Denied Right of Privacy During Long Captivity
British missionaries Eleanor Harrison and Edith Nettleton were held for ransom in North Fukien by Chinese bandits. After weeks of torture and denial of privacy, they were slain by beheading. British consular and Church Missionary Society officials reported repeated threats, failed rescue attempts, and a demanded $50,000 ransom.
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Foochow
China
North Fukien
Eleanor Jane Harrison
Edith Nettleton
Klanning
Chungan
Fukien
Minkian
Kien Yang- Taisien
Luh Sing-Pang
Luh
Kien Ning-Fu
Miss Nettleton
Church Missionary Society
Kellogg Sails to Take Up Duties at The Hague
Frank B. Kellogg former Secretary of State sails from Hoboken at midnight aboard the Statendam to assume duties with the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Hoboken
N. J
Frank B. Kellogg
Statendam
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hague
Kuertz Named U. S. Referee in Bankruptcy
William J Kuertz attorney at Zielonka Kuertz 601 Gwynne Building was appointed United States Referee in Bankruptcy for the Western division of Ohio’s district covering Butler Clermont Highland and other counties. The two year term begins today and Judge Robert R Nevin signed the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jerome Kuertz
Zielonka
Sire Railways
John Galvin
Kuertz
Bankrutcy
Ohio
Utt
Butler
Clerigent
Ee On
Highland
Ohio Revolutionary Trail Dedicated by Gov. Cooper
Gov. Cooper dedicated the Ohio Revolutionary Trail in Springfield during the Piqua sesquicentennial events. A deed to the Piqua battlefield plot was presented, delegations from Michigan and Kentucky attended, and a pageant with 500 performers dramatized 18th century life and the Clark campaign against Native tribes. 10,000 Ohio school children observed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Gov. Cooper
Springfield
Piqua
George Rogers Clark
Northwest Territory
A. D. Hosterman
Ohio Revolutionary Trails Commission
Piqua Battle Field
Michigan
Kentucky
Clark
Shipwreck in Chicago River Sinks Rotarian Craft
Oct 10 Chicago reports a river shipwreck as the Rotarian, an aging excursion boat, settles on the river bottom beneath a downtown skyline. Police and bystanders heard nautical shouts as the vessel sank, its long idle berth making it a local landmark and unofficial watermarked perch for a political fundraising fish and chop house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rotary
International
Curtis Leaves for Indiana After Nine Speeches in Ohio
Vice President Charles C. Curtis concluded a three day tour through Ohio in support of state Republican candidates and commemorating George Rogers Clark. He spoke at Bridgeport, Columbus, Springfield, and Whittenberg College then Antioch College before leaving for Indianapolis for more engagements with Senators McCulloch and Fess.
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Curtis
Indiana
Ohio
Xenia
Charles C. Curtis
Indianapolis
George Rogers Clark
Piqua
Bridgeport
Columbus
United States
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Simeon D. Fess
Springfield
Wittenberg College
Fess
Yellow Springs
Antioch College
Bishop Cannon Ousted as Head of Girls' School
Blackstone Va Oct 10 Bishop James Cannon Jr is replaced as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Blackstone College for Girls by N P Angle of Rocky Mount Va. Eighteen present voted for Angle. Cannon’s resignation was before the board, not clear if linked to new charges filed by four traveling elders of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackstone
James Cannon, Jr
Blackstone College For Girls
N. P. Angle
Rocky Mount
Angle
Bishop Cannon
Cannon
Desperado youths fail to fire as gun jams in daring arrest
Second motorcycle cop saved by faulty cartridges in a desperado’s gun. Officer George Baker stopped two youths in Indiana, pulling one from a doorway as a pistol jammed. The youth, Herschell Stiles, 14, admitted he nearly shot the officer and named companions Rob ert Anderson, 16, and George Heppen, 16, who said the pistol was stolen and the trio rode in on a freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baker
Pearl and Vine Streets
Baker
Herschell Stiles
Madison Avenue
Indiana
Robert Anderson
Wheeler Street
George Heppen
Anderson
Ind
Stiles
Matrimonial Club Members Suspected in Client's Death
