Firpo Wins Dramatic Knockout To Hurt Dempsey Hopes
Luis Angel Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight, defeated Bill Brennan at Madison Square Garden in a twelfth round knockout to move closer to a title bout with Jack Dempsey. The crowd of over 12,000 roared as Firpo overwhelmed Brennan with a brutal finish after a tense duel showing his power and stamina.
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New York
Luis Angel Firpo
Giant
Jack Dempsey
Bill Brennan
Chicago
Tarzan
Brennan
Firpo
Sokae
Intinan
Pes Ges
Ballard Indicted in Menifee County Murder Case
Charles Ballard is indicted for the murder of Guy Cole a prohibition agent in Menifee County. He faces additional charges as an accessory to the murder of Agent Robert E. Duff. William Ferguson is also indicted as an accessory to Cole's murder. Ballard was wounded in the clash, later surrendered, and will be arraigned in Frenchburg with a trial date set by Circuit Judge Prewitt.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Sterling
Frenchburgh
Menifee
Charles Ballard
Guy Cole
Prohibition
Menifee County
Robert E. Duff
Cole
William Ferguson
Duff
Prewitt
Frenchburg
Refugees Flee as Scutari Barracks Burn in Constantinople
A large Scutari barracks housing thousands of Greek refugees burned today in Constantinople. No deaths reported, but housing conditions worsened. Greece reportedly decides to allow refugees to return home but will not cover transfer costs.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Scutari
Greece
Army Planes Ready to Continue Trip to Porto Rico
Six United States Army airplanes from San Antonio were inspected in Havana on March 12 and found in good order. The flight will start tomorrow morning to Camaguey with a possible fuel stop at Santa Clara, then on to Guantanamo. Twelve officers were hosted by the American Club and Camp Columbia.
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Havana
United States Army
San Antonio
Tex
Porto Rico
Camaguey
Santa Clara
Guantanamo
Cuba
American Club
Camp Columbia
Woman sues man over alleged marriage plot and theft
Mrs. Mathilda Nelson of Bristol Hotel tells Municipal Court that Harry Menefee of 1035 Central Avenue used a false pretense to obtain 1700 dollars from her after promising marriage He claimed to be single but prosecutors say he was married to a Russian dancer and used another name for a Newport property Menefee was arrested after a three day police search and denies the charges
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Mathilda Nelson
Bristol
Harry Menefee
Central Avenue
Menefee
Daniel Maham
Daniel Callahan
Dog &O
Wana
Cinci
Pichel
Nelson
Cincinnati
Newport
Order Stops Patrol Of Chicago Hotel In Hearts of Loop
In Chicago March 12 a temporary injunction bars Chief of Police from stationing officers at the entrance of the Hotel Astor in the loop. Lessees Samuel A. Cohn and James M. Lovellette claim the hotel was not used for immorality and say raids ruined business. Final hearing set for Wednesday as morality court activity continues with over fifty arrests and continuances.
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Chicago
Charles C. Fitzmorris
Hotel Astor
Loop District
Dennis E.sullivan
Fitzmorris
Samuel A. Cohn
James M. Lovellette
Fire Devastates McKees Rocks Plant Sparks Missing Girls
A fire caused by a torch spark and fed by a 52 mph gale swept the Federal Enameling and Stamping plant at McKees Rocks near Pittsburgh. Several ammonia tanks exploded and damaged the W. L. Singer Ice Company plant. Three girls missing after the blaze, with 83 workers rescued. Estimated loss $250,000.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Enameling and Stamping Company
McKees Rocks
W. L. Singer Ice Company
Onty
Russian ship captain takes life aboard Batareia
Manila March 12 Captain Peterozsky commander of the Russian refugee ship Batareia shot and killed himself aboard his vessel today. The cause of his death by own action is not known.
