Milford cadet Totten found dead at West Point
Dennis Bunker Totten 23, of Milford, a US Military Academy cadet, was found dead on the West Point reservation. Officials report a mysterious death under investigation with despondency suspected from overstudying for exams. Totten, class of 1523, had been at the academy a year and a half and was son of Mrs. Percy Hoyt and Professor A L Totten. Funeral arrangements in Milford are being made.
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Dennis Bunker Totten
U. S. Military Academy—Board of Officers
Arbor Side Drive
Wilcox Park
Milford
United States Military Academy
West Point
Totten
Academy
I Totten
Youes
Milferd Bish
Percy Hoyt
Hoyt
Camp Devens
Witness Chaplain testifies in murder case in Rabideaux Corners
Monroe Michigan January 7 A. E. F. Chaplain Daniel O Donnell testified as principal witness in the trial of Albert Sherman farmer and Special deputy sheriff charged with the June 23 killings of Walter Goday and Maurice Drouillard at the Wesleyan Methodist church near Rabideaux Corners. O Donnell described alleged anti Catholic remarks by Louis Hing evangelist and said two cars of Eric Michigan youths came to his rectory the night before the shooting. He said he advised against violence and the men left. soon after one car returned with Goday dead and Drouillard dying. The priest claimed his vocation privilege to refuse further testimony. The prosecution rested its case seeking to show Sherman fled without provocation.
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Father O'Donne
Eric
Mich
Drownarda
Sherman
President asks for copy of lost government reorg bill
President Wilson informed the Senate that the bill creating a joint Congressional committee to consider reorganization of government departments had become inspired or destroyed and asked for another copy for the State department. The bill had recently become law without the president's signature after being lost in the White House executive offices.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Congressional Committee
State Department
Hostae
Grasping Coal Profiteers Fleeced Public of Millions
In a Senate inquiry, Calder and Kenyon charged coal profiteering harmed consumers and the public welfare. They urged DOJ prosecutions and discussed a Building Trust report, noting government purchase waste, high profits, and car shortages as factors in coal gouging.
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Senate
Waseington
United States
Calder
New York
Kenyon
Iowa
Department of Justice
Department
Building Trust
Kenyon Coore
War Department
Navy Department
Enoces
Palmer Defends Efforts to Cut Living Costs in Senate Debate
In Washington the Fordney emergency tariff bill was set aside as the finance committee heard Senators Thomas and Jones spar over government actions to lower living costs. Colonel Wood, speaking for wool manufacturers, defended the administration while Palmer and the Justice Department faced charges of unwisely promoting a price-down campaign. The session featured sharp exchanges about profiteering, consumer rights, and the impact on prices and employment.
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Washington
Senate
Fianee
Tesnea
McCumber
Smoot
Uish
Thom
Colorads
Jones
New Mexico
Coleonel John
P. Wood
Philadelphia
Wood
Department of Justice
Thomas
Carter Committee
Moody
Celder Committee
Pricne
Palmer
Orr
Gentt
George D. Briggs
National Sheep and Wool Bureau
Walsh Republican
Massachusetta
John Astergren
Portsmouth
Virginia
Gromer
Norfolk
Froze Fingers Service 260 Plates of Ice Cream
WALDEN Mass January 7 The 200 plates of ice cream Arthur B Baye served to children at Christmas may cost him four fingers Loss of four fingers is feared after a physician determined the fingers were frozen not due to blood poisoning Amputation might be necessary and treatment continues with Saverat Boyd tending the injuries.
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Walden
Mass
Arthur B. Baye
Chrismas Seabresley Bere
Saverat
Boyd
Bridgeport Clergy Seek Ban on Crime Films
Bridgeport ministers from four denominations unite to urge restriction or censoring of films depicting crimes or indecency. They reference Newark New Jersey’s ordinance as a possible model and favor limits on burglaries hold ups and other criminal scenes while avoiding political specifics.
