Laporte County Homecoming of War Veterans Praised
Westville edition salutes Laporte county homecoming parade for soldiers sailors and marines with 20 000 attending at Fox Park. Ambassador Gerard and Admiral Ingersoll praised the crowd and day ended with fireworks and a large khaki and blue dinner. County officials seek funds and park improvements as part of a wider 1920 budget report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Fox Park
Fritz
Gerard
Peace League
Fred Wile
Berlin
Wiles
London
Admiral Ingersoll
Sallwasser
The League of Nations in Question and Answer
A public primer outlines the League's aims from promoting world peace to open diplomacy and disarmament. It explains agencies, membership rules, mandates, and how the League interacts with sovereignty and war decisions, emphasizing advisory role and protection of territorial integrity.
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League of Nations
The
League
Red Cross
United States of America
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
British Empire
Canada
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
India
China
Cuba
Czecho-Slovakia
France
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Italy
Japan
Liberia
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Rumania
Serbia
Siam
Uruguay
Argentine Republic
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Paraguay
Persia
Salvador
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Venezuela
Council
Postal Union
Congress
United States
Three men linked to Laporte grocer murder arrest
Sheriff Austiss and Laporte officials arrest two men, Steve Bartat and Ernest Gariecy, in the Christmas Eve killing of Carl H. Cook. Bartat, Gariecy confess to robbery but name a third shooter. a fourth suspect, Walter Carl Baker, was captured in Toledo and returned to Laporte with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Forney
Valparaiso
Austiss
Laporte
Carl H. Cook
Steve Bartat
Joliet, II
Ernest Gariecy
Frenchy
Bartat
Joliet
Gariecy
Cook
Indiana Harbor
Layette
Walter Carl Baker
C. Cook
Laporte Gracer
Toledo
Anstiss
S. Bartak
Baker
Trio planned Christmas robbery ends in churchyard bloodshed
Walter C. Baker alias Walter Smith, ex convict, and two confederates Ernest Garlepy and Steve Bartak confessed to a Laporte murder and robberies. Baker recounts the Wellsboro rail station stop and the Paul grocery and Cook store holdups with gunfire aimed to grab cash and valuables. Baker, Gariepy, and Matt fled toward Indiana Harbor and were apprehended after Baker identified in a Joliet prison photo. The trio then split at Indiana Harbor and faced court in Judge Kerr's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Haker
Ernest Garlepy
Frenchy
Steve Bartak
Walter Smith
Toledo Scales Company
Walter Carl Baker
Anstiss
Baker
Laporte
Joliet
Lockport
Walter C. Baker
Carl Cook
Rose Street
Paul Grocery
Gariepy
Matt
Paul
Cook
McGee
Wabash
Pere Marquette
Azporte
Wellshoro
Portland Cement Works
Indiana Harbor
John Kerr
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Ed Henry Ford
Chicago
Michigan City
R. M. Boone
Warren Frame
Elkhart
George Frame
Laura Witte
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Masonice Temple
Fairview Farm
J. E. Payne
H. B. Hayward
Associated Physicians
Valpara Ind
J. Venedorland
Naiouad Bank
Porte, Indeaa
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E. H. Daley
H. W. Sallwasser
Lincolnway
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Laporte Ind
DR. W. J. Kiff
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