Murderer Bares Record Of Crime In Court Proceedings
New York May 26 Only one factor can spare Dr Arthur Warren from death for the murder of John E Peck That is a favorable plea of insanity Waite a prosecutor will cross examine after revealing a long crime calendar from petty theft to murder He described poisoning his mother in law and attempts to kill Miss Catherine Peck and Mrs John E Peck He professed affection for Mrs Martha Horton and said he married for the Peck fortune to gain money from relatives in a chilling account of cold calculating murder
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York
Arthur Warren
John’ E
Waite
John EB. Peck
Peck
Catherine
Lake
Ques
Watte
Maret Horton
Frank
Jury Doubt in Orpet Trial Opens as Venire Fails
Waukegan Illinois May 26. Attorneys question whether a jury can be formed from Lake county farmers and citizens to hear the case of Marion Lambert and the cyanide death of Mary Lambert. Prosecution seeks letters from Mary Lambert’s mother and requests possible in camera examination. The trial nears its second week with voir dire proceeding slowly.
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Waukegan, II
Lake-co
Marion Lambert
Edward Orpet
Mary Lambert
Helm
Helm’s
Ods
Hughes Sentiment Grows As Hughes May Run
Close friends of Justice Charles E. Hughes push for his resignation from the bench to announce his candidacy. Southern delegates and supporters expect his nomination to be certain at Chicago, while Hughes remains silent. The article notes Progressive Republicans crafting planks and a potential permanent Chicago organization led by Senator Harding as temporary and permanent chairman.
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Washington
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Supreme Court
Justice Hughes
Chicago
Wilson
St. Louis
Borah
Idaho
Mexico
Lodge
Massachusetts
W. G. Harding
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
Middle Western
Pacifica Coast
New York
Portland
Oregon
Martin H. Glynn
Clark
Gov. Major
Missouri
Roger Sullivan
Illinois
Joseph W. Folk
Marshall
Wisley Beached After Fire Breaks Out Off Cochin China
British steamship Wisley bound from New York to Vladivostok with war munitions was beached in Viangro bay near Cochin China after a fire broke out on board. Help has been summoned as fire crews respond.
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Hong Kong
Wisley
New York
Vladivostok
Viangro Bay
Cochin China
Italian Steamer Ercole Sunk in Mediterranean by Submarine
The Italian steamer Ercole of Genoa, a 122 ton vessel, was sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine. Despatches to Lloyds indicate the attacking submarine was likely Austrian, with the Austrian admiralty reportedly active recently.
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London
Ercole
Genoa
Mediterranean
Lloyds
Fourteen Year Old Girl Viola Conners Missing
Viola Conners fourteen disappeared from Dayton after her mother reproved her. A note thanking a brother for a loaned nickel was left, claiming it was all she had. Police asked other cities to watch for her.
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Dayton
Viola Conners
MANY STRANGE HAPPENINGS ON POLICE BOOKS
Cleveland police blotter items describe a series of odd incidents including a sergeant stopping a potential suicide jumper, a quarrel leading to a bystander being shot through a door, and a man firing through a wall after a dispute with a neighbor. Also noted are pedestrians injured by streetcar, a wagon collision, and a boy hit by a ball misdirected by a passerby.
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Cleveland
Sergt. Fichen
Minnie Jennings
Superior Viaduct
John Puskavic
George Drazoy
Drazoy
Joseph Michalski
Michalski
Anna Kiminsky
East 7
Leonard Stewart
Tony Morano
William Willoky
School board defers decision on Worley grade school plumbing
At a special meeting the board did not fix a contract for plumbing heating and lighting for the Daniel Worley grade school on 23rd NW. Chapman Plumbing & Supply Co declined to honor the original bid citing material cost increases. Chapman offered to take the heating job for 15260 but the board, advised by legal counsel, lacks authority to raise the bid. Joseph Langdon of Pittsburg is the next lowest bidder at 15495.
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Daniel Worley
23Rdst
Chapman Plumbing & Supply Co
Chapman
Harmony
Joseph Langdon
Pittsburg
Husband Sues for Divorce Over Household Neglect
Michael Swagler files for divorce from Martha Swagler alleging neglect of household duties including meal preparation and dishwashing. Seeman and Seeman represent the filing party.
