Canton Woman Foiled Plan to Beat Matron and Escape
Marysville reformatory inmate Mamie Lee Ehlers and accomplices plotted to assault matron Louise Mittendorf and flee. Lillian Manderbaugh warned authorities after Mittendorf's letter described the scheme involving the released girl known as Margaret Williams and two purported men Nick and Charlie. Police hunted for Williams and identified potential conspirators Catherine Kaber of Cleveland and Mamie Lee Ehlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Marysville Reformatory
Louise Mittendorf
Reformatory
Lengel
Mittendorf
Lillian Manderbaugh
Stark Co
Mamie Lee Ehlers
Catherine Kaber
Cleveland
Danilo Kaber
Lakewood
Smith May Be Drafted by N Y Democrats
Governor Al Smith’s refusal to seek a third term may be final but leaders may draft him for New York governor. Smith’s popularity and anti klan stance position him to unite anti klan forces if the race is forced by political circumstances. Tammany is inclined for Smith to run as the klan issue dominates the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence Wright
Canton Daily News
New York
Alth
Smith
al Smith
Tammany
Fireman Dies in B and O Wreck at Tiffin
In Tiffin on August 28 William T Brandenburg 28 fireman of Bar Tett Indiana was killed instantly when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train of 130 cars derailed after brakes were jammed to avert a collision. Several other trainmen injured as the second engine crashed into wreckage. It was the worst B and O wreck in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
William_ T. Brandenburg
Bar- Tett
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
Brandenburg
Registered mail bags destroyed in incendiary truck blaze
New York August 28 post office officials catalog the contents of ten registered mail bags damaged by a fire believed to be incendiary. The locked truck en route between stations held jewelry money and securities valued at several hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pershing invited to Mammoth Labor Day parade in Lima
Aug 28 invite sent to General John J Pershing by Congressman John J Cable on behalf of Lima residents for a parade marking the completion of Main Street improvements. The event will feature 36 floats 10 bands and thousands of marchers during the Labor Day celebration.
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Lima
John
Pershing
John J. Cable
Mainst
Atlantic Gale Delays Hop of World Flyers Aboard the Richmond
A fierce Arctic gale delays the World Flyers leg from Ivigtut to Indian Harbor, postponing departure at least until tomorrow. The Richmond is anchored near Indian Harbor after a northward gale hit the coast, with rain affecting Ivigtut. Plans show the Lawrence positioning off Halifax while the flyers proceed along the coast and the Richmond heads to Boston.
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Richmond
America
Labrador
Ivigtut
Indian Harbor
Tickle Harbor
Ice Tickle Harbor
Lawrence
Halifax
Boston
Woman Confesses Jewel Robbery In Maiden Lane Heist
Dorothy Kelly an actress confessed to police that she her husband James Burns a chauffeur and Harry Chance 21 a chauffeur looted Feldenheimer and Jacoby jewelry store on Maiden Lane last Friday of 100000 in unset stones. Gems disposed for 6000 with 1650 spent on a good time. Burns and Chance denied involvement despite 4250 found in Kellys handbag. Kelly said she acted as lookout.
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New York
Dorothy Kelly
James Burns
Harry Chance
Maiden Lane
Feldenheimer and Jacoby
Dawes to Speak at Bryan Home in Nebraska Stadium
Evanston Ill Aug 28 Charles G Dawes Republican vice presidential candidate will depart today for Lincoln Nebraska to address tomorrow night at the University of Nebraska stadium on the same rostrum from which Gov Charles W Bryan accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination.
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Evanston
Ill
Charles G. Dawes
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska Stadium
Charles W. Bryan
Grenade Explosion Fatalities At Warsaw Citadel Fort
Four persons were fatally injured and ten slightly hurt when a hand grenade exploded accidentally in a Warsaw citadel fort today.
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Warsaw
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Possessing Illicit Whisky
Toney Cemmand of 518 11th at SE pleaded not guilty in criminal court on Thursday to possessing illicit whisky. Judge Bowman granted a continuance for the case.
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Toney Cemmand
Bowman
Criminal
Leopold and Loeb fate set for September tenth
Chicago, Aug 28 Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb, the two brilliant youths who killed Bobby Franks for a thrill, will learn on Sept 10 whether they face the gallows or life imprisonment. Judge John R Caverly set the date after nearly six weeks of trial which drew wide attention. On Sept 10 only the defendants, their attorneys and relatives may be present as the judge delivers the verdict and rebuke a prosecutor who urged the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard A. Loeb
Bobby Franks
John R. Caverly
Dicky
Babe
Caverly
Webb Case Pending as Judge Hears Final Plea
Judge A W Agier anticipated a journal entry today in the E E Webb case. Webb the Fairmount Children s home superintendent pleaded guilty with four others to assault and battery on William Lloyd Shaw after Shaw was horse whipped in a Massillon woods. He sought to withdraw his plea claiming attorney dealings with the court. Attorneys planned to file affidavits Thursday with Agier to rule on the motion, with possible appeal if denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Agier
E. E. Webb
Common Pleas Court
Webb
Fairmount
Street Fight Incites Police in Cincinnati Riot Call
A street fight in the black belt drew police to a crowded scene as Ben Walker, 15, delivered a knockout and Louis Reitman, 14, was knocked down. Spectators described the bout as a good fight and police intervened to break up the crowd.
