Auto deaths on Christmas exceed hooch tragedy tally
Eight Christmas day auto fatalities were reported nationwide from a 110 million population. New York and Chicago led with three deaths each, while Illinois counted eight and Maryland five. Other locations included St Louis, Texas, DC, Kansas City, Buffalo, and Council Bluffs with single deaths.
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Council Bluffs
Christmas Day Tragedies Claim Eight Across Illinois and Kentucky
Hazard Kentucky reports Christmas fatalities from grade crossing crashes in Illinois and at Deer Creek. Eight lives lost includes two killed at a cross in Danville and several injured. In Chicago three died in hospitals and two died at a Wickelton crossing. additional deaths from automobile crashes bring total to seventy four for the year. Two deputy sheriffs were shot during an incident in Hazard as misidentified firecrackers sparked gunfire. one man attempted arrest Phillips Rich and was wounded.
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Jerry Dunn
Wickel Nnis Phillips
Deer Creek
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Willian Smith
Illinois Traction System
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Hosmont
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Phillips Rich
Jim Workman
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Death in Holiday Cheer Hits Chicago and Texas
Chicago on December 26 reports include Molly McCarthy found dead after a night of revelry with her husband and another man. Yoseph Miller, a rooming house proprietor, died from liquor given by a tenant. James Torelio held for wounding three boys after discharging a shotgun at a bonfire crowd. In Fort Worth Texas two dead and 15 injured from holiday auto accidents. Gilette Rowe 12 killed at Corsicana crossing. Hazel McClerty fatally injured in a car overturn.
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Christ J Young Hooch
Molly McCarthy
Corne
Ilias McCarthy
Yoseph Miller
James Torelio
Ft. Worth
Texas
Gilette Rowe
Hazel McClerty
Seymour
Christmas Morning Fire Kills 27 at Shelby Hotel
Claude Thomas, 27, perished in a blaze at the Shelby hotel on Christmas morning. The fire partially destroyed the building and forced many guests to flee their rooms. Investigators believe a lighted cigarette started the blaze. Continued on Page Ten.
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Two Japs and a Mexican to Die by New Method
Nevada to try lethal gas chamber as three inmates Thomas Fussel Hughie Sing and Gee Jon prepare for execution in Carson City. Supreme Court upholds death sentence amid protests as gas chamber machinery is readied and the inmates await the hour of death.
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Decisive battle near Obregon in Mexican war update
Mexico City dispatch reports a decisive battle near Guadalajara with President Obregon directing federal troops from Jalisco. Rebels led by General Fuguereros face air and ground pressure as federals push from Puebla toward Vera Cruz while new railway and ammunition movements are noted. In Pennsylvania, two students are shot during an armed robbery attempt, with four suspects jailed.
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Five Day Battle Rages at Santa Lucrecia in Vera Cruz
Reports from Vera Cruz describe a five day battle around Santa Lucrecia between federal forces under Gen Juan Dominguez and Gen Bravo Izquerdo and revolutionary troops led by Gen Perales and Gen Benito Terrase. Advices say rebels surround Santa Lucrecia and captured nearby Medies Agua, with a trainload of dead and wounded arriving. Federal losses reportedly exceed revolutionary losses, while Huerta negotiates with tenant leaders and crackdowns on liquor rings surface in a separate notice.
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Stageholdup on busiest corn street to cash theft
Chicago dispatch reports a stageholdup on a busy corner in Chicago on December 26. Two men tied up a cigar store employee and escaped with about 1250 in cash as workers bound for a Christmas bargain fled the scene.
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Renaway
Christmas Tragedy Hits New York in Suicide Wave
New York reports a Christmas day crisis as five men took their lives and two women and a man attempted suicide. Several others, including three women, were hospitalized with gas and poisoning deaths. Names cited include Anna Schuyler, 64, Mrs Brown, 62, and a 15 year old schoolboy among those previously ill. Authorities investigate morgues and hospitals as the death count rises.
