Judge Accepts Bond of Living Flesh in Liquor Case
In San Francisco Hippolite Lapachet pled for bail by offering six children as bond after a liquor law violation charge. Judge Partridge accepted the pledge, ordering the father released with nominal custody of Eugene 17, Lawrence 15, Emily 13, Frances 11, Blanche 10, and Johnny 9, while they remain in guardianship if he fails to appear.
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NEA Service
San Francisco
Hippolite Lapachet
Shylock
Lapachet
Prohibition
John S. Partridge
Eugene
Lawrence
Emily
Frances
Blanche
Johnny Lapachet
United
Partridge
Hippolite, Lapachet
John 8. Partridge
Missing Dixmude Airship Fails To Signal Crew Hope Fades
French forces expand search for the missing Dixmude airship lost over northeast Africa after eight days at sea and desert conditions. Officials fear loss of all hands as supplies run out and weather worsens.
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Dirigible
Dixmude
United Press
Africa
Estime
Sahara Desert
Gulf of Cabez
Tunis
Algiers
French War Department
Ministry of Marine Today
Aeronautic Department
French Navy
Republican talks loom over McCray leadership
Republican State chairman Clyde A. Walb arrives to hold conferences on Governor McCray. He seeks resignations and has invited State committee members to discuss his stance. Senator James E. Watson is expected, with potential remarks on a future presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCray
Clyde A. Walb
la Grange
State Committee
Walb
Congress
James E. Watson
Bandits Hold Up United Cigar Store at Busy Corner
Two bandits robbed the United Cigar Store at State and Madison Streets in Chicago during the morning rush hour. They held clerk Henry Greeley at gunpoint, stole $250 from the cash register, and escaped in an automobile amid crowds at the world’s busiest corner.
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State and
Madison Sts
Chicago
United Preas
United Ciger
Henry Greeley
Greeley
Body Found in Canal After Dragging At Indianapolis Scene
The body of Tony Tacon, 50, of 451% W. Fifteenth St., was recovered from the canal between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets after police dragged the water following a Saturday report by Parker Anderson of 420 Darnell Street that a man cried for help and sank. A prior fruitless drag occurred and today water was released to resume the search.
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Tony Tacon
Fifteenth St
Eleventh and
Twelfth Sts
Parker Anderson
Darnell St
Po- Hee
Fragmentary OCR scores and times from unknown page
The readable fragments list times and numbers such as 6 a m 33, 10 a m 41, eye 35, 11 am 48, Pem sees 86 10, Mya sd. No clear event or names are identifiable.
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Eye
Misco
Say It With a Times Want Ad
One day is enough to test your proposition in a Times want ad and get results. If nothing arrives in one day, try two or six and start it now. Call Main 3500. Ask for Want Ad Seeker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Exchange Day at Stores Draws Long Lines for Returns
Long lines of buyers crowded exchange counters seeking permission to swap gifts that proved unsuitable. Wrong color and size, along with duplicates, top the list of requests, and clerks say the volume matches last year’s level.
Shaw to Appeal Death Sentencing in Shaw Case
Shaw's attorneys vow to file a motion for a new trial and, if denied, an appeal to the Supreme Court. The case centers on John Thomas Shaw, 21, convicted of murdering Helen Hager Whelchel, 22. Judge Collins scheduled formal sentencing for Saturday at 9, with execution set for April 7 absent appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Shaw
Helen Hager Whelchel
Applegate St
Supreme Court
Shaw
Jemima Gil
N. Arsenal Ave
Gill
H. B. Pike
James A. Collins
Pike
Collins
Psychopathic Ward Favored for City Hospital
Sol Schloss proposes a new psychopathic ward and a heat and light plant for the City hospital. A one story structure could be extended with future stories, planned for the 1924 program, as Mayor Shank and the board of health discuss funding from a 12 cent levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Sol Schloss
Schloss
Shank
City Considers Red Emergency Signal Lights
The Board of Safety weighs installing red signal lights citywide at about $100 000 to warn motorists and pedestrians of police and fire responses. Mayor Shank cites Toledo Dayton and St Louis systems and urges immediate citywide alert with intersections every several blocks. John Berry the city electrician would study integration with the fire alarm system at about $200 per unit. Police could be alerted by headquarters when lights flash, prompting careful driving to avoid collisions with emergency vehicles.
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Board of Safety
Shank
Toledo
Dayton
St. Louis
John Berry
City Electrician
Motorsta
Christmas Babies Brighten Homes Across City
Health board reports early Christmas Day births, listing seven newborns with parent names and hospital locations. Notable entries include daughters to Bush, Hartzell, Ferrier, Spoles. sons to Graves, Gregory. births occur at City Hospital, Robert W. Long Hospital, and St Francis Hospital or at home.
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Board of Health
George Bush
S. Missouri St
City Hospital
Carl Sherban Graves
Mrs. Sherban Charles Graves
Montcalm St
Betty Carol Hartzel
Earl Hartzell
N. Dearborn St
N. DeQuincey St
Harry Ralph
Elijah Gregory
Ben Davis
Robert W. Long Hospital
Mary Louise
Merle Ferrier
Delaware Court
St. Francis Hospital
Christina
Anastasious Spoles
N. Tuxedo St
Heston B. Damer
Mount St
Alligator maims keeper at Prospect Park Zoo
Head Keeper John O'Brien was nearly bitten through when a huge pet alligator attacked him at Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn. Assistant keeper William Ostrander braved the reptile, pried its jaws open, and hurled it into a pool to free O'Brien while photographers filmed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prospect Park Zoo
Brooklyn
John O'Brien
Wm. Ostrander
O’brien
Ostrander
Gland Doctor Visits Italy's Poet-Airman
London reports Italy's romantic poet-airman Gabriele d'Annunzio seeks renewed vigor after presenting his estate museum and art treasures to the Italian state. The respite follows a stay by Professor Voronoff, renowned Paris specialist, during a period of indisposition.
