Chicago Child Killer Confesses After Grilling
Thomas Fitzgerald admitted choking six year old Janet Wilkinson to death and burying her body under a coal pile at his Chicago flat after a lengthy police interrogation. He led officers to the burial site at 112 Hust Superior Street where they uncovered the corpse. The confession followed intense questioning and public pressure from onlookers. Wilkinson's parents waited as the arrest and inquiry quickly moved toward prosecution.
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Janet Wilkinson
Leder
Pred Howe
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Howe
Alcock
Imperiahi Developiietiin
Wilkinson
Cook Comety
Jimmy” O'Brien
Attur
Notable political shift fuels call for farm colony laws
Fitzgerald’s removal to the criminal courts building followed a murder case narrated to official stenographers. Coroner Hoffman impaneled a jury at Carell’s undertaking rooms and opened an inquest into the body as Acting Chief Alcock pressed for a special legislative session to enact farm colony laws for defectives.
Fatest Man in World Jack Wilson Dies
Jack Wilson, 28, billed as the fattest man in the world, died of paralysis at Holy Family hospital in Brooklyn after collapsing during a Coney Island sideshow exhibition. He weighed 650 pounds and required a motor truck and a customized stretcher for admission. His body will be sent to Chicago with his parents for burial.
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Coney Island
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Chicago
JAPANESE PRESS TAKES A CONCILIATORY TONE
The Japanese press shows conciliatory attitudes toward the Shantung issue and anti Japanese comments in the U S senate. It attributes American actions to misunderstandings of the issue and alleged Chinese propaganda. The anti American press push here is waning as of July 26. Aerial mail service between New York and Chicago resumes after an agreement with striking pilots and the Post Office Department.
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United States Senate
Japan
United States
New York
Chicago
Congress to Sell War Surplus Food Direct to Public
Washington reports a House action this week to require the War Department to sell its surplus bacon ham and vegetables directly to consumers at cost. The move aims to curb profiteering and ease the high cost of living. Senate debate continues on food profiteering and packer regulation with lawmakers from Ohio Iowa and others shaping the issue.
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Pomerone
Ohio
Kenyon
Iowa
Chicago Beach Race Riot Leaves Dozens Injured
A black and a white man died and 5 000 people fought on Chicago South Side beaches in a race riot. Dozens were shot and wounded as police struggled to restore order along the lakefront from Twenty ninth to Thirty fifth streets.
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Cottage Jrove
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Thirty-fifth Street
Michael Reese Hospital
Regional Tension Narrows Gap With Expanded Police Presence
An additional squad of officers was deployed and spread along the lake as a separating exhibition between white and black groups was planned for later.
War workers on ship Fabre liner arrive at Providence
About 200 war workers travel aboard the Canady of the Fabre line arriving in Providence. Among them are Maj. M Stephen Slaughter and Mrs Slaughter from Wisconsin, Capt John W Fairfax of New Orleans, and Admiral Manuel Paula De Sousa Getnil of Portugal bound for Timor to govern there. Also aboard are Richard Robinson Riley returning to the U S for the first time in years.
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Providence
R. 1
M. Stephen Slaughter
University of Wisconsin
Slaughter
John W. Fairfax
New Orleans
Red Cross
Manuel Paula de Sousa Getnil
Portugal
Timor
Java Sea
Richard Robinson Riley
Oneul Et Nice
United States
Hove
Subcommittee Moves to Permit Home Cider and Light Wines
Washington July 28 One tooth in the prohibition law was extracted by the senate subcommittee charged with enforcement legislation It would permit the manufacture of cider and light wines in the home for home use if the decision is adopted The subcommittee agreed to strike out the prohibition but did not finalize the blue pencil yet pending full committee review Further consideration of removing other provisions was postponed.
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Washington
Senate
Subcommittee
Many Aspire to Office of President in Busy Boom
A Washington survey finds numerous presidential boomlets in both parties with as many as two dozen eligibles ready to lead. Republicans show the strongest activity with Frank O Lowden of Illinois and Senator Warren G Harding of Ohio among the top booms, while Democrats also field several leaders amid Reconstruction era debates.
