Ward's Son Admits Killing After Blackmail Demands
Walter S. Ward of New Rochelle confessed to fatally shooting Clarence Peters near White Plains after alleging Peters and two companions blackmailed him for six weeks. Ward claimed Peters and associates known as Charlie Ross and Jack demanded 75 000 more, then opened fire as Ward surrendered at the Port Chester road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Walter S. Ward
New Rochelle
George F. Ward
Ward Baking Company
New York
Clarence Peters
Haverhill
Mass
Werner
Peters
Ward
Charlie Ross
Jack
Port Chester Road
Ross
Les
Index to Advertisements on the Third Page
A catalog-like list shows various businesses and products with page numbers or references. Items include Fur niture, Soda products, clothing and shoe makers, lines like Cunard & Anchor, The Fifth Third Bank, and Royal brand goods, plus services from cleaners, exterminators, and expositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubadvetes
Pinkham
WBDO
Richard's Exterminator
Bib
Didamen Ea
Richmond
Telia Estes
Singer’s
Southern Railway System
The
George Ast Candy Co
Burger Bros. Co
Frank Herschede Company
John Shillito Co
Vase
Sayers Motor Sales Co
the Provident Savings B. & T. Co
John van Range Co
Certificate claims hip pocket rights in New York court
Vittorio Feruzzo faced Police Court for firing two shots at Isadore Gotthelf during an ice cream shop altercation. A membership certificate in the League of Rights claimed hip pocket privileges and entitlement to carry a revolver, tied to plans to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and other blue laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
League of Rights
Vittorio Feruzzo
Isadore Gotthelf
Vittorio
Wealth of Judge Woods Leaves Housekeeper’s Heirship Disclosed
May 22 New York The death of Judge William H. Woods of Cincinnati reveals his residuary estate worth over 100000 dollars. The housekeeper Mrs Louise H Gardner died a day after probate filing, sharing in the estate with three relatives Lizzie Woods Hall John G Woods and Elizabeth Woods Osborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Hawkins Woods
Cincinnati
Louise H. Gardner
Elizabeth Woods Osborne
Dorchester
Mass
John G. Woods
Highland Avenue
Cincinnati Motor Club
William H. Woods
Woods
Judge Woods
William Woods
Chatfield & Woods Company
Harry Woods
Nixon, Chatfield & Woods Company
Nixon
John 3. Woods
Lizzie Woode Hall
Wilmot Hall
Ernest Osborne
Colorado
New York City
Five Cincinnati men arrested after auto incident
A party of five Cincinnati men drove a worn car through Newport and Covington in a drunken spree. One man, George Maloney, was thrown from the vehicle and suffered deep scalp wounds. He remained under guard at Booth Memorial Hospital while four companions were jailed for intoxication and disorderly conduct. all face Police Court action next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Newport
Covington
Booth Memorial Hospital
George Maloney
Ingleside Avenue
Charles Deveney
Blair Avenue
Chicago
John Geerin
Loratio Avenue
John Hines
Locust Street
Louis Heines
St. James Avenue
Louis Heinés
Maloney
British steamer Andrea damaged after collision in Philadelphia harbor
The British steamer Andrea of 283 tons register collided with the Admiral Line steamer H. F. Alexander near Ft. Mifflin Philadelphia. Andrea began sinking but crew were removed and later allowed back aboard after anchoring in shallow New Jersey waters. No lives were lost. The Alexander, with 208 crew and about sixty guests, struck amidships as it avoided a smaller vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Andrea
H. F. Alexander
Admiral Steamship Line
Great Northern
Ft. Mifflin
Alexander
New Jersey
New York
Cape May
N. J
Brest
Pacific Coast
Submarine Captain Denies Collision With Schooner
Los Angeles May 22 A submarine captain denied ramming the schooner Virginia Olson in fog near the harbor. Captain Miller cited radio confirmation from Lt Griswold that the H-7 did not collide. Captain Johnson alleged witnesses would support his charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Aviginie Onan
Twat Mae
W. F. Aiter
Virginia Olson
Johnson
W. F E. Griswold
Miller
Hene
Virginia Orson