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Bridgeport
Newark
N. J
B. Sherman
St. John's Episcopal Church
Hidden treasure found in old sofa in Rutland
In Rutland Vermont on January 7 a Pre prohibition era hoard was discovered inside a sofa once bought by H Clark. Three years earlier the piece carried beer odor and after disassembly a pilot bottle slid out. Clark tasted the contents and deemed it genuine whiskey, remarking at the discovery.
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Rutland
H. Clark
Clark
Alderman Connor Rests at Home After Illness
Following a stretch of twelve days, Alderman Connor of the Fifth District is reported resting comfortably at his home at 444 Fairview Avenue. Local officials and residents hope for a swift recovery.
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Ness
Connor
Fifth District
Fairview Avenue
Ad Critique on Mediums Lacking Circulation Statements
An advertiser denounces mediums that fail to provide A. B. C. circulation statements, accusing them of lacking grit while mocking the absence as a negligible sandlike flaw in the eyes of the reader.
Newberry Conviction Challenged Before High Court
Washington dispatch reports Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan and sixteen others convicted of conspiring to violate corrupt practices statutes. Charles B. Hughes, former associate justice, led defense asserting grotesque legal construction. government calls ruling a salutary lesson to deter election purchase. Proceedings continued as appeals argued.
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Washington
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Supreme Court
Charles B. Hughes
Hughen
Newberry
Hughes
Baby Girl Burns in Kitchen Fire Dies Near Death
Three year old Vanda Stefanski of 4 Lesbia Street suffered extensive burns when her clothes caught fire from paper near the kitchen stove. Her mother Catherine Stefanski was burned trying to beat out the flames. The child was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in critical condition. no home damage reported.
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Catherine Stefanski
Girl
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Vanda Stefanski
Lesbia Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Hormblut
Stefanski
St Win
Prosecutions for Liquor Violations Rise in 1920
Boston report shows a 100 percent increase in liquor law prosecutions for the first months of 1920 compared with 1919. The Suffolk Municipal Court handled 213 such cases and about 4,006 drunkenness cases were disposed of, up 58 percent, with 217 more warrants issued than in 1919.
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Boston
Jan. T
Cers
Suffolk Municipal Court
Devil Anse Hatfield, Feud Leader, Dead in West Virginia
Huntington reports the death of Devil Anse Hatfield, famed feud figure in the Hatfield McCoy feud era. He died last night at the Hatfield home in Island Creek, Logan County, West Virginia.
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Huntington
W. Va
Anse’ Hatfield
Hatfield
Island Creel
Logan County
W. Way
Charge Preacher With Violating White Slave Act
Federal warrant for the arrest of Rev. Cornelius Densel for alleged White Slave Act violations related to the elopement of Densel and Miss Trina Hannenburg to Buffalo and New York. Densel, who spent the day at Nia game in Passaictul, awaited arraignment as U S Marshal Alvert Ettel noted postponement due to Judge Delaney's absence. Hannenburg has filed suit for breach of promise of marriage seeking 924.00, while her parents sue for 10,000 for humilia tion and loss of services.
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Paterso
Jan
Cornelius Densel
Mann
Deusel
Trina Hannenburg
Buffalo
New York
Hannenburs
Humlia—I Cn
Police Dog Hanged in Dash at Factory Window
Paterson Wisconsin report says a police dog was suspended by a straw from a factory window as two fugitives fled, revealing a fire of incendiary origin. Aghanberr observed the animal dangling, linking the scene to the alarm.
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Paterson
Jann
Brougl Sik Company
Aghanberr
Probe into Prohibition Permit Unit Ties in New York
Washington dispatch reports a wide inquiry into the government prohibition enforcement headquar ters price and possible links to a whiskey ring in New York. Miss Trené Richardson, a clerk in the permit division, has been suspended pending an investigation by Internal Revenue Commissioner Williams and Kra mer.
