Nations sign arms traffic treaty at Geneva (1925)
Thirty two of forty four nations signed parts of the traffic in arms pact at Geneva ending seven weeks of talks. The conference president Count de Wiart hailed the step as progress toward public law for arms trade while noting that US opposition and France Belgium withdrawals limit effectiveness.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Acre
Carton de Wiart
Belgium
de Wiart
League
Britain
Italy
Japan
United States
Burton
Washington
France
Brussels
Germany
Russia
World News Service
World) Press Pub, Co
Klan Plans Large Washington Parade and Ceremonies
The Ku Klux Klan will stage a parade and religious services in Washington with permits granted by District of Columbia officials. Participants will not wear masks. an electric fiery cross will be carried. Organizers estimate 150000 to 205000 attendees, while opponents doubt more than 2000 will show.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Ku Klux Klan
National Capital
District of Columbia
Toether
Hey
Watch for Specials in Home Furnishings
A Cincinnati seller must dispose of a furniture set quickly creating buying opportunities in the Commercial Tribune Classified Ads. Daily ads promise bargains in sewing machines, furniture, rugs, stoves, and other household equipment with new offerings expected as opportunities arise.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Native walks 50 miles to meet Prince of Wales
In Transvaal Zoemakaar a Swazi native with a brass-studded wooden leg walked fifty miles to see the Prince of Wales as Wildebeeste and sable roamed the park in the great Transvaal game preserve. Swazi greet the royal party at Tzaneen during the journey south.
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Great Wales
Zoemakaar
Transvaal
South Africa
Despondent WVCA ends lives two and prompts river death
Despondency over ill health drives a man and a woman to kill themselves yesterday. Mrs Ida Barnes 42 dies en route to hospital after poisoning. Miss Elsie Bokermann 28 found dead in the Ohio River near Stop 1 and a half. Police seek missing hours between her departure and death. Funeral set for Bokermann with burial at Vi Street Hill Cemetery.
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Ohio River
Ida Barnes
Lombardy Building
West Fourth Street
General Hospital
Forest V. Barnes
Liggett Bros. Coal Company
First National Bank
Elsie Bokelmann
Marburg Avenue
Oakley
Williams Directory Company
Lower River Road
Alfred Maxon
St. Michael Street
Carl Coones
Staebler Street
Hey
Vi Street Hill Cemetery
Forry
Daniel C. Cawein
Montrose Ao Fairmount
Daniel C. Cawein, Jr
Hughes Emphasizes Rule of Reason at Bunker Hill Anniversary
At the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, Charles Evans Hughes warns of national decay from overconfidence and bigotry, urging Americans to preserve the heritage of liberty. He argues democracy is a practice requiring intelligence and self government to ensure peace and rational progress.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
Charles Evans Hughes
Faneuil Hall
United States
Hughes
Critage
America
Mr. Hughes
Draftsman and Woman Take Poison in Desperate Act
Steve Mueller a 29 year old draftsman at 119 Central Avenue attempted suicide due to a nervous breakdown. He was revived by relatives and taken to Generals Hospital where doctors predicted recovery. A woman named Mary Washington 27 sought treatment at the same hospital claiming a suicide attempt and remained unnamed about her address and motives. Her condition is listed as serious.
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Steve Mueller
Central Avenue
Mueller
Hannon
Generals Hospital
Mary Washington
General Hospital
Joseph Dooley
Convalescent Hospital Gift To St Luke's From Mrs Arnold
New York World News Service reports Mrs Harriet M Arnold of New York donates 1 million dollars and 200 acres to St Luke's Hospital for a convalescent hospital 27 miles from New York in Greenwich Connecticut. The plan aims for a 10 million dollar country plant with 500000 for construction and endowment for the rest and a permanent endowment.
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New York World News Service
New York
St. Luke’s Hospital
Greenwich
Conn
Harriet M. Arnold
Arnold
Hicks Arnold
Thirty Are Injured In Elevated Crash On New York Line
Thirty persons were seriously injured when two northbound Jerome Avenue line trains collided near the Anderson Avenue Station by Yankee Stadium. A block signal halted the first train and a following train struck it in the rear, telescoping the rear car and derailing two others. About a thousand people filled the trains, with panic and broken glass causing many injuries. all but one victim went home later.
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Associated Press
New York
Jerome Avenue
Anderson Avenue
Yankee Stadium
Fireworks Explosion Kills Two at Real Festival
Two people died and twenty four were injured when lightning struck a fireworks box causing an explosion during a Real festival near Lisbon. Casualties included men women and children. A separate lightning hit killed two Portuguese soldiers guarding a visiting Spanish airplane in Portugal.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Real
Slaves of Passion Would Make All Vassals of State
T J Duffy, chair of the State Industrial Commission, told St Xavier College graduates that government overreach threatens individual rights. He warned that laws aimed at curbing passions can erode personal freedom and degrades humanity, urging reliance on moral and educational influence rather than state coercion.
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T. J. Duffy
St. Xavier
Columbus
State Industrial Commission
St. Xavier College
Emery Auditorium
Hubert F. Brockman
S.J
John T. Gaynor
Covington
Mr. Duffy
Clifton Springs Distillery Sold in Cincinnati Industrial Deal
The Clifton Springs Realty Company sold the former Clifton Springs Distilling plant at Ludlow Avenue to Sabin Robbins Paper Company of Middletown Ohio for about 100000. The 7 acre site has 22 buildings with 400000 square feet of floor space. Purchasers plan a paper branch, storage, salesroom, and leasing to light manufacturers creating an industrial colony.
