Illinois slush fund probe widens to Anti Saloon League
The Illinois primary inquiry nears its end with witnesses on Anti-Saloon League activities. George B. Stafford Morris Eller and Frank L. Smith testifying as others await fall hearings. The panel plans to pursue election money issues and possible contempt citations against Insull and others amid a broader federal probe.
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Chicago
Senate Slush Fund
Illinois
State Anti-Saloon League
George B. Stafford
League
Morris Eller
Frank L. Smith
Stafford
Althowh Eller
James Simpson
Marshall Field & Co
Clement Studebaker
Reed
Missouri
la Follette
Wisconsin
Samuel Insull
Mid-West
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Crowe
Cook Co
Edward H. Wright
Insull
Mellon Regrets European Trip Seeks Debt Favor Talks
Washington Aug 5 Secretary Mellon regrets the European trip, saying officials misread his visit. He believes debt settlements are key to rebuilding Europe’s credit, though he cannot alter terms now as Congress handles settlements and most French deals are already law.
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David V.awrence
Canton Daily News
Washington
Mellon
Europe
Coolidge
Mr. Mellon
France
Italy
World War Debt Funding Commission
United States
Kaiser vows legal move to block Greek palace gambling plan
Rome Central News dispatch reports the former German kaiser has ordered his lawyers to prevent the Greek government from converting his sequestered archivelon palace in rful into a gambling house.
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London
Rome
Mayor Swarts Rejects Intercity Council Police Plan
The Intercity Council proposed reorganizing Canton police and reducing the mayor’s discretion, with Lengel’s restoration and a favored exit. Swarts rejected the plan in full, while the council may respond after Thursday’s meeting and claim full responsibility for future developments. Hexamer and Ora duties were also targeted for changes, with an acting chief slated to move to a lesser role.
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S. M. Swarts
Intercity Council
Police
Canton
Swarts
S. A. Lengel
Lengel
Citizens’ Committee
Earl W. Hexamer
Ora
Launch Wrecks Auto In Crash
In Cincinnati on August 4 a gasoline launch collided with a parked automobile that rolled into the river. Thomas Hoskings of the Newport Boat club began repairs while the auto owned by Albert Gleason was demolished and the launch suffered heavy damage.
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Incinnati
Thomas Hoskings
Newport Boat Club
Albert Gleason
Paroles Granted to 54 at Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield Ohio August meeting of the state board of clemency grants paroles to 54 prisoners from the Ohio state reformatory. Twenty five slated for release September 1 with others to follow every two weeks through November 1. Sick paroles go to Cyrtis Rogers and Charlies Salaben. Charles Gladish and Oscar G. Ross with Angelo Navaretti are released conditionally to federal authorities.
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Mansfield
Ohio
State Board of Clemency
Cyrtis Rogers
Cuyahoga Co
Charlies Salaben
Lorain
Charles Gladish
Oscar G. Ross
Angelo Navaretti
Clinton Eco
Mussolini Donates to Candia Crete Museum Recovery
Premier Mussolini, earning about 490 dollars monthly, donates 50 000 Hire toward the Candia Crete museum restoration after a recent earthquake. The donation comes from his private fortune to aid the affected cultural site.
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Rome
Mussolini
Candia
Crete
Jury Finds Johnson Guilty in Delinquency Case
A jury convicted Thomas Johnson, former policeman, of contributing to the delinquency of two minor girls after a lengthy trial in Stark County. It was Johnsons second trial after a hung jury, with attorney Walter Ruff signaling a request for a new trial.
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Thomas Johnson
King
Stark Ce
Johnson
Walter Ruff
Blaze razes village. $500,000 fire destroys 80 homes
In Quebec on August 5 a blaze costing about $500,000 destroyed eighty of ninety-two houses in the village of St. Come de Kennebec. The fire nearly razed the entire community, with extensive damage reported.
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Quebec
St. Come de Kennebec
Four men injured in Pere Marquette freight derailment near Wayne Junction
A Pere Marquette freight train of fourteen cars derailed and burned near Wayne Junction today injuring four men, one seriously, as the Toledo to Grand Rapids line link was disrupted.
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Detroit
Pere Marquette
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Wayne Junction
Man Jumped From Sixth Floor of Local Hotel
A man registered as Jack Brown Boston at the Benjamin Franklin hotel and leaped to his death from a sixth story window on August 5.
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Benjamin Franklin Hotel
Jack Brown
Boston
Pet Parade Draws 15000 at Nimisila Park
The Canton Daily News reports a record pet parade at Nimisila Park with more than 15 000 attendees. Pets of all sizes marched with their owners as movie cameras captured closeups. Police managed crowds while spectators traveled from distant towns to witness the event.
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Nimisila Park
Canton Daily News
Nimisila
Great Park
Hexamer
Nine Hurt as Flyers Crash at Wayneay Crossing
Nine people were injured when northbound Pennsylvania train No. 287 sideswiped a southbound flyer near the Wayneay grade crossing in Dayton. One Pullman overturned against a building. notable injuries included J. G. Cardela of Cincinnati, Charles Hardin of Covington, Paul Leader of Cincinnati, and G. W. Baldwin of Seattle. Traffic on several roads was tied up for hours.
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Dayton
Pennsylvania
Two Killed One Hurt At Grade Crossing Near Amherst
At stop 126 near Amherst Colorado an automobile collided with a Lake Shore electric baggage car. Mrs. Mary Yerkes 45 and her daughter Lola 20 of Mulberry Grove Illinois were killed. Driver C W Yerkes 48 suffered a fractured skull. The Illinois pair were returning from an eastern tour.
