Engineer Takes Blame for Wreck in Dying Statement
Thomasville enters a fatal collision near town when Eastbound Atlantic Coast Line Engineer H H McGee dies after claiming he overlooked orders to Newark. Four people killed and 35 injured as two trains wreck on a double curve with engines and cars substantially wrecked and a baggage car pushed into a baggage area.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Enterprise
H. H. McGee
Atlantic Coast Line
Here
Newark
Enterprise
McGee
H. A. McGee
A. L. Dodge
Waycross
Dan Williams
Youth Fights Death Penalty in Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Pottsville Pa September 28 15 year old William Cavalier seeks a new trial in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on his murder in the first degree conviction for killing his aged grandmother a year ago. He shot her as she dressed to shop and told his grandfather she had gone to Florida. He awaits execution in the electric chair while appeal and lunacy claims were pursued.
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Pottsville
William Cavalier
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Florida
Kochtorneys
Supreme Court
Negro fighter and bystander wounded in street knife fight
A bystander named John Hiley, colored, was wounded when Wooten Dowdle, colored, stabbed toward his cousin in a Jackson Forsyth street fight. Dowdle and the cousin were taken into custody after the incident and John was advised to seek medical aid.
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John
Hiley
Wooten Dowdle
Jackson
Forsyth
Wooten
Bragg
Mule Struck By Automobile On Ellaville Road
A mule was struck by a lightless Ford on Ellaville road two miles from the city Sunday night, scattering parts of its anatomy. The driver Steve Foster, a negro, escaped slightly injured after claiming no lights were visible. Sheriff McArthur said he would prosecute if arrested and hinted the grand jury may handle the case.
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Ellaville
Steve Foster
McArthur
Grand Jury
Pomeranian Shields Dope Ring Mistress in New York
Evelyn Lorraine an actress from Hotel Markwell on West 59th Street faced a Court of Special Sessions on charges of stealing from a Fifth Avenue store. Detective said her Pomeranian was used as a shield to cover the alleged depredations. Lorraine confessed to the theft and admitted narcotics use. The dog remains with a matron at Jefferson Market Prison as the court ordered four months in the workhouse for treatment.
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New York
Evelyn Lorrains
Markwell
W. 59Th St
Court of Special Sessions
Fifth Avenue
Tive
Lorraine
Jefferson Market
Rainy Sunday Keeps Americus Hot and Humid
Americus recorded .61 inches of rain and a 14 degree drop to stay above 70 all night. Local weather man J. Carter Poole noted temperatures never fell below 70, with highs not exceeding 92 as the month’s rain totals pass three inches. Officials expect no immediate cool spell despite back‑to‑back showers.
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Americus
J. Carret Poole
Americas
Jupiter Pluvius
Poole
Narrow Escape as Pole Crashes in Lamar Street
O C Johnson a Postal Telegraph maintenance engineer saved lineman Mr Phillips of South Georgia Public Service Company from a fatal fall when a pole snapped during wire work on Lamar Street. Johnson leapt in to drive a spike into the base, deflecting the pole as Phillips fled the falling timber, which toppled Windsor Pharmacy signs and awnings on Jackson Street.
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O. C. Johnson
Phillips
South Georgia Public Service Company
Lamar Street
Johnson
Postal Telegraph Company
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Johnson
Mother Earth
Windsor Pharmacy
Jackson Street
Drug Star
Carl
Steamer Peary Reaches Curling Port
The steamer Peary of the Mc Millar arctic expedition arrived in Curling, Newfoundland, after a night voyage. The vessel is reported to have reached port today with the expedition team aboard.
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Curling Curling
New Foundland
Peary
McMillar Arctic Expedition
Calles or Chaos in Mexico The Latin Lincoln
An analysis from Mexico City argues Plutarco Elias Calles faces a perilous balance as he implements the 1917 constitution and pursues social reforms. It notes his popularity at home and in the United States, the threats from Yaquis, agrarians, and the army, and compares Calles to Lincoln in devotion and controversy. The profile recalls Calles early life in Guaymas and his rise from water peddler to president.
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Mexico City
America
Ireland
Republic of Mexico
Diaz
Plutarco Frias Calles
Queretaro
Mexico
United States
Wisconsin
California
Madero
Huerta
Carranza
Calles
Sonora
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Morelos
Washington
Lincoln
Guymas
World 10 Hear of State Soon
Georgia Advertising Publicity Association rules committee member John Wagnon announced plans to create a permanent statewide advertising organization. A Dublin meeting will elect a permanent executive committee with representatives from north Middle and south Georgia. Mayor Hull attended but did not participate.
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Georgia
John Wagnon
Georgia Advertising Publicity Association
Savannah
Rules Committee
Wagnon
Dublin
North Georgia
Middle Georgia
South Georgia
Hull
Board of Trade
Derrick on way to sunken sub near New London
A monarch derrick, meant to aid the S 51 rescue, set out from Block Island after sheltered by the sea. Divers found an interior bulkhead of the submarine bent but unpierced, per a radio dispatch from the wreck today.
