Indictment of Chicago Police Chief Healey and aides
Chicago October grand jury indicts Police Chief Charles C. Healey for mala fides and conspiracy. Secretary treasurer of the Sportsmen's Club of America, Charles T. Fissig, and chief's private secretary William Luthardt charged with conspiracy. Bond for Healey set at 20000. others at 16100 each.
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Chicago
Grand
Charles C. Healey
Healey
Charles T. Fissig
Sportsmen's Club of America
William Luthardt
Joseph H. Fitch
Lathardt
Essig
C,orporation
Ettelson
Thompson
Fitch
Peage Plan Approved by Grey Calls for Public Backing
London October 24 Viscount Grey British foreign secretary endorses American moves for a postwar peace league but says participating nations must have public support to back decisions by force if needed. He cites German war aims and urges neutrals to weigh after the conflict on wartime conduct and scientific warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Press Association
Viscount Grey
Germany
Eastland Pleas On Dec 4 in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court suspended orders for a single trial of 373 damage suits arising from the Eastland disaster. Illinois federal courts had ordered one trial for claims totaling several million dollars. The owners’ plea for separate trials will be heard December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Ilinois
Eastland
Chicago
Former Mrs Oscar Lewisohn Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Former Edna May Lewisohn is reported to have undergone an appendicitis operation. Mrs. Lewisohn was hospitalized for the procedure and is listed in stable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna May
Oscar Lewisohn
Oscar Lewishohn
New York
Helen Club Formed By Northwestern Coeds
Northwestern University coeds form the Helen Club after discovering the name Helen is given generously by dating parents. Seven new members were initiated by proving they were named Helen, paying fifty pennies in dues, and wearing pink stockings as the club uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern University
Judge condemns sob society in Chiotte case
Federal Judge Humphrey rejects a leniency petition from 200 supporters for John Chiotte of Mapleton. Chiotte pleads guilty to mailing a bomb to Peter Petardi of St. David. the device failed to detonate and Chiotte is sentenced to two years at Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Humphrey
John Chiotte
Mapleton
Leavenworth
Peter Petardi
St. David
Birthday party ends with birth in Quincy Illinois
Mrs. Ben Stroot hosted a birthday gathering for her husband in Quincy on October 23. During the merrymaking she gave birth to a son. The group then moved to her brother's home to celebrate the double birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy, Ill
Ben Stroot
Quincy
Letter with checks sent to rightful owners after robbery
An unknown sender mailed a letter with several checks to Postmaster Miller asking that the papers be returned to Humbert and Zugschwert, whose store in Chadwick Illinois was recently robbed.
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Chadwick
Miller
Humbert & Zugschwert
Freshmen and Sophomores Battle in Knox Push Ball
In Galesburg Illinois on October 23 Knox college freshmen and sophomores fought a tight match in the annual class push ball contest. The only serious injury was to Glen Cliffords a freshman from Oneida who was carried from the field with a dangerous head wound.
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Galesburg
Knox College
Glen Cliffords
Oneida
Man Dead After Declaring Age in Barber Chair
William Griffin of Lanark Illinois spoke of being almost ninety one and then collapsed and died while seated in a barber chair on October 23. The brief incident occurred as he answered a question about his age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Ill
William Griffin
Police Capture Jail Breaker in Peoria
Police detectives captured Martin Brophy who with Louis Moury escaped from the county jail after overpowering the turnkey on October 23 in Peoria Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Martin Brophy
Louis Moury
Record Land Price Sale Sets US$216 Per Acre in Amboy
A Stenger farm offering of about 200 acres in Amboy Illinois sold for 216 dollars an acre to the Erbes brothers of Subierte. The deal marks a record price for land in the area with the Oct 23 sale date noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lland. Amboy
Ill
Stenger
Erbes Brothers
Subierte
Premier slain over politics in Vienna assassination
A wireless Rome dispatch reports the Austrian premier Count Karl Stuergkh was shot dead by Dr. Friedrich Adler after urging parliament's convocation. Two men nearby were wounded and Baron Aehrenthal, a hotel head waiter, and a musician were named among the injured. The suspect, editor of Der Kampf, fired three times at close range during luncheon at the Hotel Meissl.
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London
Rome
Vienna
Stuergkh
Count Karl Stuergkh
Friedrich Adler
Baron Aehrenthal
Meiss
Schada
Count Stuergkh
Count Togeenbure
Tyrol
Former mayor killed in Grand Rapids crash near Manistee
Wal dermar Brown former mayor of Manistee was killed and nine others injured when two autos collided near Manistee while avoiding a buggy. Injured include Attorney Frederick Stone register of deeds George Giles Louis Austin son of the county treasurer William Hatch and more. They were returning from a political meeting at Onekema. The buggy occupants, a woman and girl, were uninjured.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Waldemar Brown
Manistee
Frederick Stone
Register of Deeds
George Giles
Louis Austin
William Hatch
Frank Jurkowski
Mike Gloczki
Roy E. Overpack
William Martison
George Lumsden Giles
Stone
Onekema
Unidentified Man Found Dead In Newcastle Street
Knightstown Indiana coroner Dr F J Drake holds the body of an unidentified man found in Newcastle street. The laundry mark J S C on clothing and a Palace hotel registration in Cincinnati as John S Cunningham aid in identifying him. The man, 5 ft 8 in, 150 pounds, born about 1881 1886, has black hair and a scar on the lower lip. The body will be kept until October 30.
