Outbreak at Shady Rest Arsenal Ends In Four Deaths
Four killed in a dynamite and fire attack on Shady Rest near Marion Illinois. The two birger faction ar moured truck base suffered extensive damage. Thirteen people have died in five months of gang warfare tied to the Shelton brothers and Birger. Identifications remain uncertain as investigators search the ruins and question suspects following the Springfield trial set for late month.
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Marion
Shelton Brothers
Inn
Steve George
Oren
Coleman
Birger
Harrisburg
Lory Price
Art Newman
Springfield
Carl
Earl
Bernard Shelton
Newman
Road House
Ray Rowe
Harvey Dungey
Ulrich kills wife then dies by suicide in domestic case
A divorce suit against Emil J. Ulrich 56 of Linden Road Indian Hill was to be filed today by his wife Caroline Ulrich 86. Ulrich shot his wife to death yesterday morning and then killed himself at their home. Their sons Frank 12 and Emil Jr 14 heard the shots returning from errands. Earlier in the morning Mrs Ulrich
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Emil J. Ulrich
Linden Road
Indian Hill
Caroline Ulrich
Ulrich
Frank
Emil, Jr
Tragedy in Knox Street Home Ended by Fall
John Schlageter 78, a retired brewmaster, plunged from a third floor window at his Knox Street home. He died en route to St Marys Hospital after being wounded in a double tragedy observed by neighbors and his daughter Rose Schlageter. The incident, with no eyewitness, leaves investigators seeking motive amid a chilly room and a distraught family.
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Knox Street
John Schlageter
George Murphy
Elmer Nett
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rose Schlageter
Miss Schlageter
Teaieliodit Bacp Wiew
Tithuleane Hospital
Norbert Slomer
George
Schlageter
Herancourt
Col Robert W Nelson famed Newport lawyer dies at 82
Col Robert William Nelson 82 a famed criminal lawyer and Democratic politician died at his Newport home on Park Avenue after a year of illness. Born in Alexandria he studied law with Col John G Carlisle and later defended civic cases gaining national renown. He won acquittals in thirty-eight criminal cases and prosecuted the Pearl Bryan murder case.
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Robert William Nelson
Nelson Place
Park Avenue
Newport
Alexandria
Hayden Nelsonwy
Campbell County
Nelson
Covineion Oline
John G. Carlisle
Col
Carlisle
United States
House of Representatives
United States Treasury
Col. Nelson
Pearl Bryan
Alonzo Walling
Scott Jackson
Indiana
Vatican Faces Mussolini Rift Over Fascist Control
The Catholic Church and Mussolini era tensions escalate as Pope Pius and Vatican officials resist Fascist state control. Vatican leaders form a solid front and distance themselves from concessions, signaling a possible spiritual clash that could widen beyond diplomacy.
Century of Theater Disasters Logged With Tolls
New York lists a century of deadly theater disasters naming Conway's Brooklyn Theater Ring Theater Vienna Exeter Theater Onvera Dominue Paris Iroquois Chicago Knickerbocker Washington Gillis Theater and others with totals from 6 to 602 killed in fires collapses and panics from 1876 to 1925.
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New York
Conway
Brooklyn
Ring Theater
Vienna
Temporary
Darvio
Italy
Star Theater
Glasgow
Scotland
Paris
Exeter
Hebrew Dramatic Club
London
Freyer’s Opera House
Seattle
Iroquois
Chicago
Calumet
Mich
Wallacetown
Catherine Street
New York City
Antény Veadier Méard
Moniams Rialto
New Haven
Conn
Knickerbocker Theater
Washington
Gillis
Kansas City
Fire panic at Laurier Palace kills many children
In Montreal a cinema fire panic killed over 75 people, most of them children, as dozens suffocated in exits. Firemen cut a wall to reach the crowd and evacuate bodies from a packed Laurier Palace theater that seated 1,100. A boy cried out as a flame appeared near the projection room, triggering the deadly stampede.
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Montreal
Laurier Palace
East End
French Senate Elections Quietly Reevaluate Power Balance
One third of the French Senate seats were filled today with no change in left or right strength. The voting marked the defeat of former member He Miller on the second ballot, passing largely unnoticed in Paris.