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Washington
Jon
Internal Revenué Brreau
New York
Trené “N. Richardson
Prohibition Pacer
Internal Revenue
Williams
Prohibition
Kramer
Miss Richardson
Bureau
Elmer Syrey
New Yo
Miss Richardson Tas
No Relief Voted Insane Veterans in Criminal Asylums
Washington reports that over 26 percent of government patients are veterans with mental illness or dementia. Dr. Thomas W. Salmon told the House Commerce committee that Congress has not spent any allocated funds on hospitals for insane veterans. The Rogers bill aims to consolidate agencies handling veteran relief and treatment.
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Washington
Congress
Wouse’ Commerce Committee
Thomas W. Sabon
New York
Rockefeer Foundation
Rogers
Salmon Agéed
Prain
Institutia
Tabernacle Edict Prohibits Powdered Noses
An overseer declares women must attend unpowdered at the tabernacle or be lectured and slapped for powdered noses. The edict calls powder puffs a violation of sacred space and urges women to cover their bodies as the overseer’s predecessor did.
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Zlon -Tabernacle
Jury Indicts Mrs Morrison in Pockets and Letters Case
Washington reports a grand jury indicts Mrs Saran H Morrison in a divorce case for removing contents of a letter addressed to her husband from another woman. Her attorney argues a married woman's right to go through her husband's pockets. The indictment tests federal postal law and admissibility of letters in divorce litigation.
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Washington
Jan
Saran H. Morrison
Callaghan Apt to Be Deported and Paroled Contention
Rumor says Daniel J. O Callaghan Lord Mayor of Cork could be deported after arrival at Newport News as a stowaway. State and Labor departments clash over admission. Acting Secretary Davis seeks legal advice as to the government taking charge. If admitted, Justice may seize proceedings for entering the U S without a passport.
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Washington
State Department
Départment
Davis
Big Department
O'Callaghan
Labor Department
Cork
Libort Department
Labor
Department of Justice
United States
Wade Defined As A Mental Defective In Insanity Trial
The article reports on the Wade murder trial with alienists and lawyers arguing over the phrase a psychological bog and whether Wade was sane or insane at the time of the Nott murder. It details confrontations, hypothetical questions, and disputes between defense and prosecution over how to interpret Wade’s mental state and the expert testimony.
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Rial
Elwood
Wade
Sade
Nott
Winde
Cummings
Imony
Wee
Nottmauriler
Willeag
Balloonists Found Barefoot After Desperate Hudson Bay Flight
A cleaver letter from RB Thorpe, Revillon Freres Trading Post, details three American balloonists found in dire condition in the Moose Factory region after a December 14-15 flight from New York. One man traveled in underwear, clothing torn, others barefoot or with torn gear. The party, including Mr Hinton who flew a TransAtlantic seaplane, faced harsh conditions as they descended and were aided by local Hudson Bay Post and stranding crews.
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York
Hudson Bay Country
Moose Factory
Thorpe
Revillon Freres Trading Post
Moose
Ontario
James Bay District
Montreal
Ohn
Revison Hare
Hudson Bay
Dey
Jetler
Thomas Mark
Middleboro
Air Naval Service
New York
United States
Inagala
Nicholson's Creekway
Nicholson's Creek
Middeboro
Bay Company
Hudson Bay Company
Teisis
Mr. Hinton
N. C
Revitton
Eston Freres
Compost
Sfnexe
Uctory
Mist of the Hudson
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Waa
Scrater Smooth
Utah
Coal Committee
National Cost Association
Watkits Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Toel
Wer
Oni Male
Senate Committee
Democrats
High Court
Supreme Tribunal
Devil
Anse” Hatfield
Rev
Passaic, N. J
Wade Sane
Altenist
Prohibition Headquarters
Hubby
Callaghan
Labor Bureau
Lynch
Dr. Diefendorf
Contionea
Revision Freres
Mar
Canada
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