed the court as useless and unnecessary for arbitration. The discussion opened the National Collegiate World Conference with 245 institutions represented.
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Princeton
United States
Irvine L Lenreot
Wisconsin
Permanent Court of International Justice
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
League of Nations
Lentoot
League
Brookhart
Lenroot
Foreign powers menace canal in lingering court case
The court heard closing arguments in a high profile case where foreign powers are alleged to threaten critical routes. With seven weeks of hearings nearly complete, prosecutors and defense await a verdict next week and potential additional witnesses remain possible before cross examination ends.
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Washington
Decth
Welt Department
Humaeis
Dhe
Dumbell Faces Divorce Suit In Superior Court
Howard M Dumbell, a former resident now in Colorado, is named in a divorce suit filed in Superior Court yesterday. The case alleges antiwoman conduct and seeks a decree of divorce amid defenses argued last week. The record notes he previously faced accusations and counterclaims in the same proceeding.
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Howard M Dumbell
Res Dent
Colorado
Red
Yukaims
John Wo Banks
Dampell
President Waives LaFollette Status In Senate Talk
Washington reports President Coolidge told Senate leaders that future action on Senator Hubert LaFollette and insurgents is for them to decide. The president avoided details on Senate committees while debates over party alignment continue amid GOP tensions.
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Washington
Mejert- Ingah
Coolidge
Senate
Hubert Wo Lakilete
Whitehouse
Cossidy
Ignal
Mintainng
Qld
Gaird
Cmets
Salm Serves Notice of Action on Heiress
In New York Mount Ludwig palm Hoogestiveten, husband of Millicent Rogers heiress, issued a statement saying his wife has until next Monday to accept personal service of papers in their separation suit. He adds that he has information she may be avoiding service and will seek court leave to serve the process on her.
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New York
Mount Ludwig
Maritime Houdini Fails Police Again
Boston police and navy yard officers report Spencer Waden a sailor known as a handcuff escape artist was moved to a stronger jail after slipping free from multiple restraints and aiding companion Nick Ferno to escape from a transport. Waden had previously escaped three pairs of handcuffs and leg irons before recapture in the yard.
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Boston
Deelin
Spencer Waden
Navy Yard
Waden
Nick Ferno
Charles Street
Miners Die in Birmingham Overton Mine Blast
Mourning grips Birmingham as 33 miners are killed in a gas explosion at Overton Mine No 2. Rescue crews search for three remaining bodies, with fifty recovered so far, including three black miners and seven white. The blast wrecked the pit, and officials say the accident continues under investigation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Overton Mine
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Charges Dropped Against Barber Amid Lacking Evidence
William Soda, a Batcer member of the Fifth District Republican club, faced allegations of acting against the King Republican organization and aiding Thomas M Cullinan’s mayoralty bid. The executive head declined to substanti ate the charges, with Soda the only member among those accused to appear before the committee. The panel tabled the matter until the next regular meeting, while further allegations against Harry H Pritchard were noted but not pursued.
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William Soda
Batcer
Fifth District
Republican Club
King Republican Organization
Thomas M Cullinan
Seda
Willam N. Hart
James Warlin
Harry H Pritchard
Priests Absorb Dying Laborers After Collapse at New Fork
Debris in a 47th Street building near Fifth Avenue trapped workers as a collapse killed one and injured five others. Bystanders, including Mather Caldwell and Joseph McKenna, helped pull victims from the wreckage and administer aid before police arrived. Several men remained missing despite rescue efforts and the alarm raised by witnesses.
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47Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Mather Caldwell
Pollas
Deviie
Vithe
Joseph McKennaeft
Malachy
Ictors Chapel
Dlochs
Wieler Assistant Before Committee Can Advance Speiser Boom
Democratic candidate for town clerk Joseph F Wieser was appointed assistant town clerk by Lawn Clerk Jenny Caldwell with mayoral approval. Ninth District Republicans accused the move of quashing Speiser’s candidacy as Breiser endorsement fueled tensions. A committee led by Representative Joe Uve and including Dennis Kelly, John Liptacht Thomas Hungerford and William Weaver was formed to press Speiser’s bid, with a meeting set by the Ninth District club.
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Vest
Joseph Uve
Dennis Kelly
John Liptatc
Thomas Hungerford
William Weaver
Fustes Dpeiser
Cubelli
Thea
Wieler
Turkey Ready to Fight Britain Over Mosul Oilfields
Ankara reports state that President Mustafa Kemal Pasha plans to use Turkey’s armed forces to challenge a League of Nations decision awarding Mosul to Great Britain. Turkish officials claim Mosul is Turkish and threaten war, with an army of about 500,000 and preparations to move troops toward the border via rail.
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Turkey
Britain
Moses
London
Mustaphi Kemal Pasha
Mosul
League of Nationalounci
Iraq
Great Britain
Mustapha Kemal
Mosul i Turish
Tingland
Irak
Trak
Witler Named Assistant Town Clerk in Bridgeport
Bridgeport reports Witler appointed to the role as the Ninth District Republican club notes político shifts. Other items include dropped charges against Willam Soda in a party dispute and ongoing divorce cases involving Ira French, a former state senator’s daughter, and other local notices.
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Bridgeport
Witler
Republican Club
Willam Soda
Fifth Distict
Ira F'Rench
Coolidgs
Kent Avenue
Stamford
August Berger divorce granted to wife at Canyon Street studio
Setlie Bernstein Berger, pianist at a Brideport theatre, obtained a decree of divorce from August Berger, with a Canyon street studio, in Judge Newell Jennings court yesterday. They married July 9, 1917, have two children, and separated August 3, 1925 amid cruelty accusations and fault claims.
