Indictment Shocks Chicago Police Chief Healey
Chicago October Stand jury indicts Police Chief Charles C Healey on malfeasance in office and conspiracy. Secretary treasurer of the Sportsmen's Club of America William Essig and chief’s private secretary Charles Luthardt also charged with conspiracy. Bond set at $20,000 for Healey and $16,000 for each of the others. Mayor Thompson promises a statement later as captains and detectives may face indictments.
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Chicago
Charles C. Healey
Healey
Charles T. Fissig
Sportsmen’s Club of America
William Wluthardt
Joseph H. Fitch
Luthardt
Essig
C.orporation
Ettelson
Tll
Thompson
Fitch
Chief Thealey
Fisig
Chief Healey
Vice
U S Peage Plan Approved by Grey
London reports Viscount Grey, the British foreign secretary, endorses American moves for a postwar peace league but warns that nations in such a league must mobilize public sentiment to enforce decisions by force if needed. He cites German demands for guarantees and calls for neutrals to weigh postwar conduct and scientific uses of war.
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London
Foreign Press Association
Viscount Grey
Germany
Eastland Pleas On Dec 4 For Single Trial Of 373 Damages
Washington Oct 24 Orders of federal courts in Illinois for a single trial of 373 damage suits arising from the Eastland disaster were suspended by the Supreme Court. The owners seek separate trials and will have a hearing on December 4. They argue a single trial involving several million dollars is improper.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Ilinois
Eastland
Chicago
Former Edna May Mrs Oscar Lewisohn Hospitalized
Edna May, wife of Oscar Lewisohn, underwent an appendicitis operation. She is reported in satisfactory condition with release expected in a few days at the city hospital.
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Oscar W Lewishohn
Edna May
New York
Helen Chub Coeds Form Northwestern Club
Northwestern University coeds formed the Helen Chub, a playful club noting the name Helen draws popularity. Seven new members were initiated after proving their Helen registration with a family Bible and paying fifty pennies for dues, while wearing pink stockings as the club’s uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern University Coeds
Helen
Judge Assails SOB Staff In Bomb Case Leniency Denied
Federal Judge Humphrey condemned the sobbing society and refused a petition from 200 supporters for John Chiotte of Mapleton. Chiotte pled guilty to mailing a bomb to Peter Petardi of St. David. the device failed, and he is sent to Leavenworth for two years.
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Peoria
Ill
Humphrey
John Chiotte
Mapleton
Leavenworth
Peter Petardi
St. David
Birthday Celebration Turns Birth Day for Quincy Couple
In Quincy Illinois on October 23 Mrs. Ben Stroot hosted a birthday party for her husband attended by many friends. During the festivities she gave birth to a son, and the group then moved to her brother's home to continue the celebration of the couple's double birthday.
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Quincy, Ill
Ben Stroot
Quincey
Letter with checks sent to reclaim stolen Humbert store funds
A letter received by Postmaster Miller from unknown senders asked for the enclosed checks to be returned to Humbert and Zugschwert whose store was recently robbed. The note came from unknown persons and requests the papers be returned to the rightful owners.
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Chadwick
Miller
Humbert & Zugschwert
Freshmen and Sophomores Battle in Knox Push Ball
In Galesburg on October 23 Knox College freshmen and sophomores fought a tight class push ball match. A serious head wound injured Glen Cliffords of Oneida, who was carried from the field for medical care.
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Galesburg
Knox College
Glen Cliffords
Oneida
Man Declares Age Then Falls Dead in Barber Chair
Lanark Illinois October 28 William Griffin aged almost ninety one told a barber he would be ninety one if he lived to February and then collapsed and died. The incident occurred as he was answering a question and seated in the chair.
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Lanark
Ill
Willian Griffin
Police Capture Jail Breaker in Peoria Escape
Police detectives captured Martin Brophy who with prisoner Louis Moury escaped from the county jail after overpowering the turnkey in Peoria Illinois on October 23.
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Peoria
Ill
Martin Brophy
Louis Moury
Record Price for Stenger Farm Land in Amboy Market
A land sale near Amboy set a record price as about 200 acres of the Stenger farm sold for 316 dollars per acre to the Erbes brothers of Sublette. The transaction underscores strong demand for rural property in the area and highlights a landmark figure in local real estate.
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Amboy
Lil
Stenger
Erbes Brothers
Sublette
Premier Slain Over Politics In Vienna
A political assassination in Vienna ends Count Karl Stuergkh's life as Dr Friedrich Adler, a radical Socialist editor, shoots him at the Hotel Meissl. Two bystanders are wounded, including Baron Aehrenthal. Adler claims motive was to force parliament's convocation. The premier's luncheon companions included Tyrol governor Count Tegeenburg and others.
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Count Stuergkhin
Rome
Vienna
London
Stuergkh
Count Karl Stuergkh
Friedrich Adler
Dr. Adler
Baron Aehrenthal
Meiss
Schada
Count Stuergkh
Count Tegeenburg
Tyrol
Herr Jacobson
Former Mayor Killed in Michigan Car Crash
Waldemar Brown former mayor of Manistee, Mich died in a two car collision near Manistee while avoiding a buggy after leaving a political meeting at Onekema. Nine others were injured including Attorney Frederick Stone and George Giles. several more faces possible death. The buggy occupants, a woman and a girl, escaped injury.