Coroner O L Stout will hold a post mortem on George Shriver 45 of North Bend Neb who died at Grant County Hospital after arriving for marriage to Mrs Oda Lippens of Marion Police say death not easily explained by natural causes Shriver had stomach trouble and had given Mrs Lippens over 70 dollars He implicated Jacket and Fred Hostettler who posed as brothers of Mrs Lippens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
O. L. Stout
George Shriver
North Bend
Neb
Grant County
Shriver
Oda Lippens
Stout
Judge declines waiver in jury probe over Bertini immunity
In New York a judge refused to waive immunity before a special grand jury investigating his appointment to the bench. Gov Roosevelt seeks grand jury records for possible Senate action. The proceeding drew reporters, bystanders, and a brief chase from the courthouse as Bertini left with a court guard. Three witnesses testified. Stern was directed to return Tuesday. Rosenbluth appeared later and agreed to disclose financial records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amedeo A. Bertini
George F. Ewald
Roosevelt
Ward
Bertini
State Senate
Criminal Courts
Todd
Max M. Hirson
John J. Meyer
Steuben Society
Walker
Ewald
Max Posner
George Stern
McCook
Stern
Abraham Rosenbluth
Appellate Division
Manhattan
Bronx
Kiesel
Atlantic City
Rosenbluth
Tibbetts
Dry law change urged by Kennyon and fellow reformers
Washington October reports National Commission on Law Enforcement may modify Volstead act to aid enforcement. Members see potential to remove the 1 percent intoxicating threshold, allowing beer with “a kick” and reducing illegal drinking. Kenyon and Mackintosh push for clear recommendations to preserve Prohibition amid commission deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
National Commission On Law Servance
Ickersham Body
George Eo Wickersham
House
Wickersham
Congress
Kenyon
W. S. Kenyon
Kenneth Mackintosh
Commission
Brazilian Rebels Aiming At Isolation of Rio de Janeiro
Federal troops report capture of Barbacena Minas Gerais and advance toward Belo Horizonte. In Joinville Santa Catarina a battle left two civilians and one rebel dead, thirteen rebels wounded, with part of defenders surrendering. Rebels push to surround Rio de Janeiro from Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo corridor.
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Rio de Janeiro
Barbacenna
Minas Geraes
Bello Horizonte
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Joinville
Santa Catharina
Buenos Aires
la Nacion
Curitgba
Caldas Braga
Uits
Tregildo
Espirito Santo
Akron Man Plots Fire With Alarm Clock Device
Harry E. Lanius, 63, of Cleveland, is jailed in Akron after authorities say he rigged an alarm clock to trigger a gunpowder device to burn a Bath Township tenant house for a $1000 insurance. Deputy Fire Marshal W F Wise led the case and noted the setup used four batteries and a spark plug. Neighbors smelled smoke, helped extinguish the flames, and notified police.
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Akron, O
Harry E. Lanius
Cleveland
Joe Cook
W. F. Wise
Akron
Wise
Lanius
E. A. Summer Farm
Bath Township
Lanlus
Tce
Silence and tears mark hall tribute to a war memory
At a hall event Judge Thomas Morrow recounted Edmund J. Sweeney of Company K, 148th Infantry near Ivory France, saved by a fellow soldier from German shells. The crowd watched as the moment turned to shared emotion and quiet embraces, showing a universal language of support beyond words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Egbert
United States
Edmund J. Sweeney
148Th Infantry
Ivory
France
Sweeney
At Hall
Thomas Horrow
Egbert Camp
Merit and Mileage Mean Much in Bus Drivers' Code
Amy Porter relates and illustrates how bus driving has evolved from a job to a near profession with strict demands and high exactions. The piece previews a Magazine Section with stories including a “Master Escape” by Joseph Gollomb and notes on local hunting and jumper ownership compared to the Gay ’90s.
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Amy Porter
Joseph Gollomb
Legal ruling bars locker search at Pendennis Club
Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson held that private locker searches during a raid on the Pendennis Club in Louisville were illegal without definite reason to believe liquor existed. The decision favors locker owner Walker H. Bowman Jr. and could affect prosecutions of other owners. The judge criticized club management for permitting law violations and warned of indictments if immunity waivers were not obtained.
