Deaths in Gary Family Under Arsenic Investigation
Chicago April 11. David Cunningham 24 of Gary Ind lies between life and death from supposed arsenic poisoning as authorities probe a five member family death record. Five relatives died over six years from illnesses, triggering graveside reopens and scrutiny of insurance policies of 2000 to 3600 dollars each.
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Chicago
David Cunningham
Gary
Ind
Cunningham
Isabel
Harry
Charles
Walter
David
Striken
Stock Frauds Curbed by New Law in Ohio
Ohio Governor Doanhey signed the Fallentier bill imposing drastic curbs on stock frauds. Penalties target wash sales, bucketing, and insolvent brokers handling customer securities. The law holds every brokerage firm member and employee liable for aiding or assisting prohibited acts. Donahey also signed the Stevens bill allowing leasing of state canal land between MideTown and Defiance for Dayton boulevards.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fallentier
Doanabey
Donahey
Stevens
Midietown
Defiance
Dayton
Missing Arcturus Oceanographic Ship Located After Silence
Anxiety over the Arcturus expedition led by William Beebe eased as the navy reestablished communication via a relay of two ships. A message reached the Panama Canal Zone commandant, and direct contact was being pursued. Officials doubt danger, suggesting a radio equipment mishap caused the silence.
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Washington
Arcturus
William Beebe
Mavy
Panama Canal Zone District
Suit to halt cemetery driveway sale and seek removal of buried bodies
A suit filed in Common Pleas Court by Attorney Henry W. Ingersoll seeks to stop the city of Elyria from further selling grave lots on a former driveway at Ridgelawn Cemetery and to compel the removal of bodies buried in the area. The action alleges James A. Hewitt, service director, closed the driveway and platted it for burial lots after council authorized closing two driveways. Four-foot sidewalks remain, preserving grave access.
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Elyria
Ridgelawn
Common Pleas Court
Henry W. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Lucy M. Hurlbut
William Franklin Hurlbut
James A. Fowitt
Hewitt
Liquor Probe May Expand Into State High Life
United States District Attorney A E Bernstein and Mabel Walker Willebrandt anticipate new indictments stemming from the Hayner distillery leakage and Ohio Equor cases. Probes have surfaced involving Peter S Higgins and Pat Scanlon from Youngstown as grand jury action resumes next week.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Hayner
Troy
United States
A. E. Bernstein
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Buckeye
Peter S. Higgins
Youngstown
Finis
Willebrandt
Bernstein
Higgins
Abe Ungerleider
Columbus
Bern- Stein
Pat Scanlon
Scanlon
Beaver Funeral Service Set for Monday
Funeral services for the late George Beaver will be held at Sudro Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 3 o clock. Eagles lodge to furnish pallbearers and Moose to oversee graveside rites. Rev W L Burner to conduct at the home. Survived by his mother two sisters Mrs Ben Worthington and Mrs Fred Clark Grafton and a step daughter Mrs Chinque.
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Elizabeth Rodgers
Mary Blyth
Abbey Road
George Beaver
Sudro
Eagles Lodge
Moose
W. L. Burner
Two More Hurt In Auto Mishap At Cleveland Road
Mt. Vernon residents Paul K. Deal and John W. Hill were bruised when Deal lost control of his car on the Cleveland road and overturned. The pair sought treatment in Cleveland after the accident. RECORD FARTHQUAKE WASHINGTON Earthquake of severe intensity detected by Georgetown University seismograph from 6:02 to 8:45 AM with the strongest shocks between 7:03 and 7:05. Seismographer Father Torndorf places the quake in the Pacific Ocean about 6,000 miles from Washington.
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Paul K. Deal
John W. Hill
Mt. Vernon
Cleveland Road
Deal
Cleveland
Washington
Georgetown University
Father Torndorf
Pacific Ocean
Pennsylvanias One Mile Relay Finishes Second in London Race
At Queens Club London on April 1 the University of Pennsylvania one mile relay team took second place in a triangular race against Oxford and Cambridge. Oxford led the Americans at the tape, a result contrary to pre race expectations as Oxford had been favored to win.
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U. S
London
Pennsylvania University
Oxford
Cambridge
Queens Club
May December wedding shocks capital society
Theodore Forest 23, a government clerk, secretly marries Flora Ritter Gortner 63, a wealthy capital family member, in Williamsport PA. The groom's remark about flappers accompanies news of the union, linking him to a Ritter family tied to William McClellan Ritter, a millionaire who donated stock to employees.
