Convict stabbed to death at lunch in Eastern Penitentiary
Francisco Saris, inmate at Eastern Penitentiary Philadelphia, was stabbed to death by fellow convict Peter Marone in the prison yard while hundreds watched. Marone, already jailed for aggravated assault, denies being the killer as testimony from other convicts points to him. The fatal stabbing occurred just before lunch near the baseball diamond after a quarrel over phonograph records.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Francisco Saris
Peter Marone
Saris
Allentown
Marane
Carbon County
McKenty
Marone
Hel
Fifty Year Legal Battle Ends With $360000 Award
ALPENA Mich June 1 Concluding litigation that stretched through state and federal courts in Detroit Alpena and Boston Judge Arthur J Tuttle in federal court issued an informal decision granting Miss Marian EB Brown of Boston about 360000 in money The settlement closes a dispute that began in 1873 with the death of William White of Boston involving a Maine-Gea case and long legal maneuvering across courts
Ownership dispute over lands in Alpena city limits and county
The case centers on ownership and division of lands within Alpena city limits and just outside it in Alpena county. Since the suit began, White's only daughter has died leaving one child, Miss Brown, who lives in Boston and is about sixty.
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N. Pletcher
Detroit
Alpena
Lmits
Alpena County
White
Miss Brown
Boston
Fraud Is Alleged In Action Against Former Officials
John C. Graham sues B F Sprenkle and P Y Murphy in Butler county common pleas alleging fraudulent stock transfers in 1917. Graham claims he bought Pittsburgh Hickson stock on the basis of solvency representations, the firm later bankruptcy rendered the stock worthless. He seeks recovery of 31.50.
Summer Complaints Stir Police Across The City
Police are kept busy by a flood of seasonable calls about playful youths, dogs, and intrusions on property as warm weather prompts outdoor activity. Officers note many complaints are unnecessary and blame adults for restricting children's freedoms.
Mud Smothers Fires Of 15 Years In Mines
In Anaconda Montana June 1 fires in three connected mines smoldering for 15 years are being smothered with up to 1,000,000 tons of mud by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. By 1922 end, 2,000,000 tons of metalliferous ore including about 80,000 tons of copper may be accessible as gases lessen and previously inaccessible areas are opened for work.
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Anaconda
Mont
Butte District
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Cleveland Street Car Men Accept Pay Cut
Two thousand seven hundred motormen and conductors at Cleveland Railway voted to accept a 10 percent wage cut to new scales of 60 cents an hour for new men 63 cents for six months workers and 55 cents for those employed longer than six months. The workers had already cut wages by 20 percent the previous year.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Railway Company
Co Eds Cheer Rector Attack On Cake Eaters At Northwestern
More than 1 000 co-eds on Northwestern campus applaud Rev George Craig Stewart rector of St Luke s Evanston as he attacks male cake eaters and tea hounds blamed for poor athletic showing He urges girls to influence male students toward university loyalty and athletics Dr Stewart heads the Chicago alumni group of Northwestern.
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International News Service
Chicago
Northwestern
George Craig Stewart
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Evanston
Stewart
$2,500,000 Business Women's Clubhouse Plan Endorsed
NEW YORK June 1 The proposed $2,500,000 business women's clubhouse sponsored by the American Women's Association formerly the Vacations Association received unanimous endorsement from 400 women at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Nearly 800 signed as members of the committee of 1000 to finance the project. The twelve story clubhouse with 800 rooms has not yet been acquired but attempts are being made to secure a location.
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New York
The
American Women's Association
Vacations Association
Pennsylvania
Seattle club plans democratic, nonsectarian funding drive
Between Thirty-eighth and Forty-fifth streets on the East Side, a community club moves toward a formal financial plan by June 15 after the committee of 1,000 is completed. Miss Gertrude Smith, president, cited two women elected to the city council and noted supporters Louise Closser Hale and Emma MacCalarny, with Grace Crowley chairing the organization committee.
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Thirty-eighth
Forty-fifth Street
Gertrude Smith
Seattle
Miss Smith
Louise Closser Halé
Emma MaccAlarney
Grace Crowley
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