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Louisville
Charles I. Dawson
Pendennis Club
Walker H. Bowman, Jr
Dawson
Clu
Triple yolk hen egg hatches curiosity near West Branch
A Rhode Island Red pullet near West Branch laid an egg with three yolks on October 8, following months of double yolk eggs. Owned by William Moore, a young farmer and graduate, the hen hatched March 27 and now challenges scientists who wondered if triple yolk eggs could hatch twins.
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West Branch
William Moore
Rhode Island
Amorous hug case ends with doctor bill
In Minneapolis on October 10 Miss Anna Mitlow sued Edward Hensley for 75 dollars after he hugged her so hard two ribs cracked. The judge awarded only three dollars for the medical bill, joking that a squeeze like that is worth 72 more.
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Minneapolis
Levi Hall
Anna Mitlow
Edward Hensley
Hall
Ohio University hosts sock repair drive for male students
In Athens Ohio on October 10 a lighthearted school project sees fair co-eds in home economics class run a clothing repair department. They will darn socks and repair torn clothing for prospective male students as a sales task they find irresistible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens, CO
Ohio University
Fair
Fearing Loss of House G O P Leaders Confer
Washington Oct 10 Alarmed by the possibility of Democratic control in the next Congress Republican leaders gather at national headquarters for an emergency council of war. Hoover is deeply concerned that loss of a House majority could paralyze his administration for two years and undermine its program.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Congress
Hoover
House
Mimi Saves Bank Robbery by Arriving to School On Time
New York October 10 Mimi Saraniti eleven year old girl arrives late for school. She flung herself into a panicked flight taking two young bandits who had seized the People's Bay Ridge branch of the National City Bank for thirty five minutes and held seven men at gunpoint. Mimi's quick escape freed the criminals but prompted the bank staff to alert authorities. The robbers escaped in a blue sedan after a captive shouted hold up. The acting manager later found seven men inside the bank.
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New York World News Service
New York
Mimi Saraniti
People's Bay
Fiftyfourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Mimi
Benjamin Morrow
Morrow
Banadits
J. Edward Swenson
Plan to resume flight to Croydon airdrome
Veteran pilots Capt J Errol Boyd and Lieut Harry P Connor of the Columbia landed safely on a Scilly Isles beach after flying from Newfoundland with a little over 24 hours in the air. They reported motor trouble and a damaged gas tank forced the descent less than 300 miles from their goal CEEean Airdrome.
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Scilly Island
Columbia
Atlantic
Croydon
England
Errol Boyd
Harry
P. Connor
Land’s End
Ceeeaan
Charles A. Levine
Clarence Chamberlin
Little Island
Seans
Coast Guard
St. Mary’‘s Island
Trisco
Penzance
Cornwall
London
Land's End
Boyd
Connor
Ireland
Williams Named Trustee for Defunct Ohio Banks
Washington D. C. Oct. 10 Jay G Williams a former Republican member of the House and now a farmer and real estate operator was chosen by depositors of the defunct Ohio State Bank and Peoples and Drovers Banks to serve as trustee in the bankruptcy of MAL Daugherty former bank president who was forced into bankruptcy Sept 11 A Fayette County Grand Jury report on the affair is expected after testimony by Cecil L Hall and Frank G Schaeffer two state accountants who were hired to review the banks records The accountants will be the state’s last witnesses and refused to discuss their findings from the bank closures months ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D. H
Jay G. Williams
House of Representatives
Ohio State Bank
Peoples and Drovers’ Bank
Daugherty
Fayette ‘County Grand Jury
Ohio State and People’s and Drovers
W.S. Paxson
Paxson
Cecil L. Hall
Frank G. Schaeffer
Cincinnati
Weather forecast for Ohio Kentucky Indiana and states
Ohio fair Saturday and probably Sunday with little temperature change. Kentucky fair Saturday and Sunday with increasing cloudiness and possible west area showers in afternoon or night. Indiana fair and continued quiet Saturday and Sunday. West Virginia fair Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. A table lists current, high and last twenty four hour precipitation for Eastport, Bos Nashville.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Portion
Indiana
West Virginia
Eastport
Ezisel Ora Bos
Nashville
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Greve
Pinghot
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Old Guard
W. W. Atterbury
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
General Sessions
Amadeo Bertini
Hoover Board
Majority of
Dry
Judge Morrow
Buddy
Battle Field
Middletown
Isaac Schwartz
The
Commercial Tribune
Croydon Airdrome
Mal Daugherty
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