Auto hits, leaves woman dying. boy on bike struck
A car speeding away struck a 35 year old woman on Glenwood avenue near Reading road leaving her unconscious with a fractured skull and broken ankle. Scouts aided, she to General Hospital as police seek identity. a boy on a bicycle, Morris Wessel, was struck on Madison road and Drake avenue, car fled. John Theis was hit at Fifteenth and Race streets. Granke transported him to his home after treatment.
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Glenwood Avenue
Reading Road
General Hospital
Boy Scouts
Troop Eleven
Avondale Public Library
Morris Wessel
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Madison Road
Drake Avenue
John Theis
Joseph Granke
Benham Street
Granke
Theiston
Pleasant Street
Gunmen in Grocery Hold Up End With Shooting
William Gushurst 43 is in critical condition at General Hospital after being shot in the head during a grocery hold up at 674 Linn street. His nephew Neil 17 and Frank Gushurst aided and police search for three suspects, two of whom fled when a baby carriage struck an electric bulb.
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William Gushurst
General Hospital
Linn Street
Gushurst
Neil Gushurst
Young Gushurst Picka
Neil
Frank Gushurst
Eugene Weatherly
Government seeks injunction over glass industry wage pact
An injunction against sixteen wage committee members and their companies would halt a planned meeting in Cleveland to enforce a wage agreement aimed at curtailing window glass production. The government says the move would prevent irreparable injury to the industry and public.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers
National Window Glass Workers
Department of Justice
Cleveland
United States
Daugherty
Department
Judge Killets
The
National Association
Henderson Garage Murder Solved In Kentucky Case
Ollie Gibbons and Mrs. Gus Noffsinger were arrested in Henderson Kentucky for the murder of Gus Noffsinger chief of Southland Coal Company. Mrs. Noffsinger confessed detailing events and her affair with Gibbons. The hammer used was found near the body and both suspects are held amid miner and union anger.
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Henderson, Ky
Ollie Gibbons
Gus Noffsinger
Southland Coal Company
Noffsinger
Gibbons
Tomagne
Midland
Ben McKinney
Rosewood Riot Over Escape Convict Killing White Men
Armed white posses in Rosewood Florida clashed with negros seeking Jesse Hunter an escaped convict linked to a white girl attack. Reports tallied six dead and many wounded as fires burned a negro section and officials sought Hunter amid mounting violence.
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Associated Press
Rosewood
Fra
Jesse Hunter
Elias Walker
Hardee
Hunter
Sylvester Carrier
Sarah Carrier
Lesty Gordon
Mingo William
Cecil Studstill
Sumner
Bryan Kirkland
Mannie Hudson
Henry Odon
Otto Creek
Levy County
Carrier
Washington awaits Allied word on reparations crisis
The Washington government shows no current plan to aid Europe and waits on allied leaders to propose a reparations settlement. Officials expect Hughes to brief Senator Lodge after consultations with Secretary Hughes, as Paris tensions and the Versailles pact effects loom. Ambassador Jusserand met with Hughes, but no formal statement was given.
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Washington
Europe
White House
State Department
Hughes
New Haven
Council of Premiers
Paris
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Harding
Iding
France
Jusserand
Poincare
Amassador Harvey
Richard Stearns Seeks Begging License at 85 in Cincinnati
Richard Stearns 411 West Seventh Street, once a railroad owner and publisher, aged 85, asks the City Auditor for a license to beg on Cincinnati streets. Born 1837 in Charlton Mass, he traveled west to Jackson Iowa, befriended Abraham Lincoln, and now seeks independence after years of wealth and decline.
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Richard Stearns
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Cincinnati
Department of Public Welfare
City Auditor's Office
West Seventh Street
Charlton
Mass
Jackson
Springfield
Jackson E, Tl
California Embezzler Surrenders After Conscience Haunts Him
A 25 year old named Collins N Bail walked up to a Cincinnati officer and asked to be jailed. He confessed to embezzling 400 to 500 dollars from E H Buente Company in Los Angeles where he worked as a store manager. He described a troubled wartime past and said conscience tormented him twenty four hours daily. He boarded a train toward Los Angeles to face punishment after telling how he fled to Ohio and worked as a waiter before surrendering. Authorities sent a telegram to Los Angeles police for confirmation.
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Charles Diebold
Central Avenue
City Hall
Collins N. Bail
Emmett Kirgag
Los Angeles
E. H. Buente ‘Company
California
Veterans' Bureau
Buente Company
Ball
Cincinnati
Hou
Ang
Masked band depredations unlock brutal Louisiana killings
Louisiana probes two headless, mutilated bodies pulled from Lake LaFourche in Morehouse Parish. Watt Daniel and T. F. Richards are identified, with severe mutilation, amid a mask band plot. Hearing led by Governor Parker opens as federal and state investigators pursue a sensational klan murder case.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Louisiana
Morehouse Parish
Lake la Fourche
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richards
Daniel
Richards
John M. Parker
J.L. Daniel
Lake LaFourche
Danieles
J. L. Mellwain
McIilwain
J. C. Nettles
Semmes Walmsley
A.E. Farland
Department of Justice
Fred L. Odom
Nettles
Eason Ferry
Nettle
Mrs George Smith Dies After Auto Crash
Mrs. George Smith of Dayton Ohio died at Bethesda Hospital from a fractured skull and loss of blood after being hurled through a windshield when her car collided with Leo Boops vehicle at Lockland Wayne Wyoming Avenues The coroner began an inquest likely next Monday and noted the long survival after grave injuries while returning from Arlington with her husband.
