Brakeman Held Responsible For Wabash Wreck
An Indiana wreck report pins blame on brakeman Davis Re Torrence for leaving a switch unlocked as a Wabash freight was split on two sidings at Williamsport. The northbound Detroit flyer collided, injuring forty to fifty and killing eight, with several critically hurt and some may die. Hospitals in Lafayette and Danville treated the injured. The toll included Eise man and Dungan’s deaths among others.
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Williamsport
Ind
E. Phillips
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Rabbi P. Goldberg
New York
W. P. Pauley
Decatur
Ill
Annie Halloway
Toledo
Ohio
Walter. L. Mitchell
St. Louis
C. Burkhardt
Peru
George Korsmo
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Lafayette
Danville
W. E. Eckart
Wabash Railroad
Davis RE. Torrence
Eckart
Rum Hounds Set For Two Day Anti Prohibition Congress
London hosts a two day world congress opening June 24 where men and women physicians scientists authors preachers and politicians address delegates to an international anti prohibition congress. They will contrast alleged joys of moderate drinking with gloom of life without drinking. Delegates from nearly every civilized country attend as a tea at the Savoy Hotel serves as the main entertainment.
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London
Savoy Hotel
Worthington Man Named Socialist Candidate for Indiana Governor
Francis Wampler of Worthington was nominated as the Socialist candidate for Indiana governor at the Socialist party state convention held Saturday in Indianapolis. The gathering also named a full slate of state officers and selected delegates to the Socialist national convention and the conference for progressive political action at Cleveland.
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Indianapolis
Francis . Wampler
Worthington
Indiana
Cleveland
Ed Barber Taken to Michigan City Dies on Aug 25
Ed Barber, convicted in Clay circuit court of killing Terre Haute Detective Steve Kendall during a January 23 filling station robbery, was moved to Michigan City yesterday to die in the electric chair on August 25. Authorities feared Barber’s Ku Klux gang associates might hinder delivery. Sheriff Armstrong and deputies transported him by auto. Contemporaries Joe Parker, also sentenced to die for the same crime in Vigo county, was moved to Michigan City last week.
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Brazil
Ind
Ed Barber
Clay
Steve Kendall
Terre Haute
Michigan City
Barber
State
St. Louis
Armstrong
Joe Parker
Vigo
Coolidge Returns to Washington for Busy Week
President Calvin Coolidge, rested after a Mayflower cruise, returns to Washington to face what may be his busiest week since taking office. He plans to consult with Secretary Hughes on responding to a Japanese note protesting the exclusion act, while also handling several political decisions.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Hughes
Liquor raid nets evidence in handkerchiefs in Indiana
Police raided the home of Mr and Mrs Harley Moore in Columbus Indiana to obtain proof of prohibition violations. They say liquor soaked through handkerchiefs held under a stream of white mule, poured from an upper story window. Handkerchiefs were placed in a self sealing jar for evidence and about 100 empty bottles were confiscated. The couple is jailed.
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Columbus
Ind
Harley Moore
Moore
Coalmont Man Killed by Auto in Terre Haute
P J Rooney a farm hand near Coalmont Ind was struck and killed at Second street and Wabash avenue at 10 oclock last night The driver sped west on Wa bash avenue and has not yet been located Rooneys skull was crushed and one arm broken He died on the way to Union hospital He carried letters including one from brother Daniel Rooney of Coulmont and another addressed to 918 Chestnut street Rooney habitually came into the city on weekends The investigating officers say the Marion auto struck him as he crossed the intersection and sped away west without stopping
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Terre Haute
P. J. Rooney
Coalmont
Ind
Second Street
Wabash Avenue
Rooney
Union Hospital
Daniel Rooney
Coulmont
Chestnut Street
Frank M. Bradford
Marion
Wabash ‘Avenue
Debs Improving in Chicago Hospital
Eugene V. Debs labor leader and former Socialist presidential candidate is gradually improving at Elmburg sanitarium after two weeks with heart disease. Physicians had feared for his condition in May following a retirement from a nationwide speaking tour last November.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Elmburg Sanitarium
Debs
Slayers of Franks Boy Do Not Express Any Regret
Illinois moves toward death penalty for Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb in the Robert Franks slaying. State prosecutors plan to indict on kidnapping and murder with a grand jury to start soon. The teens claim the killing was a thrill crime conducted as an experiment.
