Fairmont Girl Killed in Auto Smash Near Banner's Ridge
A Fairmont girl aged 17 named Fatty was instantly killed when a car carrying her father Brooks Ty and two other children overturned on Banner's Ridge near Fairmont West Virginia. The steering gear failed causing the crash and trapping occupants. the father was seriously injured and two other children were seriously hurt.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Fafth
Fatty
Brooks Ty
Jens
Banner's Ridge
Here
Moonshine Still Found Hidden in Laurel Thicket Near Ansted
Deputy Marshal Reedy reported the seizure of a twenty gallon copper still hidden in tree top foliage in a laurel thicket on a mountainside near Ansted Fayette County Kemp Ewens denied ownership or knowledge of the moonshining outfit No arrests were made Also New York action to revoke Rand School charter dismissed by Supreme Court Justice McRey following an Untermeyer motion and delay in trial of the case
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Charleston
W. Va
Marshal Reedy
United States Marshal's
Ansted
Fayette
Kemp Ewens
New York
Plalnt
News of
New York State
Joint Legislative Commltine
Rand
School of Social Science
Supreme Court
McRey
Samuel Untermeyer
Berger
Erstein Near Life's End In Coma Paralysis
New York July 90 Physicians say Oscar Hamerstein theater builder and grand opera producer is critically ill in coma with entire right side paralyzed. Authorities fear he may die within hours. WANTED! Man with truck to deliver for Graf ton o Operative Store fp205-4t.
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New York
Oscar Hamerstein
Mr. Hamerstein
Grafton O Operative Store
Graf
Con O
Seven Children Burned With Mother in Ohio Home
In Kimberly near Nelsonville Ohio seven children aged from six weeks to ten years were found tied to their beds and dead from coal oil fumes or strangulation as authorities prepared to remove them and their mother, Mrs Tony Stravisar, to Athens County Home. The mother is believed to have killed the children and herself due to worry over separation.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Tony Stravisar
Kimberly
Here
Heself
Bold daylight robbery near Shinnston shocks region
A blood stained trail led Harrison and Marion officers to a Willard mines robbery where an Austrian woman lost 1500 dollars. One highwayman wounded, one captured, two or three escaped. The injured suspect dropped a green cap as authorities pursued through Everson and Enterprise. The victim was beaten but not fatally, and condition described as painful bruising and throat injury. Deputy sheriffs Deem and Moore led the chase with Sheriff Griffin taking command later.
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Clarksburg
Harrison
Marion
Willard Mines
Shinnston
Everson
Enterprise
James Deem
Andrew Moore
Frank Abruzkino
J. S Malloy
Virginia Maryland Coal Company
Willard
Lloyd Griffin
Deem
Grafton Slayer of City Chief Gets More Time
Jacob Lutz convicted of murdering Chief of Police J. P. Phillips in Grafton last February won a stay of execution and a delayed review by the Supreme Court until next winter. If the appellate court upholds the lower court verdict, a new trial could be granted and a final disposition remains uncertain. Lutz shot Phillips while under arrest for liquor violations and was sentenced to death by hanging at Moundsville.
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Jacob Lutz
J. P. Phillips
Supreme Court
Luta
Phillips
Fortney
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Pursuit of Highwaymen Ends With Capture and Shot
Frank Abruzziano of Shinnston pursued highwaymen near Everson, catching two. One carried $500 on a man arrested. A struggle led Abruzziano to seize a dropped gun. a shot struck the fleeing suspect, leaving blood stains in a field. A third robber fled unseen. one deputy believes he cannot escape despite a severe wound.
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Frank ‘Abriziano
Shinnston
Everson
Deem
Abruzziano
Fairmont
John C. McKinney
Chicago Racial Riots Escalate Amid Unrest
Chicago battled renewed racial violence with casualties mounting to two confirmed deaths and growing injuries. Police and state troops remained distant as looting and arson spread in the South Side and stockyards area. Authorities announced an August grand jury probe to fix responsibility for the outbreak.
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Chicago
Frank 5
Lowden
West Side
Tra Heury
South Side
J Black Belt
New Ln
Hoyne
Hoffman
Dickenson
Stock Yards
Berger Osman
Chicago Telephone Co
Helfferich Blames Erzberger for Germanys Moral Fall
Berlin dispatch reports Dr Karl Helfferich former vice chancellor says he will sue Mathias Erzberger after failed persuasion. He accuses Erzberger of lying and treason and cites Erzbergers 1917 peace program as causing national moral collapse.
