Woman 13 Held Poised Poisonings Of & Persons
Mrs. Emmanuel Sorenson 28, wife of a section foreman, is jailed charged with poisoning eight persons including three of her own children and her first husband. County Attorney says one other child died, tests show poison, transfer to state insane asylum planned, no prosecution.
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ST. Paul
Neb
Emmanuel Sorenson
Dobrey
Howard County
Sorenson
Joe Weldman
Wilhemma Weldman
Minnie Weldman
Delores Sorenson
Viola Cooper
Irwin Knott
Danneborg
Sorenon
Fast
Lincoln
Murder by Poison Sparks Hearing in Crown Point Jail
Mrs Anna Cunningham faced a preliminary hearing in the Lake County Jail for the murder by poisoning of her thirteen year old son Walter. She was ordered held to the grand jury on first degree murder with Mae Cunningham present, and a sanity hearing planned. Prosecution said seven deaths in the family over six years includes Isabelle, Charles, Walter and David Jr. in what authorities call a strange cycle.
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Associated Press
Crown Point
Ind
Lake County
Anna Cunningham
Walter
H. H. Kemp
Squire
Mrs. Cunningham
Isabelle
Charles
August A. Bremer
al Gavit
Eves
Viz. Hall, Smith & Gavit
Gary
Mae Cunningham
Kemp
Criminal Court
Mae
Bremer
Chicago
David, Jr
Cunningham
Community Chest Kickoff Sees $21000 Donation From Insurance Firm
The Union Central Life Insurance Company opened the Community Chest drive with a $21,000 contribution, up $2,800 from last year, as Chest officials aim to raise $1,859,293 with a $72,000 deficit before funds for a West End health center. A big Eden Park concert led by Fritz Reiner and WLW broadcast was planned to spur participation.
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Union Central Life Insurance Company
Community Chest
Chest
John D. Sage
West End
Co. M. Bookman
Eden Park
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Reiner
Fritz Reiner
William Kopp
James A. Wilson
The
International Pattern Makers’ Union
William Copelaw
WLW
Polish Bonds Ends Wall Street Run With Surprise Ending
A New York World News Service report describes a short lived Wall Street drama about Polish 8 percent bonds. The piece details a syndicate led by Dillon Read & Co. manipulation of prices and a post expiry extension that traps short sellers.
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Wall Street
New York World News Service
New York
Republic of Poland
Dillon, Read & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Gasoline Tax Goes Into Effect In Cincinnati Streets Fund
Motorists rush to fill tanks as a two cent gasoline tax inaugurates today, delivering about 219000 dollars annually to Cincinnati for street maintenance. Statewide, 45 percent goes to the state, 30 percent to cities, and 25 percent to counties as administrators collect the levy.
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Cincinnati
Donahey
Gilbert Avenue
Caldwell & Taylor Company
Indiana
Kentucky
Hamilton County
Dawes Defends Senate Reform at Boston Luncheon
Vice President Charles G. Dawes urged reform of Senate rules during a Boston luncheon marking Concord and Lexington anniversary. He denounced the Senate veto, urged support from attendees including Senator Butler, and signaled more criticism to come in New York. In the same dispatch a Sofia plot is reported with arrests and bomb details.
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Boston
Charles G. Dawes
Concord
Lexington
Senate
William M. Butler
Old North Church
Concord-Lexington
New England
Owen D. Young
Jeremiah H. Smith
League of Nations
Hungary
Mr. Dawes
Butler
New York
Allud
Washington
George Bernard Shaw
Government to curb home brew by closing stores
United States District Attorney Sawyer A. Smith in Covington announces a campaign to curb home brew by stopping malt extract sales. He will be aided by Haroth E. May as they target malt dealers and grocers in Campbell and Kenton Counties. Three Newport and Covington dealers face U S charges and bond.