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Michael Swagler
Martha Swagler
Seeman
Cornerstone Ceremony Planned for Market Day High School
The board approved July 1 dedication for the Market Day High School cornerstone with Canton Odd Fellows in charge. Loren E. Souers urged a roster of board members teachers students and a history of the school to be placed in the stone. A parade with teachers and board members will precede the exercises at Central High School.
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Marketay N
Canton Odd Fellows
Loren E. Souers
The
Odd Fellows’ Order
Souers
Deposi
Central High School
New Electric Furnaces and Press Installed at Timken Plant
Timken Roller Bearing Co. in Dueberav at 20th Street SW installs two electric furnaces a 690 ton hydraulic press a mill soaking pits reheating furnaces cranes and compressors to remelt scrap from the tube mill in a recently built addition.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
Dueberav
20Th-St SW
Oil Tank Fire Destroys 25000 Barrel Tank in Lightning Strike
A 25000 barrel Tidewater Oil Co tank burned to destruction in Bellefontaine as a severe electrical storm struck. The fire caused extensive damage beyond the tank, with additional but lesser damage reported in the surrounding area.
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Bellefontaine
Tidewater Oil Co
Employment Daily News Want EpS To Do Your Selling
Classified notice from Employment Daily News seeking EpS to handle sales duties. Indicates opportunity for commission based posting in a local employment circulation. No names or locations specified in the readable fragment.
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Daily News
French Counter Attacks Reach German Trenches East of Meuse
Paris reports French forces counter attacked east of the Meuse reclaiming a trench lost a day earlier near Le Mort Homme. They penetrated German positions between Maudre mont quarry and Thiaumont farm and gained ground west of Fort Douaumont.
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Paris
Meuse
le Mort Homme
Dead Man Hill
Avecourt Wood
French War Office
Maudremont
Thiaumont Farm
Fort Douaumont
Verdun
Aan
Hill No. 204
Italian General Relieved From His Command
Gen. Brusati, commander of the Italian army in Trentino, is relieved from command and placed on half pay after being forced to fall back. Austrian forces fail to gain headway between Monte Maggio and the Assa river, and attacks near Iske Garda are repelled. Despite heavy fighting along the front from the Adamello sector to the sea, optimism remains high among Italian leadership and the public.
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Rome
Brusati
Trentino
Monte Maggio
Assa
Iske Garda
Sugana
Adamello
German Airmen Bombard Kilindri and Greek Village
A squadron of German aeroplanes bombarded Kilindri and nearby countryside home to an important Allied concentration camp. Kilindri lies near Doiran in Greece. The Greek village Istevo was shelled by Bulgarian artillery and left in ruins. An African light infantry brigade raided Bulgarian lines, driving off 20,000 sheep.
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Salonika
Kilindri
Greece
Lake Doiran
Istevo
Navy to Protect Neutral Mails in United States Policy
A House resolution, introduced by Rep. Tague of Boston, calls for presidential use of the navy to transport mails between neutral countries and the United States and to resist interference with this service. It states Great Britain is unjustly interfering with neutral mails and requests action by the foreign affairs committee.
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Washington
U. S
House
Rep. Tague
Boston
Great Britain
Foreign Affairs Committee
American Aviator Beats German Near Verdun in Air Duel
Lieut William Thaw, an American in the French air corps, shot down a Fokker near Verdun on Thursday in a thrilling duel high above the battlefield. The German pilot was brought to earth by precise American fire, the War Office announced.
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Paris
William Thaw
French Air Corps
Verdun
War Office
Thaw
American Truck Train Stoned by Mexican Mob Near Casas Grandes
Carranza forces and civilians attacked an American truck train south of Casas Grandes injuring a foreman and several drivers. Capt. Harper ordered no retaliation and the convoy moved on amid stones and clubs as guards reported heavy bar breaking and road obstructions along Pershing's lines.
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Columbus
N. M
Carranza
Casas Grandes
Harper
Namiquipa
Gen. Persling
Gen. Pershing
Namiqui
Taubensee Named Sales Manager at Massillon Rolling Mill
Named sales manager H A Taubensee takes over at the Massillon Rolling Mill succeeding F M Beach who resigned. Announcement made Thursday.
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H. A. Taubensee
Massillon
F. M. Beach
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Pws
Orpet
Mivy
Venice
Civ
Mire Shera
South
G.O.P
Canton Lodge of Odd Fellows
Services
Bers
Douaumont
Gavira
U.S
EL Paso
Gabriel Gavira
John J. Pershing
Alvaro Obregon
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