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New London
Block Island
Watts to file appeal in Tea Pot Dome oil suit
Cheyenne Sept 28 Clyde M Watts deputy United States district attorney for Wyoming will arrive in St Louis today with the record of appeal in the Tea Pot Dome naval reserve oil lease annulment suit. The appeal will be filed in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Cheyenee
Clyde M. Watts
United States
Wyoming
St. Louis
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mayor Poole Improves. Mayors Office Soon Expected Back
Mayor J E Poole's condition has greatly improved since Thursday. The attending physician said Poole likely will return to his office within a few days after a sudden illness while examining a nephens during the heat of the day.
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J. E. Poole
Governor to confer on possible extra Georgia Assembly session
Governor Walker will meet with legislators bankers editors and others in the next few days to discuss whether an extra session of the General Assembly should be called. He returned to Atlanta after a 10 day trip with the Old Guard to Cuba. If needed the extra session may begin in November. The dispatches give no clear reason for the proposal.
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Atlanta
Walker
General Assembly
Old Guard
Cuba
Drowned Americus Youth James McDaniel Near Del Ray Florida
Searchers sought the body of 17 year old James McDaniel son of Mr and Mrs W B McDaniel of Americus who drowned while swimming near Del Ray Florida early Sunday He had been in Florida four weeks employed by Del Ray Baking Co living with grandfather Dan Ward He was a with Americus High School graduate and is survived by parents three brothers a grandmother and several aunts and uncles with interment planned in Americus if recovered.
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James McDaniel
W. B. McDaniel
del Ray
Fla
McDaniel
Florida
del Ray Baking Company
Dan Ward
Mr. McDaniel
the Americas High School
Americus
Thad
Olin
Dan
S. A. McDaniel
Indictment Considered Against W B Cole in Rockingham
Judge T B Finley opened a special court term at the Richmond County courthouse Rockingham N C to weigh the indictment against W B Cole wealthy Rockingham manufacturer charged with murdering W W Ormond by shooting him as he entered his automobile on Rockingham main street August 15 This report notes the case procedural step in the murder inquiry and identifies the key parties and event location.
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Cole
Richmond County Court House
Rockingham
N. C
T. B. Finley
W. B. Cole
W. W. Ormond
Ormond
Dixie series tied 1 1 as Atlanta wins fourth game
Fort Worth, Sept 28. Atlanta defeats Ft Worth 12 to 7 in the fourth Dixie series game. The fifth game is set for tonight in Fort Worth with the sixth game to be played in Atlanta Wednesday.
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Fort Worth
Atlanta
Ft. Worth
Squeal Motive Seen in Liquor Raid Murder
New York dispatch reports the body of David Bram alias A Harris alias A Phillips found in a car near 98th Street and First Avenue. Police theorize vengeance by the bootleg ring for Bram allegedly squealing on the Knickerbocker and Laeacre Buildings operation. Detectives note a limousine license tied to Charles Webber and cite a $1,530 purse and two 38 caliber revolvers as evidence. Authorities in Kansas City have offered Bram’s associates a reward.
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New York
98Th Street
First Avenue
Federal Revenue
Knickerbocker and Laeacre
Murray Goff
98Th
99Th
Goff
Bonn
Brennan
David Bram
A. Harris
A. Phillips
Marguzza
Kansas City
East River
Charles Webber
180Th Street
Bram
St. Petersburg Hosts Spanish War Veterans Event
St Petersburg opened the 27th annual national convention encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans with Chauncey W. Herrick in chief presiding. Over 1,000 delegates registered as the session began.
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ST. Petersburg
United Spanish War Veterans
Chauncey W. Herrick
Washington
Dade County Jail Quiet After Break
Dade county jail remained quiet after officers foiled an attempted delivery yesterday. One man was killed and six injured in the incident, marking a violent event in the local facility and prompting heightened security measures.
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Dade County
Miami
Planes Take Air in Reliability Tour Launch
Dearborn reports the start of the first commercial airplane reliability tour covering 1900 miles through the Midwest. Sixteen planes began the initial lap testing reliability of air travel and equipment.
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Dearborn
Midwest
Jury parole of insane inmates linked to murder case
New York report states Richmond county grand jury indicted Stephen Krynovak for the Sept 8 slaying of Stapleton merchant Adam Lukasky after Krynovak was paroled from Manhattan Insane Asylum on Aug 29. Lukasky left a wife and four children. Krynovak faces arraignment in St George on Monday.
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New York
Richmond County Grand Jury
Stephen Kryovak
Adam Lukasky
Stapleton Merchant
Krynovak
Cedar _ street
Stapleton
Manhattan Insane Asylum
Ward's Island
Lukasky
Bay
Clinton Streets
St George
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French Debt Commission
Mellon
Joseph Caillaux
N. Y
Man
Lineman Phillips
Rasts
Georgia Advertising Association
Bulletin
James M'Daniel
Atlanta Fort Worth
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