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Holiday poisonings and a fatal train incident reported
Des Moines readers note a Christmas drink incident where Ora Pearl and Ruth Williams and Marie Clark, aged 16 to 20, were sick after inviting Wesley Lurie and others to drink. In Birmingham a man died from holiday liquor intoxication. In Buffalo a car and mother were injured when a freight train struck at a crossing.
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Sturtevant Co. Fur Robbery Traced to Professionals
City and county officials press for clues after thieves steal six thousand dollars in furs from the HL Sturtevant Co. store. Night watchman Oma McCormick recalls being bound on the third floor as a gang allegedly logs prints at the scene. Police send finger prints to Columbus for expert identification while investigators note the safe was forced with hammer and crowbar.
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Southern States Gold Corporation Trading Suspended
New York December 26 trading in the stock of the Southern States Gold Corporation was suspended by the New York curb market. The same exchange also announced the suspension of the firm Richard Hutchinson & Co. Brokers.
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50 000 Chicago Housewives Fight Egg Profiteering
Chicago housewives unite in a campaign under the slogan Swat the Egg Profiteers to pressure fair prices. Mrs Delavan Cowles and Mrs W E Fritley of the Mercantile Exchange urge action against storage eggs and hoarding by dealers.
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Wood fortune prompts plan to join US diplomacy
Lieut. Off bore C. Wood son of Governor General Leonard Wood of the Philippines may retire from the army in February to enter the diplomatic service. His brother Leonard Wood Jr says stock trades on Wall Street funded his fortune and that Wood expects to resign from the army and pursue a diplomatic career after a profitable run with Standard Oil and other deals. A boiler explosion damaged the American embassy in Bere. damage estimates range from 500 600 to 1 000 005 dollars.
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Commission to Examine Long for Sanity in Belmont Murder Case
Governor Donahue appoints a three state hospital superintendent commission to examine Edward Long of Belmont County. Long, 23, is condemned to die January 4 at the state penitentiary for the murder of Charles Conard, a Barnesville taxi cab driver.
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French Dirigible Dixmude Believed Lost With 506 Aboard
Paris reports official abandonment of hope for the Dixmude missing since last Friday while crossing the Mediterranean toward Algiers. Officials say the airship likely blew down or landed in the Sahara. some crew members may still be alive. The passenger list includes nine captains, one doctor, four lieutenant-commanders, and thirty-six mechanics and wireless operators.
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Daring Jewelry Store Robbery In Tulsa
Two masked thieves robbed the jewelry store of Hany Goldberg in Tulsa Oklahoma on December 26 escaping with diamonds and cash estimated at 36000. Will Goldpers who had just opened the store and a customer were tied up while the loot was taken and the men fled to a nearby parked car.
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They Didn't Do a Thing to Him After Robbery and Assault
Dayton reports Robert S. Taylor of Columbus recounts being smugged and chloroformed by three men after a traffic stop on the road between London and Columbus. He says he was robbed of cars and valuables while unconscious and only recovered later. His father is police chief in London Ohio.
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Cameron
Charles Smith
William Beardiey
Washington
George Haines
Berry
Smith
Dayton
Robert S. Taylor
Columbus
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London
Shot New York broker killed. $2000 missing
A New York estate broker named Joseph For Taste was shot and killed. Police reported a $2000 missing from the man’s coat, a clue in the crime. The report also mentions a woman known as Kid Thomas, linked to Newark sporting circles.
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Woman Murder in St John N B
Mrs Clara Whiteside wife of Rex Arthur Whiteside was found murdered at home. She appears to have died several days earlier. Her husband was away on a trip. A dog in the house went mad from hunger and gnawed furnishings after the struggle. Neighbors discovered the scene.
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Engaged to Wed a Danish Prince
Ottawa reports the engagement of Miss Low Frances Booth to Prince Frederick Christian Alexander third son of Prince and Princess Valdemar of Denmark. The match reportedly involved Peace of Wales influence from the prince’s Canada visit. A separate Cleveland incident notes Dorothy Bagley foiling a cash grab at a restaurant before the robber escaped over an eight foot fence.
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