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Washington
Theodore Forest
Flora Ritter Gortner
Williamsport
William McClellan Ritter
SARGENT TELLS DUTIES OF A GOOD COLLEGE MAN
Boston April 11 Attorney General John G Sargent defined the aims and duties of a college man in a letter read to Tufts College seniors The message urged public service without vice personal integrity and loyalty to country and self He emphasized reflective judgment and the role of colleges as interpreters and critics.
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Boston
Mags
John G. Sargent
Tufts College
Sargent
Tufts
Sufferers From Cancer Treated With Radium Gas In St Louis
In St Louis Missouri the city hospital radiology department announced success in treating more than 250 cancer patients during the past year under Dr Leroy Santo since May of last year. The project cost $85000 for radium equipment and walls were built to withstand radiation. The radium is dissolved in water and delivered through a hermetically sealed flask within a lead shield connected to an external device. Further details promised on page 2.
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ST. Louis
Department of
City Hospital
Leroy Santo
Santo
One Killed in Columbus St Car Crash
In Columbus an interurban collision at Weber road crossing left Charley Kruck of Delaware burned to death and three passengers injured. The heavy fog hindered visibility as the capital limited rear collided with the rear car. both vehicles burned. Passenger Miss Mercedes Lyons and George W. Wilson of Delaware injured. motorman Ross Swearagin unhurt. Pearl Kinker jumped to safety. The rear car was deadheading to Columbus for its first northbound run.
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Columbus
Charley Kruck
Delaware
Delaware and Marion
Weber Road
North
George W. Wilson
Mercedes Lyons
Wilson
Ohio State University
Capital Limited
C. D
Weber Tord Crossing
Miss Lyons
Kruck
Ross Swearagin
Pearl Kinker
Farm Bureau suit continued as deposition taken
The Lorain County Farm Bureau suit against Attorney Henry W. Ingersoll for delinquent dues was adjourned again in Justice John Conaway’s court until next Friday. Depositions include Miss Freda Kothe who remains bedridden, her prior Farm Bureau stenography linked to Ingersoll’s membership in questioning.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau
Henry W. Ingersoll
Court of
John Conaway
Freda Kothe
Furnace Street
Kothe
Farm Bureau
Ingersoll
Dodge stock sold as bonds off ered for 75 million dollars
Dullen Read and Company announced the Dodge Brothers debentures issue for 75,000,000 dollars is sold and the books are closed. Harvey L Hooke of the Elyria Board of Trade departed for Philadelphia to spend time with his family.
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Dodge Stock
New York
Philadelphia
Harvey L. Hooke
Elyria Board of Trade
Arrest 200 in vice raids on Denver
Denver police court faced about 200 arrestees including around 40 women after a broad vice raid led by Mayor Stapleton. Many were charged in bootlegging and disorderly houses, with six taken at a fashionable downtown cafe and the proprietor cited for liquor law violations. The operation involved federal, state, county and city officials and proceeded without the police chief’s knowledge.
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Denver
Colo
Stapleton
St Peter’s Parish Holds Goods Friday Procession
Members of St Peter’s Catholic Church on 15th Street led a Goods Friday parade through Lorain last night. A statue of the Dead Saviour opened the march as participants carried candles. About 350 church members participated.
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Lorain
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
15Th Street
Hawaiian Student Honor Man Honored at Michigan Law
Cyrus N Tavares of Paia Maui Hawaii son of a Hawaiian senator tops University of Michigan Law School with highest scholarship honors. He plans law practice in Hawaii after June graduation as the class’s leading scholar.
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Uniersity
Michigan
Cyrus N Tavares
Paia Mani
Hawaii
Postmaster Hiram Ohio Attempt Suicide Burns
Hiram Ohio April 11 Ells Reed 50 postmaster of this village was burned in a suicide attempt. He saturated his clothing with coal oil then ignited a bonfire in a yard pile and crawled atop it to strike a match. His wife rescued him pulling him from the flames though she sustained burned hands. He is in serious condition in a Cleveland hospital.
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Hiram
Ohio
Ells Reed
Cleveland
Reed
Theodore Maddock onetches please the Chicago art scene
A Chicago Evening Post art feature highlights Ted Maddock son of Clark Maddock of Highth Street, student at the Academy of Fine Arts. The piece praises his black and white wash work and notes his talent as a painter.
