Navy Budget Clash and Arbitration Drive
Secretary Wilbur clashed with President Coolidge over naval power and budget cuts, then proposed a expert committee to assess battleships versus aeroplanes. E. N. Hurley returned from Paris with a plan to recover war debts from France, relying on guaranteed German reparations. Fifty four nations discussed compulsory arbitration at Geneva, aiming to meet June next year. The China war unsettles Western commerce and raises fears of Japanese intervention.
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Wilbur
Coolidge
America
Washington
California
Navy
Geneva
Proclamation offers reward for Chang Tso-Lin in Peking
The Central government issued a proclamation offering a reward for Chang Tso-Lin described as a bandit and traitor. Chang Tso-Lin, a Manchurian military leader, is named in the decree issued today from Peking.
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Peking
Associated Press
Chang Tso-Lin
Tso-Lin
Cotton prices jump 190 points on Friday
New York September 26. Cotton prices jumped another 190 points today, an advance of about $17.00 a bale since the government report was released a few days ago.
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New York
Associated Press
Training School to Be Permanent Training School
The Standard training school at the First Methodist church will close Friday evening with certificates awarded to those who completed the course. Rev. Lytle Jones calls it a training in energic women to become efficient Sunday school teachers and officers. It is a comprehensive program covering organization, administration, and scriptural knowledge, with intensive study and strict exams. Continued on Page Three.
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First Methodist Church
Lytle Jones
Hawkinsville
President Coolidge Orders Inquiry Into Pennsylvania Corruption
Philadelphia September 26 The Law Enforcement League telegram to President Coolidge claiming signed evidence of political corruption by federal officeholders across Pennsylvania and naming Philadelphia as the worst spot is being investigated by Attorney General Stone under the president's direction.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Law Enforcement League
Coolidge
Pennsylvania
Stone
Zeppelins Draw Massive Berlin Crowds in Navy Airship Debut
Immense crowds filled Berlin streets as the ZR-3 Zeppelin lifted into the morning sky. The giant airship, built for the United States Navy, drew enthusiastic cheers unmatched since 1914 mobilization days as thousands watched from anxiously awaiting locations.
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Berlin
Associated
Fess
United States Navy
Zeppelin ZR-8 Landing Field at Paris Island
Paris Island South Carolina September 26 The Associated Press reports that by War Department orders marine authorities are preparing here a landing field for the Zeppelin ZR 8 It is not yet known where the giant airship will land when it crosses the Atlantic from Germany
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Paris Island
S. C
Associated Press
War Department
Atlantic
Germany
Roosevelt resigns as Navy secretary amid New York nomination
President Coolidge accepts Theodore Roosevelt's resignation as assistant secretary of the Navy after his nomination on the first ballot by the Republican state convention for governor of New York. Roosevelt hails the party's platform and pledges support for Coolidge. Florence Knapp named Republican secretary of state candidate, first woman on New York ticket.
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Washington
Associated Press
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Republican State Convention
Republican Party
Roosevelt nomination redrawn race in New York
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo predicts Theodore Roosevelt will be the Republican candidate for governor and that Al Smith will defeat him by 250000 votes in New York. Mack spoke in Syracuse on September 26, asserting Roosevelt leads the ticket while Smith stands as the rival candidate.
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Theodore Roosevelt
al. Smith
New York
Syracuse
N. Y
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
al Smith
Nations Asked About Disarmament Meeting
Geneva September 26 The disarmament commission of the League adopted a resolution submitting a draft convention on the control of international traffic in arms and ammunition to League members and non members and asking whether they are prepared to attend a conference in May 1925.
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Geneva
Associated Press
League of Nations
League
Disarmament Commission
Troops Ordered to Herrin for Trials
Salem Illinois September 26 Two squads of Company 1 Illinois National Guard ordered to entrain for Herrin to augment duty detail and protect the courtroom where City Judge E N Bowen will begin hearings in trials arising from the Herrin disturbances. Captain Harold T M Bigelow said eighteen soldiers have been in Herrin since August 30 after a clash left six men dead between Klansmen and anti Klansmen.
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Salem
Ill
Illinois National Guard
Herrin
E. N. Bowen
Harold ™. Bigelow
Vermont governor nominee dies in Vermont
Marisville Vermont Democratic gubernatorial candidate Howard J. Shaw died early today of paralysis after a serious illness since Monday. He had been the party’s nominee for governor and his death leaves the race unsettled.
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Marrisville
Associated Press
Howard J. Shaw
Vermont
Coolidge Leads Digest Poll In Early Returns
New York dispatch reports Coolidge leading in the second week of THE LITERARY DIGEST presidential poll with 162,473 votes out of 272,299. La Follette has 68,534 and Davis 42,611, while regional results show Davis leading in Texas Virginia Ohio Kansas and West Virginia.
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New York
Coolidge
Wee
la Follette
Davis
la Folette
California
Texas
Virginia
Ohio
Kansas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Atlantic Coast Line Controller DieIn Pueblo Death
Savannah report that H. C. Prince, former Atlantic Coast Line controller from Wilmington North Carolina, has died in Pueblo Colorado. Prince resided in Savannah until 1902.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Savannah
Associated Press
H. C. Prince
Wilmington
N. C
Pueblo
Colo
Cranston Williams Resigns Secretaryship
Cranston Williams of Greensboro resigns as secretary to United States Senator William J. Harris to return to active newspaper work. He helped Harris win re election, spent vacation in Greensboro, and has a long career in journalism including World War I service with the Americas Daily Times-Recorder and the 56th Infantry, 7th Division where he earned a promotion and a gallantry citation.
