Visit by man questioned in Ward death case in Chicago
A Chicago hearing on the death of William Nelson McClintog shifts as an unnamed woman testifies she will describe events before and after the fatal fight involving William D. Shepherd. The case features former star witness Robbe White whose affidavit negated prior statements, and mentions alleged germ transfer at a university linked to Shepherd. Ward politician James Callan may also be drawn into grand jury questioning on influence peddling for a juror.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintog
Robbe White
Shewherd
Defungo
White
Rhepherd
Chinley
G. Falman
National University of Belenes
Haryea
McChintock
Jamen
Callan
Shepherd
Germ Aloyar
Daily Mail
Miss Joyce Wethered Wins Troon Championship
In Troon Scotland on May 22 Miss Joyce Wethered England’s perennial women’s champion prevailed over former champion Miss Cecil Loltech to claim the title after an extra hole. The match was even after 18 holes each round before the decisive playoff.
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Troon
Scotland
Joyce Wethered
England
Whan Aho
Cecil Lolteh
Jury Deliberates In Peonage Case In Pensacola
In Pensacola Florida on May 22 the federal court heard four hours of arguments from five Calhoun county white men charged with peonage. Trial wrapped late yesterday with each side given two hours for their presentations. The proceeding marked the jury’s task to render a verdict in the federal peonage case.
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Pensacola
Pla
Calhoun County
Nation Seeks Double Prosecution in Liquor Case
In Ingerstown, Frank Pryor and Daniel Forsythe, Williamsport proprietors, faced new indictments after a federal court found them guilty and sentenced them to 60 days in jail. A grand jury charged them with violating local liquor and prohibition laws, with one convict by the court and one by a jury. State's Attorney Ellsworth Roweota vowed continued prosecutions.
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Ingerstown
Nime
Frank Pryor
Daniel Forsythe
Williams Port
Jal
Waalingtom County
Washington County
Ellsworth Rowelta
Supreme Court of the
U. S
Federa Court
U.S. Business Must Extend Farmers Aid
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine urged at the U S Chamber of Commerce meeting that American business must join to aid farmers. He called for removing freight rate inequalities and crafting policy to adjust rates to changing economic conditions over time.
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U.S
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Secretary of Agricultura
Jardine
United States Chamber of Commerce
Jardine Asgarted
Train wreck near Brookfield leaves one dead
Brookfield Missouri May 22 General Watson fireman was killed and two other trainmen injured when Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train number six derailed and overturned several miles west of Noying er Missouri early today.
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Watson
Wag
Chicago, Burlington, Quircy
Noyinger
Modernists vs Fundamentalists in Presbyterian Church Battle
In Columbus on May 22 Modernists within the Presbyterian General Assembly were poised to win a second clash with ultra fundamentalists over expanding the New York Presbytery. The Chester Pennsylvania Presbytery sought abolition of New York Presbytery related to the Fosdick case. Debate focused on licensing candidates who had not explicitly affirmed Christ and other theological questions, with factions ready to press procedures if church law allowed it.
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Columbus
New York
Chester
Prasbytery
Christ
American Debutantes Hide Bobbed Hair at Court
London May 22 American debutantes posed at the first court and later state presents to King George and Queen Mary. They disapproved shiny bobbed hairstyles but many wore disguises to conceal the look.
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London
Gdict
King Georgea
Queen Mary
Russia Declared Outlaw Territory by Arms Control Body
Geneva May 2 Russia was placed in the outlaw category by the general commission of the Arms Control Conference. The commission approved a French proposal granting promotion to all countries bordering Russia regarding publicity on arms manufacture and traffic. The provision holds while Russia refuses to join the arms trade convention. Congressman Theodore Turton, chairman of the American delegation, approved the proposal.
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Geneva
Russia
General Commission
Theodore Turton
Civil War Vet Seeks Discharge For 63 Years In Service
York Pa May 22 A Civil War veteran John L Lease 77 seeks formal discharge from the army claiming he served 63 years after not being officially returned to civilian life at war end He says the battalion commander told him his services were no longer required and he went home now he must prove a discharge to obtain a pension making him possibly the oldest soldier in the service.
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York
John L. Lease
Lease
Aged Man Barnhart of Chena ville Critically Ill At Home
Barnhart, a Civil War veteran and Grand Army of the Republic member, aged 86, of Chenaville, is critically ill at his home. He spent many years in business as a builder before retirement.
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Ciiam Ih
UH. Barnhart
Chenaville
Hig
Darnhart
Gd. A. N
Dusiness
Comtendor
Rum runners captured after eluding fleet
Boston reports a slip from Jonasport named Maia seized at Commercial Wharf with 45000 dollars of liquor after eluding patrols. Eleven crew members and over 1000 cases of champagne and other stock valued at 45000 dollars were confiscated. The vessel is noted as the first rum slip to penetrate the guarded waters.
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Boston
Maia
Jonasport
Maina
Slayers Pay With Lives at Oregon State Prison
At Salem May 22 two more murderers died on the gallows. Arthur Covell, crippled by an accident, was wheeled to the scaffold and hanged for plotting the murder of his sister in law Emma Covell. Ly P Peura, age 70, white haired, was executed for the murder of his wife and a neighbor.
