Family Tragedy Follows Land Dispute Confession
Walter Zwiefel, 34-year-old farmer, confessed to Sheriff Kennig that he killed two people and wounded three others in a shotgun assault near here during a dispute over land division. He then swallowed poison, was found at his home, and is hospitalized in Parkston. Zwiefel is John Grosz’s son-in-law and brother to two other Zwiefels.
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Associated Press Scotland
Walter Zwietel
Kennig
Zwiefel
Parkston
John Grosz
Here
Walter Zwiefel
Robert
Clarence Zwiefel
Solomon Grosz
Greek exile returned for trial of ex-dictator Pangalos
General Pangalos, Greece's former dictator ousted last August, will be moved from Crete to Athens to face trial on charges of improper conduct during his rule. The Associated Press reports the plan as authorities prepare for the case.
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Associated Presa
Athens
Pangalos
Crete
Blood Money trial adjourned as Gibson to testify
In Somerville New Jersey November 16 the Hail Mills case adjourned to Thursday at 10 am as prosecutors expect Mrs Jane Gibson a farmer who found the bodies of Rev Edward W Hall and Mrs Eleanor R Mills near the crime scene to testify. Prosecutors say her testimony along with doctors clearance will allow the defense to close its case. The state also presented witnesses to challenge detectives alleged to suppress testimony and introduced a diary and a prayer written by the slain minister. Defense plans 40 witnesses.
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Associated Press
Somerville
N. J
Hail-Mills
Jane Gibson
Gibson
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
Alexander Simpson
Jersey City
Simpson
Peter Sommer
di Martini
New Brunswick
Rescuers Strive To Free Entombed Miners In Hazleton
Rescuers labored overnight to reach six miners trapped by a flood at the No 8 mine of the Tomhicken colliery near Hazleton Pennsylvania. Officials warned it could take days to reach them but remained hopeful five would be rescued alive, noting one foreman knew a safer route beyond the trapped area.
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Associated Press
Hazleton
Tomhicken
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Here
King Benjamin of House of David captured in Michigan
The Associated Press reports that Benjamin Purnell known as King Ben, fugitive leader of the House of David, was seized by 22 Michigan state police at the colony near Benton Harbor. He fled in 1922 on assault charges involving girl inmates and faces receivership-linked suits. Police arrested two men and three women, including Myrtle Tulk, at the administration building hidden by shrubbery. The capture marks the first state action against the colony in three years.
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Associated Press
Benton Harbor
Mich
King
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Michigan
Purnell
Ben
Pawpaw
Myrtle Tulk
Bessie Woodworth
Five Crewmembers Injured as Train Wreck Near Republic
Five crew members were hurt and 44 passengers escaped with bruises when spreading rails derailed a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train three miles east of Republic Michigan. Four of seven cars went off a 21 foot embankment with one rolling over.
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Associated Press
Republic, Mich
Chicago
Butte Alimony Payers Club Counts 50 Members
In Butte two dozen details reveal a local alimony club of 50 patrons who send payments to 50 former wives via the clerk of the court. Last month the group contributed $1,009.56, with dues ranging from $20 to $200. One man mailed his 168th check, continuing a $25 monthly order since 1919, while another pays $19 weekly for four years.
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BUTTE
Club OF
Alimony Club
Crop figures show declines in multiple Montana crops
Helena November 16 Montansa corn and flax crops are smaller than this year and the five year average. Potato crop was reduced by freeze damage below both last year and average, though yielding slightly better than last year. Apples, cut nearly in half by freeze damage, remain above the very short 1925 crop but below the five year average per November preliminary estimates from the United States Division.
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Helena
Montansa
United States
Russian air brake failure wrecks 36-car train near Tiflis
A train of 36 cars fitted with the Kazantzoy brake toppled from an embankment near Tiflis while at full speed. Seven people were killed and many injured as the experimental brake failed, leaving coaches splintered and wrecked.
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Associated Press
Tiflis
Leonard Mine resumes full operations with crew of 800
The Leonard mine in Meaderville restarts today with 800 miners after a shaft break halted work on October 29. Chauncey L. Berrien of Anaconda said normal production would resume immediately. Several workers were reassigned during the shutdown while machinists replaced the damaged shaft using an extra engine shaft from stock. The shutdown allowed necessary shaft and mine repairs. The mine’s proximity to the street car line makes it popular with underground workers in winter.
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Leonard
Meaderville
Chauncey L. Berrien
Anaconda Company
East Colusa
Butte Earmarks Nine Hole Municipal Golf Course Plan
At a parks and playgrounds committee meeting in Mayor Horgan’s office the plan for a nine hole municipal golf links was discussed. The course would be in the eastern part of City park with a nominal player fee and $1,500 total cost, half funded by the Butte Exchange club. The east side of the park was identified as suitable with an estimated grading cost of $500 and $50 per hole plus $200 for tree removal, bringing total to about $1,509.
