Former Gallipolis patient linked to self harm episode
Thomas Thompson, a former Gallipolis mental patient, severed his arm on a railroad track during a Tuesday incident. Doctors describe an epilepsy-like mental seizure, with investigations noting stoicism during pain and possible auto-suggestion parallels. Thompson, divorced from Martha Bolton, has five Cincinnati-based children and may face institutional commitment after recovery and observation.
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General Hospital
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Gallipolis
Cincinnati
Martha Bolton
Miami Avenue
The
Commercial Tribune
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Olton
George and
Central Avenues
Subway Smoking Ordinance Enforced on Women
Two young stenographers were fined five dollars each after being arrested for smoking in Grand Central Station. The action marked the first time the subway smoking ordinance was applied to women, with the fines imposed in Yorkville Court.
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Associated Press
New York
Grand Central Station
Yorkville Court
Classified Ads Prove Pages Reach Cincinnati Area
A local advertiser claims the Commercial Tribune Classified Ads deliver broad reach in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Readers are urged to call and have an ad-taker craft the right ad for any proposition.
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Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Wanda Hawley Licensed to Wed Ex-Cincinnatian
Los Angeles July 22 Wanda Hawley motion picture actress and J Stuart Wilkinson Embassy Pictures general manager were named as principals in a marriage license issued. She age twenty six and Wilkinson thirty three. The ceremony is expected later this week. Wilkinson is a former Cincinnatian, son of E W Wilkinson principal of the Dyer School. He graduated Woodward High School and worked as a salesman for Charles Schiear Motor Car Co before entering film about five years ago. Hawley was divorced from Allan Burton Hawley in 1923 on charges of desertion and cruelty.
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West Virginia Soft Coal Miners Threaten General Strike
Washington reports deep concern as West Virginia soft coal miners threaten a general strike if operators halt wage contracts. UMWA representative Van A. Bittner urges President Coolidge’s administration to act, while Labor and Commerce allies await action and facts are gathered for possible intervention.
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Department
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Board of Conciliation
Jardine Demands Chicago Board of Trade House Cleaning
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine accused the Chicago Board of Trade of being controlled by scalpers and small brokers and urged a house cleaning before January 1. He proposed a clearing house to settle daily trades and noted responsible members live outside Chicago. He also hinted at a farmers cooperative marketing scheme and commented on wheat crops and price prospects. Representative Dickinson critiqued the administration plan in Iowa.
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Washington
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Great Western Exchange
Carey
Chicago
Iowa
Farmers’ Co-Operative Marketing
Dickinson
Indicted in Browning Case
Indictments charging blackmail and extortion were returned against Philip Siegel who allegedly demanded 50 000 with threats to kill Edward W Browning a wealthy real estate broker Browning advertised for a girl companion for his adopted daughter Dorothy
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Associated Press
New York
Philip Siegel
Edward W. Browning
Dorothy
Anthracite Miners Stand Apart From Soft Coal Talks
Atlantic City July 22 Anthracite miners assured mine owners at the scale conference they will not join soft coal men in negotiating. The statement signals a split in bargaining lines as discussions proceed in the coal industry.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Coolidge Gets Cruise in Storm
President Coolidge and party cruised the Massachusetts coast aboard the Mayflower. A barge landing at Hull proved difficult as squalls drenched the crew and the president’s party. They disembarked at Marblehead in rain and returned by motor to the summer White House.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
President Coolidge
Pemberton
Boston
Coolidge
John
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Sanders
Mayflower
Marblehead
White House
Defense seeks unbiased jurors in Pickford Fairbanks case
In Los Angeles on July 22 defense attorneys attempted to find jurors with no knowledge of Mary Pickford or Douglas Fairbanks as opening statements began in the trial of three alleged kidnappers. The defendants are Claude Holcomb Adrian Wood and Charles Stevens.
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Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Claude Holcomb
Adrian Wood
Charles Stevens
Trinidad floods as bridges wash out in worst storm since 1904
At least half of Trinidad, Col town flooded after cloudburst and Purgatoire River inundation. Santa Fe and Rio Grande Western rail bridges destroyed or washed away, severing east and west rail traffic. Guards monitor streets as storms threaten more rainfall.
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Colorado & Wyoming Railroad
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
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Segundo
North Lake
Stonewall Mountain
Trinidad
Harvey
Denver &Rio Grande Western
Denver
Raton
N. M
Houdini Faces Disorder Charge Over Office Row
A summons is issued for Harry Houdini over an offstage strong man act at Houdini & Co radio firm. He allegedly confronted officers, a chair and chandelier were smashed, and police refused to arrest him. A representative, George Young, seeks Houdini’s court appearance for disorderly conduct amid naming confusion with Francis P. Houdini.
