Woman on death row in Chicago attempts suicide before hanging
Mrs Sabelle Nitti Crudelle, sentenced to hang, beat her head against bars and choked herself in her Cook County cell until jail staff intervened. She had a high fever and refused food, later moved to the jail hospital as debate swirled over the jurors verdict and female defendants.
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Chicago
Sabelle Nitti Crudelle
Minnie Bernatowicz
Anna Andraski
Bernatowicz
Eugene Moran
Britain May Consider Separate Reparations Path
London reports final approval by the British Cabinet for a reparations statement to be issued by Prime Minister Baldwin and Foreign Secretary Curzon in Parliament. The plan favors allied unity with France but allows a possible independent British course if Paris resists. Curzon briefed the French ambassador on the main principles in a cordial exchange.
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Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Curzon
House of Commons
Lords
France
Germany
Great Britain
Baldwin
Berlin
United States
Count de Saint Aulaire
Unadvised on Possible Invitation to Discuss Reparations
Washington July 11 report that Premier Baldwin may suggest American participation in a reparations settlement has not reached American officials or diplomatic circles. Hughes previously proposed a conference of economic authorities to assess Germanys capacity to pay, but did not commit official U S participation, while private American enterprise might assist.
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U. S
Tne
Arreess
Washington
Baldwin
Hughes
New Haven
Germany
Mr. Hughes
United States
Reds Move To Second, Take Doubleheader From Philadelphia
Reds climb to second place by sweeping a doubleheader against Philadelphia as Pittsburgh falters. Edgren backs Firpo to stop Willard in tonight’s bout. Reds plan a round robin to hire a coach. Boston Red Sox sell to Columbus investors amid dull stock trading.
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REDS
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Edgren
Firpo
Willard
Ohio Bar Opposes Non-Partisan Judicial Nomination System
Cedar Point O July 11 The Ohio Bar Association voted against the non partisan nomination plan and also urged abolishing non partisan judicial elections. It asked the Legislature to require party affiliation and home city on ballots. New officers named include William L Hart as President and J L W Heaney as Secretary with a list of vice presidents. A funeral service for former Supreme Justice William R Day was noted along with the association banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Point
Ohio Bar Association
Frank Geiger
Springfield
William L. Hart
Alliance
J. L. W. Heaney
Columbus
John Carlisle
Allen Andrews
Hamilton
H. S&s
Portsmouth
William Voegel
Mansfield
N. R. Harrington
Bowling Green
Paul J. Jones
Youngstown
W. T. Dunmore
Cleveland
J. B. Taylor
Wooster
William R. Day
Canton
Association
Newton D. Baker
Woman Dies After Attempt to Save Child
Mrs Maude Franz 47 of East End died at General Hospital after she and three year old Myrtle Blazing were struck by a car at 3464 Eastern Avenue. Miss Alice Dunham was driving the automobile. no charges filed. The child suffered a possible skull fracture and Mrs Franz had a fractured skull and head injuries. The accident occurred as the girl ran into the street. witnesses say the car traveled at a moderate speed and could not be avoided.
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Maude Franz
Greenwood Terrace
East End
General Hospital
Franz
J. M. Franz
Alice Dunham
Eastern Avenue
Didate
United States
Edward Douglas White
Union
Empire State
al Smith
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
New York State
Harding
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Henry Ford
la Follette
East
South
Tammany
New York
Illinois
Troops End Paraguay Revolt in Battle at Asuncion
Revolutionists attacked Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, on Monday. Government troops drove them off by Tuesday afternoon. Seventy killed and 100 wounded in battle. Three revolutionary chiefs wounded and captured. Rebels took refuge on a gunboat in the Para River. Argentine wireless confirms revolt suppression.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Asuncion
Paraguay
Para River
Ministry of Marine
Turko Delay Treaty Signing Over Warship Withdrawal
A Turkish demand blocks a wartime treaty clause as Ismet Pasha insists on withdrawing British warships from Constantinople alongside troops. Sir Horace Rumbold presents the demand to London while Angora ages on several points, delaying signing past next week.
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Lausanne
Constantinople
Ismet Pasha
Angora
Horace Rumbold
London
Wealthy Publisher Sued for Separation Over Booze in Court
Corland H. Young, head of Young Publishing, faces a separation suit from his wife of three years. She alleges his long debauches and abuse, blaming her mother in law for influencing her to seek freedom. He counters claiming his mother-in-law caused the rift. alimony set at 275 dollars monthly and 3500 dollars in counsel fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Corland H. Young
Young Publishing Company
Young
S. A. Campbell
Southampton
L. I
Supreme Court
Lydon
Lad 7 Near Death After Auto Accident in Avondale
James Schriver seven years old from a prominent Avondale family lies near death at General Hospital after being struck on Knott street by an automobile driven by Alexander Sandford colored, 1208 Johnson street Covington Kentucky. Eyewitnesses say Schriver stepped in front of the car from behind a truck. He suffered a fractured skull internal injuries and bruises. The vehicle is owned by Mrs H R Myers Lexington avenue. Hospital staff say recovery odds are very slim.