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George Smith
Dayton
Bethesda Hospital
Leo M. Boop
Marion Avenue
Woodlawn
Wayne and
Wyoming Avenues
Lockland
Handley
Flier Escapes Death In 10 000-Foot Crash Second Time In Month
Henry G. Boonstra of Lafayette Indiana a U S A M S pilot survived a 10 000 foot plunge to Salt Lake City with only minor injuries after a mail cargo crash. Earlier in the month his plane wrecked on Porcupine Ridge Utah and he endured 36 hours in a blizzard before shelter.
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Salt Lake City
Henry G. Boonstra
Lafayette
Ind
United States Aerial Mail Service
Rock Springs
Wyo
Porcupine Ridge
Coalville
Utah
Boonstra
Wan
Mitah
Haddy
Joonstra
Franchise Granted to San Luis Potosi Women
Mexico City reports the state legislature of San Luis Potosi adopting a measure granting women the franchise. The bill, sponsored by Governor Rafael Nieto, former Federal Secretary of the Treasury, marks a milestone for women’s voting rights in the state.
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Mexico City
State of
San Luis Potosi
Rafael Nieto
Treasury
Knox Bond Set Pending Habeas Corpus Hearing
Mrs Hiram Knox is released on bond after District Court in San Augustine Texas set bail at 2500 pending a habeas corpus hearing scheduled for tomorrow at 10 am. The order supersedes Hemphill Justice of the Peace Pratt 25000 bond. District Attorney Adams says more witnesses will be produced.
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San - Augustine
Tex
Hiram Knox
W. H. Stark
Hemphill
Adams
Tomorow
Stark
Mrs. Knox
Sabine County Grand Jury
Lookout Late on Job Aids Detectives in Die Game Raid
Detectives Bullerdick and Hayes moved up on a poolroom gambling raid at Fifth and Smith streets after finding the lookout absent. They found eighteen men crowded around a table. officers seized dice and card tables and damaged an electric buzzer system. All prisoners faced gambling charges.
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Dhce
Bullerdick
Hayes
Pete Dennakos
Fifth
Smith Streets
Akron man shot and killed in Meadville liquor truck attack
Frank Petrolia, reportedly from Akron Ohio, was shot and killed while driving a liquor-laden automobile truck in Meadville Pennsylvania. The assailants escaped. A bank book from the Ohio State Bank and Trust Company of Akron showed deposits over $1,000.
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Meadville
Frank Petrolia
Akron
Petrolia
Ohio State Bank and Trust Company of
Old system may fix mine wage scales in coal fields
Chicago January 5 The joint conference of fifteen districts adjourned without reaching an agreement on wage scale bases for bituminous coal. A New York conference is planned for January 17 to 22 with John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and Phil H. Penna of the Indiana Operators' Association leading the call.
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Chicago
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Phil H. Penna
Indiana Operators’ Association
Cleveland
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Coue Does Not Chant His Daily Health Mantra
Emile Coue, the French promoter of auto suggestion, on a New York visit, says he does not recite his famous phrase I am getting better day by day. He told editors reporters and a socialite audience that he does not need to chant the motto.
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New York
United States
Emile Coue
France
Two Autoists Die As Train Strikes Delphos Car
Delphos Ohio January 5 two men Walter Poling 27 and Joseph Bonsonsen 31 both of Delphos were killed when their car was struck by the eastbound Pennsylvania Limited at the May street crossing. A heavy snowstorm reduced visibility and is believed to have caused the tragedy.
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Delphos
Pennsylvania Limited
May Street
Walter Poling
Joseph Bonsonsen
Fifteen Arrested in Police Round-Up of Poolroom Loafers
A police flying squad rounded up poolroom loiterers and cigar store loungers after complaints by women. Fifteen men were arrested and detained for Bertillon examinations by Captain Robert Dunning. The squad, including Sergeant Kleemeier and detectives Wank Weis Genter and Gernhart, vowed to continue nightly rounds to curb behavior.
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Bertillon
Robert Dunning
Kleemeier
Wank
Weis
Genter
Five El Paso Men Indicted in Ft Bliss Fraud Case
Five Texas business men from El Paso have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on charges related to the fraudulent sale of government property at Ft Bliss. W O C Forester Gus Monsen E R Jones James Connors and Pat Grattan are named with conspiracy to defraud the government. Captain C E Black is named as a joint defendant in three indictments.
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Washington
el Paso
Tex
Ft. Bliss
W.O. C. Forester
Gus Momsen
E. R. Jones
James Connors
Liquor Raids Failures Tapped Wires Found in City Hall
Clarksburg West Virginia January 5 City Hall telephone lines were tapped and warnings of raids were issued to liquor law violators by Chief of Police Wolfe who noted a two week lapse in successful prosecutions. Linemen found tapped wires in an upper room of the City Hall Building.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
City Hall
Wolfe
Indiana Woman 102 Dies in Lafayette
Mrs Lucy J Terry aged 102 and said to be the oldest resident of northwestern Indiana died in a Lafayette hospital. Born in 1820 in Connecticut she remained physically and mentally active until a few days ago.
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Lafayette
Ind
Lucy J. Terry
Indiana
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Hele
Hendergon Garage
Florida
Black Section
America
Isador
IASIS
J. L. Daniel
Far South
Charles Duvalle
John Sandford
New Orleans
Couse
Social Register
Delphos Crossing
Texas
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