Greb Defeats Gibbons In Fifteen Round Madison Square Garden Bout
Harry Greb of Pittsburgh edged Toni Gibbons of St Paul by decision in a fifteen round New York charity bout at Madison Square Garden. Thirteen thousand watched as society notables attended including Dempsey and the Roosevelts, marking a lively crowd and a strong purse for the milk fund.
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New York
Harry Greh
Pittsburgh
Toni Gibbons
St. Paul
Madison Square Garden
Vincent Astor
Kermit Roosevelt
Percy Payne II
William K. Vanderbilt
Charles H. Sabin
W. Rhinelander Stewart, Jr
Alfred L. Norris
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Payne Whitney
Thomas Hitchcock
Biddle Duke
Matthew T. Gleason
United States Navy
Greb
Gibbons
Gibbo
E. A. Drummond
Chicago Girl Steps into Modern Cinderella Role
Victoria Klensy aged 16 in Chicago is described as a modern Cinderella after being found crying on the street and saying her father beat and turned her out. She rode a motor car and soon wore the clothes of a dead banker’s daughter whose father saw her at a detention home.
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Chicago
Victoria Klensy
Victoria
Underground whiskey still blast burns deputies in Ohio
Springfield O March 13 Deputy Sheriffs Walter Lewis and Joe Butts were severely burned when a gasoline tank exploded during dismantling a hidden whiskey still in an underground room. Clarence Lawless, alleged owner, is held without bond as investigators inspect an alarm clock wired device and confiscate mash and liquor.
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Springfield
Walter Lewis
Joe Butts
Butts
Lewis
Clarence Lawless
Lawless
Sheriff's Office
Kenwood Avenue
Lewis, Butts
Frank Carey
Pere Cpaktes
Explosion Kills Plumber in New York Bomb Plot Theory
Detectives investigated a fatal explosion in a New York tenement that killed Pietro Picuro, a plumber, and injured his wife and child. Picuro had been mixing sulphur and potash and was under radical suspect surveillance. Police consider the chemicals could be for a bomb.
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New York
Pietro Picuro
Faversham criticizes opening at Cox theater
William Faversham openly attacked Cincinnati theater conditions during his opening night of The Squaw Man at the Cox Theater. He complained the stage and lighting ruined illusion, noted the lack of music and high musician costs, and urged better local venues before future productions could excel. The audience applauded, but performances were viewed as subpar compared to his past work.
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Faversham
Cox
Cox Theater
William Faversham
Squaw Man
Cincinnati
Mr. Faversham
Tornado Kills Man and Hurts Fifty in Sulphur Oklahoma
A tornado struck the west side of Sulphur Oklahoma late today killing Thomas Watkins 65 and injuring more than fifty people. Frank Buchanan County Treasurer was seriously injured by falling bricks as the courthouse roof was torn off. About 100000 in property damage and disruptions to utilities were reported.
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Sulphur
Okla
Vengeance Hinted in Circus Owner Brunen Slaying
Riverside New Jersey detectives investigate the death of circus owner John T. Brunen shot at his home. Prosecutor Jonathan Kelsey says possible crews linked to winter circuses and a vow of vengeance from Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania. No charges yet, but no suspect is excluded.
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Riverside
N. J
John T. Brunen
Jonathan Kelsey
Mt. Carmel
Brunen
Kelsey
Boys saved as ice cake floats toward Niagara
John and Edward Bail brothers aged 16 and 18 were rescued by boatmen from a cake of ice in the Niagara River about a mile above the falls. They had been playing on the ice along the American shore when the cake broke away and drifted downstream toward the cataract.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
N.Y
John and
Edward Bail
Niagara River
Cata
Plane crash kills Lt. Neidermeyer at McCook Field
Lieutenant Frederick W. Neidermeyer Jr. aid to Major T H Bane was killed when a Fokker monoplane in combat trials fell in a tail spin and buried itself in soft earth along the Miami River north of Dayton Ohio. Lieutenant John A. MacReady was a witness from a distance as the accident occurred during pursuit flights.
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Dayton, O
Frederick W. Neidermeyer, Jr
T. H. Bane
McCook Field
Miami
Dayton
Neidermeyer
John A. MacReady
MacReady
Cincinnati Instructor Aids Wreck Victim After Dayton Plane Crash
Daniel Cook of the University of Cincinnati who was in Dayton yesterday witnessed the air collision. Returning to Cincinnati he described watching the aircraft maneuvers for thirty minutes before one plane fell. He and police raced to the river and he helped extricate Lieutenant Neidermeyer from the wreckage.