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Manila
Peterozsky
Batareia
Recklinghausen unrest as eight Germans die in clashes with French
In the Recklinghausen district last night eight Germans were killed and several wounded in clashes with French troops. A state of siege was declared, extra troops deployed, and German crowds in Buer attempted to storm a French guard post after renewed shootings surrounding the assassination of French officials.
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Recklinghausen
Dortmund
Buer
Perts
Proposal to Purchase Assets of Cleveland Discount Company
In Cleveland Ohio March 12 United plan to form Union Discount Company to purchase assets of the Cleveland Discount Company now in receivership A letter to about 18000 stockholders signed by many prominent holders outlines an operating firm with 300000 shares par value to be sold at a dollar per share to Cleveland stockholders only James Long Wright of New Orleans a former VP leads the plan Federal Judge D C Westenhaver grants the company one month to answer a bankruptcy petition filed February 22 by three former salesmen
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Cleveland, Q
Union Discount Company
Cleveland Discount Company
Cleveland
James
Long Wright
New Orleans
D. C. Westenhaver
Brothers swept away on ice in river
Omaha March 12 Harvey McIntosh 30 and his brother Thomas Mondamin Iowa were cut off by a sudden Missouri River rise. They leaped onto a cake of ice and were swept away while relatives listened for their calls. An unsuccessful rescue followed as an older brother boat attempt failed on heavy ice floes.
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Omaha
Harvey McIntosh
Thomas
Mondamin
Return of Mrs. Stoiber Sought at New Thought Temple
Ballots will be sent to congregation members within two weeks to decide if Mrs. May Cornell Stoiber should be invited to return as leader of the New Thought Temple at Woodburn Avenue and McMillan Street. The board says action will reflect congregational wishes, amid ongoing turbulence and Stoiber’s earlier resignation.
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May
Cornell Stoiber
New Thought Temple
Woodburn Avenue
McMillan Street
Temple
Stoiber
Board of Trustees
the Temple
Mrs. Stoiber
Captain Von Mueller Dies at 50 War–Time Emden Commander
Captain Karl von Mueller, wartime commander of the German cruiser Emden, died at age 50 in Braunschweig. He led the raider from shortly after the war began, roaming the Indian Ocean and destroying British shipping valued by sources at 5 to 20 million dollars before Emden was sunk by the Australian cruiser Sydney in November 1914.
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von Mueller
Emden
Associated Press
Braunschweig
Germany
Karl von Mueller
Sydney
Indian Ocean
Episcopal Bishop Tuttle III In Critical Condition
St. Louis reported March 12 that Right Reverend Daniel S. Tuttle the 86 year old presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States was in critical condition after a week of grip illness. He is said to be the oldest Episcopal Bishop in the world and had shown some improvement after sinking spells.
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ST. Louis
Daniel S. Tuttle
Episcopal Church
United States
Windstorm Devastates Tennessee Towns Killing Dozens
A cyclonic storm struck Madison and Chester Counties killing twenty people across Pinson and Deanburg. Five victims were found dead in Deanburg and fifteen in Pinson as Red Cross workers distributed relief. Dozens were injured and homes wrecked with fifty dwellings ruined in Pinson and a freight train blown from the tracks. Wire service to Pinson was cut.
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Jackson
Tenn
Madison
Chester Counties
Pinson
Deanburg
Red Cross
Neelys Station
J. L. James
Bloomer van Tresse
Joseph C. Irvin
Deanbure
Cain
Wind Storm Kills Nine in Kentucky as Homes Lifted
A Kentucky wind storm killed at least nine people across several counties. Reports say a farmhouse with three adults and ten children was lifted and dropped fifty yards away. In Edmonson County a family of three died when their house collapsed. A South Portsmouth high school roof blew off injuring multiple students. Telegraph lines and commercial fronts suffered widespread damage.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Richmond
Bowling Green
Jennie Dossy
Margaret Cox
Dossy
Brownsville
Edmonson
South Union
Logan County
Dennis Boggs
South Portsmouth
Paducah
Lexington
Kentucky Racing Association
Winchester
Pair Adrift Five Days In Boat Near Death Rescue
Five days adrift in a small motor boat with food and water exhausted. Bergen Smith Jr and Harry Matthews were rescued at Long Beach by a Bahamas schooner after their compass failed. Matthews drank salt water and suffered delirium. they survived a snowstorm and a leaking boat with minimal provisions.
