Sinn Fein movement gains strength amid internment crisis
London reports growing effort to win release of Sinn Fein internees as Irish Republican Army units conduct drills and inspections across Ireland. Dublin battalion of about 1,000 men, 120 interned, 100 on leave, shows strong arms and field telephones, ambulances, and revolver practice under a 21-year-old commandant who fought in the Easter uprising.
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Associated Press
London
Ireland
Dubin
Dublin
Sinn
Trish
Associated Pres
Dublin Hills
South
Saaegs
Montana Faces Housing Shortage as Census Records More Families
The 1920 census reports 139,912 families and only 130,670 dwellings in Montana, a shortage of 9,242 houses. Family size averaged 3.9 persons, down from 4.3 in 1910 and 4.4 in 1900, while persons per dwelling averaged 4.2, down from 4.5 in prior years.
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Tne
Stannara Ashington
Census Bureau
Montana
One Big Union Refused by Mine Workers
Indianapolis Oct 3 The United Mine Workers convention rejected strong calls for unqualified condemnation of the Legion and adopted a report urging Legion officials to “put their house in order.” Delegates debated dozens of resolutions from locals including support for Irish causes and criticized the appointive system for organizers as a political machine. The committee left most resolutions undiscarded and did not change the current organizer appointment method.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
T Ms
United Mine Workers of America
Legion
Scoutmaster rules Buffington death not self-inflicted
Chicago October 3 The death of 14 year old Samuel Buffington was cast in doubt as a scoutmaster testified that knots on the boy’s wrists were carelessly tied and that Buffington, an expert knot tier, could not have tied them himself. State attorney Robert Crowe leads the probe.
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Chicago
Samuel Buffington
Ted
Boy Scouts
H. Gleny
Knight
Robert B. Crowe
Gleny
Gardner's clemency appeal sent to attorney general
The Roy Gardner clemency appeal to President Harding via the San Francisco Bulletin will be forwarded to the attorney general, per a Bulletin letter from the president's secretary. Meanwhile authorities in California and along the Mexican border pursued Gardner sightings but played down a hoax tale. A Stockton youth duo claimed a man they met rode with them as Gardner, later reappearing and stating he drove them. officers kept the man’s identity withheld.
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Associated Press
Ban Francisco
Roy Gardner
McNeil’s Island Federal Prison
Harding
San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Pmce
Stanley Jacobs
Harry Webe
Stockton
Traeger
Bakersfield
Gardner
Bakers
Reld
Poisoned Food Killed Meyer Witness Testimony Details
A house keeper testifies in the Southard trial about illness and events before Meyer's death. The witness describes poisoned food as the likely cause and outlines the sequence of symptoms and actions taken following the incident. The courtroom proceedings focus on alleged poison exposure and its link to the victim's demise.
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Southard
Poison used to murder former husband tied to exterminator claim
In Twin Falls Idaho on March 3 the trial of Lyda Meyer Southard opened with two witnesses linking poison supplied for extermination to the murder of Edward F. Meyer. Mrs Howe testified the defendant brought the insect killer to the Blue Lakes ranch described illness and death, and said she could call a doctor but no one would question her. A second witness matched the exterminator to the crime scene and noted plans discussed with the deceased and his wife.
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Associated Press
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lyda Meyer Southard
Edward F. Meyer
Meyer
Franke le Stephan
Wolke
Howe
Muscatine
Blue Lakes
Mra
Grainville Haight
Fanch
Converse Hona
Wiscoe Fred
Steritt Ormabs
Arbuckle Manslaughter Trial Set for November
Roscoe C Fatty Arbuckle faces a grand jury indictment on manslaughter in the Virginia Rappe death. The case was assigned to Superior Judge Louderback with Arbuckle required to be present. The court expects the trial to occur in November in San Francisco.
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Asociated
San Francisco
Roscoe C
Fatty") Arbuck
Virginia Rappe
Court of
Jo Harold Louderback
Arbuckie
Aarbuckle
Is. Ls
Louderback
Fondness for pipe proves expensive in Thon
In Thon on October 3 Allen Dolan was fined 13.50 for smoking a pipe in public. A jury today assessed his fine at 10 plus costs after a second trial. The first panel reportedly disagreed. The nine Zionist and three Independent jurors favored relaxing city rules on smoking and entertainment.
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Associated Press
Thon
Allen Dolan
Dolan
Daniels Chosen for Postmaster in Anaconda
Representative McCormick announced the recommendation to President Harding to appoint Phil Daniels as postmaster of Anaconda, replacing Edward Burke whose term expired. Daniels profiles show a lifelong telegraphy career with service in Germany and various railroad stations, awaiting confirmation.
