Illinois martial law spreads as guardsmen take over Williamson County
Reports from Herrin and surrounding towns describe a dramatic shift as martial law extends with bayonet tipped rifles. Klansmen and anti klan factions clash amid miner strikes and civil authority upheaval. Coroner’s inquest investigates Constable Cagie’s death. ex mayor A T Pace charged with complicity.
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A. T Pace
Herrin
Caesar Cagie
William Ruff
Mine A
Chicago
Wilmington
Franklin Mine Company
Witliamson County
Illinois
Williamson County
Baldwin’s Party Leader Re-elected in Surprise Vote
In London Feb 11 former Stanley Baldwin was unanimously reelected leader of the Conservative Party at a meeting here. Steps were taken to retire the party. In Nsf field Feb 11 the Held Savings Bank and Company was halted by a forged check for 428 dollars by Herman Homberger, a safety director. The site is said to be a setback to Homberger.
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McCrary
J UN
Ander
H. B. Weyerbacker
Ndoah
Navy Department
Opon
Lake
Shenandoah
Lakehurst
Stanley Baldwin
Ory Party
Rvative
Nsfield
Savings Bank and Company
Herman Homberger
Homberger
Indianapolis
McCray
Vodiana
Section Hand Killed by His Companion
Lorain, Feb 11. Norman Helper, 19, a track worker on the Kirkle Plate railroad, died at St Joseph's hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a companion picked up a revolver and it discharged. Helper lived at 10812 Amor Avenue, Cleveland. No arrest. shooting ruled accidental. Cincinnati police seek Sarah Frances Meyer, 16, model at Cincinnati Art Academy, missing a week. mother suspects detention near Cleveland.
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Lorain
Norman Helper
Kirkle Plate
St Joseph's Hospital
Vermilion
Helper
Amor Avenue
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Sarah Frances Meyer
Cincinnati Art Academy
New York Welcomes Returned Officer Griffis in Parade
Lieut. Hooven Griffis, former army intelligence officer and once linked to an alleged Bergdoll kidnapping plot, arrived in New York from Berlin and was greeted by a patriotic delegation, family, and veterans as the Macom liner docked. The parade proceeded to City Hall where Acting Mayor Collins welcomed him amid band music and tears from relatives.
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Hooven Griffis
Army Intelligence Service
Berlin
Cleveland Bergdolf
Patriotic Sons
Griffis
Albert Balin
Frush
Balin
West 46Th St
Am T Collins
E Ballin
Theodore Kier
Kier
Batin
Kiervar
Eugene S. Giffis
Dorothy Griffis
Justice Brandel Favored as Oil Lease Prosecutor
A group of senators favor an absence from the Supreme Court for associate justice Lowis Brandels to act as government's prosecutor in the oil lease scandal. The President has named Silas Strawn and Atlee Pomerene to prepare the case.
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Lowis Brandels
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brandel i
Supreme Court
Silas Strawn
Atlee Pomerene
Doctor Walker Accepts Call to Elyria
Dr William L Walker of Danville Kentucky has resigned as pastor of the Danville Baptist church and will begin work in Elyria March first. He led Danville church about six years with a roughly twelve hundred member roll and Sunday school attendance over five hundred. He cites a larger field of usefulness in Elyria and will move with his wife and four children to 315 Fifth Street upon arrival.
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William L. Walker
Danville
Kentucky
First Baptist Church
R E. Neighbour
Mrs. Walker
Fifth Street
Fire damages R. Page home on Laura Court
Fire gutted the new bungalow of R Page on Laura court near Lake avenue Sunday morning. Mrs Page and four children escaped in night clothes as the fire spread through lathed walls. a dog died from smoke. Fire Chief Bates cites total loss of contents and about 2000 dollars in damages.
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R. Page
Laura Court
Lake Avenue
Central Station
Bates
TWO LORAIN DIVORCE STITS FILED TODAY
Edward Gilbert of Lorain seeks divorce from Catherine Gilbert alleging jealousy and misconduct accusations since their 1895 marriage. He requests alimony and notes his job as a foreman at the Hecho Tube Co. Ben Jaffe of Lorain files for divorce from Lillian Jaffe, citing temper and absence from home since January 29.
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Lorain
Edward Gilbert
Catherine Gilbert
Hecho Tube Co
Ben Jaffe
Lillian Jaffe
McAdoo Defends Oil Leasing Ties in Senate Hearing
In Washington on February 11, McAdoo testified before the public lands committee defending his 1919 employment with the Doheny interests and denying wrongdoing in the Elk Hills lease affair. He urged impartial inquiry and denounced partisan use of his name amid a crowded, partisan hearing as Strawn and Pomerene’s counsel nominations faced delay.
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Coolidge
Navy
Denby
Interior
Senate
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Senate Public Lands Committee
Doheny
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Fai
David Ladd Rockwell- McAdoo
Silas H. Strawn
Atlee Pomerene
Harding
Navy Department
Department of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
Spencer
Missouri
Marriage Talk Between Roumanian and Italian Royals
Rome reports arrival of Queen Marie of Roumania with word a marriage is being arranged between Prince Nichols, fourth son of the Roumanian king, and Princess Mafalda, daughter of the Italian king and queen. Other dispatches note denials in Paris of cession or debt swaps, Poincare's illness, a Batavia riot, Indian river baptisms, Madrid censoring Heraldo, Spain frontier tensions, and Luxor's pre tomb opening mood.