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Washington
United States
Frank O. Lowden
Miinvis
Warren G. Ilarding
Ohio
Repub
Fleet Reaches Pacific After Panama Canal Passage
The fleet en route from Hampton Roads to the West Coast successfully passes through the Panama Canal and reaches the Pacific.
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Hampton Roads
West Coast
Pacific
Panama
United States
Panama Canal
Democratic and Republican 3rd term scramble outlined
The article outlines potential 2024 like party jockeying with candidates for president and Senate. It mentions Wilson as a possible third term candidate, and lists Hitchcock Pom erone Owen Underwood Chamberlain as formidable Democrats. It also notes McAdoo as a possible yet unaffirmed contender.
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Lican
Leonard Wood
Central Department
Wilson
Senate
of the Treasury
Willlame G. McAdoo
New York
McAdoo
Year’s Pay for Yanks Urged by Baer Bill
Representative Baer of North Dakota reintroduced a bill granting a bonus equal to one year’s pay for every man who served in the war. Revenue would come from surtaxes on incomes over 25,000 dollars. the proposal requires about 2.4 million dollars. He plans to seek a House hearing soon after recess.
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Washington
Baer
North Dakota
Deputy kills a constable in Davenport
Davenport Iowa July 28 Enraged after deputy marshal Mike Azizian found two cases of whisky in searching Elva Cooper home he shot Cooper through the head Cooper died en route to hospital Azizian surrendered Burke Idaho July 28 Four miners killed and three injured in Hecla mine cage accident shaft misread signals likely caused by engineer confusion reports to coroner
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Davenport
Elva Cooper
Mike Azizian
Bettendorf
Cooper
Azizian
Burke
Idaho
Hecla
Treasury predicts no net debt increase in 1920
Secretary Carter Glass tells banks that government revenues for the year ending June 30 1920 will total at least 6.5 billion dollars and expenditures should not exceed that, implying no net rise in public debt beyond Victory Liberty loan installments. He notes no immediate need for large hotel issues and outlines funding plans via treasury certificates and short term notes when favorable.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Move of Home to Other Parts Counts Bentinck
A note reports that someone would relocate his residence to different areas and counts Bentinck in connection with the plan.
Third Division of American Army Ordered Home
Special dispatches report the Third Division of the American Army has been ordered home from Coblenz. A Chicago race riot piece and a note on the ex Kaiser’s residence are included but details are unclear. The reports come from Amerongen and Coblenz dated July 28.
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Coblenz
Two More Negroes Shot in Chicago Race Riot
Special to Evening 1 reports two more African Americans were shot and seriously wounded in a South Side race riot early today. The incident underscores ongoing racial violence in Chicago.
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Chicago
Tao
South Side
Will Ask Death for Fitzgerald
Chicago July 28 Thomas Gerald murderer of Janet Wilkinson was held without bail at arraignment. The state will seek the death penalty.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Thomas Gerald
Janet Wilkinson
Hope for Settlement in Chicago Street Car Troubles
Governor Lowden voiced optimism for a peaceful settlement as street car workers and city officials held talks in Chicago on July 28. The meeting aimed to resolve labor disputes and restore transit service.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Lowden
Southern miners press for wage raise in New River talks
In Charleston West Virginia representatives of United Mine Workers District 20 and coal operators from the New River fields drafted a wage pact. The plan keeps current pay until the Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania agreements are set and if any raise is granted the same rise applies to central competitive states miners in the New River area.
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W. Va
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New River Fields
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New River
Ban on Passports Lifted to Europe Except Germany Austria Russia
Secretary Lansing announces relaxed passport rules for travel to European nations with three exceptions Germany Austria and Russia. Passports will be issued immediately without sex or age restrictions if the trip is deemed legitimate though no new passports for pleasure travel to Europe will be issued before November 1.
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Austria
Russia
Lansing
Washington
Europe
State Department
Boiler explosion kills six on U S S New Mexico
Six sailors died when a boiler exploded aboard the U S 8 8 New Mexico a New Mexico class tender attached to the Pacific fleet Captain Twining chief of staff was advised of the tragedy.
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Poche Fleet
Twining
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