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Cranston Williams
Greensboro
United States
William J. Harris
Senate
Williams
Harris
Americas Daily Times-Recorder
Sparks Gets Life for Murder of Father-in-law
In Sparta on Sept 26 Judge James B. Park sentenced Marion Sparks, a Washington county farmer, to life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of murdering T. E. Frazier at his home near the Washington Hancock line. Sparks’ wife, Frazier’s daughter, had separated from him prompting the fatal confrontation August 24. The case drew wide local attention as trial ran two days and a night. a motion for new trial may follow.
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Sparta
Marion Sparks
Washington County
James B. Park
T. E. Frazier
Sparks
Frazier
Washington and
Hancock Counties
Entomologists Study Texas cotton flee beetle outbreak
Ira W. Williams state entomologist and staff surveyed brown farm on Brown's Mill road for two days. They traced the Texas cotton flee beetle to Sumter county reports and noted its destruction of squares and blooming plants. Experiments with sodium arsenite will foliate plants to deny food and curb weevils. ongoing study by Board of Entomology.
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Ira W. Williams
J. C. Brown
Brown’s Mill
Mr. Williams
Sumter
Texas
Biddle
Williams
Robert C. Berckman
Boyd
Dr. Grossman
Board of Entomology
T. G. Hudson
Tom Taggart May Escape Operation
Boston reports that Thomas Taggart of French Lick Indiana a former Democratic national committeeman rests in a local hospital after a threatened appendicitis attack. Physicians think surgery may not be needed unless condition worsens and his wife Mrs Taggart confirms this with doctors.
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Tom Taggart
Boston
Thomas Targaret
French Lick
Ind
Little Joe’s Insight Drives the Baby Buggy Wheels
Little Joe, a youngster, demonstrates understanding of what makes the wheels go round, showing practical knowledge in a playful moment. The scene highlights curiosity and hands on problem solving by a child observer.
Odessa Express derailment kills and wounds many
Odessa dispatch reports 15 killed 25 mortally injured 43 seriously hurt when the Odessa Express was derailed by bandits about 300 miles from Moscow. The incident occurred today as the train traveled through a distant region, with authorities tracing responsibility to bandit action.
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Odessa
Associated Press
Moscow
Germany protests French import duty
Paris September 26 German chancellery presented to the French government Germany’s protest against a decree to impose a 26 percent import duty on all German goods. The move aims to induce France to cancel the levy, a course Germany announced in Berlin Tuesday.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
France
Berlin
New York Democrats Denounce Klan At State Convention
Syra cuse N Y Sept 26 The Democratic state convention opened late and adjourned after a lengthy session. The platform denounces the Ku Klux Klan by name and calls for a modification of the Volstead act, highlighting key policy stances and party unity.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Associated Press
Democratic state convention hears Cullen speech and plans renomination
In a brief session on Thursday night Francis Cullen of Oswego delivered a keynote address attacking the Ku Klux Klan. Delegates cheered as John W. Davis was praised, and a plan to renominate Governor Alfred E. Smith by acclamation was announced for Friday. The governor indicated he would address the convention in person.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Francis FE. Cullen
Oswego
Smith
Cullen
John W. Davis
Alfred Smith
Evening Prayer at Calvary Church Tonight
Evening prayer will be said in Calvary Church tonight at 7:20 oclock. A brief reminder notes the service and location for parishioners and visitors.
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Calvary Church
Poisoner Elsie Sweeten in weakened condition in Salem
Sheriff Voght reports Mrs. Elsie Sweeten, who confessed to poisoning her husband in a love pact with Rev. Lawrence Hight, is failing. She refuses food, has only sips of milk since Tuesday, and is in an extremely weakened state at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Salem Illinois.
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Salem, Ills
Associated Press
Sheriff Voght
Elsie Sweeten
Lawrence Hight
Sweten
Nashville minister to surrender credentials after poisoning confession
Rev Lawrence M Hight of Inn Nashville Illinois facing charges of poisoning his wife to marry Mrs Elsie Sweeten. He confessed instigating the death of her husband and agreed to surrender his Methodist Episcopal church credentials to a committee from the southern Illinois conference in Carbondale after talks at Mount Vernon jail. He spoke openly of his plight and signed a detailed confession.
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Nashville
Lawrence M. Hight
Inn
Elsie Sweeten
Methodist Episcopal Church
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Mount Vernon
Mount Carmel
J. S. Cummings
T. B. Sower
Hight Spek
Mind impairment noted in Mrs Sweeten case
Salem Illinois September 26 continued refusals to eat and lack of sleep have left Mrs Elsie Sweeten semi conscious in jail after confessing to poisoning her husband Wilford Sweeten at the urging of Rev Lawrence M Hight who poisoned his wife so they could marry. Relatives visiting Thursday found she hardly recognized them.
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Salem
III
Elsie Sweeten
Wilford Sweeten
Lawrence M. Hight
Ed Swearingen Dies in Ellaville at 54
Ellaville September 26 Ed Swearingen longtime Schley county resident died at his Stewart's Mill home after a monthlong illness He was fifty four native of Schley county and married Belle Hearn thirty years ago Survived by his wife Funeral held Thursday at two oclock at Tazewell conducted by Elder Jim Robarts in large gathering of friends and relatives
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Ellaville
Ed Swearingen
Schley County
Stewart’s Mill
Swearingen
Belle Hearn
Tazewell
Jim Robarts
Optimist lends bank cashier suitcase in unusual plan
A humorous incident finds an optimist lending a bank cashier a suitcase, sparking curiosity about the cashier’s use for the package and the man’s optimistic motive. The event hints at a quirky local tale and curious banking humor.
Radio Appeal Sparks Russian Popular Interest
Radio gains popularity in Russia with broad audience appeal, while a noted domestic joke hints at wives and whiskers in cultural humor. The remark reflects social attitudes and light commentary accompanying media expansion.
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