Bernard Grant Dies After Prison Standoff In Chicago
Bernard Grant a 22 year old inmate who fought off attackers for years died from stab wounds inflicted by Walter Krauser in the county jail visitors room. Krauser, also sentenced to hang, is held in solitary as officials review his case amid claims of unequal justice and reprieves.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Bernard Grant
Walter Krauser
Grant
Frank H Jirka
Krauser
Srutup
Five Die As Severe New York Storm Rages
United Press reports a sixty mile gale devastates New York causing five deaths and widespread damage including toppled trees and chimneys while threatening numerous canoeists on nearby lakes and rivers.
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United Press Dispatch
New York
Three Escape From State Penitentiary Reported
Pendleton Ind June 22 Rewards posted for three prisoners who escaped yesterday from the state reformatory. The escapees are Jesse Myers formerly of Frankfort Robert Stanley of Richmond and Bradley Shedron of Columbus.
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Pendleton
Ind
State Reformatory
Jesse Myers
Frankfort
Robert Stanley
Richmond
Bradley Shedron
Columbus
Rural Education Conference Set in Washington Indiana
Education leaders from Knox Daviess Sullivan Greene Martin Dubois and Pike counties will gather in Washington Indiana for the third conference on rural education. The event is sponsored by the Indiana Department of Public Instruction township trustees association county superintendents association Indiana Farm Bureau Federation and Indiana University.
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Washington, Ind
State Department of Public Instruction
Township Trustees’ Association
County Superintendents’ Association
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Indiana University
Knox
Daviess
Sullivan
Greene
Martin
Dubois
Pike
Woman Confesses to Killing Husband With Iron Crowbar
In Michigan City Indiana on June 22 Mrs Skibo confessed to beating her husband’s head with a heavy iron bar as he lay drunk at home. After a long questioning she claimed innocence and accused her 19 year old daughter while saying he squandered earnings on moonshine and forced her to house boarders.
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Michigan City
Ind
Skibo
Indianapolis to Host Baptist Young People Convention
Indianapolis will host 7000 young Baptists from July 6 to 12 for the 4th annual international convention of the Baptist Young People's Union. Cacie Tabernacle will be the meeting place. Nationally prominent speakers will address sessions with representatives from every U S state and Canada attending.
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Tuneticd Press
Indianapolis
Baptist Young People’s Union
Union
Cacie Tabernacle
Baptist Church
Canada
Local Teachers Urged to Attend National Meet
Greene county school teachers are urged to attend the National Education Association convention in Indianapolis the week of June 28. Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood says Indiana’s 22 000 teachers should be well represented as leaders from across the United States appear on the program to share new teaching methods and school systems.
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National Education Association
Indiana
Greene County
Indianapolis
Henry Noble Sherwood
Superintendent of Public Instruction
United States
Notable Political and Legal Moves Highlight 1925 News
Senator Arthur Whitney won the Republican nomination for New Jersey governor over Thomas McCran. Oil magnate Harry F Sinclair posted 5000 bonds to appear in Washington on a Teapot Dome conspiracy indictment. Captain J K Robinson was passed over again for promotions. Thomas A Edison became special technical advisor in the Scopes defense. The Duke of Westminster was divorced on grounds of cruelty.
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Arthur Whitney
Mendham
N.J
Thomas F. McCran
Patterson
N. J
Harry IF. Sinclair
Washington
J. K. Robinson
Thomas A. Edison
John T. Scopes
Duke of Westminster
Hooch-Crazed Father Charged in Death of Son
Gary Indiana June 22 A 37 year old Joseph Conkow is charged with murder after shooting his 7 year old son Emory to death with a shotgun while crazed with moonshine He reportedly sought to attack his wife but she intervened.
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United Press Dispatch
Gary
Ind
Joseph Conkow
Emory
Conkow
Bacteriologist testifies in Shepherds murder trial
Dr John Fischer a noted bacteriologist testifies it would be impossible to preserve typhoid germs for a year and inoculate Billy McClintock Shepherd lacks proper training. The defense seeks to weaken Dr Farmans testimony as the trial nears closing with Shepherd expected on the stand this week.
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United Press Dispatch
Criminal Court
Chicago
John Fischer
Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Fischer
C. C. Farman
Billy
William Scott Stewart
Stewart
Robert E. Crowe
Luella Rhubell
National University of Sciences
Farman
Rhubell
Madison Honors La Follette at Citywide Funeral
Madison's 50 000 residents shut stores factories and schools to mourn Robert M La Follette. The body lies at the state capitol and will be buried beside his parents under an oak tree two miles from town. The mayor proclaimed a day of mourning and labor groups were called to quit work for the funeral.
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United Press Dispatch
Madison, Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Madison
Organized Labor
Organization of Merchants
Rum Schooner Wrecked Off Halifax In Storm
The 100 ton Nova Scotia schooner Lewis H Smith with a liquor cargo was wrecked off Liverpool Nova Scotia during a severe electrical storm. The captain and crew reached shore safely but the vessel and cargo were a total loss. The ship was returning from rum row when wrecked.