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Treasury
Butte
Butte City Council
City Park
Butte Exchange Club
Parks and Playgrounds Committee
Horgan
Wilkinson Boland
Lindquist
Fred Holbrook
Ted Barker
L. T. Howatt
H. J. Weigenstein
Peter Potter
Bam Kinville
Engineer Praises Extensions Built By Puget Sound Line
Chicago November 16 Investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission into the Puget Sound extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail line focused on electrification. Charles H Spencer roadway engineer praised the extension saying it meets a high standard. F M Kerr testified that Intermountain Power Co supplies power under a price lower than its own cost, affecting the receivership. Jamison commission of junior bondholders opposes the receivership as unjust. The road is set for auction sale at Butte Montana next Monday under a federal court order.
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Chicago
Puget Sound
Chicago, Milwaukee & &J. Haul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles H. Spencer
Padget Sound
F. M. Kerr
Montana Power Company
Intermountain Power Company
Intermountain
Itac F
Jamison Commission of
Butte, Mont
Dimplighty Mark Funeral Derviged at Gannon 3 Home
Joseph Gurney Cannon was buried in Danville in a simple funeral as officials and townspeople gathered. The long public career of the once fiery young attorney who chose public service during Lincoln's era is recalled by many in the crowd.
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Danville, Jr
Redhaw
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Lincoln
White House
Gannon
Yaqui Band Wins in Mexico Slays Soldiers
Reports from Nogales dated November 16 claim the Yaqui Indians defeated federal troops at Las Arenas near the Hierra de Bacatete mountains. Official counts say over 100 soldiers killed and as many wounded, while the Yaquis reportedly lost about nine warriors in a one hour battle.
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Associated
Presa
Nogales
Ariz
Herald
Las Arenas
Hierra de Bacatete
Relatives Describe Vickrey Family Mental Illness Ties
Testimony in district court portrays John Vickrey as influenced by hereditary paranoia insanity at the time of a tragedy. Witnesses describe a morose father, an aunt kept under lock and an insane relation confined, with early signs of dullness and delayed speech in Vickrey.
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John Vickrey
Sheri Russell Sage
Vickrey
W. R. Foster
Wouter
Alan
France weeds foreigners near Italian frontier to thwart Mussolini plots
Paris dispatch reports strict French border checks on all foreigners moving toward the Italian frontier. Police receive orders to screen travelers and prevent any suspicious individuals from crossing, aiming to stop plots against Premier Mussolini and keep France from becoming a staging ground.
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Prese
Paris
Mussolini
France
Dynamite Sent To Hospital Head In Chicago Case
A package containing three sticks of dynamite reached the city hall offices of William J. Hickson head of the municipal court hospital. The package was delivered to Judge Sfarry Olaon chief justice of the municipal court and to Dr. Flickson. An unsigned abusive letter accompanied the package.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William J. Hickson
Municipal Court
Tho Ma'l
Sfarry Olaon
Flickson
Heaviest Rains In Years Sweep Eastern States
A southerly gale and heavy rain hit the eastern states, causing flooded rivers and damaged buildings. At least two deaths reported, including a Brooklyn girl blown from a fire escape and a Scranton boy drowned. Damage widespread in Pennsylvania and West Virginia with railroads and coal mines affected. Coastal incidents near Marcus Hook and Asbury Park. Coast guard saved 14 tug crew members after a wall collapse.
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Associated Prose
New York
Brooklyn
Scranton
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Shamokin
Tn Reading
Marcus Hook
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Asbury Park
Atlantic City
Coast Guard
Provincetown Gale Sinks Fishing Fleet Vessel Morrill
A violent gale at Provincetown harbor sinks more than twenty fishing boats and washes away two wharves. The mother ship Ul S Morrill, key to the rum chasing fleet, went ashore after dragging anchor and snapping its cable as winds drove her onto the shore.
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Associated Press
Provincetown
Mass
Morrill
Provincetown Harbor
Seven Are Killed in Double Wreck
In Portland Tennessee on November 16 a collision between two rail motor cars killed five men and injuring 19, six of whom may die, as rescue crews gathered after a Pan American wreck near Hendersonville. Two died and six were injured when the Louisville & Nashville train struck an automobile, killing its two occupants.
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Associated Press
Portland, Tenn
Louisvile & Nashville Railroad
Axne
Hendersonville
Louisville & Nashville
Lightest Criminal Slate In County History Pends
With the lightest calendar in county history criminal trials open November 29 in Judge J J Lynch's district court departments while civil trials begin in the other departments. Nine criminal actions remain with none charged as capital crimes. no jury will be summoned unless needed.
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Lynch
W. E. Carroll
George M. Bourquin
Tim Downey
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