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Knightstown
Ind
Newcastle
F. J. Drake
Henry County
Two Muncie Couples Wed in Darton and Home Ceremony
Miss Emme Cochran daughter of Mrs. Robert Frazier of Montpeter and Ralph Daw son were married in Darton Ohio by Rev F Harry Dutton. Mrs Viola Schmid daughter of Mr and Mrs William Schmid and Curtis Sharp son of Mr and Mrs Sharp were married at the bride's parents home by Rev Loren Ross.
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Muncie
Ind
Emme Cochran
Robert Frazier
Montpeter
Ralph Dawson
Darton
F. Harry Dutton
Viola Sehmid
Trhter
William Schmid
Curtis Sharp
R. Sharp
Loren Ross
Lake Erie disaster claims twenty one aboard a whaleback
Rescue ships arrive as Captain Walter Grashaw survives the James B. Colgate wreck off Long Point. Nineteen sailors perish when the vessel founders near Erie, others die on life raft as Marquette and Bessemer No. 2 approach. Grashaw and two companions cling to a raft, two companions wash away. Grashaw saved semi conscious. Names of victims include Ossmann and Sutliffe with others unconfirmed. Captain Grashaw's home listed in Cleveland.
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Gleveland
Lake Erie
Walter Grashaw
James B. Colente
Rondeau
Canada
Conneaut
Ohio
Long Point
Erie
Crashaw
Rafe
Marquette
Bessemer No. 2
Grashaw
Colzate
Harry Ossmann
Oscar Johnson
Filer
Detroit
Western States
Captain Mattison
Greshaw
East 9Th Street
Cleveland
Colgate
Standard Transit Company
Buffalo
Fort William
Greeshaw
Fingineer Ossmann
Charles E. Sutliffe
Colon Springs
Wis
George Coon
Milwaukee
Ralph Coon
Larsen
Norway Pays U S Big Sums For American Freight Items
Norwegian bankers arrived aboard the Bergensfjord to arrange the payment of huge sums for freighter orders built in American shipyards. One item valued at 200 million dollars covers steamships. The visitors claimed they act as individuals, while others say they formed a commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bergensfjord
United States
Murdoch Shifts Support to Wilson From Kansas
Victor Murdoch of Wichita aligned with Woodrow Wilson after leaving the progressive stance. The Wichita Eagle printed an editorial favoring Wilson, while nationwide parties pressed for reconciliation. The Chicago Examiner also backed Wilson on domestic policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Victor Murdock
Murdock
Wichita Keele
Woodrow Wilson
Kansas
China
Chicago
Chicago Examiner
Wilson
Allies Present New Demands on Greece in October Toss
Entente allies pressed Greece to move troops from Thessaly to Morea and to hand over war supplies. The French military attache delivered the demands to King Constantine, with a reallocation of the Thessalian forces in Macedonia to the southern peninsula. Other terms were stated but not specified.
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London
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Constantine
Thessaly
Macedonia
Morea
Prominent Trivoli Farmer Found Dead in Garage
H. H. Moon, 35, a well known farmer near Trivoli Illinois, was found dead in his garage with the car engine running. Moon stood upright against the wall when relatives located him, the garage filled with exhaust. Police continued inquiry into the cause of death.
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Peoria
H. H. Moon
Trivoli
Here
Moon
Teutons Seize Constanza Black Sea Port in Major Offensive
Berlin reports German Austro Bulgar forces under Field Marshal von Mackensen seized Constanza Roumanian port on the Black Sea after a three day drive. They cut the Constanza Vernavoda trunk line and advanced twelve miles in forty eight hours toward the Danube amid heavy rains and Trajan's wall ruins.
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Berlin
Com Stinza
Black Sea
Roumania
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Blark Sea
Danube
Constanza
Mackensen
Vernavoda
Tianube
Murfatlar
Cernavoda
Bucharest
Trajan’s Wall
Cornavoda
Trajan
Valens
Noumania
Rcumenia
U. S. Typhus Prevention Efforts Reach Across Border
U S public health service expands safeguards to stop typhus at the border. Civil engineer David M. White died of typhus in El Paso on Oct 19 after a two day illness, prompting disinfecting stations at Ogle Pass El Paso Brownsville and San Antonio and additional medical staff funded by a 1917 appropriations.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
David M. White
Mexico
el Paso
White
Ogle Pass
Brownsville
San Antonio
County's Vote Thrown Out in Kendall County Primary
Judge Clary Fadwards of Worukegan rules Republican ballots used in Kendall county during the September 14 primary were illegal and orders them discarded.
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Aurora
Kendall County
Clary Fadwards
Worukegan
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U. 5
Gray
Aunt Grey
Eastland Pleas
American Press Association
Helen” Trust
Legion of Northwestern
Judge Assails Sob Staff
Dad
Adler
Count Stuergkhin
Fleport
Manistee, Mich
John S. Cunningham
Norway
U.S
J. D. M'Donald
Arizona
U. S
Hearst’s
Aliso Comes
Teutons
Balkans
Roumanian
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