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United Press Dispatch
Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Lewis H. Smith
Liverpool
Rum Row
Murders Decrease in Indianapolis This Year
Indianapolis police statistics show fourteen murders from January through June, with arrests in all but three cases. Last year saw forty murders in the city. Detective Jerry Kinney of the Indianapolis Police Department compiled the figures.
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Indianapolis
Jerry Kinney
Kinney
Dorothy Perkins Sentenced for Manslaughter
Dorothy Perkins a 17 year old Greenwich Village girl was convicted of manslaughter for killing a guest at her birthday party last February and today received a prison term from five to fifteen years.
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New York
Dorothy Perkins
Greenwich Village
Seven-Foot Sturgeon Caught in Lake Michigan at Miller Beach
Gary Indiana report says George and August Zabiuske caught a seven foot sturgeon off Miller Beach in Lake Michigan on Sunday. They estimate the fish about fifty years old and one of the lake’s largest sturgeons.
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Gary
Ind
George
August Zabiuske
Lake Michigan
Miller Beach
Drownings Across Indiana Claim Five Lives Over Weekend
Indiana reports list five drownings from the weekend including Louis Dutton of Bruceville near a gravel pit at Bicknell and Ivan Brent, a 16 year old from Putnam county, swept to death in Big Walnut creek near Greencastle. Nicholas Romanovich of Gary drowned after rolling into the Calumet river while fishing. Two Chicago men, Joe Draco, 37, and Adelaide Keewin, 20, drowned bathing in Lake Michigan near Gary.
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Louis Dutton
Bruceville
Bicknell
Ivan Brent
Putnam County Farm
Big Walnut Creek
Greencastle
Nicholas Romanovich
Gary
Calumet River
Chicago
Joe Draco
Adelaide Keewin
Lake Michigan
Nine in Nebraska Are Auto Victims
Nine persons die and four are injured in Nebraska and Iowa auto wrecks Sunday. In Iowa six killed while speeding and one run down. Two killed at a Union Pacific grade crossing near Richland Nebraska and another seriously injured by a train at Fremont.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
Union Pacific
Richland
Freemont
Chicago Toll Rises to Five Dead Over Sunday
Nine deaths were recorded in Chicago and surrounding areas as summer opened. Five people died in auto accidents and four drowned at local beaches.
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Uniten Press
Chicago
Heatwave Triggers Death and Streetcar Crash in KC
Excessive heat caused one drowning death and a streetcar wreck in Kansas City on Sunday. Two people were injured when the streetcar overturned as temperatures reached a high of 94 degrees.
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United Press Diswatch
Kansas City
Death toll from weekend accidents reaches 44 nation wide
United Press dispatch from New York reports forty four deaths over the weekend from auto accidents drownings or violent incidents nationwide. Six fatalities occurred in Indiana with one auto fatality near Michigan City.
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New York
Indiana
Michigan City
Seven Ohio Victims Drowned Over Weekend
Seven persons were drowned over the weekend in Ohio, according to reports compiled today. The city of Cleveland is among the areas noting multiple fatalities.
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Ohio
Cleveland
United Priss Dispatch
Six Drownings Reported in St Louis District
St Louis Mo June 22 Six deaths from drowning marked the weekend toll for this district past week.
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United Press Dispatch
ST. Louis
Fifth Annual Disabled Veterans Meet Opens in Omaha
Disabled American Veterans hold the fifth annual convention in Omaha with veterans from every state in attendance. The opening session features a cheery crowd despite visible injuries such as empty coat sleeves and trouser legs.
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Omaha
Neb
Girl dies after auto train collision in Muncie
Mise Alice Bingham eight daughter of A L Bingham a wealthy Muncie manufacturer died from injuries after her automobile was struck by a train this morning in Muncie Indiana according to United Press dispatch.
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Muncie
Ind
Mise
Alice Bingham
A. L. Bingham
North Dakota Senator Edwin Ladd Dies in Baltimore
Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota died in Baltimore at 10:30 a m after a ten day illness from kidney trouble He was among four senators read out of the Republican caucus and would have faced re election a year from November Survivors include his widow and eight children Ladd a former federal food administrator and chemist had been elected in 1920 and aligned with La Follette at times but remained generally with the Republicans
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United Press Dispatch
Baltimore
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Ladd
Sree
Lablette
Ida
Senator Ladd
Sparks
Maine
University of Maine
Northwest
United States
LaFollette Bloc
Republican Party
LaFollett. Banner
Public Lands Coniit
la Follette
President Coolidge
LaFollette
Brookhart
Frazier
Farmer-Bandit Krohn Blames Others In Bank Heist
Chas Krohn of Boonville admits sole responsibility for the Elderfield State bank robbery. He retracts his confession and says Carl Schuetz and William Dier of Evansville had no part. Krohn admits taking 1500 dollars after his cab driver failed to wait, leading to his capture.
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United Press Dispatch
Boonvile
Ind
Chas, Krohn
Elderfield State Bank
Krohn
Carl Schuetz
William Dier
Evansville
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