New Plea for Pardons Filed in Billings Mooney Case
A California Supreme Court rehearing petition for Warren K. Billings seeks pardon relief in the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing case. The filing links Billings and Mooney, notes MacDonald’s anticipated testimony, and urges the court to recommend clemency to Governor Young.
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Warren Billings
MacDonald
San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
Billings
California Supreme Court
Mooney
John MacDonald
Baltimore
C. C. Young
Young
Supreme Court
California
Edwin V. McKenzie
State of
Borah to Hospital After Congress Session
United Press reports Senator Borah 65, exhausted by Congress, will return Saturday to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after visiting Thursday for an examination. The note cites his role during debate on the London naval treaty with Senator Reed. Besancon, France, reports Graf Zeppelin flight near Friedrichshafen.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Reed
Rep
Besancon
France
Friedrichshafen
Dead Pilot Maury Graham to Scatter Ashes Over Mountains
In Los Angeles on July 18, Maury Graham will have his ashes scattered over the mountains near Cedar City Iowa where a blizzard took his life six months ago. His body was flown home Thursday night by Western Air Express pilots Jimmy James and Fred W. Kelly. Funeral services will be held by Masonic and military groups before the urn is carried on the night airmail flight to Salt Lake City and scattered over the windy peaks.
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OS Angeles
Maury Graham
Air Mail
Graham
Cedar City
Iowa
Los Angeles
Western Air Express
Jimmy James
Fred W. Kelly
Kelly
Salt Lake City
Henley Suit Ended In Superior Court Dismissal
Mrs. Ethel Williams Henley filed suit for bed and board against Major Grant Henley adjutant general of the Indiana national guard in superior court one seeking 200 for personal expenses. The action did not seek a divorce though. The couple had been separated for several months.
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Ethel Williams Henley
Grant Henley
Indiana National Guard
Train wreck near Trinidad leaves one dead
One man died and several passengers were injured when Colorado & Southern passenger train No 2 derailed eleven miles south of Trinidad Colorado late Thursday night. Officials indicate a rail was removed in what appears to be a deliberate wreck to damage the train carrying about a score of passengers.
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United Press
Trinidad
Colo
Colorado & Southern
Here
Sheriff Winkler Wins Brown Derby Crown in Bitter Campaign
Sheriff George L. Winkler defeats Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan by 11,901 ballots amid injunctions, bribery charges, and counterfeit ballot fears. The coronation happens during the Veterans of Foreign Wars siege reenactment at the state fairground. Mayor Sullivan concedes graciously as Winkler praises fair fight and Times support.
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Winkler
Reginald H. Sullivan
Kelly
Sullivan
Jo-Jo
Bunion
Times
Idm
Katy
Didnt Kill Kolb Roars In Murder Trial
George Kolb, 57, Rush county farmer, yelled denials in a high stakes murder trial jury likely by late Monday. He disputed poisoning his two wives Mat tie Rhoades Kolb and Edna Dagler Kolb while defense contends death due to own action and heart medicine.
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Kolb
Greenfield
Ind
George Kolb
Rush County
Mattie Rhoades Kolb
Edna Dagler Kolb
Edna
Paul Benson
Henry County
Benson
Raymond Springer
Connersville
Arthur C. van Duyn
Monay
Mattie
Russell
Rushville
Frederick C. Atkinson
Indianapolis
Heat Wave Forecast for Indianapolis Rises to 100
Morning breezes offset an approaching heat wave in Indianapolis. The U S Weather Bureau predicts fair warmer conditions tonight and Saturday. Readings show 68 at 6 am, 82 at 9 am, and 91 by Thursday afternoon, topping last Saturday's 100 degree peak.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Birthright Opens The Times Serial By Kathleen Norris
A new serial story titled Birthright begins Monday in The Times. It follows a newly rich family as they attempt to breach Dearbridge society’s exclusive four hundred. Read every chapter. contact The Times circulation at Riley 5551 to ensure Monday’s opening installment.
