Luther Debuts as Chancellor Distancing Reactionary Roots
Berlin reports show Chancellor Luther opening his Reichstag address with a conciliatory line. He backs the Dawes plan and League entry, pledges loyalty to the republic, and signals a shift away from strict parliamentary right policies amid mixed reactions from junker deputies and opposition.
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Jolson Plans to Adopt a Child After Home Life Reflections
New York January reports comedian Al Jolson applying to the State Charity Association for permission to adopt a child under three. He and his wife longed for a child and were prompted after hearing Miss Sophie Van Sheis describe happy homes. Jolson noted their Scarsdale residence, pets, and belief they could provide a good home.
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Sophie van Sheis
Aid
Scarsdale
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Stomach Removed Patient Eats Regularly at Hopkins
A Johns Hopkins Hospital operation removed a man's stomach due to a tumor. The patient now eats normally and appears to be recovering, the first such successful Maryland case. Dr. J. M. T. Finney notes only about thirty two similar operations before, with roughly half successful and patients living many years.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Trial hinges on hotel bills in Forbes conspiracy case
In Chicago a defense lawyer questions if Randolph Laughlin can implicate Elias H. Mortimer by reading a Traymore Atlantic City letter about hotel charges. The 1922 party involved Francine Larrimore and her sister, with Mortimer claiming no obligation for their bills. The letter is analyzed amid long documentary evidence in the federal court.
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St. Louis
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Miss Francine Larrimore Stars in Parasites at Shubert Theater
Miss Francine Larrimore appeared at the Shubert Theater here last week starring in Parasites.
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Shubert Theater
Prisoner Killed During Escape Attempt at Maryland Penitentiary
John Kelly a life prisoner for bank robbery and murder died after slipping fifty feet while escaping from the Maryland penitentiary January 19. Four others fled to cells as a faulty wiring plan caused a blackout and a burning window. Warden Claude B. Sweezey found Kelly dying at the base of the window.
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Sandy Springs
Francis M. Hallowell
Claude B. Sweezey
Donahey Grants Pardon to Slain Taxi Driver's Slayer
Henderson Bandy of Colus, terminal cancer patient in the Ohio Penitentiary, was pardoned today by Governor Donahey. Bandy, sentenced to life on July 10, 1919, for the murder of a Chillicothe taxicab driver, was given clemency with only weeks to live.
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Columbus
Britain Defies American Opium Pact at Geneva Parley
At the Geneva opium conference Britain France and Holland united against the United States plan to review the first treaty A British plan would have an impartial commission decide when opium smoking in eastern territories could end The dispute centers on enforcement and scope with Viscount Cecil backing Britain's pledge while America presses for stronger controls and a timeline.
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World Press Pub. Co
Indian courting wife of another ends with blinding attack
Jan 19 Cedar Rapids Iowa Albert Moore 26 Indian was blinded by Amos Morgan 47 Indian after Moore courted Morgan s wife Morgan seized a can of lye at the door and threw it on Moores face Moore and Mrs Morgan were dancing when the attack occurred Morgan admitted throwing the lye and Moore was later arrested for contributing to Mrs Morgans delinquency
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Distiller Deplores Bootleg Adulteration Of Scotch
New York January 19 G Mackie Campbell Scotch distiller said adulteration by bootleggers is the greatest evil in liquor handling He warned that once Scotch leaves Scotland it is often watered improperly and bottles can be tampered with by hot pokers Distillers are spending large sums to invent tamper proof bottles
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New York
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Tuscania
Montreal
Scotland
Trotsky Relieved of War Council Chair in Soviet Shakeup
From Moscow January 19 Trotsky is removed as Chairman of the Revolutionary War Council by the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party. He vows loyalty and pleads illness as reason for absence while facing possible expulsion and loss of party memberships.
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Lenin
Taunted wife shoots rival in taxicab chase
New York police arrest Mrs. Mary Martinez after she fires five times at Mrs. Anna Permentee who was in a car with Martinez's husband Louis near Pennsylvania Station. Permentee is hospitalized in critical condition. Martinez surrenders after a chase and confrontation with detectives. Martinez cites thirteen months of alleged disturbance by Permentee and taunting over her marriage.
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Anna Permentee
Pennsylvania Station
Belgian Princess Loses $40000 Alienation Suit
A New York Supreme Court jury awarded $40,000 to Mrs. Millie Hutton of New Rochelle against Elizabeth Walter reputed Princess de Ridder of Antwerp Belgium for alienating her husband Edward J. Hutton s affections. Neither party appeared at the trial.
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Millie Hutton
New Rochelle
Elizabeth Walter
Princess de Ridder
Antwerp
Belgium
Freiberg Avers Oig Defeat Fueled by Big Interests
A. Julius Freiberg, retiring president of Cincinnati's Chamber of Commerce, blames big interests and Union Gas for his defeat. Philip O. Geier was named successor as Richard F. Grant of the U S Chamber spoke after. Freiberg defends the chamber's civic role and criticizes gas franchise handling and council actions.
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Philip O. Geier
Cincinnati
W. W. Freeman
Freiberg
Amphibian Plane Lands at Capital in U S Cross Country Flight
Army air service experts hailed the Loening Amphibian after Lieut. Wendell H. Brookley flew it from the Loening factory to Mitchel Field then to Bolling Field. It marks the first cross country amphibian flight in the United States and the first of ten ordered by the air service. The plane lands on land or water without extra floats, using a folding electric gear system.
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Army Air Service
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Mitchel Field
Wendell H. Brookley
United States
Lieut. Brookley
Loening Company
East River
Air Service
Loening
Senate Irreconcilables Press for Inquiry on Paris Pact
Washington grapples with the Paris reparations agreement as Senate irreconcilables press for a full inquiry. Secretary Hughes declares the Dawes plan allocation imposes no US obligations and favors continued Senate scrutiny of the accord.
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Hughes
America
Johnson
Borah
Paris
Priest testifies as dozen pleads on Jersey rum running
In Jersey City, Father George Bennett of St. Lawrence's testifies in the trial of twelve men charged with conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. He describes a late night at Weehawken docks where a man named Griffin offered bribes and whiskey while agents looked on. He cannot identify Griffin but details the encounter and police contact.
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Jersey
Associated Press
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George Bennett
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Icehawken
Father Bennett
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Giffin
Charles King
John Dorsey
Dorothy
Stearns
Scholar-Beachcomber's Secret Life Unearthed in Death
New York report details Andrew S. McMillen once known as Andy McMillen Es comber a scholar who sought seclusion to study life and letters. Exhumed at Bayhore the 61 year old was identified by scars beard and hair. His brothers Charles and Jorge McMillen of Pittsburgh backed the move to Ridgeville Pa his former home. The inquest revealed he left Ridgeville seven years ago with books wife divorced him and he vanished before resurfacing on Fire Island working for Ocean Hair Company gathering seaweed. He lived as a loner yet kept studying and spoke with a scholar’s accent and knowledge.
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Edward 8. Moore
Charles E. McMillen
Jorge Bom McMillen
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