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Clifton Springs Realty Company
Clifton Springs Distilling Company
Ludlow Avenue
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Canal Boulevard
Clifton
Sabin- Robbins Paper Company
Middletown
Hese
Schmidlapp
W. S. Hartley
W. S. Hartley Realty Company
Cincinnati
Millcreek Valley
Mr. Hartley
Early & Daniel Company
H. F. Cellarius
Max Senior
Edward Senior
Mob in China Beats Policeman in Shanghai Incident
News wires report a Chinese mob near the International Concession attacked British policeman P. J. Gavin leaving him with a fractured skull as tensions rise over the Slaying of W. W. MacKenzie. The city also shows little change in strikes and administration amid foreign anti-foreign agitation.
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San Francisco
Shanghai
China
W. W. MacKenzie
International
P. J. Gavin
Gavin
Canton
Peking
Mother Logue? by Jury in Bonner Springs Killing
Mrs. Elsie Honeywell mother of eight was acquitted in Kansas City Kansas of murder in the shooting death of her husband at Bonner Springs Kansas.
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Mother Logue
Associated Press
Kansas City, Kan
Elsie Honeywell
Bonner Springs
Kan
Three Die After Eating Pancakes at Chicago Restaurant
Chicago, June 17. Bryan Kane restaurant closed after three men died and a fourth fell seriously ill from pancakes eaten there. Samuel Selbiger 45 James McGuire 37 Herman Glenderman 47 died. Michael Reidy remains critically ill. Selbiger cooked the pancakes and also ate some. Other customers not eating pancakes escaped illness.
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Chicago
Bryan Kane
Samuel Selbiger
James McGuire
Herman Glenderman
Michael Reidy
Selbiger
MacMillan Sails Arctic Quest From Charlestown Navy Yard
Lieutenant Commander Donald B. MacMillan sails aboard the Peary from Charlestown to begin his ninth Arctic voyage toward Crocker Land. Plans include search for Amundsen if radio silence continues, with three planes to speed exploration from Etah to Crocker Land and back by September.
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Etah
Crocker Land
Boston
Donald B. MacMillan
Charlestown Navy Yard
Arctic
MacMillan
Wiscasset
Bunker Hill
Amundsen
Explorer
Greenland
Cape Columbia
Fate Ettled
Mac. Iity
United States
Peary
Charles E. Byrd
Navy
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
North
Daughters join McCormick suit over Rockefeller trust
In New York, Edith Rockefeller McCormick's daughters align with Harold F. McCormick to block a 7.5 million stock payout from a John D. Rockefeller trust. The trust, originally 12,000 Standard Oil of Indiana shares, allocates income to Mrs. McCormick, while McCormick and relatives seek to treat dividends as principal. A related Indiana suit seeks to restrain the trust company.
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New York World News Service
New York
Supreme Court Today
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Anita Oser
Supreme Court
Lydon
Indiana
Illness Worsens for Senator La Follette in Wisconsin
Announcement from Robert M. La Follette Jr. reports Senator Robert M. La Follette remains ill at his Wisconsin home with bronchial asthma and prior pneumonia and influenza. Doctors say his condition shows no alarm, though lungs are congested and the heart weak. son Phillip arrives to visit as family notes a good day.
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Associated Press
Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
C.C. Marbury
la Follette
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Phillip la Follette
Dramatic courtroom turn targets Shepherd murder trial
In Chicago, William D. Shepherd’s murder case adjoins a bombshell as State’s Attorney Crowe seeks to call witness Charles C. Farman and associate John P. Marchand back into play. The move risks cross examination over involvement with typhoid germs and a mystery letter linked to a $100,000 payment.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Faiman
John P. Marchand
Farman
Shepherd
Lynch
O’brien
Chambers
Crowe
Marchand
Patrick J. McMahon
Billy” McClintock
Miss Pope
Bil
Mrs J P Morgan Ill at Matinecock Point
Mrs J P Morgan wife of the banker is reported seriously ill tonight at the Morgan summer home at Matinecock Point on East Island off Giencove L I.
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A. Morgan
Associated Press
New York
J. P. Morgan
Matinecock Point
East Island
Giencove
L. L
Tiffin Traffic Drive Nets Police Chief and Fire Chief
Tiffin police enforcing the traffic ordinance arrested Police Chief Mutchler for parking beside a fire plug. They also nabbed Fire Chief John Gregg for failing to stop at a street intersection.
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Tiffin
Mutchler
John Gregg
Girl 17 Found Guilty in Manslaughter Charge
Dorothy Perkins aged 17 was convicted of first degree manslaughter for firing the shot that killed Thomas A. Templeton in her father’s house on Valentine’s Night. The jury returned the verdict after seven days of trial. sentencing set for Monday with potential imprisonment up to twenty years.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Ruth M. Anderson
Katherine G. Glancy
Navy
United States
Treasury Department
Wilbur
Miss Anderson
Washington Navy Yard
Kittery
Guantanamo
Cuba
Port Au Prince
Haiti
New York
J. B. Boone
Miss Glancy
Haig & Haig
Boone
A. L. W. Gordon
Marine Corps
Gordon
Judge Advocate
Horan
Dorothy Perkins
Thomas A. Templeton
McIi
Omen
McIntyre
Terrance Park Lineman Electrocuted At Work
Charles Mullen a 30 year old lineman from Goshen Ohio with the Cincinnati Milford and Blanchester Traction Company was killed when a 2300 volt wire shocked him on a pole in Terrace Park. Fellow workers and A C Christopher Sr released his body and a coroner ruled accidental electrocution. He leaves a widow and one daughter.
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Charles Mullen
Goshen
Cincinnati, Milford & Blanchester Traction Company
Terrace Park
Mullen
A. C. Christopher, Sr
Miami Road
Fwo
Mulien
A. C. Christopher, Jr
Milford
Clermont County
Hickey Clutter
Handley
Hamilton County
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