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Setlie Bernstein Berger
Lheatre
di Vorce
August Barger +ott
Canyon Street
Newell Jennings
Berger
Chase
Cruthy
Wserted Werger Wat
Lear
Waot Gattbler
Machado Elected Portuguese President After Exile Return
In Portugal, Aly Bernacdinu Machado is elected president after his 1921 return from exile following a 1917 ousting due to health issues. Machado's path included resignation and renewed leadership as premier amid political turbulence.
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Machado
Lifron
Portugal
Aly
Bernacdinu
Inheritance Tax Debate Turmoil in House
Washington December saw heated House debate over the inheritance tax bill as reps from both parties attacked the proposed cut and the 50 percent credit, with Rep. Roanoseyer and Simons leading opposition amid party disagreements.
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Washington
U Rep
Roaumseyer
Simimons
Nebrisky
Grange Advised To Lay Low Today
DITROIT Dec 11 Harold Grange football star will not play with the Chicago Bears in the Detroit game tomorrow after a Detroit physician’s examination. Grange may appear in uniform but the doctor warns permanent injury risk from premature strain on the injured member.
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Ditroit
Detroit
Harold Grange
Chicago Bears
Grange
Ped
Michael Enright Charged With Murder Of Shay
Corning New York December 11 AP Michael Enright was charged with first degree murder for killing Timothy Shay of Addison near Campbell yesterday The warrant was signed by Coroner W Cobb Enright is brother to Richard E Enright New York police commissioner Attorney Thomas J Nogers wan represents Enright and has demanded an examination before Peace Justice Leslier Wellington
Wall Collapse Kills One Traps Others in Fork
In Fork on December 11 a brownstone rear wall on 48th Street near Firth Avenue collapsed trapping several workmen. One man died, another was alive but injured, and a fire and police rescue team labored for hours to extricate the survivors from the wreckage.
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Fork
48Th Street
Firth Avenue
Divorce Granted to Art Student in New York Case
Art student Della Porta de Bussey Macarths from Newtown, New York, was granted divorce from Dr James V McCarthy of New York City by Judge Kehn W Banks in Superior Court. The marriage reportedly occurred in Brewster, and McCarthy was described as a chronic alcoholic who avoided finances and displayed erratic behavior.
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Muesties
New York
Bridgeport Bantam Delaney Loses Title Bid In Close Bout
Ovilla Chapdelaine known as Jack Delaney fails to seize the light heavyweight world title after a tense New Madison Square Garden bout. Delaney floors Don Hickey style Ox Derlenbach in the fourth round but hesitates, letting the moment slip as the crowd roars and the judges’ verdict is debated.
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New Madison Square Garden
New York
Ovilla Chapdelaine
Bridgeport
Jack Delaney
Delaney
Astoria
Old Madison Square Garden
Berrybach
Don Hickey
Oliva Chapedlaing
Champion Knocked Down in Fourth Round Boxing Shootout
New Madison Square Garden, New York. Jack Delaney and Paul Berlenbach faced off before 23,000 fans as Delaney staged a comeback but Berlenbach, Astoria’s champion, retained the crown after a split decision amid a dramatic card. Delaney showed renewed power, but Bridgeport’s Berlenbach domineered the later rounds and won on points.
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Madison Square Gare
Den
New York
Dev
Jack Dellaney
Madiang Arena
Bridgeport
Delaney
Jack
Steve
Berienbach
Neta
Paul Berlenbach
Astoria
Eassin
Anf
Jack Delaney
Hi Door
Berlenbach
Fistiana
Seventeen Killed in Moro Fights Reported
Report from Manila cites clashes near Like Santo Lano in Mindoro as Major Johnson's force attacks fortified Moro positions after an effort to capture gang members who killed a Filipino schoolteacher. Several constabulary soldiers wounded, additional Moro fatalities feared. Teacher Rastrete reportedly captured and beheaded by outlaws.
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Manila
Tligan
Lano
Mindoono
Atora
Constabulary
M Johnson
Tunad
Rastrete
Aloto
Santo Lano
Beethoven Centenary to Be Honored at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera announces plans to mark Ludwig van Beethoven’s death centenary with a performance sequence. Conductor Arthur Rodine reports being invited to compose a setting for the Fidelis recitation, framed by formal centennial observances.
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Beethoven
MET
York
Gmade Gata
Atagza
Gendral Manik
Metropolitan Opera
Pany Announert
Omfan
Arthur Rodine Netrapollhia
Wr Gatt-Casama
Fidelis
Tangled French Divorce Actions in Court
In a Stamford case Judge William Malible presided over a complex divorce involving Ira French and Gertrude Kingsley French. The proceedings tied to residence shifts between Norwalk and New York, with the wife learning of the suit only after a news story appeared.
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Ira
French
Ewapi
Bertsport Norwalk
New York
Superior Court
Ae French
Gertrude Kingsloy
Stamford
Wiethone
Whiee Minied
William Malible
Malt
Bondsmen Return Rubin to Police in Stamford
Stamford December 11. Speatafl Henry T Trubin a former auto dealer bound over to the superior court on bonds on a chattel mortgage charge was delivered to local police by one of his two bondsmen. Peter St Charles helped but Rubin remained in custody as the officers moved him toward Prunepaet County jail.
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Stamford
Henry T Trubin
Superior Court
Bridgeport
Haven
Peter St Charles
Rubin
Nestles Morning
J Charles Hist
Prunepaet
Charisse
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