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McCormick
Phil Daniels
Anaconda
Edward Burke
Tamount
Civil Service Examiners
Supreme Court Rules Husband Master In Home In Prohibition Case
The Michigan Supreme Court affirmed a lower court verdict finding John Sydislov of Berrien County guilty of violating the prohibition law. Testimony showed his wife bought a still, installed it in the basement, and sold liquor with his knowledge. The court said the husband is head of the family and may regulate household affairs and control family management.
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Supreme Court
John Sydisloo
Berrien County
Howe and Wold
Sydislov
Ruler of Klansman Summoned to Washington Hearing
W J Simmons imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was requested to appear before the house rules committee in Washington on October 11 for a hearing on the Klan. Governor Pat M died not. Waco and Lorena clash left 10 wounded in a sheriff posse confrontation. Grand jury to hear case.
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J.simmons
Washington
Sheriff's Posse
Grand Jury
Associated Press
Atlanta
W. J Simmons
Thenights
Ku Klux Klan
Campbell
House Rules Committee
W. Washington
Elizabeth Tyler
Simmons
Waco
Texas
Pat M
Lorena
Tierey
Buchanan
M. Burton
Munroe
St Buchanan
Louis Crow
Edward Howard AU
M Ardle Girl Faces Trial for Murder
Ten jurors seated to try Marian McArdle charged with the murder of Dan Kaber in Cleveland. The trial opened amid a tense day as the defense kept women off the panel, five women serving in the box. McArdle showed little outward concern while her mother Eva Catherine Kaber sits in the audience, previously convicted of Kaber’s murder.
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Sleveland
Tonta
Marian McArdle
Dan Kaber
Eva Catherine Kaber
Theother
Kaber
Mins Mear
Mins McArdie
Family motor car cited in divorce case
The Associated Press reports Brooklyn woman Mrs May Kloorfain seeking separation naming the family motor car as co respondent. Court grants wife $13 weekly alimony pending further action as the husband spent so much time with the machine he might as well have been married to it.
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Asociated Press
York
May. E Kioorfain
Brooklyn
Kloorfain
Sur
Cocaine Smuggling Through Postage Stamps At Fort Hawkins
Prisoners at Fort Hawkins jail received narcotics via postage stamps as a method used by vendors to reach addicts shut off from supply. A letter with a cent stamp was found by Deputy Lee and Jailer Murphy, containing cocaine sufficient for two doses. Johnson Hawkins was later arrested on South Arizona Street for attempting to smuggle narcotics into the county jail.
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Punty
Fort Hawkins
Lee
Murphy
Bean
Hawkins
South Arizonatreet
Sai
Coskin Mystery Deepens After Pool Hall Explosion
Investigators press toward a solution of a nocturnal explosion at Lambros pool hall 42 East Park Street in which Joe Coskin died. Officers deem the blast a premeditated act to destroy evidence of a reported safe robbery, with Coskin funding purchased items from unknown sources. Funeral services for Coskin were held at 131 A West Quartz Street and St Patrick's Church before interment at St Patrick's Cemetery. An inquest is set for the courthouse this afternoon at 1 o'clock.
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Au No. Toy
Lambros
East Park Street
Joe Coskin
Coskin
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick
James Carey
Missing Steamer JC Ford Reported Safe
Sault Ste. Marie Michigan reports the steamer JC Ford and her tow barge Owen, feared lost after a storm on Lake Superior near Whitefish Bay, were declared safe tonight at Nipigon Bay, Ontario, after Marine men worried September 27.
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Associated Press
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
JC. Ford
Owen
Whitefish Bay
Lake Superior
Nipigon Bay
Ontario
Will Establish Central Board At Washington
Final plans for organization completed with officials identified. Secretary Hoover to make an official announcement today.
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Washington
Hoover
Harding urges local unity to tackle unemployment crisis
President Harding calls governors and mayors to create local machinery for economic rehabilitation based on a national unemployment conference plan. A central agency in Washington will coordinate efforts, with Hoover guiding final preparations and Thur Woods considered to head the agency.
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Associated
Prev
Washington
Harding
Eident
Sta
Agen
Hoover
Thur Woods
New York
Appolment
Unemployment Lowered by Highway Construction Plan
The Associated Press reports a push to reduce unemployment by using unskilled workers for new highway construction and road maintenance. At a meeting of the National Association of State Highway Officials, a resolution urged President Harding and Congress to approve distributing 1,500 surplus war department tractors to states for road building as part of the unemployment relief effort.
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Asociated Press
Washington
National Association of State Highway Ofcials
Harding
Congress
Phippe
Senate
C.M. Babcock
Minnesota
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