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Rome
Marie
Roumania
Nichols
Mafalda
Italy
Mrs Jane Sparks Dies at Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Jane Sparks of 143 Oak Street died at Memorial hospital Saturday evening at age 52. The body was taken to Hurst Funeral Home. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at the safe residence with Rev William Flammer officiating. She is survived by husband David Sparks a son William a sister Mrs Georgine Preston of Detroit and a brother Airdn Johnston and her mother both of Scotland.
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Jane Sparks
David Sparks
Oak Street
Memorial Hospital
Hurst Funeral Home
William Flammer
Second Congregational Church
Edison Proclaims Coolidge Best Man For 1924 White House
Thomas A. Edison marking his 77th birthday in West Orange declares Calvin Coolidge the best man for the 1924 presidential race in a morning interview. In Charleston West Virginia Izetta Jewell Brown of Kingwood files as Democratic candidate for U S senator with the secretary of state.
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West Orange
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas A. Edison
Charleston
W. Va
Izetta Jewell Brown
Kingwood
Young
United States
Two Toddlers Die In Home Fire Near Fort Des Moines
Des Moines reports a devastating early morning blaze that killed two year old Dar old and his sister Yvonne Brown, aged six, in a Fort Des Moines area home. Their mother is critically burned while trying to rescue the children. the father was away at work.
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Des Moines
Darold
Yvonne Brown
Fort Des Moines
Q Classes Occupying Washington Blog
The Washington building fills as rooms are completed with five grade schools occupying rooms two weeks ago and five high school classes taking the same number of rooms this morning. John Jones faced Mayor Hinkson for drunkenness, fined $1 and costs.
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Washington
John Jones
Hinkson
Costa
Hamlin and Dormas Face Liquor Fine Payments
Police lock up two men for non payment of liquor fines. Cash Dormas of South Amherst, once a soft drink shop operator, had $1,621.96 due after appeals failed. Jam Hamlin of Cleveland faced $1,600 in fines and costs after appeals failed and is jailed until payment.
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Cash Dormas
South Amherst
Western Heights
Jam Hamlin
Victor Hulbert
Cleveland
Southam and
Crehan
Appeals in Marshall county murder case reach Pittsfield
The Marshall county inquiry ties a sensational murder chain to Pittsfield Massachusetts where Raymond Burton Smith's father died years earlier. Smith is held as detectives probe deaths including Mrs Frances Sweet and other family cases amid insurance payouts and possible slow poisoning.
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Plymouth
Ind
Marshall County
Pittsfield
Mass
Raymond Burton Smith
Smith
Frances Sweet
Margaret Smith
Sweet
Chicago
Deaths of Two Guards At Western Penitentiary In Pittsburgh Riot
An investigation was begun into the explosion and riot at Western Penitentiary after guards John Coax and John A. Piper were killed. Warden Egan said both were shot in the melee during prisoners’ flight. 1100 inmates remained confined as officials sought the cause and control of the disturbance.
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Pittsburgh
Western Penitentiary
H. D. W. English
John Coax
John A. Piper
English
Pittsburh
Egan
Coax
Piper
Railroads seek bond authority for Chicago Union Station work
Washington reports that the Chicago Union Station Company and connected railroads ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval to issue seven million nine hundred thousand dollars of first mortgage gold bonds and to sell eight hundred fifty thousand dollars of bonds previously issued. In Fayetteville West Virginia three United Mine Workers officials go on trial for alleged participation in the 1921 miners march and the Logan County clash near Mingo County. A Senate bill proposes aligning congressional meet dates so the first session starts on April 1 and the second on January 2 of the following year.
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Washington
Chicago Union Station Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fayetteville
W Vn
United S Hae
Logan County
Mingo
Counpress
Senate
Democrat
Utah
Lincoln and Washington Birthday Observances Included City Offices
Banks the court house and city hall will close tomorrow in observance of Lincoln birth and other civic events. The court of common pleas will also be closed. The school will not observe the day but plans a joint observance of Washington and Lincoln's birthdays on the 224th.
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BANKS
Court House City Hall
Lincoln
Court House
Court of Common Pleas
Washington
Police Turn Stellatano Murder Evidence to Prosecutor
Lorain February 11 Police Chief Walker says he has handed the Stellatano murder case evidence to Prosecutor Lawrence Webber. A man was shot dead on a street about three weeks ago as investigators pursued suspects.
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Lorain
Walker
Stellatano
Lawrence Webber
Death of Nick Csonka Seven Months Into Sixth Year
Nick Csonka of 134 Woodford Avenue died at Elytia Memorial Hospital after a four week illness. He was six years seven months and twenty six days old and a pupil in the first grade at Western Heighty school. Funeral Tuesday at 10:30 from his home with a Lorain priest. burial at St Mary’s.
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Nick Csonka
Woodford Avenue
Elytia Memorial Hospital
Yelock
Lorain
Boyal
St. Mary’s Eae
French and Belgians Arrest 2000 in Ruhr
French and Belgian forces arrested about 1,850 Germans in the Ruhr region after fresh anti occupation unrest. Sterkrade and Dusseldorf saw attacks on officers, prompting curfews and closures of cafes. Gelsenkirchen opened a new prison to hold growing detainees amid new separatist tensions.
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Sterk Trade
Dussendorf
Ruhr
Bolas
Sterkrade
Dusseldorf
Gelsenkirchen
Rhipetasd Palatinate
Aganizanone
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