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Slayers
International News Service
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Illinois
Nathan E. Leopold, Jr
Crowe
Leopold
Evanglist Denounces Modernism in City Revival
Evangelist Chambers denounces modernism in sermons based on Nehemiah and the old Jerusalem church. Three services drew attendees from nine to ten congregations including visitors from Spencer. Revival runs through Wednesday with Bible drill at 7 and preaching at 7 30 each night, plus afternoon prayer meetings at 2 and baptismal service at 5 today. Public invited.
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Evangelist Chambers
Nehemiah
Jerusalem
Evangelist
Old Jerusalem
Cross of Calvary
Friends of God
Spencer
Barkley Withdraws Rail Bill From Congress
Representative Barkley of Kentucky withdrew his bill to abolish the United States railway labor board from further consideration, saying there was no chance of action this session.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
United States Railway Labor Board
Barkley
Kentucky
Fire Traps Dozens Of Subnormal School Girls In California
A three story wooden dormitory housing the Hope Development School for Subnormal Girls at Playa del Rey burned on a Saturday night. At least 23 bodies, including the head matron Mrs. Drew Thomas, are recovered, with 19 children and two firemen injured. Most doors were locked, rescue crews forced entry through windows as flames spread across the lagoon site near Santa Monica.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hope Development School
Playa del Rey
Santa Monica
J.C. Thomas
Drew Thomas
Columbus
Ohio
Wilfred Ringer Jacobs
Walter D. Curtis
Curtis
Easy to Get Life Liberty and Evasion of Unhap Piness
A fragment hints at a philosophical or satirical note comparing life and liberty with avoidance of unhappiness, suggesting a critique of ease versus true fulfillment. The text lacks concrete events or identifiable persons, venues, or dates.
Congress to adjourn by seven p m next Saturday
Washington notes that the House voted to wind up the session at 7 p m next Saturday while insurgent Senator La Follette plans to block adjournment. Leaders admit farm relief and railroad and reclamation bills may face opposition though an adjournment resolution by Representative Longworth is expected to pass in the House, moving the issue to the Senate.
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International News Serwich
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Congress
House of Representatives
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
House
Senate
Biggest blast in industry used 301200 pounds of powder
Near Ogden Utah a test blast used 301 200 rounds of powder to lift and shatter 550 000 cubic yards of rock for railroad approach fills to the Salt Lake trestle. A hill 276 feet high and 1 000 feet long was broken into fragments. Explosives were placed in tunnels totaling 4 100 feet, with 25 men working 45 days.
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Ogden
Utah
Odden
Salt Lake
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bryan Again Faces Wall Street Bogey in Campaign
On the eve of his eighth presidential run William Jennings Bryan declares Wall Street the common bogey in prior campaigns. He states the line of battle this year is Wall Street versus the people, a recurring theme in his politics.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
William Jennings Bryan
Wall Street
Bryan
GCP Gathers Big Guns in Cleveland for Convention
National committee members and officials arrive in Cleveland as the Republican convention nears. Hearings on contests, largely within state factions, are planned for three days. Distribution of tickets to 1,109 delegates, as well as alternates and 800 dignitaries, will start this week.
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Cleveland
Ohio
P. A. Sullivan
Wyoming
H. L. Remmel
Arkansas
Fred W. Upham
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
William M. Butler
Coolidge
John T. Addams
Iowa
Addams
Crazed Father Attacks Family. Son Kills Him in Defense
Donnelly Minnesota June 2 Geo Smith Jr 19 intervening to protect his mother sister and younger brother when his father 45 attacked them at their farm four miles west of town A coroner s jury ruled self defense and exonerated the son Mrs Smith testified the father became crazed apparently over a new dress his day wearing and started the attack
Plank for Religious Liberty Tied to Klan Issue Politics
Indiana Democratic figure from Connersville proposes four planks for the state convention to reaffirm religious freedom and constitutional guarantees, warning that tying the Ku Klux Klan question to the campaign could provoke bitter religious strife and distract from economic issues under the Republicans.
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Indianapolis
Connersville
Congrer
Gray
Satutey
Repeal of Day Law Not Greatly Sought
A New York Herald Tribune poll of states found no clear shift toward nullifying the prohibition amendment. The survey followed Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler's forecast of repeal within five years, with states expressing doubt on effectiveness and some treating the law as a joke while movement to repeal appears in flux.
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New York
States of the Union
New York Herald- Tribune
Ageer
Tain
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Oficenti
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