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Campbell
Kenton Counties
Sawyer A. Smith
United States
Covington
Mr. Smith
Smith
Cers
Beetken
Thomas M. Ray
York Street
Newport
Clifford Scheid
Kentucky
Sawyer Smith
Cincinnati
Kenton
Prohibition
Cochran
Mexico Refuses to Discuss Arms Conference
Geneva April 18 Mexico remains out of the arms traffic talks citing the league’s exclusion of Mexico from its invitation list. The note says the stance stems from diplomatic friction with Britain and frustration over league affiliation delays. Argentina plans to attend the conference marking its return to league affairs after a 1920 withdrawal.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
League of Nations
Mexico
Liberia
South Africa
International Labor Bureau
League
Germany
Finland
Labor Organization
Washington
Wilson
Britain
Argentina
Purveydon
Tragic Sofia Bombing Casts Shadow Over Funeral
Sofia buries victims of the Sveti Cathedral blast during General Georgi’s funeral as 160 dead and about 800 wounded tally the tragedy. Mon
Bad Man Ferren kes Caught Studying Bombs At Library
Henry J. Fernekes a 29 year old wanted for four slayings and about a dozen bank robberies was captured in the John Crerar Library Chicago as he studied a book on chemical photography. Detectives seized two automatics and hustled him to the Detective Bureau after he reportedly said Clarence Darrow is his lawyer.
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Bookman
Chest
Walnut Street
Gibson
Cincinnatus
Union Central Tower
Stock Exchange
Sofia
Sveti Kral
Georghieft
Ambrig
Sla
Monsignor
Stephan
Chicago
Henry J. Fernekes
New York
Pennsylvania
John Creerar Library
Fernekes
Gerald Chapman
First National Bank of
Pearl River
N. Y
Detective Bureau
Clarence Darrow
Bishop Brown to Lecture at St Mark's Amid Controversy
The Rev. William Montgomery Brown, veteran Arkansas bishop, will speak at St Mark's in the Bouwerie amid orders from Bishop Manning to bar him. Dr. Guthrie defends the event as a secular symposium while Brown awaits a House of Bishops hearing in New Orleans.
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Bishop Brown
St. Mark's
Guthrie
New York World News Service
New York
William Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
Episcopal Church
St. Marks-in-the-Bouwerie
William Norman Guthrie
Brown
Manning
House of Bishops
New Orleans
Earle
Waverly Place
St. Mark’s
Dr. Manning
Dr. Brown
Edward S. Cowles
Chnich
M . Deter
Community Church
John Haynes Holmes
Fourth Unitarian Church
Brooklyn
Nelson J. Springer
W. H. Francis
Schumann-Heink to Mark Golden 50th Debut Anniversary
Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink, 64, will return to the Metropolitan Opera for guest performances marking the fifty year debut anniversary. Officials and the singer confirm Wagnerian roles such as Erda and Fricka, with plans to appear next season despite long career.
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New York World News Service
New York
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Metropolitan Opera House
Kansas City
Metropolitan
Schumann-Heink
Erda
Fricka
Siegfried
Vienna Court Opera
Lili Lehmann Baerke
Anna Bisho
Lisbon in Revolt as President Seeks Shelter in Barracks
A revolutionary outbreak in Lisbon spread violence across the city with grenades and street fighting. President Teixeira Gomes and the Cabinet took refuge in a barracks as loyal troops regained control after heavy clashes near Avenida de Liberdade.
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Lisbon
Teixeira Gomes
Filomeno Camara
Paco de Rotondo
Avenida de Liberdade
Severe measures taken to cope with uprising in Lisbon
Lisbon reports label the revolt as a military uprising with the government enforcing strict order. Some dispatches credit Communist elements in cooperation with opposing parties. Madrid notes Spain unaware of Portugal’s movement and says the Portuguese Legation in Madrid cannot supply details.
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Paris
Lisbon
Havari Agency
Madrid
Portugal
Tear Bombs Sought To Rout Burglar In Chicago
A burglar barricaded in a flat building exchanged fire with over one hundred police after two companions surrendered. The barricaded man, identified as Peter Molyn, wounded two officers who were hospitalized as Chief Collins led the assault to end the standoff.
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Hicago
Collins
Peter”Molyn
Molyn
Karolyi Not Expelled From Italy, Says Bonomi
Count Ivance Bonomi, former Italian premier, states Karolyi remained in Italy in 1920 near Florence and was not expelled. He says Giolitti asked the former Hungarian president to leave briefly during Italy’s agitation, but Karolyi did not depart permanently and could return if he wished.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Michael Karolyi
Hungary
United States
Italy
Ivance Bonomi
World News Service Today
Count Karolyi
Florence
Count Bonomi
Giolitti
Karolyi
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Sveti
Kosta Yankotthoff
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