Norwood Mayoral Preview Ends in Ku Klux Klan Backed Defeat
Louis H. Nolte’s administration loses as Baker wins the Republican Mayoralty nomination with 5176 votes to Cox’s 3123 in Norwood’s primary. Bolsinger defeats Tepe for the Democratic nomination. The Cox forces blame prejudice spurred by a January riot at the Odd Fellows hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Nolte
Norwood
Ak Oa
Baker
Standard Oil Company
Harry S. Cox
Nolte
Cox
Hiram C. Bolsinger
Edward Tepe
Bolsinger
Tepe
Leo Beckman
Robert Black
M. Schoenberger
Bernard Moeller
Catherine M. Carter
Garland T. Robinson
Charles McIintire
August Schillmoeller
Charles E. Smith
Walter Steurer
Claire A. Ballard
Councilman
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Montgomery Road
Helen Jackson
Rain Plays Noted in MacKenzie Inquest Suicide
London reports at the inquest into Lt. Col. Robert Hartman MacKenzie DS.O. reveal he shot himself after watching the American play Rain. Coroner calls it a depressing work about death by own action. Kathleen Irene Hill, his fiancée, describes a somber mood after the visit.
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New York World News Iee
London
Robert "Hartman MacKenzie
Ds.o
Kathleen Irene Hill
MacKenzie
N. Y
World Net Service
N. Y. World
Bib
Classified page highlights garages and building materials
Homeowners seek value as garages and building materials appear in the Classified page offerings. The feature promotes money-saving opportunities and emphasizes property value through practical purchases.
Bolt Cures Invalid of Paralysis After Years of Infirmity
Associated Press reports freakish lightning struck Bakersfield on August 11, hitting Noah W. Miers a 67 year old paralytic in his tent. The bolt burned a six inch skin mark under his left arm and he later recovered use of the limb.
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Bolt
Bakersfield
Cal
Noah W. Miers
Miers
Ohio youth confesses to murder for car near Jefferson City
Fred Jordan a seventeen year old Ohio high school athlete confessed to killing A R Clawson of Lodi New York on August 1 near Jefferson City Missouri to obtain his automobile. He led investigators to the ditch where the body was left after a struggle and said he fled with the car, later admitting the crime. Authorities say his father is en route to Garden City to assist in the case.
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Garden City
Kan
A. R. Clawson
Lodi
N. Y
Jefferson City
Fred Jordan
Ohio
Clawson
Terre Haute
Ind
Jordan
Callihan
Brown
Colorado Springs
Col
California
Lcense
Colorado
Gerald
St. Louis
Adam Clawson Lodi teacher linked to Kansas murder case
Geneva New York Aug 11 Adam Clawson of Lodi identified as a school teacher who may have been murdered in Kansas and who had recently been stationed at Cedarhurst Long Island with investigative implications noted.
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Associated Press
Geneva
N. Y
Adam Clawson
Lodi
Kansas
Cedarhurst, L. I
Body search halted by rain in Clawson murder case
Jefferson City Mo August 11 no search tonight for Adam R Clawson of Lodi N Y murdered near here August 1 by Fred Jordan Ohio high school boy Torrential rains hinder investigation Sheriff Withaup will check roads to California Mo Jordan claimed the body may lie in a ditch between Jefferson City and California.
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Jefferson City
Cole County Sheriff's Force
Adam R. Clawson
Lodi
N. Y
Fred Jordan
Ohio
Withaup
California
Jordan
Sheriff Reveals Alias Used by Prisoner in Missouri Killing
Garden City Kansas Sheriff Brown confirms the name Fred Jordan used in the confession of an Ohio youth who admitted killing Adam Clawson near Jefferson City Missouri. The sheriff declines to disclose the real name until the boy’s father arrives and Clawson’s body is located. The youth is about 17, five feet six, 130 pounds, dark complexion with brown eyes and straight black hair.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Brown
Garden City
Kan
Fred Jordan
Ohio
Adam Clawson
Jefferson City
Clawson
Jordan
Primping Too Long Lands Alberta Worthington Free
Miss Alberta Worthington a Walnut Hills waitress was imprisoned in the Mabley and Carew annex after a late washroom visit. She called police when the building closed and was later released by main building watchman Clifford Yockey.
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Alberta Worthington
Chapel Street
Walnut Hills
Mabley & Carew
Clifford Yockey
Liquor Orgies by Congressmen On Panama Trip Revealed
Testimony in the Scott divorce case outlines a 1921 Panama voyage aboard the Cristobal with a Congressional party. A Filipino waiter described wines and bottles found in Congressmen’s rooms and later hauled away at Norfolk. Depositions include claims of Mrs. Scott’s extravagance and misconduct involving staff, with further affidavits and a note on public curses during a previous hearing.