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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's Body Held For Identification in Newcastle
Knightstown Indiana October 23 The body of an unidentified man who collapsed in a Newcastle street remains with coroner Dr F J Drake of Henry County The body will be kept until October 30 Clothing bears laundry mark J S C He registered at the Palace Hotel Cincinnati as John S Cunningham The man stood five feet eight inches weighed 150 pounds had black hair a smooth face a scar on the lower lip and was about forty to forty five years old.
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Knightstown
Ind
Newcastle
F. J. Drake
Henry County
Two Muncie Couples Wed in Ohio and Indiana
In Darton Ohio Rev F Hathrreen Dutton married Miss EMe Cochran daughter of Mrs Robert Frazier Montpeter and Ralph Daw. At the bride’s home in Indiana Rev Loren Ross united Miss Viola Schmid daughter of Mr and Mrs William Schlmid and Curtis Sharp son of Mr and Mrs S K Sharp.
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Muncie
Ind
Eme Cochran
Robert Frazier
Montpeter
Ralph Dawson
Darton
F. Hathrreen Dutton
Mise Viola Schmid
William Schlmid
Curtis Sharp
S. Rk. Sharp
Loren Ross
Lake boat Colgate sinks. twenty one die off Long Point
In a Friday disaster on Lake Erie the whaleback Colgate foundered near Long Point. Captain Walter Grashaw survived after thirty four hours on a life raft with two companions washed away. Nineteen died, including Second Engineer Ossmann and Chief Engineer Sutliffe, with few victim names known. The rescue Marquette and Bessemer No 2 aided the survivors near Conneaut Ohio.
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Long Point
Hiie
Crashaw
Marquette
Bessemer No. 2
Grashaw
Colzate
Harry Ossmann
Oscar Johnson
D. L. Filer
Detroit
Western States
Matlison
Captain Grashaw
Conneaut
East 9Th Street
Cleveland
Colgate
Standard Transit Company
Buffalo
Fort William
Canada
Greshaw
Nngineer
Ossmann
Charles E. Sutliffe
Colon Springs
Wis
George Coon
Milwaukee
Ralph Coon
Larsen
Norway Pays U S Big Sums In Immigrant Purchase Deals
Four Norwegian bankers arrived aboard the Bergensfjord to arrange payment for large imports bought in the United States. One item amounts to $200,000,000 for steamships built in American yards. The bankers denied joining as a commission and said they acted as individuals, while other passengers claimed they formed a commission.
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New York,ct
Bergensfjord
United States
Olly
Murdoch Quits Fence to Back Wilson
Victor Murdoch of Wichita and the Wichita Eagle endorse Woodrow Wilson after leaving his earlier stance. The change comes as parties seek his support and he sails for China, while the Chicago Examiner shifts to backing Wilson on domestic policies.
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Wichita
Kan
Victor Murdock
Murdock
Wichita Eagle
Woodrow Wilson
Kansas
China
Chicago
Chicago Examiner
Wilson
Allies make other demands on Greece
London reports that entente allies presented further demands to Greece via the French military attaché to King Constantine. Greece must move its Thessalian forces to Morea and deliver war materials bound for Thessaly, with additional unspecified terms.
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London
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Constantine
Thessaly
Macedonia
Morea
Prominent Illinois Farmer Found Dead in Garage
H H Moon a 35 year old farmer living near Trivoli Illinois was found dead in his garage with the car engine running the garage filled with gas relatives discovered him standing nearly erect with his back to the wall the incident occurred near Peoria on October 23
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Peoria
H. H. Moon
Trivoli
Moon
Teutons Seize Black Sea Port in Romania Coup Front
German field marshal von Mackensen’s forces captured Constanza, a key Romanian Black Sea port, after a three day drive in Dobrudja. The advance covered twelve miles in forty eight hours, cutting the Constanza Vernivoda railway and threatening Bucharest with a two fronts approach from Danube. Trajan's Wall was heavily shelled and ruined during the assault as stores piled there were seized. The victory is hailed as pivotal, with experts predicting wider Romanian advances akin to the Serbia campaign led by Mackensen.
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Berlin
Con Stanza
Black Sea
Roumania
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Danube
Constanza
Mackensen
Vernivoda
Murfatlar
Cernavoda
Bucharest
Trajan
Trajan’s Wall
Cornagoda
Valens
Roumeania
Somme
Serbia
U S Periled by Typhus in 1920s Border Measures
The U S public health service takes extraordinary steps to stop typhus crossing from Mexico. Civil engineer David M White died of typhus in El Paso on October 19 after a two day illness. Disinfecting stations are set up at Eagle Pass El Paso Brownsville and San Antonio with extra medical staff drawn from the 1917 appropriation to prevent spread of infectious diseases.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
David M. White
Mexico
el Paso
White
Eagle Pass
Brownsville
San Antonio
County's Vote Thrown Out in Kendall County Ruling
Judge Clair Edwarde of Wovkegean ruled that all Republican ballots used in Kendall county at the September primary were illegal and must be discarded.
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Aurora
Kendall County
Clair Edwarde
Wovkegean
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Eastland Pleas
Oscar Lewisohn
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Adler
Manistee, Mich
John S. Cunningham
Erie
Norway
U.S
J. D. M’donald
Arizona
U. S
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dJearst
Teutons
Balkans
Roumanian
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