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Salhm
Oro
Arthur
Covel
Peura
Covell
Tha Rae
Noosa
InJow
Emma Covell
Peor
Janes Qulyer
Philadelphia police under probe after brewery raid case
Philadelphia May 22 Director of Public Safety Smedley D Butler continues inquiry into reports officers ignored breweries and rum running after the suspension of a house sergeant and three men from the Thirty second and Woodland Avenue station for allowing an alleged illicit laden truck to proceed after striking a child and fleeing the scene
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Philadelphia
Director of Public Safety
Smedley D. Butler
Thirty-second
Woodlawn Avenue
Ling
Armies Plan Big Morrocan Campaign as French Spanish Agree
Paris dispatches from Madrid report a joint French and Spanish plan for a major offensive against Abd-El-Keim at Ad Fir and Rutlandtelbea in Morocco. The move forms part of an accord between Primo de Rivera and M Maloy allowing parallel campaigns amid new war-financing demands. Rebels were driven back in a night engagement near Abin Aieha as French forces under General De Chane brut pressed operations in newly conquered territory.
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Spanish
Morocco
M. Maloy
Fez
Fretch
Lofay
de Chane Brut
Abin Aieha
Baltimorean Fatally Hurt in Syria Car Crash
Samuel Taylor Darling a Baltimore pathologist and member of the League of Nations malaria study committee for Palestina died in an automobile accident near Beirut Syria along with two other officials. He lived at 2711 Elaine avenue Baltimore and was born in Harrison New Jersey in 1872. He joined the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore in 1908.
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Darling
Syria
Geneva
Samuel Taylor Darling
Rockafellar Foundation
Harrison, N. J
Beirut
League of Nations Committee For the Study
Palestina
Palestine
Samuel Taylor Dorling
Elainore Avenue
Baltimore
Wowan
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Police seek effigy hangers at Waynes High School
Seniors and juniors at Waynes High School allegedly hung an effigy of sophomores and freshmen in front of the high school building. Police are investigating and seeking suspects connected to the incident.
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Waynesvere High School
Storm toll hits three dead in Colorado cyclone
A ferocious wind and sand storm swept northern and central Colorado yesterday, killing three people and leaving three others seriously injured. The cyclone blasts caused widespread damage across several counties, with emergency crews racing to reach affected communities. Authorities warned of ongoing risks as cleanup began in hard hit towns.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Third Attempt Made By Air
NEW YORK May 22 Amundsen's attempt to reach the North Pole is the fourth air effort. Three men died in the first attempt by Kallaan in 1897. The Andree expedition left Danes Island on June 11, 1897 and never returned. Walter Wellman tried in 1908 and 1909 with a dirigible, but both ships were wrecked.
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Amundsen
North Pole
Kallaan
Tila
Andree
Stringberg
Fraenkel
Danes Island
Splitbergen
Walter Wellman
Pole
Veteran Dies From Fall at 82 in Rehoboth
Sylvester Pittman aged 82, Civil War veteran, died after a fall on his home steps in Hiniede Tuesday. He served 1861 to 1864, re-enlisted briefly in Hancock, and belonged to Webster Morris Post American Legion. Survived by widow, three children, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Funeral held at his home with ministers of Rehoboth Church in charge.
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Sylvester Pittman
Hiniede Lind Tueaday
Digurles
Nhs Phull
Conevany 1 Potoniac Hound
Hallie
Wancock
Barnhart Is Again Named Police Sergeant at Hancock
Charles Barnhart was reappointed as Hancock police sergeant by Burgess John T. Mason to deter law violators. Barnhart has long enforced the law in the northern section and is known for strict policing. A bishop family member was accused after a youth fled and was charged with firing, but the grand jury acquitted him.
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Charles Barnhart
Hancock
John T. Mason
Barat Nas
Lda
Rarnhart
Somme
Lowever
Alven
HNL
Viancock
Alllciala
Belgian cabinet ousted in quick turnover
Brussels reports the Vandy vere cabinet was ousted 98 to 74 after just over a month in office. Paris dispatches also say Predlar Vandy vara and his cabinet have resigned, per La Temps.
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Vandyvere
Paris
Predlar Vandyvara
Hia
jLa Temps Today
Amundsen Aims North Pole Flight In Two Planes
London reports Captain Roald Amundsen and Lt. Ellsworth completed a North Pole dash from Kings Bay with two Dornier planes. The expedition, using six crew and two hydroplanes, faced return uncertainties with possible Alaska passage if return flight fails.
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London
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
North Pole
Oslo
Norway
Kings Bay
Spitebergen
Roald Anundgen
Lipkavergen Inte
Pela
Alaska
Kings
Canteh
Hera
Arete Ocean
Nnde
Ellsworth
Trin
Aunundgen
Ated Milsworth
Carviedt
Spilzenburg
Io North
Storm Claim Two Lives In Centralia Thunderstorm
An electrical storm swept through Centralia Illinois on May 22 killing M. B. Keasterson, 49, and his wife Laura. The blast toppled three homes and uprooted trees with other damage reported as the storm moved through the area. Responders noted more injuries and further weather details were being compiled by local authorities.
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Centralia
M. B. Keasterson
Tls Ayifo
Laura
Billie
Tha Keasterdon
Thera
Bishop Goes Tow to Jail in Morgan County
William Mily Bounco Bishen of the Bishop clan from Muck Oaks is jailed in Morgan County Jail at Narkolay Syriogy for thirty days following an automobile mishap in Hancock vicinity. Mayor Hunter of Berkeley Apringa presided over the inquiry and found him in charge of a damaged vehicle.
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William “Mily Bounco" Bishen
Bishop
Muck Oaks
Hancock
Morgan County
Narkolay
Syriogy
Dlahop
Hunter
Berkeley Apringa
Aparite Taghla Automobile
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