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Paris
Mics
Suppressed Prohibition Scandal Near Disclosure in Congress
Washington Jan 9 A suppressed scandal in the prohibition enforcement service is set for exposure as requests for information to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews have failed. Congress may demand all communications about government participation in illegal enterprises, with four cases notably in mind and much attention on Secretary Mellon.
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Prohibition Enforcement Service
Congress
Mellon
Holiday era harness shop owner battles robbers on Baymiller
Albert Holt of 818 Richmond Street recounted a Saturday night encounter with three African American robbers on Baymiller Street. He knocked a revolver from a robber, fired eight shots at fleeing assailants, unsure if any hit. Holt, a former Mexican Army officer, had earlier faced multiple robberies at his shop and a fatal shooting by a burglar in 1921, while his wife was acquitted for killing a man who insulted her.
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Albert Holt
Richmond Street
West Fifth Street
Herz
Baymiller Street
Carlisle Avenue
Sixth Street
Mexico
Holt
Cincinnat
Holz
Practical People Turn to Classified Ads for Rentals
Residents avoid street search by using The Commercial Tribune Classified Ads and reading the Rental classification. The notice highlights how readers rely on classified listings to find rooms houses or apartments.
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Commercial Tribune
Inter-allied Rhineland Com mission bans Emden film
In Coblenz Germany on January 9 the Inter-allied Rhineland Commission issued an order prohibiting the exhibition in the occupied area of a film depicting the exploits of the famed World War I sea rover Emden.
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Coblenz
Germany
Inter-allied Rhineland Commission
Emden
Church Bombed for Fourth Time in San Francisco
Bombers attacked St. Peter and St. Paul Church in the Latin Quarter blowing down a wood entrance arch and loosening floor slabs. Services continued with no injuries as a patrolman witnessed the blast and fired at the fleeing automobile. attackers escaped.
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San Francisco
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Latin Quarter
ABC
Row Over Parking In Capital Sparks Duel Talk
In Washington on January 9, Dushan Sekulitch chief clerk at the Jugoslav capital city office fears a duel with M O Fidge after a Christmas Eve parking space dispute. Eldridge claims Sekulitch threatened to strike him, which Sekulitch denies. Sekulitch, a former New York University athlete, says he is ready for a confrontation if necessary.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Dushan Sekulitch
Jugo- Slav Capelian
M. O. Fidge
Beers for Pa and Poison for N Y in LaGuardia Plea
Rep. LaGuardia drafts a resolution demanding Mellon report on fines against Howell King Brewery in Luzerne County Pa to expose alleged enforcement disparity between New York and Pennsylvania. He cites a NY bridge club funds and hints at a $769019 settlement while urging Volstead law modification for wine and beer. The Union Labor Trades Department also calls for beer and wine legalization to curb hypocrisy and crime.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
LaGuardia
Rep
N. Y
Mellon
Howell & King
Luzerne County
New York State
Graham
House Judiciary Committee
New York Bridge
State of
Howell King Brewery
Union Labor Trades Department of
The
Federation of Labor
Congress
Whittier Barefoot Boy Claim Sparks Telegraph Report
The Macon Telegraph plans to publish a letter it says proves John Greenleaf Whittier authored the barefoot boy poem. The artifact, dated Sept 19 1891, is addressed to Will Noble Northrop and alleges Whittier’s authorship.
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Macon
Macon Telegraph
John Greenleaf Whittier
Massachusetts
Telegraph
Oak Knoll
John G. Whittier
Will Noble Northrop
Puyallup, Wash
Grieving Parents Await Turn To Claim Dead at Coroner's
In Montreal a long line of parents waited at Coroner McMahon's bench as relatives sought the right to remove their dead children from the Laurier Palace theater fire. Ten injured youths aged 10 to 16 were hospitalized at Notre Dame Hospital, with one beyond recovery.
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Montreal
Laurier Palace
Moving Picture Theater
McMahon
McMahoas
Notre Dame Hospital
Roya
Refugees Describe Hankow Mob Loot and Abuse at British Concession
Shanghai dispatch reports refugees arriving from Hankow recount anti foreign riots in the British concession. Women and children were spat on and taunted as mobs looted the Hankow Club and homes. Soldiers intervened in one rescue, while Chinese servants showed loyalty in limited cases.
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Ciseres
Kararx
Sun Yat Sen
Nicolai Lenin
Russia
Shanghai
Jar
Hankow
Yangtse
Hapkew
Ag Ahmed
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