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Daniel Cook
University of Cincinnati
Dayton
Cincinnati
Mr. Cook
Neidermeyer
Vandals Loot Wellington Burt Mausoleum Tomb
In Saginaw Michigan the mausoleum housing Wellington R Burt who died in 1919 and once among America's wealthiest was broken into overnight. The crypt front was removed and the coffin lay on the floor though the body remained undisturbed. Police suspect thieves sought valuables.
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Saginaw
Mich
Wellington R. Burt
America
Waldorf Maid’s $16,000 Sparks Family Claims
After Mary Giles the Waldorf-Astoria maid died last week the hotel believed she had no relatives. News of her $16,000 savings prompts claims from three alleged husbands two sons and sixty two other relatives including brothers sisters nephews nieces cousins uncles and aunts the hotel reported.
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New York
Mary Giles
Waldorf-Astoria
Soldier killed in guardhouse accident at Newport Rolling Mill
Frank Crone a 20 year old private in the Thirty eighth Tank Company Kentucky National Guard stationed at Newport Rolling Mill was accidentally killed when a comrade dropped his automatic pistol on a stove causing an explosion. The weapon belonged to John Yates. This marks the second mill fatality linked to the same pistol. Crone was pronounced dead at Speers Hospital. His funeral plans were not yet set.
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Frank Crone
Pussell Street
Covington
Thirty-eighth Tank Company
Kentucky National Guards
Newport Roling Mill
Crone
Speers Hospital
John Yates
Brighton Street
Newport
Yates
Newpo
Charles Black
Barboursville
Robert Deaton
Deacon
Black
Deaton
Covington Undertaking
Direct Wireless Link Between United States and Sweden Nears
Stockholm reports an almost assured direct wireless link with the United States after an agreement between Sweden’s State Telegraph Board and the Radio Corporation of America. The board proposes building a large west coast radio station immediately after cost and traffic terms are approved. Existing Sweden US messages have used Norway’s Stavanger station.
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Stockholm
United States
Sweden
Swedish State Telegraph Board
Radio Corporation of America
America
Scandinavia
Stavanger
Norway
Four Men Baptized in Panama Canal Scene
In Panama Canal on March 12 Rev. Mr. Roberts of Balboa Baptist Church baptized four men, marking a historic first for the canal. The ceremony took place yesterday with the immersion in the historic waterway.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Mr. Roberts
the Baptist Church
Balboa
Prince Says Inquiry At Caledonia Mills Justified
Halifax march 13. Dr Walter Franklin Prince director of the American Institute for Scientific Research says investigations at the haunted Caledonia Mills house in Antigonish County have been fully justified. He plans a 5000 word report to be released tomorrow night and free to all. He declined to elaborate citing fatigue and public interest in the full findings.
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Halifax
Walter Franklin Prince
American Institute For Scientific Research
Caledonia Mills
Antigonish County
Alexander McDonald
Prince
Antigonish Ghost Fires Debunked by University Professors
Louis T. More and A. M. Wilson of the University of Cincinnati College of Electrical Engineering ridiculed Edward J. O Brien s wireless theory linking Antigonish fires to radio waves. They argued that St Elmo s Fire would require far more energy and would not originate from a house or barn. They deem the Antigonish stories mostly imagination and warn against fear of wireless induced fires.
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St. Elmo’s
Louis T. More
University of Cincinnati College of Electrical Engineering
More
Edward J. O’brien
Antigonish
St. Elmo
A. M. Wilson
O’brien
Bigamist confesses to eleven marriages and embezzlement
Indianaplis police report Isaiah Moore 32 known as George S Melrose admits eleven marriages across states from Wyoming to Indiana. He is charged with bigamy and embezzling 500 dollars from his last wife Harriet Evans a schoolteacher, amid claims of nervous disorder and seeking medical treatment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Isaiah Moore
George S. Melrose
Moore
Harriet Evans
Indiana
Miss Evans
Logansport
Chicago
Minneapolis
Flora Dolf
Wyoming
Amélia Vernéer
Detroit
Mich
Windsor
Canada
Harry Moore
Sue Harris
Houma
Howard Melvin
Bessie
Wilson
N. C
George Shields
Howard Wilson
Gertrude
Findlay
Laura Shields
Spokane
Wash
J. H. Vaughn
Florence Johnson
David City
Neb
Helen Hardgraves
Augusta
Kaw
Irene Hale
George Churchill
Laura Hertzberg
Peoria
Ill
Vincennes
George B. Melrose
Coldwater, Mich
Woman Dragged Fifteen Feet Under Street Car Fender
Miss Marie Weischers aged 63, an inmate of Bethesda Home for the Aged, was pulled under a Crosstown street car on McMillan near Pitt yesterday. She suffered a slight scalp wound but drove home afterward. Motorman Fred Blair could not stop in time. conductor Charles Bisert supervised the rescue.