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Chicago Evening Post
Ted Maddock
Clark Maddock
Highth Street
Academy of Fine Arts
Chicago
Maddock
Elyria High School
New Rum Treaty Moves to Tighten Day Law Enforcement
The state department plans to announce several new rum treaties to tighten prohibition, aiming to curb illicit liquor flowing into the United States. A treaty with Canada is ready for royal approval, Mexico is expected to follow, and Cuba tops the next list as coast guard plans a major crackdown.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Kellogg
Mexico
Canada
London
Cuba
Coast Guard
Poison victim suffers nervous breakdown at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Fred Hazel sister in law of Mrs Martha Wise confessed poisoner at Valley City admitted to Memorial Hospital today due to a nervous breakdown from the affair. Dr W C Park says the poisoning occurred when her mother died from the same cause. Marie Gienke remains at Memorial Hospital with slight improvement. her brother Rudolph Grenke has been discharged but returns daily for treatment.
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Fred Hazel
Martha Wise
Valley City
Memorial Hospital
Hazel
W. C. Park. Gratton
Marie Gienke
Rudolph Grenke
Easter Jail Breaks Unite 23 Men in Ebensburg
In Ebensburg Pennsylvania twenty three men released from the county jail after serving time for their roles in a violent religious clashbetween local residents and Ku Klux Klansmen during a parade. The men left in friendship signifying Easter spirit and shared bondage since the disturbance occurred last Saturday night.
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Ebensburg
Tilly
Global Dispatches From April 11 1925 Crime and Politics
Reports from Constantinople Berlin Paris Halifax Moscow and London detail executions of Kardestan rebels and a death sentence tally, Von Hindenburg campaign remarks, a provisional Paris cabinet plan, Dominion Coal ship icebound, a deadly plant explosion, and Grace Ballaier found murdered with a throat slash.
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Constantinople
Kardestan
Former Ohio officer found slain in Northfield home
The body of John Morrison 47 a former township official was discovered in bed at his Northfield residence near Akron The coroner suspects murder by thieves with a 22 caliber rifle found across his arms The 16 year old daughter and 21 year old son alerted authorities during the early investigation
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Akron
John Morrison
Northfield
Here
M. B. Crafts
Morrison
Lawrence
Medina
Craonigrams Injuries From Root Fall At Sewer Pipe
George Fillimon injured while removing tree roots from a sewer pipe on the John Robinson property on Twelfth Street. A wrist laceration required hospital care though not admission. Also notes Ely na Auto Wash Garage raid over liquor hidden, not at Big tla Auto Wash. patrolman finds caps and delivers to police. Pedestrian Joseph O Neil, 40, Chicago, treated for bruises after being struck by a non stopping auto on Broad Street. Police pursue report of speed through Middle Avenue and Broad Street with discarded bottle. no vehicle found. Jailed for contempt Woods Lorain Negro ten days for non payment of alimony. Steve Beall and Pete Majahin jailed on intoxication charges at Avon Lake.
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George Fillimon
West Bridge Street
John Robinson
Twelfth Street
Fillimon
Robinson
Joseph O'Neil
Chicago
Broad Street
Bruiser
Sem Woods
Lorain
W. B. Thompson
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France
Treasury
Mansfield
Henry Marks
William Remy
H. C.stander
Lisbon
Criminal Red Legion
Edith N. Rogers
John J. Rogers
Massachusetts
Mae Nolan
California
Florence Kahn
Department of Commerce
Colonial Hotel
Fourth — Street
Beaver Funeral Service
Lionaire
ST. Lou
Dr. Santo
American College of Physicians
Columbus ST
Gin Hung Lim
Fong Yuen
U.S
Gerald Chapman
Charles ‘Treier
Lancaster
Thomas Chapman
Charles Chapman
Pot
Ned
Ghemation
Theodore Madboge Onetches
Legger Lorain
Jesse Shelby
William Shelby
Barcelona
Spain
Perse Oration
Lelia Pippert
South Amherst
South Amherst High School
Ridgeville
Miss Pippert
Johnny
Kent
Elattions
Harvey Hopkins
la Grange High School
Eugene Hubbard
Avon High School
Madeline Davis
Amherst High School
Mary Lemrick Brookside School
Phil D. Sherman
Jesse
Ohio Senate
Crabbe
Berlin
Germany
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Paris
Edward Herriot
Doui- Jergue
Par
Halifax
Dominion Coal Company
WaSaka
Newport News
Montreal
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Moscow
Tashkent
Grace Blackaller
Elynia
Wo Hardaker
Elyna Auto Wash
Second St
Tla Auto Wash
Arthur Hurd
Cutlet Clothing Co
Middle Avenue
Steve Beall
Pete Majahin
Walker
Avon Lake
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