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Italy
United Press
London
Gabrielle d’Annunzio
D'Annunzio
Voronoff
Paris
Death at Indiana Central Hospital Ends Shelbyville Man Life
John Fitch 64 of near Shelbyville was found dead in his room at the Indiana Central Hospital for the Insane Tuesday night. Police said he hanged himself with two towels tied to a water pipe. He had been admitted to the hospital in August 1921.
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John Fitch
Shelbyville
Indiana Central Hospital
Berlin Chancellor Marx praises foreign aid for Germans
In a Berlin Christmas address Chancellor Marx thanked the United States and other nations for relief helping German children and adults. He noted hundreds of thousands were so poor they ate one meal at the expense of foreign relief commissions.
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United Press Berlin
Berlin
Marx
United States
25 Year Old Son of Leonard Wood Makes Fortune
Lieut. Osborne Cutler Wood, 26, son of Leonard Wood, Governor General of the Philippine Islands, reportedly earned about 800000 in Wall Street trading from Manila via cable in a little over a year. He began by buying Standard Oil of New Jersey in fall 1922, then expanded into other ventures using transmitted quotations. He says his moves were in American securities and not tied to the Philippines, and he plans to resign his commission to enter the diplomatic service.
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United Press
New York
Osborne Cutler Wood
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Wall St
Manila
Cable
New York Times
Wood
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Philippines
The
Times Copyright Dispatch
White mule in bed fools Columbus booze cops
Police Chief Walker says during the holidays many tipplers bought white mule and drank at home in bed to avoid arrest for intoxication. When the mule kicked they felt safe from the law.
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United Press
Columbus
Ind
Walker
Puppy Lure Ends in Death of Greenwich Village Gangster
In Greenwich Village a poker game at a YMCA clubroom ends when a frightened puppy tied to a door knob lures the gangster known as Kid to open the door. A shot from a dark corner kills him as his companions reach the hall where the pup licks his face.
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United Presse Nie
York
Greenwich Village
Thomas
Christmas liquor and wreck toll tops twenty four deaths
Poison liquor and automobile crashes killed twenty four people during the Christmas holiday with many injured or seriously ill. Indianapolis three men were injured in a St Paul to Greensburg crash while driving Harry Walker lost control on a wet curve and struck a bridge abutment.
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Indianapolis
St. Paul
Greensburg
Harry Walker
Pratt St
Cecil Keyes
Fred Stalcup
Lawrenceburg
Walker
Keyes
Stalcup
W. R. Turner
New York
Eeree Press
Bellevue Hospital
Steel workers killed as train hits auto at grade crossing
Two Laclede Steel Company employees Charles Burris age 65 and Charles Pickering age 35 were instantly killed at 6 a m when their auto was struck by a Chicago and Alton passenger train at a grade crossing in Alton Illinois.
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United Press
Alton
Laclede Steel Company
Chicago & Alton
Charles Burris
Charles Pickering
THREE DIE IN CRASH NEAR DANVILLE ILL
Three people died Tuesday when an interurban car struck their automobile in Danville Illinois. The victims were Madge Spencer Robert Spencer and Margaret Peyton.
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Danville
Ill
Madge Spencer
Robert Spencer
Margaret Peyton
Nickel Plate Train Hits Auto Near Bloomington
A Nickel Plate train struck a car in Bloomington Illinois last night killing three people and seriously injuring five others. The accident occurred at Blooming ton area with victims identified by local officials and investigators beginning to assess the scene.
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Bloomington
United Press
Ill
Des
Christmas Auto Crashes Leave Fatalities and Runaway Drivers
In St Louis Christmas crashes claimed one life and injured ten others with several motorists fleeing the scene. In Chicago two killed and two fatally hurt when an Illinois Central suburban train struck a car crossing an unboarded grade crossing.
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St. Louis
United Press
Chicago
Illinois Central
F. R. Butterfield
Annette Shoemaker
Christmas day killings and injuries reported in several cities
Across Philadelphia and other cities on Christmas Day several tragedies were recorded. Poison Aquor killed one man and hospitalizations for acute alcoholism reached a new low in Philadelphia. Ruth Bachelor, 18, of Omaha was killed when a trolley struck a car carrying carolers in South Portland. John W Grimes, 45, died after his milk truck was hit by a work train in Newcastle during a triple anniversary event. Marland D Stewart and his son James died when their truck hit a Pere Marquette train in Lapeer, injuring a third boy. Thomas Dals, 52, died after being struck by a car in Galesburg on Christmas Eve.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Times
South Portland
Ruth Bachelor
Omaha
Neb
Boston
Newcastle
John W. Grimes
Pennsylvania
Newport Crossing
Grimes
Detroit
Marland D. Stewart
James
Lapeer, Mich
Leland Beard
Lapeer
Pere Marquette
Galesburg
Ill
Dew
Thomas Dals
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LOST
M'Cray
Clyde Walb
Bandit
Aunt Agatha
Health
Board
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Christmas Babes
Brighten Homes
St. Francis Leads
Reptile
D’annunzio
U.S
Wall Street
Puppy
Alton, Ill
United Press Pittsburgh
Hooch
Edward A. Coffee
Train
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