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New York
Harry Houdini
Houdini & Co
Houdini
Hank Houdini
George Young
Young
Francis P. Houdini
Pay-Roll Car Held Up in Detroit With $6,000 Taken
Detroit on July 22 four armed men in a touring car halted the Mills-Foxaiing Company payroll car and robbed two employees of $6,000 in cash.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Mills-Foxaiing Company
Man Receives 30 Days For Wife Beating
Lorain Ohio July 22 Municipal Judge Strenick sentenced James Healey to thirty days in jail for giving his wife a pair of black eyes. Healey admitted he could not think of a reason for the assault and was fined $25 plus costs.
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Strenick
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Powers to Tell China to Behave Debate on Backing
Officials from three nations debate inviting France and Italy to participate in a message to Peking and urging China to modify behavior. The discussion weighs the impact of Western backing on Beijing's actions and regional stability.
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China
France
Italy
Peking
Three Powers Reach Accord on China Policy
Washington says United States, Great Britain, and Japan, plus other powers, are in accord on a general approach to the Chinese problem. Japan formally backs U.S. proposals on arms treaty enforcement, customs conference, and extraterritoriality. Diplomatic bodies may act through Peking representatives to draft the final proposal for Chinese authorities.
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China
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Italy
Peking
Far East
Austen Chamberlain
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Shanghai
Court of Inquiry
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New York World News Service
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State Department
Tokyo
Princess Olga Volkonsky Sentenced In Soviet Court
In Kiev on July 22 Princess Olga Volkonsky widow of General Volkonsky shot in 1918 was sentenced to three years imprisonment and confiscation of property for practicing clairvoyance deemed forbidden by Soviet statutes.
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Associated Press
Kiev
Russia
Olga Volkonsky
Volkonsky
Evolution Fight Nears Congress and Federal Court
Berlin dispatch reports Gustav Stresemann defending Germany in the Reichstag on arbitration terms and League position. He argues against diurnal umpire roles and opposes state opinions replacing arbitration, while noting progress evacuations of Ruhr area and scrutiny of disarmament terms.
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Chicago beggars earn up to eleven dollars a day amid competition
Chicago beggars receive from five to more than eleven dollars daily and complain business is falling off due to competition. R H Freund of the University of Chicago Social Service Administration released findings after watching ten beggars for 647 minutes, averaging seven cents per contribution and about 11.46 dollars per eight hour day.
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Chicago
R. H. Freund
Social Service Administration
University of Chicago
Freund
Scientists to Face Federal Push Over Bible Belief Case
Baren H. Wittner, a government employee, filed an injunction action to stop DC officials from paying salaries to Ballou and Hay amid a rider to the 1925 DC appropriation bill that bars teaching disrespect for the Holy Bible. The case, distinct from Dayton, asks courts to interpret disrespect for the Bible and may pull evolution into federal courts for ruling.
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Baren H. Wittner
District of Columbia
Frank White
United States
Frank W. Ballou
W. P. Hay
Justice Siddons
District of Columbia Supremes Court
Daniel J. Donovan
James R. Lusby
Mr. White
Wittner
B. H. Dolby
J. N. Torvestad
Dayton
Tenn
Dolby
Ballou
Hay
G. W. Hunter
Representative Summers
Summers
House
Crampton
Rep
Mich
Briand insists on compulsory arbitration in all disputes
Paris July 22 Foreign Minister Briand will reject Germany’s call for voluntary arbitration. He will raise only arbitration, oppose voluntary schemes, and demand compulsory arbitration for all international disputes under the Geneva protocol. France informs embassies in London Brussels and Rome that all questions must be submitted to compulsory arbitration before any pact negotiations.
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League of Nations
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Duesseldorf
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London
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
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Rome
N. Y. World News Service
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Press Pub. Co
Dawes Pushes Senate Reform in Denver Speech
Vice President Dawes campaigns for a majority cloture rule in the Senate arguing it preserves constitutional rights and prevents minority obstruction. He cites the Constitution and asserts current rules threaten majority will and national governance.
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Benjamin Stapleton
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Supreme Court
United States
Man in Jail Claims Reward In His Own Disappearance
Stanley Sedmak aged 50, who had been jailed for intoxication, disappeared from Stratton Ohio two weeks earlier. After a tri state search his relatives posted a 100 dollar reward. Sedmak claimed the reward at Jefferson County Jail when shown a photo by Sheriff William Allison, and he was released to his wife.
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Steubenville
Stanley Sedmak
Stratton
tri-State
Sedmak
William Allison
Jefferson County
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