Murder Case and Five Year Sentence Across Two States
In a split report, Ernest Faulkner a Chauncey Wright restaurant night porter was found dead with self inflicted wounds and a throat slashing, prompting coroner debate on suicide versus homicide while five cent coins and a letter surfaced. In Washington Dudley M. Storrs was sentenced to not less than four years and five months for seduction with a judge denying bail reduction and urging continued imprisonment.
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Ernest Faulkner
Chauncey Wright
Third Ave
E. Miller
Wall St
Axel Lindgren
31St Ave
Faulkner
City Hospital
Frank Koepfli
Alice
Dalmeny St
Dunedin
N Zealand
St. Charles Hotel
Washington St
Moody
Dudley M. Storrs
Ruth Garrison
Conference on county liquor theft ends with warnings
Sheriff Stringer accuses Prosecutor Brown’s office of scheming while Judge Tallman presides over a confidential meeting with Deputy Prosecutors Frater and Petterson. Brown declines comment but will continue liquor theft probe as judges delay grand jury.
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Brown
Stringer
Tallman
Judge Tallman
Althe
Frater
Petterson
Frown
Bord J. Tallman
Brow
Treaty and League Endorsed by Labor Committee
The American Federation of Labor opens its 39th convention in Atlanta and endorses the peace treaty and the league of nations. The report urges nine labor clauses including equal pay for women, under rights to organize unions, child labor bans, public utilities oversight, and limits on immigration for at least two years.
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American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
League of Nations
League
AFL delegates gather for crucial 1919 convention at Atlantic City
About 550 labor leaders from across the nation attend the Federation of Labor's main convention in Atlantic City. The executive committee endorses the peace treaty and League covenant, praising them as steps toward democracy while noting labor clauses in the treaty and ongoing debates over Mooney Debs and prohibition.
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Algin E
United Press Co
Atlantic City
Federation of Labor
Samuel Compers
Sveres
Gompers
Son
League of Nations
Mooney
Debs
Telegraphers to strike coast to coast Wednesday
Seattle telegraph operators will join a national strike of telegraphers and electrical workers, effective 6 a.m. Wednesday Seattle time. J M Rohan of the Seattle Union of Commercial Telegraphers says Postal and Federal operators will quit, about 60 percent of Western Union workers. Chicago reports J Konenkamp, head of the Commercial Telegraphers union, says no Washington action seen yet to halt the plan and telegraphers nationwide have notified readiness.
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Seattle
J. 4. Rohan
Seattle Union of Commercial Telegraphers
Rohan
Press Association
Chicago
J. Korenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Washington
Konenkamp
United States
Canada
Verdict Reaches Storrs After Sleepless Night
Storrs faces courtroom scene with his mother Mrs Storrs and sister Miele by his side after a sleepless night. He shows no emotion as the trial proceeds, with continued coverage on page sixteen.
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Storrs
Mra
M. Storrs
Miele
Storra
Governor Lister Not Improved After Restless Night
Governor Lister spent a restless night and remains about the same Monday morning. The update came from Swedish hospital in Washington. Major General Cabell praised the southern department and said regular army troops are stationed in Texas to meet any situation on the Mexican border in a telegram to the war department.
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Lister
Swedish Hospital
Washington
United Press
Texas
Cabell
Southern Department
War Department
Real Estate for Sale Offers Easy Payments
The Star urges readers to explore Real Estate for Sale on Page 14. It notes homes can be owned by turning to property listings and emphasizes acting now rather than hesitating, with ads showing buyers how to finance through sellers and builders.
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Star
New York Bankers Subpoenaed in Treaty Leak Probe
United Press reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee subpoenas prominent New York bankers led by J P Morgan and Frank A Vanderlip in a probe of a treaty leak. The group, including Jacob Schiff Henry P Davison Thomas P Lamont Paul Warburg, was ordered to provide correspondence related to the peace treaty and the league of nations. Senator Borah outlines his March inquiry into bankers' interests and support for the league.
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United Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. P. Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Jacob Schiff
Henry P. Davison
Thomas P. Lamont
Paul Warburg
Morgan
Vanderlip
Lamont
Company
Paris
London
League of Nations
Davison
American Red Cross
Senate
Borah
Frazier Hunt
Chicago
Hitchcock
Wilson
Lodge
League of Nations the Great
Clues Tied to Bomb Plots Point to Bessemer Origin
Bessemer Chief James Finnerty said seven bombs were made in a shanty near Bessemer and mailed in suitcases for anarchist use. He identified the anarchist killed at the Palmer home in Washington as Louis Laxdue of Elgin, Illinois.
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Bessemer
James Finnerty
United Press
Finnerty
Palmer
Washington
Louis Laxdue
Elgin, I
Six Persons Are Killed by Train Near Berwyn
Six people including two men one woman and three children died when an eastbound Chicago Burlington & Quincy train struck their automobile at Berwyn Illinois today. The wrecked auto bore Michigan plate T4547 and a registration card bearing the name W. S. Steinburg of Gary Indiana was found on a man.
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Berwyn
Here
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Michigan
W. S. Steinburg
Georgia Ave
Gary
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