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Panama
Scott
Associated Press
Alpena
Mich
Shipping Board
Cristobal
Floren Dallow
Dallan
Norfolk
Washington
Scotts
Gwynn Jones
Ralph N. Butterworth
Mr. Scott
Miss Kennedy
Marguerita Hamilton
San Diego
Cal
Wilbur “Jazzbo
Sumner
Don _ Sautelle
Royal Johnson
South Dakota
New Orleans Drug Raids Seize Liquor Worth Over 1 Million
Federal agents led by E C Yellowley swept New Orleans and Biloxi for bootleg operations, seizing liquor valued at more than 1 000 000 and arresting thirty retailers. The Union Brewery plant near New Orleans was seized as a key supply source.
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New Orleans
E.C. Yellowley
Federal Prohibition
Biloxi
Miss
A. R. Harris
Union Brewery
Union
Harris
St. Bernard Parish
Bay St. Louis
Joseph Ory
Pass Christian
Mr. Yellowley
Sager
W. B. Andrews
Prohibition Enforcement Division
Federal Building
Ex-Dry Men Nabbed One Pleads Guilty in Columbus
William Sims of Philadelphia a former federal prohibition agent in Columbus and Bibbins a cited former general agent were arrested on square law violations. Two gin filled distillation machines were seized. Sims pleaded guilty to possession and transportation and was bound over to the federal grand jury with a $500 bond. Bibbins pleaded not guilty and his hearing is set for Thursday with a $500 bond.
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Columbus
William Sims
Philadelphia
Bibbins
Sims
Raiding in Ft Wayne Is Begun by Thirty Agents
Thirty prohibition agents under T. E. Howard swooped into Ft Wayne Ind and arrested twenty one owners of soft drink parlors. They seized individuals said to have bought liquor for three weeks for the Chicago office. Unserved warrants remain and arrestees will face unlawful possession and sale charges. Bonds were posted by U S Commissioner Kern of Indianapolis.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
T. E. Howard
Chicago
United States
Kern
Indianapolis
Chaplin Confined to Bed by Cold and Exhaustion
Charles Chaplin, famed moving-picture comedian and director, is confined to bed at a New York hotel with a slight cold and exhaustion. Doctor J B McKenzie says he will remain resting until Saturday, needing only rest.
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New York
Charles Chaplin
J. B. McKenzie
Chaplin
Lansing cousin named in 2 million fraud suit in New York
The suit filed by McGraw Hill and United Publishers names Stuart D. Lansing, Virgil Kellogg, Frank L. Moore and eight others plus a bank. They allege false misrepresentations in the sale of Newton Falls Paper Company capital stock. Lansing is president of Jefferson County National Bank and Moore heads the Newton Falls Paper Company.
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New York
Stuart D. Lansing
Robert Lansing
Jefferson County
N. J
Virgil K. Kellogg
Frank L. Moore
Newton Falls Paper Company
Newton Falls
N. Y
McGraw-Hill Company, Inc
United Publishers’ Corporation
Lansing
Jefferson County National Bank
Moore
American Paper and Pulp Association
McCray Clemency Plea Moves Toward Sargent
Indiana figures push for pardon or commutation for former Governor McCray of Indiana who began a ten year Atlanta prison term for mail fraud. Supporters argue excessive punishment and his family needs, naming James W. Noel William Evans George Barnard and William Guthrie. They seek Sargent review after Judge Anderson opposes clemency.
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New York
World News Service
Washington
McCray
Indiana
Atlanta
Sargent
Anderson
Indianapolis
James W. Noel
William Evans
George Barnard
William Guthrie
Evans
Marion County
Barnard
Senator Ralston
George Ade
United States Attorney
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Senator Watson
Three men charged after waiter hurled from hotel window
In New York a waiter, Solomon Trencher, 25, was hurled from the ninth floor of the Hotel Flanders onto the Court Theater marquee during intermission. Dr. Joseph Pauline, Paulina the hypnotist. Jack Phillips, 22. and Henry Case, 21. were arrested and charged with felonious assault.
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Associated Press
New York
Hotel Flanders
West Forty-eighth Street
Court Theater
Solomon Trencher
Bellevue Hospital
Joseph Pauline
Paulina
Cort Theater
Trencher
Swiss Officials Accused of Mistreating Mrs Harriman in Europe
An American legation protest reports Mrs Bertha Harriman of Washington DC was mistreated by Swiss railway staff in Lausanne Vallorbe and Geneva. She says officials twisted her arm and threatened to search her when unable to pay extra fare and that aides from the American Consul were not called. Complaints similar to hers have been received by American officials.