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Amherst, CO
Lake Shore
Stop 126
Here
Mary Yerkes
Lola
Mulberry Grove
C. W. Yerkes
Woman Amnesia Victim Found Near Harding Highway
Mrs. Julia Milligan 33 of Salem Virginia was found stranded on the Harding highway outside Lima. She was taken into care by the Family Welfare Association after suffering amnesia and claiming her home was in Salem Virginia.
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Lima
Julia Milligan
Salem, Va
Family Welfare Association
Harding Highway
Chis City
Roadside Phone Boxes Must Go in Ohio
Roadside telephone boxes along Ohio highways funded by the Highway Emergency Service Inc of Harrisburg must be removed by Sept. 1. The order, filed with Highway Director Schlesinger, requires the Pennsylvania company to become a public utility. The Ohio Automobile Association urged removal of the devices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Emergency Service, Inc
Harrisburg
Schlesinger
Pennsylvania
Ohio State Automobile Assocation
Judge Poling's car stolen. thief caught in Dayton misstep
Lima Ohio August 5 Automobile thieves fail to spare Judge Neil R Poling. The judge reports losing a spotlight from his car after a Dayton trip. Basil Cochran formerly of Spencerville was found guilty of stealing the judge's automobile months ago.
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Lima, O
Neil R. Poling
Judge Poling
Dayton
Basil Cochran
Spencerville
Judge Poing
Riots In Mexico City Raise Tensions In Church Crisi
Reports say clashes amid the government church dispute left three killed in Torreon, six dead and 14 injured in Guadalajara with 200 arrested, as President Calles rejects mediation from Peru. Patr iarch Pereon attacked at Corpus Christi church. government pledges church disinfecting. 22 priests register under new regulations.
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Mexico City
Calles
Leguis
Peru
Peneath
Torreon
Guadalajara
Jose Pereon
Corpus Christi Church
Public Health Department
Flood Wrecks Hupeh as Yangtse Rivers Overrun
Dispatches from Hanakow report at least 3,000 people feared dead in southern Hupeh province due to floods. The Yangtse Kiang overflows flood more than 2,000 square miles, creating widespread devastation.
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Yangtse Kiang
London
Hupeh Province
China
Hanakow
Zimmerman Visits Springfield As Democratic Attorney General Hopeful
Charles B. Zimmerman of Springfield journeys through northern Ohio during his final primary tour. He campaigns for the Democratic nomination for attorney general with his father John L. Zimmerman and brother, meeting local leaders and discussing campaign issues. During World War I he served two years with the 82nd Division overseas and previously ran for Congress in 1922, reducing a large Republican plurality in Ohio's 7th district by about 10,090 votes and carrying his home county by around 1,000.
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Charles B. Zimmerman
Springfield
Canton
John L. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Ohio
They Go Swimming Then To Jail On Trespass Charge
B. G. Daughenbaugh and R. N. Kroger were arrested after swimming in Lake Cable without proper attire. They were lodged in the county jail on a trespassing charge.
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B. G. Daughenbaugh
R. N. Kroger
Judge halts betting at Thistledown track in Cleveland
Chief Justice C. T. Marshall of the Ohio Supreme Court ordered an immediate stop to all race betting at the Thistledown track in Cleveland. He granted Attorney General C. C. Crabbe a temporary injunction restraining track officials and owners from using the property for betting. The decision follows a lengthy hearing on Crabbe’s petition to dissolve the Jockey Club, Inc., operators of the track.
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Columbus
C .T. Marshall
State Supreme Court
Thistledown
Cleveland
C. C. Crabbe
Crabbe
Jockey Club, Inc
Gertrude Ederle Aims Three English Channel Attempts
Cape Gris Nez Aug 5 Gertrude Ederle plans three attempts to swim the English Channel this year if the first fails. Trainer Burgess backs a 14 hour swim with night equipment and searchlights. Lillian Cannon of Baltimore expects about 16 hours. Clarabelle Barrett’s nocturnal effort is noted as less prepared.
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Cape Gris Nez
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Lillian Cannon
Baltimore
Clarabelle Barrett
Miss Ederle
Burgess
Dover
Channel
Barrett Considers Second English Channel Attempt
Clarabelle Barrett, a New York school teacher who neared crossing the English Channel, may attempt again this summer. She said the swim wore her out and she needs days of rest before deciding, though she has recovered from the exhaustion and will not train immediately.
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Dover
Eng
Clarabelle Barrett
New York
English Channel
Whisky plane crash prompts manhunt for missing pilot
Cleveland news reports a booze plane forced down by engine trouble in a vacant lot near Turney Road. Police, with a John Doe warrant, search for the pilot while Garfield Heights detectives seize two suitcases containing liquor from the craft reportedly loaned by A. R. Mildeson of Lakewood.
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Cleveland
Garfield Heights
John Doe
Turney Rd
Harry Benson
Eye
A. R B. Mildeson
Lakewood
Chicago
Wildeson
Detroit woman fined for pawnbroker punch
Miss Betty Kinsey of Detroit was fined ten dollars for punching a pawnbroker on the nose after he refused to advance enough money on her beaded hand bag to take her home. Judge Keeler later remitted the fine.
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Buffalo
Betty Kinsey
Detroit
Keeler
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