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Cincinnati
Ben Walker
Louis Reitman
Two Injured in Canton Car Truck Collision
Mrs Charles Wooley and her young daughter were cut about hands and arms when their car, carrying a motor truck driven by William Bertram of Waco, collided in Young avenue NE late Wednesday night.
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Charles Wooley
Canton
Wiliam Bertram
Waco
Young Av NE
Joseph Taggart Pleads Guilty To Speeding Charge
Joseph Taggart of 1403 Fulton road NW pleaded guilty in criminal court Thursday morning for speeding. He was fined 20 dollars plus costs.
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Joseph Taggart
Fulton Rd
Buck Sues for Divorce in Local Suit
Alfred Buck of 813 2nd Street NE files for divorce from Ethel Buck charging cruelty with attorney J A Burris representing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Buck
2Nd St
Ethel Buck
J. A. Burris
Gas explosion kills girl in Canton area
Ruth Krops, 17, of Bolivar Southwest Canton, dies at Aultman Annex after gasoline can exploded at home. Flames burned her body and head after a match ignited vapors while she cleaned clothes. Survived by parents, a sister, and three brothers. member of Neiz United Brethren church.
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Ruth Krops
Bolivard
Canton
Aultman Annex Hospital
Pelaine
Miss Kra
Miss Kraps
Spiker
Miss Krops
Neiz United Brethren Church
Joseph Krops
Florence
Carl
Walter
Joseph
Governor to Speak on Governor's Day at Ohio State Fair
Columbus Aug 28 Today was hailed as the best day of the state fair with Gov Vic Donahey in attendance. He was to address spectators from the grandstand while Truax predicted about 100000 attendees based on prior governor's day crowds and high overall turnout. Donahey toured the grounds early and an added feature was a $3000 governor's race for 3 year old horses with a silver cup to the winner.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Truax
Donahey
Refiner's Cashier Alleged Defalcation Reaches $22,716
Cincinnati Aug 28 An attachment suit was filed in common pleas court against Alfred E Sortor 30 of Wyoming Ohio alleging defalcations as clerk and cashier of Ohio Refining Co totaling 22716 09 Sortor has been missing for ten days according to his employers
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Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Alfred E. Sortor
Wyoming
Ohio Refining Co
Sortor
Lorain Co Fair Opens September Pageant at Elyria
The 79th Lorain County Fair will run September 1 to 4 in Elyria. A large pageant is planned in connection with the event.
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Lorain CO Fair
Elyria
Three airmen killed in Italy crash near Gallarette
Three aviators died when their airplane crashed and caught fire near Gallarette in Italy. The accident was reported by a Rome dispatch.
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London
Gallarette
Italy
Rome
Teachers blame standards for wild ideas in films
Miss Eleanor Lally of Western Reserve University told 300 Starkco teachers that third to fifth graders are shaped by school neglect of wholesome amusement. She urged teachers to cultivate drama in intermediate grades to foster proper taste and counter cheap entertainment from movies and drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkco Teachers’ Institute
Carol Fletcher
Lena Willis
Doris Fletcher
Minerva
Eleanor Lally
H. D. Teal
J. A. Smith
Will Hays
Hollywood
Wilder
Cleveland School of Education
Western Reserve University
Lally
Davis Preparing Verbal Broadside for Western Tour
Locust Valley New York August 28 John W Davis Democratic nominee plans an oratorical broadside for Labor Day in Wheeling West Virginia and a September 2 speech in Omaha promising relief for the agricultural west with lower tariffs reduced freight rates and federal aid for marketing he will confer with running mate Charles W Bryan in Lincoln before campaigning through the wheat and corn belts en route to New England and the mid Atlantic states later this fall
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Locust Valley
N. Y
John W. Davis
Davis
Wheeling
W. V
Omaha
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
New York
Chicago
Denver
New England
President Coolidge
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maryland
U S to Protect China Interests
Washington reports preparations at the navy department to concentrate forces in the far east for protecting American interests in China during the Shanghai revolution. The marine corps commandant is to provide a list of Marines in the region and no landing reports have arrived. The state department also notes a request from Nicaragua for Marines to preserve order during upcoming elections, with about 100 Marines already at Managua guarding the American legation.
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Washington
Navy Department
Far East
China
Shanghai
Marine Corps
Navy
State Department
Nicaragua
United States
Central American Republic
Managua
Romance Sparks After National Convention Marriage
New York August 28 reports the marriage of Frank W. Getty of United Press and Maxine Davis a Washington newspaper woman and head of the Woman's National News Bureau Miss Davis a special correspondent for the United News will remain in journalism and make her home in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank W. Getty
United Press
Maxine Davis
Washington
Woman
National
Miss Davis
United News
Getty
Polish Police Battle Russians at Frontier Clash
In Volynia district Polish military police engaged and repelled a detachment of Russian bandits who crossed the frontier. One Polish policeman was killed and another wounded in the clash near Riga on August 28.