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Geneva
Bertha Harriman
Washington, D.C
Harriman
Edward A. Harriman
Washington
Pinkney Tuck
Lausanne
Vallorbe
Weeks Might Not Return as Secretary of War
Swampscott Massachusetts August 11 Secretary Weeks after a conference with President Coolidge signaled he may not return to his War Secretary post in the fall. Though recovering from illness he remains under a physician’s care and plans rest at his summer home.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Weeks
Coolidge
Washington
White Court
Gloucester
Lancaster
N. H
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Dwight Davis
Missouri
Hilles
Char. R. Crane
Mer
China
Bassador
Japan
Shim
Crand
William C. ¥den
Chicago
William Bul
Louisville
Tokyo
Diplomatic Corps
E . A. Bancroft
Los Angeles
For &Ise
Commerce, Navy and War
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Purpo
Federal agents shoot motorist in New York incident
In Coopersville New York federal agents killed Otto W Eske of New York City as his car led a trio believed to contain Canadian ale. Eske died after slowing then collapsing at the wheel. Boxer Michael Ashline nicknamed Young Gans was arrested as the driver of the second car, while the third car’s driver escaped. District Attorney B Loyal O Connell opened a manslaughter inquiry.
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Coopersville
N. Y
Otto W. Eske
New York City
Eske
Michael Ashline
Plattsburgh
Young Gans
Henry G. Denner
B. Loyal O'Connell
Cinderella Plans To Enter Convent In New York
Mary Louise Spas, adopted by Edward Browning from 12 000 applicants, had adoption annulled in Queens Surrogate Court. The girl waived all claims to the Browning fortune and agreed with her parents never to sue. She said she would enter a convent and left for Astoria with her family after a farewell dinner with Browning.
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New York
Mary Louise Spas
Edward W. Browning
Queens County
Mary
Browning
Spas
Astoria
Mary Louise
Mary Pickford
Consuelo Vanderbilt to Marry in January
New York August 11 Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt daughter of Mr and Mrs William K Vanderbilt will wed Earl E T Smith son of Sydney J Smith of 440 Park Avenue and first Whitney Carpenter Jr of the Hotel Gotham early next January it is learned today Miss Vanderbilt is sister of Miss Muriel Vanderbilt recently married to Frederic Cameron Church Jr
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Associated Press
New York
Consuelo Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Earl E. T. Smith
Sydney J. Smith
Park Avenue
Do. Whitney Carpenter, Jr
Hotel Gotham
Vanderbilt
Muriel Vanderbilt
Frederic Cameron Church, Jr
Three held in Florida bank robbery plot linked to Tampa case
Sport House, 29, Fred House, 35, arrested in a Toledo home with firearms. They planned to rob a Cincinnati bank this week with two accomplices. House had escaped a Tampa jail after a $6,000 safe crack. Florida authorities seek custody of Henry and a woman named Mrs Fern House. The trio posed as refined travelers in Toledo until a Florida detective arrived. The arrest occurred during a policy raid. extradition decision pending.
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Toledo
Fred
Sved
Tampa
Fla
Henry
Florida
Fern House
House
Cincinnati
Darrow Attacks Judge Raulston In Scopes Trial Fallout
Clarence Darrow, in Greeley, accuses Judge Raulston of using the Scopes trial for political aims. He charges the judge with electing a rushed indictment and bending proceedings to Bryan's presence. Darrow defends Bryan and criticizes the judge for partisan conduct and selective rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Ralston
Darrow
Greeley
Colo
Chicago Daily News
Darow
Raulston
William Jennings
Mr. Bryan
Dayton
Bryan
Archbishop-elect McNicholas urges unity through love for all Christians
Arch bishop-elect John T. McNicholas, bishop of Duluth, arrives in Cincinnati to take the see. He tells reporters on a train interview that love can unite Christians, urges open discussion of Catholic merits, and favors moderation and church outreach to the poor. Cardinal Mundelein arrives later. crowds greet the procession in Eaton and Hamilton amid rain and photographers.
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John T. McNicholas
Duluth
Cincinnati
Catholic Church
Chicago
George
Mundelein
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cardinal
Eaton
Hamilton, O
High Street
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Illinois
Atlantic Hotel
Beach
Alonzo B. Baxter
Harry Dietrich
Dennis J. O'Brein
Baxter
O’brien
Dietrich
Earl Benedict
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Kitty Gilhooley
Kitty
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McNicholas
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