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Lad
James Schriver
Prospect Place
Avondale
General Hospital
Alexander Sandford
Johnson Street
Covington
Knott Street
Harvey
Sandford
H. R. Myers
Lexington Avenue
Merchant Police Officer Slightly Injured in Car Collision
John Ott a 45 year old member of the Merchant Police was struck by an automobile driven by Dart Flannery at Armory Street and Freeman Last night Ott was taken to St Mary's Hospital and later returned home Flannery resides at 1104 Seton Street and the incident occurred at 1103 Gor man Street
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John Ott
Gorman Street
Merchant Police
Dart Flannery
Seton Street
Armory Street
Freeman
Ott
St. Mary’s Hospital
Toupees in Demand by Rich Baldpates in War
New York reports toupee demand rising as war casualties left France and Germany with few makers. Bruno Leo Schurig, purveyor to Rockefeller, notes wealthy clients pay high prices for realistic locks and head casts, while many skilled artisans were killed in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bruno Leo Schurig
John D. Rockefeller
Hamburg
France
Germany
Schurig
Admitting Women Yeoman Opens Door to Thousands
Leavenworth Kansas July 11 An application by Mrs Gertrude L Butts of Denver Colo for admission to the National Military Home was approved by General C H Wood President of the Board of Managers. Mrs Butts a former Navy yeoman becomes the second woman admitted to a national military home and the decision is seen to allow thousands of ex service women to join the home previously open to men.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Gertrude L. Butts
Denver
Colo
C. H. Wood
Board of Managers of
National Military Homes
Sidney Cook
Potter Testifies in Grand Jury Probe of Anti-Saloon Leader
William M. Potter former Assistant Treasurer of the State Anti-Saloon League testifies to support charges against league superintendent William H. Anderson for extortion forgery and grand larceny. Potter detailssupposed drugs and falsified books while Rev Dr Caleb Moore testifies. both to return for more questioning tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William M. Potter
McAllen
Tex
State Anti-Saloon League
Grand Jury
Pecora
William H. Anderson
League
Potter
O. Bertsall Phillips
Anderson
Caleb Moore
Moore
Edgar T. Brackett
Harding Visits Skagway Once Wildest and Gayest Town
President Harding and party arrived aboard the Henderson at noon in Skagway Alaska as the town, famed in the Yukon era, showed its quieter today charm. He spoke at the hotel of its romance and roses were presented to Mrs. Harding before the ship departed for Seward via Muir Glacier.
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Associated Press
Skagway
Alaska
Lynn Canal
Harding
Yukons
Henderson
Juneau
Yukon
White Pass
Miles Canyon
White Horse
Five Finger
Rink
H. S. Pullen
Royal
United States Army
West Point
Seward
Resurrectionay
John Muir
Henry Ford
Wounds Wife Then Kills Self in East Liverpool
Elmer O'Brien 28, a pottery worker, shot and killed himself after wounding his wife Ruth 26 in a family quarrel in East Liverpool Ohio. The woman’s condition was not serious. The couple had been separated due to marital troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Elmer O’brien
Ruth
Five killed and two injured in railway crossing crash
At Terre Haute Indiana five persons died and two were seriously hurt when a stalled car on the Big Four crossing was struck by a passenger train. Victims include Jack and Mary Ellis and a daughter Lil Mullis aged 16. Dunlap children Margaret 13 and Ernestine 14. Mrs Sterchi and her daughter Dorothy 8 injured. Sam Sterchi 13 months escaped. The car was hurled 100 feet after the collision as the engine died at the crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Here
Big Four Railroad
Jack ‘Ellis
Mary Ellis
Lil. muLis
Margaret Dunlap
Seleyville
Ernestine, Dunlap
Fred Sterchi
Dorothy
Sam Sterchi
Auto train crash at Wolcott's Crossing kills two men
Two men died and a boy was badly injured when an automobile was struck by a Delaware and Hudson train at Wolcott's Crossing near Crown Point New York. Joseph Prouff 37 of Moriah and Wilbur Kearns 32 of Port Henry are the deceased. Amos Prouff 13 son of Joseph is hospitalized with a fractured skull.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Delaware & Hudson
Wolcott’s Crossing
Crown Point
Joseph Prouff
Moriah
Wilbur Kearns
Port Henry
Amos Prouff
Joseph
One Student Killed in Motorcycle Accident near Fremont
Fremont Ohio July 11 George Little 22 Binghampton and Isaac Wenger 26 also of Binghampton students at the University of Virginia were riding tandem on a motorcycle on their way to Chicago when the machine skidded into a ditch while passing a horse drawn vehicle. Little was dead at the scene and Wenger was probably fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
George Little
Binghampton
Isaac Wenger
University of Virginia
Chicago
Forty-first Columbus auto fatality reported
Louis Cronin was killed and two other men injured when their car was struck by a traction car in Columbus. Cronin's death marks the forty-first traffic death in the city since January 1.