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Freeport
N. Y
Bergen Smith, Jr
Harry Matthews
Long Beach
Bahamas
Matthews
Girl's 114 Temperature Hoax Baffled Doctors in Escanaba
Miss Evelyn Lyons of Excanaba Michigan faked a high fever for weeks using a flesh colored hot water bottle placed in bed doctors were misled by simulated coughing hysteria and manipulated thermometer readings. Dr Morris Fishbein called the case a hysterical malinger and the attending Dr Harry J Defnet said the fever was a hoax.
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Chicago
Evelyn Lyons
Excanaba
Mich
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Fishbein
Escanaba
Fishbean
Harry J. Defnet
Df Escanaba
Miss Lyons
Rood
Td Lyons
Dennet
Hees
Harry J. Dennet
Lyons
Defnet
Dedih
Kiscanaba
Fever Patient Relapses At Escanaba Affected By Delayed Death Fear
Evelyn Lyons, a patient in Escanaba, Michigan, worsened after earlier reports linked her 104 degree fever to a hot water bag. Doctors warn the relapse could prove fatal as she cries for belief and restlessness persists despite denial of charges. Dr. H J Deshet confirms ref fever escalation tied to prolonged illness.
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Escanaba, Mich
Chicago
Evelyn Lyons
H. J. Deshet
Rum Armadas Financed by German English Syndicates
Reports from London claim a German magnate finances a fleet registered under Panama that smuggles liquor to the United States chiefly from Glasgow. A Bahamas squadron off New Jersey signals planned coast raids, while a British syndicate reportedly prepares an armada.
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America
Associated Press
London
United States
Glasgow
New Jersey
New York
Atlantic
Globe
Bahamas
Nassau
Night clash on Sixth Street Hill sparked by storm blackout
Police rushed to the Sixth Street Hill area after reports of a race clash between whites and blacks. Donald Lee, 630 East Eighth street, was attacked near a confectionery, later seeking treatment. The altercation cooled as night fell with bricks and stones thrown but no injuries or arrests identified. one window at 682 East Sixth street was broken. Police cited storm-darkened streets as a factor in the subdued melee.
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Sixth Street
Sixth Street Hill
Donald Lee
East Eighth Street
Lee
Storm toll rises as trains delayed and towns cut off
A huge weekend storm swept from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians killing forty six people and injuring many more. Wind speed near eighty miles an hour battered Kentucky Tennessee Indiana and Illinois wrecking buildings severing communications and delaying rail service up to ten hours in places. Some towns were cut off entirely with only radio reporting trains and the disaster prompted relief trains from Jackson to Pinson.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Range
South
Tennessee
Pinson
Tenn
Deanburg
Jackson
Kentucky
Richmond
Bowling Green
South Union
South Portsmouth
Louisville
Steubenville
Massillon
Greenwood
Miss
Eldora
Indiana
Indiana Storm Wrecks Homes and Wires Across State
A severe wind and rain storm in Indiana caused damage running into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Injuries were reported in many areas, with no fatalities announced early tonight. Buildings barns and livestock were damaged and telegraph and interurban lines suffered heavy outages as emergency crews worked to restore service.
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Aesan Lessey
Indianapolis
Indiana
James R. Day Rallies Amid Critical Health Battle
Atlantic City March 12 James R Day Chancellor Emeritus of Syracuse University remained conscious at 8 PM in his hotel but in critical condition due to pneumonia. He had been in a coma since last night and through noon today according to his physician.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James R. Day
Syracuse University
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