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Riga
Volynia
Linderman Holds Lead in Montana Senate Primary
Helena Montana August 28 Frank B Linderman continued to lead Wellington D Rankin in the Republican primary for United States senator In 851 of 1533 precincts Linderman had 20706 votes to Rankins 19109 with results still coming in
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Helena
Mont
Frank B. Linderman
Wellington D. Rankin
United States
Linderman
Rankin
Shootings In Wheeling Wounds Two Men And Girl
Police investigated a shooting in Wheeling West Virginia where two men struggled for a gun and a single bullet wounded both men while a 25 year old woman named Blanche Laposki is described as the girl involved.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Blanche Laposki
Growing Death Toll Feared As Hulks Wash In
Aug 28 Halifax N S storm lashed Atlantic coast leaving wreckage and missing crew. Captain Miller and five aboard the schooner Prince Edward Island believed dead after crashing on Kitty Witty Shoals while coal laden from New York. Jolly boat fragments found. Other ships overdue and one vessel rescued off Canso as it sank. Julia F C and Anna Melonald ditched offshore.
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Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotian
Atlantic
Miller
Prince Edward Island
Kitty Witty Shoals
New York
Canso
Julia F. C
Cape Breton
Anna Melonald
Senate Report Flays Forbes Administration At Veterans Bureau
The Senate Investigating committee faulted the Forbes administration of the veterans bureau for delay waste and incompetency in a supplemental report made public by Senator David I Walsh. It praised Director General Hines for correcting many defects but said perfection isn’t reached and calls for a new hospitalization program to be considered by Congress in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forbes
Veterans Bureau
Senate
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Bureau
Hines
Walsh
Congress
Ford denies Klan interview broadcast on radio
Henry Ford, returning on a Lake Ontario yacht, repudiated a Montreal interview claiming he defended the Ku Klux Klan. He issued a firm denial via radio to Dearborn officials, saying he gave no interview and did not discuss the Klan. Ford officials confirmed the denial and challenged the report’s authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Lake Ontario
Montreal
Dearborn
Ford
Five youths held after Cleveland assault tale
Cleveland August 28. Helen De Theoridge and Anna Herbst report being kidnapped during a dance outing. They say five Cleveland youths forced them into a car, drove to an isolated area, where Miss De Theoridge was dragged from the vehicle and later found unconscious in a field. Officers placed the five youths in city jail on criminal assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Helen de Theoridge
Anna Herbst
Three New Teachers at College of Physical Education
Athens August 28 three new faculty members will join the College of Physical Education as Ohio University prepares to open next month Dr C Bird head of the department returns from Harvard G H Giauque Oberlin class of 16 has spent six years in China will coach freshman football and varsity track Miss Edith V Carson Oberlin and Ruth Hughes Ohio Wesleyan will teach women students
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Athens
College of Physical Education
Ohio University
C. Bird
Harvard
G. H. Giauque
Oberlin College
China
Edith V. Carson
Oberlin
Ruth Hughes
Ohio Wesleyan
Federal Sleuth Fahy in Jail Over Roundout Mail Heist
Federal sleuth William F. Fahy remains jailed on a head of a gang charge linked to the Roundout Ill. $2,000,000 mail robbery. Investigators renewed efforts to locate the missing loot while Fahy’s wife Mrs Fahy and other figures in the case face inquiries. New arrests are expected though not tied to the postal department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Willliam F. Fahy
Pos
Kane Co Jall
Roundout
Ill
Fahy
James Murray
Florence Murphy
Big Tim" Murphy
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Dearborn Station Mall
Murphy
Prince Resting After Sports On Board Liner
The Prince of Wales relaxed following his tug of war and broom and pillow contest with a lanky American opponent aboard the Berene Garia liner. He exercised in the gym, walked the deck, and showed no fatigue while the ship neared warm seas. Capt. Irvine expects docking late Thursday unless weather worsens. He seeks a quiet journey despite wireless plans for a reception and insists on no fuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berene Garia
Prince of Wales
Irvine
America
Stolen Car Case Ends With Fine and Jail Time
In Reed City Michigan August 28 M R Bastian of Toledo reported his car stolen to amuse himself. Local officers chased leads across counties. Bastian is laughing off a 25 dollar fine and 90 day jail sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed City
Mich
M. R. Base
Suit on account filed over auto repairs and liquor transport
W. M. Shilling sues William Blake Yount Irene Plucher Yount and H. E. Weber of Alliance in common pleas court for 174.60 on account for preparing an automobile. He alleges Yount and Weber transported liquor in the car when it was damaged. Emmons and Emmons represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Shilling
Common Pleas Court
William Blake Yount
Irene Plucher Yount
H. E. Weber
Alliance
Yount
Weber
Emmons & Emmons
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