Girl Missing Teen Found in New York by Children’s Society
Elizabeth Tindall, 14, formerly of Freeman Avenue, who ran away Sunday after trouble with a Lafayette Bloom School teacher, was found in New York by the Children’s Society. Eugene Weatherly, Night Chief of Detectives, received a telegram confirming she would be held for her parents. Warren Tindall was informed last night. the girl said she would bring her parents to the school to settle matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Weatherly
New York
Elizabeth Tindall
Freeman Avenhue
Children’s Society
Warren Tindall
Joseph Weis
Tindall
Lafayette Bloom School
Five Die and Thirteen Injured in Tarragona Circuit Crash
In Barcelona on May 22 five spectators died and thirteen were hurt when a motorcycle race at the Tarragona circuit caused spectators to surge onto the road. Rider Lombard traveling at about eighty five miles per hour struck a crowd, killing four. his mechanic also died but Lombard survived. A returning car carrying former Deputy Catarina and companions crashed into a tree, killing two men and injuring two girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Tarragona
Lombard
Catarina
Ulster Parliament member assassinated in Belfast
Ulster Parliament member W. G. Twaddell was shot on his way to business in Belfast. Premier Sir James Craig issued a manifesto demanding just retribution and a special Cabinet meeting to address the crime. Two other men were shot and wounded as authorities prepare for Parliament debate and public condolence actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Associated Press
W. G. Twaddell
James Craig
Twaddell
Ulster
Mr. Twaddell
Garfield Street
North Street
Thomas Boyd
Woodstock Road
James Lindsay
Sergeant Walsh
Newport
Tipperary
Wireless Operator Dies At Sea Saving Egypt Ship
Brest May 22 A. W. Harwick chief wireless operator went down with the British steamship Egypt after it was sunk off Ushant by a collision with the Seine He stayed at his post sending SOS until the ship sank The disaster left 98 missing and 242 saved including two American women Mrs M L Sibley and Miss W M Boyer Survivors say lifeboat ropes broke several lifeboats failed and some crew sacrificed themselves Genner the ship painter saved a woman at the cost of his life Dr Bramner and the second officer floated on a plank before drowning The Cap Iracon and Seine aided search efforts while the purser claimed the ship floated about 20 minutes after being crushed but the Egypt was stationary in dense fog prior to impact
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
Associated Press
A. W. Harwick
Egypt
Island of Ushant
Seine
Genner
Dover
Bramner
W. M. Boyer
Mrs M N Sib ley An Aid To Foreign Missions Staff
Boston May 22 Mrs M N Sib ley a staff member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and widow with Toledo relatives was returning to her station in Way City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
M. Nj Sibley
American Board of Commissioner For Foreign Missions
Toledo
City of Way
Missing nurse Virginia Boyer tied to liner Egypt disaster
Pittsburgh May 22 Miss Virginia Boyer reported missing after the P O liner Egypt went down off France last Saturday was a Lutheran missionary returning to India after a long stay in Pittsburgh She was an orphan raised at the Lutheran Orphans Home in Zelinopoe near here later a nurse in Passavant Hospital and in India Her latest trip home was for health reasons Rahmapddry is noted as a location in her tale though missing details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Virginia Boyer
Egypt
France
India
Boyers
Zelienope
Here
Passavant Hospital
Rahmapddry
Panic on Egypt disaster cited by survivor Duff
London reports quote Joseph Duff who says lascars and natives rushed for boats saving none of the women. A Brest correspondent notes panic confirmed by passengers and officers. Captain Collier, in shock, said the Egypt lies at the ocean bottom while Robert Bevan recalls the ship listing and survivors facing lifeboat access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Evening News
Brest
Joseph Duff
Egypt
Captain Collier
Robert F. Bevan
Chaplin Matriarch Granted Stay in U S as Immigrant Probe Clears
