Trial testimony on Cordillo case and Cheyenne auto tragedy
Pete Cordillo’s cross examination reveals evasive statements as the trial moves toward a verdict. In Hot Springs, Ark, a seven passenger Covington auto backed over a twenty foot embankment at Pole Creek Crossing injuring a woman and a child and killing Henry C Covington and injuring his wife.
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Henry C. Covington
Hot Springs
Ark
C. O. Gray
Covington
Pole Creek
Little Horse Creek Road
Cheyenne
Death of Henry Covington in Cheyenne auto crash
A deadly Hill Creek accident near Cheyenne killed Henry C. Covington as his Sea Van passenger car rolled over twice after a rear slip on a greasy slope. Wilson and others escaped serious harm, while Covington’s wife and child were injured and hospitalized. Coroner Clyde Early investigated and credited it to a pure accident with no inquest planned.
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Pole Creek
Little Horses Creek
Cheyenne
Henry C. Covington
Harry L. Wilson
Hime
Wilson
Charles York
Torse Ereek
Pola
Covington
Armd
Chandler
C. C. Gray
Lear
Mr. Gray
Naa
Clyde Early
Cheyetnne
Clyde Covington
Mary Janic
Ford Driven Car Destroys City Park Gate Wall
A Ford stock car owned by Thompson Motor Co and driven by Clifford Sewall crashes into the South Side City Park gate tearing the east entrance pillar and wall. Sewall suffered head and face cuts and fled the scene. car later recovered by Thompson wrecking unit. Police note the car was traveling north on Central Avenue toward the park.
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Ford
Thompson Motor Company
Clifford Sewall
City Park
Sewall
Thompson Gate
Thompson
Central Avenue
Park
Private ships may bring air mail to this city
The post office department will experiment with private companies to carry air mail under railroad style contracts. A request will be issued in a few days for bids to carry all mail on several new routes, expanding air mail service.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Comeerna
Pete Cordillo Charged in Laramie Murder Case
Albany county Prosecuting Attorney George Patterson reveals Pete Cordillo, 22, is charged with killing a man with a back shot and using a hatchet on a father near Brighton Colorado during a September 7 1919 incident. Cordillo allegedly killed at 18 and harmed his father at 14, with testimony linking Golhot to the more recent death.
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P. Arnold
Tate
Pete Ordillo
Cordillo
Bealf
John _ilo
Walter Newell
Frank Jennings
Pete Cordillo
Arnold
Newell
Cordilo
Deaney
Nowil
Laramie
George Patterson
Albany County
Young Cordillo
Jennings
Pcul
Brighton
Colorado
Gollot
Poin
Golhot
Allies Deliver Ultimatum on Ruhr Disarmament Crisis
Berlin reports the Allied powers demand Germany accept the Franco British disarmament plan by noon tomorrow or face occupation of the Ruhr and other areas. The Berlin government is urged to reduce its army immediately or face military measures. The joint conference advances a decisive option as the war’s peace terms press forward.
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Berlin
Spa
Associated Press
Ruhr
Germany
Mks
Fehrenbach
Reichstag
Werr Fehrenbach
Reichtag
Lloyd-George
Miller
Carpentier Seeks Shelter in Cochran Contract to Fight Dempsey
July 8 report says Georges Carpentier avoids a Dempsey title bout, with manager Jack Kearns noting unlikely chances next year if ever. Cochran holds an option through December, blocking talks unless Dempsey accepts Carpentier’s Paris challenge and rounds of negotiations with promoters continue.
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Carpentier
Cochran
Dempsey
New York
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Fransios Descamps
William A. Brady
Charles Cocharan
London
Matt
Carntree
Paris
England
France
Kearns
Europe
Thermopolis Girl Fulfills Indpendence Day Parachute Stunt
Miss Gertrude Lee of Thermopolis becomes America’s first female parachute jumper from an airplane during Thermopolis Independence Day celebration. She replaces the dead flyer, leaping from the plane at 3 600 feet with pilot Cole and Stook aboard, surviving a risky descent amid 15 000 spectators and recalling the leather harness that kept her from slipping.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Gertrude Lee
America
Frank Janseon
Chils
Hanson
Warness
Casper
Cole
Kony Cement
J. Y. Stoc
Jiss Lee
Stook
Oine
Fireman badly burned in West Cheyenne yard collision
Union Pacific fireman Brown sustained serious burns when three locomotives collided in the West Cheyenne yard. A broken steam pipe caused the injuries as a double header westbound train crashed with another engine, derailing two locomotives. He was taken to St. John's hospital with condition reported improved. An official investigation will follow.
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Brown
Union Pacific
St. John’s Hospital
Dillon Wtreel
Car Thief Captured Near Ball Lake
Deputy Sheriff Laula Larson recovered a Ford automobile reported stolen from Ball Lake. The thief, identified in sheriff records as W. L. Bower, used a doorknob device to aid the escape.
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Laula Larson Yeaterday
Ball Lake
Tilef
Sheriff's Office
W. L. Bower
Inter-Church World Movement to be Continued on Modified Plan
New York July 8 The general committee voted to continue the Inter-Church World Movement on a greatly modified scale and authorized a fifteen member committee to confer with denominational representatives and recommend a reorganization plan. Bishop Thomas Nicholson urged continuance warning reactionary tendencies seen in national conventions could affect the church.
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New York
Inter-Church World Movement
Thomas Nicholson
Chicago
Obregon era forecast sparks civil-military clash in Mexico
Washington dispatch reports Ignacio Bonillas, ex Mexican ambassador, says Mexico's regime stands on irreconcilable elements and will erupt into conflict. He cites public demand for civilian rule, Obregon's military coup, and the purge of Pablo Gonzales as signs of future turmoil. He warns factions like the Pablistas may regroup as history repeats upheaval.
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Washington
Mexico
Ignacio Bonillas
United States
LG Sclc
Obregon
Pablo Gonzales
Obregonistas
Curranga
Tena Ie Elene
Pablistas
Larrazolo Denies Mother Plea as Murderer Awaits Hangs
Santa Fe New Mexico July 8 Edward Mancett’s long bid for life failed when Governor Larrazolo denied a 90 day reprieve. Mancett faces execution at sunrise tomorrow in the Santa Fe jail yard by order of Clyde Armour of Sioux City. His mother Mes Baker of Friday Harbor Washington had pleaded daily for two weeks as the condemned man prepared for death.
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Santa FE
N. M
Edward W. Mancett
Larrazolo
Manoett
Bunta Vo
Order of Clyde Armour
Sioux City
Tian's
Ie i
Mes
Friday Harbor
Washington
Cox Considers Early Reply on Prohibition Views
In Chicago July 8 Governor Cox signals a possible Democratic response to the prohibition question while the Prohibition party eyes a ticket for fall. Cox, at his farm near Dayton, hints at a firm stance on enforcing the federal dry amendment and Volstead Act. He may meet President Wilson in Washington as talks with officials continue.
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Chicago
W. G. Hinahan
National Committee
Lincoln
Nebraska
Dayton
Pei Ag
James M. Cox
Hlme
Ad Homestead
Ita
Bio
Cox
Paulty
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Mirder Tallars
Alfred
Jennigs
Neer
Fte Cordillo
Pole Creek Hill
Fense
Henry C. Sainaton
Wall City Park
Sullellichl Bb LP
Hert
Gale
Wyoming
West Cheyenne Yard
Bontling
Prohibition Party
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