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Marie Weischers
Bethesda
McMillan Street
Pitt Street
Fred Blair
West McMicken Ave
When you think of writing think of Whiting Adv
A brief editorial line urging readers to consider the Whiting advertising section for writing needs. It presents a promotional prompt styled as a common newspaper motto. The note emphasizes the Whiting brand as a writing choice for readers.
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Adv
Church Bells Amid Gunfire Mark Johannesburg Riots
In Johannesburg rioting near Pretoria, rebels bombed Germiston Railway targets while a 500 strong commando was tracked and bombed. Airdrops aided officers besieged. Premier Smuts praised mobilization as fighting persisted and church bells rang during a violent Sunday.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Rand
Pretoria
Germiston
Driefontain
Smuts
Brakpan
Rioters Bomb Blast Wounds Twelve in Belfast Street
In Belfast Foundry street a bomb exploded wounding twelve people including women and children. Two injuries are serious. Earlier a second bombing occurred during the night. Police Sergeant Clark and a constable, returning from a funeral, were attacked on Falls road. Clark was killed and a civilian wounded as the constable fired back.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Foundry Street
Clark
Falls Road
Senators spar over use of between and among in treaty debate
In Washington March 13 the Senate paused for a laugh as Senator Ashurst faulted the phrase between United States Great Britain and France. Lodge replied that between for three or more is acceptable and the dispute drew light commentary but no change to the treaty language.
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Washington
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
United States
Great Britain
France
Arthur James Balfour
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Robinson
Russia
China
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Johnson
Japan
League
Millionaire Treasure Tales From South Seas Mystery
Reports swirl around Prof. Homer Dill of the University of Iowa pursuing a South Sea voyage for museum material while legends claim Captain Brown and others buried gold and silver worth over 60 million dollars near Cocos Island and Cuichal Bay. The tales describe bars, nuggets, rings, and diamonds recovered by Sea Foam crew, with Brown surviving and returning to shore, and Captain Smith implicated in killings aboard the ship.
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Iowa City
Homer Dill
University of Iowa
South Sea Islands
Daily Mail
Dill
Frederick W.mason
Maine
Mariner
James Brown
Augusta
Sea Foam
Cocos Island
Peru
Mason
Brown
Captain Brown
Henry Smith
Davy Jones
Mr. Mason
Smith
Cuichal Bay
West Australia
Australia
South Seas
Opponents Move Against Pacific Four Power Treaty
In a Senate session on March 13 opponents led by Johnson and Borah attacked ratification of the Pacific four power treaty. They questioned authorship of the draft and warned the agreement could mirror ententes or force broader commitments. A consent vote was set for tomorrow to advance the first amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Pacific
Europe
Hughes
Robinson
Arkansas
Great Britain
Russia
France
Congress
Swanson
Virginia
Reed
Missouri
Lenroot
Nator Borah
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Married man kills beloved woman then dies by his own hand
MINNEQUA, L. I. March 13. William Magee, 37, a carpenter, shot and killed Virginia Forget, 23, after she refused to end attentions from other men. Magee then shot himself and died two hours later. He reportedly confessed to police before dying that he loved Forget. Forget was a bookkeeper in Justice Westervelt's office. Magee claimed his jealousy drove the killing.
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Minnequla
L. I
Virginia Forget
William Magee
Magee
Justice of the Peace
First 1922 sand lot fatality in Egg Harbor youth
In Egg Harbor New Jersey on March 13 1922 fifteen year old Clarence Mitchell died from a burst blood vessel suffered while sliding home in a noon schoolyard game He died a few hours later in a hospital marking the season's first fatality.
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Egg Harbor
N. J
Clarence Mitchell
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