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Columbus
Louis Cronin
Cronin
Two Women Injured in Lakewood Auto Collision
Mrs. August Payne 54 of Painesville is in critical condition with a possible skull fracture and Mrs. Delia Masters of Painesville suffers bruises and shock after a car crash in Lakewood Cleveland suburb occurred late last night according to hospital doctors.
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Cleveland
August Payne
Painesville
Delia Masters
Lakewood
Judge dares K K K writer who hides identity in court
In Las Vegas New Mexico Judge David J Leahy told the Magree contempt trial a threatening letter signed Today was received from a K K K writer. He stepped from the bench to call the cowardly reprobate and dared him to identify himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
N. M
David J. Leahy
Carl A. Magree
Albuquerque
Leahy
Ireland
Texas
Earthquakes in Spain cause damage and cut communications
Madrid July 11 reports tremors registered across many Spanish districts. Private advices note damage in Saragossa but no loss of life. Communications with San Sebastian and Pamplona were cut off due to the shocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Meteorological Observatory
Saragossa
San Sebastian
Pampliana
After Five Years What Has Been Achieved in Europe
David Lawrence reports from abroad for The Commercial Tribune on European reconstruction five years after the war. Harding warned that peace is not yet secure in a Denver address. The feature analyzes progress in Britain France Germany Italy and Austria and what lies ahead for Europe and the American economy.
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Western Battle Front
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Sear
The
Commercial Tribune
Harding
Denver
Europe
Daily Cables of
France ratifies Washington naval limits and four power pact
Paris votes to approve the Washington naval limitation treaty and the four power Pacific accord, despite royalist objections. Senators cite France’s limited capital ship program and focus on submarines while Premier Poincare defends the accord as within France’s means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Washington
Site of Schoenbrun identified near New Philadelphia Ohio
The site of Schoenbrun the first settlement in the Northwest Territory was fixed 1 ½ miles southeast of New Philadelphia Ohio by William G Mills of the Ohio Archaeological Association after three days of exploration. Evidence including log dwelling cellars artifacts and copper and iron implements supported the location on 24 acres owned by Emmet A Meyers. The Schoenbrum Memorial Commission plans to purchase the land with $10 000 appropriated by the General Assembly and create a memorial there.
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Schoenbrun
Northwest Territory
New Philadelphia
Ohio
William G. Mills
Columbus
Ohio Archaeological Association
Mills
David Zeisberger
Emmet A. Meyers
New
Philadelphia
New Marriage Age Rules Shift Parental Consent Requirement
Preparations are under way for a rush of licenses as the age for girls rises to 21. Under the new law, girls 18 to 21 must have parental consent for marriage and contracts. boys remain at 21. The change, effective next Thursday, also alters inheritance and rights under contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Falk
Prince of Wales to Visit Canada in Autumn
The Prince of Wales plans a private autumn visit to Canada. He will travel in a private capacity and will not undertake official engagements during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince of Wales
Canada
Washington approves naval treaties ending Anglo Japanese alliance
The French Senate ratifies the Washington Naval Treaty and the four power pact, setting a de deposit and effect date upon ratifications. The accord requires ratifications from all signatories and will end the Anglo Japanese alliance once deposits are made in Washington. Scrapping of warships must occur within six months with finalization within eighteen months. Replacement keels are scheduled by ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wasington
United States
Britain Opposes Parley on Air Armaments
In a House of Lords debate, ministers opposed an international conference on air armament limitations. The motion by Lord Gorell urged Britain to join the United States, but the government argued the moment is inopportune given Europe’s strained situation and potential for misinterpretation. The discussion covered land sea and air defenses and supported ratification of Washington Treaties by France.
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France
Senate Naval Commission
Lemery
Great Britain
America
Japan
Poincaire
Albert Sarraut
Washington
Senate
Inister
Marine
Associated Press
London
House of Loris
Lord Gorell
Marquis of Salisbury
Council
Europe
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