Immigation officials review Hannah Chaplin's status as the aged mother of Charles Chaplin. An order by Assistant Secretary E J Henning grants a stay to allow her sons counsel to seek permanent or extended residence. She has been cared for in Santa Monica after admission a year ago amid wartime trauma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hannah Chaplin
Charles Haplin
Sidney Chaplin
United States
E. J. Henning
London
California
Chaplin Brothers
Santa Monica
Cal
Charles Chaplin
Two Prohibition Bootlegging Rings in Cincinnati Exposed
Reverend Arba Martin alleged a connected duo of organizations backing liquor violators in Cincinnati. One group, funded by a single property owner, manages bonds and legal aid for bootleggers through a $1 monthly dues system, while a second, linked outfit, operates with round the clock bail and attorney access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Arba Martin
Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Ministers’ Association
Martin
Lady Astor Receives Cable From Children At Farewell
Lady Nancy Astor, on the eve of a farewell dinner in New York, received a cable from her children that read a playful rhyme about a lady bug flying home. She explained the message as her children and remarked she will be welcomed home warmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Astor
Lady Bug
New York
Nancy Astor
Bobby
Billy
Wissie
David
Michael
Jakie
Father learns to drive as car plunges into creek
Oscar Schoenberg 42 drives while son August teaches him. On Grand avenue bridge over Banklick creek the auto hit the railing and plunged twenty feet. The car turned and pinned both inside. Oscar injured and hospitalized, August bruised but unharmed, per Booth Memorial Hospital report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Creek
Son
Oscar Schoenberg
Grand Avenue
Rosedale
August Schoenberg
Banklick Creek
Schoenberg
Booth Memorial Hospital
Anarchist Granted Suspended Sentence After Vow
Mrs. Tina Jurson, arraigned in the Bronx, abjured anarchy and pledged allegiance to democracy while learning she would not serve jail time. She was among three women convicted for distributing literature urging a May Day uprising, with the other two receiving sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tina Jurson
Gibbs
Bronx
Jurson
Daring 7 Year Old Falls After Pole Jump Try
Howard Myers climbed a telephone pole to reach a baseball on a Bank Street roof. He leaped for the roof but his foot snagged a wire and he crashed to the sidewalk two and a half stories below. He is unconscious and not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Myers
Bank Street
Howard
Twenty-seventh
St. Mary’s Hospital
William Myers
Colerain Avenue
Anonymous KKK Threatens Mayor Dimon in Georgia
An anonymous letter and a K K K signed postcard threaten Mayor J Homer Dimon and City Manager H Gordon Hinkle after a bomb exploded at Dimon’s home. Rewards totaling 10000 are offered for information to convict those responsible, with a mass meeting planned to address the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
J. Homer Dimon
Hinkle
H. Gordon Hinkle
Dimon
Teer
W F. Whiteheal
Ku Klux Klan
Robbery Verdict in Nash Company Payroll Case Names Sydell and Staggenberg
After a 90 minute deliberation the jury found John Sydell and Charles Staggenberg guilty of robbery in the Nash Company payroll theft valued at $8058. The case linked Mrs. Clara Bowman to the scheme as defense sought to implicate her while prosecutors denounced Sydell for hiding behind a woman. The sentence ranges from ten to twenty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sydell
West Fourteenth Street
Charles Staggersberg
West Seventh Street
A. Nash Company
Stanley C. Rottinger
Sherman Palmer
Criminal Court
Raymond Ratliff
Roettinger
Jesse England
Walnut Street
Richard Neuhavs
George Farrell
Kentucky
Bowman
Sydell
Insurance
Nash Company
Staggenberg
Newport
Nash
Elm Street
Neuhaus
Farrell J
Peter Grisby
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George Ward
Slayer
HIP Pocket
Rae
Miss Boyer
Charlie Chaplin
America
Tere
Arlea Martin
Whiting
Ady
Falloin
KKK
TGAME
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