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Karl Helffrick
Erzberger
Berlin
A. P
Karl Helfferich
Oe Mer
Mathias Erzberger
Helfferich
Kreuse Zeitung
Runaway fire truck crash kills driver in Pittsburgh
In Duquesne Way a fire truck drawn by three horses ran away injuring two crewmen. Driver Paul Polletta, 48, was crushed and died. Ladder man Albert Oil and Lieut. James S. Cully suffered serious injuries as the truck overturned after blocking a water plug. Fire was confined to a first floor blaze in a six story building. The incident followed a chaotic day amid Chicago race tensions with mob activity and militia deployments reported.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Way
Short and Waters Street
Paul Polletta
Albert Oil
James S. Cully
4Th
Liberty Avenues
Chicago
Frank
Lowden
War Rank Generals To Be Permanent
Washington July 30 Favorable reports on bills authorizing General John J Pershing and Pepton C March chief of staff to the permanent rank of General were ordered today by the House Military Committee The Pershing measure passed unanimously while the March measure failed 8 to 7 after an earlier vote against conferring Lieutenant General on March The draft notes a division in committee over the permanent ranks in the army leadership.
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Washington, D. C
John J. Pershing
Pepton C. March
House Military Committee
Pershing
General March
March
Handshake Sale Prompts $5,000 Suit in Wheeling
John A Tennyson files in Circuit Court for $5,000 damages against Riley Briggs claiming a handshake fractured a bone and left him crippled for life after a social grasp in Wheeling. The suit accuses Briggs, a prominent Wheeling policeman, of causing lifelong injuries.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John A Tennyson
Circuit
Riley Briggs
Briggs
Tennyson
Soldier boys seek German wives in wave of requests
Washington July 30. Over two hundred American soldiers have filed requests to bring home German wives, Representative King of Illinois said on returning from six months touring European countries and the war zone. Fair tonight and Thursday with slightly rising temperatures.
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Washington, D. C
King of
Ilineig
Submarine G2 Sinks Off Connecticut Coast Drowning Two
The obsolete U S submarine G2 sank with open hatches in Long Island Sound near Pleasure Beach Waterford after diving tests. Two crewmen of eight drowned while six others, all from the submarine base in New London, survived with help from the Coast Guard cutter Acushnet. Salvage operations will follow as the hull was located.
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New London
Conn
United States
Long Island Sound
Pleasure Beach
Waterford
U. S. Coast Guard
Acushnet
Marine Corps Officers Dropped From 75k to 25k Strength
Washington July 30 Major General Barnett announced a reduction in Marine Corps ranks. More than 1,200 officers face discharge as the corps scales from its wartime strength of 75,000 to a peace establishment of about 25,000.
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Washington
Cp. C
Marine Corps
General Barneet
May patrol vessel wrecked off Santo Domingo coast
The naval patrol boat May, a converted yacht, was wrecked off Cape Engano near Santo Domingo. Its 77 crew were rescued by the lighthouse tender Lilac and the submarine chaser 126 after distress signals were heard. The incident prompted notes from Washington.
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Santo Domingo
Washington, D. C
May
Cape Engano
Navy Department
Lilac
Brutal Prison Conditions in France Hearings Report
Witnesses describe blood soaked beatings of prisoners by U S soldiers in Paris camps. High officers including Brigadier General W heart and Major General Frederick Smith Strong named as responsible or informed. Vinegar of brutality cited across multiple farms and sergeants punished while higher ups evade accountability.
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New York
France
Paria
Frederick Smith Strong
Edgar Grimstead
18Th Infantry
J. 3. Man
Field Artillery
Representative Johnson
Mr. Johnson
T. Q. Donald
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Grafton
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Farm No. 2
Clarence E. Ball
Leutenant
Ball
Strgeam Ball
Joseph C. Ryszelowski
University of Pennsylvania
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Aviation Corps
Ryszelowski
Ipeench
Philadelphia
Stockade
Gievera
Kyselowski
Maul
Ryszelewski
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Pittsburgh Collegian
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