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The
Times
Kathleen Norris
Dearbridge
Riley
Typhoon Hammers Kyushu Cities In Japan
United Press reports a typhoon sweeping Kyushu harming Nagasaki with over 150000 residents Kagoshima Sasebo and Tshushima each over 50000 population feared damaged Ten people injured in a train wreck at Kokura near Moji caused by the storm
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United Preas Torio
Kyushu
Japan
Nagasaki
Kagoshima
Sasebo
Tshushima
Kokura
Moji
Court Approves Sale of Radio Allied Equipment
Federal judge Baltzell approves the sale of the equipment and furnishings of Radio Allied Industries Inc to Indianapolis Machinery and Supply Co for 28000 dollars. George R. Foote, named receiver May 2 on petition by Boynton & Co., Chicago, handled the sale.
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Radio Allied Industries, Inc
Indianapolis Machinery and Supply Company
George R. Foote
Robert C. Baltzell
Foote
Boynton & Co
Chicago
Hartmann seeks divorce as rapid eating due to nagging cited
Kenneth K Hartmann charged in requesting a divorce from Celia Hartmann in district court. A preliminary divorce was granted. His claim cites his wife nagging during meals which forced him to eat quickly and suffer indigestion.
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United Press
Denver
Col
Kenneth K. Hartmann
Celia Hartmann
Belle Gunness Sightings Spark Mississippi and Indiana Alerts
Reports from Gulfport and La Porte indicate investigators doubt the Mississippi woman known as Mrs. J. W. Smith is Belle Gunness, the Indiana murder-farm suspect. Police in Jackson and Hinds County pursue leads as Lamphere’s case remains tied to the 1908 blaze and presumed graveyard.
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United Press
Gulfport
Miss
Harrison County
Belle Gunness
Indiana
Wolf River
Here
J. W. Smith
Hinds County
Jackson
Aids
LA Porte
Ind
Tom Moore
Mississippi
Moore
Smith
Gunness
Capone warns Brundidge as Lingle murder probe widens
St Louis report quotes Al Capone telling Harry Brundidge to drop Chicago and its money hungry reporters. Chicago State’s Attorney Swanson says a unnamed woman witness is key to solving Tribune crime reporter Alfred J. Lingle’s murder, with details guarded.
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St. Louis
Scarface
Chicago
United Press
Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis Star
Miami
Fla
al Capone
Brundidge
Capone
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Lingle
Harry
John A. Swanson
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Swanson
Randolph Street
Illinois Central
The
Tribune Today
Ted Dod
Herald-Examiner
George
Bugs) Moran
Leland H. Reese
Daily News
Harry Read
Evening American
William R. Russell
John Stege
Samuel Ettelson
Alphonse
Scarface al
Hearst
Russell
William Hale Thompson
Eee
Bank Loot At Daleville Commercial Bank
An unmasked bandit robbed the Daleville Indiana bank securing 1400 dollars from tills and registers and forced assistant cashier Marguerite Good to surrender vault cash. Three citizens were fired upon as the robber fled in a Chevrolet coupe.
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United Press
Daleville Ind
George Barnard
Marguerite Good
Daleville Commercial Bank
Barnard
Miss Good
One Mary Is Plenty in Pickford Petition
Mary Pickford seeks to change her niece Mary Charlotte Pickford's name to Gwynne Pickford in a Los Angeles superior court petition filed today. The 14 year old is Lottie Pickford's daughter with former husband Albert R. Rupp.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Superior Court
Mary Charlotte Pickford
Gwynne Pickford
Lottie Pickford
Albert R. Rupp
Lottie
Conan Doyle Spirit Disrupts New York Seance Chaos
A Fifth Avenue seance featuring Nini Pecaroro predicting Doyle’s return ends with a table hurled by the Conan Doyle spirit. Guests witness moves, wax disk fingerprints, and Doyle’s warning of a scientist’s death this year. Madame Palladino and Admiral ghost appearances punctuate the unsettled gathering.
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Conan Doyle
Amos
Andy
New York
York
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fifth Avenue
Nini Pecaroro
Doyle
Bronx
London
England
Dunninger
Madame Palladino
Admiral
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